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A LAY SERMON FOR SUNDAY.
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a
broken spirit drieth the bones.”—Proverbs.
The once prevalent notion that Sunday, or the
Sabbath, or the Lord’s day, however you may be
pleased to designate it, is a day to be observed with
long faces and the complete suppression of every
human emotion, was long ago exploded. In like
manner the once prevalent nation that no gleam of
humor, no evidence of merriment, must be allowed
to enter into the observance of the day, was knocked
higher than the famous kite of the late lamented
Mr. Gilderoy. v r
Any system or theory of religion that fails to
take cognizance of man’s inherent sense of humor,
or seeks to suppress every joyful human emotion,
lacks binding material to hold together the stones
in its structure. .
There is an ever present danger in religious cir
cles that so much emphasis will be laid upon the
divine character of the Master that His human
character will be lost sight of entirely. Yet, if the
full beauties of His teachings are to be realized the
man side of His character must ba taken into account
along with the divine side. If Jesus did not possess
a sense of humor He lacked an element common to
humanity, and was therefore not a perfect man.
He took notice of the children playing their games
in the market places, and fully understanding and
sympathizing with them, He used those childish
games and impulses to emphasize His teachings. He
saw the humor we all see in the spectacle of a
woman losing sight of possessions worth while and
frantically searching for a lost article of little value.
Wo frail humane are wont to laugh at the man who
buys a gold brick or invests in green goods. Jesus
did not overlook the foolishness of the man who
builded his house on the sand in order to save the
expense of material for a solid foundation. He was
human enough to enjoy a good meal in the com
pany of publicans and sinners, and divine enough
to seize the occasion to found.therein a powerful
sermon calling to righteousness.
It is easy to go to extremes on any question.
There are those who make Sunday an occasion for
; riotous merrymaking, for dissipation and for reck.
; less disregard for the rights of others. On the other
hand, there are those who would compel everybody
* elese to conform to their narrdqf ideas of Sunday db
‘ servance .and make the day oife of lugubrious wor
ship. Between the two extremes, in the humble
opinion of the editorial lay preacher, lies the real
; observance of the first day of the week, commonly
1 called Sunday.
After enjoying the privilege, for privilege it is,
- of humbly acknowledging the all-wise Father for
• His mercy and loving kindness, and rendering thanks
for His never ending bounty, there is no more fit
ting day in all the week for men and women to
enjoy, in a way that will add to their physical and
mental well being, the wonderful and joyful things
that are spread about them. The open fields, the
hills flaming in the ever changing colors of leaf and
plant, the dancing sunbeams upon the rippling
. waters, the winding roads bordered by fields from
, which the bountiful crops have been harvested—all
these things are for God’s children to enjoy, whether
it be on a Sunday or a Monday. And it having been
- ordained that most of us should toil and spin on the
other six days of the week, it naturally follows that
we are false to ourselves and false to the all-wise
Father who made these things for our joy and com
fort, if we do not improve our opportunities upon
that one day, the first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday.
Time was when Instrumental music in a church
was anathema to the narrow-minded religionists.
- Only a few years ago to smile, to laugh, to enjoy
upon Sunday any of the real pleasures of life, was
to court ecclesiastical wrath here and presumably
* divine wrath hereafter. Not so now, for men and
women have come to realize that it is their* to enjoy
all the good things of life provided them, on Sunday
as on any other day, having always In mind their
duty to Him who provided them from His bounty.
So, brethren and friends, taking renewed courage
of hope and walking by faith, let us not become
" Winded by narrowness until we are unable to enjoy
those things given to us for our enjoyment; ever
, mindful that “A merry heart doeth good like a medi
cine, but a broken spirit drieth the hones.”
THE DEATH ROLL TOMORROW.
If you are of the number opposed to the enact
ment of a law that will tend to curb the reckless"
motorists and prevent incompetents from sitting be
hind the steering wheels, we beg of you to closely
scan the columns of The Omaha Bee, or any other
• metropolitan newspaper, tomorrow.
• Today will see the streets of the cities and the
•rural highways filled with pleasure seekers. Tl^e
; competent and careful drivers will be In the ma
jority, but even the careful and the competent will
• be st the mercy, too often, of the reckless, incom
petent, intoxicated driver crazed with the joy of
] speeding. /
! And tomorrow you will read the long list of
killed and injured, the toll exacted by our failure
to take proper cognizance of an ever increasing
^menace. You may not be interested in the cam
^naign to make life and limb more secure, the effort
*to minimize the damage wrought by motorists who
show utter disregard *>f the safety of themselves or
others, because you have heretofore escaped and no
lone dear to you has suffered.
Things may be different tomorrow. Even if you
*. scape, perhaps some one very near and dear to you
' „ ill he recorded among the victims of the reckless
and incompetent drivers who Infest the streets and
highways.
Having performed its share, and a bit more, in
i he task of making the world safe for democracy, Is
it not time for Nebraska to take stome steps toward
making Nebraska safe for Nebraskans?
Think it over while reading the list of killed and
Injured tomorrow.
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THE GOAL OF PERMANENT PEACE.
There is but one direct road to the eagerly sought
goal of permanent world-wide peace. All other
routes are indirect, and many of them lead only
into the swamps and morasses of ignominious failure.
The seeemingly insurmountable difficulty is to direct
the hearts and minds of the people to this one and
only road to the sought for goal.
It is not to be found by following the directions
of diplomats who play for national position by
moving the pawns of oil and coal and new territory
about the board of human endeavor.
It is not to be found in listening to the panaceas
submitted by political palaverers, or following the
devious paths of conscienceless capital that reckons
not of blood and tears.
Where, then, may be found specific directions
that will set the feet of nations upon the highway
.that shall lead them to the goal of their desires?
Not until the world ceases to regard dominion
and power and wealth as the high things of life,
and shall come to acknowledge the matchless leader
ship and submit to the divine counsel of Him who
told us that he who liveth by the sword shall perish
by the sword; who told us to love our neighbors as
we love ourselves; who teld us to do unto others
as we would have others do unto us; who warns
us against lust for wealth and power and dominion
—not until the world acknowledges the brotherhood
of the race and the kinship with the divine will it
be possible to banish war forever.
The Intrigues of diplomacy, the schemes of
politicians, the selfish designs of combinations of
all kinds, can no more banish war than hatred can
breed love or greed breed unselfishness.
When that glad day shall come, war will be out
lawed and justice may rule with an even hand.
Not growing armaments; not increasing armies;
not the threats of universal destruction of human
life by poison gasses; none of these things will avail
to still human passions nor restrain the greed of
men and of nations.
“But I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men
unto Me.”
Never will war be made an outlaw among the
civilized nations until all men everywhere are drawn
together by the spirit of brotherhood so wonderfully
taught by precept and example by the Oarpenter
of Nazareth. And in this fact lies the challenge to
Christianity—a challenge that has not been met as
it should be met in all the nineteen hundred years
that have elapsed since its Founder opened His
eyes upon this earth-life in the lowly manger of
Bethlehem.
A YEARNING TO BE SUBDUED.
“I want to write poetry!” exclaims a writer In
the Yale Review. The writer goes on to declare that
she feels always trembling on the brink of poetry.
The only cure for it, dear lady, is to write po
etry. You may be trembling on the brink of writing
poetry, but the trembling that now seizes you isn’t
a marker to the tremors that will strike you if ever
you are compelled to subsist on the financial returns
of your verse.
At some time or other every normal youth feels
the poetry urge. We wouldn’t give two whoops in
is rain barrel for the young fellow who never felt
the poetry urge as he thought of the fair maiden
over the way; we wouldn't'give three whoops lot-thp
maiden who did not nibble her pen and gaze thought
fully out of her window as she tried to think up a
lilting lyric about her lover.
If you really feel the poetic urge, for goodness
sake don’t suppress it. Just keep it subdued, so the
urge will not be big enough to take up so much of
your time that you can not wash the dishes, or sweep
out the sitting room; or, in case of the male feeling
the urge, that he can not carry in the coal or empty
the ashes or keep a supply of spuds in the cellar and
flour in the bin.
But for goodness sake don’t yield to the urge to
the extent of devoting all your life and ^energies to
grinding it out. Don’t waste time trembling on the
brink, but plunge in and have it over with as quickly
as possible. If you want to write poetry nothing on
earth will be able to prevent it, and only time will be
able to induce you to slack up and go to work.
1 Poets serve a most useful and uplifting purpose
in the world. The man or woman without poetry
in the soul is about as useless to this old globe as
the buttons on the back of a Prince Albert coat.
The love of poetry is something to cultivate; the.
production of good poetry is something that should
be encouraged. So if you feel the urge, go to it.
But don’t mistake mental dyspepsia for an urge to
write poetry.
WANTEDi A REAL NEBRASKA SONG.
Iowa is at the American Legion convention in
San Francisco, singing the state’s famous corn song.
Naturally the lowans are attracting a lot of atten
tion to themselves and to their state. Favorable at
tention it is, and thoroughly deserved.
But we insist that these lowans now in San Fran
cisco are not better looking than our own Nebras
kans there present; that they are not better singers,
and that they are not singing‘about a better state
than Nebraska. Speaking in confidence, we hold to
the opinion that the only thing in which the lowans
excel is that they have a real state song, while Ne
braska has none. ; x
With all due respect to savfraK Nebraskans of
undoubted genius who have essayed the task of giv
ing us a rpal state song, it must be admitted that to
date they have scored a failure in their efforts to
give us one with lilting rhyme and haunting melody
that not only appeals to the masses but really "sings
itself," ao to speak. That is the kind of a state
song Nebraska ought to have; the kind of a state
song Nebraskans want; the kind of a state song this
newspaper wants and is anxious to help make popu
lar from Bulo to Harrison and from Hartington to
Benkleman.
No*- if you please, an oratorio filled with sonor
ous phrases in rhymed array, set to classical musie,
but a joyous lilting verse set to music to which our
feet may keep time or our bodies swing blithely as
we march along fn patriotic pride on gala state oc
casions. . j
If you please, nothing of the high brow stuff|
nothii^ of the ponderouf ri#!l of music
classical composers.. Just « couple or three Versei
of sentiment wri( In -.winging rhyme and set to music
that will be easy to learn, easy to sing and cal
culated to aet the b> d to flowing just a bit faster in
the veins of patriotic Nebraskans.
That is the kind of a state song Nebraska wants,
and Nebraska will have no other.
Here is the task, and it should be a labor of love,
that is set before our Nebraska poets and composers.
Lloyd George is afrnid his voice will not hold out.
He would better entertain fears about his digestion
being equal to the strain.
Very pleasant weather, to be sure, but Gol. Jack
Frost will not be unwelcome at any tuns now.
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Prairiegraphs
HAUNTING MKIAIUIES.
I'm weary of jazz and the loud synco
pation
Of saxys and banjos and blaring
trombones;
Of cowbells that Jangle, of the deft
agitation
Of cocoanut shells filled with clat
tering stones.
I’m weary, so weary, of shimmy and
shiver,
Of raucous nolso they call music
today.
I feel I must shriek and go jump In
the river
To get some relief from the stuff
that they play. \
The old cottage organ, with bellows
so wheezy,
And keys that ars yellowed with
years that have sped;
Its treadles worn smooth, for they
never were easy;
The multiplied stops across Its front
spread—
That old cottage organ—in memory
hearing
The' tunes that It gave In ths long,
lonfc ago—
I fling back time's curtstn, and old
friends appearing,
Sing songs full of musle, and sing
"Sweet and Low.’’
Ths violin fondled by one now de
parted,
Its long silent strings he will touch
never mors,
Ones charted the tunes that would
cheer the faint-hearted.
And silence the din of th# busy
mart's roar.
That violin silent—there is no earthly
treasure
I’d not exchange gladly If I could
but roam
Back through ths years to ths ex
quisite pleasure
Of hearing Mm playing the sweet
"Sounds From Horns."
I’m weary of ragtime, of Jangle and
Jingle,
Of raucous voices In topical songs.
I'm fed up a-plenty on bangle and
blngle.
Of blaring of bugles and rattle of
tongs.
I long for the songs that she sang In
the gloaming.
As hand clasped In hand, and our
two hearts In tune,
Through elyslan fields w# two went
aroamlng
Beneath the broad smiles of the
man in ths moon.
While not Inclined to look with
favor upon women stroking, far be It
from me to deny them anything In
the shape of equality that will bring
them down to the level of mere men.
But I never think of women smoking
without how I, when a small boy.
watched In fascination ths spectacle
of Grandma Hill Juggling a live eoaJ
In her hand, plucked from ths open
fireplace, and conveyed to the bowl of
her old stone pips.
Isn’t It surprising that soma gsnlus
has not Invented, manufactured and
put upon the nfarket • little utensil
that Is toothpick on one end and
match on the other?
R. M. K. writes me for my opinion
about the girl who will enamel her
face until she don’t dare smile for
fear of cracking It. If R M. K. will
send stamped and aelfaddreseed
envelope I will undertake to eipress
myself. This being & moral Journal,
devoted to social uplift. I am barred
from airing In Its columns my opinion
on that subject.
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If at some time In the net distant
future you hear a sound as If an
earthquake had atruck In ths vicinity
of Seventeenth and Farnam, do not
be unduly alarmed. I have Just under
taken, with cold chisel and hammer,
to Impress upon ths minds of some
printers, proofreaders and makeup
men that the name of my home
county consists of two words. If ar
rested on the charge of homicide I
shall demand a Jury made up ql men
from Scotts Bluff county.
A Chase county man alighted from
hts horse to kill a rattlesnake, and
before he finished the Job he had
killed 12. so lie says. And only a feu
weeks ago Dr. Hoffmelster of Imperial
assured me that no county In' the
state excelled Chase county In en
forcement of the prohibitory law.
SUMAC TIME.
I have gazed on wondrous paintings.
Heard the crltles gasp with awe
That such perfect blend of colors
They, or others, never saw.
But the glowing, glorious colors
That to me excel them all
Are the colors of the sumao
Of Nebraska In the fall.
Just ss soon as I see some man
marching along with a gonfalon In
acrlbed. "Reform of the Reformers.”
I am going to grab a baas drbm and
Join the procession.
Adam' Breeds says Henry Ford
knows how to run things, but Insists
that running for the presidency Is a
horse of another color. But why
speak of horses In connection with
Henry Ford, Adam?
Lew Shelley opines In hi* Fairbury
New* that those who anticipate *
quiet presidential campaign never
heard a Ford running. They also
forget th# large number of cranka
aiwaya In evidence during a presi
dential campaign. *
Speaking of trie wpartenae** Iti
China, Judgls Mtingwrlm* UHc.lre*
marked that ha felt »• eafe there nr
he would on the afreet* of Omaha.
Whereupon Harry Wiener remark*
Jn hi* Rrottshluff Star Hdrnld that It
la evident to him A*la I* still In pretty
had shape. Harry might he Interested
In reading th* police court news In
his own paper.
According to the Shelton C*1lppe>
Representative Edgar Howard seem#
to think that Governor Rrys/v Is th"
most logical candidate for president
that the democratic party offers Per
haps Edgar means loquacious.
There’s a great difference between
burning the midnight gas. snd step
ping on It.
At the risk of being hooted and
Jeered, I sell# this occasion to say
that I don’t give a whoop which team
wlna the world series I’d rather
shake hands with some country school
teacher who I* unselfishly at work
developing the minds of mentally
hungry' hoy* snd girls than to shake
hands with Tlsbe Ruth or John Mr
Graw. In my humble opinion, the
father who works lmrd nt any honest |
labor snd rear* s family, sacrificing
In many wavs to give hi* boys and
girls s good education and a fair
start In life. Is s darned sight bigger
man than Habe Ruth 1 have too
high an opinion of the Intelligence of
the majority to think Its members
snjoy reading the twaddle of adtihi j
Mon snd delflosllnn smeared a foot
thick on the gods of professional
baseball A lover of clean and healthy
sports, I'm weary of rill this profes
slonsllsm snd Jockeying and silly adu
lation and press agenting and guff
Having ,relieved my chest to that
eglSnt I feel belter.
WILL M MALPIN.
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Those That Lave Life •
. By ELEANOR H1NMAN.
Down in a valley where blackbirds are calling,
A windless warm valley that faces the sun.
The first yellowed leaves of the autumn are falling—
(O the hours and the moments, how swiftly they run!)
The butterfly flits, the cicada is crying,
The spider still quivers her shimmering snare,
Still sweet is the breath of the summer a-dying,
And the wan leaves slip softly a-down the bright air.
They, the worn with endeavor, the weary with laughter,
The satiate with sucking the warm milk of life,
Sink down unrepelled to an earthy hereafter,
At ease from rejoicing, in quiet from strife.
But those that love life shall be torn thence resistless,
And hurtled reluctant into the moist grave;
They shall envy the fate of the wearied and listless—
O the wild winds of autumn, how coldly they rave!
By ANNE PEDERSEN.
After -All, there Is nothing In life
as Interesting as people. Not people
In high positions or of great wealth,
not people In trouble or Joy, but Just
people as you meet them and rub
shoulders with them every day, at
your work, on the street cars. In the
elevators, at the theaters, and, above
every other plaoe, In the stations and
on the trains.
I don’t know why people at a depot
or on a train should be so Interesting
unless it Is that here are found people
from everywhere, for the time being
at least, all bound for somewhere.
And on that most Interesting place
of all, a day coach, they are found
with their flags down. I mean they
relax and forget themselves.
The children forget their company
manners and cry and fuss; It's hard
to carry company manners a whole
day. The man gets wrinkles in his
trousers, forgets he has no "sta
comb" on his hair, while he half
drowses, read or studies his neighbor
across the way.
Yes, they have them and eat them.
That neighbor is eating his luAch
which he brought along as In
differently as If he were at his own
table. (I mean Indifferent to his
neighbors, not to his lunch )
The husband with a grouch, grouch
es because after all what does it
matter what strangers think. If the
mask is worn well before friends and
acquaintances.
The woman who likes to have peo
ple estimate correctly her worth, gets
a chance to tell her tale without fear
of contradiction to the perfect
stranger who sits next to her, who
having smoked his last cigar, read
his last paper, and memorized the
passing scenery, submits to the tale
as less boring than merely "doing
nothing.’’
But that Is reially a squintetY angle
of traveling on a train. The angle a
pessimist always sees, gome of the
sweetest glimpses, some of the little
touches that go so far toward making
a day beautiful I have found on a
train. *
There wai the day when the wo
man with adorable twlna got on the
train. Lunch time came and rather
timidly she aaked the porter to bring
her lunch, as It was rather difficult
to go on the diner with two badles.
The porter wasn't one bit nice about
It. He said he would the way people
say they will do a thing when you
would much rather have them aay
no. be they porter or bank president.
Then an old lady across the way
offered to take care of the twins
while the mother went to lunch. She
accepted with such a relieved smile
that a nicely dressed woman lost her
Indifference and offered to hold one
of the twine. A traveling salesman
came down the line, emlled at the
babies and talked a few minutes. A
woman with a wriggly little boy of
fered his cookies. Befora those babies
arrived at their destination everybody
had helped smooth their Journey.
Even a group of entertainers bound
for the Orpheum in a middle western
city had contributed their bit.
Almost everybody tn that car had
smiled at the stranger across the way,
and It's smiles you know that make
a day worth while.
Oh. there are lots of such Incidents.
Th,ere was the day when the man
from Omaha told me alj the Joys he
had had here as a child and what a
thriving, growing, booming city it
was.
There was the men from Oklahoma
who was bound for the governors'
harbecue and who thought the union
had no state like hie. I was almost
tempted to forget where I was going
and head straight for Oklahoma City.
Then there was the student who
1 Daily Prayer
Fight th» good fight of faith.—Tlra.
• ill.
AVe thank The*, our Heavenly
Father, for the care, the reat and re
freshment vouchaafed unto ua during
another night. We thank Thee for
the privilege of being able to preaent
ourselves again before Thee, we trust.
In the spirit of worship end of conse
| oration, for the life* and work of thts
now day. We recognize that the high
pet, as well ns the holiest, possible
Ideal of life Is the doing of Thy will
and the accomplishment of Thy pur
poses concerning us. We recognise
algo, that ev*n ua Thou hast said, the
«fy of innn.te not ib.Jiimself, that
it .Is not hnni** »h*l walketh, to be
able always Wild •vonftrhere to direct
Ills steps Slight. and SO'we look to
Thee for the strength and wisdom
ami grace necessary to discharge
faithfully and earnestly the responsi
bilities and duties of the day. Make
us deeply sensitive to Thy presence,
and to the nther privileges and Ideas
Ings of the day. so that they shall not
' « from us unappreciated and un
used.
■ rant unto us the spirit of pa
tience. of sympathy and of willing
ness to help any one who may not be
i- hh hlv fa\ored as we are Remem
ber those in weakness, in suffering or
In sorrow, and should we ourselves
lie called upon to pass through any
of these • xperlenees, may there also
eome with them the grace of resigns
tIon and of trust Amen
kn:\ h'ibfrt ‘\iiu.ikfn n. r>,
Helens SseU . Canada
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for Soptomhor, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily.72,518
6umiay.75,942
Do#* no# InrlmU return*, loft
over*. or papera spoiled ir
printing »nd ineludsa nr ap#rl»*
aaloi.
B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr
Subletibed and sworn to boforo ms j
this Slh day ol Octobsi. 1H?!t
W H QUIVLY,
« Wf Publlr
was coming from some small Iowa
town, bound for Berkeley. Cal. He
had been to other schools, but he be
lieved In trying them all, so much
more broadening than sticking to one
He was brimming over with ‘'pep.”
Then there was the lady with whom
I shared amused glances, as a pas
senger across the aisle began on her
fifth "hot dog" with undlmlnlshed en
thusiasm. Yes—and there was the
lady who told me for a eolld hour of
the danger of talking to people while
traveling. Yet, she was talking tome.
Aren't people funny, but aren't they
Interesting?
LISTENING IN
On the Nebraska Press
There are a good many different
ways of explaining the ‘‘weakness of
wheat” In this country, but no one
has undertaken to explain the strong
ness of everything the farmer has to
buy.—York Republican.
The Seward Independent weeps that
the statistics show the Increase of
child labor. In factory towns It may
be a great evil, but we know of doz
ens of children that labor too little
and none who are stunted by over
work.—Aurora Register.
It was George Norris who led the
fight in congress for the overthrow
of "Cannonism.” and since that day
the country has recognized him as
the real leader of the progressives in
Washington. He has earned a rest
from hla strenuous congressional la
|borg.—Columbus Telegram.
You cannot control an Insane per
son by education. Force Is the only
remedy that can be used to keep him
within-the bounds of reason. It would
appear that the brand of Insanity
which develops with the running an
automobile is also not susceptible to
education and therefore they must be
handled by force Force thenv from
• behind the wheel by such laws and
the enforcement of those laws so that
The Omaha Bee welcomes let
ters trom reader# recording In
timate observations ot animals or
plants. A bird perhaps on« has
seen while waiting for a street
car, or a voluntary flower or some
creature one has come upon In
the woods away from the noise of
the city—these are—and always
have been—of Interest to ethers.
HOW THE ORIOIJS BUILDS HIS
NEST.
It -was my privilege to see that
autocrat of lilrddom, the oriole, build
his nest one summer. When last
year’s leaves have fallen his nest is
often disclosed cunningly hidden from
human eyes.
This time he chose a limb of one
of our large maple trees about half
way up. The nest was built at the
end of the limb and we could plainly
see Mr. and Mrs. Oriole at work at
their home building from our upstairs
windows.
First they built a framework or
coarse grasses and strings, then Mrs.
Oriole sat down In the middle and
Mr. Oriole brought strings, grasses
and hairs, and with her help from the
inside they wove the material back
and forth through the framework till
they had It all filled in. As they
reached the top they tapered it.
It took them several days to com
plets It, for Mr. Oriole had to stop
every once in a while and serenade
Mrs. Oriole, telling her how happy
he was.
When it was completed they were
ready to begin housekeeping. Mr.
Oriole furnished us with much enter
tainment that summer as we would
see a flash of orange and black dart
from limb to limb, and bough to
bough, singing as he went, searching
for food for his quiet, little qusker
wife. GRACE F. BLAINE.
Norfolk, Neb.
it will make It safe for the average
citizen upon the public highways of
the state—Madison Star-Mail.
And let us hope that Sawyer will be
the last of the •’personal" physicians
to the president of the United States.
In England they have "personal" tail
ors to his majesty: • personal" dress
makers to her majesty, and al) that
sort of monarchist flub dub. Let’s
have no more of It in America.—Co
lumbus Telegram.
There may be some farmers who
want succor and who would like to
have legislation act in their behalf
But the larger majority want the ihs
of agriculture to be remedied in a
better wav and one that does not
have anything of paternalism about
it—York Republican.
Out oj Today's
Sermons
Rev. Albert Knhn ef the Beth
any Presbyterian church
Sunday morning on “The Joy of
Service.” Referring to the pres
ent Intemtlonal problems he says:
Nations as well a* individuals should •
be filled with the Joy of service. I
am proud of our relations ta the
Philippines and, to Porto Rico he
cause of ths vast economic, social
and moral Improvements that have
come to these countries becauss or
our connection with them.
Personally. I am getting fed up
considerably with the slogan, Amer
ica FI rat.” That priest who went by
the victim on the road to Jericho
probably eaid to himself, “Mr. Cohen
first,” as he passed by and thought
that the good Samaritan pursued A
wrong policy when he got off his mill*
and spent his time and money on a
stranger. I want America to be first*
hut not first In greed, first in indif
ference. first In egotism. I want
America to be first in nobility of soul,
in real concern In the welfare of hu
manity, in readiness to act In ths
spirit of the Christ whom we con
fess, in a tnanly courage In the de
fense of the weak against ths brutal
ity of the big bullies.
Just at present I believe America
should support the effort of Great
Britain and of practically all the neu
tral powers to pull France back from
ths throat of Germany. I do not ad
vocate our entrance into the League
of Nations as It is organized and con
ducted at present, but I do advocate
the immediate participation of Amer
ica as an Independent nation In a sane
and forceful effort to set Germany
upon her feet while at the some time
Insuring France against an unpro
voked attack by Germany for the
next 20 years. I also believe that
America should firmly Insist upon a
radical modification of the treaty of
Versailles to make It meet *he natural
needs .,f the nations concerned: we
are partly responsible for the present
mess In Europe, since we let Presi
dent Wilson co-operate In the con
coction of this tredty. Woodrow Wil
son himself protested as long as hs
could against some of Its provisions,
but signed it flnllay in order to secure
the birth of the child of his brain, the
League of Nations. Had Mr. Wilson
known that the child would be still
born and that the treaty would bring
about starvation and despair for TO,
000,000 people, I a» sure that h#
would have stood pat on his demandr
for peace that Is really In accord
with the 14 points which hs set up as
the platform of a righteous settle
ment under the spontaneous applause
of the common people of the whole
world.
If there was a reason for American
Intervention In 191T there is Infinitely
more of a reason for her Immediate,
forceful and big-hearted Intervention
today.
Why Thrashed.
It is a mistaken Idea that editors
get thrashed every once In a while
for lying. What they get thrashed
for 1* telling the truth. There is
nothing some people abhor like the
truth.—Fairbury News.
OUR ANNUAL FALL
SALE
AND DEMONSTRATION
FIRELESS
Gas Range
. COOKS with the GAS TURNED OFF?
Special Low Prices
for Only Six
Days
Prices on all Chambers Fireless
Gas Ranges will be greatly re
duced during this sale. After
this sale the special low prices
will absolutely go back to the
regular price, which we shall
- maintain. Place your order for
a Chambers Range NOW and we
will hold for delivery later if
desired.
Buy Your “Chambers”
on Our Club Pay
ment Plan
In order to co-operate with the
people who desire to buy on time,
we have set aside a limited num
ber of stoves, which we will offer
at the special low price. We will
allow them to pay only a SMALL
payment down and the balance
on SMALL monthly payments.
Lessens
Labor
Saves (he
Flavor
\
\
»
Cuts the
Gas Bill
Sates Your
Time
Mr. Mathes. special representa
tive from the factory, will be
with -u* every day this week.
Come in and let him show you
this wonder rantfc.
You can't help but be interested
in watching the remarkable work
this range performs without gas
anti without attention. Drop in
tomorrow and see this range
yourself.
See This Range in Operation—Actual Cooking Every Day
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