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■ — "" — ■■ 1 -— The Morning Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y ■ THE BEE PrBU8HI.NO CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee ie a member, ie exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all newe dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of repubiication of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department ax lantia or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: t aa/x Editorial Department. AT iantic 1021 or AT. 1042. AVW OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—16 Scott SL S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N, New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg. ,os Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Francisco—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. THE OLD MAN COMES BACK. Casey Stengle is an old man. Not in years, but in service, for the active professional baseball player who plays ball for twenty years, and arrives at the age of 33, is old and decrepit and ready for the boneyard. Youth must be served, and usually youth gets the paudits on the athletic field. The Old Man is being shoved pretty much to one side these days. Signs of graying hair are noticed with qualms of fear, and a slowing up of the walk, increasing dim ness of vision and adding wrinkles are not conducive to sound slumber on the part of the wage earner. But every now and then the Old Man perks up and demonstrates that when it comes right down to the pinch he can still put it across, and often in a way that will make his younger and less experienced comrade look like an amateur. Because he was old, with weak and unsymmetrical underpinning, and somewhat short of breath, they stuck Casey in as a pinch hitter. They did not expect much of Casey; only that he step up to the plate, balance himself on those uncertain legs and whang away at the hall, return dug to the dugout amidst the jeers of hostile fans. Now the old fire horse turned loose to enjoy a well earned rest, could not be restrained when the alarm sounded. The old race horse, enjoying a pen sion, just wouldn’t allow himself to be passed on the road. It is in the blood. Did Casey step to the bat expecting to strike out, and not caring whether he did or not? Not so you could notice it. Like the old fire horse, or the retired racer, he was right there to do his level best. And the old man's level best was a home run that will be a high light in the history of our great na tional pastime. The moral of all this is that the Old Man de serves a chance as long as his legs will carry him to the batter’s box; he deserves an opportunity to hit the ball, whether it be the horsehide spheroid or the ball hurled in the business world. Youth must be served, of course, but the Old Man is getting mighty decrepit and feeble indeed if he is unable now and then to show the boys a few things. USUAL VOLUME OF ADVICE. Now that the price of wheat is away down, and the price of corn is away up, the radiator farmers are there with the big advice. Raise more corn and lesa wheat is the remedy they propose right now. When wheat was away up and corn away down, they had to reverse motion that advice, and were telling the former to raise more wheat and less com. You can always depend upon the man who does all t,f his farming around a steam radiator from late fall until early spring. He knows just what crops to raise, and just how to raise them. On the theory that maiden ladies of uncertain age know better how to raise children because they never had any of ikeir own, the radiator farmer must be looked upon as a specialist in farming, never having plowed a furrow nor sowed a seed. The trouble is that the radiator farmer’s hind sight is not negotiable security at the bank. If the • actual farmer produces loss wheat and more corn next year, and wheat is up and corn down, the radia tor farmer will accuse the actual farmer of shiftless ress in crop selection. But it is a matter of con gratulation that the actual farmer just goes right ahead and does the best he knows how. If he follow ed the advice of the radiator farmer there would be ’ a famine in the land. It is true that the American farmer has had a pretty hard time of it of late, but he has always managed to come back strong heretofore, and he will come back strong again. As the great comebacker of the world, if that Is a good word, the American farmer has them all outclassed. He has a right to complain of some conditions forced upon him, and be is voicing those complaints in no uncertain tones. But while voicing them he is not overlooking his work, and he is attending to his business just as he always has. This habit he has of going right ahead with his work, no matter what happens, and com plaining as he does, and should, is the reason why the United States is the most productive country in the world. It is fortunate for all of us, too, that the farmer long ago acquired that habit. If he laid down hi* work long enough to listen to the advice proffered by the radiator farmers his productivity would be ap preciably lessened. If he took the proffered advice the whole world would suffer. Fortunately for all of us we are not dependent upon the radiator farmers for our foodstuffs. Nor will the American farmer ever reach the point when he admits that he doesn’t know more about his job than the fellow who does all of his farming around a steam radiator in winter and on the, sea : hore in summer. The Memphis woman who killed another woman because she persisted in reading the movie titles out loud, may have taken extreme measures, but that is seemingly the only thing that will abate this nuisance in certain quarters. The district attorney of Boston suggests that a set of stout steel bars he placed between the gunman hnd his gun. And likewise between the reckless fool and his stepring wheel, we suggest. The announcement that the gas men of the United States ure to meet at Atlantic City must not be taken as meaning that congress will convene at any other than the usual place. It will be very generally admitted that when the American Federation of Labor started on its job of house cleaning it performed it well and with ;ratifying speed. The War department is seeking names for its balloons. A lot of colossal gas hags were named anywhere from 40 to 70 years ago. The suggestion that war must be outlawed meets up with the stem fact that war alwaya outlaws law. * MIGHT HELP SOME OTHERS, TOO. The Japanese government has requested from the United States the loan of some equipment from the bureau of engraving and printing. The Japanese department that printed money for the nation was destroyed in the recent earthquake and tiere is pressing need of equipment to print the currency necessary for business exchange in Japan. Of course Uncle Sam will hasten to grant the request and send over some of its best equipment. Now, while about it, why not extend a favor somewhat similar, to some European countries. It is very generally agreed that several of these Euro pean countries are not in need of printing equip ment. Very much to the contrary. What they seem to stand most in need of is a limitation thereon. But Uncle Sam could give them a few pointers con cerning the matter of the output of the presses that print their currency; ideas that would not only re lieve the strain on the presses, but would also make the output of considerably more worth. Uncle Sam not only prints the handsomest currency in the world, but the currency he prints circulates readily and those who handle it do not accumulate head aches trying to figure out what it is worth. It is worth 100 cents on the dollar wherever it makes its appearance, ,and instead of being shunned it is wel comed by all men everywhere. While Uncle Sam is rushing needed equipment to our stricken neighbors in Japan, he might be per forming another great service to those in need by shipping a few of his monetary ideas to several European nations whose names it is not necessary to mention. LEST WE FORGET. While meet and proper that this republic should respond generously to Japan's call for help, and the response was no1- only generous but prompt, Ne braskans should not overlook their duty to their own next door neighbors. The little city of Louisville was recently devastated by flood, and many people were left homeless and practically destitute. Many of these destitute ones are men and women past the prime of life who saw the accumulations of a life time of hard work swept away in the twinkling of an eye. Louisville people have performed wonders in caring for their own, but neither civic nor individual pride should stand in the way of getting relief to the destitute and homeless of that city without a moment of unnecessary delay. These arc our own people, our next door neigh bors. The announcement by Red Cross authorities that relief is imperatively needed should be sufficient to arouse all Nebraskans to a sense of their neigh borly duty and responsibilities. Out of their abun dance Nebraskans, who are always quick to respond to the call for help when coming from over seas, should be equally quick to respond to the call of the Red Cross in the matter of our neighbors in Louis ville. And, knowing the hearts of Nebraskans as it knows them. The Omaha Bee is certain that the one call is all that will be needed. A southern newspaper suggests that metropoli tan newspapers exchange city editors, the purpose being to give them a broader viewpoint. Time was when that advice would have been received by us with three rousing cheers. And the oftener the change the better we’d have liked it “What,” asks Jay House in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, “haa become of the old-fashioned gentleman who wore a skull cap?” The* informa tion may not be interesting, nor the gentleman old fashioned, but Jay may see, or hear, him Almost any day down in Lincoln. Senator Couzens’ suggestion that a receiver be appointed for Germany is calculated to make a cer tain party in Holland pause in his wood chopping and memoirs writing long enough to strike a re ceptive attitude. Few of us have cause to worry over the fact that the menus on the Leviathan are printed in French. But trying the decipher the average restaurant bill of fa re through the superimposed thumbprints is quite another matter. The report that an airplane recently made 90 miles on a gallon of gas is not so awfully interest ing. What we would like to know is how some politicians get anywhere with all their gas. The Tulsa World confesses it never could under stand why divorce records should be called vital statistics. Perhaps “victual statistics” would be more explanatory. __ u it may sound we can not forbear remark ing upon tha war between Sun and Kun in China that it is our hope that the best Sun of a Kun may win. The report of the discovery of a brandy-colored diamond weighing 20 carats is interesting but not explanatory. What is, or was, the color of brandy. A Wisconri7editor is to be knlght7d by Norway. We have often heard expressed a desire to crown some editor in Nebraska. Bandits who looted the Baltimore hotel at Kan sas City and got away with $3,000 must have caught the bellboys unawares. _ One good”method of promoting fire prevention week is to deliver a good week's work for the money in the pay envelope. _ Unless the reckless drivers are suppressed it may yet be necessary to build a hospital alongs.de each filling station._ It is to be hoped that the new currency issue will not be quite so slippery as the currency now in use. A lot of that daylight saving was wasted at night. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davit_ AT EVENTIDE. When evening cornea and toll Is o’er and care is flung afar, We gather round the hearth of home, and while »n« gloaming goea. Wa rest In pern i fulness and view the dearer things thut are Ineffable and eweeteat at the hour of repose. At home we wear no artifice; our inaer selves appear, The flneneas of dcalgnlng through the mirrored eyes Is aliow n; Wo gather to be thankful for the dormant beauty here. And come to be familiar with benevolence our own. At eventide, rahn eventide, the homeland la complete; JJff'a grace and Innate splendor give a gratitude divine. Al dawn wo gaily parted, so at night we gladly meet l’ou with your faithful loved ones, and I, O, Uod, with mlne,( From tha Aberdeen (9. D.) American New*. The "Do-Nothing" element is very insistent that nothing can be done by legislation to help the farmer. "They must work out. their own salva tion,” says one. "All they need Is to be let alone and given a fair chance," says another. That is it, exactly, they must be given a fair chance. That is what they have not had. and that is what we hope to get them by insistence that farming must pay. Unless history entirely fails to re peat itself, within the next 12 months both political parleis, meeting in con vention. will be "pointing with pride” to the wonderful things they have ac complished for the prosperity of the country through legislation. We hop*, they can point with pride to what they have done for the farmer. Can legislation help? John T. Adams, national chairman of the republican party seems to think it can help labor. We quote below what he has to say, as the head of the party, con cerning what It has accomplished, through legislation, for the benefit of labor. "Enforced idleness of more than 5,000,000 wage earners was one of the most serious problems confronting the United States when the repub lican party took charge In March, 1921. The problem was not peculiar to the United States. It war world wide. The republican administration set about, through legislative and ad ministrative measures, to relieve the situation. It did not attempt this by tenjporary makeshifts, class legisla tion or appeals to prejudice. It gave its attention to underlying causes which produced this unprecedented army of unemployed. Immigration was adding to the problem of unemployment. The early enactment of the restrictive immigra tion act reduced the influx of com petitive foreign labor to a point where It was not economically a menace to (he laboring classes of the United States. Taxes, which In the last analysis are paid by wage earners, were drastically reduced. The man of small Income was the 'particular bene fclary of the ropublcan tax law, hav ing bis exemptions increased at the same time many other taxes which he paid worn repealed. J/ater the passage of a protective tariff gave assurance to industry and labor that the activity and prosperity which had been brought about by the republican administration would he protected from destructive foreign competition. The result of all this Is common In formation. Today In the United States mbre wag* earners are em ployed at better average wages than ever before In the history of the country in times of peace. The con dition of labor in the United States today Is incomparably better than In any other natio.' In many other eountries unemployment is still a very serious problem. Not only is labor in tills country employed at good wage*, but the standard of living of American labor I* higher than in any other countries, working conditions are better, hours are shorter and living costs are rela tively lower. It Is due to the policies of the re publican party during the last half century that the standard of living, the standard of working conditions and the level of wages in this coun trv are all better than In other reun ifies. Practically all laws which have been enacted from time to time for the betterment of working conditions, particularly thneo of the woman and child in industry, arc of republican origin.” Wo believe what Mr Adams says Is true. Tho record is highly creditable to the republican party. But why. In the name of heaven, cannot some auclr help be extended to the farmer? Why do the same men who boast of what their party has dono for the laborer, the capitalist, the manufacturer, declare In the same breath that it is ridiculous, bolshevik, radical and absurd to think that b ge lation cun benefit the farmer? "Put up. or shut up.” may r.ot be » pretty phrase, but it is what we feel like saying to the politician who comes to the fainter with nothing more than boasts and promises. I DaMy Prayer^ If Wt »»k anything according to Hla will, Ha hearath us—I John »:la. With gratitude for Thy protection during the night watches. we t^gin. O Lord, the new life of a new day. Our patha will be the buay thorough fares—walk Thou with us unseen Our thoughts will be of our business —let not our hearts cleavd to these things, but through the sweet influ ence of Thy Spirit, incline us to seek things that endure. We shall be tempted today, we may be drawn to the verge of some awful mistake— In the swift moment of danger, when we cannot withdraw to our closet of prayer, give us to know the right, and the power to do It. Let not trifles rnflle our temper, noi disappointments unman us; let not exacting duties make us selfish end churlish; give us rather s sunshiny face, a forthright hand, and the Joy of a word fitly spoken to some timid, discouraged soul. Strength for the day's service gl\c us In such measure as Thou wiliest; pass by our sins of omission; ami when the shadows fall, bring us again, unsullied by thought, or word, er deed, to sweet refreshing sleep. Kor Christ s sake. Amen. (Not original; heard by him several years ago.) HON JOHN STITKS, tsouluviii*. Ky Governor Hryan told »ne American Legion eonventton at Hostings that he was In favor of a bonus providing the people authorised It by referen dum Well, if tho peoplo authorise it by referendum, we don't give a tinker's dam whether Governor Bryan favors it or not. And wo favor pay lug tho boys a part of the lot wo owe them, Bryan or no Bryan, referendum or no referendum. We never can pay them nil wo owe them, hut, b'goeh, we ought to make partial payment Just to show that we are not the pikers we now appesr tn be —Gerlng Midwest. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for September, 1023, of THE OMAHA BEE Dally.72,518 Sunday.75,042 Doae not Include returns, left overs, samples or papers spoiled tr printing and includes m special sales. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr Subset ibed and sworn to before nte this Sth day of October. 1923 W H. OUIVEY, I (SealI Notary Public “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— A Remedy Suggested. From th« Suit LhKo Trlbun#. Must nf the states fail to excreted any direct supervision over motor ists or to determine their fitness to drive Such failure is regarded us one of the most important causes of the growing seriousness of the auto mobile accident problem in this country. According to a recent re port, 33 states require the licensing of professional chauffeurs only, 15 states require the licensing of ail mo tor vehicle operators, nine states re el ulre an examination for professional chauffeurs only, and seven states re quire the examination of ail motor vehicle operators. There are actual ly only four or five states in the union which exercise direct supervision over all drivers, it is stated. Among the states in which such supervision has been effective arc Connecticut, Maryland and Massa chusetts, Since 1919, automobile reg istration throughout the country at large has Increased S3 per cent. The author of the report expresses surprise that such control has been adopted in so few states. The reason, lie thinks, is that in most states the accident problem has not become Suf ficiently acute to aroqso public sen timent and most rural districts have hot yet seen the need for more care ful regulation. This condition will continue until a fundamentally dif ferent attitude toward the operator's license is aroused in tlie country at large. A driver’s license must be looked upon as something to be ac quired through merit and not through the payment of a fee to the secretary of the state. We need a changed conception of the relation ship between tlie slate and the high way user, a realization that the stale in the Interest of the public has the absolute right to deny the operation of a dangerous machine upon the public highway to anyone who can not prove his fitness to hold the priv ilege. Henry Seems Willing. From th* Washington Star. Politicians are likely to read with in terest the dispatch from Omaha indi cating that Henry Ford has no objec tion to his name going on the presi dential preference ballot. The secre tary of state of Nebraska wrote to Mr. Ford that unless his name was withdrawn it would be placed on the ballot. The reply received from Mr. Ford’s general secretary did not sug get the withdrawal, so the name will be entered as a candidate for the nomination on the progressive ticket. This looks like business, and the politicians will bo justified in drawing the conclusion that the manufacturer is •placing himself in the hands of his friends. Mr. Ford’s course has been quite (^insistent .and the Nebraska In cident furnisher no departure from It. He caused it to be known early In the game that tf there should be mani festation of any general desire for liis candidacy he would not seek to dis courage it. but he did not encourage his friends to start an active campaign to atimulate Interest In his candidacy. if spontaneous movements develop in the etates which will select dele gates to the national convention by primaries disclosing existence of a marked degree of Ford sentiment, Mr. Ford will have justification In coming out with a declaration announcing his candidacy, and In that event would be expected by the politicians to throw himself into the contest with his nc customed energy. Indications crop out from time to timo that he will yet have to ho ac counted for In tile presidential race, and very probably as an independent. Compulsory Motorcar Insurance. From ih* HI. Paul Pispateb. It will hr a long and resultful step toward ending the danger of irrespon sible driving of motor cars if the car rying of liability Insurance la made compulsory by law. This, with the holding of drivers to a closer personal responsibility for a < ident and death. Is advocated by the Minnesota Fed eration of Women's t'lulw at llibbtng and revives u proposition once ad vanced and then permitted to drop It la a proposition, however, that while it apiieals to sound Judgment will not be so easy to carry into effect. Peo ple who have suffered injury and car owners who have had their property damage i by reckless ,md incompetent drivers utterly without financial responsibility will seo only simple justice In requiring the surety of an indemnity policy before a driving license Is Issued. Put the army or owners who carry no ingurance and rejoice In acknowledging themselves judgment-proof will take another view of It. They will persist in their right to carepr through the streets, taking their chances of accidents, avoidable or otherwise, and secure In the knowl edge there Is no way to make them pay. The machinery of compulsory insurance Is not easily # Installed, moreover. The argument that such a move is in the interest of the llabil ity companies will not be without ef fect arid the prospect of setting up a state scheme of insurance is by no means attractive. If the means can be worked out satisfactorily the theory of compulsory liability insur ance must be approved. The irre sponsible driver Is in the same cate gory with the reckless or incompetent handler of the wheel. If Insurance does not make him more responsible at least it will compensate for the injuries he Inflicts and the damage he does. Patience Is Necessary. From the BeattU Post-InUfUgencsr. An Oakland minister gets right up in meeting and tells what he thinks of civilization and modern education and progress and all the rest of the things we take pride in today, lie dues not think much of them. He dis likes the way in which we nave be come standardize!], all of us eating, wearing, doing, thinking and saying the same things. He believes the mod ern system of education is crushing in dividuality out of children and turn ing them into automatoms. The world seems very cruel to him. Hut what would he have us go back to? The farther back we delve into history, the more standardization we find. We find the herd instincts more dominant and individual instincts lees dominant. The lives of animals are perfectly standardized, especially the lives of such tiny animals as bees and ants; the community life of a bee hive or an ant hill is a perfect study in standardization, all the mem Iters doing the same things, reacting in the same way to the same stimuli. We hav'e improved some upon that, at least. People become impatient, i hey want the world to be more advanced than it Is, and they get to thinking that it is more advanced, that c iviliza tion is old and established, not just starting, feebly and tentatively. We are going ahead, toward more indy vidua 1 freedom, away from old herd instincts and inhibitions. Hut the process Is slow, and a thousand years are l.ut a day In that process which hurls, bruises, crushes many. It is unfortunate, but it is the way of tin inscrutable wisdom that guides tiiis universe. Those who are impa tient should console themselves with the thougth that their unimportant lives ore being used in the foundation of the superstructure i>eing built for the happy human beings who will live here sometime. Half All* e. From the Pblledslrhia Public l.'As-r It will not do to be afraid of life and to run away from it. Heaven, said an indolent, dreamt ill soul. ' ia * valley of no decision." He plaintively sought a career or a plac» on earth where he would not be called on to make up ids mind aliout anything— and he never quite found it. I Much places seem to ihe readers of South Be a islands ls>oks to exiit, blit the in duslrious rank and file cannot knot k Off from liilior to go thither. General ly we must resolutely grapple with a task assigned, whether we chose it or not. We are not set in our place* on earth merely to have fun. Xhe su premo human felicities come to us gloriously now' and then—the more welcome and the more beautiful be cause of the sober or even somber cast of the remainder of our days. Those who refrain from taking hold of life in the fullm s* of rich experi ence make little difference to any one but the census taker and the under taker. Vet. on the excuse (hat they are seeing life or living life, we find men and women who give free rein to un regulated Impulse and consider that lo live completely means to live vicious !y, wantonly, selfishly. They are un moved hy the panorama of human need and woe. They lavish money on themselves. They run the gamut of decadent sensation. The world would he far better off If they had never been. They are a heavy liability to normal human society, which i" legally restrained from ridding the earth of them. But from those of honest purpose. . lean mind and firm intent, the world wants an earnest, vigorous, whole time performance. It depends on as sertive, courageous leadership. It never commits important business and it never Intrusts .1 high command to those who "go through the mo tions In a lackadaisical, perfunctory fashion, half awake and ’ xlf asleep It has no use for those who are not wholly alive to all that «hl* our age requires of them. In the Indefinite Future. From ths Kuniu City Post It is a pleasure to sec the farmer* finally getting together In stiff pro test against the hayseed caricatures so long utlllxed hy cartoonists in por traying the agriculturist. Rom# day we hope to eee the public make some effort to avoid being represented a* a goat, but that will -take longer, listening in on the Nebraska prese Empress ships bunt for HAL RAVEL Have el new standards cv travel uxurv rhe are the la*tr«, fastest md finest hips on the Vocibc and maintain • lottnithtlv t press service from Vancouver, B. O.. to Japan nd China. Full fnlonaidot from Local Steamship A tenet .it > i.,u -iili\. «.*n Am s S Vrnfflc r t*t 4•» N* l>rt*rhorn 8t . Chios*'* For l*hf appiv t! F Ni -hola, It *4 \N U. V\ lUdu , t 'malm. Ntb. ian Pacific IT SPANS THt WORLD FOR RENT Double store, ground floor Peters National bank, with large basement, vault and storage space. Inquire Treas urer, Bee Publishing Co., Rm. 204. Peters Natl bank. I'- —.. J HORSEHAIR SNAKES. Year* ago when I was a boy, my brother and self pulled some live horsehair from a horse's tail and put them in a rain barrel. This was in ! the summer time. We put a lid on the barrel, watching it daily. Within a week the horsehair had turned to water snakes, swimming and diving like any other water snake's. Being only 12 years old, It could dot be attributed to "boose.” They were sure-enough snakes. Am sure others have had similar experiences. Bet's hear from them and knock the scien tists' theory "Into a cocifed hat." I A. G. X. Cdltdrttll fit* win ol T»d M*r«l«# Bed Seidell ol t»« Mor»l»# B« «r» PdrlUd to «m ISli C0luir« Irulf tor Iidrauloo oa natters at public ictcrect. Twelve Hours Too Many. Omaha—To (he Editor of The Oma ha Bee: I saw an article in your paper a few days ago, where a certain corporation forced a few men to work 12 hours a day. If this corporation can’t exist without taking the rights away from a few men that .aren't organized, why it's time the govern ment was taking it over This is the reason that men like I,a Follette. Senator Brookhart. Sena tor Johnson and dozens of others, be lieve in government ownership. The big corporations arc sending out litera ture against such men as these. It’s time that the good citizens of the country are waking up to the facts about the big corporations and doing something O. JOHNSON. Diked The Bee's Feature. Morrill, Neb.. Oct. 11.—To the Edi tor of The Omaha Bee: Allow n>e to congratulate you on the story of the first game of the world series, written by Damon Runyon. Of all the ac counts 1 have Been, his was the only one that got Into the spirit of the game. U, was the best sport story I ever real, bar none It m a eai treat to read it. B. B QL 1CK. Moult for Money. A Boston young woman, recently returned from abroad, relates that while going through the grounds of a noted castle "he lingered behind the rest of her party to admire the gor geous peacocks "Do those bird* ever drop sny of their tail feathers?'' she asked of a gardener who stood by. He loeked around, lowered hi* voice and retnied: "They're hobstinate birds, mis*, but they drops 'em easy at the sight of a shillin’."—Boston Tran script. _ Abe Martin I Ike Lark's th’ meanest cuss. Ha rouges his nose jest t’ excite th’ dry officers Experience is a great teacher, but she must git awfully discouraged. (Copyright, 1922.) LISTENING IN On the Nebraska I’reas The girl who accepts a ride in an automobile from a strange man is laying herself open to insult. Her act of acceptance is considered by all men to be an acknowledgment to par ticipate in any entertainment, or mockery of it, that may be proposed M e cannot eliminate the automobile we cannot eliminate bad Impulses lr boys and girls, but as parents snd teachers we can at least show out young people the folly that lurks is certain paths. Think it over'.-—Fre mont Tribune. T have sometimes doubted the valui of the whole normal school plan, but ne\er have X or could I doubt the in tegrity of that magnificent soldier that devoted advocate of the cause o. public education, that lover of and laborer for humanity. Coi. Thomas J Majors. And I am happy now to know that the last cloud w hich has obscured his pathway in his evening days hNfc, been driven from the sky and that pow lie is basking in the effulgent sunshine of the love of a million hearts in his own Nebraska.—Colum bus Telegram. There are some men In the pen. tentiary who should be paroled, but they are not hardened criminals; neither is it a difficult matter to dis tinguish between the wan who is a . riminal and one who has stepped into hot water through a peculiar chain of circumstances, earning sym pathy because he was too trusting. Trust, however, is not to be lightly imposed in hardened thieves who d« not stop at murder to gain their ends. —Columbus Telegram. The state of Nebraska owns grave beds near Ashland and in one or twe other places. We do rot know very much about what is being done to ward getting I he gravel out at the** points, but it would seem with an un limited amount at our disposal grav eled roada in Nebraska, especially along points w here It is needed, ought to b# a common thing instead of just in occasional spots.—Madison Ptsr Mail. Free A 10-Day Teit See Coupon Teeth Beauty Adds a premier charm It comes by combating film You who love beauty should learn this way to prettier teeth, if •you don't know it now. That is one great beauty item. Millions now use this method. You see the results today wherever you look. Now see them on your own teeth. Make this delightful teat. Film mars beauty Your teeth are costed with a viscous film. You can feel it now. Under old-way brushing, much of it clings and stays. Soon it be comes discolored, then forms dingy coats. Teeth thus lose their beauty and luster. Film also holds food substance which ferments and forms acid It holds the acid in contact with the teeth to cause decay. Germs breed by millions in it They, with tartar, are th# chief cause of pyorrhea. Under old methods, those film caused troubles became almost universal. Then dental science found two ways to fight film. One disicte Protect the Enamel Pefwodent disintegrates the film, then remove* It with an agent far softer than enamel. Never use a film combatant which contain* harsh grit. grate* the film at all etagea & formation. The other remove# it without harmful scouring. Able authorities proved thee* methods effective. Then ■ new type tooth paste was created to apply them daily. The name ia Pepsodent. Now careful people of some SO nations employ it, largely by den tal advice. A constant fight Then Pepsodent creates a con stant fight on acids and starch de posits. 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