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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.
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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
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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
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