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WOMEN WAR ON IGNORANCE.
A rfote of optimistic resolution rings through
the slogan of the Nebraska women, adopted at their
Beatrice conference. "No illiteracy in the United
States in 1930,” a cry that will surely attract atten
tion, is really a call to arms. In it is found an echo
of a general movement which has support all over
the land.
Americans were awakened by the war to the
fact that lack of letters was growing faster than
meant for safety in the country. Not only was It
the alien coming to our shores who had no knowl
edge of how to read or write, nor the American
negro growing up in ignorance in the south, but
such a number of native born whites as amazed
those who had thought the splendid public school
system of the United States was doing its full work.
The census of 1920 shows that in a total popula
tion of 89,739,315 of 10 years of age and over,
illiterates numbered 4,931,905. Of these 1,242,572
were native born whites, 1,769,740 were foreign
bom whites and 1,842,161 were negroes. While
this shows a notable and encouraging decrease from
the totals reported 10 years earlier, it also gives an
idea of the job that is ahead.
Much work has been done, especially in the south
among the negroes, to decrease illiteracy by getting
the children into school, and even in some instances
the adults. However, stricter attention will have
to be paid to the observance of laws that exist,
providing for compulsory education. Not so much
new laws, but better enforcement of those on the
book is required. Women will help mightily in this
undertaking, by the exercise of their tremendous
influence. The safety of our institutions rests on
the intelligence of the citizens, and this in turn
depends on the ability of the citizen to understand
what is going on around him. To do this he must
be able to read and write.
HEALERS WHOSE ART IS NOBLE.
Three thousand American specialists, gathered
in convention at the Chicago meeting of the Ameri
can College of Surgeons, paid a tribute to the good
old family doctor. They but join themselves with
millions who sing the praise of the patient, devoted
men in whom science has not put out the light of
human understanding nor dammed the flow of hu
man sympathy.
In his day the general practitioner, or family
doctor, was the best loved and most useful man in
his neighborhood. With pill and bolus, plaster and
poultice, he soothed the ills and lightened the
miseries of uncounted millions of his fellow mortals.
He brought them safely into life; he tenderly
watched over their infancy and childhood, sharing
with mother and grandmother all the anxieties and
worries that beset the care of little dnes; he fol
lowed them through callow youth and sturdy grown
up life, and not infrequently he sat beside them as
that life slowly went out, a friend and sympathizer,
on whose counsel they might rely and to whom
they could confide the deepest of their secrets.
Specialists are all right; they have their place
in the world, and through their single-minded pur
suit of particular knowledge have brought much of
good to mankind. Yet they can not advise in all
matters, and so must leave a great deal in the
healing line to others. Many become dogmatic
because of their uneven training, but the old family
doctor becomes more catholic in his beliefs and
practices each day he lives. He will listen patiently
to any plea or tale, and is not always above trying
an old woman’s remedy.
The art pf healing has made great progress since
the days of Hippocrates, but it has not entirely out
grown the fundamentals of the most ancient of
physicians. Exorcism and magic draughts are
abandoned, and nature’s own methods are given
more of a chance nowadays, but where it is vital
to assist nature in her fight against the evils that
beset mankind, confidence will rest on .the doctor
whose kindly heart and gentle manner begets that
feeling in the sufferer.
All who can aid when help is needed are useful,
and among them high place and honor must go to
lhat man whose knowledge of human nature is as
broad and as general as is his understanding of
the medicines he prescribes. His ministry is a holy
calling, as is that of any whose life is given to the
amelioration of the ills that beset mankind, and
most of which are endured because of lack of
understanding of simple laws to follow which brings
harmony and happiness.
THRILLS THAT DIE OUT.
“Well, you've got to give us credit for one thing.
We never took any Fords. Our speed was 70 miles
an hour.”
The speaker is an old and tested freebooter,
aged 15, boasting to the police of his exploits in
taking automobiles for the purpose of joyriding.
He, with three others around his age, wns looking
for a “thrill.”
A recently published cartoon has for its title a
line suggesting the despair of a boy whose father
declined to adopt labor saving devices, saying that
as long as he had a growing boy at home he would
stick to old-fashioned ways. Boys who have tasks
at home seldom get arrested because of their quest
for thrills.
The first boy, who had stolon rides in other
people’s autos, has brought shame and sorrow into
a home whose light he was. Father and mother
took pride in him, and mingled love with their
pride, so that he had as much as they could give
him. This wns not enough. Home life lacked the
kick, the punch, that he thought necessary. His
adventurous spirit led him on, and now he is in jail.
Seventy miles an hour was his speed. Kntirely
too fast for a 15-year-o!d boy to travel. Faster,
too, than he ever will go agnin. Other boys should
think of this, when they are tempted to go search
ing for thrills. The biggest kick in life cornea from
doing right, and the false excitement of doing
wrong always brings the headache that follows
getting caught, .
WHO OPENED THE MUD VALVE?
Careful perusal of the statements made by the
engineers and superintendent of the plant with
reference to the breakdown at the Minne Lusa
pumping station last August leaves the mind cold.
None of them touch the spot, which only one dis
closes.
Accepting each statement at its face value, and
agreeing that at the time referred to, the low
pressure pumps were being driven beyond a safe
speed, the great fact is left that a danger which
developed and was known to all in authority around
the pumping plant is left unexplained.
The public had been requested to go easy on
use of water; restrictions had been laid on lawn
sprinkling; apology had been made for the unusual
turbidity of the water, and generally signs were
given that the plant was under a strain. This can
be understood, and shows that the men in charge
were aware of the thin ice on which they were
skating.
It was not a leaky pump that opened that mud
valve. However old and decrepit the machinery
may have been, it went bravely on, pumping all
the water the city was using, and at least 2,600,000
gallons a day that did not get into the downtown
mains, for it flowed directly back into the river.
Wornout machinery can not be blamed for this.
Somebody opened that mud valve. Whoever did
it was not experimenting. It was a deliberate act,
intended to accomplish just what followed.
Superintendent Hunt is quoted as saying that
it “roared like a young Niagara.” Through it ran
back into the river water that might have saved
(he need of opening another valve that allowed the
“soft, creamy mud” to get into the big«mains and
so pollute the city’s supply.
Such a deed is a crime that deserves punishment.
Whatever puts the health and comfort, the lives of
ail the people, into jeopardy is evil no matter In
what form it appears. Pollution of the water supply
of the entire city has the aspect of attempted mur
der on a huge scale, and the perpetrators of such a
deed should be hunted out and properly dealt with.
A grand jury should be called to make such
investigation as is needed, to fasten the guilt on
the right man or men. So far as the inquiry by
the directors of the Municipal Utilities district goes,
it is bringing out statements that are astonishing,
because of the disclosures they make. None of
these, however, has shown any sign of the trail that
leads to the parties who are responsible for the open
mud valve.
Do not leave this in the great collection of un
solved mysteries.
REMOVING A PRESIDENTIAL BURDEN.
The Scottish Rite Masons in Washington who
refused to add to the president’s burdens by sub
jecting him to a long handshaking ordeal, not only
earned the president’s gratitude but set an example
that should be followed by others, individually and
collectively.
In the old days when travel wras difficult and
visitors to Washington comparatively few, it was
all very fine for the president to hold receptions
and shake the hands of all who passed along. The
lines were not long, and it looked, and was, very
democratic. The president then could spare the
time for the receptions, and the ordeal of handshak
ing did not tax his physical ability. But it is differ
ent now. Our presidents are severely taxed, men
tally and physically, by the arduous duties of their
office, and while it may gratify the pride of visitors
to Washington to be able to return home and say
they have shaken hands with the president, it reelly
serves no other purpose and it does demand too
much from the chief executive.
The old fashioned custom of presidential recep
tions should not be abandoned, but some of the
features connected therewith might well be abolished,
and chief among them is that of requiring the presi
dent to stand in one spot for hours at a time and
shake hands with the hundreds who pass by, a ma
jority of them merely actuated by idle curiosity or
seeking to gratify their pride. It is a terrific physi
cal ordeal. Just how much so is well indicated by
President Coolidge’s letter of thanks to the Masons
for their thoughtfulness in not compelling him to
submit to it.
Nebraska beef is feeding folks on board United
States vessels, yet there is no novelty in that, for
Nebraska still furnishes materials for thf world’s
breakfast, which, according to Strindberg, is pre
pared in Omaha.
Twenty-eight thousand billion cells constitute
the electric battery that keeps the human frame in
motion. Just remember this the next time a tele
graph operator tries to impress you with a view of
the battery room.
The Louisville Courier-Journal says both old par
ties suffer from lack of leadership. Maybe it would
be better to say each has too many leaders going in
different directions.
As far ns it has gone the inquiry into the mud
dy water affair shows that somebody failed to look
after something that should have been attended to
at the time.
French duels are forbidden by law, but that
doesn’t make them any more laughable when one
does come off.
We may not have the brown October ale, but we
do have a full chance to revel in the golden October
sunshine.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own I’oet—
Robert Worthin^lon Davit
BLISSFUL BLESSEDNESS.
It’s fine when the children are playing and shouting
their Jubilance gay. •
And when they are tenderly saying their prayers at the
close of the day.
You feel the content that Is dearest of all that Ib Joyous
and bright—
You kIss them and leave them to slumber and dream
with the passing of night.
Yfars pass, and you watch them grow older with
wondrous enjoyment and pride.
They b arn from your virtuous teachings by nil that Is
good to abide. •
With fervor of mothers and fathers you sen them go die
tantly then
To meet with true courage and mnater the problems of
women and men.
At length when the children have prospered and you
are decrepit and gray.
You view them again In your visions, you kiss them
again, nod they play
Their games with the erstwhile elation. Your goal Is
attained, and you weur
The smiles of the proudest of parents for all of the
blessings you share.
“From State and
-Nation”
Editorials from other
newspapers.
Will the Law Ever (let This Fellow?
From tlie Sidney Telegraph.
Doesn't It beat h-- how some peo
pie can put on "dog" with other peo
ple's money? Yes, we have them in
Sidney, just the same as they have
them In every other city In the coun
try. It Is the crime of the age. Many
things are responsible for them.
Among which are the craving for
luxury and pleasure, jealousy, snob
bery, damfoolery a lax system of
credits and our bankruptcy law.
An honest debt is not a crime But
when a man contracts a debt which
he knows he cannot or does not in
tend to pay, it is a crime. It Is not
a crime to sport a fine automobile, or
to dress In the heigth of fashion or
to take pleasure trips here and there
as the fancy dictates, or to give mag
nificent parties, or to neglect your
business to play golf. But it Is a
crime for a man to let hls grocer hold
the sack for a year’s supply of gro
ceries and the landlord for the rent,
and the coal man for the winder's
supply of coal, and so on down the
line when he has money to blow in
for his personal luxuries. Such a man
is a crook, pure and simple. And yet,
they get by. How they do It Is more
than we know' How a man can braz
enly enjoy luxuries when he knows
and almost everyone else In town
knotjs that he can't pay his grocery
or coal bill, is more than we can un
derstand But the shame of the thing
does not seem to penetrate hls ch.1
loused hide and he goes on enjoying
himself as long as hls creditors will
stand for It, and then, when they
get too warm on hls trail, he resorts
to the bankruptcy court and comes
out with s smile of content as though
he had honestly paid all hls debts
And then he Immediately finds an
angel in disguise wjth money for him
and he blossoms out with a new car
and all of tfie other luxuries and he
takes hls place In the business or so
cial world with never a thought of
shame. You know the kind of a jas
per we mean—every community has
them.
It Is not a disgrace to go through
bankruptcy. Many and many an bon
est man has failed In business and
the bankruptcy court has been a bless
ing to him And on the other hand, it
has been abused by many ar.d many
a crook.
When Senator Curtis Hode the Tonies.
From the Kansas City Times.
It has Just "come out" In Washing
ton that Senator Charles Curtis of
Kansas was once a race horse Jockey.
Senator Curtis himself made the ad
mission after witnessing the Interna
tional race last Saturday between Zev
and Ptpyrus.
Out In Kansas the story Is an old
one. Senator Curtis, as a boy, rode
o» the race tracks of Kansas. Mis
souri and Indian Territory, and, If
truth must all come out. he was
known as a "corking good Jockey.”
Among the well known race horse
owners of the early days In Kansas
was Ci 1 “Dan" WagstafT of Satina.
After retiring from the turf Colonel
WagstafT was for years a justice of
the peace and police judge In Sallna,
holding one or the other of these
positions almost until the time of his
death, which occurred only a few
years ago. Hut Colonel WagstafT was
something more than a race horse
owner. He was a politician of the
old school and was a power In fifth
district political affairs. He was a
contemporary on the race track and
In politics, of the late "Uncle Cv” Le
land, who also was a breeder of race
horses at bis Doniphan county farm.
Colonel WagstafT never tired of tell
ing of the days when "Charley” Curtis
rode his string of horses in the racing
days of Kansas When the young m m
began to ride the political horses. In
later years, he found men like Col,
“Dan” WagstafT ready to het their
money on his races, and they "backed”
him in a most effective way in his
political ambitions.
And, for that matter, the way Sen
ator Curtis, as "whip” of the repub
lican majority In the United States
senate, rides the grave and dignified
senators In the parliamentary races
in that body today might suggest to
them that he has not forgotten some
of the old Jockey tactics.
A Chirp From Hernstorff.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Count von Hernstorff, former Ger
man ambassador to thu United Stntes,
Is an ardent advocate of the League
of Nations and of his country's en
trance therein. He thinks the league
is growing in Influence and regards
the Corfu development as a triumph
for It. Jn that affair he says the
league's 'object has been attained.
Daily Pray or
Save Thy people, and bleee Tlllne In
heritance—p*. |i,f
Our Gracious and kind Heavenly
Father! We lift our hearts to Thee
at dawn, though we painfully recog
nize and feel our nnworthtnees of Thy
uncounted mercies which are new
every morning and fresh every eve
ning. We throw ourselves upon Thy
clemency. Put Thy protecting hand,
with Its tender touch, upon our droop
Ing heads, and though we venture not
to look up, may wo hear Thy reassur
ing and forgiving voice. Here we are
grouped together at the foot of Thy
cross, becnuse we know Thou hast
room for us all In Thy great yearning
heart. We long for Thy tender caress
and Thy smile of forgiveness. Put
about us Thy everlasting mighty arms,
and carry us safely through this day.
As we take up life's business afresh
and hasten nut Into the wild hurry of
the world, be Thou ever near us. He
Thou our traveling companion. We
need Thy presence every p issing mo
numt. For the gift of Thy Son, our
adorable Christ, we thank Thee, O
God. He brought eternal calm to our
surging hearts, and made our sin tat
tered lives to rejoice. Give us a new
vision of Him ns we toll this day. May
we see ths rift In the clotils os we
look up to behold Him. Soften our
hearts, direct our thoughts, steady our
step, and shelter us by Thy rare until
our traveling dnys are done, we
humbly ask til Jesus' name Amen.
REV. K W MUELLER,
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Subscribed and sworn to before ms
this 8th day of October, 1923.
W H. QUIVEY,
(Seal) Notary Public
What have you seen? Are you
ever attracted by the voice of the
world of nature which surrounds
you? The Omaha Bee welcomes
letters from readers on observa
tions of nature.
An Intelligent Dog.
The fast mall was speeding west
ward, 60 miles per' hour. About a
half a mile ahead ft man on horse
back, assisted by a flog, was driving
a herd of a dozen cows along the road
that parallels the railroad track. When
the cows heard the train coming they
broke into a run and scattered in
several different directions, several
running in the track ahead of the
fast approaching train. The man tried
to drive them off, but his horse be
came frightened and bolted with him.
Then the dog, seeing the danger these
few cows were in, ran on ahead and
drove them off one at a time, Rnd as
the last cow left the track, Just as the
locomotive passed, the dog Jumped off.
barely missing losing Its own life.
It all happened Inside of 30 sec
onds.
E. P. ROGERS.
What more is wanted? The Italians
got out of Corfu, and If It had not
been for the league they might still
be there. I think the conflict re
sulted In a victory of public opinion
over the policy of might. Italy yield
ed to the public opinion of the world
I hick upon the league as a public
hail for dealing with world ques
tions. especially those of Europe.”
And Bernstorff has poignant reason
to regret that there was no such pub
lie hall In 1914 .
Sink-king the Public.
From the Louisville Courlsr-Journsl.
Rudyard Kipling belongs to that
class of Individuals who, to gain ad
ditional advertising, shock the public
It Is immaterial to him whether his
sub acid remarks, his departure from
conventional usage, make people mad.
so long as he attracts attention. To
say the unusual thing he feels It in
cumbent to jolt his hearers. It was
so with his "American 'Notes." It
was equally so with "The Vampire"
and "The Female of the Species." It
was strikingly set forth In his de
scription of the water that Gungha
Din carried to the wounded soldiers.
As rector of St. Andrew's univer
sity. Scotland, It Is only natural to
find the old Kipling in his inaugural
address Speaking on the subject.
"The Glorious Privilege of Indepen
dence," he declared that the first use
man made of speech when he evolved
from a monkey was to tell a lie So
much for the Initial shock. Now
for the Kipling broadside:
"That w is a frigid and calculating
He, .Most fortunately we have no rec
ord of the meeting of the world’s first
liar with the world's second liar, but
from what we know of their de
scendants today they were probably
of opposite sex and married at once
and began a numerous progeny."
The rag and the bone and the hank
of hair had to be brought Into It. or
it wouldn't have been Kipling. Neither
would it have been Kipling if the re
mark hid been other than acrimoni
ous. It was Intended to shock, and
no doubt It accomplished Its purpose.
No one knows how Pithecanthropus
Erectus or the Neanderthaler man
first utilized the power of speech It
is merely guessed at by a study of the
growing vocabulary among infants,
and its first use was no doubt for the
purpose of acquiring food. Lying
connotes a reasoning power that
neither the infant nor the brutish
savage has acquired. It comes at a
later ago and in a later period of de
velopment of the race. Man. how
ever. naturally fell Into the habit, till
David said in his haste ail men are
liars, to be branded himself as a liar
by the syllogism of the logician.
It Is not necessary to apply the
syllogism to Kipling. lie only meant
to shock his hearers, and since they
were university students, with their
min is still filled with Illusions, hts
audience was Woefully lacking in
<r •
Under the circumstance* Kipling,
no doubt, surprised hlmsef
Fatigue and Stupidity.
Hilaire Balloc la Yala Review.
Now. what Is it which lies at the
root of ail the various forms of mod
ern unreason? There, as I said at
the outset, is a harder nut to crack
We can all of us note examples of
contemporary stupidity. It is much
more difficult to trace them up to
their common seed, if they have such
a seed. We may be certain that a pos
terity not very remote will laugh
at us heartily. But for a contempo
rary to see himself Is difficult Indeed.
Sir. Chesterton, who has powerful
vision in such things, would ascribe
most of our misfortunes (and I sup
pose our misfortunes of stupidity
among the rest! to pride. But Is that
the main element here? It is one ele
ment of coui '' ; so are a number of
lesser mechanical causes, such as
universal standardised mechanical
leaching (or "education" ns it Is of
fleially called), a universal standard
..a,| jm -1, and many another thing.
But for my part 1 see dimly, or
think 1 see. another deeper root to
the whole affair. 1 see fatigue. The
forces of our society are fatigued. Its
Inabilily to follow plain reason. Its
acceptation of any\ kind of menial
f«od without protest. Its repetition of
what it Is told to say, its buying by
the million of dreadfully dull books—
the whole affair seems to me to speak
of fatigue; and therefore 1 suppose
It will run its course and we shall
grow stupider and stupider until a
wind shall blow and civilization shall
arise again.
Better flet Busy.
With so many boys going to college
these days It behooves us riders to
brush up a little to keep abreast of
the new generation—Providence
Journal.
One Thing Bight After Another.
With Plnrhnt In hot pursuit of the
presidential chair, that rest schedule
Scrrrinry Risrom Sb nip has worked
out for Calvin Coolldge may be upset
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Careless Drivers.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Please allow me space
In your paper in regard to the pro^
posed license law'. I want to say I
am in favor of It for this reason.
My occupation places me in a posi
tion where I am able to see a great
many automobiles In use and how
they are operated, especially from 'J
p, m. to 8 a. m-, and 1 dare say out
of every 10 drivers there are five who
do not know the rules of the-road, and
out of the remaining five there are
three that ignore the rules. I have
also seen city police officers hailing
machine after machine for some vio
lation of road rules, such as bright
lights, no lights at all, parking wrong,
cutting corners, driving on wrong
side of street. Only the other night
there were two cars wrecked at
Eighteenth and Douglas Why?
Because one car was driving on the
wrong Hide of the street, which the
driver admitted.
When asked how long he had been
driving a car he replied six years.
Asked if he knew the rules of the
road, he said "yes.”
That is only one out of a hundred
I say we have as fine a set of road
law's as any state In the union, but
they are not respected by many
drivers. Every driver should respect
an officer In performing his duties and
obey the laws. Then our death and
Injured column will decrease
A HEADER.
World Peace.
Ainsworth, Neb —To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Now that the allies
have withdrawn from Turkey and
Constantinople, If Great Britain would
withdraw from India and Egypt, Spain
from Morocco, Japan from Russia,
France from the Ruhr and the Lnited
States from the Philippines, what a
stride that would be toward universal
peace, that we hear ao much about
these days.
That would do more for world peace
than all these conventions, confer
ences, leagues and covenants that we
hear about. If all the bishops, pre
miers, presidents and statesmen
would only recognize the fact that
there has never been created a race
or people fit to govern another race
or people, what a blessing to the w-orld
would follow.
The notion that one people or na
tion has been created for the express
purpose of reforming and governing
other nations and peoples, must get
out of the human mind before there
can be such a thing as "universal
peace." It is that notion of superior
ity and destiny that has caused most
of the past wars and is still keeping
alive the notlbn and spirit that one
nation has the right and Is morally
bound to mix in and run the affairs
of other nations and peoples.
Nations are but aggregations of in
dividuals. and for one nation to mix
in and try to run the affairs of other
nations has the same effect as for cine
individual to mix in and try to run
the affairs of h:s neighbors, and w#
well know what that leads to; and,
yet, it seems to be the easiest and
most natural thing in the world for
both Individuals and nations to want
to mix In and run other people's af
fairs, Isn't It about time that we
withdraw?
Ambition, greed and selfishness are
at the bottom of all this notion of
expansion, mandatories and meddling,
and trying cloak it with destiny,
moral uplifting and unselfishness will
never hide the real cause that has
been operating through all the paat
ages and will continue to operate so
long as human nature remains as It
is and no one need look for "univer
sal peace" while such Influences re
main. Much better use our energies
in bettering conditions rather than
trying to accomplish the Impossible,
and this can be done best by allowing
each nation and people to work out
their own destiny In their own way
and with their own governmental ma
chinery.
It may be unfortunate, but human '
nature :s so constituted that outside;
suggestions of reform or betterment
arouse resentment, and this is equally
true of nations and individuals and
especially so If accompanied by a
show of forte.
Optimism Is all right, but if spread |
out beyond Judgment and compre- I
hension, it may be an evil.
There are some things even better
than "world peace," and among them j
Is liberty, both Individual and na
tional.
You cannot pound your Ideals Into ;
other people by beating them over the
heal with bludgeons, nor force re
11- on, morals or political reforms
into them at the point of bayonets.
These things can lie done only by a
slow, plodding svstrm of education, I
and that mostly by example, allowing j
them to work out their own salvation i
and destiny In their own manner.
Instead of continuing to strive to
"make the world safe for democracy"
it might be well frr us to strive to
make democracy safe In America—
still retneml>ertnK that all "just pow
ers of government are derived from
the consent of the governed."
L. K. ALDER.
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For Traffic Safely.
Omaha —To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The undersigned Is very
much In favor of a motorist licensing
law being passed at once or as soon as
possible. You might Include that In
order to drive an automobile there
should be certain limitations 011 secur
ing a license.
First, one should not be less than
IS years of age. along with the othei
necessary qualifications. A violation
should mean confiscation of the auto
mobile of no( less than 90 days and n
greater period aceordlng to the of
tense committed. R. H. SULLIVAN. j
Old Friendship Recalled.
Orchard Ranch. Wood. 8. D. J
—To the Editor of The Omaha
Bee: I was very much pleased
to read In The Onishn Bee the con
gratulatlon expressed by Mr. Robert
8. Obcrfeldrr of Sidney, Neb., on
your article. "Up and Down and
Round About Omaha," with which I
heartily agree, and to learn that ni>
good old friend of yore. "Boh" Ober
folder," Is still In ll. : an«I of the llv
ing and "lets the folks know he Is In
town," as he did nearly £0 years ago
on the frontier. C. P. JORDAN.
Examinations for Drivers. '
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Every driver should be
required to pass an examination be
fore bring issued a license to drive.
Any one arrested for driving a car
when not the holder of a license should
he given a Jail sentence.
In case a driver Is convicted of reck
less driving or speeding, he should
forfeit his license for 30 days: sec
ond offense he should forfeit It six
months, and third offense should for
feit his license permanently
PETE WENDELL.
The Spice oj Life
- -— ——
Coca—Have you read "To a Field
Mouse?”
Cola—No, how do you get 'em to
listen?—Purple Cow.
Paul—I'd go through anything for
you.
Pauline—Let's start on your bank
tng account.—Melbourne Punch.
Some so called open minds should
be closed for repairs—Arkansas
Thomas Cat (Hot Springs).
"We want a man for our Informa
tion bureau," said the manager. He
must be a wide-awake fellow and ac
customed to complaints."
"That's me." replied the applicant.
■‘I'm the father of twins '—Cornell
Widow.
"Yes, my 'usband s laid op, a victim
of football."
"But I didn't knew 'e even played
the game."
"’B doesn't. 'Ee sprained 'is
larynx at the match bast Saturday!"
—The Passing Show (London)._
Abe Martin
O’ course ther’s no yaks in this
country, but jest th’ same we’ll bet
King Ben, wanted at Benton Har
bor, 'll be glad when th’ huntin’ sea
son's over. Ther's no fool like an
ole fool, an’ if he happens t’ be
rich he’s himself his only parallel.
(Copyright, 1921-!
Milking a Patient Cow. *
Something having been added to the
wages and profits of these who have
gained much througn war inflation,
something tnay be taken from those
who have gained nothing by It. But
this is not a method which appeals to
common sense of equity.
Or if it C ould l)o .Something.
It isn't as If the league of Nations
had nothing to do—Toledo Blade.
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