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CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY.
The theatrical coup staged by Hitler, von Luden
dorff and others of the Bavarian fascisti seems to
have failed. Its leaders incorrectly estimated the
attitude of the German people, who, although sorely
perplexed and harassed from within and from with
out, have not yet despaired of being able to govern
themselves. The Republic of Germany, barely five
years old, is not to be throttled in its infancy by ad
vocates of the overthrown system of imperialism.
Thie does not mean that tranquility will return
at once to the Germans. Whatever their external
problems may be, the internal conflict between Marx
ianism and fascism will be troublesome, so long as
the present generation continues. Supporters of im
perialism, to whom the principles of republicanism
are abhorrent, do not resign themselves readily to the
doctrines of a free government, and may be reason
able expected to agitate and foment movements for
the restoration of the imperial state, with its clashes
and orders as sharply marked as existed prior to
the abdication of Jhe kaiser In November, 1918. The
republican leaders realize this, and the socialist ele
ment among the people is also keenly alive to the
danger, and may be depended upon to resist to the
utmost any effort at putting on a throne any repre
sentative of a royal line, whether Prussian or Bavar
ian. The fatherland today is that of the people and
not of a privileged family.
Consternation at Paris over the outbreak at
Munich excites a smile. Although the French gov
rn:nent had solemnly declared that no dictatorship
would be permitted in Germany, the fascisti leaders
t Munich went ahead to establish one, and the
"rrnch expressed astonishment. What else they
ooked for is hard to conceive. The unyielding course
■>f the French government has not been calculated
o assist the controlling group at Berlin in firmly
otablishing order and solidly founding the republic,
'n the contrary, Ebert and his associates have been
'.riven almost to despair to meet the exactions and
omply with the demands made by Poincare, and so
have been weakened to that extent in their home
position. Looking at the situation from this dis
tance, the unavoidable conclusion is that the dis
sension among the Germans is just what the French
seek.
However deep the misery, or sore the triel, the
patriotic devotion of the German people to their own
interests must engage the attention of the world,
and the sympathy of all lovers of freedom. Hitler
and von Ludendorf, barricaded In buildings at
Munich, represent a hope as illusive as did the armies
von Ludendorf headed behind the Hindenburg line.
Germany will remain a republic while its people re
main true to themselves.
MR. DAWSON. MEET MR. ROCKNE.
Nebraska's football team is about to be put to
the acid test, the same appearing in the combined
persons of Knute Rockne’s all-conquering bone-bust
ing bunch from Notre Dame. This outfit is coming
with the prestige of having crushed all opposition
so far this season, showing mercy to none, and leav
ing only wreck and devastniion in its trail. Attila
and Ghengis Khan were benevolent and philanthropic
visitors in comparison with the Notre Dame football
squad of the current season.
That is, if you put confidence in what the press
agent tells you. As a matter of fact, the crew from
Indiana has had little trouble, for it has not had
much opposition yet this season. Just how it will be
at Nebraska none can say. The Cornhuskers do not
look especially impressive, their performance being
of a negative sort. While the team hasn t been
licked so far, it hasn’t licked anybody worth while,
and it missed two very good opportunities to win
victories that the home folks think should have been
won. Yet tie scores are capable of another inter
pretation, as they may indicate that the other fellow
is entitled to some respect and credit for his part
of the performance.
What is certain to attract attention is that the
Cornhuskers know all about Notre Dame; the teams
have been meeting in annual contest for several
years, until their clash is looked upon by both as the
supreme event of their football season. Each has
respect for the* other, and no foolish sentiment is
entertained by either. Dnwson has had his gladia
tors secretly eating raw meat and drilling on maneuv
ers that may mystify the invaders. Nebraska is not
going to be fed like a lamb to a wolf, make up your
mind to that. Notre Dame may win, but scarcely by
a walkover.
WHAT DO YOUR CHILDREN PLAY AT?
Columbus is about to stage a show that ought to
interest all other Nebraskans, and may lead the
way to considerable entertainment. It is to be a
children’* hobby exhibit, in connection with a win
ter flower exhibition to be managed by the Y. M. C.
A. during September .
Such an exhibition may be deemed trivial, but it
really holds much of promise. Children of any age
\ have preference in the matter of toys, of games, and
V while they may not have developed into hobbies,
1 many of them look beyond the realm of mere play
* things and measure in some degree the bent of the
Jl youngster’s nature. It is not only the prodigy that
shows early in what direction the immature thought
is turning, and frequently provides the hint that
directs assistance in preparation for a life of useful
ness and success. .
The early winter flower show itself is worth
while It will bring much of beauty and merit from
the homes as well as the hot houses, and will give
the citizens of Columbus a better notion of what is
possible. The idea of having flowers in the house
during the winter months is an old one, and with
modern conditions i« widely prevalent among home
°W"rhe most interesting feature, though, will be the
hobby exhibit, In which the pets of the youngster,
will he brought out. These are the real P ants of
,he home, and to keep them growing property nour
ished and directed, is the greatest of all duties. As
the twig is bent the tree is inclined, today just as
at any time in human history.
BARNUM WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
Horatio Earle, one time road commissioner of
Michigan, has withdrawn by resignation from the
church of which he was a member. As his reason for
his act, he condemns a great many things the church
is doing or trying to do, particularly its activities
along political lines.
Here is where Mr. Earle puts himself on rather
thin ice. While there is no political connection be
tween church and state in the United States,
and under the constitution the practice of religion is
absolutely free and unrestricted, and our national
motto is “In God We Trust,” no amount of special
pleading will ever disguise the fact that the church
has been and is a tremendous influence in our na
j tional life. It would be a sad commentary on the
leaders of the church if they did not take an active
and intelligent interest in government.
Ministers are moral leaders, guiding and direct
ing the thoughts and the lives of their people along
right lines. No element of (^enominationalism enters
into this phase of the activities of the chureh. Re
gardless of creed or confession, ministers of every
sect concern themselves with the habits and manners
of the communities in which they live. Some are
more zealous than others, in that they presume to
deal with matters that properly should be left to
others, yet even these can bring a show of logic to
support them in their position.
Another of Mr. Earle’s charges is that many
ministers, some in his own town, are looking for
advertisement more than anything eUe. That is a
difficult thing to demonstrate, yet it may rest on the
natural bent of most folks. Few are so modest that
they do not relish a little favorable attention to what
ever they are doing. To call a man a “P. T.
Barnum” is rather complimentary, for Mr. Barnum
was one of America’s greatest advertisers, and made
a tremendous success from properly directed pub
licity. A dispassionate reading of the reasons set
for by the late commissioner of roads of Michigan,
who says he is going to start a church of his own,
inclines us to the opinion that he has followed the
example of the great showman, who said the Amer
ican people like to be humbugged.
JEW-BAITING DYING AWAY.
Brighter days are coming for the Jew, if the re
port of the American Jewish committee, just made
public, is sound in its conclusions. Anti-Semitic
agitation in the United States has collapsed, says the
report, and this in turn has had a salutary effect on
European countries, where such agitation is falling
off. The report credits the collapse of the anti
Jewish propaganda in this country to the vigorous
protests of the press, the church and other American
agencies of public opinion.
Sporadic attempts along the lines of prejudice
and oppression still are noted in this country, but,
says the committee,
"we feel confident! however, that the number of per
sons who will give credence to this Insidious propa
ganda is comparatively small, and that the American
people as a whole appreciate the Injustice, wicked
ness and danger of such movements and may be
relied upon to repudiate them."
Noticeable improvement in the condition of Jews
in central and eastern Europe is reported, and in
western Europe a general condemnation of anti
Semitic propaganda has come about within the last
two years. In Germany sorrffe minor political groups
still use the cry against the Jew, but in no instance
is their effort seriously menacing. Lithuania is noted
as conspicuously progressive along these lines, and
in Poland the situation is clearing up.
All this is hopeful, and should encourage the Jews
to continue in their efforts. If the sentiment com
plained of is vanishing, that is because the Jews have
intelligently directed their attempts to dispel any
prejudice that might have existed against them.
Public understanding has been improved because the
Jew has been patient in pleading his own cause, and
through his own endeavor has shown how silly has
been much of the propaganda used against him.
Racial antagonism falls of its own weight when
reason guides the judgment.
May Preston, who originated the part of Mary
in the old drama of “Ten Nights in a Bar Room,”
died in New York Wednesday at the age of 69.
There are those alive now who really believe that it
has been longer than that since they visited the
scene around which the drama was written.
A French physician announces that the penetrat
ing odor of the male goat has an important thera
peutic value. But, doctor dear, thefe are some things
worse than mere bodily ailment.
Darius M. Amsberry was one of the quiet men
who have done a great -deal for Nebraska without
making a great deal of fuss about his work.
An Omaha man tried to carry out a crime along
lines laid down in a sensational magazine. Is it nec
essary to say that he is in jail?
It is a little out of old King Ak’s line, but he
seems to have started several things this year, some
of which end«d in elopement.
Maybe it is dissolving golf balls and not decaying
vegetables that provide the poison in the lake at
Fontenelle park.
Proclaiming Thanksgiving day before th# conven
ing of congress is to bo classed as among the happy
thoughts.
If the Saturday Evening Post wants to establish
a warehouse here, it will find plenty of good places
to build.
Santa Claus letters are showing up at the post
office, which ought to be a hint to Christmas shoppers.
General Upton’s star will shine over Fort Howard,
but he will be well remembered in Omaha.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davi«
THE MORAL OF THRIFT.
A miser folks think him who looks with a frown
on pleasure. From dawn till old Phoebus rocs down
He faithfully struggles to gain nnd to lay
A fractional part of his earnings away.
Folks laugh when he speaks of the future with dread:
What virtue has wealth when the toller I* dead?
Live, live out your years and enjoy life at best
irs only a step to the llaven of ltrst.
God grant you your leisure snd all that Is Just,
And spend ns you will and live as you mufti.
But know tlint earth's paupers would surely be small
If future whs first In the visions of all.
Youth fades and strength follows, the toller Is bent,
And tearfully craves for the opulence spent
Wealth Isn't life's goal, you may rightfully say,
But blessing it Is when you're tired und gia
“From State and
Nation’’
— Editorials from Other
_ Newspapers—
Funny Business.
From The fct. Paul I>l»pateh
It is, ofVrurse, the business of Mr.
Hamilton Holt, in his capacity as ,nl
'vocule of tile league of Nations, to
defend that organization against criti
cism, but when he goes so far as to
pretend that the league emerged
gloriously from the recent row be
tween laily and Greece he is merely
being funny.
As we rei ill the circumstances, cer
tain Italian officers were murdered at
Janlna in Greece. Italy declared that
the Greek government was responsi
ble, and promptly served upon
Greece one of the most drastic ultima
tums ever served by one sovereign
state upon another—more drastic,
even, titan Austria's famous ultima
tun- to Serbia. Greece, being the
weaker nation, appealed to the league,
Mussolini iinmedii t«Jy informed the
league that the affair was none of Its
business and threatened to withdraw
the Italian representatives if the
league interfered. While the league
was timorously debating this disturb
ing development, the council of am
bassadors intervened and gave a de
cision awarding to Italy practically
everything she had demanded of
Greece. Meantime Italy had bombard
ed and occupied Corfu as evidence of
what might be expected unless her
ultimatum was complied with. Also,
•_ the meantime, a neutral commis
sion of military men investigated the
murders and absolved the Greek gov
ernment of culpability.
Now Mr. Hamilton Holt says that
the league averted a bloody war be
tween Italy arid Greece. It did noth
ing of the kind. It did not even try.
It feebly debated what It should do
with the terrible Mussolini while the
council of ambassadors accepted jur
isdiction and gave that gentleman
everything he asked tof. Greece, the
weaker nation, and, if a military com
mission is to be believed, the guilt
less one, was heavily flne_d and hu
mllilated while the league was futilely
trying to muster courage enough to
talk back to the Italian man on horse
back. History records no more cala
mitous fizzle than this. Mr. Holt's ef
fort to extract from the episode some
credit for the League of Nations is
not even ingenious. It is amusing.
A Pause in Filmdom.
From Th« Chicago Dally Xew>.
Mr. Zukor and other selntlllant per
sonalities in the moving picture manu
facturing industry are worried by the
overhead. They say they are going
to go slow for a while and see wheth
er production costs, not ♦mly of stag
ing and the mechanical side generally,
but also of the actors' salaries, will
not fall to lower levels. The experi
ment of pausing in the mad rush of
manufacturing films and taking a
look around Is surely worth trying.
Will Hays, president of the Asso
ciation of Motion Picture Producers
and Distributors of America, has been
telling the people of London that
every day a minimum of in.000,000
and a maximum of 20.000,000 persons
attend moving picture theaters in the
1'nited States. And he said truly that
the educational possibilities of mov
ing pictures were "illimitable." That
those possibilities thus far have been
largely perverted by displays of vio
lent love making and "stunt" picture*
of hair-raising scenes Is, of course,
well known.
It Is to be hoped that the picture
producers will turn from the hlgh
prleed and unskilled stars to well
trained and well educated persons
who know how to act with restraint
and who can Instruct as well as en
tertain the multitudes that crowd the
moving picture theaters. If the pron»
ised pause In the production of films
is well employed in taking thought
of the future of the picture Industry
the more Intelligent of the producers
surely will try to turn out henceforth
films that have more serious meaning
and less barbaric displays, more beau
ty of theme and less fury of passion.
The Borstal System In England.
From The Christian Srlem-a Monitor,
Now that the Borstal system In
England has passed Its majority, hav
ing attained its 21st birthday a few
weeks ago, It may be of interest to
pass In review some of the results, in
the direction of better prison condi
tions for wayward boys and girls be
tween the ages of 16 and 21, of this
outgrowth of the humane Ideals of
Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brlse. Although
the primary Idea underlying the Inau
guration of the institutions, of which
that at Borstal was the first, was sim
ply the segregation of young offend
ers from older prisoners, this has ex
panded until today there Is practical
ly nothing of the prison about their
atmospheres. Not that strict disci
pline Is not maintained In them, for
It Is, but that the wholo purpose of
those In charge Is to bring about true
reformation of the inmates and re
store them to a condition of thought
and life where they can once more
enter society as responsible Individ
uals with some chance of making
good.
There are today four of these re
formatories—three for boys and one
for girls. From them the old prison
rules and methods have practically
disappeared, and every year more
and more progress Is being
made toward a regulatory sys
tem almost wholly educative.
The day's work Is intentionally a long
one, eight hours of physical activity
being followed by evening classes and
lectures.
One of the Important features of
this system Is In connection with the
Borstal association, which makes ar
rangements for the reception and em
ployment of the lads and girls on
their release ami for their supervision,
to help them Uva an honest and Indus
trious life and avoid had company.
It Is a remarkable and noteworthy
fact that, at a time when employment
Is notoriously hard to obtain, and
when the many dangers of unemploy
ment are only too obvious, the aaso
| Daily Prayer
Flnallv. brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things mo honest. «hst
■oaver thing" ore lust, whatsoever ihltotM
ore pure, whatsoever things ore lovely,
whatsoever thing* er« of good report:
If there he snv virtue. nn«l if there he
nny prsls«. think on these thing*—Phil.
4 . H.
Otjr Father, wo thank Thro fur Thy
goodness to us during the night. Thou
hast watched n\er Us whilst. We slept.
Now we pray Thee to guard and
guide us though this day May Thy
presence be with us As our day, so
may our gtlength be.
May Thy lovs be In our hearts and
manifest in our conduct. I',nable ns
to resist civil, to endure trial, to aver
corns difficulties, and In all things
to do Thy will. Whatsoever our
hands find to do, may we do It with
our might.
Keep us from becoming dlscour
rigid. May Thy Joy become our
ran gt h. Ma n " •• nol ®roai weary
in well doing May Th> "<*d be a
lamp to our feet and a light to our
path. Keep our hearts and minds.
May wo think «*f tin* things which me
pure and lovely and of a good report
Supply nil our needs this day. Make
ill things work together for our good
\\ « u«l' In Jesus’ trim* \n»en.
1>AVH» M< KINNI.Y l.i.l)„
^ i'lnvlnnstl. Ohio
Where the Tall Corn
Grows
Noting that a squirrel swiped 61
golf balls from a neighboring course,
the Clinton Herald opines that thej
aforesaid squirrel was a poor Judge
of nuts to take golf balls instead of
golf players.
• » *
Admitting that Lowden is as good
presidential timber now as lie was
four years ago, the Sac City Sun
opines that the'psychological moment
has passed for Frank.
* • •
The Keokuk Gate City fears that
Angora's attempt to cultivate cordial
relations with the U. S. A. is a covert
attempt to get Uncle Sam's goat.
• * •
"We ought to be grateful to our
junior senator for not taking the
credit for raising the price of corn to
around $1,” admits the Waterloo
Tribune.
• * •
"Vendors of flapdoodle.” remarks
the Sioux City Tribune after a careful
survey of the situation, "find as ready
a market for their wares in one state
as in another." Incidentally, has any
body noticed any' decrease in the de
mand for flamloodle?
• • • 0
Having figured it out In the nth
degree, the Davenport Times an
nounces that of the 30,000 motor car
accidents reported last year, 30,000 of
them were sustained while the cars
were proceeding at a moderate rate of
speed.
• • •
The best thing that can be said
for the Ford candidacy is that It will
arouse the old-timers, the whet-1
horses, the contributors and the mas
ter rr.-inds of the major organizations.
It will put new life in them, force
them to new studies of and new
promises to "the people " Ford's
candidacy will be a benefit only so
long as it stimulates his opponents
It would be a catastrophe if success
ful.—Cedar Rapids Gazette. ’
* • •
"Providing the whitewash brush is
not put Into operation Colonel Forbes'
case will receive a thorough going
over." says the Dubuque Herald. But
unless gone over thoroughly why use
a whitewash brush at all?
• • •
A Des Moines editor quotes a man
of that city as observing that a few
years ago wives asked their husbandk
to button up the back. Now wifey's
dress has no back.
• • •
The Harlan Republican, seeing that
the Italian administers a copious dose
of castor oil to fellows caught "mash
ing,” express the notion that it might
be a good idea to import both Idea and
oil Into this country.
• • •
"Now, If the Just organize the Ku
Klux Klan In Germany that country
will have nothing more to look for in
the way of trouble," wheezes the
Davenport Times.
• • •
The Ottumwa Courier opines it is
high time for the St. Bouis woman
who has just secured her 13th di
vorce to decide she la unlucky in
matrimony.
elation reports that more than 70 in
every 100 of its charges are doing
well. 'Moreover, even of those who
have been at liberty over 11 years.
Including the difficult years during
and immediately following the w^r,
more than 60 per cent have not again
come Into conflict with the law.
On the whole, there is no doubt that
the .lystem has mode, and is making,
for the happiness and good of those
brought under its influence. Thanks
to the work of the Institutes, large
numbers of men and women who
would otherwise most likely have been
the cause of persistent Injury and
misery to themselves and others have
in the last 21 years been guided In the
direction of a life of normal activ
Ity. Such results bear testimony,
louder than could be borne by any
word of mouth, to their value and
also to the quiet labors of the many
associates throughout Kngiand and
Wales ‘who are devoting themselves
to this work of assisting these young
men and women so In need of a help
ing hand.
Graft F.temal,
From The New York Republican.
Grafting Is quite common these de
generate days. Vet not more common
nor flagrant than tt was 150 years
ago. A county superintendent In Mis
souri sells certificates for $5 per, and
thereby augments his salary some
f 1,500. A governor ha* his private
auto driver put on the pay roll of
the medical department of the state
at 200 bucks per and thereby saves
the expense and trouble of paying
him out of his own hard earned sal
ary. Some might call that thrift; you
name it graft, which Is hitting the
bullseye.
But during the revolutionary war,
when patriotism was at flood tide, a
general In a famishing patriot army
was convicted of speculating In the
meager rations of the soldiers. More
over he was a great general and even
aspired to throw George Washington
over the transom and get his place
He was censured, hut continued in
command.
A good many men now are worse
than they ought to be, but not worse
than men used to he.
What Coroners Have learned.
Prom the rinclnnet! Enquirer.
Toadstools can’-t pinch hit for mush
room*.
The middle of the crossing Is no
place to aigue with a railroad train.
Wood alcohol Isn't as safo to drink
aa water.
Jay walking gets you a rids In a
hearse.
Fools and drunk* never make good
drivers.
Two cars can't occupy one and the
some spot on a road at one and the
same time.
Getting Into the woods during the
hunting season makes a man look like
a deer.
Where England Scores.
It Is not difficult to understand the
advantage of the 12-m!!o limit to
American prohibition officer*, hut It
Is not Just os cosy to see w here the
advantage to Great ltrltnln comes In
Is It expected that the damming of
(lie American flood will result In re
ilueed prices for customers at home?
—Toronto Mail and Empire._
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What have you seen? Are you
ever attracted by the voire of the __
world of nature which surrounds
you? The Omaha Bee welcomes
letters from readers on observa
tions of nature.
“01.11 JIM CROW."
Tennyson, in “Locksley Hall.”
writes of
“the many wintered crew that leads
the clanging rookery home,'1
testifying to the longevity of the bird.
Others have paid similar tribute, and
■ very farmer boy will tell you of his
wariness and wisdom One recent
writer has suggested that the crows
are migrating to the west. Moving
their habitat from the east to the
more open spares. Whether this be
true or nut, Nebraska farmers have
complained greatly of the flocks that
have created some havoc with growing
things of late years, and are accused
of driving out many birds who are
more useful or at least less harmful
On a recent journey across the west
to the Pacific coast I observed many
flocks of crows in regions where I
never had noticed so many before.
This may bear out the statement that
the crow is going west.
Most of the case against the crow
on account of his capacity for de
struction must rest on his Insatiable
curiosity. He is an Inveterate seeker
after knowledge, and will do anything
once. Just to find out the effect. He
is wary, watchful, difficult to approach
and* hard to catch. The boy who
actually has trapped a crow- has
achieved something to be proud of.
Invariably, when a flock of crows is
feeding, a sentinel will be stationed.
Stop your car and get out and no at
tention will be paid to you: lift any
thing out of the car, a stick, a gun,
or any similar article, and the sentinel
immediately sounds his warning, and
long before you can get within range
every crow has winged his way to
safety.
This brings me to what I wanted to
boast about. When a small lad, a
good many years ago. I became some
what expert with the bow and arrow,
or at least so fancied myself. On one ex
pedition l shot a crow, wounding
him in one of his wings. After some
thing of a chase and a considerable
battle, I succeeded in tying up his beak
and daws and carried him home yi
triumph.
The minute I put him down on
the floor and loosened his lionds. he
became one of the family, not offer
ing to escape. My father fixed his
wounded wing so that he recovered
its use, but never did he try to fly
away; although he often visited the
high tree tops around the house, he
always returned. Jim. for that natur
ally was his name, could not or would
not make friends with eitlyr the do':
or the cat. and they soon learned to
let him alone, for he could put up a
very pretty tight in his own behalf.
He was very friendly with al! rnem*
tiers of the family and learned a
number of simple little tricks, which
he delighted to show.
His most marked trait, though, was
his mischief. Especially was he at
tracted by bright things, and scissors,
spoons and the like were his weak
ness. His hiding place was up in the
garret, where he was at home and
where he deposited his plunder. It
was one of n.-v regular duties to climb
a ladder into the garret and search
under the eaves for the missing things.
Jim frequently pulled to pieces arti
cles that he could, apparently for no
^ther reason than to see what they
contained or were made of He did
not attain the many winters of Tenny
son's veteran, but he was the source
of much amusement' to the family
and the neighbors for many years,
finally coming out second best In a
midnight battle with a Mg tomcat,
which cost bis life.
T. \V MeCrLLOrOH.
“The People’s
Voice”
editorial* from reader* of The Morn
in« lie* Header* of The Morning
Bee are invited to use ihl* column
freel> for expression on matter* oi
public intercut.
Sari asm From the Dairy Bam.
Edgar, Neb —To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: One of the most com
mon, yet the moat undesirable of hu
man traits is ingratitude. It was
therefore with great regret that I
read the letter of Mr. Petersons,
which, no doubt, represents the feel
ings of the majority of farmers, it
is too bad when the bankers and corn
nv.-rcial clubs of our great cities are
so willing to help us. that we will
have none of it. When we have
such a chance to benefit ourselves
and our fellow men and thep turn it
down.
Butter fat is now 49 cents, and go
ing up possibly still higher. Butter
is uc-yonu that, no doubt, when
one has to buy it. flow, then, can
the poorer citizens of the towns pay
mis gnat price for butter? It seems
to me that to bring down the price
union tueir reac-n the farmer should
be willing to give up a few hours of
his time. Any expert milker could
take on a dozen or more cows in an
hour, then allow an extra hour twice
a day for feeding and cleaning out
tho barn or bedding the animals an.,
loeding the calves, you see would add
only four hours to the day. I don t
know' of any farmer who works
more than 16 hours a day now. Nas
poleon got along nicely on four hours
sleep. t.hy shouldn't farmers? Sure
ly they don t hope to be greater taan
Napoleon. But a farmer is a stub
born animal, and If he won't, he won’t,
and that's an end of It.
However, all is not lost yet. The
comn.-Tclal clubs and bankers are in
terested, and when they put their
snouider to the wneel great things arc
accomplished. Why not, then, iet
those gentlemen, instead of lending
the mulish farmers money, just buy
the cows themselves and thus get ail
the praise. The farmers have had
more than their share now. If the
back yards are too small or miss.ng.
that need not worry them. They can
put up quarters at the country club,
in fact, they could use the golf links.
Each have his old little shed for his
12 c-uws and motor out each night
and morning with his family. He
could teach his boys and girls to m.ik
and feed the calves, while h.s wife
would he deiighled to wash up the
milk dishes. No woman has tasted
real happiness until Fhe has washed
a separator dally for s .eral years.
Tho more I think of this plan the
more it ay,peals to me. Think of all
these philanthropists forced to spend
time on golf and in the clubs for en
tertainment after their work is done
when they might have been milking
the.r own nice Uttie herd of 12 cows
and feedinr their 12 little calves, it s
not only themselves and the great
benefit to their fellow men in lower
ing the price of butter, but also the
blessing it would confer upon their
children to help In such work.
1 wish, gentlerr-yn, that you would
Abe Martin [ I
I ^ *
‘economy in office an’ reduction
o’ taxes! I remember o’ hearin’
that ole ruse when I was a boy.”
says Uncle Niles Turner, 103. Si
lence can’t be misquoted, but it kin
be misinterpreted.
(Copyright, till.)
take this matter up carefully at your
next dub meeting, and if it meet#
with your approval, as I am sure It
will, I have some other little hint*
that will be of great benefit to your
clube. JOHN DOW.
The Annual Problem.
A Good memory is the one that r*
tains the method by which you man
aged to regulate the heat of the fur
: r. ];.•-•» - . ir —. -.-..n Sun.
Have you read the roll of honor,
Have you felt that godly pride.
Have you seen where O'Connor,
Fell with Cohen, side y side?
Ore was mcKnamed Irish paddy,
From across Dublin bay,
And the other was a laddy—
From the ghetto of Broadway.
Then Grzibovskv and Gabrihill.
Here comes Poland greeting Rom*
Some v.»-re wounded in St. Mihlel;
Many never did come home.
;; i -, June*, a Texas blackie.
K v n<> f ther rank but “Buss."
Ail were dressed up in proud khaki—
In th*dr heart one noble cause.
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