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The Morning Ree MORNIN G— E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED FRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and -also the local news published herein. All rights of rapublication of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department XT. #I or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: -g fwwl Editorial Department. AT Untie 1021 or AT. 1042. AUUU - OFF|cjs ’ Main Office—17tb and Farnam Council Bluffs —15 Scott St. S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City— Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndi. Trust Bldg, Angeles—Higgins Bldg. Ban Francisco—Hollrook Bldg Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bide ____________ DEMOCRACY OF BUREAUCRACY? More than 8,000 federal statutes ground through the congressional hopper in 10 years, and more than 36,000 government activities with more being added iwery year—is it any wonder the people are tax jPidden to support the government? Legislatures of 29 states in session in 1923 con ■aidered 32,000 bills and enacted 8,300 of them into daws. Practically one in every 12 of the population 1» drawing a salary from the public either for whole dir part time work. During the last 20 years the United States has become the worst law-ridden country in the world. Acting upon the assumption that a legal enactment is all that is needed to cure any supposed evil or •remedy any untoward situation, we have, during the ’last quarter of a century, added a half a million laws •t» the statute books of the republic and of the 48 Estates. Upon the assumption that the government •ran do for the people what the people should do for (themselves, and do it easier, we now have laws that Jtoulld have been denounced in fiery language a gen eration ago. - Practically every congressman who goes down to Washington exerts himself to the utmost to secure •tW establishment of some new government activity, tsome hoping to use it as a safety net when dropped ;from the congressional payroll. „ Multiplied statutes, unwritten laws, precedents ;jfeithout number, have combined to make our whole system one of legal mazes and entanglements, bur -ifensome bureaus and expensive administration. It costs $34 per capita per year to pay the sal •arics of public officials. This is practically half the ‘payroll of every factory in the republic producing ;p>ore than $5,000 worth of goods per year. How 'many of the 2,700,000 on federal, state, county and Jnunicipal payrolls are useless is not known, but it js well known that thousands of them are not only '-useless but actually a detriment to the proper ad ministration of affairs. Bureaus and commissions everywhere, most of them interfering with the free • Sow of commerce or interfering with public and ■private affairs. Boasting of our freedom and independence, we have become the worst law-ridden, bureau-governed, • commission-bossed, job-loaded people in the world. And the situation grows worse with every passing day. It is high time that the people who foot the drills wake up and take their own government back "itito their own hands. GRADE CROSSINGS AND THE DRIVER. Nine persons were killed, many others injured, I and a large amount of property badly damaged, be cause the driver of an automobile in eastern Ohio failed to play it safe at a grade crossing. Similar accidents are being reported daily, not all so serious as this, but the great majority of them accompanied by loss of life as well as property. Roy Cochran, at present highway engineer for Nebraska, comes out flatfooted for the elimination ;pf grade crossings. In this he has the support of wflearly every railroad man in the land. Particularly /Would the engineers, who drive the fast locomotives ' Across the lines, like to see the danger done away ?%ith. What holds it back is not the need for doing /the work, but the expense. Careful estimates put wthe cost of eliminating grade crossings at <11!,500, /V00.000, a sum the railroads do not at the moment ■feel able to provide for the purpose, t - While waiting for the day to come when no high : way will cross a railroad track at grade, an existing "remedy might be tried. “Stop, Look, and Listen.” ! No four words in the language are fraught with ,/giore of meaning. Displayed at every crossing, re quired by law, they present to the driver an absolute /■guarantee of safety. If carefully observed, they will ■ -ost no one more than a few seconds of time, and probably will save the man who observes from> sudden transition to eternity. The burden is always on the driver, for the train • has the right-of-way on the tracks, and the engineer • (s warranted in not expecting his progress to be dis ’ puted by the presence of an automobile whose driver - in a hurry. Let these considerations be taken heed of, and grade crossing accidents will be reduc • ed, almost to the vanishing point. Always we will "have with us those blithe spirits who have a convic tion that they can beat the engine to the crossing, ' and the frequency of ties in these events have no i, deterrent effect on the ilk. The careful man, how *-ever, will take ordinary precautions, secure in the Reflection that in prudence is safety, and that there r js no real adventure in trying to outrun the locomo ' tive. £ " » MARKING HISTORIC SPOTS. I 1 The state historical department and the Daugh ters of the American Revolution of Iowa have now aerected four of the five tablet* that are to mark , Ihe old Mormon trail acro*s that state. • The west i* not yet old enough to he dotted with ■ historical monuments; the good work has been well "begun. In Nebraska there arc a number of monu " ments marking the old Oregon trail across the state. *■ They have been erected by the State Historical *o '■A-iety, und that organization would erect other monu incuts on historic spots if it, were financially able. -. It is high time that Nebraskans become more in terested in this matter of preserving its early history, .arid in marking its historic spots. A few Oregon " trail markers across the state are not enough. There " should be a marker on the site of old Fort Kearney. / ‘Hotter yet, the state should acquire the property and make it a state park, for around that old fort are p gathered many of the most splendid memories -of early Nebraska pioneering. The old Mormon trail from Fort Calhoun westward across the state • should he appropriately marked, and there are sev. oral site* of Indian raid* thnt are deserving of Mmilar attention. Old Fort Kidney was abandoned •• « number of years ago, Hnd that is another his "toric spot that should be marked, because il played a . most important part in Nebraska’s eurly history. , New England Ijas marked every spot that has any ..historical interest whatsoever, Hnd this example -.should be followed by every state in the west. Right n how is the time for Nebraska to begin It ha» nl, ready been too long neglectful TALKING ABOUT DIVORCES IN IOWA. The special session of the Iowa legislature, called for the single purpose of code revision, is develop ing into something else again. Those who labored under the delusion that the session would deal al most exclusively with dry statutes and cold figures, have already been disillusioned. Right now the sub ject of divorce is up, and already it has produced a great amount of oratory mingled with consider able personal feeling. Representative Doolittle declared that “speedy di vorces do not arise from court procedure, but from ill-considered marriages.” Then Representative Clark arose and declared that “if a man and wife de cide that one of them should get a divorce, they can draw up their papers in the morning, making the plaintiff whichever one can get the writ most easily, file the papers at 1 p. m., and prove up their divorce at 1 :30 p. m.” After declaring that he had seen just that thing done more than once, Representative Clark said: “Let’s require at least as much solemnity in getting a divorce as in proving up a suit on a gro cery bill or a promissory note. You can get a di vorce today for 70 cents if you go to the constable or some other disinterested party and serve notice on the defendant. A lot of states nre beginning to tighten up on their divorce taws, and Iowa has no reason to lag.” ^ If Representative Clark is stating the facts, it is clearly time that Iowa legislators get busy and cor lect a few things now wrong with the divorce laws of that state. Much might be said by * Nebraska newspaper concerning Iowa’s divorce laws, but in view of what is happening in the divorce courts of Nebraska we are not going to say it. There is quite too much litter on Nebraska’s doorstep to warrant any Nebraska newspaper grabbing its broom and proceeding to dust off the Iowa doorstep. Representative Gallagher, who is insistent that the Iowa divorce laws be amended, expressed sur prise that some enemy of the proposed bill did not “favor an attachment to the marriage license of a coupon granting a divorce to the holders.” With divorces growing in number at an ever increasing ratio, it would seem, however, that such a coupon is not necessary, and calculated' only to add too much red tape to a system that now proves to be very easy. The “tandem brand of matrimony,” as Repre sentative Gallagher brands it, is not peculiar to Iowa. If it accomplishes nothing else the discussion of the subject by the Iowa legislature will call re newed attention to the necessity for a more nearly uniform divorce law. A chemist in the Department of Agriculture at Washington has discovered a cheap method of mak ing sugar out of com. There are still those alive and complaining who will insist that to make sugar out of corn would be .a criminal waste of better opportunities. Texas has just experienced a blizzard with freez ing temperature, but in the meanwhile dandelions are blooming on Nebraska lawns and the open auto mobile is gaily exceeding the speed limit. Insanity will be the plea of Philip E. Fox, pub licity chief of the nightshirt klan, who killed W. S. Cobum, the attorney of another faction. "Crazy like a Fox,” is not an unusual mental condition. A study of the Nebraska temperature records will disclose the fact that the banana belt is creep ing northward, indicating a reasonably good prospect of a replenising of the supply. The daughter of an earl is soon to open a shop in London, but if she sells honest goods at fair prices probably nobody will hold any of her rela tions against! her. The impression is growing that if certain peo ple in Europe go to work and quit their whining, ' there would be fewer calls i*pon Uncle Sam’s well known bounty. It is to be hoped that the warring factions in congress will absorb a little of the spirit of peace and good will during the Christmas vacation. It takes a lot to convince some men. The Omaha man whose wife deserted him five times finally tumbled and sued for a divorce. Correct this sentence: “I completed my Christ mas shopping early, and did not spend a penny more than I really could afford.” Either Lenin and Trotsky have mighty good press agents or they have mere lives than a cat. An "Honest Work Week” about four times a month wouldn't hurt this country a little bit. -» Mr. Bryan is again in Washington, leading a procession that simply will not follow him. The trouble with most reformers is that they do not start it where charity begins. And would it not be proper to sing "Columbia, the gem of the notions?” A corn-fed carp still remains the Ben Davis of the finny tribe. i---■—-i Homespun Verse —fly Omaha’* Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie OUR SILENT CAL HAS SPOKEN. Our *ilent i'hI ha* voiced hi* thought* upon the major thing*; III* rrftintry I* a* homo to him where mother aew* and alng*, And robuat children play about contentedly and gny— They are the people of nl* realm; of them he think* today. And he I* dieanilng of the hotrei In eratwhlle yeni* dealgned, While fullire peace and plenitude nre foramost In hi* mind. We've heard him apeak hi* melange and In truth we've heard him nay; In giving we forget, perhapn. thnt we at length muat pay 15'en though our neighbor* face dial re** and year* monotonou*. Let ua expect u* much of them bn they would a* of un; Let nation* lie a* man and man but let not logl WMth#* Tho Mplrlt of tin© klndliii©#* nor dim the Unlit c fHlth. And w© our*#lvtN among our*©!'** timterhillv might deny The nriittltud© Mint m il bet love nor loyalty ©nn buy, I‘or we ehotild know that w hen today'* vM**ltude: nre fled \\ * Will lit iifti.li t u till it I low unnl or Knin by wlsdmi dead “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” Editorial front renders ot The Morning Bee Readers ot The Morning Bee are Invited to use this column freely for expression on matters ot publlo Interest. Christinas Enlarged. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee; Chrlstm.ua is a season of Joy and happiness, especially to the heart of a child* These days that precede Christmas, when every flock of mothers is full of mystery, when there arc a hundred different places "you must not look" when Manta may he peeking in the window at any momenj and it behooves you to lie good, when odors that come from the kitchen ^re' tempting beyond en durance; these days are worth living in spite of the leisurely manner in which they move. But they hold a double enchant ment for the child whose parents have Interwoven with the customs of this land of quaint and curious tra ditions of a foreign land. The com bination of an American and a Scandinavian Christmas is rich in imagination. To such a child Christmas does not begin Christmas eve or Christmas morn, but on the eve of the 23d, known as "Lille Jule Aften" meaning Little Christmas E',ve. This is ttie first thrill of the coming Christmas, the atmosphere takes on a new spirit, a sort of joyous announcement to the child that Christmas is so close ho can almost touch it. Then follows Christinas eve, the climax of all the child has been looking forward to, and always the Christmas tree. Per haps times have been hard and an evergreen is not possible, but some where grows a little naked tree that under the touch of Christmas magic, will gleam and glow with bright col ored papers, bitter sweet from the woods, bright tinsel, tiny candles and toys, perhaps not many but always some. I never hung nty stocking, though my faith in Santa and other little spirits of gladness I shall mention later, was implicit. Mow did my toys come? Well some time or other, when my watchful eyes had failed to watch closely enough, Santa in his sleigh drawn by the prancing rein deer had stopped at uiy house and left the toys to be placed on the Christmas tree, with the promise that if we children were very, very good he might stop off and help pick them from the tree, on Christmas eve. lie always did, s^yed for the Christmas songs, stayed to hear our cries of de light before he left to minister to the rest of the world. Beside Santa Claus, who of course always comes first, this child knows also a troop of little folks called "Nisse" who in Norway, Denmark and Sweden take the place of Santa Claus. They are as real as Santa is and resemble our "brownies." This little ditty portrays them axactly. "Up the airy mountain, down tba rushy then Wa daren't so a hunting for faar or little men Wa folks, good folka trooping all together Htue rap. r.-d cap and whita owls feather." These little folks crave rice, in fact should the children of earth for get to leave a bowl full for them somewhere In thesnow will away from the house, they would be offended and might even forget the gifts And Santa being closely related to these little beings. In spirit at least, must like it too. So he is given a gener ous portion, for who would want him to drive through the night on his kindly mission, hungry. Never, and we children always tested It out. did Santa and his little workers, the "Nisse." fill to come for thnt delicacy th»y craved, nmole proof they exist, live and breathe as we do* a lesson scoffers should not overlook. A. TV Woman's Prh liege*. Vutan Neb —To the Editor pf The Omaha Bee: Yes, change divorce laws, but much better change marriage laws and divorces will drop, one half, the same minute. The average man is like a new born babe when It comes to marriage and divorce laws. The average woman knows mot# about the subject In 10 minutes, than lie does all day. When he stands up before the preacher and says "T will” and "1 do" he fondly imagines he Is getting an even break. Little docs he think he Is absolute ly giving away one half of all that he has worked years to save, just by saying those nice little words, and that the woman is giving nothing but on.-pty words. Me can not collect one penny, on them, though she might be worth million*, hut she can collect the last penny, or her share, and make hlnv pay her lawyer's fee, her alimony, and all expenses while she Is doing It. The average man Imagines that If he gets stung and cannot stand It any longer, that he can get Justice In divorce court—that the one that Is to blame will get soaked. Not so, "old top." You certainly will get soaked If you are to blame, also you will get soaked If you are not to blame. Don't ever think you will get Jus tice In divorce court. The whole thing Is framed for the woman. The Idea that the woman gets one half of Daily Prayer --—r Ha (hall aava lh»m barauaa they trust lllm -Pa. *7 40. Our Father, aa Thy children we. In thla new day. hope for Thy presence and llstten for Thy voice. That we may l>a sensitive to Thy touch and alert to Thy word, mnke us eager to know Thy will and resolute to do If. To know Thee In dose Intimacy Is our need and our prayer. In Thee la food for all our hunger*: light for all our gloom: tasks for all our energies: love—warm, Ihrohhloc, sacrificing, to purge away our soin*h ness. This Is our faith—make It our living experience. I^ook In pity upon all the sons of men. Tiring alrlfn to an end. Kstab llsh righteousness In the affairs of na tions. Help all rulers to derree Jus lice. Let reason prevail, and love hind together Ihe hearts of men He our sufficiency! all day. He otir defense If we nre threatened by evil forces keep us rigid when we lag* tempted: give ua fresh Inspiration when our purpose* flag; keep us un selffshly. deliberately, eagerly kind all day, and when night falls tuny we hnve the ronaclousness of Thy favor, and the peace Which passeth under standing. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. TV AI.LACK V*. MCI t.KN D. g> MmIUtn, S' ,T______ NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Nortmlier, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,950 j Sunday .79,265 j T)ofi not Include (•turn*, Uft« hvfta, lAinpIn nr paprri ipnlltH tn j j printing nod lm Itidra no •poctsl i«Im nr IrM circulation of any kind. B. BREWER, Gen. Mrt. ! V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. M«r. I HuhatHhad nod (wmn to liafnra mr tin* Oth doy of Ofirmhpi. 19.1.1 W H QUIVEY, (S*al I Nolory Public j the •man's property, simply by stand ing up and going through a mar riage ceremony. Is unjust and un sound, and should be changed. VV. A. 8. STUNG. Would Make Germany Pay. On*iha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I see In your paper a criti cism of an article I wrote by one W. \V. in which he arks, "Why does not Germany pay up?" and then adds, "is is possible for malice, ignorance and Injustice to reach lower levels than this?" Yes, it Is possible and eery reason able to compel and collect payment for damage done. In regard to Ignorance. W. W. says Germany surrendered by reason of President Wilson’s 14 points. Those 14 points were not embodied In the peace treaty neither In the terms of armistice. There has been no official statement In regard as to what Germany has paid. England, France and Belgium are working to that end now. W. W. nays it fulfilled Its prom ise in regard to the kaiser. Germany agreed to give the kaiser trial to see if he was guilty of causing the world war. In regard to Germany paying over $2,000,000,000 in gold. I will say that speakH well for France, as we have been informed through the press that French occupation and collections were a failure. W. W. quotes H. G. Wells, an Eng lishman. This is English propaganda, which is the same as German propa ganda at the present time. He also soys the press is full of French screeds, but dties not give one Instance, I have not the time nor Inclination to analyze his entire article and take up space In your columns. 8herrnau said “War Is hell,” W. W. would havo us think that war is something like a Sunday school pic nic with pink tea, lemonade. Ice cream and all the trimmings thrown In. ^ "The soul that slnneth shall die." Germany must die and a new tier many must be born. That was what Mr. Wilson meant by "self determina tion” and "make the world safe for democracy." He says the plight of the German people is desperate. The plight of the entire world Is desperate, civili zation is on trial. When a man or nation ceases to fear man and God then some one must at least put the feat- of man In their hearts. No one has more syn/pathy or charity for the German people than I The penalty must he so severe that they will never lie guilty of com mitting this crime again. It will take generation after genera tion for the United States to pay its war debt, so why should we expect Germany's debt to be canceled’ 1 asked In my first article. Why Is the American press full of German propaganda? My two critics. Hunter anil Y\ W. have failed to answer that jiior do they dispute It or show that I was wrong In a single statement. HEEL M CAIN. Political Jingle. Danbury. Neh—To the Editor of The Omaha Ree; 1I<> has spoke and we have heard The many thing* we all have f<-,red. The old world now stands on Its head Digesting the mighty things he said. The world I0 safe from shore to flhor**. As w© predicted h<*retofr»r^; South I**kota !h the stuff That outran Hiram sure enough. Did III will gfve s rentle tip, "There * many a slip from cup to lip." Next fall you’ll h»ar the glad refrain That Hiram is himself again. Now we subside until all vote To see who wnnts tbe old world court _~W, R. litirbrldge. The World's fireatest Financier*. Every now and then newspaper readers are regaled with stories about »ome great financier, some fellow who Mas accumulated millions and had his Ungers upon the financial pulse of na tions. They are mere money makers, tnd there is a difference between Ttonev makers and financiers. The world's greatest financiers are ftot. and never have been men. Nebraska an* thousands of wives anil mothers who can give Rockefeller and Schwab and Ford and Morgan cards and spades and big casino nnd then bent them in financing. The mother who can take her husband's weekly check and stretch It until it provide* ample food and sufficient clothing for a constantly Increasing brood of lit tle ones make it cover the cost of giving them a good education, keep a roof over their heads and give them a fair chance In the game of life, la, I am here to tell you. a greater finan cier than any man who ever headed a big bank or carried the monetary ,destiny of a nation In hi* hand. Just Ahead. "Can you remenilier'.’'' asks an ex change, "how you looked forward to your future 20 years ago? Well, this Is your future. What are you doing In If" oh—er—still looking for ward. Boston Transcript. Confidence. Mae -He simply worships her. Rae—I'll say he does. Why. he thinks that the parrot taught her to swear.—New York Sun and fllobe. j “ From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— _ Fourteen Years of Scouting. From the Christian Sc ene* Monitor. Jn February next It Is planned to observe properly the 1 tth anniversary of the organization of the Boy Scouts of America. From a small beginning there has grown a national Ijody repre sentative of the very flower of the youth of the land. Aiding and advis ing the boys there are hundreds of unselfish business and professional men who have devoted time and en ergy to a proper direction of the activities of local, state and national camps. They have provided some of the sinews and perhaps some of the Incentive which have made continued progress and growth possible. But to the boys themselves, the scouts of whatever age or social status, is due the credit for the maintenance of the high standards set and unfalteringly adhered to. The moral strength of the Boy Scout organization is in its ranks. No one but the individual scout can keep inviolate the pledge which he voluntarily takes. Happily that day has passed when thinking people were Inclined to dis courage scout activities*because they believed the organization was militar istic and that it taught Its memia-rs a reverence for the arts of war. The boys themselves have shown the falsi ty of this supposition. They have proved that they are being efficiently trained in the pursuits of peace and brotherllness. That, when all has been said, means that they are being trained to take up. when the time [comes, the duties of citizenship. It is recalled in this connection that Gen eral Pershing, when he visited the en campnvent of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts at Palisades Interstate park, near Bear Mountain. N. Y.. in July last, declare his belief that the work being done in the camps was more broadening than that which could be done under military regime, and that he would not introduce military dis cipline 04- training into the Boy Scout program if he could. General Pershing was quick to see that the training afforded was for citizenship. He observed that any man who is a good citizen will make a good Boidier in time of peril. He did not intimate that the trained mili tarist Is always a good citizen, though this might be his conviction. But he took occasion to call attention to the fact that there are. according to his estimate. 3.000.000 boy* In the L'nlted Ktat<*s who might be regarded as available scout material. These boys, he said, are just reaching the age when they begin to feel the responsi bilities of ■ Itlzenshtp. and "when they should he surrounded by conditions conducive to dear thought and clean bodies. ” It Is to rmke possible the enroll ment and training of fhese boys that the activities of the organization should now be directed. Other esti mates Indicate that there are 8.000, 000 American boys who are eligible and anxious for the teaching offered. No form of Americanization work of fers greater possibilities than that so, studiously adhered to by the Boy Scouts. Therefore, the forthcoming observance of the 14th anniversary of the organization does not offer alone an opportunity to look back ward upon past worthy accomplish ments. It present*, rather, a dear vision of possibilities In bringing to million* of youne Americans the means for intensive training in the theories and practices of true Ameri canism. Departed tilorj. Krem the Ottumwa Courier. Much a* we may deplore it. we must confess tiiat the glories and the grandeur of our old frontier are being swallowed up in a tidal wave of mod ernism. tvplfied by great churches, good roads, sheath gowns. stock swindlers, automobile thieves and radio Only a week or so ago ther* was chronicled the passing of a Texas sheriff who hadn't carried a shootln* iron in 30 .xrars. And he died of pneun. >nla rr something just a* dis- i gracefully unromantlc. Nobody shot him at all. Now comr-s a blow even more difficult to survive. The Dallas News, apparently without -hame. | blazons forth the* indictment of a I region which once was wild and wad-i ly and afraid of itse'f •'I’pcn the heels of a report from IsiQii' n that monocles ar" fast re- ( turning to vogue In Hritain and upon the Kuropean continent, several of the very swanky solitaire eyeglasses have l>een observed on the streets of Dallas, and. in the opinion of outfitters here, the fad bids fair to become general in this country." Think of Stl Monocles In Texas! As appropriate as toboggans in the middle of the Sahara. Where is the glory that was the old west, the west of the six-gun and the bowie knife, the necktie party and the paint smeare! redskin’ Truly, "them days Is gone forever!" V (lend Crop. "Do you make any money raising tobacco’" "Yes. " replied Farmer Comtossel "I got 'most enough out of the last crop to keep our boy Josh in cig arels."—Washington Star Indies. Rxi ifFd I-ady—1 want six ounces of sulphuric acid. Clerk—Yes. n inn. Are you going to drink it or throw it in another lndv's fare’—American l-egjon Weekly. Puzzle Is Unsolved! r — ^-w Psychology Test Closes Without Winner Kugene Fry, 520 Federal Reserve Bldg., Omaha, came nearest; C. I. Thede. Lincoln, second, and Robert A. Cohn. 310 W. O. W. Bldg., third. Among the hundreds of solutions submitt d none were suc cessful in solving the puzzle published in this paper last week. I). Marino, who holds (he key to the solution, does not read English. He was weary Sunday after huving heard hundreds of letters from contestants read to him. Among those who tried were men of letters and skill, professional men, doctors, lawyers and architects, indicating that the puzzle is a true and genuine skill test. The key to the puzzle is door No. 5. Important ones are Nos. 2. IS and 14. Marino uses only one pencil line crossing all lt> doors, starting with one line and finishing with the same line without recrossing twice. It anyone doubts this Marino is ready to prove it. The problem has not been solved for five years and it lias been used t<> good advantage for many competitive skill tests. D. MARINO, 1112 So. 13th St., Omaha I LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press "It la not going to be a real Christ mas for W. J- Bryan," observes the Falrbury News. “If Santa does not bring him a new issue.' " • • • "With the penitentiary overflowing with men and county jails all over the country more or less populous, and the river bods full of gravel, why can’t we have all the roads In the state graveled?" Is a question pro pounded by Ole Buck in the Harvard Courier. • • • The Wayne Democrat, aqd you will please note the title, remarks that "President Coolidge's message to con gress Is a mighty good message for those who like that kind of a mes sage." • • • The Nebraska City Press wisely ob serves that there ain't no Santa Claus a-tall for those European nations that are just sitting around and waiting for Uncle Sam to play Santa and drop a huge roll of real currency in their stockings. • • • Noting that Box Butte county holds the spud record, the Grand Island In dependent asserts that Hall county lieats it. Now watch Scotts Bluff them both out. • • • W, H. Weekes Of the Norfolk Pre«s has a long memory. Noting the criticism of President t'oolidge be cause he doesn't talk enough. Brer Weekes recalls the time when they were criticising President Hayes be cause he talked too much. • • • The York Democrat announce* that Henry Bock, former member of tfce state legislature from Butler county, will seek the democratic nainination for congress from the Fourth district. And the Democrat alleges that Henry would fill the bill very acceptably. • • • Mentor Brown of the Kearney Hub, who has been watching 'em leave the starting post for more n half a cen tury. observes that McAdoo's burst of speed when the harrier flew up may merely be the distinguishing mark of a good quarter horse. • • • "The three K's," sadly muses John Sweet of the Nebraska City Press, "usjd to he reedin', 'ritin' and 'rithmetic. Now the young folks take 'em 'rummin', 'rarin' and 'rtdlnY' • • • The Newman Grove Reporter, not ing the little disagreement between the Madison Star-Mail and the Nor folk News, counsels the democratic brethren to dwell together In unity. Advice may he good, and yet very much out of place at times. • • • The York New Teller says the rea son why there Is so'mrtieh talk about the Ford boom is that the people get tired of talking about the weather all the time, • • • "Some men try to beat the train to: the crossing but other men talkback' to their wives," sageiy observes the j Aurora Republican Abe Martin — _.... *- ~TfUT'(\$MA &B l It's all right t' s, ,.t op an' fight one another durin’ a political cam paign, but after a democrat or a re publican becomes th' president of our country we ought t’ be big enough an’ paterotic enough t' ap plaud his picture on the screen. Cheer up, wheat farmers, human life hain’t worth nothin’ eithe-. (Capvrah*. 112}.) old fashioned! They call me old fashioned, Just be cause 1 still wear my old b'.ack suspenders. And drive the old gray mare to town Instead of one of them automobiles. Down at the county fair, by gosh, A young fellow says to me, "Say, Grandpop, Take a ride in my airplane.’’ I said, "No, I'm scared of them things " He laughed and said, "You’re old fashioned." The neighbors got a rig a ma-jig, They call It a radio set. They say you <-an hear music and such for miles and miles. But I guess I'm old-fashioned. I don't care to hear somebody long ways off. I'd rather hear my grandchildren singing; And they are right here— T don't need no machine to hear them. All this new fangled stuff may be all right. I don't know—the old ways are my ways. May be it's because 1 am old-faeh loned. —H. F. Gilbert. A Handy Place to Eat Hotel Gonaot Ifefh and Htrrev- Omaha The Center of Convenience Let Arithmetic Work FOR you— not against you “How in the world dot's my money get awuy from me!" Such is the month-to month plaint of the person who lets arithme tic work against him. A small coin needless ly spent here, a larger coin there, a dollar bill occasionally—these driblets run quickly into big totals. But, when arithmetic works FOR a person we hear this: “Gee, look what 1 have in my Get-Ahead Club account, and I have hardly missed the weekly deposits at all.” s Here are fourteen Ot-tkinl Hub plans w hich make arithmetic w ork I OH \on: <»nc \<ar ?.V Kb cn-1 icpoAit (law. > 1J.M ,%Or t-.t n< lK p< *lt (Iam . \Y » *1 ktrinpcittuil CIiima ... 5 tw* *2 l»cu Haw . . ltM P* M IK ( Iks .. %. ?,V» <*• • Ktrn-ht| t.itf t l am V».Ki ... •V Onmi tr^ 41««* #;a.;a ‘v 1 ,b* 5c Imrcu'ini anil IWftn»lm 4 Ia»« .< w latere* tbe lM>rmdiMt*aiMl-Ufrmi»iR| nai» #v.\ oa f^c Iit< r«niwinc anil lHK rrHwitic 4 !**• I .n w *c lncmwlri Ami. 1>« ci rawing ( |*»« It* tc IWretnlni 4 la»* .... 25 v» lc iVriTiialnx 4 law I? 75 Ic Incrmdni ('!•»* I? *A \ ou ina> pay a* far in advanca ** you w Tha Club and* tarty tn next Dacamber. Th* K'OT'R D i*«mn*-»nd !V* r*At ng t ..iA*r* mart with a ■ mall Amount which Ipcrra*oa f.-r th* f twt<r>-f»\* w(*ka, •nd th*n, aiaitlng th* oth*r wmy. de* resari* for th* romain r.g portent— thus j>ro\ti|tn* m J'Jau that »» much I'nMtr to ootttplrt* thou would h* Km fcht IPi iM» ng plat)*. All v'1aa>«’j» draw int*.*At if d*t»oAi*a Mi* mad* promptly. Half the game of getting ahead is getting started. Join today, and have a lump sum. plus a pleased feeling, early next December. ftkGbahaNationalF \ ^arnam at nth St. TIE YOUR AMBITIONS TO A BANK ACCOUNT., *** — -iw ■- wp^.1 •'
