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THE referendum on peace.
1 he second phase of that solemn referendum on
the league of nations is before the country in the
Bok peace plan.
The first referendum was on the league as
Woodrow Wilson devised it.
file second is on the league with reservations_
pai alleiing in many respects the Lodge reservations,
ft is conceivable that Senator Lodge himself might
be the author of the Bok peace plan.
It must be with much gratification that the sena
toi thus sees his judgment vindicated and endorsed.
Strange are the ways of fate. Woodrow Wilson
might have had the league with the Lodge reserva
tions. liut he would not, and now, “The stone which
the builders refused has become the head stone of
the corner.”
To Mr. AA’ilson, article X, was the heart of the
league. Senator Lodge would have wiped it out as
to the l nited States, though leaving it intact as to
the other member nations, if they would have it so.
The Bok peace plan proposes that article X be
eliminated from the covenant, that there be no ref
erence to force or coercion, no plans for armies or
navies that might crush recalcitrant nations.
The jury of award has adopted the new peace
plan, “unanimously.” Elihu Root is chairman of the
jury. '1 he plan is therefore Mr. Root’s plan, which
means much more than that it is Mr. Bok’s plan
FREIGHT NOT SECTIONAL PROBLEM.
The proceedings at Chicago, inspired by the in
terests of certain manufacturers tvho feel they are
being discriminated against, may serve to bring the
entire railroad rate structure to the examination the
president has recommended. Briefly, the proponents
ask that the Interstate Commerce commission set
t'.side the long and short haul rule, and put in a
special rail rate on shipments to the western coast,
in order that interior concerns may compete on even
terms w-ith those situated on the eastern coast, who
now have a distinct advantage in the shipping serv
ice through the canal.
Conceding the justice that supports the request,
the greater question of justice to the entire nation
should- come first. The federal government has a
monopoly of control over transportation. Rail rates
are under the charge of the Interstate Commerce
commission, thoroughly bulwarked by law and by
courUdecisions. Water rates are supported by the
law that forbids any but American built and owned
vessels taking part in 'coastwise shipping, and this
includes movements through the Fanama canal.
In view of this situation, the whole matter de
serves to go back to the government, for full ex
amination. Mr. Coolidge says, “Competent authori
ties agree that an entire reorganization of the rate
structure for freight is necessary. This should be
ordered at once by the congress.” Such a reorgani
zation to be serviceable should give full weight to
the factors involved. *The first aspect is that of the
continental phase of the question, the second is that
the coasts arc now united by water as well as by
rail. If rail rates are cut to meet the water com
petition, the probable loss in revenue will need to
be met by additions to the short haul rate. Here
is the crux of the problem.
Whatever readjustment is made, and something
will have to be done if the interior shippers are to
have a fair chance with those of the coast, must be
done with regard to what is just for all, for those
in the great central valley as well as for those on
the sea coasts. No one of the great questions in
viting congressional attention is more vital than this,
for it holds the secret of distribution, which is the
key to continued prosperity in this country.
KING TUTS SERVICE TO US.
King George of England has done a very gracious
act in behalf of another king who was dead and
buried 3,200 years before he was born. He has
requested that King Tut-ankh-amen’s body be not
removed from the sarcophagus in which it is con
tained, longer than is necessary to make an x-ray
photograph through the mummy casings, then the
lemains to he restored to the tomb in which they so
long have reposed. This wish, it is reported, will be
respected. *
Tut-ankh-amen is fortunate beyond many of his
kind, in that his fate is in the hands of civilized
people. They may invade his tomb, hut not through
idle curiosity. Reverently they will despoil the place
of its extraneous ornaments, preserving them for
the consideration of the studious and curious as
well, but the actual tomb will not be desecrated.
Science makes that unnecessary, and dust or what
ever may be contained in the mummy case will be
allowed to wait as it has through the long lapse of
time for the end of all things. However, the king
did not live or die in vain, nor was the exploration of
his vault without gain beyond the intrinsic value of
the articles discovered.
Inscriptions of untold historical value, of cul
tural worth, have been deciphered, and others will
be, so that in the end the vainglory and pomp of
the yputhful monarch will add materially to the
knowledge we have already of the Egypt of his time
and before. Such contributions are worth any effort
to secure them, chiefly because we now know that
the valley of the Nile was the seat of a highly de
veloped and influential civilization for centuries be
fore Assyria, Greece or Rome emerged from the
darkness of barbarism. Religion, science, arts, let
ters all flourished in the Egypt of ages ago, and
ideas there born still persist.
Critics and historians no longer proceed with
their work without a careful scrutiny of what is
known of Egyptian life, and every treasure house
such as the tomb of King Tut adds to the nreumu
LUed mass carefully collected and sifted information
„f that ancient land. This is why it is no sacrilege
t< examine the contents of that monarch’s last rest
ing place, hut an act of deep respect, duly justified
bv a warranted desire to know what is recorded of
the once mighty ruler and preserved in the mortuary
prepared for him and miraculously preserved to the
discovery of a time that knows what to do with
its contents. Tut-ankh amen really is serving a race
of men accomplished beyond even the imagination
of his dreams.
LOOKING FOR PEARLS.
“Yes,” said one whitewing to the other, “Tim
was a good straight sweeper, but he was a little care
less on corners, I noticed.”
That is the natural pride one has in his vocation,
to be good on corners as well as on straight sweeping.
Just now the Brooklyn Eagle comes forward with an
oyster shucker, who not only has some pride in his
life time occupation, but is something of a phil
osopher as well. For 60 years John Anderson has
been opening oysters at the rate of 5,500 a day, or
66,000,000 oysters, and he has not yet found a pearl.
He has, though, found something else, that is
worth many pearls, and that is contentment. He
still uses the straight knife, for that is the correct
implement for shucking an oyster. The “sculler”
hits the shell with a hammer, and leaves hits of shell
in the oyster.
“I have no words for the sculler,” says John,
swelling with honest pride, as he explains the finesse
of his operation, which simply consists of thrusting
the strong blade between the valves and prying them
open. His life’s achievement is thus summarized :
He holds a record that no man could be ashamed
of. He shucked 9,250 oysters in nine hours once,
making 17 7.54 oysters a minute. Nobody else in
the history of the world has done that well. Few
have ever wanted to. He has averaged 5,500 oysters
a day for 60 years. Laid end to end, these oysters
would stretch 3,126 miles, or 3,126 times between
Horo Hall and the Long Island station by way of
Fulton street. Hut if you did that you would get
them dirty.
Although he has not yet found a pearl, he still
looks for one in each oyster he opens. Some day he
may be lucky, for pearls grow in oysters. So long
as hope upholds him, John Anderson is alive.
"AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM”
Their tastes and their desires differed. The
glamor of the honeymoon soon wore off. They
could not think alike. They could not agree.
So at last they agreed to disagree and separated.
But there came a time when the wife went
down into the Valley of the Shadow and
brought back with her a little one, and the tiny
hands of that babe wrought a miracle in the souls
of a man and a woman. Disagreeing upon many
things, the father and mother of that tiny babe
agreed that nothing else mattered, that all other
subjects of discussion faded into nothingness com
pared to a discussion of ways and menni to care for
the flesh of their flesh and blood of their blood.
All former disagreements faded into the illimit
able distance, and these two, separated by decree of
divorce and brought together again by the touch of
tiny hands, walked together to the courthouse and
told the judge who issued the decree of divorce that
they had been mistaken.
They were too late to have the decree annulled.
But the smiles of the baby nestling in its crib many
blocks away, the remembrance of the touch of its
tiny hands, nerved the father and mother to go
ahead, so they hastened to County Judge Crawford,
who is empowered to issue marriage licenses. Law
hedges the marriage ceremony about in this good
state, but there are merciful exceptions. And Judge
Crawford, made acquainted with the peculiar cir
cumstances, hastened to take advantage of those ex
ceptions and the divorced father and mother w-ere
speedily married.
Now they stand, one on each side of the cradle
of that tiny babe, renewing their vows and confi
dent that in the loving duty of caring for the tiny
life entrusted to theif care they can forget the in
consequential thing3 that halted the course of their
first matrimonial voyage.
It is the age-old story of empty hearts filled by
the caress of tiny fingers, of gloom dispelled hy the
sunlight of a baby's smile. And, after all, the age
of miracles has not passed, for no greater miracles
have been w-rought than those wrought throughout
the ages by the soft caresses of a baby’s fingers,
the cooing of a baby’s voice, the sunlight of a baby’s
smile.
True when spoken, and just as true through all
the ages since then, "a little child shall lead them."
Between the modernists, the fundamentalists,
the higher critics and the new translators, the Bible
is getting quite a good deal of attention these days.
Common folks will continue to read it for the wis
dom, comfort and counsel it contains.
All railroad claims growing out of the war have
at last been settled. Now, if Uncle Sam can only
collect part of what is due him from foreign debtors
—but that seems too much to expect.
The exact geographical center of democratic
platform manufacture is not definitely known, but
it is a safe guess that it is either near Miami, Fla.,
or Lincoln, Neb.
Well, Mabel was just about to quit the movies, j
anyhow, and so was Edna. The shooting just mad- j
their exit a little more picturesque.
Governor Bryan now has an opportunity to go
over the work of the tax board, and he can not
blame it on a previous administration, worse luck.
The prisoner who preferred being in jail to
shivering in the cold outside showed some regard
for his personal comfort, if nothing else.
Noting that the republican slogan is expected to
be “Keep Coolidge," the South Bend Tribune ex
pects somebody to shout, “Hire Hiram.
A motor expert predicts the near arrival of the
six-wheel automobile. Gracious, are we not having
enough trouble with one steering wheel?
Speaking of wholesome precedents, there is the
one recently set by an Omaha landlord when he
very materially reduced rents.
France is backing out of the Kuhr, a complete
reversal, having gone in the same way.
Homespun Verse
—Hy Omaha's Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
THE OLD MAN DREAMS
The old mnn sits In hts chair »t night.
The cold wind blows and tlie Are Is bright
His home Is a shrine that Implies and gives
The dreams that are w rought os the <dd man 11 v • «
The old man dreams of the glad days flown.
And softly laughs ns I be joys are shown
To him while ho sits by his cozy Are
Dreaming the dreams of his heart's deslrs
The old man heats as he hoard or yore.
The old man bops aa he a.iw before.
The old man foi ls with an old man s pride
And the old man’s faith is exempliAod.
The years that have come and 111" Jnya gone I
Reflect like gems In the old man's eye.
And something heavenly, e-iintly seems
To tip toe In as the old man dreams
“The People’s
Voice”
Hditorlala from r«idnv of Th* Morn
ing B*#* Reader* of The Morning
B< <* are Invited »o us** thta column
freely for expression on matters of
public interea1.
Praise for “Sunny Side Up.”
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Kee: Congratulations on your
double column on the front page en
titled "Sunny Side Cp,” written by
Will M. Maupin, the brilliant writer
to whom we owe the best description
of Nebraska and its varied charms.
No man among his able content-,
poraries of tlit old school ever wrote
more limpid prose; ever “lisped in
sweeter numbers;’’ ever bedewed his
writings with more gentle humor
than Will Maupin, the model pater
Camillas, the tireless worker in the
journalistic vineyard.
Here is a man who finds material
worthy of his magic pencil in sights
and doings of the most ordinary and
trivial sort—and mukes them human
ly interesting.
As a Praxiteles or a Phideas al
ways saw In the rough marble a
potential statue so William Maupin
sees in the little Incidents which make
up our lives an inspiration for obser
vations which touch our hearts
quicken our interest and provoke our
mirth. A. A. RKMiLLARD.
From a Road Contractor.
Atkinson, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: In an article ap
pearing in the Omaha World-Herald
nf January 1, Governor Bryan sug
gests that he would put more money
into circulation through the Federal
Reserve board.
I believe that a wonderful thing
could he done right here at home if
the governor would call a special
session of the legislature and pay
up the $4X6,000 that is owed to the
contractors.
Charity begins at borne, and it this
bill was paid it would < Irculate so as
to pay over $1,000,000 debts, it would
relieve the merchant, banker, butcher,
baker, grocer, blacksmith, factory,
pastor, county and In turn state. It
would create a feeling of confidence
and trust that has been rather betray
ed the last six months. ,
The laborer could buy the warm
shoes and clothing for his children
and move out of the tents and rag
houses that he has been fnrred to live
In on account of not receiving his pay.
The homes that have been rr.*>rt
gaged so as to finance the state could
lie once more clear and the banks
could tie paid and stop the interest on
money borrowed to build these roads.
For six months constant attention
has been brought before our officers
of the state as to this situation and
we have been put off on one thing
or another and no action.
We see in the papers that the gov
ernor may call a special session but
hasn't called It yet.
This does not relieve us. who have
done the work and are holding the
sack and "whistling for < ur money." |
nor does it create a good feeling to
ward the administration.
It seeins to me that when Governor
Brj n a epted the governorship he
< pt< : all th( bllg ' c' that 'bn*
i,fflee falls heir to and if there was a
deficit In the rnad fund and the peo
ple who built the roads could not be
paid out of any other fund then It Is
the duty of the governor to see that
these men get their money even
though a special session has to he
called I know that Governor Brian
does not have to call this session and
I do not believe that he can be forced
to do so, but I think that he would
b« serving the best interest of the
people of the state If he did. anil
when ho makes this call leave off all
the handles of a political nature so
s to get down to business and pay
an honest deht.
There no other debt in the state
but what some legal action could
lie taken on and f believe Hie big men
f poll I
want to see this cleared up.
Let's not pass the buck to the next
administration.
11V. F NIGHTENGALE
Futility of Congress.
Oxford. Neb —To the Kdltnr of The
Omaha Her The expressions, "the
people should rule, ' or "the govern
mcnt should be given track to the
p,, ;.lr- that are so often used by
those wishing to appeal for votes
Should not deceive any lover of onr
Amen in government. 'ftie people
have rule i and <air government has
been In their l t da since the day* of
<;. rye W ashington. The grand con
stitution given us by our forefathers
has proven an effective protector of
the pt .. t rule, and the
cornerstone of the greatest rff^esen
tutlve government on earth.
It is only when we pet away from
the tiue spirit of that document that
trouble and Injustice takes plate
Those who prate about their detenu
Inntlon to wrest the government form
the bosses and restore It to the pen
pie will he found to he constitutional
> inkers. They tell Us the nation has
Utgrown irs baby clothes and should
have a new constitution or amend It
to conform to their so called progres
slve Ideas. Those who express ad
miration for our constitution and true
representative gov. rnnient are bawled
out by these self style 1 progressives
as "the old school," "old guard,
' standpatters" and "reactionaries."
Our government through all Its
wonderful achievements In the past
has l>ecn administered by one or the
other of the dominant political par
ties, and the people have dictated
Which party candidates and platfofnis
Should prevail. Tire humbug primary
has well nigh wrecked true repre
sentative government and the politi
cal parties have little to say who
shall ho their standard hearers or
what platform they shall stand on.
><-t they are unjustly held responsible
for the actions of every demagogue
that attaches himself to the |mity h\
the primary route The primary, like
the English aparrow, was Imported
and while the Increasing flocks of
sparrows live on the fruits of the
farmers' toll and In the destruction of
the nesting place of worth while
hints, so the primary has hatched and
assembled In congress the greatest
flock of political demagogues ever
gathered under one roof. These gain
support by appealing to the passions
and prejudices "f the voters and, like
the sparrows, they are pirates trying
to destroy the character and block
Ihe work Of worth while statesmen
They have a holj* horror of men
who are loyal to the political pniij'
that elected them, styling them p»r
tisans, hut they have no minima at
being so partisan that if their hand
fid of "xl bloc members can't dictate
Hie i lialrman of a committee, tliev are
willing to block all legislation and
millet the taxpayris for the cost
They don't believe In a party caucus
hut tin f hold a bloc caucus that lias
for Us only purpose the defeat of tin
will of the ii,«i lorlly of tlii’ir political
parly In congress.
htyling themselves the farm labor
|,Inc, they contend that farmers' trim
hies nil came through re.u-tlotiarj leg
islation and tiler demanded last Mini
mer that congress ho called, even
■-ending s wire to Harding on hi
death hrd. a,, they could make the
farmers prosperous, and yet a whole
month of the sonslnn Inis gone, fur
which the farmers will pay. and the.
culillnilo In block, legislation because
a small minority. the\ cannot
ilillllinate, regardless of tile Will of
the majority the. how-1 about iho
wickedness of the spoils system, hut
LISTENING IN
On the Nebraska Press
Editor Witherow of the Palmyra
Items confesses that he lias had to
give up trying to explain to a young
son why a shipment goes by car and
cargoes by ship.
• • •
.Jack Kroh of the Ogallala News
wants everybody in his town to put
In the new year speaking good words
for the town. Its business and profes
sional men, Etad its surrounding tern
tory. Jack has been doing it for years,
but it seems that he has been too
lonesome.
* • *
"An American citizen," asserts
Mentor Brown in the Kearney Hub,
"who will line up with Russia In tHe
dispute between Hughes and Tchltch
erin is not ho good ut> American that
he will not bear watching.” Quite
true, and we are doubtful of the
Americanism of the man who will line
up behind a name like Tchitrherin,
anyhow.
• • •
The Fremont Tribune opines that
the ultimate consumer Is mighty
lucky these days to have anything to
consume. *
The Lexington Clipper devotes a
column to explaining the difference
between a cyclone and p tornado.
But it is easier to read about the dif
ference than it is to see it after one
of 'em passes.
• • •
Noting that a scientist claims to
have discovered a substitute for coffee,
Editor Templin of the Shelton Clipper
chortles that this particular scientist
is a has-been. A Shelton restaurant
keeper mode that discovery several
years ago.
» • •
A wolf having recently escaped
fmm a Nebraska zoo. the Grand
Island Independent hastens to assure
the zoo keepers that It isn't the one
a lot of Grand Island people are
shooing away from their doors.
• • •
Congressman Howard hag filed for
re-election, whereupon the Schuyler
Sun opines that Edgar must have
filed as a derfiocrat. the progressive
party which Edgar sponsored having
gone flooey.
• • •
The York Democrat is sanguine that
the "Bryan wing" of the democratic
party in Nebraska will nut oppose
Arthur Mullen's ambition to he na
tional committeeman again
• • •
Noting that astronomers are look
Ing for an overdue comet, the Pierce
Call predicts that it will strike the
earth about the lime Governor Bryan
1 lunches his boom for president.
• • •
Dwight Griswold of the Gordon
•Journal is both an optinvist and a
forward looker. He says, despite the
cold weather, that it won't tie long
until the boys will he gifting their
baseball mits nut. lie might have
site) with equal truth that a lot of
candidates already have their mitts
out.
• • •
Editor Mammon of the Holdre^e
Citizen is greatly annoyed by the fact
that a large numlver of counterfeit
flOO bills are in circulation Probably
because a lot of delinquents are
Lath to pay up lest they pass a
counterfeit on ye editor.
• • •
There always is some one on hand
to witness the arrival of the train
muses Ed Curran of the Greeley
Citizen.
• • •
"A bargain that takes money out
f Crofton is a backfire '" shouts the
Cri.fton Journal.
• • •
Creorge Bensrhoter of the 11 >
Sprinps News, know* a hawk ft "in a
handsaw. Noting that W. J. B has
in mind for the democratic n mini*
tion a southern man who is dry and
progressive. Bon blurbs that bv
moving to Florida W. J. I?, quail del
all three ways.
no man, regardless of qua lift iti n
ran get their vote f»»r confirmation
unless he will eat out of their hand
They tell the soldiers they have tr
vented a scheme whereby they can
pay them a l*>nus and lower th* farm
era* taxes by the same le\er. and the
strange thing Is that same people N
lieve it. While the democrats cannot
but enjoy seeing the republican party
put fin a hole by this little handful of
self-styled progressives. It is to be
hoped that they will rise above polit:
cal vantage and help in legislation
that will bring relief to the jntrv
In lower taxes by killing the bureau
eratlc craze and squelch the . unstitu
t Iona 1 rev iso rs. A C RANKIN.
"Good Fellows in Politics."
North Platte, Neb.—To the Kditor
of The Omaha Bee: In Tuesday’s
paper there appeared a touching edi
torlal entitled "Good Fellows in
Pollti- m. ’ purporting to enlist tin*
sympathy of the people of the state
f>>r the Honest John” or "Honest
Ham” who lias yielded to temp*atlon.
and fallen. But the editorial does not
entirely cover the ground. There are
others There are "Honest Bills.” and
"Honest Arts” and Honest Peters.”
too. "Honest John” and "Honest
Sam” were talked of. for offife. It \<
true. Moreover, they were elected
to office, and never did the*, fail to
perform the dities of their office faith,
fully an.I honestly, and with due re
gards to the needs <>f the community
as well as the Individual man.
But how about the others'* How
about the "Honest Peters,” who
couldn't handle their jobs after they
got them? Or the "Honest Arts."
who ran again and got turned down’
Or about the "Honest Bills,’* who also
had ambitions. In fact, more ambitions
than friends, so that they couldn t
ever get the nomination for a position
on th^ city council or the school
board, to say nothing of winning the
election to the office of mayor, or to
a scat in tlie state legislature While
the "Honest Johns and Sam* leg
the fat offices In the gift of the peo
pie, which everyone knows were
created simply to give these same
Johns and Sams gome nice plums
and not at all because the taxpayer
wanted real service from the men the-,
voted far.
And when things, happen that look
bad f«>r the Johns and Sams, do the
Bills and Berts and Arts and Peters
stand by the friend who granted them
theHc favors in private life? Well, not
» you could police it For unfortu
nately it often happens that the fell* w
who isn't In and can't get in. finds
his only satisfaction in knocking the
f. How w ho is in. But tills knocking
may sometimes become a boomerang
When i brick under a 1 at Is kicked
Yptil Fool’s day, the man who
hurt worst is the on* who k ked the
brick, though sometimes a broken
fragment of brick may hit the other
fe’.low But the circumstantial ex l
dence properly directed ought to
Identify the man with the ion> to.
ns the one who kicked the brick
rather than the one with the L utsed
face, but with two perfectly good feet
Let’s make a few other fellows take
off their shoes and show u«. and i*
my of them try to run. Just stait tin*
C rifT aftei the and tin ill'll'' n*
hax e a chance to learn something in
tcresting And while they are taking
off their shoes, it might bo ns well to
find out w ho it was who put the brick
there to be kicked, and to make it
look as if It was Sain or John who
kicked it
And it would surelx require a crin.*
inal lawyer of long experience and
wonderful talent in his line to con
vince a .ini' that a bruise on a man's
face was Incnntmv«t tIble evident *■
that he xx is the one that kicked the
brick WILLIAM Kl I HUMAN
Lincoln, Neb
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
Paying a Hold of Honor.
Krom th# Pittsburgh Chronicle.Tub-graph
Announcement by the War depart
ment that cx-setv:i women as web
is men are eligible for free medical
treatment is in line with justice and
common sense. The assurance has
been received by the American Wo
men's Overseas longue. This means
that any army or navy nurse or yeo
manette possessing a certificate of
honorable discharge and of disability
may #nt< r a govet nrn< nt hospital ot
home for expert care. The duration
of the disability or the manner in
which it was receive.! will make no
difference Kntry into a government
institution entails no obligation to re
main. Patients are free to di part
whenever they please. Their cost of
transportation to and front then
homes will he paid from the treasury.
Few women thus far have cl-ili/ud
such attention and it has been found
necessarv, therefore, to set apart only
one institutin'- for their benefit, at
the soldiers' home, Danville, 111-,
which is centrally located and well
equipped for the purpose. Two brick
buildings have been designated for
the women's exclusive use and there
Is also ,1 hospital available with 200
bedn.
The estimate that approximate
52,000 women are elig.hle for this
benefit gives some Idea of tin extent
of the service rendered by the theoret
ically weaker sex to their country in
the time of Its emergency. According
to a previous ruling, ex-service wo
men were eligible only to the relief
derived from the veterans' bureau,
whirh required 10 per cent disability
attributed directly to service for the
army or navy, t'nder the new system
the women will be given the same
status ns the men and it is difficult to
see why there ever should have been
any discrimination against tid-m
wi lie the patients will he received at
Danville, applications are to be ir/tde
to Gen. Get rge 11 Wood at the Na
tional Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers, Dayton. O. If is time our
government made this signal recogni
tion of the equal value of the wo
men's contribution to the winning of
i be war
Is Xnntlirr Ki-i*iissan< f Due?
From the Cheyenne Tribune.
“It may he that the period through
which we have been passing is hut a
little understood preliminary to a
new and tremendous outburst of in
telk-ctual, esthetic and moral achieve
ment.'’
“The modern world began with a
renaissance that represents in many
Helds the high water marks of human
■ inquest. May it not be possible that
i y • rid renais--':r , v. h l:y different
in form and content, but equally ber.ef
icent in its results, is in the mak-<
ing.”
The foregoing th<> ightful savings
are from the annual report of Piesi
dent Nichi -la/i Murray Butler to the
trustees of Coiumbi t university. They
express ideas which are In the minds .
•f most observing and contemplative
men and women.
The world is nv ving. as Mr. Butler
says The great unrest which per
vaded the whole world for several
years, before the war. as well as
since, must be the initial outcropping
of a new movement f r better re
sults
While it Is true that the human
family, nr part of it. V s retrograde
at times, or that part • f it is always
stavistic, and while it is true that
progress and re eseion move in huge
cycles, nevertheless mankind contin
ues t<i go forward. Kv* n decline is
t backward reaction which c rrects
wrongs in order to carry the race on
ward to higher levels of civilisation.
There can be no doubt that a renals-'
sam e of re; hllcanism is now deveb |
opir.g. For the moment it looks, in1
spots, in different spots of the w. rid.
that republicanism is curbed, and nr
if the democratic objects for which
the allies fought in the great war are
thrown aside, but it Is noticeable that
individuals and nations -ire inspired
by ideals of free i rn and republican
ism is sure to be victorious.
It is the same with the Agitation
and propaganda which infringe nr.
personal liberty and personal privil
ege and on liberty of c« r science The
swing tends from one extreme in the
other before tho even murse Is found
We do not count sufficiently on the
force of sentimentalism and emotion
alism. They go to the right heights
not bv Judgment, but by experience.
We learn by mistakes With our
ideals, experience is leading us on to
an ether renaissance.
Political Soap Bubbles.
F. .■ m th* Trf'.sh W< • l !
[ Another one rf Governor Bryan?
grandstand plays has been called
This time his holler about a sh* tag"
of moil# v in the s’ ite aid r*Ui fund
has been exposed. It has l*o*n p doted
out that th** governor has been chug
Ing tlie M K#lvie idministntion with
lepleting the treasury, when the facts
In the » ise are that the present g >v
ernor has simply failed to draw on
the federal tieiaury ± r state ap
propriation When Bryan's political
I soap bubbles have been burst the
| public will note that his admlni«tra
ition has been a grandstand play from
the start to finish.
\ IVfb ate Balance.
From th* Suit I,nkr Tribun#*.
I>r. Benedict ef the Nutrit • n !t1 - r
1 atnry at W ashington has nv do some
j interesting discoveries concerning the
loss of water from the human body.
| Being a balance co sensitive that a
j pin’s weight would tip the beam, he
(found that a football player lost 14
(pounds of weight in a game lasting
n hour and lrt minutes. v mar.*
th at runner lost eight and » half
pounds In a three hour race A var
sity oarsivjnn lost five and a half
pounds in \ four mile race lasting --
minutes Most of this loss is pei
spired wafer largely from the lungs
hut a small fnirt m of it conn s from
body tissues burn • 1 up in the flies of
[life. Kven when in bed and asleep.
| the loss of water and carbon dioxide
goes on continuous1 \ In K»S expert
inentu on f*different men there was
in average !• ss «.f ne and one third
<*un. •>* per hour while lying quietly
In bed So the average adult wakes
up In the morning after eight hours
sleep some 10 ounces lighter than
when he retired. We restore the loss
when we eat and drink
Wom thrs* experiments It Is evl
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for November, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Dor* net include returns, left
over*. • ample* or paper* spoiled ifl
printing *nd Include* no *pe# *1
• Air* or fire (ittulAlinn of any kind
V. A BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
SutiMtihrd and o*orn to before me
thi* ttth day of December, 192 L
W M QUIVt Y,
(Sr*l) Notary Public
dent that scales accurate enough to
ascertain the weight of the breath
may serve as a measure of metabol
ism, an Index of the aetlvlty of the
bodily processes, in place of them- re
bothersome methods notV In use, the
determination of the heat production
f>y the calorimeter or of the analysis
of the expired air by the chemical
methods. The new method has al
ready been used in hospitals where it
is important to know the metabolism
of the patient. Six women patients
were found to lose from six to 13
ounces each during 31 hours in lied.
Each breath of air that we inhale
adds some oxygen to our bodily sub
stance. But with each breath Of air
that we exhale the oxygen escapes
again, carrying off with it some of the
carbon and hydrogen that has served
ub as fuel. The food we eat keeps
up our energe, and the water w<
evaporate relieves ns largely of oui
surplus heat. So the Income- and
outgo of both matter and energy are
kept perpetually and automatically
In balance. Or, if they are not, we
become speedily bankrupt ami fina'K
defunct. Stopping our outgo of
evaporated water would kill u*
quicker than stopping our income of
food and drink.
A fireat Invention.
From the Sioux Falla Pre^s.
Those who have worried about the
big margin of error in government
crop reports may prepare to cheer up.
A device has been perfected, says th*
Department *f Agriculture, which j
will greatly aid th<* crop forecast'- j
in one of his chief diffb lit ep. that of j
accurately estimating acreage planted ■
in certain crops. This magic devi e. |
attached t«* an auto, will check off I
the linear measurement* of all fields
in various crops bordering on high
ways.
Jus? how rr.-ucb more efficient than
in ordinary auto speedometer, which
gives distance to tenths of a mile
this machine is has not been stated,
it i* declared by the department that
hv covering sufficient territory a very
accurate ratio between the area* jr
different crops ran be determined By
covering the same highways year!
after year, the change in acreage in ■
various crops can l*e worked out. Th« j
/nsfrument l* to be us*-d in practical- j
ly all states hereafter.
It well be costly, of course to suj j
ply the autos necessarv for these sur
\e.v*. and ke*p them runr g B :• j
think of the nun her of new jobs
opened up f* r g* ve. mr.emal an:
drivers and checkers—it. w 11 take two
f
the aided clerical help to tabulate th<*
findings.
N' t provision seems to have boon
made for estimating the other d:rr- a
‘ • hi t • measured
t he fan j nts a
held of r jn or wheat without brine
ing one side of it up to a public high
way will lose out on getting it count
ed. Perhaps a la v will he prssed
thit fa roadway must be left entirely
■.r * ind ea* h fle d r an air fer.ee will 1
ere ’a- i to spy out hidden tr cts
In either rase the agriculturist will I
find himself f i!ed by trying to con 1
• ’ anything from the eagle-eyed vr \ I
erurnent estimator.
Some d- y. w hen the taxpayer* gc-» j
tired of paying for all this sort of]
• • f frank*
car ds sent to ear h postoffke and di*- j
trlbut*d t* e.:<h farmer by rur;.i car
Hers will get all this Information as]
to crop areas In fen t.m^s rn e •
f m But no such siir/j le
method will be adopted a* long a« no !
fne objects to h complicated wstem 1
which i* guaranteed to furnish an I
unlimited sunply • >f new y- * for th^i
f ithful
\ DASH Oh I \ BAS CO.
"Do von always read in the orir-!
inal Fr* n '* “Yes; translations are!
so Indecent. —Lif^
"Havf y u seen your hubbv
“Why yes I ran a
hire at breakfast only the othei
"ok — L ndon M « :
Mr* Slim (meditating—I wond* r
why fai men are always s«* good-ns t
ur» d Mr. S’in.—Bt -ause nobc i.
loves them —Life.
"I wish now ' said the lecturer.
fax your memory " A wall in the au
dience: “Has U come to that?'—Edin
burgh Scotsman.
I hear your wife had twins yes
terday " "Well, who would venture
to enter the world alone in these
time*?" —Christiania Tyrihans
A Handy Place to Eat
Hotel Conant
16th and Hi*. ne> • Ora ah*
The (Centei of Convenience
Abe Martin
lher's nothin’ ugly a5 an ugly
disposition. Some women seem t'
jump in a rlressin’ jacket an' »tay
there.
Copyright, 1224.
I.ITI l, MIZ M YORKER.
(Letter from Fredie to BUM
Bill, yuh've hln s’long awe.gh 'at eye
meen t' right
An’ fine out wen ver kuroin' ha’
homb again t' fight
Wit me. Th da ip Is lonesum. Mah
Hturr.ii hit feels sit
Eye ha In t kno aptite—O. how eye miz
yuh—Blame ole brie!
Miz Vf i kef > chut eye'm right n t
tell yuh all erbcut —
.Kill II lay fer yuh wen yuh git beer—
sew jest watch out!
LItu! Miz Xu Yorker's kum t’ our
town t play.
An' ' at . idie tipis provinshul,’* Maw
sez, an' right fer pay;
She visj.'h stores an' shurches ar.
sr-h elvibb* an' tl mgs
Xen prints off t' >r studdie az f.i»t
iz pi Run wings
Whilst .r.spur-1 shun in er. Maw
sez, an' ah've know doubt
She i put yuh in er poum—ef '■ ;h
doan watch out!
Wor, i. Maw an' Grannie, both -n
'em gnMipt hard
'Bout ft upper guri* in nickers. K ".
hared ar.' rooahed an' tarred
Maw ted: At ere Miz Yorker laffet
at ,;n' cailded she
A s . Hn' dowajur fer ree-pro-R •.
way s 'at be
'X'they erd me neafh th' Sophie—
whur I wuz playin' scout—
An' - I Miz York eats Eve's drops
up— niess they watch out! "
Dads kr,r it run inter Joneses o.e
btind-lde mule.
An' prit nigh inter us kids, ! ez wee
kum (rum scbule.
Th' sheruff e wuz abscer,!—yu!i
betcha, tho, 'at then
Wuz pi—sunt at Miz Yorker wit pen
cil' pad and pern!
Sew sheruff's bound, in printin , t'
press t' pulp erbout.
Ar.' Dad'H press up wit 'im—ef e
doan watch out!
Wee kids fear t' holler loud like we,
in —r. 1 11.
An V" • rs up R heads at r.ite an wee
• st lav s-;il.
But L, nva c it tin' sleep: yep Bl!’. :
s rieht_
So . . y..;,. « i long an' gode-buy
F - .'.'rite.
P. - Tn reasun at us are all
aft., red i sh ut
Is- V. -.11 ti ! th printers DEVIL:
Yuh waich out!
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