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STRAIGHT TALK FROM A SINCERE MAN.
An absence of fuss and feathers marked the
coming together of the commission of experts at
Paris, which hus set about its business by making
Gtncral J>awes its chairman. These two signs indi
cate that the proceedings will be business like.
Whatever else may be said in relation to big
business, this is one case where politics has had
to call on business for assistance. No question will
be made to, the assertion that politics has had its
lull swing since the signing of the armistice more
than five years ago, and that the chief problem of
the peace settlement yet holds on awaiting adjust
ment. Diplomats have tackled it again and again,
and always have come out just about where they
went in.
Now an attempt is te be made by men accus
tomed to dealing with big affairs from the practical
viewpoint of commerce and industry; not for what
is good for a dynasty, or the national or interna
tional prestige of any government, but to get to
brass tacks on a definite question. How much
should Germany pay, how inuch tan Germany pay?
On these points all the settlement depends, and
his is what the experts will try to agree upon.
General Dawes is under no illusion as to what
'ies before the commission. In his opening address
te says:
"The success "f this committee depend* c hiefly
on whether in the public ^iind and < onscience of
the Allies and the world there i* an adequate con
ception nt the great disaster which faces each ally
and Europe, unless common sense is crowned
king."
It is no time for mincing words, says the man
who goes direct to the center of the problem. What
will he more important than his utterance will he
the reaction of the nations to his warning. If
indeed they are ready to crown common sense king,
and to cease wandering in what he calls the gloomy
labyrinth of reparations, a way out may be found.
The committee and its vigorous chairman will
he watched with much concern by an interested
world, and politicians should not be allowed to
interfere with its course. Too much high flown
nonsense and bad temper already has been spilled,
holding back a peace the whole world yearns for,
and national pride must now give place for general
ecurity.
LIQUIDS, HARD AND SOFT
Omaha women who were foremost in opposition
to hard likker arc now crusading against hard water.
Having made soft drinks the rule, these good women
are now demanding water that is softer. They are
not, however, complaining of the water as a hard
lrink, but because it is not the right kind of water
1'or culinary, laundry and ablution purposes. Be
cause of 'its hardness it does not lather well, it
irritates the skin, deposits a hard substance in the
culinary utensils, and must be softened by the ad
lition of chemicals before it is really fit for laundry
purposes. •
The indictment against the water seems to be
almost as severe as that against a favorite libation
of the old days when water was used merely as a
“chaser.” If it is possible to conform to the de
mands of the women, it is to he hoped that the
manager of the Metropolitan Utilities District will
waste no time in doing so. Recent experiences prove
that when organized womanhood demands something
the thing demanded should immediately emulate
Crockett’s coon and come down without waste of
time and ammunition.
Meanwhile the good women might try the old
fashioned plan of getting a tub undpr the spout of
the eaves trough and ^atch the melting snows upon
the roof or the rains that now and then patter
down upon the’ shingles. There is an insistent and
growing demand for softness—softer drinks, softer
water for household use; and softer answers that
shall turn away wrath. But let us beware lest too
great a demand for softness result in too many
“softies” among the population.
THE RUSHING POLITICAL WATERS.
A Nebraska exchange that indulges in one of
“- Years Ago Today” departments gives the
information that thirty years ago, January 11, Con
gressman Meiklejohn made his maiden speech in
congress.
What a vast volume of water has flowed'Tinder
the political bridges in Nebraska since that day
thirty years ago when “Gentleman George” Mcikle
john arose to address his colleagues. That was so
long ago that only the oldest of the old timers even
remember that Meiklejohn once represented n Ne
braska district in congress. He and David II. Mercer
were the only republican congressional survivors of
the populist wave that swept Nebraska in 181)2, and
it was the first term for both. Since that day a dis
tinguished Nebraskan has made one unsuccessful
race for United States senator and three unsuccess
ful races for the presidency. Five men who have
represented the state in the senate have passed to
their reward. The direct election of senators, the
primary, the Eighteenth and Nineteenth amend
ments, the state railway commission, the interstate
commerce commission, the hone dry law and the ad
ministrative code’have come to pass since then. The
excise hoards of Omaha hik! Lincoln have faded
away before the effulgence of prohibition, Nebras
ka’s two largest cities are government by commis
sions, four representatives who served with him in
the house have died all since that day thirty years
ago when Meiklejohn arose to make his maiden
speech. The democrat whom he defeated for con
gress, John Robinson, is dead. Six men who have
served as governor of Nebraska have died during
that thirty years.
The day Meiklejohn arose to make his maiden
speech in congress Nebraska wus away down in the
statistical tables that gave the relative positions of
the states in the matter of productivity. Since then
It has reached a position near the top in the table of
averages, and the top of some tables dealing with
single things. Then western Nebraska was almost
wholly an open range country, whereas today it is
the home of thousands of progressive farmers and
the site of scores of prosperous towns and cities. So
rapid and so many have been the changes during
those thirty years that columns would not suffice to
enumerate them. But the man who made his maiden
congressional speech thirty years ago last Friday is
still among the living, and doubtless enjoying marf
hours of indulgence in reminiscences of those stirring
political days when partisanship was extreme and
men took their politics very seriously.
COMMONER NAMES HIS MAN.
Mr. Bryan has again set his countrymen to
looking through “Who’s Who” and “Why's Why,”
and probably has engendered a lot of gibes from
scoffers who are ever ready with ribaldry when the
great commoner is presenting an issue or a man.
Thoughtful members of his party will not poke
fun at his selection, however. Dr. A. A. Murphree
of Gainesville, Fla., is scarcely less known than was
William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Neb., prior to
the democratic convention of 1890. So much for
fame or notoriety.
Whether Dr. Murphree's name will charm two
out of each three of the delegates to the conven
tion which is about to be called may be left
for further developments, but that Mr. Bryan
brings him forward seriously will get for him atten
tion from those who expect 4> control the pro
ceedings. Whil^ the colonel left his heart in the
grave at San Francisco, he has shown so often
his remarkable power of recuperation that his op
ponents must ever be prepared to reckon with his
influence in any gathering of the party for coun
sel. His issues have not always prevailed, nor have
the men he has championed always come to the
fore, although his success at Baltimore will always
blaze before those who would do without him.
Therefore, the announcement of the Bryan
choice as nominee for president will have respect
ful consideration from his party. It offers nothing
more remote tha^ the chances for James M. Cox in
1920, or Woodrow Wilson in 1912, and it does give
the democrats something to think about.
SHOULD LOOK OVER GROUND PERSONALLY.
Irrigated Nebraska naturally feels bitter disap
pointment over the fact finding commission’s deci
sion not to look over the irrigation projects person
ally, but to meet in Salt Lake City and merely take
testimony on all of them. Such a hearing will sim
ply be a wrangle between projects seeking priority
inconlpletion, and individuals who seek redness from
evident injustice will have little opportunity to be
heard.
The irrigation department of the reclamation
service should play fair with the men and women
who took Uncle Sam at his word and entered upon
the reclaimed lands to make their homes and promote
the greater development of the whole cuontry. They
relied upon the ability and trustworthiness of the
engineers Uncle Sam put in charge of the irrigation
projects, only to find them either incompetent or un
trustworthy, for projects estimated by engineers to
cost $35 an acre have cost from three to four times
that, and in no recorded instance has any project
cost less than t,wice the original estimate of the
engineers. The impossibility of making all this clear
to commissioners who refuse to make a personal in
spection of the projects will be very clear to any
inquiring mind.
The fact finding commission is not serving the.
purpose for which it was created if it shall fail to
visit each project, look it over carefully, and listen
patiently to the complaints of the men and women
who have been financially betrayed in the house of
their supposed friends.
There aren’t enough ciphers in the linotype ma
chine to permit telling how many cubic yards of
water there are within the crust of the earth. Stock
promoters have every reason to feel encouraged over
the outlook.
“Studied carelessness” is the vogue in male at
tire set by the Prince of Wales. Barring the
studied part the vogue has long been prevalent in
numerous sections of this country.
Politicians who attempt to play politics with the
Mellon tax reduction plan are very likely to dis
cover that they have only played thunder with their
own political fortunes.
President Coolidge may have split an infinitive
in his message, as the Detroit News charges, but it’s
a certainty that he sawed a mighty fine lot of wood
before the splitting.
Uncle Sam reduced his indebtedness a half a
billion last year. He will he able to reduce it more
rapidly when he exercises his right to tax all kinds
of securities.
An Omaha man has kept himself poor for several
years paying for the advertised courses that promise
to show him how to become successful and wealthy.
Adam put up the plea that the woman tempted
him and he fell. The modern woman offers her
chauffeur as an excuse.
Police arrested a man because he had $50 worth
of silk underwear under his coat. Pray where
should he have it?
Now you have one guess as to whether Dr. A. A.
Murphree is a fundamentalist or a modernist.
Homespun Verse
—Hjr Omaha’s Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
THE WHIRLING CRAZE OF BEAUTY.
The beauty contest schedule moves along with perfect
chuggin*.
There jh Sally, Winnie, Minnie, then* is Kntherlno M
GujArln;
There are fairer ones preparing foi the test—ns one
supposes—
Wasting time in beauty culture on their cheeks and
lips and noses;
There are others sweetly smiling in their cradle beds
and cooing.—
Th««V are dreaming of surpassing what the oldei ones
are doing.
Hands adept ,,t decorating smooth the rouge and pow
der neatly
Till the smiles and ogle glances of the smoother •harm
completely;
Ryes that shun the thread and needle and the most of
erstwhile duty
Read and revel in the pages for the furtherance of
beauty.
And the beauty contest suffers not for \yant of compel I
tion,—
Though 'tin growing far too common to he jointed to
11 adit Ion
Marn.nlad* and cake and doughnuts lark the olden taste
delirious.
While the young prospective husband Is Inclined to he
suspicious,
And the ago of silk arid satin and the purpose of coterie
Caution him to count his money and g«» forward kiiiv
what leery.—
Hut the maudlin era/.a of beauty to the unknown zenith
sallies,
While the world -amazed, astounded sinks despondent
ly and rallies
“The People’s
Voice”
Editorials from readers of The Morninr
Bee Readers of The Morning Bee are
invite*, to use this column freely for
expression on matters of public
interest.
A Voice for link's Plan.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee; Something leads people* to
ask often. "Is tin? world growing bet
ter, or is it growing worse?" It is not
difficult to point out some bad indl*
« ations; but there are also some good
indications. One of the most gratify
ing of present world phenomena is
the earnest seeking for a way to es*
tabling a concord of nations, through
which law and order and peace would
bring World wide prosperity and hap
pincss. In the presence of the terrible
conditions that exist in several coun
tries and that affect the interests of
all countries, to my mind there is a
bright light shining and pointing to
ward the establishment of law and
order and peace.
The time has arrived for laying
the foundation for a world govern
nient and for doing something in the
way of building the superstructure.
It is a necessity. We must have It.
What seemed a mere idle dream a few
years ago is Jiow, with all the pres
ent facilities of conunijnieation and
transportation, looming up as a prac
tical and attainable thing.
It would not be wise to presume
that some persbn or some association
of persons can work out in a short
time a complete and perfect plan for
a world government. Any person who
claims to be able to do that should b<
kindly led to a back scat. But let us
not fail to give due consideration to
the suggestions and recommendations
of intelligent, practical men and
women whose patriotism and breadth
of view put aside all partisan preju
dices and personal antagonisms or an
tipathies and keep steadily before the
| mind the establishment of law and or
der as prerequisites of peace and pros
! peri tv.
Let us not folow those who advise
that we keep open house for all peo
I pi© and let them loot our pantry and
our cellar, nor go to the other ex
treme and agree with those who
| recognize no social ties nr Interna
tional obligations. "He hath made of
one blood all the nations of men that
dwell on all the face < t the earth.”
This is what Paul said in the first
centyry. ,Cannot the people of the
20th century* rise tc this level? What
are we .here for?
There is a right way that lies l»e
tween the extremes of careless and
indiscreet libernhty and the selfishness
| that forbids all friendly services and
I connections The "peace plan" now
widely published seems to be between
, the two extremes that have been ad*
I vocated and I arn inclined to think
lit is as good an outline for future pro
cedure as can be produced, though
it behooves 11s to proceed cautiously*.
It is well that tb s nation has not
been hasty in this regard.
HER!AH I*. COCHRAN.
The British Labor Party's Program.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Preparing to take pule
I lie office fop the first time in history,
the British labor party has reaffirmed
its lofty purpose of just socialism
while expn ssing a willingness to co
operate in the meantime with any
other party along the lines gf advance
ment in that direction. The party, it
is reported, has the support «>f many
British capitalists who believe in a
fair field f«»r all, and enough support
from the middle class business men
to insure the program a fair trial.
The Christian Science Monitor, Bos
ton. of the 9th instant gives the Brit
ish lab«>r party this encouragement:
“With a courage born of the hope
which s* es in constructive, rather
than destructive effort, the redemp
tion of the world from its burden of
hatred and jealousy left as a legacy
of the war. Ham say MacDonald,
speaking for th«* victorious labor par
ty « f < eat Britain, has proclaimed
his policy of peace. Speaking before
a vast throng that packed the Royal
Albert hall in London, the man who
probably in a few days will assume
office as Britain's premier, thrilled bis
audience by, declaring ‘the quarrel, if
it can be called such, tlie misunder
standing*, the pin pricks, irritations
going on between France and our
selves are absolutely deplorable.' Con
tinuing, he said: 'They are unworthy
of both countries. They do not issue
from the minds of the good people of
either country. It would be a good
thing to do, if we could only do it.
to put them all behind ue. to establish
with France, Italy. Russia. Germany,
Czechoslovakia, all the people of all
nations, an understanding, not of
rival military forces, but an under
standing of humane men and humane
women, who have no cause for war,
no cause for enmity.'
, “That is a declaration worthy of
the man who made it. More than
tills, it gives promise of a leadership
divested of all those narrow and
selfish considerations which, wherever
manifested or made apparent, indl
cate a consuming desire to gain and
retain added political power. Mr.
MacDonald makes it plain that the
party X«r which he speaks Is not am
bitious to perpetuate Itself in power,
if by so doing it must engender na
tionnl hatred and encourage a future
resort to war. He would forget the
animosities" And the petty quarrels of
tile past while striving to re-establish
the reign of rightefuisness."
Good. To hold to high Ideals, yet
embrace the ^progress <if each oppor
tunity, or, ns Abraham Lincoln puts
it. to "do the !>est we can" under the
< ircumstanccs. Is a sane proposition
on which nil classes can unite. Let
us la*pe that the MacDonald ministry
will be a success and that the people
of all countries may learn a great h
son from it. WILLIS HUDSPETH.
Warns of the league.
Loomis, Neb—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee. I have been Interested
in the letters print ofl in your paper in
regard to the Bok peace plan.
I hope the people of this great
*tate will wake up and vote g.dnst
this infamous piece of prop;u mdn
• that is being forced on the people as
an Indirect wav of ramming the
League of Nations down the throat
of congress.
"We thought that the l.gst election
settled lids question once and for
good, but it seems t tint Its fi lends are
still 11 ying to put if m inMs
As the Harding and Foolldge plan
Is pending In cnngn • x at the present
time. It is not necessary to promote
another plan, and congress •dmuld
h* allowed to consider the i|u,,*tlon
'•n.lfs nxults untrammelled |.y i kunoi
or forced by balloting which do. not
represent the sentiment of the com
tiyn people, who will not take the
time to send In their ballots, hi run
nlngly contrived that a mm ha real
ly. no choice.
The very fact that the award was
made by a committee who do not rep
r*sent the people of the neat middle
west, but the men who conceived and
tiled to put Mi rie tin* ! i go#* |m stlf
(If tent for me to vote against the
pisn, snd I only w i-.ii i could < i• t s
million vote- ,1 aiu f t I ■ plan
W B A BRA 11 \ MH< IN.
\ \\ illiug Worker
"Any unemployment in this part
of the country
"Home." Answered Farmer t'nrn
fosse!. “The only thing that * work
In’ oil HI Slmlln's place is a barrel of
rider.”—Washington Star
From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other News [tapers—
IVrsiiu.il Politics Against Public
Business.
From the Lincoln Star.
The people of Nebraska who elect
ed Charles W. Bryan governor by Su,
000 majority do not look with ap
I proval on his using that office as a
means to advance his personal
political ambitions in other directions.
1 hey are disappointed in the fact that
lie is givng a large share of his time
and attention to laying wires Tor his
own election as United Stales sena
tor, and also to chasing the pres.
dentlal nomination of his party,
which necessarily detracts from the
value of ids services as the business
executive of tlie state government.
Mr. Bryan's critics freely predict
ed, at the time he was a candidate
for governor, that ns soon as he got
into that office he would begin to
campaign for something higher. It
must be admitted that his course lias
fulfilled this prophesy. 1.. seems to
lie the type of politician who cannot
even wait for a decent period of time
to elapse after he has had one
political honor conferred upon him,
before he grows weary of it and
starts in pursuit of another.
This same quality manifested Itself
during Ids term as mayor of Lincoln
some years ago. The people of this
city elected him as the head of their
municipal administration, expecting
that he would devote his energies
and abilities as a business man to im
prove the local government. But no
sooner had he taken possession of
ike mayor's office than It became ap
parent that lie was planning to use
•he prestige which it brought him In
order to try for the governorship
At the very first opportunity, he
jumped into the arena as a candidate
for ihat office. He was defeated
twice by the voters of his own party,
in their primary, because of the feel
ing that he was putting his own per
sonal advancement ahead of the pub
lic service.
It was hoped, after this double re
buke. that Mr. Bryan had learned to
hold his ambitions somewhat In check,
and when he became a candidate for
governor the third time, in 1922. on
a platform promising to do away with
tlm bureaucratic system built up un
der the code law simplifying the
Slate government, and reduce taxes,
his reentry into state politics met a
more cordial reception.
Many of those who had ber-n for
mer antagonists of Governor Bryan
advocated bis ple-tlon. They did so
relying upon his pledges that. If he
were made governor, he would stay
on the job and look after the state’s
business They believed that lie pos
sessed *he eapaeity for and the ex
ticrlenre In business affairs to give
the people an efficient and commend
a hie administration if he would ap
ply himself to the task.
Among these supporters who con
trihuted to his election as governor,
much disappointment Is felt In 'he
way Governor Bryan has been d' log
things for some months past. He
seems to have forgotten that he was
elevated to Ills present position .for
definite purposes whi-h as vet are
but partially accomplished With the
job not more than half done he pro
poses to abandon it In order to go
after something else that he wants
more.
His actions are such as to inrow
a cloud upon his political sincerity,
if the voters of Nebraska lose con
fidence In their governor, he will have
no one Hut. himself to hlame. With
ut doubt, they would stand by him
if he shoved a disposition to stand
bv them. But the faith of the tax
nnyera in their leader is badly shaken
when he shows an Inclination to quit
'n the middle of the undertaking
which he was pledged to carry out.
The trio which Governor Bryan i*
now taking to W lahington. R. C , os
tensiblv to discuss certain matters
with government officials and mem
tiers of congress from Nebraska but
in re ality to locate the democratic ra
Mnns! convention at Chicago, will
tustly bring down censure upon hmi
Tf he charges the exnerse of this
trip to the state, lie will deserve the
severest condemnation.
Former Governor McKelvie msde a
similar trip to Washington on one
occasion, and snnke to the republican
natii nai committee at Its *''e*>lnr
held there. He also had "official
business" In the national capital on
'he same trio, and the state nald for
't Mr McKelvie was criticized for
this and other similar trios, and the
nennle expressed their disapproval of
ouch things when they elected Mr.
Prvnn. __ ,
In making til's J- tmnev to w ash
,Inst on at the time when the ilemo
cratic national cm-mifee Is lc meet
there on January 1'. Governor Prvan
is doing exactly the snm* ’hinr as
to* nrederessor—he was m*relv niav
<mi nnlltFs when he passed crltlslsm
>•1 Governor McKelvie and other of*
Petals of the former admin'strallon
»,,* traveling all over the omtntrv
Mr Prvan can res* assured that
■ r vie following dwindles In the nex<
■an - Irn h* ha* no one hut himself1
•o blame.
\ PnbtJe lt«rnrtn«ibilitr.
From the St. T»ul Pi*r»t<-h '
Public ownership of s considerable
part of the forest area Is funda
mental to a sound forest policy.
That contention was emphasised at
the hearing conducted by the T'nlted
-Stines senate select committee on for
estntlon at Cloquet. Minn . where prt
vale Interests asserted frankly that
It Is Impractical for them to under
take reforestation on the tsisls of a
substantial timber supply. They
shifted the burden to federal and
state governments Now Senator
Charles 1.. McNary of Oregon, who
served as chairman of the select
committee, has Introduced a bill
which acknowledges that responsibil
ity and grasps at n solution.
It Is not n committee bill In It'
present form, but It has been referred
to the select committee and proha Id v
embodies Ihe fundamental principles
that will be carried by the committee
byi In Its final draft.
Itlieflv It facilitates the process •(
extending the national forests hv sc
qulsltlon of additional forest land and
b\ transfer of suitable nnrts of the
mtldli domain It provides for more
liberal co-operation between federal
and stale covornments In forest pro
'potion anil Hie suppression of fires:
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this 7th day of January, 11*14.
W\ II QUIVfcY.
(3aal) Notary Public
it launches reform in local taxation
laws, making them conformable to
the slow process of timber production,
and It encourages the growing of
tree crops on the farm.
The Superior forest in northern
Minnesota illustrates the Inadequacy
of the national forest policy. It Is
patchwork of federal, state and pri
vate holdings, lacking In unity, handi
capped by conflicting interests and
responsibility and threatened with
disintegration. A plea In Its behalf is
trending before the present congress,
and the basic fault, apparently, is a
fault of the whole forest policy, which
the McNary bill seeks to correct. If
the future of our forests is contingeot
on public concern, there must be adr
quate public facilities for the arqulsi
tion of additional lands stilted prb
msrfly to forest prodncton. The pres
ent law governing the purchase of
forest lands restricts such purchase
<o lands important to the regulation
of stream-flow In the watersheds of
navigable stream" The McNary bill
would authorise the purchase of lands
for timber production, thus widening
the scope of the present law bv ac
knowledging the Importance of tim
ber production without beating
around the bush.
A Constructive Kail lieoision.
Ffwm th* fit. Joseph N*w«
Coming just at this time, when con
gress is squaring away for railroad
legislation, the supreme court s de
cision recognizing the "recapture
clause" of the transportation act as
a valid part thereof, should have a
steadying effect upon the country and
upon congress. The decision sus
tains that feature of the E^ch-Cunv
mins law* which provides that one
half of the net “arnings of railroads
in excess of 6 per cent shall be paid
by the railroads to the government,
the fund thus created to be used in
obtaining credit for less prosperous
carriers.
The position taken by the Depart
ment of Justice is that the transporta
tion act must be viewed as an organic
whole, that the roads cannot claim its
benefits while seeking to free them
selves from w'hat they consider its
burdens, and that the present demand
of the leading railroad executives for
a "let alone" policy toward trans
portatlon is scarcely consistent with
an effort to get rid of the perfectly
reasonable recapture clause.
The railroads are proud of the rec
ord they have made since the adop
tion of the Esch Cummins act. Their
recovery since the world war has in
truth been extraordinary in several
respects. But if some roads are to at
tack the recapture clause, others the
Labor board clause, still others the
consolidation feature and so on. the
trade union leaders who are dissatis
fied with the arbitration provision will
be encourage,} to Insist on the elimi
nation of what they call restrictions
on the right to strike while the farm
bloc will press the demand for the re
peal of other features.
The demand for the reduction of
freight rates is general President
Coolidge haH aske,i congress to direct
the interstate commerce commission
to reorganize the freight structure.
The president moreover, with Seer*
tary Hoover. Senator Cummins and
others urges consolidation of all rail
roads into a few great systems They
believe this would reduce operating
expenses and make for cheaper haul
ing. There is opposition to it from
many of the more prosperous car
riers But consolidation, at least, has
a definite promise of relief to the
shipping public, which is more than
can be said for many of the reme
dies" of the several biocs in cong-css.
The supreme court’s decision
should disarm much of the criticism
«hlch in the last year has been di
rected againat the transportation act.
and should help‘to direct legislation
along constructive lines.
Cry oj the Soul
Give me the blizzard'* ley blast.
The north w ind * sullen blow,
Let me meet you as you pass—
You are my friend—not foe.
I rare not for the sheltered life.
Warm rooms and pampered joys.
I love the storm clouds’ strife
The lightning's flash—the thunder's
noise.
My soul is only happy when
The elements clash and Jar.
Sometimes It seems beyond my ken—
My soul—as It travels afar.
I go out through the endless space |
That Omar called a bowl;
We seem to meet—face to face—
Heaven and my soul.
My soul and heart they
Seem to always be at war,
Not Joy or peace or play,
Put just contentment striving fa: !
—H. F." Gilbert.
Center Shots
! New York Is preparing to padlock
the front doors of all Its saloons, but
patrons will doubtless t»e satisfied with
the side entrances.—Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch.
Well, it might really lje economy to
have the navy chase the rum fleet, It j
would save the expense of going south
for target practice.—Elizabeth Jour !
nal.
Newspapers report that the United
States senate is deadlocked, but there
is no news In the first syllable of the
word.—Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
A married man can t«dl a bachelor
—'hut he can't make him believe It.
—Muskogee Phoenix
If bedtime- stories are intended to
put babies to sleep there can be no
good reason why that broadcasting
outfit now set up in the United .States
capital cannot be put to us*—Martins
Ferry Times.
The head of the house who didn't
know until he was a grown man that
there was anything to a turkey but
the neck, finds times and the family
organization so changed that the
same old neck is stili his.—Waterloo
Tribune.
j Just observe whether a roan earr.es i
a baby like a lighted lamp or like an i
Abe Martin
v
We alias feel kind o' lost, kind o'
ike we’d .iest finished a good book,
when we make a last payment.
Kin^ Tut took no rhances, but at
hat he finally lost ever’thing.
<• %ynght. 1924)
»vercoat, and you'll know whethe
he's married <>r not.— Bay City Time'*
Tribune.
pr* nt Coclidpe ought to know
fiy this Cm* that he isn’t vice pr*si
>nt uny l< nger and can talk right
DUt.—Trenton Times.
A generation or ho ago a doctor wit. *
i ni* e bum h of whiskers didn't need
=*ven a Connect.cut diploma—Peters
}urg Progress Index.
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