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SHALL SLANDER OR RIGHT PREVAIL?
"Good name In man or woman, dear my lord,
Is the Immediate jewel of their souls."
We would like to impress that thought on the
minds of all our readers. At this moment, when
many good men are losing their balance, saying
things that hurt, and admitting they can not prove
what they have repeated, it becomes all to stand
for a moment and take thought. There is danger
lest everybody be caught in the swirling tides of
gossip, rumor and slander and civilization itself be
set on the path of destruction.
Fortunate, indeed, we are that at the White
House sits a man who can keep calm, whose mind is
balanced, whose temper is judicial, and whose pur
pose it is to get at the truth. Not that Calvin Cool
idga is superhuman in any of his attributes. We be
lieve him to be sincere in his quest for facts, and we
believe he will be stern in his administration of jus
tice. He has taken the most solemn obligation put
upon mortal man, that of president of the United
States. Before God and the world he has sworn
to “faithfully execute the office of president of the
United States, and will, to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution fit
the United States.”
• • •
No right-minded man thinks that Calvin Coolidge
will be recreatnt to that vow. No right-minded man
thinks that Warren G. Harding failed in it in any
sense. The assertion that it was inevitable that
Mr. Harding’s name would be dragged into the mess,
accompanied by the innuendo that his good name
has been spared solely because men hesitate “to look
under the edge of a shroud,” is contemptible. Born
in the lowest, most miserable depths of partisan
politics, it creeps out at a time when all parties
should be united in the one great effort to clear away
the rotten mess that afflicts our 6ense of public de
cency. Such shameless attempts to besmirch th«
good name of any man deserve the sternest of re
buke at any time, but when applied to the honored
dead, the become unspeakable despicable.
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Bear in mind that President Coolidge anticipated
the action of the snate, in his announced determina
tion to prosecute all who are in any way connected
with thes candal that has developed. He has not in
anything faltered. Just now he is waiting for the
senate of the United States to give him authority
to proceed, to provide the funds needed and to ap
prove his selection of men to carry on the prosecu
tion in the name of the government. He is not
moved by the hysteria that surrounds him, by. “the
•tark shrill cry of a soul aroused and alarmed,” what
ever that is.
The senators, however, are not so eager to as
sist the president. They demand that he proceed
without authority to carry out their will. To con
demn without hearing and to execute without trial.
The Constitution of the United States provides and
guarantees to every man accused of a crime a fair
trial before a jury of his peers. That is all the pres
ident asks, and in asking that he is preserving the
Constitution, as he has sworn to do.
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Every rumor should be investigated, every tale,
no matter how idle, should be examined in all its de
tails. Only in this way may the truth be made
known. The facts be brought out The guilty
reached. And the guilty in this case are not only
thosa who by corrupt methods and criminal means
•ought and did debauch high office and defraud the
government, but also those who have for any reason
whatsoever set floating libelous rumors and un
founded scandal to the defamation and detriment of
good men, living or dead. Rumors, gossip, Idle tales
should be inquired Into as they are inquired into by
ft grand jury, under the protection of confidence,
until they have been proven to be true.
The inquiry should be in such orderly fashion
that at tha end there can be no cavil or taint of par
tiaanship. For, to complete the words of Iago:
f*Who steals my purss steals trash; 'tls something,
nothing;
) *Twas mine, 'tls his, and has been slave to thou
l sands.
But he who filches from me my good name
1 Robs me of that which not enriches him
! And makes me poor Indeed.”
ONE OLD. FAMILIAR ACT.
Again the appropriation for the air mail service
has been cut out of the postoffice supply bill by the
house. The point of order, made this time by a rep
resentative from Michigan, has been sustained. The
bill will go over to the senate without the item. In
the senate it will be restored, and in conference it
will be sustained.
This little farce has been re enacted each year
■nince the air mail was established. No very good
reaion for it has ever been discovered. Once it was
thought Steenerson of Minnesota was peeved just a
little because of the route of the servicij Then the
objection came from Tincher of Kansas, and the
same reason was ascribed. Crampton of Michigan
now comes forward with the same old point of order,
and the act so familiar to the country is under way
once more.
Had the air mail failed to justify its existence,
the objection would be well taken, and probably
would be applauded. But the e.ir mail has not failed.
Its extension, rather than its suppression, is demand
ed by the growing requirements of the country.
Only in the air mail has the United States under
taken to keep in line with the development of avia
tion. Army and navy are limited alike to a very
narrow range of operations. Soldiers and sailors
have done wonders with the limited means at their
disposal, but their achievements, brilliant as they
are, awaken no response in the breasts of the con
gressmen, who see qnly an opportunity to practice
what they regard as economy. That it is a minor
saving at great public expense does not occur to
them.
The air mail will not fail. Some time congress
will recognize the need of encouraging aviation as
a means of communication other than by mail. The
danger is, though, that this will not come urttil the
United States has dropped so far behind that it will
cost a great deal more to catch up than it would to
keep up.
WOAW AND THE SMALL SET.
The petition now being circulated among owners
of radio receiving sets in Omaha co'vers more than
the question of “hogging air.”
The owners of*crystal sets and other small pow
ered receivers are interested in getting a splendid
near-by program. This this WOAW station supplies
them. If the wonderful station on the Woodmen of
the World building is to be curtailed in its sending
these smaller set users will feel it. They make up
the large majority of radio fans. New inventions
are available to those who own large sets, by which
they can tune out if they wish. *
Further, the WOAW station is one of the out
standing institutions in Omaha. It is one of the
truly great sending stations in the country. Its
voice speaks for Om»ha six nights in the week.
There are those who contend its activities should be
extended instead of curtailed. Suppose that each
night some particularly important civic development
in Omaha was added to the present programs—
would it not be a worth while outcome of the “Know
Omaha” sentiment?
Other cities have powerful sending stations. To
mention a few of them—there are fivi in Chicago,
three in Kansas City, four in Detroit, six in Pitts
burgh, and nearly a score in New York. From the
day of its installation WOAW has been a decided
addition to the city’s contact with the world, and of
the world with the city.
The Omaha Bee feels that it would be a mistake
to curtail this powerful voice that speaks for Omaha.
We believe, too, the great majority of radio fan*
feel likewise.
BOSSIE AND THE OLD HOME TOWN.
Mr. Claude Bossie, about to enter on the last leg
of his round trip from Omaha to Paris and back,
waives preliminary hearing at New York on a charge
of violating the Mann act. On his own behalf, and
that of his companion, he insists they are legally
married.
Against this assertion stands that of the Omaha
judge from whom Bossie says he secured a divorce.
The judge says he granted no such divorce. Issue
so joined will be settled by the record and by ttye
courts.
In the meantime, the approach of Mr. Bossie to
his old home town revives some interest in the po
litical aspects of the incident. The late city clerk
and former milk Inspector did not secure his public
prominence solely on account of his good looks. He
was a capable antf hard working lieutenant for the
leaders of the democratic party in this vicinity, and
his Jobs were the reward for effective service.
The local demand for Mr. Bossie comes first from
the woman he deserted here. Second, from city
officials, who would like to have his assistance in a
check of books that are reported to be all right in
every regard. Third, from the public, which just
wants to know.
Taking Mr. Bossie at his word, that he wanted
to get back to Omaha with the least possible delay,
we trust the federal authorities, in whose custody
he is just now, will not long thwart his desire. He
may not be received at the depot with a brass band
and other signs of tumultuous joy, but he will get
attention from a reception committee when he comes.
Mr. McAdoo is probably correct in his surmise
that if he had not been “mentioned in connection
with high office,” he would not have been dragged
into the oil scandal. It was that mention that made
him worth looking into.
We feel sure that Prince Viggo will never pull
anything about royal blood when his fiancee is
around, for anyone who comes from Culpepper
Court House, Culpepper county, Virginia, knows
all about long descent.
Sven Hedin thinks America is a wonderful coun
try, and that Henry'Ford is a wonderful man. And
Sven has seen about all there is to sec.
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Hudson Maxim announces that he is going to
bring about prohibition of tea and coffee. ,What Mr.
Hudson needs is a silencer.
Dudley Malone is having a lot of fun with Mc
Adoo, but wait till Mac finds time to go after
Dudley.
The house, having received the revenue bill re
ports, has something to piny with as well as the
senate.
Old Bossy Cow is one of the best little mortgage
lifters known, if you just give her half a chance.
The approach of autp show week should not be
the signal for the speeders to get busy again.
It is pretty well established that if a girl wants
her hair bobbed, it will be bobbed.
The world knows what the South Carolina legis
lature said to the Missouri senator.
Pennsylvania’s penitentiaries seem to call for
some sort of inquiry.
Wonder if King Tut noted the changes around
the old place.
Efforts to plug the Mellon continue without inter
ruption.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha'* Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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WHAT CON8TITITK8 A KINO?
You'd rule the world to your desire If you were only
king.
And I, of course, would govern it to my own renaonlng.
And your success to me would seem n failure through
and through.
And whBt I did would simply he deplorable to you.
You'd solve the problems which an often lest tho
strength of mine—
If they were your*, you’d master them with prudence
swift and fine.
And I, likewise, would do with en»e the task* that you
forsake.
And prove my worth and rectify your miserable ml*
take. .
•
From lofty throne* to hovels low Hie *elfsain* word*
aro kh Id—
The man alive doe* not compare with predecessor rtesd;
Tho 1* and You* can not agree upon the major flaw*.
And there Is Homcthlng sadly wrong about the current
lawn.
Complexity Km MUbtle webs of puzzling coma throw
Aero** the realms of right and wrong until w* can not
know
Which proffers which, and will at length onr needs
ami virtue* bring.
And w* are left to ask In vfcln, what conitltut** a king.
By EDWIN G. PINKHAM.
Institutions containing in substance all that ages
had done for hunuin government tvere organized in a
forest.—Daniel Webster.
VI.
colonists who came to
America in the 17th cen
tury came, as they believed
jM and asserted, “with all the
first great privilege of
Englishmen on their backs.” They
brought with them the English com
mon law; they brought Magna Charts
and the representative principle.
They set up on these shores, not one,
but a group of little Englands, and
in every one of them the contest be
tween people and prerogative, as It
had been going on In the mother Eng
land, was continued.
But the Englishmen in America
were bolder in these contests, than
were Englishmen at home, for the
colonists were not within Immediate
reach of the king's arm. They were
at a safe distance from the throne
and the Tower of London, and those
who governed them for the crown
were little more than hostages In the
hands of the governed. The colonists
had a pretty good idea of themselves,
too.
"God sifted a whole nation," said
Governor Stoughton, ^‘that he might
send choice grain over Into this wil
derness."
The choice grain produced an early
harvest of representative assemblies
and self-governing institutions that
would have astonished the Stuart
kings had they witnessed the same
phenomena at home. While James I
was talking his kingly nonsense about
his divine authority and warning his
parliament not to "meddle with the
mysteries of state," a young parlia
ment of Virginians at Jamestown was
passing laws without the slightest ap
parent fear either -of the mysteries of
state or the authority of kings.- Sir
George Yeardley's house of burgesses
was functioning as early as 16X9, and
from a strictly constitutional point
of view probably was usurping the
functions of the English parliament.
In the Massachusetts Bay colony,
too, the settlers speedily took charge
of their own affairs. It was nothing
io them that Wlnthrop and his conn
cil were the legal government. The
outsiders demanded to he let In. on
threat of going elsewhere and setting
up a colony of their own. They were
let in, exactly as the ancient kings
of England had been compelled to let
their’subjects In on the government.
The same contest was going on that
had gone on then, only In the colon
ies the resistance of authority was
less and the contest waa more Quick
ly determined in favor of the gov
erned.
In 1639 the "Orders of Connecti
cut," the first of American written
constitutions, was adopted by the
towns of Windsor. Hartford and
Wethersfield, and this document, too,
probahly would he hard to reconcile
with the pretentions of the king’s gov
ernment. The colonial constitution
was simply getting ahead of the Eng
lish constitution. The MassachAetts
Body of Liberties, following tlte£Con
necticut Orders within two }'earn was
just another evidence of theTsame
process. The colonists were Taking
their government into their own
hands and putting things in writing.
The slower processes of constitutional
growth in England did not meet the
necessity of these wilderness com
monwealths. They could not wait to
negotiate with the king; instead of
asking they took, and far better than
Englishmen at home they knew what
they wanted. The second generation
of them could boast:
"We have long drunk of the cup of
as great liberties as any people that
we can hear of under the whole
heaven."
It was true, and the cup was a lit
tle heady.
The colonial assembles made much
shorter work of the royal governors
than the English parliament made of
the king. No reproof from a gover
nor would cause a Virginia burgesa
to stand silent and abashed in his
place or to sit down end burst Into
tears, as did Sir John Eliot in the
English parliament. Because a
member of the English parliament
had said of a royal speech. "We are
Englishmen, and not to be frightened
by a few high words." he was eent
to the tower.
But the colonial assemblies were
free from the start, and were In this
respect all that the English parlla
ment merely claimed to he. They
ruled the colonies and left little more
for the governors to do than rend the
heavens with their protests.
While that English parliament in
which men like Eliot and Prynne sat
helpless and saw It dissolved: and all
through that long period when no par
liament sat in England, assemblies in
America were legislating, but usually
legislating in opposition to the will
and w ishes of. the authority represent
ing the crown.
Increase Mather spoke the truth.
"There never was." he said, "a gen
eration that did so perfectly shake
off the dust of Babylon both as to
ecclesiastical and civil constitution, as
did the first generation . . . that
came Into this land.”
;icopyrtehl. Kar.ee City Sl»r.)
‘‘THE PEOPLES VOICE"
Edltarlal Ire* raadan .1 Tka Maralai Baa. Raadart al Tka Haralaa laa
an lavltid la an tkla aalaaia Imir lar axwln
[ _— nattan at aaklla lataraat
Resents Reflection on Chiropractor*.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee; It is said that confidence In
present day newspapers Is nil because
of propaganda diffused through the
news columns. If the “leased wire''
story In Saturday's World Herald re
garding the death of a young girl in
Chicago and vilifying chiropractic In
general is a criterion, it Is small
wonder people keep a large bo* of
salt handy when reading newspapers.
The article states that chiropractors
"claim to be able to cure anything
fmm a sprained finger to smallpox."
The whole article gives the Impres
sion that chiropractors in general
make this claims
The statement Is a damnable lie.
The Intent back of the story Is
obvious, sinister, vicious and opposed
to the welfare of the public.
Sprains, broken bones and other
cases of a similar nature coming to
chiropractors are jeferred to reput
able surgeons for surgical treatment,
the most nearly exact science ever
associated with the medical fraternity.
I am not a chiropractor; I have no
relatives who are I am wilting from
the standoolnt of any one who has
been ill and found quick, permanent
relief in chiropractic. The public is
entitled to a clear, open mind when
seeking health; a mind free from
remembrance of smut smeared on
some particular curative profession
by jealous or Ignorant competitors
desiring its downfall.
Chiropractic Is a blessing to human
Ity. I personally was greatly helped
by chiropractic during a nervous
breakdown two years ago. My wife
was cured of anemia end Is now well
and strong. Another member of my
Immediate family was cured of a
large goitre and an Incipient cancer
(so pronounced by M. Ds ), which
failed to yield to drugs.
.Tlbe all you want to about “sprained
fingers and smallpox." I would rnther.
a thousand times, have a chiropractor
at the bedside of a loved one who la
111 than 90 per cent of any other pro
fession.
During the awful days of the flu
epidemic, when people died by thou
sands, government statistics show
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Abe Martin
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Wlmt Kitn us is why n feller
that's married, an' nil set, an’ |[ot
ever'thimr. wants t' spend so much
time tryin’ t’ hide a held spot. A
woman may fergit, hut it don’t take
her no time t' remember if you itit
her ruffled.
Coryrlshf 1114.
that chiropractors lost less patients
per thousand than any other curative
profession.
As for chiropractors being former
"section hand*, blacksmiths." etc.. If
they practice chiropractic after learn
ing It. what difference does It make
If they once worked with their hands?
I know of former printers who are
now lawyers, doctors (of medfclne)
and actors. Are they any better or
worse for formerly sticking type?
Dr. Edwards of Omaha, one of the
foremoet chiropractors of the United
States, was a former M. D. Does
this fact make him any better or any
worse? I’ll admit that with such a
pedigree as the last I personally am
dubious. He must be a Mg mun, in
deed, to overrnme such a handicap'
Deaths because of Ignorance or
carelessness on the part of practition
ers In other branches of "healing"
are by no means few. Every profes
sion hss Its Ignorant, careless and
btjlow par members.
The article from Chicago emanates
from paid agents of a certain associa
tion which has consistently fought
everything In the health line not
sponsored by themselves, from God
down to Mary Baker Eddy and Dr.
Palmer. It objects to chiropractors
retaining lawyers to protect them
selves from persecution by the trust,
but Just try to convict a member of
the trust of negligence or similar
charge and watch them swear that
black Is white. There Is a movement
on foot to have a representative of
the trust sit In the president's cabinet.
Such articles as the one referred
to are sent the newspapers to turn
ithe public mind In time of Illness
toward certain "orthodox" curative
agencies, which, God know*, harbor
more quacks, more Inefficient and
Igviorant practitioners than any other
profession, and which, so far from
being an exact science. Is 90 per cent
guesswMi-k from diagnosis to the gate
of death.
1 can only. In fairness, believe that
the rush of preparing a dally news
psper caused the editor of the World
Herald to hurriedly scan this story
and puss It as unbiased news.
If the orld-Herald, ns a news
paper, Is against chiropractic, let It
come out on the editorial page and
V so. Turning the public stomach
with filthy, prejudiced rot. poorly dis
guised as news, which some hack
writer Is paid to spew broadcast,
does not Increase the public s respect
for newspapers In general
HARRY B. POTTER.
A Critic of s Critic.
Albion. Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: A "critic of fundamen
talists" constrains us to once more
cry out: "Oh. why will not men
read for themselves the Book of I.tfe
snd not pick up such garbled stories
as the critic gives of Abraham." The
Ihble does not sny nor Infer that God
told Abraham In n dream or other
wise to break one of His command
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NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for January, 1924, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .74,669 I
Sunday .80,166 |
Does not Include returns, left, j
ov#ie. samples or papers spoiled in
printing and include* no special I
sales or lies circulation of any kind, j
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 6th day of February, 1034.
W. H QUIVFY.
(Seel) Notary Publie j
f LISTENING IN']
^ On the Nebraska PreM j
Noting that Senator Howell shows
an Inclination to be "progressive but
moderate,” the Kearney Hub declares
this to he the course that will win In
the long run.
• • •
Bob Rice of the Central City Repub
llcan rejoices because Mr. Doheny
mentioned the name of George Creel.
"It has given us all a chance to enjoy
another literary gem from the pen of
that master of the fine art of pub
licity," chortles Bob.
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The York Democrat says that
Doheny spilled the baans, taut to
others It looks very much like he
upset the oil can.
• • •
"There was a time when it was
quite a distinction to be done in oil—
but not now." sagely observes the
Hastings Tribune.
• • •
Frank Ktmmell of the McCook
Tribune has discovered why some peo
ple never mind their own business.
"They either lack business or mind."
• • •
The Fremont Tribune notes that the
fundamentalists are modern enough
in their ways to appreciate the value
of publicity.
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The Arnold Sentinel admits that for
a 4-year-old prohibition isn't as big
as It might be, but Is a whole lot
bigger than some folks thought it
ever could be.
• • •
"It must be terrible to be a pro
fessional radical and go to heaven
where nobody has a grievance," muses
Editor Sutherland of the Tekarnah
Herald.
• • •
"We'd have tax reduction in 15
minutes if there were some way in
which both political parties could get
credit for it.” says Carey Nevin of
the Laurel Advocate.
• • •
As one method of reducing taxes
the Scottsbluff Republican suggests
that the state quit matching dollars
with the federal government.
• • •
"When it comes to convincing him
self that he ought to have a new car,
there is no limit to the ordinary man’s
power of persuasion," says the York
News-Times.
• • •
"It would he Interesting to hear of
a tax reduction plan which was not
grabbed by the opposition and labelled
as a Dirty* Political issue," says John
Sweet of the Nebraska City Press,
using a tone of voice that reveals
considerable diseust.
• • •
“When you were paying with your
health and the respect of decent peo
ple for what you think to be a good
time, you describe It with more truth
than vulgarity when you say that you
are 'having a hell 0f a time’,'" philos
ophises Fred Howard in his Clay
Center Sun.
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ments. It was Sarah, poor, unbetlev
tng Sarah iw,«s Sarah a modernist?!
•vho could not believe God's promises
and who so hated the reproach of be.
ln« childless that she was willing to
rob another woman of her child, de
cided to take matters out of God's
hands Into her own and gave her
maid to Ahraham for a wife that
caused this complication. This was
the law at the time.
If friend critic will stop to think
he will remember the commandments
were not given at that time, nor for
years after. As for the preacher of
whom he speaks, our law holds n
man Innocent until he Is proven
guilty, and besides, it is only the un
usualneg.e Of «urh a thing that gives
Interest to the cage.
ELLEN S. WATSON.
Disappointed In California.
Long Beach, Cal—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Is is right that the
people of the eastern states should
know of the true conditions of Cal
ifornia. especially the labor class.
Of course, there Is work being done
here. But there Is such an army of
laboring people here, there are many
men for each Job. Thousands of
men here out of work and can't get
It. Out of money, wl»*t are they go.
ing to do? Families without work
and money lured here by the adver
tising through the east of so much
work here, when they come can t get
anything to do.
Rents are clear out of reach of anv
working man. Many are living in
autos. Most of the work except
building Is done bv Japs. Mexicans
and Italian*. It Is a deplorable con
dition here among the laboring class.
Wages on an average are no more
than elsewhere, and In many cases
not as good.
My advice is to stay where you are
and not com* out here and get noth
ing to do. All job* are taken. Men
are walking the streets all dav looking
for something to do and don't get it.
I'm one who was lured here by the
advertising of man shortage
_ _ JOHN SMITH.
Sunny Side up
"Jake Comfort, nor forget
jhatSunHtononrraihduS'Wt ;
A REAL FELLOW.
Here's to the man with cheerful smile,
Who keeps goodmatured all the while;
Who gives a nod and a "howdy-do"
That brighter makes the world for
you.
The man whose smiles a gleam or
light
That makes the darkest day grow
bright;
Who says "Hello'." In a tone of voice
That makes the faintest heart re
joice.
Here's to the man who bucks’the line
And won't sit down to moan and
whine;
The man who has his Job to do
And tolls until he puts it through.
The man who smiles and says ‘Hello! '
And grabs right on and won't let go
Until he's done his level best
To stand four square to ev’ry test.
Here's to the man so well worth
"while «
Who greets bad luck with pleasaiil
smile
And says, "All right. I'll try once
more; •
I bet this time I put it o’er!”
The rnan whose handclasp always
cheers
When old misfortune’s face appears.
Who says, "Hello," or "Howdy-do;
I hope the old world's good to you!"
Here's to the man unknown to fame
Who loves all men and plays the
game
Of life foursquare, and scorns to
make
A profit big from a friend's mistake:
Whose eyes light up when he comes
your way
And passes a pleasant time o’ day:
Who says. "Hello," or "Howdy-do."
And smiles, and gives new strength
to you.
All our long and rather uneventful
life we have yearned to secure a big
contract that would yield us a hand
some fortune. Right now It seems
that a contract at good prices for
laundering the dirty political linen
on exhibition at Washington would
be IT. .
Were It not for the fact that the
joke was such a costly one, a number
of Omaha men would be laughing at
their wives for recent Investments In
"imported Turkish rugs." The rugs
were really made in Philadelphia, pur
chased by Armenian experts in the
rug con game, aged by a secret proc
ess. and then sold from house to
house over the country.
Perhaps the husbands of the victim
ized women would laugh anyhow, if
they weren't afraid the wives would
mention the "smuggled cigars" those
husbands recentIv purchased.
We hereby serve notice upon the
arbiters of male fashions that we
simply- will not, under any circum
stances nor in any place, wear pleated
trousers. We have submitted, at con
siderable personal Inconvenience, to
wearing 'em creased to a knife's edge
and. although protesting bitterly, we
have worn /em with a cuff, but we ll
be everlastingly- gol swizz.'ed If we are
going to wear 'em pleated around the
waist. Right here is where we raise
the standard of revolt, to which we
urge all men of red blood to rally.
If crowded too hard, tie’ll quit hav
ing 'em creased and courageously turn
down the cuffs at the bottom,
T'niess we hurl a defl In the <h»
of these fashion mongers the fir>-t
thing we know they'll have us wear
ing ruffles around the lower hems.
If we were asked to locate the
blame for some of the country's pre
ent financial conditions, we would un
hesitatingly declare it lies with the
financial genius who invented the
term "frozen securities."
As we understand it. and admls*i
is freely made that our knowledge <-f
finance is woefully limited, a ' froz* t
security" Is one you want to sidestep
so as to invest in something that will
pay bigger*returns. A “liquid secur
ity" is one you desire to dispose of
to your own great advantage. V •
may be mistaken, of course, but
seems so to us.
Perhaps you are old enough to re
call the old story related In McGuf
fey s Third Header, concerning the
man who bought tne cage of birds
and set them fiee. That story is re
called every time we see a cageful of
puppy dogs in a window.
Speaking of "Men Who Are Making
Omaha,” we have in mind one who is
doing a mighty big share of it. He
may be a bricklayer, or a printer, o:
a carpenter, or some other kind of
tradesman. In fact, he may not he
a tradesman at all. only a man doing
unskilled dally labor. But he is pa
ing his bills with reasonable prompt
ness caring for his family as well as
he can without thought of seif, edu
cst’ng his children, obeying the law*
of his country, and taking an lntell!
gent interest in public affairs. Omaha
and every other city in America,
would be in a mighty bad fix without
him.
J. Adam Bade and Hiram Johnson
—maybe we should have said Hiram
Johnson and J. Adam Bede, but that
is a matter the two eminent states
men may settle t«etween themselves
—are to address the Ad-Sell league
Monday evening. That is a combina
tion equaling something or other, hut
Just now we can not say definitely
what.
While the Retail Clothiers we c
meeting at the Fonteneile the Retail
Lumbermen were meeting at the
Rome. The Retail Clothiers sent word
to the effect that they hoped the Re
tail Lumbermen would spruce up. sa'
torlaliy speaking. Th* Retail Lum
bermen sent word to the effect that
they hoped the Retail Clothiers would
B. V. i». tn urging the home building
campaign—B V. D. being short for
"Be Very Diligent."
WILL M. MALTIN'.
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