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Omahd Vheie theM?st is dt its Best
PRAYER.
Members of the upper house of the New York
assembly agree that its sessions should be opened
with prayer. They were unable to agree on who
should makp the prayer, and so adjourned without
doing any business. If these men were sincere, their
action seems childish. If it is but a new wrinkle in
New York political methods, it is sn insult to human
intelligence. Yet, whichever view one takes of it,
the incident presents a phase that will arrest atten
tion of thinking people.
'Pie suggestion that, there is a difference of view as
to which of several creeds or beliefs shall be repre
sented in the invocation reminds us that the union
between the churches is far more apparent than real.
One member of the board suggested that the right
io pray for its guidance and protection be rotated.
Prom this the inference is that God will on one occa
sion incline His ear to the voice of supplication as
lifted hy the representative of one denomination or
sect, and on another hy some one holdfing to a
different dogma. The implication that God distin
guishes between the various sects as created hy man
• will shock one who has his faith firmly planted on
the fundamental belief that there is but one God.
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Prayer, says a hymn that was popular in the old
days, and may still hold in some churches, Is the up
ward lifting of the eye. It is a thought, formed but
pot uttered. It is an act, a symbol. Eloquent invo
cations fall smoothly from the lips of those accus
tomed to pray in public. Halting, incoherent words
r.ro spoken by the contrite sinner, seeking relief from
1-r; burden of sorrow and rare. Which of these goes
directly to the throne of grace? Hamlet’s uncle
found no relief in his devotions:
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
A prayer on any occasion that is offered solety to
amaze or to gain approval from its earthly hearers
•may have an echo in heaven, but the probabilities
ire strong that it will not get much attention there.
It may help a little to read in this connection the
•tory of Elijah and the priests of Baal:
"Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he
a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he
•a in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must
Sc awaked.”
Those words of the old prophet seem to ring still
* in the minds of many who lift up their voices in
' what they consider to be prayer.
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No one ever will know how much of prayer is
offered, how many hearts each day humbly bow in
adoration of the Creator, or seek from Him assis
tance, comfort or consolation. Nor can anyone He
termine the quality of prayer, or the form it should
,-ikc. All the multiplied tongues that followed the
•onfusion at Babel have been employed to express
he desires, the hopes, the aspirations, of the human
heart in prayer to the Most High. The Tibetan
prayer wheel is sustained by the same principle as
the Christian prayer book, a formula for a purpose.
For 1,500 years a prayer of Chrysostrom has been
preserved and still is used in the church litany. Its
thought is as good today as when it first was uttered.
Does the efficacy of prayer consist in the form?
Most of those who resort to it, and who derive from
it that spiritual sustenance which Is carried over
into material matters, will probably agree that it,
matters not in what manner the petition Is framed,
if it he supported by sincerity of faith and earnest
ne-s of purpose.
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So there will«be genuine sorrow among all true
l>?lievers at the spectacle of the New York men who
have been set in high places presenting to their
constituents a dispute over what avenue their ap
proach to God is to follow. For those who are truly
perturbed on the point, we advise a perusal of the
sixth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew.
TINKERING WITH THE LIBERTY BELL.
“Proclaim liberty throughout the land, unto all
the inhabitants thereof.” This was the prophetic In
scription on the hell that since has been known
throughout the land as the Liberty Bell. Cast years
hefore the Declaration of Independence was signed,
the mellow notes of the old bell tolled through Phila
delphia on that momentous day when the immortal
document was signed, and the life of a new nation
was begun. Is it not more than a little significant,
that the words were taken from the instructions given
ihe priests of Israel, with regard to the observance
of the Jubilee? What though that great feast is no
longer celebrated In its strict and literal meaning,
does it not still hold a deep and solemn injunction to
nil who are concerned with the government of the
people, by the people, for the people, under God?
The old bell is just now the center of a rather
lively controversy in Philadelphia. A move has been
made to remove it from Independence Hall and set it
in a shrine or temple in Independence Square. Mrs.
Edward T. Stotesbury claims for herself the credit
• of originating the plan. It is her thought, and she
has some supporters, to Increase the size of the
square by adding another Jilork of ground to it, so
ax to give a wider vista to the Hall, This will per
mit Ihe erection of a shrine for the Bell, Moreover,
a foreign architect has been requested to submit a
design for the shrine.
Against this goes up snch a rhorus of protest ns
may only he well described as a hubbub. Daugh
ters of the Ameriran Revolution, Colonial Dames,
Fet ut the Revolution, all patriotic eocleties, insist
that the Square, the Hall and the Bell be left as they
are. Especially are they indignant that a foreign
architect should be asked to design a shrine for
Americans. Have we no architects in our own land
who are capable or worthy of such an undertaking?
We hope that the “noes” will have it in this mat
ter. None who have ever visited Independence
Square, the Hall and the Bell, all so hallowed in
American history, would willingly consent to even the
slightest change made. All should be preserved as
they are, and have been for so long, a fane sacred
to the nation. Ambitious leaders, like Mrs. Stotes
bury, may be allowed their dreams, but the simplic
ity of beginnings should not be furbished up by mod
ern additions, just to meet the artistice ideas of some
one who will shortly be forgotten, while the Liberty
Bell will stand while its metal endures.
WEALTH WIPING OUT MISERY.
An intensely human document is the review ol
the work of the Rockefeller Foundation for the yeai
1923. In many ways it is romantic, at any rate il
challenges the imagination more than a romance re
cently recounted. Dealing simply with facts, relat
ing to the activities of scientific men engaged in re
search, examination and instruction, carrying the
combat against disease into all penetrable portions
of the globe, the review gives a picture of hu
manitarian activities that are beyond the compre
hension of even many who read of what the Founda
tion is doing. ,
Warfare against stegomyia, anopheles, the hook
worm, the typhoid baccili, these are taken as a mat
ter of course. Sanitary science has made such prac
tical application of simple rules in the United Statp*
and other civilized countries that we are free from
epidemics of preventable disease. This security
naturally tends to a conclusion that other lands are
equally immune. It is informative, then, to read
in the report how the Foundation is laboring to ex
tend modern medical knowledge in China, for ex
ample. Or of the establishment of nurse training
classes among the Igorotes. The pursuit of the hook
worm in New Guinea, or of stegomyia on the Gold
Coast of Africa, show the old world belted by the
efforts of the scientists who operate under the di
rection of the Foundation. It is good to read that,
whereas in 1920 505 cases and 249 deaths from
yellow fever were reported from Mexico, in 1923
there was not a single case. Some record.
Also, it is equally encouraging to note .how the
funds of the Foundation have served to keep burn
ing the light of medical science in Europe. Assist
ance has been given to schools in every country in
Europe during 1923. A great anatomy building,
attached to the University of London, was formally
opened during the year, funds have been pro
vided for it by the Foundation. Elsewhere similar
aid was extended. A graphic map shows the marks
of the institution all over the world, helping hu
manity.
People will still wag their heads, and agitators
call down maledictions on John D. Rockefeller, be
cause of his wealth, but even these must admit that
some of those millions are well employed. No
greater institution was ever established than the
Rockefeller Found."1 ion for the benefit of an afflicted
race. Its discove; « and its application of the dis
coveries of others are making the world safer for
humanity, so far as disease is concerned. Its mil
j lions are a blessing to mankind.
HAVE A HEART, YOU FOLKS.
No feature of the city school exhibit drew more
attention than the nature study. Especially inter
esting were the bird drawings, done from life, with
carefully accurate descriptions written by the chil
dren. It shows how closely the youngsters observr
and note the markings and other peculiarities of
birds. A local Kune Ifcy school is going into the woods,
note hooks in hand, to study the wonders all around,
and learn of the glory of God through observing His
work.
This is well. "He doeth best who lovest best all
things, both great and small." What we want to
1 suggest, though, is that grownup folks take a little
of this lesson to themselves. For years and years
they have been preached to on one point, and yet
have learned little.
If the joyride on Sunday affords any pleasure at
all, it is hy reason of the beauty of the landscape.
Trees and shrubs and grass and flowers all add to
this. Yet many forget that this beauty is easily de
stroyed. They break branches off trees, denude
shrubs, pull flowers up hy the roots, and fill their
cars with trophies of a pleasant day.
Whpn they go hack over that route next spring
they will not find the flowers. Simply because they
could not restrain themselves. One would he had
| enough, hut the onslaught comes from a procession,
and the damage is done. Nature retaliates. Noth
ing is left for seed, or the replacement hy future
growth, and another season will show hare spots
where beauty now delights the eye.
Have a heart, you folks who go Into the country
bn Sunday. Keep in mind that what you now so
enjoy should he preserved, and that you are not only
spoiling your own but others’ pleasures as well when
you fill a car with blooms at the expense of the
future.
THE PENSIONERS OF PEACE.
Several rpligious denomination* have made more
or less progress towards establishing adequate pen
sion systems for their aged ministers. The Presby
terian church is now considering a pension plan for
mulated hy a committee of which Will H. Hays Is
chairman. It provides that, the minister shall pay
2’4 per cent of his salary into the pension fund an
nually, and the congregation 7 per cent. At re
tirement at the age of 65 the retiring minister i* to
j receive 50 per rent of his average salary during his
life period, with a minimum of $500.
The plan is feasible and. comprehensive. The
powerful Presbyterinn church should lose no time
in adopting something of the sort. Big business cor
porations have learned the wisdom of the pension
system, and the church should take Heed of the les
son. The ministry is notoriously underpaid, like
teachers In our public schools. The vast majority of
preachers find it difficult to live in comfort on their
salaries, to say nothing of laying aside something
for the inevitable miny day. Their lives arc lives of
service and self-sacrifice for others. The average
minister would fare much belter in a material way
were he to devote to somp othpr profession the same
talent and energy that he devotes to his chosen
calling.
Every church denomination owes it to itself and
to Its ministry to so provide for its minister* that
nfter a life of sacrificing service they will not he left
destitute. The pity of it is that in the years agonc
so many aged and Indigent ministers of the eo*pel
have hern shunted to one side, Hieir usefulness gone
and their services forgotten. Better snlaries during
their working years that they may’ accumulate stif
fieient for old age is one alternative to the prnslon
system.
ill sunny side up '
cjake Comfort, nor forget
! ^hat sunrise nei/er failed us get
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THU LORD'S DAY.
This day apart, dear Lord, rve give to Thee,
Although all day* are Thine for us to give
Our service and our thanks full cheerfully
Through all the yea re Thou glvest us to live
Incline our hearts to love, our hands to tasks
That buildeth for the good of humankind.
And give us faith to know that he who asks
In humble love of Thee shall surely find.
• Teach us, dear Lord, that work la our reward.
Not punishment still charged upon the scroll.
Strength to us give, that we may stand on guard
To keep away the sins that sear the soul.
With songs upon our lips we come this day
That marks Thy vict’ry over death and grave;
And kneeling at Thy throne we humbly pray
Help from the hand thnt mighty Is to save. Amen!
Dearly beloved, this morning w# will coiwlder for s few
brief moments the words of wisdom as they fell from the
lips of Solomon, taking the following:
In all labor there is profit, but the talk of
the lips tendeth only to penury.
As we have remarked on other days of the week, many
times and oft, we are too prone to demand that a Law Be
Passed, Instead of buckling down to work.
Too much talk of the lips about reform, dearly beloved,
and not enough work; too much dependence upon politicians
and not enough display of Industry; too much discussion snd
not enough digging and delving. The Church of the Living
tlod. dearly beloved, will not thrive and grow merely through
the lip service of its adherents, but can only go forward on Its
high and holy mission as men and women work as well
pray. Fine sermons and sacred concerts are all right In their
way, but yiey never huilded strong congregations. That rr
'tubes work and sacrifice,
"Not every one that aaleth.” It Is easy to say, and most
people are doing It. But he • • • that, doetli them.” Note
the emphasis on the "do,” my brethren. What the world
needs, what this country needs, what the Church of God needs.
Is less lip service and more work; less theory and more prsc
tlce; less dependence upon legislation and more dependence
upon toll and perspiration.
It Is high time, dearly beloved, that Ve turn our eyes towards
Jerusalem Instead of towards Washington; high time that we*
throw sway the broken reeds of political palaver upon which
we have been leaning while walling and whining, and taking
n»w hope from faith and the kinks out of our backs, stand
forth like atrong men.
What the world needs Is more workers snd fewer shirkers
It needs fewer orators upon the hustings snd more men between
the plow-handles and.!n the shop* and factories. It needs a rest
from blatant reformera and a chance to grow weary at honest
tolling. Too many people ate trying to make a living without
working. The world need* mors calloused hands and fewer
wagging Jaws.
Ws are now going to sing that old familiar hymn ■ > full
meaning If we can but grasp It—
"Work, for the night Is coming,
Work through the morning hours,
Work while the dew Is sparkling.
Work mldat springing flowers
And as we sing let us put the emphasis tj|""i t < , i I
work," remembering that "In sll labor there is profit, but
the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." Afer we are dls
missed let each of us ro forth rejoicing, remembering that
work Is not man's punishment, hut Ids reward.
WILL M. MAl'PIN.
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| Co-Operative Thrift in Nebraska ]
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By T. 4. FITZMORRIS,
Secretary Nebraska I/cace of Saving*
amt (Sian Association*.
No feature of Nebraska'* develop
:uent strike* a more cheerful note
titan the growth and constructive
work of the building, savings snd loan
issorlatlons These mutual Instltu
tlona unite In their business activities
two primal factors that make for In
dividual and family Independence—thm
saving habit and the ownership of
homes. Few persons outside the mem
hershtp realize the extent of their ln
tluence for community betterment, and
fewer still atop to consider and meas
ure their power ea constructive forces
In community life.
In less than a third of a century
Nebraska'* mutual associations have
grown from $3.0011,000 of asset* to
$115,000,000 on the first of this year.
The latter sum represent* the savings
of 150,000 people, en average of $755
per member. According to the federal
Department of Commerce chart of
mutual aaanclntlon growth during the
rensus' decade, 1010-1920, Nebraska
associations advanced from a per
capita of $14 33 to $50.72, ranking
fourth among 4* states tn per capita
gain. Kven more notable Is the fact
thet during the last six year* of the
war, the speculation and deflation of
post war yeRrs, Nebraska associations
doubled their resources.
Between *0 snd >0 per cent of the
total resources la employed In flnanc
Ing new homes, tha pvirehase of homes
built In former years, and In refunding
mortgage loane. Official records from
1*95 to 1923, Inclusive, show thet mu
lual eesnclatton* mede loans In the
■uste for 47,75ft new buildings, mostly
homes, and 75,4*0 loan* "for ths pur
chasing of homestead* or payment of
homestead mortgages," both classes
of loans requiring an outlay of $27,
000,000.
Practically all of this huge volume
of loanable money comprlee the eav
Ings of Nebraska people, working for
the development of the state, the up
building of the varloue rommunltlee
and the welfare of the whole people.
If Is horn# money, employed at home,
and almost exclusively tnr the tn
crease of homes and home owners.
In one way or another tha resources
of mutual associations Index Ilia sav
ing habits of the people, make possible
the emhltlnn for owned homes, and
contribute auhetantlally to Nebraska's
high standing aa a home owner*'
state According tn tha federal cen
sus of 1920, 57.4 per rent of the homes
In the state are owned by the occu
pants, a record 11 per cent higher
than the average for the whole United
State* and excaeded by only 11 other
state* In the union.
During the fiscal year 1923 the re
sources of Nebraska associations 1n
creased by $15,300,000. a gain of 171.
per cent In 12 months. The business
turnover In the snm» time rose to
$5.'i,DOO,000, a remarkable showing fot
a period of alleged business hardship.
But the significance of the figures Is
not expressed by the gains or volume
of transactions It lies In the assiir
anra that tnereaslng thrift means In
rreaaed earning power, belter living
conditions, more and batler home* and
niora solid prosperity than doubter*
will admit.
Th" worth of these Institutions to
tha communities where they exist can
be measured by the Increase In owned
homes, wise spending and steady sav
ing. Tn Ihn metropolis their potential
power ns home promoters Is striking
|y In evidence. Tha federal census of
1900 reported 27.7 per cent of the
dwellings In tunAhn owned by tlm or
I’lipants. In the 1910 rensus the per
rentage rose lo 39 9 and In the rensus
of 19ift to 43 4, a percentage of own
et-shlp exceeded by on I - liner otbei
cilia* hav ing a population of 100,OUU
A
or over. The Increase In owned
homes la Omaha since the census
was taken In January. 1920, warrants
the claim that Omaha Is now well
over 50 per cent In home ownership.
Astonishing sr the development of
mutusl associations In Nebraska ap
I ears, It Is no more astonishing than
their record for safety and earning
power. Only on# Instance of receiver
ship and one failure due to dishon
esty mars the record for JO yegrs
past. During that period associations
experienced mightly lean years, felt
the demoralization and business dis
ruption of two wars, two financial
panics and the recent distressing
slump In the value of farm products
Throughout the cycles of prosperity
and depression, of good times and
hard times, mutual associations grew
In i esources. In usefulness, In public
confidence, chiefly because the foun
dation of their strength rests on the
honesty of ths people.
Ths present writer Is not disposed
to draw the long how' In stressing the
community worth end constructive
• alue of mutual associations Re
«ult* speak for themselves. If more
Is needed to convince the skeptical,
let them look around In Omaha or
In any other community In tha atats
end see with open eyes typical Amer
tran homes with their lawn and
shrubbery and flowers, gsrdens, fruit
end shade frees And no other agency
Is responsible for as many of them
■m the building, savings and loan as
soclatlons Homes owned by ths oc
eupants visualize co-operative thrift
U Its best—the saving of money and
Us hroper use.
"To practice thrift,” says the
American Lumberman, "Is to take
the first step toward independence,
and to accumulate a competence la
to taka the final step In acquiring
liberty. It la no mlsnss of words to
say that tenancy Is a species of serv
itude; It would he a misuse of words
to say that the family la truly free
that must move at another's dictation.
In such s esse a man's home la no
longer his castle.
"If to practice thrift I* a virtue,
to teach, thrlftines, In others I* a
duty Imposed upon sll who know |ta
value. If home ownership and that
alone spells liberty, then to promote
home ownership Is to advance the
cause cf llliertv and forward the In
ferrets of soc iety as s whole The
best agency fnr promoting thrift and
home getting Is ths building and loan
association; and It Is an agency that
sots up relations between men that
In themselves soften and ameliorate
the difficulties along life's patKwavs
Those who lend to the association
help those who borrow front It. and
vh « versa; and each profits In pro.
portion to the help he gives the other.
Hem Is nn example of co-operation
at Its best,”
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for April, 1924, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily ..74,265
Sunday .77,999 .
Doki not Include returns, left
i over*. or paper* apoiled in I *
pi mf inf and Include* no *pecl*l
I **le* or f»ee circulation of any kind
V. A. RRIDGF., Clr. Mgr.
.Vuherribrd and *wom to before me
thin IOtb dev ol May. |924.
W H QUIVKY,
I Val) Notary Public I
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Singing Chi Omegas
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Through the. Lincoln Orthopedic hos
pital they go—
Singing Chi Omega* from th* U.—
Tie so' pitiful, the sight of helpless
children there •
On their cots of suffering to view!
College girls, at turn of life where
brook and river meet.
On what higher, altar, nobler seat,
Could they yield volce-lncense sweet
as Himalaya nurd
Than at "these.'' the crippled chil
dren’s feet?
Voices rlch-eonservatory-tralned to
vocal srt.
Polished lit for the similitude
[Of fair palaces—accord In burst of
! melody
Meet to cheer up shut-ins’ saddest
mood.
i Pal* and drawn, each wee face beams
appreciative smile—
Real plaudit, not affected praise—
1 tell notes bugle forth the fumes from
Eden's favored blooms.
Permeating as the noon-sun's rays.
Languid, weakling, listening ears—
unwonted to such charm—
Iilfe-enhaneing, happy, fleeting
sweet!
Smooth (he rumpled pillows seem,
soft, for the nonce, as silk;
Gone, forgotten poignant pains that
eat!
Singing Chi Omega meritorious, for
you
Here’s a rose—your sure success to
speak—
Palpitant with ardor's odor of your
graciousness,
Fluctustlng blushes as your cheek.
O, the light of your dear ministering
mercy lent
As the Master’s was, for "one of
these
Little ones" He loves and blesses, bids
Come unto Me!"—
Shining light, death shadows to *p
pease!
Practice teachers you may he, or
prims donna* grand,
But you'll chorus no more worthy
parts
Than the ones you warble In th* or
thopedic ward
To His stricken lambs—God bless
your hearts!
—Alta Wrenwlek Brown.
"Hie Evening Sun Ought to Be In
dicled.”
f«v Ft Hem*. In ths rbtlsdslphls trfd»»r
Th* prize of $100 offered by The
iRaltimorei Evening Sun for the best
definition of the difference between a
republican and a democrat was won
by Mrs. Ethel Hollander. Tou may
be Interested in Mrs. Hollander's
definition. It was: "A republican la
a person who thinks s democratic ad
ministration Is bad for business; a
democrat is a person who think a
republican administration is bad for
business; both are right.”
If you care to leave It to us. that's
a hum definition. It ha* all the
smartness and flippancy of the Green
wich Village school of thought, but
it doesn't make sense, ar 1 If The fBal
timorel Evening Sun paid $inn for It.
it ought to be indicted for throwing
good money away.
Conjointly, the republican and demo
cratlc parties have run this country
\ -inre ISOS. It's a heluva fine coun
try,and don’t let any crossbred Slav
jnr sensual sophisticate tell you dif
: Cerent. If the republican* and d*mo
crats are to be blamed for Its failings
and defects, they should also b# rred
I lied With its Virtues and achievements.
But In any condition or emergency
| the rounset and advice of a republican
1 or a democrat Is preferable to that
| of a follower of the loose-lipped school
of economic and philoeophlo thought.
AU Sizes.
Customer—T want a couple of pillow
cases.
clerk—TVhst size?
Customer—I don't know, but I wear
a size 7 hat.—Chaparral.
The Hired Girl
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From the Independent.
Embittered housewives, who waste
in employment offices those hours
which might better be spent In play
ing the harp or airing the Pekinese,
will learn with dismay that domestic
servants are gron^jcg scarcer and
scarcer all the time.
According to the census there were
In 1910, 1,309.549 female servants,
white and colored, reported in the
United States. In 1930 th# number
was 1,012,133, a decreaae of about *0
pw cent, or nearly one-third.
Writing on the "Recent Northward
Migration of the Negro," Mr. Joaeph
A. Hill of the cenaus bureau says:
"In New York City the number of fe
male servanta fell off from 113,409 in
1910 to 34,615 in 1920; In Chicago the
decrease was from 34,478 in 1910 to
26,184 In 1920; in Philadelphia it waa
nearly the aarne—from 37,050 to 28,
290. Evidently people are learning to
do without domestic servants. 1 shall
not stop to Inquire how,”
Mr. Hill points out that colored fe
male servants are replacing white.
“In Chicago In 1920, 23 9 per cent, or
about one tenth of the female serv
ante were negroea (sic), as compared
with 10.2 per cent in 1910. In New
York the per cent of negroes in the
total number of servants Increased
from 12.4 In 1910 to 22.4 In 1920; In
Detroit from 6.1 to 23.1; In Cleveland
from 8.7 to 30.1; In Philadelphia from
38.5 to 63.8."'
Many of our most thoroughly mani
cured ladies view this situation with
alarm. They do not know what we
are coming to, but they are able to
prophesy, not without tragic implies
tlons, that before long we shall all be
doing our own work.
We do not believe th# situation is
as desperate as it appears. I,abor
saving devices, conven'enres in house
building, the growth of the apartment
with ita simplified housekeeping have
undoubtedly reduced the demand for
servants. With immigration restrict
ed. however, some method will have
to be found to make domestic set \ »
sufficiently honorsble and attractive
to Induce American born women to
enter It. At present, wages are high
er and work no harder In domes
service than In any other erapl'
ment open to women with sn etjunl
amount of training. It is primarily
the etlgma attached to being a "ser
vant" which makes a sound waitress
bob her hair and brutalize a type
writer—that and greater liberty after
work hours.
With good pay. shorter working
hours, more personal liberty, and good
living conditions there la no reason
why domestic service should not be
come an attractive and agreeable way
to earn a living without In any way
sacrificing aelf respect. There Is no
more degradation In taking orders
from a lady than from a foreman
or assistant cashier.
No Exruse for Idleness.
‘T don't take any stock In these 'ere
paytent medicines." asserted Lafe
Ixtop, a languid citizen of Wayover
behind. ''They're an enemy to the
human race. S'poae, now, you are
getting along all right, unable to work
b'cuz you're sick; you're pretty mis
erable, of course, but people sym
pathize with you and respect you.
"And then somebody persuades you
to take a few bottles of So-and-So,
and you are cured and get your pic
ture In the almanac. And forever
afterward everybody wants to know
why you don’t go to work, dod blame
your ornery hide."—Country Gentle
man.
When in Omaha
Hotel Conant
250 Rooms—250 Baths—Rates$2 to $3
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Car Service to
iflOwi 9
Frequent street car service will be provided to
Ak-Sar-Ben Field during the entire period of the
spring races, May 31 to June 24, the first and last
car leaving as follows:
First car leaves lSth and Davenport at 8:38 a.
m. for Ak-Sar-Ben Field.
First car leaves Ak-Sar-Ben Field at 9:18 a. in.
Last car leaves 15th and Davenport at 7:42 p. m.
Last car leaves Ak-Sar-Ben Field at 8:18 p. m.
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Take any car on Fifteenth Street between Dav
:! enport and Howard Streets, or on Sixteenth Street
between Howard and Leavenworth Streets marked
“Ak-Sar-Ben.”
Omaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway Co.
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LEO A. HOFFMANN ^
rriHAT a funeral d i r e c t o r should I kt
^ I above all consider the feelings of =;
J\£- the family served, is the thought aj
isjf which guides us in our work. ^
'M At the Hoffmann-Crosbv Funeral Home
the necessary care and attention is given rR
Knh in the privacy of our second floor—not
^ in a back room or the basement. p
yvj Your loved one is taken then to a “slum- '
her room”, as private and complete as a
bedroom in your own home; or. if a ^
^ child or baby, to a beautiful appointed
willis c. crosby nursery room.
^ Our limousine, with drivers, are at your ly
Stt disposal during this period, for visits to ^
Ryj our Home. 2;
At the funeral, if held in our chapel, the m
grrj family is shielded by the friendly walls
of an adjoining room. ^
ktyl We understand and respect every Re- ji;
kVxj ligion and Creed—and serve faithfully KJ
p—j according to your wishes. R
ViM Every detail of arrangement—and there
E^j Onto Np*#m'«r are many—is cared for. Our work is
Ro] p”«n» ’iov1'-*'»'r» performed so quietly and well as to be
|§! * mV^^S.Vr-h"; entirely unobserved. ^
1 J "Vnfral*Fhomf. Hoffmann-Crosbv service costs no more ^
SM thlt JJ? ,££•* than ordinary service; usually less. ^
I TOFFMANN-CMOSBY 1
1 FUNERAL HOME 1
M - and Dodge 9froots lij
,rfj Ambulance Service OMAHA Phone Attoca 3901
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