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Oradlid Vho& IhoV'sl is at its Best
A BILLION.DOLLAR SECRETARY.
A glance at the business reviews of last week
(and a squint at the market reports of this week
confirms them) encourages the belief that things are
Rooking up. July wheat closed at Chicago last week
I cent higher than a year ago; a gain of 7 rents for
the week. Corn was half a cent lower than last
yaar, but 3*i cents higher than the previous week.
Pork ribs showed a gain of 82 cents for the year,
dressed beef is up $1, and sugar is down 2.9 cents
« pound.
“The golden flood that has for so long been im
jounded in the Federal Reserve banks is at last being
released," says Theodore H. Trice in his weekly re
v,'ew letter, and
' The optimum that cheap money ha* Inspired on
the stock exchange has not yet spread tn the com
modity markets or the distributive trade of (he
country, but there Rre some indications that they
are beginning to feel its influence.''
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What has brought about this change? One im
mediate cause was the announcement from the
Treasury department that the interest rate would
he reduced by the government on its certificates. A
reduction in the rediscount rates of the Federal Re
serve hanks at New York and Boston followed im
mediately. With the softening of the interest rate
came renewed activity, and the belter prices. One
commentator says prices are not going up, hut the
dollar is coming down. No matter which way one
looks at it, the effect is the same. Business feels
better, because it has the stimulus of cheaper
capital.
* And who ii responsible for this changp in which
all Americans are to share? Just Uncle Andrew
Mellon, whose splendid management of the Treasury
department, aided by the work of Charles W. Dawes
on' the budget, has brought about a condition that
permits the relaxation of the Isst of the war pres
sure. Reduction of the bonded indebtedness by
$2,500,000,000, and of government, expenditures an
nually by $1,250,000,000, makes a total net. change
in favor of the public of $3,750,000,000 in the three
years since Mr. Mellon took hold of the Treasury.
He introduced business methods, and with the aid
of Daw’es, who built the budget, replaced the
theories and lackadaisical practices of his democratic
predecessor*.
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Many years ago the democrats raised a dreadful
howl because the then republican congress had ex
pended a billion dollars. Thomas Rrackett Reed re
torted, “This is a billion-dollar country!” What
will they now say about the secretary of the treas
ury who has saved them $1,250,000,000 a year since
he went into office? Hillion-dollar secretaries are
worth something, even’in a hillion-dollar country.
SOMETHING EASILY POSSIBLE.
Dr. Ernest Chipman of San Francisco recently
told the American Medical association that "it is
Impossible for a woman of 40 to acquire the com-,
plexion and facial characteristics of a girl of 10.”
There is nothing particularly sad about that in
formation. Neither ii there anything particularly
new, although thousands of women will not believe
it and will go right ahead trying to disprove the
statement.
But it will he noted hv the wise and observant
♦ hat Dr. Chipman did not say it was impossible for
» woman of 10 to have the heart and spirit of a girl
of 16. And that, after all, is of far greater im
portance than having the complexion and facial
characteristics of sweet 16. It is easily possible, too,
for any normal woman of 40 to be young of heart,
to be able to shed sweetness and light as she goes
along, to show that advancing years have not
wrought ill effects upon the disposition.
The matron who assiduously cultivates charm of
manner, who keeps up with the times in literature
and art and polities, need have no fear that her in
ability to have a schoolgirl complexion will lessen
her feminine charm. The women who have exer
cised the greatest influenee for good upon their day
and generation were women whose mental attain
ment! far overshadtnvrd their physical appearance.
Dr. Chipman’a assertion should not he hailed
with feminine sighs of discouragement, and despair.
On the contrary, it should have the effect, of turning
the matronly mind away from the unattainable and
towards the development of those things that are of
far more importance than complexions and school
girl looks—heart and mind.
ANNIHILATING DISTANCE.
An early breakfast within sight and sound of
New York, and supper with the old folk* at home in
Columbus, Neh.
That’s going some!
When Major Htnsley accomplished that remark
able feat it was not with any desire to break records,
but solely with a desire to meet and greet his par
ents and friends in the old home town. Rut, it was
a wonderful feat, just the same, and emphasizes the
fact that the distant friend* of yesterday are the
close neighbors of today. Measured in lime New
York is closer to Omaha today than was Cnlujpbus
50 years ago. It teems only yesterday the wiseacre*
shook their head* pityingly when the Wright, hoy*
were mentioned; only yesterday that, printer* were
anagrln* at th# crazy Dutchman down In Cincinnati
who actually thought he could make a machine that
would set type. And here ws have that craiy Dutch
man’* linotype machines telling the world that the
MperJmant* of thus* two half-crar.y Wright boy*
resulted in a man traveling through the air from
New York to Columbus, Neb., between breakfast and
supper time.
While the world at large was sneering and de
claring that it simply could not be done, men hidden
away in obscure corners were doing it. Impossible
things have been brought about within the last half
century—the telephone, the linotype, the radio, the
airplane. And now the world is not saying that it
can not be done. It is merely waiting to see what
happens next, and will not be surprised when it
happens.
The magic carpet of the sultan of Ragdad wasn’t
Mich a wonderful thing, after all. And the seven
league boots of Jack the Giant Killer are not to be
mentioned in the same day with the airplane.
“AND THE VILLAIN STILL PURSUED HER.’’
The. announcement of the death of Milton Nobles,
appearing in the daily newspapers a few days ago,
meant little or nothing to the preaent generation of
theatergoers. Rut to the gray-haired men who were
boys 40 or 60 years ago, the announcement called up
a host of wonderfully pleasant memories. A half
century ago the names of Milton and Dolly Nobles
were sufficient to crowd a theater to capacity—and
the galleries to a density seemingly impossible.
Those were the days when actors depended more
upon their histrionic ability than they did upon
scenic effects and electric lighting. They paid little
attention to the critics, arid less to the dress-suited
and evening-gowned people in parquet and dress cir
cle, and worked hard for the approval of the “gods”
perched high in the galleries overhead. When the
"gallery gods” turned down their thumbs failure
was inevitable. But when the gallery voiced ap
proval all was well, and fame and fortune followed.
There was nothing subtle about the melodramas Mil
ton and Dolly Nobles presented. There was no sex
problem, no eternal triangles, no bedroom scenes.
Villains were real villains from the rising of the cur
tain until ihe final fall thereof, and virtue always
struggling against adverse fate never failed to
triumph in the end.
It may he that the stage ha« advanced since the
old days when Milton Nobles as "Joe Phoenix” won
the vociferous approval of the gods of the gallery
as he exclaimed, “And the. villain still pursued her,”
but there are men and women who still patronise
the theater who would gladly pay a premium for gal
lery seats if they knew they were to see one of those
old-time thrillers and enjoy it as they did while
munching peanuts, hissing the villain and cheering
the virtuous heroine when she spurned the gold of
the scheming scoundrel and informed him with hand
raised high to heaven that "rags are costly raiment
when worn for virtue’s sake.”
Milton Nobles died at the age of 80, after long
years of retirement from the stage which he adorned.
Scattered over the country are men and women who
will whisper a prayer for the repose of his soul.
WAIT A MINUTE!
Balter lme * minute here than spend a sudden
eternity over there. Of roursa you ran taka a
chance if you want to, but why take it? The min
ute you gain may be lost a great many times over in
the hospital.
Why turn the corner on two wheels? All four
were made to be on the road at the vame time. Bet
ter go around slowly than hurry around and kill
someone. N'o minute of time gained by speeding the
ear is worth a human life.
Wait a minute! Better a lost minute now than
a lost limb or a lost life. Most of the time you gain
by hurrying is lost later by slowing up to catch
your breath or to make repairs on the car. Better
get there a little later, but all in one piece.
What’s your hurry, anyhow?
Better lose, a minute than to lose everything.
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That it is easy to operate railroads and manage
j them is evidenced by the fact that 180 senators and
congressmen introduced bills and resolutions show
ing just how it ought to be done.
The Lutheran synod has abolished the word
“Hell” in apostles’ creed and substituted "Hades.”
But what, sort of a campaign slogan would "Hades
Maria make?
It must bp admitted that the Cleveland conven
tion permitted a number of estimable sentlemen to
see their names listed on the front pages as vice
presidential possibilities.
One of the jokes of the present campaign is the
appointment of a committee to notify Coolidge of
his nomination. The votes of tha people did that
long ago.
Charley Dawes is quoted a» telling his fellow
townsmen that "I will do my best." That it doubt
less what he meant, but undoubtedly not just what
be said.
It seems that the Japanese in Tokio have not
forgotten how the late lamented Dennis Kearney was
wont to art on the sand lota of San Francisco.
Billy Sunday vociferates that “the world is »oing
to hell.” Of course it is not. But If Billy admitted the
truth h* wouldn’t be such a drawing card.
Doubtless some democrats who approvingly quote
Andrew Jackson’s “By the Eternal,’ will be greatly
shocked at Mr. Dawes “Hell Maria.”
Charley Dawes has large property interests in
Lincoln, Neb., not including, however the gas works
at the state house.
Presumably any dry plank adopted at New York
will be adopted with a preponderance of mental
reservations.
The I.a Follette bluff was called before Bob
could even make his discard.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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RETIREMENT.
.leal got v acre* now.
Sold the old McKenzie place,
Can’t do much hut chore an* plow.
Work around the hoime with Grace.
Boy* an' gala hev grown an' gone,
Pretty lonely nowf an’ than,—
But I keep a trudgin' on.—
Like it imed to he main.
Friends corn# often to our home,
Frequently a farmer atop*,
Talk* about the price of loam,
An’ the hi* prospect a far crop*;
Aska me how my ailin'* keep.
Sort of cheer* in* though i m rod
Much Inclined to adgh an’ weep,
Ner deplore my humble lot.
Keep my* cow'* an’ peat or* land,
Grow a patch of • lover hay;
Keidnrn need a hired hand
But to "mow" the stuff *way.
Keepa me tlnkrin* round, but I
Take my time an* often rest.
An' i •••II the day a gon# hv
.When with vigor 1 we* bJ**t.
There Are Those Who Think It Will Be Better
When It’s “Bobbed,” Anyway
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Letters From Our Readers
All lottoro mint bo »i*no<f. hnt nrnnf will bo withhold upon roqnoot. fommnnl
rnlloro of 200 words and looo will bo (lifn proforonro.
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Farmer Asks Information.
Tnma. Colo.—To the Editor of The
Omah* Re*. .lust a little Information
about, our last eongresa. Ton atated
In your paper of .tune IS that the;
democratic v ote on the McNary-ltau j
gen hill was 52 for and 122 against
ll|e bill and their votes defeated the
measure, as well as all farm, relief
measures. I am a republican and
would like to know how many re
publicans voted for and against the
hill. We are farming, but can not see
where the republicans have done any
thing in the last three years to help
the farmer* of th* west. ]f you know
of anything kindly inform us. so we
can give every man his credit due.
We are on the eve of a national elec
tion. The farmers in this country
wan* to know who to got* for, and
If th* repuhlirens rah show anything
they have don* to merit our votes,
w* will give them our support.
C. A. RIPPLE.
Nebraska Federation Year Rook.
Omaha To the Editor of The
Omaha Hee: The Mid West News of
last Friday, ,lnu* II. contains a
front page attack on the Nebraska
Stale Federation of Labor In connec
tion with the Issuance of the Federa
tion Year Book for 1924 " Permit me
a little space to give the public the
facts.
The "Year Rook" will he a N'ebra*
ka product. It. is being Issued under
the direction of the executive board
The active work of getting it out Is
being done by a union man of many
yea's standing, a resident of Omaha,
as he ha* h**n the most of th* tim*
since August. 1S95, a recognised
authority on union labor, and a pro
gressive, hut not a radical, either In
polities or labor. The "Tear Book'
will be primed in a Nebraska shop,
and the work of Its preparation is
being done by Nebraskans
The editor of the Mid-West News is
nor a member of organized labor.
His paper i» not recognized as a labor
paper. Tile endorsements of the Ne
braska State Federation of tal>or and
the Omaha I'entral Labor union have
both been withdrawn, beta use the
putter has been advocating com
munistic doctrines nnd Us policy has
not been in accordance with the
policy of the American Federation of
tabor.
The public should not he misled by
false statements issued for the pur
pose of Injuring organized labor in
its legitimate activities.
N. W STEWART,
President Nebraska State Federation
of l,a hor.
Rift* in (lie l.ute.
Pram ths Detrett Press.
The British empire exposition row
in progress in London, is Intended
to reveal to the British people the re
sources of the mother country and
all tvf the fa> flung dependencies there
of. It I* of the British, by the British,
for the British: but, all unwittingly,
the people of this country have slipped
In to mar the perfection of the show.
One ground of complaint that, is
echoing through the English press is
that when the king delivered hie open
Ing addrpss, he failed to demonstrate
the complete self-sufficiency of the
Rrltish empire because he was stand
ing at the-time on a platform built
of Florida pine.
Another wail for which America
is responsible arises over the feet that
this great national event wss not
celebrated in verse bv the laureate.
"Where was the poet laureate with
an Inaugural poem?" Inquires Rey
I Abe Martin 11
Our only objections t' successful
people is that they don't take
enough interest in votin’. Em
blematic watch charms don’t sit th'
business like they used to.
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NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
far May, 1924, of
| THE OMAHA BEE
Daily... . . 73,980
Sunday. . 76,373
Do** nol fntluda irliuni. Irft.
•vrr*. sample* or paper* apntfed ...
printing and include* nn eprrial
••I** ar f.ao circulation of any kind. |
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
.Vikso ib*d and *wom to hafara in*
•hi* 0th day of Juno, 19i4.
W. H. QUIVEY.
Ihul) Notary FufcHa
nolds Weekly. "Answer: He is In (he
I’nited States explaining Creek poetry
to American students."
So he Is, or at least he is doing
something that kind, hut in de
tense, Americans may point out that
the laureate has never thought it
necessary to summon his muse on any
occasion In the recent past, and prnh
ably would not have done so for the
British Umpire exposition. Therefore,
it cannot he assumed that the people
of Kngland have hoc anything by the
presence of Dr. Bridges In Ann Arbor,
and it may be. that they have realty
gained, for it is aliogrther possible
that he is contributing more to the
cause of British well being by making
Ibis presence felt in an American uni
versity that if he had remained at
home and had ground out a perfunc
tory ode on the big ahow at Wem
bley.
The Test.
The teat of a free count IT i« the
privilege of being linoro!hodox with j
out dodging bricks Vancouver Pun | I
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Three Successful Men
who failed in one great duty
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illltKI! Tiicn. active m business
ami profession, were success
ful in tlie ordinary acceptance of the
words. They had accumulated money
and were earning good incomes. But
in one respect perhaps in their most
important family obligation — they
failed.
A Friend Named Executor
Dr. R. (!.. a physician, had accumu
lated considerable money. A friend
was named executor of his will, llis
friend influenced the widow to invest
in mining storks, which turned out
badly. Dr. G. could have protected
his estate by naming a trust company,
lie did not know about trust company
service.
A Widow and Insurance
Mr. A. 11. 1’. carried a large amount
of life insurance, which was paid in
a lump sum to his wife. Through lend
ing on mortgage without having an
attorney examine the papers, and
through other unw ise investments, ths
hulk of the inheritance was soon lost.
Its protection could have hern as
sured had Mr, 1’. left it in trust with
a trust company He did not look
far enough ahead.
An Out-of-date Will
Mr. R. .t. S. was an active young
business man Changed conditions
made it desirable to revise his will.
However, he put off executing the
new will. Recently he was killed in
»ui accident and an old will was filed
for probate. This man procrastin
ated.
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I SUNNY SIDE UP ]
cJaJoe Comfort, nor forget
THE KICKER.
He moaned about condition*, which he eeid were awful rotten.
And feared the old republic wae atralght. headed for the rorka.
lie said that honest effort for the public wae forgotten,
And business moat certainly in one heluva bad box.
Me awoke with loud complainings, his daya were spent In
knocking:
Onlv rrooks and thieves held office 'cording to hia dally tell.
Mow they robbed and jobbed the public he declared waa really
shocking.
And he knew beyond all question that the country's bound
for hell.
He demoted night and morning for relief from had conditiona.
And whined about til fortune that was tamped upon hlatrall. |
Aten of business who succeeded he looked on with dark sus
picions;
Mis heroes, guide* and mentors wera tha nincompoops who
fail.
Me orated on the corner* and denounced the "party bossei”
From the early dawn of morning till the twilight grim and
gray.
And he blamed on everybody but himself his foolish losses- —
Then he «taid at home and belly-ached upon election day!
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We have tried hard to find a J«b as private secretary to
“ume democrat who is going to the New York convention and
thinks he will need assistance. Ho far our efforts have been
vain. We have seen some mighty big scraps in our time, from
feat herwelghts up to the heavies, but we feel ft in our bones
that for a genuine knock down and drag-out th# New York mill
is going to make ’em all look like Sunday school picnics. For
the privilege of being an onlooker we are willing to work with
out thought of recompense, asking only our hare expenses to
and from. And at that wa will not ask that there be Included
in the expense account any ocean trips, limited or otherwise.
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' Barg ins in Tried Tars" la a sign in an upper Farnarn
street window. It is to b* hoped that the tar* ara better than
the orthography.
Tha additions to the membership of the I Knew Him When
Flub are numerous today. Pleat# move over and make room on
Hr# bench for Mark, Frank and Oeorgs Woods. Wa knew
i hem when they were youths in Lincoln, before they really had
to shave. George dabbled in politics for a little while, being a
member of the Lincoln city council. That was enough for him.
and seemingly for th# family, for a long time. The only failure
the three troys ever scored, so far as known, was when they
tried to hang a presidential nomination on General Pershing
They early got into th# real estate game, and now they own
unit# a bit of land, and most of the land adjoining it on all
Hides. hsn they notice a little slowing up of business they
lay out an addition to Lincoln and sell It at satisfactory prices
Home people *ay they wear horaeshoea. but cloae observers at
tribute their success to hard work, coupled with big vision and
Willingness to bark their judgment. Their chief amusement la
waiting m hear somebody say something can t be done, and
then doing It. Native sons of Nebraska, and proud of it. (to
in N>br*fkt.
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