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    The Omaha Bee
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Omaha-lDhere the IDest is at its Best
IF WASHINGTON WERE HERE.
It is unsafe to undertake to say what a great
man of the past would do if he were living in the
present. While fundamentals jnay not have changed
with the passing of years, conditions have greatly
altered. George Washington has been dead a little
over 125 years. This is the 193d anniversary of his
birth. His times were different from ours in degree
rather than in nature. Washington, a serious-minded
boy, a studious youth, a sober, dignified man, would
surely have a place in the world today, just as he
nad then.
Well-born and carefully nurtured as he was, an
“aristocrat” of that day, he still was democratic in
his relations with his fellows. He took part in the
life around him. Walked among men, played with
them, worked with them, shared their problems and
prosperity. In every way he showed his mortal es
tate by his relations with other mortals. If he be
came a leader, it was by reason of his capacity,
rather than by chance. He was not an orator, as
was Patrick Henry. Not a great lawyer, like Adams,
Jefferson, or Hamilton. Nor a philosopher or
politician, 1 ke Franklin or Burr. Any of these men
might easily outshine Washington in a special forum.
But he had what has been called “the balance of
genius,” and no one of his many qualifications so
greatly overtopped the others as to make him noted
for that single characteristic.
The general simplicity of his life would be an in
spiration today. The wealthiest man in $he nation,
keeping his own books and records, draw'ing up his
own contracts, framing his own deeds of conveyance,
and doing such other acts ns now are left to em
ployes, would be a queer figure in the modern world.
But Washington would probably not only adapt him
relf to the changed conditions, he would find plenty
of occupation now just as he did then, in the service
of his country and its people. .
His greatest lej>.ey to the people was his un
blemished character. His human qualities. If he
could kneel in the snow and pray at Valley Forge,
he could also swear roundly, as he did when I-ee
failed him at Monmouth. He could preside over the
convention which was framing the Constitution of
the United States, and he could also sit at the head
of the table where generous, even lavish, hospitality
was the rule. He had to persuade a reluctant and
sometimes timorous congress to do what was neces- |
sary to win the War of the Revolution. He could
also have Jefferson and Hamilton, personal as well
as political enemies, sit with him as advisors, after
he was made president.
Washington’s name shines brighter as It recedes
into the years. We may not anticipate what he would
do were he here now, but we know what he did when
he was here. A man bearing a great burden, made
the greater by the weaknesses of those around him,
he did not falter, but steadily persevered. When
victory finally came, when the new nation was fairly
set on its way, he asked to be allowed go back to
his farm, there to produce the grain needed for the
few barrels of flour it took to feed his family. Such
a man would have a place today, even among the
shouting crowds in the streets. His calm force that
bore him up under every test surely would prevail
over the noise-makers who fill today with their futile
clamoring*.
DECENCY AND THE THEATER.
One fact can not escape notice in connection
with the crusade for a cleaner stage in New York.
That is the managers still cling to the old formula.
“We give them what they want,” and point to the
box office records for proof. It is reported that
David Belasco lost half a million dollars last year,
trying to present classic drama. He more than re
couped this in three months of the present season,
offering pornographic plays. The conclusion is as
inevitable as it is obvious. People will pay to see
filth on the stage.
This brings us to the real matter at issue. To
what extent is the manager the keeper of public mor
als? How far is he responsible for popular tastes?
Admittedly, the theater’s first function should be
educational. If it is not that, then it has little real
reason for existence, for amusement is offered in
other and frequently more acceptable forms. When
the factor of diversion alone controls, the vaudeville
show or the moving picture has it all over the thea
ter in its legitimate manifestation. Being an agency
for education, it has a mission of high order.
The manager finds himself between the need of
attracting attention, which means paying patronage,
and the maintenance of a high standard, which fre
quently means bankruptcy. One of the perverse
ideas noticed for many seasons is that the American
people do not want education in largo doses. Yet
we have plenty of proof that plays of the right sort
can be profitable. A cablegram from London tells
of the warm reception given there to .lohn Barry
more in “Hamlet.” He did a profitable season’s
work on Broadway last year. Sothem and Marlowe
have succeeded with clean dramas, so has Otis Skin
ner, and the list can be indefinitely extended.
The case In favor of the decent drama is too
strong to be broken down by the plea that it does
not pay. Omaha, in common with all the other
large centers of population, proves the point. The
most successful engagement of the season locally
was the week “Blossom Time" put In at the Bran
deis. A clean, wholesome show, that depended en
tirely on its merits as such. Sincere lovers of the
theater, and they are yet in the majority, look ahead
to the day when control of the stage will pass from
the Bradys back into the hands of men of whom
Augustin Daly was a type. We want a theater, virile,
dealing with the truths of life, “holding, as 'twere,
the mirror up to nature.” But we want it clean
and decent.
“PERSONAL LIBERTY” PLUS.
Proof that the minds of some have not grasped
'he truth is given by perusul of letters sent for pub
lication. One writer, opposed to the Volstead law,
descants on “personal liberty.” He does not drink,
he writes, use “dope,” nor violate the Mann law.
If he wanted to, he would, and it would be nobody’s
business but his own.
Yes, and exercising the same natural right he
could commit murder, rob a bank, fire a buildings, or
throw the bedding out of his room at the hotel onto
the street. Then he would find out that his “natural”
right was sharply limited by the natural right of oth
ers. That is where the law comes in. The law is
not designed to fit particular instances or individual
•cases, but is of general application. So the Mann,
the Harrison and the Volstead laws set a barrier to
the general exercise of individual rights, of “per- ]
sonal” liberty, looking to the good of all rather than
the convenience of the few.
This has nothing to do with whether the laws
are wise or not, or whether they are effectively ad
ministered. It merely states the principle on which
they are enacted. _
Similarly witth the young woman who writes that
she is not married, but if she does wed it will be, in
the line of the old song, “with whom she pleases.”
The law will have nothing to say about it. Quite
likely this young woman hever heard of what is
called the “social contract." She does not realize
that because she enjoys all the benefits of organized
society, she is expected to contribute something to
the maintenance of that institution. One of the con
tributions will be submission to the laws that regu
late marriage.
Thirty-odd millions of young Americans learned
through the so-called selective service act that the
social contract is enforcible. We did not think that
lesson had been so soon forgotten. Some of the
writers who feel called upon to debate with Andrew
Volstead or A. Sherman Pinto appear to lose sight
of the fact that the law can pry into th* innermost
crevices of social life. Not only that, but will. Or
ganized society as we know it must have order. Even
in Russia, where the communists are in control, rules
are enforced most rigidly. Over there expressions
such as those indulged in by the writers referred
to would quickly get their authors into serious trou
ble. “Liberty's a glorious feast,” as Bobby Burns
asserted, but it is well not to over-indulge.
SAVING THE CLUB FOR THE TOWN.
“We have again reached the point where the
business men of Omaha must stand together for the
town,” said Mr. W. F. Baxter, addressing the Con
cord club on Thursday. Mr. Baxter was primarily
presenting the case of the University of Omaha, but
his remarks were directed to the general problems
of community advancement.
The sentiment he expressed is voiced by others,
for the impulse is general. Its outstanding mani
festation is the saving of the M. E. Smith & Co. con
cern. This was accomplished by Omaha men. It is
the undertone as well as the overtone of the sym
phony that is now being presented by every organ
ized group in the city. The address by W. A. Fraser
of tho Woodmen of the World is the theme, no mat
ter how it may be varied in the general composition.
From this those who are engaged in the undertak
ing of refinancing the Athletic club get courage. "No
more receiverships for Omaha," said Henry Monsky,
talking to the workers, and they agree with him.
The Athletic club as an institution is worth some
thing more to Omaha than the surface indicates. In
a sense it typifies the civic spirit of the town. To
allow it to go by the board will be equal to a con
fession that Omaha is going backward. The city has
all the commercial, industrial and social advantages,
prospects and prestige that were noted when the
club was organizerd. Let us not concern ourselves
as to what has happened. The business ahead now
is to preserve the club as a center of active life. Not
as an “exclusive’Hn.stitution. Omaha has them. But
as a club democratic in purpose and management.
Where the advantages of club practices may be en
loyed along with the privileges of social communica
tion open to all. This can be done. It will be done,
for good men are determined to save the club.
AN ORGANIZATION THAT FUNCTIONS.
The Nebraska Press association, now in conven
tion in Lincoln, is not only one of the oldest organ
izations in the state, but is one of the best function
ing. It is a real business organization having a se
rious purpose, and that purpose is to build along
higher professional lines. The association has its
playtime, for its summer meetings, long held in
Omaha, are purely social and business is barred. |
The midwinter meeting is the business session, at .
which time the members devote themselves to the
discussion of serious problems.
The so-called country newspapers of Nebraska
have been among the most potent factors in Ne
braska’s growth and development, and never were
they more potent than at the present time. They
may be depended upon, day after day, week after
week, to spread the doctrine of optimism; to carry
on despite reverses; to hold fast to the faith that
Nebraska is greatest and best. The Nebraska Press
association has accomplished a splendid work in in
culcating better business methods, instilling a greater
spirit of co-operation and concentrating effort on
worth-while things. Its membership is made up of
far-seeing rnen and women. It has benefited the
public mind when it benefited it«elf by shackling the
free space grafters, exposing unreliable business
concern* and standing solidly behind sensible re
form movements.
The Nebraska Press association knows without
being told again that, it is always welcome in Omaha.
Omaha values the friendship of the newspaper men
and women of Nebraska.
“Harnessing the Wind" was an editorial caption
in the Sioux Fulls Press thnt intrigued us for a mo
ment. The reading of a few lines disclosed that the
editorial wns discussing the new rotor ship, not the
United States senate, and we immediately lost inter
est.
The French Academy is discussing the advisabil
ity of admitting some purely English words to the
French language. It's a safe bet that “pay up” are
not two of them.
“Jam in congress is augmented by senate fill
butter," headlines the Washington Post. Perhaps
‘he senators want to preserve their little joh«.
A Chicago preacher say* women should do the
proposing. Wonder If he thinks they do not?
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Justice to the Czechoslovaks
Mrs. Cole Pays to Them the Tribute That Is Theirs
by Right of Their Historic Contributions to the
Advance and Enlightenment of Humanity and Their
Adaptability to the Condition of American Citizens.
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There has been, particularly since
tlie World War, much agitation and
discussion nnent Illiteracy In this
country, and to those only casually
interested it has assumed that the In
terpretation of 'illiterate" was either
as used by the United States Census
bureau, “Any |>erson 30 years of age
or over who is unable to write in any
language, not necessarily English, re
gardless of ability to read;" or, ac
cording to the dictionary definition,
"Ignorance of letters or books; unedu
cated: specif., unable to read; unre
fined.”
Neither of these definitions at all
covers the meaning of the army tests
for illiteracy. These tests were
psychological and were tised as "an In
strument to grade Intelligence." and
on the title page of the unofficial stir,
vey recently made it is stated: “Near
ly 3n per cent of 12,556,011 men for
whom statistics are available, were
found to he unable to read and un
derstand newspapers and write letters
home, and were given a special ex
amination (psychological) prepared for
Illiterates."
The survey cards sent out (20,000)
through .the office of ths superin
tendent of Omaha schools to the
teachers and pupils of the schools
and by them returned to the superin
tendent's office, contained this re
quest: "If you know of any Man....
Woman.... Child.... over 16 years
of age who cannot writ* a letter In
English, or who cannqt read a news
paper, plea sc write hlH of her Name
. Address.Telephone No.
. and state whether White....
or Colored.... If foreign-born, what
nationality. Return card to
.school."
It was understood that the results
would he the names of those who
might he educated in one or more
foreign languages, but who could not
write a letter In English or read an
((English) newspaper.
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The cards returned for the Bo
hemian and Czechoslovakian peoples
showed that 10.8 per cent could not
write a letter In English or read an
(English) newspaper. There was a
transposition of the letters In the
printed copy making It read 18 per
cent. Eor thla error T consider my
self responsible and desire most sin
cerely to thus publicly express my
regret ami offer the further explana
tion of the purpose and the kind of
survey made.
That the Bohemians and Czecho
slovaks are of a high order of In
tellectuality is affirmed by Emory 8
Bogardus. Ph. T>., head of the depart
ment of sociology. University of South
ern California, editor of the
American Sociological Magazine,
whose text book on the "Es
sentials of Americanization” was
used by Miss Thorngate last year
In our university extension classes In
Americanization. T>r. Bogardue tn
one place says: “They are the intel
lectual vanguard of the Slavic race;"
In another place he speaks of Bo
hernia as "the brightest Jewel In the
Austrian crown," and .elsewhere he
refers to Bohemians as “literate,
quick to learn, and willing to become
citizens."
Edward Cubberly in Ids "Readings
in History of Education" (page 356),
speaks of I heir great educator, Co
menlus. as proclanilng that education
was for the race . . . and that
Conienlus' (for whom one of our big
public schools Is named) “place in the
history of education ... is one
of commanding Importance. He In
troduces and dominates the whole
modern movement in the field of ele
mentary and secondary educatkm
. . . His spirit was essentially
modern and remarkably receptive.
He assimilated the ideas that were in
spiring the new civilization and ap
plied them to the schools.”
In our course on "Social and Racial
Backgrounds.” too, was emphasized
the geographical and spiritual back
grounds which furnished John 'Huss,
Bohemia’s "heroic exponent of civil
and political freedom,” “the George
AVashlngton of Bohemia." and the
record of the fact that "Czechoslo
vakia had four armies fighting with
the allies" during the World AVar.
Space did not permit In the sur
vey, nor does If now permit any ade
quata acknowledgement of the many
valuable contributions In art, In music,
In literature, in agriculture. In min
ing, In the making of machinery, and
In manufacturing and road building,
In commerce and In spiritual Ideals,
and In kindly affection and ministra
tions in sickness and in health, which
we have had In generous abundance
from the newer comers to our Ameri
can soil
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It does permit, however, in closing,
to say that on reliable authority we
nre informed that 15 years ago that
part of Czechoslovakia represented
by Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia had
only 2.15 per cent illiteracy, there
fore it Is with justifiable racial self
respect that they call attention to the
erron as printed and Interpreted, and
Frances Kellor (1920) in “Immigration
and the Future,” (page 42). writes that
“The most effective, in fact, the only
Americanization efforts made among
the Czechs, long before the recent
hysteria had seized the native-born,
were the results of the Czechs them
selves. . . . Not fewer than 35
English books, Interpretations, gram
mars and dictionaries have been pub
lished. Series of lessons on the Amer
ican constitution, snd on civics In
general, and for years our press has
devoted columns to articles on the
Americanism of leaders like Wash
ington. Franklin, Lincoln and Roose
velt. Practically every masterpiece
of American literature—both prose
and poetry—has been translated Into
the Czech language and widely circu
lated In the justified belief that the
truest knowledge of the nation of
Americans can come through Intimate
acquaintance with its literature. . . .
The Czechoslovak press of the United
States published In 1919 520 releases
from the United States government
issued by the Czechoslovak bureau
of the foreign language governmental
Informatlon service, and have co oper
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How to Build a City
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Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: We can't have pap un
less we have pep. AYe can't milk the
cow long unless some one feeds her.
Too many of us want to do the milk
Ing and let the other one do the feed
lng. I km a plain man, but such as
1 am make up a good share of the
citizenship of this country. I went to
the Chamber of Commerce reception
to the officers of the Woodmen of the
World Tuesday night. It was splen
did, not only In appreciation of the
Woodmen of the World, but an Oma
ha boosters' meeting also. The boost
ers for Omaha ought to get together
more frequently, and do the same
thing more frequently. It creates an
harmonious spirit. You there see who
are really boosters and learn who are
milking the cow and letting the others
feed her. Too many In Omaha are
getting wltliout giving, receiving from
business or front public salaries, with
out turning a hand to help; criticizing
and not creating: making It hard for
the boosters rather than helping them.
Omaha has a strategic position in
this country, end hence In the world.
It Is centrally located. The Inven
tions in the air, the air mall, the radio,
the large valley In which we arc lo
cated, the never failing Missouri river,
which as years go hy will more and
more hecome valuable as a water sup
ply and waterway; all such things
insure us a permanent basis for
growth and prosperity. We must lift
v here we stand! Omaha nnd the state
must patronize home Industries, nil
other things being equal. Other cities
and state nre doing so
People can not place their large or
ders for goods with Sears ft Roebuck
and then expect a large assortment of
goods to he kept for occasional pur
chases by local merchants In towns
and cities. Women should not
patronize nnd purchase from the
winged hotel dlsplayers of goods from
nonresident house*, who have no local
or branch offices In this slate, nnd
who, hy their agents, run over the
slate and take orders for goods, and
the goods are sent to the purchasers
from the nonresident houses, sml the
purchase price paid direct to the non
resident houses, and thus they avoid
luxation entirely under the Interstate
commprce laws.
There Is only one way to prevent
that, and that Is to imtmnlze your
home state, cities and villages, as
they r an not grow If Its people patron
ize those who do not contribute a
cent to our upkeep What taxes they
escape the people In this state must
pay. The more Industries Irr a state,
city or town to a reasonable extent,
the better, as trade goes where busi
ness Is done, and a belter assortment
for the purchaser Mote harmony,
more boosting, more Ixinstera, fewer
knockers, fewer that milk only. more
that feed, more lifting where we
aland, more Industries, more keeping
our money at home, more saving taxes
Is tipcoasnry.
lie often wonder what hive u* The
trouble Is we do not carefully think
the matter over, sml act as we think.
When we read the nitacks made u|>on
the constitution and laws and (he
.lOy expressed Iri defeating the law
by pardons and by persons who have
sworn to support the constitution and
laws, T feel timid In saying anything
In behalf of our country, Its constitu
tion nnd Its laws, hut I «ee how dlf
fruit It ts for the officers who trs
conscientiously endeavoring tn Ire tint*
to their oaths In enforcing the laws
If the opponents of our country s ton
■dilutions and laws would gl\e mors
lime lo boosting our city .and atats
nal less to opposing the enforcement
I of | ws they would Ire of more \aloe
i" the people "A horse can not pull
I while he Is kicking and Ire can trot
< kick while he ra pulling
\ EKITAS.
Down Lover’s Lane !
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By CATHERINE ELIZABETH H \N
S41N.
Down Lover's Lane we strolled one
day—
Twas in the lovely month of May.
How beautiful the world did seem
To us' How promising our dream!
With ne'er a worry nr a on re.
We with songsters of the sir.
Did sing while echoes In the lane
Brought back to u« the song again.
Ah. yes. how well I do recall
The sad. sweet memory of It all.
And, looking back, can see today
The vision of that yesterday.
And once again 1n evening hours
I Journey hack to gather flowers
From Time'* own garden—but In vain
I look for you In lever's Lane.
f linger long In that same spot
Where once a sweet forget me not
You plucked end gave In hoylah glee
To ope shr maiden—that was me'
Ah. Ood. It seems the years are long
And lonely now that you are gone.
And through the sadness and the pain
I walk alone down LoverHs T-ane!
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Time to Be On Guard
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from tha Mliwaukaa Journal.
The hlu# sky man has had three or
four lean and hungry years. To him
ths news that the farmer has some
money again, money from his 1924
crop. Is sweetest music. The farmer
has Immediate use for much of this
money, to pay his debts and to make
long deferred purehaeee of things had
ly needed. But that will not make
the blue sky man even hesitate. Laws
are made and enforced, to keep the
slicker from working his erhemes.
but no law yet tried has kept the
slicker from flourishing when times
are good. In the flush days around
1919 too» often the farmer was per
siitided that It was good business to
let his 9 per cent mortgage ride
awhile longer while hie rash went Into
schemes that promised to pay, but
didn't pay, 12 per rent, Didn't the
gentlemanly salesman demonstrate
with a fountain pen that the dlffej
enre of 4 per cent was all velvet"
Didn't the gentlemanly salesman ex
t lain that the big men In business all
carried mortgages on tbalr real estate
and made the proceeds go out and
earn fancy returns for them? Many
n farmer whose field" were yielding
richly fell for this hunk. That was
one of the things that made the pinch
of the last three years all ths more
acute In some sections. It Is to he
hoped that the many who were stung
have not forgotten their wounds On
the northwest farm this coming year
a gentlemanly slicker ought to he
about ns welcome ns a drouth or a
hailstorm.
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
For JANUARY, 1025
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .74,002
Sunday .77,234
Doai rot include raturna. laft*
ovare. aamplaa or papara apotlad to
printing and inrludaa no apodal
aalaa or fra# circulation of any kind.
V. A. BRIDGE. Cir Mgr.
Subscribed and aworn to before ma
tSia 2d day of Fobruai^, 192ft
W. II QUIVEY.
(SaalI Notary Publi«
ated wholeheartedly to provide Its
leaders with authentic and dependable
information about activities of gov
ernment agencies. Practically every
one of them now has from one to 10
pages devoted to information articles j
in the English language."
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After all, has not the Frenchman.
Creveeour, expressed excellently well
for us the answer to his own ques
tion: “What then Is the American—
this new man? He is either a Euro
pean or a descendant of a European.
. . . Americans are tlie western
pilgrims, who are carrying along with
them that great mass of arts, sciences,
vigor and industry which began long
since in the east; they will finish the
great circle." Hr. Henry Van DUke
tells us among other things that the
spirit of America is “A history of a
soul of a |>eople learning to think for
itself," and that “among those w ho
have been most influential in the
guidance of the republic, nothing is
more remarkable than their agree
ment in the opinion that education,
popular and special, Is friendly to re
publican institutions "
And for such reasons for the up
building of a, country and of a city, I
not mainly hullded or maintained by j
human hands, nor held together with
out spiritual standards, was this sur
vey undertaken, and co-operated In
starling with a request from the ex
ecutlve committee, Omaha Woman's
cluli, to Its educational committee,
who started work with 25,000 cards,
furnished at cost by the Carpenter
Paper company; the printing of which
was donated (under supervision of the
superintendent) by nine boys at the
School for the Deaf: 20,000 cards (sur
vey) were put out and returned by
teachers and pupils through the office
of superintendent of schools. Infor
mation secured from cards was com
piled by special committee from the
education department, and the only
member of the co-operating agencies
who worked under the University of
Omaha department of sociology was
responsible for the context of survey
cards and the method and form in
which the work took shape: for much
of the work of tabulating and for the
final assembling of all material into
bulletin form for the University of i
Omaha, which published it without j
expectation of financial reimburse
ment.
The Omaha press next added to the 1
co operative effort by giving publicity j
to the findings of the survey, which |
together with findings from other i
parts of the state wilt, we hope, re- j
suit in adding somewhat to the desire:
of our members of the legislature tot
appropriate sufficient money for an I
official survey and for supplying j
trained teachers for all who desire
and have need to acquire a better!
knowledge of the English language
and American government.
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Finally: Very few copies of the sur
vey ha<1 been sent out before the error
was discovered; no copies have been
or will he sent in the future without
a correction made in ink. If any are
now held by Omaha people, please
join the hsnd for a greater* kinder,
and ft more enduring Omaha and
make the correction showing that
only 10.$ per cent of Ozecho-Slovak
fans in Omaha are unable to write a
letter in English, or read an English '
newspaper; other nationalities vary
in higher or lower decree o? pet
rentage: to them, ope and all, let us
extend the cordial helping hand, and
from them let us just as surely grasp
their extended hands and learn to J ‘
know the real man. We should know
the soul of the man and of the na
tions of people ami recognize their
contributions to us who have been!
longer In America, and thus by grow
ing wiser, kinder and braver together.;
keep the fine ideals nf the past alive I
to help fight the liattles of toda
EMMA PIERCE rol.E 1
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Our code of “The Satisfied Custo
mer” policy is so deep rooted that
we refrain from “salesmanship” in
any form. When you come to us in
your hour of need, we extend every
courtesy .... we have simplified
displays in such a way as to make
it easy for you to select just the
service wanted.
This policy of fairness permits you,
unhampered, to name the price
.... it assures comfortable satis
faction and takes away the “sting”
of embarrassment.
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Beloved, our text this morning Is found In I.uk» S:S6-3..
tlie story t,f the man possessed of devils which Jesus <aist out
and caused to enter Into the held of swine. The scene Is In the
country of the Gadarenes, who were swine breeders.
When Jesus caused the devils to enter into the swine, the
swine rushed down a steep place into the lake and were choked.
The story of Jesus- act spread abroad among the Gadarenes.
Then the Book of Books says: • i
• Then they (the Gadarenes) went out to see wliat
was done, and caine to Jesus and found the man, out
of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet
of Jesus, clothed and In his right mind, and they were
afraid. They also which saw it told them by what
means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadar
enes round about besought him to depart from them,
for they were taken with a great fear.-’
It was a wonderful thing for Jesus to heal this stricken
man. hut the Gadarenes thought only of the swine they had
lost. They were doubtless glad that the man had been restored
to sanity, but when it came to paying in swine they tost in
terest in the man and thought only of their lings. Beloved.
Gadarenes belong to no one period of time. They have existed
through ail generations. They would dearly love to see the
heathen converted, the eyes of the blind opened, the lame made
whole—hut they balk at contributing any of their hogs to the
good cause.
I)o‘you remember the rich young man who came to Jesus
and asked what he should do to inherit eternal life? He fcad
obeyed the law from his youth up. He was, indeed, a model
young man. But when Jesus told him to sell his goods and dis
tribute the money among the poor, the young man turned and
went away sorrowful. Bike the Gadarenes he would not pay
the price. "He went away sorrowful.” He put Ills wealth
above his soul's salvation. He obeyed the law outwardly, but In
his heart he worshiped at the feet of Mammon.
There is no honor In being poor: neither Is there disgrace
in being rich. But there is disgrace in being poor because of
one's own indolence or profligacy, and disgrace in being rich
at the sacrifice of honesty. He who would win the race must
run,.and he who would have must pay the price. "What «haU
it profit a man to accumulate a herd of swine if by so doing he
shall have set a curse upon the head of a fellow tieing? .
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“I'm Gfad Salvation's Free-- is a good old song. Salvation
is free, but the keeping therof means sacrifice. There is no
salvation In selfishness, and he who values his hogs above the
souls of his fellows has need to lie afraid. Jesus might have ai
cumulated a fortune, but Instead of accumulating goods He
went about doing good. You may accumulate a fortune and go
about doing good, but no matter how great your for
tune. It will not avail one Jot nor tittle In the last day unless
you couple with the accumulation a division that will b'ess
your fellows.
The world’s great need today is unselfish service for hu
manity. Bess regard for hogs and more regard for humans.
Fewer self-centered lives, and more lives dedicated to the un
fortunates all about us. Too many Gadarenes intent upon noth
ing hut accumulation. The poorest and lonesomest man on
earth today is the man who has nothing but money. The rich
est man is he who gives most of seif to the service of his fel
low-men. How many of you pray Jesus to depart when serving
Him means interference with some cherished plan for gaining
wealth?
Blp service avalleth nothing. “True religion and unde
filed. before God the Father is this, to visit the widows and the
fatherless in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from
the world." And you may not keep vourseif unspotted from
the world by devoting all your time to mere accumulation ef
worldly goods.
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So endeth the lesson. Bet us stand and sing:
“Must Jesus bear the cross alone
And ail the world go ikee?
So, there's a crosa for every one,
And there's a cross for me."
And, singing with understanding minds and contrite hearts,
let us go forth to dedicate ourselves anew to helpful servic*.
W1BL M. MACPIK.
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Misguided Zeal.
•'I've got to admire Constable Siack
lUtter’s real," said Mayor Numbers
f Petunia, "but I can't say much for
ils judgment."
"Yes. A feller who thought he was
n a hurry hopped out of his autorno
■ile yesterday at the top of Turn Tur
le hill, and left it with its engine
■unnine. A kid came along and gave
t a push to see what would happen,
ind it ran downhill, going faster and
• ister every minute. Slackputter ran
out in front of it. waving his hat and
hollering. ‘W^oa!' The doctor say*
he ort to be al! right in about a
month.”—Kansas City Star.
To Cut Apple*.
A new device, which is not only a
time saver but adds to the appearance
of sliced fruit, is a metal arrangement
that with one movement cuta an apple ■
into eight pieces of e<!ual size. There
is a tiny disc of metal-hound wood to
bold the apple during the proce«s of
cutting