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Hararlljr ekoald kav The Bee
mailed tbeae. Address will be
eaaaa-ea aa flea aa reqareted.
It is not too early to make plana for
a a lie April 1.
I'aatro propones to violate the rules
of syntax by coming to a full stop at
Colon.
Perhaps the legislature ought also to
have hired a lawyer to draw the Omaha
charter bill. .
It might help thft Ron eh Riders
tome If they were to practice the Yale
college yell.
The storm window may not be ar
tistic, but it is safer to leave It alone
for a few weeks more..
Still, there are many persons in the
country who would take delight in
paying n Inheritance tax.
The lumber men may be expected
to do a little log rolling; around the
proposed tariff schedules.
"Totiih is Iresh and joyous." sings
a magazine poet. No room for argu
ment If the "and Joyous" is dropped.
Mr. Payne and his associates might
have had more peace If they had
placed a prohibitive duty on hammers.
The promoters of a "Seeing Buf
falo" car have given up in disgust.
Why anould any one want to see Buf
falo? Thursday was a -dull day in the
Russian courts, only thirty-one politi
cal prisoners being condemned to
leath.
"Is it possible to commit an oral as
sault?" asks a Cleveland editor, who Is
advised to read the .Congressional
Record.
l.lnen men are tip to arms over the
tariff. bill and propose to take the
it arch out of the collars and cuffs
schedule.
The Roosevelt democrat has been
In evidence for several years, but the
Joecannon democrat is a present sea
ion novelty.
A census bulletin shows that there
ire 120,000 physicians In the United
Slates. Still the country Is reason
ably healthy.
Deposit guaranty Is now guaranteed
a place among the laws of Nebraska.
Who wants to start a bank? Don't all
speak at once.
It must be remembered that the
early spring variety of weather which
Is bard on base ball la simply One for
alfalfa and ducks.
Physicians have sdvised Mr. Harrl
man to be more careful of his diet,
la other words, be should quit trying
to digest railroads.
There posy be some political signi
ficance in the announcement that Mr.
Bryan's new automobile is equipped
with a siren whistle.
It msy be noticed that the telegraph
companies are not throwing bouquets
at President Taft for the brevity of his
messages to congress.
Democrats will probably Insist that
the republican tariff bill was dictated
by Mr. Carnegie because cnliu
stones are on the free list.
Japan has rut down us budget by I
$178,000,000 in order to bring the
expenses within the revenues. Clearly
Japan Is not strictly following the
Americas model
Europe Bread Supply.
In response to a bulletin Issued by
the United States Department of Agri
culture calling attention to the grow
ing; dependence of Europe upon for
eign countries for Its supply of bread
stuffs. Earl Carrlnnton, president of
the British Board of Agriculture, has
been compiling statistics to show that
the British colonics are so rapidly In
creasing their production of wheat
that the English have nothing to fear
for years from higher priced bread
stuffs. The figures presented by the
earl, while far from convincing, serve
to direct the attention of American
wheat growers to the source of their
future competition.
According to the Britiish statistics,
Australia is now using about 6.000.000
acres of land for wheat, with an aver
age annual yield of nine bushels to the
acre. The high price has made wheat
growing profitable, even at the small
yield, and it Is expected that the acre
age will be doubled within a few years.
Canada Is producing about 16.000.000
bushels of wheat annually and the
Canadian field la but partially devel
oped. The Grand Trunk railway, now
being extended to the Pacific coast, the
contract having been let for the -900
miles of road from Edmonton to
Prince Rupert, will open up the
famous Nehaco valley, said by experts
to be capable of doubling the Canadian
grain output as soon as transportation
facilities are furnished. The opening
t thta Animlrv -n- ill nnt Antv D rl(l TT1 U -
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terlally to the Canadian cereal produc
tion, but will offer a new transconti
nental railroad line with its conne
quent effect upon traffic rates In this
country.
In addition to the Canadian and
Australian supply, the British authori
ties are doing everything possible to
encourage the development of the
wheat growing Industry In India. Only
10 per cent of the cultivated area
there is under wheat and but little
of the cereal has been exported. It
Is possible that India may eventually
raise as much wheat as Canada, Aus
tralia and New Zealand combined, but
conditions have not been encouraging
for several years, owing to the ravages
of drouth and rust. The British South
African colonies do not raise wheat
enough for their own use.
The figures quoted seem almost In
significant compared with this coun
try's showing of 45,000,000 acres de
voted to wheat, with an annual crop
of about 650,000.000 bushels. In spite
of the attempt to reassure the English
people, the fact remains that they
must for some time at least depend
upon the United States and Argentina
for their wheat supplies. England
has increased its wheat purchases in
this country by over 80 per cent in the
last twenty years, now taking; nearly
100.000.000 bushels annually. The
production of wheat In England is con
stantly decreasing, while the popula
tion and the demand for white bread
Is as constantly growing RuBsta has
made a bid for. the English market,
but the Russian surplus is seldom
large,- and the other wheat growing
countries in Europe have all they can
do to supply the home demands. Un
der the circumstances," the Untted
States may be expected to serve as the
granary of England for many years to
come. "
Stops Short of the Mark.
Nebraska's new banking law does
one good thing, but In that It does not
go far enough! It limits the compen
sation which may be drawn by receiv
ers of failed banks to not less than $3
nor more than $10 per day, as may
be fixed by the State Banking board.
The opportunity for a receiver to eat
up the assets of a bank by putting in a
claim for fancy salary Is, therefore,
shut off except as he may Increase his
compensation to getting as many days
as possible.
But a loophole remains in leaving
without limit "the necessary clerk hire
and attorneys' fees." Some of the
worst abuses of bank receiverships
have grown out of the appointment of
attorneys to the receivers, who have
put In fee bills for legal services that
line the pockets of the favored lawyers
while the depositors hold the sack.
The banking bill should have lim
ited the lawyers' fees so that the law
yers could not eat up the substance of
the creditors any more than the re
ceivers. Better Bank Examination.
Comptroller of the Currency Murray
has taken another forward step by is
suing an order requiring national bank
examiners to co-operate with clearing
bouse examiners and authorities and
with stat,e bank examiners.' The na
tional bank examiners have heretofore
acted entirely independent of other ex
amining authorities, never co-operating
or lending aid to any other sys
tem of examiners and seldom receiv
ing any assistance In return. Comp
troller Murray belleveg that the new
order will bring about an exchange of
Information and further the develop
ment of a better system for keeping
intelligent check upon the transactions
of the financial Institutions of the
country.
Much good Is expected to follow Mr.
Murray's Instructions to his examin
ers that they must co-operate In every
possible way with the state bank ex
aminers, who are at work going over
the accounts of the trust companies
and state banks. This will have the
result of leading to simultaneous ex
aminations of the state and national
banks, and national examiners have
been advised to wait. If necessary, un
til they can get the aid of the state
officers. This Is particularly advised
in case where trust companies, na
tional banks and state banks occupy
the same quarters or are controlled
through s'nie system of joint or coni-
mon ownership. In such Instances, it
Is asserted, there has In the past been
a shifting of assets back and forth
among the institutions for the purpose
of making a good Knowing. With the
examination of two related financial
Institutions at the same time a trans
fer of accounts and assets would be
useless.
The men at the head of the big and
sound financial Institutions will wel
come a stricter examination system.
Just as they have approved Comp
troller -Murray's requirement of com
plete reports from directors of national
banks and his other plans for placing
responsibility for the conduct of a
bank more directly upon Its officers.
The enforcement of his regulations
will do away with th dummy director
in all national banking Institutions and
his proposed co-operation among the
national and state bank examiners and
the officers of clearing house associa
tions should have the effect of
strengthening the banking system of
the entire country.
Opening: Their Eyes.
As the city election approaches with
the assured prospect that the hottest
fight will be pulled off over the elec
tion of the police board, the people
who were most urgent for an elective
police commission must be having their
eyes opened to the fact that the objec
tionable features pointed out by The
Bee in advance are already beginning
to be realized. With the direct pri
mary requiring no other prerequisite
than a petition bearing 200 signatures
and without even a filing fee, the in
centive to take a gamble on landing
such a desirable Job promises to pro
duce a Hat of entries so numerous as to
make Intelligent selection Impossible
without some kind of guidance to the
voter.
While the charter defines certain
disqualifications which bar men in par
ticular callings from aspiring to be po
lice commisHloners and prohibits the
holding of state, county or city office
at the same time, It establishes no
qualifications whose possession would
serve as a test of fitness. In other
words, anyone with a residence here
long enough to make him an elector
and not within the proscribed callings
may freely go Into the race and stand to
lose nothing no matter what his chance
of winning out. The temptation, too,
for members of the police and fire de
partments, which ought to be free from
politics, to mix in In order to have a
friend on the board is likewise being
manifested.
The elective police commission Is
likely to prove like the new toy to the
child who cries until he gets It and
then suddenly realizes that he has
something he does not care for.
Governor Shallenberger has affixed
bis signature to the deposit guaranty
bill, thus completing the steps neces
'sary to get It on the statute books.
.The new law vests In the governor the
appointment of the bank commissioner
and his clerks and all the bank ex- !
amlners. No democrat would ever turn j
down a chance to cut up a piece of pie I
like that.
There ate seven candidates seeking
the nomination for mayor In the com
ing municipal primary, but only three
of them have Joined In the application
to the court to prevent Mayor ".lim"
from gobbling up all the election offi
cials. Three mayoralty candidates have
a right to feel insulted if they were
not Invited to draw cards in the game.
South Omaha's new city charter by
failure of the emergency clause will
not take effect until next July. It
would have been better if the Omaha
charter bill had been shorn of Its
emergency clause so as to give time
for readjustment of the municipal de
partments affected. That is where
South Omaha has the lead on Omaha.
Fer bo rue peculiar reason that 800
salary attached to a membership in
the Board of Fire and Police Commis
sioners for Omaha looks almost as big
to some people as the $600 stipend at
tached to membership In the Water
board.
When it comes to a question of In
gratitude Mayor "Jim" should turn
some of his attention to the local dem
ocratic organ, whose staff members he
has appointed to at least two respon
sible positions under his administra
tion. Ralsuli's acceptance of the gov
ernorship of a Morocco province is
pretty good evidence that American
tourists with money are not visiting
that sen-tltm of the world in great num
ber this year.
Why do republican leaders treat
platform pledges so lightly? Mr.
Bryan's Commoner.
Ask the twenty-three democrats who
voted with the Cannonites In violation
of the Denver platform.
Omaha's new Young Women's Chris
tian aKsociatlon building has been
formally opened. Omaha is proud of
the work of its Young Women's Chris
tian association, ss well as of their
building.
A dlrt-haullug wagon that neither
sifts Its contents through a skimmer
like bottom nor spills them over a
wide-open top would be of great as
sistance In keeping Omaha's streets
cleaner.
A new and very stringent vsgranry
law has just gone Into force In the
District of Columbia. OffUeseekers
who hme no visible means of support
will govern themselves accordingly.
The Bee has for more than a year
been advocating and working for a di
vision of the railway mail service with
headquarters at Omaha. The new di
vision is coming In the course of time,
but It will come sooner with a strong
and steady pull Joined In by all who
ought to he Interested in the accomplishment.
The Coopers, charged with the mur
der of former Senator Carmack. have
changed the plans they made when
the trial was new for spending the
summer In Europe.
Champ Clark wants a rule to pre
vent democrats in the house from
bolting the party caucuses. The rule
might be broadened to apply to lemo
crsts everywhere.
Jerry Howard's explanation of why
he disagrees with his democratic col
leagues on the Douglas delegation
shows that Jerry Is perspicuous as well
ss Irrepressible.
"There are no scientific men In con
gress," says Dr. Wiley, who Is to be
congratulated for finally thinking of
something good to kj of congress.
When the nine-foot bedsheet bill
becomes a law It will make navigating
a little difficult for the man with
' three sheets In the wind."
A a l aflnleked Tack.
Chicago Tribune.
How can Mr. Harrlman retire when
there are at leaat five or six railway he
baa nnt yet benevolently assimilated?
No Work. N Pay.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Speaker Cannon threaten to dock the
pay of absentee congressmen. Well, why
not? They are paid for the specific duty
nf attending all of the aeaaion of congres
and "voting- upon every measure" Well
paid, too.
Kicking; Democratic Colt.
St. I.otiie Globe Democrat.
Champ Clark Is understood to be Mr.
Bryan's choice for' minority leHder, a fact
that account 'or the Increasing number
Of democratic Insurgent In the house.
The appetite for a fourth licking Is small
and declining. Besides. Mr. Clark halls
from a Taft state.
Coaclllatlon Oil Work Well.
Boston Herald.
The Aldrlch scheme of pacifying the
senatorial insurgents by inking them Into
camp and giving them good committee
place 1 rather more advantageous and
Conciliatory than the t'nele Joe method of
dealing with the Insurgent of the house
by putting them In a hole and plugging up
the exit.
Aa Imposing; Peacemaker.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
By the Interesting, if not veracious, route
of Ha-n Francisco come the Intelligence
that the impending war between Nica
ragua and San Salvador wa postponed in
order to permit the belligerent populations
to enjoy Jointly the startling and marvelou
acts of a traveling circus. On the impor
tant postulate that this Interesting tory 1
verified, it suggest the elevation pf the
Clrcua from a nieana of enertainmant and
Inatructlon in the pouters to an instru
ment for securing the long-expected uni
versal peace.
eeklnar First Haad laformatioa.
San Franc laco Chronicle.
Several of the member of President
Taft' cabinet will soon begin tour of In
spection to various parta or the country.
The aecretary of war will visit Panama,
the secretary of the Interior will go to
Alaska, the eoretry of the navy will in
apect the various navy yard and the aec
retary of agriculture will take In the ex
periment station and the packing houae
In the west. It is evident that the value
of first-hand information, as een by Pre
ident Tft In hi own world travel, will
be kept prominently In view during the
present administration.
TIME FOR HKM.KCTIOX.
An Knporor'a Speculation Pal to a
Practical Teat.
Boaton Herald.
Herr von Dlrcksen, a conservative mem
ber of the Reichstag, quote the kaiser a
saying: "For twenty year of my reign
people have been finding fault with me.
If I were to leave Germany one day and
go to the other end of the world the coun
try would perhaps be surprised and apolo
gise to m for much that haa been s.iid."
Possibly the distinguished American who
left hi country Tueaday for Darkest Africa
may have been inspired by similar faith In
the efficacy of time and apace, and th
consequent opportunity for reflection in
softening the judgment of contemporaries.
It nray not be necessary, after all, for a
man to die to have his eulogies pronounced.
It may be enough to go to the uttermost
parta of the earth. Colonel Roosevelt wilt
put the kaiser' speculation to a practical
test.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Ice is on the free list of the tariff bill.
The Ice man duty will be levied later.
Just to show that he could mi I do a Taft
message without exhausting til dock of
words. Champ Clark pulled off a apeech
five hours long, sixty yarda wide and nearly
all about wool.
Senator Tillman la quit happy In toaslng
bouquets to the Taft admlnia. ration. At
the aume time hi pitchfork baa been In
serted in the cuticle of the Camionised
democrat In congres.
A minister of Trenton, N. J., called to
Offer prayer at two of the sessions of the
legislature, returned the customary fee of
$10 per prayer with the remark that a
money consideration for such a duty lowera
the dignity of the function.
Chlcago'a charter revision comntisemn
haa, approved the recall as one of the pro
visions of th tentative document. If it
Should become the law of the city. 15 per
cent of the voters, if dissatisfied with
public servants, could pull tiie c'imIis from
under tliem.
The city of Berkeley, Cal.. has adopted
a reform charter, prepared by Prof. Will
lam C. Jonea of the 1'nlveralty of Cali
fornia, which centr.illaea executive and
legislative power In a mayor and four com
missioners, and provides the Initiative,
referendum and recall.
The .Brooklyn alderman, who was ab
aent from duty quite a while, returned
the pay given him for that lime, coupled
with the strange remark that what lie did
not earn he was not entitled lo. if that
doctrine found ready acceptance In publio
life public laiiea might be cut in two and
Still give public treasuries money to bum.
The police commission of Ixiwell. Mass.,
which sought lo prevent a policeman run
ning for mat or. had un.isual foresight.
They knew the pclk-rman knew a tiling or
two about the cnmniis.Vou'a methods, and
hi election would Jar the harmonious
operation of the board. It did The po
liceman mayor haa dismissed the laard uu
charge vl allful violations of la 1
S?C v a n
The only baking: powder made
from Royal Urapc
Cream of Tartar
Made from
Crapes
In Other Lands
Sid xag-hta en What la Trans
piring among tb Hear and
Far JTatlona of the Earth.
Premier Asqulth struck deep at the root
of the prevailing naval hysteria In Great
Britain when he denounced it as an "arti
ficial agitation" engineered by selfish and
unscrupulous person. It la more than that.
It ha all the earmarks of a deliberate at
tempt to foment distrust and Ill-will among
two people, conditions that make for war.
The big navy party in the minlatry Is
chiefly responsible for the present out
burst of mingled wrath and fear. Inasmuch
as official credence Was given the asser
tions of the panic makers. The first lord
of the admiralty declared his belief that
Germany I secretly constructing a larger
fleet Of warship than Is generally known.
An official denial by Germany la consid
ered a natural part of the plan of conceal
ment and fall to have the llghtet effect
on the admiralty assumption. Such is the
heated condition of the popular mind that
Germany'a official denial, fortified by naval
authorities, Is scoffed al and misrepresenta
tion accepted as fact. The most astonish
ing feature of the situation Is the specta
cle the Brltishor present in throwing a
fit. The calm, thoughtful deliberation, so
long regarded a conspicuous British char
acteristic, seem to have vanished com
pletely. Its place usurped by the emotional,
erratic and explosive trail o often criti
cised In the I.atln races. The spectacle
contributes mightily to the gaiety of the
Germans, whose conceded eminence as a
naval power, even though exaggerated,
must lie very pleasing to national pride.
The proposed federal inheritance tax In
this country, in addition to the tax now
collected by many state, brings before the
eye of the well-to-do a vision of condition
prevailing In Great Britain. For nearly a
quarter of a rentury prior to 1907 the in
heritance tax rate ranged from to I per
cent. In that year the rate was ralaed to
the minimum of " per cent and the maxi
mum of 15 per cent. Ten per cent Is ex
acted from estates a Blued at 1,000,000 and
15 per cent from valuations In excess of
the first million. For the fiscal year 19o"-8
the tax yielded a fraction over ld.0uo,ooo.
an amount but slightly more than the re
turn for the previous year under the
lower rate. A significant fact Is noted in
this connection, which partially accounts
for the small increase under the higher
rate. Many owner's of estates, anticipa
ting the Inevitable, transferred their prop
erty to heirs during their lifetime, thus es
caping in part what is regarded aa an ex
cessive tax.
It Is up to the shah of Persia to
play the game aa the governments of Kng
land and Russia direct or go into the dis
card. Peace must be restored, the revolu
tionary element appnaaed with a constitu
tion and public affair put in shape to ac
celerate the wheela of international trade.
Whether the dnutile hint haa the force of
a club In immaterial. The ehsh and hi
supporter are practically at the end of
their resources and cannot much longer
resist the pressure from the Inside, much
less the pressure from sources financing
his government. In fact, the main obstacle
to an Immediate recall' of the banished
constitution Is In finding a mean of quil
ting the game that will not mar the royal
face.
A Hindu fakir, having spent two year
as a reporter on the yellow pre of New
York, now write for the Hindustan Re
view about "the secret methods of Yankee
Journalism." With quaint simplicity he
tells how advertising is secured, editorial
ground out and repnrtorlal work performed.
There la no wild romancing in hia observa
tions, no flight of weird fancy, no Illu
sion of native design. These re cencen
traled, boiled down, ao to apeak. In hi
conclusion and thrown harpoon faahlon into
the flesh of his former associates. "For
the American newspaper man," he aays.
"I have today a deal of admiration, of
much the same quality a that I beatow
on a clever pickpocket, a shoplifter, an In
genlus forger or an astute aafeblower."
The Hindu's choice of endearing terma
tend to ahow that he Improved every mo
ment of his time in the ctrclea of yellow
journalism.
It I a fortunate circumstance for the
fright.-tied people of Great Britain that
the use of balloons are restricted In war.
t.'niler The Hague treaty, which remain
in force until 1912, dropping projectile of
any kind from balloon i forbidden. In
the test nf Count Zeppelin dirigible rml
li.on a week ago. the airship carried ten
army aeronauts and fifteen aoldieia, re
mained !n the air four houra and covered
a distance of 1Sn miles. The possibility of
Invasion by a fleet of German dirigibles
I Ik een more remote then by a fleet of
German Dreadnought, but the record of
the Zeppelin airship t sufficient lo keep
alive a scare for three years.
Prime Hilkoff. the greatest uf Russian
captain nf transportation." who died
recently, received his training aa a me
chanic in Philadelphia In the '6o. helped
to build railroads in f uh Ajnerlc. and
In other Held of activity equipped himself
for the iHtgcr tasks performed in mature
life In his native land. He a as th Uren
lli M. Dodge nf th RiberUn railroad
directing its constrjctlon and guiding its !
oil ij.tio.i up to Ins death. I'nder his re-!
! markaole grasp of railroad operation the
road transported m4i.mii soldiers, with food
and equipment, tu M.incl.una in six
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healthful
tious when
month, during the wr with Japan. Prince
Hilkoff was a frequent visitor to the
United State and absorbed much of his
progressive spirit from America railroad
men. One of hi personal peculiarities
wis the I'ncle Sam chin whiskers, which
was worn, as he often told American
visitor, as a monument of his early life
in this country.
Crenta'lon Is making some headway In
Germany. The retold for last year show
a total of 4.050 bodies cremated, against
2,977 for l7, n Increase of 1.073. The
tlassifk a:ion. according to religion creeds,
gives some Interesting results. While the
majority of persons cremated were de
scribed aa L,uthcran. there wa a consid
erable body of Catholics, notwithstanding
the prohibition Issued by 1-eo rx. Strangely
tnough the record shows a comparatively
mall number of Free Thinkers. In 2,517
cases, the incineration waa accompanied by
leilgiiius rites.
POINTED ISITLES.
"Speakln' about this 'ere taiifT." said the
man with t lie bulbous nose. " t make all
the difference In the world whose socks is
gored." Chicago Tribune.
The Friend Your husband is the funniest
man t ever heard on the vaudeville stage.
He amuse everybody, doesn't he?
The Wife He does not. He can t amuae
the bo by fur five minutes. Cleveland
Leader.
The Angler I this public w
man?
The Inhabitant Ay.
ter, my
The Ajigier Then It won't he a crime If 4
I land a fish .'
The Inhabitant No; It'll be a niiiacle.
Judge.
Knlcker So Jonea haa a great revenue
making scheme?
Booker Ye, ta every aspirant for of
fice. New York Sun.
"WHiat is your Idea of perfect Christian
resignation?"
"The deaf husband of a suffragette."
New York Sun.
A well known senator was aaknd why
ome politician were always maktng uch
a howl about the preservation of our for-
ata
"Oh," he replied, "they probably never!
know Juat when they may nave to taae
to the woods." Success.
"How many people work In your office?"
asked the curlou member of the group In
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raised with
the smoker, addressing the prosperous
looking elderly man. "Oh." ald the elderly
man, getting up and throwing away Ins
cigar, "I should say, at a rough gitfs.v
about two-third of them." Detroit News
Reporter What do you mean by t.tins
that. I use "paradoxical expressions?"
Kditor I men that yon say impnsslhle
thing. Till Btory of your, for instance,
contains the phrase "bagpipe muslj."
Cleveland Leader.
The twin were being cnnaratitlated upon
the arrival of a small brother when the
neighbor Inquired: "Well, how did you
boy Hko the boy?"
"Oh." answered one of them, "we thought
It wa all right, hut numrnn would rather
have had an automobile." Yonkers States
man. BOARDING HOUSE REFLECTIONS
Chicago Reicord-Hereld.
I think T could stand the stored etc and
raw bucon,
And I wouldn't object to the soft pewter
spoons:
I could hope, though the platter o seldom
ha steak on,
And I'd even be cheerful In spile of tin
prime.
If the fellow who sits at the head of our
table
And owns S low brow with a southerly
slant
Did not think himself the most palpably
able
And suavely delectable Joker extant.
I think t could stand without ever com
plaining Th frayed and otled linen, the cracked
plates and cup.
The mustache snd the man next to me uses
for straining
The. tentative soup he uplclousIv sup
If the bride and the groom could be ttravelv
contented
To "baby" each other when thev were
alone ;
If they'd cease to perform a If each were
demented.
The acorn I exhibit should never be
hown.
I think I could stand the detestable cook
ing, And 1 wouldn't object to the damsel who
elngs
In snlte of her voice she Is rather good
looking.
Which makes up for many regrettable
thing ,
! could worry along. I believe, without
carping
If the landlay'd give up her kittertieh
way
And cease now and then to come plain
tively harping
On the fact that she once had seen much
better days.
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