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TIIK DEE: OMAHA, WEDNKSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910. Hik omaiia Daily Mx KOtSDKU BT EDWABD ROSE WATER. VICTOR HOSE WATER, EDITOR. Catered at Omaha poslofflc as ocond rlsea It nr. TKKM3 OF KUBSCIUFTION. Sunday Hen. una year 2 5 Saturday Bee. on year 1 ii I'ally He withont Sunday). on year. . iaily lie and Sunday, one year 6 W DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Evening Bee, (without Sunday!, per week e Evening bee (with Sunday), per week. ...loo I 'ally Bee Including Sunday), per week. .is lailv lie (without Runtta, pel week 10c Address all complaints of Irreguiarltlea In delivery t City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. Uouth Omaha North Twenty-fourth frtreet. Council Bluffs 15 Scott trt. IJn.oln &i Uttle Building. Chicago Ui4K Marquette Building. New York Rooms 1101-UOH No. 84 Wet TMrty-thlrd Street. Washington Fourteenth Ftreet, N. W. CORREsPONUENCK. Commuhlratlons relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed: Oirutha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, etpreea or postal order Vavable to The Be Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks except on Omaha and eaattrn exchange not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btat of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. teorge B. Tsachuck. treasurer of 'lb Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn ay that the autual number of full and complete cop.ea of The Daily, Morning, fc-vening and bundy bee printed during the nionin el November, WW. was as lunuws 1 4MO H 43,80 1 3,00 IT 44,380 43.0J II 44,06 4 43.579 II 43.7S 43,rM 10 43,800 1 4400 II 43,910 1 44,300 It 43,6 0 1 43,910 II 48.I3 1 04,40 14 43,430 10 40.470 ti 43,740 11 44.040 It 43,130 II 4330 II 43.980 II ....4400 II 43,300 14 43.3M II 43,340 43,160 M 43,330 Total... 4...... 1900,880 Returned copla ............... 16,433 Nat Total. ,105,404 Dally Average... , 43,616 OKOKUJ32 a TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed Id my presence and sworn to before me this 6Uta day of November, IS 10. at. P. WALKER. (Seal.) Notary Public. f a Umori bra leetTlaar th ltr gwrarllr ehoald ktav Tk sailed In tfcaoa. Ad dree will rbaasce aa fta a reeeted. Can anybody explain tbose fuiiy hats? the why ' of At any rate, the completed record of 1910 will have compensating features. '"Lucky" Baldwin waa not lucky enough to escape the Inevitable squab ble over his estate. That ten-mlllion-dollar peace dove of Mr. Carnegie's is undoubtedly the most costly bird In the world. "What are we going to do with the long hatpin?" asks a New York paper. Keep out of Its reach, if we can. Remember that the door will close finally and Irretrievably against the early Christmas shopper on Christmas eve. It may be of interest to observe that the candidate who says he spent only 20 cents In the campaign was not elected. A Charleston paper says a South' Carolina girl Is passing In Paris as an aogel. Those gallant Parisians are gay deceivers, though. Pullman porters demand an In crease in wages. It will be gratifying to some of us to know they receive any wages, outside of their tips. It must have almost broken "Jim" Hill s heart to learn that his old friend, former Senator W. A. Clark, paid $250,000 for a set of dishes. Milwaukee is going In for sanitary and social reform all in one. The city health board has ordered every ball room to be equipped with cuspidors. "Courts versus the Stage" is a ques tion brought up by a St. Louis paper. Sometimes the courts suggest burlesque as forcibly as does the stage. Have you ever noticed how much noise the railroads make when they put on a new train, and how quiet they are when they cut their train service down? "MWther" Dooley has Joked a lot about twins, but now that a pair came to his home the other day, he doubt less does not find it such a Joking matter. Now we know, since the announce ment of Dr. Wiley's plans for mar riage why he put in so much time be forehand talking about poorly-cooked victuals. From the tears they are shedding over his overthrow Governor Patter son of Tennessee ought to be able to be elected governor in either Texas or South Carolina. . It has been suggested that the St. Louis man who,' to make a record. drank twenty bottles of beer a day for thirty days, must feel like a vat. Worse than that, he is a vat. If President Taft persists In his plan to extend the departmental work day thirty minutes some of those clerks will not be able to reach the game be fore the fourth or fifth inulng. Fourteen democratic members of the state senate in a little preliminary soviet kessiou to talk over organiza tion. That's the-way tru jackpot" bUElnn iu . llliuoU usually iiartu4 Fighting1 Parcels Post. The popular demand for the parcels post is steadily growing and the presi dent has recommended to co rig rem the Installation of a system for rural par cels post service first as an experiment, with the view of extension fater. Thin has naturally evoked opposition to the movement from large mercantile firms, persuaded that their Interests would not be subserved by such a sys tem whose benefits to the people gen erally can scarcely be questioned. Under the name of the American League 'of Associations, these mercan tile establishments are said to be for mulating a determined campaign to defeat the parcels post. Evidently they propose to pursue educational lines and build up a sentiment against the sys tem among people the country over. A large fnnd, it is said, is available to wage opposition to the president's plan, beginning at once the work in the rural districts. This Is quite plaus ible, since from rural districts the so called catalogue houses have reaped their principal returns while the strictly wholesale concern deal with the local retailer. So people may be prepared to re ceive literature from this new source of "education," telling them how in jurious for them will bo the parcels post. It will behoove the people to do some careful thinking of their own, therefore, and to give heed to what the president and the postmaster general have to say as disinterested parties In favor of the parcels poet. Criminal Carelessness. Reckless carelessness or negligence Is more culpable than people will ordi narily admit, especially in, large cities, surcharged with their high potential ities of death. The slightest mistake may bring deadly disaster, as was the case in that Grand Central station ex plosion in New York, where human beings were killed or maimed in large numbers. But this catastrophe, like many a similar one, will pass into history and be 6oon forgotten without serving in sufficient degroe as a warning or pre caution for the future, unless empha sis is laid on its preventableness. In. some way an example must sooner or later be made of one of these whole sale destructions of life, so many of which have occurred in this country within the last few years. It has been hard for courts and Juries to deal ef fectually with crimes of omission. The trials of those held to account, as a rule, do not come up until the shock has passed away and the first bunt of impassioned sympathy for the vic tims has been all but forgotten. Public indignation has cooled down and the sense of outrage has lost its sting and keen demand for justice. Sympathy has veered the other way and im munity usually follows the 'trial of the accused, who are otherwise reputable citizens. Of course responsibility Is evaded, not with any intended depreciation of the value of life or even property, bu,t the effect Is the same.. It breeds the spirit of carelessness and whether it paves the way for another such "acci dent," at least sets up no warning against it. People have no right to play reck lessly with gas, electricity, dynamite and- other explosives and dangerous elements. Only by exerting every pre caution can these elements be safely bandied. Obviously such care waa not taken in this New York case. The same is found to be true of nearly all similar calamities. While no way exists of absolutely preventing accidents of this kind, there is a- way of reducing their number and that way Is by more systematic methods than have been employed. Conserving Health Resources. The American Association of Labor Legislation, in its splendid effort to conserve the human resatrrces of the nation, estimates that .more than 13,000,000 cases of sickness occurring annually among industrial . workers' represent a National loss of three quarters of a billion dollars. Hence cogent agencies must be employed to correct the abuses that lead to such an undermining of health. But it should not be necessary to reduce the Iobs to a luoiajr iisia to ob tain an attentive hearing. 'It should be enough simply to show that human life, without any regard to a money consideration, is being wasted by lax methods of sanitation. -s i The fact remains, however, that this association, and similar organizations, are beginning to make a'tfhowing in what is one of the sanest and best en terprises ever undertaken in this country the conservation. ' of human resources. And so the - people are willing to waive their claim to a pro test against the seeming necessity tf first resolving the question Into terms of dollars and cents and to look out through a generous vision to the end to be achieved. Much good has been done and more Is sure to follow the association's convention in St, Louis the last of this month, when plans for extension work will be laid out. After all, this financial aspect may serve to arouse a lethargic public con scious to the overwhelming need of improving the conditions in which men and women and children work as a prime factor in their health., And. therefore, it has enlisted for the move ment the hearty co-operation of men at the head of industrial institutions impressed with the fact that "sickness therefore unsanitary conditions means loss, not gain, financially, to them, as well as to their workmen. This Is going to the core or the uueition. The larger part of the ac tive day of thouoands of people Is spent in factory or mill. The state of their health depends largely upon the sanitary conditions of those places of occupation. Italy has been doing some effective work, which, in its per manent organization, our country might adopt. That is the maintenance of clinics for the study and prevention of industriial diseases. Above all, a rigid sanitary inspection system should be accompanied with records of industrial sicknesses to afford a means of measuring progress and test ing remedies. Nor should there be a question of state or national control, but rather a sane co-ordination of ac tivities for this work. Opium Troubles at Home. Americans have generously gone to the aid of China's new regime in its effort to overcome the insidious opium habit among its people and Chinese reformers do not hesitate to acknowl edge their debt of gratitude to our people. But it appears that Amer icans have an opium problem at their own doors, without going to China to seek one. If the home problem is as grave as represented it will ca?l for all the Ingenuity which philanthropic peo ple can give to it, for opium users are very crafty and subtle in their schemes for obtaining the drug. Under the laws of the United States opium may not be imported except for medicinal purposes and yet, it is said, that only one-fourth of the 75,000 pounds of the drug annually brought into this country is used for legitimate purposes, the other three-fourths being consumed by those unfortunate per sons called "dope fiends." It is sold to them In various forms and disguises and under many different names and labels, but they seem to have little trouble in getting what they want. Police court records in almost any city in the land will reveal a shocking spread of this debasing and degenerat ing habit among men and women. Nor is that all of the problem. Ac cording to a recent Washington dis patch in the St: Louis Olobe-Democrat, an opium farm is being, or is about to be, conducted in this country. The fact came out through the application of a man in Chicago for an internal rev enue license permitting him to use opium in manufacture for smoking purposes. When asked where he would get his opium, he replied he would produce it on a plantation of his own. And the worst of It is, that under the law, as at present consti tuted, the government is powerless to prevent him doing this so long as he pays the government, an internal rev enue of $10 a pound on his opium. Of course it Is not impossible to amend the law to deal with the case. But the story suggests the necessity of some energetic work at home as well as in China by -Americans "anxious to eradi cate the opium habit. - ! A Missouri Home Sale Charter. Missouri ia one of the few states which gives its cities real municipal home rule. Under the constitution of that state any city of sufficient popu lation may elect a charter commission with power to draft a new charter to become operative upon ratification by the voters of the city. St. Louis, eighteen months ago, elected such a charter revision com mittee which, has just made public the preliminary .draft of its report, em bodying what its members conceive to be the most desirable form of mu nicipal government for that city. The members were evidently not Im pressed with the commission form of government plan for a city the size and complexity of St. LouIb, for they retain the mayor and council, although reducing the latter from a two-chamber body to a single-chamber body and concentrating in the mayor official and appointive power previously vested In various elective officers. If St. Louis adopts this charter the mayor will appoint all important ex ecutive heads, who, in turn, will have exclusive control of employes and sub ordinates subject to their orders, within the limitation, however, of civil service restrictions extended to cover nearly every place on the municipal payroll. The St. Louis charter-makers apparently think It more important to divorce the subordinate officials, in spectors, clerks, etc., from politics by the establishment of a strong civil service barrier against Incompetents with nothing but a pull than to relieve elective officers from full responsi bility. It is interesting to note that the St. Louis charter plan omits the recall and initiative and referendum except so far as it requires franchise grants ! and certain bond fssues to be ratified ; by popular vote. It is proposed to elect the mayor for four years, giving mm a salary oi fiu.uuu ana maaing him removable by two-thirds vote of the council. The mayor, who will ap point twenty-nine officers, in common with every other appointing officer, will have the right to remove ap pointees for cause by giving the reason tn writing, while power to remove civil service appointees will vest in the council. Of course, the framework of city government adapted for St. Louis does not necessarily fit every other city. But as few of the problems of city gov eminent are original or unique, one (city can often learn by the experience of others and the carefully formulated thought of those who have made tlA subject a special study. In buying more ground for future eulargement of terminals and depot facilities in Ouiahu the railroads are not moved by mere seutiiuenL They know that Omaha is bound to become a constantly more and more important railroad center and that they are sav ing money by acquiring property now rather than waiting until it is abso lutely needed for immediate use. The Lincoln Traction company Is making a grievous mistake to try to go back to the 6-cent fare right -Jo. front of the biennial invasion of law makers. When the traction company furnished free tickets to every official Inhabitant of the state house It did not make much difference what it charged other passengers, but if the law-makers must now pay like other people the raise of rates will be equivalent to an act of war inviting reprisals. It ia never too late for a charter re vision committee to start out, but it Is always a question whether its recom mendations will land on the statute books. The history of our past char ter amendments is that they are made on the home stretch down at Lincoln by Interested parties who camp on the ground. Some of the opponents of parcels post profess to be animated by a fear that it would help people get the cata logues of the big catalogue houses easier. Inasmuch as anyone can get these catalogues now for the asking, that is rather a flimsy excuse. A strong pull, and a long pull, and a pull all together might fetch for Ne braska that vacant place on the bench of the United States circuit court of appeals for this circuit. But pulling at cross-purposes Is not likely to pro duce results. That little secret session at the Mil lard hotel at any rate must have af forded timely opportunity to note the location of the bath rooms, if any of the senators in attendance wanted to be so foreslghted. Now when anyone speaks to Champ Clark and some of his democratic col leagues about their anxiety to revise the tariff they give him that old air of "I Was Only Teasing You." Despite Colonel Bryan's announce ment that he intends to take an active part in the next state election In Texas, we refuse to believe that state will not go democratic. Pensions aja Peace Promoter. Brooklyn Eagle. The annual bui to Increase pensions Is already before congress. It la a stronger argument for peace than Mr. Carnegie's 110,000,000.- -v Bare Rnougrh Tyranny. Indianapolis'' News. ' Once more the grinding tyranny of what 'Jpl.UikenlY republican, form of government Is manifested. Department clerks at Washington, are going to havo to get down at 8:80 In th morning and work seven and a, half hours a day Instead of even. However, no resignations have been reported on aocount of the change. When Theories Kali Down. Philadelphia Ledger. A confident professor says that aero planes will abolish war. If this view Is to be accepted an early use of the Carnegie peace fund naturally would be the endow ment ef an aeroplane factory. However, there hav been many theories concerning; the abolition of war, and none has yet proved Infallible when nations got into a fighting mood. t : Rival on Center of Stave. Baltimore American. It Is a curious coincidence that an Im mense private gift to further the cause of International peace, and a demand for an even greater outlay, for war preparation, come simultaneously. This is a peaceful nation, both by policy and sentiment, and the Imitation of the European nations In the maintenance, of a large standing army ia not likely to find favor In the eyes of th people. Men of Mturhf, Spare the Tabs! New York Tribune. In ajl solemnity e urge the congress of the United Plate, duly assembled, to pause before abolishing the congressional bath tubs. The lasu Is too great to be decided hastily. Cleanliness la admitted to be next to godliness. With a democratic house, a great proportion of the public has lost hope of any godliness In congress. Therefore, would It be well now to dash all hope of that secondary iuallty which, though sec ondary, is ao dealrableT And merely In the Interest of economy, too? Every Instinct rises in protest at this false too, too false economy. Our Birthday Book. Sombr Si, 1910. Benjamin Disraeli, later Lord Reacons fleld, was born In London, December 21, 1800, and died there In 1SS1. He was twice prime minister, and as an author his "Kndymion'' is said to- be th most suc cessful political novel ever written. Charles P. Taft, "Brother Charley," ia 87 yeara old today. He was born in Cin cinnati and Is a half-brother of President Taft. He la a successful business man with varied Interests, Including the Cin cinnati Times-Star, the street railways there and the Cincinnati base ball team. Clay Clement, the' well-known actor, was born December 21. W3. He was a native of Illinois and died during the current year. He used to be quite a favorite In Omaha. W. H. Cowgill, late railway commissioner of Nebraska, waa born December 21. IMS, " at Salem, Ia. He waa elected In ix.ni. but served less than two years of his six-year term. Rev. R. B. A. McBrlde. pasd.r of Center United Presbyterian church, la celebrating his 43d birthday today. II" was born In Lawrene county, Pennsylvania. and graduated from Allegheny Theological aemlnary. Frank T. B. Martin of Martin Bros. & Co., Insurance. Is St years old today. He waa born at Quleaburg. III., and studied at Knox college there. He rame to Omahl In IX. Incorporating with hla brother In the present firm In ltf. Thomas Fvana. one of Omaha's pioneers, waa born December H. 1-'?H. at Hhythn. Walea. He rame to Omaha In IKS and en tered the enilu of the I'nUm Pacific, re tiring at the aga of to yeara Around New York Jtlpple ea tb Current of Life as leea la th Great A,airicaa Metropolis from Say to Day. Mayor Uaynor take high rank as a "fresh air crank." He does not believe In heated street cars or a heated city hall, but resents the Idea of cold storage tteatment for the residents. He gives his Ideas briefly In a letter Just written to a man who complained to lilm about the cars, suggesting the open air treatment for a month as a specific for his grouch. At the same time he Instructed the Janitor of the city h4il to open more doors and keep them open. To the man who kicked about cold street cars the mayor wrote: "So far as I am concerned, I wish they were not heated at all. Your statement that at least 5,000 people die every year from cold In the street cars seems to me a great exaggeration. Suppose you stay out of doors and walk back and forth for a month. 1 will warrant thai at the end of that time you will not care much about heat In the cars and that, moreover, you will not feel like finding fault with every body and everything In the world." The Children's Aid society of New York has In Its possession a carefully prepared and authentlo record, showing the cost and the criminality that may follow along lines of descent of two degenerate lives. Some generations ago there lived In Ulster county. New York, a family con sisting of husband and wife and five Uttle daughter. The parents were poor and thriftless, stealing when the chance of fered; more degenerate than actually criminal. The eldest daughter, Margaret, early took to an evil life, and was followed by her sisters. They all grew up to a mis erable and depraved womanhood. The damage done In their Uvea and afterwards has been set forth in the following sum mary : . The records of 70S of the descendants of Margaret and her alsters have been ac curately tabulated, their names being taken mainly from the public records. Only twenty-two ever acquired property, and eight of these eventually lost what they had. Outdoor relief was given to 14a, 64 were In the county almshouses, 76 were reported as criminals, having committed 116 offenses. Of the women, 12$ had lived Immoral lives. The cost of the almshouse relief was estimated at $.12,600, the main tenance of the prisoners of the family 114.000 and the cost of arrest and trial $25,000. The cost of property stolen or destroyed by these criminal descendants was $15,000, and so on In various Items until It reaches $1,023,000 as the actual cost to the ' com munity of the neglect of one family of vagrant criminals. Mayor Gaynor Is very proud of his rep utation as a stickler for politeness on the part of city employes In their relations with th public. Commenting on the fact that more than seven buBhels of com plaints were received by his office In two months, all bearing on the conduct of tenement house inspectors, he give the following advice to the employes of the tenement house department: "The spirit of consideration and polite ness to our fellow citizens Is the spirit that this administration has been trying to promulgate from the start. You can be strict in your work, fulfilling all the requirements of the law, and yet be very polite at the same time. There la no necessity for roughness. We are paid by the citizens of the city and .we owe It to them to b considerate and polite." The observation of Judge Asplnall of Brooklyn, that he thought most men would prefer the rough knocks of a foot ball field to married lite If they could sit in his Beat and see what he saw, was en thusiastically Indorsed by an anonymous visitor to the court the other day. The visitor waa a man over 70 years old. He had long, gray whiskers and a furl tlve look In his eyes. He entered the court room, glancing back, swiftly and often to ward the door. Chief Clerk Charles Deavy met him. "I have a present for Judge Aaplnall.'U sata tne oia man. "Let me see It," Mr. Peavy asked, fear ing the old man's mind might be unbal anced. Stealthily the visitor drew from under his overcoat, a framed chromo depicting a group of jolly bachelors sitting around a table. Cigar, beer glasses and pipes were before them. "Listen," whispered he of the long whisk ers. "I have been married twenty years. My wife makes me scrub floors and wash dishes. I dar not smll over th nappy memories of the days before she got hold of me. Out of those days this picture is all I have left. This I hav kept only by hid ing It In my tool chest. Now I want him to have It. It is my most precious posses sion, but he deserves it. "He know. He knows, marriage 1 a foot ball game, and for more than twenty I years I hav been th pigskin-covered sphere. It Is comforting to know that there Is on the bench one man who ought to I understand. I wish I might shake his hand." ' The clerk told the troubled one Judge Asplnall was then busy In chambers. The visitor went away, refusing to lcav his name. ' A young man with a bouquet done up In tissue paper and a line of talk he thought was funny came to grief recently on a trolley car that runs from New York to Flushing over the (jueensborough bridge. The car was crowded and he hung onto strap-hanging neighbor. Hla conversation i was Interspersed with a few Jokes that ' were considered good when Joe Miller was ! a babe In arms. Still, be proved they were good by telling them loudly and getting a laugh or two. It encouraged him and he ! continued. I Noticing that a young woman laughed, he announced he waa In favor uf woman suffrage. "I think every woman should vote. Women ought to vote," he said. "She ' should stop going through our pockets and 1 learn to have some respect for the ballot ' and leave the money alone that a mn gets I by voting. Who made woman? (lod made I her, and then he rat down and laughed ! about It when he saw her." 'Oh, he did. did he?' said a woman of! athletic build. And she rose In her seat j and smashed his hat down over his eyes. Then she added: "You're a loafer." ! Borne one opened the door and aha pushed him out upon the rear platform, saying: ; "If you come In here again with your insulting remarks I'll see that you are thrown off the car." Uke many othera that have been licked, ! he failed to come bark. I Where Did th Money Uf Pittsburg Dispatch. ' When we are told thst this country Is I utterly defenseless agnlnst attack It aeem pertinent to nqulre of the person who had ! the spending of some Jjr'i.ioi.Cr.O p.-r year j on our army and navy wliat they did with ihu UiOney. j No PIo Lime "Alum la mm baking powder Is danrjerou and should be prohibited. Prof. Schwrttacr, Staf Vnt .. I 'o. la a prciccilan end a ir sjiy ljuaranfeo against Glum, uso M rnV.3 io) Id) 4 v Mllnir CREAM Mil It "makes home baiting easy' and Gives nicer, belter and cleaner food than the "ready-made" There is no baking powder or preparation like it or equal to It for quickly and perfectly making the delicate hot biscuits, hot cake and PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Dr. Leonard Wood believes the patient needs to be stirred with a cautery; Ir. Carnegie would give a sedative. Th pa tient need not lose- hope so long as the disagreement continues. An ounce or radium Is an appropriate Christmaa present. The Australian gov ernment has marked down the price of radium from $84,000 to $7.O0O a gramme. At this rate an ounce costs but about $2,!W8.0l0. A hint to Carnegie might bring It. Emperor Francis Josoph of Austria, has designated Haronesa Hengelmuller. wife of the ambassador from Austria-Hungary to th Vnlted States, to be an "Imperial Royal Lady of the Palace." This gives the baroness the highest possible rank and privilege at the court. Mrs. K. If. Harriman, whose son Averlll l a member of the class at Yale, has given $100,000 to the university to endow a chair In forest management In the Yale forestry school. The chair I to be a memorial to Mr. Harriman, who was greatly Interested In th subject of fores try. SMILING LINES. "Do you know that man's views on the tariff" "No," replied Senator Sorghum; "but I'll bet I can tell what they are as soon as I find but what business he's engaged In." Washington Star. Asylum Keeper One oi our orazlost pa tients has escaped and Is hiding somewhere in th city. Friend Isn't there soma way of locating hlmT Asylum Keeper Not for a month yet. Half th town s celebrating a toot ball vic tory and the other half Is paying up freak election bets. Judge. Ruffon Wratz Is they anything In this yere socialism, d'ye reckon? Kaymold Storey (having had an unus- Gent)emarCs Chifforobe (Like cut) A place for man's own belong ings, full of conveniences conies in dull mahogany, 40 inches wide, 58 C'?, inches wide 4 ipOU Auto Valets The ideal wardrobe for men, oak and mahog any $65.00 to $175.00 Dressing Tables An assortment unequaled all woods and finishes $13.500 $80.00 Work Tables Pretty designs in mahogany at $10.50 to $15.00 Morris Chairs An extensive showing, in all woods and fin ishes. See our special ...$9.75 Costumers All woods and finishes $3.00 to $112.00 Serving Travs Pretty patterns, mahogany glass top at $3".75 to $22.00 Medicine Cabinets $2.75 to $12.00 Smoking Stand (Jenuine mahogany $3.50 Pipe Racks '. . . .$2.00 and $2.85 Book Blocks $1.50 to $11.00 Mirrors Mahogany frames $-1.50 to $32.00 Pedestals New assortment.,.., $2.75 to $28.00 Piano Benches-Oak and mahogany . . ,$G.75 to $2-1.00 Cellerettes and Chafing Cabinets. . '. . .$13.50 to $4G.OO Leather Couch Our special $39.00 Desk Clocks $3.00 to'$lG!50 a Tv'wri IVIr-tl I Children's Furniture Ve have assembled an unusual display of kindergarten sets' also odd chairs, rockers and tables for the little ones. High Chairs Youtbb' Chairs In a variety of styles aud finishes. Inspecion Invited, 6th floor Orchard & Wilhelm 414-16-18 South 16th Street Alum Phosphate bread, mullln, pastry. uallv generous handout) Not for us, ole scout. We're gcttln' our share right along, 'thout havln' f work fur it. Chicago Trib une. "Madani," an Oklahoma censua taker was spenklng to her w ho answered his knork "how many children over i and under 21 years of age bave you?" "I.emm See," thar he two over 6 an' two under 21." Everybody's Magailn. "I have observed." said th old pro fesaor, mournfully, "that women nowaday are too frivolous. The average woman's reading Is not productive of any profit " "Don't you believe It," ut In the family man. "When she reaila th bargain ads It s productive of profit to the advartlsra." Catholic Standard avnd Tlme. The New Mother You know, hygienlo science has demonstrated that many of th old ' Ideas about children are absolutely pernicious to the race. . . The Old Mother Yes. I understand th new philosophy says th band that rook the cradle Is the hand that . wreck tkv world. Ilaltlmor American. CHRISTMAS READING. T. A. Daly In Catbollo Standard, The herald winds of Christmaa sleep High-cradled on the wooded atee?. The far stars only are a-thrlll With life; the nlKht Is cold ejid stlLL Come! gather 'round th ingle-nook And from Its self take down the book Wherein the master's genius drew Those picture old, but ever new. Whose "ChrlHtmua Curoi's'.' deathless; chime Peats down the envious touch of tlm. Here let the children sit, and there Beneath the lamp's light place thy chair. Take, thou, the book, O! golden voice. And read the pages of thy choii-e. Tell us of Scrooge and Marley's gho(. Of all our favorite.. oliti'liut'iuoat', Tell us with tendernesa of him We laugh and weep with Tiny Tlin, Call thou the oul to every face About thee In this holy plage. Wn shall not be ashamed at all For frank, sweet tears you cause to fail. Hut fervently, with eyelids dim And hearts attuned to Tiny Tlm. We'll quote his words when you have don, And say, "God bless us, every one!" 1KS T v V ' . . I EH S i) S 1