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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 21. 1912.
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Sakaerlbera ; tk elly
tcsBsvreullr ahal have Tha
Bee asalled these. Addree
will b rkaaged as ftea a re
aeted. Vsnity of vanities, til U vanity.
Well, our ball team won, anyway.
Sounds aa It Champ Clark'i hound
dog were growling again.
The real surprise party Is Champ
Clark's sprinting abilities.
The colonel certainly hit the line
hard while he was In Nebraska.
The Jocular Misaourtsa la running
the solemn professor a tight race.
The prince of Walea visited Paris
incognito. What difference does it
make?
Chicago has an all-night theater.
The needs of the race simply must
be met.
It Is scarcely time yet to turn to
figure up lbs financial side of the
Titanic loss.
Insurgency began over the tariff,
yet the leader of Insurgents never
mentions tariff.
Of course, yon can tell s suffra
gette by how aba deports herself In
the presence of a mouse.
It Governor Wilson Is going to
sweep this country he will have to
get s new broom right quick.
San Francisco, April 1, 1(06; Ti
tanic, April It, 1811, alike em
phasise the democracy of sorrow.
Still, Omaha stood the strain of s
primary election and the opening of
the base ball season on on day
tolerably well.
The wireless was not given Its
fairest chance, but suppose there
bad been no wireless, how many
would have been aaved?
Our Congressman Lobeck should
Dak his agreement with hia land
lord In Washington terminable with
the adjournment ot the Bitty-second
congress.
Mighty few people would be will
ing to exchsnge places with the
odious Mr. Ismay, though all hla mil
lions remain Intact and many tlmea
multiplied.
Nature leta us fiddle along with
oar puny plana for bridling Its pow
ers and then every now and then
hurls Its mighty head back and we
fly oft into the death pit
Let all give tbanka that municipal
ownership of Omaha's water works
la saved again, and "immediate1
purchase commenced nine years ago
will proceed uninterrupted.
Amosg others entitled to hero
medals, do not overlook the claims
ot tha judges and clerks of election
compelled to wrestle with all the
i on an eight-foot ballot
The commission plan of city gov
ernment got through In Lincoln by
the akin ot Its teeth. Evidently not
much encouragement down there by
Omaha's object lesson so far as it
has gone.
Mexico retorts that It known its
business. Perhaps, but what Uncle
Baa Is anxious about la that Mexico
shall attend to Its business or have
It attended to for it by someone else
able to do it
The seven governors who ad
dressed a Joint appeal over their
names to the voters of North Dakota
oa the eve of the primary in that
state considerately refrained from
repeating the performance for the
i Nebraska primary, which may afford
i a, partial explanation.
Bootevelt Sweeps Kebras&a.
With but partial returns, the In
diratlons are none the leas unmis
takable that Colonel Roosevelt has
swept Nebraska In the presidential
preference primary by a majority
over all his competitors, and more
than two to one over his nearest
competitor.
The vote Is so decisive that at
tempts at explanation could add
nothing to what is self-evident. Ne
braska republicans have simply
recorded themselves as favoring the
nomination of Colonel Rooeevelt as
against President Taft or Senator
La Follette.
In this Nebraska has simply fol
lowed the primary expression in 1111
nols and Pennsylvania, though local
conditions were probably more con
trolling there. It la not to be gain
said, either, that Colonel Roosevelt's
visit and personal campaigning here
on the eve of the voting exercised a
potent Influence. No more striking
example could be had of the cumu
lative operation of cause and effect
In politics.
Nebraska's sixteen votes in the
convention are ordinarily unimpor
tant. Though not In Itself a serious
obstacle in the way of F resident
Taft's nomination, tha winning of
tbem at this particular moment can
not but redound largely to the bene
fit of the Roosevelt campaign.
Mistake! and Motive.
The world Is freer to criticize s
mistake than to consider s motive.
It Is working the fiddle-strings of
popular applause for all they are
worth. The man who, refusing to
play to the galleries, goes on doing
the beet he knows how, acting from
s sincere motive, suffers some dis
paragement. He doee not aucceed
often In getting the world to examine
the whys and wherefores of his ac
tion, because it is not In Una with
what at the time the world regards
aa proper. The truth la, words are
overvalued In the mart of public dis
cussion and deeds pay the penalty of
the shorts. There Is too much watered
stock In one and too little attention
to the Intrinsic value of the other.
"Words are good and only so when
backed by deeds." That la the maxim
of tha man with a motive to hlDge
hie "mistake" upon, however un
fairly some of the old friends of this
truism may be treating it. An ancient
wise man phrased the same principle
another way: "For aa he thlnketh
in his heart, so is be." He who moves
from the standpoint of stern convic
tion may make mistakes, but ha la a
much safer mas to follow than the
on who trains bis wireless to catch
the currents of popular thought
Applause Is a false standard by
which to gauge Intrlnslo worth. Many
a man of courage and conviction.
(lough, is being pilloried on the block
of publio judgment today only be
cause he refuses to play to that gal
lery standard; only because lis per
sists In making more than a mere
catch-phrase out ot this maxim that
words are good and only so when
backed by deeds."
Sarins Tims in the Home.
One of our economists. In discuss
ing scientific, management In tha
home, lays particular stress and
perhaps none too much upon the
element ot time as a vital factor In
economic efficiency. For Instance, he
takes as a typical time study the task
of mixing and baking ordinary sods
biscuits snd lists these detailed Items
with the time In seconds allowed for
each and the total:
Actual
Time,
Item. Details of Operation. Seconds.
L Ooea to cupboard, feu mixing Pan.
cup. knife
t Goes to store room, brings In ssck
of flour..... a
t Stands gasing out ot window log
4. Oeta cook book and finds recipe... II
I. Measures flour and put It Into
mixing pan St
I Adda salt and baking powder or
soda it
7. Stirs and mix dry Ingredients... a
. Tim lost In getting milk from
refrigerator 1M
. Goes to stove and regulates the
dampers D
1. Stirs milk Into tha flour and
makes dough tJo
II. Adds mora flour and knead m
II Goes to sink, washes hands, goes
to pantry for towel n
IX Brines In mixing board and covers
with flour a
14. Spreads dough on board, beets and
kneads 45
15. Oeta biscuit tins, butters them,
places ob table e
14. Cuts dough tote biscuits and place
In tins 7g
17. risers tins la oven 1
Total mixing Um..'!7 mlnates) 1,400
14. Baking time (M minutes)
Now, of course, the average house
wife, if she does her own baking,
will not look at this aa at all typical,
and abe may not even it ah has a
cook to do her baking. On tb one
hand she will not be disposed to
admit that she wastes time like that,
and on the other ahe probably will
think that the cook wastes mors.
But, anyhow, this schedule doee not
Include the possibility ot having to
run to answer the door bell or tele
phone or to let the grocer's delivery
boy In or to pick up the baby who
has toppled over on the floor or to
gather ap the fragments of a dish
dropped accidentally or to look out
fcr doxen or more other little Inci
dentals that are always crowding In
unceremoniously upon a housewife
or her servant
And yet, of course, since we same
the home as woman's most natural
sphere, we should like to see ber
attain all the skill and efficiency
possible in maintaining it, for that
is nothing else than domestic science.
And particularly should we desire
this since the conduct of the home
has so much to do with the cost of
living, aa well as the enjoyment ot
living.
But the economist who can tell the
housewife bow to get the average
servant to observe all these nice
little details will perform the really
great service and do more than any
one yet has done In the matter of
promoting economic efflency at home.
Keiisting the Prosaic
This is the season of spring Tever.
It la a very general malady, common
to no particular section, and it at
tacks energetically healthy persons
as freely aa others. Most men at this
time of the year feel a gnawing Im
pulse to let down, a difficulty In
keeping up enthusiasm In their work
and business. Everything has growa
a bit stale and dull and they would
like to throw oft caret for a while
and rest
Many men have to wait for spring
to feel this ennui In their everyday
affairs. They realise the almost con
stant effort that It required to keep
abreast with new energy and enter
prise, to rein fuse themselves each
day with new vim In their task. They
must do that, must find new Interest
new possibilities. In their work every
day or they will fall the pitiless prey
very soon to what they make fhe
resistless power of the prosaic.
It Is easier to writs prose than
poetry, unless one b a genius, and
it la easier not to find these new
aspects In our life's task each day
than to discover tbem, but woe to
the man who goes on from one day
to another blindly Indifferent to
them. Tsre It not much distance
between him and the stage ot the
hackneyed. Many are Inclined to
think that if they only had another
sort of work to do It would be easy
enough to keep up enthusiasm, but
perhaps the one who Is doing the very
work they have in mind Is thinking
similar thoughts.
We must keep behind our Jobs snd
drive them, never allowing them to
get behind us and do the driving. The
wrestler's trouble begins when his op
ponent "gets behind" him. The
master of his work does the pushing,
just as the master ot the mat wins
the wrestle. It Is always easier for
the man who It on th outside of bis
Job to smile and see ths pleasant side
ot it It la usually tha fellow whose
Job Is crowding him that falls into
th rut and become prosaic, losing
all sight of anything Interesting or
pleaaaat shout It
Minus of the Mail.
Ths federal government has never
sanctioned th misuse ot Its malls,
but It has endured a great deal ot It.
It la becoming more snd more jeal
ous on tb subject, though, and ex
erting a very diligent effort to pro
tect Itself from thl abuse. Many
people do not know, nor ttop to re-
alls, that It Is contrary to tb mall
regulations to us tbem for tb trans
mission of threatening or abusive
letters. If one hss s messags of that
character to deliver hs had much
better board s train and carry It to
Its destination In person, for sTiould
it go through the malls snd fall Into
Uncle Sam's hands he will In all
probability call down th law upon
th offender.
This Increased activity In guarding
th mails has been stimulated largely
by the Immense amount of fake en
terprise promoted through them.
In exploring for these frauds the
government has discovered a vast
amount of lesser abuses, but sbuse
which, nevertheless, sre Just as much
against the postal laws as If they
were practiced for financial gain.
And In thla same connection has also
the shameless practice ot sending ob
scene literature through the malls
been effectively curtailed, though
tl'at is something th government hss
for many years been constantly pur
suing. Our postal system Is one ot
the main arteries ot business and
social intercourse and it Is not to be
debased to thee other illegitimate
purposes.
Ids, Tarbell and the Suffragettes.
Dr. Anns Shaw, Mrs. Beatrice
Fcrbee-Robertaon Hale and halt a
doxen other militant suffragettes of
thia country are up in arms and
ready to declare war on Mies Ida
Tarbell. who, la her aeries ot maga
xln articles, hss celled a spade a
sped In discussing th sublime
cause ot sutfrsgettaism. They pro-
pos to glv this tsmous advertiser
of Standard Oil and steel a chance to
prove whether the pen la mightier
than the sword or not th tongue
being used figuratively for the eword
In thia In lane.
At a recent meeting in New York
these good women fired a broadside
Into Miss Tarbell's camp, assigning
on ot her msgaain articles to s
woman and going right down the
line with the attack, which rose to
the dignity ot a bombardment, at
least In volume of sound. Shafts ot
oratory, combining wit sarcasm,
satire and straightout denunciation,
were poured forth in continuous vol
Ilea, and It Is quit certain that had
Miss Tarbell been p-esent she could
never have withstood the attack with
her trenchant pen.
It la too bad to see these good
women, all public-spirited and all
earnest reformers in their way, una
ble to agree on some common
ground, and It ia very strange, too,
since Dr. Shaw and ber lieutenants
admit they cannot tell precisely from
Miss Tarbell's writings whether she
really is for or against woman suf
frage. Perhaps they go on the broad
biblical theory that "they who are
not for me are against me." In the
meantime Mr. Rockefeller must be
hugely enjoying this concerted move
ment of womankind against the
woman who has done so much with
her mighty pen to advertise bis
Standard Oil, which has been rising
continuously in price since she began
ber publicity campaign, in which she,
herself, it might be parenthetically
stated. Is supposed to have los, noth
ing either financially or In personal
fame and publicity.
The Drain of Armaments.
World peace, we are told, is com
Ing nearer to a realization every year,
and It will not be long until plow
shares and pruning hooks will take
the places entirely of the weapons
of war.
But why do men argue so? On what
do they base their careless optimism?
Th seven leading military powers
spend 166 per cent more money today
to keep prepared for war than they
spent thirty years ago. In other
words, th present annual armament
bill of these seven nations is 165 per
cent greater today than It was In
1881. And that refers only to the
expense of maintenance In time of
peace, allowing nothing for actual
war.
Yet s majority of the United States
senators did not see the wisdom of
ratifying the president's proposed
treaty of international arbitration
which, to be sure, was not a guaranty
of world peace, though a mighty long
and practical step In that direction,
Statistics prepared for ths World
Peace Foundation show that th drain
ot armaments la increasingly heavier
each year on continental European
nations than on England and the
United States, snd yet we have our
troubles In that connection. While
the Interest-bearing debt of the
United Statea diminished from SI,-
7SS.000.000 In 1881 to $916,000,000
in 1911, ws spent In those thirty
years tor military purposes some
thing Ilk $4,000,000,000, exclusive
of pensions. One-third of that amount
would wipe oat th national interest
bearing debt entirely. What then,
bay we to tay ot any failure on the
part of our publio servants to take
advantage of oven on such oppor
tunity for Insuring peace ss that of
fered them In th president's treaty,
which they emasculated into virtual
useiessneetr
This Is not sn argument for dis
armament Disarmament Is not to
be thought of for th present, but
the rejection ot International arbi
tration treaties only pushes disarma
ment or the ultimate goal ot world
peace, that much further oft Into the
future. And with such stupendous
figures of military expense before us,
arrayed beside the present increasing
cost of living, we aa a frugal and
Industrial people simply cannot with
much complacency regard the spec
tacle ot our noble senators hurling
beck Into our faces such a palpably
popular measure as was submitted
to them by th chief executive In con
cert and approval ot our neighbors
over the seas.
"Mr. Ismay, beware of th Ice
bergs in your ship's path." "Oh,
we have no time to bother about Ice
bergs, this ship must make a new
speed record." Answer 1,600
dead. How long. Lord, how long
will Thy people linger at thla satur
nalia ot breaking record with no
thought ot th consequences?
Ths Galveston Newt says: "The
opposition to Dr. Wilson la com
pounded chiefly of the three ele
ments: Spoils, whisky and privil
ege." What have the Harmons and
the Clarks to say to that?
Even at that people hare more
respect for th men who bravely
went down with the ship than for
those who, thinking only ot their
own safety, forced themselves into
the lifeboats.
Promoter E. O. Lewis of St Louis
admlta he Is down snd out but a
man who rot from fl.SB to a mil
lion In th time he did need not
worry about being down and out
Tn Iceberg Temr.
Bt. Lout Olobe-Democrat.
Only one-eleventh of the weight of an
Iceberg Is above the water line. A col
lision with the floating mountain below
the surf so la a fearful ahock for th
strongest ship.
Reward tor DeTetttoa.
Baltimore American.
The dog oa th vartoua polar expe
dition ax highly praised for their work.
Ll and fidelity. And aa a reward for
this devotion their masters killed an! ate
them. No wonder the animal creation
has such a poor opinion of humanity.
Ohio rolata m War.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Ohio's proposed constitution will havs
a provision that no law and so part of
a law shall b declared u norma tltutlonal
except by a unanimous vote of th court
of last resort- This Isn't so revolutionary
after alL It might be a good middle
ground for either of th two national
parties on a much vexed eueotloa.
DknBacWard
litis Day in Omaha
r COMPILED FROM BEE FILE-
1 r April 21. 1 , '
Thirty Years Ago
The smallpox scare has broke loose
again, and an appeal to the city council
to take some radical measure baa bean
signed by James A. Woodman, Howard
Kennedy. J. H. Dumont, B. J. Cranston.
Henry F. Wiodes and forty others.
C. J. Canan and wife have returned
from an extended visit In Michigan.
Th washout on Cuming street near
military bridge has been repaired.
A swimming bath Is being constructed
at the old Tivoll garden. It will be K by
00 feet In size.
The Inside blinds are being put In the
Millard, and it will not bo long until th
new furnltura begins to arrive.
Bishop Clarkson will administer con
firmation in Falls City on Sunday.
Th old Trinity mission Is to recon
struct a portion of Trinity cathedral to
be known aa St. Phillip's, and located on
th corner of Nineteenth and Congress.
"Now that we have water works, why
don't the temperance people go about
reform In a practical way by securing
public drinking fountains on th street?"
Five new brick yards have bean started
In this vicinity thia year.
Tha Omaha Glee club has decided to
lake a rest during the summer months,
and consequently adjourned to October L
Twenty Tears Ago
Stanley P. Bostwlck and Miss Ella J.
Reed were united in marriage at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert A. Reed. 1010 South Twenty
ninth street at 8 p. m. Tha ceremony
was performed by Rev. T. E. Cramblett
In the presence of a few friends.
Fish Commissioner Lew May was es
corting about Omaha and It waters Eu
gene vi. Blackford of Brooklyn, president
of the New York fish commission and
ex-prealdent of th American Fisheries
society.
Commissioner J. W. Paddock left for
the east tor a three months' vtalt ia Bos
ton. New Tork and Washington.
Rev. B. Wright Butler of Port Chaster,
N. T., it was learned In a leter from him,
had accepted the call to th pastoral of
St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church.
Incorporators of tha Boy' and Olrla"
Home and Employment association met
at th Young Men's Christian ss50clatlon
and went over their article of Incorpora
tion and other matters. Cadet Taylor was
elected president. Dr. Joseph T. Duryee.
Rev. A. W. Clark. Rev. C. W. Savldge,
Or. Agnes Sweetland and Mrs. Wllber.
vie presidents; Rev. A. J. Turkle, secre
tary, and A. H. Hopkins, treasurer.
Tha county commissioners locked
themselves In their rooms to consider th
proposition ot the Nebraska Central rail
way to build a depot at Fifteenth and
Chicago streets, bridge th Missouri river
at thla point and build a line to South
Omaha, on condition that Douglaa county
put up JMO.OW. John D. Howe, as special
counsel, looker! out for tha county's In
terests, and President Dumont, A. L.
Reed nnd John L. McCague were there
for the Inveatora. No decision was
reached, tha conference being continued.
Ten Years Ago
KeV. James Hsynes, aged 7. a real
dent of Omshs sine 1S75. and wall known
to th Methodists of Nebraska and Iowa,
died at hla horn. 2SW Poppleton avenue,
Mrs. Haynes and five sons survived him.
V. W. Hayes of New Tork, J. B. Haynes
of Washington, D.. C ; Charles M.
Haynes, George B. Haynes and Fred C.
Haynes of Omaha.
"I shall spend th day resting and
writing." observed Mrs. Carrie Nation,
sitting at th window In her room at
the Her Orand. Just then ah caught
sight of a clump ot young fellows across
the street In front of a saloon making
gestures at her, whereupon aha seised
her hatchet and was aoon among them.
Sh flrat pleaded with th bartender to
let her smash th "Joint." He dissented
and she let loos on him to "abandon
your path of hell."
Attorney W. A. Corson was reported
seriously 111 at a hospital. He was brought
a day or two before from Lincoln, sud
denly attacked, to hia home. 2119 Bmmet
street, and from there was taken to th
hospital.
Reports encouraging to tha candidacy
ot President D. R. Kerr of Bellevue col-
leg for moderator of th general as
sembly ot th Presbyterian church were
given out
Actual work on the Auditorium started,
when force of men employed by A. J.
Stanley, th subcontractor under Henry
Hamann. began to move the tree along
th north line.
Miss Clarice M. Sadler, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. 8. M. Sadler, 20 years of age.
died at the family bom, K! Park avenue.
Tom Blackburn, engineer of the Dav
Mercer campaign, wa perplexed aa to
when to call a congressional convention
and on what platform his candidate
should seek renomlnatlon.
SIZED UP BY EDIT0BS.
New Tork Post: As a presidential can
didate Speaker Clark would be on of the
most absurd figure ever seen on the
atump. Success would be Impossible for
his party. Hla barking by Hearst, which
he thankfully acknowledges, would alone
be sufficient to ruin bis chances. Compe
tent politicians Inform us that. In their
Judgment, hi campaign would collapse
In eight weeks after the convention.
o.oux City Journal: The allies figured
that Taft could not be nominated without
th support of New Tork, Pennsylvania,
Illinois. Indiana and Wisconsin In IMS,
but Taft was nominated on th first bat
lot without th support of any of those
Important "pivotal" states. With New
York and Indiana on hi side thia year
Taft can afford to make a lot ot medium
sired louses elsewhere without affecting
hla chanc of securing a renomlnatlon.
Indlanapolla Newa: W do not believe
that Mr. Clark stands ths ghost ot a
show. Ilia Illinois victory means little
or nothing. Th vot for Clark was
rather a vote against Sullivan than a vote
for Clark, precisely as th rota against
Taft was a vot against Lorlmer. The
country ia not prepared to put Itself in
the hande of a man who at beat Is noth
ing more than an "old-fashioned demo
crat." as the phrase Is understood by the
men who most frequently us it.
Springfield Republican: The Omaha
speech by Governor Harmon of Ohio wa
in plain deflanc ot Mr. Bryan. Mr.
Bryan will now retaliate by Invading
Ohio. The governor at Omaha thought It
worth whll to deny that h took part
la th sale of government bonds to his
personal profit when attorney general of
the United States, and It la necessary to
say that It Mr. Bryan has been making
such a charge he has stooped low for
ammunition.
People and Events
Th batting average of the pace that
kills now crowds tb crepe-fringed score
boards.
Tears and honors for the men who
stood aside that women and children
might live.
Referees are unable ot dedde whether
th Michigan republicans or th Chicago
democrats offer th better material for
white nope.
The "absolutely unsinkable ship"
crowds th "absolutely fireproof build
ing" for first place In the roster of
modern myths.
Mr. Whitman, former tennis champion,
la to marry Mis Crocker, and lio.ft.o.000
goes with her. As a side line to the
game can you beat It T
Out of th back pages of current events
looms an impressive sign ot embattled
progress. Tha famoua democratic march
ing club of Chicago has aubatttuted bat
tle axes and battering rams for torches
snd badges.
Patriotism that Imposes sacrifice Is not
dead nor sleeping. An Oklahoma editor
proposes to walk from his sanctum to
th Baltimore convention. If hla fret
responds to his will he can have his
pick of postofflce.
M. Alexander Rlbot la a possible next
president of France, and Americans are
Interested because his wife was Miss
Mary liurch of Chicago. If he Is elected
she will be the mistress of the Palais
Elysee. It Is said that the French elec
tions do not carry with them a great
amount of enthusiasm.
THE PACE THAT KILLS.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Does the hunger
for speed and size compel the Ignoring
ot safety? It certainly seems that this
Is a question ot the utmost Importance
and may lead to an answer that requires
th strong enforcement of the laws.
New Tork Tribune: Tne law which re
quire such appliance en ships "aa will
best secure the safety of all persons" tn
case of disaster la a grim mockery when
It contents Itself with a lifeboat equip
ment sufficient for only half of them.
New Tork World: In the presence of
such an upsetting ot expert ldeaa lay
opinion shrinks from positive assertion.
But th destruction ot th Tltanlo Is a
refutation of ail th fine-spun theories
of modern ship builders. Out ot th
wreckage emerges on clear and un
mistakable fact If 800 paesengers could
be saved with the Insufficient lifeboat
equipment of the Titanic, ail of them
could have been saved If there had been
enough boat to take them oft
St Louis Globe-Democrat : A mania
for the highest speed possesses, or
obsesses, tb most enterprising part of
th most enlightened races. There Is
beyond doubt something practical to be
rained by air flight, but the pursuit ot
records Is ths present form of experiment.
Seventy-Dire aviator ware killed by
falls last year. This year' fatalities are
up to th average. Aeroplane and auto
mobile racers talk of th two mile a
minute attained as merely a mile post.
Thos who sail en an eight-day ship
excite pity. Tb public demand for speed
has much to do with th story of th
mighty Titanic, lost on Ita first run with
over 3.000 parsons on board.
SECULAB SHOTS AT PULPIT.
New Tork Heraldi Th Montana man
who excluded from a share In his estate
members of the family who become
clergymen wsa nearly a century removed
from Stephen Glrard and without any of
Glrard's reasons tor this prejudice.
Houston Post: A Memphis preacher
says "Our Lord Is a Lord of sorrows."
We think this must be true, especially
If H Is accustomed to surveying His
flocks day by day to count th aalnts
who have short-changed Him In the day's
transactions.
Baltimore American: A minister In
Connecticut has declined a 00D raise In
his salary. This giving up of so much '
may fit In with th Lenten season, but
with a large majority It will excite sus
picion, not so much ef his self-abnegation
as of his sanity.
Philadelphia Record: Tha most that
th religious bodies have generally been
able to do for their old ministers Is ti
give them a sufficient dol to keep them
from actual suffering, and this Is not
always achieved. Of course, there are
few ministers who salaries enable them
to make prevision for disability, and con -
gregatlons are apt to take Dr. Osier's
view ot age. The undertaking In the
Protestant Episcopal church to raise a
fund of p.000,000 to pension ministers, not
merely on account ef disability, but on
account of age and services, will be
watched with th greateat Interest. More
than tMO.ono be been subscribed.
THE SUI5S.
I saw a fumao where th roaring blase
Mad heat to fashion things that folks
demand
From precious metal, tools ef every eort I
Thought out by brain and wrought by
skillful band:
Thus fire, confined, can miracle perform.
Kept within oounaa, can aid bestow to I
man.
Change th crude lemnt to nobler nse
In due accordance to tne maker a plan, j
I saw a building gutted out by fire.
An ugly, gaping, soulless shell. It stood
Where one had been a lofty edifice
That brain bad planned and reared and
counted good.
But fire escaped Its bounds snd uncon-
flned
Wrought havoc as It leapt from floor
to floor
Till stayed by greater force It moldered
there
Leaving a heap ef ruin to deplore.
I saw a thing that walked In human
shape
Who bleary eyes, sin-stained. Its ruin
could not screen.
All eaten out with greed of passion s fire
Out leaping bounce, wnere love should
burn seren.
This glutted ruin there, all hollow eyed
Made souls to sbuaaer aa tney passed
and saw
What havoc passions make when, un
restrained.
Tbev buret the bounds set down by
right and law.
But from th ruins where that amoke-
Siainea Kivu
Oapea forth In ndpleas wo upon the
inrooa
May ris an edifice to nobler heights
sjuus.
And so the ugly scar left by the Tames
May mar th city face Just for today
But time and enterprise and thrift forbid
That anything use ruin come to stay.
And so with human wrecks, there Is no
soul
sv tavaa-ed by th fires ef passion wild.
No mortal looking out of ain-stalned
ere
But may begin afresh life undeflled-
And uoa in eewenc w purw iot
design
rhi rrura tne ash of repented wrong
May sprint a lev that burns saren and
true.
May nee a life that I both pare and
strong.
Omaha. BATOLL NH TRELE.
DOMESTIC PLEASASTBIE3.
Catterson Notice how Carstera wife
makes up of late. Should think ne would
sto. her.
Hatterson-He's tried to; feels badly
about it. But he says It's no use: she
learned it from his daughter. Lite.
Roberts My wife ia very methodical.
She is never satisfied unless she knows
where everything is kept.
lvnundcr Mine s the same. She even
wants to know where my late hours are
kept. Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Gotrox Have you given up your
automobile?
Mrs. lituffem Yes. They're getting so
common: I was arrested three times last
week for speeding and my nam didn't
appear in the papers once. Philadelphia
Record.
"Why." asked the foreign suitor, "do
you prefer this plain American to me. a
u:an of titlea?"
".o is he a man of titles." replied th
fair young heiress, "and his titlea have
this advantage over yours, that they can
stand an examination by a guarantee and
trust company." Baltimore American.
Tom-That Miss Biggies Is the poorest
conversationalist I ever met.
His Hostess Is that so?
Tom Ves. The only thing ahe said to
me the whole evening waa "No," and I
had to propose to her to get her to. say
that. Indianapolis News.
Agnes What are you writing, Ethel.
your will?
Ethel-No. I'm writing my won't Jack
proposed last night and I told htm I'd
answer by mail. Boston Transcript.
"Gerald, dear, suppose some friend of
yours should ask you If I'm not younger
than you are, what would you say?"
Sweetheart I d say yes of course."
"But that would be a lie and you would
be punished for It some day."
"Well. It would be tying in a good causa
and I'd take the punishment cheerfully."
Chkaso Tribune.
"He's the most careful man t ver-
knew."
That o-
"Yea. I asked Mm If be could change a
til) bill the other day. and what do you
suppose he did?"
"I don't know."
"He made me show the tie before he'd
commit himself. Said he'd been touched
for IS that way before." Detroit Free
Press.
Percy Miss Jane, did Moses have th
earn after-dinner complaint my pane's
got?
Miss Jane Gracious me. Percy! What
ever do you mean, my dear?
Percy Well. It says here the Lord gave
Moses two tablets Lipptncott's Magazine.
"They say a laboring man cannot
choose a Job, but must take what ha can
get."
"Well, Isn't that so?"
"Yes. and it's odd. because as a matter
of fact he can always tak bis pick."
Baltimore American.
KNOWING something
about construction is
worth a great deal
when buying a piano.
Each make of piano we
sell show in their construc
tion that the manufacturers
have not been content to let
"well enough" alone, but
have gone ahead making im
provements wherever pos
sible, until they have at
tained the utmost degree of
excellence.
Mason & Hamlin
The Stradivarius of Pianos
With the tension rod and
sounding board rim, gives
absolute assurance that the
tone quality which is admir
ed when the piano is new will
remain a permanent attri
bute to the instrument.
Kranich & Bach
containing the improved vio
lin scale, doing away with
the depression bar, is a most
important advancement in
the art of piano building.
The Krakaner, Ballet &
Davis, Bush & Lane, Cable
Nelson and Kimball all have
special features in construc
tion that bring them within
the class of high grade
pianos.
It will be worth while to Inspect
our pianos before buying.
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