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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE)
FOl'NDEU BY KUWARX) KOSEFATEK
VICTOR ROSu: WATER. EDITOR
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MAY CIRCULATION.
: 50,421 r
Btate of Nebraaka. County of Douglas ,.
DMght Williams, 'circulating manager
duly sworn, Bay that the arage daily
circulation lor the month or May, viu,
was 50,4a DWIOHT WIULIAM8,
y ... , , tjlrculation Manager,
riuDcribi "irf" pteiwrice and "worn
to betora me Xhit ton day of June. 19a
tStW.) ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
Snbwrlbera leaving: the elty
temporarily hould have The
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TJlf Ire tMP K.T
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Damndelions would
name for 'tbera. ' "".
be a better
Colonel J. Ham Lewis' pink 'una
eem to have faded from too much
limc1l'gt.''; '
-Tb. senator from New .York seems
to be the Root of most of the discord
at! .Chicago.. - , ' .
Perhaps her nine months In jail
wlligtve ' Mrs. Pankhurst time to
thuik out a better way! : -
f'rem the growing crop of mar
riage) licenses, It seema the rain must
have. fallen on Cupid also.
Our national labor commissioner,
Mr....$eJU, admits that the name of
his position is not a misnomer.
The New. York World and Its star
convention, reporUp.vW. J. Bryan, do
not afways agrse-ojall political mat-
Champ Cl'ark's-.faith Is pinned tp
the belief Abat "every dog hat his
day" and tW;iia hounaM4s tst te
come. fJ. Mf"k-
Every woman hs, a right to be aa
pretty as she. .can: atid. Jnan wlsbei
that sbe.wiould exercise the right to
the fthiv'; , .,;
Charles J. Bonaparte , writes on
"Dlgfptfy., During a "Presidential Can
vassit' ? Oh, yes, but dignity alone
will not do tt. . "
2 . ' ' :
It was to be expected that some
would go to the Weber-Field show
and kick because the old stars
cracked old Jokes.
or'; a state with an Ideal govern
ments and governor, California la
permitting some very unseemly
things In San Diego.
A matf recently died in Texas at
the. aek of ,80 without being called
colon).;" probably was never beard
or until. the obituary notice came
out. ' 1 ' .--
!A mother anxious for her boy to
grow up truthful,' must Ve careful
how she fools the street car conduc
tor abyjt.Willie.'s age to avoid pay
ing full fare: r- '- ?
ilr. Bryan-ls-golng to the Chicago
coDventicm as, a. newspaper reporter.
He went te a Chicago convention sli
teen. ears ago as a. newspaper writer
but then-thls is a republican con
vention. . r - , ....
It will not do to say that bar as
sociations never discipline an offend
ing member. Abe Ruef has been
disbarred by the supreme court of
California, on.the request of the San
Francisco bar.... Set a stake. ,
.Actio! ;o the principle that Jail
or an'asyjum is the. best terminal for
automobile speeders, Chicago has es
tablished a' separate court to route
Joy riders on. through .tickets with
out stop-over privileges.
Those that Imagine that the deliv
erance, oi Chicago and Baltimore
will , solve--the perplexities of the
country are,' Jen titled to another
guess. The commencement orator
has.Mth".'.'beaten;to frazzle." --
vThe waiters' strike does 'not se
riously. Inconvenience the individual
subway systems with which New
Yorkers. are equipped. A temporary
failure oi lobster; palaces serves to
revlye thev original, appetite for hash
One big argument In favor of the
sale ana sane fourth are these fig'
ures: In 1909, when little effort
was ma4Lat 'safety and sanity, 5,306
persons fdled. f f result of Fourth of
July accidents; in 1910, under the
spell -of- a afe and sane effort, the
UtrW! onte. 2.923. Which, of
course, la 2,923 to many.
Changing the Constitution.
The persistent assaults upon our
courts are reflected in a resolution
for a constitutional amendment, in
troduced in the house by a member
from Indiana, proposing the election
of members of the federal supreme
court and all judges of inferior
courts, as well as all other public
officials, except cabinet members,)
ambassadors, ministers and consuls.
The terras of supreme Justices thoj
resolution fixes at eight years, those j
or others at six.
The people doubtless do not real
ize the sweep of this mania for
changing our constitution so as to
malt this a democracy instead r-f a
republic. Such a change can only
rest opon the concese.on that our
republican form of government has
proved a failure. Dc you think it
has? If it has, who knows but in
the hands of the saire people a pfire
democratic form of government
might not 'also fa1.'? 'Sometimes 11
ficrai that what Is mort needed is a
soberer sense of discrimination on
the part of the people.
Standpatism Bead, Indeed.
Former Senator Lafayette Young
of Iowa, in explaining tils surprising
endorsement of Senator Cummins as
Iowa's presidential candidate, condi
tionally, takes the pains to state that
standpatism Is dead and burled. Yes,
t has been for a long time. Seven
years of Roosevelt and three of Taft
quite sealed its tomb and the Ameri
can people, we think, are' too respect
ful of the dead to permit any dese
cration of the grave at this late day.
The republican party has this to
be thankful for, that on the eve of
Us national convention both sides
contending for the nomination stand
for progressive government, In
which, of course, as In everything
se, there are degrees. But to the
republican party, which came into
existence as the logic of evolution
and progress, this nation owes Its
progreesivelsm. Serious recognition
of, this historical fact, too, is what
will determine events next fall after
all the excitement of the preliminary
campaign dies down.
Waiters' Wages.
-The waiters' strike In New York
has brought to light the fact that the
higher wages are paid by the lower
priced eating bouses. For Instance,
In hotels and cafes where soups are
listed at 60 cents, roast beef at 75,
Ice cream at 40 and coffee at 25
Cents, the average wage of the waiter
Is,, $6 ( a- week.. JHa works seventy-
eight, hours a week, and has twelve
hours a. week off wprk. The eating
places that, seir soup, for 10 cents a
plate, roast beef for 20 cents, Ice
cream Tor .,f and. coffee for 5, -pay
their waiters on an average of;U
and $ I ti a "week,) work' them '.from
forty-eight ' to fifty-four hours and
give them twenty-four hours a week
off. But, of course, the waiter In
the high priced place Is the waiter
who makes the big money off the
guest. Which Is another Illustration
that Jones, he pays the freight, show
ing why Jones Is probably not deeply
Incensed at the waiters for striking.
Our Troops in Cuba.
Criticism of American troops in
vading Cuba Is disarmed by the reply
of President Gomes to the appeal of
property owners for protection, that
he is without power to offer guar
antees. Property, and In extreme
cases, life, has been placed in
Jeopardy by rebel depredations. The
chief executive of the country ad
mita his inability to cope, unaided,
with what may develop.. There
fore, nothing is left for the United
States but to hasten its troops Into
the distressed country. To tem
porize would be folly. England,
Germany and other European peb
pies with interests at stake, to say
nothing of Americans, have a right
to demand protection and If Cuba
cannot give it, the United States
must. Let the talk of intervention
go on for the present. Cuba in the
meantime will bo denied no oppor
tunity to make good on self-government.
If after getting "a full op
portunity it falls," then whose is the
responsibility? In whatever sane
light viewed, the action of the fed
eral government is wise and most
commendable.
Betting oa Death. ,
The. speed races on the Indian
apolis motor tracks resulted in no
deaths this time. This was evi
dently due to good fortune rather
than good management. The most
natural thing is death where all pre
cautions against it are burled to the
winds as they are In one of these
break-neck competitions.
At the ringside before the races
bets were made that some would
meet death before the finish. Prob
ably many attended In the hope of
witnessing a tragedy. Our American
mania for speed is Indeed furious
when It gets to the point where men
will gamble with life as with a pawn.
It shows how lightly some, regard it.
; What, after all, have our Titanic
slaughters taught us? We weep,
emotionally, wipe away the tear and
plunge headlong into a new poten
tial tragedy, stolidly Indifferent to
the fact that hundreds have just paid
the penalty of death for the crare.
Perhaps, however, since the accl
dental avoiding of death , at In
dianapolis, it will be argued that
speed races are safe If only properly
conducted, which mar iold Rood as
' mu argument until the next race.
THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 7,
SCHOOL DAYS IN EARLY OMRh
IV. Superintendents, Principals, Special Teacheis, Janitors.
BY VICTOR ROSEWATER,
' Member of the Class of 1887 and Now Editor of The Be3.
As already dacribd in these articles,
I had started in the first grade the fall
of 1870 at the age of SVx years, and by
outside work had mada up in transit
three classes equivalent to a whole grade,
so that in the fall of 13 I was ready
to go to the hlgb ischool at the age of
IVi years, beirig the youngest boy in my
class, and. presumably the youngest up
to that time to be admitted into the hlgb
school. "
At this point of my narrative will fit
In a few collateral observations.
During my school days in Omaha I came
under two or three school superintendents.
At the outset the superintendent was 8.
D. Beale, who was a typical school man,
although' in outward appearance and
manner more resembling a clergyman. Ho
had been cminty superintendent and state
superintendent, ' and afterwards found
a place aA h'gh school teacher.' In those
days 'I recall seeing him but rarely when
he would be escorting out-of-town vlslt
ora over the building. Hl height was ac
centuated by his long, tralced, Iron-gray
beard, and his politeness verged on
courtliness.
His successor as superintendent was
Oeorgs H. lne. who was even taller
and much more angular, with short
whlHkers, if I remember correctly. Super
intendent Lane was so tall that he used
to come fhto the room and place his
chair, at the edge of the teacher's 'plat
form so as to permit, when tie' sat down,
for hjs feet to rest on the floor without
doubling his knees up like a Jack-knife.
Either he was more In evidence around
the school than his predecessor, or 1
was beginning to take more notice.
.The next superintendent I remember
was Henry M. James, who came here
in 18S2 from Cleveland, O. He was an
altogether different type, more heavy
set, with face round and ruddy, reddish
beard cropped close, a remnant of hair
of the same color receding before his
baldness. He was more bustling, but
likewise generally Impressive, exercising
sort of fatherly oversight and shining
conspicuously at all public school func
tions. While the grades constituted the so
called Central school, because of its
occupancy of the same building as the
high school, the ssme principal had
charge, aided generally by an assistant
principal. The principal at the time I
entered the school was W. H. Merritt, of
whom, however, I have no personal
recollection. He was succeeded two
years later by C. H. Crawford, a grls
sied, red-haired matf, who ruled the boys
as much by fear of him as by what he
did to them. His assistant principal was
a man by the name of Nelson Learned,
who, whatever his accomplishments, also
achieved similar popularity with the boys
of the lower grades. After him camo
Charles D, Hlne, an assertive, wiry down
caster, whose recognised abilities soon
called him back to Connecticut where, I
CHANGES IN OHIO'S CONSTITUTION
Forty:Two Amendments to Be Voted On September 3.
.After a sesulon lasting fW months, at
and exfwnsejLof 12,000.000, the Ohio Con
stitutional convention agreed on forty
two amendments U the present state
constitution which will be submitted to
a vote of the people at a special election
on September I.
The proposed amendments deal with
almost every phase of political reform
and touch upon new conditions in com
mercial, industrial, economic and social
life that have developed since the state
charter was adopted In 1861. The most
Important are the right of suffrage for
suffrage and the Initiative and referendum
home rule for municipalities, reform In
the civil Jury system by allowing nine
Jurors to return a verdict, reform in the
Judicial system to provide for only one
trial and one appeal in most cases, per
mitting the Issuance of bonds for public
highways, licensing liquor traffic on
basis of population, and a provision for
Income, inheritance, mineral production
and franchise taxes. . The fiercest contest
In the convention was waged over woman
suffrage and the Initiative and referen
dum and recall, the latter succeeding with
the recall omitted.
Among other proposals adopted are:
To put private banks under state In
spection, heretofore impossible, and to
make stockholders of banks liable to de
positors to the amount of double their
stock.
To allow the enactment of laws to regu
late the sale of stocks, bonds, securities
and other personal property. '
To modify the governor's veto power
by reducing two-thlrds to three-fifths
the proportion of the assembly needed to
overturn sn executive veto.
To allow women to be appointed notar
ies public and to positions In state In-
Fiction of Tragedy Disproved.
Baltimore American.
An example of the fiction which Is
sure to occur In stories of great dis
asters by Irresponsible persons, is tho
story of . the dlnner-drlnklng party on
the Titanic the night of the eolllsloi at
which Captain Smith was alleged to have
been present. This story has been com
pletely disproved and the memory of the
gallant commander cleared from the
charge of having so neglected his duty.
It Is greatly to the credit of Chairman
Smith of the senate committee, that he
took unusual pains to get the testimony
of reputable eyewitnesses on that point.
Rewarding Daty Well Doae.
New York Sun.
A gold medal from congress.. and a
silver loving cup from the Titanio's
survivors are no more than Captain
Rostron deserves, but he is the kind of
man who takes more Joy In crowded
hours of duty well done than In ac
cepting the rewards of conspicuous merit.
Among; the Mlaalasi.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Former Vice President Fairbanks Is
mentioned for permanent chairman of
the republican national convention. No
body seems to consider it worth while to
mention "I'nele Joe" Cannon for any
thing this time.
A Clear Demonstration.
New Tork World.
The one sole, clear and unmistakable
teaching of the presidential primaries Is
that a big majority of the voters car
nothing about them.
An Emergency Tonch.
New Tork World."
The Mexican republic drops an anchor
to wlndwaid by placing Its $10,000,000 bond
Usu with a New Vork bouse.
believe, he was for many years in charge
of the public school system. Mr. Hin
made way as principal for Homer P.
Iewls, of whom I shall speak more at
length later.
The system of special subject teachers
or supervisors, was not at that time
very largely developed, but we had a
special teacher of music In Miss LucrerJa
Rogers, and a teacher of drawing in Miss
Kate Ball. Miss Rogers was already
middle-aged. She came once or twice a
week and tried to drill us In chorus
music, but, I fear, wth poor success.
She, herself, was quite nearsighted, and
could not always ' tell, ' unless she kept
her glasses on," whether we really sang
or merely went through the motions,
and we took advantage of this oppor
tunity whenever It presented. Mlas Ball
was a strikingly picturesque figure, and
put us through courses of penmanship
and drawing once or twice a week. In
dress she was a fashion-plate, and made
herself look mors artistlo even than the
pictures which she drew za models for
our crayons and pencils.
The Janitor of the building was als
a functionary to be reckoned with. I re
member one Janitor named Qulnlan, be
because he had a boy in his family
about my age, who Initiated me Into
the mysteries of some of the more inac
cessible ports of the building. The Janitor
used to have helpers at times, and one
of these helpers proved to hare a re
markable career. I first knew him merely
as "Carl," a round, rosy-faced, - yellow
haired Swede, about sixteen years old,
sweeping the halls and steps, and ringing
the bell, unable " to speak a word of
English. He evidently had a fair school'
lng in Sweden, for he came Into onr
room and studied there with us for sev
ers! weeks, reciting lessons In reading,
writing and spelling, and then went on
to the next room above. He kept this up
until he had acquired facility with oor
language, and had reached the class In
which he would have been hsd he re
mained at school In Sweden. Although
earning his own living by his Janitor
work while at the same time going to
school, he entered hito all the school
boy activities, and In a few years grad
uated with high honors. He was Carl M
Johanson, Cornell's famous center and
football captain. He studied law at Har
vard, and played with the Harvard team
He coached for awhile, and then went In
for the practice of law at Duluth, where
he Is or was at last accounts, one of
the leading attorneys at the bar.
Another High school Janitor was
Thomas Falconer, a chunky Scotchman,
who with' Increasing attendance and
rooms occupied, hsd more work put on
him, and systematized It as It has not
been before. Mr. Falconer was genial
and accommodating. He was assistant
building Inspector for many years until
his death.
stltutlons where wmen and children are
cared for.
To require i all seminations, state,
county, district and city, to be made at
direct primaries. Exempts villages and
townships, but requires presidential pref
erence primaries.
To abolish capital punishment.
To give the assembly power to enact
conservation laws.
To sllow fhe use of voting machines.
To give authority for minimum wages
and limitation of hours of labor.
To make eight hours a workday on
public works.
To require compulsory compensation
for employes and to recognise "occu
pational disease."
To require the civil service or ths merit
system In all state and county offices.
To make the new constitution easier
of amendment.
To allow the creation of a commission
to regulate the Issuance of stocks and
bonds of all corporations.
To license foreign corporations to sell
securities in' the state.
To regulate the testimony of expert
witnesses.
To allow school districts autonomy In
local affairs.
To allaw the regulation of court pro
ceedings in contempt and forbidding the
use of the Injunction in Industrial dis
putes save to protect property.
To forbid contract labor in penal In
stitutions. To allow the state to regulate rates
charged for Insurance.
To make the school superintendent an
appointive Instead of an elective official.
To abolish the State Board of Public
Works and to substitute a superintendent
appointed by ths governor.
Iplift of Wilson.
Boston Transcript
Ths success of Oovsrnor Wilson In Um
primaries of his own tate and the demo
cratic caucuses of Minnesota brightens
e situation for his supporters and re
duces the lead which Champ Clark had
previously obtained. A great deal will de
pend upon the disposition of ths New
York dclegAtion, which as yet Is an un
known quantity. But the nearer the ap
proach to Initial equality in leadership
the father away may be that two-thirds
vote from either of the moet prominent
candidates, and it is upon such a situa
tion that the prophets of Bryan's nomi
nation are basing their predictions.
Easy Money Opportunity.
PHtabtrrg Dispatch. ,
A charter has been taken out for a na
tional antl-tlpping association, the scheme
of which appears to be to start restau
rants all over the Country at which no
tips will be allowed. This looks like a
first-class opportunity to put your money
where you will never be bothered by
knowledge of what was done with It
A Presnaar Kick.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The opposition of the traction earnors.
Hons to the coinage of three-cent pieces
lest It encourage clamor for three-cent
fares may not be abondoned since if the
fares are to be raised, as they suggest,
the proposed coin may come In. bandy
in making change.
A Senatorial Live Wire.
" Brooklyn Eagle.
Senator William Afden Smith Is him
self entitled to a gold medal. He is a
live wire. His response to the "C. D. J."
In a great case reflects credit on the
senate, a body popularly supposed to be
Haio far gone to comprehend human dis-
1912.
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TlibDav inOmahi
COMPILED FROM BEE FIL&4
JUNE 7.
Tbirtj- Yearc Ago.
The marriage took place In St Barna
bas chureh of Miss Bessie Gains Ring-
wait daughter ot the late Henry L.
Ringwait to Mr, Frank A. Osborne of
Detroit, the ceremony being performed
by Bishop Clarkson, with Fathef John
Williams assisting.
Another wedding, which took place at
the home of the bride's parents. 1515
Davenport street, saw Miss Mollie Bon
ner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bon
ner, wedded to Mr. George . Wright, a
Union Pacific headquarters clerk. , At
tendants were Miss Annie Colbath and
Mr. Frank J. Burkley. Among the nu
merous presents listed are a silver' castor
from Thomas Bonner and family, a hang
ing lamp from Mr. and Mrs. Bacon of
Onawa, la.; a dust pan, broom, spice
box, flattrons. poker, dlshpan, cups and
rattle from Messrs. Bull and Neaman,
snd a tidy from Miss Llllie E. Webb and
several other tidies.
The Millard expects to throw open Its
doors to' guests July 1
The Bee base ball nine accepts the
challenge of Newspaper Union nine for
a game on Saturday and offers to play
for money, marbles or chalk.
The magnificent trees In front of the
Redlck property on Farnam near Fif
teenth street, were felled to the ground
today to make way for the new block.
The ladies of Trinity cathedral have
organized into an association called
Cathedral Builders, Mrs. George P.
Bemis, president; Mrs. G. M. Wool worth,
treasurer; Mrs. Lyman Richardson, sec
retary. Omaha delegates to the Missouri river
Sangerbund at St -Louts are John H.
Erck and Herman Rosensweig from the
Maennerchor and Julius Meyer and Wil
liam Mack from the Concordia.
Twenty Years Ago-
One of the prettiest weddings of the
season was celebrated at i o'clock at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus
Young, 3172 Dodge street when the
daughter, Miss E. Genevieve Toung, was
united in matrimony to Mr.. D. Cruston
Benedick. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. P. S. Merrill of the First
Methodist church. Just before the cere
mony, David Young and Ralph Nutting
came down the stairway attired in uni
forms of Kemper Hall academy, Daven
port and suspended ribbons from the
posts throughout the drawing room into
the music room. Following the young
men came Master Richard Merrill and
Miss Benita Mount carrying bouquets,
then Miss Ethel Mount and after these
ths bride and groom came.
News was received of the death of
Wilkins Rustln, youngest son of Captain
and Mrs. C. B. Rustin of Omaha, at New
Haven, June 6, from the effects ot In
juries received during his initiation Into
the Delta Kappa Epsllon society at Tale.
The body was to be brought to Omaha
for interment. Fred Rustin, a brother of
the deceased, was a member of the fresh
man class at Yale and Henry Rustin, his
eldest brother, was In Portland, Ore.,
but wired that he would attend the
funeral.
Miss Emma R. Rugh resigned her posi
tion as public school teacher because of
ill health.
Funeral of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Cole,
who were killed in a street car accident
Sunday, was held at their residence. 1709
North Twentieth street. The Rev. A.
W. Clark of the City Mission, conducted
the services.
Ten Years Ago
The county democracy held a social
function which took on very much the
nature of the prenuptlal reception to
President Reagan. It had come to
the knowledge of the club members that
Mr. Reagan entertained matrimonial
plans and his friend, L. J. Piattt, aided
by Senator John Liddell, William Olra
stead and others, arranged a surprise
for him.
James H. VanDusen of South Omaha,
candidate for governor, addressed a large
crowd of republicans at Peterson's hall
In the Sixth ward in behalf of his cam
paign, which was progressing discour-
agingly. John P. Breen, Nelson C. Pratt
and others spoke.
E. E. Hastings, manager of the canned
meat department of the Cudahy Packing
company, resigned to associate himself
with the W. R, Bennett company, and
was the recipient of a number of presents
from his old friends.
Mrs. Mary . Woodard, 67 years of ag.
died at the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Lulu B. Estea, 2619 Bristol street.
General Manager Holdrege of the Bur
lington railroad received a message from
General Superintendent Calvert of Lincoln
saying that the state ot Nebraska had
not been as thoroughly soaked for many
years as by the rain which has just
fallen.
Rev. A. W. Clark, superintendent of the
Child Saving Institute, started on a visit
of charitable Institutions in the east by
request of Governor Savage and In ac
cordance with his duties as a member of
the State Board of Charities.
Eberhard Bihler, 52 years of age, died
at the family residence, 183 North Sev
enteenth street
People Talked About
William H. Melcher of Bath, Me., who
has just celebrated hia eighty-eighth
birthday aniversary, has been employed
in the Joiner department of an iron works
In that city for sixty-five years. He is
now superintendent of the department and
Is always' on hand, rain or shine, to lay
out the work for his men. He lives a
mile from the works, but he walks to and
from his home every day, wmter and
summer. '.
John Stevenson, Jr., of Sharon, Pa., told
the steel trast probers a moving tale of
being put out of business twice by the
trust Each time he sold out and made
money, which accounts for his fortune of
110,0(0,000. According to Steveoson's plan
the most effective way of "busting the
trust" is te build and operate rival shops,
cut the market price and force the big
fellows to buy up the knockers. Eventu
ally the water-logged trust would sink.
A cruel New Jersey farmer, almost
smothered by the dust of Joyriders,
evolved an Idea and cot busy. Stretching
a row of steel-toothed rakes across the
road he vaulted ever the fence and waited
A cheery honk and a weird scream
brought htm to a maimed machine on the
roadside. Two ruined tire and a chauf
feur crippled by a blow of a rake handle
was a spectacle that filled the farmer's
heart with Joy while hia tips fashioned
f-
woras oi sympawy, ,
EDIT0SIAI SNAPSHOTS.
Wall Street Journal: Be tactful; don't j
ask..yoyr medical man. If he is taking life
easy.
Chicago Record-Herald: It Is time to
warn the young man againet the danger
of permitting himself to be honeyfugled
by the summer girl whose one ambition
is to become the possessor of the largest
collection of engagement rings.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The papers
carry a story about how William Jennings
Bryan once wrote poetry, but this is
thought to be a base attempt to discredit
him with the ordinary voters.
Washington Post: The people who insist
that Charles W. Morse Is under an im
plied contract to play the star role at an
early funeral engagement would regard
it as adding Insult to injury if he were
to pass a medical examination for a good
sired life insurance policy.
Boston Transcript: As the personal
representative of the president at the
Chicago convention. Secretary Hilles will
be in a position to emphasise the rapid
rise of a man who was absolutely un
known in political matters only a few
years ago.
St. Louis Republic: If, as a witness has
testified, a number of lawyers who prac
ticed before his court, subscribed to a
fund that enabled Judge Archbald to en
joy a summer vacation In Europe the
government's duty Is plain. Not to be out
done by a few lawyers in the matter of
generosity. Uncle Sam ught to give
Judge Archbald an all-around-the-year
vacation for the rest of his life.
GEINS AND GEOANS.
"It seems impossible to give women a
few hints of wisdom."
"Of course, it Is. Do you suppose any
woman Is doing her best to keep young
and then have some one butting In, want
ing to give her a few wrinkles?" Balti
more American.
"Lady." said Meandering Mike, "win
dat dog bite strangers?" ,
'"I don't know," was the reply. "We've
been wanting to find out for sure for a
long time. If you'll stsnd In the yard
while we unchain him. I'll give you a
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Nebraska Military Academy Summer Camp School.
VACATION IS ALMOST HERE. Wnere will your boy spend
his Summer? You want him to enjoy bis vacation, but you'd
also like to have him put some ot this time to profitable use.
The Nebraska Military Academy Summer Camp will settle
your problem for eight weeks. Beginning June 25th and ending
August 20th, the boys will have jUBt the kind of vacation that boys
like best. There will be out-door sports.-tents to sleep In, plenty
of wholesome food and Just enough study to keep their minds in
trim or to make up any subjects In which they are deficient.
We'll gladly tell you more about this Summer Camp If
yOuH send us your name.
B. D. HAYWARD. Superintendent
Bellevue
SUMMER SESSION OF EIGHT WEEKS.
Qpens Monday, June 10, 1912
College, Normal and High School Courses. Send for
announcement with full information. . ';. '
WILLIAM E. NICHOLL, Director. I..'-
Telephone
I sandwich if you care to wait for if
Washington Star.
Manager We will try the new play in
this town on the dog.
Agcnt-You're taking a risk. They va
got an active humane society there.
Baltimore American.
'"Did her wedding go off without s
hitch?" w ,
"It did indeed ine man wc
to marry didn't show up." Brooklyn
Life.
"It is the business or my profession to
save life." said the physician.
"Of course." , ,
"And that is why I get so busy digging-
up insanity evidence to rescue people
from capital punishment 'Washington
Star.
THE WARD BOOM TOAST.
Sweethearts and wives-girls that we left
behind. .
Blue eyes and brown dim when we
sailed that day;
For Jack at sea do they grow soft and
kind. .
May memories come to keep the tears
away.
Beneath strange suns we've sailed the
seven seas.
Where woman's glance the . Yankee
sailor lures;
Our flag has fluttered In the orient
breeze ,
But never have we met with eyes like
yours.
Sweethearts and wives-speeding across
tne skv,
We send our longing message here s to
you
The girls we love-the gallant flag we
fly
The hearts that tremble for the boys in
blue.
See clear a beacon glows beyond the
foam,
Steady and warm its welcome never
dies;
Ah. keep it burning for us there at borne.
The sailor's star-the lovellght In your
eyes. .-
train, bovs steady there-
stand by;
A (ass with you, sir now then three
times three!
Ths stars and stripes forever! Bumpers
dry
Our flag our ship our hearts across
the sea!
SCHOOLS AiD COLLEGES.
LINCOLN, JfEB.
College
Bellevue 10.
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