THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE "17, 1912.
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Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily abould have The
Bee mallei to them. Address,
will be changed as often as re
quested. Even General Groavenor would
hesitate, to figure on the present out
look. What are the weather predictions
for Baltimore the latter part of the
. Those commerce court Judges had
a lot of fun before being recalled,
Just the- same. ,
.The man who waits to "get even"
with - another' usually waits longer
than life warrants. j
"Any good democrat", can win,
Chairman Mack says. Yes, but what
Is a good democrat?
AVhy should not the Fourth of
July be every bit as safe and sane as
Decoration day or Christmas?
, :
If Mr.. Mack really thinks any
democrat can win In November he
Is not the man for national chairman.
Lillian Russell' married' an editor
on her fourth time around, which
atones for her other three mistake.
The Washington base ball team
eeems to . have seized somebody's
steam roller; It won sixteen games
ln'sTBtretch. - .; ;r . . '-t ...
Josephus - Daniels of ; North . Caro
lina says Mr, Bryan, really and truly,
Is not seeking the nomination. Re
ceptive, Josephus, receptive,"1"""
The Ne"w, York World is printing
a series of reasons why Champ Clark
should not be nominated. ; They will
ra'ake interesting' reading if Champ
Is nominated. ." . ',,.V.
That investment of 1100,000 In
Hhe republican national convention
promises to yield the finest crop of
"melons" -' Chicago " has harvested
since thej world's fair.
You fellows who have been synv
pathizing with the "poor over
worked" male teacher all year will
be pleased to know he Is on his sum
mer vacation, where fishing and
bathing are good.
The fighting fever of British euf
fragettes appears in Dublin in small
spots. At the rate the fever Is
spreading in the British Isles a few
more months will put the North sea
invasion scare out of business.
The Ohio suprejne "court rules that
"when a woman steps backward from
a moving car and is Injured, she Is
entitled to no damages." . Too many
usually sensible people persist In
Ignoring the conductor's command.
."Step forward, please!"
A dispatch reports the federal au
thorities at Buffalo, N. Y., very much
perplexed by the problem of empty
ing 1 8,00 0 bottles of condemned
catsup without breaking the bottles.
Burraionians do not know how to
pull a cork? Tell it to the marines
The reform element control the
commission which is, to govern At
lantic City, VS. J. The old crowd be
came too eager for pelf and its
pockets bulged braxeniy.. The Coney
Island of Philadelphia welcomes the
liploraatic touch even if it does not
reduce the expense. " " w-.-;
. If it were possible to Induce calm
Ind serious thinking among the
ihouting crowds In Chicago, one sen
tence from the speech of James A.
Garfield, delivered in the convention
t 1880, con Id not be improved on
for sobering .power, "Not In Chi
lago, in the heat of June," he Said,
"but" at the ballot boxes' of the re
public in .? the j uiet CI November.
ifter.,tbe ..silence., of deliberate . Judg
nent, will this question (the presi-
lencyj be settled."
- What May Be Done.
Members of Omaha's governmental
commission arc just now telling
throueh the columns of The Bee
what each wants to do for Omaha.
Each has his own ideas of reform and
Improvement to be . accomplished
along the lines of the particular de
partment he is In direct charge of,
and each is making suggestions of
more or less pertinence. But, and
this is a fact that each of the com
missioners is well aware of, nothing
in the way of radical departure from
old methods may be achieved until
Omaha has a new charter. - The time
between now and the day when a
new charter can become operative will
ba wasted, however, unless it be de
voted to the making of plans for the
future. The commissioners are sug
gesting, tentatively perhaps, changes
they would like to see effective. It
is for the citizens to consider these,
and to join with the commisisoners
In planning for a bigger and a better
Omaha. A charter conference might
well be provided for tnfj its work
can not bear fruit Inside of .half a
year, yet it will be time saved if thejpolnt of the wmVMt, 0ur I)oaUns
draft of a new charter, tested by
public discussion of Its every provi
sion, Is ready to hand over to the
charter commission when It is ap
pointed under the "new law next year.
The Commercial club, Real Estate ex
change, Centra Labor union and
similar organizations might .. well
unite with the members of the city
council in providing for such confer
ences. The time is none to soon to
begin.
The Democratic Lineup.
The apparent play, of ' the Clark
forces of late has been to decry Wil
son as a lost hope In the democratic
presidential race simply to dismiss
the New Jersey governor from all
consideration. But that will not
quite work when the situation is
canvassed from a disinterested point
of view. . , f . , ,
Indeed, Wilson's , managers cite
figures to show that he will go into
the Baltimore convention with, the
largest , pledged delegation, 366 to
date, as against Clark's 349, Under
wood's &6, Harmon's 3 $; Fobs' 36,
Marshall's 30, Baldwin's 14 and
Burke'B 10. None of these figures
in themselves really amount to any
thing when it is remembered that it
takes two-thirds to nominate. Gov
ernor .Marshall of Indiana is being
mentioned more and more as the man
who. may win the nomination, while
It is possible to find many leaders
who say off hand that both Wilson
and Clark ar out of it. .
With Mr. Bryan yet to reckon with
and ever yet, the democratic situation
is purely a guess. There are reasons
. -a- f ' v' - . l.i
that seem to make Harmon and Un-
derVoo3'1nlp6s8lble,f but 'such ,rfia
sons to an outsider do not suggest
themselves stropgly as to Clark.fUj
sen, Bryan or Marshall. Marshal,1:
being groomed as a man who has of
fended nobody and could be endorsed
by all factions.' This may yet make
blm the nominee and then defeat him
in November. V.
"-Nebraska, King of the West.
Nebraska is pre-eminently the king
of the western states in agricultural
supremacy.. Farm statistics recently
Issued by the Union Pacific simply
to show, what all western states are
doing' bring this out-pointedly by
almost any comparison made. For
instance, of the transmissouri states
from Kansas Norf.h, Nebraska ranks
first . in ' the production ; of oats,
first In corn, second in chickens and
third in r wheat, striking a . better
average than any other state in the
group.
, California, that reputed prodigy
of empires, Is not even in Nebraska's
class in any of these, though it comes
nearer in chickens than anything
else, Nebraska in 1910 counted
more than 9,000,000 chickens on its
farms, while California-was able to
count not quite 6,000,000. Of wheat,
to which California sows vast areas,
Nebraska in 1911 produced 41,574,
000 bushels, and California but
8,640,000. Of course California is
not a corn state, while Nebraska In
1911 raised 165,925,000 bushels and
Nebraska raised 34,750,000 bushels
of oats and California 7,140,000
bushels, j.
Nebraska has only begun to de
velop. Us population falls below
California's and Kansas', but when
this state is more thoroughly de
veloped it will still further outstrip
all its sister states of this great west.
College Athletics and Scholarship.
Dr. Newell Hillis of Brooklyn fears
that, wholesome as college athletics
are, our young men may get to
thinking more of them and less of
their studies than makes for idealism
In higher education. In this connection
he repeats the quotation from Lord
Bacon, "Tell me what the young men
in our uni versities are thinking about
and I wllj tell you what the institu
tion will be for the next generation."
Athletics, of course, have come
Into the university and college to stay,
having been made a part of the of
ficial life by many. Of course,: those
thinking men like Dr. Hillis do not
mean, in sounding the Baconian
warning, to dispute the elemental
merit in athletics; they mean to
emphasize the necessary of a better
adaptation of athletics to the uses of
higher' "education. Bettor, indeed,
not have, the athletics at all th&r. to
have yeang men going to college and
university primarily for them.
WHAT I WANT TO DO FOE OMAHA
By John J. Ryder, to. Charge
As at present constituted the Omaha
police department is not in a proper
state of efficiency to cope with the
duties assigned to Its care. The total
number on the roll of the department is
135. This includes the chief, his cleric,
two captains, one lieutenant five ser
geants, two desk sergeants, one court
officer, fifteen detectives, two turnkeys.
six traffic officers, two patrol conductors,
four; chauffeurs, one matron and eight
patrolmen on special duty.. Thus we
have seventy-four men for active patrol
dujy, day and night, We ought to have
not less than 125 men for such duty and
150 would not be In any way excessive,
compared to the number of men avail-able
In other cities of our size and Impor
tance. It should be borne In mind that Omaha
is one of the great way stations of the
country, situated almost exactly in the
center of the United States. Through
its gates must pass thousands of tran
sients every month. A goodly proportion
of these stop off here, and many of the
classes that prey on society necessarily
come this way and stop for a longer or
shorter period. Omaha as a railroad cen
ter stands among the first of the land,
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latlon Is large as a result of this situa
tion, and not all of It Is of a desirable
character. The proportion of crimes, and
misdemeanors originating in railroad
travel and in and about railroad stations
and yards Is quite large. It engages the
attention of the department to a greater
or leser degree every day In the year,
as do the acts of all too many men who
drop' off here on their way east or west
across the continent.
Strict constructionists, If I may so call
them, continually Insist that the com
paratively small number of useless people,
men and women of the under-world,
shall have the close attention of the
department, night and day. This in
order that they may not drink liquor
during certain hours when the . saloon?
are closed, that they shall not be allowed
to gamble, to carry on Illicit Masons, or
to transgress the laws In any way. No
one can quarrel with this contention for
the strict enforcement of law, and an
officer sworn . to enforce the law es
pecially cannot take any exception to th
demand. , But the logical result should
not be lost sight of. . With a very sma'l
foroe of peace officers, to keep any great
number of them confined to any one sec
tion, on regular or special duty. Is to
cut down the number that Is available
for the duty of protecting the great mas
of decent, law-abiding citizens, who re-
side in other sections.
One often heart the remark, "I haven't
seen a policeman in my neighborhood In
ODD FACTS ABOUT CONVENTIONS
One of the Noisiest on Record, and Others.
New York Times.
The unexpected actually occurred at the
Chicago convention of 1880, that nom
inated uartieid and Arthur. This was a
remarkable convention In every way. The
demonstration for Grant the third-term
candidate of 30 unwavering delegates
was never equaled In determination. Sev
eral times since the outburst following a
nomination, noticeably that of Bryan and
ef rR(wsevelt,v consumed more time, but
hHfcl of"human endurance for shoot
ing, 'singing and all devices for creating
h6tse by lung power was that started by
the speech of Roscoe Conkllng, In which
Grant was placed before the convention.
Nevertheless, in spite of the roar, the
nomination of the presidential candidate
went to a man for whom no nominating
speech was made, and when Arthur was
offered as a candidate for nomination for
second place the delegates of the middle
west and the northwest asked who he
was. He was not known outside of New
York and adjacent states. He was nomi
nated. Both nominees of one convention
became president.
Only two permanent chairmen of na
tional conventions were ever nominated
for president Seymour and McKinley.
The first was named In the convention
over which ha was presiding in New York
City. He vacated the chair while the
ballot was being taken, but returned to
decline the honor which was later thrust
upon him. That was in 188$. He was also
the permanent chairman of the conven
tion that nominated MeClellen and Pen
dleton In Chicago In 1864.
Pendleton was a delegate to that con
vention, and when he received the nomi
nation as vice presidential candidate he
accepted from the platform.
McKinley waa permanent chairman of
the convention that nominated Harrison
and Reld in Minneapolis In 1892. Four
years later McKinley won the presidential
nomination at St. Louis.
The only republican United States sen
ator now living who was permanent
chairman of his party's convention is
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. The
way he adjourned the convention that
nominated McKinley and Roosevelt IS a
story In Itself. The only hurrah In that
Philadelphia convention followed the nam
ing of Theodore Roosevelt. The work of
the convention was over. Chairman Lodge
was standing at his desk waiting for the
"amen" motion; delegates were scram
bling to get out of the hall; the crowd had
gone. Senator Piatt of New York had
fallen asleep In hia chair in the front row.
Representative Sereno Payne was trying
to restore the easy boss to waking con
sciousness. Chairman Lodge looked down
on the acene and took the cue.
"On motion of Representative Payne,
which Is seconded, the convention stands
adjourned," said Senator Lodge. He
struck the table with his gavel, picked
up his hat and left the platform.
The only ex-confederate who ever pre
sided over a national convention was
Donelson Caffrey of Louisiana. The con
vention was that of the sound money
democrats, who nominated Palmer and
Buckner In Indianapolis In 1896.
It Is the custom to select as permanent
chairman of a national convention a man t,on h" " h occasion of
who Is In office at the time. The demo- oXoMl Kut complaints,
cratlo conventions have observed this cs- He Bema t0 h,v n imposed upon in
torn less frequently than the republicans. that B,at- Just s he w" b w"
In the convention which nominated Cleve- wn manufactured southern contest In
land and Hendricks at Chicago In July, w name- Tn defeated Indiana poll
18S4. r, r. Vilas was presiding officer, tlclans made the most- of the. colonel's
In the convention which nominated Cleve- vigorous denunciation of the wayt In
land at St. Louie In June. 1888, P. A.
Collins of Boston, who had never held
any Important elective office, was per
manent chairman.
It Is a common political error to refer
to the Chicago convention which nom
inated Oaffield and Arthur aa that which
had the longest session. That convention
was In session seven days. The Charles-
ton convention of I860, In which the de.i v
ocrats met. was In session in that city
tf n dayt. Caleb Cushlng of Massachusetts
was permanent chairmajk As It known
of Public Safety and Sanitation.
a year." And. the remark may very well
be true. A glance over the "detail"
sheet will show why policemen are not
often seen In residence neighborhoods.
The beatt they are assigned to travel
embrace such Urge sections of territory
that about all the officer can do Is to
make the distance between the limits of
his beat at long Intervals, and keep In
touch with headquarters at stated times.
What Omaha must have is 1 an In
crease of fifty-five patrolmen, and If
necessary an emergency measure should
be put through at the coming session
of the legislature to provide such ln
orease of the force. Then, to utilise
them to the best advantage, Omaha
should have at least two substations,
one north and one south. Each substa
tion would be worth three or four men,
In its moral effect, and would offer the
Immense advantage of having the men
in closer touch with their superiors at
all times. Thus emergency calls in
each district would be answered quickly,
and effective work could be done that
is now impossible. Every citizen should
study this matter out as his business
as much as that of the police depart
ment; and If It appeal to his judgment
he should take an Interest In It sufficient
to demand the putting of the plan into
effect as soon as possible.
The property now occupied by the
antiquated, central police station, at
Eleventh and Dodge, should be sold. It is
very valuable and admirably suited for
jobbing purposes, with trackage In the
alley. The jail In the rear Is suited for
any purpose, but. a place of confinement
for prisoners, and the present city jail
is a disgrace to our city and our state.
It is calculated to destroy many; it
could never, by., any possibility save one
man or woman who may deserve saving
to good citizenship. Sufficient money
could probably be raillzed. from the sale
of this quarter-block to buy a lot
more centrally located and erect thereon
a hall of justice t hat would be a
credit to the city a place of salvation,
Instead of an eyesore and an ante room
a hall of justioo that would be a
from the - humanitarian standpoint, and
the place should be wiped out as soon
as possible. ., . -
The new central station, or-hall of
Justice, should have separate apartments
for juveniles and for women, also
facilities for keeping accidental offend
ers (part from habitual criminals. It
should also have an-assembly room for
officers, where they could rest when
off duty,' drill when necessary, be regu-
larly Instructed In the ordinances they
are expected to enforce, and continually
be Improved In their training as useful
public servants.
to political students, ' that convention
failed to nominate, and adjourned to meet
at Baltimore two months later, on June
18. There It nominated Douglas and John
son, the latter of Georgia. But there was
another democratic convention held by
the seceders from the Charleston conven
tion, which also met at Baltimore a few
days later, on June 23, and . nominated
Brcckjnrtdge and Lane. '"".'..." ,
The national republican convention of
the same year met at Chicago, In May,
and nominated IJncoln and Hamlin.
George Ashman of Massachusetts 1 was
permanent chairman of that body, and
Horace Greeley -appeared as a delegate
from Oregon. -
Another republican convention preceded
the - Lincoln and Hamlin ' convention
four years; It met In Philadelphia In
June, 1854, and nominated Fremont and
Day ton.. . Honry B. Lane of Indiana was
permanent chairman. This was the first
republican national convention to nom
lnate candidates for the offices of presi
dent and vice president, although It was
a continuation of a preliminary conven
tion held at Pittsburgh in February of the
same year, where, strictly speaking, the
republican party first met In nationa
convention.
The national republican convention
which renominated Grant and selected
Wilson for vice presidential candidate,
met at Philadelphia n June, 1872. Thomas
Settle of North Carolina waa presiding
officer.
In the next republican national conven
tion, which met at Cincinnati, Hayes and
Wheeler were the nominees. Edward Mc
Pherson of Pennsylvania waa permanent
chairman.
John , B. Henderson was permanent
chairman of the convention which nom
tnated Blaine and Logan at Chicago In
1884. ' - .. .
Morris M. Estes waa permanent chair
man of the convention which nominated
Harrison and Morton at Chicago in 1SS8.
FLIMSY CONTESTS.
Brooklyn Eagle (Ind. dem.): To tell
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth about the proceedings at
Chicago, they have been above reproach.
They have been such as should provoke
Indorsement at Oyster Bay. They have
been such as should challenge the ad
miration of the champion of the square
deal. There has been fair play Instead
of foul, and yet there Is talk of theft
and swag and brazen and vulgar fraud.
New York World (Ind. dem); It was
by unanimous vote that the republican
national committee seated the four Taft
delegates at large from Indiana, Senator
Borah and all the other Roosevelt mem
bers of the committee voting with the
majority. It was by a practically unanl.
mous vote that six of the eight contested
district delegates were given to Taft Yet
Indiana la one of the two states men
tioned by Mr. Roosevelt In an Outlook
editorial this week In which the repub
lican voters "were deliberately cheated
by the Taft supporters out of their right
vote."
New York Tribune: The Indiana situ-
which they had been beaten. Aa the
emptlnesa of these contesta, both north
and south,- la mada apparent. It become
probable than In very few cases will the
Roosevelt contestants have the support
even of the Roosevelt members of the
national committee..--'
!ncralnK tae Stoct-. v
Cleveland .Plain .Dealer: -: ; -
The buwa-o etailstlns' announces' that
iitu while-aa-th-t'ntted Statos f.sd
J. 006, Wft goats. Add one; we have Just
got Cuba's.
HiKHav In Oirmiin
l BtlAW My All VIUU1UI
COMPILED FROM 0E F1L&
JUNE 17.
Thirty Years Ago
Capital Lodge No. 8, which wao for
mally constituted in Omaha on June 29,
1837, has Invitations out for the cele
bration of Its twenty-fifth anniversary
Thursday at Masonlo hali. The Invita
tion is signed by George W. Llnlnger,
master, and George Bamford, secretary.
The Union Pacific nine played the
Keystones at Columbus, the latter be
ing champions of Interior Nebraska,
and piled up eighteen runs against their
goose eggs.
A case of partial sunstroke was re
ported, the victim being a woman from
Papllllon who had driven Into the city.
The Pleasant Hours party gave a
party In honor of A. E. Touialin, about
seventy . persons attending.
Miss Rachel Foster of Philadelphia,
secretary of the Woman's Suffrage as
sociation, arrived In the city to , remain
until Tuesday, the guest of Mrs.
Nicholas. She Is bound for Colorado,
and is making arrangements .for meet
ings for the coming fall under the
leadership of Miss Susan B. Anthony.
Colonel J. J. Dickey and wife have
gone to St. Louis. :
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Millard left for
the east today.
P. T. Ransom of Nebraska City is In
town.
Albert Cahn has returned to Omaha,
and engaged with M. Hellman A Co.
Twentj Years Ago
Editor Hyatt of Fremont was in the
city. He had sold his paper, the Flail,
and was looking for. new business open
ings. .
Mrs. Ayers, wife of Captain Ayers, and
Mrs. Rodman of Fort Omaha left for
Chicago.
The wires of the Nebraska Telephone
company were going under ground Just
as rapidly as a large force of men could
pu them, there. The work was begun on
Capitol avenue, between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth. The company intended to put
under 140,000 feet of lils line during the
summer. '
The Coliseum was the. busiest place in
town. It was being occupied by the ex
hibits of the manufacturers' convention.
Mrs. Charles Koster and Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Brownley left for Chicago.
The leaders of the people's party In
Omaha were having a little trouble get
ting things started for the national con
vention. J. Jeffcoat, county chairman,
was aggrieved because National Chair
man Taubeneck had deputized V. O.
Strickler to look after the affairs of the
national committee until Taubeneck could
arrive and take charge himself.
Tommy Ryan, the champion welter
weight, got in town from Chicago In com
pany with his trainer, Farmer Burns'.
Their first stopping; place was in the
office of the sporting editor of The Bee.
They came here to train Ryan for his
fight In South Omaha on July 80 with
Jack Wilkes.
Ten Years Agc
Miss Lillian Wilcox and Mr. Thomas
Wiggons Allen were united In marriage
at the home of Major and Mrs, R. S.
Wilcox, parents of the bride, 2109 Wirt
street, at 2:30 p. m.', by Rev. D. K. Tln-
dall, pastor of Trinity Methodist church.
Two young sisters of the bride, Mar
jory and Ruth Wilcox, stretched broad
satin ribbons that formed an aisle
through whl-:h the bride with her father
passed to the bay window, where the
ceremony was performed. Little Miss
Mildred Wilcox, a niece of the bride, at
tended as ring-bearer. Mr. and Mrs,
Allen left for a wedding trip. Including
a visit in Canada.
Miss Constance Frederick and Mr
James Lowell Cook, at Chlrago. were
married at high noon at the residence
of the brldo'3 parents, Mr. and Mrs,
John T. Frederick, by the Rev. T. J
Mackay, of All Saints' Episcopal church
The couple left in the evening, where
they would be at home at the Chicago
Eeach hotel.
Major Littleton Waller, the man who
faced a court-martial in the Philippines
for executing the famous order of Gen
eial Jacob Smith, to "kill and burn,"
passed through Omaha at the head of
a bdoy of marines consisting of about
tlve officers and 200 enlisted men. Major
Waller was en route to Washington.
Reappearance of Stale Joke,
Philadelphia Record.
It la a stock joke at this season of the
year that the young men and women who
are getting their diplomas are, in return
therefor, giving the universe a large
amount of instruction and advice. Per
haps it was so once, when every gradu
ate "spoke a piece," but now we observe
that - eminent clergymen and profound
lawyers and other persons of light and
leading are Imparting a tremendous
amount of advice to the young people
who have just completed the pleasantest
four years of their lives and are face to
face with the solemn task of earning a
living.
A Men no re of Safety.
St. Louis Republic.
J. Pierpont Morgan Is also enthusiastic
ally In favor of making ocean travel
safer.' He has made the radical sugges
tion to change the name of the White
Star line to American.
XolSPmakers In Action.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tom-toms to scare the enemy were
once real weapons of Chinese warfare.
In American political campaigns no past
success with them Justifies present ex
perimentation. Summer Prices
Shirts..... 5s 10?, 124:
Collars 2. 3
Cuffs ...Free
Shirtwaists ... . , , iSS 25
Household Linen, JO pieces. . .45
Rough Dry, 10 lbs 60t
Men's Suits Dry Cleaned and
pressed .. $1.00
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POLITICAL SKAPSHOTS.
New York World: "I did not say you
have a steam-roller," said a contestant
to the national committee. "I only re
quested you not to operate one." Can
politeness do more?
Pittsburgh Dispatch: A steam roller
which works with such rigor that its
Intended victims help to supply the mo
tive power Is liable to prove an Irresist
ible force. But no one has yet claimed
that the colonel is an Immovable body.
St. Paul Dispatch: Politicians, fre
quently have been caught In the act of
saying the country, but none of those
now assembled at Chicago is open to
Indictment on a charge of . trying to
save the party. Yet "now is tne time,
etc," If there .ever was one.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Some day,
possibly, nominating will be abolished
as useless frippery- Names may go be
fore a convention by petition. Dele
gates may vote for whomever they
choose without any nominating prelimi
naries. Why not brjng convtntions into
harmony with the political methods
which are coming to prevail elsewhere?
New York Post: The Ideal presidential
ticket for professors of early English
literature, lovers of the language of the
Bible, and al! other admirers of our
terse, masculine English tongue, would
undoubtedly be Roosevelt against Gay
nor. Before the campaign was over, ail
the verbal treasurers of our sixteenth
century controversialists would have
been ransacked for the edification of
the masses. The colonel would have the
additional advantage of drawing on the
modern resources of the prlie-ring, but
the mayor could make up for that by
going to. Plutarch and Seneca and other
of the ancients, who were never at a
loss for the necessary plain word.
One of the Roosevelt delegates had
his pockets picked in Chicago. Robber!
A new Belgian postage stamp has been
withdrawn because the king's face upon
it has a Bqulnt. The engraver fled be
tween days.
Now that Lillian Russell has annexed
her glorious fourth, Interest centers on
the matrimonial activities of Nat Good
win. Will he lag superfluous In the race?
Acting on the application of a lawyer
for a three day lay-off to get marrlel
the court fixed the punishment at seven
days, remarking that a honeymooning
lawyer needed a week to get back to
the earth.
West Point contributes to the army
this year ninety-six second lieutenants,
for whom there la plenty of room. The
class of 1912 Is not as large as some that
have left the military academy in recent
years, but is reported to be of excellent
material.
For that extremely uncomfortable sen
sation of too many years, which makes
you want to boast that you feel just as
young as you ever did, try some of Prof.
Metchnikoff's giycoBactors. The Drofessnr
says they are good for what alls you and
that those same glycobactors will keep
you looking and feeling as youne as
other actors pretend to be.
A housewives' league in New Yoirk is
fighting the high prices of meat by means
of a moving fish market In vans, from
which (ish is sold at a price above whole
sale rates Just sufficient to cover cxr
penses. In ' Chicago a women's boycott
hfts forced down the price of meat. In
Pittsburgh the butchers have compro
mised with the Indignant women buyers.
People Talked About
Never Mind
When the
Mails Close
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THESE GIRLS OF OURS.
Teacher Your full name Is Bertha
Johnson Kenmore. is it? Why do you not
write it that way. my dear?
Fourteen Year Old Girl (blushtng)-Bi
cause It It sounds as it I was married,
ma'am. Boston Transcript. - .
She What are the newspaper boys
yelling about?
He A big powder mill has blow up.
She-Mercy, I'm glad it isn't cold
cream! I'm nearly out of It. Cleveland
Plan Dealer. 1.
Dorothy Mother, when I get married
shall I have a husband like papa?
Mother Certainly, my dear.
Dorothy-And If I stay single shall I
be an old maid like Aunt Anna? . . .
Mother I think you will.
uorothy (with a deep sigh) wen 1 am
In a fix. St Louis Times.
"So you suspect that men are quicker
of judgment in practical' matters 'than
women."
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "Men
have heeded the warnings of the news
papers and quit buying gold bricks, but
women continue to . marry for money,"
Washington Star. . . . r . .
"This Is a dreadful downpour."
"Yes, and my umbrella,- is far -too
small to shelter your picture hat."
"Well, try to hold It over that velvet
bow, anyhow." Kansas City Journal.
Dubhleigh Your little dog barked at
me but stopped when I looked him in
tne eye. Doyou suppose he noticed my
presence of mind? . .
Miss Keen Possibly. They say anU
mals often see things that human beings
cannot. Boston Transcript.
"What are you. writing, old chap?" .
"An article entitled, 'Advice to Gradu
ates.' "
"Eh! Advice to grad-. Weil, of all the
presumption!" Boston- Transcript. .
"That star actress says she married an
angel."
"That's nothing. All brides think their
husbands are angels." -. .
"Yes, but this one backed the show."
Clerk How shall I - mant thess new
dress goods?" ...
Old Tapeyard Just figure out 60 per
cent profit and add 7 odd caijr. '11
women will think It's a bargain." Louis
villa Courier-Journal.
inquirer Do you ever get into trouble'
on account of careless pedestrians? - -
fho i,f aiii 8nm.Hm.,' th las, tlm. T
ran Into one I smashed a $6 lamp all .to
smithereens. Chicago Tribune.
COMMENCEMENT, 1912.
T. H. Evans In Dea Molne Lanital. '
Each graduate stands mute,
t'ctuin 111a umiieu luiv,
ThA m-ftcimiH Attrlhtit
which many days designed and fashioned;'
Ana now witn nearts eiate
Before the will of fate, .
Life's advent all await.
Determined, eager, brave, Impassioned'
With It what gifts are blent- . ,
What virtues inward pent
Of teaching's sedulous contriving ' A '
Now dimly pulse and beat
As laannriD atHl a-Anaafr
Answer to. answer fleet
With pleasure of perfection striving!
TisaHtira hslTr tinA thalo A arm
Science and Art and Play, . .
Much as you bear awav
Against attack to place reliance;
jo sing aitnougit you sift,
To learn although you lift.
To give what is vour rift .
That evil fear at your defianca.
What is given to know
Of things true long ago
Tn vmi fl wain mnv ahnnr
As last year's planting now may flewer;
wessons are oniy true
In part in part renew
What thev achlav nt vnu
And in this knowledge lies your power!
Then school's last, echo rings, '
The mead of finished things, 1 -
eo tne oja nour take wing :
Amid commencement's preen and glamor
What momentary grief
Finds, if It may. relief
In .a farewell, too brief.
As friends are parted in the clamor!
Day Letter.
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