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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1913. The Omaha Daily Bee FOfNDED BY EDWARD BOSEWATEB. VICTOR BOSEWATER, EDITOR. DEE BUILDING. FARNAM AND ITT It. Entered lit Omaha postofflce as second. Class manr 8unday Be, one rear , ?X Saturday De one year j;w uniiy nee. -wunoui ounuj. j ; ;j. n-n:. t Diiniiav. one rear ..... o.w DELIVERED BV CARRIER. Evening-.and Sunday, per m"-y,;"l: Evening, without Sunday. rr month--go Dally Bee. Including 8unday. rer mo..o Dally Bee. without Sunday, per njj-j'., Addresa all complaints of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Dept. Remit by draft. express or pontat order. payable to The Bee Pub'A,nfn Only 2-cent stamps received n Pynieiit of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. r OFFICES: Omaha-The Bee building. South Omaha-aiS N Street. Council Bluffs-14 North Main street. Uncoln-26 Little building. Chicago 1W1 Marquette building. New York-1104 ffiS Fifth Av;e. St. Uul-B New Bank of Commerce, V.'ashlmtton-ig Fourteenth St.. N. W. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial department. APRIL CIRCULATION. 50,106 State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss! Dwlsht Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the averhe dally circulation for the month i of : April. U". was W.1M. DWIQHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In W presence and sworn to before me thta Mtoyof Sal.) Notary Public Hnbscrlbera lentlnir the city temporarily should hnre The Bee mailed to thrm. Address will be changed BR often na requested. Thcso Nebraska showers provo that "it raina on tho Just," anyway. Secretary Bryan Is not nccustomod to receiving such shabby treatment from legislatures, . As to the California situation, Japan seems to tako It as coolly as If It wore a coolie question. "Women are tho equal of meni" More, and that Is why many men think as thoy do about It. Why ask "What's In a namoT" when tho author of "Over 'the Hills to the tfoor House," died penniless. As tho plo left for Governor More head to hand out bocomes scarcer, the pressure for It beepmos stronger. Yes, but, there" is not a city of Omaha's clftea la tho country, whore water rates are as high as they are here. , NowV U tunuveut that Ty Cobb 'dldbt 2XS tfut President Wilson insists, "I am a Jersey man," in New Jersey. Bet ter not say It too loud or Virginia may overhear. Irrospectlvo of tho .votes of women, we'll match Nebraska against Colorado any time- for a rec ord of progressive legislation. "If William Jennings Bryan wero a great constitutional lawyer instead of a farmer," naively observes tho" Kansas City Star, That is a hot ono for the farmer. Hera la an easy one: dues who has written a "piece" about "Followers .After Strange QodsT" Yes. of course, t waa Mr, Cannon. Kansaa City Star. Oh, we were about 'to guess, Mr. Beveridge. The abstemious middle west Spring field Renufallcan. Cincinnati, Chicago, or Milwaukee. New York Sun. No, Lincoln, Neb. The friends of a woman lawyer. who supported Taft in the last cam paign, aro urging Governor Johnson to appoint her to a California Judge ship, One can almost see tho gover nor making the appointment. "If freo sugar destroys the bus! ness ot the sugar people, thoy can find other employment," suggests a free trado democrat. We rather suspect that the mass of American people would rather notio ontlrely at the mercy of foreign sugar pro ducers. That imported evangelist seems to have made tracks away from Lin coin while the battle was still rag ing, and without waiting for the fin ish. The only rational presumption 1b that some other city, worse even than Lincoln, stood in greater and more urgent need of his services. "Will the republican party come back?" is the question often asked. It did in the 8t- Louis, election the other day. Colonel Roosevelt called on the 25,000 progressives, who voted for him last fall to rally to the progressive candidate for mayor .and 4,200 responded. The -others evidently voted for tho republican, who was elected. The season opens with propose ot some surprises . In the Nuptial league. The old favorites, the Nat uooawina ana Lillian HUBselu.ybare fallen into second division, ', 'while the PaWolf Hoppers are making a big spurt and the Bob Fltxslm monsea, never before regarded as of first division class, are giving the That Judicial Vacancy. The transfer of one of the Judges of our district court to tho now board of control leaves a vacancy on the district bench Impending, to bo Tilled by gubernatorial appointment until tho next olectlon. In other days when wo had elections every year, the appointment would be at most for a few months, but If tho off year election has really been elimi nated, the commission of tho now Judge will hold good until after tho election of 1914, which makes It of all tho more Importance. Tho na tural Inferonco Is that nothwlthstand Ing his concurrence In the Idea of a nonpartisan Judiciary, Indicated by approval of tho low recently possod with that object In view, tho demo cratic governor will give profcronco to a democrat. It is up to Oovornor Morehead at lonst to try to givo us a Judgo who stands as high with tho bar, and with tho community, as tho Judgo ho Is taking away from us. A Virtue in Modern Sentiment. President Wilson In his "Tho Now Proodom" repeats tho stotomont pf "a vory Interesting Scotsman" ho onco mot at Princeton university, who said that In ovory generation all sorts of speculation and thinking tend to fall under the formula of tho dominant thought of tho ago. Without aDDnrent roforenco and yot In lino with that, a writer In tho cur rent Atlantic Monthly calls attention to tho fact that one of tho throe Is sues with which our modern senti ment chiefly concerns itself Ib tho progress of woman. If tho nosltlon of woman measures tho advancement of the age, It marks our modorn era, as definitely pro gressive, for In all cycles of History woman's social Btatus has never been so high. Gauging civilization ac cording to nchlovomont, thoso coun tries still degrading, woman aro most backward. Ono of the earliest signs of tho new day of modern sentiment in China was an awakened conscious ness In tho consideration of woman. In our own land woman, of course, has always boon oxaltod and present thought rovolves vory largely around her wolfaro. Tho only ,dlf- forenco of opinion aroused turn on Svhat conduces to the actual, rather than the apparent, progress of woman. Dangerous Grade Crossings. While thoro aro many' grade cross ings in and about tho city exposing people to danger, none Is more. hazardous than that at Forty-sixth and Dodgo streets, whero tho street, car and Belt lino railroad tracks in tersect. Unless romoved, a graver accident than has yet occurred is wire aom day to happen there, and then, perhaps, stops will bo taken, as it were, to close the barn door after the 'horse is gone. The Dodge streot road is the moat largely traveled highway leading out of the city and the main artery of traffics west from tho city limits con tinuously to Fremont. Its use by auto, stroet cars and horso vehicles is constantly increasing, and so is tho Belt lino train service. While much hao boon said about this cross ing, nothing has yet boon dono t mako it even reasonably safe. The time has come, it seems to us, to expedite action. And while empha sising the Importance of protection at this crossing, wo should not over look the many others requiring It, Impelling Foroe in Education. Ever since the rule of tho three Rb was sprung on tho school boy in ventlve teachers have been contriv ing ways and .moans of arousing In terest In arithmetic, especially as the lad's thoughts along toward spring lightly turned to other things, latterly to base ball, particularly. An ingenious Washlpgton (D, C.) school marm soems to have found the charm at last. She has hit on the novel plan ot having the boys fguro out the batting and fielding averages of ball players. For . instance, Ty Cobb goes to bat thirty times and makes twenty hits. What Is Ty'a average? Clyde Milan, in center field, has twenty chances and ac cepts eighteen. What is his per centage? How much better than, "A grocer sold ten eggs for 18 H cents. Find the prlco of eggs per doren." That is a dead Issue. The boy has no In terest in "a grocer.'' Ho knows Ty Cobb and Clyde Milan vividly. They are not only living beings to him, they are among his Idols. Tho very mention of their names Infuses new life and Injects a vivifying Interest lu his school which he never felt before. So aside from illustrating the pos slbllltles of base ball as an impelling force in education, this devlco should seriously teach tho Importance ot studying tho pupil to get him to study his books. This teacher has struck a keynote to the success ot her profession. Learning has its attractive sides; even the dry subject ot arithmetic may charm the boy in spring If charmingly taught. It is for the teacher' to find and display the attraction ot study to her pupils. (Spokesmen for the Lincoln board ing housekeepers should not get la Ptew yearly. A year and a half .must rer elapao before the people vote on university consolidation. The way to get better train Bcrrtco tor Omaha is for our merchants and business men, to go after it, and stay with It Lookup BacWard TtiisDtoOmak, COMPILED FROM DEB TILES ? ODD MA, a. Thirty Years Ago The, destruction of ancient Omaha Is the description applied to the removal of a two-story brick building on Douglas between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, erected by J. H. McCormlck In 1S66, to make way now for a brick block of three stories. At the Union Pacific Base ball grounds a nine from the freight auditor's beat one from the express auditor's by five to three. Funkhouser scored for three fast balls, and Bandle for two, while W, V. Foley umpired. Mr. Fred Metz, the boss Bock beer brewer, Is tbe happy father of a ten pound girl. In behalf of the Saratoga Sunday school Louis LUtlefleld, the superintend ent, thanks rill who participated In lu concert I Tho n Barney - McAuley comblnatlo closed at the Boyd to only a fair sized house. Fred M. Peterson, the popular baker. SIS South Tenth street, was ready for visitors. J. J. Kennedy, yardmaster for the Union Pacific Is rejoicing over the arrival of his first son. Fire and tornado Insurance policies are offered by Charles K. Coutant, 21J South Thirteenth streot. Miss Clara Redman entertained a party of her friends at her residence on South Sixteenth street yesterday on the oc casion of her birthday. Henry Dohle and family left for Europe to be absent about three months. Mr. Dohle first came to Omaha twenty-six years ago, and' has been back but onafl, and that was sixteen years ago. Colonel and Mrs. M. I. Ludlngton re turned from a European tour. Twenty Years Agi Nat Goodwin began a three day's en gagement In "A Glided Fool" at the Boyd, receiving a usually cordial welcome from a large house. This was a play In which the popular comedian appeared to natural advantage. The Omaha Personal nights league held a meeting In Qermanla hall. Some ot the radical members wished to take action on the governor's recent appointments to the Board of Fire and Police commission ers, but were restrained by the conser vatives. Mrs. Duncan B. Harrison wife of the New Ybrk promoter and manager of Jack McAulIffe, the pugilist, was In the city. Councilman E. P. Davis went, to Mil waukee. Mrs. John Groves returned from Ban Antonio, Tex., whero she spent two month. Chairman Btrkhanser, chairman of the Board of Publlo Works, got back from a pleasure trip to Texas. John T. Bell, formerly proprietor of the Omaha Mercury, now of the Oakland (California) Inquirer, with his two sons and daughter and C. L. Maxwell and daughter, also of Oakland, was In the city en route to the world's fair In Chi cago. Tea Years Ago 1 Frank E. Moores waa re-elected mayor ot Omaha by a anug margin over Erastus A. Benson, antl-republlcan and Ed p. Howell, democrat, running In the order named. The republicans also elected A. H. Henntngs. city treasurer: W. H. Bl bourn. city clerk, and seven of the nine councilman! Hoye, Zlmman, Nicholson Evans. Dyball, Sohroeder and Huntington. The democrats elected Ernest Brunt and Davo O'Brien. The Business Men's association held a meeting and discussed the advisability of calling upon federal assistance in handling the strikes, involving a number or unions and 2,000 or 3,000 men. Franklin J. Griffon left for Prescott, Arts., to be gone about two weeks on buslpess. Colonel O. VS. Jenkins or Falrbury was In town, having Jutt come from St Louis, where as a member of Governor Mickey's staff he helped to uphold the dignity ot the state of Nebraska In the opening ot the Louisiana Purchase ex position: News came from Denver of the death there of Harry B, Coryell, formerly ot Omaha, ot pulmonary trouble. Mr. Coryell and their two sons were with him at the last. People and Events "Isn't this Just graft. Squlret" asked a nervy Philadelphia woman who was fined $14.60 for falling to blow her auto horn at a street crossing. The squire ad mitted he got the money and didn't split with the arresting officer. The woman watched the roonsy disappear In the squire's Jeans and then walked out of court with an expression too hot for utterance, One of the hotel men In New York who allowed all grades pt patrons to dance and cutup as they pleased, has been given an Involuntary vacation, his house closed tight and locked and a policeman plncnd on guard. About four hundred regular roomers were ordered to pack up and move. New York's finest can do thtnus when they get the right tip. Archie A. Beeb of Chicago, owner of a few souvenir stock certificates of the Central Union Telephone company, went Into court and showed the marvelous borrowing capacity ot his favorite com pany. In ten years the Central Union touched of the Bell rival to the tune of SCTEO.OOO, acquiring such a load ot debt that nothing short of a major operation could separate It from Its fostering "uncle." Mr. Beebe la puzaled to know where he comes In. So Is the court The Journal of tbe American Medical association observes that driving an auto mobile too fast Induces conjacttrtal In flammation from a hyperemia to a eon tajrous lesion. Also headon and tail-end collisions, aide swlpas. broken necks and occasionally conviction for -violation ot the speed, laws. Crowded street cars are. according to Mayor- Ilarrisdn of Chicago, "an 'offense against decency, a danger to- health and an affront to the Intelligence "of good clttsenshtp" all of whlch?ts'-prettr wH known, but "what are you going to do about ttr The government laeoec a bulletin urg tnr Its people to eat more mutton, be cause It la cheaper. Bprina bunb with green peso, ordered under government sanction, should be rrtnmed at any rr tanrant quoting Fanners Bulletin No, C&, If the charge is exceaatre. Twice Told Tales The 'nnllrrnr flnndtrlch. Certain promoters are so optimistic where other people's money i concerned that they will promote not merely bar ren gold and stiver mines, but the blue sky Itself. Former Postmaster General Hitchcock was talking about a blue sky promoter who had been convicted of fraud. "This man's mine," he said, "reminded me,. In Its scarcity of gold, of the railway sandwich. " VThere ain't no ham In this here sandwich,' a customer growled, seated on a high stool before the marble bar ot a railway restaurant. ' Oh. you ain't come to the ham yet," the attendant answered easily. "The man ate on a While longer. Then he growled again: 'Still no ham.' " 'Oh,' said the attendant, ou'vo bit. over It now.' "Everybody's Magazine. Precocious George. "What's the Idea, George?" Inquired Mr. Washington. "Why do you chop down this cherry tree? Have you any thing against cherry trees?" "No, sir." "Maybe you are In favor ot deforesta tion?" "No, sir." "Doing this for a moving picture con cern?" "By no neans." "Thon why chop down a true?" "I Just thought of going on the stump," replied the future father ot hU country, and then Mr. Washington realized that Georg-o was d born statesman. Kansas City Journal. , Sounded Simple. During a lull In the conversation the young man who was calling made the announcement that he had failed to keep abreast of the scientific advance of the age. 'For Instance," he sold, "I don't know at all how the Incandescent eleotrio light which la now used so much Is pro duced." "Oh, It Is very simple." said the up-to- date girl. "You Just turn a button and the light appears." Llpplncott'a Maga- tlne. Editorial Viewpoint Chicago News) Prof. Taft Is coaching the Yale debating team for Its bout with Harvard. Now, It Col. Roosevelt will coach Harvard a lively time may be ex pected. Philadelphia Bulletin: Tho gentleman. who ran for governor of New York on the prohibition ticket a few years ago Is accused of "lambasting the bones ot a neighbor" until ho almost needs a'blcr. St Louis Globe-Democrat: While tho peace congress Is In session It ought to take notice of the fact that tho suffra gettes aoross the water have apparently mado noncombatants of the British men. Philadelphia Ledger: Our army and navy aro small, but the government has difficulty In keeping the ranks full. It Is spending many thousands of dollars In advertising and. sending agents In search of boys and young men. The disinclina tion to enter either service may be due, In part, to the superior pay and attrac tions of ordinary work, and in part t the fact that when ha goes In for war he average American wants the real thing,. and jiot mere discipline on a peace footing. Some ot us' may be optimistic enough to believe that War Is growing' less fashionable, and that the dislike for military or naval service Is a healthy j sign of vound sentiment New York World: Nothing can be so Ironical as history; In ISM It took a few shiploads of American sailors under Com modore Perry to force Japan out of 200 years of hermltaga Into civilized Inter course with the rest of the world. In 1918 It takes a few shiploads ot Japanese farmers under Gov. Johnson to force Cali fornia out of a lifetime ot civilised Inter course with the rest of tho world Into the exclusions and discriminations and repudiations of a hermit state. California civilization has reached the same crista In 1913 that Japanese civilization had reached In 1S&. Only It Is traveling In the opposite direction. Here and There In the nine years last past the New Haven railroad increased Its capital stock, bonds and- bills payable V per cent. The New Haven Is one ot the roads the eminent doctor of railroads, J. Plsrpont Morgan, prescribed for. It took the medicine. The fearsome yellow peril looms up In the preparations for the fail Portola fete, planned by Ban Francisco Bay cities. The native born daughters ot a uninaman stands a good chance of capturing the girl beauty prize. What will the native sons do then? Bt Louis is to have a ten-story d(art rnent store at Tenth and St Charles streets, to cost il.OOO.Ono, The Chicago Record-Herald editorially laments Its failure to turn an honest nickel by selling half a ton of literary Junk from the public printing office In Washington. As a feeler to buyers of weighty books, twenty volumes of census reports, 1S90-I900, were submitted for writ ten bids. These are some ot the bids re turned! "Absolutely worthless." "Not worth basement room." "No coin In cir culation small enough to express their value," "Coat nothing In first place. Worth nothing now." Germany has over 9,000,000 women em ployed ' In other than domestic service. The price of furs averages three and one-halt times as much now. In the big Canadian markets, aa It did In the decade from ISM to 1900. Babies In poor neighborhoods In. Ameri can cities die at the rate ot 373 ln 1,000 under I year of age, and in the good residences the rate Is 136 In 1.000, or less than one-half as great. , CHEERY CHAFF, "Why do you suppose the packers want to start tae rosmon or eating- muttonr "Because they know People are such soeep." iiaitltnore American. "The mllltarr airship will shatter an other cherished army tradition." "What la thatr "With an aerial eqrpe. It will no longw be a uisgraoe'lor a, soldier to II y in tat- tle.- uaitigvors American. "Father? a.UtUi"hoy. "bad Etolo- mcn ro wivtsr ' "I believe n, my son." said the father. "Well fatiM"" was he the man who iMr Gtre m liberty or gtve me death?" " Town Topics. "Whst a mistake It Is to Judge men by thetf clothes.," "Yen. I know a self-made mtIlIo"a're who drees as wen aa anv of the clerks tn hit itabllAhmeat" Jodr. Weeslellerl! ox Yelxer tin AVnrismrn'n Cnnipcnsnttun. OMAHA, May 4.-To the Editor of The Bee: After a-casual examination of th workman's compensation act I am Im pressed with the following points which I desire submitting to the profession and worklngmen: In times gone by you know of the gen eral dissatisfaction with Judges who took cases from the Jury and set aside ver dicts. On the other hand you know the Jury has an element of human sympathy, Is not elected and is not threatened by corporato influence when estimating dam ages. ' Observe, now, where the corporations get rid of the Jury in every case ot dam ages to an employe. They soem to forget tho blood that was shed to force this right of Jury trial from. King John. Now lay aside, it you please, the very small schedule of the highest amounts that can bo recovered under this act and bear In mind that the employer Is not obliged to pay even that amount. He can say that the employe was drunk or willfully negligent In other words, he can refusq to pay. You may then under section 37 of the act file a petition in court before the Judge, as an arbitrator, the samo as In equity cases, where the Judge, without a Jury, with fear and trembling, may fix the amount not exceeding the amount In this small schedule. Section VI. article I. of our constitution provides "the right of trial by Jury shall remain Inviolate." Tho supreme court has held that this provision applies to every action where a Jury could havo been demanded when the constitution was adopted. That provision has enabled us to always demand a Jury. The legisla ture cannot take away this right by mak ing a law action one of equity. This Is a mere subterfuge to tjeat tho Jury to It. Again, -section XIII, article I. of the constitution says: "All courts shall be open nnd every person for. any Injury done him In his lands, goods, person or reputation shall havo a remedy by due course of law and Justice administered without dental or delay." Our constitu tion guarantees a remedy not a partial remedy and guarantees It by "due course of law" In the usual manner, nnd not by some tabloid, piecemeal, Jury eliminating, Insurance man's game of chance schedule. They cannot substitute an Insurance pol icy for a Jury trial. It guarantees Justice without denial and not partial Justice and partial denial of rights. Before commenting further on the above section, see also section HXI, artl above section, see also section XXI, artl talong property without "due process of law." The courts have held the phrase, "due process of law," to mean "compen sation," and also that "compensation" means the full value of losses measured In money. "With these sections, how could the legislature compel a man to ac cept less than what Is compensation for an Injury? A law giving doublo damages has been held to bo In violation of these sections. Railroad rates which could be proven not compensatory hftvo been held unconstitutional. What should our courts do, when this bill was passed In violation of the above section, compelling a man to tako one tenth or less than real compensation for damages sustained? If railroad rate 16glstatlon which Is. not compensatory Is Mnconstltutlortal, hoV abdOt this damage scheme which Is less than compensatory? In fact the bill Is unconstitutional In be ing broader than Its title. It Is claimed by the title to be a bill to "compensate'' employes when It Is, in fact, a bill to give It t othem In the neck It Is to avoid compensation. To Illustrate, a vigorous, strong young man of education with a family working at a packing house for $60 per month loses his leg by the gross negligence of his employer can receive only about 3730. The family ot the same man kilted would receive less than 31,800. And even this claim may bo resisted, as pointed out above, without a Jury. I condemn tho history of this whole act as one of legislative Infamy Induced by a corporate lobby. Besides, It was drawn In a night and passed the next day tn violation of another provision of the constitution that It shall be read twice on two different days before the third reading and passage. When the laboring men look this matter up they will lose no time In enjoining- tho codifying commission from spending the state's money In printing and in en cumbering the new statutes with this un constitutional act, settling the same about the time It Is supposed to go into effect I will take pleasure In assisting to do this and then I will Join you in prepar ing a workman'a compensation act that compensates to submit to .the people un der the Initiative law of this state. - JOHN O. YE1SER. Call It a Hospital School." OMAHA, May . To the Editor of The Bee; I am making bold to present to you views quite In opposition to those ex pressed In your recent editorial on the "Bad Boy School." I feel sure that the usual fairness of your policy will permit you to present both sides. It is now more than five years ago that Judge Kennedy, Mrs. Draper Smith and other social workers went before the school board with a plea for the estab lishment of a "special" school a school to fit the boy that does not fit the sys tem, which might work "higher up the stream" and prevent many from drift ing Into the Juvenile court. The proposition could not then make headway against the very argument you now, with the tremendous force or editorial opposition of a great newspaper. bring against the proposed enterprise. In these -five years SS0 years of Omaha boyhood have been passed In Kearney. That Is, 1X1 boys have spent somewhat more than two years each la tbe state school. Tbe most enthuslastlo friend of that Institution will not cla'm that It would not have been better tor any one of these boys to have found adjustment earlier and avoided the tremendous risk of that experience, even If today finds him on the high road of good citizenship. My experience with boys of the Juvenile court leads- me to believe that especial attention given to a boy, when he bcglDs to find the regular school Irksome, would be wise and economical. To endeavor to do this Is merely a de mand of advancing- civilization. There are still .tribes ot halt-dvfllsed people who desert their sick, believing- them to be possessed of eril spirits. CtvOlxation. however, expends much of Its talent anc riches tn the eCfort to, eradicate cause and cure disease. One of the Important duties bf the adult world is the guidance and education of the rising generation. When you say "bad boy" you sims, primarily, that bis parents and teachers do not under stand, they are not "up to their Job." Some children are easier to core for than others, aa some conditlona producing 111 health are more, easily eradicated than others. It Is when the case Is especially difficult or, perhaps, we should -say dif ferent, that means out ot the ordinary may be required. Just as a child when seriously 111 must be sent to the hospital 8a It Is wise to provide a special school for those whoso needs are rot met by "the system." Call' It' nn "Irregular school" If you wish, a "hospital school" If you like, or a "repairing station" If you must but a "bad boy school" Is a misnomer. Any child really well takm care of Is "good," and any child or set of children may be so badly cared for as to be speeolly classed "bad." Mr. Editor, Omaha Is sorely In need of the "special school." It will be no more of a disgrace to belong to It than to go to a hospital and no more difficult t6 convince fond mothers of its necessity, HARRIET If. HHLLER. Just nn TJajIy Bluff. HOMAHA, May .-To the Editor of The Bee: It may be the part of a gentleman til cllmh n fane. wKan m - 1 , t , . y " "IIVH a B111IU1 UUI1UUI, fumnn nf Til hMl, v.... . .1 j . - ....wu. j "uum ii a Liu I of M.000.000 Puritan fatners have telescoped itseir to avoid a ruction with a small and semt-barbarous nation that put up an ugly bluff over rights that it never possessed? Or is It like the laughing grandpa who runs away In mock terror when a toddling boy baby threatens fight with toy gun? U B. RING. Stop Defacing- Terrace. OMAHA, May 4. To the Editor of The Bee: Thanks are certainly due our mayor for his commendable efforts to mako the dty of Omaha mpre presentable. Now If he will go a step futher and make it a misdemeanor to go up and down other people terraces when steps have been provided, he would do a better thing yet There may be some people In our city who rather admire the pretty yellow dandelion, but surely there are none so depraved as to like to see terraces and lawns that landlords and home owners have with -much expense and trouble, graded and sodded, filed with holes on dirt-washed paths, making a forlorn and neglected appearance. Milk men, Ice men and grocer boys go up and down six days m the week, fifty-two weeks In the year. Gas men twice a month, electrlo- light men once every month, big dogs and children many times a day, peddlers and agents, ad distributors and others nuisances many times a week, and there you are, and what can you do but sit back and look on and perhaps each year endeavor to repair damages. If a man steals your hoe or rake or lawn mower you can buy others, but If he defaces your premises It Is often be yond replacing. M. No Donlit In Time. OMAHA, May 3. To the Editor of The Bee: Would you please enlighten me about this most fortified and Godlike, In destructible "Water board. What Is it? In your paper. May 1, I read of an undertaking of the seemingly Insurmount able task by lawyers. Judges, counctlmen, commissioners and almost everybody In the city of Omaha to Imprint at least a scratch on the bulwark of this so-called Excursions Commencing Jim. 1, 1913. Return Limit 60 Days. ' FROM OMAHA TO Sound Trip New York City, standard routes $46.50 New York City, other desirable routes 43. 50 Atlantic City,. N. J., standard routes 46.00 Atlantic oity, n. j., otner aosiraoio routes 45.6O Asbury Park. N. J., standard Asbury Park, N. J., other desirable routes . . . . , Boston, Mass., (via Montreal) Boston, Mass., direct - , Montreal, direct rail routes Quebec, P. O Portland, Maine, via Boston Portland, Maine, through St. Bancor. Slalne Bar Harbor, Maine . . Halifax, Xova Scotia . St. Johns, N. B. Fnyban, N. U Lake George, N. Y. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Alexandria Bay, N. X. Kingston, Ontario . . . Mtiskokn, Ontario . . Toronto. Ontario . . . Buffalo, X. Y standard routes Buffalo, N. Y., other desirable uifcrsu rum wiur ui uiu cwi, 0110-nuy inruugn uio Virginias, Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Ocean trip to New York, other way direct routes Same trip through Virginia, Old Point Comfort and Ocean trip to Boston, other way direct rdute WESTE TELEwRAM THKO. N. VAIL, PRCIIDIKT w s s THE WESTERN UNION Water board, In order to make this monster come to time, In giving relief to consumers for a necessity such as water, which at the present rate Is al most a luxury. Did not the people of Omaha sanction the movement by voting bonds to take over the water plant from the corpora tion, with the idea for their mutual benefit? Now wherefrom has this al mighty Water board got this' eternal rule to the contrary? Are the members of the Water board not paid fancy salaries for their serv ices to the people at large or is this the so-called home rule we hear so much about, they want to Introduce? .The decent people ot Omaha havo In the past accomplished many things that aro commendable and will no doubt get the upper hand in time to chop off tho heads of Inconslstents such as this Water board, or any other board for that mat ter, by the medium of the ballot If they only so frame their charter now pend ing and then the people will havo Omaha at heart. Boost for It or boast what a nice city it is to live In. CONSTANT READER. , THESE GIRLS OF 0UES. "I suppose the parent of young Lord Softpate must feel dreadfully cut up over his engagement to little Tottle Poser, of the Gayety." "Cut up! Why. say, if it wasn't for Tottlo nobody would ever have known that Softie had any parents!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Papa wanted to know whether yon were a good business man," she con tided. "Have you any Idea why he asked?" Inquired the young man, who had been calling for a long time. "I guess It was because you never tails business." Judge. 8TAET THE DAY RIGHT. -if, Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Start the day right. When the sun cornea , to greet you Give, It a smile for each ray that it . sends; Shake off the worries that long to defeat you. Strengthen your faith In yourself and your frtonds. Yesterday's ghost will be striving to ' haunt you; ' Yesterday's errors may come to your brain; Throw off tho worries that trouble and, taunt you; Start the day right; begin over again. What a brief span Is the longest exs Istence One flashing Journey from Nothing to Night! Show while you may the old Roman re Blstance Off with your drowsiness Into the fight I Never an empire was won by the lai gard. 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