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4 B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 8, 1913. The Omaha Sunday Bee. FOUNDED BY EDWARD R08RWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. BEE BUILDING, KARNAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha poetofflce as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Sunday Bee one year fg' Saturday Bee. one year.... Dally Bee, without Sunday, one year. .W Dally Bee, and BUnday, one year.. .. 8.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening and Sunday, per month..- ..J g renin, without Sunday, per month c ally Bee. Including Sunday, per mo. 66c Dally Bee. without Sunday, per no..o Address all complaints of Irregularities In delivery to City circulation PaPt REMITTANCE, Remit by draft, express or posW ordjr. payable to The Bee Pub Ishlng cornpany. Only a-cent stamps received in payment, of small accounts, Fersonal checks, ex. cept cm Omaha and eastern exchange, not copted. OFFICES: Omaha The Bee building. South Omaha-2318 N Street. Council Bluffs14 North Main street. lincoln-M Little building. Chlcago-Wl Hearst building. New York-Room 1100. K6 .Fifth Ave. St Louls-808 New Bank of Commerce. Wnshlngton-WS Fourteenth Pt. A. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating trf news an 1 editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial department MAY CIRCULATION. 50,261 6tate of Nebraska, County of Dottglaa. ss: Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, savs that the average dally drcuatlon for the month ; of was W.m. DWIGHT WILLIAMS Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 7th day of June, 1913. ROBERT HUNTER, (Beal.) Notary Publle. flabscrlbers lenvlnit the city temporarily should hnre Tho Bee mailed to them. Address Trill be changed as often as requested. Remember tho Fourth of July, to keep It safe and sane. The Pittsburgh school board was bo hot over Ita Hector that It Just fired him. Wo tako it that, tho erection of tho gibbet will await tho result of this lobby hunt. Edward Parson at 78 starts, on another cross-country walk. Boys will bo boys. President Wood of tho Woolen trust Is guiltless as tho colonol tho Jury says so. If tho president has those Insidi ous lobbyists up his sleevo ho ought to pull them out. W. B. Corey of tho Bteol trust says the. Underwood tariff will not Injure business. Poor Undorwobd. The grasshoppers have reached California. 'It may noVr bo foBslblo to trace tholr; genesis to Jflpan, j When. "Mot" bocomtJa'klnK of tho. Pan aza a zono "Brother Oharloy" Will he sole, boss qt tho Commoner. -"Thou sbaU have ho othor gods before mo." Baal, Mamrnon and tho ' - . . . - .is flosnpotsroi Egypt, tnouga, aro sun worshiped. It dobs seem as If all'of us should, have plenty of money when Mexico, under Htiorta, is ablo to borrow $76,000,000, ' ' ' It la gratifying" to' know, as. des patches say, that there Is still some thing to discuss In the Amorlcan Japanese affair. If our Water boarders contlnuo submissively to let their marine bell wether load them, blindly, they will, never get out of trouble. It Sir Tom Llpton should, by any flap of the sail, win. that next cup, It would be a -hard-hearted American who begrudged him the victory. "Tho flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la" will be nothing to the posies thoso editors recently ontor talned hero are throwing at Omaha 1 The Kansas City1 Journal thinks that Armageddon 1b one of tho army posts that ought to .bo abandoned. For which It lays Itself open to court-martial, No more gambling games at tho street fair, whether the sheriff and Juvenile court officers are "fixed" to look on and keep quiet or not. Mark, this down in your hat. "Wo didn't know It was loaded," plead the Innocent law-makers' when the Joker In their buy-the-Audltor-ium bill Is put to work, As Mayor Dahlman says, "Tell it to the ma rines." If the New York Americans wero In the Matrimonial league they would have a hard time keeping up The race now stands: Won. Lost. Nat Good win s Do Wolf Hopper 5 Lillian Russell i , , ... The president wants It distinctly -understood that his administration is not commuted to the patent self acting sure-cure remody for trust evils Invented by our democratic lenator from Nebraska, Old Doctor Bryan has a few anti-trust nostrums pt bis own. Just by way of a flyer, we guess that the Water board will finish by discarding the lineal-foot assessment for extension, and pay for building the new lines of water pipe out of the capital account the same as It has paid for the old pipe lines al ready bought Keiponsibility. There Is 'a constant tendency to undermine belief In Individual re sponsibility , and this tondoncy must bo combatted. When a person com mits an indofenslblo crime a lot of peoplo rise up In excuse or palliation that tho perpetrator Is a victim of vicious surroundings and not ac countable for his misdeeds. When wo soo human derelicts foundering around our tender-heartedness and compassion tempers our pity with the thought that perhaps thoy in horlted an evil strain, or can trace their downfall to deficient schooling, pressure of poverty or the tempta tions of inadequate wages. Thoso things doubtless exert an lnfluenco upon individual action, and yet, notwithstanding ' all unto ward circumstances, a fixed and definite responsibility rests upon each person for himself. Out of overy thousand of tho population, for oxnmplc, It can bo figured out in advance, with a noar approach to precision, Just how many will bo married in tho year, or how many will commit sulcldo each year. But thoro is no way of telling the partic ular persons who will marry, or who will commit suicide. Tho exertion of individual will power unquestion ably determines where tho lino Is finally drawn. Strangely onough, too, when it comes to credit for nraisoworthy acts, each one asserts his own re sponsibility, and scouts tho sugges tion that environment or Inheritance is tho solo Impelling force. But if wo aro to have credit for good deeds, by what reasoning can wo cscapo blamo for bad dcods? And what wlrongor deterrent of evil, and stim ulant for good, can thoro bo than realization of our porsonal responsi bility and accountability? Our Modest Postmaster General. . For becoming modesty, commend us to our now democratic postmaster general. For foar tho postofrido light may bo hid under a bushel, a publicity pross sheet Is now being sent out to tho newspapers at gov ernment expenso over the personal and official slgnaturo of Postmaster Gonoral Burleson to keep tho peoplo informed of tho great services ho is rondering them. On one of those sheets in hand the heading reads: Postmaster General Burleson takes .steps to restore efficiency to postal service. And after rocltlng all tho troubles confronting him. he further tolls ua: Thovbusinessllk and effective manner in which Postmaster General Burleson has granped tho situation, and launched tho necessary plans to meet th0 enter- cyiwhlch confronted tnb sorvloe. Is iforfcetully Illustrated, etc . . In reading on, tho palpable aim Is to ponvoy tho Impression that overy. ;thijig In tho Postof ficoi ddartmont was wrong before the now demo cratic postmastor general took chargo, and that nothing would have uoon mndo right without him. Ono of the 'great achievements of which ho boasts is that "he has ordered tho discontinuance of tho backotamping of. all ordinary mall, which has here toforo delayed lta delivery," whon, ns a matter of fact, wo all know that thoro has boon no backstamping hero for sovoral years, a chango yhlch, for that matter, wo think do- bldodly questionable. ' Bo let all of us rejoice that wo have such a live, onergetlo, up-to-dato now head of tho Postotflce de partment, and especially that he Is not overwhelmed with any bashful ncss about telling everybody what great things he Is doing for us. The Middleman. One of tho first demands that camo with tho widespread complaint of tho high cost of living was tor the extinction of that factor in our commerce known as the middleman. This domand has been so tar por slsted in as to provoke Invidious comparison by tho more mention of the middleman. Tho effect has been to foster tho orroncoua Idea that this is a now and unnatural element breathod Into the commercial lite of our day by Blnlstor powers In con trol of the maraets and price schedules. As a matter of fact, tho middle man Is nelthor now nor Btrango, nor wholly unnecessary, nor is the com plaint of him new. He formed vital link in tho mercantile life of ancient Rome, and then as now came in tho logic of events aa an effect, not a cause, of commercial de- telopmont, a dtroct and natural product of tho law of change and growth. "A law which," Bays For- rero, "seems to be one constant ele ment in human, socloty and history." Rome's political and military aggran dizement brought industrial expan sion. Coincldentally the oneness of rural simplicity began to disin tegrate. Armies and navies must be maintained at a distance. Agrarian rights, Involving wide distribution of national attention; Increasing polit ical obligations and all the multi farious tasks and duties occurring In the unfolding of a great social or ganism, presented themselves for treatmont by a central authority. Continuing on this subject, says the Italian historian: As the Roman state, with Its limited number of magistrates, originally In tended to supply the needs of a small county town, was quite unable to cope with such extensive publlo needs, It be came usual to entrust them to private contractors, and thus between the two Punlo wars there rapidly grew up out of the middle ranks of society a class of nun who Mtmtd destined to b u first ' purveyors of luxury ami commercial greed In all agricultural societies, as they were, for Instance, In Italy after 184-the class of mlddlemencontraetor&. Into our own oountry's commer cial fabric this factor has woven It Belf much too firmly to be simply ripped out except with serious im pairment. What must be done is Just what has been undertaken, though perhaps none too definitely as yet, namely, tho curbing of greed and fraud with a view, not of doing away with the middleman, bu rather giving him his proper setting and holding him there. Flood of Graduates. This Is tho season of tho (year when schools are turning out their supposedly finished products. Gradu ation to some moans Immediately taking up the practical work of Ufo, whilo to others tho entrance upon higher education. To all with the proper conception of llfo it moans, whothor In ono roalm or tho other, simply a widening of tho opportunity for preparation. It Is axiomatic that tho world needs more of prepa ration than service, but that 1b only truo whero preparation means tho capacity and .yearning to servo. That youth misses tho vital part of hlB training who does not como forth a moro rofined product than ho' possi bly could have been without It ro flnod in tho sense of useful sorvico to tho world. From tho army of forthcoming graduates tho legal and medical pro fessions will do so mo heavy recruit ing. Chicago alone will graduate 655 youths into law and 641 Into medicine, and that Is only one center sending out Its quota. As ono sur veys tho flold, ovorywhoro, appar ently well flllod with doctors and lawyers, ho naturally wonders where Is the neod for such constantly In creasing ranks. Is it any wonder that theso ancient and honorable profes sions havo fallen undor tho Imputa tion of commercial tincture? In spite of all that may bo said as to their othlcal aspect and tho need for holding service above baser consid erations, tho multiplicity of practi tioners has tho harsh tendency of In creasing competition and fostering tho rude spirit of .commercialism. Scientific critics seem to havo ground for urging fewer schools and moro thorough training. An Insidious Concession. It Is plainly up' to our political oquality womon to do somothing to discipline ono of the most distin guished representatives of tholr sex. Lot them read tho statement of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young that as superin tendent of tho Chicago public, schools sho profors men teachors to womon teachers bocauso the formor aro moro ambitious, whilo tho school ma'am Is content with the thought of marriago and a home in the back ground. For a woman to admit tho superiority of man in tho particular vocation of teaching, which is sup posed to bo woman's peculiar prov ince and strongest forto, is llko a thrust In tho. dark from behind In this battle for box equality. It Bounds altogether too much llko an argument of tho mascullno usurpor, and It will havo to be rosonted and repelled. Character of Our Immigration. Tho effort to restrict foreign lm hiigratlbn did not ceaso with Presi dent Taffs voto of tho literacy test. In. tho presont congress tho claim has been again madct In support of tho restriction plan that tho charac ter of our Immigration has boon lowerod with the shift of tho tide from northern to southern Europo. It is maintained that thoso now seek ing homes in the United States are of lower strata than the peoplo who remain In their own countries, and that unless tho bars aro raised wo will find ourselves overrun with un desirables. But this argument will not be ac cepted unsupported by proofs. It has always been a theory that mou and women with enough grit to leavo tholr native land and all it moans to thorn for a strange and distant coun try In order to improvo their lot In life had something commendable in their makeup. We have only to loon about us in almost overy realm of American life to find how admirably this theory has worked out in prac tice. On the other hand, there is little or nothing on which to base the assertion that "our new Immigration is drawn from the poorest and least desirable" dements of population In Italy, Austria and Russia. Dr. Isaac A. Hourwlch, In his book on "Immi gration and Labor," observes that "no comparative study of the immi grants and their countrymen who re main at home is cited In support of this view. It still rests on purely deductive argument" He proceeds: Leaving aside, however, all speculative considerations, we have a purely objective standard of comparison, vis., the .ratio of literacy. It Is generally recognised that "probably the most apparent cause of Illiteracy In Europe, as elsewhere, Is poverty. The economlo status of a people has a very decided effect upon the liter acy rate. Another phase of the economlo factor Is the need of children"! service at home." (The quotation Is from a report of our Sixty-first congress.) An examination of the figures (on lit eracy) shows that as a rule the ratio of Illlteraoy among the immigrants Is con siderably lower than among their coun trymen at home. (This Is confirmed by the Immigration commission.) These sta tistics prove that, measured by Intellec tual standards the, average Immigrant Is above the average of his countrymen who remain behind. It docs not strengthen the cause of those opposed to all immigration to dispute theso statements so long ns they fall to rolnforce their own arguments by authoritative proof. Y. M. C. A. Extension. Tho late tornado carried away among othor things certain preten tious plans of tho local Young Men's Christian association for a money raising campaign to extend its agen cies into othor needy fields. For Instance, special work among tho foreign-born population and among tho colored peoplo was contemplated. It was hoped to erect now buildings in which to carry on thoso activities. But tho association directors havo prudently decided that it would bo lll-advlsed to attempt any such cam paign for money this year, yet want it understood that thoy will not abandon, nor unnecessarily dolay, tho plans. There Is need for tho kind of social center work planned and carried on in other cities. When tho tlmo comes for projecting it here, if It is properly sot forth, the ro sponso may, no doubt, bo counted on, for business men, without much regard for their religious proclivi ties, have loamod from experience that tho fundamental work of the Young Men's Christian association brings substantial rcsultB when prop erly done. Fortunately, the Omaha organization Is of ncharactor to In spire confidence and elicit support. It has not often gone off on tangents, but stays protty close to tho lines of its legitimate occupation, it nas a largo and comparatively new central plant, but is steadily growing and spreading; In fact, tho men in charge of tho work fcol.that it cannot af ford to wait much longer upon the oxtonslon contemplated: Legislating on Woman's Dress. "Can't a woman wear what sho pleases?" demands a body of womon incensed at tho Indianapolis chief of police's embargo against tho new spilt skirt without sufficient under garments to supply a background. From tho gamut of fads Damo Fash Ion has run we should bo Inclined to answer this question in the affirma tive. Certainly It seems woman has worn about what sho ploasod. But this is not the first tlmo public pro scription has been issued against woman's dress, as remembrance of tho mother hubbard will suggest to thoso who recall it. Yet it does seem rather drastic for a man chief of police to fix the limi tations on woman's attire and order his patrolmen to soo that tho decreo is compiled with. But tho limita tions wore really drawn by tho, womon arid,. , In nil BorlojisnesB, drawn very sharp and tight. What Indianapolis complains of., Is com plained of ; lit 'Jovery ,cjity. ; pur American fashlonorBhavo a way of laying the blamo all onto gay Pareo, but oven Paris is said to disclaim tho authorship for this creation which has aroused the Indianapolis civil authorities. Exports and Tariff. Long before Prosldont Taft's term or oiflco ended our foreign trade balance swung around to a most paturactpry position. In tho last ten months, as official reports show, American exports have amounted in valuo to $1,251,000,000. "This,'' Bays Secretary Rodflold of tho De partment of Commerce, "is tho big. gest human fact I know." Tho Now York Herald calls upon Secretary Rodflold to remember that another equally big "human fact" Is that this export of American goods has como undor tho operation of a protective tariff policy, which President Wilson pronounces "re strlctlvo of American enterprises." It would be Interesting for the presi dent to explain this obvious discrep ancy betwoeu his theory and this "biggest human fact," American enterprises are not restricted when such gigantic foreign trade is built up. Therefore the question now Is, what will be the effect upon our foreign exports of a reversal of this policy? It may be that the momen turn of the present conditions will prove sufficient to carry us forward for a tlmo, but it can contlnuo to do so only It our producers and man ufacturers succeed in readjusting themselves quickly and without, ser ious sotoacK. Do not contuse tho so-called sov enteen-ycar locusts with the grasu hopper plague. The locusts we have with us every year, but never in large numbers, and tho damage they do Is comparatively negligible. The plague of grasshoppers Is de structive, but extromely rare in this section. Some fifty years ago fierce and sanguinary battles were fought around Chattanooga. The othejr day three men who participated In those terrible conflicts fell dead while merely marching in a confederate reunion parade In that city, Time tells. The New York World proclaims It "A Senate Reclaimed." because it la "Investigating itself," in search of the insidious lobby. It reclamation depends on discovery, there Is yet time for cheering. Our old-time friend, "Dave" Mercer, could probably give a good answer to the question, "What Is a lobbyist?" World Herald. In the language of tho immortal poet, this is the most unklndest cut of all. BackWatd LOOKltl' This ft in Omaha COMPILED ROM DEE, F1LE5 ceo t. JUNK 8. f 000 t Tlilrty Years Ago The Ancient Order of Hibernians band Is already arranging for a Fourth of July celebration at Handoom park. Pomy Segelkc, the mineral water men, filed their trade-mark with the county clerk, aa required by law. Quito a crowd gathered In front of C. H. Frederick's hat store to look at the fino lithograph of the new Brooklyn bridge, accounts of which have filled the papers of late. Omaha has quite a number of Juvenile experts In bicycle riding who are ex hibiting their talents On the new pave- merits. Among the best riders aro the son of General Cowln, the son of A. Pol lock and tho two sons of I. W. Miner. Dr. V. Tj McGilltcuddy, Indian agent at Pino Ridge, spent the day In Omaha. Resolutions signed by A. Alice, Simeon Bloom and George R. JRathburn, aa a committee for Custer post. Grand Army of the Republic, tender thanks .to tho children's hospital on Dodge street has day exercises. The laying of tho cornerstone for the chllds' hospital on Dodge street has again been postponed by bad weather. The musical union orchestra went to Wahoo to help open John Winter's new opera house there. Twenty Years Ae central iuDor union adopted a ringing resolution endorsing the candidacy of W. C. Boycr for president of the Interna' tional Typographical unloo. James Wlttineham, who ran a feed store at Twenty-second and Cuming Etreetn, accepted a check in payment of goods from a man who turned out to be rorger, and tne detectives began a search for htm. City Engineer Rosewatcr and City At torncy Connell arranged to meet In Joint session with the Board of Publlo Works to advise about paving matters, but when tho hour camo tho engineer and attorney were the only ones present. John D. RIed, chief clerk of the Union Paclflo advertising department, left for Ogden to meet the San Francisco Ex aminer's school children excursion, made up of publlo school pupils going to- the World's fair In Chicago chaperoned Ik' Airs. macK. Air. iuea intended taking .them to Salt .Lake City for a pleasure trip and then escorting them on to Omaha. Brownell Hall set the time for its twenty-fifth annual commencement at June 13, when the graduates would be Edna Elmer. Loulso McCollum Rhecm. isaiin aodou ana Aiary tunm uairu Ten Years Ani Jtiivus announced that John W. Alvord, the hydraulic engineer chosen by the 'city, and George II. Benzenberg, the nominee of the water company, would be In tho city. In a few days to select a third man to Join With them In appraising the value of tho Omaha water plant preparatory toi the Immediate compulsory purchase of It by tho city. Junior day ut Brownell Hall brought a Bcaron of fun for tho girl students. A program was given In which. theso partici pated: Misses Marlon Johnson, Mabel Perry, Ruth Perkins, Helen Davis, Isabel French, Gertrude Graves, Blanche Welden and Maude Porry. Councilman ' Fred Iloya announced a plan to force the paving of Sixteenth street from Douglas to Cuming at the ex pense of abutting property owners. He proposed for the council to condemn the street and proceed with the repairs, which certainly were badly needed. James Crelghton, ono of tho city's pio neers, died at hip home after an Illness of several weeks. He was a cousin of Edward and John A. Crcighton. with whom he had been associated in freight ing between .Omaha and the gold fields of the west In the early days. He came to Omaha from his native state of Ohio In 1S56. He had hecn married three times. His first wife, Mary McCrystal, was the mother of Mrs, Con V. Gallagher. His second wife was Mary Elisabeth Largey and his third Katherlne McCullum, who survived htm. His surviving children were Mrs. Gallagher of Kansas City, John V. Crelghton of Portland, Mrs. John O'Connell and Miss Mary Crelghton of Vancouver, Charles, Arthur, Etta and Clara Crelghton and Mrs. Mark Coad of Omaha. People and Events Grape juice, now the favorite upple In "Washington, Is usually chased with a big sUck. Bills abolishing cock fights and lot teries are beforo the Cuban legislature. National sports can stand a shakedown. The few Indians remaining have lost much of the proud and haughty spirit of the race. One was seen on the streets the other day carrying a baby. There seems no limit to the troubles passed up to the policeman. A Minne apolis woman wants the police to arrest a. groundhog for foraging on her garden truck. The stuff that makes Milwaukee famous does not wear the collar on Its brow. Ice cream Is the favorite dissipa tion, consumption averaging two gallons per capita. A Chicago preacher makes good, his word by marrying people without fees, which he classed as "ministerial graft." But he Insists on candidates presenting health certificates signed by a "reputable physician." While the condition excites suspicion, there Is hardly -enough In the medical operation to make a split fee blush. 11. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Washington Peat: Dr. Frank Crane has Just burst forth la a tender appre ciation called "A Vision of Hands." Tut, tut. Doc stick to tho upllftl Houston Post: A Boston minister says no man has ever yet acquired an accu rate idea of hell. The idea most of us get, however, makes up In ImpresslveneM for what It lacks In accuracy. Boston Herald: A New Jersey minister will try to reach his congregation by means of a phonograph; whloh Is bet ter than the recent practice of Intro ducing Salomo dancers at church festi vals. Boston Transcript: Rev. Edward Cum- mlngs would like to take the cross out of Christianity, but when a man con stitutes a minority of one, the task of undoing single-handed, the work of 1.813 years, becomes Just a trifle difficult. New York World: Eighty young men and women aro about to depart from this city for -foreign missionary work under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. ZcaJ for this arduous form of reJIglous service appears to show no abatement. Baltimore American: In a church meeting In a Pennsylvania towi whero the women members havo lately been given the right to vote, the wfimen out voted the men, carrying a resolution for church Improvements. It Is one' of those straws showing which way the suffrage wind blows. Philadelphia Record: The Chinese re public has granted religious liberty to the Chinese people and has solicited tho favoring prayers of Christian churches for succcsb In the establishment of free government. There ought to be an in stant Christian response to this ap peal. MUFFLED KNOCKS. A g6od many failures are initiated with prayer. A man Is not a pig Just because he gets to the root of things. If Adam had got 16ss out of tho Gar den of Eden there would hive been more In It A man can, dream more in two min utes than he can accomplish in a hun dred years. In courtship" tho opposition of. the girl's parents Is an asset. Their approval Is a liability. The woman who has never been tempted Is the harshest crltlo of thoso who have fallen. If you believe In a lot of things that cannot possibly como true, -you will be regarded as progressive. The most leisurely parade is the one given by the man who has caught a good-sized string of fish. When a man Jilts a woman ir is con sldered an outrage. .But when a. woman Jilts a man It Is considered a Joke. Ono of the authorities recently waa asked whether a girl can lov'o "two men at the same time. Probably not. But she can give a sufficiently lifelike lmlttv .tlon of the passion to fool both of the men. Cincinnati Enquirer. EVERY ONE IN CIIUnCH. What Can Re Done When the Spirit Gets the Illiflit Push. Chicago Record-Herald. According to one "of the speakers be fore the North Baptist convention In De troit a 'study of twelve large American cities shows that in but bne of the num ber do the communicants of the Chris tian bodies Proestant and Catholic com binedequal the non-Christian popula tion." But there is a note of another kind In a dispatch from Cincinnati which says that "as a result of a month's hard work by the Welfato association of Wyoming, every man, woman and child in that sub urb of 3,000 Inhabitants attended church" last Sunday. "Ovaiers of automobiles ar ranged affairs so that their chauffeurs could keep their church attendance pledge, while wealthy families occupied pews In the churches where their servants wor shiped." That shows what can be accomplished where the proselyting spirit Is In full vigor. If the Welfare association did not go Into all the world and preach the gos pel to every creature, It brought all the world within the fold, which amounts to the same thing. But beforo we commend the movement without resorve we Bhall await a critical exegesis of tho last sen tence In the dispatch, which reads: "Of ficers of the association contend the in novation will aid In the J material ad vancement of their village." DOUBLE THE JOYS OP EVERY OUTING WITH A KODAK ANYBODY CAX KODAK, COMB IX AND LET VS SHOW YOU nOW SIMPLE IT IS, THE KODAK AlL-BY-DAYLIGHT WAY. WE DO THE BEST THE ROBERT TWO 1813 Farnam St, PItODS OF A SPINSTK Women who live In glass houses s shoui Mtroniie the best modistes. Buying a hat Is like choosing a hus band: you eannot find an attractive one which wears well. Wnm.n who nose as men haters are uhurJIv mnn baiters, with the wrong kind of angleworms on their hooks. Laugh at all a man s Jokes and ho will love you; applaud with discrimination, he will admire you; convey a doubt as to whntlinr he or his Joke Is the subject of mirth, he will fear and avoid you. Ill things come to him who waits. You have to outrun the other kind. I. Ifo u llkn swimming: Ho goes fastest and farthest who goes with the current. Lovo Is a comedy to all who think, and heaven and hell to the thoughtloss.- Judse. 'j r POLISHED NUGGETS. The actor never gets to. the top by easy stages. Being on tho wrong side of the fence is apt to become a habit Many a man has found himself undone from trying to do others. Many -a woman cuts her friends who doesn't believe in vivisection. There wouidn t be so much room at tho top If more o'f us weren't too lazy to climb. Ixive always goes to extremes. either makes one very happy or very miserable. The woman who is always looking for the .latest wrinkle sometimes finds It In her mirror. You can borrow enough trouble In an hour to keep you busy paying It back for the rest of your life. A man can mako things uncomfortable for his wife, but she can always get back at him In .housecleanlng time. Don't judge by appearances. Many i man has acquired a reputation for dignity when he really had a stiff neck. When a woman no longer gets nny pleasure from quarreling with her hus band It's a pretty sure sign she Is get ting tired of him. Jow York Times. SUNDAY SMILES. "The Declaration of Independence Is a wonderful document" Bald the patriotic citizen. "Yos," replied the legal expert "It's one of the ablest documents I ever, saw. And the most remarkable thing is that with all the ablUty It represents, nobody appears to have received a cent for draw ing It ,'up." Washington Star. "They say that unions raise thn prioo of labor." "Quite right! Two of my clerks got married lust week and struck me for more salary." Bostnn Trannnrlnt. "Did your son who went to the city to make his fortune deliver tho goodsT" "No, he was caught with them before he hod a. chance." Houston Post "Put a poker scene in your drama It you want to win applause." "How will that holpr' "Because a poker scene will be sure to get a hand." Baltimore American. "I'm doing my best to get ahead," as serted Cholly. "Well, hoaven knows you need one!" assented Dolly. New York Times. "According to this, so it would seem, tho slit skirts are money-makers for the hosiery manufacturers." "X.?.' i1'8,11". 111 wlna that blows no good." St Louis Republic. "Hero's something queer," said the denUst. "You say tills tooth has never been worked on before, but I find small "ViV. ,of. wld on mv Instrument" yo,V 5av. struck my back collar button.' replied tho victim. Philadelphia Ledger. . BITTER AND SWEET. S. E. Kiser in Record-Herald. Thfl dear cannot a,wnys bo clear, my mtJIleBt eye may still have Its tear; day 8 ln your b08m to- Llko the clouds, when you've wept, will And the skies will bo blue that are sullf and gray, My dear. ' if t" solnsr to rain, my dear, It will rain; Tho day will not brighten because you complain; Thr muBt BbearW8 that every KOod woman There aro griefs of which overy good man n V It Is only tho fool who has never a care The skies cannot always be clear my dear: Sweets wouldn't 'be sweet were no bit terness hero; There could never be Joy If there never was sorrow, The sob of today may be laughter to morrow; There la gladness as well as black trouble to borrow, My dear. A5IATEUK FINISHING. DEMPSTER CO. STOItES. 308 South 15th St.