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THE OMAHA SUNDAX BEE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1913.
Thk Omaha Sunday Bee.
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Sabactribers IvmvIbm !
(rMfanrilr al smvs; Tk Sea
malted, te tCM. At4rMMi ttlil Sm
Now, Mr. Weather Man, it's up to
you.
The campaign eentribntiea covers
a multitude of sins.
Laundries, like banks, always
cJalra the tiattit of the doubt
s Attempt at ftttleitie FmUt. KeB.
Dth to the wsa, or failure of Um
Attempt?
A lot of other dead letter laws on
oar statute books are waiting to be
resurrected.
K home rulo is a good slogan to
run or, ft ought to fee a good slop an
to etaad ob.
The oaly way ir tke High school
b4 y to gt tm Is to play jre
time all tki Wane.
VJketMn tfiMMsd CJrthift J14MBMMt
slim ovary day, tfiay it ill saiooih
'coppers, taoy will. ,
' ,11 -attn OoU '' api'ty M
aS6L teA In amr vn It wttk
ar, ofU'itiBg m bmi;-
- Tte- to!' 4trs may ootasUtaU a
fSaalal 't; justlea, ktti Uy Mt rteS
up Out towyors" eaan rtMr.
K aM rev4!rtff th Wahln4(m Mea44
arwd).-.WhliMrt-en MraM.
Oh, wy, it that btwS?
Tke trouble wltk tk averaf f t
rlcji-quiek scheme ta tkt it ta oaly
a side akow to a get-poor-dukk eir-
cus.
It wH5M k Jwot wMwral
to ftoi a m tkbt at M ksitsst
diwroe.
oMat Mtembcr da at
MMiey" and with tosa to
. tm.
"ad
tits
san
Tk srtory of tBato teada tiaa
cabtoat I taUla. to to, asd ia
atria titosB alt a twsMi Jar ftstttag
besisrs mgm. r.
This kaoektag aa Um jaakM hasst
haaf bad a ,totbto rKj St has
rtunkfM the lawyer a lot ot e4
fr adveftiseag. . L
A. aftoiurl town m UtVLtuSM iu
BHtrskal te shatcshe tkes ef speed
is autoe. You have to step and
show theso folks.
If Met dees aet rs-chrtaUn that
canal siese by tke of New He
braska whlla he is there, we shall be
dreadfully disappointed.
Those, underground rivers in Ne
braska's semi-arid regloa would have
heea tapped long ago if they vera
aaytkisg else than water.
Well, faas hava the aattafactioa, of
knowing positively that the Omaha
ball teasa will sot tose another game
ob the heme ground this sewoB.
It jrrobably waa && so asuck the
vacation that 11 Wlr4 Kdtaoa ovt
as the eeaaltto due to tha fact that
Jto had sere? atede a rale ef taking
vatiatihiae
JligM, yu are, Mr, 3ttslaessman,
s0agtotagod sane is a price
tose pnensstiB, but atigkty few
peoI wai kew that yu hare it, if
lreu sMHt't adverUss,
"TB Iter e has haeia dslspsj
ft w,? fkmnm tke' m, ai
yeae. ..a wka!
mc bast to arte Mi
tsssei
1
Alt dkfa BBjattex about Um vasaVlfc ehaA tui mUuXat tk.ij
ptrntiu sseto U aaielitoulaaaseta: Mtte 4 Um btowIm w In
rttjfeeBeeiM eihayrisoefw
jtaa Vsl'wa for Of tT twrymM
; b keeU th bwifrffBg,
r , Jfc, ia
Just an Alter Thougltt.
The oppoaenU of home rale, fear
ing that their real motives might not
be a winning card, aro sow trying to
mask themselves behind a pretense
that the proposed home rule charter
for Omaha is drawn in the Interest
of the pdblio service corporations.
That this Obvious fake la just an
after, thought is clearly proved by it
tardy appearance. Three out d fif
teen members of the charter conven
tion JecllHed to alga the document,
each explaining his "reason, but not
one of them gave as a reason that the
charter was too favorable to 'these
corporations. On lho contrary, every
one of the three dissentors voted for
every section of the charter in any
way relating to the public service
corporations, and their subjection to
and control by the city.
Every member of the charter con-
ventlon knows, and everyone else
who knows anything about it knows,
that tho proposed charter lays new
burdens on the frsnchlsod corpora
tions and cinches tax obligations
which they would Hko to throw off,
and that the charter would have read
far differently it they bad been al
lowed to have their own. way.
Everyone knows that the street
railway company does not relish the
prospoct of being compelled by the
new chatter to pay for paving the en
tire occupied area of the 'Street and
a footton each side of its tracks,
something, it had thus far succeeded
in fighting off through pliant legisla
tors making charters for us at Lin-'j
cola. '
Everyone knows that the telephone
company objects streauously to the
assertion of reservation in this char
ter of aay right to regulate its
charges thrpugh the council or by
Initiative orilaaace because it pre
fers, aad cotadg iJiat it should be
subject' o, regulation only by the
tats Railway coHlmisslom made up
f e-r4aets and holdiag sessions
ia & dtoMt city.
lCrsry kaows that all our pub
lic service corporations objct to be
ing required to pay an occupation tax
sever less- than 3 per cent of their
gross receipts; that every ono of them
affected objects to the establishment
in the new charter of a maximum
ckargs for the service it renders
lower than the charge it is now ex
aetlag; that avery one thees, ex
cjK, thfM wit !fltual fraaohtaes,
kjetta ,tfc ' twstyoii-yeevr UbiK
on. renewal fraaehlsM; that every o
I ikm ?bixtk to tke charter eiawM
ttsat wald iMfsst a fraaiita for
foliar te ltv up to its termc or to
ay Um Isms, royalties and tkr
febStittttB impose by ths city.
Himymm knows that vry om of
UutHatBC tho city, as ta saw bir-
Ur JhMa, ai'tts option to aotttir tksir
BfoWtr ttr by jwehao a tsv
jawatiw, wtthit Bayttbg for a fto-
tMtota frasMMls vaitto, or to o
struct and itoalf errata, or 1m a
9at to ptB4y. y ste ubHe atrv-
toe aa tk YOtss of tk elty saay
ttU
No, wk aayoa' trie to toll ysxi
th ke ruta charter is just,what
the fraacktaed corporations want ia
yae pf g resent charter provtatoss
ymttrtd by tkem down, at UbcoIb
wksa tin ksiM aoosta were at tk
im, kf is Kscvsalac upe yw ia
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Uaa editor sorvtog ae secretary ef
the md ystto it Wiisaa, la
dtaattsaAaa MsrtoeJBSB and tka
lTii," demuade to knew "What was
tb htkBta whtok tod JlttfU late the
etrW C bttovia, er at leaet ear
laax. tha taw Mwrtoaa aatwrr ef tka
Umltod Stotoa did at have the eysa
paMiy iwd support of the Aaterioaa.
papl? We do net kaew what R
was. Fecetbfy asking aiora thatt a
wMd ttoa that aei late Haerta's
mind, bttt certaialy i? such a basis
rettly extatod; H was not because
the American newspapers as a whole
bad tailed to preach patriotism.
It is laceacelvable that aay ad
ministration should enlist uaaaimous
approval of the press la such a policy,
yet H must be admitted that, re
gardless of political bias, our news
papers as a whole hava exhibited a
broad aad patrlotio spirit toward the
president not .only ia the existing
Situation, but la his general policies.
'When it cornea to preaching and prac
ticing patriottasa in season and out,
tue press ot our country, as Mr.
Daniels well knows, Is second to no
other Influence or agency.
Th Xril f Lnni fneoclatioa.
Is it true that, a contended by a
government stettatlolaB, the .land
apecatater fcy fictitiously inflating
prices repels settlers aad obstructs
development! The land speculator
came with the early pioneers of the
west and has operated continuously
during all thta era ef unprecedented
growth aad aetUetaeat. But tor tha
aatorai srth and rises prk"es, the
apstaUtor would: he suaesed out.
f ,-mumr -Ih heeve ni the apeeiila
tor umii her . atan e dtan?se-
e)p ttes) weet ta
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4Jaae BftJC jtnaBii at v-wajsl&w ratxtui
tk a Jetejata vaitof C CaHfata,
which waa the hbs ltoeened from
leeto e4 ( tJto Wtrr he fh etkr,
and Into which new setUers fairly
swarmed. Land undoubtedly roso to
fictitious prices In places, but the rec
ords will show a stupendous growth
and development in tho Sab Joaquin
valley. Bo far as general results go,
It la difficult to discriminate between
the speculator in land and la any
thing else. Land speculation, fortu
nately, Is an, evil that wears itself
out and seldom has .a long course to
run.
Inteasire lelif tea.
In one of the modem church pa
pers runs an advertisement to this
effect:
John Jones and staff, consulting oc(-
ologists. Survey. Ef!clecy Method,
Publicity for the Churches. If you de
alt your church to itleet !U local prob
lems In a wore effective. Manner, h&fe
our expert make a careful diagnosis of
the entire situation. . .
On another page is aa advertise
ment of a religious training school,
which begins!
The demand for people Who "know how
to do It" la cn 6t tha conspicuous also
Of the times. Don't you think, It is time
for vm to undertake taor seftoualy toe
training of obureh workora, other than
ministers?
Quite significant ef a haw awaken
ing la. the forces at 'ckure Broua-
ganda. Yes, most folkli doubtless will
' ' i t
agree that it is. ttm? for more serl
oualy undertaking to trala the men
and women who are snoulderlng tha
burden of rollgioua enterprises la this
day of intensive methods -ia all other
lines of aotivity. This is the day of
tho expert, of tha specialist, ot Inten
sive cultivation, ia business ot all
sorts, and Why sot tha .business of
the church? If the temporal agen
cies: so keenly fool iieja ot new
lite and energy and aejeace, certainly
the sacred pursuit 'of religion, flari-
isg.lt aene too easy at best to cope
with worldly forces, can afford to
h,ed this call for larger efficiency.
Progressive churchmen realize that
bow, as of old, men da Bt always
eoae to the feast unbiddea; that it is
sftett aecessary to ge out lato the
highways sad hedges arid compel
them to come In, and they have
scriptural authority for tho validity
of their importunities.
Advancing ia Sanitation.
Tho reduction ot our infant mor
tality In an over-heated summer sUdh
as the ode just passed is proof of the
progress being mass in modern
aietheds ot saaitatkm. (Surely if the
Mortality can he kept ttown below
former records during ahaoraaily
bat weather so conducive tot infantile
disease. It is encouraging of the no-
stbllitiee "under favorable conditions. I
It seenss to show that as communities
we are gradually learning the Isseon
el setafttltto heal U. presrvsAtoa.
MuBtaifal, stoto and federal
agencies aad resource have eo
eeeratod la this piepegmnda and it
would be dteceferectoc, iadeed, net
te achieve defhtKe precrese. But
after, all, Hhe scfeattat ta correct ia
aeylag that as compared with what
aiay be done, what has been, accom
plished amounts to very little. And
this again Is encouraging, since
the move ment for modern sanitation
ta hut iu its Infancy It has been
esly a few years Since the cry ot
swattfng the fly was raised: since the
fresh ar and sunshine mania took
hold of us; siace the pure food and
drug Uwa were t aaetod and people
really set tkstolvoe s-ertoweMy te the
k of gHrdl their health aakst
fcto asset natural eases tot. In the
wfeeto category of sew and MerB
Bsethods, Botkiac ta wors prenttaisvg
eh the future ef thievery laeve-
t fer aaHry Xviag.
The oeavsntont theory that eriae
ta a dtaeaee, with its correllary that
the ertotinal las&act ta transmitted
by inheritance, and its Inferential
eanoluston that the criminal is a vic
tim of his physical nature and not re
sponsible for his offense against so
ciety, never appealed to us forcibly,
The notion that criminals are born
or created entirely by condition be
yond tbelr control and are in no way
self-made, if accepted, would set our
entire method ot dealing with crime
beyond the pale of civilisation and.
humanity. Not that these methods
are the best, or even tolerable with
out reform, but thfrt the whole idea
ot punishment and redemption un
derlying all our penal institutions
rests on the assumption of individual1
accountability.
It ia gratifying, therefore, to have
new testimony corroborating and sup
porting our refusal to regard crime
aa a disease. In the current number
of Scribner's Magaslae. a. whole
somely suggestive article on "The
Man Behind the Bars," is contributed
by Winifred Louisa Taylor, one of
our foremost prison workers, with an
experience with hundreds of convicts
covering more than twenty-five
years, in'whlch she Says:
Among these convicts I noouatered
soma uamlstakafclo degenratea Th'
most optimistic humaaltartanj can not
deny that in all cUwees of Ufa we find
instances, of moral -na.-aoy. This fact
hie been clearly demonstrated by soma'
ot ou? muns.minionjures. The Xmm de.
feaerato, kowever, is usually the result
t causes too wtnp)ica,ted or rRiou to be
etoariy traosd.
- iKTonewoui ay on.
aerlacs with convict I have known
not snore than a Aosea who seemed to
m Wck-nsrt4- UraU criaiieals:
a,t4 among these, as it happened, but one;
was of criminal pasesitac Crtme Is net
iJZSlJ TLFFluZ T,t?Jtl coming over them, they just
the prisons tb m kumaa nature as ta uke something for it aad start out on
the churches; fa dlfleresUb sievetoped'n new tack,
and manlfetted, but not ao different after
all aa we should expect, remembering the
contrast between the home Influence, tha
education, environment and opportunity
bf the Inmates of our prisons with that
Of the representative of our churches.
These observations, It seems to ufl,
ought to be stimulating to thoso who
want to believe that tha man who
goes wrong may bo set right and can
be made over Into a useful citizen.
The conclusions embodied in this
study are also fatal to tho theory
that the why to stop Crime is to pre
vent the propagatibn of a crlmlnnl
race and hold up to scorn recent leg
islative attempts in that direction.
Tho way to stop crime plainly is to
toach every man, woman and child
the difference between right and
wrong, to provide opportunities to
travel the straight path without, be
ing submerged la want or misery,
and to make each individual feel that
he is responsible tor his own acts.
Art ia the Sokooli.
You realise, 4o you not, how that
tastily dressed teacher stands out in
the menibry of your school boy days?
Somethipg about her holped you then
and fixes in your mind now the
bright spots in. tho daya and weeks
and months that sometimes dragged
rather drearily, you thought, across
lho path of your young life.
Clothes do not make a school
Ueaoher, any mora than a man or
woman, at all, but outward appear
ances make a profound impression
oil tho mind ot tho child, touching
at a very vital point tho teacher's
most valuable asset. It Is encourag
ing, therefore, to be told that since
rudimentary instruction in art has
become a part of the curriculum of
the public school, tha teachor aa well
as pupil reflects the benefits,
Mrs. Klla Flagg Young, superin
tendent of Chicago's public schools,
says now that art Is a part of tho
school work, Chicago teachers aro
the best dressed of any In the coun
try. Not that thoy are wearing moro
costly apparel, but that they aro us
ing better tasto In what they wear,
Without stopping comporlsons, It will
be admitted that, what Is better still,
tho children aro doing the narno
thing. Haying acquired the art of
matching colors, thoy are carrying
the lesson home and as a result re
markably improving their own; per
sonal appearance.
It is real culture, this teaching the
child V precept as well as example.
This training e'f the artistic tempera
ment oegua., ia our kindergartens
poesessee far store than mere esthetic
advantages, and should bo continued
ia some form on through the course,
for, they do say, there is aeeaT in the
higher gradae' just newV-ter more
prudeaee 1 drees,
Xltif tfajfey tn tite lam,
It is reg rettable that the Farmers'
Nattaaal Congress, which aired the
oia eempiaiBt of boys leaving the
farm for the city, did not also sug
gest something tangible to stem the
tide. Many years ago a rhymster
wrote a little song running something
like 'this;
You're thinking of leaving the farm, boys;
v tn, m u ourry xo go.
Tho city has many attractions,
But profits come in rather slow.
Hut song and speech are not suf-
ricieat, The city attracts the youth
by causes that are natural because
youth .ta. yeutk. These causes create
a cempetitleei th ouatry has got to
meet. Of course, such, a nation as
ours, whose sinews have been so
targeiy drawn from the country,
weuM net de more than restrict the
forces behind the movement now un
duly aeeetoraied. It ,1s largely a
matter ef education with the country
school ettarkg a key to the situation.
India tke educaUea of the country
bey and kl farmwar'd Instead of
eKyward; magnify tho virtues and
attractions of farm life and lessen
the emphasis on the matchless prom
ises of the distant city, Impressing
tb youth both with tho dignity and
advantage 0f llfo In the country. Add
to such instruction social and domes
tic surroundings inviting to youth,
making tho homo as attractiv
Itliat of his urban cousin, mri m.
aoura of as will permit moro
sepulture aad entertainment, and
the situation might be much dlfferont
man it is,
The newspaper whoso senatorial
owner voted for the sccrot caucus
tariff bill wants .to make out that
tho proposed home rule charter for
which the public was for weeks
urged to present suggestions Is a star
chamber document. Its effort would
be funny If it were not so hypocriti
cal, An engineer in one of the fatal
New Haven wrecks has died of grl?f,
having been constantly haunted by
vjslons of victims. Up' to last ac
counts, however, ex-Prealdent Charles
8. Mellen was still alive and showing
great fortitude.
The social service board's "rules
governing public dances" In Omaha
provide, amohg other things, that
dancera must "keep their eodiea
front each other," That settles It.
''Mnwv , w......
"Busy" dOM not half describe
that Anti-Saloon league bunch.
Wheaavar thnv flnirlnr tha f,
LooknBacWanl
QkisDiWittQttiklia
ceMPiuMi ravens e mlk
000 bkptem nmt t OOP
Thirty Years Ago-
a large crowd witnessed tne first gams
of tho serif a between the Alltgheniea of,
Plttaburg-rt and the Union Fadflca on the
Bt. Marys avenue grounds. The visitors.
pounded out six runs to the heme team's1
two. Here Is the Union Pacifies' batting
list: McKelvey, center fielder; Funk-;
houser, left fielder; Larkln, shortstop;
Brveed, first base; Whitney, second base;
Foley, third base; Brig, right fielder;,
BaUsbury, pltchor; Handle, catcher.
Hon. James E. Boyd returned from a'
trip through Kansaa.
A local bankers' Interview expresses
displeasure with the new postal notes,
"but not because the banks fear any 'in-
Jury to their business."
Hourly trains wilt begin rurfnlng Man
day between Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Fare each way, 23 cents; children. 1$
cents; fare between the transfer and
Broadway, Id cents. Those who do not
buy tickets will have to pay 00 cents' to
cross the bridge.
8. A. Orchard has bought llrs. Bean's
Interest In the carpet business of Orchard
& Bean and will hereafter conduct the
business in his own name.
The asphajt pavement on Harney street
is open from Ninth to Tenth, and work
Is progressing further along. A double
street car track is being laid across Har
tley at Thirteenth In prospect of a new
line up Thirteenth street.
C. A. Ringer Is back from a trip to the
east
"Omaha people Who visited the Sarpy
county, fair at, PapUHou included Fred
Krug, Fred Stubendorf, F. J, Henshaw
and wife, Charles, Henry and Ed Kautf
jnart, Henry Dohle, "William Wechbach,
Alec Daemon, WllUam Begelke and F. W.
Schmidt
Twenty Years Ago
Frank Beacp, 10-year-old son if ex
Meat Inspector Besen, 2711 Douglas
street, was shot between the eyes by a
playmate with -a 23-callber gun, with
which, the playmate was toying, thinking,
ot course, It was not loaded, He aimed
it at. the Besen boy and it was, lcaied,
as usual. The doctor gave a hope tor
tne boy's recovery
"Workmen et tke Standard Paving com
pany went on a strike because they Were
getting only fl.X a dy for ten hours'
work and they said they had found out
that the Barber Asphalt Company ana
John Orant were paying from to
tl,7S a t&ayfor the same time and wfcrk,
Oeerge E; Thatcher, secretary of the
company said when asked about the
strike, that his company attended to its
own business and he wished the news
paper would attend to their'e and let
his alone. But the elusive Item crept
out -
John Nelson, 120 South 'Twenty-seventh,
Street, fired his gun oft at Cut-Oft lake,
where. 'he wrs', enjoying a bit of an out
ing, The gutl kicked back full foric,
striking Mr. Nelson squarely In the, irtro
with tho result that It destroyed the
sight of that eye.
H. F. Lehman nnil Charles M. Hansen
took out a building permit for brick
stores at 3308 Fer nam street, costing
50,WO. .
Mr. and Mrs. WlllialjForestt or Burling
ton, la,, arrived in Omaha to make this
their permanent home. Mr. Forest was a
brother-in-law ot Andy Bell of this city.
Te Vestrs Asto
The harmony idea continued to grow
wherever republicans came together. It
reached a robust .stage of development
at a McJClnley club meetlnr, where an'
editorial from The Bee declaring "The
machine has been thrown into the scrap
pile and the aatl-machlae seat to tke
machine shop for repairs" was praised
aa hitting the bull's-eye. Jobi "W, Qat
tln, J. K. Van Odder and Frank Craw
ford made harmony speeches.
The city council voted to send Coiraell
man Ike ifascali to Baltimore with hi
expenses paid by the city 'to represent
it at tha meeting ot the League ot Amer
ican Municipalities, where he was slated
to read a paper on "The Vital Points in
Municipal Government."
Ben Hur beat Messala in that chariot
race at the Boyd theater before a crowd
that packed the arena, eager to Ret tho
full benefit ot Klaw & Erlftnger's spec
tacular presentation.
All coal but anthracite was going up
and would go up. according to coal deal,
er, who were doing their best to catch
all the extra nickels.
Word leached hta brother. H. B. Me.
Connell, of the resignation -of J, H. Mc
Connell from a 10,0 position with the
American Locomotive company in Penn
sylvania, where he went from the post
tlon of master mechanic In the Union
Pacltlo shops In Omaha. Nothing- was
known of Mr. McConnell'a future plana.
PACTS AND "FANCIES.
A boy fights hl first battle with the
world and then retreats In the direction
of home.
Men and the southwest wind are much
jiho in me respect tnat both Wow a
great deal.
The way a man achieves the reputation
of being a "woman hater" Is by remtJn
ing single until after he ts S3.
Women excel men In the respect that
they can remember the date of their wod
ding anniversaries and the axes of their!
children. I
If a man be naturally inefficient and
worthless, the possibility that be may be-
come, a weather prophet asaupies the aa.j
Ptct of a probability. !
The fact that Evelyn Thaw gets
a week in vaudeville Is another prop un-
der tho theory that values arrf fixed not'
by the wise men, but by fool. !
There axe various definitions of "ofUdt
comfort" To a tnn it consists in sitUngl
on, the sraaJt of his back with his feed
elevated at an angle ot forty-five degrees.!
While a woman mr.y be able t turn an
austere countenance toward other lures
for the unwary, ha never is able to te-1
sit the temptation to buy her husband a
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cravat Philadelphia X4gee
People and Events
The rattle ot the black diamonds slid
ing Into the cottar bin to the coal dealer
is the sweetest tnuslo of tha "melancholy
days."
Festive paragrapher afa wasting time
' and gray matter coining synonyms for
"bone head." Tho supply ot
boneheads"
exceeds the capacity ot the mints.
The Joy of Kansas Over the fall rains
tarries a Utile more pep than the Ne-
braska .brand. Sprinklers employed in
laying the beds of the rivers are enjoy'
tng a vacation.
The fact that bananas are to remain
on the free lut will not aooth th tm.
pr 0f those persons who, unprovided
with baseball etiehlona, become -victim
of a peeling flip.
The pre-eminence of this glorious coun
try as the melting pot of races Is further
emphasized by the fact that an Italian
play the bagpipes publicly In Chicago
and has not been molested.
Ohio Is about to awing from a detuge to
a partial drouth. On the first of Novem
ber the law limiting saloons to one for
even H Inhabitants goes into effect, and
J.M1 saloons out of a total of 8,S5 will
be put out of business.
Politics is so deftly wpven Into the
judicial fabric of Chicago that seven
Judges of the Cook county courts have
declined to preside at the trlat of an at
torney charged with defamation of char
acter In connection with, the matoderous
Lorjmer case.
The name of Ford Is writ large In tho
rbtunda 6t Detroit's city hall. It also
decorates the highways here, there and
everywhere the honk honketh, But It
shines best at home Just now because
the city, unable to market 4 per cent
bonds, saVed Us face when Henry Ford
planked down $1,000,000 for the package.
After two weeks of solemn dellbetation
the sedate authorities of Philadelphia de
cided that a religious procession, with
bands playing and banners fluttering,
may move over the streets on Sunday
without desecrating the Sabbath day.
Permission for the parade, however, I
conditioned on the bands refraining from
Unseemly tooting within a block of any
church where services are being' held.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULHT.
Washington Post: A New York .evan
gelist claims that only 15 per cent of the
church members follow the Christian
path. Still, if he ta on the tight rope, we
don't see how ss made th finunf.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Thcosophlsts pro
ujr retnearnauon to aeveion a race
of rulers. As a plan to put eugenics on
tne snejr una is subject to the auestlon
whether, when they have produced their
reincarnated' rulers, they can get the poo-
pie, to vote for them.
Baltimore American; Perhaps many
who already believe in a future life will
not have their faith strengthened hy the
recent argument tba$ it must he,.so$ be
cause some folks bee spooks in this life.
But, then, tke psychical societies rebuke
the Phlltetle attitude by takiag speoka
seriously.
Springfield Republican; Bishop Hose'
statement at the recent Missouri Metho
dlst conference that "total abstinence
from tobacco Is one of the distinguishing
niarks of a genttejnan," .may have, been
prompted by the circumstance that while
he was speaking some ef the members ot
the-conference Were refreshing 'themselves
with a quiet ssb&co on the lawn. The
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bishop may be excused for putting it
rather strongly.
Houston Post: A Birmingham minister!
says that even the menU6n of the word!
"enemy"' ought to suggest love to & Ghrls-I
tlan's mind, it always docs to ours, only;,
we insist upon Having a club or'piece
of gasplpe' handy when the mentioning
begins. y
Indianapolis News! There ore undoubt-,
edly place Where the. free lunch: has
proved to bo a great attraction, but)
whether it will be effective In a church
or not Is so uncertain that great' interest
will be taken in that South Bend mini,
tor's plan to serve refreshments in ordeal
to attract men to church. '
SMTTiTNCr REMARKS.
"That dog ot yours kept me awake
half the night," said the neighbor.
"I'm sorry." replied the husband of the
woman who owns the dog. "But 1' can't
help envying you a little. I'd like to'
know how you managed to get that half
a night's sleep." Washlneton Star.
"Henry, I believe you ate, like all the
men. When I give you letters to. mall
you think It's a good Joke to carry them
for days and days In your pocketi"
"Abigail, I give you my word I 'mail
every one of them eventually," Chicago
Tribune. , v
"Liquor is the greatest curse of otir
times," remarked the tall man.
"I agree with you," replied the short ,
man. "Ten drinks of It makes a guy
with a voice like a hyena Imagine he
can sing." Cincinnati Enquirer.
"I've, described my symptoms, .thor
oughly, haven't I. doctor?" the patient ,
asked.
"You certainty have," replied the aoc
to, "and I will give you something for ,
your pains." Llppiucott's Msgaslne, .
"Rather an extravagant receptlorf they 1
gave that play at the show house last
night." . ,
"Yea, llie audience pitched half a, case
of eggs at If '-St. Louis Republic. ,
- "Cholly and Alerv nart!eltMtirt In'n die, .
graceful affair in a cafe." ,
"Anybody hurt?"
"No." '
VT.hen 'what was disgraceful about itf'
"Why, a,. couple of waitresses. ,held
them apart." Washington HeraM, .
YE MELANCHOLY BAYS. .
'The melancholy doys-ore come, the sad
dest of the year;" .
The freshening rains have come, and the
winter styles are here;
Packed in the garret aro the togs In
which We did perspire.
And pa la sawing up old boards to feed
the furnace tire; t
The asters now are blooming, pink, purple,
red. and white,
And mother spreads a blanket upon them
every night. ,
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Where aro the hats; the flower-decked
m-."r.'' "Jt,"ln.J.l'u1"s wauier,
That drooped o'er maiden features In tho
balmy Apt 11 weather? x
Alas, those fair creatloua no longer "may
be seen,
They're covered with black shoe iolteh.
black satin and black mollne.
And at tho back Blonds a feather of black
or somber. Hue,.
Jke a. man that is riding the raptds in
the stern Of a. small canoe;
-
"The melancholy nays are come," '.but are
yet to be seen
In Omaha, flaming with colorsred. yeU
low and also green; ' '
"The robin and the wren have flown,"
. . but Vou. may have seen the Jay ,
A-tootln a big Ak-Sar-Bcn horn in the
i"ow?s on tne King's Highway ' ' f '
And the flowers of spring tnt,hav'per-
UA$) "e warrimtedncvtq
WIlI"Wossom again oh the 'auteatsMies'oa
iy.e le fk:-lr Parade,- ts
Omaha. g,Mimk.r mis
lower drawer of this dresser
The mild, sweet cedar odor is
enough to ,discourage moths and
Line" Dressers
selling, at tke
show yon
can.
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