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6 B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBETl 14, 1913. Tiie Omaha Sunday Bee. FOUNDBD Br EDWATID IIOSBWATBH VICTOR ROSBWATKR, EDITOU. JJBB BTJIUMKQ, FARNAM AND 17TIL Entered at Omaha postofflco as iecond class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday Bee, one year IJ.JJ Saturday Bee, one year l.W Dally Bee, without Sunday, one year.. 400 Dally Bee, and Sunday, one year 6.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Kvenlng and Sunday Bee. per month..40e Evening, without Sunday, per month, .be Dully Bee, Including 8unday. per mo..W Dally Bee, without Sunday, per month.Bo Addreu all complaints of Irregularities In deliveries to City grculatlon Dept. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only 3-cent stamps received In payment or small accounts. Personal checVs, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. lincoln 34 Little building. CMcago-Ct Hearst bulldlnir. New York Room 1106, SK Fifth avenue. EL Louis 03 New Bank of Commerce. Washington 735 Fourteenth 8fc, N. W, CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should b addressed Omaha Beo, Editorial department. X0YEJOE1, SUNDAY CIRCULATION 43,353 State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, &, Dwight Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average Sun Any atrcuiatlon for the month of October, day circulation for the month of Novem ber, 1913. was 4351 DWIOUT WII X.1AMB, Circulation Manager. Subscribed Jn my Presence and sworn to before ma this 8d day of December, lt ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Publla Safcscrtbera leavlas the city tern smwrltr afcaalft Jwv) Tho Res nulled tm them. Aadrca ttIU bo chneged M eftea as reo.aeted. GoYror MctcaJfe saya It Isn't so. Tht aght to Mttle It, Stra-hasglRg baa almot corns to 1m recur as a near-necessary evil. Thud far Ba of those' Fr!co "Wars" hare offered to put it The let Mosa Um liu been fMd. We kaew'tke want ad weald t It. .i Columbia, S. O., baa a school for trafelag waiters. Goo, they don't Jioeft training. are the days whon Bonta Clave llet of good children grows by ieepi ad boitad. "Joy Ceawtb 1 the Morning," xhm the eld hytMt but It wa wrlttem beiere the adrettt the Joy rider. Beware of the "teed frtead" wbe is always leekliig fer 'a ehaace to oaem in yr frleadeMe te hit adran- Villa says be will eat kkj Christ mum; dtaner la the city of Meatee. The gUo Ut, "Where, thea, will Muerta eel bis? A wotJMMi has been ceavlct-ed et MSMeiaucbter dewa ia Baeaders eeaaty. She bad e imwrittea law The aawieat and hoaerable game of w resiling is another one that has suffered fro the effects of "Invisi ble geverasMat." "What has became of your old- faehieaed coleael with muetachlo and eter asks an exchange. Gee to the barber's. The, "last white he" is said to be ea hie way freea Australia, Mepe of what akiBgiag a M of easy Marin at the bex etttee? Preetdeat WUeea hi yeetured by a frteadly aeweaaaer ae a saUax, wWcfc yrebabiy will strike the corre seeadeaU as aa artletie Jek. Attt ewaers waat severer penal ties far borrewlag ears wkbeat first aeUac )eee. tort et aa aute leaa ejark law Is evMeatly called for. Bay tkls for him Mr. Taft is not ene ef tbeee qx-preeldent who go about with a grouch on because aa ether sse is la tke White House. The theatrical press agent who Is able te put all that white slave sob staff screes ought to have his salary raised regardless of the box office receipt. Jeha Purroy Mitchel's election as xaayer of New York City at the age of 81 shows that a young man may accomplish It ho tlos up with the right crowd. The aaaouacement of a serial story cstiUed "The Trail to Yesterday," by aa sKm politically progressive paper qoes hoi mean it baa become reac tloaary, we take it. The comforting informa,tIon is fur nished that eggs selling for 45 cents a detent In, Omaha would command 76 seats in New YorkIf there is any comfort la that. la afiumerating the many advan taejee held out by Omtha, do not neg Jeet to mention tho privilege of breetfclBg the finest atmosphere in the world nearly every day in the year. Xs Mrs. Ill Flagg Young has ac ce?te; tke poeHioB of .educational editer ef a great newspaper, we taktj nosisisa to welcome her to a profee aitw that affords her opportunity for aettla back at the naughty politl ftlaai wttheet JeoperdUtag her Job. Two Viewpoints, Dlvino law nnd human society always havo seemed at variance in their attitude toward tho fallen woman. Society's double standard for tho mascullna and feminino re quires no elaborating and it scarcely needs bo said that It runs counter of a rulo found In both old and new testaments. Two notablo examples of tho application of this rulo arc thoso of Itahab and tho Magdalene, both of whom, according to sacred Writ, becomo Instruments of distin guished Bcrvlco to Qod. When tho hosts of Israel finally provailod against tho walls of Jericho and en tered tho city to destroy It and its in habitants, they wero divinely com manded to flparo tho one wicked Kvoman, Ilahnb, whoso house had boon converted from a carnival of eharao to tho refugo of Joshua's spies. Tho transforming power of tho faith that took hold of tho woman figured largely in tho triumph of Israel and thoso of tho now dispensation affirm that tho former sinful woman bocame "an ancestress of Christ" Tlssot's graphlo pictures of tho "Llfo of Christ," prosont a striking view of the woman "taken in shamo," whom tho ungracious, Taunting Pharasees hold up to contumely beforo tho Great Teacher. Tho plo turo shows Jesus bonding oror a balustrado and writing in tho dust that had accumulated on a bonch be low, the woman standing by abd bout her a group of men. Tissot of fers tho theory, not as accepted truth, but meroly speculatively on tho sug gestion of othora, that what Jesus' wrote was first tho name of tho woman and opposlto it thoso of tho men who had sinned with her. As each man's namo appeared, ho ad vanced to see it, turned abashod and walked away. This continued until evory man had gono and then camo the challenge ns rocorded in tho scriptures, "Ho that la without sin, let him cast tho first stono." But it Is not recorded that any atones were cast. Beside tho aame of tho woman had In turn appeared that of evory man present. And what real, deflnlto progress have wo made In our varied attempts at mooting this social problemT Segregation, proscription, raids, ar rests and expulsion all aro trtod with about tho same vain rosult But society's attltudo toward tho unfor tunate, individually, remain sub stantially unchanged, apparently un affected by these two startling ex amples from the Bible. Perhaps wa May exyect no tangible advanoa toward what men lightly call a solu tlea until we mere nearly eateh the proper view-e4t ta wreMhinifhe personality jf the problsai, $ Dr. Xlitt'i Titles, ' Harvard's venerable prenidoflt emeritus sees ly a race et degener ates ene hundred years hence la the United State, our degradation' being complete morally and physically as a direct consequence of the present "factory system" in voguo. Admit ting the immense development and progress achloved through this sys tem. Dr. Eliot declares Its cost has been moro than wo as a people can afford, becauso It eventually will de stroy us as a vlrllo, dominant race.' Tho trouble with this vision is tha it comprehends no solution of our social aqd industrial problems, nothing but defeat, surrender and ruin. Are the problems of the "faetery system" the first gravo problems the American people have ever had te solve? Are they more seriees thaa some we have met and coafueredT Potentially, human slavery was destructive te a nation, especially a free nation. As Lincoln said, wa eeuld bet exist half slave and half free. Bo we made the sub ject race free. Any ene of many problems with which we have wrestled might pro duce moral and physical degeneracy if we submitted abjectly to them, but we are not going to do that. W,e are going to gather now etreugth through continued conquests. Just as we havo been doing since tho begin ning of the nation. Tho very fact that Dr, Eliot and tho rest of us are awako to the menace of certain evils and, to tho task of correcting them Is sufficient security for our faith. Independent Colonies. England spent a billion dollars and twenty thousand lives to conquer the Boer republic Not a rod of land or a shilling's worth of personal property changed ownership from Boer to British as a result of tha oonquest Moreover, ths Boers ars now running that country in their own way and with a freer hand than they had before the conquest. When they were nominally Independent of Eng. land a protest by the British govern ment carried much weight with them. Now that they are nominally a BrltUh colony, they snap their fingers at Eng land, knowing she cannot coerce one of her colonies. Saturday Evening Post. What is true of Boerland is, In a measure, true, undoubtedly, of every other British colony, notably so of Canada. While, of course, England has no thought or occasion for overt offense at Canada, she would have to nurse it if she had. Canada is pre eminently only a nominal British colony. She does not oven contribute substantially to the English treasury, Iter chief remittances being those to the army and navy. Canadian loy alty to the mother country from a sentimental standpoint is not the subject of doubt; but existing rela tions leave the province with about as free a hand la its domestic affairs as if it never had owed alleglanco to tho crown, and tho last thing Mother Rngland ever would think of would bo the chastisement of hor largo western offspring, Indeed, so proud and self-reliant is Canada that sho refuses to let England dump tho flotsam and Jet sam of her breadllno onto Canadian territory, as witness this incident which occurred a few years ago. Canada was calling loudly for men to work on its farms, when two ship loads of England's "idle army" vet erans steamed up; they woro not even pormltted to land. "Wo want workors, not loafers or objocts of charity," said Canada. And tbo ships returned with their cargo to London and Liverpool. Imaglno euch a thing happening if Canada boro such relations to England as the lloers did under Oom Paul; or Imag ine tho former Kruger government displaying such a bumptious spirit toward tho mother country. No, conditions aro dltforent, and much hotter for tho colonics tho way they aro. England does not have to bo taught now tho need of a conslderato attltudo toward her provinces. Out with the Bathtub. Eureka! Sound the tocsin! No one need longer bo a victim on tho altar of high cost of llvlnc unless ho Is solf-lnimolatod, for tho place to savo tho rals.o on ovorythlng olse has at last been locatod. All wa havo to do Is to go back to naturo, and ceaso indulging tho luxury of baths. For this wo havo. no lesser author y than a physician with a porfectly good medical diploma, tho editor of tho useful monthly periodical callod Health Culture. According to this doctor, who docs not objoct to being known by his right namo, which Is Dr. Elmer Loo, "bathing is an ac quired habit, unnecessary and ovon harmful," because "man is an air an imal, not a water beast, and tho bath tub is an onoroy in tho house." Worse than that, "a bathtub is expensive, and adds to tho toll of women, while bathing begets false security against disease, woakons and injures tho skin, extracts bodily enorgy and mag netism and ontallB on society a need loss habit" Tho only thing tho dis tinguished doctor sooms to have vorlbokod is the lnoxcusablo waste of tlmo spont in the bathtub, which might bo dovotod to useful and prof itable employment It is needless to remark that no ono could calculate in advance how much of tho high cost of living would be cut off by abandoninr thn hurt habit of bathing. In Initial construc tion, the bathroom is usually the most expensive room in the house, taking its size Into consideration. Remember, too, the "robber rates" exacted for water used, and fnr vaa or other fuel to heat tho water, to eay nothing of recurring plumbers repair bills. Back of that is the noedlees investment In reservoirs and pumping machinery and oporating powor to supply the Water that is wasted on baths, for if man in an air animal, tho air bath .can bo had with out ono cent of tribute to any greedy monopolist. It 1b a fair lnforence. wo tnkn it. that tho iconoclastia doctor refers only to external baths, and that thero ..o aorloua objection from the mnd. leal standpoint to tho continued mm of water in llmitod quantities for In ternal washing, elthor aa on original bovorago or as a chaser. Property in Patterns and Deaigni. If la a common acceptation that the stimulus of roward is tha motive powor bohlnd genius Just aa It is be- uind other forms of enterprise and effort. Tho whole theory upon whtoh the granting pf patents and copyrights and the registering of trademarks is built is that by making It certain that he who sows will reap tno xruits, if the crop is successful. for at loast a llmitod period of time. will mafte tho yield bigger and. In the long run, scatter the benefits. With all ouch practically aDDlicd theories tho question presents itself where to draw tho lino, A big fight was waged in congress a few years ago to decide whether the composer of a copyrighted ploco of muslo should havo a right to exact a roy alty fof Its use In tho nhonoirranh. A recently largely attended conven tion of manufacturers, merchants, importers, dosigncrs and trade asso ciations hold In New York took nrn- Umlnary action for prevailing on con gress to enact suitable legislation to protect property in deslms nnd styles. It is pertinently asked why, ir tho inventor ia entitled to stop in fringement, the person who produces an exclusive pattern or design should not have redress if It Is stolen and copied. " Strangely enough, the acutene&z of (be issue grows out of the unsuccess ful litigation of typetoundors trying to prevent purloining of exclusive vierlng designs held not to ba oat. entablo or copyrightable under exist ing law, It la beteved that tho en tering wedgo has been found in tho act of congress remitting duties on foreign articles brought into this country for exhibition at the forth coming San Francisco exposition, and protecting the pattern, model or de sign of such articles under penalties for attempting to copy, imltato or re produce. For our part wo see no good reason why, if property in de design be recognized in foreign-made objects dliplayed at the exposition property rights should not be to tho same extent accorded to patterns, models and designs which are the products of our own people's talent or genius. Why American Athletes Win. Why do Amorlcan athletes eclipse all others? Tho question is raised chiefly In Europe, whero so many of our laurels are won. It does not bother us very much over here, for what we aro chlofly concerned with is winning. As pragmattsts, who be lieve that tho test of the pudding is In the eating, wo simply dismiss the matter by concluding that as we win most of the contests wo must bo the best athletes and accept that as tho answer. But Europeans, especially our Eng Msh cousins, being better winners than losers, taunt us by saying that, though wo win a good deal, wo aro not all Americans, but merely trans planted Englishmen, Germans, Danes r soma other class of Europeano. Many of us aro, and are proud of It But tho fact is, our supremacy in Olympics is not to bo thus lightly dismissed. The World's Work cites that of tho twenty-four Amorlcan Olympic victors in 1908 only one was foreign-born. Then in 1912 camo tho capping of tho climax in tho sweepstakes triumph of Jim Thorpe, a full-blood Sao and Fox Indian, about as puro an American as could bo found. No, Americans aro entltlod to their reputation of tho world's best ath letes, and tholr supremacy is doubt less due to their method of training, a now and interesting comment on which is made by A. O. Spalding, tho multl-mUlionairo baro ball magnate His theory is that our whole success is to bo found "in the kind of train ing that comes with the playing of America's national game," and ho believes other races will nover equal us as athletes until thoy tako to baso ball as wo havo perfected it. No game or sport ovor devised makes tho samo well-balanced demands on mind and matter that base ball makes, and that Hos tho secret of Its perma nent and ovor-lncreaslng popularltj and influence. Tho chief concern of tho opponents of university consolidation down at Lincoln seems to bo a fear that tho buildings on tho present campus may bo a total loss. But, of courso, tho situation is nothing of the kind, for the poor and outgrown buildings are a totaMose now, while the serv iceable ones will continue to be serv iceable for something. Douglas county has just torn down a court house which represented an Invest ment of a quarter of million dollars to make way for a new court houso costing a million and a quarter. Senator Cummins is not particu larly taken with either of the cur rency measures before the senate, but thinks that with certain abuses of the present system correctod our currency, as it is, would bo good enough for him. A lot of people not attracted by tho asset currency idoa aro inclined to agree with tho Iowa senator, but have not been talking out very loud for fear of being called reactionaries, All the proporty in Nebraska of all the express companies operating in this state la valued by the State Rail way commission at S1G0.Q07. It that is what the investment really represents, the express companies ought to be able to earn fair returns notwithstanding the competition of the parcel poet The head of Washington State uni versity le removed because his ideas are net progressive. We have had other cases where University profes- i-s were removed for expressing ideas that were too progressive. It's a wise college professor who knows how to keep in the middle of the road. Whether congress responds to tho popular appeal tor a monument to commemorate the name and service of Lieutenant Colonel Ooillard on the Panama, tho canal structure will last for a while aa a monument in part to his work. Everyone will agree that a free bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs would be a desirable thing. The quickest, and probably tho cheapest, way to get It, however, would bo to make the present bridge a free one. Harper's Weekly pictures the Wall street money king with four sets of arms to lndlcato his multiplied power of reaching for more. A human centipede with hands instead of feet would fit tho idea still better. With all his skill and practice in revising water rates, our Water board boss ought to havo no trouble (n figuring out a revision of conven tion apportionment that is perfection itself. Still, however useful they may bo for expediting the transaction of pub lla business, roller skates, are not likely to become as popular with the payroll brigade as automobiles. Upton Sinclair la trying to pick a quarrel with Norman Hapgood, and inflict the burden on the public. Here is where the role of peace maker would be truly blessed. looking )ackwar , 'JhisPay in Omaha coN?nrv nra hex nixs e -j 1- DECEMBER 14. Thirty Years Ago 8. Joruuen, the pcvilar Jeweler, at tho corner of Harney and Thirteenth streets, announces his regular opening of holiday goods. Tho Women's Christian Aid association acknowledges contributions. Mrs. M. B. Barr Is president and Mrs. J. Bardlner Ilalncs secretary. Dr. Darrow, accompanied by his brother, has gono to Virginia to marry an accomplished daughter of that state A reward will be paid for a dark bay pony, strayed from the residence of A. Koch. 2223 Farnam streoL "Tho DovH'a Auction" made its first appearance in Omaha at Boyd's and Is described as "as transposition of "The Black Crook' and some of the 'Jlumpty Dumpty' tricks and situations." Tho Minneapolis & Omaha has put In a new timetable and announces "This road runs on central meridian time,- twenty four minutes faster than city time." A telephone has been built from tha city to tho poor farm. J, Murray Falrchlld, the electrlo light expert, made a test of about fifty of the lamps In uso hero. Mr. Falrchlld has been working wtlh the lamps and has succeeded In considerably Increasing. their luminous power. Fancy creamery butter Is, Quoted, from SI to 83 conts a pound. Twenty Years Ago Edward P. Peck, assistant manager of tho Omaha Elevator company, discredited claims of Kansas City grain men that, they would suffer unfairly from tho raise In Burlington grain rates and ex plained that, for vpr Kinmu ritv ,a enjoyed a differential against Omaha's rightful territory. Omaha was through tho raited rate only getting a chance at Its own. I Senator TV. V. Allen, after commending! the action of President Cleveland and Secretary aresham with reference to Hawaii, left for Washington to resume his duties In tho upper house of congress. Miss Magglo Kano of Chicaeo wjlb (ha guest of her cousin, Mrs. M. J. Dowllng. jueoue juormaduke, brother of the former governor of Missouri, was in tha city. He resided at Sweet Springs, Mo. Patrick Egan, an old citizen, whose foot was crushed by a Vinton street motor car so that amrmtntlnn hamm. necessary, died as a result of ths injury ana snocK. Mrs. Maria B. Thomas, C7 years old, died of influenza at St. Josoph'a hospital. At i '.15 D, nu tha new llnH-ro-rnim .! phono system was placed In operation at tho now teloohono exchlUliro. mnrlrlnt- on epoch In local telephony. President Casper iosi or me Nebraska Telephono com pany, surrounded by many prominent men locally and from abroad, presided at the installation. Ten Years Ago xne city council discussed the matter of selecting a city electrician to succed Mr. Patton, who retired. Mayor Moores had been holding off from making an ap pointment, he' said, because not wholly satisfied with any of tho long list of names before htm. The council was con. templatlng making a recommendation to the mayor. William Wan! MA r M . residence of his daughter, Mrs. A. p. Pierce. S718 North Twnntv.fifti. Mr. Ward was born in Sheffield, Eng., unu iciwa ia umana for forty years working aa a mschlnu it. h. '. the Union Paclfie up to five years before. out oeauu He was St. The Board Of Tira and "Pnlly.. -. ... - '- WVICIIUJB. aloners dispensed with It regular even- s .wiwu oocauss of tho illnees of Mayor Moores. the board. It was decided to hold the funeral of Charles J, Price the next day at 8 p, m. from tho home. 2510 Dodgo street uuder direction, of Itev. T, J, Maokay. The directors of the Board or Trade Building company held a meeting, at which a dividend of $10 per share was declared on stocks payable January 15, Miss Helen Cady and Allen M. Robin son of Denver ware married at the homo of the bride's parents. Mr, and Mrs. H. F. Cady, 205 South Thlrty-sUth street by Bev. T. J. Mackay, Miss Faith Potter, as maid of honor, was the bride's sole at tendant while Edward iloblnson. brother of the groom, attended him as best man, Tho couple left for a fortnight'- r pectin to return and spend Christmas In vmna, Deroro preceding to Denver to reside. . RunalnK tha Paiaiuna, Caaal. Springfield Republican. Five thousand Mraunmt m.n.. n. niitttin employes In the Panama canal rone, after the canal begins business. Is tho number said to be required, and the soldiers of tne garrison are pot Included in the esti mate. The operating staff of the Pan ama railroad, however, is Included. Tho figures- make clear that expenses will eat up any possible profit on tho Invest ment and there has never been any profit In the least notalble If the canal wero to bo loaded with Interest charges on the hundreds of millions Invested in It. RooiiluR the Itasorback. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Government officials' enthusiasm in In ducing southern boys to turn corn Into hogs must have been Inspired by tho ob servation o the immense field for that enterprise afforded by the old style razor back. Passed-Up. Washington Post Slnco ho has passed up the New Year's handshaking no one can doubt any longer that President Wilson doesn't care a hang about a second term. f1tleyi1 People and Events The luro of a pension roll knows no sectional bounds. Nearly 6(0 names of bogus pensioners have been scratched off tho confederate pension roll of Alabama, and ICO others are under suspicion. Easy money is irresistible to the shady-mlnded. The girls havo the speed score for capturing and marrying & man down to twenty mlnutM. Tha record was made - J at Jeffcrsonvllle, Ind., tho Gretna Green of the Ohio valley. To beat this score calls for an auto, a minister and the sttckup .system. A municipal-owned electric light plant In the Argentine section of Kansas City, Kan., brought down tho corporation owned competitor to the price level of 6 cents per kilowatt hour. Tho managers of the city plant believe In giving con sumers benefit now, leaving posterity to hustle for Itself. Peoplo In portions or Scranton, Mahoney' City and Mahoney Valley, Pennsylvania, have an epidemic or tho sinking feeling, because large slices of tho earth are sinking Into abandoned coal mines. The coal barons have taken all -they could reach and the supporting props, snapping like plpestems, let surface property Into the holes. Postmaster General Burleson sarves notice oft would-be Kasbys that the habit or the taint of booze in tho breath auto matically closes tho door on their hopes. Candidates for postofflces who show fa miliarity with goods stronger than grape Juice cannot get a look-In at tho post office pio counter. Honest, now, could Texas reform go further without a Shooting-iron? To turn a spotlight on tho farce of law enforcement against speed mania In New York one auto bwner went to Jail for twonty-four hours rather than pay a fine of $00, but ho blew In that sum and more in giving his Jail associates an afternoon luncheon. A woman took tho Jail treat ment for a wholo day and saved V5. "Tho money will pay my garage bill for a month and keep my car In gasoline," she remarked cheerily as she tangoed out of the Tombs. MUFFLED KNOCKS. Onco In a while you see a tie that looks worso than chin whiskers, but not often. It is a funny thing that good luck always hounds a man who combines brains and Industry. Every rose ' has Its thorn. Tho most klssable girls are those who havo been kissed Qftenest before you get a chanco at them. If peopla would stop to remember that Bt, Peter can't read English they wouldn't put so much stock in an obituary notice in a newspaper. Every tlmo you look at some men you wonder why some genius doesn't Invent a safety razor that can bo used on the inside of the nose. Every man likes to tell how much he would give away if ha had Jl.000.000. But ho wouldn't do anything of the kind. He would hog every dime. Tha old-fashioned man who imrvi r .t boiling mad when he lost a game of. cnecKera now nos a son who can lose J100 playing deucea wild and nover even crunt. You can't please everybody. If a baby is raised on the bottle half tha neighbors have a kick coming and if It is raised the other way the other half are Indig nant becauso tho fool mother Is killing herself. There Isn't much charity about endow ing a home for Indigent airship engineers or a retreat for superannuated smoke in spectors. Charity is doing what your heart prompts you to do. If you ee a. shabby little kid looking eagerly Into a store window, slip him a nickel. That is charity. Cincinnati Enquirer. THE STEINWAY As a Christmas Gift Aside from ita sentimental value, the real charm of a Christmas gift lies in its usefulness and permanency. There aro 'SJteinways in Bervice today that -were given as Christmas presents moro than fifty years ago that have been handed down as heirlooms from ono generation to another. About them cling Christmas memories dear er than thoso associated with any other object in the household. Tho beauty of its rich, sympathetic quality of tono, its resonant, harmonious bass, its sparkling mellow tre ble, its instant response to your moods, make the Stein way moro than aj mere piano. It is like an intimate friend who has shared in your happiness and trials, and never faltering, remains loyal and true, under any and nil circumstances. A source from which flows comfort, pleasure and inspiration. Tho Stoinway Grand Piano, Style M, in mahogany cuso, price, $750, or tho Vertegrand, Style K Upright in ebony case, price $550, is an ideal Christmas gift. Easy monthly payments can be arranged if desired. Wo invito your inspection. Schmoller&Mueller Piano Go. I UUIII! Excl 1311-13 FARNAM ST., OMAHA. Exclusive Steinway Representatives THERFS no "shut down" in the factory making a widely advertised article. Why? Because Advertising creates an uninterrupted, year-in, year-out demand that doesn't run in "in seasons." SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Chicago Itecord-Herald: Rockford fill 1 clergymen havo denounced the styles of clothes that aro worn by Womon. Tho women will continue, however, to let soma Frenchman decide as to tho clothes they shall wear. New York World: In that happy day about to dawn, aa Dr. Myron T. Scudder predicts, when ministers' of the Gospel after their sermons will lay aside their vestments to umpire base ball gamos, muscular Christianity will wear a mask and teach the players to respect tho preacher's will. Boston Transcript: Cardinal Gibbons In a sermon reported from Baltimore said he never wished to see the day when the church shall receive government aid of any kind either for the construction of sacred edifices or for the stipends of the clergy. Ills platform la ono all men of all faiths In the United States can stand on. Cardinal Gibbons seems to have seen occasion for repeating what is his well known opinion, that church and state should keep apart. Presumably ho has detected some movement which , ho wisely deems it his duty to antagonize. From every standpoint his courso Is commendable. Bt. Louis Republic: A prominent Meth odist bishop Is quoted as having warned the people of o. certain congregation against putting their trust in lean men. The lean man, he says, "takes himself too seriously, is Inclined to be hypercrit ical and to regard himself self-appointed Inspector of tho universe." Tho good bishop draws conclusions too sweeplngly. There aro lean men and lean men; somo lean, perhaps, through meanness, others through heredity or chronlo Illness. Wo protest against the generalisation that because a man's waist line Is scant hts character Is warped. The old dictum that "nobody loves a fat man" should not bo reversed so abruptly as If there was nothing to ba said on tha other side. GRINS AND GROANS. "Going to moke many Christmas pres ents this ycarr' "You bet! It's cheaper than buying cm." "I thought that girl would becomo a social atioen." "So did I. But she missed It by marry ll.g a Prince of Good Fellows instead of a king of finance." Baltimore American. Willie Paw, what is a slave to fash lonr Paw A man who has a wlfa and some grown daughters, my .son." Cincinnati Enquirer. "That ponderous person takes himself ery seriously." "No," replied Miss Cayenne. "Ho doesn t take himself seriously. Ho Is merely trying to persuade others to do so." Washington Star. Mrs. Knlcker Does, your husband know how to lick Mexico? Mrs. Becker He started to tell me. when he heard a burglar In the cellar and pulled the Bheet over his head.' New York Sun. LIKE A CRADLE, 3X0CEING. Helen Hunt Jackson. Llko a cradle, rocking, rocking, ! Silent, peaceful, to and fro Like a mother's sweet looks dropping On the little face below Hangs tho green earth, swinging turning, Jorless, noiseless, safe and slow: Falls the light of God's face bending . . uown ana watcmng us doiow. And as feeble babes that suffer. Toss and cry and cannot rest, Am thn nn., Hi tAmfar mnthpp Holds tho closest, loves tho best: So, when wo are weak and wretched By our sins weighed down, distressed Then It ia that God's great patience Holds, us closest, loves us best. O great heart of Godt Whose loving Cannot hindered be nor crossed; Will not weary, will not oven J. In our death Itself be lost Love divine! of such great loving Only mothers know the. cost Cost of loye which, all lova passing. Gave a Son to eavo tho lost. a t i