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    TH?: BEE; OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1914.
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DECEMBER CIRCULATION.
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State of Nebraska, County ot Douglas, si.:
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ot The Bee Publishing company, being
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HO HE FIT HUNTER.
(Seal) Notary Tubllc
ilnbscrlbcrs leaving (he city
temporarily should have The Heo
mailed to them. Address irlll be
changed na nttcn na rcqaeated.
Any biota on that now leaf that
was turned over ten dayB ago?
It scorns almost time for a split
up now between Villa and Carranza.
If the tango keops Its gait, it may
becomo as popular aa tho old Vir
ginia reel.
Tho old saying that "talk Js cheap"
came into voguo beforo tho modern
Chautauqua,
Chorus of contingent-tco hold-up
lawyer: "Oh, Mr. District Judgo,
please help ub to keop It-dark."
Note from Paris: Sprjng fashions
will bo a revelation. Still last sum
mer's revealed quite a good deal.
Perhaps what Sancho Villa meant
v,as that he would eat his next
Christmas dinner In Mexico City.
The peculiar appropriateness 'of
holding that conference on race im
provement at a famous health recu
l.eratlng resort proves Itself.
"When will Hearst's newspapers
stop burlesquing the president?"
asks an exchange, Probably not un
til Mr. Hearst becomes president.
"Tho church of God may bo op
pressed it can never bo suppressed,"
says a religious teacher anil writer.
Never so long as it keeps to Its mis
sion. No man can Btnnd long at a-mar-riago
llccnso counter on a busy day
at. tho applicants f lid by without
realizing tho verity of that old adage
that "love is blind."
In "forty years ago" column ot
an exchange prairie chickens are
quoted at $2 a dozen and quail
at 76 cents. Just what are the cor
responding quotations today?
Star ball' players are . getting a
good many fielding chances these
days from the new outlaw Federal
league, and some aro going after
then as If taoy were not at all afraid
ot errors.
If Nebraska, with a population ot
a little over 1,200,000 people, spends
$11,000,000 a year for education, it
ought to Btand at the top when
ranked for the least percentage of
Illiteracy,
"Tho Turk lay dreaming of tho
hour when Greece, her knee In sup
plianco bent, would tremble at his
power." He must havo had a night
naro on hearing that Greece was
eeeking a war loan of. f 100,000,000.
Omaha and Kansas City bankers
are agreed that both ,of these cities
chould have preference, over Denver
for a regional . bank. Yea, but Mr.
Brayn Ahlnks Lincoln ..should havo
preferential claims over all pt them.
For fear there may ho some mistake
about it. Jet U be said that when a pro
firtealvo milts progreaslng ha quits be
Uif a projressiVc-Kansaa City Htar.
And thus far about every bull
mooter has quit as soon as he has
landed at the pie counter.
Not a peep about perjury, switch
ing ot affidavits, or framed-up depo
sition, in this last bar association
meeting at which the chief business
transacted turns on a demand for
rescinding tho rule aimed to prevent
suppression of court papers by with
drawal from the files by the inter
ested lawyers.
A mentlonod-for-congrees gives, as
t&o controlling reason why be will
not run, the fact that bis wife does
not want to live In Washington. Bui
vhea we have equal suffrage, will
aay woman turn down a chance to
sit la tho halls of congress, and thus
rtfuee a call to public duty, because
Jier husband wants lo staydthome
The How in Missouri.
In the row precipitated by tho ef
fort of tho railroads In Missouri to
keep tho overcharge, amounting to
millions of dollars, exacted by them
from the traveling public whllo they
had tho 2-cont rate law hung up In
the federal courts, we are thoroughly
on tho side of the attorney general
voicing tho claim of tho mulcted pas
sengers. Regardless ot the personal
controversy with Judge Smith Mc
pherson, and the accusation lodged
I against him of mlscuco of his Judicial
offico to help out the railroads, it
seems to us about a parallel for the
caso In, which our Nebraska railroads
enjoined the collection of taxes on a
new assessment basis, should they,
after having been beaten to a frazzle
In tho supremo court, have Insisted
on keeping the amount in dispute,
nnd paying their Just share ot taxes
only for tho years to follow?
It is Just such performances on thp
part of tho railroadB, assisted by
j friendly federal Judges, that have
inado this method of enjoining tho
operation of stato laws particularly
odlus. If the railroads could, by
morely starting an injunction suit,
get away with tho plunder for as
long as they might succeed In hold
ing dff the final decision, then no
law cutting off a privilege, or imp
posing a burden, would ever become
effective except at tho end of long
drawn litigation. In a similar New
York gas company case, tho gas com
pany was required to kcop Its excess
collections tn a separate trust fund,
and to distribute them later to tho
partons to whom they 'belonged. If
this method hnd been required ot the
Missouri railroads as a condition to
suspension of tho 2-cent faro law, tho
present trouble would havo been
avoided because they would scarcely
havo had the hardihood to attempt
to confiscate such a trust fund.
Special Privileges for Ministers.
What is thoro about the calling o
a minister that demands that ho en
Joy special privileges, Why should
ho bo the benoflciary ot clergyman's
discounts, cut rates and gratuities of
various kinds? Why should ministers
bo forced into tho attitudo of ob
jects of charity? Is thero anything
in tho training or lifo of tho minister
of tho gospel that cultivates In him
tho spirit of dependenco? Or does
tho chief onus for this custom fall
otv tho minister's flock and not on
himself?
All will agree, wo believe, that it
would bo much better, both for tho
minister and the church and the
business ot both, It ho wore kept
above this line of possible reproach.
Would it not tend to add dignity
and bearing 'to tho minister and his
work, to the church and its office W
file community, if it becamo gonor
slly known that ho asked nor re
ceived neither charity nor special
privileges moro than accorded other
men? And who will deny that th'o
minister and tho church noed to
stand boforo the world upon the
hlghoBt possible plane ot dignity and
influence?
As to tho preacher's financial abil
ity; it is soldom what it should be.
Ho Is usually poorly paid, relatively.
onslderlng his period ot prepara
tion, hta exclusion from outside
sources of Income, his necessity to
lalntaln appearances and moot the
obligations of his station In llfd. Tho
church ought to boo to it that its
ministers aro sufficiently compen
sated to pay their own way and then
luslst that they do It. There is no
good reason why a church should
treat Its minister in a niggardly
fashion. It pays him oii a Very mea
ger basis for tho first few years and
rarely overpays him, then when ha
reaches full maturity, when hu
should bo fronting his very host
scoro of years of work, it turns to
look for a "young man." That la
not a theory, It is a stern reality and
a bitter one, And In tho meantime
tho minister has had no chance tp
provide for that contingency.
Tho church should bo foremost in
recognizing not only that tho laborer
Is worthy of his hire, but also that
the laborer in tho Lord's vineyard
should be abavo dependence on beg
garly benevolence.
Morality and 'Wages.
Now that tho country 1b Bomewhat
sobered from the effects ot Its hys
teria and delusion over tho Idea ot
meager wages causing all tho moral
delinquency among girls and women,
It may be able to appreciate tho
force ot tho finding at Kansas City,
whero a woman export making an in
vestigation for tho Welfare board,
discovers almost no direct relation
between such Immorality and Income.
In fact, she Bays her Investigations
have convinced her that morality
should cut no tlguro whatever In a
demand for better wages. Similar
inquiries in other cities lead to simi
lar conclusions.
But the gravest wrong Iloa.not lu
the false assumption so much as lit
Its unjust. Imputations. In the first,
place, It is grossly wrong to assume
that a level of low wages to girls
implies Immorality. As has already
been Bahl, It is unjust to thousands
of good, honorable.working girls and
women. It was blunderbuss reason
ing to affirm that the question or
wages is wholly a moral question In
stead of a mainly economic one,
Whatever problems aro here Involved
cannot possibly be solved by reckon-
Ling from tho wrong basis, for we
never reach right conclusions front
false premises.
opkinxS J)ackwar
, 'JhisJ)ay in Omaha
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.TANUAHY 12.
Thirty Years Ago
Governor Urn nt of Colorado and Kd
ward Eddy of Denver are here for the
annuil meeting ot tho Omaha &. Grant
Pmeltlng nnd Refining company. The to
tal output of tho Omaha plant during the
last year was 112,989,300 In gold, silver,
lead and blue vitriol.
Captain and Mrs. Coolldge. who have
been living at 122 Capitol avenue, will
go to Fort Larnmlc, whero tho captain
joins his command.
Charles L. Dunham, formerly general
superintendent ot tho Missouri Pacific
here, has been chosen general superin
tendent of the Union depot at Kansas
City.
A brother of John U Sullivan was on
the westbound train going to Bait Lake
City to bring back Mrs. John I Sullivan,
who was very sick at that place.
Omaha National bank directors have re
elected Hon. J. It. Millard president for
tho ensuing year.
A stato convention of meteorologists has
been called to meet at Lincoln next ween,
at which papers treating on the climate
of Nebraska and similar matters will be
read.
The city council has been In session
two days as a Board of Equalization,
with Mr. Rcdfleld In the chair..
Twenty Years Ago
Incorporators of the Metropolitan Union
Depot company held another meeting nt
tho Merchants National bank to further
plans for tho building of a modern union
station. Thero wero present President
Herman Kountzc, Secretary Thomas
Bwobe nnd Messrs. Hamilton, Murphy,
Smith, Rogers, Stone, C. W. Lyman, C.
J. Karbach and' John Itush. So much
dissatisfaction had arisen over the orlgl
nal depot ordinance that a now one was
drawn up and submitted to the projectors
by John M. Thurston, general solicitor
for tho Union Pacific,
First Congregational church was
crowded In tho evening at a new kind
of amusement called a scarf drill In
which eight little girls, between the tfges
ot lo and 12, engaged. Miss Lizzie Allen
pluycd thr violin very prettily and Alma
Beckett sang "Little Orphan Annie."
Klttlo Hobble sang "Won't You Come
Out nnd Play?" and "When Mamma Lets
Me Out." A goodnight march by six llt
tlo girts, the youngest of whom was
Ablllno Eastman, 2 years old, closed the
program.
Tho current Topics club had a largo
attendance out for tho discussion of the
question, "The best way of relieving
those In temporary distress, without
causing humiliation." Dr. J. T. Duryca,
pastor of First Congregational church,
said his church was open six days a
week for tho receipt and disposition of
provisions of all kinds. Lewis J. Jhm
of tho Knights' of Labor offered somo
suggestions and a. O. Wallace proposed
that .nil tho women ot tho local churches
canvass tho situation with a view of sup
plying wants.
Ten Years Aeo-
John 8. Cooper and the stock yards
together sustained a loss -of, between
I40.0M and 1S0.CO0 by the fire destruction,
of his horse stables at South Omaha. Mr.
Cooper's loss was about 123.00O. Etcrhtv.
nix of his Jvorses wero killed.
National bank annual elections ohose
these aro presidents: First National.
Herman Kountzc; Nebraska National,
Henry W. Yates',Omaha National. J. H.
Millard; United States National, Milton T.
Barlow: Union National, n. w win
Commercial National, C. W. Lyman;
Merchants National, Frank Murphy.
Tho Ileal Estate exchange had It's
fourth annual dinner nt the Commercial
club, President a. O, Wallace presiding.
Entertainment was provided by Rev. Rob-
Ort YOSt of Ht. Mnrv'n Avenlln nnnirrnirn-
tlonal church, Eugeno O. Maytlcld, W. T.
urnham, John w. Bobbins, N, P. Dodge
nnd a quartet composed of Messrs. H. B.
Payne, Hal Fink, Martin and Cowan
sang.
Tho Sleuman Cmnmlmilnn nnmnnni.
With fl. Hlmimnn na Mm tinnrt. lirnn I. nal.
ness In Omaha. Sleuman has lieon In the
grain business for some years, at Hast
ings and camo here With a reputation of
a good trader.
Dr. aeorge U Miller appeared nt a
meeting of the Sons of Omaha In the
Offico of Victor Hi Caldwell of thn Itnltori
States National bank and asked them to
join In tho plans, rot. the celebration .of
Omaha's fiftieth anniversary, and they
agreed to do so,
Pert Observations
In spite of the frightful manner in
which we aro all led to bcltovo they aro
Imposed upon, women live longer than
rr.cn.
By the time a man Is 40 he begins, to
re all re that he wllf never, be president.
By the time ho Is W ho knows he nover
will be rich.
The fanners of the country have also
progressed to the fxtent that It no longer
Is much of a dlstlnctlon'among thorn to
own r. cottago organ.
White, opinion Is not unanimous In sup
port of the Idea, probably the most use
less thing la the inside pocket which every
tailor sews; Into a waistcoat.
Jack London, whose adventures with
John Ilarleycorn recently have appeared
In book form, Is believed to be the only
consumer who over succeeded In market
ing booxe at a prorit.
Hard work Is the best and kindest fat
life has In store for a man. The man
who has the Iclsuro and the inclination
to do much thinking eventually goes
crusy on some subject.
City people whomove to the farm
must not expect too much tn the way ot
ciitertatnmant and amusement. On
farm tho excitement for the day la over
as soon as the dog chases tbe cat Into
a tri.
The general rule Is that If a man be
comes a preui'her It Is because ot his
love of God nnd his deslie to serve lllni.
If he becomes a street preacher, It ts
because that seems to be the easiest way
to make a living. Philadelphia Ledger.
ThrllUnsr the Anclenta. '
, Baltimore American.
The triumph of the modern over an
tiquity scored emphatically tn the descent
of a French aviator, flying from Paris to
Cairo, in Jerusalem near the Pool of
Slloam. The astonished inhabitants of
Jcruaatem rushed out in a body to see
the strange sight No wonder the
Hphlnx still refuses to talk in tho face
at these modern occidental miracles It has
nothing to '
Twice Told Tales
Mm it XrlKhbora.t
Referring to domestic scraps a few days
ago Congressman ' Samuel M. Taylor of
Arkansas, told of the meanest neighbors
that ever lived, or, at least, that was the
opinion of Mrs. Smith, who lived next
door.
Smith was going downtown one morn
ing, so narrated tho congressman, when
he ran across a friend, and the conversa
tion eventually drifted to a new family
that had moved Into the house adjoining
tho former.
"I am sorry they camo there," said
Smith, referring to the new neighbors.
"They are simply driving my poor wrfc
crony."
"That's hard luck." commented the
friend, sympathetically. "What do they
do, have a domestic scrap every night?"
"Yes," replied Kmlth, "but that Isn t
exactly whRt's driving mother bug-house.
You see, th.ey fight In somo foreign
language- nnd she can't understand a
word they say. "-Saturday Evening Post.
l.nmllnK on DlcUy.
A dreadful story U In circulation about
Richard Harding Davis, tho novelist.
Mr. Davis, as everybody knows. Is a
wit. He was therefore terribly annoyed
tho other day to hear that a brother au
thor had spoken unfavorably of his wit
ticisms. Coming upon this brother au
thor, ho said:
"My boy, I hear that In a house where
other people were kind enough to consider
me witty you dccluml that I was not so.
Is this true?"
"No; not u word of truth In It," tho
other answered cheerily. "I was never
In a house In my llfo where anybody con
sidered you witty." Philadelphia Record.
Afrnlil of Lntvyrr.
An old colored man, charged with steal
ing chickens, was arraigned In court and
was Incriminating himself when Hip Judgo
said: "You ought to have a lawyer.
Where's your lawyer?"
"Ah ain't got no lawTer, Jedgc," sold
Hie old man.
"Very well, then," said His Honor,
"I'll assign a lawyer to defend. you."
"Oh, no, suh; no, sunt' Please don't do
dot!" the darky begged.
"Why not?" asked the Judge. "It won't
cost you anything. Why don't you want
a lawyer?"
"Well, Jedgc. Ah'll tell you, suh," said
the old man. wavindf his tattered old hat
confidentially. "IIl's Jest dls way-Ah
wan' tuh enjoy dem chickens mahse'f!"
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Editorial Snapshots
Washington Post: "Is obesity heredi
tary?" askefl an exchana. Not nf hi
present price of efrloln.
Indianapolis News: And vet. nntwlih.
standing Its ferocity, It la understood that
thero aro several neoiile who dr not r.ni
tho least Interest tn the base ball war.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tho Treasury
department reports that tho EO-cent piece
ts becoming unpopular. Havo vou noting
any particular peoplo throwing them
awp.yT
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The neonln
who contribute only money to missions
snouid think of the sacrifices of the par
ents of the 300 students who' volunteered
nt the Kansas City convention to become
missionaries,
Louisville Courier-Journal: Former! v- n
ir.an who ordered li
looking over a restaurant menu felt
tiieai'. nowadays ne reels his pocketbook
to sco If It has .sufficient bUlKQ to back
his courage.
Chicago Record-Herald!
Bryan confesses that ho always has stage
fright when ho te to make a n..pi.
Will anyono Insist now that the Nebraska
statesman ought not to be paid for tho
pain which ho Is compelled to undergo
wpen no taiKs.
Baltimore American: In Toronto iiv
married women, by a popular vote, wcri
given the same franchise rights as
widows and unmarried women. nnt h
husbands can do what they like about
it. The enfranchised sex Is on the wnr.
path, and the tvrnnt nmn nm., . ,.n
giva In. first as last, and whllo he has
the chanep to surrender gracefully.
Labor's Divided
IndlanaKlls Nowst It the boy who
sweeps tho office In an automobile fac
tory Js to get a salary of J5 a day for
so doing, with perquisites, what further
Incentlvo Is there for a man to be a
statesman?
Chicago Interocean: There Is every
thing to bo gained and nothing to be
lost In encouraging this industry that
distributes hundreds of millions In wages
each year. Let's all get an automobile
nnd help the game along!
St. Louis Republic: The Ford Automo
bile compuny'a decision to divide its
profits with its employes is tho biggest
profit-sharing plan yet attempted. It
means during the ensuing year a distri
bution of $1O,WO,CC0 among 22,000 wockmcn
St. Louts Republic: Tne chief complaint
of labor is .that It has not had a fair
share In the wealth It has helped to
create. Not the production of wealth.
but Ita equitable distribution Is the
economic problem of the time. AVhether
or not the co-operative plant will furn
ish the solution remains to be demon
strated. For that reason the Ford plan
will be watched with Interest and with
hope.
Detroit Free Press: Will the tabor tn
the other plants be as zealous as In the
past, when it ts recompensed less gen
erously than similar labor tn Highland
Park? Will not the other plants have
considerable trouble tn keeping their etr
ployea contented? Not only in the auto
mobile factories, but In every manufac
turing plant of tho city, the effects of
this announcement will be felt and the
news will bo heard with misgiving.
Springfield Republican: Not less inter
esting is the statement that no foreman
has the right to discharge an employe,
and that If an employe does not make
good tn one department he Is to be sent
to the clearing house" covering all the
departments .and to be tried repeatedly
at other work until the job is found for
which he la fitted, provided he Is honest
and faithful. Such a program does 'credit
to the outlook ot those In control of the
company. '
The Way of the World.
St. Loul Globe-Democrat.
Scarcity of foodstuffs Is held to be the
principal reason why the cost of living
la po high. And yet there seems to be
plenty of food It the would-be consumer
has the price
e
Another ttcho of the Charity Hall.
COLUMBUS, Neb., Jan. lO.-To the
Editor of The Bee: I note that some
church people of high social standing
In the city am going to withdraw from
their churches, owing to tho opposition
of their pastors to the charity ball.
Don't do It, friends. Don't do It. If to
your mind your pastor made a fool ot
himself, it Is not necessary for you to do
the same. The views of the pastor are
not necessarily the views of the members
of the church. If you attended nnd sup
ported tho charity ball with a clear con
science, have 'faith enbugh in your pas
tor to think that he was conscientious
tn his views. Accept the teachings In
tho New Testament as your guide, bc
cording to the dictates of your own con
science In such matters. Instead of the
advocacies of the cxponder of those
teachings. You wero looking at the char
ity ball from a financial standpoint, and
you know that, as a whole, pastors (with
exceptions to tho bishops) are considered
very Impractical business men.
I am a Methodist, and my church
creed, not the pastor, says t must re
frain from dancing. I do as my discipline
commands me. But It I decided to dance,
I would withdraw my name from the
membership of Wesley's church and ijlaco
It with a church whose (Helpline contains
no clause against dancing. When In
doubt as to whether or not something is
right for me to do. I ask myself Is
Christ would do It If be were upon earth.
I havo tried to picture the Savior of tho
world dancing tho tango, but I have failed
to do so. Hence, I, for myself, refrain
from dancing tho tango or any other
danco. But if ycu think dancing ts all
right, that Is not my business nor any
one's else.
I would not withdraw my name from
tho church, membership to place It with
another church. I would simply do as
my conscience dictate, letting the .pas
tor do the same. The aim -and -work pf
all churches should be synonymous. Bo
long to the church of the Living Gpfl, and
not to the pastor thereof.
FRANCIS EAHOLB.
A Work Cure for Wilful Idler.
OMAHA, Jan. ll.-To the Editor of The
Bee: I believe that men ought to assist
each other In tho struggles incident to
human life, and so far, as I am abler
when the opportunity offers, I do what
I can; yet 1 never feel Inclined to Inter
fere when a man Is undergoing chas
tisement for the sins he has deliberately
committed, for punishment Is often neces
sary to effect a reformation. I will not
Interfere when a father punishes his
children for gross disobedience nnd lazi
ness, and I assume, that he has the wel
fare ot tho child at heart, and I hold
that when milder mctliods fail to make
tho proper Impression, severe, measures
must bo adopted.
Our country Is filled with vagabonds;
for many years they havo had their own
way, free to labor or sit in the shade,
to como and go as they please, and as
a rule, tho police do not trouble them
selves about them. I know theso men
as welt as I know the alphabet, and I
believe that they can be cured. It Is
truo that to give a man a meal or the
price of a bed does not hurt the giver,
but If a man desires to benefit the wlll
lul Idle.r, he should refuse his petitions,
and the JUdgo who sends a vagabond,
wno is nnie to work, to Jail and hard
labor, Is doing his duty to society and
to. the delinquent as well, and when he
pronounces spntenco upon one- of .these
Incompetents, he should make suro that
the punishment Is severe enough to "cook
the prisoner's goose." To. send a man
to some of our Jails Is no punishment
whatever to a hobo, for he still remains
inio, nas better rood, more sympathy and
moro enjoyment than ho had outside.
Peoplo who believe that society is cor
rupt, have a notion that the state Is to
blame for tho sins of every Individual,
and sentimental folks have the mistaken
Idea that the community prevents, or
tries to prevent, certain classes rrom
making an honest Jiving. Now an ex
convlct may shock barley, tamp ties on
a railroad, dig coal or ship -from any
seaport, and no one will molest him, or
even nsk him his name or where ho
halls 'from; It he oes his work, he wIl
draw his pay, but It ho wants to return
to his old tricks ho will cry and say
me worm is against inc." .
This old silly song has been, sung for
many years by men who are chicken
hearted, and by women who are frivolous
and Idiotic, and if sympathy will cure
them let us shower it upon them; but I
believe a stono hammer and coarse" -faro
for eighteen months will euro the "most
aggravated case of vagabondage, and
that charity to ablebodled single men Is
r. mOjiiaco to good government.
E. O. M.
Only Another Drmocratlc Era.
SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. ll.To
Editor of Tho Beo: I notice by tho press
reports mat William J. Bryan la deliver.
Ing n lecture over th
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the people that a "New Era" has dawned
upop the people of the United States since
wiison became president and since ho
has been "rattling around" In the shoes
of Thomas Jefferson. Daniel Webir.
Henry Clay. William H. Seward and
James O. ntnln hAMtnn
,.wu..ib uunu IjlU
Jojb of secretary of state.
If tho reports nre true that t nr urn
hundreds ot thousands of men out of
employment In all parts of the- United
States, It would seem to mo that inatnarf
of a new era having dawned upon us. It
la simply another ot the old tlm dm.
emtio eras of the past. It Is more like
the era from 1KM to HlO. when Martin
Van Buren: more like the era from
15A5 to 1M0. when James Buchanan
wisa president, and moro like the era
trom iros to 1S90 when Grover Cleve
land was president, all three demo.
cratic administrations, when want and'
rovcrty stalked through the land. wt,n
there was nlenty on every hand. It ia
a curious fact that banks fall and men
are out of employment more largely
under democratic administrations than
has ever been the case when the re
publican nnd whig parties controlled the
drfiilnlpa of this tiAt'nn
If the present condition lasts until
nex.t November the republicans will re
gain tne next, congress as aweoplngly as I
they did In 1KW. The reople will get ovr
tne "progressive" foolishness and rally
to the republican party again for it ha
always brouaht nrocresa of thn rii-i,
kind and prosperity to the people of this
nation. F. A. AGNBW.
C'nlU It n Vile Slander.
OMAHA. Jan. 10. -To the Editor of The
Bee- All thlnra that concern the snfetv
of boys and girts are feminine affalia.
Not that I wish a controversy with T)r
r n
ilackey he Interests me only as a mod
ern cxpresslpn of the pulpit In Its rela
tion to progressive measures. The pul
pit, the press snd the school nre the
greatest forces we have to disseminate
knowledge or misinformation, and to the
extent that reactionary forces tan con
trol them progress la retarded. The put
pit In the middle ages stood against sci
ence. Imprisoning and torturing Gallllco
nnd many others. At the time of the
abolitionist movement, It upheld chattel
slavery where It existed. At the begin
ning of suffrage agitation, It opposed tt
where It now exists, it upholds It. Like
most of our Institutions, being purely
masculine In Its viewpoint. It ts one
sided and does not speak for the whole
people, nnd fundamental reforms being
usually started by women's organizations,
the pulpit would naturally oppose at
first, and later acquiesce. , .
But If tt ts true that Dr. Mackay up
holds the contention that women stay
In prostitution because they want to, I
fl!ng It back into his face, tt is not so,
nnd every grown woman knows It Is not
bo. Such a statement Is a vile slander
on alt womanhood In general, and on
every woman of his acquaintance In par
ticular. , ADA E. SIIAFER.
Here la a Chance to Help.
OMAHA, Jan. 10. To the Editor of The
Bee: With great respect I tike to Inform
tho philanthropist peoplo of Omaha and
pray to them to help mo study tho
English.
I havo a great disposition to learn, but
my pocketbook Is empty.
I'm SO years old and any one who will
help me wlll have a great help of God.
Please publish this and I'll appreciate
your faVor.
GEORGE N. MANASSIOTIS.
1124 Jackson Street.
Stories in Figures
Philadelphia spent 50,000,(00 in new
buildings last year.
In a year Uncle San. smoked Just
7,"07,000,(W) cigars and 14,000,000,000 cigar
ettes, Tho visible personal property In Penn
sylvania Is valued for tax purposes at
t.402,511.272.
Chicago's municipal budget for 1914
foots up $20,000,000, but all the money is
not in sight.
Tile output of the mines of California
for 1913 is valued at $95,050,000 and that
of the oil wells at $43,500,000.
About Jtl.OOO.OOO less gold was mined In
1913 than tho year before. Maybe that Is
why you didn't get your share?
The total amount of money reposing
on tho oceans' bottoms tn tho shape of
submarlno cables Is $230,000,000.
Tho $46,137,328 worth ci gems that en
tered the port of New York last year
may have something to do with tho high
cost of living even among those of us
who do not Invest much money In jewelry.
The New
Express Rates
Effective February 1, 1914
In conformity with the order of the
, Interstate Commerce Commission
The following table is illustrative of somo of -the
differences between the new and old rates:
Between 8 lbs. 1 10 lbs. ' 90 lbs.
Omaha Express I Express ' I Express I
Insured Insured Insured
and' the ,
following points: New Old New I Otd New I Old
' ' Rates Rates Rates Rates Rates I Rates
Chicago.... .30 .55 .40 .70 .61 .85
St. Louis... .30 .55 .39 .70 .59 .85
Denvor 33 .'.70. .47 .90 -74 1.20
Butte, 46 .75 .72 1.15 1.25 1.65
"Dallas ,.36 .70 .51 1.00 .83 1.25
San Francisco! .61, .80 1101 1.40 1.83 2.30
New York.. :37- .75 .55(1.00 .90 1.30
I - I l i l I
Food Products Carried
Express Service Means
Highest .Class of Transportation
Free Insurance up to $50
A Receipt for Each Shipment
Responsibility SafetyEfficiency
Telephone or Write to Your Nearest Express Office
WOULDN'T you rather be
THE manufacturer in
your line than A man
ufacturer? Advertising confers
leadership, . . , ; c.
THESE GIRLS OF. OURS.
"Have you told your father that I
asked you to marry me?" asked ths young
man.
"Yes," replied tho positive yming
woman. ... . .
"And how was he affected?"
"He smiled and exclaimed, .'Bravo
boy!' "Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Now, nurse, pleace du not Bay any
thing to the child about bugaboos."
"Certainly not, madam. And one ques
tion, please." '
"Welt?"
"Do you wish the infant to have any
Instruction at this time on the subject
of germs?" Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mr. Bcck Hall-Good afternoon. Mis
Radcllffe. Going for a walk7 I hope 1
may accompany you?
Miss Radcllffe Yes. Dr. Sargeant says
we must always walk with somo object,
and I suppose you will answer the pur
poseHarvard Lampoon.
"Your wife seems to have had a happy
Christmas."
"Yes; nearly every gift she got will
do to pass along next year. It is such
a comfort to her to know that sho has
her Christmas shopping for 1914 practi
cally done."-Plttsburgh Post.
"Gladys said something to me the other
ntght that smacked of innuendo," re
marked Ferdy to Algy.
"What was It, dear boy?"
"Advised me not to stand under the.
mistletoe. Said one of the berries might
fall and fracture my skult. I call that
unkind ch, what?" Philadelphia Record.
"Say, dad, old Grandpa Jenkins' says
this winter Is warmer than any he's seen
for a dozen years or so. To me it's much
colder. I don't think grandpa knows
what he's talking about."
"Yes, he does. You young girls now
adays don't figure much as weather au
thorities. Maybe If you had on as much
clothes as old Grandpa Jenkins you could
agree with him," SU Louis Republic.
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THE DINNER DANCE,-
Detrolt Free Press.
I gulped down tho oysters with feVerlsh
haste,
Then speedily got from the table! .
In my mouth thero still lingered tho
horse-radish taste.
As I went through the tango with Ma
bel. t bolted the bouillon as fast as1 could
be.
And vulgarly blew It to chtll tt.
A castli walk Jennie had promised to
And she was dead eager to kill tt.' :
I swallowed "a bone of the fish that t
had, , , . .
For Annabello me was awaiting. .
And I Inwardly, secretly cursed ' at tho
shad. I . .
All tho time that we were hesitating.
I was anxious to linger awhile 'o'er ' the
meat,
To leave It untouched was-a pity;
But I had to get up once again on my
feet
I was booked for tho maxlxo with
Kitty.
I am fond of the dance, whether fancy
or plain;
And the night hours aro rapidly speed
Ing; But darned If I'll ever let dancing nga'n
Interfere quite so much with my
feeding. '
at Still Lower Rates,
J