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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1914. The Omaha daily bee FOUNDED Br KDWAHU KOBE WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATEK. EDITOR. pEB BUILDING. FAUN AM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha pontotflce aa second ed natter. . TERMS OF 8UBSCRIITION. Sundav Doe. one year..... Saturday Bee, one year Pally Dee. without Sunday, one year.. Jlauy nee, ana sunaay. one ycr, 1.00 6,00 DELIVERED UY CAIUtlfc.lt. Evening and Sunday Bee. per monlh...40o Evening, without Sunday, per month.. .23a Dally Dee, including Bunday, ier mo...6Sc Dally Bee, without Sunday, per month.45o Address all complaints of Irregularities In deliveries to City Circulation Dept. . REMITTANCE. . JTenjt by draft, expreea or postal order, payable to The Bee Fubllnhlng company. Only 2-cent stamps receifed in payment Of small Accounts. I'etsonal checks, ex cept An Omaha and eastern exchanges, not accepted. . OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building nouth Omaha 2218 N Street Council Bluffs 14 North Mala Street. Dnooln-36 Little Building. Chicago 901 Hearst Building. New York Room HOC, M Fifth Avenue. SL Louis 0J New Bank of Commerce. Washlngton-73 Fourteenth at.. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee, Editorial Department DECEMBER CIRCULATION. 52,148 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss.: Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, aavs that the average dollr circulation for the month of December, jvls, wan ez,iu. DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed in tny presence and sworn to before me this 3d day of January, 3914. ROBERT HUNTER. (Seal) Notary Public. 3l-cj-ll)cr lmrlutt tho oltr temporarily should have The Bee ttMlled to them. Address Trill bo clwUKed as often aa requested. Tho man who "hao a noso for everything" usually sticks It In other people's business. With Dr. Hydo on trial for tho fourth time, lifo must soom natural now in Kansas City, F. D. Cobura has something to phow for his twenty years of official service to Kansas, too. What Is this the .county attorney says, If thoy do it again ho will prose cute them? Oh, mercy! 8enator Works of California Is working overtime to havo the Hotch Hetchy law unscrambled, Tho Mississippi Is so low It can be waded nt aom points, reports say, And It Is tho father of waters, too. "Women To Sign Petitions Jn the Sub way Tangle. Headline In Chicago paper. They would probably need a few dark lanterns. Business. Cheerful! 'Steel trade hopeful. Orders are still small, but prices give "ground slowly. " "Textllo Business Lively. Woolen Mills Busy Cotton fabrics keep up." "Winter Crops Promising." "Easy Money Talked About." These are some of the headlines In a newspaper of recrnt date. The kind that we like to see. They sound a good deal better thin the report In another publication of "One Hundred Thousand Men Out of Work In Chicago, Twenty Thousand In Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland, Ten Thousand In Pittsburgh and Thirty Thousand In Massachusetts." Leslie's, Evidently tho country is not alarmed even by the large number of unemployed In so many cities, and why should It bo when so much of this idleness may be traced to tem porary causes and the land is teeming with new wealth? Undoubtedly tho prolonged extra Resslon of congress wrestling with new tariff and cur rency laws, creating co much uncer tainty in financial and industrial cir cles, has fiad a good deal to do with swolllng the ranks or tho unem ployed. Whatover tho country may think of theso two new laws, it knows now what they aro and is theroforo rcllevod of uncertainty. 8o, though con gr 088 is just about to begin upo'n an anti-trust legislation program, business ia claiming tho right to an ticipate no further setbacks as a re sult of this law-making. With tho resumption of operations by thoso in dustries that reduced their forces to await results, we may expect an early and wholesome shrinkage In the Idle army. jopkinxS J)ackwart f jfrkPay in Oman comfiltp rum pu nu JAN UAH V 10. If the truth were known, the colonel doubtless astoclates grapo Juice bibbers Ir his mind with mollycoddles. Frew the high price comraaadeJ by Swiss yedelera it seems stranga oe of our American chautalkers do pot learn to yodel, Barring: the Undesirables. Secretary Wilson of tho Depart ment of Labor essays a good work In striving to keep out of this country all undesirable immigrants Inadmis sible under our immigration law. Nearly 20,000 of these, after selling ell their possessions at homo to como to America, have been turned back at our ports. They did not pass tho testa of our restrictions. It is a good and necessary work tho secretary has undertaken. Wo bid all Immigrants from all lands, who meet tho requirements of ou; laws, wclcomo and offer them every encouragemont, it is hoped, for suc cess, but wo aro not supposed to ad mit any truly "undesirable." That does not get down to the meat of this, question. How camo those unfor tunato people to dlsposo of tholr property at home and mlgrato to our shores? Thoy did not act on their own initiative without advice Periodically agitation rlsos against tho culprits responsible for .such out rages as this, but evidently the root of tho mischief has not been reached. Secretary Wilson can perform an ex cellent service by porauadlhg tho ad ministration to deyiso such methods as, with the co-operation of European countries, the shameful abuse may bo stopped, no matter who It involves. The FJslUtWpfelA Public Lodger speaks of the "disappearing progres sives." Tho "passing tbrpng," as it were, for ail Americans are progres-Ivm. Opponents .of tho "public do fwder" plan pronounce It dangerous, Possibly, but it certainly Is not more dangerous than some of the abuses Jt la intended to correct, The way Wicoaln people are pot getting married under the eugenlo law nay be taken as proof of the up rearleua popular demand the law easte ta satisfy. Senator Martlne demands that the Batten own the cosl galnee. Sure! But why step at coal? Why not take in the gold, silver and all the rest while we are at It? Young Vincent Astor comes out f!at-f.ei4 with the statement that he is not a socialist. There was ftofiketblar about that boy all tho while that gave ope that Impression A tract of ground Icbb than 200 feet square In Chicago has Just been eased for a period of 198 years at an average annual ground rent of pearly t75,000.' Hero is where the JJenry George single taxer comes to bat. Bpeaklng of South Carolina being behind other southern states, Its fire fating governor, Cole Olease, in a re cent official message, demandod tho exclusion from any public school or etato college of "any negro, China- pan, Cuban or other disagreeable or incompatible race." Could there be a more explicit reason? The Water board plans to spend ,1,500,000, or $600,000 a year for thfe years, for betterments and ex tensions, and urges this as one rea bob why rates should be higher than otherwise required to meet fixed charges and running expenses. sounds Just like an argument from one of the common, ordinary, every day privately-owned public utility corporations. We trust Secretaries McAdoo and Houston, while giving preference to Mr. Aryan's home city, wilt note that Omaha's last week's bank clearings ameuated to $18,977,000, giving us rank of sixteenth, as against a popu latie rank et thirty-sixth, And be sides bank clearings, there are several scerea e oher reasons why, as Henry Clewa tc Co. says, Omaha should be a regional bank center. Thirty Years Agi Here Is part of a pen picture of the roller skating fad painted by one of The Bee's word artists: "Skating Is a healthy amusement, but It requires tlmo and lini ment to reduce your muscles. It Is an Interesting study In anthropology to see people fall; no two fali alike. One skater wltl como down like a crack of doom; an other light as gracefully as a horse fly on a spavin. One will tie his legs up In a bowknot and shashay on his left ear, while another will send one foot on a polar expedition and another toward the Isthmus of Panama, and come In con tact with the floor like a fltub and twist doughnut with the hinge broken The Omaha National bank has In stalled an Innovation In a lunch room In the basement for Its officers and clerks. "The bank stands the expense of this," says Mr. Millard, "In fact, we save money by it. ' Hugh McManils Is opening an extensive wall papering establishment on Sixteenth street, In connection with painting and decorating. Tho Hat of marriage licenses Includes Duncan Flnlayson and Bell Mulr, Master George Miner and Miss Mamie Mono won the prises at tho roller una afternoon contests. Superintendent McCabc, of the Minne apolis & Omaha road, returned from a trip over the lino as far as Hartlngton, the western end of Its branch. Hartlngton, a town of about ten weeks' existence, has already about 110 buildings Twenty Years Ago Attorney Ocorgc Jeffries came out of lodge meeting at Masonic hall to discover that his horse and buggy, which he had left bitched in front, were gone. Ho telephoned tho police station, which little while later, received another mea sago from Dr. Ralph, to the effect that tho rig was safely hitched In front of his home, Twenty-sixth and Davenport streets. The Judicial committee of the Commer clal club was composed of these mem bers: Judge Fawcett. chairman! C. 8, Montgomery, J. H. Macomber, W. W, Kcysor, C. N. Towcll,, W. D. Mcllugh Warren Bwltsler, W. H. Po'pploton George W. Ambrose. County Commissioner George R, Will lams received a telegram from Norfolk, stating that his aged mother had died there. He took the first train for that city. Hans Albert was showered with con gratulatlons upon the triumph of the Omaha Orchestral society at tho Boyd under his able direction. It brought out b large attendance and tho little master received generous evidence of approval of his work. Ppter Glslcr, who worked at a commlg slon house, got caught In an elevator, which toro off his scalp, causing ex pruclatlng agony, but physicians pro nounced It not n fatal Injury. Omaha's bank clearings for the Week totalled 24,838,840, a decrease as com pared with the corresponding week a year before of 3C.8 per cent. Twice Told Tales Little- Willie' Hrenk. One of the party nt a recent social session remarked that you can't ho too careful what you say before kids, alt of which caused a smite to flutter over the features of Congressman Wllllatri Q. Brown, Jr., of West Virginia. It re minded him, he said, of an Incident that happened In the happy home of a friend of his. The young man who was calling on the charming daughter of the house was rather slow In proposing and the matter, It seems, was talked over In the domes tic circle, which Included little brother- William, 7 years old. One evening the young man' called and about 9 o'clock sister gently told the youngster that It was time for him to hike It for the nocturnal roost. Can't I stay up a little longer, Bes sie?" pleaded Willie.' "I want to see you and Mr. Hmtth play cards." "See Mr. Smith and I play cardsl ' re sponded sweet sister with a look of sur prise. "Wo are not going to play cards." "Oh, yes, you are." persisted little Willie. "I heard mother tell you that everything depended on the way you played your cards." Philadelphia Telegraph, It Wan n. Reduction. Charles L. Blnnlxon, 'a London adver tising expert, says the St. Louis Olobc Democrat, was praising In New York'tho change that has come over the adver tlsement. In advertising, as In other things," ho said, "It has been found that honesty pays, and today, throughout the world, the successful advertiser Is modest and conservative In his statements. "Advertising Is no longer mistrusted. Things are no longer as they were In Phatt's day. 'You know Phatt, our 400-pound book' kceperr1 said one man In the street to another. "Yes. What of him?' " 'Well he saw an ad In the paper- Fat folks reduced; $5 and answered It.' " 'Did ho get any reply?' " 'Oh, yes; It was Just as advertised.' " 'That's good. And how much was he reduced 7' i " 'Why, J ait as tho advertisement said -$5 "-Now York Times. ' An Epitaph for n Trimt. "Miss the trusts," said Senator La Follette at a luncheon In Washington. "Yes, oh, yes, when the trusts go wo will miss them we'll miss them like the widow. "A widow, nt her late husband's funeral happened, during the burial services, to drop her handkerchief Into the open grave. "A young man gallantly offered to leap down and get the handkerchief for her. "But the widow shook her head. " 'No.' she said, 'leave It there. I have done with tears now.' " Washington Star. II I ws ev" Religion and Its Fruits. While the vlco president Is preach ing a return to the "good old-tlmo religion," exhorting ministers to lay hold of It more earnestly in tholr pul pits, churchmen aro complaining of mpty pews and many good folk la menting apparent laxity in the zeal of worship, pbspryant men roust per ceive in tho land at Idrgo an awak ened public conscience reflected in greater concern and philanthropy for tho other fellow. If churches which are more numerous than ever before. aro Jess crowded, may we pot find some consolation In applied re ligion outside? May pot the newer and better organized efforts for dis pensing wealth and Its benefactions, for spreading the benefits of science, for social service in innumerable forms, a quickened civic conscience way not all these things come to us as partial compensation for what may have been lost In tho ceremony of worship? For after all, 1Mb the substance-, more than tho form, of religion that wo are after, "tho fruits of tho spirit," as It wore "Pure religion and undented before God and tho Father U this," said Paul, "to visit tho fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep himself un spotted from the world." Men are up and doing todty, praying, too, doubtless, but running as they pray lest they lose step with tho ewUt cur rent of recurring needs. Ten Years Ag W. W. Bingham, republican, gained thirty-one votes In ids contest with Prank A. Broadwell, democrat, for the office of clerk of the district court, reducing Broaclwell's majority to twenty-two. As tho contest had only begun, Bingham and his friends felt confident of the victory. The Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben held a meeting; and decided to buy the old Coliseum building for 112.000. The governors also decided to expend $4,000 to put the old structure In safe repair, as suggested by Building Inspector With nell, who had condemned It. The eleventh annual banquet of the Commercial club was, aa usual, a dis tinct social affair. Major R. B. Wilcox, president of tho club, acted as toast- master, Secretary John Utt presented his annual report. W. 8. Wright, newly elected chairman of the executive com mittee. W. A. L. Gibbon, R. 6. Hall and E. A Benson, spoke. Tho county commissioners provided an official homo for Assessor Harry D. need In the space north of the county clerk's den In tho old court house. Up to this tlmo Mr. Reed had been somewhat of an orphan as far as a fixed headquarters went. A Minneapolis miller, whose name was Withhold, was In the city to look over a site for a flour mill of 1.080-barrel ca pacity dally. He conferred with Preil- dent G. W. Wattles of the Omaha Oraln exchange. S. A. McWhorter and others and left the Impression that he meant business. Tho question propounds itself, How many, If any, of those In need of relief In Omaha aro in unfortu- uate condition because of the tor nado havoc last spring? It cannot be that the terrlblo scar left by that storm has been completely healed In a few short months. , Editorial Snapshots Political Tips Ah, the practical masculine own ers of that aii-reminmo uvanstou newspaper have decided to make it n weekly Instead of a dally, as orig inally contemplated, which, among other things, will afford plenty of time for talk between Adltlons. An Arkansas woman advertises In a Kansas City paper for her husband, who left home some forty years ago and fa now SO. The woman's name la Mrs. Naomi Price, which recalls somowhat of Ruth's undying loyalty to Naomi of old. A well known actor Is quoted as saying that "vile plays are as de grading to the actor as they are to the public." That is one side of it which the playwriter and manager, with eyes glued to the box office, never Bee, ? Brooklyn Eagle; The preliminary J5,C0J.- 000 fund for the widows and orphans of a hypothetical war yet to be fought would be funny anywhere else. Every thing goes In Ulster. Kansas City Star; C. W. Morse, hav ing failed to Justify his pardon from the penitentiary by dying In accordance with the schedule of tho prison physicians, has now determined to Justify It by proving himself almost an Innocent man. Pittsburgh Dispatch; Orvltle Wright's new device Is now advertised as "making It possible to learn to fly In twenty min utes." If It lives up to the advertise ment the sky may bo clouded with flying machines and the back yards Uttered with the people who tumble there. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A well known archeologlst says that women of today Wear practically the same .styles of cloth ing that were fashionable 4.000 years ago. This statement will enable women to re fute the argument that they are sillier now than they used to be. Indianapolis News; The congressman whose ear Is really tuned to the wireless of public opinion will understand that the country at large would take a good deal more interest In a movement to put all postmasters under civil service regula tlons than to exempt any assistant post-J inmier mercirom. New York World: The Indignation of former Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson that any American audience should caimiy permit an ex-congressman of Mexico to attack a diplomat or his reou tatlon helps to recall the fact that Amer ican audiences have heard him attack both the president of the United States and the secretary of state. Mr. Wilson' dignity and good name have suffered more by his own behavior than they can possibly suffer throush the criticism of anyone else Al Jennings, candidate for governor of Oklahoma, Is a retired specialist In hold Ing up trains. a If ford Plnchot, noted as a member of the famous tennis cabinet of Roosevelt days, Is bolng groomed for the senatorial race In Pennsylvania against the present Incumbent, Boles Penrose. Uncle Joe Cannon has put In Danville's cemetery a huge granite block to mark his last resting place. Tho design ts extremely simple, stands fifteen feet high and weighs, with base, fifty-six tons. The first woman member of the school board of Montclalr, N. J., started off by putting her foot down on a proposition to spend I6GO.CO0 for a high school building. She thinks school extravagance has reached the limit. The democratlo public printer at Wash Ington concedes that he has promoted thirty-nine democrats and reduced the pay of thirty-one republicans. This ought to keep a Mona Lisa smile on the pie biters for while. The esteemed Governor Blease of South Carolina Is beginning to doubt tho effi cacy of his pardon treatment, since 2 per cent of the convicts pardoned are back on their Jobs. Didn't stay out long enough to boost the governor's primary vote. Dudley Field Malone, collector of the port of New York, sets a worthy example In declining a public dinner and In the method of doing so. He prefers to have "no emphasis" ald upon himself either publicly or privately, and adds: "The strain on the private purses of citlxens and on the energies of public men. due to Innumerable banquets, has become so great that I do not wish to contribute to Its continuance." A bunch of resolutions adopted by the progressives of Larkln, Kan., boosting William Allen White for governor prompts the Kmporla Gazette to ridicule the suggestion. The Gazette says that while White may be a respectable man who pays his debts, ho Is not fitted for the Job. He can't make a speech, Is altogether too radical. Is "a common scold, a fourflusher, a rip snorting hell raiser and a grandstander. Bo, In the words of the poet, nix on Wlllyum Allen." Stories in Figures Wonlil Mnke Jcrrr Anonymons. OMAHA, Jan. 18.-TO tho Editor of The Bee; Your recent editorial about "anony mous communications," seems to be the correct position, and I think the public msy safely trust to the discre tion of the editor In such matters. If any Improvement Is desired, how ever, 1 would suggest mat, nerea"" communications from Uncle Jerry How ard (and several others Just as notorious) bo published as anonymous letters, ana tho Omaha editors would take mis stand the self-appointed benefactor of the working class would very quickly disap pear from public notice. I have no quarrel with Uncle Jerry about his pedigree and will tako It for granted that ho can prove all he claims with reference to his ancestors, but wncn he comes before the people and claims that his chief occupation is that of "Keep ing lab on the beef trust," and that he Is an "authority on economic questions," and expects worklngmen or any other body of men to take stock In his theory that tho payment of the cost of packing house inspection, by the packers them selves, Instead of by the government, as at present, will make ono bit of differ ence to the worklngmen In the price of his chuck steak, except to Increase the cost, he Is assuming an unworrontcd and Indefensible position. What difference does it rnako to tho beef trust, or any other kind of a trust. whether an expense of that kind Is paid one way or another? If they are com pelled to pay out 13,000,000 per year to cover tho cost of Inspection, Is Mr. How ard so credulous as to believe that they would pay It out of thltr profits? They would no more thlhk or assuming an expense of that kind without charging it up ns a part of the cost of doing Busi ness! than they would think of paying their fire Insurance premiums without taklnc It into the expense account. Imagine, If you please, what a diffi cult (?) task It would be for the combined packers of this country, to collect. W.000,- 000 extra from the people, if tne govern mcnt decided that they shall pay the cost of Insnectlon. No. Uncle Jerry, we have no quarrel with you as to your Irish ancestry, Tou odmlt it and and we will let It go at that, but with reference to your claim as nn nnthnrltv an economics, you will havo to qualify that the same as the man who sold a basket of peaches. Tho fact of buying a basket of peaches docs not, by any means, signify that you are getting good peaches. The fact of the matter Is you might get a basket of peaches that are not good, and pay a good prlco for them, too, if you don't watch out. Bo there are good, bad, and other kinds of economists. W. T1c nnrnl Kchont Onestlon. CLARK8. Neb., Jan. IT. To the Editor of The Bee: I desire to submit the fol lowing letters from farmers, dealing with this rural school question: W. H. Campbell Dear Blr: Having no ticed that you are a member of the Bchool commission, I have decided to write to vou and give you nil the encouragement I ran In your fight to change the present school laws. .... , , v. Borne way must be provided by which wo can give our children tho benefit of hlfih school studies without sending them to town. A consolidated rural high school might work all right In some communi ties and in others It would not, all de pending on the circumstances. Until some method can be worked out I am In favor of the re-enactment of the old school law nllowlng the school boards control of the schools and of the course of study. Under the present law most of tho rural teachers endeavor to push the pupils through the eighth grade as quickly ns possible. After that It Is town school or nothing. B. GARRETT. Franklin, Neb. Here follows a letter so plain In its statements of the rural school situation that anyone may read and understand why we must havo a chonge In the school law to meet the needs of tho pcoplo for whom the schools ar supposed to exist: Mv n,9F sir. I take this means of ex pressing myself on a subject of vital im portance. It is my sad experience that the present eighth grade school law IS a detriment to education among country people. In my case, as in otner iuou sandi), I am not able to go ahead and educate my children above tho elghtn grade. , I have children that have passed the eighth grade. One I undertook to send to tlw city high school (tor the reuson you well know) and tho board and extra .cost amounted t6 more than $200. Now this I am not able to bear. It also cost the dis trict 27. Now. gentlemen or tne com mission, will you stop and think that the persons that have children odovc w eighth grade are persons that arc above the middle age ana tnq majority 01 incin faiinnt nnr th xnenuo of. sending their children off to school for four years of high school while tncy ton ana economize. In mv fHHn I Am Imulv forced to keep my children out of school or rather the Bchool law rorces mo to ao -to. since ino present law has been In effect a large number of the farmers that were the best ofr financially have rented their farms and moved to town to educate their children. If they go they rob the coun try of Its' social Ufa and If we send the children It robs the home of the enjoy ment of having our children with us and exposes them to the temptations of vice. ana that just at me age wnen niey uku the watchfulness of their parents. TheBe thlngB are causing many to lose Interest In schools and In education. I for one beg of you honorable men to use your Influence for what we know Is best for the moBt people at least ten graaes in tho rural schools. E. BEAN. Treasurer uisinci w. veosier uoumy. These letters speak for themselves. W. II. CAMPBELL, Rural School Commissioner. THESE GIRLS OF OURS. "Look here, madam, vou just Jabbed me In tho eye with your umbrella." "I'm very sorry. Here's my fathers card. He's an eye doctor, and If you uso my name ho'll give you "his lowest rates." Boston Transcript. "A girl who took first prize at the state fair for sewing and baking has received twenty-six offers of marriage. Fine, Isn't It?" "Yes; I see that chorus girl who shot a Broadway rounder in the leg got 400 offers." Louisville Courier-Journal. Gramcrcy Your bodice Is perfectly In decent! Mrs. Gramcrcy It's your blame, my dear. You said you couldn't afford to. buy me a diamond necklace. Judge. "I'd have you know, madam, that my family has a clean record." "If it hasn't, mr dear Mrs. Climber, It ought to have, since I understand your grandmother was a laundress." Balti more American. Maud Whenever Mr. Staylato calls he makes mo think of Hamlet. v Ethel Why so? Maud Like Hamlet, he "cannot resolve himself Into adieu." Indianapolis News. "How Is It your daughters havo never learned to cohk?" "Well. I'll tell you. Mv daughters have always been so busy with the problems of the working girl, settlement house work and tho like that they never had tlmo for such academic matters as learn ing to cook." Kansas City Journal. Alice Does your husband talk much about his mother's cooking? Knto tweaniy) some: but not as much as lie does about mine. Boston Tran script. MOTHER BURSTS INTO FAME. E, A. Guest In Detroit Free Press. Life's a little brighter than it's ever been before. Home's a llttlo happier today: Joy has como a-tapplng and a-rapping at our door. . Pride has come a-trlpplng down tho Famrt last Is found, she has heard our eager call. Now the turn of glory wo possess; . Pa and Ma last evening were Invited to And mother's gown Is mentioned In tho press. Father has to hustle for his money Just the slnc. Has to rise at 6 to earn his pay; He Bays ho has to struggle for the little he may claim Of fortuno nnd of glory from the day. His creditors want money no matter what befall. But mother feels a touch of sure re nown. For they tripped the light fantostlo at a very stylish ball. .. And today the papers mention mother s gown, ', She has bought a dozen copies and she's mailing them away, With a ring of blue around her printed name: And ehe hums a song of gladness overy minute of tho day. And she hasn't scolded since the paper cama Oh, her smile's a little brighter than It's ever been before, And a little softer, too, Is her caress. Though we kids don't understand It, aa we romp about the floor, Wo ore glad the papers mentioned mother's dress. The New Express Rates Effective February 1, 1914 In conformity with the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission The following table is illustrative of some of the differences between the now and old rales: Between B lbs. 10 lbs. 80 lbs. Omaha Express Express Express Insured Insured Insured and the . following points: New Old New Old New Old Rates Rates Rates Rates Rates Rates Chicago.... -.30 .55 .40 .70 .61 .85 St. Louis... .30 .55 .39 .70 .59 .85 Denver 33 .70 .47 .90 .74 1.20 Butte .46 175 .72 1.15, 1.25 1.65 Dallas .36 .70 .51 1.00 .83 1.25 San Francisco .Gi .80 1.01 1.40 1.83 2.30 New York.. .37 .75 .55 1.00 .90 1.30 I I I ' In 1913 Omaha turned out manufactured products of the value of 192,5,671. Minnesota has 1,500,000 acres of land open to homestead entry and the state owns and offers for sale 2,250,(00 addi tional tares. There were at last accounts 1,127,90 registered motor cars In the United States. less than half of 1 per cent Imported. The number has nearly doubled since 1911, Bradstreet's figures Uie gross Indebted nrss of 15 American cities for 1912 to be $2,833,216,789. The Interest on this mort gage, with another billion per annum for running expenses, lets In some light on the high cost of living. It costs about gsou.ouo a year to run the New York City's automobiles. Add to It I73.SO0 for depreciation and 214.000 for Interest at 4 per pent on the city's 2230,009 Investment, and you And that New York pays at least S7,G00 ever)' year to give Its commissioners and deputies and other public oftclals something to ride around in. Ten per cent of the 2,300,000 miles of highway In the United States ts now classed as Improved. The aggregate of bond Issues for road construction along modern lints, now outstanding, and not Including the appropriation of current revenues which have been made Yor the purpose. Is estimated at 2200,009.000, and last year the total of state and local ap Colwrll for School Itonrd. OMAHA, Jan. 17.-To the Editor of Tho Bee: The Omaha school board Is about to elect a new member for Its board. Tho Clalrmont Improvement club has had an onDortunlty to observe the ability of Joseph W. Colwell for such a position. He has demonstrated his Interest In school children, and the educational problems that confront Omaha. We would request that your paper give him tho mention of which he is deserving. CLAIRMONT IMPROVEMENT CLUB. People and Events The emblematic figure of Heroism which will surmount the Washington memorial to the lives lost on the Titanic Is to be that of a man. The memorial Is "a woman's tribute to the chivalry and bravery of man," and the design of Mrs, Harry Payne Whitney has been accepted by the fine arts commission. The fund for the memorial now amounts to 243,000. Dudley Jardlne, alias BUI Smith, Bowery floater living a beggar's life In New York's submerged district, died nearly a year ago In possession of a for tune of over 2300,000, although his body narrowly escaped a pauper's grave. The slxe of the estate reported by court ap praisers last week opens the door for the niftiest legal contest staged in New York since Gyp the Blood took the count Food Products Carried at Still Lower Rates. Express Service Means Highest Class of Transportation Free Insurance up to $50 A Receipt for Each Shipment Respohsibility--Safety--Efficiency Telephone or Write to Your Nearest Express Office ' Nothing better than good baked potatoes But they need richness along with wholesomeness. Have you ever tried eating them with a lot of Glendale Butterine It supplies the richness and you don't have to be skimpy with the supply. The "Glendale" brand is guaranteed pure and it costs you much less than butter. AMMOUKCSIsMrVUTO propriations was $lS0,00p,O00.