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FEBRUARY CtitCUlATlON
51,715
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss.:
DwlKht Williams, clrculaUon manager
cf The Dee Publishing company, being
duly swolrn. says that the average dally
clrculaUon for the month of lebruary,
1911, was .W;DWiaUT WLUAMS.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this of March.,
(Seal.) NoUry rublIc
Safcscrtbera Icsnrlnsj the city
(rerrllr ; Th"B"
mailed te thew. Ares Trill e
change often renneteJ.
Up to last
Texas had not
Mexico.
accounts, howover,
gono to. war with
In asking repeal of the toll exemp
tion clause as support ot his foreign
policy tho president says that, if not
granted, "I shall not know how to
deal with other matters of oven
greater delicacy and nearer conse
quence." Tho trouble Is that what
has been witnessed In Mexico causes
doubt whether, with or without tho
support of congress, tho administra
tion will know how to deal with doll
cato foreign matters.
It would seem that nothing but
good luck lias kept us out of serious
complications during tho last year,
but wo cannot count on good luck
giving us perpetual Immunity, nor
rely forever on "watchful waiting"
as a substltuto for a purposeful
policy.
MAItCH 7.
Thirty Years Ago
Alter several disappointments, the Bur
lington has actually Inaugurated a '
through train from On. aha to Chicago,
which rolled Into the station at 10:15,
amidst npplausa ot a welcoming party.
The train consisted of one baggage car,
five coaches, one steeping car and a dl
rectors car. The talk Is now that the
other trunk lines will put on through
train.
Tho Fay Tcmpleton Opera company
played "La Belle Coquette" at the Boyd.
Miss Nellie Faron was the recipient
of a pleasant surprise at her residence.
1310 Chicago' street.
Utile Willie Cowln, son of Hon. J. C.
Cowin, who .was hurt at the skating rink
yesterday, Is confined to his house.
Friends, of Webster Snyder are grati
fied by news that he. .has been made
chief engineer und general manage to
tho BaHta"Fe.
Colonel Olbbon has received his formal
order to assume temporary command of
the Department of, the, Platte.
rtcv. K, M. Battls delivered his lec
ture entitled "Tho Man In the Moon"
at a social entertainment at the First
Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Schroeder, the mdgnctlo healer.
has returned, and Is healing the sick at
1611 Davenport street.
P. B. Her came In from the east, and
Dr. It. M. Stone Is back from St. Louis.
The president's 420-wort message
may, at least, be characterized as
brief and irewy.
On pshaw! If, athey tell us,
everybody is asalhst the charter and
nobody for 'It, why so much noisy
rollcUudc?
Now we hare tho spectacle in Mex
ico of cltliens begging a bandit to
sparo their lives. Stop knocking
and listen to the doves coo.
How Is Mr; Bryan to till his Chau
tauqua dates to keep the wolf from
the door and make those official
trip abroad at the same time?
One of James J; Hill's sons has
risen to the .presidency of one of the
Hill railroads, showing there is al
ways room at the top of certain ladders.
The Centra' Africans, says,. Dan
Crawford, the ralHlonary, are strong
on works andWafc, on words. What
a hit Coloaei aoptbala would make
there. N
As showlng.hte fidelity to the. law,
the Hon. Christy Mathewson has re
jected an offer ot,-$6M80. for three
var service With the outlaws In
base ball.
President Wilson has planned a
big White House dinner In honor of
Chairman Underwood, but whether
he baa Invited Congressman ifobson
we knew not.
Latest Yellow Peril.
Comes now the Chlneso egg as tho
latest yellow porll to harass poor
old California. Under the "ben-
eflclont lnfluenco" of tho Wllson-Un-dorwood
tariff", which removes tho
B-conts:a-dozon duty on eggs, China
has Bhlpped to tho Pacific coast 35,
000. cases, or 1,050,000 dozen oggs,
in -tho last two months. These eggs,
according to a San Francisco doaler,
are- bought in China at less than
6 cents a dozen and sold In Pacific
ooast towns for 12 cents a dozon.
As eggs and poultry form brie of
tho chief Industries of California,
tne eiiect of this Is easily under
stood in that state. The Potaluma
Producers' association appoaled to
tho federal government for nld in
excluding tho China eggs on the
ground that they wore the product
ot scavenger conditions, but tho fed
oral government could not boo it that
way; Indeed, the . California state
officials could not, and tho eggs con
tlnue to como, just as if thoy wore
all honorable Japanese school boys,
admissible under our diplomatic ar
rangejnents governing oriental imml
graUon.
But similarly as a rosult also of
the new democratic tariff, butter Is
coming Into Into Pacific coast ports
from New Zealand and Australia in
large quantities; In fact, In three
months 1,603,800 pounds have been
sold out there at 24 cents a pound,
retail. The new tariff cut the duty
on butter 2i cents a pound, to
which must bo added 2 cents a pound
freightage. So tho farm producers
of California, especially, and other
far western states in general, nro be
ginning to feel tho effect of tho new
tariff law In no un6ertaln manner,
as the farmers and producers In all
states will ultimately feel it. It 1b
tho old question of which end ono Is
on, consumer or producor, ns to
whether he smiles or frowns,
The shady hotel, you will notice,
adopts the "family entrance" sign
for certain doorways, rejcardleea of
the faet (hat,-perhaps, no real family,
enters there.'
1 The B ol en Transcript thinks It
' President Wilson, had said to Car
ranra. Benton's body er Villa's
scalp," he night haVe' got results.
But' that la net the Wilson way.
" Engineer GerSer'wlU hold his Job
under the State Railway commission
with the adMonltto that what he
said about ee et the. cossBilwloners
was la bad taste because tee close to
the truth.
Ksaiiber, that defeat ot tho Au
ditorlMK heads wilt be construed as
jenng that the people ot Omaha
d net care to have the Auditorium
maintained for Its original purpose
any loager.
Which reminds us, that the Water
board ' law distinctly ' declares Its
definite purpose to divorce the man
agement of the plant- from politics
and make active participation of env
yfeye la ptrtlMa politics cause for
lesaeval.
The United Mine Workers ot
America have paid $2,000,000 ot
strike benefits to the Colorado
tainers. Wonder how -rauch money
has been raid in strike benefits to
Union Pacific shpp men since they
went out.
Unfortunately, too many ot the
charter crltlca, who want to write a
new charter for us would be barred
'frofia the Job by tho fact that only
freeholders who pay taxes to help
Mtppert the city government are
legally .et!lM to sit In a charter
eonveevtto.
The) Irreconcilable bull mooscra
in one breath Insist on going it alone
to desaenetrate their devotion
principle, and In the next breath de
ckare they must, net espouse single
Ur because it. would drive away the
farmer veie, That's devotion to
principle with a vengeance.
In Other Lands
Twenty Ycnra Ago
Receivers E. Ellory Anderson and J.
W, Doane were slated to participate,
with President 8. 11, It. Clark. In the
conference with Union Pacific employes
over wages and work.
Frank ntbak, the Clark street grocer
shot by a burglar, was steadily Improv
ing, though very weak. He and his
wife surveyed a man arrested as n sus
pect, but were unable to identify him as
the eunman.
juaBe uunay or uio federal court
signed nn injunction restraining the city
of Omaha from levying or collecting any
taxes from tho Union Pacific for city
purposes.
Itev. J. D, Maxwell, presiding elder of
the Methodist church for this district,
was laid up with an Injured leg. the re
sult of an accident a few days beforo at
uiair.
A . premature notice was given of t
speech for the day In this city by Hon
W. J. Bryan. It seemed that Uie con
gressman was stated to address tho
faithful here, but Just when, where and
aoout wnat no one seemed to know.
Ten Years Aro
. u. Hunt, superintendent of tho
Omaha Water conipany, returned from
California, where ho went for a rest and
recreation.
K. J. Cornish addressed the McKlnley
cluo on ino general themo ot parties,
iioiiucs nno tne differences. He urged
young republicans to be very cholco In
tncir selection of nollt cal nartv frirn,!.
as much as they would be It selecting
personal associates In life.
... v. iMiiutB, a wiicago exrjert.nn
salesmanship, spoke- on that subject to
some sw employes of the Bennett store.
(fat uoodwin played , Glided Fool'
wim naturalness, to the great delight
of a large house at the Boyd.
MaJ6r j, n, Buchanan, for' tWenty-two
years a resident of Omaha and general
passenger agent ot the Fremont. Elk
hprn & Missouri Valley railroad, was In
the city from his. old and new home ut
Waukesha. Wis., where nee more he
was In tho. harness ot his profession
practicing law.
Tho majority members of the Board of
Publio Works-Lobeck and Wlthnell-
otea against adopting certain paying
tccicauons arawn up by tho city
vuuntii; mey uia not Anally commit
memseives, nm refused to endorse them
at a special meeting, anyway.
Union Labor Turfy.
The development of organized labor as
a political party In Great Britain Is one
of the notable features ot the social evo
lution In progress In the United King
dom. Heretofore the labor element has
been tho backbone, of the liberal party.
Throiigh that organization Industrial
wcrkers have-obtained tractlcally alt tho
rights and privileges and benefits they
now enjoy. Labor members In the pres
ent Parliament and loyal supporters of
tho goyerhtrient. Deyond that, however,
appears a- widening gulf foreshadowing
nn early separation. Two years ago the
governing bodies ot organized labor de
cided to engage actively In politics as a
distinct party, encouraged by two fac
torsthe payment or salaries to mem
bers of Parliament and the annulment
ot a court decision prohibiting the use
of Union' funds for political purposes. Be
slGes tnese the. power wielded by the
labor party In Parliament, being a vital
unit of tho government majority, stimu
lated - enthusiasm for Urger prizes-and
resulted In tho decision to namo candl
es in every parliamentary district.
The practical result ot this decision has
bepri tho defeat of both labor and lib'
era! party candidate's In seven bye-clec
tlijns In -two years, ' and 'the award or
thut number ot scats to the tory union-
ts.' The latest Instance ot folly ot di
vision occurred In the "Lelthburgh dl-
llldri. . a constituency which has not
failed to return a liberal representative
since the reform act ot 1832. .The vote
of! this liberal stronghold, divided be
tween liberal and labor 'candidates, gave
the political ehemy of both, tho oppor
tunity to win by a plurality of sixteen
votes. Apparently thert Is .no intention
f' either party relenting or effecting a
compromise. Outwatdly, at least, there
art. no moro signs of harmony or re-
ildn than Is shown by progressives and
republicans In this country. And the
gulf Is widened by the arrival in London
of. the deported labor unionists from
Sojth Africa. Naturally a condition of
Internal discord In the ministerial patty
hets the eagerness of the unionist to
force a dissolution and precipitate r. gen
eral election.
Modesty and Education.
If the high school boys are In
earnest in their project ot discard
ing "dude" clothing tor .simpler and
less oxpenslve apparel, they might
do well to make it a "coed" affair.
It suggests the harmful tendency ot
overdressing by high school maidens,
to which The Dee has mtre than
once called attention. Modesty as
an inherent element in education is
entirely lost sight ot in the-degrees
of extravagance to which some girls
are permitted to go. The effect is
bad, not only on them, distorting to
their sense ot proprieties and the
proportion of things, but equally bad
on some of tbelr associates, whose
parents are unable financially or too
sensible to let them ape the other
girls. The love ot pretty dresses is
natural and worthy In normal girl
hood, but this love finds very little
wholesome expression in arraying a
miss in a lot ot finery and cosmetics
as If Bho wero going to a" formal
evening ball instead of a publio
school.
This is not a purely local prob
lem; it is, on the contrary, quite a
Roneral one. . A western city, put to
it for some means ot curbing the
passion for overdressing by high
school boys and girls, once went so
far as to prescribe uniform attires.
This offended many patrons as pro-
mllttary and, while drastic, It never
theless had the merit ot emphasising
the Important principle ot modesty
as an essential part ot true educa
tion.
It our popular schools aro to
teach and conserve the spirit of
democracy, they must do it by exam
ple as well as precept. And here J
a good place to begin.
Mr. Tatt's warm tribute to Presl
dent Wilson Is gratifying to those
who like to think of an ex-presldent
eo big as to see good in those who
precede him and in him who sue
ceeds him.
"Father," said a small boy, "wha.t Is a
demagogue?"
"A demagogue, my son. Is a man who
can rock the boat himself and persuade
everybfu? that there' a terrible storm
at eca.. Itx.
Isn't U the trutht
People and Events
On Saturday next. Harrv .Th win
celebrate the two hundred and first day
ma vonunuous performance with Judi
cal red tape slnco Jumping out ot Mat.
teawan.
i.ne is out with a "propet numW
noiaoie acniovemont for a publication sat
""lru w'i levity, as a means of for
warding the "go-to-church"
Mio n proper number -has -the Congres
slonal Itecord beaten forty ways.
J. Hungerford Mllbank has nri-jinlvn
vfcuurni oi women in New York, She
claims equality of sex bv caliln hr..i
J. Hungerford Mllbank and not Mrs. Mil.
bank. She hopes the movement for the
military training of women will extend
io au parts or tho United States.
Franklin Johnson, aged 7. tart,i t
laKe his father to his work one Icy morn
ing in uiirord. N, H using a double run
ner to get down the long hill. Something
gave war and both father and son landed
in a orooK or icy water three feet deen.
Thereafter Mr. Johnson walked to work.
President Truesdale or tho Urkuninn,
rauroaa aspires for the record as
walling pessimist. Because tho net earn
Ings ot his company slumped from St!
per cent In 191J to S3.lt per .cent in 1913,
nis lamentations are tearful and threat.
ens to fill the Lackawanna system with a
oau case of blues.
Out of the giants of the United States
senate of the Forty-fifth congress, when
iicnry n. Teller, In HTT, made his bow
to tho solons. only one ts believed to be
in the land of the living-George B. Ed
munds, who representer!. Vermont, now
residing In Los Angeles. Mr. Edmunds
Is W years of age.
Science has its heroes, and high on this
list is a scholar who risked his life in a
daring adventure to delve Into the secrets
of Arablo learning and mysticism. He
Is Dr. C, Snouck Hurgronje, professor ot
Arablo In the University ot Leyden, Hot
land, who Is to be the guest of the Unl
verslty ot Pennsylvania.
Itcv. C. F. KUIott, a Unitarian minis
ter ot Keokuk, la., says that he can
count at least 110 young women from
leading families In Keokuk who have be.
come brides ot engineers employed on
the big dam building project there. He
says that ho married the one hundred and
eighth and one hundred and ninth himself.
The hottest It not the saddest words
framed by ruby lips comes from women
strike pickets In Chicago. The picket!
didn't like the activities of policemen, so
thsy petitioned for policewomen, and had
two-assigned to the strike territory. But
the change didn't help the pickets a little
dii. "i inougat we wouia get a square
deal," said one of the women pickets,
who was touched Up with the police
hickory, 'put policewomen are wont
than the men"
Armamenta In Svrrden.
Tho question of armaments which now
appears to divide 8wcdenla to be sub
mitted to the peoplo at a general election
at the earliest practicable date. 'The new
premier, pr. Hommdrskjoeld, announced
that decision In" Uio' Ulksdag February
is. It tho liberals and socialists main
tain their nresent majority In tho par-
lla'ment toge'th'cr they number 105 against
65, conservatives it Is the general opinion
that tho result ot the election wlll .be &
vote oMaok ot confidence In King Qustav
rid that his abdication might then De
looked for as1 a natural consequence. The
Issue 'Is. wholly of the .king's making In
openly taking sides with those favoring
armaments as a protection against ai
egi& - Russian - designs' -on' Scandinavia.
Theso-designs as Interpreted In Sweden
contemplate the selzuro at tho tlrpt favor
able opportunity which offers of thq en
tire northern halt of the Scandinavian
pcnlnbula-br; to be more precise, a ter
ritory sltUated partly In, Sweden and
tartly .in Norway, and extending from
the Arctlo sea In the-north to the sixty.
Mxth, parallel ot northern latitude In tho
rodth. In this , territory the Atlantic
makes a number Ot deep dents Into the
rockboUnd Norwegian coast, and theso
dents, or fjords, 'as they are called, afford
advantageous harbors, deep and free
from Ice, owing, to. .the. .nearness of the
Gulf stream, though situated north of
ihe.Arotlo circle. 'One -of these fjords,
Ldf ten fjord, which. Is. the. largest. Rus
sia sought to acquire more than halt, a
century ago for the purpose of. using! II
as a naval, base on the Atlantic, and It is
thoroughly understood In Sweden that
forcible - seizure of this strategic pojnt
and ail the surrounding territory Is the
aim of Russia's present warlike prepara
Uons. ' !
Temperance Mov-ment..
'Despite the stream, of money .. nourlnir
into, uie national treasury irom tne gov
ernment monopoly of the sale of drink.
ROssla Is beginning to Wftllxo tho folly
of profiting, by, an unrestricted system
of national intemperance. Cheap liquor
and encouragement -by official "dlstribn
tors have carried the . evil to the border
of national disaster. The task of check
ing tne deluge ot alcoholism Is a dlffl
cult, one, hut It must bo undertaken re
gardless of the effect on the natlohal
treasury. A like problem, has confronted
French statesmen ter years past. Un
like Russia the Fre'noh government-does
not control the traffic, depending for re
sults on restrictive laws and Individual
effort A new temperance movemen has
Just been launched by Mr. Schmidt
deputy for the Department ot the Vosges,
Which takes In all classes and represents
tlves of all parties, agreeing, tor the
sake of harmony, riot to Intervene In the
coming elections, niter which It wilt take
up Its propaganda In earnest. The new
society bears the sufficiently .descriptive
name L'Alarme. and Its mission will be
to warn tho nation against the rising
flood ot alcoholism. The special menaco
In France has been the Increasing use
of strong spirits In place of the wine
which had been the traditional drink ot
the people. ,
Vllo Singe Commercialism.
OMAHA, March 6.-T0 tho Kdltor of
The Bee: Omaha Is billed with flaming
announcements of the coming of perhaps
the wildest of the so-called "white slave '
Plays now before tho public. 'If any
thing. It, distorts truth and appeals to
the prurient passions even moie than Its
companion piece, which precoded It at
an Omaha theater somo months ago. No
good, but much harm, Is done by such
exploitation, and It Is time to stop it.
ThS general effect might not be 80 had
It the nausous productions camo nriy
where near representing actual condi
tions, but they do not. They simply
commercialize, in the most sordid and
repulsive manner, a lot of tommyrot ro
gardlng tho facts and a certain human
gullibility ever ready for such salacious
stuff. If tho social service boards and
other such monitory agencies over the
country came out strongly against this
character of stage production, they
would undoubtedly find sufficient pop
ular support to succeed In suppressing
them, at least to a largo extent. W. B.
Wanted A Smokelena Iteaanrnnt
OMAHA, March 6. To the Editor of
Tho Bee: Wo can't pick up a paper,
or a magazine, unless wo see something
said about sanitation, and the Individual
drinking cup, and the individual towel,
and oil this holler and fuss about the
germs will get us Is we don't watch
out. Why, we can't hove a cup to drink
out of at the park unless we tote one
along, and wo can't get a drink of milk
In a restaurant unless the waiter brings
sealed bottle, for fear of the germs
getting us, and the burden of the health
commissioner's song Is keep clean, and
the Woman's club, as well as alt others,
are calling for the choking of the deadly
germ. But we never hear r voice raised
in warning of the foul germ-producing
tobacco smoke being puffed In your face
in every street car and in every eating
house in the city. You can't go Into
the most up-to-date place In the city
nut you will see signs stuck up "Be
ware of the Deadly Germ." But nothing
Kuuut mo ioui gcrm-iaaen tooacco
smoke. Why Is not this a rich field
for tho Woman's club to tackle. an&
wipe It out? Let all clean, up-to-date,
sanitary persons say it must go, and It
will go. I believe the time Is ripe for
a clean, smokeless restaurant, If we only
say so-and let us all say so.
T. Z, Constant Reader.
ItltMuK the Nnll Sqnnrely.
BRADSHAW, Neb.. March 5. To the
editor of Tho Bco: Your editorial, "Of
fended Dignity," is certainly timely anJ
to tho very point. Who Is Carranza more
Hian any other Mexican brigand? that
this government, through Its policy of
Ppoce, should tremble and shake for fear
It has offended the dignity of that gen
tleman, and as you say it will now. bo
ery necessary tnat the government at
Washington "be very careful that in rci
pairing the feeling of Carranza we do
not rouse the ire and envy of Vllla.7
O, what a condition! It would seem that
President Wilson ond Secretary Bryan;
would, after a while, become tired of
turning fjrst one. cheek and then the other
for the slaps of any Mexican who rises
up and declared himself a general and a
leader. '
It would appear now that Carranza had
asked President Wilson to go with hlrii
a mile and t he president has decided J to,'
go wun nim two. The government
through the president has raised the o'rht
bargo on arms and ammunition, which
certainly was an unwise thing to do, ,fof
ir this government shall be called upon
to make armed intervention which no'vl
looks probable, it will seem a llttlo hard
to have to meet our own best Improved
arms In battle. WJlson may be a greater
president than Buchanan, but to one
who has lived through Buchanan's ad
ministration and so far In this. I canndt
help "but discover many similarities.
' JOHN B. DEY.
Pressor at the Jobless. ' '
Much of the riotous unrest In Japan
during the last two months Is traced to
the' fact that the government, In giving
effect to a policy ot economy, dispensed
with the service ot SX00O officials ot va
rtous classes. An ofticeWider separated
from his job can put off more varieties
ot Indignation than a Jobless civilian and
the Japanese officeholder differs llttlo
from hlS kind In other nations. With 90.000
officeholders stricken from the govern
ment payrolls little imagination ts needed
to sues the steam pressure behind- the
demonstrations chronicled In recent dls
patches from Japan. The Japanese have
sometimes been called the Frenchmen
ot Asia because ot their alertness, their
quickness In absorbing Ideas and their
devotion to glory. There seems to be
likeness, too, In .their devotion to official
posts; a place. In the government service
ts the ideal ot the Japanese school boy
Rise In Cost ot Llvlnir.
The rising cost ot llvinr, which has
afflicted, northern Eui-ope for years past,
has Invaded Italy and settled down for
an Indefinite visit. Its earliest manlfes
tatlon Is an Increase In the number ot
unemployed, and a rise In rents. Slgnor
Masxonl, parliamentary commissioner
on unemployment, 'blames the late war
In Tripoli as one of the main causes ag
gravatlng the crisis. Great suffering Is
experienced In Naples and Sardinia, In
the former of which rents have risen
tS per cent, and In the latter fresh milk
SUNNY GEMS.
FiCC Thrt mv (tint tnjtrrlncrA le u
failure. Do you believe It?
Fogg-Shouldn't wonder. The bride
never Bets thn brat man Ttnxtnn Trnn.
script.
"f Wonder If AhnlcMnrnrft hn,1 an allln.
mobile?" '
What makes vnu at It auph a. alllv
.J'P.".1 doesn't he speak about seeking a
bubble' reputation?" Baltimore Ameri
can.
I wonder when thpv want tn "maltrt
money on these society shows that they
don t get up a scandal minstrel show."
"What's that?"
"Where thev hnvn fomlK. aiii.inn. (r.
rattle tho bones." Baltimore American.
"Doctor, I'm feeling awful.
can't sleep, I can't "
"I can euro you." said thi
I can't cal,
Can CUm VOII." Hnlil tho Arulnr "tt
you II tako my advice. Go and ask her
10 marry you." (Jlevelnnd Pan Hrnlr
Crawford T'nn-'a hi a flniinl.l .,nn.i.
r.g?
crabshaw Fine. He un c-n nut In h
winter without an overcoat and every
body thinks he Is merely following a
iau. iippincott s Magazine.
your sub
Ypu can't
Book Agent Could I have
scrlptlon for this book?
stout Gentleman Get out!
sell me any books!
Agent (making for the door) I suppose
hiiu umy miiiK vnu roan la a mil nr rnrv.
London Opinion.
"I made a point of talking about tho
American cattle and the dove of peace,"
remarked Senator Porghum.
Did the audienco approve
ii .r.ni.i nn Thn nnlv remark I
heard was that I was a better ornitholo
gist than I was n statesman. Wash
ington Star.
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RAISING THE BOY.
Grit Alexander In Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Kvery virtue has a twin (
Tls a vice. , v --
Light ns folly, dear ns sin,
Naughty, nice. .
Oak tree's growth you'lK dominate
By bending twig.
Rules for boys will oft create
A llttlo prig.
Docs he save each little sum?
Good or him! ... . -
Do not let the kid become
A tight-wad grim.
Is he generous? Will he
With friends share cash?
Fine! But do not let him be
A spendthrift rash.
Assertive? Keep him on tho track
Of commonsensc.
Modest? Do not let him lack
Self-confldcncc.
Scrappy? That's the kind we need
But not too rough.
Gentle? Very good lndecdl
But not a muff.
On the straight path let him go
Fair and true.
What's the rule? Oh, I dunno
Do you?
Stomncli and IlrnliiB.
OMAHA, March 6. To the ' Editor of
The Bee: If It Is true, as you say, that
wo pay our cooks more than our pro?
fessors, there 'must be some reason for
tt. and when we survey human life Irt
all its gradations and varieties, we find
many reacons why cooks are of more
importance to tho average man than
books.
Human nature is so constituted that d
person cannot live and enjoy good health
without a good stomach, but the same
rulo' will not apply to the brain. Tho
mOre a man uses his muscles. the mor$
food he requires, hut the average man
makej but llttlo uso of his brain, and!
therefore, he pays less attention to It
than to any other part of the body; a
man can, and many do, exist without
giving the brain any nourishment, but
the stomach must bo fed. You will no;
tlce that there Is never any braln-llne
formed by Idle men in front or the public
library. When a young man. starts out
to have a good time' in the evening, It
Is necessary that his stomach be welt
filled, but his brain need contain noth
ing more than a vulgar Joke, a few
giddy songs, and a comprehensive know!
edge of slang and tango.
Any man who has money may fill hi
stomach, but to fill the brain with use
ful knowledge requires labor, and tho
fuller tho stomach the less Inclination
there Is to fill the mind.
Until It becomes a fixed habit, all ex
ertlon over and above that which is
necessary to support an existence Is
hateful and, therefore, knowledge Is the
last thing men will seek voluntarily, un
less they have been coerced and trained
while very young.
A man studies his stomach so well that
he usually knows what agrees with htm,
although he does not always use this
knowledge In a rational way; but half
the people, or more, .believe they can tin
prove the mind by reading such books
as "Damaged Goods," "Confessions of a
Wife" ond "An English Woman'a Love
Letters."
There are millions ot people who have
no desire In life but to pamper the ap
petite and to till and empty the stomach
IS. U. M'JKTUBH.
Assarancea ot Peace.
Philadelphia Ledger.
There Is no longer any danger of a
naval war with Switzerland, for that
country has signed an agreement with
the United States to wait a year beforo
attacking us, so that any dispute may be
amicably settled.
Sowing- a Mystery.
Phlladlphta Ledger.
Sanator Kern cannot understand how
the newspapers find out the secret pro
ceedtngs of the executive sessions of the
senate. Slayixine progressives are ngnt
after all lit asserting the senate Is filled
with old women.
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"Breakfast Is Ready
Tantalizing odors from
crisp, piping hot toast, proclaim
that breakfast is ready. And
it's so easy to make, the Elec
tric way. Just a turn of a switch, and
the coils of the Electric Toaster are'
glowing hot. The bread is toasted to
an appetizing golden-b.rown right on
the dining table. For luncheons and
suppers, too, you will find the Electric
Toaster a wonderful convenience. So many
bits and dainty desserts require toast. The Elec
tric Toaster costs little to operate.
OMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT
& POWER COMPANY
They all see it now what
Henry Ford saw years ago
that the light, strong,
quality car, sold at a low
price, best meets the de
mands of all the people.
Now they're all following
where Henry Ford led.
Five hundred dollars Is the price of tho
Ford runabout; the touring car Is five
fifty; the town car aeven fifty f. or b.
Detroit, complete with equipment. Get
catalog and particulars from Ford Motor
Company, 10 1C Harney Street.
Do You Know Who
The "Live Wire" Business Men
oi Omaha Are?
For .complete information see classi
fied section of tomorrow's Bee.
has risen to It cents a quart,
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