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THE BIOK: OMAITA, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1DJ4. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER. ' VICTOR RQ3EWATER, EDITOR. The Bco Publishing Company. Proprietor. UEK BUILDING, KARNAM AND "sBVBNTEBNTllI. Kntered at Omaha postofflce as second-class matter, TE1LM3 Of SUUSCnirTION , y carrier ny man per month per year Dally and Sunday C5c - Dally without Sunday 15c Evening nnd Sunday JOc Evening without Sunday 2c Sunday Dec only 20' ; Y. , .,? Send notlco of mange of address or complaint" " Irregularity In delivery to Omaha Uce. Circulation Department. REMITTANCE M . Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only two cent stamps received In payment of small cc Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern ex change, not accepted. T . OFFICES Omaha The Ilco llulldlng. 8outh 0naha S31X N street Council niuffs 14 North Main street. Lincoln 26 Mttle Building Chicago 901 Hearst Building. New York Boom 1106. 286 Fifth avenue. St Louis 503 New Bank of Commerce. Washington 725 Fourteenth St. N. W. . CORRESPONDENCE Address communications relating to news nn torlal mMter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION 51,715 State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss. Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company heclng duly sworn, say; that the average dally circulation for the month of i eD ruary 19H. was 51,715. . , DWIGHT WTLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In ny nresenco and sworn to before me this 3d Jay of March. 19H . ... ROttERT HUNTER. Notary Public, Subscrilwrs leaving the city temporarily Miould havo The Bco mnllcd to them. Ad dress will ho changed ns often ns requested. A poor excuso Is bettor than nono to tho smooth paving promoter. Where Is the old-faahloncd boy with bright red hair and minus two front tooth, yet nlwnys grinning? ' With tho base ball season so near at hand. It is getting easier to onduro tho severest of hardships. Senator Hitchcock says ho is always willing to regard tho wishes of Secretary Bryan. Tell that td tho marines. - , Folks would begin to think, tho Moxlcan revolution had ended if Tprreon wore not "cap tured every few months. Now that tho boys' court Is in full swing in Chicago, tho Job of tho homo may bo considered as lightened a llttlo more. That portion of St. Louis' population that escaped tho club homo flro. should got buny and see that no such flrotrnp goes up thoro again. It is possible, to think of s6mo terrible fates for Mexico, btU nono w.prso than to havo Villa president nono worso and few, perhaps, as Improbable. Counting blrasolf fifty-four years young, Mr. Bryan may look forward to running for tho presidency sevoral times yet boforo exceeding tho ago Unit. Governor Morehcad eems to bo hesitating as to which political' rnco track to got on to, "Won't someone please start a spontaneous pop ular uprising? ' , Of course a ten days' 'trip through 'tho cast "to Inspect pumps" Is n Junket for which travel ing expenses may- bo-lawfully drawn out of tho public treasury. Governor Oswald West of Oregon, returning from tho Rio Qrando, commands hiB stato mil itia to begin, buckling on tboiri beltB. Better surrender at once, Messrs. Hucrta, Villa and Carranza. Our United States senator sao's Omaba has a chanco for ono of tho federal resorvo banks. Perhcps. But Omaha might havo had a r.lnch if tho senator had not gotten In so bad with tho administration. $ It was downright mean to tako advantugo of our .democratic United States senator and poll a rpll call vote on that suffrage amendment when ho was accidentally, or on purpose, absent from the senate. Still, It would bo hotter, If possible,, to offect School board retrenchment without matorially curtailing the scrvlco which tho schools aro ren dering pr cutting off any of tho educational cp portunitiea of tho pupils. '"Don't. Mr. Omnha Cltlien, lot tho Idea get Into your head that Omaha Is ono of tho worst governed cltlca in thn emintrv fnr If tan't 'nv. ---. - . . V , claims nn esteemed contemporary. Myl Whoro could anyone. linrA cotton nimh nn t.lnn win. . . - - - - " ' .J ...... .. v.. u I . . 1. V 'I . I , IlilJ Commercial club, tho Economic loaguo,, City i'janr.ers. central J.aDor union and Improve ment clubs all pointing with pride nil tho time Omaha's Per Capita Figures. Tho latest publication by tho census bursau compiling and comparing tho financial statistics of American cities with over 30,000 population furnishes material for instructive study, and none of it more Interesting than tho fow Items reduced to n per capita exhibit. Tho number of citlos coming within this classification is 195, and tho statistics relato to the fiscal year 1012, for which tho population Is computed on ;ho basis of a normal increase over the preceding census rating. Tho per capita levy of property taxes In Omaha Is $10. C7. That means an oven hundred dollars for every hoiisohold of six personr. Tho averago for tho whole list of cities Is $18.25, so that Omaha is somewhat below tho average, but considerably above most of tho cities ap proximating our size. The per capita recolpts from all revenues In Omaha nro $24.74, not quite up to tho averago for all tho cities, which Is $28.96. Of this amount, however, only 51 per cent In Omaha comeB from property taxes, tho remainder Doing derived from various sources. Tho per capita payment in Omaha tor all governmental ' costs figures at $23.24. In tho tablo It Is given at $83. G7, but that Includes tho water works purchaso, excluding which calls tor a deduction of $00.43 per cnplta. Tho genpral average Ib $33.23. In Omaha 31 per cent of current expenses go to tho schools as compared with n general averago of 28.9 por cont. Iho most abnormnl flguro Is Omaha's 22.3 per cent Of Its current OXDnnnnn fnr flrn Innnrtmanl hen the genornl averago Is only 9.3 per cent. Tho por capita interest charge on Omulin'a public debt is $4.83. For the 195 cities tho averago Interest chargo Is only $3.08. It lihould no understood that Just about half of the debt T Omaha represents wnter works nurchnso. and tho other half public Improvements and public property. Finally, tho por capita not lndobtolnn,n nf Omaha la given as $109.23, tho comparative figure for all cities belnc 168.75. Oniv rr or flvo cities In tho wholo country have a higher por capita debt than ours, nnd most of tlmm less than half as much. Whero Omaha shows tin to crnnfont .iiu:irt. vantage Is In the table of total assessed vulua. lion given us a per capita of $254.05, as against general average of $1,040.27. ThU dlnernn- nncy arises .from our 20 per cent asseHsmunt, but, unfortunatoly, tho figures do not convoy tho explanation. Corrected to full valuation. Omaha's taxable woalth Is aboVo tho average. w Mush and Muckrake Passing. "I predict that within a fow months lom stories nnd series will be banished from tho pages of roputablo magazines," says S. S. Mc Clure, tho well known publisher. sDeaklnz from tho locturo platform. "We'll keep the iinick- rako bohind tho door, though, for wo nmv hnvo to uso it again. But at tho present it hnB Jono Its work." Although tho reading nubile has hnd lirr.vl. oils intimation of this kind, it will undoubtedly do gratinod at this word from ono who hnH linen so actlvo In the introduction nnd popularizing of this species of literature. It Is passlnr sim ply because, for tho most part, It had nosorloua purpose to servo. This Is especially true of tho trash relating to so-called sex jirodiloms, which nns uono so much to food tho prurient nnd stim ulate the sonsual and so llttlo t f anything elso. But, llko muckraking, which, though not nn. tlroly devoid of worthy results, whllo doing monsurabio harm to good namos as woll as principles, tho box problom rot paid, and that has been tho all-lmpolllng nowor back of It. When this clement Is given Us proper setting In ine nold of current literature, then, we may hope, It will also pass from tho stage. 1L was destined to bo short-lived, for tho simple reason that it had not enough merit to give it lon gevity. All it wanted was time enough in which sufficiently to dlsgtiBt tho public nnd itu x tinction was accomplished, jrhe wary, however, will wait yet a llttlo while boforo preparing for tho obsequies. "In tho long run tho magazines will bo what tho public wants thorn to bo." continues Mr. McCldro. "If tho public wishes trnshv stuff Jho magazines will supply it." men tins iioalturul new sun that wo seem to soo limned In heroic outline against tho flushing oast of tho near future, Is not, after nil, to bo crodltod to tho inhoront goodness of. tho magazines, but to tholr readers! If so, bq much tho bettor. It helps us to see raoro clearly than ever tho futility of tho absurd preachments wo hnvo boon having dinned in our oars by these self-righteous publicists, tho solf made monitors und mentors of our morals, pri vate and public. An Interesting nrogram dv.n i. i of the sixth grade In tho rvntn.i a.i,nni ..... direction of the teacher. Mlsa Laura Morse.' Among ... juuiimrm inning part with song or recitation were Bessie Allart. Klttln Bai.ii.it wnt, ...... ... . .V....V ttniiciuwi. Bessie Morse, Eva McDonagh. Mary Ooldman, Paul uuuiiimon. j rant no iscnonfleld. Nellie Coons. May Barnes. Cora Young. Alma Tom Crelgh. Mabel Pratt, Kittle florae. John Blmp fcon. Kthel Denison, Kdna Harney. Larlmore Deni... W It. Kent has resigned as city editor of tho Itcpubllcan and will be succeeded by Jeff L. Stone. A J. Webb, for some time behind the counter at the Millard, yet mora recently employed at the Union Purine headquarters, will take J. P. Huletfs place at tho Metropolitan hotel. Mr.'Hulett going to Leav. uworth to embark In the grain buslne"?. The many friends of -Charles II. Piokens will be glad to Jearn that hb is out again after being con lined to hi house for several days. M jr. Rdfle!d, former Omaha newspaper man, now with tho Newspaper I'nlon at Detroit, la here visiting relatives and friends. The schocl board through Its attorneys. E. W Slmeral nnd II. D. Kstabrook. Is trying to get more ilcetue money by seeking a mandamus against Mar shal Guthrie to compel him to report the naroea or all persons selling liquor In the city, and to arrest them If they fall to comply with the BloSuinb law That Baok-to-thc-Farm. Now York's experience in sending somo of Its unemployed to work on farms offers abso lutely no hope for tho back-to-tho-fftrm roinody ns applied to this phaso of social 1Mb. Seventy ablobodled men without other, means of liveli hood were transported freo of charge to tho country and offered wholesomo employment ut a month and board. Any with farm ox perfenco were to receive $25 a month and board. Fifty of tho seventy forthwith turned tholr backs farmward and their faces cityward nnd scorned the very thought of the whole scheme. So It seems that, whllo great store had bron laid by this method of solving the Idlo army problom, there Is nothing In tho results to offer tho slightest hope of success. It Is very easy to talk about reducing the congestion of Bqualld population by shunting a lot of the flotsam and Jetsam off onto tho rural districts, but it scorns to be a caeo of water seeking Its own level. The thing ought to work, but will it? Surely, men without em ployment or wholesome surroundings ought to bo glad of tho opportunity of getting out of tho ) overcrowded city Into the broad open-air life of ; the country, with ample opportunity of rising i to positions of financial Independence, but ovi. dently It Is going to tako a good deal of time to bring soma of them to that view. New York's experiment Isan official one, made at the In stance of Governor Glynn through a sUto bureau, nd it deserves to bo taken for what it Is worth. Possibly the wrong seventy men wre ploked out. That suggests tho crux of the problem. What proportion of tho unemployed In cities aro so eager to work that they will take the first thing that comes to hand and re lieve society of tho burden of their support? 1 Why worry over "a merited! rank (or Goeth' 1 Bis?" History will Bee that ho has one. Toledo's ICxnmpIr for Omnhn. OMAHA, March 20. -To the Editor of The Bee: In Omaha's present campaign for an art museum, what the people of Toledo havo done ought to he Us greatest Inspiration. Toledo's art museum started a we have started ours, In a few rooms rented for the purpose of art lectures ant' art exhibition; then an old home was obtained very similar to-the Omaha Turner place and converted Into the first Toledo Museum of Art. Now they have a beautiful building erected purposely for nn art gallery, a wonderful marble struc ture. But even this museum was not built by a gift, but by subscriptions from all the people of tho city. One man, It Is true, contributed $230,000 to tho amount, hut the additional ttSO.OOO had to be roiscd and It was done In a fortnight and Toledo has only a population of 203,000. Toledo has long understood what a museum of art means to any commun ity nnd has caught "the spirit of a civic and national assembling of those refin ing Impulses which make for better citizenship," to put It In Toledo's own words. In a criticism that appeared In the Bee's letter Ixix against the raising of money In Omaha for an art museum, It was said that the money could bo better devoted to tho creating of nn art school In tho city. But tho art schol would need a home and It In such that tho museums o' Chicago and Toledo afford. There are al ready the beginnings of art schools In the city and to strengthen and encourage' them, a museum Is needed where the students may find Inspiration from the paintings of great artists whose works appear In the exhibitions which cannot como to a city unless thero Is a place for them to appeal, nnd appear at the time when they aro being sent around tho country. In 1912 Toledo had thirty-one exhibitions nt tho museum, and In 1313, thirty-five The cost for tho thirty-one exhibitions of 1912 was $1,441. But perhaps critics will nay that the upkeep of the Turner place would be so costly that such a sum would not bo available for this purpose. Toledo' expenditure for the heat and light and power for Its largo building was only $1,135 for 1912, nnd the care of the grounds, which are very elaborate, $1,853. When their quarters were similar In size to tho Turner home, tho expense was consider ably less. Toledo has been able to meet the de mands of Its institution by Its member ship mainly, which now numbers 1.400 people at $10 a person annually, with tho exception of tenchers, ministers, itudcntft of fine arts and crafts, artisans, crafts men, persons engaged In educational or j charltablo work, nnd persons residing at 1 n distance more than fifteen miles from tho main postofflce, whose dues arc JJ Theso latter nre associate members. In 1912 tho admissions to tho gallery amounted to $2,293: 121,331 pcoplo visited the gallery, nnd It Is not In tile down town district, but out. In the residence section: 27,950 were members, 14,272 chil dren, and 09,879 aduUs, who were admitted free. In Toledo In 1912 73 per cent of Its population visited the .museum. With the highest percentage of visitors In the country, It also mnlntatns tho lowest cost of admission to Itself 13 cents. All classits of pcoplo visit tho Toledo museum, enjoy Its collections and tafte pride In Ita. growth, tho last year the average at tendance on a Sunday being 2,000. The revenuo from the catalogues sold In 1912 amounted to $1,418, commissions on pictures' sold yielded $75, donations were only $12, photographs and post cards brought In $50. The total receipts wero $20,272, against a total expenditure i;f $19,160, leaving a bank balance of $1,077. Various organisations are connected with the building. It not only houses pictures, but offers club rooms to thoso who wish to make Pictures themselves or understand onJ study them. Tho Toledo Camera clun. the Athena society, whose members con duct a sketch class; the Business OlrlV club, the art department of the Federa tion of Women's Clubs nnd the Boy' Collectors' league all have their head quarters at tho Toledo Museum of Art. If Toledo can do this well on a larrfo scale, cannot Omaha do It on a miic'i humbler one? Cannot we, too, "establish nhd maintain an academy for advancing, Improving nnd promoting painting, sculp, ture, drawing nnd architecture and other fine arts, nnd furnishing Instruction therein by lectures and otherwise hi the city of Omaha In the. state of Nebraska, the first significant symbol of a refining and Intellectual Influence, the Inspiration from which will be felt far all time to come?" CABMEMTA CflASB. Trlmmlnsr Down thr Schools. OMAHA, March 20. To the Kdltor of Tho Bee: As n taxpayer. I wonder who jtofd the members of the Board of Kdu. cn'tJon to make the many retrenchments they have proposed? There has been no expression on the part of the tatpayem. so how does anyone know tliat tho ptitrons of thn public schools desire their cflcleney crippled to save a few dol lata? Arc the retrenches planning to run for some remunerative offices and think to play In with the people to a "cut-down-expenses" platform? I thlnK Dr. Hotovtchlner Is entirely right In as suming that the people care more t;t)r i lie emm man ine nouar ami are wining to maintain the highest standard of pub II; schol education. We have had many questions up of late touching our civic poaketbooks, but none that comes quite so close home aa thin one. We have been boasting of our public school system and rightly so nnd we ought not to let two or three men. who, for all I know, arc merely selfishly playing to the galleries. Impair Its efficiency by Indiscriminate re ductions. We want our sehols to go for ward, not backward. A TAXPAYINQ PATRON. In Other Lands Spirited CmnpnlRii In Sweden. ' Sweden Is In tho thick of a political campaign regarded by correspondents as the most Important waged In that country In recent times. The Issues In volved are clearly defined. On tho one side are ranged tho liberal and socialist parties, favoring moderate annual appropriations for nrmamcnts. On the olher side arc the conservative party and King Otistave, both urging the largest possible expendi tures' for armaments,, for a larger army and a new navy. Tho fact that tho king took sides on the Issue and boldly cast aside a ministerial muzzle left no dther alternative " than appeal to country. Ex I'.rehller Btaaf leads the opposition forces, while tho supporters of the king are led by the present pre ttier, Herr Hammarskjold,' who waa the chief repre sentative of Sweden at the second peace congress at Tho Hague. In the Riksdag Just dissolved the lib eral and socialist parties had 165 representatives and the conservatives only slty-flve. A considerable landslide must be had to overturn tho parties sup porting the liberal ex-premler. The two main fac tors, likely to effect that result are a disinclination to rebuke the king and the fear of, Russian encroach ments. The election takes place early In April. British Natlonnl Insurance. ' The first ycar'B operation of the national Insur ance act In the British Isles shows astonishing re sults. It will bo recalled that the act provoked fierce opposition from tho medical fraternity, and from in tended' beneficiaries, because It called for individual contributions to the fund. Unionist politicians took ndv&ntago of the situation to make party capital and succeeded in winning several seats In parliament largely on account of the discontent. Notwithstand ing the .antagonism aroused by the act, the first an nual report shows a total of 13,759,000 persons Insured. Of this number 10,846,700 are In England, 1.492,000 are In Scotland, 720.000 In Wales and 700,700 In' Ireland Nearly $C5,C00,COO has been paid out In sick and ma ternity benefits. The magnitude of this protective In stlrAhce and of tho contributions to the fund Is In dicated by tho fact that, despite tho huge disburse ments of tho year, there remains in the hands of the insurance sdcletles nnd committees about $S2,000,COO for future benefits and reserves. Considering tne difficulties overcome by the act in twelve months, the humbers participating, the disbursements and yio comfortable balance sheet. It is evident that LJoyd George butlded better than he anticipated. German Trndr Developments. In' a monograph Just published by Dr. Karl Hclf ferlcii. the development of Germany since the present emperor began his ielgn In 1SSS is strikingly shown. Dr, Hclfferlch outlines the three main elements of progress-ropulatlon, economic technique, and eco nomic', organization, the resultant .expansion In pro ductidn Itself and the phenomena of traffic and con sumption. Ile-plaoes the present gross Income of tho nation at $10.000,OOO.COO, aa compared with J3.500.000.000 to $6,000,000,000 about 18S5. Germany's natlftna'l wealth Is ptit nt $75,000,000,(100. No wonder other European nations look with envy on the phenomenal uplift of the German empire ns an Industrial power. Its', pro ducts now enter all the live ports of tho, globe, com peting successfully with American and British products. At many a distant port hitherto monopo lized by British wnres. the sign. "Made In Germany," carries to Britishers an uncomfortable feeling. That German competition Is mighty keen may be Inferred from the fact that Britishers plan to send around tho world this year a moving pictures exhibition of their Industries. M World-Wide Crnft Scjtndnls. Americans have no reason to feel that official dis honesty Is an evil peculiar to a republic. Lamenta bjo as tho evil Is, dishonesty In official' circles Is not circumscribed by national boundaries. The world Is the grnftcr's oyster. Because of greater publicity In tills country, the volume of graft appears larger. In the old world publicity reaches a widespread evil only When It becomes a national scandal and the ltd cannot he held tight. The nseasslnatlon of the editor of tho farts Figaro sprang from -graft and turned a blazing fed light oh tho seamy side of .French public llfo already smeared with the scandalous diversion of church property fund, the sale of national decora tions and the De Lesseps' swindle. Across the. British channel tho authorities aro ventilating graft In army contract, turning over the Marconi speculative mess and tho sale of titles to the nowlyrlch. Only recently Germany disposed of the Krupp war scare scandal and sent n Cologne editor to, Jail for tellingMhe truth about municipal grafters. A gambling concession graft In Austria netted the politicians $280,000, which sum Cqunt Tlsza refunded to save his party associ ates from prosecution. An admiral of the Japanese navy Is under arrest for accepting commission on naval supply contracts and tho Intermediary com mitted suicide. Sifch Instances are not uncommon abroad. Their rarity lies in being brought to light. Work for Cinn Foundries. There Is no Immediate prospect of "the gun fac tories, powder mills nnd armorplate foundries reduc ing their working forces for want or orders, ine British budget for tho current year carries the stun ning total of $557,000,000 for new warchlps and the maintenance of the. ravy afloat. Russia Is reported to have a mild war scare In action nnd proposes an extra appropriation of $CO.OUOO,000 to allay the fever. Germany, it appears, Is not content with the extra ordinary war levy of $250.000.X made last year, and proposes for this year an extra draft of $125,000,000 for Increasing and modernizing the artillery of the army. Austria and Italy aro striving to keep within hailing distance of the big powern In warship, building, and fdrkey and Greece are seeking bargains 1n warship yards. The readiness with which' money can bo ob tained for armaments onMand and sea shows a close klnshlii between tho money kings and the gun foun dries of the world. Nebraska Editors Editor Itlco of the Valentine Democrat has Installed a standard two-magazine linotype. A. H. Berry Is negotiating for the Su .crlor Journal which is In the hands ut n receiver. Mr. Berry was editor of the Journal four year ago. Jefferson county moosers will start a new paper at Knlrbury. Vine Pease, who Is a candidate for a state nomination on tho third party ticket will be editor. Carroll E. Crist, Junior partner In the Eustts News, has sold his Interest In the paper to his father and has gone to Spokane, Wush., where he will engage In bbslncss. Twioe Told Tales Here a,nd There liuiiniprelienslble. " Mr. Unroiil Uorst, the sister of Rann Kennedy, tve playwright, !s also a novel writer, and Is said to b one of the handsomest women In England. Her glandinthcr was a celebrated Greek scholar and the fiinllv Is In even way an Intellectual one. The plays ' Mr. Kennedy nro not so popular In England aa In tuts country. In spite of the claim of Seamu McManus the lillls and glens of Donegal lo not harbor all tho fairy tale of Ireland. The Americanized story of how u (lennatt munched a bunch of Shamrocks, mistaking the trefoil for waterciets. has Just made Its annual appearance, doubtless handed down from colonial tlmeB by smiling Hibernians. ' At a gathering In Paris to colcbrntc the decoration ot Sarah Bernhardt with tho Cross of the legion of Honor, Jules I;mnltre said; "I love Sarah Bern hardt because of all the unknown I feej to be In her She might go Into a nunnery, discover the North pole, be Inoculated with rabies, assassinate an emperor, or marry a negro king, nnd I should never be sur prised at anything she did. She Is more alive and more Incomprehensible by herself than a thousand other human beings." Thirteen was the sacred number of the Mexicans and ancient people of Yucatan. Their week had thirteen d's and thoy had thirteen snake gods. An express train traveling from Nice to Macon, France, was beaten by twelve minutes by an eagle which raced. It over a distance of eighteen miles. The appellate term of the New York supreme court has decided that tho stock holders of a corporation are liable to a bookkeeper employed by the corporation for tho payment of his salary. Next to the pelt of the stiver fox of Ixtbrador and ermine, the snowy fur i whoie costliness has made It the badge of royalty und riches, the chlncllla of I SouthAmerica carries on Ita back about j the most expensive material used In fash j lonablo feminine attire Immunity from Arrrst. The vice president of a big corporation in the city of New York heard one day that an old friend of his had fallen on unfortunate days, and stood a fine chance to be Indicted by the grand Jury. Accordingly, he hastened out and found a political friend. "John.'' he said, giving him the name of the man threatened with Indictment, ' this fellow Is a close friend of mine, and I don't want him Indicted. Can you fix It for me with the next grand Jury?" Leave it to me," said John. "I'll ftx It." "Fix it sure?" "Absolutely sure. tave It to me. I tell you." A few weeks later the rlqh man read in a news paper that his old und unfortunate trlentf was on the grand Jury. He Immediately called up friend politician. "Im afraid you misunderstood me." he said ex citedly. "1 didn't ask you to put that fellow on the grand Jury " 'Npw, listen," raid the politician, very bored, "you asked me not to let him be indicted. Well. I've fixed it. There'll b no mistake. Grand juries are grand-to themselves." Popular Magaslne. EVERYBODY DOING FATHER. S. K. Klser in Ilecord-Hcrnld. Father pays the Income tax, 1 Father earns tho money For the clothes upon our backs And our bread and honey; Father has to work and scheme Still to keep us floating; Father furnishes tho steam, Mother does the voting. Father has to rush nwny To the busy city. Where he labors every day, Claiming little pity; Father works to keep our bark Safely calked nnd floating Father tolls from dnwji till dark, Mother does the voting. Father is n busy man. He gets no vncatfn; Mother docs tho best she can For the state and nation; With our bark upon the deep, Father keeps us floating: He miiBt earn our brend and keep, Mother does the voting. SUNNY GEMS. "I frequently find my wife por'ng over that volume of sad fiction, the cook book." "Why do you call It that?" "Because not more than one In ten of those pieces como out right.' Boston Transcript. "My theory is that men are what thoy eat, so wc should be careful to select ap propriate diet." "I'm so glad to hear that, Mr. Softy. We have calf's brains for dinner.' Balti more American. ' Tho Grouch says he would rather fight than eat." remarked the Old Fogy. "1 don't doubt It." replied the Wise Guy. "He married a cooking school grad uate." Cincinnati Enquirer. Senator Boot, apropos of the power of the press, said In Washington the other day: "Father, what Is fame?" I heard a llttlo boy ask in a Bmoklng car. " 'Fame, my son,' the father strikingly replied. Ms the reward a man gets for being affable to Journalists.' "Washing ton Star. "Have you ever Invested In mining stocks that were to pay 10 per cent in less than a year?" "Why do you wish to know?" "I overheard a man say the other day that he didn't believe you had ever done a foolish thing In your life." Chicago Ilecord-Hcrnld. "Can you tell me where to find a good fighter?" I havo n bad case of Insomnia." "Why do you want to find a fighter for that?" "My doctor can't do anything and I want somebody who can put me to sleep." Indianapolis News. "I'm going to quit talking about tho dove of peace," Fold the patriotic orator. "Going to recite ibout the eagle tor awhile?" "No. I want to emphasize the comfort and prosperity that "accompany peace. I'm going to raise the emblem of tho goose that lays the golden egg." Wash ington Star. I Make FAUST J6ur "Butcher" 0. I, JOIII13 BUTCHER. 5HOP We Americans eat far too much meat. Don't forget that when we' talk, about the high cost of living; that meat takes up nearly 35 of the nation's food bills; that's far too much. One of the mis taken ideas that we have fallen into is that an abundance of meat is nec essary to nourish the body. 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