THE BEE: UMAliA, THfKSDAV, APUIL ), 1914.
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Xot much balm In theso aprlng elections for
the third party bull moosere. '
About tlmotor the annual reminder that tho
Delaware peach crop in ruined.
The Political Pendulum Swings.
Hy-elcctlons Just held In two congressional
districts, and tho senatorial primaries In Ala
bama, reflect a noticeable BwlnR of the political
pendulum. It will bo hard for the president,
and his democratic co-workers, to find any par
tlcular satisfaction In tho results.
In Now Jersey, tho president's home state,
following a campaign In which national Issues
wero nccentuatcd, and direct appeal made to
ondorso and uphold tho national administration,
tho democrats lose a seat In congress to a re
publican winning by a most decisive majority.
In a little ovor a year tho total democratic voto
In the district is cut almost in half.
In Massachusetts, whllo the democrats hold
the district In dispute, they do so on a showing
of waning strength by a loss of over 0,000 votes.
At any rate, no great outpouring of the people
to approvo tho work of the democratic adminis
tration Is visible.
The result In Alabama, where Undorwood Is
nominated for senator ovor Hobson, comes in
tho face of Underwood's open defiance of tho
president's canal tolls policy, and, therefore,
must be regarded as more of n tribute to L'n
dcrwood than to the man In tho White House.
On tho other side, republicans have addi
tional encouragement In tho votes secured by
their candidates as compared with the third
party progressives. In the New Jersey district
the progressive column is almost extinguished
by return to the republican fold, and defections
to the socialist. In Massachusetts, while tho
total for all suffers a shrinkage, tho republicans
have lost least and the progressives most. Tho
samo identical candidate who, running as a
progressive In 1912 polled 9,001 votes, now re
ceives only 3,592, or a llttlo moro than a third
of his previous strength.
The moral of It all Is that an effective union
of tho republican elements "for the next congres
sional bout will leave tho democrats a very
doubtful chance to koep control of the house.
That threatens to leavo Congressman Hob
BOn with nothing but the chautauquas to fall
back on.
Personal Ambassador , John Llnd is return
ing on a hospital ship, Dut you ought to sec
tho other fellow.
If Colonol Mahcr gets into tho gubernatorial
race wo will find out whether tho typewriter is
. mightier than tho air cleavor.
According to tho returns, Dath House John
still monopolizes tho tub, much to tho d(strae-'i
Hon of Bomo of tho, other roomers.
Up to last accounts former Oovornor Comer
was coming fast in tho Alabama oloctlon ro
turns on tho gubernatorial nomination.
It would seem as If the cstoomed Kansas
City Star had the municipal olocUon thoro won
hands down tho night before, but lost it at tho
polls.
r i Tho resolution to lift tho Ud on tho sonato's'
secret sessions has boon voted down. The hon
orable senators aro for full publicity for evoryi
, thing and everybody but themselves. '
One of tho intorosting features of Nebraska's
local election is rovoalod In tho returns from
Ucatrlco, which goes wet and at tho same time
defeats Sunday base ball and amusoraonts.
Tho fair witness In tho trial of tho "unmin
Ibterlal" preacher testifies that she is quite nuro
the reverend gentleman kissed her twice. Doos
sho want folks to presume she was not qulto
auro tho first time?
Another Vigorous Protest.
Our government has mado nnother "vigor
ous protest" to Mexico, this time addressing to
the rebels through Carranza a remonstrance
against tho wholcsalo expulsion of Spaniards,
Rack from Juarez flashes tho prompt and em
phatic answer that our protest will bo ignored
and the expulsion continued unabated.
And what aro wo going to do about it?
Manifestly nothing, except to follow It with
"watchful waiting." Gradually wo aro being
brought to a decision botweon two questions,
whothor wo aro bound inviolably to this policy
of passive indlfforence, or to tho traditions
which have heretofore governed the United
States undor similar circumstances?
"Stand by the administration" hna been nn
attractive shibboleth to which patriotic citizens
have responded nobly, and will continue to re
spond. Rut they would liko to know definitely
what they aro standing by. Our government
may submit Us protests, but protests mean noth
ing unless disregard of them invokes more than
displeasure. Wo havo interposed vigorous pro
tests to savo tho lives of Americans and Urltors
without avail. Certainly our protest in the
t present coso will hardly havo moro effect, so
ionfrnotlt Is made as part of a policy or "watch
ful waiting;"
Another rearrangement of street lamps is
proposed. Tho net result of previous redis
tributions has been to increase the number of
lamps, and correspondingly boost tho bills of
tho lighting company.
Congressman McDermott, of corrupt lobby
t fame, is to get off with a v6to of censure instead
1 of expulsion. The saving clauso for the congress
iiian Is his good fortuno to bo labellod a demo
crat instead of a republican.
The prediction of a physician that present
falso hair tresses will in timo produco boldness
fprtho women seems entirely rational. An!
baldness would mean the loss of 'woman's
crowning beauty. Think it over, girls.
No commission form of government for
Kansaa City for tho present. The recommenda
tion of the commission plan held out to Kansas
Olty voters by report of its ideal operation in
Omaha evidently failed to bo convincing.
Not a word yet in our great democratic re
form organ about that "pure election" that tool;
placo over in Council Bluffs last woek. No ex
planation, either, how the World-Herald's Coun
cil Bluffs office happened to be tho place whom
tho democratic "workers" cashed In the receipts
for their votes at $2 apiece.
Oar Lone Battleship.
The Unitod Statea occupies on anomalour
position on tho Important question of armament.
Wo have not yet reached a decision In favor of
disarmament, neither ore wo pursuing any other
doflnlto program in this connection. Wo are
merely drifting lndltforently at scav This year,
while-tho Navy department called for two or
three battleships, congress comoc down to ona.
It is, to bo nuro, a supor-dreadnaught, moro gi
gantic than any other warship afloat, but it
comes far short of being what Is expected of a
first-class world power.
But why talk of first-class world powert)
when it comos to naval strength? Wo may as
well face conditions as they aro. That Is, three
nations nro moro powerful In naval fleets than
tho United States, and these three aro not rest
ing on their oars, but aro steadily augmenting
tholr strength, At tho stfmo time we are con
fronted today by moro complicated foreign
problems than we havo had slnco tho civil war.
If we had persuaded other great powers to act
In concort with us toward universal dlaarma
moqt it would bo different, but nothing of that
kind has been done. World peace continues to
inspire high and noble visions within us, but it
is far from being an accomplished tact.
ronniKo rnot ace fiej
Women Voters in Chicago.
Under the new equal suffrage law, of moro
that 217,000 Chicago women registered only
about 50,00 voted at tho primaries, and less
than 100,000 in tho city election Just held, this
notwithstanding tho fact that several women
wero running as candidates. Even in tli des
perate fight in tho notorious First ward to elect
a woman ovor the redoubtable' Bath IIouso
.John, this dignitary has ovorwholmpd his fair
antagonist three to one, while not a woman Is
successful In any ward in tho city.
Two features, then, stand out. Judging from
this test: Tho women show no great eagerness
to use the ballot after getting It or to unito
their votes on any particular candidate, let
alone on a woman candidate. In other words,
tho conclusion is forced that human nature does
not vary along the lines of sex distinction, at
least not In politics. F.very effort had been
mado to "get out the full voto." For weeks
the leaders among men and women had dinned
In the cars of all the importance of this. The
Another of foil 1 to be made to furnish a clock
for the steeple In tho high school bulldlm;. The cost
.. i .. una is a ready lu the hands i . t. I , ... , .
of the kchool board, raised a .uniB of v,. ,, i. I woathor seems to hav'e been fairly propitious
l m I'j'u v an a j uii vimui vuiiuiviuuo uuiu ui Ml
average, notwithstanding which' tho percentage
of women who took advantago of this newly
Gained right and privilege after so long and
l.orslstcnt a struggle was less than halt the
voting strength.
on entertainment given by the whool children.
March weather vaiue book for April with a right
amort snowstorm.
A number of building Improvement are scheduled
for Sixteenth street, some already In progroaa. Mr.
Bushman Is erecting a two-story brick at tho oorner
of Douglas; Mr. Bruner. tho grocer, a three-story
brick at the corner of Dodge, and DennU Cunningham
wilt put up a bulldinj; at the corner of Capitol ave
mse, General Myers Is erecting some brick stores at
Davenport; Mr. Stevens, the carpenter, frame etBrc
btwen Chicago and Cass, and Dr. Boeder, the drug
gist, a brlSk atore between Webster and Burt.
Deputy Sheriff Henry Qreoo la seriously at his
home with an attack of pneumonia.
Tha Woman's Christian Tempranc union lias
opened a coffee and lunch room at the corner of
Fifteenth and Capitol avenue.
Ernest eturjt Is r'ejolelng over the advent oJ a now
. boy in his family.
C H. KUcb, ipoll clork on the Sioux City
haa been promoted to tho Ogden main line.
A good cook ran secure employment with
MUton Roger, northwent -orner Nineteenth
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In viow of tho forthcoming dryness of tho
navy, Governor Glynn suggests that It may be
noceesary to substitute a pickle dish for tho
punch bowl In the silver service to bo presented
to the new battleship New York. Still, tho su
periority' of theso solid sliver" punch bowls Hc3
in the fact that you cannot tell tho nature of
the' contents without tasting.
There will be no more scuttling of the ship,
i now that old John Barleycorn has been dumped
I overboard by the secretary of tho navy.
Fitness la Alt Thins.
KXBTKR, Ncb April S.-To the Kdltor
of The Bee: The capacity of Nebraska's
senior senator for blundering is causing
considerable amusement at Kxcter. ;io
has Just announced as his choice for
postmaster, hero the meat cutter In a
local market, In defiance of a vote of
about 300 to 20 at nn election held by tho
patrons of the office. To assuage the
grief of the 200 he Is mailing then a pub
II" document entitled "Jiconomlcml Use
of Meat In the Home." Home oP the re
cipients are going to use meat sparingly
for a couple of years to whet tholr ap
petite for soup made from senatorial
ealps. -vv. J.
Preacher Can't Plensc All.
FLORENCE, Neb., April 7.-To the
Editor of Tho Hco! Though Mr. Charles
Wooster may not caro to see It, there Is
some rescmblanco between him and the
Apostle Paul, for tho latter, nftcr enum
erating his various burdens, adds this:
"And that which upon me dally, tho caro
of all the churches." Jn writing about
things other than religious Mr. Wooster
shows some gumption and church matters
may get on his nerves bo as to Incapaci
tate him for other things.
In about two years I have attended the.
services of nine Omaha churches and In
nearly all capes tho congregations have
been good. In building churches, I sup
poso a margin Is allowed that Is to be
filled up on special occasions. Ministers
aro bound to preach truths thut will dls
pleaeo some, perhaps many. Governor
I'ellx went to church one dny to hear the
Apostle Pnul and tho sermon seemed to
suit him alt rjght. .oon nftcr that ho
went and brought Mrs. Kcllx with him.
That day Paul said some things that
brought Felix up standing and gave him
tho shivers. So Felix stopped the ex
ercises," took his hat. his wife, Drusllla,
and bolted for home, Bo Paul lost perhaps
oil his audience, mayhap, half of It pretty
good, and the other half bod, becauso the
latter half did not want tho other half
to henr Paul talk nbout him, about tem
perance or self-restraint, righteousness
nnd Judgment, for obvious reasons I sup
pose it sounded personal.
So, then, as It often Is now, the bad
keep the good away like tho dog In the
manger than would not sleep Itself nor
let anyone el so sleep. 1 am not disturbed
at all about any criticism of the churches
nor the least offended. One may criticise
from good Intentions, not taking Into ac
count all the difficulties, and I antic
ipate nil that may be brought against
these thoughts. j. p. PRESTON.
Cnnnl Toll ((neatlnna. '
OMAHA, April 6. To the Editor of The
Bco: Anent treaties and Panama canal
tolls, can you answer tho following
questions?
1. Is It not a fact that the great dem
ocratic lender, tho secretary of state,
attracted many voters to tfio democratic
party by his fearless advocacy of prin
ciples ho would enact Into law "without
the aid or consent of any other nation?"
2. la It not a fact that the secretary
of state, and a least two administra
tions, used special offorta to prevent
California from passing certain laws for
tho benefit of Us own peoplo nnd. from
whom Its legislature had obtained aid
and consent to pass 'such' laws?
3. Aro tho people of tho United States
to understand thttt their rights to legls
lat for themselves, nnd their privileges
and liberties arc secondary to, and can,
through diplomatic channels, bo mort
gaged In treaties to foreign nations arid
that such foreign nations can como In
at any time nnd foreclose on us?
). What difference Is there between sell
ing our rights and liberties to a foreign
nation on n contract called a treaty and
a general of our army siding In with the
enemy to fight his owff country?
5. Havo not somo foreign nations most
cmphatlcnlly resented our Interference
with their rights to govern their own
countries?
C. Would the people like to amend the
constitution so as to allow questions of
great importance to them, like tho tariff,
tolls, treaties, etc., to come closer to
them for their decisions? As for In
stance, a bill coming up before congress;
let R go through practically tho same
atages oa It now does, except being
signed by the president: let It come be
foro tho people at the next general elec
tion, on a question, "for or ngalnat,"
similar to our bond elections. Then, if
carried, let It go to tho president for his
signature and becomo law by a majority
Instead, as now, by a minority of the
people. How would this do for "Ict the
peoplo rule?"
7. AVhat Is tho hurry nbout changing
our lawa in regard to Pnnam canal
tolls; cannot the law as It now stands
be given a fair trial, without the aid or
consent of any other nation, and. if
found defective, later on nmeml this
law as wo do other luws?
8. Why all this turmoil about calling
the free passuge of American ships
through tho canal a "subsidy," when
theso ships have to compete for traffic
with foreign subsidized ships?
P. If tho democratic party Is honestly
against ship subsidies, then why not
destroy ail ahlp subsidies by charging
doublo or higher tolls on all subsidized
ships passing through "our" canal?
10. in this age of commercialism are
we not moro in danger from the "yellow
peril" by having their heavily subsidized
ships carrying away our commerce, es
pecially ao if our constwlso shipping Is
allowed them, than we are. from their
guns nnd, bayonets?
It. If freo passage to American ships
means a shipping trust, then, tn heaven's
name, what will tolls on American Bhlps
pavalug through the canal mean?
12. Is it not a fact that those who now
call free tolls a subsidy, and In favor of
a shipping trust, used tho same argu
ment on the other side of the question
when tolls for American ships were flrtt
contemplated?
IS. Are the American people more will
ing tn 1914 than they wero In 1TT6 to
submit to every demand Just for the
sake of Peace, Peace? K. N.
Who wants to run for sheriff?
the graft Is good
Como on In,
Isn't It A-rrful, Doc!
Philadelphia Record.
The Medical association of the city of
New Tork has a Comita Minora what
ever that may be which desires Dr.
William Sharpe to explain how he hap
pened to read a pater In a place where
newspaper reporters were present. We
oan appreciate the solicitude of the
doctors lest some of their professional
' tecrcts should leak out, but their pro
fessional periodicals are constantly print-
they presorlbe and how they out and We
do not see why the newspapers should
have to wait for these essays until they I
have appeared In the organs of the pro- i
fesiloa.
Democracy's 'HonestGraf t'
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About Women
New Tork Tribune.
President 'Wilson lias warning enough In the work
of the organizing committee aa to the havoc politics
will play with the federal reserve banking system.
Mr. McAdoo. Mr. 'Williams and Mr. Houston have
not thought of the financial interests of the country.
They have not thought of the interests of the sys
tern which they -were organizing. They have merely
thought of the democratic party'a Interests and of
their own political fences.
They havo tried to please as many places ns pos
sible, even at the cost of weakening the new teservc
system. They have sought to conciliate the western
prejudice against New York by arbitrarily cutting
down the territory In the New York reserve district.
And each of them has selected ono or more reserve
cities to servo his own personal or political Interests.
Mr. McAdoo gets Atlanta on his sharo of the new
aystem. Mr. Williams has Richmond, wherehe used
to bo a banker und whero his famally is still In tho
banking business, made the capital of a reserve dis
trict, in spite of the greatly superior claims of Balti
more. And Mr. Houston obtolns two reeerve cities In
his homo state.
In treating the new banking system as a personal
and party perquisite in the way they did, Messrs.
McAdoo, Williams and Houston disregarded the plain
language of the law, which says that "tho districts
shall be apportioned with due regard to the con
venience and customary course of business, nnd shall
not necessarily be coterminous with any atato or
states." Not the slightest attention waa paid to the
convenience nnd customary course of business. Porta
of New Jersey, which except for state lines would
be reckoned In Now York City, wore hitched up with
Philadelphia. Minor cltleB, like Richmond, Dallas and
Kansas City, were mado reserve district capitals, in
spite of tho fact that the banking centers of their
region were elsewhere.
It Is no small thing that the lwlltlcal organizing
committee has done. It has tampered with the new
banking system In a way to lessen Its effectiveness
for the purpose for which it waH adopted. And what
theso politicians havo done, other politicians will do
if President Wilson puts them Into the Federal Re
serve board. They will use their vast powers In It
as Messrs. McAdoo, Williams nnd Houston have Just
used their opportunities to serve sectional or political
Interests. They will make discount rates and order
rediscounts with ono eye on the financial Interest
of tho country and the other eye on personal and
party Intorcsts.
If tho naming of a reserve district capital is a
little plcco of honest graft, so wilt tho enabling of
loans be a little plcco of honest graft. If President
Wilson docs not want to wreck tho new banking
system, ho will appoint men to the Federal Reserve
board as far removed In character and standards
from Messrs. McAdoo,, Williams and Houston as can
be found.
Twice Told Tales
Klrst Inmresnlons.
Ex-Senator Clark had Just bought at a sale In
Now York a wonderful Ispahan rug for 2l,W). To n
reporter who declared that he saw nothing remark
ablo In the faded antique rug and carpets spread
about him Mr. Clark said:
"You aro not yet familiar with this subject. It
is so wiiii porcelains, with Jades, with enamels one'a
opinions and criticisms at first are rather absurd.
"It's like tho vounff vonun'i flrit vlow nf tv.
sea. Sho was a servant, 'she had never seen the sea
before, and her mistress, nodding toward the great,
wind-swept expanse of ocean with its gulla and flying
ciouun aim distant sails, said:
"There. Mary, la the sea. What do you think
of it?'
" 'Oh, mum,' Mary cried. 'It smells Just like oys
ters!' "-New York Telegraph.
.' A New Name for It.
Mrs. Larkln hod & very good housemaid who had
been with her some yoars, and one .day the girl told
her mistress that sho would havo to leave, as she
was going to be married.
"Indeed!" said Mrs. Larkln, "and what Is your
futuro 'husband. Mary?"
"Plense, ma'am," was the reply, "ho's an asker.'
"A what?" queried tho mistress.
"An askor," repeated Mary.
"I don't understand," said Mr. Larkln. "what
docs ho do?"
"Well, ma'am, explained tho girl, "ho goes about
th'o streets, andflf he sees anyone coming along
that looks kind, he well, he Just etops them and
asks them to give him a trifle, and he makes
quite a comfortable living, ma'am, in that way."
"Cut, Mary," replied tho mistress, In astonish
ment, "do you mean he Is a beggar?"
"Well, ma'am," said Mary, "some people do call
It that; but we call it 'aaker.' "National Monthly.
The Ilouniernnsr.
There is a woman in Richmond who has in her
employ a darky sen-ant of a most curious disposi
tion. "Did the postman leave any letters, Lilly?" the
mistress asked on one occasion on -returning from a
call in the neighborhood.
"There ain't nothing but a postcard, ma'am," said
Lilly.
"Who, is It from?" asked the mistress, craftily.
" 'Deed, 1 don't know, ma'am," said Lilly with an
air of Innocence.
"Well, anyone who senda me a message on a
postcard Is either very stupid or Impertinent," sug
gested the woman of the house.
"Excuse me. ma'am," said Lilly, with dignity,
"but that ain't no way to talk 'bout yo' own mother."
Richmond Dispatch,
People and Events
lt' all plfflo, that talk of a Cleveland suburb ex
tracting 112,000.000 of back taxes from the strong box
of John D. Rockefeller. The tax gatherer agrees with
John D that tho task was beyond human execution.
Dr. Mary Walker's romantic story of her refusal
to sacrifice her Identity by taking the name of the
late President Arthur, Is incomplete. As Mr. Arthur
Is not in position to give his version of the romance
the doctor's story la what lawyers call exparte testl
money. William P. Coursen was elected last fall a Justice
of the peace In Newton. N. J., and did not know any.
thing about It until last week, when he was re
quested to appear and be sworn. When Informed of
his election ho refused to be sworn In, not desiring
tho work.
J. L. Hart, a Kansas City (Mo.) voter, recently
put an advertisement In the paper saying that at the
threo previous elections someone else had voted for
him before 'h arrived at the polls, and that at the
coming election he would be lined up ready to voto
at sunrise.
s
Tho list of Jqag-tlme voters In and about Blddc
ford. Me., now Includes Charles II. Andrews, who has
been voting forty-eight years, with but one election
missed; Police Commissioner John Townsend, forty
nine years; John R. Staples, flfty-threo years. Each
of them has missed only one election.
A poor but proud Chicago man, John Sanders,
picked up a roll of 30 .on a sidewalk, carried It to
the city hall and turned It over to the city custodian.
Nothing liko it can be found in the history or tradi
tions of the city. The fact that Sanders has been
out of work all winter and is not overfed makes
his honesty thine with a brUUance that puts Diogenes
glim on the blink.
The fact that Irishmen In New York and Ban
7ranoUco have broken Into print with, announcements
of their readiness to fight on opposite sides of the
Ulster rebellion-makes Denver pick up its ears. Den
ver Intends pulling up a show In 191 designed to
catch some of the tourists attracted to San Fran
cisco. Needing a teature worth while. Denver talkt
of Inviting tho vocat warriors from both- shores to
get together on the neighboring plains and get the
trouble out of thtlr systems. The suggestion has the
merit of avoiding an annoying ocean voyage and giv
ing a Donny brook a superior soenlc background
Mrs. K. H. Harriman, widow of Ed
ward II. Harriman, railroad magnate, has
given Mf.OOO to the Washington Irving
High school In New York city for mural
decorations.
Mrs. Herbert U. Hoover of California,
has the distinction of being the first
woman to receive the gold medal of the
Mining and Metallurgical Society of
America for achievements.
Mary Nixon Is 11 years old, a trained
athlete, and is on her way from London
to Crnnford, N. J., where her parents
live. She is not merely properly tagged
as to her destination, but wears a gold
medal given her for being the best alt
round athlete In her class tn London.
Mrs. Joseph Fels will enrry on the work
of her husband, It Is said, nil of his
entire estate with the exception of $50,000,
being left to her. Mr. Fels was n million
aire single tax advocate, and it is under
stood that she will continue giving finan
cial support to single fax principles, for
which her husband gave largo sums in
his lifetime.
At the meeting of the National Board
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution in Washington last week it was
reported that more than 1,000 applications
for membership hnd been acted upon fav
orably. There was much discussion as
to who would be the candidates for vice
presidents general at the May congress.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood. the aged Wash
ington woman, a lawyer and literary
woman and tho only woman who has ever
been a candidate for the president of
the United States, has been In soro straits
of late because of money difficulties. Her
house was sold under tho hammer, and
had it not been for kind friends she
would have been left with little to sup
port her old age.
SUNNY OEMS,
'The lawyer on the other side win prob
ably give you n cross-examination."
"I don't mind the examination, but why
can't he be good-natured about it?" Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
"This work of drilling extra men In c.
production Isn't easy work," lamented
the disgusted manager.
"Yet, strangely enough," returned his
assistant, "It Is not a work of super
erogation." Rltimore American.
"I wish I had taken my mother's advice
when sho begged me not to marry you."
"Did your mother try to keep you from
matrlng me?"
"Yes."
"Oh, how I have wronged that woman."
Chicago Record-Herald.
ONCE UPON A TIME.
Chicago Post.
The cost of living was quite low,
Onco upon a time.
Wo used to nave a llttlo doUSh,
Onco upon a time.
Wo can recall It didn't take
A dollar bill to buy a steak:
Wo didn't spend all we could make.
Once upon a time.
The women all dressed sensllile,
Onco upon a time.
They were as modest aa could bp.
Once upon a time.
They didn't wear the lownecked ghvitr
When walking on the street down town.
And skirts so tight they couldn't sit down.
Once upon a time.
Tho people danced with ease and gr:ice,
Onco upon a time.
They didn't scramble round the pUce,
Once upon a time.
They danced in manner meant to Please,
Not on their elbows and their knees;
They turned no handsprings In the ureezr
Once upon a time.
Hysteria was not a fad,
Onco upon a time.
The folks were not sensation mad,
Once upon a time. '
They wero qulto strong on sanity.
And It is very plain to see
Things arc not what they used to be.
Onco upon a time.
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