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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATt'RDAY, APRIL 25, 1914.
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MAItCH ClRCL'IiATION.
51,641
Etato of Nebraska, County ot Douglas, ss.
Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The B
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that
average dally circulation for the month of Marcn,
ItU, was M.ttl.
D WIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before roe
this 1st day of April, MM. . ...
ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public.
Subscribers leaving tho ely tcmpontrilf
should hnro Tho Ceo mailed to titem. Ad.
dress Kill be changed as ottm as roquoilci.
t Mexican Mobs.
Already reports have come of the forming
of mobs In Mexico City, with anti-American
demonstrations; Knowing that siich mobs are
responsible, and almost; uncontrollable, they
nro naturally regarded as an ominous develop
ment In which gravo danger lurks; in fact, in
former times of disturbance, even since tho
presont revolution of Mexico began, similar
mobs have wreaked vengeance and wrought all
sorts of destruction, not only on foreigners, but
on Mexicans who have lncurrod their dls-
pleasuse. ,
Because the vast majority of tho Mexican
peoplo arts Ignorant and illiterate, the Impres-
lon is common that these mobs are composed
of the lowest class of Mexicans, as mobs In this
country are usually made up chiefly of tho
dregs of society. Accounts of the Mexican
mobs, however, refer to them as students and
clorks, which means that the rioters, or at least
many of thorn, belong to the educated and In
telligent classes. It means that they are tho
oung men studying law and medicine In tho
schools and universities or engaged in mercan
tile and professional pursuits. More than that,
it moans that thoy are representative of tho
Mexican peoplo In that thoy coine from the bet
ter class families in all parts of Mexico. Tho
mobs in Mexico are a manifestation of tho Latin
blood InfUeod into Mexico by the Spaniards, and
they reflect, tho unstable character of the very
element in Mexico that ought to be the strongth
and njnew of the nation.
As we go along we will probably hoar
further of anti-American mobs, not only in Mex
ico City, but also in the various provincial cap
itals, and it will bo well to remember tho osson
ttal differences between Mexican mobs and the
mobs wo are accustomed to,
Nebraska's wheat gooa right on growing re
gardless of war distractions.
When it comes to .a baby show, though,
Qmaha can put it on any of them.
The fast disappearing Mexican war veterans'"
will haveoungor company from now W.
' f.i' ' rmmmm f. :
Villa" still has tho chance of breaking Into
American vaudeville at easily $600 a week. -
All right, then, lot us revise it and agree,
"No political, colonels and no political commodores."
My, but our, democratic United States sena
tor is trying hard to get in stood with thoWblto
House.
When it comes to forecasting what is going
t? happen next, .anyone's guess la as good as any
other fellow's guess
Superstition-Proof.
8core one for tho president's daughter, who,
in the arrangement for hor forthcoming mar
riage, is proving herself absolutely free from
uperfltitlon.
Attention is called to the fact that not only
was. her engagement announced on Friday, tho
thirteenth, but her wedding day Is set for tho
month of May despite the old adago, "Married
ip May, love soon flics away," and despite, also,
the succession of bad luck that followed the
only one of tho other fourteen White ' House
brides unfortunate enough to be married in that
month. As if that were not enough, deflanco is
also to be hurled at the warning, "Three times
a bridesmaid, never a bride," by serving as one
of the attendant .maids for another Washington
wedding.
When .all th superstitions that cluster
about the marriage ceremony can bo routed In
a, bunch in this fashion, the day of -the now
woman must surely be almost here.
pno, pan easily, imagine occasion when th?
Auditorium would coino in right handy for an
armory and drill hall, ,
' Rear Admiral P&dger wU not ,permlt any.
liberties to be taken with his name In Mexico,
and youmay lay to that.
' This prolonged session of congress threatens
dolayheccpngrcsol9aaJlr fonco-buildlng in a'
most aggravating" manner.
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, Folks will not fully realize thai it Is war
until tho stato troops are mustered 'tato service'
rfhd: begin marchlpg to, the (ron.t.
Allowance should be made for this, that
Villa's. BYveot words in our behalf werespokoa
across ah American' dinner table;
Just watt! As soon as Colonel John C?T
Maher's typewriter battery gets Into action4 it
will ba all over but the shouting, .
It's a long lane that has no turning. Borne
of the Americans who went to Mexico as fugi
tives aro coming back as refugees.
The last Nebraska legislature enacted a law
penalizing division of foes botwoon surgeons
and doctors. 'Any of them still splitting?
The Royal Qrder of Friends is tho name of
a new fraternal organisation. It there Is any
thing in a name It ought to be a huge success
It may be .crossing the bridge before we come
to It, but we would llko to ask what about our
regular chatitaun.ua supply If present conditions
continue?
Another cut In electric light rates la nrnm
Ised. How about water rates that are still mnm
than CO per cent higher in Omaha than they are
J a- . m
ju Viacom i
Tho administration has adopted the Lincoln
letter to a bereaved mother as Us model mes
sage of condolence to mothers whn in i
the Mexican war. And there are other ways in
hibu wo way Buiciy rouow Lincoln in the pros
ent crisis.
In
ot
Tho German school Is the recipient of a windfall
the contribution of li.toa hv nwi.t n,.
New ork. which was presented throuch Mr cv,,.
hauf at a special mcetlna- of th hnu.ni tl. .i
comes out of a fund of about W,CO0,f left for charity
mu iaiq Airs, ytttneorfsr.'
Fred Bteubendorf was hurUv ,nt ..j
being thrown out of his buggy on the stone pavement
at Tenth and Fariiam ttreets.
A large new flro and burglar proof safe wu placed
In City Clerk Jcwett s office. v
XV. B. Helphrey captured the pris at the roller
.mint .or cing m most awkward skater.
The Unton Pacific band
leading tho funeral procestlon of Alexander Damosn.
Georgo Helmrod lejft for New York te meet
wJ.fe on her return from Germany.
tr. R. W. Connell of Rlehwood. n hmii, m
Attorney Connell, is here for the purpose ot per-
inanraur locating a.na practicing his profession. He
is a srraduate of Pulte Mtdical miitn nt -i.ni..i
and will have an office on Fourteenth street between
Firnam and Douglas rtreetcn.
Mrs. Alonso avl and Mrs. F. A. Brass of Dexter,
Mitfl-, momer ano granamomr of Mrs. H. T. Hessler
nirir utiuiuer snq aonsiv-iaw at
resmence. i cow; Bignjeenm siertej.
Hon. W. F Cody, known as "Buffalo Bill."
rived, accompanied by his wife. Mr" rrvw i.
sta.rtlng.jput on th road with his Wild West show,
utTeh' o&'tr. next wtek at St. Lnuln. .
their
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Just
Colorado in the Limelight.
Colorado manages to maintain its place be
fore the public despite the overshadowing im
portance of the Mexican situation, but Colorado
Is payihg a large)- price than.lt can afford for
tho publicity. It Is no longer possible to. con
ceal tho fact that tho state has suffered tremen
dous loss and Injury from the prolonged reign
of .anarchy In Its mining qamps, Its loss In
physical property has been enormous, its loss in
Wan life appalling, but beside thesoita.loss.
of prost!geandTeputatlon before tho world wlllv
for ,a tlmo. we fear, prove Jrreparabje,
For Colorado's miners and mine owners
have boon tugging at each other's throats for a
decade and more, with sldo battlos with statu
troops. While the movement of mutual rela
tions between employe and employer has been,
galnlug ground In many states, in Colorado It
has been reduced almost to an unknown quan
tity,, at least so far as tho mining Interests are
concerned." Some politicians of the cheaper a
rlfity jmve taken advantage of conditions for
their own temporary benefit. Agitators, con
scienceless promoters and brow-beating bullion
have preyed on it, while, manifestly, tho state
has been unable to cope with conditions. It has
done, Nothing ao.yot of a conspicuous character
io rqaiue oraor ana eucci a reconciliation.
ko matter wnero mo niame lor this fauura
may rest, tho failure stands forth to the dis
credit of Colorado, and Colorado Is feeling the
eevoro effects of It In a way It cannot afford.
Surely the time has come, when private individ
uals, can go out and setie soldiers sent, to quell,
mob law, for more vigorous measures than havo
yet been omployod, unless a state of anarchy is
to continue indefinitely,
Our Priend, Brasil
The seloction of Brazil to safeguard our in
terestg in Mexico pending the disturbance will,
we beliove, be approved even In Europe as de
cidedly diplomatic. Brazil, In the first place,
enjoys wholesome, relations with all the powers;
In tho second, place, has been in agreement with
the United States in refusing formal recognition
to.Huerta; and, in the th'rd place, stands aa the
most, formidable Latln-Amerloan republic. The
selection should also tend to strengthen the ties
between the members of the Pan-American
union, many of which have their own grievances
against revolution-wrought Mexico,
All things considered, it seems that wo could
not have made a more fortunate soloctlou.
While this Is the first time the United States
has ever asked such an office of a South Amer
lean government, the circumstances seem fully to
warrant the precedent Europe several ot
whose principal powora recognlzod the Huorta
regime when we declined to do so-and have felt
free to criticize our course from the first
though not to the:extont of outward unfriendli
ness can have no ground for complaint In tho
choice wo have made, if Germany, which per
baps, more than any other nation is striving
tor a iiriuor commercial rooting in Brasll, per
celvts in our action a tactful move toward close
business relations, it will still be restrained by
other logical considerations from expressing ad
verse criticism, we aro sure.
As the largest S,outh American country la
area and population, as well as the most pro
gressive, Brazil Is naturally inviting to the cul
tlvation ot the most cordial relationship and
while our selection In this case is not primarily
due to such consideration, we may hope for the
probable, effects of a closer friendship.
v Did you over-know it to 'fall? Just wheu
you have" your front yard fixed up, and grasi
seed planted, along comes a torrent of rain and
washes It away.
Store Water on the Streets.
OMAHA, April :i.-To the Editor of The
Bee. A much larger volume of water
than Is now consumed could very profit
ably be used on our streets, especially
thoes of the busy downtown districts. If
present arrangements do not call for
adequate sprinkling, then they should be
changed to that they will. In any event
It Is high time more attention were given
to the dust problem, which Is a serious
one where traffic Is dense and building
rapid. As a matter of pride, to say noth
ing of comfort, we should Insist on Im
provement In this respeci, WJih most
people, mud Is preferabje to dust, yet
there Is no necessity Tor, putting up" with
mud In well-paved streets, nor why w
should have to enduro the dust. Water
Is plentiful, even though It may come a
little high under certain munfcipal re
gulallons. It Is the only solvent for tho
dust problem and we are too much of 'a.
metropolis to put up longer with In-
adequacy, " W J.
Lamentation.
NORTH rtuVTTn. Neb.. April 22.-To
tho IJdltor of The Beet In our Bee of
April 20 under tho head Affairs at South
Omaha I read the communication of Rev.
Oeorga Ionltls, Catholic pastor of tho
wthuanlan church, to Eire and Police
board of South Omaha. ' It shows up tha
conditions In their true light I presume.
The Idea of twenty saloons. In about 150
acres, and In It Is a cemetery of about
fifty acres. It says the licenses for these
saloons amount to 1M.C00 a year, then
asks the 'question who pays them the
packing house employes, who cannot
turn around without humping Into a sa
loon, which Is permitted to be open Sun
days and all hours of the day and night,
and It Is signed by about 250 residents In
that section of South Omaha,
Now, Mr. Editor, If you have not read
that petition, read it, and see the deplor
able condition they are In, and you will
Join me In saying, behold their lament
able condition. It Is awful. Yet they
want to keep five saloons In their dis
trict and have the other fifteen abolished.
Do those people not know their peoplo
will get as much liquor from the five
that are left?
Now who Is responsible for their la
mentable condition? Am I or the citi
xens of South Omaha? It would not take
much of a Judge to decide that point,
would It? They say they are not pro
hibitionists. They want enuugh saloons
to run to make W per cent of their crimi
nals. Ye, thsj' say the saloons are open
on Sunday. Now If they have a law that
prohibits saloons from bclnB open on
Sunday, and thoy aro, open on Sunday,
it Is a crime. And If they do not prose
cute them for doing so they aro as much
criminals ns those that violate their Sun
day law, If not so, why not so?
Mr. Editor. I do not Know, ir you aro a
believer In the Christ, and what Ho said
and done, or not. As for mo I do not be
lieve a man can have the mind of Christ
In him and help to promote the liquor
business that Is responsible for W per
cent of the crimes that are committed.
CYRUS STEBB1NB.
Spring Lake FrU.
BOtlTH OMAHA. April 13. -To the
Editor of The Beet Three -years ago a
wtt in An rdntleman.from central tlllhols
visited me and. whlla at tay place he
Wandered aown tnrougn wnm
Pork and was delighted wfth"it to a high'
degree and said It was tho finest natural
park he had seen for many years.
ntri hln idea was that the park ought
to be left practically as It was with the
exception that cement walks ought to bo
mads through at least a part ot It. Ths
same gentleman visited mo again a few
days ago and nearly tho first thing he
said to me was, "What a py yp"r i
harllv cu uo for that
roadway involving the destruction of so
many fine trees," He saw ne wougm
tho beauty of the park had been alnlost
the htilldlnir of the road
way and swlmmlntf pool. My old fogy
Idea of a park of natural timoer is, t
place where one can go and get away
from tho noise and turmoil of the city
life. Until that roadway was made
th.if. th,. rutrU with the avowed , In
tention, so I have been informed, of still
further cutting out of nne trees tor mora
roadways It was an ldsal place for one
to go to be free from the noise and dust
of tha city.
The new roadway will bring us the
.iii.i. anil will add the noise and smells
of automobiles as well as the dingers
from them. My own old gy.wea w tni
. v.rv iirlnui mlitake was made In cut
ting that roadway through the park not
alone In the destruction oi many tower
ing trees but In ths danger that has been
added by making a roadway through for
the travel of automobiles. When the
weather la warm scores of -nail children
m.nv limes hundred! of them awnrm
to that park and somo day some Idiot
will come tearing tnrougn mere wn m
...n.nv.n. nnit kill or injure some chil
dren and then the city ought to be held
liable for the death or injury of any per
son In that park for that roadway ought
never to have been permitted for It waa
unnecessary. Trees have been cut out
of that park that cannot As replaced in
i.. u.. r h vnureit child In South
Omaha, The great grandchildren of the
youngest child of South Omaha will never
sea as large trees mere nsam as nave
been out down In the last few years,
What a pity that some cf the torn old
oaks were cut down. Why would It not
v,n hotter to IcaVe those big oak
tres even It they had been Injured by
storms, for thoy would serve as an ob
ject lesson to tha future generations of
what storms can do to me migiuy mw
v. i hona that no more roadway
will be out In that park and no more
trees cut down, for the quiet and solitude
r h n.rk hfli already been practically
destroyed by so much cutting of trees
and cutting of banks, that should havo
been left as they were. U seems to me
that It would have been tar oeuer u i
money srent had been used In building
cement walks, cement stairs and cement
seats.- , f. a. au
STORIES IN HGUBEB.
Krance has 20.994 mutual benefit so
cieties with an aggregate membership of
5.O40.TS5 and annual receipts ot U,000,000. .
A report ot the Interstate Commerce.
commission gives 1.659,118 as the total
number of men and women employed by
the steam railways of the United State.
Thero are 600.000 factory girls in Japan,
and ot this numbetr 300,000 are under the
age of 'JO years and too, OCX) are employed
in spinning and. weaving faqtorles prin
cipally making cotton and silk,, thread
and cloth. Of tho latter, TO per cent live
In dormitories, established partly with a
view to their detention.
In Other Lands
Kins; OostT Triumph.
The liberal party of Sweden was sharply defeated
In the recent election for members of tho Rlgsdak
on tha Issues raised between King Gustav and former
i-remier Btaaf. The. election was precipitated by the
action of tha king in addressing a meeting ot cltlsens
who petitioned for Increased military defensive meas
ures against possible encroachment of Russia. In
his address tho king approved the object of.,th peti
tioners and commended their seal in behai'f olt na
tional preservation. Ths ministry of Premier Btaaf,
challenged tho right of the king to take sides on a
question of public policy. Tho king responded by de
fending Ills constitutional privilege or-advising his sub
jects on matters affecting national welfare. As a
result of the- rupture ths ministry . returned and an
election became necessary to test public sentiment
on the Issue raised by the king,, and his ministers.
The returns show that theJIBeral 'party Med, by tho'
falling" from first to third -place in -party strength,.
while the conservatives, who supported the king, gain?
sixteen seat and th'e socialists eleven. The result"
must be very gratifying to King Gust&v, who has
been tinder the care, fit physicians during the entlr
campaign.
French, Bleettons,
The first balloting for members Bt the French'
Chamber of. Deputies occurs on Sunday. -As usual.
tho campajgh has been at 'white heat t'n close 'dis
tricts for ten days, with ail the 'arts of politicians
brought into; play to corral tha vote. Expansion of
secular education Is the main Issue put to the fore
by the ministry, which hns placarded the country
with a recent speech of the minister ot education
lauding the exclusion of religious teaching and relig
ious teachers from the schools. There Is also in
volved the question, of banishing from France th'
remaining religious orders, some B,WX) congregations,
which were not Involved directly In tho law of 1901,
and the confiscation of their property. It Is gen
erally expected that the nrurder of Editor Calllaux
will have some bearing on the returns. The latter
represented the strongest element ifupportlng the
three-year . military system, which If a factor In tha
campaign. The present chamber h&s nine separate
party divisions In a total of 691 members, ranking
in numerical- strength In this order: Radical social
ists, ltSi radicals (left), 113: progressive republicans,
se'vonty-slx; socialists, seventy-four; democrats (left),
seventy-throe! republican socialists, thirty-two : lib
erals, thirty-two; Independents, twenty-flve', right,
nineteen.
Capltallalng; TVnr Scares,
More than any other nation In Europe Germany
works a war scare as an effective asset In swelling
army and navy appropriations. Tho Krirpps used It
as a means of boosting gun foundry buslneas. It was
the unseen force which -enabled the kaiser to levy
on the rich for J6O,O00,O0O for extraordinary mjlltary
expenses, and a repetition is being utilised now to
swell the appropriation sheet. The latest war scare
has to do with Russian military strength along the
border, though some observers assert Austria is re
sponsible for Russian exaggerations. It Is not ma
terial, however, whether the scare Is true or false,
It serves the purpose of the militarist. Qormanys
Army and Navy leagues take It serlousljr and are
working for increased means tQ ingnien me oear
awiiy. The emperor applauds the energetla seal of
his officers and Is credited with having authorised
the Navy leaguo to hold' a lottery which will produco
something like $100,000. The gambling spirit, so widely
prevalent In central Europe, insures me success of
the lottery enterprise.
Minimum I.lvfns: Waste.
Justice Heydon, president of the industrial arbitration-
court of New South Wales, recently defined what
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ho considered tne minimum uvins wao .or i.cn.u
thf rAHUlt
of an exhaustive inquiry Into the- cot of living In
Sydney, e,nq iixeo iz a ween o ina io
skilled labor. This sum Is based on the existence
and needs of i family of two parents and two .de
pendent children, He found that tho minimum rate
for rent th Sydney was 8. -a week, miscellaneous ex-,
penses. Including fuel, light, clothing' and Insurance.
was'$3.W; while the remainder of tho Jl? was consumed
In food. In' his decision the Judge waajgulded largely
by the now famous decision Df Justice Hlrslns, ytho.
In the American Harvester case decided that $10.40
weekly was a "fair and reasonable"' standard to met
the normal neeas or 'ins averts smiimyc, ictuiu.u
as a human being living in a erruuea country.
OBcnlna Doors of Opportunity,
Necessity Is beginning to shake me props which
have restricted the selection of Drltleh army and
navy officers to tho sons of .the arlstlcracy. Two
conditions are breaking down the naval doors hitherto
open only to tho well-to-do the steady growth of the
r.avy and the decreasing birth rate In the homes of
wealth. These hard facts compel tho naVal authorities
to look elsewhere for material to man the ships, and
Inducements are being held out to the sons'of work
Ingmen and of small tradesmen to enter the service.
The Ulster explosion brought home to the democ
racy of Ore at Britain the slumbering truth of aris
tocracy's control of the army. The task of demo
cratising the army Is a difficult one, hedged as it Is
by social power and wealth. That it must be under
taken Is essential If the army is to regain a high
place In. public confidence.
People and Events
d. England,"'
-I'ror. tmver Hainoridge Oxford, KnglandrwilJ do
tha official lecturing for Queen Eleanora of Bulgaria
during her visit to this country, which will last a
month. , '.
Starting from' Bestport. Me., three years ago In
a twelve-foot sailboat. Captain" Anderson set out to
salt completely around 'tbe United States, coast. Bo
far he hss sailed from the Canadian line at Maine to
Oatveston, and Is soon to set put for the Panama
ca,nal.
When the steamer City of Lowell was passing
through Long Island sound one day recently, every
steamer which' met it greeted It with long and loud1
blowing on tha whistle, thereby embarrassing Its
captain, James Pettlgrew, who was on his first trip
after his marriage.
The death of John H,"' Beltany, a resident of Kit-,
tery, Me., removes the last of a number of famous
wood carvers who lived In that part ot the state.
Ho began his work at the navy yard during the
civil war and cut the figureheads for all the warships
constructed there during that period.
Relieved by his family to have been dead for
seventeen years, Jacob u Heard, as the result ot a
sudden inspiration, wired his mother, Mrs. J. H.f
Nail, at hla old home at Hickory Grove, Ky. A few
hours later ho received advices from there begging
him to come home and telling him thac he had fallen
heir to M,000 left him by his stepfather.
Carl Wedeklnd. a newspaper man formerly con
ntcted with tbe Illinois Staats, Zeitung. Chicago, died
a taw days ago In Berlin, where he made a' fortune
as publisher of the oddest paper In Germany, The."
paper Is named the Wedeklnd Korrespondens, pub
lished dally, and consists of an Index and digest ot
news and special articles In the German press. Sub
scription price Is (60 k year.
"Dynamite Johnny' O'Brien, the noted Cuban
fllllbuster, lies seriously ill at his home In Newark,
N. J. O'Brien Is Just over K years old, a sea rover
by training, a ship captain ot distinction, and a dare
devil scrapper rivaling In adventurous lite the tales
ot pirate days, Ills work n behalf of liberated Cuba
brought him the melancholy honor of participating
In the final burial ot the remains of the battleship
Maine off the Cuban coast-
Paul Russe, democratic candidate tor county re
corder in Indianapolis, announced that he would not
give any women positions In his office if elected as
he thinks voters should be gtven such positions. The
women of the Franchise league waited upon him and
asked him what he thought, woman who pay taxes
to nay his salary should get. Mr. Russe ohewed
gum and having no argument, he left as soon aa the
women paused In the fierce denunciation of him.
Editorial Sittings
Indlanapclls News: It may be a little
premature, but If the worst Is to be, let
us hope at least that' the canned beef
will be beef. -
Louurvllle Courier-Journals Perhaps
Secretary Daniels, was posiessed of in
formation that the navy would soon be
headed -for the land ot pulque when he
Issued his water wagon edict.
Minneapolis Journal! Doc Anna Shaw
pulled her broom on the Union League
club of New York. When the club
passed resolutions against , woman suf
frage, Dr. Shaw tartly remarked that
the club was "composed of charming old
gentlemen whoso type Is fast vanishing."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tho Daugh
ters of 1312 have presented a big loving
cup te the -battleship New York, but the
officers ot that gallant ship will have to
take the cop ashore and up a dark alley
If they, want to use It for anything but
Ornamental purposes.
New York Wortdi The self-denial of
members of the house In voting out of
the legislative appropriation the old
mileage allowance ot 20 cents a mile and
adopting the rule, of paying for actual
traveling expenses will appear more
righteous when It Is proved that they do
not. rely on the senate to undo their
virtuous work.
Chicago News: Mexico has a popula
tion somewhat In excess of 15,000,000. It Is
a nation ot Ignorance arid of landless
men, mainly of Indian or mixed blood.
It Is a Nation of cheap labor. To con
quer tha, country with armies composed
or American worxingmen, in order that It
might be exploited by capitalists employ
ing the low grade labor that can be had
for low wages, to work under a tropical
sun, would be an economic crime.
Brooklyn Eagle: Miss Todd of Califor
nia says: "All this talk about eaered
motherhood la a Joke when men step
over 'sacred mothers' every morning as
the mothers mop up soapsuds on the
floors of the men's fine offices." It is
also true that scrub women are em
ployed In the offices of business women
and If this work Is of the nature of
slavery as this orator makes out, the of
fice building proprietors can easily be
moved to put men In these places. In that
event will Miss Todd and her followers
find employment for the scrub women
nut out of work?
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"What a pathetic face that young, fflr
low has! Ills eyes seem so reproachful.
"Yes. In the lunch room- where he
worked hs pulled more "paan all
the other waiters combined'-Clereiand
Plain Dealer.
"You want my consent to marry my
daughter:" asked Mr. Cumrox.
"I do," replied the young man.
"But my daughter says she wouldn t
think of marrying you."
"Still your consent would be a good
recommendation for me with some otner
family." Washington Star.
"You are a relation of the Rlchlelghs,
aren't you?" . ,
"Tes, a distant relation." i
"How distant?" . .
"Well, aa distant oa they can keep
me.'' Toledo Blade
Maud-Hasn't Mies Oldun got searching
Maxle-WeU, I don't wonder at it She's
been searching for a husband for ,tent
years, Boston Transcript.
"Every time I eee grandfather's sword
I want to go to war."
"Well?"
"But every time I notice grandfather s
wooden leg I cool down'-Loulsvllle
Courier-Journal.
BACK HOME.
New Ydrk Times."
I'd like to take a week-end off
And get back to the farm.
With griddle cakes and sausages
And othor thing that charm,
I'd like to tumble In a bed
Of feathers soft and warm
Secure beneath the old roof-tree
From trouble, fret or storm- t '
I'd like to hear my mother's voice
Com up to tho entry hall:
"It's 6 o'clock, you sleepy head! ,
And. this Is my last coll."
I'd like to hear the dishes clip
Together down below,
Where she fixed up the breakfast thlnra
Helped by Melinda Snow.
I'd like to rustle up the hair
Of my dog, Towser, now-
The best friend that a boy e er, had)
So close to mo somehow. .
ThroUgh all the days that come and go
No matter where I roam,
I'd like to hear his welcome bark
When I go drifting home.
I'd like to take a weeks-end off '
And so would you; once more
Go back to lift the latch again
Upon the dear old door,
There snuggle close to the folks
In pleasant firelight;
There hear the mother-voice again
Give you her fond "Good-night."
If your pocket-book could
talk it would recommend
the Ford. The man who
obeys the voice of economy
invests his dollars in the
Universal car. He knows it
serves his every purpose best
and' at lowest cost. Buy
yours today.
Five hundred dollars Is the price of ths
Ford runabout; the touring car Is five
fifty; the town car seven fifty f. b. b.
Detroit, cqmpleta with equipment. Get
catalog and, particulars from Ford Motor
Company, 1016 Harney Street.
A Man With Money
In His Pocket
should read the Real Estate col
umns of The Bee. Such opportuni
ties should never be passed with
out notice by a man who has any .
desire to own a home or make a
profitable investment. The cay
has long passed when there was
any doubt as to the future increase
in value of Omaha Real Estate.
Those who had foresight a few
years ago have observed with sat
isfaction the rapid rise in value of
their holdings.
Yet, prices for available property
are consistently low. This year
will, undoubtedly, however, mark
a big rise in values and the man
who recognizes this and takes ad
vantage of it is making the winning
bid for big profits on his money.
The history of the growth of every large
city in this country today is intermingled
with the history of the making of many
large fortunes, by men who realized what
the opportunities of a growing city meant
The Bee's Real Estate Columns today are
worth looking over. You are doing your
self an injustice if you fail to share in the
opportunities offered.
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