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THE BKP OMAHA, PRIDAV. MAY 8, 1914,
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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drcbs will be ('hanged as often as rctiuestcd.
Our periodical ad vice to autolsts; Slow
down!
Uncle Sam has Mexico, John Dull has Ulster.
Hands across tho sea carry tho touch of sym
pathy. ,
Hero's to the latest White House bride!
Long life, unlimited Joy nnd perpetual pros
porltyl
King George's success at the Newmarket
races lends strength to tho suspicion that a king
tin still bo a good sport.
Now, If that Boston banker would only wrllo
us a check for $2,000,000 and forgot about it
long enough to let us cash It!
Omaha gets tho next convpntlon of Ne
braska photographers. When the time "comoB
wo will not fall to look pleasant.
TIiobo obdurate British lords show no signs,
of yielding to either tho blandishments of tho
suffragettes or the blows of tho militants.
A rovorond pastor admttB ho has found a
Case which defies reform by prayer, and ho
gives It up. Walt for "Billy" Sundayl
There Is real reason to fear for tho poach
crop this years seeing that It has not. boon klllud
tbb usual "huviber of times, and tho frost Hue
Is almost passed,
Entries for tho gubernatorial raoo remain
6pen yet for nearly two monthB. Two monthb
ought to be time enough' for a lot of pooplo to
raise the $10 required as a filing fee.
Congressman Pan Stephens lets it bo known
early that ho Is In tho rn'co for re-oloctlOn. U
Is to be presumod that ho still has bis, chock
book wlth him, and .has lost nono of his cloxter
lty at writing':.. t
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Which reminds ' uY, '..How Is tho city coming
out In its enterprise, by which it took over the
gas streof lighting In tho bollof that It would
bo cheaper than the contract rate offored by the
gas company? 1 , ,
Governor Colo Bleaso of South Carolina U
beaten Jn his race' for the doniocratjc nomina
tion for the United States sondto, but If ho Is
like Governor Vardaman ho will keep on In
flaming race prejudlco until he lands tho Job.
Our congressman recommendation for tho
postmastership at Blair has been officially con
firmed, but the recommendation' of the First
district congressmen hr postmaster at Lincoln
otlll hangs fire. Yes, but Just look at tho dif
ference m the congressmen!
Why should the shorlff be permitted to
roake money out of folding tho prisoners, or
the clerk of ,tlio court .to PPckot naturalization
fees, any more;triaU the county treasurer to ab
sorb the Interest on publlo deposits? Liko tho
1 Japanese sphool boy, "w0 Inquiro to know."
Nelson O'Shoughnessy has not expressed
himself on tho subject, but If nothing llvolhr
turns up an -appointment as minister extraordi
nary to tho projocted republic of Ulstor would
come nearest tho taste for trouble acqulrod ir
Mexico City.
, V
r..r,thfr I!!ee,,n.B t0 "nl he boss ball team
resulted In th selection of a board of director, td
I E. Cong don, c. 8. Goodrich. F. L. Kimball. E. a!
Bach. joteph Oarneau. J. a Taylor and George T.
About W persons accepted the Burlington'.' fie
excursion to Ch.oago. and njade things lively .at th.
Burlington dpot. A. B. Smith, aisl.tant general
ircljbt agent of the Burlington, was In ehargc.
The Omnhn KmHi.. i . i. - . .
. iui Tim iiirougn me
perlenca of & run. but without M.nn. . ....
qulretnent of the slxty-day notice for withdrawals.
For the month of Apr! stamp sales at the Omaha,
postofflce amounted to IT.G99. which Is causing Post
master Coutant to beast about It.
V A I'axton has-cbanxed his plans about hla
building- at Fifteenth And Farnam. and lnstesd of
remodeling it, will tear 1t down and pu,t up a new
structure,
E. E. Meyer of Detroit, architect of the Douglas
cwmty court house. Is". In. tb elty , inspecting the
work so far done.
The contract for the erection of the Congrega
Uonal church, in L&Wi addHion haa been let to
August-sewm
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An Empty Right of Eevicw.
Not content to rest with tho determination
of the organization committee locating In Rich
mond the regional bank for that reservo district,
tho peoplo of Baltimore aro Insisting upon a
review of that action and Slve notice of appeal io
tho federal rcsorvo board, as soon as It Is con
stituted, under such form of proceduro as it
may provide. For Baltlmoro it is sot up that tho
banking act gives a right of review from tho
decision of the organization committee to tljo
federal reserve board, mcanlne "a real bona
VI..- ..... ...,". ... .
iuu rigjn ui review, uiiuusiruciea ana unnant
pered." It Is further urged that Baltimore Is not
to be hold responsible for any delay In starting
proceedings for the roviow and that such delay
Is occasioned sololy by tho fact that the federal
reservo board has not yet been constituted. In
cidentally, a protest Is specially entered against
perfection of the projected bank at Richmond
without waiting for tho federal reserve board,
nnd thus prejudicing, tho caso and frustrating
tho review.
Baltimore may ha entitled to sympathy for
being mado tho financial backdoor to Rich
mond, but wo do not bollevo any redress is to
bo secured by tho roviow routo. In the first
place, tho organization committee formed tho
reserve districts and located the regional banka
for reasons of their own, repudiating their pro
fessed intontibn to follow "tho natural flow of
trade," and these prlvato and personal reasor.a
doubtless still'control. In tho second place, tho
federal reserve boar'd includes two of tho mem
bers of tho organization committee, and we may
bp sure thnt enough of tho other five, will Jph,
them to constitute a mnjorlty committed not u.
disturb In any respoct the preliminary arrange
ments. If It wore Intended that the wholo
fodoral rosorvo board should have a voice ir
the creation of tho districts the nppolntlvo mem
bers would havo been named long ago.
. No, you Baltlmoro people, tho right of re
viow provided for in tho law s an empty one,
Fllo your protests, and go through tho forms of
rtppeat if you desiro, but do not look to thu
board to undo anything the organization com
mltteo has done.
Responnibility of the Business Man.
In a rocont address before tho Amoricnn
Cotton Manufacturers' association, Frank A
Vnnderllp, former assistant secretary of thu
treasury, and now president of the National
City bank In Now York, laid' special stress upon
tho responsibility of tho business man for tho
stato of public opinion, and more particularly
tho adverse attitude of the public to tho busi
ness lntorosts of tho country. ."It Is Idle to rati
ot the public representatives of one party or an
other or one administration or another," de
clares Mr. Vandorllp. "v0 have got to get
hack. of all that and create a saner, moro Intel
lectual and more honest nuhiio nninin v,i
.and other business men must wake up. to .tie
...ci mm you navo a public duty In the oducn
tlon of public opinion, and so long as 'you,
train from oxorcislng It, you will not only hin
dor tho Industrial nnd commercial devotppnlent
of thlB wholo country, but you wilt vory dlrocf-'
permit your own business to bo misunderstood
and to bo tho subject ot unfair nnd uneconomic
loglslativo attack," . f .
C And furthor on, In his' talk ho states Hhp"
samo Idea in another tvayi.
relief feJ! V.' 7" CB" hopo r PwaMnt
relief frPm the unsatisfactory position In which busl-
ness.is now placed until we can get a public opinion
that moro truly reflects a fair attitude, based "on
correct cconotnlo, principles. It seems to me the high
ist duty of huslncte men to contribute tho best
that Is In them toward the creation of a wiser, a
sounder, and. a more Intell'gent public opinion In
regard to business affairs. That can neither bo done
by silent acquiescence, nor by dissatisfied grumbling
at existing tendencies. You must take your nctlvo
part (ln formlnjr public opinion. It, In time for busl
t.csa men to speak cut. Where errors and mistakes
have been mad, let them bo frankly acknowledged,
but Insist upon a bettor understanding or your meth
ods, your problems and your alms.
It atrlkos us that Mr. Vandorllp has, In a
concise manner, reminded business men thnt
they must shoulder . responsibility for most of
tho very Ills they complain about. As a rule
they oithor think themselves too busy to take
part In public discussion or thoy hesltato to do
so for fear of offondlhg somebody. Thont
whoso opinions would naturally carry most
weight on subjects affecting business aro rarely
hoard), nnd seldom seen In print, while tho agi
tators and muckrakors of business arp shouting
all tho time, and have easy bcccbs to mediums
of publicity jfor attacks upon the very businesses
that help to circulato thorn.
Publlo opinion will never be all ohe way any
more than business men themselves will over
all agree. When, however, business mon shirk
their responsibility to help shape public opinion,
I' Is Idle for them to complain of" what Is done
in rcBponoo to It.
Nail Down the Corn Belt
Tho farmers of Nobraska arid neighboring
states are hereby admonished, to nail down tho
corn bolt beforp It gets away. For behold a
bulletin lssuod by tho Sputhern Settlement and
Development organization aiming to Instigate an
effort to move tho corn belt to the south. This
la to be done by systematic fertilization of tho
soli of southern states whoso average aero yield,
wo nre assured, could be trebled under proper
treatment, togothcr with a similar assurance
that the corn bolt nover equaled, and never can
equal, tho possible yield of corn In tho south
when oll limitations ore removed.
But In farming, as In other avocations, It Is
the survival of tho fittest, and if tho south can
be mado a com cquntry by modernizing Its
methods of soil culture our western farmers
way, by improving their mothods, still continue
to enhance the fertility and productiveness of
our land which has all these years challenged
competition. Tho south may raise corn suc
cessfully and in plenty, but it cannot carry away
the corn belt without our consent, and that con
sent will come only when It Is found, that our
soil and climate can ba made to servo us bettor
for some other purpose.
Ten Nebraska national banks havo given up
their charters and havo become state banks In
the wake of tho enactment of the "new federal
banking and currency law, and It Is stated that
there. -would be many more if tho federal law
carricdthe same guaranty feature, or If the
state guaranty fund sot no obstacle In the way.
Perhaps the failure of the effort to engraft tho
guaranty fund upon the bill when It was pend
ing In the senate Is the real saving clause for
tho new reserve system,
MIc lni, Tlicet
UNION, Neb., May 7. -To tho Bdltor of
The Bee: That article In your paper
written by F. A, Agnew of South Omaha
Is as cowardly a piece as I ever saw, and
I -am sorry The nee prints such stuff. A
man that will talk the way he has Is a
cancer on the earth, and would eat tho
fl-sh from every democrat In the United
Slates, Ho thinks every democrat Is a
rebel.
Now, what 1 want to say Is that I vote
the democrat tlckp', and that he Is a
coward and a disgrace to common human
ity for tnlkln'g such stuff. And If he
talked such stuff before me, him or I
would take a licking. I think I can
whip any such coward as he Is.
I'rlnt this If you want to.
C. V. CLARK.
Award of Mtmlr Honors.
OMAHA, May 7,-To the Editor of The
Bee: My attention has been called to
the manner of selecting pupils of the
senior class of tho h'gh school to take
part In this, year's commencement ex
ercises, particularly those of the depart
ment of song and music.
While our high school does not give Its
pupils on opportunity for a musical
education, with perhaps the exception of
a few vocal lessons, those who do en
deavor to acquire an education of this
kind In addition to their regular studies,
should, as encouragement, have com
petent and unbiased Judges to select
those who according to their skill and
ability should be entitled to these honors
and to tho appreciation of the public.
To me It seems Impracticable, In de
ciding a competition of this kind, where
two judges and two competitors are
pupils of the same Instructors, to appoint
such as Judges, us quite naturally there
might lm favoritism and - the award be
given to these two, to the detriment of
other competitors. I am buto tho latter
would gladly defray the expense of ob
taining a competent Judge (preferably
from some other city and a stranger to
all competitors) who would render a deci
sion based entirely upon the merits and
Justice In the case. "OBSERVER."
It Drives Hint In Ilhyme.
IflVINOTON, Neb.. May 7.-To the
Editor of The Uco; Powcll'n cartoon of
yesterday Is apt for the occasion. If
Mn lie r gets Into the saddle, the Jackavs
will bo relieved of braying and the moose
as a spectator will snort and the mule
kick out. Tho elephant will trumpet, and
woman suffrage will cry out, and the
prohibitionists will, place tho Ice water
nticut, when Johnny goea Into tho ring,
and the band will lead off with a hot
time In tho old town tonight.
FILVNK B. HIUBARD.
The Soclnllst Ideal.
. OMAHA, May 7.-To the Editor of Tho
Bee: May 1 International Labor day
Is the day ot awakened tabor, of labor
conscious of Its power and knowing how
to use It. Some day It wilt be tho only
7:abordayj nil will labor with brawn or
brain, .or both, and all will unite In cele
bruClnV It.
May 1 this year has come and gone,
bjt inot without being fittingly observwl
by the socialists of Omaha In common
'with those elsewhere. The meeting In
ttfbbr JiaJl Sunday was a memorable one.
blllty of the world unity so earnestly
urged and promoted- by socialists every
where. No one could think otherwise
,wl)o heard the tongs and speeches and
felt the spirit that moved tho gathering.
Russians, Jews, Italians, Bohemians and
native-born Americans manifested by
song and speech and applause their de
votion to the causo of Industrial freedom.
Much was said In, languages tinknown tn
many present, but all knew what all
wanted, and all were determined to bring
atiout the realization ot their common
desire.
The unity, the brotherhood of man, Is
not a dream. It exists nowhere nt pres
ent except In altruistic minds, but It Is
sure to como and soon. Moral teaching
will not bring it.- nor petty reforms has
tily devised and aimed at nothing but
the appeasement of popular wrath. It can
only come through socialism.
EDMUNJJ R. BRUMBAUGH,
2701 Camden Avenue,
Not One Drop of tllood,
YORK, Neb., May 7.-To the Editor of
The Bee: In time of peace every one Is a
critic; In time of war every one a pat
riot. It looks well on paper 6r sounds
fine from tho platform, but a critic In
time of war may bo the best kind of a
friend If the criticism should he)p to cool
the temper of the criticised that they
may be given over to the rule ot reason
and less to that- of passion.
Yet, he who docs It at. such a tjme must
expect to be called names, some of which
may test the dictionary; yet. one with
the courage ot hs convictions can stand
that better than some people will be able
to stand; what history will say In bet
ter days when the smoke of battle lifts
from Vera Crux; while In Its black curls
runs the red blood, of our boys. While
the time and world condemns, nlstory
will writ over the. face of this sicken
ing picture, "uncalled for.'"' Then, when
wo remember that a few years ago Secre
tary Bryan with his lecture on tho "Prince
ot Peace," was heard all over this coun
try and around the world, In which he'
.cendemnrd war In the strongest terms at
his command, hU conclusions were that
the great leading nations should disarm,
live In peace. If they did not then (his
final climax was) let this nation "beat
Its spears Into plow shares, its swords
into pruning hooks, and learn war no
more." setting an example to all the
wcrld to follow, which he thought. It
wiuld do. Now what kind of a fix wouW
hi be In today If all the fine equipment
of our army and navy had been cast
upon the Junk pile as he requested, but
Instead ot that, he helps, make use of It
In what we believe the only war this
country ever had without a Just cause.
Suppose 1 Inert a did not salute the fla?.
Seme, of our own people are no bettor in
that respect. But who Is this man
Huerta, anyway, that we should care
whether be takes notice of us or not.
Seme people's wrath would be the est
kind of praise.
In conclusion let us use a common
Illustration. Did you ever see a fine, big
Newfoundland dog going up street that
pome Utile cur did not bark at him,
which only made him hold his head a
Utile higher. Then, notice, the division In
the crowds, some say, "be ought to taks
that our In his Jaws and crush him;"
while others say, "he Is doing Just right,"
Which ride are you' on In this case? Just
because that cur ot an assassin refuses to
aalute out flag, go and kill a thousand
better men than he, after which It he did
give a aalute, what Is It .worth to this
counter? Not one drop ot blood-
FRANKLIN POPE.
Co-0rdination in Charity
Signed Article by Mabel W. Porter,
Secretary of Associated Charities.
The Idea of" co-ordination Is selfevldent to all
thinking people In nearly every line of thought and
work, nut co-ordination aa the basts of a working
Program In social activity Is a new and strange doc
trine to most people, especially In our younger cities.
Financial poverty Is seldom a causo in itself of
despondency. Despondency is usually the resultant
of a number of causes and often a complication of
causes. If poverty were merely a shortage of money
Iho remedy would be easy. But with few exceptions
shortage of money Is merely a symptom. A call for
food or clothing Is often an eruption on the surfac
of family life which disclosed radical trouble within.
The disintegration of a family, which usually
leads to despondency Is Caused by a number ot In
fluences. It may be Incompetency, physical Illness,
mental trouble, lack of spiritual Incentive, drunken
ness, bad housing or what not. It Is as Illogical for
a social worker to take into consideration only ono
need or disability In a family group and try to cor
rect It as It Is for tho physician to treat one organ
regardless of Its relation to other organs of the body.
But you will say. "What has this to do with
practical social work?" "How can we work out re
sults on tho basis of co-ordination?" Let mo Illus
trate: A Slavish family In Chicago were reported
to be In need. They were found to bo living in two
HUli dark rooms, in a very congested district. The
sanitary conditions wcro bad. The place was dirty
and rat-eaten. The environment was recking with
physical and nyiral filth. The father who made his
living emptying sand-cars, came home drunk nearly
every day at 1 or 2 o'clock In the morning, and often
broke everything In sight. The mother who was ail
ing worked In an all-night restaurant, where the
moral Influences were none too good. She slept by
day. She could not care for tho home or her
children properly. She was making $6 a week. She
had no help from her husband.
The oldest a boy of 17, was growing careless and
sullen. The winter unemployment situation had af
fected him. He had reached the placo where he did
not care what he did and for a llttlo would break
away from home. A bright nnd attractive boy, whoso
exact age his mother had forgotten, full of energy
and promise, was carried away by the cxhuberance
of his spirits with no opportunity to vent them In
proper channels. He had been In a reform school
because he absolutely Ignored the rules of bis school,
Ho attended as he chose nnd the authorities got
after him Instead ot after his home conditions. His
ttme after school had been spent largely In picking
up coal and potatoes on the railroad tracks. A lit
tle girl of ) who had an abscess in her ear, a boy
of 7 and a robust baby of 3 completed the family.
' A truant officer, tho police, the reform school,
a visitor from a mUslon had all tried to help In t
spasmodic fashion. They had given them food. They
had given them clothing. They had nrrested the man
once and again. They had taken -one boy Into cus
tody. They had mado no imprcealon whatever on
tho family. Things were going from bad to worse.
At last a concerted plan was put under way. The
United Charities undertook to help the family find
larger quarters in- a more destrablo environment and
secure necessary furniture, as they had hardly a whole
piece In the house. They made the woman sign papers
that It was to bo loaned to her Indefinitely on con
dition that she build up a good home. A Juvenile
protective officer offered to secure the co-operation
of the courts and put tpe father In Jail for six
months (he was a wellnlgh hopeless caso) with the
Idea, of giving the family a chance to get on their
feet. He was to return to the family should he show
inclination .to do right.
Tho manager of an empldyment department ot a
large steel foundry was told of the plan and his
Interest solicited In behalf of the older boy. In
process of the physical Examination which omployes
wore required to undergo, the boy's eyesight waa
found to be deficient. Ho was promised u Job If the
United Charities would secure the services qf an oc
cullst and supply glasses. This they did. The Visit
ing Nurse association offered to take the girl to the
dispensary, have a specialist operate on her ear and
follow up the case. A settlement In the neighborhdod
undertook to keep the children off the street by pro
viding play and manual training. A Visiting House
keeper was sept from tho office of the United Char
ities to give suggestions as to cooking and cleaning.
An investigation was made In the city fifteen miles
away "where the family had previously lived, to find
tha records of tho date of the birth of the second
boy. It was found by the records that ho was eligible
for a work certificate, and as his education had been
so broken that he could not apply himself, and as ho
wanted to work, a placo was found for him As tho
family were unconnected . with any church, the
United Charities called the attention ot a church In
tho neighborhood to their needs. The chlldrens'
teachers at tho public school, likewise the truant
officer, promised to co-operate. The county gave
supplies and the United Charities gave rent and
food for tho first month or more till the boys should
be well started In their work.
I have not time for details, but suffice It to say1
tho boys made good ond tho mother steadily Improved
In her housekeeping. Home ten or more agencies all
worked together Intelligently, each with nn assigned
place tn the plan and comparing notes frequently.
Thoy worked together week after week, month after
month and five ot them for a wholo year.
Co-operiitlon ot this kind does not happen. It must
be planned and worked out by thoso trained to do It.
So often co-operation to the public means at most
an absence of Jealousy among Institutions', or at
most the regarding of each other with appreciation.
Such an Idea is negative and meaningless. Coopera
tion which counts for something in the life of a city
is positive teamwork.
Instead of this co-ordinated effort, what do we
find, especially in our younger cities and quite often
in our larger cities, where organized effort la not
well established. We find what the newspapers call
the "sob story" quite prevalent. We find them heap
ing material things upon the family, hit or miss,
some to make money for their papers, some wth a
finer sense that the publlo needs to have Its heart's
strings stirred once and again to keep them properly
tempered, but with little thought of the effect of It
all on the family In question or on other dependent
families who are watching their neighbors.
Again, we 'often find churches, two or three of
them, a fow organisations and a number of Individ
uals, all working on cne family, taking them up for
a week or two at a time, -sending in food' spas
modically, each ono in an Isolated way attending
to the temporary needs, which they think of only as
food or clothing,, then dropping them again, leaving
them Just as badly off aa before.
Such unrelated charity work means that tho fam
ilies are often taught to play one church off against
another, or one organization or Individual off against
each other, working skilfully on the feelings of the
benevolent.
Where the cause of despondency Is pure misfortune
and there is no Inherent weakness of mind, body or
character, the problem is easy. But nine-tenths of
the cases of despondency are due to some weakness
which Is exploited by some outside force. It may
be some social disease like tuberculosis. It may be
the social evil or the drug evil. Antl-soclal agencies as
the saloon, the pool hall, the commercialized dance
hall, may prey upon these weaknesses, and contrib
ute their share In the disintegration of the family.
"Social evils must be met by social forces," says
Edward Devlne. And becauso the evils are related
they must be mot by co-ordinated forces.
Many cities have awakened to the fact that they
have been expending enormous sums ot monejl and
wasting effort by lack of co-ordination and loose
efforts ot administration ot charities and philan
thropies. It has resulted in the establishment of
such institutions as the Federated Charities of Cleve
land and tht Welfare Board of Kansas City.
The fair and square thing to do in dealing with
family rehabilitation Is to get together and to sub
ject the efforts of public and private agencies to the'
good ot the family
SMILING REMARKS-
"I'm going to let you In on the ground
floor of this propesltlrtn," said-thc man
with a prospectus. ,
"Don't expect me to' Interest myself."
replied Mr. Cumrox. "I couldn't be
tempted with anything less than a re
served seat In the board of directors."
Washington Star.
"There's no doing anything with our
choir. Tho soprano knd alto are at It
again hnmmer And Innm "
"I suppose your homely nlto Is Jealous
of your soprano's pretty facer'
No, our pretty soprano Is Jealous of
our homely contralto's fine figure."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Did you ever ploy poker In Crimson
Oulch before?" asked Three Finger Sam.
"Only once." replied the- stranger, "and
then 1 played only for fun."
"I recollect ' you. You're one of those
fellows who can't have any fun unless
tl.ey win everything In eight." Wash
ington Star.
"I have Just read here whore a scien
tific experimenter claims to have cut off
the heads of subjects and then kept them
nllve eleven hours."
"That's nothing. I've known a num
ber of human beings who have lost their
heads and didn't oven know they were
dead ones." Baltlmoro American.
"There's one thing about this Mexican
trouble; there aren't likely to be any
naval engagements."
"You're mistaken. I know several of
the nay boys who proposed and w
accepted lust before their ships
south." Boston Transcript
TO YE "MERE MAN."
Oh "Mere Man" with the bald spot
And the common senso and tho wrinkled
. row
Tou'ro as hard ns a woman to silence,
And as, prone to continue a row.
Oh "Mere Man" with the Roman nose
And ultra-romantic gush!
I'll give you a tin right hero and now '
She simply can t endure mush.
That wee smnll cottage did allure
More than gowns or satin and siik;
But alas, you played your very worst
card
When you mentioned mush and milk.
You might have said carrots, perhaps
she would care;
You might have said bean soup and.
biscuit, ....
But since you Insist and Insist nnd Insist
On mush and milk she mushn't risk It.
And, oh, "Mcro Man" with the bald spot
Where tne hairs reiuse io grow
Use "Herplcldo" and you'll soon- havo
enough
To enlist for Mexico.
And when "Watchful Waiting" Is over
Ana an oi mis uuuiuua uau?... ,
You will prove a modern Joan of Ate
wun your Buurageiio iiauai,
OMAHA. A. BUTTINSKY.
It's n case of "hustle" now, for tho song book
distribution positively ends NEXT WEEK
and you'll have nobody to blame but yourself
if you don't take advantage of this offer NOW.
NEVER AGAIN will you have such a chance.
THE BEE
Presents its readers with this COMPLETE collec
tion of old favorites on .the popular coupon plan
(see song book coupon printed daily in this issue).
ALL THE SONG FAVORITES OF BYGONE DAYS
WITH COMPLETE WORDS AND MUSIC
Although the present generation is overwhelmed with
ragtime music, the boya and girls want the dear old
songs 'and tunes which father and mother havo
, hummed from earliest childhood the real classic
favorites which outlive each succeeding family.
T
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Look Through Any' Other So-Called Complete Song
Book and See How Many of These Old
Favorites You Can Find.
Do you know Longfellow's dear old poem, 'The Bridge," set to
music? It is indeed a sweet, plahtlve melody. Then there's "Aura
Lee," a pretty little sentimental song that Is dear to the heart of
every old lover of yesterday; and there's "Maid of Athens," "No
Sir," "Woodman, Spare Tha Tree," "La Paloma," "My Last Cigar,"
"Do They Miss Me at Homo?" "It Was a Dream," "Mona," "Bonnie
Doon," and "The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls;" also such
well-known college sorfgs aa "Bingo" and the "Crow Song," as well
as scores of others absolutely unknown to any other single song
collection.
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