THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1914.
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dress will bo changed ns often as requested.
Not that Harvoy loves "Mot" more, hut that
ho hates "Princo Charley" most.
It was a cinch that Colonel Manor's typo
writer could not be kept in leash much longer.
A Now York man was recently killed by a
horso car. It seems impossible to blamo tho
car.
You cannot blamo tho modiators tor pro
longing tho Job up thoro boBldo tho cool waters
of tho Niagara.
!Aa a harmonlzer of democratic differences,
it is not yet qulto certain that "Mot" Is an un-
Jquallfled success. '
For a distinguished . apostle of peace, Mr.
Bryan doeB surety keep up an awful hubbub
within his own party.
Speaking about auto accidents, nine-'tonths
of them would not happen if tho, drivers would
slow up and be careful. . .
"Why doesn't McRoynolds mako the looters
disgorgd?" asks somcon?. Oh, tho attorney
general must bo too busy.
The one lime, when tho undertaker is truly
wolcomoja when ho comes, to attend th tat.
Ltonc'ttVe.- $ ftttiefa,b dlrettdrs. .
telli'tho
!' Ills All right for the colonel to
I rH.-I.L At x i i ...
jiimiuBii iuai,ineir mnguago will ovontually sup
;J plant French, ut ,what doos that leavo him to
cay in France! .
ft : .
i, If tho twists, dips and other objectionable
i' features ar really ollminotbd, ob docreed by
J. dancing inastOrB, anyone can boo tho flpish ot
thoso new dances.
"Bortje. of the styles aro distressing and ex
treme," so tho club women aro Informed. Oh,
wo don't' lihow! It doppnda somowhat on
who's woarlng 'em.
Uncle Sam may give Great Britain all It
wants in tho Panama canal, but ho Is going to
reservo his sovereignty. In this Great Britain
will surely acquiesce.
Oma'ha taxpayers are, of course, IntoroaUid
in all softs of improvements that go to build
tho city, but they caro little about Improvement
clubs built only for office-seekers..
Tho Nebraska postmastors ore all for clvlj
sorvlco in tho postoHlcos from top to bottom
and the sooner tho hotter, seeing how the dem
ocrata continue to crowd tho pie counter.
"It Is of great importance to the democratic,
party to Control the house in the next session of
congress,,' says Senator Tillman. To tho dem
ocratic, yes, but not so important to the country,
Colonel Maher takes his belligerent typo-
writer la hand to dash off a half-column ex
j planatlon of the causes or democratic dissension.
,when he might have told it by mentioning Just
ono name.
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Our amiable democratic contemporary wants
tbo Now York World to go over its back files
and square, up, present expressions with past
utterances, -ia World may wolt retort. "You
"
Oeorce Paterson and Mlva Ella Wilbur wero united
In marriage yisterday by Rev. James Paterson.
father of the jrroom. After a month's tour of tho
eastern states .and Canada they win occupy a rest,
dence already elegantly furnished.
Omaha people are -Interested In the marrlago at
Lincoln of D. H. Wheeler of this oitr and Miss
Pauline Marshall. Bev. lr. Burgess ot mttsmouth
tied the knot and. Myron Wheeler ated as beat man.
George W. Ames, H. w. Marsh and M. Dunham
are back from a fishing trip to Spirit Lake.
Miss -Pink" Balch celebrated her birthday by en
tertaining a )UU party of her friends at her home.
JH29 Capitol avenue. Among those present were:
Viola, Hobert and Charlie Davit, Helen Millard, Bes
Ke and JenU -Yates, Blanche 8orenson. Elvle Jones
Tot Moore. Grape IJljbaijEh, Qeorae harp and
Anna Millard. Viola Davis got tho piece of cake con
taining the coin;
little Charlie A'fh'aus was severely bitten by a
"'n not .tiicr in wouna .was dressed he was
taken to his home, HIS Howard street-
The first annual commencement of Bellevue college
w piaca at me college, una or 111 prises awarded
wcjifc vo wHitrvinnH'n viarse or vranna.
Surely Coming Back to Plague Them.
Regardloss of tho outcome, the debate and
action of congress on tolls exemption and repeal
takes away from Presldont Wilson whatover
possible Justification he thought he had for
pressing repeal at this time. When tho presi
dent spectacularly put tho subject up to tho law
makers ho asked thorn to accode to his request,
not on Its merits, but wholly as a concession to
rellore threatened complications In our rota
tions with certain foreign countries. The fact
that he had been elected, as had also.overy dem
ocratic member of tho house, cn a platform
specifically pledging thorn, to tolls exemption
for coastwise shipping, and that repeal would
bo In flagrant violation of this platform plank,
led him to ask that they suspend their own
Judgment and convictions and voto to uphold
him out of blind faith and loyalty.
It has developed since the measure was
forced through the house that the foreign com
plications were not particularly urgent or dan
gerous, and .that tho moro potent Influence bo
hlnd tho movo for repeal was tho same that had
been aligned against tolls exemptton In tho
first place, namely, those who oppose discrim
inating encouragement to American shipping
on any score, and certain railroad interests shut
out from participating In this transportation,
and subject to its competition. Repeal, there
fore, was plainly and palpably put through the
house by falso pretenses. Without the presi
dential pressure It would have been defoated In
the house, and In all probability would nover
have been brought up In tho senate. If finally
consummated, it will como baok to plague the
president and his parly more than any ono
thing they havo yet done.
Laboring- Under a Misapprehension.
The primary election Is a gold mine for the big
papers, and it Is little wonder that the financial end
of these paptrs control the editorial end. But to the
taxpayers of the state, who have to pay out over
I100.0P0 as cost of holding every primary election and
get riot even as good results as tinder the old con
vention system, the primary business Is a costly farce
-Loup City Northwestern.
This sounds flno, but our country cousin
editors are laboring tunder a mlsapprehonston.
If thoro is "a gold, mine" in the direct primary
for anybody,, the big papors have yot to discover
11,-for the truth is he financial balanco Is tho
other way, It may bo stated as a general rule,
with fow exceptions, that tho collection and
compilation of the election returns eats up all
tho revenue from announcements of political
candidates, and more, too. And so, far as "tho
financial end'.' controlling "the editorial end" la
concerned, that is still moro ridiculous because
thp advertising columns of tho nowspapors aro
open to all tho rival candidates to tho extent
that thoy want to use them within proper
boundB, and It "tho financial ond" wore to
control, "the editorial ond" could never bo any
thing but neutral, Tho direct primary business
may, or may not, bo "a costly farco," but as "a
gold mlno" for the newspaper, big or little, it is
an Iridescent dream.
The Maker's Name. ' 1 1
A good deal of merit Is to be found in tho
national movement for tho purchase of commo
dities bearing the name and trademark of. the
manufacturer, The manufacturer's namo is
thus" put on the' counter With over articln 'aHiY
no manufacturer who expects to continue ni-
manontly In business can afford to deteriorate
his produot. Articles soon bocomo known and
standardized by tho namo and trademark of tho
makor. in this day, when state and federal
authorities aro rigidly monitoring tho, produc
tion ana soiling of do many staples food, ap
parel . and otherwise that manufacturer Is a
vory dull creature who lmagtnos ho can long
maintain a false standard; or that ho can mis
brand a product.
Wo need not look for an industrial or com
mercial millennium through this movement and
thero Is no denying that it tonds to tho advan
tage of tho manufacturer and the merchant as
well as tho consumer, but so long as tho con
sumer Is tho principal beneficiary H should
command our approval. No one will say that.
though wo still consume more or less adulter
ated food, tho puro food laws havo not had a
salutary effect. The proposal to havo goods
carry the name and brand of the maker Is more
Inclusive than pure food laws, for It includes
also, as we havo said, all "sorts of staple artlclos,
food and otherwise. In the end It encourages
clean and honest methods In business; In tho
making, advertising and soiling of goods.
Straining at a Gnat.
The Illinois Bar association has adopted a
rule making It unethical for a lawyer to give
out a statement, interview or planof procedure
of a case in which he Is engaged, the theory
being that the newspaper is not the place 1o try
lawsuits and that such exploitation often re
sults in defeating Justice Fines and other dis
cipline aro provided for the violation of the
rule.
But this looks like straining at a gnat and
swallowing a came) in view of certain peculiar
practices carried on under cover of tho profes
sion In, for example Minnesota, Nebraska. and
other states wo might mention. The Bee's re
cent exposition of tho gigantic Industry in non
rcsldont personal litigation built up by a few
St. Paul and Minneapolis lawyers, together with
some of the logal sculduggery uncovered nearer
home, makes us wonder whether there might
not bo a bigger Job to do la Illlnote. in the
Minnesota graft game, lawyers do not stop at
sdvortlslng and exploiting their cases, they
solicit them after the most highly commercial
ized methods. They go after clients by circular,
personal letters, send out locturors, who In turn
employ agents to work up business. And as
ono of the most disreputable features they em
ploy as agents men working for and drawing
wages from tho very corporailons the legal
p.rafters seek to prey on.
The Bco'b exposition of this amaslng Indus
try has aroused Interest all over the country
and Its exhibit has been put up In due form to
the Minnesota Bar association for action. Hon
est lawyers, everywhere, even though they
shirk their duty to attack the evil, must wish
their profession rid of those who thus dis
grace it.
Chicago papers have been printing the
"Dear Nonnie" letters In the Schumann-Heink-Rapp
divorce case by Installments. "Line upon
line, precept upon precept," The people must
have all the news.
Brief contributions on timely
topics UvlUd. T2k Bs assumes
no respCBslMMy for opinions of
oorrsapeadsiUs. All latUra anb
Jet to condensation ty editor.
In Answer to Jndge Llndsey
DENVER, June 10. To the Editor of
The Bees We send ,you the following
Official statement by the Board ot Di
rectors of the Colorado State Bureau
of Child and Animal Protection, and ask
you to publish It, to counteract In part
the Injury done by tho faleo statements
referred to:
The statement ot Juvenile Judge Ben
B. Llndsey before the federal commis
sion on Industrial relations In New York
Thursday, May 28. 1914, that E. A. Col
burn, president of the Colorado State
liureau of Child and Animal Protection,
Is or ever was opposed to child labor
legislation or to any legislation in the
Interest of children is a deliberate, un
qualified and malicious falsehood. On
the contrary, the tact that no unlawful
child labor has existed In Colorado for
twelve years past Is due entirely to the
work ot that bureau. Most of the prac
t cal legislation for the protection ot
children In Colorado is its work. It
arurteu and urged a much more stringent
and practical law for the prevention of
child labtr than tho one Llndsey claims
as his. All these facts are well known
to him, Ever since the Juvenile court In
Denver was started tho bureau has openly
disapproved tbi maudlin and vicious meth
ods, which have made It the most de
moralizing Influence among the boys and
girls of the city and which have pro
tected instead of punishing men who
wrong girl children. Right-minded Peo
ple should bo warned that Llndsey iiaB
always been merely an unscrupulous
demagogue, reckless of moral obligations
and bent only on self-aggrandlxemcnt.
He has been supported and protected thus
far partly for political uses and partly
by a misplaced respect for the work he
has pretended to be doing for children,
No atatetnant or his since his entry Into
public life can safely be accepted as being
true, while much of what he says is
Intentionally and wholly false, as the pub
lic will sooner or later discover.
We aro well aware that the belief In
Judge Llndsey as a good man who has
done a great work for children Is so
firmly established In the public mind
that the forgoing statement will shock
and affront many Instead of Informing
and warning them. We are fully aware,
also, that his retention In office by the
people of this city and the constant
misrepresentation ,ln his favor published
here and sent out from here amply
Justify such belief.
Nevertheless, It is on accurate state
ment of the literal truth, both ns to the
methods' and results of the. Denver Juve
nile court and as to the character and
record of Its Judge. Any dispassionate
Investigation, even a slight one, will dis
close Its truth.
Local conditions In Denver, political
and othorwlso, have for many years
been of such an extraordinary character
as to fully explain his apparent support
by her people when once understood.
This bureau, thus maligned by Judge
Llndsey, has existed practically un
changed except with the usual varying
membership for thirteen years, and is
wholly nonpartisan and independent of
political Influence or 'any other Influ
ences except such as contribute to Its
worth of protecting children and animals
In this state. For these reasons It has
always been free to express Its disap
proval of tho Juvenile court as it has
always been c,o;n.ducUd ierc-to which
fact may be ascribed the1 resentment an'd
false statements of Its Jjidge.
E, K. "WHITEHEAD", Secretary.
Editorial Sittings.,
' Springfield Republican: H Is embarras
sing for progressive members of congress,
to read Mr. Roosevelt's denunciation Of
the democratic tariff. They voted for It.
New York Post: A large number -of
navigators are now descending the River
of Doubt, wondering whether It will -bring
them out In the Rio Progresslvo or Rio
Republlcano.
Brooklyn Eagle: If Roosevelt by any
possibility should be elected a United
States senator, the way the older sen
ators would haxe him Is easier to imagine
than describe. The opportunity would
be very highly appreciated.
Bt. Louis alobe-Democrat: Tho Alaskan
who s awaiting permission from Wash
ington to Use a little, coal for the boiler
on his boat can get some Idea of the
way business will be generally con
ducted when t la regulated by a board
at Washington.
Springfield Republican: The passage
of the bill empowering the Interstate
Commerce Commission to regulate the
Issue of railroad securities has been as
sured since Mr. Mellen finished his testi
mony. The vote in opposition, with, a
congressional election approaching, prom
lees to be near the vanishing point.
Buffalo Express: The California Rail
joad commission Is setting an example
In a new form by demanding that tho
directors ot the United -railroads par
back to th company the sum ot 1.0W,000
which they voted to President Patrick
Calhoun to put into a land speculation.
It Is not exactly clear why corporate of
ficials should not refund money taken
from the corporations; but It Is safe to
predict that before this case gets through
the courts K will be discovered to violate
some vested right.
Philadelphia Record: Secretary Daniels'
recommendation that the battleships
Idaho and Mississippi be .sold to Greece'
Is Interesting not only as a proposed
stroke of "business, but also because It
suggests that dreeco Is losing no time
In putting her navy In better shape. U
wilt b remembered that In the recent
war between tho Balkan allies and
Turkey a swift Turkish Cruiser put tho
(Ireeka at a great disadvantage in the
hostilities by water. 8lnce then Turkey
has aimed to Improve Its navy, nnd
flreece evidently Intends to do likewise.
Apparently those Balkan war clouds
show no Intention ot dissolving.
Anvil Sparks
Revenge Is sweet, but there are mighty
few of us who can stand a diet ot swet?.
In building castles th the air b care
ful that you don't find yourself In a hole
Instead. .,.
Crumbs of comfort- may be all. right,
but It takes a- lot of tbtm to .make- a
square meat.
You can generally reach a man's heart
either through his stomaoh or by feed
ing hia vanity.
Foresight is a gift that comes to a man
when he gets so old he haa nothing to
look forward to.
Tho only man who can successfully
combine business and pleasure Is th
man whose pleasura is buslneaa.
Railroad Block Signals
Misleading: Statistics Supplied to
Interstate Commerce Commission.
What's the Ansvrrxf
Is a train dispatcher off duty a block signal?
The Wall Street Journal propounds the question In
connection with "block signal statistics" furnished by
the railroad companies of the country to the Inter
state Commerce commission and published by the
latter body. Many roads Included In the statistics
Incorporate In their "block signals" such means ot
train dispatching aa the telegraph and telephone, thus
giving a low percentage rating to roads which re
ported the exact mileage of genuine block signals.
For Instance, such roads aa "the Union Pacific ami
the Southern Pacific, which havo stood to the fore,"
to quote the Journal, In this matter of making their
tracks safe, appeared In this report as having but
44.9 per cent and 4 1.3 per cent of their passenger track
protected by block signals, against Missouri Pacific's
98.4 per cent and the Burlington and Baltimore & Ohio
with Iff) per cent.
'nine million" Bonds.
In Its analysis of the commission's report the Wall
Street Journal says:
"The apparent valueless character of this align
ment becomes manifest upon drawing a distinction
between automatic block signals and non-automatic.
Of the 'blue ribbon' 100 per cent roads referred to,
for Instance, Baltimore & Ohio has 759 miles of track
protected by automatic. Burlington has only 231
miles of automatic signals. These compare with Union
Pacific's 3,438 miles, and Southern Pacific's 3,719 miles,
of automatically block signaled tracK,
"The entire Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
mileage is protected by signals of various sorts. They
are, therefore, as indigenous to the 100 per. cent blue
ribbon class as any of the other roads, and decidedly
more so than many of those given lto per cent by the
commission, as their proportion of track protected by
automatlo as against nondescript signalling systems
Is decidedly greater.
"Somo of tho roads have contended that the com
mission's bulletin Was clear, as the automatic and
nonautomatlc signals were there segregated. Union
Pacific tor Instance, points out that the bulletin
shows' that the 4 C9 per cent of protected track with
which It Is credited Is practically only Its automat
ically signalled track. It reported only 12.2 miles of
track guarded by nonautomatlc signals. Its officers
declaring that the various means of guarding the rest
of Its track, while grouped by the commission under
the head of block signals, are not entitled to that
name.
"Under the head of nonautomatlc block signals tho
commission Is said to have Included mileage having
telegraph line, telephone line, a system of call bells, or
practically any means ot communication frqm station
to station, along which tho orders ot a train dis
patcher are forwarded. The total tracks of prac
tically all lines in the United States are thus .pro
tected, In some fashion or other, but .this .protection
may or may not Partake In any wise ot the nature
of a block signal. Moreover, many of these forms
of nonautomatlc protection are not In operation during
tho night.
nntlnar of "Western Bonds
"The commission's , nonautomatlc - block signal
grouping, in this report at least, is so broad or so
indefinite, as to be worthless as a guide to safety ot
track. This leaves the automatic signal showing ot
tho various roads the only valuable part of the com
mission's report. Following Is a table, compiled from
the commission's report, showing a comparison ot
leading western roads In the matter of percentage of
all track protected by automatic block signals:
Ml. track with Pet. track
Total ml. block
of track, protected.
automatic
Roads'; Western, signals.
Union Pacific 3,438
Southern Pacific 3,71 9
Northern Paclfio 1,355
Chicago '& North W 1,912
Rock Island 1,224
Frisco TO
Great Northern S81
Ht. Paul 1.079
Atchison "51
Iron Mountain .H'j
Missouri Pacific A '138 '
Burlington .... i-
"In the matter of "automatic block-signals, Union'
and Southern Paclfio lead al the roads' in tho west
by a large margin arid Tank' among the leading ten
roads of the entire country."
7.S73
B.iJt.
6.02S
8.9C7
7,647
5,880
0.925
9.V0S -
10.8S1
3,293
3,756 '
9,192
41,8
40.7
22.5
21.3
15.6
13.5
12.7
11.J1
6.9
4.2
S.
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Twice, Told Tales
The Humcon'a Duufli tor. f
A surgeon at Johns. Hopkins hospital is, fond, of
... . . . . . . . .
stories In wblcn tne joite is on ine uovior. , jm, n-iu
this one: - - . -... .K
One patient fancied there was something . tne
matter with his heart; His physician made,'a cursory
examination, which -disclosed ilafge swelling' In the
patient's cardlao region
"There certainly appears, 'to .be an' extraordinary
awolling right hero," said the doctor, tepplng with his
fingers on the' patlenVs'Side. "Wff must reduce this
at once." . ,
Whereupon a faint smile appeared on the patient's
worried countenance. r-
"Oh, doctor," he exclaimed,. V'4that.,weningUs my
pocketbook. please. don,'t. reduce Jtomuch Ji-Lip-
plnncott's Magaxlne. ';'. A
On Wny.
"PieasemlsterJo'nescanlgetoffTuesdayT"
young male employe, only more rapidly.
"Which of .your-relatives Is dead7 inquired tne
boss. i i
"Not any, sir," replied the lad wlili a politeness
which exists only,n Action. - ' !
"Which of your teeth are you .going- to have
pulled?" j
"Not any, sir," replied the lad.etc. ' . . i
"Which of your sisters Is "getting married?" ,
"Not any, sir," etc. . , .
"The fact Is," continued the youth, "I would Ilka
to go to the ball game. and, my desire being genuine,
I would not hazard my chances by. trying' to pull 'a
rotten old excuse, on. a foxy business man. Thank-
you, alr."-New York Press.
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sold the
People 'and'Bvents ,,
Sir Thomas Upton (s not only a good sport, but a
gallant friend of the' oppressed. 'He proposes to wjo
tho America cup and convert It Into safety pins f6r
British militants. - . , -
The boy who used- to. sell a bite of his apple for'
flva marbles and then carefully, t,urn the worm hole
In the apple so the. purchaser, would -get it .In his. bite,
haa grown up and Is now a captain of finance. "
Roosevelt and Villa, have "both been clnemato
graphed during their recenti expeditions in search of
rivers and despots -and other 'things. . They may be1
Justly rated as the two most 'picturesque Americans.;
Mlsa Lenore Cawker. the mUllonaalrcss dog catcher
of Milwaukee, Is sr efficient In her work that the city
council appropriated ah. extra iSW for tho. support of
Impounded dogs. As a dog catcher Miss Lenore Is a
Cawker. ,
Dr. L. Pierce Clark of JJew York, addressing the
Medico-Psychological convention In Baltimore, said
the modern school systems fall to properly provide
for so-called nervous children, and that much remains
to be dona by school authorltleaJn meeting this prob
lem. Work on the first Mormon temple on British soli
Is now well under way In Cardston, Alberta, the Mor
mon center tor Canada. The structure will be ot
granite from the Rocky mountains of British Co
lumbla. Machinery valued at 110,000 has bee,n Installed
oa the temple ground and cutting will be done there
-- fast as tha rough material can be delivered.
SAID IN FUN.
"Get on the bandwagon for Wombat.
Be an original Wombat man."
"Why?"
"You may get an office."
"That's no way to get an office. I'll
hang back until I am assured ot some
thing good." Pittsburgh Post
"Why do you assume to criticise affairs
of public Importance which everybody
knows you don't understand?" ,
"That's why I feei so free to criticise."
replied Mr. Jabbles. "Everybody knows
I don t pretend to understand 'em, ana
therefore nobody ought to take dffense."
Washington Star,
"You let mo talk nil day about this
mining stock and now sav you never
had any Idea ot Investing." "Well.
stranger." responded the old farmer, "you
seemed to want to - talk and lve.oeen
powerful lonesome since winter set in.
Have suDPer with me and call' it square."
Kansas City Journal.
First LadV Too bad! .Mrs. S. always has
such abominable weather for her after
noon teas.
Second Lndv Yes! nhn nvcr nnura but
It rains. London Tit-Bits.
"Loan me J5 until Thursday, old man.
If I live till then I'll surely pay you."
Ail right, liut li you succumb, don t
send anybody around to touch me for
the funeral expenses." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Boss, won't ycr help a .poor man?"
"See here! I aravo you some money1
last week."
Well, gee whlxl nln t ycr earned any
more since?" Boston Transcript.
do you have your mattresses stuffed with?
Tavern Keeper with the best straw in
the hull country, b'gosh!
Wayward Traveler Now, that accounts
for Itl I know where the straw came
from that broke the camel's back!
A SUMMER SHOWER,
A winding, dusty road; a sun whose rays
Gleam ond glimmer In the midday haxe.
Over the trees and grass a coat of gray
Spreads like a Quaker garb; along tha
way
A hawthorn hedge grows tall and rank;
tho bees
With drowsy hum soar by, while In the
trees-
The locusts sing their dreary summer
song.
With lagging steps and slow, there ploda
along
A lnd with cheek of tan and freckled
nose.
Kicking the dust with his bare brown
toes.
A fleecy cloud; a gantle breexe: a flash
Ot lightning, then a deep, resounding
crash:
nd now the once bright sun Is overcast:
The winds blow cool; the black clouds
gather fast;
While from their depths the glistening
raindrops fall
Upon the parched earth, nnd one and nil
Of nature's nurselings raise their heads
again
To quench their thirst wtth the refresh
ing, rain, .
And from the sheltering hedge two round
'blue eyes
Peer out and upward to the troubled
skies.
The rain has ceased; the sun once more
Is shining;
Tho threatening clouds now show their
silver lining;
The raindrops clinc to leaf and blade,
each one
Reflecting diamond-like tho glorious sun
That now looks down through well
washed summer skies
Upon a fresh, cool, earthly paradise.
The voice of every Insect, beast and bird
In song of praise and sr&tltude la heard.
Once more with vigorous footstep,, blithe
and gay,
The barefoot boy goes whistling on his
way. -DAVID.
Omaha.
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