THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1914.
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circa will bo changed as often as requested.
Let the eagle scronm!
Even tho chronic kicker has no right to kick
on this weather.
The Glorious Fourth Is Young America's
special holiday.
Well, now, this is tho day. Be suro it Is
patriotism that you fro otf.
Tho old-fashioned Fourth uaod to be moro
noisy, but the now one reglstors moro spoed.
St. Louis has finally adopted a now chartor,
but it bancs onto tho old Four Courts building.
Oh, sure, to a hide-bound democrat any crit
icism of tho Wilson administration is "unfair"
criticism.
It does not requiro a signboard to inform
the mala mombors of tho household that this is
preserving tlmo.
No adjournment of congress bofore Septem
ber is tho latest edict. Gee, but that's tough on
the chautauquas!
It Is moro than appropriate for Speaker
Clark to be made a doctor of lawB since doctor
ing laws has been his llfowork.
Should thoro be no recess of congress, that
may explain the enigmatic statement that thoro
will bo no rocoss appointments.
Those democrats down at Washington act
as if they wore in distressing despair of never
having another democratic congress.
Iluerta is said to be satisfied, now that "The
dignity of Mexico Is saved." Well, rt dash of
humor injected Into the situation will not
hurt it.
Omaha's first Fourth of July fatality is to
bo charged up, not to tho fireworks vendor, but
to tho nutomobllist. The "safety first" cam
paign must not stop.
The misuse ot tho senator's stationery for
mining stock promotion Is put on his son-in-law.
No well regulated senatorial family should bo
without a son-in-law.
That Oklahoma congressman who asked for
a leave of absence to go homo and "prosecute
my campaign for the democratic nomination for
congress." might bo pointed out horeafter as
ono of tho oddities for sightseers at the capital.
It certainly takes nervo for our democratic
senator's organ to lampoon Colonel Roosevelt
for criticising President Wilson after tho per
formance of tho senator himself when tho cur
rency measure was being railroaded through
congress under Whlto Houso whip and spur.
A minister engaged In sumptuary reform
recently made tho remark that prohibition of
tho liquor traffic would result In largor ubo of
other kinds of stimulants and narcotics, Includ
ing opiates. Official rovenuo reports show a
falling off in the lost year In whisky consump
tion, but a gain In tho use of beer and cigar
ettes, which may have a bearing on the minis
ter's assertion.
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toHNixB mom ace rLCj
Today Is th 106th anniversary of American Inde
pendence. The forenoon game between the Union Pacifies and
Reserves was witnessed by 1.700 people, and tho home
team won, to 1. In tho afternoon standing room was
at a premium with over J.S0O spectators out to see
the game, which took ten Innings to put tho Reserves
ahead, 17 to 16.
The Athletic tournament at the cricket park did
not draw the crowd that was expected. Tho hundred-yard
race was won by Welnbenner, and tho long
Jump by P. N. Duffy, who also won the stone throw.
Ins. the hammer by Hocksworth and the hurdle race
by K. M. Bander.
Tho Methodists of the Tenth Street church had an
nJoyable basket picnic In the north end of Kountse'a
rrove.
Here ate the names of the different amh
the City In Which Bell & Rhriver offer -- ....
West End. Bunnystde, Irving place. Pelham place,
lla&scom place, Howard place, Hlmebaugit place,
Hellroan place. Parker's addition, Shwtfs addition!
Coburn's subdivision, Brookllne, BeMdere, Mayfteld
and Forbes' addition.
Two girls willing to go to the country are promised
good wires and expense paid. Call on Mrm. Cluk
"un. St, ItMXj't, arum and Twentieth street.
to
One Hundred and Thirty-Eight.
The day wo are celebrating Is tho 138th an
niversary of the signing of the Declaration of
American Independence.
Thero Is no special significance in this par
ticular number, for one Fourth of July has been
ory much Hko tho othor, tho change In our
modo ot celebration being gradual rather than
sudden. What wo have to ponder and refloct
upon is tho fact that tho spirit of freedom then
proclaimed has been marching steadily forward
all these years with over broadening scope and
enlarging influence. The seods sown by tho
revolution which brought tho blessings of lib
erty to our colonists have continued to work
throughout tho world, most of the time peacea
bly, every now and then bursting forth Into now
wars to unshackle human bondage, but never
allowing liberty to loso ground or to stand still.
The spirit of '7C han become a world-leavening
power, and the fears of the forefathors as
to tho permanence of their work have been
proved groundless. No one would dare attempt
to picture tho ultlmato goal or fix the relative
position of tho number one hundred and thirty
eight In the procession of event.
How About Private Business?
Administration ngenclcs put out an array of
figures purporting to' show unusual prosperity
of tho government In the first year of the Wll
non regime; that tho year closes with Income
exceeding ordinary exponses by $33,784,000.
Officially on the faco of these figures tho
year has proved successful, but how nbout our
ttatus, unofficially? How In It with private
business? How Is It with the Individual, tho
average man? Aro these more prosperous to
day than thoy wore before President Wilson and
his democratic associates went into office? Big
business or little, lias it reached out proportion
ately and gained new strength, enabling it to
resist tho usual forces of competition and ad
vorslty? Has tho averago Individual similarly
prospered over and above his former condition?
Has his cost of living como down In compliance
with democratic promises and free trado policies
and his productive powers correspondingly In
creased? Aro more men employed and fewer
business concerns financially distressed today
as a result of this year of democratic govern
ment? It may be easy enough for tho government
to make income equal outgo, but not tho same
In tho employment and prosperity of tho wage
earnor, tho buslnoss man and tho banker.
Can Mr. Ultlmato Consumer bo convinced
that It costs him less to llvo today than It did a
year and a half ago? Brag Is great stuff, but It
pays few grocery bills and increases no one's
earnings.
Missourians, All.
Let us hopo for tho best in the forma) an
nouncement of Ambassador Da Qama that tho
Niagara Falls mediation has already rosulted
in averting war, "tho practical settlement of the
conflict botwoen the United States and Mexico,"
disposing of International issues, thus clearing
the way for tho solution of Internal problems by
mutual agreement of contending factions. A
protocol ombodylng the mediation achievements
In signed and Huerta envoys aro said to have as
sented to a friendly conference with tho Car
ranzlstns. All of which, evon as It stands, affords some
ground for hopo to those who nonetheless
reallio that "there's many a slip 'twlxt cup and
lip" in this Mexican drama. Huertn, we hoar,
in moro sullen than evor. Villa and Carrnnza are
not exchanging dulcet kisses theso days, and
Villa Is a proud, Jealous bandlt-Boldler. Still
another rumor has It that Huorta has already
Bent his family ahead to Europe and will Join
them at the earliest opportunity. This Is about
tho status of things Moxlcan at present. Ot
course, should Huerta really quit Mexico, the
fortunes ot peaco might afford to sing his
praises. Americans and Britons, too still floelng
from Mexico City on advice or their mlnlstor
whllo rojolclng In tho feeling of war averted,
nevertheless will contlnuo tho policy of "watch
ful waiting" for something tangible and depend
able In othor words, events of the last fow
months and weeks have made Missourians ot
us all.
Pity the Poor Rich Man.
J. P. Morgan wont to Washington to spend
the day, part of It consulting with tho president
over business and "reminiscences," tho remain
der Just bumping about. Now, a man less rich and
less famous would have had no trouble enjoying
himself In the capital, lie would have min
gled with a group of congenial friends hero and
there, probably gono through the capltol with
his "home congressman" or senator and maybe
taken in the ball same. Not bo Mr. Morgan.
As secret' as possible ho slips In for a Ilttlo
chat with the president, then runs Into a battery
ot reporters in his attempt to escape as secretly
as ho came. He Is not pormltted, or thinks he
is not, to tell them anything ot interest and
presently he Is lost, incognito. In a downtown
cafe. Accidentally he bumps Into two cabinet
nlembors, who probably scowl at his awkward
ness and paBs him by unknowingly. Then to
the capltol, where he tries to get into the guests'
gallery In tho senate, only to be turned aBlde by
tin autocratic doorkeeper. "But I know Sena
tor Boot," pleads tho poor rich man. "No mat
ter, up that way for you." And ho finds him
self seated among the common herd, tourists
and loungers, listening to men down on the floor
talk about "big business," probably tripping his
name ofton on the lips. In the evening he steals
on down to the depot, hops into an ordinary
passenger coach and rides back to New York.
And yet folks yearn for the llfo of a Morgan
or a Rockefeller or a Vanderbllt. No doubt
this scion of the late colossus of world finance
would have given a good deal that day to have
gone about simply as John P. Morgan, wherever
he pleased, said and done whatever he wished,
instead of slipping hither and yon under cover
as if he bad come to make way with the United
States treasury.
"More cigarettes than ever Btnoked in this
country last year." More In Nebraska, too,
we'll wager, In spite of our cigarette prohib
itory law, although, of course, there is no way
of proving it with real figures.
According- to Income tax returns. 17.000 men
In this country hare combined incomes aggre
gating a billion dallxra. Ours is a billion
dollar country- (a more ways than one.
Brief oontrlbntloas on timely
topics invited. The Bee assumes
no reepcasfblllty for opinions of
correspondents. AH letters sub
ject te condensation by editor.
J not "Hunk."
NORTH nATTE. July 3. To the Edi
tor of The Bee; I received a notice from
J. H. Orosvenor, chairman, dated June
12, to attend a meeting of the people's
Independent party committee at Lincoln
Juno 30, at 2 p. m., to consider the wel
fare and reorganization of the party.
1 attended the meeting, which was com
posed of eighteen or twenty spavined
politicians. Their chief matter of con
sideration was: AVhether to, or not to,
dlBorganlte the people's Independent
parly. It was finally concluded that
thero were 9,000 straight peoplo's inde
pendent party voters in Nebraska, and
that If the meeting disorganized tho
peoplo'w party most of these 9,000 people's
Independent votes would go to the pro
gressive party movement, consequently In
order to hold this vote to tho democratic
party tho Hastings and Omaha meetings
ncre "staged" up to catch tho 'pops"
on the "fly." Thero was no purpose set
forth as to why tho people's Independent
party, or any other party, should exist.
Let no one who seeks progress In po
litical action be deceived by such "hunk."
There Is rnll for progressive action in
politics, but It must bo on a purpone, well
defined. Tho clamor for merely party
supremacy Is no good. Nine thousand
peoplo's Independent party votes Is a suf
ficient nucleus for such voters to rally
on to bring success to their movement.
Let tho "pops" no longer be allured by
influences that have hitherto well nigh
betrayed and destroyed their purpose.
Get wise, yon "pops."
LUCIEN STEBBINS,
Asvaln Inquisitive.
OMAHA, Jul 2. To the Editor of Tho
Beo: You were kind enough to Insert my
letter of Inquiry a few days ago as to
tho correctness of "Fontenelle" Instead
of "Fontnnello" as the name of the new
million-dollar hotel.
Will yon allow me to ask for the fol
lowing Information: There Is a amoko
ordinance In this city. There Is an In
spector to see that It is properly observed.
Why does ho not call to nccount tho
worst offender In tho city the new Doug
las county building? This morning shortly
before 8 o'clock Its chimney was belching
forth clouds of black smoko. If the wind
hnd been south, It would have been Im
possible to locato the city hall in the
darkness caused. Why is the Douglas
county building permitted to envelop tho
city in a dense pall of black smoko when
small offenders are fined? INQUIRER.
Socialists Favor Yutea for Women.
OMAHA, July 3. To the Editor of The
Bee: "Votes for Women" Is a matter
ot Justice. Justice 13 infectious; Justice
of ono form Is favorable to other forms;
Justice anywhere encourages Juatlco
everywhere Woman suffrage political
Justice cannot make conditions much
worse; it may mark the beginning of an
era such aa the world has never known.
If we voters have a spark of fairness
and chivalry In us, now is the time to
show It. Let us give woman suffrage a
trial In tho nation as 'well as Nebraska.
I prophesy that It will prove to be an
act of priceless wisdom.
EDMUND R. BRUMBAUGH,
2701 Camden Avenue.
I
In Other Lands
About Women
Miss Myrtle Nelson goes to Jail for
three months in Cleveland rather than
forgtvo her mother and return homo to
live.
If Sylvia rankhurst's threat to starve
to death has triumphed over the whole
British empire; it Asqulth is bowing tho
knee, then stomach specialists may well
cnlargo their phylacteries. They aro the
cxars of tho future, and order or dis
order Is within their giving.
Mrs. Martha Medley, aged '23, was
crushed to death by the englno of a
passenger train near Cercdo, W. Va
after ho had thrown herself In the
train's path and pushed her 4-year-old
daughter to safety. Three other children
witnessed their mother's death.
Whllo she was driving her automobile
along the Susquehanna river Mrs. Marian
Kauffman, wife of a wealthy farmer,
saw a boy struggling In tho water. Sho
dived Into the water and brought tho boy
to shore. After finding him safo, with
wet clothes and all, she drove away In
her car.
"Get knocked down by a trolley car."
was tho answer Mrs. Dorothy I. Stevens
gave net husband when he asked what
ho could do to make her happy. At least
that Is what ho testified to in a Brook
lyn court. Mrs. Stevens Is a daughter ot
Rev. Madison C, Peters, the well known
writer.
The dismissal of Isolde Beldler's peti
tion to bo recognized aa the daughter of
Richard "Wagjvrr will not end a contro
versy which ordinary tact would have
hushed up long ago, and tho discussion ot
which accomplishes no good whatever.
Common sense Is sometimes better than
publicity.
Refusing to allow her marriage to be
postponed, notwithstanding the death
of her grandmother, whose body was
still In the house, Miss Dorothy Anna
Kent of East Orange, N. J was wedded
to Dr. John Andrew Freesiv The young
women, who were to have been brides
maids, and the ushers attended the cere
mony as guests.
About Immigration
Since 1SS2. 8T per' cent of the whole were
from Southern and Eastern Europe.
Of the earlier Immigration. S6 per cent
became naturalized citizens; of the latter,
JO per cent.
In 191J a new htgh-water mark-l.SS7.S18
Immigrants was established, the larger
part being Italians, Poles. Russian He
brews and Austro-Hungarlans.
From 1864 to 1S82, 87 per cent of the
8.0CQ.OOO Immigrants were received from
Northwestern Europe, mainly Germany,
Great Britain and Ireland, says the cur
rent Leslie's Weekly.
Distribution la IS U net Immigration
(arrivals leas departure): To the South,
hungary for Ubo rem. n,0Jt. To the West
(Mississippi river to bat not Including,
Pacific slope). To six bUUo, al-
overennrded. (Xw York. Sfasaachawtts.
Pennsylvania, Now Jersey, Ohio and Illi
nois),. JU,U.
Foreign View of Clnflln nnil Wilson,
Buropean opinion as reflected In the press declines
to divoree the gigantic Ciaflln failure from tho Influ
ence of the Wilson administration. In Berlin tho
Lokal Anzelger, discussing the Ciaflln collapse re
cently, said: "This article ought really to bear tho
superscription, 'Ciaflln and Wilson,' for the failure
of the firm has for the president the full significance
of the handwriting on the wall." The editorial goes
on to say that In vlow of statements made by the
president subsequent to the failure, "It must be
doubted, however. If he understands It." Evidently
the German editor does not fully appreciate Mr, Wil
son's power of perception or he would know that
Mr. Wilson fully understands this significance, even
though he may npt see fit to disclose his feelings.
The Ciaflln failure, the most gigantic In the history
of American mercantile business. Is tho subject of
much grave comment In Berlin and other European
capitals and occastpn for more fun-making than ever
ot Mr. Wilson's psychology explanation.
Iloynlty Still Loves Our GlrU.
Tho recent marriages of Miss Laura McDonald
Stallo, daughter of an old and wealthy Cincinnati
family, to Prince Francesco RospIglUosI of Italy,
which has occasioned much comment and excitement
among Americans in Paris, is taken as Indicating th,
survival of that grand re love which European roy
alists have been wont to bear for xe grand American
maidens, especially thoso whoso papas possess ze
irresistible and plethoric purses. The Stallo family
has lots of good Standard Oil money, a coarse thing
to mention In connection with such a tine subject,
but nevertheless it doubtless has been mentioned
many times by those more closely related to this lit
tle comment. Europe has been ruminating of late on
tho apparent abatement of these kind of marriages,
where American maidens of millions become betitled
members ot royal households on yon side the waters,
and so It finds relish, indeed, in this morsel of gos
sip. Albeit, tho prince, htmsctr, Is a man of no mean
standing. Ono of his famous hobbles Is travel. Ho Is
going In very strong for travel as a honeymoon af
fair. He has chartered ono grand yacht In which he
and his bride will sail away for tho cooling shores ot
the Land of the Midnight Sun, over tho broad bosom
of the North sea and the Atlantic into the distant
Arctic ocean. Ah, thero is the place for a prince's
honoymoon. The prince says he haa visited every
land, from China to Patagonia, and avers that no
man Is better traveled. Forsooth, he will be able to
magnify tho Joy of this trip for his beautiful bride,
with enchanting dissertations upon this scene and
that, so far from civilization, so strnngo to the little
American girl, yet so, ah, 80 perfectly familiar to zo
prince. Aa we say, Americans In Paris are all agog
over this marriage, tho more because only last Octo
bor Miss Stallo broko off her engagement to Mr.
Jefferson Patterson Crane of Dayton, O.
Pathos of Militancy.
The good archbishop of Canterbury may look for
a brick over his way now most any time. AJax did
a wise and perfectly discreet thing when he went out
that day and defied the lightning In comparison with
what tho great prelate has done. He has In polite
language excoriated tho British suffragettes, refer
ring to them as "unhinged." Says the archbishop:
"The outstanding feature of the controversy Is tho
deep pathos of seeing splendid energy and self
devotion distorted and mishandled by a little group
in a manner so mlBcfilevous." But tho archbishop
has some kind and considerate words for the women,
nor does he lay on them the fundamental blame for
all that Is now going on. He has scented the situa
tion with a sago sympathy and sees that bock of
these orgies of hrlck-throwlng and dynamttlng are
Causes for which the poor women aro not responsible.
Ho wishes to ba understood, however, as not con
doning outlawry or violence, such as the militants
have been guilty of, oven on the ground of tho abuses
England tolerates of certain Industrial and social
rights. He says: "The pathos of It Is deepened by
knowing that some at least of thoso who become un
hinged and violent owe their hysterical condition to
tho shock which came to them In the sudden realiza
tion of existing tacts about some forms of moral vice
which casts so shameful a stain upon a Christian
community and chiefly on Its manhood." As a
matter of fact, the archbishop's statement Is a clarion
call to tho conscience ot England on this great sub
Ject. Ho by no means excuses those responsible for
the conditions provoking this reign of terror by the
militants.
lints Purveyors of llubonlc Plncue.
Dr. Juan Gulteras, the noted yellow fever expert
of Havana, gave out a statement In that city the
other day In which ho expressed the belief that tho
plague now disturbing New Orleans was not con
veyed from Cuba, He says since last February every
ship going from Havana to New Orleans has been
carefully freed of all rats, and everybody knows that
rats and not humans communicate the germs of this
dread malady. Ho thinks the New Orleans plague Is
duo to the outbreak among rats thero In 1912. That
one rat so afflicted died and from it the germs wero
spread by other rodents.
Twice Tola Tales
Sobriety Test.
At a social session they were speaking about the
dlfercnce of opinion aa to what may be considered
an Intoxicated condition, when J. Clyde Oswald, presi
dent of the National Editorial association, told of an
incident that happened In the southwest. Tho sheriff
and one of his deputies were riding down the road
one day, ho said, when they came across a man lying
flat on hlB back In tho burning sun. By his side lay
an empty bottle, which seemed to sufficiently explain
the situation.
"Jerome Is Jagged." remarked the sherirf. who
recognized the man. "Just take him up to the Jail."
"Hold on there a minute!" suddenly Interposed a
man who was standing by, "Jerome ain't Jagged."
"He Isn'tT" scornfully returned the sheriff. "What
makes you think that?"
"Cause he ain't." declared the other Insistently.
"I Jes" seen one of his fingers move." Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Life Savers.
An English policeman entered tho house of a pub
lican one morning and Informed him that It would
be necessary to hold an Inquest there In the after,
aoon.
Now tho landlord had a great objection to anything
of the kind, and said: "Oh. I can't be troubled with
Inquests In my house. Here, whafll you have to
drink?" ,
Robert said he'd have a drop ot Scotch, which he
did.
"Have actgar, tio," said the host.
After the consumption of two Scotches and cigars
the constable said he thought he could get the In
quest held somewhere Ue. but as he waa leaving the
landlord remarked:
"By the way, who aro they going to hold the In
quest on?"
"No one as I know of now," said the man In bluo.
"but It ud 'a' been on mo If I hadn't had theso
drinks an smokes." London Tit-Bits.
Not Up to (expectation.
When Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, who cele
brated hl birthday the other day, paid a visit to his
native village at the close ot the Zulu war, all the
Inhabitants turned out to welcome him. Among the
crowd waa a woman who ImpaUently asked her neigh
bors where "the 'ero" was.
"That's him." replied one of them, pointing out
Br Evelyn's rather spare, alight figure.
"What, lmf rf'" the woman. 'Im kill all
them JJntas! Why, even, my old. nrxs coald clout
Imr-rwaonrs Weekly.
Editorial Viewpoint
Wall Street Journal: At least the su
preme court In Washington knows how to
clean up and go home.
Wall 8 tree J Journal: ?rew constitutional
freedom migHt help business If it were
new, or constitutional, or free.
Philadelphia Public Ledger: Tne base
ball situation could not be any worse if
congress had undertaken to regulate It.
Washington Post: Maybe, if Sylvia
Pankhurst would go without eating for a
month, they'd let her sec the king him
self. New York World: Sea captains find It
easier to bring their ships Into collision
than to explain how It happened after
ward. Now York Herald: How can the repub
licans expect progressives to fuse with
them when the progressives cannot fuse
with themselves.
Washington Star: It might be easier
to get harvest hands If the farmers
would Issue posters as attractive as those
used by the army and navy.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Quick on the
heels of the year's longest day comes tax
paying time. It seems on occasions that
every cloud has a leaden lining.
Washington Post: "It you must have
a pet, get a pig," advises Dr. Qulgley
of North Platte, Neb., but some poor
women wait until they're grown up.
Boston Transcript: How many of the
Eons ot the Revolution of 1914, who are
to follow Washington's route from Phila
delphia to Cambridge In automobiles,
could make tho trip on horseback?
Philadelphia Inquirer: A Frenchman
has invented a shockabsorber for a
wheelbarrow, but we don't have any
hope it would absorb the shock of a
member ot tho Independent Workers of
the World did ho perchance see a man
pushing on.
FEMNIfTE FANCIES.
Patience Mrs. Styles says her husband
gives her $5,000 a year to spend.
Patrice Yes, Mrs. Styles It very ex
travagantIn her statements. Yonkers
Chorus Lady What do you think,
dear? George Is back from Scotland,
stony broke and so altered that you
would hardly know him.
Second Chorus Girl I'm sur I shan't,
dear. London Opinion.
"What could he more sad Mum n man
without a country?" feelingly nikod tho
high school literature teacher of her
class.
"A country without a man." responded
a pretty girl Just as feelingly. Topeka
Journal.
"Superstitious after all theso years?
Don't you remember, -in tho evening
wo first met how a black cat can across
our path and you swore rcno misfortune
would happen to you?"
"And It wasn't a vsar until we were
married. AVhat greater proof do yi.u
want?" Houston Post.
She Johnnie needs a new pair of shoes.
He Why, saints allvet I brought homo
a pair for him last night
Sho Yes, you did. But as it took you
fully six weeks to remember to get
them, it might be well to start In now on
tho next pair. Cleveland Putin Dealer.
The Glorious Fonrth.
When you're roused from your sleep by
a terrible noise
At four In the morning, you know that
the boys
Are up for the dar. and sigh.
When In through the window a fire
cracker files
And bursts on the floor, driving sleep
from your eyes.
You know It's the Fourth ot July.
When the cat In wild fear climbs a tree
In a gale
With a bunch of firecrackers attached
to her tall.
Which happens Just once a year;
When Towser seeks a hole under the
house
And keeps Just aa still as a poor fright
ened mouse.
The Glorious Fourth is here.
When all the world leaves for the woods
and the farms.
From the grey-headed sire to tho Infant
In arms,
We never wonder why:
And when, unawares, drenching all In
Its train.
Out flashes the lightening and down
pours the rain.
You know It's the Fourth of July.
When skyrockets burst and cannons
explode,
Causlnrr horses to run and upset their
load.
And a general panic is nigh;
When the fire englno comes and com
mences to play,
And the ambulance carries tho victims
away,
'Tls the Glorious Fourth of July.
When the wounds are all dressed and
plasters applied
To scratches and burns, which aro shown
with great pride
By little Peter and John;
When each in sweet sleep has forgotten
his grief,
You retire for the night with a sigh ot
relief.
The Glorious Fourth is gone.
-DAVID.
Benson & Thome's
Big Semi-
Annual
Clearance
Sale Starts
Monday, July 6th
Men's, Women's and
Children's High Type
Apparel greatly reduced
in price.
Ten million miles of adver
tising. A half-million Fords,
averaging twenty miles a day,
circle the world four hundred
times every twenty-four
hours. If the car wasn't
right this tremendous public
ity would put the Company
out of business. The Ford is
its own best salesman. A
demonstration is a revelation
take yours to-day.
Runabout $500. Touring Car $550. Town
Car $750 f. o b. Detroit. Complete with
equipment. Get catalog and particulars
from Ford Motor Co., 1910 Harney St.
A new sidewalk in front of
THE BEE BUILDING
is nothing much to brag about,
but it is merely external evi
dence of the fact that this is
"the btiilding that is always new,"
v
- For offices apply to Superintendent, Room 103.
Budweiser
Used ia bio re Hemes thaa any two other brands
ei Bottled aeer combined
Anheuser Busch Co. of Nebr.
DISTRIBUTORS
Family trad supplied by
G. H. HANSEN, Dealer
Phoa Douglas 2508
OMAHA NEBRASKA
