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SEPTEMBER. CIRCC LATIOX.
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Just on mora week bcfora tha voting.
Coming down cIom to tha campaign bom
stretch!
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Es ter weather," thl made-ln-Nebraska
variety challenge all.
Up to date every candidate in the rac 1
elected In -his own mind.
That new play, "Chin-Chin," ought to make
a big hit with the professional politicians.
( If you are not registered you cannot vote,
and you have no on but yourself to blame. .
' '"Prince William of Wled could, If he would,
give the merry ha ha to some other famous Wil
liams about now.
'I As soon as the Hon. A. Rustem Bey reaches
home, Turkey may b expected to declare war
against Uncle Sam.
"Lawyers do not take kindly to change," aaya
18enator Root. Oh, It the amount of change Is
large enough they do.
But when it comes to physical condition, and
capacity for work, Chief Justlc Reese Is youager
than Judge Hollenbeck.
Why has the World-Herald been so eager to
holp th democratic sheriff get away with his
ISO.000 Jail feeding graft T
. Have those European Jailers onsplred
against a great war story, by refusing to xnis-
isie Kicnara tiaramg Davis lor a spy any
more?
Even though back In th democratl fold.
Colonel watterson need . not b expected to
awing Kentucky in line for th prohibition, of
mint beds.
According to the Globe-Democrat, more than
$78,000 of beer revenue stamps have been sold
ih St. Lop Is. Com on, Milwaukee and show
four colors.
j , Either the nam or th condition of the so-
called Florence boulevard, from Miller park to
jib Florence line, should be changed for con
sistency's sake.
At any rate, th armies in th western war
anna have th better of the armies In th east
ern war arena when It comes to wrestling .with
th names on tha' map.
The and of th Carman trial again sug
gests th advantage enjoyed by a pretty woman
In the prisoner's dock. Wonder if It would b
.different with women Jurors.
Yes, but Senator Norris Is not running for
any office this year, and his term does not ex
pire until two years after the expiration of th
term of Nebraska's other senator.
Ifo Compulsory Military Serrice Here.
Developments in the European war have in
vited attention to the relative preparedness of
the different belligerent countries, and the boast
of the Germans, and for that matter of other
continental nations also, of their ability to rally
round the standards practically all their arms-
bearing citizens almost over sight. Of tha
European countries, England alone, relying on
voluntary enlistment, bas been shown to be able
to put only Its regular peace army into action.
and to be under the necessity of training raw re
cruits for supplementary field service, for which
they can hardly be drilled short of several
months.
Compulsory and universal tnllltay service Is
the rule In Europe, aa against tha wholly volun
teer systems obtaining In Great Britain and Its
colonies and in the United States. On this
showing, an authority, no less conspicuous than
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of llarvary univer
sity, Is advocating compulsory military service in
the United States. He calls attention to the
benefits of military discipline on the physical
makeup of the maturing man, and th broaden
ing outlook It gives him. True, he urges, not a
three-year term, but only a six-months term,
but, of course, this Is only a side issue, for the
main thought Is to have every one of military
age ready to b called to arms without th neces
sity of spending any time In preliminary train
ing ramps, for the physical exercise and the
broadened outlook could, in a pinch, be acquired
In some other wsy.
It will be time to srgue the matter when, if
ever. It Is seriously proposed as a governmental
policy. We venture the opinion, however, that
never, during the whole history of the republic.
having required Involuntary military service in
time of peace in this country, our people are not
likely to take to It now, particularly when It is
remembered that so many of them left old-
worm countries tor the one reason among
others, of dislike of their prevailing militarism.
Our efforts toward peace must aim at making
wars Impossible rather than at Imitating the
European burden of war preparations.
That Longest Session.
The present congress came Into existence
March 4, 1913. It was convened in extra session
by the president on April 7, 1913. This extra
session was merged Into the regular short ses
sion last December and the sitting Just ended,
therefore, stands as the longest continuous ses
sion on record, eighteen months snd a half, or
about 660 days. Next to this comes th session
which Issted from December 3, 1849, to Sep
tember 30, 1850, or 302 days. The first regular
session of th Sixty-first congress, December 4,
1911, continuing until August 36, 1912, ranks
third.
But the congress Is not to be Judged solely
by the length of Its sittings, quantity, so to
speak; rather must the tost com on quality.
History holds ample Justification for the dura
tion of th congress of 1849-1850, occupied
chiefly by the fiumous Compromise measure, on
which some of the immortal speeches of Amer
ican history were msde) by such men as Clay,
Webster, Calhoun, Seward, Benton, Hal, Doug
las, Jefferson Davis and Salmon P. Chase. The
present congress has yet to hear whether th
people consider the eighteen months to have
been well spent. Tbst th administration senses
the wisdom of reinforcing its record with the
strongest possible defense on the stump Is self
vident, in sending to the front Its biggest guns,
led by Mr. Bryon and other members of the cabi-
net. Vice President Marshall and th house and
senat leaders, the president himself, directing
the campaign and firing an occasional shot or
two at the enemy in the form of personal public
letters.
Th administration Is plainly taking no
chances on the record of congress speaking for
Itself. It realizes that even in eighteen months
of continuous deliberations, congress has left
undone many things it should have done and
don many things It should not' have done.
Tho German Emperor
Th Bee'i proposal to abolish the office of
coronr as a useless and costly fifth wheel to
th wagon has received several fine endorse
ments, and not one reason advanced against it.
" Tha homicide -rats In the United Stataa con.
tlnues higher than tbat of any other country Nawe
ta
Half a doien countries in Europe are sur
passing us Just now.
'it?r9fetLt4, CLi
'""U a-w a,m tiLj
lulled State Senator Oeorse M. Pendleton of
Ohio dlaeuaaed the Issues of the day for tha local
democracy before a large fathering at tha opera
house, James CreUxhton presiding.
The republican county convention put up a local
ticket The convention waa called to order by L a.
HaacaU, and although O. af. Hitchcoc waa tha
permanent cha'rman, "at one point tha convention
becams perfectly confused over a series of motions
ss to how that body should vote on the five can
didates yet to be nominated for tha lesialaturo."
It waa so cold lest nlaht tbat tha ground waa
frosen this morning.
Kendall A Yeer"s plantna mill aa tJbutb. Thirteenth
Street la rapidly Hearing completion.
Colonel Harry Brooson. wife and daughter, are
asaia ip.umana quartered at the Faxtoa.
Mraars. Wlthnell and Bully have organised a
borne laleut tulnatrel abow to" give Its first per-
furmanca at tha Academy of Uuals.naxt Saturday
aim mm tour me state. The rhl'f art lata are Kol-r
and liven. eli b; Virile and- Panter, song sal
lnt; CbarU-a Moore, rbc; Kullaa and Fretwell
! the Gate City jirtet. contpuaed of Rellly; Webb,
1I and hi; a
A Comparatively Quiet Campaign.
With the election in Nebraska only a week
off, the most noticeable feature of the cam
paign to date is Its comparative quiet. Outside
of the circle of those who have direct personal
Interests Involved, no large number of people
seem to be In th least excited. Street corner
meetings, especially those addressed by women
workers in the suffrage cause, attract fair
audiences, as do also th Imported topllners, but
aside from these unusual drawing cards, reports
are that political meetings are small and listless.
The knots of arguflers on the streets, and the
hangers-on at campaign headquarters of other
days, are both remarked by. their absence.
This condition is probably the natural con
sequence of the over-shadowing and all-momen
tous subject of war, which has made political
and party differences seem insignificant In
men's minds. The colossal military campaign
across th water, in which happy homes and
human lives ar at stake, holds precedence over
the little contests of office-seekers trying to
capture strategical positions from which they
can draw salarlea from the public treasury chest
A fain Onr Bank Clearing.
Omaha continues to hold Its high rank in
business circles as reflected, among other things.
by ita volume of bank clearings. The-laat cen
sus placed us forty-first among the cities in point
of population. Wer th five natural divisions
of th city united, as they should be, la on
municipality, our population ' rank would be
higher, but Uklng It as It Is, let us not tbat
Omaha stands fifteenth among the cities In bank
clearings. Which moans that we outrank twenty-
slg cities of larger census population, among
them being, Nw Orleans, Louisville, Milwaukee,
St. Paul, Denver, Atlanta, Seattle, Buffalo, Port
land, Ore.; Indianapolis, Providence, Memphis,
Washington and others. Last week Omaha's
bank clearings amounted to almost 120,000,000.
Much of this is an old story, but on of those
old stories that will bear repeating. It nds to
be grasped by our own people, as well as out
siders, for th real significance of Omaha as a
great business center.
Whatever lengths the opponents of Frank
Reavta. may go to head off hls'wlnnlng cam
paign In the First Nebraska district, they cannot
truthfully charge blm with being "a political
coward," icauaa Mr. Reavls' enemies have all
been made by btm standing up firmly for his
convictions end for bis friends
Prof. Joha W. Bunrees, In New Tor Times.
It Is often ssld by historians that no truly frrat
man la er really understood by the generation, and
In the ace for which he labors. Many Instances of tie
truth of this statement can be easily cited. Two of
the most fl as rant have come within the ran a of my
own personal experience. Tha first was the character
of Abraham IJncoln aa deleted by the British prwi
of 1)0 64 and as conceived by the British public
opinion of that era. Henry Aadma, sun and private
secretary of Charles Francis Adams, our minister
plenipotentiary to Great Britain during that critical
era In our history, m rites. In that fascinating book
ofhla entitled 'The Education of Henry Adams," tht
"London was altogether beside Itself on one point. In
especial: It created a nightmare of Its own. and gave
It the afiape of Abraham Lincoln. Behind this It
placed another demon. If possible more devilish, and
called It Mr. Seward. In regard to these two men
English society seemed demented. Defense waa use
less: explanation waa vain. One could only let the
passion exhaust Itself. One's beat friends were s
unreasonable as enemies, for tho belief In poor Mr.
Lincoln's brutality and Stewart's ferocity became a
docma of popular faith."
Adams relates further that the last time he saw
Thackeray at Christmas of 18S they spoke of their
mutual friend. Mrs. Frank Hampton of Kouth
Carolina, whom Thackeray had portrayed ss Ethel
Kewcoma. and who had recently passed away from
life. Thackeray had read in tha British papers that
her parents had been prevented by the federal soldiers
from passing through tha lines to see her on her
death bed. Adams writes that "In speaking of It
Thackeray's voice trembled and hla eyes filled with
tear a Tha eoarsa cruelty of Lincoln aad his hirelings
waa notorious. ' Ha never doubted that tha federals
made a bualntsa of harrowing the tmderest feellnga
of women particularly of women In order to punish
their oppopenta. On quite Insufficient evidence he
burst Into reproach. Had ha (Aadma) carried In his
pocket the f roofs that the reproach was unjust, he
would have gained nothing by showing them. At that
moment Thackeray, and all London society with him,
needed the nervous relief of expressing emotions: for
If Mr. IJncoln waa not "-hat they said he was. what
were they?-
Mr. Lincoln sent over our most skillful politician.
Thurlow Weed, and our moat able constitutional law
yer, William M .Evarta, and later our moat brilliant
orator, Henry Ward Beecher followed for tha purpose
of bringing the British people to their senses and cor
recting British opinion, bat all to , little purpose:
Gettysburg and Vlcksburg did far more toward modi
fying that opinion than trie persuasiveness of Weed,
tha logic of Evarts, or tha eloquence of Beecher, and
It took Chattanooga, tha march to the sea, and Ap
pomattox to dispel tha delusion entirely.
Delaaloaa Abaat th Kaiser.
Today we are laboring under a no less singular
delusion than were tha English In 1883. The conception
prevailing In England and In thla country concerning
the physical, mental, and moral make up of the Ger
man emperor Is the monumental caricature of
biographical literature. I have had the privilege of his
personal acquaintance now for nearly ten years. I
have been brought Into contact with him In many dif
ferent ways and under many varying conditions, at
court and state functions, at university ceremonies
and celebrations, at his table and by his fireside sur
rounded by his family, when In tha midst of his
officials, his men of science, and his personal friends,
and more Instructive than all alona In the Imperial
home In Berlin snd at Potsdam and In tha castle and
forest at WllhMmhohe. With all this experience, with
all this opportunity for observation at close range I
am hardly able to reeognlaa a single characteristic
usually atrlbuted to hire by tha British and American
press of today.
In the first place, the emperor Is an Impressive
man physically. Ha Is -not a giant In stature, but a
man of medium slse, great strength and endurance.
and of agile and graceful movement He looks every
Inch a leader of men. His fine gray-blue ryes are
peculiarly fascinating. I saw him once seated beside
his uncle, Selng Edward VII, and the contrast was
very striking .and greatly in his favor.
In the second place, tha emperor Is an exceedingly
Intelligent and highly cultivated man. His mental
processes are swift but they go also very deep. Ho
Is a searching inquirer, and questions and listens more
than he talks. Hla fund of knowledge Is Immense and
sometimes astonishing. He manifests Interest In
everything, even to tha smallest detail, which can
have any bearing upon human Improvement
A Mas of Wans Artevttoais.
In the third place, tha emperor impressed me as a
man of heart, of warm affections and of great con
sideration for the feelings and well-being of others.
He can not, at least does not, conroal hla reverence
for, and devotion to, the empress, or his love for his
children or his attachment to hla friends. He always
speaks of Queen Victoria and of the Empress Fried'
rich with tha greatest veneration and, once when
speaking to me of an eld American friend who bad
turned upon htm, ha said that It waa difficult for him
to give up an old friend, right or wrong, and Impos
sible when ha believed him to be In tha right. His
manifest respect and affection for his old and tried
officials, such as Lucanua and su Eulenburg and Von
Studt, and Beseler and Althoff. glvo strong evidence
of tha warmth and depth of hla nature. Hla consider-'
atlon for Americans, especially, has always been re
markable. It was at his suggestion that tha exchange
of educators between the universities of Germany and
of tha United 8tatee was established, and It haa been
his custom to be present at tha opening lecture of each
new incumbent of these positions at the University of
Berlin, and to greet him and welcome him to hla
work.
Palate a for Qersaaa G restates.
Ha undoubtedly haa an intense desire, almoat a
pasalon, for tho prosperity and greatness of hla coun
try, but hla conception of that prosperity and great
ness s more spiritual and cultural than material and
commercial. Mora than one have I heard him say
that ha desired to see Germany a wealthy country,
but only aa tha result of honest and property requited
toll, and that wealth acquired by furs or fraud waa
more a curse than a blessing, and was destined to
go as It had ooma. Hla conception of -the greatness
of Oarmany la aa a great Intellectual and naval power
rather than anything etse. Its physical power he
values chiefly aa tha creator and maintainor of the
onadlUons aeoeaaary to the production and Influence
of thla higher power. I have often heard hire express
thla thought.
And la spite of this terrible war, tha responsibility
for which Is by so many erroneously laid at his door.
I firmly believe biro to be a man of peace, I am abso
lutely sura that he, haa entered upon this war only
under tha firm conviction that Great Britain, France
aad Russia have conspired to destroy Germany as a
world power, and that he Is simply defending, as he
Bald In his memorial speech to the Reichstag, the place
which Ood had given tha Germans to dwell' on. For
aevea years I myself have witnessed the growth of his
conviction In his blind and that of tha whole German
nation as tha evidence of It have multiplied from year
to year until at last the fatal hour at Sarajevo struck.
I firmly believe that there Is no soul In this wide
world upon whom the burden aad grief of this great
catastrophe so heavily rest as upon tha German em
peror. I have heard him declare with tha greatest
earnestness ana solemnity mat na considered war a
dire calamity; that Germany would never during his
ralge wage an offensive war, and that he hoped God
would spare him from the necessity of ever having
to conduct a defensive war. For years he haa beet
conscious tbat Biitlah diplomacy was seeking to Isolate
and crush Germany by an alliance of Latin. Slav and
Mongol under British direction, aad ha sought In every
way to avert it.
I know that the two things which are giving him
tho deepest pain In this wortd-oalastropha. excepting
only tha sufferings of his owa kindred aad people
are tha enmity of Great Britain and tha misunder
standing of his character, feelings, and purposes In
America. To remedy the first we hero can do nothing,
but to dispel tho second Is our bouadea f ny; and
1 devoutly hope that other evidence may prove suf
ficient to do this to tha setlafarUom of tha minds of
my countrymen than was necessary to convince tho
British nation that the great-hearted Abraham Un-
vola was not a brute nor tho urbane WHKam 11
Seward a demon of ferocity.
la Behalf of Miss H'saet.
OMAHA. Oct .-To the Ed:tor of
The Bee: I ask permission to answer a
few of Dr. John Fosters statements
concerning my deughter. Miss Ixmlse
Sterner.
Why did not the teachers' committee.
of which Lr. John Foster Is chairman Is
chairman, accord Mies itegner tha same
privilege of defending herself egalnst
charges as they did Mr. Ruamlsel? Wh?
but her enemlea made statements behind
her back concerning her Insubordination?
And If. as Ir. Foster states, her hostili
ties had been observed for some tlnr
why . did the teachers' committee enter
Into a new contract with her for another
year? I suggest that the board Investi
gate Miss Steamer's record for efficiency,
co-operation and harmony as a teacher In
the grade schools of North Bend, a
principal of the high school of Central
City and of Holdrege and aa teacher t
English In the central high school of
Omaha. '
If there had been nothing In the trial
condemning to Mr. Ruamlsel, why did
the three women Mrs. J. H. Dumont,
Mrs. N. H. Nelson and Mrs. Catherine
Rose, women of the highest Integrity
and women whose Interest In the case
lay only in the welfare of the homes
why did these women make a public,
statement that "there waa a large' vol
ume of well supported evidence, not
contradicted except by the accused him
self, which. In our opinion clearly es
tablished the fact that tha accused had,
on many occasions, been guilty of Indis
cretions which should not be tolerated
In any person holding a position of trust
and responsibility In pur public schools' ?
If Mlsa Stegner and the other teachers
had presented "unfounded, malicious gos
sip," why did the committee of women
report that, to the best of their Judg
ment, "the five teachers who have been
thus punished testified truthfully and
with the best of motives"?
What kind of business man would
make a contract with an employe for a
term of one year and then discharge
that employe without warning, at a time
also when other employment could not
be obtained, without being liable for
damages and open to the charge of dis
crimination and unfairness? It Is true
that a business man haa a right to ex
pect loyal co-operation from his em
ploye in all matters of policy and sye
tem. but does any fair-minded employer
presume to expect from those same em
ployes a sacrifice of principles? No
teacher can serve her real employer'
the mothers and fathers of Omaha with
a clear conscience and at the same tlma
sacrifice the principles of Justice and
truthfulness.
Dr. Foster claims membership In the
same church with Miss Stegner, but the
records bf the last year show that In
school matters ha stands with ths dom
inating power on the board, and It Is
clearly evident that that power Is bring
ing all Influence to bear for tho re
election of Dr. Foster.
LAWRENCE 8. STEGNER.
The Socialist Dootrtae.
OMAHA. Oct To tha Editor of Tha
Bee: The way the different warring na
tions accuse each other of being the cause
of this wsr reminds one of a quarrel be
tween children, each yelling "you did
It" The fact Is tha whole human reca Is
guilty aa long aa it supports capitalism.
The very existence of capitalism de
pends on Industrial and economic wrongs,
on exploitation. Capitalism in time
of peace kills thousands directly and In
directly In our Industries, which could
Do avoided.
The German people in tha present con
flict, with tha exception of a few so
cialists, were all worked uo Into the
proper spirit of ao-called patriotism by
their Jingo press In the belie that they
are fighting for . national defense; In
stead they are fighting for Germany's
commercial supremacy, which had mora
to do to starts the present conflict than
any other one factor.
But any other nation might have acted
similar In case It Instead of Germ an v
had tho best fighting machine . In tha
world; We might do as Germany has In
rase wo would follow out our war lord
"m itooeovejts advloe to enlarge
our army and navy.
... - mo wnoie nuninn race
must learn that private, ownership must
be replaced with social ownership, and
ims oompsi.uve system, with nsJJon.l
and International co-orw ration before we
can enjoy universal peaoa and brother-nood-
R. B. BENDA.
sssasxaai
Tha Softer Side.
OMAHA, Oct .-To tho Editor of The
Bee: "On the quiet evenlne- of Riih.
March 43. mX I 'waa .k '
"OmAha-Ltnooln" wire at tha Western
Union office, when there was a sudden
snap and all wires were dead. This re
leased all tha employes of our office,
which Is on the Mth floor of the Wood
men of tha World building, and saw tha
gigantic tornado sweeping through our
best residence district As I live In the
addition a couple of blocks north of
Bemls Park, I asked the chief to be ex
cused, and sat out for home. It ass
raining hard, ' and after waiting more
than a reasonable time for a car decided
to we.'.fc. The street lights were out and
lurried on my way until I reached the
path of the tornado and found trees
across the street. From then on I had
to feel my way through tha darkness
dodging "live" wires.
Upon reaching home and finding my
family safe. I started with my wife to
ses If we could help those In distress.
In the very midst of thjs appalling path
of death I found Prof. Rusmisel digging
his way out from under the debris of a
neighbor's house. Upon seeing his hands,
all blackened and torn, I asked his nsma
and what he was doing and "Did the
lightning strike you?" He replied. "Worse
than that, but none of us were killed."
Upon holding my up my lantern I saw
ha was badly Injured about tha head by
flying glass. Hi then told me that he
had crawfed under hla neighbor's debris
to put out a fire that, had started and
had nothing but his hands to work with.
The neighbors said that waa the second
fire that he had put out that hour since
all hla home and contents ware swept
away. A lady told me that a little girl
had been pinned agalnat timbers and
that It took nearly an hour to get her
out. and that she would have been burned
to death with many others but for Mr.
Rusmlael's thoughtfulneso aad fearless
Bss. We located his family and took them
all home with us, but he refused to go
until he found there was not further need
for help then. His voice was quivering
with the wet and cold and he had no
eoat, and his folks were In tha same
condition, but X sot there to my house
and furnished dry clothea. and my wife
provided hot coffee and a Itttle lunch.
It was thee that I began to notice the
true character of -the. professor. There
hs sat wounded and suffering, but ho
would mrrrees the pain to keep others
from noticing It. He told us how he got
his family down Into the cellar, and also,
told us stories, which 1 perceived were
more to pacify his grlef-strlcken wife and
family than to amuse us. The fact that
he lost all of Ms household effects did
not cause him to despair, but he replied,
"We all came out alive and we can start
all over again."
This shows the type of mn a few
knockers hav Wu trying to crucify,
and It shows him In an emervency, snd
It caused me to think and remark that
this Is the type of man to teach the
young men snd women. A man who ran
keep his head and guide others In the
time of great distress Is the kind of man
to start others In the great battle of life.
as all will unhesitatingly respond to the
leadership of such a one. as he has their
confidence.
I have Investigated very carefully and
find that there are high schools of com
merce In Boston, New York, Clevelsnd.
Columbus and Omai-.a, and that the
school haa attracted the most attention
among educators and business men. Mr.
Ruamlsel Is largely responsible for the
high standing of this school, which gives
our children a chance, to xet a good
business education, which formerly post
HOP or more. Is It any wonder that cer
tain Interests are against It? That tho
present board has mode It possible for
Mr. Rusmisel to build up , this great
school and stsrtod our summer school
and did many other thlnes that should
not be brought to their disfavor.
As I see It, a dosen men and a dozen
dissatisfied women have organized the
"cltlsen's . committee" without giving
sny citizen's a chance to get In. If the
schools sre In good shepe. as every
parent Knows, who put them io? Why
disturb the board, superintendent anl
principals, for whom else can pass upon
a teacher's fitness?
Considering that "the HIkIi School of
Commerce Is largely the result of Mr.
Rusmlsel's work, and that It Is such
a great success, I wonder If the people
In general know this, or do they want to
ruin the reputation of the man who has
done so much for the city and break the
health of his wife because some ex
pelled pupils and a teacher who was dis
charged before the term ended and was
backed by some disloyal teachers, one of
whom coveted the position that he had
so well earned, and the only charge was
that "his smiles were more friendly to
hla supporters than they were to his
enemies." N. H. MADGETT.
KIT Seward Street Omaha.
TOLD IN FUN.
Evelyn What did everybody say whea
th-y hesrd of my engagement?
l.'orothy -Tliey said your fst tier's fail
ure muMn't have been as bad aa re
ported Iti.stnn Transcript.
"Poor Jlni was slways such a consider
ate husband, mum."
'Considerate! Why, the brute used to
beat von."
"True. mum. but he never hit me where
th marks could he seen by the neighbor,
mum." Boston Transcript.
'Ik":-I v "T0 country place now."
J"?' tn Under your own vine
Snd fig tree, hey?"
"So I thought, but It hasn't worked
.'. : v ,FJ a v1n''- but I can't raise
a fig tre. Ioulsvllle Courier-Journal
Mr. Dlnsham Whv did that woman
keep you standing fit the door for half
an hour?
His Ta:kative Wife Phe eald she hadn't
t,me to come In. Pearson's Weekly.
"Conductor." said the mari 'with a
grouch, "what time does this train get
to Pittsburgh T' - "
"We're three hours late. Are you in
a hurry?"
"To get to Pittsburgh? No. I wish wa
were four hours lste." Washington Star.
WHO PAYS?
Edna V. Trapnell In tha Outlook,
Irum and trumpet and banner, banner
and trumpet and drum!
Tramp, tramp, through tho city streets
the new listed armies come.
Song snd lnigh on the transports Steam
ing under the stars.
Wet eyes star-blind of those behind who
pay for the nation's wars
(The women who pay and have paid,
dear Lord, for Immemorial wars )
Cheers and shouts greet the headlines
that tell of the battles won.
Who remembers the death-wrecked
bodlea motionless under the sun?
"Victor stood to our tanners, only a
handful lost "
Only! We bore those bodies, and we
know what bodies cost!
(Mothers and wlvea of the soldiers dead
who better can gauge the cost?)
Man Is blinded by passion, by glory or
gold or power.
Shall we not see more clearly when It
Comes to the woman's hour?
Before- we loose hell's lightning thai
shall prove a cause through strife.
Shall we not weigh the price wa pay
when the payment's In human lite?
(Dear Lord, we know by each birth-throe
the value of human life).
Counselors, kings and rulers, ye take what
ye cannot give. -
Can ye say to the things In the trenches,
"Be whole, rise up and live?"
Do ye know who have killed your thou-snnds-
by a word from a -death-tipped
pen
One little pang of the cost to those who
breed you your fighting men?
(Who paya. dear Ixird, for their bodies
and souls but the mothers and wives
of men?)
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These tops are detachable, used
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It is Just like owning two cars
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Good-looking, because they- are
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