TITE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 35, 1914.
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Bon voyage to the J anon, the Christmas ahlp!
Let there be plenty of light on every atreet
lighting contract. , v
Pretty near time for reporta of "firing off
the windward passage. "
A Mexican peace conference la almoat aa
bellicose as an out-and-out revolution.
The election Is over, and yet these hungry
Nebraska democrats are still waiting for pie.
Cooking the Belgian hare proves to be more
of a taalo than some folks evidently thought.
Note the resumed playing of the second fid
dle to the musician who blowa his own horn.
Still, It must be the supreme height of hu
miliation for an aviator to be captured by a cav
alry troop.
How lucky the Russians occupied those
towns with tangle-foot names before anyone else
got tripped np by them.
London' bankers are said to hold the key to
the Stock exchange reopening. And they
aeem to be holding It, too. '
rv . 1 a . .
yne jaw, nowever, wnicn our bull moose
friends have found H Impossible" to alter If the
little old law of gravitation.
Georgia at last la to hare a governor whose
"name la neither Smith nor Brown, showing what
a live state may do when it trie,
The evacuation of Vera Crua ty the Amer
ican troops is doubtless set with purpose afore
thought for three days before Thanksgiving,
From the course of events ia Europe l some
times seems as if the scientist who said we would
ou oe craiy ia ivu years naa set the time too
far off.
' Of course, the big applea always Just happen
to stay on top, despite the fact that la shaking
the heavier object is supposed to go to the
bottom.
The next attempt to raise tha salary schedule
in our -Nebraska constitution should at least
make it plain when the "benefits of the payroll
boost are to begin. ' '
The long list of aspirants among Nebraska's
law-makers-elect ' for the position, of speaker
suggests that a short ballot movement might be'
appropriate, there also. , - ... .
When the history of the great European con
flict cornea to be written, let not the Invaluable
aervicea 0f the several official military intelli
gence bureaus be overlooked.
UJg gratifying to learn from the various na
tions respective investigation that ao dum-dum
bullets have' been fired,' but the fellew with a
dum-dum wound will take all aucb reports with
a grain of salt.
J
Americans wonder how the opposing armies
ia Europe can both claim victories out of the
same-battle. Well, an they reconcile the dem-
wiwiua m iwninui victory at me late
election aay aaierT
'uuzrieutA,
R. C. Patterson left for Kansas Ciiy, where ba
will ba united la marriage with Mtsa Netawaoger. and
later vet up bla household In Omaha.
Mra. 8. 8. Felker. aged 44 years, died at Uer borne
on Campbell atreet. near Charles, and the remalaa
ill be eent to Chicago.
Tla county appropriation aheet ahowa that Dr. W.
a. oihb la county phyaiciaa and Dr. Ttldaa lnsaalty
lOinmtkaianer.
fceneto aad Mra. Macderaoa left for Washington.
acompanUsd by Mra E. C. Brown. Mrs, ataaderaoa's
oother. - ,
A reward of It la offered to the honeat peraoa
tindlnc a soldplated bracelet wltk two balla at
ia ha," acd hcavlnv tl aama at Kaymoad's Jewelry
Hurt. - i
JuU.ja P.perburr, W7 North Fifteenth atreet.
would Ilka to biy a e'ood-haad safe tit good order.
"A iMu-tiwIo-iiuater can aavo money by buying of
f. Coain two lUdUnt parlor baaeburaer Itovee,
eiae. duulW b-'atr. wliU h may be seen at H.
IL Hi if lit 4 'v.M, I4M DouiiUa" .
AriKidiriK w lxal quotatUim No. i raah wheat la
rl!j:.i; fur i& trnii; So. I ivrn for A ceaLe; awca at
fi.n.i t; M lo 1 1. and eicia tnia 13 to !!.'). , "
What Does Neutrality Catl Fort
After three months of incexsant fighting,
and with the end of the war in the Indefinite
future, there Is need to give more serious con
sideration to what has come to be more thsn a
mere passing question, What does neutrality call
for? It goes without raying that everyone who
la willing to pore over any standard treatise on
international law ran easily ascertain the arts
which are permitted or forbidden to neutral na
tions, as well as those that are still contro
verted. The question, however, goes much
further than prohibited official acts, because it
aska what duty we owe aa individuals, both to
the people of the warring nations and to our
selves and our fellow rttlsens.
Neutrality, strictly speaking, means non-
partlclpatloa In the prosecution of war, or In.
anything that may tend directly to help one side
aa against the other. When It Is suggested that
we are violating our neutrality obligations when
we send food and clothing to relieve the Inno
cent victims of war's devastation, we Indignantly
repel the notion. We do not admit that letting
our sympathies respond to the dictates of hu
manity la overstepping the neutrality laws.
So among our domestic problems are many
tones that run close to, or cross, the Interna
tional border. In according equal treatment to
Immigrants and to resident aliens, n meeting
dabts represented by securities held abroad. In
operating our systems of communication and
transportation, neutrality means avoidance of
discrimination and fair treatment for all, re
gardless of personal likes or dislikes.
Neutrality, finally, means carefully exclud
ing from our land the dragon's teeth, seeds of
discord and atrlfe that abroad have aprung up
Into rows of armed warriors, and In taking pre
cautions to prevent conditions developing on
this side of tha Atlantic that might In time
threaten us with a. like conflagration.
This much is certain neutrality calls for
more than sitting still and doing nothing, or
merely pretending not to care which side wins.
Municipal Individuality.
If a city Is to make a real impression, It must,
Just like a person, have an individuality and
cultivate It rather than attempt to be a mere
copybook edition of some other city. Omaha
must not be content to look like a miniature
Chicago or New York, but should try to develop
distinguishing characterlstlcsof Its own. This
is one of the points pertinently raised, though
not sufficiently dwelt on, In the talk of Gution
Borglum before our Fine Arts society.
The chief and first deficiency of our Amer
ican city builders Is perhaps that they have not
In the past looked far enough ahead. Having
had no adequate comprehension of the future
growth and needs o our urban conunrrrfles,
our cities are constantly busy merely with try
ing to catch up with them.
Another different manifestation of the same
shortcoming is seen in tha fact that we hare
little that is permanent In the structure of our
municipalities. In reading of the Belgian cities
In the path of the warring armies we learn that
the city hall dajes back 300 or 400 years, or that
the cathedral is a superb Gothic type of the
middle ages. Mr. Borglum spoke of having
lived In Fremont as a boy, and returning when
a young man, to find scarcely anything he could
recognise except the bare streets, the town hav
ing been completely rebuilt, with nothing left
the same that would, strike a stranger's view,
and ha might with Just aa much accuracy have
made his reference fit Omaha.
Again, our American cltlea seem to undergo
seasons of successive municipal fashions. First,
it is the wooden age of flimsy flretrap construc
tion, then the brick and mortar period, the sky
scraper era, the reinforced concrete Innovation,
and we become Imbued with, the idea that every
city must adapt itself to the current fashion im
mediately and .completely with resulting change
that destroys all identity.
If Omaha as a city Is to have individuality,
it must do things worth while, and cling to them.
It must have enough distinguishing features ef
Its own that a stranger only oocaatonally visiting
us will know each time by merely looking around
him that ha ia la Omaha, and not in some other
Our Frodigdoua DeYelopment. ' :(
The story of growth and development In the
United States for the last halt century, as re
vealed In figures by the bureau of foreign com
merce Is almoat too staggering for the average
comprehension. It shows a nation of 100, 000,-'
000 population, with a foreign commerce of
14,259,000,000, as compared with only l18.-
000,000 fifty years ago: a national wealth that-!
has risen from 17,000.000,000 in 1870 to $140.
000,000,000; value of farms and farm property
increasing from 14.000,000,000 In 1850 to $41,
000,000,000 in 1U0. In brief, it is the story
of tha gradual awakening of some coloesua
whose powers and resources neither .he nor any
one else can begin to fathom. For it Is a com
mon aaying among ua that, with all our stupen
dous productions, we have scarcely begun to da
vetop our resources. This Is particularly true
of the soli, abounding ia mineral, agricultural
and horticultural wealth. Great dominions are
locked within its embrace, which aome day may
make our present stage of growth aeem small
by comparison.
' Bat despite all thla splendid progress, we are
as a people woefully deficleut In our economics.
Our scales of supply and demand are badly out
of kilter. Great as baa been this proceaa of de
velopment, evidently It has not kept up to the
increase and demands of populatloa. This is
not an argument for the old Malthus theory,
which held that population multiplied faster
than its means uf 'subsistence possibly aaa, and
that, therefore, when this disparity occurs the
lower or weaker claasea of society suffer for
want of food; furthermore, that without aome
prudential restraint starvation and poverty be
come the insvltable consequence. Malthua and
hla theory passed away not tar apart, but the
kernel of truth at the heart of the theory sur
vives In an impresslre form today.
Our failure la, not that we caaaot make our
means of subsistence tome up to the demaads
of the Increased growth In population, but that
e have aot dene It. It U a rase of neglect, not
tiEposaiblllty. Perhaps, we are not entirely
without some extenuating ' circumstances, In
view of toe rapidity of our immense develop
ment, ui out of which has bean In the lt fifty
years. Fifty years in a brief span in the life of
a nation; It Is uot even ths full allotted life of
a man. But the duty of the day is nut to find
excans but rather solutions for our economic
problems. There is something lacking in the
perfection of our scheme of life so long as we
continue, with all our resources. latent and de
veloped, to feel so acutely tbe pangs of the high
cost of living. Kvea allowing for tbe elements
of human greed, waste and Ignorance, and the
fact that other countries are similarly oppressed,
still does not belle the fact of our own national
remissness In this particular.
The? Old Family Lawyer.
Former Attorney General Wlckersham has
Joined tbe chorus of great'American lawyers de
manding a clean-up In the ethics of the legal
profession. He thinks a vast amount of good
ran be accomplished by the bar examiners,
whether they be courts or boards of admission
selected from the lawyers off the bench. He
ssys that one great fault with these examina
tions Is that they are made more a test of mem
ory than the thoroughness and fitness of the
applicant. Streams are usually purged at or
near their sources. Possibly Mr. Wlckersham
hss hit upon a more important means of cor
rection than might at first be supposed. One
thing seems certain, great mischief is possible
in any profession by letting -down the bars ef
admission too Indiscriminately.
Mr. Wlckersham deplores the passing of the
"old family lawyer, who was a friend of his cli
ent, whose training was st the disposal of the
latter, who drew the last will and who faith
fully became its executor, and who often inter
posed to prevent domestic injustice." Instead
of this old publlo and private servant, he finds
a corporation to do most of what tha old family
lawyer did, the whole relatldb. being fiduciary
In character. PosBlbly our lawyer friends can
offer many reasons for this change, but one
thing that is not so easy to explain is why the
passing of tbe old family lawyer has seemed,
even to these larger, lights of the profession, to
carry away bo much of the ethical character
which inhered In the law originally. "Old
things pass away," to be sure, but there are cer
tain amenities that cannot pass without irrep
arable damage.
Charity Makeshift and Ideal
Under the caption of "Makeshift Charity,"
the Saturday Evening Post adverts to the weak
nesses of our system of organised charity, for
which it says the only excuse is that It Is the
best we have, and must serve until the state
takes over all charitable agencies. In time of
war, we are told, each belligerent country is
under obligation to care for all the sick and
wounded and to provide for the prisoners, and
so In time of peace it is likewise the duty of the
state to relieve the vlctlma of industrial war
fare, and take care of the helpless prisoners en
meshed in tba shackles of our social structure.
Tha unfortunate of peace that wa have on our
handa ought to be a saoia! charge. The responsibility
and coat of maintaining them ought to ba placed
squarely on tha whole community. There ought to
ba no more question of passing tha hat to keep them
from freeslog ar starring than to take up a voluntary ,
collection to nil tna water works or repair the pave
meat; but auoh a state of affairs seams to be a long
way off.
state charity may he the goal, but a con
tribution paid to the tax-gatherer will be no
longer charity. It will cease to be la any par
ticular an act of voluntary self-sacrifice, and
will eliminate al together the personal element
except as It lingers among the paid professional
charity workers. If this is the goal, it is cer
tainly far off too far off to permit .or any re
laxation ot present alleviating efforts, and too
far off to Justify evading responsibility for the
"makeshift' charity, which must continue to do
the large part of the work..
V
Popular Grand Opera,
St. Louig seems to have come nearer than
most cities to solving the grand opera problem,
If the conditions created by the grand opera peo
ple, together with the demand for such music,
may be considered a problem. St. Louis, like
Chicago and other cities, came to the point
where it refused longer to he held up for exor
bitant prices tot grand opera. Many cities sim
ply ceased to have any grand opera. They
found they could subsist without it; that while
a very delightful luxury, grand opera was by no
means essential to life. But not so St. Louis.
This fine old musically-Inclined city was unwill
ing to make a complete sacrifice, so it took the
alternative of contenting Itself with a little
lower-priced music It brought on singers who
did not have so much fame to be maintained at
the box office, but with very acceptable voices
aad histrionic talents. -
So today, according to the Republic. "St.
Louis Is securing more grand opera than ever
and appealing to a far wider constituency." And
then it adds what we think quite apropos: "This
is coming more and more to be a town where
people of life enthusiasms meet and enjoy things
together and nobody stops to remember who la
rich and who la poor except in appreciation."
Omaha and St Louis have a great deal In com
mon, desptte the disparity In the alaes of their
populations. In the composite of their people,
in their conservatism, their love of democracy
In all phases of Ufa. they are much alike. Pos
sibly Omaha might find It profitable to follow
tbe example of its older and more mature sister
city In shaping Ks attitude toward grand opera.
Certainly we desire grand opera and we desire
1o do our part toward popularising it. not only
here, but throughout the country, aa it must
become some day.
The experiences of two notable grand opera
companies two years ago, when theyv returned
from western tours bankrupt, ought to aid ua
materially in gaining our point. The impres
arios gave as their Judgments the statements
that the west was aot suffllcently cultured for
grand opera. But that, ot course, was nonsense.
The impresarios, themselves, did not believe
what they said. They knew the truth, but did
aot like to admit it. Now, after all. these gen
tlemen are good business men and. with a little
of the "show-me" assistance, such as the Mis
souri metropolis Is rendering, can easily be made
to see the point clearly enough to act on it.
. The Associated Retailers have appointed a
committee to wait on the passenger officials
with a request for atop-over privileges at Omaha
on all through tickets to the Panama-Pacific ex
position. Thla ia something Tbe Bee has been
urpiag for months. The retailers are on the
right track, and should have acttve reinforce
ment from tbe Commercial club. Ak-Sar-Ben
and alt ths other local business organisations.
.SECULAR SHOTS AT TULTH.
Chicago Herald: In trying to Impart a
reltirlous nature to tha fight tha Bhelk-tit-Ilam
U merely following In the foot
step of several well-known European
belligerent.
Brooklyn Eagle: There waa a pente
coMal flavor about the Bowery wtuMnon's
thirty-fifth birthday celebration, with ad
dreaees la twenty-five languages. An al
ways evangelical work could hawtly have
appealed more atrongty to Chiiatlaa tra
dition. Pt. Lout Globe-Democrat: Count
Oktima's contribution of !,6fl0 to a
Christian hoepltal la not surprlelng.
"While not a Christian, he has publicly
declared that ha has found the converts
more capable and faithful than pagans
In governmental positions.
New Tork World: The physical director
of the Went Side Toung Men's Christian
association gives the members wsrntng
that overindulgence In Juicy ateaka "will
keep more than one man out of heaven."
Perhaps, after all, the packers and butch
ers In boosting the price of steaks are
engaged la true misaionary work In
keeping steaka out of the reach of aa
many.
Washington Post: The "Big Brother"
movement, founded on tha Idea that men
without brothers of their own should take
undpr their protection younger men to
whom their advice and guidance would
ba helpful, has already spread to many
parts of tha country, and doubtless has
dona much good. Older men can be of
great assistance to the younger ones,
especially In tha formation of character.
Ths good example ot aa alder brother Is
more Influential sometimes than a hun
dred sermons.
People and Events
MUFFLED KNOCKS.
It Is a wine man who knows enough not
ta know It alL
There are a whole lot of unsolved mys
teries. But why la the pocket on the in
alde of a vest?
A good hustler will make a better hue
band than a good dancer, but you couldn't
get a princess to believe It.
What has become of tha old-fashioned
man who wore knit gallusee and blue
yarn socks with white toesT
The old-fashioned mair who used to
wear pulne warmers now has a aon who
would catctKCold If he forgot to wear his
wrist watch.
Some huabanda ara such mean cussea
that they refuse to quarrel with their
wives because it costs them toa muck
to make up.
In every neighborhood there are two
women -rho do not speak and who ac
cuse each other of stealing- milk off other
people's porches.
There are too msny men in this coun
try who would rather sit around In the
aun and ouss John D. Rockefeller than
go out and hunt for a job.
When a girl who Is "wearing a tight
skirt hss a big hole in the corn-fed sec
tion ot her stocking ahe would rather
walk home Idthe rala than board a
street car.
- When father happens to remember ta
wind the alarm clock before he goes to
bed he knows that the family would ba
In an awful fix If It wasn't for his
hougbfulners.
A man will ruin one of his clean hand-
kerchlcfa wiping the dust on the shoes
of the blonde he is Joyriding with. , But
If his wife uses one of his clean handker
chief to rub the shins off her nose he
hollers murder.
There ara novelties In surprises as In
other thing. For Instance, finding the
name of a live ma oa a cemetery tomb
atone. Isaac Ioeb, train dispatcher of the
Pennsylvania railroad at Pottsville, Pa
rted from home and friends on tha eve
ot his wedding day. lie Is M years ot
age. and never ahowed algns of cold feet
before.
Ad 'ice ia aot as cheap a, people Imag
ine. The raagaslne Success printed balea
of good advice, but could not demon
strate at tha till the efflcency of It
preachment. Success waa (440,000 to the
bad when It quit, and it assets paid 1 cent
on the dollar.
Drouth In Pennsylvania, beginning ' In.
Auguat. lias so reduced tha normal water
supply that coal mining operations are
carried en with great difficulty, while
water-power plants are nnartng suspen
aloa. Hundreds of small streams la the
state ara dried up.
One of the men In New Tork sentenced
I to two years In tbe penitentiary for de
frauding people with bogus d luxe
books, has the greater part of 1S7SO00
taken sarely banked and drawing Inter
est, a circumstance calculated to cheer
him onward toward the sunshine of the
near future.
One of the mala professore who ad
dressed the Central Ohio Teachers' asso
ciation at Columbua referred to the teach
ers as "ladles in waiting," "old maids."
"unappropriated blessings." and similar
fllPlant remarks, oausing a number of
delegate to leave the convention ta dis
gust. With uncommon candor the pro
feaaor, at the close, revealed the cause
of hla flippancy. "You know." he said,
"P have been In charge of aa Imbecile
asylum."
To the casusl observer business affairs
In the Omaha poatofflce move along with
expeditious precision, and every available
reform Is working overtime. In one re
spect, however. It lags a mile behind
the Wilmington (Del.) poatofflce, where
reform la Johnny-on-the-spot and aome
over. Every be-wbtBkered employe in
that shop, and the devotees of tha mus
tache' have been ordered to shear "em
off. All grade of facial poUage, like
autumn leaves, must wither and vanish,
or the bouncing department will get
busy. An appeal to the higher-ups has
been taken, but for the moment the
hirsute sons in Wilmington's postof floe '
fesr the worst and are scrtoualy. con
sidering a trip to New Tork to b.'d fare
well to Liberty.
The esteemed William Howard Taft Is
enjoying himself hugely these day. Ill j
famous smile Is broader and brighter, i
ana verges on the boisterous. In a re
cent lecture la the Harvard law school
on "The Presidency," he referred to
President Wilson's practice of personally
addressing congress and added: "I can
not bursinile when I think of the chance
foe-oratory that was lot to the followers
of Jefferson because Mr. Roosevelt or I
did not inaugurate this custom." Re
ferring to the resuscitation ot Uncle Joe
Cannon he characterised the- Danville pa
triot aa "one of the most faithful watch
dogs of the treasury, with a profane
bark the loudest that I have .ever seen."
The multitude of alsorana might profita
bly emulate Big Bill and cheer up.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE. -
A paper drlnklnr cup that Is unfolded
by the weight of water flowing Into It
hss been Invented.
Tha esrth. under a thick covering 'of
snow, Is ten degree warmer than the air
immediately above the snow.
Test by Irish scientists have shown
that the wind will carry disease bacteria
300 feet and as high as sixty feet Into
the air.
An artificial butter coming Into use in
Europe ta replace tha creamery variety
Is made of cocoanut oil and hydrogen,
blended with muk.
An Australian has Invented an alum
inum alloy that I said to be as hard aa
steel, that la noncorroslve and that can
be brssed snd soldered.
A century ago a workman with tools of
thst time could make S.000 pins a day.
Now, with modem machinery, a work
man ran turn out IS, 00, 000.
As a substitute for red la danger sig
nals, which is the color less easily dis
tinguished by the color blind, experts
have advocated blue circles with wide
yellow rims.
Photography has discovered tha depth
to which the sun's rays penetrate water.
Five hundred and thirty feet below the
earth's surface darkaeaa waa much tha
same aa that on the earth on a dear but
moonless night.
Ilydraullo cartridges may be used for
blasting with much greater safety to sur
rounding, building, paeaeraby and work
men than in the use of explosives. This
method of loosening rock, coal, etc., I
coming Into general use In England. The
cartridge work on the fajnlllar principle
of hydraulic pressure, by which enormous
power may be gradually exerted by mean
of a tube filled with water.
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN.
Sarah Rector, age 11 years, Iadlaa. ef
Ouhlng, Okl., haa an Income of Sioo.aot a
yvar from oil wells.
Miss Katherlne, Shay, a freshman at
the I'nlverslty of Michigan, taking the
engineering course, swings a heavy sledge
for four and a half hours once a week
as pert of the work of her course.
Mr. Kate Roat of Milton, Pa., ? years
old, has taught in the Infant department
of Trinity Lutheran Funday school for
fifty-five 'years. She began teaching to
the infant department on Esurter Sunday
In 1st and Is now auperiatendent ot that
department. Many ot the present pupils
ar the grandchildren of the first puplla.
Mis Julia Lathrop haa had aa addi
tional titl.Oue appropriated by eoagresa ta
cover tha work of her department, tha
children's bureau ot the . labor depart
ment. She will name a number ot ax
perta to asaist la tha work, aad aa ef
fered 'the posts to persons whose Bamee
will aot be announced until she knows
whether they accept or not
Mlaa Mary Lee, ths only surviving
daughter ef General Robert 8. Lee, says
tl.at, although aha la a soldier's daugh
ter, and descended from soldiers ia a
long line, she la for peace and oould al
moat say "peace at aay price," thinklaa
of the misery that must follow war. . She
aaa In London and saw the troop
marching by and could only sea -then
through tears, so much was she impressed
with the sight of tbe brave, handsome
young soldiers going to possible slaughter.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTIUES,
Four Tears (In Sunday school) We've
gnt a new baby at our house.
Rector not rerornlr.lng him) And wh
are you, my little man?
Four Vesrs I'm the old one. Uf.
"That beauty expert I a fake."
"WhyT"
"Wanted to give me some wrinkles on
how to look young." Baltimore Amer
ican, i
Visitor What brought you here?
Prisoner 1 owes me downfall to a
woman.
Visitor How waa that, my poor man?
Prisoner she yelled for the police.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"We've lwen marrlod elKht years and
have never had an argument."
"Then you've never tried to dance any
of the modern dancea with your wife."
Detroit Free Press.
"Are your son's running expenses with
his auto much?"
"Well, with running up a bill for sup
plies, and running down pedestrians and
retting run In by the cop, they do run
aome." Indlanapollsi News.
"How does the report begin?" de
manded the king.
"It la greatly to be regretted"
"Never mind the rest of it," replied the
king. "We were licked."-Detrolt Free
Press.
"Do you hoys expert to catch anything
in that filthy pond?" 1
"No. air. We've been vaccinated."-
L'.f.
'Cates Are you keeping neutral right
along? .
Clemens I have been, neutral $or an
long I have forrotten by this time which
countries are fighting St, Loula Foso
Diepatch. "Sir, your daughter has promised ta be
come my wife."
"Well, don t come to me for sympathy!
you might know something would hap
pen to you, hanging around here five
nights a week." Houston Post.
"I want you to understand," said ywnng
Spender, "that I got my money' by bard
work."
"Why, I thought It was left to you by
your rich uncle."
"So It was; but I had hard work to get
It away from the lawyers." Ladles'
Home Journal.
"I'm getting on," said Mr. Cumxox.
"I'm getting into this haughty and su
perior social stride.
"How do you know?"
"My wife gave a party snd some ef her
friends mistook me for one ot the invited
gueBts." Washington Star.
"Tour father and mother had an awful
fuss last night, didn't they?"
"Perfectly awful."
"Which side did you taker
"Papa has promised me a piano for
Christmas and mamma has promised me
a diamond, so I am strictly neutral."
Houston Post.
T
NEW EVERY MORNING.
' Susan Ooolldge.
Every day "Is a Yresh beginning, r '
Every mora la the world made new; .
Tou who are weary of sorrow and sin
ning. Here Is a beautiful hope for you
A hope for me and a hope for you.
All ths past things are gone and over.
The taaka are done and the tears are
shed;
Yesterday's errors let yesterdav cover.
Yesterday' wounds, which smarted aad
bled.
Are healed with the healing which bight
has shed. v
Yesterday Is a part of forever,
Bound up la the sheath which God holds
' tight.
With the glad day and sad days and
bad days which sever
Shall visit us more with their bloom or
their blight.
Their fulness of sunshine or sorrowful
night. .
Let them to since w caoynot relieve
them.
Cannot undo or cannot atone:
God In His mercy receive and forgive
them,
Only the new day are our own
Today t ours and today alone.
Here are the skies all burnished brightly.
Her la tbe spent earth all reborn;
Hera are the tired limbs springing tightly
To greet the aun and share with the
morn
la Its chrism ef dew aad cool of the
dawn.
Every day is a fresh beginning.
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain.
And In spite of old sorrow and older sin
ning And trouble forecasted or possible pain.
Take heart with tha new day and begin
again.
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