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    THE BKH: OMAIIA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 0, 1915
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Thought for the Day
5ctf by H. J. Pinfold
"Bear today what e'er today may
bring
h the only way to make tomorrow
Wonder who gave Governor Morebead that
bad steer for a iitate printing department oper
ated with convict labor. '
Seven Sfw recruits for the navy enlisted in
Omaha) Who says this navigation movement is
not producing results? t t
No friction or ill feeling this time between
the outgoing governor of Nebraska and the in
coming; governor of Nebraska.- '
"Why doesn't the country go ahead?" asks
Thomas A. Edison. Be patient, legislators need
a little time and fuel to generate steam.
In one respect the electric lighting company
seems to be like the water board it wants to
. keep the rates up aa high as it can a long as
It can. .
The clghtmare of "ship subsidy," which
harassed the sleep of democratic statesmen in
'years past, now becomes a. vision of national
glory under the label of "merchant marine."
Twixt Gridiron and Trenches. .
No wonder the German general staff look
askance on such spectacles as that of German
end English soldiers suspending hostilities Ion
enough to play a game of foot ball on Christmas
day, and then voluntarily and without orders
declaring a further armistice of two days. If
that spirit should permeate the armies, the war
would be over.' We would soon see the soldiers
marching off the field, singing "Hllee, hllo," or
some other roundelay, while the great question
of strategy and efficiency and the like would be
forever left undetermined.
It Is a roost encouraging sign. In that it In
dlcates with what facility the readjustment will
come when the peace of Europe Is again de
clared. When men can fraternize on the battle
field. It Is easy to believe they will be able to
continue amicable Intercourse when the strife
between them Is reduced to nothing more deadly
than competition for a livelihood.
The occurrence also supports the belief that
the present war 1b more a war of the general
than that of the common people. Military am
bltlon, not in Germany alone, but In the other
countries, too, will have to bear the responslbil
Ity for what the heir to the German throne has
called "the most stupjd war of all history.'
Looming bigger and bigger every day on the
borlson of the future is-the hope that out of the
fctruggle the nations engaged will come with a
determination to subordinate military prepared
ness to industrial, commerciel and Intellectual
efficiency.
1
To make good their claim that General Pros
perity would open the throttle aa soon aa freight
i-ates were refised upward,, orders for $16,000,
000 worth of supplies have been placed by three
companies.
While Italy's supply of war essentials Is
ready for the fray, the nation's hand ia re
strained because of the scarcity of feathers for
soldiers' hats. When Italy goes to war decorative
art trots along.
The featured theme of every governor yet
heard from, in message and inaugural. Is econ
omy, with' a big -E' but the real test comes
when the governors are brought face to face
with, tho Inflated appropriation bills.'
The election of tha captain of the high
school foot ball team is being contested - by a
defeated candidate who alleged he bad neven
votes promised him, but received only six. In
the face of such a terrible indictment we see no
outcome except to have all the future high
school elections conducted by our honest elec
tion commissioner.
Chancellor von Bethmann-IIollweg- com
plains that English and French censorship and
control of the cables prevents the "German point
, of view" being adequately presented in the
United States. Disarrangement of foreign mails,
doubtless keeps the chancellor's name off the
German-American publicity bureaus which are
bombarding American newspaper offices with
"the German point of view."
The funeral of Elder Moses r. Rhlnn waa con
ducted by Elder St. J. Bchank. Those servln- aa pall,
bearers were J. J. Neham, Z. Stephana, R, D. Kill
Captain J. B. Furay. Rev. j. b. Ro. ex-Governor
Saunders. Dr. T. D. Brown, George Spauldlng. A.
Hoel. A. V. Brown, Charlea A. Brown and T H
Urm-kln.
A aerloua accident befall a Dodje street coasting
party tonisht. when a traverse carrying Charlie,
t larke. Will Clarke, rred Preaton, Harry Morford
Will HisUnn, Graoa Pwrlne, Ella Preaton. Kitty
liaike. Pearl Tomllnaon and Mabel Balcomba took
an vffahoot and hit tha at one curblne. Charlla and
Win Clarke wera badly brulied, with each eeveial
lmea broken, and two or three of the young women
auffered aevera apralna and cuta.
"The IJrtta o London" la tha attraction holdlnx
forth at tha Boyd. .
City Ensineer Roeewater and llaaara. Tlneon and
, (Jrover will repreaent Omaha at tha meeting- of Ne
braska crlvu iiKlneera and aurveyore at Lincoln eext
it k. .
The cecotid party of the Arton club at German la
hall waa a Hcaaaxt affair, the varloua committees
in cl.arga Including Robert Koaenawel-, a. 11 Lehman
harlca Mti. Max Bcfct. V. J, LanK Geo '
I a. -Luck. Fred Met-, Henry Richard, EmU Ackerman
William Kaibach, O. J. Wolde, Will Krug and II. ll
Miw lUy nark, daughter of Ira. J. T Clara
turned to acbool to D.trolt after a plcaaknt boll.laj
Welcome to a Convert
Welcome again to our amiable democratic
contemporary, the World-Herald, In Joining The
Bee in support of the proposition for an inde
pendent comptroller, with full power to check
and audit accounts of county, city, school dis
trict and water district. We had this office once
created by enactment of a law, sponsored by The
Bee, so far as county and city were concerned,
but the law was repealed by the machinations of
democratic payrollers", aided and abetted by the
World-Herald. A step in the same direction waa
again taken In the home rule charter, but the
world-Herald tried to stir un oDDoaitlon tn thia
very eectlon by pretending that it aimed at nrv.
ing loose from the salary list the incumbents in
the city comptroller's office. Now that naner
rightly says, "There can be no ground for oppos
ing me aDonuon of the office of comptroller in
the city of Omaha as that office la at nrAaAn t
constituted." and that "the germ of the proposal
ror an independent auditor Is sound." This
means, if it means anything, that the ooaltton of
Tne Bee on this matter has all alon been aound
and that the then opponents are onlv bow heHn.
nmg to see the error of their ways.
Albert Law Ho Complete Remedy.
Governor Morehead is Informed bv bla crime.
commission, composed of eminently qualified in
vestigators, that the Albert law has not pro
duced the results promised for It. It has scat
tered the evil it was Intended to correct hut
thriving under repression, that evil is now the
greater, because more neraona ar nar.t in t
w - O-0" U . V.
This conclusion of the commission may be dis
appointing, but hardly surprising. Driving evil
into the dark has never had the effect r iean.
Ing it In degree or extent. ,
Study of vice, although seriously and axtn.
sively pursued, has not as yet produced a
panacea. Reformers must look to the causes of
conditions they seek to remedy, and adopt cor
rective and preventive measures dealing with
those causes, rather than with the effect. This
la especially true of the social evil, against which
the Albert law, with Its stringent provisions is
aimed. The causes must be reached and re
moved, if ever the evil is to be abolished.
One recommendation In the commission's re
port to the governor is worthy or careful consid
eration. That is the establishment of farm re
formatories. The healthy open-air life Incident
to farm work is undoubtedly, a great factor in
oeveioping or character and thus leading to-bet
ler nvi
While the members of the lower house at
Lincoln reverently bowed their heads, the chap
lain fervently prayed, for the newspaper report
ers on doty there. The incident is noteworthy, in
that it amounts to an admission on the part of at
least one preacher that the newspaper guild is
not past praying for; moreover, Its members are
amply able and quite generally qualified to make
their own auppllcaUons for guidance and mercy.
This latter fact is well known to those who come
tn contact with the men who record the daily
doings of the world. Newspaper reporters are
chroniclers and commentators, dealing with the
affairs of mankind from a semi-detached view
point. Impersonal in their work, and strictly
neutral always; seeking alone the facts, pos
sessed of hearts as well as heads, and quite as
susceptible to the warmer and more generous
impulses as any. Much that is unpleasant falls
in the way of the conscientious reporter, but he
finds his duty often to act "like angels for the
good man's sin, weep to record and blush to
give it in." Prayers for reporters are appre
ciated, but many others need them more.
An Invidious Allusion.
Ia conalderlng this auk-gestlon for , supreme court
commission tho people are not solng to lone abxht of
tha fact that its first effect would be to creata a lot
of new fat offices for lawy-rs It would probably
doubla tha treaent cost of tha supreme court. Some
will be uncharitable enough to Imagine that the law
yera, In urging it. are probably thinking mora abuut
the advantage It will afford their profeaalon than
about tha relief It will afford tha litigious publlo from
tha law's delays.. This project for a supreme court
commission waa sprung by the bar association of
Omaha. It has been taken up by all the other aaao
riatlona of lawyers, with remarkable unanimity of
approval. What is tha uae of having" tha law's delays
unless they can be utilised to, somebody's material
advantage Lincoln Btar.
Now. we protest against this invidious al
lusion and against impugning the motives of
the lawyers by intimating that they are trying
to make Judgeships for "themselves to fill. We
remember the scramble for places oa the com
mission during our two former experiments
with this sort of makeshift, but lawyers la Ne
braska have now gotten beyond that and have
risen to. higher levels. The lawyers are sin
cerely Interested in expediting Justice, and It is
merely an Incident that their.- particular pet pro
posal to this end should carry with it a buuch
of fat salaries for lawyers only.
Tho' Political Caldron
, While It la quite clear that all seven of the present
city commissioners desire and will seek re-election, it
seems equally clear at present that thry will not ek
It aa a unit, as the "Seven Square" ticket by which
uey were unitedly characterised three years iio.
If thera is no "blood on the moon'' at the city
hall, certainly there are fissures In the ground
separating some of tltese seven statesmen.
You will hear such gossip as this in local political
nang-outa:
"Dahlman has decided to cut loose from the ret
of tha commissioners and go It alone this spring. Ha
feels that he and hie 'Dahlman Democracy club' hav
neen the big factor in pulling through himself nd
his six colleagues, but hss concluded not to attempt
the task of landing anybody but himself this time."
But that is not a perfectly accurate sensing of
tne situation, although it Is partially correct.
No doubt of Dahlman's determination to look Out
for "No. 1" first and last, but the chances are he
may continue to tie up his fortunes with thos of
some of the others, possibly Butler. McOovern and
r iwineu. bo rar aa can te stated now, however, no
plan or determination has been resched thjt is not
subject to revision. All tbat any of tha candidates. In
office or out, have done thus far Is simply to cast
aoout in his own mind for a possible starting point.
If tha primaries were to be held tomorrow tha
chances are the present commission might be divided
three ways Dahlman, McOovern. Butler and Wlth-
neii in one party, Kugel and Hummel tn another, and
Ryder to himself. If "talk" Is worth a fig. that is
tne dope at tha present writing. But. of course.
mere's many a slip 'twixt cup and Up." and. aa tha
primaries do not come off until April, and the election
in May, no telling what might happen between this
and that. For all one knows tha entire "Bquara
Seven" may come out as squarely aa ever together
although that Is a remote possibility or each fellow
may paddle his own canoe.
If the mayor's fortunes had gone right, that Is, if
tirouiers Bryan and Hitchcock could only have come
to some sort of agreement aa to tha distribution of
thle good old federal pie. why, then, Jim would be
out of tha running entirely for tha city Job, but a
man has to do something, and so ha leln tha running.
He has had three whlrla at tha mayorship and feels
that a fourth wouldn't hurt his cowboy constitution
a bit. although ha seems to appreciate the faot that
soma or tha voters may feel differently about It-
But tha woods are full of candidates besides these
seven In the city hall. Truth Is, there are a few
Other buddln renlnaea anran In n k.ll
" . - -- - ..w ., wi?i Hiii
as deputies, clerks and what not. who are cogitating
inougnis in tneir own minas about trying It out with
then- chiefs for the nomination.
Then there AMI YIIOrA In trias rmiss4i Vi rat sa anil n
almost every office building and some shops and busi
ness houses. As things now stand, It will not be
necessary to resort to conscription tn fin tha mint
of candidates for tha primaries.
And they do say that some of the forces that
'made" tha Cltliana' t lrl .u ti j m ...
' ' t ninni ui Trunca
tion at the November election, are shaping up their
lines for business at the city election, their slogan
being, "A complete new city hall administration."
Twice Told Tales
Seeking- at Hiibssd.
Nat E. Harris, recent! alacteH
Georgia, merrily smiled when tha riUlVrutl(tn Ira tha
lobby of a hotel turned to tha subject of benedlds.
" ""'a ne waa reminaea or a little Incident.
Some time ago a bretty vounr woman .ni.r.j
moving picture theater and took a aoat well toward
tha front Finally tha lights were turned on, reveal
ing a young married counle with whom aha waa ac
quainted sluing beside her.
Why, Clara!" exclaimed the young married
woman, noticing that the other waa unattendej.
"What In tha world are you. doing- here?"
i am looking for a husband, dear." was the quiet
response of Clara.
"Looking for a husband?" ntunai .
woman, wonderlngty. fWhy, you have a husband!"
"Yes, I know." was tha slarhfni reining.. e
lata comer. "That's the one I. am innkinr
Philadelphia Telegraph.
JaJtlaa tha Doctor.
In a certain Arkansas loin
maintains a nhlcla k ... .... T.
.... .. m.iua lno resiuenis cr
the camp and also tha famlliee of auch employes as
ii uaca in ins nius. one day he was summonei
to the home of a newly hired native, with the as
surance mat ne waa "wanted oowerful had "
With all haste he started winiin L
hollow after another, where the road was a mere
tradition, and came at last tn a t. i
"e opened the gate a rur.sry-looklng woman came
io mo uoop ana cajiea:
"Be yo' tha comp'ny doctor?"
"Tea, I'm tha doctor. Who Is sick?"
"Don't reckon thar's nobody sick, doctor."
"Well, why In tha world did vn
no one Is snok?"
"lilt's this way. doctor: We.itna t. n k.
order a right smart, an' mought need yo' most any
time. My ole man said vo'
wa aent for yo'; but he's sech a no-'count liar thet I
aassen t trust his sayso. so I lyanted to see to' rayse f.
An' yere yo be!" Everybody's Mag-aslne.
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People and Events
Mme. Koudachaf. well known aa a hnM hh,
explorer. Is cne of tha chief scouts In the service of
r wsr mount is the same horse upon
which she nade her famous trio from B.Hn. a.
the Baltic
A Frenchman who auccsaded in r.Dihi.. tu
'I Etape. a town la tha Voegea. ssys that his mother
passed tour days and five nights in the same cellar
In which. In 1870, she took refuge with him. when lie
was a cnua. irom tne Uerman guns. Living oa the
French frontier Insures thrills rivaling tha slopes of
When Egypt's new sultan took nfn,-e b,..m
two weeks ago the official censor sent this pen picture
to a waiting world: "It was regarded as a happv
augury of the occasion that against tha deep red of
tha sunset glow a new crescent moon, with nri.i..
star beside It, gleamed with silvery radiance In the
heavens."
The distinction Of belna tha nldeat nl.i.l.. 1-
the world is claimed for Rev. Bedgwlck XV. Bed well.
D. D.. of Eaat Mlddlebury. Vt. who ia Itt past."
Until thia winter he has been the neighborhood marvel
of strength and activity. It has been his custom for
years to eat four meals a day. a practice that made
for the Joy of living and buttressed a constitution
which soared Father Time from his gate.
With Paris out of tha runnina. Phlcaan
-mm . . IS
the front as tha creator of
cornea Into tha home stretch a mile ahead of Toledo.
for eprlng styles Chicago's Fashion Art lrx
increased visibility of the walat Una for alima
Thoaa Inclined to "embonpoint" that's 'the word-
will remain mere fashion spectators, useful to hang
clothes on. As a fashion dictator Chlcaso la mm.
peach.
Tha advance In freight ratea
railroads apparently does not Inltate managsra Into
the "Don't Worry'' club. Interviewa with rallroal
men In the Wall Street Journal give expression to
fears that they will not hold the extra mam ..
long. They expect their employee wilt Insist on a
epltt by demanding more waee. Bo they conclude
thera Isn't much, satisfaction In getting a boost wnea
you eaat hold It.
Michael Idvarky Pun In af New Tnrk w . J.
lege professor sad a mUlionaire. entered Castle Gar
den as a oennllesa boy. smt amDinvmen . i ,
In a Turkish bath establishment, wont to tha public
scnouis. graauaieo irom I'oiumbia and now ranks
sniong the greatest of American aclentlats. Inventions
made him rich and famous. A single Pupia Invention
Is said to have made possible our modern long dis
tance telephone service.
Kaltar aad C'oltnre.
OMAHA. Jan. To the Editor of The
Bee: A friend of mine wants to know
if making Belgium a door-mat (an .apt
expression once used in your columns) Is
applicable to the meaning of the Ger
man word "kultur?"
Wren a German says he will kur you,
be only means he will treat you and not
necessarily make you well as we mean
by the word "cure" In English.
So. too. with this word "kultur," which
ha a somewhat different meaning thau.
our word "culture."
But Just what "kultur'' means In Ger
man Is hard for the average American
to grasp, unless it means discipline by
the state or nation, but the Germans do
not give to it this meaning exactly.
The mlxup In translating this word
Into English Is amusing. It is snld to
mean "Industry, order, filial obedience
and love of soap and water." But so did
our word "culture" at the beginning evl
dently mean that and now also for those
coming up In tha scale of civilization.
Again It la said to apply only to a na
tlon as a whole, "implying an enlight
ened government to which the individual
Is strictly subordinated snd that the peo
ple as Individuals must sacrifice their in
dlvlduality to the state."
If that be Its meaning It is hardly
democratlo and would surely not comply
with our Declaration of Independence.
Whatever be Its meaning, for It is cer
talnly a conundrum to an American, a
few word on culture may not be amiss.
This twentieth century war has cer
tainly destroyed a lot of Ideals that mod
ern rVvilisatlon has been striving for and
our word "culture" has been stampeded
and all that it Is built upon In esthetics,
ethics,' science of government, religion
(faith), etc
It brings us back to tha weaknesses of
human nature aifd not to that culture
of ancient democratlo Athena, nor to that
of tha Roman republic, which did so
much to stiffen tha backbone of hujtnan
nature for all time by example.
Only to destroyed by the caesars
of Rome when an empire, greedy for
power by the ruling clssses, and then to
dissipation and licentiousness, and down-
went Rome like McGlnty.
To us the word culture seems synony
mous with education, and more, demo
cratlo It would seem than applied to the,
stats, unless the state be a republic,
where all can have a voice and be heard.
The stench of the dead oa the battle
field In summer or of the trenches does
not appeal to our culture, and there
surely must be soma better way that
the fittest should survive, as slowly but
surely by the science of eugenics, for in
stance, In the distant future of the race.
In our time, at least, one philosopher
and two atatesmen In this order, Nletx-
schke. Trietchke, Bernhardi. have taught
peculiar doctrines, it would appear to us
in this country.
When Nletxsche taught that the ma
jority of mankind were Incapable of
original thought and perforce the people
must be led, unwittingly he Insulted the
Intelligence of the people of the United
States, or he had no knowledge of us.
If Taft or Roosevelt or their parties do
not suit us wa choose Wilson.
Those who do not believe In such as
the beatitudes like -Nietzsche, that
"blessed are the meek, for they shall In-
he-lt the earth," wtll now have an op
portunity to refute them, for the fight Is
on and much of civilisation is engaged In
this, wa. hope, tha last of all wars on
earth. ' GEORGE P. WILKINSON.
Variety the Spice of Life.
OMAHA. Jan. 1-To the Editor of The
Bee: In time gona by newspapers were
newspapers only. Nowadays some of
them are whole libraries of information,
as the more enterprising ones employ
scores ct eminent writers and thinkers,
who writs on hundreds of different
topics. I wonder If tho general publlo
appreciates that they are being gradu
ally educated by these newspapers', and
that in spite of themselves. . I will name '
a few of these writers.
"Madam Dix" handlea Immorality with
out gloves. She rips men and women
open. Inspects and dissects their inner
organs, cleans oit their livers and plugs
up their leaky hearts, patching them up
and putting them together so firmly that
Judge Sutton will not be able to pry
them apart with a crowbar.
"Dooly's" sympathy for, the lean, over
worked after-dinner orators is worth
reading, and ought not be sniffed st.
"Madam Wilcox's" philosophy, which
reaches from hades to heaven, is won
derful, Indeed. No wonder, though, as
she says thst she got started by someone
a thousand years ago and has since
lived- a great many lives, and expects to
live a great many mora before her cycle
ia complete, which will likely be when
hep poems are heard before the throne.
"Lady Duff Gordon", Is a grekt au
thority on ladlee' fashions. She will
likely soon revive the old-fashioned
boseohcloth; as It Is now, the waists are
eut down to the wishbone and the skirts
are a half Inch below the km-. but It
Is healthy, they say. sdmlttlng air to
front aa well as the rear. Stllt-llke i
heels, under the mldJie of the shoes make i
one feel proud as a rooster walking on
ha toes.
"Hubbard" tells us about some of the
greatest men that ever lived, what they
did and what they taught, omitting, ner
hapa purpoaely. King tavd and Solo
mon: yea. and weU, as according to their
moral reputation they would not In our
time be fit to rule over Ram Cat alley.
Queen of Sheba knelt before this mas
fcolomon and worshiped him. and so to
day some women tske pleasure in throw
ing their shsckles into the laps of the
mostly beastly of men.
"Servlss" tells us all about astronomy.
Our globe, he says. Is a mere plnhead,
compared with millions of globes tum
bling themselves n endless space. The
Inhabitants of Mara have for thousands
of years signaled Ua by wlivleaa without
wa being able to catch on. and ho won
der, as the human .In comparison to the
Mara giants is like Drk Conneil's milk,
bacteria, of which there is more than
ten thousand million in a pint bottle. !
Yes. even Mars' Irrigation canala irt
greater than our Rock county ditch.
"Gregory" gives us now and then bits
of past history which is Interesting and
tends to enlighten us In the broadest
sense of the word.
"Msdame Fairfax" Insists that women
shoull have right of selection and
privilege of proposing marriage to man.
It would bo better, as It la not given all
men to understand the crossbars of a
gu-au-eyed t,tnt hence, she la right on
the general principle. It was so In tha
beginning and Is still so with an Inula.
It is the mlaa of the animal kingdom
thst proposes, and for that reason there
are no old maids among them. An ani
mal (a snake) tauaht lha irioV . ,1..
first woman, saying, bow. Miss Eve. if
you don't want to be sn old maid, ask
Mr. Adam to marry you, and so she did;
so says Adam.. though Adam waa dis
satisfied ever after, as he had to take
what he could get, as the women of todsy
have to do. It was said that their wed
ding apparel did not fit quite aa well as
If made by Maisme Fox or Nlcol the
Tailor.
The Letter Box Is both Interesting and
Instructive, but would be much better
If tha writers would cut out calling one
another names and liars. P. WHO.
Editorial Snapshots
Washington Post: Mohammedan and
Hindu soldiers clash over the manner ot
killing a sheep, but any old wsy will do
for a man.
Boston Transcript: There's some con
solation In the reflection that after the
war some of those mediaeval European
cities can use the trenches for subwsys
and sewer systems.
Baltimore American: The United,
-state has reason to be proud of Its rep
resentatives abroad who hav met sn
unexpected crisis In a manner which has
reflected the greatest credit on them
selves and on their country. In many
Instances, they hsve been able to save
numbers and have taken care of the
citizens of other nations at war in a way
to earn International gratitude. They
have found real work at their posts and
are doing it In a brave and efficient way.
Sioux City Tribune: Omaha newspa
pers are respectfully referred to that
Chicago coroner's claim of one marked
field of usefulness for the coroner's Jury.
He contends that twenty men In that
city have been saved from suicide
through official service at Inquests. The
vulgar curiosity and lack of sympathy
manifested at the average Inquest cer
tainly would tend to shatter any ro
mantic halos that might have been built
around the Idea of self-destruction.. '
SUMY OEMS.
"When the 'British sttacked Washing
ton In 1113 all the conicressmcn hsd to
leave the city. Of course, they cams
back later."
"lMrt they collect mileage both wayf?"
easerly Inquired the congressman sd
dreseed. Ixnnsvllle Courier-Journal.
Mrs. Flatte Wslt. dear, until I think.
Mr. Flatte I can t wait as long as that;
I ve got an engagement day after tomor
row. Yonkers Statesman.
"A doctor reverses the usual order."
'How?"
"He must exercise resignation when he
lacks patients." Baltimore Americas.
. HEROIC BELGIUM.
r.--lalum. when the story's told
On history's Impartial page.
Of how thv sons, heroic, bold.
Withstood the Teutons' fiery rage,
When In this passion-mad time
Nations to Mtter conflict flew,
And thou, guiltless of any crime.
First felt the sword that treachery
drew;
Through generations yet unborn,
Thv traalc tale of wmns and una
W!!l move men's hearts to hhte and scorn
i For the savage and relentless foe.
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Blast i sre thy fields, fair Isnd.
Thy peaceful homes In ruin lie.
The fneman'a devastating hand
Spared naught, nor paused for orphan's
cry.
Red ruin followed In his wake.
O'er Mood-soaked lands he madly trod.
Heeding not the prayers that spake
A people's pleading to their God.
In the annala of recorded time.
No blacker crime than this Is told;
No barbarian hordes from sny clime
E'er showed hearts mora hard and cold.
But alt Is not lost, brava land; '
Thy honor stands; thy valor, too:
The sword unsheathed In thy hand
Is stalnlesa as the morning dew.
Thy sacrifice cries to God and man
For vengeance on thy heartless foe.
Hold fast thy faith: keep in the van;
Thy foemRn yet shall taste of woe.
Asaln thy fields in peace ohall bloom
With harvests for thy people's needs.
Thy cities, now enwreppel in gloom
Again will rise to nobler deeds.
And thou.' whose patriot sons have spread
Thy well won fame the world around.
Shall yet avenge the loyal deed
And live
Chicago.
freedom, glory crowned.
E. C. HARDY.
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FLORENCE
is to be given next au.l
believe me she is a very
pretty dolly.! She has
such ( svret v winning
ways that we would like
to have her go to'som
little girl that didn't get
a doll for Xmas. She
'would make that little
girl so happy.
Put ou your thinking
cap little Busy Bees,
and see if you cannot re
member some 6uch little
girl, and try to make
her happy by collecting
a iew pictures to help
her win Florence.
. Florence will be given .
free to the little girl un
der 12 years of age that
brings or mails us the
largest number of dolls A ;
M4A4nwAa Ane Ana r 9 elA '
Daily and Sunday , Bee
before 4 p. m. Saturday,
January 9.
Florence pictures will
be in The Bee every day
this week. Cut them out
and ask your friends to save the pictures in their paper
for you too. See how many pictures of Florence you can
get, and be sure to turn them in to The Bee office before
I p. m., Saturday, January 9.
You Can See Florence at the Bee Office
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