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THK BEE: OMAHA, HIIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915.
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ys January It
Thought for the Day
SmUctmd by Thomat Kit pat rick.
It teat not the Stoic$ ahne who "bettototd too
mucheoet on death, and by their preparation
made it more fearful." Ai Spinoza has taught,
"the proper elxidy of a Kite man it not luw toy
die, but hoto to live," and a long o$ he i' dis
charging thit taek arirjht, he may leave the end
to tale care ofitulf. The great guiding lami"
murkee of a vit life are indeed Jet and timpk;
to do our duty to avoid uteleee torrova to ac
quiesce i the inevitable. W.'JS. 11. Leckv.
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It is a wise monarch who knows hi victory
when ha sees it.
Judging by the score, the Douglas county
delegation ran the pie baaes like professionals.
A point of order on good terms with a pre
siding officer again scores as an Impediment to
vpeeeb.
As soon as the Jobs are parceled out the pres
sing affairs of state will receive consideration.
Jobs first, duty after.
But In the number of victims the earth
quake at Rome Is several laps behind! the military-machine
destroyers.
One of the many paradoxes Mexico tosses
at white-men is why a people largely vegetarians
should develop a mighty thirst for gore.
Well, If that's the case, as the cartoon pic
tures it, we will have to prohibit aUo the ex
port of picks and shovels to any country en
gaged In .war.
One small piece of the Nebraska legislative
patronage pie goes to the bullmoose camp.
Those bullmoosers know how to cash in ou
their devotion to principle all right.
The objections of suburban residents to leg
islative annexation do not Imply any objection
to enjoying the feast of good things Omaha pro
vides. Unity and co-operation, are essential to
progress.
Prospects for peace at the pie counter are
brightening at Washington. The White house
chef and the senatorial waiters are telling their
troubles to each other, a condition filled with
hope for the famished.
Thej inquiry, into the cause of subway acci
dents in New .York City raises the larger ques
tion why a community which builds skyscrapers
for light and air should burrow through the
-arth for means of transit. ,
In time complaining witnesses will learn
that it is dangerous to tamper with police court
propriety. Let ninety-nine guilty .criminals es
cape rather than have one Innocent man dis
figure the dignity of the court!
Equal distribution of the financial resources
of the country was the pledged benefit of the
Federal Reserve system of banking. Those who
feel they have not received their share might
drp a perfumed note to the district distributers.
The commltteei that have been considering; ch.art.-r
amendments have agreed on aeveral recommendations
.11. To employ Urncral Eatabrook to eatabllah monu
menta to mailt boundarWa of the streets. 2. To enable
the city to uh the lower part f Capitol avenue f.r
a market house. I. To raise the aaiary of the mayor to
ll.Ous and each councl mao to 8000 a year. 4. To cre-Uo
the office of lty auditor and to make city clerk and
marshal! elective. S. To extend the tin or paying
for pavement from four years to nine years.)
Word ws received from Cleveland of the dath
there if the mother of Edward lloaewaier. editor
of The Bee. City Engineer Roewa,ter and Frank
Jtosewater. the flret two bavin, one to her bed.ld,
aeveral days before on notice of her avrioua iUness.
The county commissioners let the ' contract to
upply lumber for Pouftaa county to the Chkaite
Lumber company.
City Treasurer Truman Buck has recovered from
)iis UUe Ulije.s and 1 once more able to attend te
bunlness.
Harry P. Winter, the -cnli aalen.an at Iiewey
4 6tont . has Bone to bis old home mar JuanUta to
!n4 a ftw caya.
C. Hansen, manager of George fteimrod Srotery
store, has com to t'hkaxu ta attend 1 1.- .....
- - vwainJuun
The War and Our Basiiieu.
The I ndlrd State aeenna to bet tarnlng Uio
corner now. The Rrncral oi (nation 1 atill rOti
fuaed and complex, hut it is distinctly more
hopcfid. The total of oip crops is astounding
In quantity and Incredible In value, the market
worth of the year's output bHng calculated at
some 4,7.V),fMK),000. Thla figure la not com
prcrnnslble, hut it does indicate aolid prosper
ity for the fanning state, deplt the loams
by the cattle epidemic, and it doea give a real
haul fop general hulnea recovery. The re-
sultlng swing upward Is moat marked, of
courae, in those section where the higher
priced crop of liwt season were grown, as in
Kanu, Nebraska, Iowa and the north weM
We have and will have our losses and pains
from the war, hat our national motto is "Ail
aboard for 1015!" Collier's Weekly. '
Short Ballot for Commercial Club
The Commercial club election just held has
developed a new- form of ballot, which is, ap
parently, an improvement on wnat nas gone
liefore, but which Invitee still further improve
ment. The purpose of the election was to fill
sixty places on the directory, .for which 2i9
names were submitted to the bewildered elec
torate. The division of the lists Into groups,
with a different number to be chosen out of
each group, doubtless relieved the pressure
somewhat, but still left the ballot cumbersome
and confusing.
Let us suggest a short ballot movement for
Commercial club elecUons. The thing for the
Commercial club to do next is to elect its dl
rectors for three years Instead of one year, and
to divide them Into three classes, with over
lapping terms, so that only one-third will gi
out each year. Let the group system be con
tlnued, if desirable, for choosing the twenty dl
rectors annually by requiring the successor of
each outgoing member to come from the same
group. If the Commercial club is as progres
sive as we believe It is, it will start the short
ballot at home, and lead by its own example
Making" War Photos
Over in Belgium
A, . Williams la The Outlook.
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Resignation of Berchtold.
One of the dominant diplomatic figures in
Europe, Count von Berchtold, foreign minister
for Austria, has Just passed Into eclipse, tem
porary, maybe, but of great importance Just at
this time. Count von Berchtold has been a most
aggressive advocate of the Germanic as op
posed to the Slavonic Influence on world af
fairs, and especially has he moved for the ex
tension of Austrian control In Balkan politics.
It was through him that Austria Intervened in
the settlement of conditions at the end of the
war between the Balkan coalition and Turkey;
he brought about the annexation of Herzegovina
and Bosnia, and deprived Servia of the port on
and Adriatic, and, finally, it was von Berchtold
who sent to Sorvia the note fat set in motion
the present war. That he should retire from the
ministry at this time is one of the really note
worthy developments of the recent days of the
war.
'it is scarcely possible that von Berchtold
resigned without having consulted with Berlin,
because of the community of interest between
Austria anil Germany. That he is to be suc
ceeded by a Hungarian statesman is also sig
nificant, for this may be taken as a sign that
a better understanding, is sought for in the af
fairs of the dual monarchy, If it has not actually
been reached, and the cause for friction that
might have led to serious dissensions between
Austria and Hungary Is thus removed. If this
be true, the position of the Teutonic allies Is
strengthened by the move.
That Austria would endeavor to adjust mat
ters at home so far as possible to preserve the
unity of the empire's fighting forces is natural.
With the impending entry of Roumania and
Italy into the war, It Is imperative that the Ger
manic allies keep their lineup unbroken by do
mestic disagreements.
Earthquake and Battle Shocks.
Under normal conditions, the earthquake
that rocked Italy would be looked upon as a
world calamity. As It It, the news of the disaster
falls upon ears dulled by the din of war, and
the significance of the occurence dwindles
mightily iq comparison. The loss of life in
quieter times would be appalling, but the total
looks very small when set alongside that of a
modern battlefield, a few minutes' work with
the great engines used by the armies brings
about more havoc than Is charged to this trem
blor. Man has lmproed on nature's methods
tor destruction of life and property, and what
ordinarily would cause tremendous excitement
is nowadays accepted as a matter of course.
Yet the news from Italy will not be heard
with apathetic indifference. The sympathy of
the American people for the Italians who have
suffered loss will not be the less sincere be
cause the destruction wrought by the earth
quake falls something short of that accomplished
by the armies in the field.
'Uncle Moie" Obeyi Instructions.
Borne folks may be disposed to score "Uncle
Mose" Klnkaid for being the only member from
Nebraska to record himself in the house for
the woman suffrage amendment after votes for
women was so decisively rejected in this state
at the polls last November. But "Uncle Mose"
knows a thlng or two, and it is not to be sup
posed that he went up against that roll-call
blindly. Uncle Mose." it la true. Is a member
of the Nebraska delegation in the lower house,
but he represents more particularly his constit
uency in the "Big" Sixth. While suffrage was
beaten In the state by an undisguisable ma
jority. It carried the Sixth district by a margin
tp the good of nearly 3,500 votes. So "Uncle
Mose" was merely execuUng the Instructions of
the voters who re-elected him.
Soms manufacturers balked at an exhibition
of "Made-in-America" goods, planned at Cin
cinnati, and the project was abandoned. It Is
said the objectors feared to have their a ods
known as American made. If the reason given
is corntct, the objecting, manufacturers stand
self-Indicted for marketing goods under false
labels.
The seuator's newspaper makes the start
ling discovery that the secretary of state does
not want bis prohlbltion-of-amia-export bill
fussed. Aow surprising, in view of the fact
that the senator ts pushing his bill ouly to hu
miliate and embarrass the secretary:
THIS I another story or men of valor and of wsr.
It concerns men In plain dress, not In uniform
a tale of civilians, not of soldiers. In concern
those men who so to the front armed with cameras
rather than with rifles.
The war photographer rarely comes to our notice.
He Is overshadowed by the war correspondent. While
tlx-re Is some deception, a 1 thaJI show, yet, ns u
rule. Is is most difficult for the photographer to "fake
his stuff." or to get It without paying t-.ie price. The
correspondent, on the other hand, may be taking his
war de luxe In a good hotel, and, priming with a
glass of beer some wounded soldier from the front,
may pump the fellow for a first-rate second-hsnd
story. But the camera, refuses to record words; it
confines Itself to deeds. Ro the photographers, like
the soldiers, must hie themselves away to the front
1 first made their acquaintance as they were gathered
round the tables of Qambrinus In Ghent. Their plain
clothe stood out In contrast to the colored uniforms
of officers and soldiers crowded in that care. Thlr
little group consisted of an Island of Kngllsh talk In a
babbling aea of French and Flemish. Though they
were between the ages of and So. they had seen
service In all the great event of Europe, and ev-o
the globe. Stormy petrels', they were always In thi
center of the whirling world. Like mot men who
have seen much of the world, good and bad. they
had ceased to be cynics. When I came in out of the
rain with no other Introduction than a dripping ocr N
coat, they took me Into their company and while 1
away the evening with tales of other win. At the
end they invited mi to fill out their automobile on
the morrow.
AVith the British' flag flying at the front we sped
away on the road to Termondc. In the outskirts of
Ghent we met. a roving bsnd of Belgian soldiers who
were In a free and rarelesa mood, quite willing to put
themnclves at our disposal. Under the command of
the photographers they charged across the field with
fixed bayonets. wHrglad up through the glass, or
standing behind the trenches, biased away with their
run at aa Imaginary enemy. They-did some good
acting, grim and serious as death. All except one
This youth couldn't suppresa his aense of humor. Ho
could not, or would not, keep from laughing even
when he was supposed to be blowing the head off a
German. He was properly disciplined and put qut of
the game, and we went on wltl our maneuvers to the
accompaniment of the clicking cameras until the pho
tographers had gathered in a fine lot of realistic
fighting line pictures. These pictures are "true"
that Is, they are faithful to reality, giving Indeed even
a better Idea than If they were taken right on the
battle line.
Leaving our automobile In charge of the chauf
feur, w made our way over the bridge Into the city
of Tsrmonde, or what waa onco Termonde, for it Is
difficult to dignify with the name of city a heap of
battered buildlnga and crumbling brick an ugly scar
upon the landscape. A regiment of hungry dogs came
prowling up the street, and, remembering the antics
of the laat week, they looked at us as If wondering
what new species of crasy human being we were.
To them the world must suddenly have gone quite
mad, and If there had been an aaltator among them
he might well have asked bis fellow dogs why they
had acknowledged a race of madmen as their masters.
Tndeed. one could almost detect a sense of surprlte
that we didn't use the photographlo apparatus to
commit some new outrage. They atayed with us for
a while, but at the sight of our cinema man turning
the crank like a machine run they turned and ran
wildly down the street Emptied bottles' looted from
some win cellar were strung along the streets. To
some they had been more fatal than the Belgian
bullets, for while some of the German soldiers had
been setttnr the city blaslnr with petrol from the
petrol flasks, others had set their In sides on fire- with
liquors from the wine f leaks, and, rolling down the
street in drunken orgy, they had fallen head
long Into the canal. Now German helmets still
bring high prices aa souvenirs. Three boys who had
crawled across trie bridge were fishing for these hap
less victim. It waa not from any sentimental rea
sons, but purely In the business capacity of local
dealers in helmets and other. Grman souvenirs. We
rot picture there: a picture of the Hotel de Vllle,
the walls outside standlnr like a shell, the Inside a
smoking masa of debria;Uhen a picture of a mitrail
leuse ear which awunr Into the square, hrlnginr a
lot of German bicycles, ewhnse riders had lust been
shot down outside the city. The mitrailleuse also took
a shot at an aeroplane, bussing away like a giant bee
at a tremendous distance overhead, and was off again
oa another scouting trip.
t got separated from the party and was making
my way alone when I waa startled bv a ahrn
"Hello!" ringing up the street I turned to sea. not
one of the photographers, but a fully armed Belgian
aoiaier waring ma nand at me.
'Heller he shouted; are you an American?"
I eould hardly believe my. eyes or meare, but
shouted back; "Tes, yes; I am an American, Are
your
"You betcha," he replied, coming quickly up to nie.'
'What are you doing down here flrtting?" I
asked.
"What the hell you think Tm doing?" he rejoined.
"Now are you really an American?" I queried.
"Tou betcha,' he replied. 'Tin a Belgian reservist.
my name Is August Ridden, I came from Warner.
Wis., and Tm out here on scout duty."
Been In any battles?"
"You betcha," he replied.
"Kill any Germans?"
"You betcha." N
"Do you enjoy Itr
"You betcha." V
"Any around hew now?"
"You betcha. A lot of them down In the bushes
over the brook." Then suddenly and with light
gleaming In hi ayea, aa If overjoyed with such an
Inspired Idea, he exclaimed, confidentially, "Come
right down with me and you caa take a pot-shot at
them with my rifle." He said It like a man offering
a rare treat to his best friend.
I wanted to exhibit proper aeet about this little
shooting affray and at the aame time decline with
thanka. So I said eagerly. "Now you are dead sure
the Germans are down there?" Implying that of course
I couldn't waste any time utiles the shooting was
good.
"Tou betcha they're down there. Tou can see
their green-gray uniform. I counted sixteen or sev
enteen of them."
The thought of that slxteen-to-one shot 'mad my
cheeks take on the color of the German uniforms.
The naked truth was my laat resort It wss the only
thinr that stood now between ma and my friend,
dragging me forcibly down to the booktde. Bo when
mauen asnei. " hat a the matter? You afraid?" I
replied, "Tou betcha "
The happy arrival of the photographer at thli
juncture, however, veemed my fallen reputation;
for a soldier ts always peculiarly amenable to the
charms of a camera, and la even willing to quit
fighting to get Ms picture taken. We poaed for our
pictures, and then sst down on a battered wall while
Ridden poured his story Into my listening ears. As
a farewell token he presented me wtlh an epaulet
from an officer he had killed and a pin from a Ger
man, woman apy he had captured. I waved a flnwl
adieu down the street, shouting out, "Be aura to come
and see me In America when you. get backr The
laat I heard from Ridden waa hi sure, confident reply
"Tou betcha."
I People and Events
To cost of the world war to data ta figured at
I.e0.O00.OJ0. The eoat ef killing seems considerably
'higher than the coat of Pvtng.
The first ahake of tha political plum tree In New
Terk'a elate oapltot brouarht dowa P00S worth of
Jobs. AH dropped Into republican basketa.
New York's subway system, built under contract
and planned, entail oa outlay of 1364.000.000. Subways
affosd the juiciest route to tha publie treasury.
The Joy of auto makeia and of oil klnga la aot
marred much by war. I it year there Vrre registered
In the various stales l.SUS.Ml automobile, asautst
Ltr7.t la wa
Maapln Maxes Satirical.
LINCOLN, Jsn. 14-To the Editor of
The Bee: Governor Morehend's message
Is a splendid example of terse, forceful
Enirllfh. and a such .should be used In
the public schools as a model. But It
mot Interextlng feature, especially to
the taxpayer. the demand for economy
and efficiency In the conduct of the
stste's business. One particular recom
mendation submitted by Governor More
head deserve consideration above all
others, for It points the way for a more
sweeping economy than ever proposed
heretofore. Reference is made to his sug
gestion thst the state establish a stste
printing plant at the penitentiary and em
ploy convicts to do the immense amount
of printing the state must have each
blennlum. If thl I done the state will
be able to save from 120,000 to 110,000 a
year In wages alone, saying nothing of
the saving In overhead that must be
chnrged against the state by private firm
now securing contracts for state printing.
But why stop with utilising the work
of convicts In th mstter of state print
ing? There are convicts In the state
prison Just as competent to perform the
duties of private secretary to the gover
nor, clerka In departments, stenograph
ers, deputies, etc., as there are competent
to do the printing required' by the state.
The state easily might save 12,000 a year
by utilizing some convict's services ss
private secretary to the governor. An
other 12.5flO a year might be saved by
giving some convict charge of the food,
drug and dairy department, for It reoulrc
less technical training and leas "book
learning" to be a competent food and
drug commissioner than It does to be a
competent foreman or manager of a hugo
printing plant
There are Home pretty good bookkeep
ers among the convicts. Why not use
th-.-m In the state institutions. In the state
offices, and farm them out to private
employers, and in this wise way not only
save the state sn immense sum In sal
aries but provide quite a bit for revenue
on the side? There are also six or eight
Janitor at the state house whose services
might be dispensed with and their places
supplied by convicts. And will any one
deny that amonr the 400 convicts there
are enough capable of performing such
services as are required by the legislature
while In session committee clerks, ser-geints-at-arnis,
custodians, etc.?
Governor Morehead has shown u the
advantages of electlnr a banker and
business man to the position of chief
cuuve or our fair state. A little in
vestigation will dlsclos the fact that
there are more bankers In our various
state prison than there are printers,
h?nce we have another avenue for the
practice of economy. Let us aelect from
among our convict-bankera one to put In
charge of the executive branch of our
state government, thus saving the salary
of 12,600. now paid to Governor More
head. With convlet officials In charge, and
convict clerks to aaslst them, the tax
payers may be relieved of a burden now
amounting to a huge sum for salaries
alone. Followed along this line, puttlnr
convicts in charge of practically all of
our state Institutions, save In positions
demanding special education and training
and we not only will have solved our
Prison labor question, but we wilt
also have solved to a great degree the
problem of taxation. It doesn't require
any more brains or time to make a good
lawyer or doctor than It requires to make
u equauy good master printer.
With convicts doing the state nHntini-
eqnvlcts doing the medical work required
ni siaie, convicts handling h.
routine or an the state offices and doing
th clerical work of the legislature, we
may soon be able to dispense with the
iiacu, nutllnar ennvtrta i.
.ire or our lawmaking. Then the only
expense of the state rovernment will be
merriy me board and lodeina- nf ell .-..
officials and employes. I rn..t
Governor Morehead's message, so terse
"u arammancai aa to leave no room for
suspicion of Its origin, should he care
fully read by every taxpayer.
WILL M. MAUPIN.
Wkat Fair Flay Demands.
OMAHA, Jan. U.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Mr. J. Duls raila me to task for
mixing nationality with sympathy In
what I said In a letter printed lately in
The llee, but I honestly believe that I
did nothing of the kind. I said prac
tically nothing against Germany and I
never set my feet on British soil.
Only In order to be brief I did not stale
that Americana should give fair play to
England and to tl allies, too.
It Is not fair play to reproach the
alllc for bringing Hmdus.SAlgerians and
Sengalcse to fight, while nothlnr Is said
of the Turks with their holy war cominr
In as the allies of Germany. Neither la
It lair play to brinr up so often the
spectre of a fancied Japaneae peril and
to insinuate that England will help
Japan to make war on ua. To seise on
the difficulties between the United Bute
and Japn in order to arouse more bad
feeling in this country against Japan
and England is rolnr too far In disregarding-
President Wilson's advice. W.
H. Taft and W. Morgan Bhustee said
that Japan don't want the Phlllpplnea.
Both they and Roosevelt said that we
ehould rive- them their independence
without any guarantee whataoever by
e and without our retaining any foot
hold In them," aa Mr. Roosevelt ex
pressed. So, if the United States even
wsnta to let go of the Philippines, what
do they care If Japan holds Kiao Chew,
Jap and Jalult? Moreover, aa they will
have no Japanese Immigrants and they
will enfoice the Monroe Doctrine, they
have no moral right to Interfere In purely
Asiatic affairs. "It Is possible after the
cloae of this war," says Mr. Rooacvelt.
"that Germany and Japan will turn up
In cloae alliance." (Everybody Maja
alnoh Mr. Dul. a many other do. re
calla England's part In the civil war. I
resiuict Mr. Duls1 antipathy for Eng.
land on auch an account because he
was Itvinr at that time and reraembera
the sorrows and misery of those days
but I respectfully ask him: Why should
the Americans strll hate England for
that, while north and south hate each
other no more? The worst enemy of the
union then was not Kngland. but the
people of the south. That the people of
the eou'-h believed to be right makes no
difference here. Such black spots aa
England's conduct during the civil war
are In the history of nearly every nation.
Let the innocent one throw the firt
ton. Beaidea say that If England
waa that monster of selfishness which
somebody wants us to believe It la. la
the civil war It would have destroyed the
union and It could have dona It. pressed
aa it was by louls Napoleon. to recognise
the confederated state. England didnt
do It In spite of the hardships cauaed
in Ha mill towns by the lack of cotton.
In the Interpretation of the loosely con
trucled British neutrality laws regard
ing the furnishing of commerce - de
stroyers ta the south, the south hsd
merely the benefit of the doifbt. We
Jii'lee a man according to the deed for
which we try him. not acocrdlng to what
he did fifty years before. Let us do so
of England, too. In this war. Mr. Duls
think that British capital agitates most
of the Ei.gllsh sympathy In America, but
why," In rpite of this capital In the Anglo
Boer war the Americana were ao strongly
for the Boers? Because the Boers were
right 1 say. In 1S70 they were rro-Ger-mans
because they believed Germany a
victim of French aggressiveness, and In
the Rusto-Jnpnnese war they were pro
Jspaness because thev I'toked on Russia
as a bully, nosrvlthstanding tho fact that
during the civil war Rusila was the best
friend t,t the union. 8o In those three
wars. Irrespectively of victor or van
quished In spice of capital, racial tie,
Influence, an alleged monopoly of news
and previous gcod understanding, Ameri
cana sided with the part which they be
lieved waa right, and which 'really was
mainly rlsbt. Can It be that the pre
ponderating American sympathy for
the allies today Is caused by any other
reason? That public opinion In America
favora England and the allies Is admitted
even by the Cclogne Gazette.
Regarding "Gowln comes back." I sav
that I never Intended to malje that proud
Gentile tip his hct to King George, as
I never tipped it myself-that Ideas and
truths are no monopoly of the men of
sny race or nation, although haughtiness
ndght he, and the.t ho should confine hia
reading to publications openly engaged
in fostering jare hatred ' and national
prcjudk-es. CAESAR REGAZfcr.
SMimO REMARKS.
Editorial Snapshots
St. Louis Globe-iDemocrat: McdiU He
Cormlck has been doing solo work so
long that it must seem a little odd to him
to perform In choru.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: A bigger
navy and an enlarged army will provide
Uncle Sam with a better system of pro
tection against hla foe, but his friends
will have to pay for It
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Nevertheless
there will be skeptical readers who will
prefer to wait and see whether the Rus
sian "crushing" of the Tunka wa not on
the aame order a the -Muscovite "an
nihlliatlrfn" of the Austrian armies.
"Ten" IV,. h. -T K.
gran my career as Ix-gree in an Uncle
Tom troupe."
"Oh." replied tbe Ingenue, who hs1
been peimlttei by him to pay for her own
luncheon. "I thotiatit you mlRbt hav
been one of the chunks of Ice." London
Evening Standard.
Grubhs Do you find that your wife
can keeD a secret?
lfiiKK- ll.tl i
. ., t-i,. in 'k r.nuij, put eiie csn
keep It going. Richmond Times Dispatch.
Mrs. ITeavyswcll-I hear that German
butler you liked so much has left.
Mrs. Eppycure Yes; he complained'
that tho rvnl, . v,. .1...
neutrality when she served Irish stew.
Judge,
"He became run down from his over- 1
working himself at agricultural pursuits, j
and the doctor, arivined a change of oc- :
cupatinn. which Is why lie came hack to i
town and set up as a fashionable dentist." '
"That'a no change of occupation. He's
still cultivating achers." Bsltlmore
American.
A REGAL CONFLICT.
Eva Dean. In New York Times.
The sunset donned s shlnlmr robe:
"Who else Is clothed as well aa I?"
She proudly thought. "I alwavr wear
The latest coloi of the jky."
She glanced down at the quiet earth.
So gravely garbed in green and brown,
And saw-the saucy river there.
Clad in a cjpy of her gown.
"
Indignantly her cloudy scsrf '
She flung aside, so n II could sea
The splendor of her glowing gold
And ruby bordered drapery.
But straightway, from her bed below,
The'latiKhing river flaunted wide
A garment quite as elegant,
rpieai broadly on her flowing tide.
I The angry sunset, mortified,
r uicneo crimson with embaras.ment ;
But down beiow the river mocked,
Still shamelessly Impertinent.
Then, purple. In her stately rsge.
The sunset's glowing visage grew;
And atralght, the liver's dimpled face
Took on an angry purple, too.
No more could any sunset stand.
She dropped her veil of midnight blue;
But first she pricked some holes therein
To watch the flippant river through.
The river saw the tiny holes,
With their .r.nln. h ...--.
, "niuo UIIKIII,
And scattered o'er her dancing waves
iiisiijr a ium:ng, twinKiing light.
So they contend, as they have done.
For rr - mnr- Ik.- i , '
,,. ,,vr. ....... n,mi nan Known
little man. who, rtown below,
.minus a.i me s conflicts are 1.1 own.
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ELIZABETH
is to be given next, and
she is one of the prettiest,
sweetest dolls we ever
saw. She has light hair
and blue eyes, and is styl
ishly dressed in the very
latest fashion. She has a
blue dress, blue hat and
blue shoes and stockings.
The little girl that wins
her will surely be de
lighted, j
Elizabeth w 111 be given free to
the little girl nndes 12 years of
age that brings or mails us the
largest number of dulls' pic
tures cut out of the Daily and
Sunday Bee before 4 p. m. Sat
urday, January 16.
Elizabeth's picture 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 Eliza
beth you can get, and be
sure to turn them in to
The Bee office before -4
p. m. Saturday, Jan. 16.
You Can See Elizabeth at The Bee Office
Boys' Skates Free
O1 ' Cu
" ,,,,lsaaa .j. . . j. jaaMipM- , - :rl -.jjasSsasr'L-'
Barney Berrr- American Club, Mckei Plated. Tempered
Welded 6 leel Biadea Suae te fit. is-iaieo.
This picture of one of the Skates will be in The Bee
every day this week.
Cut them all out and ssk your friends to save the plo
tures In their paper for you, too. be how many pictures
you can get and bring them to The Bee office.
The Ekates will be given Free to the boy that sends us
the most pictures before 4 P. M. Saturday, Jan. it.