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DECEMBER CIRCTLATION.
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Thought for the Day
5ctef . A. Hi g gini
It U not doing the thing tes Itks to do, but
liking th$ tMng toe havt to do that mafcf (te
blttiuLGotlht. ,
This earthquake business can be easily over
lone.
Shoveling mow or shoveling coal equally
Wealthy exercise.
Punctuality la a Jewel too rarely displayed
fiy some of our county commissioners.
The grandfather clause mean more now to
the occupant of the White House than It used to.
Farmers with loaded bins of wheat or other
bread-making trains have no urgent seed for
Dont "Worry clubs."
Official anxiety for a municipal sinking fund
(would carry an air of sincerity if officials made
it sinking fund stay put.
Considering the general repute ot San Do
mingo for tropical heat, the wonder la that
Minister Sullivan kept his shirt on.
Despite the cordiality of neighborly ad
vances, Medicine Hat persists In the cold storage
treatment for mild weather lovers. ' -
Never mind, Mr. Commissioner Best, keep It
up, and you will In time get the transaction of
county business down to a business basis.
The commissioning ot eighty-nine colonels
by Governor Morehead puts Nebraska in the
forefront of states prepared for any emergency.
Two guesses on the name that will be be
stowed on the new infant at the White House,
and if you repeat you will guess right both
limes.
Doubtless there are men in Washington who
will contend that the arrival of a grandson at the
White House is not the reason why the president
walks the floor.
The biennial investigation and regulation ot
the South Omaha stock yards and commission
houses suggests to all concerned that Lincoln
is an ideal resort for a winter vacation.
Occasional outbursts of campaign thunder
In congress and Indianapolis are net keynotes
aionet but advance notices ot the red line dates
the makers must feature in the calendars of
1916.
Tlie proponed increase in various municipal
expenses, made to order la the city hall. Is in
tcrcstlng as an exhibit of the prodigal gener
osity of those who are not obliged to dig the
money out ot their own pockets.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston la need
lessly severe in classing college students aa nar
row minded. By the time they reach Mr. Hous
ton's years and opportunities they will have
acquired breadth of vision at least equal to the
range of the secretary's spectacles.
EST-!
4su. .. .A ar"a
Popular Vote and the Administration.
Among the many thins laid by President
Wilson in his speech on Jackson's day was an
assertion that, had 1914 been a presidential
j ear, the popular vote showed the democrats
would have had a majority of eighty-three In
the electrical college. And in this, as in many
of his other statements, the president mani
fested either partisan bias or lack of informa
tion. The vote of twenty-three northern states,
cast either for United States senator or mem
bers of congress, the only fair way to test the
sentiment of the people toward the national ad
ministration, proves that, bad It been a presi
dential year, the republicans would have had
288 votes out of 31 In the electoral college, or
a majority ot twenty-two. In these twenty
three states the popular vote, as compiled on
senators and members ot congress, was: Re
publican, 4, 113, 819; democrat, 3,216,426; pro
gressive, 956,467.
If the figures ot the late election have any
significance. It must be they reflect a growing
popular distrust of the democratic party. Mr.
Wilson and his associates may Juggle the facts
as they will, but the outlook now Is not encour
aging for them. With a rounited republican
party, the end of the democratic regime is as
certain as the return of election dsy in 1916.
Altogether Unduly Alarmed. v
From a reader of The Bee out In the state
me have an evidently frank letter asking us to
poruse an article that appeared recently in the
Literary Digest entitled "A Call to German-
Americana to Organise," and to write an, edi
torial dealing with the subject. The writer pro
fesses to be convinced by the Digest article "that
German loyalty to the United States will be sub
jected to a very severe strain in the event of
friction with Germany."
Being thus asked for our opinion, we freely
give it, to the effect that those who raise this
question are either insincere or altogether un
duly alarmed. We have bo doubts whatever as
to the loyalty ot German-Americans to this
country of their adoption, and while we appre
hend that no serious friction with Germany is
in prospect, neither do we for a moment im
agine that our German-Americans would under
such conditions be less devoted to the American
cause than were the British-Americans when we
had friction with Great Britain a hundred years
ago. (nite the contrary, the record of German-
American loyaity to me mars ana Bin pes is
written In big letters on every page ot history
In the United States, and the fact that they nat
urally sympathize with the fatherland aa against
Its enemies in the present conflict does not, a
our opinion, Justify the Inference our questioner
would seemingly draw.
James Stockdsl and family who left Omaha last
May for aa xlnded trip to England and other points.
anil whoa Viaset was a! J to have beea ship-wrecked',
1 av reach fd Omaha aafa and sound. Mr. Block.la.la
t-xpUtned that they mlaaed the boat In New Turk
which they Intended to take, and therefor reaihe.1
l:nlud without tnlahsp. During their absence thay
iaiied New Zealand. Australia aud tb Baadaich
IMands. returning by way of California. Tha trip
v( maJe In tha Interest of Mr. Storkdals'a health.
Iii'h auw penult Utiu to make Omaha tbolr horn
again.
Lat Dlsht Cfty-seven tram pa lodged In th city
jail. Imriiig- the evening tbey turned th plao Into
a brWr ehop, and took turns In cutting each otlrar'a
l.mr.
Tli many friends of Mr. John M. Oibb regret to
Kuril Hi at alia U very ill with bronchitis.
Judge McCulloueh baa set a dat fur th hearing
in ii tatal of th tat Udr Shi no. which Is esti
mated to be valued at tlS.duS.
Dr. K. . llaldrrn aa of Ord Is the guert of Dr.
1 lie iU for a special meeting of th Women's
riniitUiA Tfiiturn.t union la slimed by Mrs. 8. J.
J:.ul:-, !rid m, and Mrs. J. T. Im-II. secretary.
A a.u,liirr Las Urcu burn to ilr. and Mis. II. 11.
Another President for Mexico.
Again the wheel has turned, and another
man sits in the chair aa president in Mexico,
the fifth In four years, and the term for which
Porflrlo Dlas was elected yet has a year to run.
One after another these presidents hare fled
from armed rebels, or fallen, victims to as
sassins. The beautiful and fertile country is
parcelled out under the control of "generals"
toho have risen from - the estate of bandits
through pillage, rapine and murder, and who
have but a single purpose in common, a desire
ot each to overturn and destroy the others so
he alone may sway. Civil government has been
destroyed in the name of "liberty," and Mexico
is today without responsible standing among the
nations, the future apparently without hope tor
Ita people. The Mexicans may be aolving their
own problems in their own way, aa the president
suggests, but the time seems coming very near
when "watchful waiting" will have to give way
to some more definite policy, if only for the
sake of humanity.
State or Parent?
Are we ready to substitute state tor parental
control of growing children? Should the pa
rents be held responsible for the rearing and
training of their offspring, or should society
take over the task? These questions are being
presented to Omaha Just now in a concrete form
through the' agitation for a spetlal and particu
lar kind of reform, the chief advocate of which
flatly says that the home has tailed in its chief
function that of a place for training children.
Another question suggests Itself In this con
section. How is the home helped when the au
thorities step in to regulate the training ot
children', to prescribe the form amusements may
take, and to do other things that father or
mother should do? The natural Impulse of the
child la impatient of restraint. Part at least ot
the present-day methods of dealing with chil
dren Is a ref'ex of the childish rebellion against
the severer methods ot past generations. Very
few families. Indeed, are organised and con
ducted exactly along the lines ot half a century
ago; for that matter, nothing else in life Is. And
if we are told that court records show an in
crease in cases of Juvenile delinquency dealt
with, it Is not because children are more de
praved than ever, but because in the refinement
of our ways ot life more acts are now listed In
the category of offenses.
To say the home has failed la ita function
because ot the fact that Its life la not what It
was a generation or two ago Is to deny the truth
of progress we have made in other directions.
Whatever. of change has come Is because of the
general advance of society, or because of the In
stinct for individuality that rebels agatnst the
constricting Influence ot state regulation. The
American home Is all right, and la generally ful
filling its function la a way that insures its per
, petulty.
Hospitals in Chicago;
How About It in Omaha?
" Americas Jowraal f Ckaaalcal Mdlela.
SOMH tlm ago, at a gathering of tnedkal men.
when th convrraatlon turned upon hospitals,, a
brilliant young obMetrirtan of this city, who has
a large and growing practice, both hoepMal and private,
aald to m that, barring one or two exceptionally well
equipped and wll-conducted establishments, he would
rather have his patients under his oar la a reason
ably appointed home than In any hospital In the city.
Naturally, this rather sweeping assertion aston
ished me, and I asked him for his reasons. They were
vry simple, and very tersely and forcefully given.
He declared that the average hospital was a good
deal of a delusion; that to have ones patients In it
gave on a false sense of security which th actual
state of the cas did not warrant; that on naturally
relied upon a hospital affording equipment and facil
ities and service which, aa 4 matter of tact, It did nJt
afford; and that In an emergency on was more
likely to be left In th lurch than he would be In '.he
patient's home, where the attending physician him
self was sure to forestall such occasions.
1 was disposed to think, at tn time, that my
friend waa exaggerating a little; that poaalbly he was
fresh from some disagreeable experience at soma
particular hospital, and. Ilk David, ha said in his
haste. "All men are liars."
However. T kept all these things In my heart, and
poftderod on them. I kept my eyes and my ears open,
likewise my mouth, for I made quiet Inquiry here
and ther among both physicians and' laymen who
were In a position to know something about th mat
ter: and I must confess that th result of my still
Investigation is. to persuade me that my friend the
obstetrician waa not talking In any hyperbolic terma.
but spoke forth th words of truth and soberness.
I dislike very much to criticise an Institution such
as th hospital. That sentiment, however. Is Ju.it
on of th things that is wrong wMh th whole situ
ation. A aa Institution, th hospital Is surrounded
with a halo of sanctity that seems to exempt every
Individual establishment from ordinary twentieth
century standards of efficiency, and to prevent every
body from venturing even a well meant word of crltl
cism or suggestion.
Th truth Ison gsthers It, not' alon from his
ewn observations, but from the Irresistible consensus
of other men's experience the average hospital Is a
very mismanaged and maladmlnlirteretl affair. Ju&t
Wher th fault Ilea, w are not now Inquiring. We
may Inqulr Into that later. For th present, we are
eenoemed only with pointing out the deplorabl fact
a fact which really needs no pointing out to those
who have anything to do with hospitals.
The service, from th patient's standpoint, la wors
than a Joke. Tts culinary department Is a thing to
make angels weep; it often makes patients swear
and. Incidentally, starve. It realty seems that all
the hospital furnishes the patient for his t or 130
a week la. a room to sleep In and meals that he would
kick about in a four-dollar-a-week boarding house.
Th trouble Is, of courae, that th wbole Institu
tion, ao far aa th servlc Is concerned. Is a training
school; th kit oh en, a cooking school, and everything
Is don by th cadets; th result to th patient being
much tha same as getting shaved In the cllnlo of a
barber's oollere. Th only reason why ha goes there is.
because his doctor tells him to. and tha only reason
he stays la, because he cannot get away. It would
do no good to change, anyway, since all hospitals are
about alike In this respect
AO this, however, annoying as It Is, Is of minor
Importance beside th unsatisfactory state of affairs
from th physician's standpoint by which I mean
the medical aspect of the patient's Interests, which
are In th physician's keeping. It la very largely as
my obstetrical friend said.
Virtually every hospital, as presumably every doc
, tor knows. Is dominated by a clique; bet Infrequently
by on man. This on man, or th members or the
controlling clique, get all th servlc there is to be
got. and the other physicians get what la left. . I.
myself, only a few weeks ago was denied the use of
th operating room In a certain Chicago hospital,
for a good-paying patient, because at th hour I
wanted It the boss surgeon of th place' would be
holding a cllnlo la th amphitheater and would demand
all th avallahl Internes and aurrloal nurses. It was
admitted that ha did not need tbem all, but he re
quired their presence.
My own opinion is that hospital need more pub
licity. They ar altogether too cloa corporations.
I do not mean that th lay public should break In and
control them. Th medical profession must, of course,
be In control. What I do mean is. that In their serv
ice to th doctor and his patient they should b sub
jected to the aame open atandarda of competitive effi
ciency that th modern physician himself Is sub
ject to.
This Is a matter In which tha whole medical pro
fession is responsible to tha public. Ther Is a eiylnj
need for reform In hospital management and conduct;
and It la th business of organised medicine to see
to It that such reform Is carried out
Sorenson's Scintillations
President Wilson's speaking tour ot the west
will afford an Interesting comparison of the
oratory of the college teacher and law-trained
presidents. In literary finish, variety of topics
and absence of repetition, the public speeches
ot President Harrison delivered on hla "swing
around the circle" In 1891, have not been sur
passed by any of his successors in the White
House.
The big four of the natlon'e packing Indus
try last year did a total business of 81.191,000,
000, a gain of $76. 600,000. Net earnings
amounted to 820,500.000, aa average of 7.77
per cent on the capital employed. Wars may
come and earthquakes quake, but the meat pack
ers' dividend is Immune to a shakedown.
Scissored frees th SxaanlB." .
HQ BEE recently began th publication of "A
T Thought for th Day" at th head of Ita ed
itorial page, each day expressing soma senti
ment selected from soma author. A few daya ago
th "Thought for th Day" waa this;
"Count that day loat who low descending sun
Views from thy band no worthy action aone."
These line ar credited by Th Be to Bobart,
but Bartlett'a book of "Familiar Quota! tuna" aaya
th author la unknown. In a footnote, however, it
saya that In tb prfac to Mr. Nluhola' wolunm on
"Autographs." among other albums noticed by him
aa being In the British museum is tnat of David
Kreig with James Bobart's autograph, December k,
167, with these line wrluen therein;
Virtus sul generis.
"Think that day loat whoa low descending sue
Views fivni thy hand no nobl action dune."
Bobart died about 173ft. He waa a son of th cele
brated botanist of that aame. Th writing ot th
couplet In an album by no means prove that he waa
th author of It any mor than that he waa th author
of "Virtue aut smeris," aa tha sentiments of others
are frequently used In autographic souvenirs. Inci
dentally, th couplet aa printed by Th Bee has ap
peared every week for several year at tb head f
th editorial pas of my personsi a ad official organ,
th Examiner.
War is hell, and su are earthquakes, especially la
autral Italy.
Th stria ma wear low neck waiata outdoors on
th coldest day Ii. winter, but don't aak them to have
th offic wtndew down a couple of lachee t ventilate
th room
Whether or not Senator Hitchcock's bill to prevent
th sal of arms and ammunition to tn European
belligerenta Is Pesssd. th fart remain that th
senator continues to figure In th spotlight owing to
his persistent opposition to the administration, which
explains why h has been unable to distribute any
pt to th hungry democrats In this great, grand,
growing, glorious commonwealth, sic.
It la comparatively easy for any farmer who can
only afford aa automobile tor travel and a tractor
for work te pledge himself not to sell any ot ths
bores be beset got to the warring nationa of Europe.
tWnator Dods end Howell of Doug! led a kick
the other day beceuse ef a reputed lack ef ventila
tion of th senate chamber and the consequent head
ache It gave them. If the aaitator get through th
session without a moil serious headarhe than from
over-ventilallou of the sonata they will b fortuaat
ludeed.
seirT
Tbeb-tlmlalal Thaagbts.
COLl'MBl'S. Neb., Jan. 1. To the
Editor of The Bee: I submit the within
"Thontrht," one of Florence Nightingale's
fsvorlts of all her beautiful expressions.
Bwiunfl I am heliied to think better
thouchta by your "Thoughts for the
Day." I semi you this, trusting that
others may derive benefit from It.
FRANCIS ECHOLS.
He Knew I.lsjrola.
HOT HPMNQS. 8. D., Jan. 13.-To tho
Editor of The Bee: I consider myself
fortunate above many men of my gen
eration now living. In that I knew Mr.
Lincoln very well. I did not have a per
sonal acquaintance with him, hut knew
him aa well as you Vnow any man who
walks your streets, and heard him make
some of hla great speeches.
Aa I remember him. he was about six
feet four Inches high. When not In a
hurry his favorite method of walking
waa with his head bent forward and his
long arms folded behind his back under
his swallow-tall cost. He was thin,
wiry, sinewy, raw-boned, standing he
leaned forward was what may he called
stoop-shouldered.
He walked and worked slowly. Hla
blood had to run a long distance from
hla heart to the extremities oChis frsme.
Physically he was a very powerful man
lifting easily 400 to 600 pounds. In
sitting down on a common chair he was
not taller than the ordinary man. It
was only when ha stood up that he
loomed above other man; the unusual
length of his lower limba gave him hla
great height, and the tall silk hat, which
he always wore, added to hla great
stature.
Ills cheek bones were high, his com
plexion sallow or dark, his ears were
long and ran out almost at right angles
from his head.
He waa not a pretty roan by any means,
nor was he an ugly one; he waa a homely,
sad-looking man; careless of hla looks;
plain-looking and ' plain-acting.
J. R. CRAIQ.
What the C hiropractor Ask.
OMAHA. Jan. l.-To the Editor of The
Bee. The medical doctors will oppose the
bill to give stat recognition to the
chiropractic science of druglesa healing.
Cures ar affected by means of spinal ad
justments. It la quit different from
osteopathy. 1
When the osteopaths applied to the leg
islature In 1901 for recognition the medical
doctors put many stones In the way and
demanded that the examination teats be
as rigid aa those prescribed by the med
ical board. Another session of the legis
lature found this to be unfair. Since 1909
the osteopaths have been admitted upon
examination by a state board composed
of osteopaths. The medics found them
selves powerless to obstruct the progress
of the new schools of healing, which In
other states had proved their merit.
Now the chiropractors are asking for
recognition on the same terms accorded1
to the osteopaths, and there Is every rea
son to believe that they will get It. The
fight made by th osteopaths as against
the medics' opposition crystallized public
sentiment on the Issue and now It Is a
matter of common knowledge that the
people look with favpr upon any scien
tific school of healing that discards or
minimises the use of drugs
J. C. LAWRENCE.
fXH Howard Street
A boat the Long Ballot. ' I
SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. Ig.-To the Ed
itor of The Bee: As on who has served
on election boards a good many times, I
will express my views that the long
ballot la not such an evil In Itself as
some think It is, but some very needful
changes could be made.
I am not a printer and do not know
much about aettlng type, but It aeems
to me that the spaces on the' ballot could
be shortened without hurting anything
and save in length that way a good deal
Then it would be well to have every
thing to be voted on placed on on tallot
and not have three or four tickets, as
we had last November. Then there Is
an Intolerable burden that Is heaped on
the Judgea ot election, by requiring two
of them to sign their names In Ink on
the back of every ballot on paper that
is used (or newspaper
Last November two ot us had to sign
our namea on auch paper several hun
dred times. It aeems to me that a pro
vision could b mad by which th elec
tion commissioner could have soma dis
tinguishing mark printed on th ballots
and save the election judge a lot of very
bard work. Then It seems to ni that It
would be good policy to Increase th elec
tion boards to six members, and In case
there was a tie to hav th election In
spector settl th tie la case of a dis
puted vote. Then at noon hav three
member of th election board go Into a
room by themselves and begin to count
th ballots, and hav th ballot taken
to them at the end of each hour, and
by, the time the polls closed th count
would hav su far progressed that It
would not take the Judges until the next
day to count the ballots.
Hav a provision that no one counting
the votes should divulge how the vote is
progressing until after the polls close,
under a severe penalty.
There haa not been a legislature In the
last twenty yeara in Nebraska that ha
not made the election machinery in the
state more cumbersome than the legis
lature before had mad It. and it Is time
a change waa mad so aa to make the
work less burdensome to the election
boards. Hav all elections, both primary
and general, last from I a. ro. to p. m.
K. A. AOXB".
aral I alia vara tee Kir.
SAN DIKOO. Cel.. Jan. 18,-To the
Editor of The Bee: 1 see by th Otnahi
papers that a bill I being Introduced in
the legislature at Lincoln to give the
city of Omaha the right and power to
install ao electric plant at the pumping
station at Florence to furnish power and
light for the city of Omaha, la thia a
repetition of the old water Want, where
the taxpayer paid thouaanda and thou
aanda of dollars coat and vxpenses and
attorney fea before we got possession of
th plant? Of course, thia carries a bond
issue without the approval of the t.
payer. It Is not necessary to bither
tbem with it. just assess it to the property
that's anough.
Are wc going backward from a metro
politan city to a country vlUag by
stringing a lot of pole down th street
and tearing up our sidewalks or cutting
our paved street to lay tb wire for a
second plant? Who te going to pay he
billa? Oh?. I suppus the taxpayers.
What ia th matter with the electric
plant? At tbey unable t furnish
power, or hav they rfued to do so
whan requested? If It la en electric plant
that you want, why not buy tb on that
Is already Installed? Why doesn't th
Iteal Ealat exchange and th Commer
cial cIii'j leglalatlve committee draft a
bill and have It passed, giving the city of
Omaha the right to buy at private sale
and lsue Iwnds to pay for an electric
light and ran plant, and select three
business men to negotiate this deal and
submit It to the people for their approval?
A thousand dollars to a nlrkel that I can
pick two men In the exchange and pur
chase cither of these plants for 11,000.000
1ee to the taxpayers than this freeteout
proposition that yon are starting, for you
don't need two plants. Then, I never
was of the opinion that It wss a good
polloy to coax a man or party ,n' part
nership with you and at the first op
portunity job him. For I remember
very well when the electric light plant
cotnrany was organized, and we hailed
It with a great deal cf dellght-to think
that we were going to have electric
lights In our houses anil arc lights on the
street corners.
I am convinced beyond rTotibt that
tho owners .f the electric light plant and
the gas plant, when properly managed,
would be a good thing for the city of
Omaha, but let us buy these In a business
way and not commence such sharp prac
tice.
ino water pUnt Is now running
smoothly, us I understand, and we have
ona of the best managers that the coun
try affords. But we are Imposing upon
him. He is packing the responsibility of
tho city, county and state on his should-ers-thal
is. he thinks he Is. Why not
relieve Mm of the last three so that he
can hav; a good night's rest and wake up
reircsneo in t:ie morning and give a full
day s work to the Interests of the water
plant of which he Is the manager.
These are merely the view of a tax
payer r0r mere than thirty years In
Omaha one who will probably be a tax
payer for the rest of his life. Let us
start the year 191E by doing busineaa on
business principles and fair basis to all
W. HTGREEN.
PASSTUG PLEASANTRIES.
Farmer Hawbuck (to colle'ee-bred son
home for the Christmas holidays) That
oiliest gal of Pi Barton s la gettin' ter be
rini gnou lOOKin .
Hon Khck'H - KAtitrtit - - TT.l.-
Farmer Hawbuck Aw shucks! Phe'S a
ain't no beauty' she gets It from her mas
folks. Boston Transcript
'I am a self-made man.'' said Mr.
Crmrox.
"IHiln't votir wife have something to
do with your csreer?"
- f.ne ueeii to sy so. nut arter seeing
how I hehsve In society she refuse to
take any of the blame.'' Washington
Mar.
T J T 1 1 1 llo. mrm tali an rt fhtiavil. fn.
the first time one Sunday. Th service
was a source of wonder to her. but after
the alms bsain had been passed and she
had put 1n her mite, her curiosity was
uncontrollable, and she turned to her
mother.
"Mother," said she, "what do w get
for our money 7" Judge.
"Are you the leader of this band of
men?"
"No." replied the general In a turbu
lent territory; "I'm their follower. I
tell them where I want them to go. Thn
I get behind them with a gun and see
thst thay go there." Baltimore Ameri
can. Polly Molly seems to realise very- fully
the seriousness of getting married.
Dnjly Yes. th poor girl is Just wor
ried to death. There ar sixteen girls
who want to be her bridesmaids, and she
can't decide which eight she can best
afford to make enemies of. Puck.
"See here, Charley. I don't like that
young fellow who comes here so much."
"What's wrong with him. daddy?"
"I'm told he doesn't pay his debts.'
"That's a very coarse way of putting It,
daddy. Reginald ha merely declared a
moratorium." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TESTS OF LIFE.
While it lakes the severest tests of the
elements to produce the old oak, king of
the forest. It also requires a continuation
of vigorous winds and storms to maintain
Its monarchy. Strong characters are kept
utrong very often only by the severest
trials and tests of life. Th Bee.
The severest tests of th elements
Produce the old oak tree
Klnr with a forest'a reverence,
Bn wrapped tn majesty.
Nor yet supreme, for needs must he
Maintain his monarchy.
So let the etorma rsge wild and free.
And winds blow wrathfuliy.
Strong characters In life evolve
Through constant stress and pain.
And only by perpetual strife
May they that height sustain.
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Lady
is the name we have
given the doll for this
week. When you see
her, you just can't help
exclaiming: Oh! "What
a pretty little lady. So
neat and trim. "What a
line little' housekeeper
she must be.
Lady will be Riven free to
the little girl under 13 yeara
of age that bring or mails
us the largest number of
doll's pictaree cat oat of the
Daily and Sunday Bee be
fore 4 p. m. Sauirday, Jan
uary S3.
Lady's picture will
be in The Bee every
day this week. Cut
them out and ask your
friends to save the pic
tures in their paper for
you, too. See how many
pictures of Lady you
can get, and be sure to
turn them in to The Bee
office before 4 p. m.
Saturday, January 23.
You can see "Lady
at The Bee Office
More Skates
for our Busy Bee Boys
.P'i
Famey Berry American Club, Nickel Plated. Tempered
Vldd bleel Bladsa Sis t fit.
This picture of one of the Skates will be la The Bee
every day this week.
. Cut them all out and ask your-friends to save the pic
tures in their psper for you, too. See how many pictures
you can get and brine' them to The Bee office.
The Skates will be alvea Free to the boy that sends us
the mut pictures before P. M. Saturday, Jan. 23,