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J THE HKE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, FE13UUABY 2, 1915. I ! THE OMAHA DAILY DEE FOUNDED BY EDWAnD nOsEWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATKR, EDITOR. Tim Be Publishing Company. Proprietor. 'T-T.K BUILDING. FARXAM AND BEVESTEENTH. F.ntcrri at Omaha postofflce aa eond-clasa matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. - , Bv rarrler Rr mall , ' par month. Ft r r. Hy anil 'undsv K'C $6 ) T1lv without Kunday.. ..'....... 4 "0 ' KVentng end Sundavi..., c Kventng without Sunday.. . o 4.00 Ktindav Hre only 30c ten Pend notice of rhar.se of address or complaints of Irregularity In delivery to Omaha Pre, Circulation I epertment . nr.MiTTANrK. Remit by draft, esprees or postal tirder. Only two--ont rtnmpa received In payment of amall ac count. Personal rlwlm, except on Omaha and eastern vaehaiige. not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. " fkuth Omaha ail N street. Council Muffa 14 North Main Street. T Incoln W Little Building. Chicago Ml Heemt Building. New York Room 11, Fifth avenue.' Ft. Louis HIS N Bank of Commerce. . Washington 725 Fourteenth Ft.. N. W. CORRESPONDENCES. ' Address communications relating l nwi and edU ; to rial natter to Omaha Bee, J-dltorlaL Department. , DLCEMBF.lt CIRCULATION. 54,211 fitata of Nebraska. County or Douglas, aa. Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of Tha - B Publishing company. being, duly nworn. aaya that the av.-ri.ua dally circulation tor tha month ot December, 1M, waa 4.211. DWIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed in my pretence and aworn to bafora . me. tula 2d dur of January, 11 S. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the) -city 'temporarily should have The Dee) mailed to them. Ad ires will bo changed as often m requested. rsWary a Thought for the Day 5.ctf by Jam P. Duftield Mutie it a moral late. It givtt a totil to th4 tmirero, vHngi to tht mint, JliglU to A inv agination, aeAarni to taint, gayetyand We to tteryUiing. It it tht eittnct of order ami Uadt to all that it good, just and beautiful; of vMchiti the inviiible, but ntverthelntt,' due lling, patfionate and eternal form. Plato. Well, Mr. Groundhog, what can you ay for yourself T The bill hopper at Lincoln la making lta laut lop, skip and jump. Right now every person will do well to make himself a committee of one on "safety first." From, the Urltlsh point of view, those Ger man submarine certainly are pesky little things. The oldest Inhabitant with reminiscences ot long-ago snowstorms will have to put on a few , extra frills In retelling them. . " Omaha is twenty-seventh .in the list of pos tal savings depositories, which la several notches ahead of our population rank. That roan Villa Is bound to keep on the front page even it he has to get -shot one day, and prove himself, uninjured the next, .,, . .J i. i ,-' ( ' Let no one blame the office-holders who would be legislated off the payroll by Greater Omaha consolidation for opposing the measure. There's a reason la their esse; and a good reason. 1 .The local democratic organ says that In nam ing Judge Redlck Governor Morehead "has made aootbar of his characteristically good appoint ments." Accepting the compliment for Judg Redlck, which is the other? '.Bocauso Lincoln and Nebraska City under scored Omaha In the below-zero record is not good reason for suspecting weather clerk favor itism. Thermometers hereabouts could not es cape the influence ot the popping steam pres sure of annexationists and antls mobilised for war. .in proposing to unite the coniptrollershlpa of Omaha and Douglas connty In one office, with complete supervision of publlo finances, the Douglas county delegation crystallites public sentiment. Concentration in this Instance makes for efficiency and economy. ' t It reads all right, but we venture the asser tion that the proportion of "bad" boys in tho city is no greater than in the country, except perhaps that the city bad boys get caught oftcner, and are more frequently brought lata tourt Instead cf betng disciplined at home or let off altogether. ' , : Kugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati, railroad ruinate and capitalist, underscored in bis will his dlnllke for dukes, particularly the duke nil daughter wedded several years ago. Specific j. revision is made against paying the duke's cretfto;.. The Zimmerman brand of American ism eu;habire the fact that an Inherited titlo is not a certificate of character. , The case of wholtaala polHunlin. supposed to b from tfttliig "rough cu rata" mixed ltli tha lunar. .It vclopins in the boarding house of Mra. . C. I). .Muore. 1M1 IkkIk t,tret. Pr. It. M. Mone, w:en t'alld. Jound twrnty-threa persona wlih altfua uf eikmlc oisoriinK. Among those who cr victims 'it tl mlftitkea ria Lawyers Oden. Wuliolt and Ir i in-, i.is. rottr, fnow. Welch. Bank, liloch. Toil.mrse anj all lb members of tha jora family. ir. A. P.' Allen, an old sttler in Dousiaa county. roatl.es fur tne wvather data fur the winter of lsjff '07, wbUh be aaya tli rv!acn ctj tecsrd. Ha ic lui'es that the tjM-rcury fell avvrrsl tlnwa to aboui )0 J-Krrea below aui averased about a dgre,a for toi.r tiiontlii and that tha grouiid. moreuxer, aa coy. ltd. with fuur to five feet of snow, and the Mbsour, icr futtu to the depth of twenty-six inches. This iprofos of groundhog Sy. , Tha MetruiHiIltan rotel s!ai-tcd the month with a jiai.J r,tw legtaler snd two pugrs were title 1 win, .!. i.iin.s of the gursis on the fust day. K M. formerly racbier In the office of Mii-micI ic.eiiiii- roll" tor. bus accrpU'J a ucitlun lu clfl e of A. J. Popi.U'ton. ("itrrn attoimy for l! I :-.iun la ilk . - Going Up and Then Some. 'Not so long 8ro The Dee drew attention to the colossal cost of the present war, which at that time was estimated to be one thousand million dollars a month figures so large as to be almost Incomprehensible to the ' ordlnar mind. And now we see a computation of th? first six months' war outlay, quoted from tb London Economist, ss follows: Germany IM.OrO.iiO) A u t rla-H u n tra ry 1 ,&on. nort.ofiO-r.Ga.fl'i'M'OO i,125.C0i,0O1 l,62;,,onn,ono Russia.... Prunes United Kingdom. l,2X.)f,000-M,r.noo,Of H.G75,0rjn,0l To these figures a financial expert adds tho expenses of Japan, Turkey, Servla and Belgium, and of the neutral countries that have mobil ized their troops, as warranting "a safe calcula tion" that a year of war will require at leaet fifteen thousand million dollars. Divide by twelve and we will have, not one thousand mil lion dollars a month, but one thousand two hun dred and fifty million dollars a month, an ex cess of 20 per cent over the former estimate. And, remember, too, that this calculation makes the war, expenditures of the second six months much smaller than those of the first six months. If another six months requires the same sort of an upward revision, military mathematicians will have to go out of the forecasting business. An Independent Audit. Unable to find any other stone to throw. at the .measure for an Independent comptroller with 'Jurisdiction over county, city, schoo) and water districts, Commissioner of City Flnanct3 Putler objects to the method of filling the of fice In the first instance for the period to elapse until the next regular election when the voter will choose for themselves. The bill as Intro duced at Lincoln, as we understand it, puts the original selection on the same three county of ficers who constitute the appointing board to fill county commissioner vacancies. The particular county of fleers,, however, are not Important or vital to the mam proposition, which is to secure a financial audit for all the boards that are spending money Independent of tho money-spenders. For the 'first incumbent to be named by the county. appointing board Is In line with the principle of home rule, much more so than to have him named by the gov ernor, nor, would he be any more under the con trol and direction of the appointing board mem bers than county commissioners which this same appointing board may name. " So far as we are concerned, we would sacrifice any such minor detail to secure the independent audit we might even, it it could be made legal, restrict the choice of the county officials to names sup plied one each by the city council, the Water board, the school board, the county board, and the governing authority of any other subdi vision over which the comptroller Is to have Jurisdiction. " The thing to do Is to get the comptrollersblp started with real control the people will tako care of the rest when they cast their votes for comptroller at the next following election.' t Canada's Perplexing: Problem. IL .' Although wholly Immune to war ravages, and free from , war contributions except to turnisb its quota ot troops, Canada is facing a perplex ing problem growing; out of the war In the stop page of tie flow) Of 'capital from the mother country which was' develcptng'its natural ' re sources. For some years past, as we all know, Canada has been going forward by leaps and bounds, attracting to Its untitled soil the best class of Immigrants from all over the world, and particularly from the United States. Great modern cities were built almost over night, and Canada's ability to draw on the London money market was seemingly unlimited. If Canada is to complete the construction work under way, to say nothing of starting new work, it will have to find new borrowing places, and naturally looks for accommodation to the United States. As explaining the situation, the monthly letter cf the National i City bank quotes Sir Edmund Walker, president ot the Canadian Bank of Commerce, as follows: "As soon aa Great Utilain begins to buy any new securities oihtr than war Issues, she will buy ours, and meantime we must hope, that tha market for our bonds In tha United States will continue to grow. We cannot too often draw tha attention of that coun try to the tact that when cur foreign trada la analysed tlia net debit for tho difference between our sales and our purchases la payable to them and not to Europe. It tha war pravvnta London from buying our securities, either tha United States must buy them Or our great trade with that country must fall away and the cry of 'Made In Canada' would then have even a wider significance than it has today. During the year ending March, 1X14, again omitting tha flsures for coin and bullion, we madt purchases from the United States to tha value of t09.tg.0tu. and we sold them goods to the value of llTS.a.OW. so that with a net excess of Imports from all countries of MV'Oi, tha excesa In tha rasa of tho United Mates wa dually $'3t.&36.000. Part of that Is, of course, offset by the actual cash brought Into Canada by settlers from' tha United ;ttates. part, by Investments made here by Americana, and part by the purchase of our securities, but It has mainly been settled in the past out of the proceeds of our sales ot securities in Lon don and on the continent." Whhever possesses broad and far-sighted vision will agree with the comment of the bans: letter- that the trade relations between Canada and the United States are so important that any aid we give to tide Canada over the present emer gency, and to sustain its purchasing power, will be beneficial to our own industries. We natur ally want to see Canada grow and pronper even from a selfish standpoint, because a prosperous neighbor Is more valuable to us than a decrepit one. Compare Canada on the north with Mexico on the south tor relative desirability as an asset to us. At the same time .we, will be entitled to reciprocity for whatever help we accord, and be fore long, if effectively cultivated, Canada should be one of our best markets for American made goods. The Bee does not tblnk the state auditor should have anything to do with auditing the accounts of the Omaha water district. It Is none &f the state's business, but it is the business of the people ot the water district. What we want and should have Is an Independent county comp troller who is exffleio comptroller for the wa ter district as well as for the city and school district. - Aimed at Omaha Governor Morehead might relieve the situa tion with reference to his Judidal appointments by adopting the Bryan p'n of making public til tue endorsements and "inflooer.ee" brougli Into play (of the different candidates. BLAIR TRIBUNE: Whst wa would like to know is how much of the Omaha police officials' money was lost on the Fremont wrestling match. It seems the Omnlia "sports" have very little sporting blood, judging from tho "holler" they art putting up. Valley Enterprise: It Is so unusual for a man to reslRn from a fat political Job that the resignation of Judge Button from the district bench In Omaha has caused quito a sensation. For fear some one may have heart failure the Judge might explain his strange act. Bloomlngton Advocate: Billy Sunday will be tn Omaha during the early spring to hold a series of meetings. Gcel but there will be a rattling of dry bones In that cHy. Columbus Telegram: A lot of Omaha sports have banded together for the purpose of Inducing tha legis lature to legalise boxing bouts In Nebraska. They say the proposed law will prevent anything in tho naturs ,of prlse-flghtlng. hut will greatly encourage the sci ence of boxing. They also say the law will prevent any manner of gambling tn connection with the box ing bouts. My Judgment Is that the sports are very dishonest In their arguments in behalf of the proposed law. They say a good boxing law will discourage prise-fighting. That's a Joke. No orowd would attend a boxing match unless the hunch went out that it was going to be a real fight. Men are willing to look for fine points when there Is a baae ball game, a wrestling match or a lawn tennis game, but when It comes to the fist game men wast to see the real thing.' and If men thought there was not going to be any fighting; at a boxing match well, the gate receipts would be less than the salary of the referee. Again the pro motors of the proposed boxing law are dishonest when they say that such a law will prevent all gambling on tha result of the boxing bouts. That Is absurd. Men who like to see prise-fights also love to gamble, and sure If they go to see a fight they are also going to bet some on the result Perhaps we ought to have a law to regulate boxing matches In Nebraska, and In docd I should Ilko to see such a law, but I cannot as sent to Join In the funny talk which the promoters are making about auch a law putting prlse-flghtlng out ot business and preventing a clttsen from laying a wager on his favorite pur. t Kearney Ilub: A man in Omaha 2S years of age Is going to school In that city because he cannot get work and Is not disposed to fritter away his time. Beatrice Express: "Faint hesrt never won fair lady," and If Omaha will Just keep on with Us wooing without getting discouraged, he may be able to gain the consent of Miss South Omaha for a tte-up In the near. future. There Is nothing pleases Cupid as much as perseverance and stlcktoltiveness. I Kennedy's Dream Book I Doped a the Wectera Laborer. TWENTY-EIGHT years ago Monday I arrived in Omaha, coming straight from the old town. Burlington, Iowa. It was a pleasant morninc, and I walked across the surface tracks from the old depot up Tenth street to Farnam and then rather mosied along up Farnam till the Merchants' hotel was reached, where I stopped a few days. Eighty-seven was about tho tall end of the real es tate boom and there ware mora real estate men In Omaha at that time than any other class. There were no cable or trolley cars in Omaha at that time. A dinky box of a street car, with mule-power, stopped on the north side of the surface tracks at the depot. It ran east, on about Marc? street, to Ninth, then north to Farnam, to Fifteenth. The old "cow shed," as the union depot was called, ittlll covered the tracks where passenger trains stopped. The Bee was pub lished between Ninth end Tenth on Farnam; the Her ald on the corner of the alley where the Orphetim now stands; the World wss published in the store room formerly occupied by Jud Cree's saloon on Fif teenth street, and the Republican at Tenth and Doug las. The- elty hall, Bee, building. Paxton block. New York Life, Karbach, Continents1, the old and new Young Men's Chrlstlsn association buildings, were built since I came. Brandels store was at Thirteenth and Howard streets, and Hayden Bros, occupied one storeroom next to the corner of the alley where Wool worth's Ift-cent store Is located. The Planters' hotel, with stable connected, leaned over on Sixteenth street, where the postofflce now stands. St Mary's avenue was a prominent and paved thoroughfare. Leaven worth street was a hog-back trail of mud. The city hall was In the frame building at tha northwest cor ner of Sixteenth and Farnam streets. I think the Paxton hotel wss the biggest building In Omaha or the world at that time next to the Union Pacific headquarters. Max Meyer, Oarneau. 8. P. Morse, Dr. Mercer, C. V. Mayne are the big business men I re member. Edward Rosewater and O. II. ftothsrker were the political' hammer throwers. The Knights of Lnbor were tha big noise. In the labor game at that time; trade unions were Just com ing to the front with more or less mushroom growth. The printers, molders, clgarmakers and bricklayers were the trade unions that have had continuous ex istence. The printers had 350 members at that time, but less than thirty-five of the memtwra who were here then are bore today. If the facts could be se cured I believe the whole population has changed In about , the same ratio since 'S7. Omaha was a big, generous, overgrown border town, with city ambitions. Union Pacific pay-day waa an event once a month In the business world, and the Durant engine boys and members of the Iron molders' . union had to be con sulted about things political. The first Labor day parade ever held In Omaha took place on the Fourth of July. The men marched forty miles, It seemed. 'and tha day was as hot as biases. Council Bluffs waa SO rents from Omaha; South Omaha waa bluff Inf; Dundee wasn't; ditto Benson. Boyd's theater was where the Nebraska Clothing com pany is now and "Doc" Haynea was the swell, diamond-studded guy at the ticket window. Ed WHtlg's bar. next door, "milled" all the politics. Dick Wilde 'sold the best whisky. The Two Orphans sold the swell clothes. The town had eleven savings banks; a man without savings bank stock was passe; later on, the ma-i with tho stock tii passe. Omaha was a wonder In those days. She was bluffing then, but she's got the bank roll today. Governor Morehead broke his pick when ha dug It tnto the printing office In the state penitentiary scheme, all right; all right! Omaha and Nebraska working men and women have reason to t?el pleased with the attitude of employers of. the city and state on tho compensation taw on the books and on the amendments pcndlns; before the leg islature. At the present moment the employers of Missouri are Mn-tcd teaelher In a state-wide organisa tion to fight the rompentatVn law and prevent Hs being adopted. In NYbrake the spirit controlling beat Illustrated In Grant Hamilton's declaration. "We sre not sclllti scms and legs," and tha employers' cyme-back. "We are not tn the market to buy them." We have faith in the Nebraska spirit and none at all tn the Missouri, game. The Nebraska workmen and employers are on speaking terms of the most friendly hind retarding compensation law making, and if let alone they will perfect a law that will wnar a cen tury and be a credit to both employer and employe. People and Events With Uncle Joe Cannon in his seventy-eighth year. Admiral Dewey tn his seventy-seventh, Henry Ga away Iavta In his ulnety-eecond. President Wilson Just past 'A. must fe-'l only a few laps beyond the k!J lis, Canada Is d-vtoWng plans for Invelghllng ever thu Hue next lumraT, offring as Inducements the ancient aln.uxjihere of Quel-, the towering heights of Mon treal, the t t-up-atlveneia of Toronto, the dlxsy levels if Winnlp K (til iv.'iuntalns without number. Armed trak guards will ler.J pli'turcsqueness to the scenery. Dead! Met Aaalnst Forelga Born. LEWIS, la., Jsn. M.-To tha Editor ot The Hee: As a re.ider and subscriber of our paper I take the Utterly of writing you about your editorial, "Csn They Override the Veto?" . There must be something wrong with your Amerlcsnlsm or your would never write such tn srtble. for to sn American il savor.4 of Romsnlnm. I would like to ask to who ts this literacy teat obnoxious to, to no true American, no labor man, no true protest ant, but It sure Is obnoxious to Roman Ism, the traitor, with her Illiterate hordes. President Wilson never would of vetoed this bill If he had not been looking for the second term and the Catholic vote. Protestantism Is not dead, as Mr. Taft found out after he vetoed the bill and Mr. Wilson will find out the same thing. Your paper can be stopped Just ss soon as the subscription expires, I want no such un-American trash In my home. Yours for Americanism. ' W. J. WOODWARD, . President Cltliens' Bank. Note: Wonder what this reader would think if, because of his sentiments aa above, all foreign-born depositors of his bsnk should stop doing business with him. Anwexatlea Sentiment. SOUTH OMAHA, Feb. L-To the Ed, Itor of The Bee: How do the people of South Omaha who pay taxes like It to know that a bill has been introduced into the legislature to Increase the pay of members of tbe city council from $609 te $l,8i)0 a year? An increase ot 300 per cent la a pretty big Jump when the bur dens of taxation are increasing front year to year without any letup, these stringent times. If the gentlemen who hold the offices of councilmen think they are not getting enough salary, let them resign and let us put tn men who are willing to serve for 1900 a year. There are plenty of good men who would be willing to serve for tfiOO. If we are to pay higher salaries, let It be In a greater city, where we will get more for our money. It Is astonishing how strong the senti ment In favor ot consolidation has be come. It is simply overwhelming when we get away from the officeholders, those who have contracts with the city, and those who have relatives la offioe. There Is scarcely a small home owner In this city who is not in favor ot annexation by the Howell bill outside of the classes I have named before. good many men who signed the pro test against the bill have told me they did not understand Its terms or they would not have signed it It is the fair est and safest way of consolidation, - for we know Just what we are going to get and that I sufficient F. A. AGNEW. Front an Obaerrer ss the Grewwd. . PLAIN VIEW. Neb., Feb. L To the Ed itor ot The Beet Allow me to try your patience once more to answer the com munication of Mr. Weybrlght. , Among ether wise remarks, Mr. Weybrlght says: "Germans In this country should, take out their second papers before they pre sume to tell Americans what to say or how to say- It" I took out my' second papers In 1S84, and I wonder whether Mr. Weybrlght will call me German or Amer ican, but this does not make any differ ence. . If Mr. Weybrlght would have studied ..the back history of the European nations and had watched all proceedings from the killing of. the Austrian crown prince to tbe declarations of war among the different nations as carefully with me In Germany as I did, then without a doubt he would agree with me that Ger many did not want this, war.- Mr. Weybrlght admits that the Servians killed the Austrian prince and his wife, but excuses the deed as follows: "In the pres ent causeless slaughter in Europe Justice and liberty have been outraged ten thou sands times more than it the entire royal families ot Austria and Germany had been annihilated and the asssssins gone unpunished." A great Idea! People are tempted to believe that Mr. Wey brlght Is either leaning toward anarch Ism or Is a little over-balanced In his upper story. According to his Idea, the punishment of criminals should be avoided unless it could be done profit ably or without any trouble. A good thing the disease is not contagious. Let Mr. Weybrlght atudy the German and Austrian history for the last 100 years or more' and he will find that Germany and Austria never were aggressive this mean never claimed what did not right fully belong to them. Let him read all communications between Austria and ervia, as well aa between Germany and Russia, and he will be convinced that Buaala ordered its entire army mobilized a whole week before Germany did, in tact the same day Austria declared war against Servta.. He will further find that the first battle waa fought tn East. Prus sia, Germany, which shows that Russia started the war and ot course depended on France and England for help. II. STEINKRAUS. Th Greatest Battle. LINCOLN. Feb. l.-To the Editor -of The Bee: It goes without saying that one of the greatest battlea In the world's history is now being waged in foreign lands. That human conception of the invention of death dealing machinery has also reached ita highest atate of Improve, ment need not be repeated. The perusal of the leading dally papers of the entire civilised world tells stories that aeem al most Incredible. The Illustration on the front page of The Bee would melt a heart of stone, the one showing Servian women compelled to bury tbclr dead, and should csusa an Immediate ccasatlon of hostilities to thoughtful minds of rulers with human hearts beating within their breasts. But what else can , we expect of na tions that In time of peace have been pre paring for war, and this spirit' In a na tion has reached the peaceful shores of one of the thus far greatest nations, one that atanda out peculiarly alone, and Is thus far first In peace, will be last In war, and that la our own United States. In the humble opinion ot the writer, every loyal American citizen ha a duty to perform. One among the greatest presidents that ever catered the White House baa issued a waralng that it fol lowed will preserve our neutrality te perfection. But there ia great danger ahead with the writers expressing them aelvea as those la the letters entitled "Loyalty of Germans" sod 'Two Kinds of Neutrality." These writers appear te bread the other fellow as "liar." "Ignorant.- prejudiced' and fool." In the language of Der Ktsea jammer, cut out thla "dud gasted wind Jamming, arise early In the morning, go bathe your teet in the Missouri river, sing tht songs Mother used to sing, and ever romember there Is a human heart beating in the other fellows breast, and the world will get better, with the bare possibility that you are wrong. T. J. HILDEBRAND. fiewln Cornea Rack. LITCHFIELD, Neb.. Feb. l-To the Editor of The Bee: In a little town up by Oerlng dwell "Weybrlght the Intelli gent;" the man who states the plain truth. Oh! truth, what hyporlsy Is com mitted In thy name. Mr. Weybrlght makes this modest statement. "There never wss a war that was worth the price," We (herlh every memorial of our worthy ancestors; we celebrate their patience and fortitude; we admire their daring enterprise; we teach our children to venerate-- their piety, the noble men who fought the battles of tho revolutionary war and forever melted away the chains that bound us under Briton's foot We erect monuments so that all who shall turn their eyes hither may behold where the great battles of that war were fought, and remark how nobly and successfully it waa accomplished. The names of the worthy veterans of that war will glitter as bright and Imperishable stars In the diadem of the republid w hen the Imbecile who protests 'it wss not worth the cost" lies moldeting In a forgotten grave. Mr. Weybrlght says he knows of three distinct motives why the kslser precipi tated the present war in Europe, and threatens to wise up Mr. Nussbaum as to what they are. Better still. Mr. Wey brlght you ought to sdmit the truth as the late Lord Roberts did when he said: ".We must forever crush German mili tarism." There was that desire In the British heart to Yule and that, and that alone, has caused the present slaughter In Europe, a war that was fostered In the English capital. To Mr. Pierce I wish to say that when he makes such a blunder as to state that the revolutionary war was forced upon England by a German king and that hordes of Germans fought under the ban ner of George the Third against the colo nies, he Is simply to be pitied. Such a thing ia absurd. Quite true, a few Hes sians (Germans from the state of Hesse) fought with the English in that war. but they were simply soldiers of fortune, fighting for pay the same as many Americans are now doing In the French and Mexican armies. That Germany forced England Into the revolutionary war and sent soldiers ever to help It Is sheer folly In face of the fact that at that time there waa no German empire, only a few separate states or principali ties. To set some of those hyphen-headed British sympathizers right I will say that I am not a German sympathiser becauso I am a German, for I am not I was born in the United 8tates, as were' my parents and grandparents, and I am not a "re. made" citizen. GEORGE GOWIX. TOLD IN FUN. Miss Llvelelgh Oh. no! On account of your age they all think you are calling on mother. Judfce. . . t "I wish I could get some washing to take In." ' so do I." "Well, you take mine and I'll take yours. There's no'hlnw like getting a start." Pittsbut &h Post. "Tou Amricsns sre slwayn tslklng shout dollars and cents,' said the visitor from abroad. "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne; "we fin talk a great deal about them. But we try to draw the lino at fighting over them." Washington Star. ."Am I ss dear to you as f was during our courtship, darling?' queried the bride of six short months. "Much dearer," briefly answered , tha freixht payer of the combine aa he pro ceeded to audit the latest crop of monthly bills. Indianapolis btar. - "Mother was rather angry with you last nluht." Why? I didn't klsa you." ."Just so. And so she waited all the evening at the keyhole for nothing." Kansas City Journal. "Hubby. I'm In love with that hat." "You fall In love with too many hats. If you'll promise to remain constant to that one for as much aa lx weeks, I'll buy It for you." Louisville Courier Journal. . "She spoke in a flattering w,y of jsbU the other dav." Did she? That was nice. What did she 'She said if she had your assurance with her brains, she'd run for president." Cleveland Plain Dealer.. "I've got to wait In my trade until there is a freezeout in business." "That's remarkable. What: is your trade?" "I'm an' Ice cutter." Baltimore American. MOVING PICTURES. Lenna W. Brown. -in New York Times. Tho west ia bathed In the afterglow Where the church spire lifts through the mist below: ..... And the trees in feathery silhouette Hans ever tho lorin ot a parapet . All are shadowed In dull dead black . On a flaming rainbow painted back. O marvelous picture! Could human power But paint the evening sunset hour! Alss! How paltry Is the art Wrought by mortal ' hand and heart To rival the Arch-painter'a skill. Who rhnngca the canvas and colors at will! - H paints the sky In gold and rose, Which plowing changes, and changing glowe: Then as the film moves o'er the screen. The canvas changes its hues, unseen. The rose Is gone, gone' is the gold, And summering there are the stars so old. . A sliver crescent, pellucid and pale. Ha nee near a cloud ot filmiest veil. And all tho tint that lately flamed To a fathomless Indtero dusk are changed. These are the grandest pictures of all Moving pictures that never pall. Ruth was won by Ueatrice Parker, 1316 So. 12th St., with 595 pictures. Mildred Is Next , V', V - yj .f u, v c'V x. ! : 1 ' 0. ' ' . S - - M ' . The snow , will surely melt when she comes out with her beaniing oouutenance and beau tiful spring gowns, all pink and whiteJ 'She'! has great rolls of waxen curls, big blue eyes and - oh dear me, when you see her dainty little feet and pink shoes and stockings, you'll just want to eat her up. Mildred wil be given free . to. the little girl under 13 years of age that brings or mail us the largest number of doll's pictures cat oat of ' the Dally and Sunday Bee before 4 p. m., Saturday, February 41. , Mildred's picture will be in The Bee every day this week. Cut them out and ask your friends to save the pic tures in the paper for you, too. See how many pictures of Mildred you can get, and be sure to turn them in to The Bee office before 4:00 p. m. Saturday, February 6. You can see "Mildred" at The Bee Office The skatol for this week were won by Leoland Shipmr.n, 1255 So. 1,'ith St., with 431 pictures. More Skates , ' for our Busy Bee Boys Barney Berry American Club, Nickel Plated. Tempered Welded Steel Blades, aiaes te fit. This picture ot one of tbe 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 paper for you, too. See how many pictures you can get and bring them to Tbe Bee office next Satur day. - The Skates wil be given Free to the boy that sends us the most picture before P. M. Saturday, I'ebruary L