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J THE TiKK: OMAHA. MONDAY. MAR CI f 15. lf)15. THE OMAHA DAILY DEE FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSKWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATKR, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company. Proprietor. PEH PUIU31NQ. FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Fntered at Omtht poetofncs aa eecond-clssa matter. TERMS OF 8UB8CRIPTTON. Br carrier By mall par month. per year. jjally and Sunday c at w Pally without Sunday.... So 4 W FVenlns; and Sunday K (W Evening" without Sunday Ita 4.00 Sunday Be only Mr t oo Bt1 notice of rhacae of addrea hr complaints of Irregularity la delivery to Omaha Be. Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Remit hr draft. exprae or postal order. Only two writ stamps received In payment of email a-' counts. I'ereonat cheeKs, except on Omaha and eastern trhang-, not accepted. office rn Bee Hulldlns. Pouth Omaha 3il N street. Council Hluffa14 North Mala afreet. Lincoln K I.lttla Bulldlna. Chlcao-01 Hearst BulMlnr New York Room 1!, 6 Fifth avenue. ft. Ixnila-MS New Bank of Commerce. Waehlnaton 736 Fourteenth ft., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE). Addree rommualcatlona relating to mwi and edl to rial mattar to Omaha Bee, &dltorlel Dapartmeaa. FEBIUARV CIRCULATION, 51,700 State of Nehrsaka. County of Douglas, aa. Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Be Publlehliic company, being duly (worn, ayi that the average circulation for the month of February, 1016, aa il.7on. DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed in my preaenra and sworn to before me, this 3d day of March, 1WS. ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public. Snbscrlbera leaving the city temporarily ahonM have The Bee malted to them. Ad dress will b changed aa oftea aa requested. f4 March IB Thought for the Day 1 5fcff by Nancy J. Mamrt If you havt favllt yritvt not. Let tMi ihovght help you warm, who hath no faultihath no hope to reform. What it a man pro.flled (f he thall pain tht W wtrid and lout hit ten soul. John G. Whilitr. If the Board of Education must practice greater economy. It might contract for the out put of the political elate factories. While a few choice slices of Omaha real es tate are climbing to the top of the ladder, the real bargains are on the lower rounds. Job lota to fit all purses. Terre Haute's revelations of democratic po litical methods easily outranks the purchased voters of Adams county, Ohio, and puts "Blocks-of-Five" Dudley In the piker class. Greater Omaha! .The hope of yesterday, the stimulus of today, the realisation and steam power of tomorrow. The task of the future la to make good the promise of greatness. Pictures of primary candidates beginning to appear in windows should not be confused wlt'i the Omaha style show. Candidates are not out for etyle. If they were they; would have no Show, ' : 'I Unable to put over the 0-cent loaf of bread, the bakers of New York contented themselves with a weight reduction of two ounces., This is exceedingly modest beside the four-ounce cut in Omaha. Should Greece, Bulgaria and Roumanla break into the war with their batteries of Jaw-breaking names, newspaper proofreaders will need all the cheery encouragement of loved ones to escape a padded roll. That reminds us that limiting the Introduc tion of bills to tlie first twenty days of the legis lative 8rrlon, and reserving forty daya for their consideration, was supposed to make sifting committees unnecessary. A lot of things useful and ornamental are now made In Omaha, and a lot more things ought to be made In Omaha. The way to do tt la to give Omaha-made goods the preference, other things being equal. ' The California Idea of buying the Western Pacific railroad for f 50.000.000 will interest multitude of people. Including the artist who can depict on canvas the wistful longing of sec ond mortgage bond Investors holding the sacr. A city ordinance requires street cars to stop at the near side of a boulevard croasing. No other vehicle, no matter bow large, Is subject to the regulation. The wisdom of the rule is self evident, but the wisdom of the discrimination Is not apparent. Major General Scott has been commissioned to smoke the pipe of peace with the Plutes. What his plana are remain to be seen. The old re liable treatment, successfully worked by General rook, la the simple one the old woman gave vrhea asked the best means for holding a huj Ywnd: 'Teed th brute!" w - v y a w w S4( vta-t Blalmp Ceorse Worthlnrton, the new bishop or Nebraaka. made nil first appearance here at Trinity cathedral this owrnlng, . the attendance taxing the epactous seating" capacity of the church. ' The program (or the fit. Patrick's day celebraito.i of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Is given out, with a variety of literary and musical numbers to be con tributed by lOchard O'Keefe. John Kueh, E. A. O'Brien and the Ulnae L Iriie Glbaon, Maggie BwlfV. Kate caeey, Masgt Caaey, Masgte Kuan. CShaughneeey. Planner?, bailie McUooken, Mamie Rush end Roaa Ford. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carrier are making their home for the present with Mrs. More. Ninth and t M'Uul avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Smith, with their ale, Miss K1. will rlait their former home La Kentucky. Aa Inipreaaive military funeral waa held for the late Colonel Joaeph It. Taylor. The honorary paiW liearers ere: General Hawkins. Colonel Btanton. CulviM I Frnltts, Major Toear, Major Itawles and Cap tain M.rf'aulry. , The M'iial unlun's Sunday afternoon concert at Hie mxre h.ue offered. Iei.l. the numbera by the . '.). -i rm. two eciif numbrra by Mrs. Michaels J. i a iKiiiHMve and if I, eve gone on a viait ' ' 'cults t Lincoln and Ontha. Orer-zealous newspsper spokenmen indulg ing In mock heroics are again threatening th entente cordlale between Omaha and Lincoln, and so far as we ran see there Is no occasion for it whatever. Omaha and Lincoln are competi tors in very limited fields. Lincoln has little that Omaha would want to take from It even if It could, and Omaha bas nothing worth having that Lincoln can take from ns. Occasionally the competition makes us think that Lincoln Is nar row in preferring to keep Omaha from securing a prise just because it is out of Lincoln's reach, as, for example, the reserve bank location, but, on the whole, both Lincoln and Omaha have everything to gain and nothing to lose by culti vating friendly relations and working together for their annual upbuilding. We are glad to say that the disposition toward helpful co-operation has been much more In evidence of late than it used to be, and there is no good reason why it should not be more and more so unless set at cross purposes by petty bickerings. United States Self-Sustaining. If sn embargo on exports and imports from Europe should result as an outcome of present negotiations, what would be the effect on the United States? Should all traffic with Europe be entirely cut off, a readjustment of some of the details of business would be necessitated, but otherwise the United States would go on about the same. 8om; domestic articles of general use might cease to masquerade under torelgn labels, but that Is about all that would greatly change. The United Stales produces everything that is needed for the comfort and well being of Its people, and Is capable of supplying their every want. Life would go on without com munication from Europe In much the same way, with the creation and accumulation of wealth, the production of all useful and necessary ar ticles, and the luxuries of life aa well, and the people would progress in aft the ways of civilisa tion. The United 8tates is absolutely self-sustaining. The strength of this position, can hardly be understood, but is the more appreciated when the position of some of our European competi tors Is considered. In this strength Is found the surest guaranty for the continuance of the peace and prosperity of this nation. By Way of Suggestion. Some of the opponents of Greater Omaha consolidation declare they1 "will fight to the end," which means a last desperate effort to prevent the bill from passing with the emer gency clause that would, make It effective at once. Those who talk this way are for the most part payroll office-holders who want the opera tion of the merger delayed In order that they may remain connected up with the treasury for three months longer. Our suggestion is that these patriots are standing In their own light that, If successful in their purpose, they will be sacrificing the rights of the people who put them in office to a voice In their local government for a paltry few dollars. Our further sugges tion Is that these self-seekers look ahead a little farther than three months. Crisis in Italian Neutrality. Count von Buelow German ambassador to Jtaly, Is reported to be pressing negotiations for the continued neutrality of Italy. The chief ob stacle Is Austria's reluctance to restore to Italy a slice of territory north of Venice and-Milan and populated almost wholly by Italians. Italy wants more than Austria is disposed to grant. Meanwhile Italy has ita army on a war footing and has recalled to the colors the Garlbaldlan le gion, now fighting with France. These move ments indicate an approaching crisis in Italian neutrality, or a determination to put on suffi cient pressure to convince Austria of the peril's of quibbling. Lesson of Life. The noisy world will pay a brief tribute to Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, now that death haj balled attention to the simplicity of her life. H1 she been a woman of lea strength of character ahe would have been more often in public print; aa tt waa, ahe waa eeldom heard of. "To be a good wife and mother la the highest and the hardest privilege accorded to a woman," she said, and on this creed her lite waa founded. Wife of the richest man In the world, ahe Is known to the public only aa hla helpmeet, start ing with him In the humble beginning of his ca reer, and never losing her perspective as wealth brought Us continually widening opportunities. Devotion to husband and children and the mak ing of a home, characteristic traits of tb good woman, marked her as a type of the Amer ican woman on whom rents the enduring safety of the American home, and all 'It means. The life of Mrs. Rockefeller has in it a lesson for both men and women. When the Keokuk dam opened its gates and began generating electricity, St. Louis rejoiced over the prospect of cheap current. Hope still lingers there, but realisation is up In the air. By a clever arrangement with two subsidiary companies the water power current yields toll to each, and Ita cost to the consumer Is regulatod by the price of coal, which provokes the Star's remark that St. Loula Is a "dam fooled town." Rear Admiral Thomas II. Howard, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, la one of the' three officers promoted to admirals under the recent act of, rpngress. Admiral Howard will be remembered as the officer who won much publicity and a sharp reprimand for ridiculing Secretary Bryan's battleship "piffle" at the Caraboa dinner. Time and alienee outweighs the indiscretions of a water buffaloed dinner. British talk of treating German submarine captives as plratea la either bluff or the caloric of agitated minds. Captives are not responsible for the orders they strive to execute. "Theirs Is not to reason why, theirs to do or die," aa the British poet expressed It. Oermany'a oppor tunities for reprisal are too numerous to carry the piracy threat beyond the talking stage. For the first time since the civil war eight daya have passed without a paaoenger ateame aaillng from New York to some port in the United Kingdom. About the only feature of the world's routine the ar has not upset is the j revolution of the planet. Four Presidents 'By XSTmr X. ESTABBOOK. MrKlntey. TTTAH McKlnley the lat of the Mohicans? Are we VV never to s-e hie like again? We elected Mc Klnley under circumstances of national die tress In many respects Identical with the circum stances of today bualnees paralysed mills cloeed soup houaea open and In full blast, fh'n the com plaint waa that the purchaelpg value of the standard dollar waa too low the coat of living was too low- plutocracy waa crucifying labor on a cross of gold but that prices would boom and eveiyhody would become prosperous and happy by the simple ex pedient of giving to CO cents worth of sliver the niar.le name of "dollar." It waa the wickedest flimflam, the mint Impudent allurement ever held out to an honest man. And yet so apecloue was the argument and so desperate the conditions that McKlnley was elected only by a an 'leak: 20.000 votee properly distributed would have elected hla opponent. The ensuing four years of McKlnley'a almlnietration totally discredited every theory, prophecy and argument of that oppo nent, proving him to be as shallow as a soup plrte. A man of sensibility would have been crushed !y the demonstration, or would at least have taken on a becoming modeety. Not so Bryan. Jte bobbed tip again aa the presidential candidate of his party with a brand new theory, as Imperturbable aa a rhinoceros that had been tickled with a feather, and again mil lions voted for him. I But Mr. Bryan himself Is hardly responsible for our present predicament. He haa been pigeonholed In a cabinet where It would take a card Index to locate him, and he Is already rich enough to make hla further assaults on property more droll than dan gerous. Ha haa to be careful or some of his con verts will ask for an accounting. The condition of the country waa so gratifying during McKlnley" s first administration that he was re-elented with only the opposition of Mr. Bryan aforesaid. He had scarcely entered upon hla seooni term when he was stricken down by the treacherous hand he waa about to clasp In kindness and goodwill. The republican party haa acquired almost the tragi.' consecration of the widow Btxby, for three of Its noblest sons have been killed at the post of duty. Ranaevelt. The vice president, who was thus called upon to fill out McKlnley'a second term, forthwith pledged himself to carry out McKlnley s pnlldps for the re mainder of that term. It was his first promise con cerning the presidency, and he kept it like a man. Bo much so, and the country was so altogether sat isfied with the results, that Mr. Roosevelt was elected to succeed himself without even, the opposition of Mr. Bryan aforesaid at least I have heard Judge Parker Intimate something to this effect. There was little In Mr. Roosevelt's behavior during the first four years In hla great office to Indicate that he would run amuck during the next four years. Even In retrospect I can truthfully aay that I think him always to have been more radical fn speech than In action. Hla bark was really worse then hla bite. I said as much one day to a friend of mine, who was railing at him In good aet terms. He replied that my distinction reminded him of the man who went t oall on his neighbor and was confronted In the path way by hla neighbor's watch dog. "Don't be afraid of the dog." shouted hla owner from trT verandah, "he won't hurt you. Don't you see him wagging his tall?" "Sure I do," yelled the visitor, "but I also hear him growling, and hang me If I know which end to believe!" But Just the same my differentiation holds good. Some of the things done by Mr. Roosevelt needed to be done, and In robust fashion. I for one tried hard to forgive the violence of his words and manner for the sake of the putative motive baok of them. 1 began by admiring him because, If you will pardon, the paradox, he seemed so profanely in love with righteousness; because he wanted peace and was just aching to fight for It; because he waa such an un- genllemanly gentleman and such a damned good Christian! I believed him to be to politics Indeed what Billy Sunday Is to religion: and we all know that there Is about as much Sabbath In Sunday as there la In. Roosevelt; yet religion seems te need Billy at this time though not, I toepr. as a steady diet. Rut aa Mark Twain aald of Napoleon. Mr. Roosevelt attempted to do too much and did It! Mr. Roosevelt mistook the genuine sooer conserva tism of the American people. They will not consent to live forever In a riot or in a frensy of gabble. They want to do business, and sooner or later they are going to do HI Taft. William Howard Taft, whom Mr. Roosevelt fondly expected to be an ad Interim Incumbent of the presi dency, is and always haa been bigger than his repu tation, and I aay this notwithstanding a certain vacil lation and want of tact In office might Indicate to the contrary. But Mr. Taft'a position waa designedly made difficult and equivocal from the very beginning, and he wasn't o.ulte big enough to rise above t. He was the victim of a huge cry for a reduction of tariffs horlxontlcally perpendicularly arbitrarily any old way. Hla appeals to the country to go slow In a matter of such consequence to await the crea tion of a tariff board when the whole subject could be conaldered deliberately and scientifically, were drowned In cat-calls. There la nothtng eo unreason able aa a contagion. You might aa well argue with the measles. Even hla unfailing good nature and ambient amlle were handicaps, for the average voter wants his statesman aa solemn aa cholera morbus. The quaint humor of lAneoln and the slap-stick roya terlng of Roosevelt were exceptions te the rule; but it required their peculiar genius to carry It off. Mr. Taft continued to wield the Sherman act like a battle axe. Perhape be thought It waa hla duty. Perhaps ha thought it waa popular. Perhaps he was egged on by his legal advisers. And perhapa after all It waa the best thing for the country that could have happened, for the outcome demonstrated the illegiti macy of all such lawa and the futility of their execu tion. N But In spite of soma -reasons for voting against him, I voted for Mr. Taft for a second term; you will recall that ha did get several votee one it them waa mine. WIISOB. f , - As for Iresident Wilson, who stalked Into office over1 a pons aslnorum built by hla opponents, t e entered upon his duties with a popular feeling for him made up of curiosity and respect. He eras the only college professor who had ever stepped from a claaa room over a state capital and Into the White House. Curioaity waa Juetirled. 8u waa reapect, for his men tal strength was conceded, and no one doubted his loyalty of purpose. Thonsanda of republicans had voted for him for one reason or another principally one and wished him well. To be aura, no republican reared la the school of Hamilton could retard hope fully e program that challenged every article of his faith. But he could at least ba tolerant and even ad mit to himself that poaidbly Wilson knew more th-vi Hamilton. He waa willing to be shown. He waa from Mlaaodrl. Hla attitude waa one of watchful waiting; It haa slm-e become a Madame Butterfly vigil. Tee could say off hand that tt waa a moral duty and an obvious necessity that a president of the t'nlted State ahould call to hla aid maa wiser and better Informal than himself on special subjects, and that he should solicit their Instruction and weigh carefully their aug geattona. I am credibly Informed that Mr. Wilson haa virtually dispensed with cabinet meetings, though really, when you coma te think of It, h may be justi fied In so doing. Ordinarily one would suppose that man. whatever but scholarship, ahould know the ayntax of bualnees before he undertakes to parse It. Mr. Wilson dlsclauna any practical knowledge what ever of business but deeraa himself, for thte very rea-son.-all the better qualified to deal with It Impartial' and aloft. It leaves him at liberty to try out certain theories untrammeled by prejudlota begotten of ex perience. It Is a theory of Mr. Wilson, and of bla party, I might add.-that tariffs should be reduced substantially to a free trade baala; and under hi manipulation this haa been dona. W still have intact the costly machinery for the collection of Imposts, but these no longer amount to much. From a ld reus before the Commercial club of itil mu. Saturday. March 13, IMi. Brief eeatxibntteae en etxeelg topi oa taTlaed, Tbe Bee aawwise ae reapcaalsUrty fat eplaioae mt eorresyoadeata. AH tettexe eas iest to oadeasattom by o41taa The Boost Maslral. OMAHA, Msrch ll.-To the Kdltor of The Bee: In a recent Insue of your news paper I noticed a letter written by a Bos ton gentleman eulogizing the Mendelssohn Chclr of Omaha. Now 1 would not like thit subject to be relegated to tee limbo of forgotti n thlnnr, as such matters so frequently are. People habitually dismiss them from their minds with a sort of mental resolve to "buy a ticket when the concert dnt arrives. If convenient." and there th'ir personally felt responsibility ceases. Now this seems to me to be all wrong. It lead. one to ask. Does --lty nn! Its cltlsena exist merely to earn the daily bread "eat, work and sleep," aa the old woman said? Isn't the American I'lca different from this? Anyone who haa lived or traveled In the old countries and heard the wonderful vocal and Instrumental societies there, or perhapa been so fortunate aa to attend one of the great musical festivals, at which all the leading amateurs in the country compete for the places of honor, must have, been Impressed with the splen did support given to such undertakings. The festivals and concerta bring visitors from far and near, and the advertising value of them Is always fully appreciated by the local Chambers of Commerce, who usually form the strongest supporters of the work. Let us all then boost for Omoha in a practical way by help'ng to make the Mendelssohn choir not only "of Omaha" in name, but In actual fact. It may be well to say. In i-oncluMon. that the writer Is a humble member of the choir, but has the real Interests of the city at heart and Is not writing from any selfish motives. The choir Is entirely an "unprofessional" t-ne, the members pay an annual subscription, the conductor and accompanist and officials are honorary we will take the Boston gentleman's Judg ment of Its singing-end there' you have the requisites for a real city organlxatlon, which only needs the endorsement of the city to become "un- fait accompli." "FIRST BASS." Waata Walker Ran. OMAHA, March lX-To the Editor of The Bee: In looking for candidates lor ! iwunmlaalnner the residents of the Twelfth ward would like to have a repre sentative on the council of commissioners to be elected this spring. At the same time we would want a man that would be rale representative of the entire city, one who could be trusted to administer falrlv and Impartially to the whole city. A great many of us think we have such a man in C. T. Walker, who has recently llsnoacd of his business Interests, leav ing him free to make the race If he will do so. He Is not a politician nor a ward hnaa hut has the confidence of thousands of that class of cltlxens who desire that city business be conducted on a business basis Instead of aa a political machine. M. I ENDREB. The ae of Silver Creek. SILVER CREEK. Neb.. March 12-To the EOltor of The Bee: In The Bee ol March 19 under the heading of "Our Task in Mexico" you aay: 'Intervention would have been Justified a long time ago by the manifest Inability of the opposing factions there to end the anarchy that still exists In Mexico." Intervention would have ended the an archy without a doubts but It would have been at the expense of uniting all the factions In a bitter war against us a wat that would have lasted Indefinitely, guerrilla, perhaps, but neverthe less war at a cost of hundreds of millions of dol lars and tens of thousand of lives. In terventlon now would result no differ ently. On what ground, then, could In tervention be Justified? Again you say: 'Watchful waiting has been given a two years' trial, only to see bad become worse." Verv true. But did we have any watch ful waiting? Not a bit of It; but rather a constant watching for opportunities always at hand, to poke our proboscis Into what waa none of our business, and that we have been always quick to do. and without any waiting at all.' If Wil son had had the practical sense of an ordinary farm hand, or hired girl, he would have recognised Huerta aa the governments of Europe had already dona when he became the combined Protestant pope and csar of the United Stater Ry what train of reasoning could any' man of sense arrive at the conclusion that he was either their Intellectual or moral su perior? Had he done that, it is probable that anarchy would have soon ceased; for the Indian Huerta was really th strongest and most level-headed man that had appeared, or has since appeared, on either aide. of th Rio Grande In this whole shameful, wretched bustnesa. And atlll again you say In the' same editorial: "President Wilson must formulate a more emphatic policy and avoid repeti tion of last summer's booties occupation of Vera Crua." But what sort of policy can he form Kav that of armed intervention, alnce the grape-juice policy of peaceful Interven tion by maJdllng bragadoclo haa been a dismal, sickening failure? How, without armed Intervention, could Wilson protect our own rltlsens and those of other for eign countries? And what right would he have to W some other country do It as you sugKext he might do? What ether country is there to now undertake th task? Two ytar ago he might, and ahould, have asked the nations of Kurope to join with us, and each protect Its own, even to th extent of each sending a con tingent of troops to Mexico City, after the manner of the Boxer rebellion. There waa nothing '.n the Monroe doctrne to prevent it; it ould have been effectual, aod we should have eevaped making th Mexicans our mortal enemies aa well aa to have saved son, hundred of millions of dollars wa shall have to pay before w get out of this thing. 8lu" th great powers of Europe are now at war with each other, neither all nor any of then could undertake th task of pact tying Maxlco. What better thing, then, could Wilson de than te ask th "A-B-fV governments of South America 1 1 undertake the job. with the assurance that we would keep away from there and hec-after mind our own bualneaa? He mtgtot. however, to facilitate their work, turn over to those, government the three or four million dollars of Mexican money we took by force at Vera Crux and up to this time have never accounted for. What w have now to fear and th danger is Imminent saJ very grave 1 that Wilson will send ojr fleets and ar mlea to Mexico, The war would then be on and a situation precipitated from which we could not retreat. The fact that he would have no constitutional right to do such a thing would have no weight with him, for he considers himself greater than the constitution, greatr than con gress and greater than the "cltlxenry" of the whole rntted Ptates To avoid trouble, eith r in Mexico or In Europe. t had only to mind our own buelnesu; but that, evidently, was a thing beyond either the wish or th ability of the Wllnon rriminlstrntion. God save th republic. CHARLES WOOPTER. Oppression or Krleadshlpt CU8H1KO. Neb.. Msrch 12.-To the Editor of The Bee: Permit me to com ment In brief upon th question: Who Is going to dictate the terms of peace at the end of the present war? The nations vihose politics spells "ex pansion" nsturally have to Inaugurate a "system" by which they try to subdue the lands conquered and cement them to the nation proper. The manner of pro ceeding to this end varies as well as the results obtained. It depends on the menns used: Friendship or oppression. Germany has one system and England another. I read In The Bee a declaration In the Prussian Diet by Herr Hirsch, socialist leader. In which the socialist party as sails the German government for Its op pressive politics against the Danes and Poles. The mighty socialist party In Gern.any admits that up to the present day their government has been practic ing political oppression against Schlea-wig-Holatein and Poland, their spoils of war. Peoples and provinces have shud dered when they saw that "Iron hand" reaching for thorn. What has Germany gained by her system? First-Militarism, as that Is the key. atone to Its empire arch. Second A federation of states, prov inces, etc., in which very few would re spond to the utterance of a Daniel Web ster: "Liberty and union, now and for ever, one and lnseparable!,'M If the Germans were psychologists, they would know that the trend of hu man nature 1 to be more easily con quered by love than by force. The English system has for a long time been frelndshlp. When she undertook to conquer, she did It In such a way that the conquered hardly felt the restraint upon them. England did not endeavor to erase the national marks, traits and customs from any of her colonics. I re fer to Canada, India. Australia. Egypt, the Boers and others. How could it be possible for the British empire, with Its vast dimensions, to be such a world power and stand united against a common foe? Her system docs It. In our own dear United States the English system la operative. Uncle Kam haa no stereotype form in wjitch he molds all foreigners Into the mother tongue, nor from taking their native costoms and Ideas into this country. Oh, no! Uncle Sam welcomes them, gives them liberty and opportunity with the rest of his household; and they are on friendly terms ith each other immediately. Friendship did It. We are n.any who are watching with Intense interest the ultimate result of this war which shall prevail: Oppression or friendship? N. P. SORENSEN. BREEZY TRIFLES. "You d better hMe somewhere." said the rooster to the hen: 'the boss has an axs In his hand and he s Isylng for you.- "Well." said Biddy, resignedly. "I pre sume I hme no riant to complain: I ve been laying for him for a good many years." Bouton Tranwrlpt. Hardtippe Whv so dcsponcVnt? Klubdub Oh, I can't seem to get out or debt. Ilardupne Gee! That s nothing, t can t even set In. Life. He Tou can t truthfully aav 1 havn t supported you In tlie style to which you were acrustoined. She Yes, I can. Tou never hold me on your lap any more Judge. "I think Prof. Illhrowe Is 'a wonderful lecturer," aald the Olit Fogy. "He brings thinga home to you that you never saw before." . , "That's nothing." rerlled Grouch. I have a laundry wagon driver who can do that. Cincinnati Lnquirer. m i rrsi KAB18SLE KABARET AND JfVCKS" IS AU-I J0T YOU prMD Wtm C4JjrrtfTJ l&X HAP KAf$U THE VOTT Small boy Are you th boneless "Why, no. What The man? The Caller Boneless? gave vou that idea? The Boy Pa said you was a contortion ist. "A contortionist?" "Yea. He said you was always patting jourself on the back." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Lawyer You really want a divorce? The Wife Yes. The Lawyer-nil right. What about th alimony? The Wife He can't pay and alimony. The Lawyer Eh! What is this a prac tical Joke? Take mv advice, madam, ana go back home and wait until he get something. Fifty dollars, please. Cleve land Plain Dealer. "John, ypu owe me 17 cent." "Yes, but I paid the gas bill and you owe me 11.23." "But I paid the groceries and that made you awe me Bl cents." "True, but I pal: 45 cents for tele phones." "I know, but you borrowed M cents " "Caesar! Here's $-; lei's begin all over again " TELL IT TIL HER. spatch. Gnf Alexander, In Pittsburgh I ses to Hogan t'other day, "Huh! When it com-s to tastv j cooking My wife's right to the front. Ann, say, Fhe makes the grub attractive 'looking. You want to taste juat when you see! For instance, pie suggests the filler." And Hogan ses, he ea, aes he, "Well. diUJa ever tell It til her?" Ses I to Hogan, "No.. Why should I thus make foolish conversation? I Vnow she knows I know 'tis good More would be supererogation. Though she Is all the world to m I'm neither coo'er nor a blll'er." And Hogan ses, he ses, ses he, "Well, Uidja ever tell It til her?" "Ye did!" ses Hogan. "Sure ye did! When you was sparkin' sure you'd let ut Run off your tongue I'kc dewn a skid: But now you've got her you forget ut! My, my! But you're the careful lad! Ye fear that flattery would kill her. An' yet ye think sho'a fine, bedad! Well, run right home an' tell It til her!" If you have business abroad, a systematic use of economical, efficient WESTERN UNION Cable Letters may tare yon a trip acroi that la expengire of both time and money. Cable Letten 12 vords tiled today, delivered tomor row afternoon. The cost about regular cable ratea. Week-end Cable Letters 24 words filed Satur day, delivered Monday morning. Ratea very reasonable. Fmtt mTtnation mt any VVWern Umiom Of fie THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. Busy Bee Boys and Girls We told you last Sunday that wt would give you an other bicycle. It is jut liko the first nnc, a famous WORLD MOTOR BIKE It haa a 20-inch Frame with Coaster Brake. Motor Bike Handle Bars. Kagle Diamond Saddle, Motor Bike Pedals. Motor Bike Grip. Luggage Car rier Holder. Folding Stand, Front and Rear Wheel Guards, Truss Frame and Front Fork. A picture of the bicycle will be in The Bee every day. Cut them all out and aak your friends to save the pic tures in their paper for you, too. See how many pictures you can get and bring them to The Bee office, Saturday, April 10. The bicycle will be given Free to the boy or girl that send us ine moat piciuife uerure 4 p. m., Saturday, April 10. Subscribers can help the children in the contest by sking for picture certificates when they pay their eub eription. We give a certificate good for 100 pictures for TTa I it Una rtfllfl i3i 7 a so - - r - - - every dollar paid. 'is. i V. i