Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 11, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
T1IK KKK: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. AVOURT 11, 101". CJ J THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARO ROSBVVATFR. VICTOR RQ3E WATER, EDITOR. TM Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. VT.K BUILD I NO, FARXAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Fntaeed at Omthf postofflre as seoond -class matter. IfcKJiS Or 8CB8CRIPTION. F'y carrier Fy mall par month. per year. tt ed gunday - . J I! jr without Sunday..,.' .......ev 4 09 Wenlrg and Sunoay S.M Fvenlng without Sunday So 4.M Sunday Pa onlr J. Band notice of rhar.sa of address or romp'alnta of Irregularity In deUvery to Omaha, Bee, Circulation XJepartment. REMITTANCE. mli by draft, expresa or rtel order. Only two Cent stamps received In payment of email ao ewunts Perennel chwki. except on Omaha and eastern auteoange, not accepted. omri.3. Omaha The Bee Hitllrttng foulh Omaha Sif N street. Ounrll Hiuffe M North Main street. Ilnewln S l.Krt Building. Chicago Wl H.emt Building Vrw fork Room 1W, Fifth avenue, ft. IOula-MS New Rank of Commerce. Washington 7a Fourth nth Bt.. N. W. COKREJiPONDENCB. Address communications relating to news and edl. tortal matter to Omaha baa. Editorial Department. JVL.X CUtClXATIOX. 53,977 6tate of Nebraska. County of Douglaa. aa.: Dwtght Williams, circulation manager of Tha Baa Publishing company, being duly aworn, says that tha average circulation for tha month of July, 1116, waa u,n. nWTOHT WII.UA MB, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to befora ftlf, thia td day of AiiKiist, liB ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public Bulwribers leaving the city temporarily should bay Tha Re mailed to them. Ad drees will be changed aa often aa requested. rr Thought for the Day In wonder vxnkingi or mm buh of am Xtr. look for Ood, and f una Uim oonotaUd; But in tartk't common thing II iand rt ess fat. Tlhti tk pro and stirs art 4 JUnetr tpl ot Mi nam. Minvt J. Satrap Omaha may excel at mala driving, but those Llncolnltes are tonit goat riders. Brother Bryan l strong for good roads. Bet ter roads will also make it easier for folks to go to tha Chautauqua. As time humps along and notes multiply, vender increases why Colonel Bryan retreated from a war of words. That reference to "tha Omaha regiment of the Nebraska National Guard" is good! How niany companies to a regiment? Tha printers' convention declares for peace, yv hich leaves only Colonel Roosevelt and Herr .Viereck outslda tha reservation. i All tha notables ar "stopping off in Omaha cna after another In tact, they wouldn't be notables if they did not stop off. Tha Lincoln Star devotes nearly a column to an editorial on "How to Spend Money." AVbat a needless waste of valuable space! If General Goethals is to quit governing tha Panama canal in November there ought to be room then tor Governor "Met" to go back. What's this I Violation of Tba Hague rules charged? Paraphrasing a famous exclamation, What's The Hague rules between enemies?" ' Still, just gotng about the country telling us hat a causeless war it la does not seeca to be getting anywhere toward putting an end to it. Tha national emblem of Mexico is an eagla perched on a cactus with a snake In Its beak. No wonder tha dove of peace shies at substi tuting tor that eagle! Tha information comes straight from head iquarters that $260 was paid for that historic tUt department desk. And after two years of democratic administration Uncle Sam needed he money! There is merit in tha suggestion of President lolden of tha Burlington that company depart ment heads recruit their employes from people living along tha line. It lends a "home" tone to tba system and draws a benevolent screen over tha lever worked at St. Paul and New York. Notwithstanding the fatality at the auto speed-meet, the coroner over at Dea Moines has taken particular pains to pronounce the track all right Now, we hope our coroner hera will give a certificate of character to all our racing bowls before his official job Is exterminated. Among the proposals before the New York constitutional convention is one to raise the pay cl tha state's law-makers from 1 1,500 to I J. 600 a year. Nebraska just recently doubled the pay of its solons, with no visible effect, however, except upon the size of the salary appropriation. Jh&iTfbl & Off The dtrecturs of tha Board of Trade received tha tea!gnatlon of Bovrvlary Thorn Glbaon. who la la a analrlutn In New York and will be unable to aerva fur soma time, and whoaa aoo. Uorra. has baea act aerreUry. Tha raalfiiatiun was laid over and Ftad li. Lowa aptwlnted aecrctary pro tare. NuU U arved that C. D. Wot.lworth aa raoelver revive buia up to Auiuit 14 for tha purchnae In liulk or pcrvel of tha alotk of dry sooda formerly wn-l l y Iiyal K f tr.ith. Thla Is tha lataat turn In lha srab by U. creditor claimants. 41 r. J' tin Guild, aci ompanli-d by Wra T. C. Brun Ur. lft to vl.it fiUnd In tJrand laUnd. Tha family of Jacob Kc(h.1i! of thla city, constating ut bla ti and five cbiMren, arrived home from Ilam Lurj, GcTinany. 4Sia Orara Bd of Wlit. lt nr. W. Va-. who hat V vt.t.f itr. and alia A. K. Koaa on upir Dudse irl, riurned huma. Mra. J. II. Ml I d. Mr. and Mra Will Millard and !t. XMrroa, riuilir lit Mra. J. JI. MUlard, cam In io:a lv-iijMrt. la., la tha I'riUm f'aclllo apocUl car. A tri. K'oia fruui rt. A. Mi-Whurter told of tha daaih n( I. l.ifunt lu-l.t.r at Ivrsiur, 111., whera tha Mc "Wl.oil. eta vlfcliU.S their frtmcUwoula. Crops on the First of Angniit. Prosperity's bsnner was hung on the outer wsllg on August 1, when the crops of the coun try were In such condition as to guarantee, short of inconceivable calamity, the biggest yield ever harvested in any one country in tha history of the world. Wheat alone has reached the un precedented figures of 963,000,000 bushels, and may go to the billion mark. This yield com pares with 865.000,000 bushels In 1914, which was also a record crop. King Corn's return Is now estimated for the year at very clone to three billion bushels, or three hundred million more than last year, and other crops are In pro portion. The only staple that will show a reduc tion is cotton, which has been purposely short ened through a reduced acreage. Nebraska's shsre in this wonderful prosper ity Is notable. The second wheat-producing state in the union, Nebraska will market a crop of very close to 76,000,000 bushels, and this in spite of the untoward weather that materially reduced the yield. The estimate on the state's corn crop Is for two million bushels less than last year, but with the continuance of tha favorable weather this will be more than overcome by the certain Improvement In condition of the crop. Nebraska's oat crop is also oft a little In total fiom last year, but still holds the state aa second only to Iowa In the point of production. Pota toes and forsge crops are good, and tha Imme diate prospect for the final harvest In this state is far and awsy beyond the doleful predictions made during the rainy days of July. The country generally is sharing In this bountiful harvest, and as prices are holding up veil, the prosperity of the country, so far as it depends on tb farmer, Is absolutely assured. When Goethals Goei. When Genersl Goethals goes from the office of governor of Panama on November 1 he will leave behind him one of tha most stupendous Monuments to man's constructive genius ever erected. A dream Indulged for more than 400 years has been made a reality through his en ergy and skill as a builder. The lay mind can tut slightly conceive of tha problems he faced, the sweep of Imagination necessary to conceive and the' high quality of courage called for in the execution of the designs whereby Goethals car ried out tha details of this undertaking, so great and so unique that tha world has nothing to compare with it. He resigns now as governor of the canal one, and not as a general of the army, and will return to his profession as a soldier, to await the further orders of his country. His achieve ment of one of the greatest triumphs of con structive engineering in the world's history Is taken by him as a part of his duty to his people. He is part of an army whose tradition Is service, himself a fine example of the American soldier. The Panama canal is in operation, and General Goethals, no longer needed there. Is entitled to a rest, but he probably will not get It. for he will be of much use in planning tba defensive works tha country Is soon to embark upon con- structlng. , A Two-Party Country. . .Thla Is a two-party country. Many third partlea have coma and cone alnce tha early days of tha re public, but only on third party avar cams into power, and that was the republican party under ths at re is of tha etnsle all-dominating moral iaaue In the mldat of tha paaalon which reaultad In tha civil war. by a miracle, no third party movement will have any chance of success In 1914 -Frederic M. Davenport In tha Outlook. Tha significance of this expression is that It comes from tha nominee for governor of New Aork on the last progressive party, or bull moose, ticket, and one of the most enthusiastic and sincere followers of Roosevelt in the 1912 campaign two years before. But Prof. Daven port Is more ot a atudent than he Is a politician. snd his vision Is less biased by his personal de sires and prejudices than the other leaders of that third party. So no matter what proclama tion or pronouncement may emanate from the staff officers of the waning bull moose briaade. it may be accepted as an established fact that this Is a two-party country, and that "nothing but a miracle" will make tha 1916 campaign anything but a contest for supremacy between the republican party and tha democratic party. No third party defection can do mora than alter the relative positions of tha two old parties. It U decidedly doubtful whether there will be any national bull moose convention nominating a presidential ticket, and tha chief reason for this lu that in tha dozen states with presidential pref erence primaries established in response to tha demand of the progressives, there will not ba enough third party vote cast to warrant anyone making the race aerlously as m third early standard-bearer. Berings! Can This Be Tract Governor Capper has Just given the world a dreadful shock by asking tha attorney general of Kansas to proceed with all alacrity and full plenary powers to make an associate Justice ot the Kansas supreme court pay back a large sum cf money he took from a corporation while serv ing as attorney general of the state. Further more, the governor says there arj others, and that he's going to get them, too. Can thla ba true, that down in saintly Kansaa, whera springs tha fount of all civic goodness and virtue la Its own reward, somebody has been tainted with graft? And where was Bill Allen White, and Vie Murdoch, and all the other keepers or the public conscience, when this general distribution of corporation tribute waa going on? If tba governor is on the right track, somebody has been asleep at the sw itch in Kansas, and, worse luck, they can't lay It onto Joe Cannon or the Rum Demon. Maybe this is why some folks down thera tried so hard to defeat Capper when ha was running last fall. An official Investigation disposes of many rtickless statements regarding the number of drug victims In the United States. Reports from the various officers administering the anti-drug law places the number of victims ot the habit at not to exceed 200.000 persons. This Is a very small percentage of the population, far less than generally supposed. Even mora gratifying are lospltal words of satisfactory treatment and recovery of patients. Peace Is making progress. General Boba and Major Bourand have been disarmed In Haiti and saved the expenso ot aa Involuntary funeral . I Bouquet of Bird Stories Bird Xre." Ilw the Sapeaekar Raara Ita Yoaac. During the first thrae weeks In July of laat year I had an eiceptlonally good opportunity to obae. ve the habits of a pair of yallow-bplllcd sapauckers and their three young. When my attention was flrat called to three blrda, the young were barely able to fly. They were feeding an ap from the pita, which the adult blrda had made for them on a nearly hortsontal branch of a fray Mrch which overhung: the pon4. They clung tenacloualy to the birch, and would not fly until very rloaely approached. Juat aa eoon aa I retreated, they Immediately took up their poaltlona on the tree again. They were aa peralatent In their nure In aa a littor of young pigs. A the youns blrda grew larger and stronger, the adults made pita for them on treea whoae position waa more nearly erect. By much urging and the use of eome force, the young birds were Induced to feel st the new pits and, aa thee were larger and mora numerous than thoae on tha hortiontal tree, thpy re mained In the new poeltlnn the' greater part of tha time. Thla performance waa repeated until tha young blrda were able to take their auatenance from pits made for thera on vertical treea. The young blrda were peralatent feeders, being seen at the pita early In the morning, and at all hours of the day, and until after duak. It la true that they ap peared to alecp a part of tha time. Aa the aapauckers belong to the family of woodpeckers, which feeds principally on Inaecta. and aa the neatllnge cannot procure much ap after winter eeta In. It Boon became neceaaary for the parents to attempt to wean their offspring from their baby food. In thla thay had aa much trouble aa wa humane do when we try to wean our young from milk. One of the moat Intereatlng features waa the antics of the vartona anlmala attracted to the flowing sap. A pair of hummingbirds devoted their whole time to the tipple. They became entirely demoralised and. Inatead of performing the duties for which nature In tended them, they went on one long and extended spree. I expected to ee thesa little tyrant a drive tha aapauckers away, but they did not do so, fearing, pcr hapa, to "kill the gooae which laid tha golden egg." The antlca of the male ruhythroat were wonderful and marvelous. At times he would awing back and forth through the air In an are of nearly half a circle with a diameter of thirty feet, for aome twenty to thirty tlmca In aucceaalon. He did this with Incredible swift ness and, when he made tha turn at each end of tha arc, he would puff out his ruby patch until It looked like flame. The effect of the tipple on a gray squirrel was exactly the reverae. It made him bo loggy and atupiJ that I could almoat touch him with my paddle before he would move. He merely alouched up the tree and went to aleep In a crotch above. Borne of the red aqulrrels acted similarly, and some of them were un duly quarrelsome. In the early evening, large hawk moths darted from one set of pits to another, and neglected the multitude of flowers below. Afcvat the Baltimore Orlale. One morning, while seated on a fence near a maple tree, I heard a very beautiful song. While I aat look ing up Into the tree, I saw a beautiful atreak of orange end black fly over my head. It was an oriole; I knew thla at once. Later In tha day, going out of the back entrance of the school, I saw the Baltimore oriole perched In the top of a btg cottonwood tree, singing with all hi might. He waa orange and black, a fully matured bird; I knew thla because the bird doea not get these colore until the third year. Before thla the orange on the wlnga Is yellow. In the evening on leaving school, I went and aat down under the cottonwood tree, and watched the bird. Then, after a time, as I watched him cloaely, I saw him fly to a slender branch In the top of a tree. At thla I waa greatly surprised, for on the end of th limb I aaw the nest of the oriole, resembling very much a large, black ball, hanging there. Since then t have often gone and sat under the tree. I am afraid to climb It, aa It la so high, to look at the eggs or young. Next year lam gomg to watch and see If the orioles come back, and If they bring their young tj live In tha big cottonwood tree. Neat of tha Blaeblrd. One day, aa I was walking down the road with my teacher, she asked me If I would like to see a bluebird's neat. I said I would, for I had never seen one before, so we walked down tha road till wa cams to a poat on one aide of the road. My teacher said "Do you see that hole In the post? Look in there and you will sea a neat with four little eggs In IL" Every tlma I went by there the mother bird waa near the neat. A short tlma atter I had first aeen the neat, she askeu me If I did not want to come with her and take a picture of the mother bird going Into the neat. When we were near tha neat, we saw the mother bird near tha poat where her nest waa. but aa soon as she save us she flew away. We looked Into the neat and thera were four little hlueblrda In it, so we aat down about eight feet from the neat when, all at once, wa saw the male coming with a worm In Its mouth. Tha parents would come to the poat next to the one ths nat was In, and sit thera and wait, then a wagon would eome along and frighten them away. Wa aat there about half an hour, but tha blrda would, not come, so we went sway. About a week afterward I came; and the blrda were gone. Laaaehlaar th Little Loose. A pair of loons built their neat on a muakrat house In a lake near our home, and laid two egga about the Ise of a gooae egg. They were an olive-green, with brown apots on them. When my father went to the field ha could see the female on tha neat The loona came to our lake to feed quite often, so we saw them nearly every day. My father promised to take ma over ao I oould sea the neat and egga. but wa did not get there for two weeks. But when we did go we saw a far more Interesting eight, for the egga had by that tlma hatched. When we drew near, we aaw two little black tall of cotton (of which they remindnd ua), alttlng on the nest among a lot of mud turtles. When we were nearly there, the young came sliding out Into the water. All the time the old loona stayed very near, giving warn ing calla, aometlmea coming very near to us. One little loon tried to dive, but could only get Its head under water, while Ita feet were kicking at the air, which made a very funny sight. The old loons would raise up on their talis and kick water about ten feet at ua, trying In vain to drive ua away. It was about ten daya after wa had been there, not being able to et there but once, that we noticed they were In the lake Bearcat the house. Wa do not know how they got them over, but suppose they carried thera on their backa, becausa they cannot walk, for their lega are set back too far (for tha purpoae of awtmmlng). They were In our lake about two weeka, so I saw them every day. One day, when my father was working In the garden, he aaw tha young onea trying to croaa the paaa; but the eowa came, before they got a very good start and ehaeed them back. But they were not going to give It up for. when tha cows were not there, they again started. They were about halfway acroaa the paaa when my father called to ma and told me to come and see them. Wa ran through the paatura to where they were. They stopped when they caught eight of us and turned, all ready for fight They came up to ua la a sliding motion, using their lega aa pushera. Tha old loons wars over In the big lake calling to them, and they answered them. Wa picked them up snd brought thera up to the houae to enow the reat of the family. They were brown oa the back and white bejlow, and about one-fourth their natural else. They have the queerest kind of a way of calling their pairenta. When we went to take thera back, we aaw the mother loon fly down Into the little lake. We held them ao ahe could are them, to ao how close aha would come to us. She would call and they would answer her until ahe got quite near ua, when wa put one down. It swam oa top for a few seconds and then dove under water, where it swam for a long time; then came up fot a few minutes to get air and down again. The old loon atarted to go after tha one we had put down, so wa let tha other down and it did the same until they both reached th-jlr mother. It waa wot Ions before the other old one raroe. The parent birds did not try to get the lllne onea out again until they .learned to fly. Bryaa the Sleep-Maker. NORTH PLATTE Neb.. Aug. 10. To the Editor of The Bee: W. J. Brran de livered his lecture on "Peace snd War" at the Chautauqua grounds here Sunday. For any ordinary lecturer to deliver a lecture would be a matter of ordinary moment, but when a "great comrioner." who poses aa a worldwide eduator In mattera of political, social and religious thought, delivers a lecture, he la entitled to aome consideration, not only from him self and the uncommon people, but from common people as well. Mr. Bryan divided his lecture Into three parte: First, the ravages of the war In Europe and Its poaalbllltiea In this coun try; second, Ita financial consequence, in ternational and otherwise; and third, he declared that the war was not a reli gious war, and that neither the govern ment! nor the people knew what they were fighting about. The greatest misfortune that can befall any country Is to have spineless states men and educators who trim their sails to catch popular sentiment or serve a master. The world knows that the Euro pean war waa brought on by the Roman Catholic state of Austria Imposing Its re ligion upon the Greek Catholic state of Serbia, whereupon a Greek Catholic shot a Roman Catholic prince. Ruaala would not aee her Greek Catholic protege Im posed upon, and began to mobilise. Ger many, being conatantly mobilised, atarted acroaa tha border to overcome France, which waa nonreltgloua, and England, a repreaentatlvo democracy, Proteatant Episcopalian, waa compelled to come to the relief of France. Here we have four of the principal countries of Europe, whoae sovereigns, representing four dif ferent religions, are fighting for their re ligion, power and plunder. Thera Is not an ordinary reader of the current preaa who does not know that the above state ment la true, yet Mr. Bryan telle us that there la no religion In the war and the people do not know what they are fight ing about. The common people may not know, but the uncommon people do. It Mr. Bryan does not know, he had better go out of the commoner buslnesa and into a kindergarten school. Mr. Bryan Is a man of aome poise. Easy people are entertained by the sound of his voice, but few remember what he Is talking about, for he Is adept at putting people to aleep. The most dangerous man In this country is the man that can put the most of the people to sleep. The 1 ri te rents, of which there is so much criti cism, are of foreign origin which get Into thla country by putting people to sleep, and can only remain here by keeping them asleep. Consequently, sleepm&kers are In demand which most statesmen are and for great commoners there Is a greater demand. These are some of the phases of the question that should wake up the republican self-government before It la eternally too late. LVCIEN 8TEBBINS. Eag;er to Accommodate. OMAHA, Aug. 10. To the Editor of Tha Bee: if fl. R. of Plattsmouth. who wants an anti-German paper, will give bis full name' and addreas In The Bee, authentto reports of German atrocities will be mailed to him without delay. Would advise to subecrlbe for tha Irish World. ANGLO MANIAC. Sara Monoalott Beata Kaperaato. OMAHA, Aug. ia-To the Editor of The Bee: I see by your Letter Box re newed attention is being given to Esper anto. Mr. Corioa Is not the flrat man to be discommoded by lack of language, when traveling, nor will he be the last. Nothing makea a man feel more lone some and helpless In a crowd than to be unable to ask or answer a question. Nothing delays assimilation of foreign- era ao much as Inability to talk with na tives. Lavck of a common, language makea natives jealous and suspicious of each other. It prevents social Intercourse aa prohibitory tartffa and embargoea prevent commerce. A common language Is almost as effective a bond of union aa a common religion and ought, to be cultivated more than It la The world owes Mr. Zameneff a debt of gratitude for his Ingenious attempt to supply this long felt need, but It la yet tn a crude state and poeaessea some fun damental defects which greatly hinder Its uaefulnees. , These, defects are as fol lows: ' 1. It does not have a aufficlent vo cabulary. 1 It doea not have moods and tenaee enough to express action or being with aocuracy. S. It la too Slavic tn construction to be acceptable to the literary nations of tha world. 4. It la made up of too many lan guages; requiring one to bo quite a linguist or be slavishly dependent on a lexicon. It would make this article too long to give Illustrations. These defects may ail bo avoided by taking as the foundation Monoglott, an ancient language with which all literary nations are more or less familiar. Of 1,000 words selected from the Latin lexi con, 1,000 have been worked their way Into England in some form or other. Nearly tha aaroe number can be found tn German, and oven more In French and Spanish, lineal descendants of ancient Latin. Taking this ancient language and grammar, aa far as possible, would make the acquirement of the new language quite easy, because two-thirds of the vocabulary would bo already understood, and all national Jealousy would bo avoided. I am now trying to prepare a Mono glott grammar free from all superfluities and yet containing all things neoaawary to perspicuity. I would be glad to con verse with anyone Interested In the sub ject. D. C. JOHN. la frotaet Aa-aloat Opproealoa. - SOUTH OMAHA, Aug. 10. To the Edi tor of The Bee: The writer knows of aa Omaha concern that Is following up a poor girl, and making her lose her Job because she is unable to earn any money to pay thera. She Is aleo too poor to hire an attorney to fight her case, but I know she could expose this loan shark to the public, and he would lose ten tlmea the $S thla girl owes on a drees. In her Ignorance, ahe agreed to pay fzx, and the tit she has paid la a great deal more than the dreaa Is worth. I wlah the Omaha officials would call on ma, and get the facta, and see what can ba done to enjoin thla loan ahark .from bothering this poor girt, so she can hold a lob. The money ahe could earn would keep the girl and her widowed mother from asking charity of the county. J. O. BLESHINQ. foaatry la la Sympathy. The country will heartUy aympathlxe with tha peace projects of Mlaa Jane Addams, even though a demand tor it paredneaa for emergencies continues to develop. r-Qie BEEEZY TEIFLES. specting a proceaalon of broilers In the shopping district'" Louisville Couriei Joumal. Ilankin You can't beat the foiblea ot the newly rich. 1'hyle Now, what's the matter?" "Rememher Freddy Ford?" "Certainly." "He Inherited a big fortune last week, and now he is trying to have his name legally changed to Limousine." Younga lows Telegram. WHAT FAJfNY GOT. Chicago News. Our Fanny's happy aa a lark! She alnga and singa from dawn till dark, Pecauae, you know, ahe a married Koy, Whom ahe proclalme "the dearest boy. And there's no limit to her Joy, In truth, he's very common clay; I aee such men in droves each day. Ho'a raje. his less are far from alralht. But he looks perfect to his mate: For Fanny feels It docs seem odd That she is wedded to a god! He's taken little thought of life; He's proud that he haa won a wife. I wonder, now, what he will do When he la forced to think for two! I've found it labor, for my part. But Fanny says, ''Roy's awful smart!" t do not know what wage he rets; He spends a lot for cigarettes. But when the bills come he wtil groan And buy a pipe or roll his own. Still, Fanny worries not a bit; She aays, "Roy's promised me he'll quit!" I would not mar their happiness Once I waa young and foolish, yes. My good wife often telle me so As green as Roy: but thla I know; My lega aren't fashioned like a bow! "I want two pnunds of surar and a loaf of bread. ITow much la that?" 'Twenty dollara," aald the clerk. "fm Isn't ) a trifle hlph?" "Rxcuae me. I ahould hare said 10 centa." "A narrow escape," murmured the cus tomer as ha went out. "I came near not making a kick." Pittsburgh Host. "I understand he let you In on a get-rlch-qulck echeme." "No. Do you aiipnoae I would be an gry at him for that?" "Then what waa It ?" "He made me think It waa a get-rlch-quli k scheme, but it wasn't." Houston Post. "Have you made any progress toward the betterment of municipal art?" "We've made some progress with refer ence to statuary. All the wooden In dians have disappeared from In front of the cigar stores." Washington Star. First Motorist (after very narrow shave.) Hut why all this fuaa? We haven't damaged you. You can't bring an action against ua, Second Motorist 1 know I can't, air: I know I can't ;that's Juat my point Punch. "Where do you euppoee we got the aay Ing, 'He laughs best who laughs last?" " asked Mra. Ulnka of her husband. "Probably aome Englishman first aa'd It." replied Mr. Blnka. "He was doubt leaa trying to sot a national falling In a favorable light." Youth's Companion. "I don't see why women fear old age. Old age Is honorable and dlfrnlfled." ."Yea, and it seems beautiful ater In PLAZA HOTEL NEW YORK FIFTH AVENUB and FIFTY NINTH ST. The coolest hotel in New York. Overlooking Central Park. Within easy distance of all theatres and shops. Your address known the world over while you atop at The Plaza. OUTDOOR TERRACE AND SUMMER GARDEN Special Dancing Features SiafU Rooms with Bath, $3,50 up Double Rooms with Bath, $5.00 an Ta reserve rooms ar te sscara farther iaforejetlea eadraM PRBU STERRY. Meaafial Direstor The Voice of- Authority By Jean G'Hara Day HE most successful merchant of my acquaintance has a great idea. And, at that, it is not new. Most great ideas are old ideas. The trouble is that few people know how to apply them. This great idea was what Demosthenes realized what Napoleon demonstrated what Lincoln appreciated with - great so lemnity. It is that the public can be taught. And people who can be taught can be led can be commanded. "People," said this genius in salesman ship, "Uke to be told things. They like to be taught what to do. The average citizen is waiting every day for the voice ot authority. "I have taught thousands upon thousands of people in this city to do their shopping in my store during the hot weather. 4 "I realized that for every degree the ther mometer registered lower in my establish ment than it was on th- street I could figure thousands in profits. I installed a ventilat ing and cold-air plant. "Then I advertised that my store was the coolest place downtown. Nothing more was necessary. "They came ouce and they've been com ing ever since." The story of this man's phenomenal suc cess during what is generally called the 'f dull season" points a beautiful moral. He taught people where to expect comfort and he. gave it to them. Above all things, he dernonstrated that a man can make business any month in the year. He is a striking contrast to the merchant who, accepting the old doctrine that business must be poor in hot weather, loafs on his job and allows it to be poor. Failure never has been beaten except by one thing great ideas. And no man ever had a great idea by sitting at his desk and deciding that conditions could not be im proved. Nobody would send a plate of mQk to be delivered by a cat. How, then, can pes simism boost the profits 1 Cling to the great idea. The public can be taught It must be taught Show the people where they can be cool, where they can profit themselves, where they can find the best articles on the market They want to be led. They want to be commanded. 'Any great idea will produce the results, j By the way, how cool is it in your store today t Oapjilaaeas. r