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    TJ1E OMAHA SUNDAY UV.K: KEPTKMBKll 3, 1915.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
FOUNDED HY EDWARD ROSKWATKR.
VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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September
Thought for the Day
If chil,rtn grew p aerordino- to early indi
cations, te thould hav nothing but geniuitt.
Wolfgang ton Ooetht.
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Xow for "Dllly" Sunday!
And also the Letter Curriers!, ,
Husala's feet are pointed, east, but Its eyes
cearctt tbe north. There Ilea winter, Its best
ally.
Germany would be equally safe In offering
f 1 a pound for American cotton "delivered at a
tlerman port."
No difficulty is experienced in procuring am
munition for the typewriter batteries In tbe
slate house trenches.
A newspaper admirer throws this bouquet to
Senator' Hitchcock: "Ills support of President
Wilson has been consistent." Does this belong
In the Joke column?
"The proof of the pudding Is In the eating."
Tho best assurance of the changed policy of
German submarine warfare will be abstention
from sinking any more passenger ships. ,
San,' Francisco' exposition has paid off Its
riortgaxe. ,Po Much to its credit, but Omaha's
t-xpoHition "still, holds the championship belt for
returning the money 'invested by the stock
holders. ".' " ;
Indianapolis got a definite proposition for a
rate reduction from the fire underwriters, con
ditioned on making specified Improvements In
the flre-flghtng servce. Omaha baa never had
anything held out but elusive prospects.
France a trees to permit exports of wines to
the United 8tates. Callfornlans are fitting out
tank steamers to carry their wines to Atlantic
ports. Happily the fear of after-dinner speak
ers being seriously discommoded by the ravages
of war is drowned In tbe bubbles.
While rejoicing over the favorable turn' of
American relations with warring powers, let us
not forget the condolences due to war alarmists.
?he waning prospect of touching the national
treasury for an extra half million dollors puts
General Gloom in command of the militarist
camp. -
Credit should be given Mr. Bryan for work
ing up an enthusiaslc home following for the
principles embodied In his famous peace treaties.
It is especially heartening at this time to turn
from tbe rude Jeers of enemies and gleefully
observe his party brothers In the state house
I'U King to the teat the Bryan claim, that a year
of conversation will avert fisticuff. '
' Appropriations for' Defense.
When the congress convenes three months
hence, about tbe first real business presented to
It will be in connection with the program for
defense. The fight that will ensue over' this
bas already been forecasted by a report made to
the president by Senator Tillman of South Car
olina, .chairman of the senate committee on
naval expenditures, who announces there wtll
be no more money spent o ."pork barrel" army
posts or navy yards. The senator did not give
a definite list of the navy yards he proposes to
abandon, but his Keneralitatlon will suffice to
preface the campaign he evidently has deter
mined upon-; How far he speaks for the senate
c nnot be told, although It Is reasonably certain
he will be continued aa head of the committee
on naval expenditures. The other chairmen of
senate committees having to deal with the ap
propriation! for army and navy purposes are
I'oindexter of Oregon, chairman on army ex
penditure, and Lee of Maryland, chairman on
coast defense. In the house only two commit
tees are required, and Hay of Virginia was
chairman of the committee on military affairs
at the last session, and Padgett of Tennessee
was chairman of the committee on naval affairs,
'ihejie committees wCl be reorganised when the
congress convenes. .
When tbe army was reorganised, several
years ago, many smaller military posts were
permanently abandoned, the reservations
broken tip and sold. If the strength of the or
ganizatloa is to be Increased to any considerable
extent 1. Is. not likely that many more army
pouts will be done away with. Some antiquated
fcavy yards may be given over, but the proba
bilities are strong that none will be left out of
tre appropriation tni except after a hard fight
One Way Out of the Dilemma.
Kltber democratic incompetence or demo
cratic negligence hss created a condition at the
MMe house which threatens to become serious
lo Xebmnka tsxpayers. To our mind, the posi
tion taken by State Treasurer Hall Is unshaks
Me, namely, that he csnnot lawfully pay out
public money In his custody without a legisla
tive appropriation of it, and that to do so would
he a palpahle violation of the constitution which
he has taken oath to obey and enforce. The
failure of the legislature to make appropriations
does not warrant his Ignoring of the state con
stitution even on demand of the governor or the
cdvlre of the attorney general, nor would it be
t.ne whit safer for the governor to disregard the
law as proponed by Intercepting the fees col
lected by his appointees, and using the money
without putting It through the treasury. At
the seme time it would be In the nature of a
calamity, we admit, to stop altogether the work
of state food Inspection, to say nothing of the
loss of revenue if do Inspection fees are earned.
While The Bee has no responsibility what
ever for the democratic trouble-makers, we may
rudest one way out of the dtlemma for Which
there is lawful precedent. Let the governor and
treasurer arrange with state dsposltory banks
to advance the needed money, which the legis
lature fallod to appropriate, as a loan to be
drawn on with due safeguards, to meet these"
requirements, and continue to pay the fees col
lected Into the treasury, depending on the next
legislature to make a deficiency appropriation
reimbursing the amount advanced. This was
once before done when the cost of bringing
home the First Nebraska regiment was met by
a popular subscription raised on the distinct
promise that the legislature would afterwards
provide for the return of the money. We real
lie that this is a roundabout way out, but It
could be adopted without calling the law
makers In special session and without making
any public official Invite Impeachment.
Consolidated Country Schools.
Superintendent Thomas' address to the
teachers of Douglas county Is a reminder that
progress in country school methods has been
slow. In peculiarly apt Illustration he points
out how we have co'me up from tbe ox cart to the
automobile, but still cling to the one-room dis
trict school house.' The consolidation of coun
try schools has, however, gone, beyond the ex
perimental stage, and in many' of the older
states the districts have been brought together
in such manner as to very closely approximate
city methods, with all the advantages thus af
forded for the proper grading of pupils, the or
ganization of the course of study, and for econ
omy of administration. Nebraska may not be
quite ready to take this up as a general policy,
because of the fact that in many counties the
population Is yet considerably scattered, but the
last legislature passed laws which make possi
ble the union of one or more districts, and where
the plan may be advantageously adopted It will
surely be put Into practice. The state's bent In
vestment is, In its cftlienahlp, and in tbe devel
opment of that citizenship the public school Is
an element that cannot be neglected.
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A Chanca for Neighborly Courtesy.
With the Council Bluffs Commercial, club
driven by fire out of house and home Just at a
time when the inconvenience is apt to be most
felt, our Omaha Commercial club has a fine
chance for neighborly courtesy. Let our hand
somely equipped Omaha Commercial club quar
ters be offered to the folks across the river, If
not already placed at their disposal, and more
rartlcularly for the meeting of the League of
Iowa Municipalities, for which Council Bluffs
Is preparing. Whatever Omaha can do in a
friendly manner to help out Council Bluffs In
this emergency should be done, and should be
done without walking for requisition; for the
situation presents a rase where reciprocity and
co-operation are strictly In order.
Effect of Batet on Travel.
In' their eager striving for restoration of
former passenger rates western railroad man
agers flout the claim that the lower rates stimu
late travel. They assert that the reductions
procured by law have not Increased the volume
of business sufficiently to offset the cut in fares.
However this may be, the railroad men In this
attitude Ignore the automobile cutting into rail
travel as well as the disturbance of war. Tbe
former Is certain to continue as a factor In local
transportation. It is equally certain that elec
tric, lines will expand with population and grow
In public favor by reason of reduced rates. A
return to former passenger rates would tend to
force resort to other means of transportation.
This has been demonstrated In two striking In
stances. The Reading railroad formerly en
Joyed a great volume of suburban traffic at Phil
adelphia. An advance In rates sent thousands
of patrons to the trolley lines, and many trains
formerly crowded are now, according to the
Philadelphia Record, "operated at a loss." Even
more Impressive Is the experience of the Boston
& Maine railroad with advanced passenger
rates. In June the slump in passenger revenue
amounted to 14.0 4 per cent, compared with
June, 1914. The wise railroad manager Is he
who looks ahead at ultimate results.
A Demand and Its Answer.
When all the world's business was upset a
year ago much of Inconvenience was promised
for the United States because of the stoppage
of sources of supply depended upon to provide
certain articles not produced in this country.
The very natural answer to the demand thus
created was found In the preparations to pro
vide for the home market by supplying home
products. This could sot be done at once,
chiefly because of the lack of means for the
necessary manufacturing processes, and to some
extent because our manufacturers hesitated to
embark 011 the new ventures while the duration
of the war was uncertain. But enterprises) of
various sorts have been launched within the
year, and are still being put forward, to the end
that more and more of the articles hitherto im
ported are being produced here. Unwonted ac
tivity in certain lines of manufacturing has
overohadowed theae new undertakings to con
siderable degree, but from time to' time bits of
information make their way Into print, giving
Ks of the new lite that is springing up in in
dustry In the I'd 1 ted States because of condi
tions forced by the w
Ticrrom lOtnrina
fTHlERr78 loU of history hark of the "Billy" Sun
X day tabernacle. What I mean Is that If the alta
upon which the tabernacle la located could onijr
apeak. It could tell a atory that would be almost aa
fascinating, and often as atxlklnlt, aa any of tha
dlarouraea with which the Rev. "Hilly" will Inspire
hla audiences. .
My flrat recollection of the block on Capitol ave
nue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth la that of a
low flat-lying vacant around. I believe I attended a
rlrcua or two there when a boy. The Fifteenth and
Davenport corner (which la not In the tabernacle
site) m occupied by the Flrat Baptist church, a
brick building qulta pretentloua for the early days
It was not until about IMG that the Capitol avenue
aids of the square was taken over for the erect.on
of what was called tha "Exposition huhding." be
ing a long-, low structure, with square corner tur
rets, covering- the whole half block, Utile cuhby-hola
shopa looking out on the street fronts, reaching
back under the gallery, the Interior being or the
usual arena or Auditorium type. Tha flrat use of this
building waa for the exposition, a locally promoted
industrial exhibit, which enterpria'ng Omaha business
men got up to supply the void left by the loss of thu
state fair to Lincoln. Theie expoaltlona e.e suc
cessful in every respect financially, and In the In
terval the exchequer waa replenished from time to
time by utilising the building for other purposes.
It waa at thla period that bicycling and roller
akating were the height of novelty and all tha fad
Roller-skating In tha old Exposition building waa a
delight to young nnd old. There waa so much straight-of-way
room making It easy for timid folks who dia
liked the continuous turns In the smaller rinks. But
the bicycle racing furnlahed mora exciting sport, and
the tournamenta pulled off by thoae kings of the
wheel. "Jack" Prince and "Tom" Bck, and the other
cycling celebritlea, were memorable events. Thera
were professional races and amateur races, six-day-races,
and go-as-you-please rarea, and Just bi
cycle raoes. Tha old building echoed and re-echoed
with the plaudits of partisans of tha different favor
ites as they made a spurt or gained a lap or nosed
out at the finish.
Another famous engagement In the old "exposition
butldlns"" or rather two engagements. I believe was
the season of grand opera given by the American
Opera company with Its unequalled galaxy of stars.
For this purpose an improvised stage waa fitted up.
and for a week at a time, with even'ng performances
and several matinees, tha etmdard operas, Wagnerian.
Italian and French, elaborately staged and costumed,
were rendered with full orchestration and choruses
by world-famed singers In a manner that baa never
been matched In Omaha since then.
In due coarse of tlmn the "Ehrposttion building"
encountered the same trouble which similar venturea
too often have an increasing difficulty to make re
ceipts cover expenses beoauae of its limited uae.
As a consequence when it reverted back to the Pop
pletons, by whom the ground had been leased to the
building association. It was divided in two by a wall
running north and south across the middle, the Fif
teenth street end being turned into a theater called
the "Grand Opera house," and tha Fourteenth portion
being reserved almost as it waa and from then on
called the "Exposition halt." The theater shared
with tha old Boyd and later with, the new Boyd the
patronage of amusement goara At first tt 'presented
the usual variegated bills, Including soma of the flrat
magnitude, but afterwards had to take the leaner
road shows. Tha "Exposition hall," on the other
hand, was rented out for all sorts of entertainments,
dances, wrestling matches, prise fights, lectures
political conventions, 'church gatherings, ete.
It la significant that when the Methodist general
conference met In Omaha, that rainy month of May
In 1892. It was here that the sessions were held, the
hall being marvellously transformed to furnish a
comfortable place of assemblage for all the bishops,
lay delegates and other notables of that great church
organisation who came here from all over tha world
It is also significant that on the same spot where
"Billy" Sunday is about to hold forth the B. Fay
Mills revivals were held, twenty years aifo, under very
similar auspices of a combination of protestant
churches.
Of political conventions, I recall two in particular
held In thla exposition hall that proved epoch-making
In the" politics, not only of Nebraska, but of the
nation. Theae were the two state conventions held tn
1894, to whloh may be traced the movement that
culminated In the nomination of Mr. Bryan for presi
dent at Chicago two years later. At the republican
convention, the forced nomination of "Tom" Majors
for governor by questionable methods led to the sen
sational refusal of The Bee, and Its editor, Edward
Rosewater, to accept and support the nominee, and
was followed by the first fusion by the democrats
on Holcomb, the populist nominee, after a spectacu
lar bolt by the anti-Bryan democrats, who held a
rump convention of their own at tha Paxton hotel.
That was all very exciting, and will make an Inter
esting story In Itself If I ever tt to ll-
The old "Exposition building" turned Into "Grand
opera house" and "Expesttlon hal" finally -burned
to the ground. It must have been in the early spring
of 1895. supplying a fiery conflagration as its last
was cleared up. but except for tha small store build
ing on tha Fifteenth atreet side, nothing In tha way
of a permanent structure has taken Its place.
Strange to aay, our beautiful new fire-proof Au
ditorium, which has just coma Into possession of the
city, tn a sense waa transplanted from the "Billy"
Sunday tabernacle alta. The fund with which tha
Ardttortum waa built took Its start from the profits
of a series of open-air band concerts which were held
tn a tent on this Capitol avenue square. A muaical
festival association had been formed to supply tha
taste for popnla- nrusio developed by the Trana
Mississippi exposition, angering Bal'stedt'a Cincinnati
band, and later Ellery's Royal Italian band under
Ravelll aa leader with such success that a neat sur
plus' remained In the treasury. Tha directors of thla
musical festival association thereupon became tha ac
tive promoters of tha Auditorium, mak'nc way for
the Auditorium aaortatlon as their successors by
whom Its construction waa financed and completed.
A Special ear from tha west was occupied by
Whltelaw Reed, editor of the New Yors. Tribune, and
hie wife, and his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. O.
Mills, tha California mulu-mtlllonalree.
O. It. Gordon received a letter from Johnny Illtcli-'
cock telling of an accident while practicing on hla
bloycle on the Boatoa track, laying him up for sev
eral day a although h still bopea to be able to mount
hla machine la time for tha Hartford meet '
Franklin Smith baa laaigned as director of tha
Omaha Olee club on account of his business engaga
menta Both Phyllla ana Joe TvU are now an tha ground
being prepared for the great race f Wednesday for
P.0UU to which the Omaha Commercial association has
added $MM for tha winning horae in ease It trots a
beat la 1:1a
Mra. T. J. Fit amor rta and Mlaa Ella Kennedy have
returned from a tea weeks vltt to f rtrada In Brooklyn.
TTka l'iia Pacifies beat tha Hastings team by a
score of 11 to t. pulling tha game out on tha home
stretch, after the vis I tura had piled op aevea runs in
one Inning.
Charles B. Keller left for the cast to be gone aboat
two weeks.
Mr and Mrs. W. K. Murray of Hae City. la., are
visiting their niece. Mra U T. Heaalea
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Pittsburgh Pispatch: Evangelism
being pushed in Chicago lust now under
dlfflcultiea. At Rev. R. O. Moore's
Thlrty-eeventh atreet tent there have b n
several riots within a few days, two
fights between hoodlums, four persons
seriously Injured, the tent stoned, and the
preacher reviled. The other night five
of "the gang" tried to corner Mr. Moore
In an alley, but ha put them to flight
and turned one over to the police. At
last accounts tha minister was more than
holding his own.
Baltimore American: Tha fall opening
of the churches is something much more
than perfunctory resumption of the rou
tine of church worship and work. It
means a flgurtnjr forth of the open doors
of spiritual opportunity and the open
doors of spiritual service and the open
doors of Invitation to the mercy seat of
the Almighty. And they who worship
Oxd sincerely and In truth will repair
to the church services at tha very first
and thus give their presence tha Influ
ence It should exert for the stimulation
of tha church In enterprise and effect.
For only as the workers are ready can
the work go on.
Boston Transcript: To save the coun
try from tha 111 effects of a deterioration
within the ministry, all the Protestant
churches should adopt at once thla (Uni
tarian) definition, read In San Francisco:
"An adequate salary for a minister In
any given town or city is the amount
which will enable him, hla wife, and two
dependents, to live with reasonable econ
omy In a respectable house. In sufficient
comfort to maintain the health of his
family; to take sufficient recreation; to
keep up hla professional standards
through the purchase of books and maga
clnes. and by attending conferences; and
to make due provision for Illness and
old are." And when this definition has
been adopted, every parish should de
termine at once to fulfil Its terms for Its
minister.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
Italy requires makers of cheeses con
taining oleomargarine to paint them red
on the outalde and properly to label them.
Flour made from the kernel of the
cottonseed after the oil has been ex
tracted bae been found to have much
food value.
' English experts have succeeded in re
moving blrthmarka and other superficial
growths that defied chemicals with
radium.
Artificial rubber has been made from
Russian crude petroleum, which contains
chemical elements similar to those In
California nil.
German chemists have found that the
yolks of eggs are colored by a pigment
similar t that which gives autumn leaves
their golden hue.
One part of cornstarch to four of salt
will prevent the latter becoming caked
In a salt cellar and will keep It from tar
nishing silver.
Guttapercha obtained by French manu
facturer from the leaves of the caout
chouc tree la said to be more durable
that that obtained by tapping the trunks.'
The use of a new drug discovered two
years ago by Prof. Horwlts of Cornell
university has boen attended with such
encouraging results in the treatment of
so-called incurable cancera at the New
Tork Polyclinic hoapltal that Dr. W. H.
AxXord of that Institution believes It may
prove the long-sought our for cancerous
growths.
ABOUND THE CITIES.
New Tork city bas armed Ita harbor
boats with guns for use on river pirates.
Pittsburgh slaughtered 8,000 rats during
the wrecking of the City's market house
and thousands got away.
Yakima In the state of Washington
puts out the claim of being tha cleanest
city In the United Btatea
Salt Lake City's water supply la so
diminished by drouth that lawn sprink
ling is permitted only on three days of
each week.
Rock Island, 111., a city noted as a
birthplace for freaks, fads and frauds,
plana to prohibit all forma of amuse
ment on Sundays.
Des Moines Is leaping to the front a4
a market for war horses. Foreign buy
ers have leased premises for tha inspec
tion and purchase of needed animals.
Down In old St Joe a girl driver of a
Jitney, being refused a fare, hauled the
tightwad to the police station, collected
the price of the Joy rid and tha polio
court took a fiver for the persuasion.
Chicago's health board reports to tha
mayor 'hat municipal operation of the
entire garbage reduction works of the
city will make a profit of from SIOO.OOO to
tl 50,000 a year. Part of the plant la now
under lease to a private conoern. Last
year the plant had a deficit of 1160,000.
Dea Moines hotel keepers acouse the au
tomobile with cutting a painful gaah In
their business. In the "good old days"
country people coming to town usually
stayed over night. Now they come tn
their limousines, do business, take In the
shows and soot for home tha same evening.
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
Water Issues from an artesian well on
a Georgia, farm with sufficient fore to
light Its owner's house and bam with
electricity and to gtv htm power for
amall machinery.
New Tork City has) received the flrat
of tea rapid fir guns to be mounted
on Its polio boats. Their attention will
be devoted not to the navies of the world,
but to river plratea
In the twelve months end ad April 90
there war (77 merchant vassals built and
officially numbered In th United State.
The gross tonnage of the ships was
17s.eS.
In order to redur freight charge Cal
ifornia wine la to be snipped to New
Tork la a specially designed tank
steamer very similar to an oil freighter.
.The boat will make six trips a year and
wtll transport i,su.6tt gallon In that
time.
A new experiment In th treatment of
state ward will be commenced soon In
Connecticut, when fifty boys selected
from the Inniate of tha reformatory at
Caeahtr will be put to work at road
building. They will wear no distinctive
uniforms and will reeatv GS cants a day.
Soma of th big railroad have been
nslng powdared coal with vary satisfac
tory result. Th coal, fUly powdered
and dried. Is stored to receptacles from
which tt Is Mown Into tha firebox la
Jets by air pressure, muon th earn as
ell fuel Is used. The dry powder la con
verted Into gas almost Instaneousty. th
tamperatur ef th firebox la not low
ered and th objantionabl heavy blaok
amok is obvlatedv Tbla method is also
more ooDomical of fuel than ordinary
firing and materially lenarna th labor
f - "
People and Events
War fever la subsiding tn th east
Editors are turning from International
affairs and striving to solve the great
home problem: "Why do th trousers
of public men bag at the knees T"
An attempt to Inaugural In Chicago
th whiskered Chautauqua kiss tried out
on W. J. Bryan In Kansas proved a la
mentable failure. A litigant, overjoyed
by a favorable decision, tried to do th
act, but attendants saved the court from
a smothering smack.
Four representative cltisens of Phila
delphia constitute a committee delegated
to write up a review of the reformation
and cleansing of the city by the present
nonpartisan mow, Th task of show
ing that Philadelphia is really reformed,
not to mention the cleansing, calls for
literary versatility of a high order.
A bunch of straws indicating tha di
rection of trade winds comes from the
Factory Masailne of Chicago. A poll of
153 manufacturers In th east and middle
west on the prospects of fall business
show 123 reporting prospects "excep
tional." 'fine," "above normal" or
"good," - eighteen "fair" or "fairly
good," the reat "dull" and ."poor."
One of the countrra woeful needs
laughter, and then more laughter. May
Irwin has written President Wilson tell
ing him so, at the same time urging upon
him the Importance of creating the de
partment of laughter and offering to
start It with a torrent of pre-hlstorio
Jokes and a deluge of smiles. May does
not need the salary half as much as the
administration needs a smile-maker.
Mrs. Josephine Schmidt. 71, of Rock
Island, III., has served notice on the
grown-up kids of Adam Gassman. 70, a
wealthy widower of Chicago, that If they
venture on her premises where Adam Is
rusticating, something will happen to
them. Mra. Schmidt thinks her guest has
been mistreated by ills children and she
proposes to give him all th comforts of
home In his second childhood. What mora
could a lonely widow do?
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"What's the trouble In the household T
"Mother gave -iv all nf father's old
clothes. And he retaliated."
"As to how?'' .
"fir throwing sway all her eld medicirs
bottles." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Speedlt certa'nly does tell yams about
tha long-distance trips he takea in hl
"WelI. there ought to be plenty of yarn
In a long spin." Haltimore American.
Mrs. Wayupp Tou see happy with youi
busband T
Mra. Blase Tea. Indeed.
Mra. Wayupp I'm aurr.ied. Ton wer
So auspicious of earh other at first.
Mra. Blase Tea. but that's all past.
Now each of haa h'red a detective
to watch the other so It tikes all that
worry off our minds. Judge.
KABIBBIE
KABARET
KM MR. KABIBBU7,
MY FIANCE NEVER &RINCS CV?ARS
to ty rATUt. ShVUL I M
WATT TIM HP GIVES YOUR FATHCR
K CJA AMI"tfer Y00R FATHER
WIU. (WM VbuR GMWtfTJ
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Even bad people seldom fall to appre
ciate goodness.
It is also difficult to unteach a new dog
old tricks.
Men who take things for granted get
many a hard Jolt.
No. 1 flgurea largely In the calculation
of moat people. .
Nothing short of a strike will arouse
a bass drum to action.
Don't worry if you are dead in love,
you will come to life again.
Men who might have something worth
whilo to aay seldom say it.
Many a man has proposed to a clothes
pin without knowing It until later.
Tou may have noticed that the self
made man always acta aa his own press
agent
After coaxing a girl to sing one usually
nas 10 ao something desperate to ret
her to quit.
We once heard of a man who never
told a lie but he waa dead ong before
we heard about it
When an old woman looks at a fashion
magaslne ahe usually does It for the pur
pose of making fun of the styles.
It Is difficult to rise above trouble If
the trouble la a balky automobile. Usu
ally one has to climb out and crawl
under. Chicago Newa
dress the lecturer said: "What did the
rich man call for in hell 7 Was it
whlaky? No my brethren. Waa it rum?
io. was it DrandyT No. It waa water;
aimply water. Now, brethren, what doea
that show us?"
Voice from the Rear It shows where
all you teetotal fellows go. Boston
Transcript.
"Don't you care for the opinions of
posterity?"
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum. "But
after eugenics produces a race of per
fect human beings 1 don t tciieve mat
there Is any chance of thia generation'!
being able to command anyuilng ironi
posterity more than tolerating pity."
Washington 8tar.
REMEMBERING.
Edmund Vanoa Cooke.
"The poum which we j-eprlnt below,
says Current Opinion, "has been pub
lished by the author for private circula
tion, li waa inspired by th loss of a
little daughter 10 years of age and it will
mako a poignant but not too poignant
appeal to all who have undergone a
similar experience.
In the twilight gloom of your own white
room.
I listen to hear you stir.
And 1 look for you when th door
swings to.
In a place where you never were.
I took for you In the first faint hue
Which the earliest springtime wears.
And I search the mase ot th gulden
base
Which the opulent autumn bears.
I look In the spray of th Milky Way,
I gaae in the mild, aweet eyea of a child,
. 1 1 . . . .. . .
aiiu vii. were 11 uut your local
I have sought, I havs sought, but have
louna you not;
I am bruised by the blind, blank wall:
And yet, dearest one, though found In
none.
I have found you In them silt
For wherever Is hint, be It tone or tint.
1 mo unuinui, sTooa, or true.
Afar or at hand, on sea or on land.
There Is something which speaks of
you.
You have made your horn In the field
and foam; '
Tou aro freckled In the sunlight's ray;
You are part of the dark where my heart
Is a-hark.
As the aging night grows gray.
You are part of my innermost Ufa, dear
heart.
And ar part of the uttermost star;
You are one with th sod and th soul
of God.
And because you have been, you ar.
PSSQ
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