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Thought for the Day
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Osvnt and tkU$ andJlour$ ofjunt
Count all your bo$U toyelhtr,
Lovt l"vtih thtt of a I tfo year
OetnUr't bright blut weather.
iie.n Hunt J ark ton.
Now lor the crowning; event of the Ak-Sar-Ken
festivities.
With hU long experience, Mayor "Jim" It
finally getting Quite handy with the keys.
Theme for a future electrical parade: "Say
lugs of Sunday a red devil on every float."
f5"TTr""""" !
It must be plain to all that the White 'nouns
I - a mighty atrategle position for a widower.
But if Kurope's future Is In the hands of
Greece, folk will rightfully have a fear that it
may slip.
Fast experience amply demonstrates that the
rad from the Danubo to the Bosporus is well
adapted to cemetery accommodations.
Yes. but wouldn't this "for-women-only"
Hign at the meeting be more of a drawing card
with a limited number of men admitted?
President Wilson declared for woman suf
lrage a few hours before his engagement was
announced. Cause and effect, or a mere coin
tidence? Financial reports agree in stating that banks
are abundantly supplied with money. The bor
rower who thinks abundance means easy money
has another think coming.
Of course, bis engagement to the widow has
nothing to do with his simultaneous announce
ment that he will vote for woman suffrage at
the coming election in New Jersey. Just a co
Incidence! Equal Quantities of wind and water disap
pear from wr shares under pressure of Wall
street gamblers. The net result is bales of
ocl for the .boosting brokers, experience for
the sheared lambs.
The courts have knocked out a water works
reduction ordinance .la Denver,, and the good
r.eople of that city don't know what to do next,
Pcud post-haste for the general manager of the
Metropolitan Water District of Omaha!
The archbishop of the Newthot church Justi
fied his title and his' sect with physical and men
" tal fitness. He has the frontal arch deemed
the outward sign of archleplscopal dignity, and
cJalms the power of dispensing with it at will.
As a package of new thought this needs no label
to show It Is hot stuff.
United States Minister Morgentb.au at Con
stantinople suggests that Americans chip In a
f w million dollars and bring the persecuted
Armenians b' this' country: The age-long notion
that Americans picked money off the bushes and
transmuted dewdrops into diamonds seems to
efy the ravages of war.
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Joy at the White House. j
"All the world loves a lover," and that's why
the world looked over its morning paper, set
down its cup of coffee, gasped and grinned. For,
on the front pss:, stared forth the announce
ment that Woodrow Wilson, austere and of
"single-track" mind, had again been winged by
Cupid's dart, and would within a few weeks
k-ad to the altar his second bride. This news
might have been a bit more startling had It not
teen that the public wss somewhat prepared for
almost anrthlng by the announcement made
earlier In the day, that the preRldent had gone
ever Into the suffrage camp, and was convinced
that woman should be clothed with full political
irlvllegps. One might speculate on the connec
tion between tho two announcements, as indi
cated by the order In which they were given out;
the easy inference Is that in his Joy over the
cne, the president cheerfully conceded the other.
However, It is good to know that for the re
mainder of his term the president will not have
to sit alone and brood in solitude over the cares
thrust upon him by the untoward procession of
events. Ills privacy will be shsred by the help
meet of his choosing, his loneliness dispelled by
her comforting presence, and his burdens light
ened because they are shared. The nation will
hope for Mr. Wilson a new-found happiness, and
wish for him and his bride as well a long life
mid a happy one.
More About Good Roads.
In another column of this page The Bee re
trod uces the Introductory part of the First An
nual Report of the Iowa State Highway com
mission, which has Just come to hand, which we
commend to the reading of all who are inter
ested in the good roads movement In Nebraska.
Improvement of the highways in Iowa during
the last two years under the highway commis
sion of thnt state has been marked, to say noth
ing of the economies effected, and Iowa's expe
rience should be of direct value to Nebraska
with similar topography In much of its territory.
The part of the report which we reprint,
however, has chiefly to do with abuses that pre
viously existed, and the difficulties In the way
of remedying them. Whether conditions now
controlling road improvement in Nebraska re
semble those that formerly obtained in Iowa, we
are not prepared to say, bnt we repeat the
declaration made a few days ago that, while we
aie spending large amounts on bridge and road
construction and maintenance in this and other
counties, we plainly have not been getting our
money's worth or scoring adequate results. If
adoption of the Iowa State Highway commission
system would help Nebraska, get quicker the
good roads we so much want, something of that
kind should be the goal of our propaganda here.
The Perfection of Pageantry.
The Bee voices the practically unanimous
rentlment of all who saw the Ak-Sar-Ben beau
tiful electrical floats this year that it has
reached almost the perfection of parade pagean
try. ' In design, workmanship, color and Illumi
nation these living moving pictures have no
counterpart anywhere, and their dazzling splen
dor and artistic beauty cannot fall to have an
uplifting Influence on the minds of the specta
tors. , ,.
Ak-Sar-Ben has, moreover, learned by ex
perience that to be popular the theme for such
a pageant must appeal to young and old of every
class of the community. Nothing can do this
successfully except the talesof childhood, the
stories of the Bible and perhaps the folklore of
local history.
Our compliments to High Artificer Renze,
and to all who helped make this striking and
ectntillatlng display.
A Japanese. UpKra.Pnrr'i' waa.the upunlng feature
tor tha Omaha Wt-eel club's tournament, tha whaelnira
uvwmMlng on lwula atrwt to tho number of thirty.
each with UtfhtrS Japnnes lanterns on tha handltr
making a vry pretty alsht, Tho tournament propai
tK-slna tomorrow.
Mas Meyer arrived borne with his wife attar a flv
month' etav In Europe ami explained away a report
that ha had 'heh-taken -In-custody by ruatoma houM
officers for not do'lhrln all tha dlnmonua lie ha
brought over.
Tha Omaha Uaht CKiarda are to xlve an exhibition
drill, followed by a kailii program at the rink as a
benefit ptrf jrmanc tor the company. The.eommltt
In charge are Lltutfiiant W. M, Wood. T. W, Wilde.
A. MlthaU, A. E. Colby and D. C. Wri-liter.
El-Governor William Pitt Kelloss ia at the Paxton,
bavin come to look after hla property Interaata heio.
Mrs. K. A. Whitney and daurhter. Mra. J. p. Clark.
of Pea Mo!n aru tha gucats of O, V. Whitney.
Friends of Luckn Ktephena will rerret to leara that
ha la Buffering from a et-t'ere attack of neuralKla.
Mra. t. !. Hull and Minn Klura Thoniaa have
turned from t Louta, where thuy took in tha VtUed
Prophet.
Dr. Tbowaa C tmraiit, who headed the Uaioa
Tacifln at its Iftcei.U'ju. died at fiaxatogo, N. T.
Good Roads in Iowa
PT leva Ft ate Highway Casals'. m
THE law tinder authority of whleh tha praeeet com
mission la organized, became effective on publica
tion on April . HIS. Prior to that time tha or
ganization of the ci mm Mnn was under tha law daiiim)
In 1W4, which conetliuted the Iowa Ptate college aa
an Inetltutlon, a hlnhway rommlsMrm for the state,
t'nder this form of organization the activities of tha
I'fimmlnMun were directed by the dean of enrlneerlns',
A. Mnrrton, and the dean of agriculture, r. F. Curtl.
under the general administration, flrt, of the board
of tiuntees, and, later, of the State Hoard of Educa
tion. Tho flrM appropriation for the ma-ntenance oi"
the good rnadn work waa fl.uoQ per annum, which waa
inrreaned In 1!S to IS.OOO per annum, and in 1310 to
lin.OOD per annum. All bills, purchases and builneaa
dctalla were handled throufrh tha finance committee of
the board of education and the aecretary tm treasurer
of the coIIckc, and the cnmmiealon'a organization con
formed to the same rules and regulations aa did the
regular de.partmenta of the collere.
t'nder this organization It waa ponnlble to make
broad atudy of the neede of the state, and a consider
able amount of Information waa gathered, which
formed the foundation of the later legislation. Ptand
ard plans and mothoda for highway tmprvcmenta were
alao developed and distributed to public officials.
In all the detailed studies that were made In the
arloua counties and along various lines, tha expen
diture of the public funde raleed for highway Improve
ment received the keenest analysis. Gradually It be
came evident that the expenditures for bridges and
culverts should te the first to be placed on a business.
Ilka hssls. Just aa soon as tha commission found
that the culvert and bridge situation must be bet
tered In tho state before any considerable progress
could be made, the work of the commission at once
became open to the attacks of thoae whoee interests
would bo affeoted by the placing of the bridge work
of the state on an open competitive basis. Two facts
became immediately apparent.
First. That the state waa divided Into districts by
the supply companies, and It waa impossible to se
cure competition between them,
Second. That there were no standards of valne, or
any general knowledge, amongst the road officials
of the market value of bridge materiala and labor
which were being supplied to the public Llkewlr.e
there was no uniformity existing, either In quality ?r
prlceg of the supplies furnished.
This vicious system began almost with the advent
of tha first Iron brldgea, and was developed through
the atage of steel bridges and fastened Itself wUn
tenaeloue purpose upon the concrete brhVre industry,
augmented as It wns by so-called patents and other
practlcea amounting to little less than blackmail
schemes for controlling the bridge and culvert funds
of the atate. These funda proper constituted about
one-half tha entire road taxes raised. In addition,
however, to the bridge funds, more and more of the
funds raised for road grading, road drainage and drag
ging were diverted to pay for bridges or culverts. Just
preceding the passage of the present road law probably
not less than 60 per cent of the money for road work
was going Into corrugated, old boiler pipe, or other
forms of culverts, or into road machinery, and a ve-y
small fraction Indeed was actually reaching the road
way In the form of road work.
As soon aa the commission had secured sufficient
Information relative to the existing conditions, recom
mendations were made for corrective legislation Bills
were Introduced In three successive legislatures to pro
vide an adequate bridge law, and each time they were
overwhelmingly defeated through the Influence of tha
lobby maintained by the bridge companies In co-opera
tion with an element which at that time held the con
trol In the State Supervisors' association.
It was not until several supervisors In Polk and
Clinton counties were removed through the efforts of
the department of justice and the highway commission
that the people of the state became aware of the con
ditions that were existent In some counties. This
was followed by the recovery by the highway commis
sion and tha department of Justice, In cooperation
with the county attorney of Clinton county, of over
$20,000 Illegally paid out for bridge work in- Clinton
county.
The- existence of like conditions In other districts
of the state, together with the Insistent demand for an
efficient and trained administration of road and brldgo
construction under a responsible head, resulted In the.
legislation under which the present state highway de
partment waa organised and a completely new system
of highway administration established.
Major Church Howe.
The death of Major Church Howe takes away
a man who was for many years a central figure
lit Nebraska politics, a soldier, a law-maker and
diplomat; a man who made staunch friend
ships and keen enmities. Major Howe's polit
ical activities date back to a now by-gone period
hen he was usually at cross-purposes with the
policies and Ideals of The Bee and Us editor, but
no resentments were harbored on either side
and he divested himself almost completely of
his old animosities when he entered the consu
lar service. Here he made a brilliant record at
all the posts to which he was assigned in many
different parts of the world, retiring to return
to Nebraska for the sunset years of his life. A
forceful man, always In the forefront la what
ever he was engaged, he leaves a record of serv
ice to his country, first, In helping to save the
vnion, then in developing a frontier stats, and
finally in advancing Its commercial interests in
foreign lands.
Goethali on the Job.
General Ooethala has withdrawn his resig
nation as governor of the Panama canal sone,
thereby proving he Is too good a soldier to with
draw until hla battle la completely won and his
enemy finally' disposed of. He promises to stay
at Funama until the conditions of thecanal are
such as will require no especial attention. Cucu-
rancha slide la also on the job, and holds the
great engineer to his work. The task of remod
eling nature has proved much greater than could
have been anticipated, and the unexpected ob
trusion of the seemingly interminable "slide"
has provided one of those unlooked-for difficul
ties that make such undertakings the proper
employment for genius. The Job Is a big one,
tut OoeVhals will conquer the "serpent" and Its
uustable strata if the thing ran posulbly be done.
A California doctor announces the invention
of an apparatus which will determine at long
range the nature of certain diseases, and dls
sensing with visits to the patient. This Is im
portant. If true. It will revolutionise present
practice and make regular medics the fort-moat
exponents of "absent treatment." . . . .
Gasoline makers appear to think the golden
low of autumn, chemically treated, yields two
distinct elements the golden and the glow. By
the simple expedient of boosting the price the
oil experts extract and can the golden and
leave autoUts to revel in the glow. Can you
beat it?
Twice Told Tales
Savins; the Day.
A clergyman tells the following tale, showing his
wire's wonderful tact and quickness of wit.
One day he noticed a woman whom he much dis
liked coming up his front steps. Taking refuge In his
atudy, ha left his wife to entertain tho caller. Half
an hour later he emerged from his retreet. listenej
carefully on the landing, and, hearing nothing he low,
called down to his wife:
"Has that horrible old bore gone?"
Tha objectionable woman waa still In the draw
ing room, but the minister's wife proved equal to
tha occasion.
Tes, dear." she called back, "she went long ago'
Mrs. Parker la here now.'VNew York Times.
IMa War.
In Montana a railway bridge had been destroyed
by fire, and it was necessary to replace It The bridge
engineer and hla staff were ordered In haste to the
place. Two days later came the superintendent ct
tha division. Alighting from hla private car, ho ea
countered tha old master bridge-builder.
'BI11," said the superintendent and the words qulv
erad with energy"! want this Job rushed. Drery
hour's delay costs the company money. Have you
got the engineer's plans for the new bridge?"
"I don't know," aald the bridge-builder, "whether
the engineer haa the picture d rawed yet or not. but
tha bridge la up and the. trains is passln over it"
Harper's Magazine.
People and Events
It must make a certain colonel almost turn
green with envy to think that "Woodrow" is
setting the record for White House weddings,
while the only one that "Teddy" waa able to
help celebrate during his tenancy is still a race
suicide family.
Judge Hen D. lindsey of Denver announces that ha
la going to carry a gun "to protect his reputation."
Jim Jef'rles has gone Into th movleL. flackers of
the big fellow at Rene will be pleased to hear that Jltn
Is able to go some.
The second Saturday in May has been designated
"American Indian day" by the Society of American
Indiana In convention at Lawrence, Kan. Remember
the day and stick to the reservation.
Down in Dallas, Tes., a local peace enthusiast
having heard Colonel Frysn reel off a speech, st
tempted to embrace and klaa tha colonel. It was
failure. Trie colonel saw him fret and ducked.
There waa a christening party at the home of An
drew Kiuntl In Chicago. The nature of the. exerclaca
le not mentioned, but aa two of tha Invited guests
were taken to an hospital the reader ia privileged to
guess.
A remlmirr of the volunteer firemen's days cornea
from White Plaina, N. V.. where members of rival fire
companire are charged with fire buggery. Keen com
petition for distinction at fires Is said to be responsible
for several re-ent fins In that burg.
Miss Eugenia Kelly, the heiress madrap of Broad
way, breaks Into print once mora by rounding up the
lobster palaces and trottvrles of New York's "White
Way." Mother Kelly la also talking In print a.nd of a
libel suit comes from the man In the case.
A Ho ton woman seeks a Clvorc on the ground
that her huabmd la tha "greatest tlar on earth." A
wife in New York obtained a divon-a on the revelations
thai her hunt and made while te'Wiug In his sleep. A'l
of which shows that married men should keep their
mouths shut.
A tit- Louis woman writing to a local paptr says
she married a lean man hoping to fatten ulna, but bow
admits the Job U a failure. Her experience with one
leaa prompts a wifely atgh for a tat, because, aa aha
puts It. "You can't borrow money from a lean man.
They're not subjeot te a touub." Tsisna, do you gut
tha.lt
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Brother Bradshaw Apologises.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct. 7. To the
Bdltor of The Itee: In following up the
onslaughts of the commercial travelers
in The Llee'a Letter Box condemning me
as a simp, foot, liar and Ood knows
what not, fellow commercial travelers,
whatever evil thoughts you harbor In
your minds agalnat me does not change
the assertion I made one iota. You
stand as guilty in the eight of Ood aa
I do. I want to emphasize, brothers,
that we are all weak and liable to error
In our ststements. I can plainly see
where I committed a wrong when I said
15 per cent of commercial travelera ar
alnncra. I want to vindicate myself as
a man by openly acknowledging to tha
traveling men In the columns here that
I did them an Injustice when I made the
erroneous statement, and I certainly re
gret the fact as keenly aa you do, and
also I will acknowledge that I allowed
my hand to get beyond reasonable
control.
I am no saint, am no liar, thief, fool
or any of the other slurs you were so
prone to state. You are no more infal
lible than I or any other fair-minded
person. I want to apologise for all the
wrong I did you fellows by my asser
tions. I did not mean to assail your
honor, but I did mean to assail some
of your habits. I might be a critic on
carda. and other vices, but take It from
me I'll condemn the social card game
along with tha seasoned gambling card
game, the social dance along with the
redllght dancea, the social drinker with
the drunkard, right on until my last
light has been extinguished, for com
mercial travelers, and any one else,
brothers, you have got to be the first
before you finally settle in the last. If
you Indulge in questionable things, you'll
have to t xpect to be censured.
Thanking you one and all for the ver
dict which you may render me, I have
done by Christian duty; I have asked
your forgivenena of any and all wrong
I have committed against you. Don't
have the Impression that I was an
enemy of the traveling man; far be it
from that. I simply took In too much
territory when I said 95 per cent were
sinners. V. A. BRAD8HAW,
HOT West Eighth Street.
Does Anyone ludersfaad PoUerf
OMAHA, Oct 7. To the Editor of The
Bee: Turning from the delights of the
Rev. Dr. W. A. Sunday's discourses to
browse for a time among the other
pleasures afforded by The Bee's Bright
columns, my casually roving eye fell
upon the announcement that a book has
Just been put out which will be greally
enjoyed by those "who know and under
stand poker." Let me express In behalf
of the author the devout wish that his
readers will not be so circumscribed In
number.
Agur, whose wisdom was such that
some portions of It have lieen preserved
for us In connection with the proverha of
Solomon, aald: "There be three thlnga
which are too wonderful for me, yea,
four which I know not; the way of an
eagle in the air; the way of a serpent
upon a rock; the way of a ahlp in the
midst of the sea, and the way of a man
with a maid." If this leader of early
thought had lived in our day, I am sure
he would have added a fifth to his cate
gory of inscrutable thiugs, and admitted
hla awe and Ignorance of poker.
Simplicity In Itsolf, poker embodies all
the philosophies of all the sagea, the
mathematics of all the ages, tho guile of
the serpent, the courage of the lion, and
the Industry of the ant It stimulates
the faith sublime that can look ahead
and realize the hope that makes the
future bright. The experienced approach
the game with awe, born of dear bought
knowledge; the simple set boldly forth,
but neither ever touches the secret place
wherein dwells the , understanding of
poker. When your young man haa seen a
bobtail carry off a fat jackpot has
watched four acea pale Into nothing be
fore a straight flush, has known the
dread of "big dog," or felt the folly of
"spit in the ocean." he may not under
stand poker, but he will have a lot more
respect for the possibilities of this game
in whose very mystery snd uncertainty
resides its charm and fascination.
OLD FOGY.
'Billy" m. Scholar and Orator.
NORFOLK. Neb., Oct 7. -To the
EViltor of The Bee: The attitude some
people take towards "Billy" Sunday to
me la the most dtagustlng thing I know
of. They certainly are very narrow
minded and illiterate. Even one who
reads his sermons will be benefited. I
have for fifteen years watched him very
closely and heard him through two series
of meetings, only missing two nights. I
was not a convert at hla meetings, but
waa an active worker, and I know he is
sincere and Uvea according to what ha
preaches. I consider him the greatest
power we have today and a scholar and
orator and he is logical and convincing.
And I believe those who condemn him
are misinformed or interested in the
things "Billy" condemns. He certainly
reaohea tha masses that seem almost be
yond help and makea them good, clean
and respected citizens.
Does Bundsy do any good? Tea. Just
think of tha thousands who go away
firom from the Tahernacle with good
resolutions formed who never hit the
sawdust trail.
For it ia up to the Individual to make
good; no one else can do It for him.
And If some of those who are so active
knocking would go to Omaha and "hit
the trail" it would cause them to "bury
their hammer" and their family and com
munity would be benefited.
GEORGIA O. MTLLER.
Com filet of Sexea.
BAXTER, Tenn., Oct. . To the Editor
of The Bee: Through the klndneaa of a
brother minister of the Methodist con
ference just held in your city, I have
had the pleasure of reading your paper
the past week. I am a memher of tha
Nebraska conference and appointed as
instructor here in this Methodist school
Instead of aa a pastor in Nebraska.
A few days ago I noticed an article by
Dorothy Dig on the "Conflict of the
Sexes." which. In my estimation, is so
acrioualy tn error that I cannot refrain
from comment. She represents man and
wife aa having Inevitable conflicts due
to the variation of acx and points out
that they would care mora for each
other if not husband and wife. It la
clearly evident tbat aha does not under
stand the true unity of the marriage re
lation. A true, divine marriage ia a per
fect unity and there are no conflicts
between them. They never think of It
as a bondage, but as the most blessed
fellowship, each being tha complement of
the other. The Conflict of the Sexes'
exists only in faulty fiction or in the
Uvea of thoae who happen to have agreed
to live together, but who know nothing
of the perfect unity of thvlr marriage.
asill mere serioua error to the zeJse
Idea she evidences regarding man. Abe
represents the habits of smoking and
drinking beer and the sporting disposi
tion ss "habits of the sex" and seems
to think wenen should not expect to
divorce him from these. How can we ex
pect our daughters to have high Ideala
when such writers hold out such low
Ideals snd stsndards? As a matter of
fact, smoking snd drinking does not be
long to mankind at all. Every clean
man Is Insulted by sum an assertion.
Every girl should have nothing to do
with sny young man who uses tobacco
In any form or drinks or Is of the
"sporty" type, or Is Inclined to care
more for his clim thsn his home. The
standards of morals and Ideals of life
should le the same for msn ss for
woman and will be so if not corrupted.
Smoking and drinking snd such things
do not belong to sny intelligent human
being.
How can we ever sucoeed in getting
our brothers to live clean, decent lives
when a woman will excuse such things
as habits of the sex?" Let It then be
clearly understood that such things do
not belong to the sex. Such an Intima
tion Is an Insult to every clean man
Why don't she express clean. ideal
standards of Christianity? She would
serve her aae bettor.
C. E. AUSTIN.
Baxter Seminary.
GRINS AND GROANS.
Burglar (Just acquitted, to his lawyer)
I will drop in soon and see you.
Lawyer very good: but In the day
time, please. Boston Transcript
"Pa, you know all that foodstuff sent
by Chicago packers that England
eelzefl?"
"Well, my son?"
"Do they want It for their Beefeaters T'
Baltimore American.
"Why don't vou aubscrlbe to my paper.
Cnclc Hy?" asked Editor Josh Lotts of
the Hmlleyvrie Kxpress.
"It would be useless extravagance," re
plied Farmer Hyperbole Medilers. My
wife belongs to the Chautauquy club,
the Sewln' circle and the Missionary
society "Judge.
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ynlcus Yes, but now the colleges dd
the trick with a sheepskin. Buffalo
courier.
"What do you think of thia proposi
tion to Kin ort idiots in their !nrancy7"
"It would do more than anything else
to abolish war In the future." Balti
more American.
i peon, old man, you stiun drinking
water almost aa If you were Beared
of It"
"I am," shuddered Upson Downs, the
promising but not paying young busi
ness man. "A doctor told me more
than 90 per cent of my body Is water
already and I'm afraid to dilute myself
any more. juuge.
SHATTERED DREAMS.
1 hied me to the country
For a dty or two of rest,
I was told that there I'd find It
Of a kind by far the best.
Where no trolley-cars would rumble
No horses' hoofs would clink
On pavements and no noisy wheels
Would rouse a sleepy gink.
Yes, I hied me to the country.
To a farmhouse far remote.
Where the fields at night lay silent
Where no sounds tne darkness smote,
Cept the screech-owl and the night
hawk And I sank to slumber still.
Lulled by the lonesome lullaby
Of a lar-oir whipperwui.
Then all of a sudden a robin called.
A wood-pecker drummed and an old cow
bawled.
A bob-white whistled, a rooster crowed.
A meadow-iark Duouieo, another cow
lowed.
A eulnea-hen screeched, a donkey brayed
The hnusn-oog barked ana the horses
tiela-hed.
JLoud footsteps clattered, at the door a
knock,
"Are you ready fer breakfast, its five
o'clock."
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Dr. Karl Muck
Conductor of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, writes
as follows concerning the
Mason &
Hamlin
PIANOS
Boston, March H, 1907.
Meosrs. Mason & Hamlin Co.
Dear Sirs: it is a plea
sure to roe to tell yon that
one of the real musical tie.
lighta of my stay In Ameri
ca has been the intimate ac
quaintance 1 have made
with your pianos.
My visit to your factory
and the demonstration tlK-ro
given me of your unique system of pianoforte construction have con
vinced roe of the Ideally high standard you have at before you,
while iny experience with jour pianos at my home, as well as ou
the concert stage, has proved to me how completely you have au
Ulned that iu-tltlc IdeeJ. Their beautiful tone, which no adjective
can adequately describe, and their Inspiring perfection of mechanism,
render them noble instruments, worthy of tne highest place in my
esteem. Very truly yours, (Signed) DU. KARL MUCK.
A. IH308PS .
Representatives
1S13-1515 Douglas Street.
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