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TUB BEB: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER If., 1913, 8 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD RQ3RWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. : The Re Publishing Company. Proprietor. ,BEB BUILD1NO. FARNAM AND gEVEiNTEENTH. Enteral at Omaha postofflce at eond-classrmUter. ' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Br carrier By mall per month. per year. Ta"y an Sunday... , . Dally without Funday....' ! Kvenlng end Sunday... 1 Kvenlng without Sunday o J-W Sunday Bee only . flend notice of change of address or complaints of Irregularity In delivery to Omaha Be, Circulation Department. Only two mall ee BEMITTANCF5. Remit hr draft. etpress or postal order. - , reeeived In payment of counts Personal checka, except on Omaha and eastern rxchanre. not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The) Bee Building. Pouth Omaha JP1S N street Council muffs 14 North Main street. Lincoln Little Building. Chicago Wl Hearst Building. New York Room lli, 2 Fifth avenue. Pt Loule-HB New Hunk of Commerce. Wsshlngton 725 Fourteenth Bt., N. W. : CORRESPONDENCE. 'Address communications relating to tiewa and eU V i torlal matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. i t i NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 53,716 Slate of Nebraska. County of Douglas, as Dwlfhf Wllllnma. rlraulattnn mtniip ol Publishing company, being duly aworn, aaya that tha average circulation for the month of November. 111. waa 6S.71S. DWimrr WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Buhacrlbed In my presence and aworn to be! ma. this 2d day of December, 1115. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public, Bnbscribers leaving the -city temporarily should hare The) Dee mailed to them. Ad dress will be chanced as often aa requested. r SMtabn it Thought for the Day 5ecfesf by Arthur M. Don) Director Fine Art. J will fear no evil. Twenty-third realm. -J Postmaster General Burleson hat got the habit. The war caused the postofflce deficit. One of the painful tasks of the holiday aoa aon is to smother the pretense that the country possesses an c'astlc currency. It Is painfully evident from the one-sldedness of the Rio Grande war reports that Pancho Villa's press agents are not on the Job. Turkey puts on the chesty front and hangs on the Tildes Klook the famous apartment house glen: "Deliver peace packages at the back door." Hold Open Council Meetings. The Omaha city council has Just tried the experiment of sitting in the open aa an excise board. Its members profess to be so well satis fied with the result that they propose to con tinue the practice. No good reason can be ad vanced for the transaction of any public busi ness by a public body behind closed doors. All sessions of the city council should be open to the publio at all times, and especially those ses sions which have to do with the granting1 of saloon licenses. Closed doors and secrecy are always suggestive of a desire to cover up some thing. No suspicion should be permitted to at tach to the transaction of public business at any time. The city commissioners know this. and for their own protection should never sit In secret. Remodeling the Commission. Experience has demonstrated that the Inter state Commerce commission as at present con stituted la not properly adjusted to meet the re quirements of its purpose. Growth of the trans portation Industry In the United States has been so rapid, and It has developed in so many unex pected ways, each presenting Its own peculiar ser ies of problems, that the complications conse quent have far outstripped the scope of the Inter state Commerce commission. This fact is rec ognized by the commission Itself and the report now before congress asking for an enlargement of the body does not come altogether as a sur prise. Students of the transportation problem were agreed that the country should be subdivided Into districts, wherein the conditions were so nearly similar as to make uniformity of control comparatively easy. This plan Is suggested by the commission lteelf. It does not comprehend any recession from the theory under which the commission was formed, or the principle upon which It has operated. By the setting up of qualified tribunals within properly defined dis tricts, the questions arising within these districts may be much more readily adjusted than Is at present possible. There need be no more con flict between these tribunals than there Is at present between the several federal district and circuit courts. While final review may be left to the general commission at Washington, local matters will be adjusted within their own dis trict. This plan should be eventually so carried cut that possible conflict between national and state laws governing rights and conditions for the Industry may be harmonized to a point where friction will vanish. Only on some such basis can the transporta tion industry of the country be given the proper protection without In any degree abandoning the control which the public should have over It., It la up to those who Insist on clamping the lid on New Tear's to show that the water wagon supplies all the deficiencies in scenery and conversation. There la yet time and some hope ot having the name of the Peerless Oae on the Nebraska presidential primary ticket. Nebraskan's can not safely forego the felicity of habit. The official valuation of Nebraska's crops of 1915 totals $514,000,000. Last year's output of gold and sliver in the United States amounted to 1134,000,000. . As a safe and sure route to ludependence farming is a cinch to a gamble. , Senator Chamberlain does not expect his compulsory military measures will get beyond the debate stage. Evidently he fears congress will run short of conversational topics and give the Record an emaciated look. The barometer of bank . clearings steadily points to fair business weather and rising pros pects. Last week's tabulation of bank transac tions presented the rare showing of only one city marring the whiteness ot the decrease column. An Illinois patrlarchess who celebrated her 103d birthday anniversary by hitting the tobacco pipe is pictured as an exponent ot the simple life who never wore a corset or rode on a railroad train. The simple life may be worth the price, but makes no appeal to live ones. ! ! It proof were needed of national - self- restraint and unshaken neutrality, Washington supplies it In abundance. Suffrage and ant! suffrage conventions met at the national capital at the same time and concluded the business on hand without uttering a war cry above a lady like whisper. 1 In spite of the thunderlngs of war and the demand for men to fill the gaps at the front. Ireland reports an excess of 9,598 tolrths over deaths for the quarter ending September 30. This does not signify a gain In population. Ireland's contribution of "cannon fodder" Is excluded from the reckoning. n m ell Madame Be ha u be, the celebrated fortune-teller, la holding forth at Fourteenth and Jackson. The new Windsor hotel at the corner of Tenth and Jackaon streets, la opened with a (rand banquet by SchUuk A Smith, the proprietors. Buffalo Bill and Nat balsbury were closeted to gether all forenoon In the Millard for tha purpose of reaching acute definite agreement for next tea- ton's management of their wild weat ahow. Tha chief topic was tha show's proposed tour of Euro pa. Mr. and Mre. William IL Butler celebrated tha fifteenth anniversary of their marriage, t 1415 Call' furnia street laat night. The annual meeting of tha Masonic Orand Lodge iM'gan at Maaonlo hall on Fifteenth street. Captain H. K. Palmer of Ftattsmouth presiding. Jininiie Thornton, son of D. 1 Thornton, realdlng at 1315 Dodge street, broke hie leg while coaatlnx down Dodgo hill. , J i nee Burnraa, private secretary to Traffic Man afer Trimble of the Union Pacific, haa ao far reoov. i r. d from his recent attack of typhoid to make brief vtstta downtown. V. it MiKtmle. atatlonery agent for tha Vnloa l'k.ifii.'. haa ou vu a trip tint History Repeating- Itself. Our one war with France grew out of a sit uation exactly similar to that which now con fronts the two nations. In the earliest years ot the United States' existence, the French under took to assert a right to overhaul and search American vessels and to Impress seamen found thereon, to remove passengers, and to otherwise outrage American rights. - This was promptly and properly resented, and a war of short dura tlon resulted, followed by a peace which restored the friendship that has since continually sub sisted between the two nations. It is surprising that at this time the French would again undertake a practice that they must know will be vigorously resented by this government. Our history Is full of incidents in which the United States has gone to the limit In asserting Ha right to protect any who may properly be under Its flag. In thus asserting itr own right. It as cheerfully recognised the same right In other nations. The Trent affair Is cited again as an Illustration of this. Without knowledge ot the text of the note dispatched by Secretary Lansing to Paris, it may be assumed that It firmly states the posi tion ot the United States on this question. It Is due to our standing as the foremost among neutral nations to Insist that this neutrality be respected by all, and no exception can be made In the case of France. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn The OttlMk. Throe weeks ago. under the title "Free Ppeech In Pstersoi," The Outlook told the alory t f the second expulsion from Pateraon, without any legal proceed ing, of Elixabeth Ourley Flynn. lAter aha put on trial on a charge of exciting riot and lewlessness by a speerh made long ago. She waa acquitted, anj her follower, and many alao who do not at all'agre with the propaganda of tha Induatrlal Workera of the World, of which ahe la an exponent, regarded her acquittal aa a victory for free speech. What la ahe-thla Elixabeth Ourley Flynn. who waa tried again In Pateraon laat week and quickly acquitted? A at range aort of woman, so hated that a cltya lawful authorities frankly break the law to keep her out, so championed that society women, factory girls, teachers, writers, lawyers, poor students. and folks who never aw her "chipped In" to raise her a defense fund what Is she? To silk-mill owners and capitalist generally ahe la "that Flynn woman. loud-mouthed agitator, grafter, aedttloua criminal, who ought to be run out of towa or hanged." All they know la that when aha comes their factories fall Idle and empty and their workera. thronging about a woman, swear they won't go bacK until the woman telle them to. Po tha factory own era re rune to talk over the strike with this woman. and soon ahe la arreated and tried, sometimes for on thing, sometimes another. She's a little woman. Is Ourley Flynn. and Irish all over. The. Celt la In her gray-blue eyea and almost black hair, In the way ahe clencnee her email handa Into flata when ahe's apeaklng. On her mother's aide her sreat-grandfather Ryan was killed In battle with the English, and her grandfather Flynn fleJ to America with a price on his head for sabotage against tha British government. "Sabotage In Fenian days?" one aaks, and Miss Flynn smiles as ahe ex plains that when forbidden their Immemorial rlKht of fishing In certain rlvere he and, his aasoclatea pola- oned tha streams, saying, "If we can't have our own. neither shall the English." Blxty years later Miss Flynn finds the wrongs of the proletariat more moving than tha cause of Irish nationalism, but her antagonism to constituted authority seems Inbred. She waa reared without girlhood, with almoat no childhood, for at U aha made her flrat speech aa a "materialistic aoclallat" before her father'a club. At 17 she and he were mrrested tor cart-tall apeaklng In New Tork City. Here la her own curt schedule from that time: "I have been srreated once in New Tork, once In Miaaoula, Mont., once In Spokane, Wash., twice In Philadelphia, twice In Pateraon never convicted." Elixabeth Flynn In tha laat four years has led three big strikes: the struggle of tha textile workers In the mills of Iwrence, Masa.; then m short but bitter waiters' strike In New York City; and In 191S, eight months of war between tha silk-mill owners and their employes In Tatteraon, N. J. In .each struggle, she says, aha has made herself hated and feared by thoae ahe rails "masters," while those she derides as "ex ploited" love and trust her. In Lawrence they trusted her even with their little ones. Like the Pled riper. ahe left the city followed by the chlldrn of the workers, whom she carried off to New York to be fed and cared for until the strike was won. "Labor's Joan of Arc," they call her, and one. an Italian. said of her: "Women and children, and any man that Ilka mother and sister, Ilka Miss Flynn anJ listen." in Pateraon she has left tha authorities still afraid. Since the atrlka "Ourley" has been forbidden to speak to the working; people. When she persisted, an old Indictment was revived against her. Although the judge before whom she was tried was the same who watched the police bar her from a meeting, and these aame police were wltneseee against her, a Jury from another county promptly acquitted her Her defense had been undertaken by a committee of women, none of whom waa Identified with Industrial disputes. Their support could not be explained only by their belief In the sincerity of their labor leader whom they called friend. Now that ahe Is free they seek an Injunction to make tha legal authorities of Pateraon obey th law. Ll Ten Billiom in Cropi. Figures Just made public by the Department ot Agriculture place the farm value ot the principal crops for the year at more than $6,250,000,000. To this must be added the value of the minor yields and the live stock output, which brings the total up to more than 110.000.000,000. Thla enormous sum la four times the total amount of the foreign trade ot the United States, concerning which so great a fuss Is made. The total Is the most eloquent tribute that could possibly be paid to the agri cultural Industry of the country, it Is ao em- phatlo In ita nature that It seems to Impress even the democrats, who have hitherto shown a determination to treat the farmer aa a negllgl ble factor in the affairs of the nation. Borne new records have been made, the value ot corn, wheat, oats and hay exceeding that ot any previous year, while cotton failed to establish a new record. It has a value of more than $75,000,000 above last year's crop. King Cotton,' however, has been set back to fourth place, corn, wheat and hay, all coming ahead of the southern staple in the order of value Even winter wheat alone is priced at figures (20.000,000 above the cotton yield for the year. Nebraska's share in this tremendous total If such aa not only establishes the Importance of this state as an agricultural producer, but means the continued prosperity of its people It has Indeed been a bumper year for crops, and the future for the farmer is consequently cor respondingly bright Striking evidence of British war temper is furnished by the parliamentary election tor a successor to the late Kler Hardy, Both candl dates were la bo rites and supporters of the gov ernment. One urged a peace compromise, the other a fight to a conclusive finish. The latter won by a majority of 4.000. The Germans have an adage applying to the man who felgna anger, "He rolls his fist In his pocket." That ia the senator's attitude toward the Bryanites who have gathered In Nebraska's fattest federal Jobs, and whose appointments will be confirmed In due course with senatorial ac quiescence. People and Events o the people, for the people are always lht." Thomas Jefferson said. "I am not among those that fear the people, lor upon them depends the stability of the nation.-' it. PCHCMANN. Wallops at Omaha Beatrice Express: Omaha's police department, tired of tha wave of crime which haa reaulted In a murder or two dally for aome time, now proposes a general shakeup on the police force. What appears to be needed In tha Nebraska metropolis Is more po lice and a general cleaning up of the criminal classes that are making that city their headquarters. Newman Grove Reporter: Omaha police authorities say tha parole law Is responsible for lots of crime. Nowadays a man hardly gets settled down In the penitentiary until he la paroled and turned loose te fix up a freah batch of cuatedneas. No one wants a man confined In the pen any longer than Is absolutely necessary, but It does look like the parole officials could get along without being In quite such a ble hurry. At least, the prisoners ought to be held until they show substantial evidence of being worthy of their liberty. Beatrice Ex preset A recent report by the Omaha Water board emphatically disputes tha stereotyped claim that municipal ownership la a failure. Tha re port ahows, according to The Omaha Bee. that for the three yeara of municipal ownerehlp ending June 30, 1915. patrona paid Ha9.000 less for water, in addition to having to their credit a fund of nearly 11,000,000 aet aside for depredation, sinking fund and surplus. Figures of that kind seems to be conclusive evidence of the ability of a municipality to run a water plant. ' Tork News-Times: If the Omaha newspapers be come finicky about criticism from the outside press. they had better head a movement for a cleaning up of their city ao that these criticisms are not Justified. Omaha la a big city and It requires a great deal of supervision to keep It straight It cannot be con ducted on the same lines that a village Is, but It can be made a safe place for any one to go and transact buslneaa In without constant fear of being held up and robbed. It can detect a few of these criminals and meet out proper punishment to them. When a disposition of this kind Is shown they can rest assured that the outalde preaa Is with them and will not be looking for an opportunity to criticise them tor do ing It. Oscar 8. Straus or new lora city has been ap pointed chairman of tha Publio Service commlaalon. In place of Edward EX McCall, removed. An English correspondent of London papers de scribes New Tork as "blind, staggering drunk with money." Must have caught the acenery during tha honeymoon with "war brldee." An epidemic ot the grip grips St Paul and Minna, apolls. Snuff lea and kerchooa fill the air. and liquid eyea and red nosegays give a touch of realism to tha melancholy days In the Twin Cities. Miguel A. Gonsales. a wealthy cattleman of New Mexico, saw the photo of a Pennsylvania girl at a friend's home at Ctvama and waa attacked with heart palpitation. Tha original of tha photo waa apprised of the trouble and became sufficiently Interested per sonally to Inspect Miguel and hie range. The wedding clinched the cure. The late Andrew Freed man. New Tork millionaire. was a aportlng politician In his day, once owner cf the Giant and a chum of Pick Croker. Moat of his fortune goes to found a home for the aged poor who were once well-to-do. Tha broad spirit of the man ia shown In a list of twenty-four persons of various rea and religions named to supervise the home and prevent discrimination. Jerry Hewer oa Labor. OMAHA, Dec. ?.-To the Editor of The Bee: I perceive where the raptnlns of Industry on the ninth of thla month left their headquarters In thla city to make a ptlBrlmagp to the atock yarda and pack ing houses. Possibly It was a coincidence that twenty-One of Mr. Armour'a super intendents, under the command of the beef trust s political field marshal. John O'Hern, was there to receive them. These emmlnent men gave timely notice through the press and otherwise of their prear ranged visit, probably to forewarn the management to have everything In order so that an elaborate report could be made to spread broadcast to a credulous public, notwithstanding that tha report waa more than likely written before the tour Was undertaken. What waa the object ot these nabobs' mission? aelflahneas and commercialism. Commercialism Is as ruinous to America as militarism Is to Europe. I cannot per ceive nor comprehend wherein society was benefited by these noted men lending the dignity of their presence st the stock yards and packing houses. Tha Industrial unrest, not commercial ism. Is the greatest problem that con fronts the nation nowadays, notwith standing that the president and his kitchen cabinet, the politicians and the munition manufacturers say prepared ness and the hyphenated Americans Is the Issue. Every friend of freedom knows that the labor question Is the paramount Issue and the captalr.a of Industry and their servile tools whether located in tha city hall or elsewhere, cannot evade the question. . Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Fed era! Commlaalon on Industrial Relations, snd Commissioners John B. Lennon. Jamea O'Connell and Austin B. Garret- son. aa a reault of their two-year lnvea tigatlon Into the subject say low wages wss found to be the fundamental cause of Industrial unrest. The shame of West Virginia, the horror of Colorado, the outrages of Michigan, the war In Europe and the massacre at Homestead Is Insignificant In comparison to the "serfdom" of the oppressed and persecuted employes In the institutions that the benevolent nabobs of our city visited last Thursday. I wonder did any one of these highly distinguished visitors Inquire or question the management of the establishments about the rate of wages tbey were paying their unfortunate employes? There are men and women working, ay, slaving In these degrading Industries whose pay does not average $6 per week, and I know whereof I speak If there is any person who doubts my statement, let him procure a copy of the House Journal of the 1913 session of the legislature, and read the horrible report of the Loucey Investigation. What is society doing towards the up lift of the producers of the wealth of the nation who are through compulsory ant! oppressive methods, both legal and 11 legal, denied the full product of their toll. The Four Hundred of swelldom will give charity balls and enjoy themselves danc Ing In the name of sweet Christian char ity. Likewise the Woman's club will give a play written by Oscar Wilde to raise money for soup. The labor claaa are opposed to charity In any shape or form. They believe If, their hired man, the government, can ap propriate money to Increaae the army and navy, why not appropriate money to re claim the Idle lands, thereby giving em ployment to the unemployed. The only salvation of the labor class Is through education, agitation, organi sation and an upright Intelligent use of that great weapon, the ballot The news paper publishers, the school teachers, the labor unlona and the woman a suirrago movement haa advanced the labor cause considerably. JERRT HOWAHU. How to Abolish War. ST. MART. Neb., Dec. U.-To the Editor of The Bee: Preparedness and war being the topic of the day, various opinions are expressed, but all agree on one thing and that ia that the laboring and producing class (those whose bones are supposed to be left to bleach on tha battlefield) are all tired and disgusted with the destruction and suffering caused by war. and that only those who are profiting In dollars or hoping thereby to gain notoriety and fame ana wno never expect to get within amelllng dis tance of gunpowder are In favor of war. Thla being the sentiment of the people, why not abolish wart But you era Im mediately aaked: How are ws going to do It? I would suggest to let the people say whether or not to engage In aggressive war: There must be an aggreeslve be fore there can possibly be a defensive. If It were left to a vote of tne peopia now I doubt that 10 per cent would be In favor ot an asreaaive war on any nation, and yet we are In dally fear tnai war will be declared against some for eign nation. Why? Becaueo we have delegated the war-making power to a few. a handful of congreaamen. a power we ahould have retained ourselves. The people being In favor of peace. why not make other natlona a fair proposition for peace. It la certainly worth the effort. Many say they wouia be In favor of disarmament which would Insure peace, but that they are arraiu of tha other fellowa leat they attack us If they saw a favorable cnance. n do we know that thoae other fellowa don t feel Just as we do, and are In favor oi preparedness for the same reason. We hava not asked them, have we? Thla government la In a position now to make the proposition for universal peace. Suppose we were to ssy to the other natlona. "We are ready to extend to you our hand of brotherly love and fellowship; we will gradually reduce our army and navy and warring efficiency If you will do the aame." How do we know they would not hall tha offer with de light and be aver thankful to ua lor having given them tha opportunity to show their good will toward ua Why not make the iropoaalT It they refuse U accept our offer to beat tha swords Into plow-shares and spears Into pruning hooks, there will yet be ample time for ua to take care of ourselves. One thing Is sufficient: there will never bo lasting peace so long as there Is preparation for war. So aa we sow, so shall we reap. Field Marshal General von Htndenberg recently said: "Tha German people are tired of war and Its destruction and would be glad to return to their homes. Can there be any doubt that tha people of the other belligerent natlona don't feel Just aa the Germans do? I sea no reason for doubt And yet they cannot have peace. Ia short they all want peace, yet they all must fight. Why? Because they hava delegate! tha war making power to a few crowned heads and officiate. What the few siy the many must do. and the welfare of the people and the nation la not taken Into consideration. The Immortal Lincoln said: "Leave It UTHZS TO A LAUGH. 'Willie, you haven't said whether you thanked Mr. Carr for taking you out for a ririe." Yes. mother. I thanked him. but I dldn t tell you because he said, 'Don't mention It. Boston Transcript. Mv dear child, vou should not spend so much time In vain Indulgence at your mirror." Why. ma. how can you say so? I am sure It Is time spent In aerloua reflection." Baltimore American. "Whv thla long line of men at the ex press office?" Thev are apostles or preps reaness. "What do vou mean?" "These men are waltlna: to ret their Tt..i...H i. nAr,... Chrletmaa aupply of liquor." Blrmlng-1 . . ... v,., , "How did vou know that man Is mar ried?" aaked one woman. Because." renlled the other. as soon aa he came Into the room he ahled at the rubber tree." Washington Star. KABIBOE KABARET UAC. JMV HUSBAND A KwrnT ID tauc of his former mrntaRsq srcirtf w vou lEKie HIM TALK AT Ail, Hf PpOLISH ip antagonize- yx: "You told me before we were married you didn't like vounar men." "And you told me you had heart fail ure. LAIt, He waa reading the "Home Hints for iinty .Helpmates. "You can get some nice presents from discarded boxes and old tin cans, honey." "Yea, and you can get aome nicer ones from a 130 bill," she retorted. This with a firmneaa that discouraged him from continuing the conversation. Loulevllle Courier-Journal. Cholly I think I'll pick out a good sen sible woman and aet married. Miss Keen If you nick out a good sen sible woman you'll get snubbed. Boston Transcript. your NATURE S PARADOX. (Efficiency In Wsste.) A bog, a redr-swamp there was. A waste of land that ne'er was plotted. Wherein fire-blackened ghosts of trees Ftood guard o'er gravea where long had rotted The corpsea of their fellows brave. Pla n in fierce battles with the sale And here and there a stunted fir That had aurvlved to tell the tale. And lo. from out this wilderness. Where revelled waste and sad decay All sllentlv a little brook Through aloomy shadows found It way; This little brook had seeped snd seeped 'Neath mossy logs that long had rottM And at last emers-ed on a sun-lit shore With its banks all blue-for-get-me-notted. Bark in the bog whence It emerged The brook had spread and spread and spread No well defined bed Its course It followed where its fancy led: Hut wheresoe'er ita sorlnas had welled I There blossomed orchids wondrous fair And baby-evergreens and ferns inere. then Such beauty elsewhere never aeon I'nelghlly stumps all rich festooned witn partridira vine ana winiergreen; And many a fast decaying log I'pholstcred In arcen velvet moss. Or. sodden In the silent stream All shimmering with sun-dew gloss. And this sluggish brook that seemed Inert That aeemed to refuse to concentrate Was the one that nature had employed Her rarest beauties to create: And I marvelled long at these wondere here. Till the happy thought came to me That what seems watte In our lives after sll May prove to be real efficiency. And we may struggle thro' doubt and arloom And waste and decay may ever flout u But It mav be some apark divine within May cause rare flowers to blossom about And tho' our aim be obscured for a time And Ignoble the part to us allotted We too may emerae on a sun-lit shore With our days all tlue for-get-me notted. Omaha. BAYOLL NR TRELE. boy believe In Santa , "Does Claua?" "I'm not sure whether he does or not Sometime I suspect he thinks I believe In Santy and he hates to undeceive me. Washington Mar. He Mustn't It have been terrible times when candles furnished the only liKht?. Who (wearily) I don't know. Candlea do know enough when to go out Baltl more American. Freddie How Is It you're not going to have anv Clhrlstmaa tree thla year? Willie Mamma says there is hardly room to dance as it Is. Judge. 6nderbiltHotel THIRTY FOURTH STREET AT PARK AVENUE The most conveniently situate J hotel In New York At the Thlrly-ihlrJ Street Subway WALTON H. MARSHALL Manager K.1 il ft .0 M I'? I -V I. J- a." ii V. " t' -V """" ""- llT w 9 c eS5C3 J I 1 .y-. , the beater Market Ahoy I All ye caters oi whipped creamIn cakes, on cakes, or around cakes. For every spin of the wheel and the claws or whatever you call them, which is required to bring your cream to the proper stiffness or whatever it ia you do to cream there's a dollar to be made for you. A new sort of egg beater, ladies and gentlemen, a wonderful discovery, friends, a gold mine for those who invest their name, intelligent citixens. How can YOU get in on the ground floor? Tis simple most simple I See this coming week's installment of P ft ft THC NCW ADVCNTVftCS OP While the Pathe" Motion Pictures are a long, long laugh, the work of the Whartons, who directed the production,, is a classic in dramatic surprise. Plump Mcintosh as Walling ford, slim Figman as Blackie Daw, sweet Lolita Robertson as the heroine, make up a perfect cast. Your theatre gets the him from its local PATH EXCHAMCE The story of the egg beater by George Randolph Chester appears in the SUNDAY DEE Don't permit yourself to miss it TJot 3S Persistence is the cardinal vir tue in advertising; no matter how good advertising may he in other respects, it must be run frequently and constant ly to be really succcessful. BES3i