THK BKE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1915.
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ff- December 10
Thought for th Day
Seleeted by J. L. MeBHmn, Smpt.
A cheerful temper, joined wUh innocence,
vill make beauty attractive, knowledge delight
ful, and wit good-natured. It will lighten
eickneee, poverty, and affliction, convert ignor
ance into an amiable eimplicily, and render de
formity iteelt agreeable. Addioon.
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Still, the situation It not no bad, in spite of
the pull-backg. Two Henry will adorn the presi
dential primary ticket
One cf the glass making firms of Pittsburgh
In the last sixty days cut up two melons of $7 a
share each. That Is an Investment worth look
ing Into.
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Brand Whltlock Is off to bis old post In Bel
gium. The good wishes of the country goes with
him on a mission distinguished for good will and
good deeds. .
Talk of universal military service as the ul
timate goal of the United States suggests largo
business opportunities for the waterwagon In the
weeks to come.
"Apt alliteration's artful aid" Is to be wel
comed, but the pulsing power of publicity Is
needed to boost Henry Estabrook's trio of p's to
the capital box.
HritiRh torylsm is at the bottom of the re
ported dissensions In the cabinet. The basic prin
ciple of torylsm is that righteousness and salva
tion are Impossible through other than tory auspices.
William Hale Thompson of Chicago declines
the honor of a place In Nebraska's presidential
primary ticket. Mayor Thompson makes It plain
that political jokes have no show In frosty
weather.
The contention of Elthu Root that world wars
ran bo made impossible by international courts
comes perilously close to heresy la an easterner,
but the preparedness beans are safe with Gar
rison and Gardner on guard.
Increased dignity tn the administration of
court oaths la not near as Important for the ends
of Justice as infusing wholesome fear of perjury
into witnesses. Both form and substance are
within reach of courts determined to secure them.
Public buildings and rivers and harbors com
mittees of the house of representatives are hold
ing recess meetings In Washington and manifest
no Intention of taking a back seat for prepared
ness. The coming battle of the pork bar.'ls prom
ise to rival the celebrated revolutionary "battle
of the kegs!"
The projected Turco-Teutonic drive to Egypt
holds possibilities of bigger results than neutrals
dream of. Who knows but that a Big Bertha
might persuade the Bphynx to speak out and
noire the riddle of the centuries. Moreover, the
time Is ripe for Eew figures and new scenery
around the pyramtnds hitherto tisonopollied plc
torlally by Napoleon and Omaha tourists.
Notable and well-caerved condemnation by
Major General Wood Is visited upon the court
martial which acquitted Colonel Hirst of the of
fense of striking a private soldier. Such offenses
fortunately are rare In the service. At this time
and in the coming days of Increased service It Is
of the highest Importance that private soldiers
shall be protected from the pugilistic caprices ot
officers.
Sanctity of the Oath,
Judge Troup, in his address to the State Bar
association, dwelt upon a startling fact that dis
regard for the oath taken by witnesses, which
means perjury, is bo common in our courts to
day as to be almost the rule rather than the ex
ception. He especially called attention to the
flippancy with which the oath is administered to
snd taken by the witness. This sad truth has
been known to bench and bar alike for years,
steadily growing until It baa reached the point
where the solemnity and sanctity of the oath has
seemingly vanished. The remedy, however, Is
yet within the hands of the Judges. It Is within
their province to require that the oath be prop
erly administered and thoughtfully taken by
each wltnees, and that Its sanctity be understood
by all. Attorneys do not directly encourage per
jury, even though they may profit by it, but
they are not prone to Insist upon the rigid re
gard by witnesses for "the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth." If the courts are to
resume and retain their high place in our life,
and the lawyers are to be restored to the confi
dence of the people. It will be after some vigorous
efforts have bwn made to eradicate perjury and
re-establish the sanctity of the oath.
Omaha's Public Hospital.
While Omaha is very well provided with pri
vate hospitals, there has long existed the neces
sity of more accessible and better equipped pub
lic hospitals than any we have. This condition
is Just at present accentuated by the prevailing
epidemic of scarlet fever, which has forced the
expedient of renting a private hospital to meet
the emergency. It bas been suggested that the
city and county unite their interests and between
them provide a hospital, modern In all Its ap
pointments, and large enough to accommodate
the cases now sent to private hospitals, as well
as to provide against epidemics or emergencies
of any kind. This matter cannot be Immediately
settled, but It should be on file with the city and
county authorities for proper consideration at
the earliest time. It is a public need and should
be provided for.
Complimenting Treasurer Hall.
Apologists for the Morehead administration
of state affairs are again belaboring State Treas
urer Hall because of his firm stand In protecting
the treasury against democratic raids. He Is
uow accused of having received republican sup
port and taken republican advice. What truth
may be In theee allegations cannot be determined.
State Treasurer Hall is not a republican, but in
standing firmly for the constitution and the laws
of the state of Nebraska, be bas acted like a re
publican. His democratic critics could pay him
no greater compliment than they have done In
their desperation. It is little credit to the lead
ers of that party that the state is crippled or em
barrassed in any of Its administrative functions
through the incompetency of their party In the
legislature or the executive office. Attempts to
make a scaoegoat ot the state treasurer will not
relieve Governor Morehead of the blame that at
taches to bis personal endeavor to Induce Mr.
Hall to violate a law which the governor him
self had helped to enact. Nor can the leaders ot
the legislature, who muddled the appropriation
bills, escape the blame that belongs to them, by
throwing mud at the man who is observing the
laws according to his conscience and his oath ot
office.
Milk for StarTing Babies.
Just at the time when its diplomatic Inter
course with the central powers of Europe are
threatened with disruption because of Its protest
against practices that transcend the rules of war
fare, the United 8tates presents the peculiar as
pect of pleading with the Allies for permission
to send succor Into the Germanic countries. Vig
orous protest was made against a reported order
that would suspend the supply of surgical ne
cessities for the German and Austrian hospitals,
with a result that the order was not Issued. A
more inrpresslve appeal is Just now being urged
by this government on behalf of the babies of
Germany and Austria, that milk and other food
for them be allowed to pass the wall or steel.
England, France, Russia and Italy surely will not
refuse to permit this help for the babes, even
though It may in some way prolong the war or
retard their progress. Victory won at the ex
pense of starving babies can not bring much
glory to any cause, much less that which pre
tends to battle for civilisation.
The tilsh bank aurrounrflnc the Karnam hool
caved la. narrowly mUflng several children.
The official papers wore received from Rome In
tailing Blahop O'Connor la the newly formed dla
tree of, Kebraaka. I
Uiea Nellie Bum left to reeume her atudlea In
Clucionati.
In tli early review the followlae u given aa
the iereonix-1 of the manaafnt force of the Wealem
I 11 Ion Telrapu company: ). J. Dickey, upiin.
teiidvnl; K. W. Mayfleld, manager and chief iier
sui: J. B. J'rUchard. caahter; C. F. Paitereon, n'snt
ht f; J. B. Twifurd. awieiant nlnt chief. L.
Mirm manager ot the diatrict n-.eaeuer
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Military Drill in Schools.
The Chicago Tribune has Just completed a
poll of the patrons of the public schools of Chi
cago, and finds that more than 86 per cent of
the parents are favorable to the system of mili
tary drill In the public schools. This will not be
a sufficient answer to the opponents of the sys
tem, who are thoroughly wedded to the Idea that
anything that might in the remotest sense be.
connected with or useful in the pursuit of war
U wrong. These folks are at present In the mi
nority, and fortunately so for the safety of our
Institutions. The continuance ot the republic
does not, perhaps, depend entirely on its fighting
qualities; but the ability ot its cltUens to defend
themselves and their institutions Is a factor that
will have tremendous weight in determining the
perpetuity of our freedom. Aside from this,
however, military drill in the public achools has
distinct advantages which are recognised by all
who have given the matter aerlous thought. The
lessons of discipline, aa well aa the physical train
Ing received by the boys, are serviceable to them
throughout their lives, no matter how placid the
stream Into which they flow. The preponderance
of sentiment expressed In Chicago in favor of
military drill In public schools doubtless exists
generally throughout the country. .
A reckless auto party in Los Angeles ran
down a woman as she stepped from a street car.
The getaway resulted in a collision tn which the
driver was killed and bis associates sent to hos
pitals for repairs. The law requiring autos to
stop where street cars are discharging passen
gers is commonly and recklessly ignored la
Omaha. That retributive Justice bas not reached
the lawbreakers Is due more t0 luck than sense.
A diligent search of the roster of January
dividends and ready-to-cut melons fails to reveal
the promised profits for shareholdera in the
Hlgb-Cost-of-Llvlng corporation.
The Average Man
from the Trowt.emoo JearaaL
In spate of the fact that he Is continually beln
ued aa the firm foundation In the construction of
theorie, arguments and statistic. It ha occasionally
been urged by prectee persona that "the average man''
doe not eit. If you search for a concrete example
of the average you will not find him. Select any
Individual you like, and It will be found that In various
renperts he It either considerably above or below tha
average.
The "average man" Is a hypothetical person
atrictly: uaeful as an abstraction In demonatratlntc
aom given argument, but having no tangible and
definite specification. A a matter of fact, he la
merely an Imaginary character, representative of the
dominant tendencies, trait, habit and customs of
any given group of human being. As an abstrac
tion he stands forth In the mind's eya as a clear-cut
Image, but when you locate him In real life you
find that the Image has vanished, or has ao changed
In contour a to be almost unrecognlsaM.
Nevertheleaa, for statistical and argumentlive
purpose, the average man I very real. In on re
aped or another every human being la representative
of the average, unless positively Insane or weakmlnded.
And so. ea a matter of fact, a state, or a nation, or
a commnnlty, la populated mostly by the a vera go
persons. The schools are filled with average children,
who are taught by average school teacher. Business
la carried on by men of average ability, and their
clerks and employes are average men and women.
We go to the theater and see plays of average merit,
performed by actors of average talent, and on Bun
days the averasje man goes to church and listens to an
average sermon by an average preacher, and to aver
age music ung by an average choir. When we be
come HI ninety-nine times out of a hundred we call
In an average doctor, who gives us the average treat
ment. And when we die we have an average funeral,
and tha newspaper noted our pasting with average
brevity.
In all details of life. It will be observed, the vast
majority of ua adhere rather closely to the average
procedure. The facts that happen to be above the
average or somewhat below may give us a transient,
exultation or annoyance, but In the end they merely
have the effect of sustaining the general average. The
gratifying point, aa we are told by optlmlatlc phil
osophers and statisticians. Is that there Is a stesdy. If
slow, railing of the average.
To the exceptional man, who la distinctly above the
average In many respect, there may come a keener
seat In living, but with this added sensitiveness there
Is aleo likely to be a greater rapacity of suffering.
no In the um total of hi human experience he may
be nearer to the general average than some of hi
envious observers are likely to suspect. The excep
tional man who can enjoy the full measure of his ex
ceptional qualities Is very exceptional. Indeed.
The "average man" In thla world really has noth
ing to regret. He Is the strength of the community
and ultimately the real measure of its status andi It
progress, mentally, morally and physically, for no city,
state or nation Is better or worse than Ita average
cltlsens. 8om sociologists seem blind to this fact By
aome there is a tendency to appraise a community by
It "most prominent" cltlsens, and by others It has
been declared that the rt.-l status la fixed by the
conditions of living of the '-s-ibmerged tenth," but
It la reasonable to believe that the question I really
determined by the standards of the average.
There are various reasons why the "average man"
ahould feel fairly well atiried with the condition
that govern hi life. It I true that "average" may
be construed, aa "mediocrity," and that this doe viol
ence to the human Instinct to excel tn one way or
another. But ambition I not likely to be killed by a
conscious acceptance of the facta. The human Strug,
gle to emerge from mediocrity wl'l (till persist, but a
realisation that one la not likely to raise himself
very far above the "average" will save many pang
ot baffled aspiration.
Physically the "average man" ha every reason to
feel content with hi average dimension, especially
If he I a modest man, which he is, or he could not
be considered as average. He can go along the street
without attracting attention, whereas the man of ex
ceptional altitude or equatorial development Is an ob
ject of curious interest. And In the matter of personal
comfort everything conspires to his advantage, for
moat of the devices of civilisation are built to fit the
average man. The abnormally tall man and the man
of excessive avoirdupois are continually struggling to
adapt themselves to average conditions. What tlio
man of exceptional physique does when he encounters
the average bathtub la a problem that defle conjecture.
Moat of ua are Inclined to strive for something
that la out of the ordinary, but. the definite goat Is
seldom clear even to ourselves. Mostly we are vainly
puraulng will-o'-tho-wlsps. The average man does
this, but there Is something In his experience or In
his temperament that keepa him from loalng hla bal
ance In the chase. Alt tn all, the "average man" Is
a commendable Institution. He la somewhere between
I feet ( Inches and feet In height, with medium
chest and walat measurements, and If he likes he can
wear ready-mad clothe without much trouble. Ke
does not drink too much and his haWta are fairly
regular. He may be somewhat foolish in a few re
spects, but he ha enough common sense to hold his
follies In check. He does his work fairly well, treat
hla family kindly and has a moderately good time in
life. And he la going to get more out ot Ufa as time
goes on. At the reported rat of Increase It Is only
going to be a few years before the "average man"
will own an automobile. And then he ought to be
entirely happy, unless be takea to hankering tor an
aeroplane.
Twice Told Tales
A Teaching; appeal.
Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee often told of
how, when he was "Fiddling Bob," governor of thai
atate, an old negres cam to him and said:
"Masaa Oov'na, we' a mighty po' thla winter and
ah wish .you would pardon ma old man. He Is a
fiddler same aa you Is and he's In the pen'tentry."
"What was he put In forT" asked the governor.
" 'Bleed of workin' fo' it that good fo" nothln
nigger don stole some bacon."
"If he la good for nothing what do you want him
back for?"
"Well, yo' see, we'a all out of bacon ag in." aaiJ
tha old negress Innocently. Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph. Waal of a Wallop.
The Rev. A, J. Waldron, the popular English t ier
cm n. haa a fine "ore" lor tbe humorous. One of
the best stories that ha tells la tha following:
"A very demur looking balvatloa Army lassie, who
waa traveling In a railway train, was asked by a man
aittlng next her whether she believed every word In
the Bible.
"'Tee,' she replied, I do.'
" 'Surely,' exclaimed the man, yeu don't believe
that Jonah was swallowed by a whale?'
" 1 do,' aha answered, 'and when I get to heaven
I'll ask him about It
" 'But suppose he's not In heaven? Inquired the
atranger, with a aneer.
" Then you aak hlmV was tha Salvation Army
girl's reply." Philadelphia Ledger.
Dew a la BaJdfceael stew.
Little Edna 1 always frightened at the appear
ance of Indian upoa the aoreen at picture ahowa.
"Munnt," she whispered to her mother the other
night at the theater, "are there going to be any In
diana la thla ahowTT
"No, dear," anawarea her mother.
"But. mamma." peraisted little Edna, "have the
Indiana been out yet?"
"Why, no, Edna, I told you there were ne Indiana
in this play."
"But, mamma, ho scalped ell those men down
there la the front seats?" Phottlay slagaaln.
-sen, mrw.
rhlo and Lasgast-
DU BOT. Neb.. Dee. .-To the Editor
of The Bee: For yeara the educator of
the great state of Nebraska have been
laboring to perfect an educational system
that would place the youth of this fair
land on an equal baJtts, If not superior,
to the best of any country on earth. A
peek" Into our public schools ss or
ganised today Is evidence our educator
have been busy. To attain human per
fection is out of the question, but we
can point with pride to the "finished pro
duct'' In the scholar who haa placed his
hand to the plow and never looked back.
And now comes one J. T. Weybright ot
Scotta Bluff, deploring the fart that
somebody has not read the ''Imperial
edict" published from the "Reichstag"
at San Francisco, Cincinnati and other
places, setting forth the Idea that the
German language and customs of the
Fatherland must be preserved In free
America: that such language and cus
toms are so much superior to "our own"
we should try to Germanise ourselves
instead of trying to Americanise Ger
mans. Now the question arises who "are
we" any way. Let ua reverse the situa
tion. Let aome of ua farmers go over to
Germany and 6ty to manufacture
American kultur. Somebody would per
haps soon hear of the Germanising In
fluences of an article manufactured by
Prof. Krupp If foolish and persistent ef
forts were kept up.
Now let us move our base of operations
to aome other ot the foreign lands and
give the scheme a tryout. Result can
be more easily imagined than described.
In the face of such facts w also won
der how a kultured German-American
would threaten to not rot for a man
who has thus far kept our nation at
peace with all the world. Let us wait
patiently till far away nations get
through filling trenches with kultured
blood the best they have to offer In the
name of peace. Let us not "vent our
spleen" on voting somebody out of of
fice because of little pet scheme, but
let u remember "to err la human, to
forgive I divine." Let u all be a .divln
as we can and the world will surely grow
better. T. J. HILDEBRAND.
Work I a (Hr Prison.
OMAHA, Dec. .-To the Editor of The
Bee: I have just returned to the city
council Document No. 8152 of December
28. 1915, a communication from the
Greater Omaha Labor Forward Move
ment, transmitting a copy of a resolu
tion heretofore adopted by that body, and
signed by Leonard Craig, J. J. Rogers.
David Coutta and R, B. Donahue, com
mittee, and A. C. Fentera, secretary, and
Karl A. Krumm, vice president. After a
thorough Investigation and careful ex
amination of said communication, I find
that the commlaaloners of tha City of
Omaha guilty of "promulgating an order
compelling prisoners of the city Jail to
work upon tbe atreet without compensa
tion other than prison fare." as stated
in tha communication herewith returned;
but I do not believe that It ta-an In
fringement upon the right or a con
fiscation of the property of the unfor
tunate, for the reason that this claaa of
people, a a rule, will not work under
any circumstance, for If they did they
would not be in our city jail. Thla com
munication further states "And, whereas,
the placing ot these prisoner to work
. upon the street will at ono deprive a
number of cltlsens of the me ns of liveli
hood by wresting fro mthem the oppor
tunity to follow their regular occupation,
thereby csusing distress to tbem and
those dependent upon them." I have
this to say, that thla statement is a mis
conception of the intention of tha city
commission. The city commission's idea
in placing theae people to work is not
In competition with labor tn any way,
shape or form. It la a class of labor
that would not be done under any cir
cumstances; It Is only an excuse to keep
this particular class of labor busy, and
to plaoe a sign whereby this particular
class Is notified, should they come Into
the city of Omaha they must pay for their
keep and not Ha In the city jail to be
kept warm and well fed, but that they
must earn their living by the sweat of
their brow, and face the cold and stormy
weather In order to get a living, the same
aa any honeat workingmaa who la out
earning money to provide the necessaries
of life for hla family, and by this
method, It will not throw ' out the par
ticular people that would enjoy thia
work, because if the prisoners did
not perform this kind of work, this
work would not be In the market;
therefore, there la no argument,
and the protest filed by the aforesaid
signers doe not cover tht prison prob
lem, as the commission see It, and they
would hesitate and emphatically object
to calling an honeat workingmaa who
tries to be a straightforward, upright
cltlsen a hobo, a bum, a ancakthlef. or
a dope fiend, which la the component part
ot the prison labor that the city officials
are endeavoring to find employment for
at thia particular time, and 1 believe that
It Is an Insult to the laboring me to
compare this kind of labor with' honest
labor.
I would recommend that a copy of thla
report be forwarded by th city clerk to
the aforesaid fraternity for their perusal.
W. 8. JARDINE.
Superintendent of Department of Publlo
Improvements.
Editorial Snapshots
Boston Transcript: Our grateful thanka
to the kaiser for hia acceptable Christ
mas present in changing the name of
Novogeorglewsk to Modlln.
Baltimore American: The British lost
nearly 113,000 men at the Dardanelles. It
waa history repeating itself: "No one
knew someone had blundered." ,
Louisville Courier-Journal: What bet
ter proof that America la the land of op
portunity than that Mrs. Del Drago ot
New York ia able to give 3,u00,000 to suf
fering Italians?
Cleveland Plain Dealer: That long,
long way refrain haa a various applica
tion. The allies found it fully that long
when they etarted for Constantinople. It
waa no short journey the Germans found
they had undertaken to Pari, either.
BprlngfUeld Republican: No Christmas
gUt so far reported la more to the point
than that of Henry C. Prick, who haa
taken step to pay th aohool children
depositor of th failed Pittsburgh bank
th full amount of their deposits, to th
probable actual cost to himself of aome
&S3.00. Th publlo-spirited philanthropy
ahould help t restore any confidence
Which may have been lost taa th aen
tia) soundness of the sa rings bank habit;
though there won't always be a Prick
ea ban to soak good the oecaslonal
loee.
CRJN3 AITD GE0AN3.
When George the Fifth fell off hla horse,
Of couree be had no Jag on;
Put the falL he ssys. ha caueed him to
Fall off the water wagon. Boston
Transcript.
She Do you think this fcrown and green
frock become me?
It My dar, you look like a golden
pheasant.
Hhe Now you are making game ot me.
Jester.
"I propose each one pays for his own
drink."
"Ail right. Tou order Holland gin for
both of u and It will still be a Dutch
treat." Baltimore American.
The Slum Worker Tou look like a very
Worthy person.
The Flattered One Oh. I'm all right,
ma'am. 1 manage to get along first rat.
I ain't sot nobody to eupport. I'm a
snlgle woman. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mis Flyete When Jack proposed to me
last night he acted like a regular fool.
Misa Blunt Naturally! He was dotn
a very foolish thing. Boston Transcript.
"Thla war Is exhausting Europe, and"
"It's making me mUhty tired, too.
Can't you talk about something else?"
Houston Post.
WlfeVTom. you don't treat me to Ices
half as often as you used to.
Hub Marriage, my dear, makes neces
sary the practice o' frigid - economy.
Chicago Post.
KABIB8LE
lADADCT
jsj rv.)ttr-. I
HOW MUCH SHOULD A
HoreWOOM COST?
VW I CAN TEU.YOU, IS
the fare rrm herstz-
NIA,'
Randall I Just borrowed five dollars
from a friend.
Rogers Give me Ms address quick.
Kandail Why?
Rogers A man who would lend money
to you would lend it to anyone. Life.
"Here's an account of a tree which hid
a natural glow which enables it to be
seen for a mile away on a dark night."
"I guess the man who discovered that
tree must have been some lit up hlm
seir. Baltimore American.
'I wonder If the fathers In the davs of
chivalry kicked like modern ones whea
gallant knights aked for their daughters?"
"KefuaaM must have hurt the aallanfe
knights' feelings very much. In tnoe
lays fathers wore Iron boot." Baltimore
American.
Young Mrs. Green fto neighbors fro
having such trouble keeping our food. 1
bought a real nice-looking refrigerator.
but it doesn t seem to work well at all.
Neighbor Do you keep Ire enough In It
Mrs. Ureen Ioe? I hope you don't think,
aftr spending all that money on a re
frigerator we'd go to the additional ex
pense of buying ice. Boston Transcript,
SO EAST.
Edgar A. Guest In Detroit Free Press,
?o easy to say what another ahrould do,
Ho easy to settle his carea;
Ao easy to tell him what road to pursue,
And dispose of the burdens he bears.
It Is easy to bid him be brave and be
strong.
And to make all his shortcomings
known;
But O it's so hard when the cares and
the wrong
And the dangers we fact are our own
It Is easy to stand In the other man's
place.
When our comforts of life are aasurad.
And me sun ot the rain boating sharp
In his face
Bv him must be bravely endured.
It la easy to tell him the path h should
take.
And to Md him to laugh at hi care.
But O It's so hard when it s our hearts
that ache
And we have the burden to bear.
Wo all kriow the things that another
snould do,
His faults are tike books on our shelves.
We can ponJer th"m over and read and
review.
But we haven't a book on ourselves.
We can settl the other man's trouble)
each day.
His griefs we ran calmly discuss.
It is easy to sweep all his troubles awaf.
But we can't do the same thing for ua
The need of another It's easy to see.
When our own wants are all satisfied.
And bold and courageous it's easy to be
When it ian't our aouls that are tried.
But O it's hard when we're stumbling
along
To keep ourselves steadfast and true;
It Is easy to tell aomeone else to be
strong, .
It's easier to talk than to do.
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in Sunny
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motoring, golfing, tennis, ocean trips and bathing. H
Mid-winter and mid-summer are known only by fj
the calendarthe temperature is practically the h
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Pleasant hotels provide the best of accommodations,
and during the winter months hold travelers from
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Furnished bungalows may bo had at reasonable
prices by those who desire to spend their entire
winter in California, or for those desiring to reduce
living expenses.
Both the hotel way and the bungalow way have
their advantages, and it is merely a matter of choice I
with individual visitors.
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The Warm Winter Way
Two trains to Los Angeles and three trains to San
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j Pleasant route, quickest time less than three days
from Omaha.
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I apply to
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