Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 08, 1916, Page 6, Image 6
TIIE BEE: OMAIIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE rOUNDtD I1T EDWARD RQ8BWATCR. .'" VICTOR ROSE-WATER, EDITOR. ' ' Tb Be FBhUfltlitr Cetwpway. Proprietor. IF.E Bl'IUIXO. FAWNAM AKD gEVKOTBENTIL Kntered at Omaha soeteTric aa second-class matter. . TERMS or BUFSCRIPTinV. tv carrier By mail per month, Se yr. PaUr arts' Similar Kc. , t Kully without Pundsy.... 4 0 livening in'l Siindev .......... ,... Kvenlnsr without Sunday.. ............ ..tV........... -undav lee oniv ..,........ .e. -w V I'ail aad Kunuijf Mr. three years tn adveace... ti9 0 : Sct.i aittli-n of chars of eridreaa or cornrlams tf t regular It v rn delivery to Omaha Baa, circulation . nenrtman t nrMiTTAMr. Hmlt hr draft, express or postal order. Only twn- ent stamps received In payment of smell ee--. ounia rersoRsI rhwkpe. except on Omaha and tasters ' exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omahs-The Bee Budding Frnth Omaha aid N street. Ounrtl Bluffs 1 Nerth Mala street, j Ilncotn M Litfle Pii'ldlnc. riilfirn-WI Hart BulMlnir New fork-Rom Ilia, 4 Fifth arsnu 3, Ft. Ionta-M8 Nnr Bank af t'aanmarra. Washington" Fonrteenth St.. N. VI. CXJRRESPONDENCI9, ' Adores pottitMlritoatlowa relatlne: t news snd edl--orlI matter ta Omaha Bee, Editorial DeyartJDent. JAM Anr CIBCTLATION. 53,102 Srafe of Nebraska. Cminty of ftonrlaa, : I'alfht Wllltama. circulation manager of Th Re Tuhitaiita eomsany, being duly awora. aava that th averse circulation for tb month af Jeaiinry, Ills rwa f.s.1 : ; rWHUTT WILLIAMS. ClretilaJInn Manager. uheerlhed In mr preaenre n1 sworn to bfer 'rr. thla 4d day of February, IMS. i:unr:i(T hunter, Notary Pubii. babscribers leaving (ba city taiprMrflf hoal4 bar a The FW mailed to thm. Ad dress will be changed a of taa reqac1. r f- ; , ; j The steady uplift in Omaha real estate emt .strips the prophecy of tfcs founder. A few large sections of th country sorsly 'need adequate preparedness against rod. William Grant WebHtar upholdn th tradi tion of th family. If la Ram la unabridged. Flood in California and Arkanaaa. Widt if we are doe for a real Jus rfae of the 81 Muddy tola year? . ' The ire crop la the blggott aad txat erer but that la no alga that (he price of lc in Omaha will undergo any downward ravtalon. It'a a cinch that another water rat reac tion will goon b forthcoming; for la not another water board election on the boarda for thla year? $ Stilt, why enould the acbool board Ml! bond and make the taxpayers pay Interest m them for aix montha to a year tofor the money ea iisedT The lndpendeoc which the rillptae ar now promiaed hat ao many atrlngs U4 t it that the j may prefer, whea the tin eotaae, t 9 Kt entacgled la them. ' Governor Morehead's adyiee t famara n .(he aelectlon of good d eora la timely. In 1 nugent care la aeed aelectloa rooatltataa the " bevia of auccessful farming. Sonoroua talk of squaring; democratlo acta with the Baltimore platform lenda a touch, of galuty to a dreary winter. Especially alnce the axe la ready for tiM one-Urm plaak. Next In order will he aa arUtratloa eonmla sion to deride the equities between the different favorite Bonn, and their right to kep outalderi front poaching on one another'! preeerrea. Occasional contributloni to the conaclnr ; fund of the national treasury Indicate a chaa ; toned spirit in spota. It takes the lengthening fchadows of autumn years to lift the spirit to the financial stool of repentance. ' It Is worth while noting as time alips along that a poverty ot material for tha goversorabia forces the democracy Into aa attitude of frlead lineas for conscription. Fear of a pie counter famine provokes resort to deepwrata asaedivat. A blanket of snow in the north Padfi aoaat. ranging from four feet on the level to unknown deptba In the Cascade mountains, insures the largest Job ever tackled by native Chinook wlnda. Ir the circumstance, living up to Ita reputation ah a dry belt la a back-breaking taak. It la not beyond the possibility of doubt that Postmaster Wharton will also be a holdover after the expiration of his commission. But, thn. it is better to have the salary go to a good republican than to have the money altogether kept out of circulation, aa in the 'case of that federal Judgeship vacaaey so long kepi vacant. Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha ' Comatled froat Baa fllaa. William Peter i Hepburn. With the death of "Pete" Hephnrn another of the landmarks of Iowa polit'ca baa dis appeared, aa well as a national figure af ao Insig nificant proportions. His service la eonirreea coders a eertod wkea Ibwa wielded mora gen trtM laflnenco ia the national lawmaking body than any other western atata, ami took rank with? the foremost. He was a member of tfcat historic groan, made aa of such men as William Boyd Allison, "Dave" Ifenderson, John Heary Gear. J. A. T. HuIT, Isaac BtruDle, "Bob" Coustaa. aad John F. Lacey, who gave th Hawkrre stat tmpresaivs standing la national affairs. Tbest men were active la shaping the laws that en sured the progreaa of the raaatry through a onderfnl period of development, and bane left enduring monoments to their activity in the prosperity of th whole people. Mr. Hephura cams Into greatest notice as th anther of th Hepburn law, which stopped the Issuing of Inter state frea paaaea by th rallroals, and cured on of tha greatest evils of th traasportatloa ln dostry. Ha also took an active part in the enactment of lawa for tha protection at th dairy industry, and was in many way of service to his eonstltaesta and to the country. The evening of bis Ufa was spent in quiet retire ment, but ha was not, nor will ha soon b, forgotten. Conservation on Right Traak. Tha Departmeat of Commerce la taking np the matter of conservation of tha lumber supply along linea that ought ta bring serviceable re suits. Aa endeavor la being made to aea if some thing cannot ba dona ta atllis tha immeaa waste now practiced In logging and lumbering. Inquiry has developed th fact that only 320 feet of each 1,009 feat of standing timber la utilized. This means that 6S per cent of tha potential service of a trea la wasted In the process of re dodng it to merchantable stuff. This flgare will not snrprtsa any who aava visited a modern aaw mill and looked with sad aea at tha never-dying fires, ia which blasa millions of feet of good lumber, secaus it la cheaper to burn It than to dispose of it la some useful way. Varloas rea soas are sat up for this, but the chief one la tha railroad rata. A Nebraska man muat aimoaf weep when watching e. Washington sawyer send to tha waste tire boarda that would be useful la thia stat for fencing, corncribs, ba.ru building and other purposes, but which can not now ba shipped and aold at a profit, because th rat la fixed oa tha neat grade of lumber, and knowa nothing of tha cheaper kind. Plans for utilizing aawdnst, stum page and all that sort of present day refuse of tha lanaber Industry are well enough In their way, bat a mora practical sav ing will ta to bring to market soma of tha lum ber that ia sow beiag burned bee a us It does not Uuds tha top-notch la grading. Tavins blda, epened f tha Baard af publia Werka, hoad thrae prtraa par square yard an rone rata aaae: Sioux Kaila graalte, 13 tt; Colorade aandatoaa. ti ll; irdar block, il.M, aapbalt, gifts. A branch houaa of tha Waal Davenport Furnltura ompany of Davenport. Ia., has bean opened tn thta lty at :!J Pouth Fourteenth street. An Interview with Superintendent Goodrich af tha water orka Contains Inform allot) that mm af tha nix inn have baea freaev yet, aatd it vary few af tba ftda pipra. and that tba ally's dally consumpOoa of water at tha preaaot time Is between t.kuS.OOt aaJ 4,M,t0 saliona. Mr. and Mr a. F. C. Morgan and daughter, who are hack from Ht. Louis, wbere their daughter, Mtaa Mary Morgan, tuok tha veil laat weak, are leaving again for hit. Paul on a week's vialt. Mr. A. ftothery, a crayon and pattella arUet, has aa exhibition at tha Hopa art atora a splendid crayon portrait of Colonel Pratt, whlrh la pronounced a per fect Ukeneaa. Keenaa Hanoock, ana of tha atronsest live stock eomoiUalon rirma of Cttaago. hare ata,btlsha4 a offura at tha atock yarda at Bouth Omaha, with Mr. 1. Smith tn charge. W. If. Ing of tha Republican has gone to 8t Paul to m the carnival and somebody elaa. A irt waa held at the reaidenie of Mr. Kline on Vt fuming atreet In honor of the engagement ef hia daughter, Miaa tora Kline, and Sir. Ivl. (ierlea H.k"nws la bacti from Waahlngton. ahera i t I.-.. ' viewing the adinlnlatratlon. Poles Httt Pay lax Innocence, The reply of Sir Edward Gray to tha appeal from tha Americas Polish relief eommltteo, that tha blockade be raised to permit th aaadiag at food supplies from America ta FoUad, brings forward ana of tha most abhorrent foatarea af mod era warfare. It la ta suffering that must fall upon Itelpioss aoaeombat&ata. Caught bo tweaa tha linea of war ia wfeicb taey have ao voice, and no part except as helpless victims, tha people of Poland are to be compelled to endure the sufferings of exposure and starvation. Great Britain will not permit the passage of relief aup pllea, for the reason that such action might be to the advantage of Germany. Tbts action sonms heartless, but It la war. Germany has been not lesa hard la dealing; wltk Belgium. .While tha Americana have been feed ing the Inhabitants of occupied territory, the Germans have been collecting tales from them. Tha present Instance serves only to multiply proof that war Is all that ias ever been aatd of It Stern business at ita best, It la being con ducted In a stern manner, and Its horrors will grow as time goes on, till the very end. The futility of our sympathy and tho failure of our efforts to assist tha Poles la their misery should tu no way tend to lessen endeavors to be of help to tha unfertuaat victims of th nnreasoalng conflict. In time wa will have to do even mora for theaa who caa sot do for themselves. But for the present, tha Poles muat pay the price of their weakness aad laaocenca. Thorna'a Figfit en Brasdeis. Clifford Thorn, the Boanargea of the Iowa railroad commission, la proceeding to Waahlng ton to oppoae tha eonflrmattoa of Louis D. Bran dels, nominated by th president for tha vacancy on the federal supreme court bench. This pre sents a novel spectacle of the senate publicly trying tha preaidant'a sol action on tha char re of being a radical, while Thorna has a grievance against him for being a conservative. Tha Hawk eye terror of transportation has a personal griev ance against Brand ale, alleging that ha favored th rail road a and meat pack era in the recent great hearing on rmtea, in which Thorne'a conten tions were set aatd by the Interatate Commerct commlealoa. At th asm ttsa. th repreaeatatlvee of tha railroads and packers, and allied Interests, wilt gladly Join with Mr. Thorna in his efforts to pre vent confirmation, for the Braadets nomination doea not pleas them particularly. It ia Jnat the kind of a fight calculated to force the confirmation of tha man whoae course haa been ao direct as to arouse the opposition of extremists on both slles. The supreme court of Nebraska ha upheld the law providing for the teaching of any mod era language ta th public schools whenever de manded by petition by fifty patrona of tha school. In other words, the legislators haa tha right to pass such a law, regardless of tha wis dom or unwisdom. The strictly home rule way of doing It, however, would have been to put tha question up to all the patrona of tha school and let the majority decide. Perhapa It woald I better to amend tbe law In thta dlraettea. The Fine Art of Skating , 0aarsw X. tvwa ta th Ba4eeet. l.tm Is short, art la Ion-; anrl few arts are longer than fa Beautiful modern art of ekaUasv But ex pntv skattn equipment and professional tnstmc M will SM alona, or very quickly, make artlatlo akatera, na matter how aMr-at the "eraaa" for danc ht en rn Ira. Any couple may have great fun In waltxtn awf In two-aw-pntag with tha sprawl and th rrattrr af fha old American "locomotive" flg-m-e. In stead af the eulet, rhythmic, gliding form; and In the sunny wfnter out of doors, thla vigorous esertfoi on states may be aa exhilarating and health-glvtn su any eport en tha raleadar; but It Is not "skatlnif. ' acenrrflns; ta tha etarriVda of the infest develop ment of th art. Theae reirulre patience, persistence and eatheti.. setMtibtlttlea aat ao much exceptional strength, as sklB In the expenditure of moderate force-not ft nruch esperrelva akatea and coatumea, aa the Intetl! eTrt apweectarjon of the problems to le aolverl. The sotiittoa) la wrrhln tha power of nearly everybody. olJ and young: trot It la not to be bought; It Is to ho won only by Intelligent study, consistent practice snd same hard work; yet the atruggle with the dim etiltfes is the most fascinating; In the whole realm of combined physical and Intellectual effort, and the accomplishment Is worth all the effort It costs. For of one thine, at teaat. wa may ba aure; all that Is claimed for physical self-expression in Its mont artlatlc form, aathefle danelnc. may be claimed with greater force for artlatla skating, for tha simple reason that In skating, tha sildlns motion is continuous then are not th uaavoldablo pause that turn the grace ful poiee, even for a moment. Into a rigid poae. ThH superiority of skating aa means of physical setf expraaato la ample Justification, for tha effort needed to eeiwns th technical handicap of skates; a handi cap, however, which In thaaa days of Improved tool snd Infraction I reduced to a minimum. Balance on the fcata-an'g cace acquired, however, the freedom ef action hi skating, quits a complete as In swfmmlnir, Is nearer that In. dancln to tha perfect freedom of flying; wfrtrn, alas, la not yet attalnaftla by man. Ths poaalMltty of phyakl self-expresalon. therefore, fhrourh th freed ant of ekatlrg, 1 prpctl'-ally un limited. Tha recent revetatlow af theaa ponalWIltlee by tba Rtiropean profesalewnJa. espntrlated by the war, strikes tha American piiMIe aa snmethms; new. There Is, however, aotftmar new ahenl the akatlns; they rep resent except Hs stmpt system. The element of alt flg-ure-akatlnc have been raifaced to two, the curve and the tura (on one foot). Combination of theee out side and Inald edges snd turns, forward and back ward, together with loo pa, pirouettes and Jump, make up alt tha figures skatabfa. The fine art of tha new akatlD la tba International style, however. Is chiefly la the Bxanxter of execution, or In good form arms and ks slightly bent, and all member of the body contributing ta aa artlattcaUy beautiful performance on th Ice, which ay th graee and charm at Ita har monious meveiaaaaa, xoay aatlafy tha aathetlc aenna ot both performers aad spectators. Experience haa proved that far th esacntton of every flgare. there I naually en eoctttos aad novaanant that ta aaaleat and meet condiictv t anrjeaaai 'These positions often strike the beglaner sa vnnaturaJ; bat th fine' balance required by ta mar dtfflcnlt figure makes It economical for tn begtnaav to learn tba correct posltlone at th start, even If they seem at first ilk artificial pose. Te make theaa soaltlw aad asovameaU easy and natareJ I th eballeaa aad th charm or th art Orae la th pas-feet leapwaate abedlenea af a moving Barses body Sa hi wtn, to perfectly adequat x prssstssi af that wtl na hie paattlon and movement, Ket. however, mrtfl th aoattton and movementa ra vtrad by th aww ahatlng ea b assumed nacoa sulunsfy and autoaaattcany, can the skater be graceful. K pbyatcai altrtbat is mar t b desired than rhytluen grae. Bom caa never acqalr It None -can equtro tt wars quickly ev mora affarttvely than ha sneder artlatlc skattng. Modem artletlo skating, therefere, is th finest ef physical art. Borne ef tba bnacttea af thla fia art are being dally re real ad by ssafatsslaasl skaters, chiefly front Berlin. Their evolutions, however, savor too much of the very kind of skating that fifty years ago Jackson Haines revolted from In th New York Skating club. He car ried to Europe tn 1S66 no great repertory of figure rocking turns had hardly been discovered and he died (1175) before th first bracket wss skated; but he wa a dancing master by profeaelon, and though h ' al ways skated alone," ha Introduced Into Vienna Iouy, graceful, sweeping curre sad daao step to musie a style which th danae-tovtag Vteaneae soon devel oped Into palr-akatlng. Th Jackson Hslne American style and th Jackson Halnea two-atanchlon, round- toed akata Immediately spread all over Europe. Tha British, maanwitlf. had brought their big, flat curved, stiff, combined skating to a hitch state af per. faction. Xftirlng to 'aa th continental atyl as ex pounded by th Vlenneee achool, waa modified by th addition of tba new recking turn on big (English) circle; so that wben tha International Bkatlng union wa formed fa th early 'to, a new style of skating; was tip tor standardisation tn tha annual Buronea and world' chasnplonalitp competition that th union began to hold. Th holding of th world's championship far IB) m London cpenad th eyas ef th Brltlah to th raeoarec of tba continental style, and the Na tional Bkatlng association adopted It In 1900. In that year I publiahed. In lay Handbook pt Figure Skating, an exposition of th continental atyl. from th of ficial document and (rem correspondence with Eu ropean skaters; aad hi ta winter cf 1903-9 I aaw tt for tho flrat time. On my return, I publiahed a. 'full spaattlon of th IntemarJonai atyl (1904 and began to demonatrat tt on a pair of Jackaon Halnea akatea which Balchow, the world' champion, sent me from Stockholm. , My crude effort undoubtedly deserved the rldlcul I endured (I wa 46 year aid); but I atuck t it, and now th laugh ta on my side. Irving Brokaw, who won the fatted State championship la 19U8, took up th International style the next year, and In February. 1901, with Karl Zenger (champion af Germany In lta. gave on Oreater Boston rink th first exhibition ef palr-akatlng la the International atyl in this country. He I today our moot accom plished skater tn this style. j No Buropeaa or world's champion haa ever com to tha Vnlted State; but. thanka to the generou ef fort of Mr. Brokaw, th Bkatlng I'nlon of A merle held tha flrat competition in the International atyle at Now Haven In March, 114, In which Norman Bcu.t of th Waiter civb of Montreal won the men's churn ptoaatitB. Mia Titer Weld cf th Skating club of Boatoa th ladies' ehamploaahlp, Mr. Bcott and Mlas Chevajrter of Montreal the palr-akatlng champlonanlp and Mr. Nat W. Nllea ana Miss Weld ot Boaton the wattatnaT ehatnptonahlp. Loat year there waa na In ternational competition either here or abroad; but tha New England a eolation held a competition In Boston, In which the men's championship waa won by William P. Chase. The senaatlons of theee exhilarating big curvet ana plrals tn graceful form, the accurate striking and gliding, partner coming together and eparallns la perfect rhythm with each other and with th boat af tha muatc. tba llmltleea combination ot figure, con trol of which challenge th Intellectual and phyal. cal cklll and Ingenuity of young and old alike pro vide a variety of physical aad ccthetlo pleasure ana a free opportunity for ertf-expreaetoa, such aa n- other out-of-door sport provides; for skating of tht kind I sport and art In one, and caa ba acquired earlier and pursued later la life than any other. Henry Ford announces ha baa only started la his quest for pane at home and abroad. Tha next peace mission to Europ wlU b numer ically greater than the flrat, and coatala fewer highbrows snd a higher percentage of common people. The new plan has the advantage ot greater obedience and less austained vocal pontr. Even Then. Tv bean reading a lot of Assyrian history la my library of tha World' Knowledge In Sixteen Vol ant.' " says the man who la devoting one hour each svennat t acquiring Information and culture. "What asneclaJly mteraats sac Is tn fact that almaat all th factor ef the walla have big carving of bull oa Iham Seem to me a If th ancient Aaeyrtana couldn't look In any direction without aeelng a bull. Wonder why they had them." "Oh." yawna the man who knoaa everything, "they aerved the eame pur poae as the political poetera w paate on our walla Kama old bull, you know. Judge. Mi Tips on Home Topics A GOTJINE FItEEZEUT. t Faatne na Reltaloaa Liberty. kfAQNOUA. la., Feb. 7. To th Editor of Th Bee: ' Religious Liberty, a timely dlecuaalon of which haa begun In the columns of Omaha papers. "Religious Liberty" waa what thrilled Luther so that he did not falter to appear before the emleaarlea of Rome at the Diet of Worms In 1.&I; religious liberty is whst encouraged the pilgrim fathers to seetc a new home In America, but religions lib erty wa alert embodied Into the consti tution of these Vnlted States of America, thn guaranteeing religions liberty to every American. Thia guaranty of re Itglou liberty Is not a liberty to believe In one' heart er mind what one feels like, because for this there can be no leg'atatlon. bat for an expreeaton or con feaelon befera ether ef that which we belter. A person having religion In hi heart cannot refrain from, allowing er expressing whatsoever fill his heart, the aam a an unbeliever feela com pelled te reveal what fill his heart. The unbeliever says "X am not ashamed of my unbelief;" th Christian says, "I arfl not ashamed of the Gospel ef Christ; for It Is the power of God unto salvation; to the Jew first and alee te th Greek. Rom. 1:1. Cornea now Metcalf aad wlnhes to tell o to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, to refrain from using the privilege greens ns by tha coastitatlon. Speaking of year religion to another whoae religion dlfTem with yours Is critl elm and this cannot and should not be forbidden, as Editor Pontius correctly show. The writer endorsee everything he says germane to religious discussion. We need mere of It. The Lutheran church Invite the freest and fullest dtscuaalon and crltWmn of Ita teachware baaed upon the word of Ged. aa we have It In tha Bible, g would be ashamed of my affiliation with the Lutheran chdrch or any other, for thai matter. If it deprecated publicity, criticism. A church or other charitable Institution, whoa exlateace 1 dependent from th nubile or that bids for public tolerant er reeognrtio. or appear be fore th public and then whine ami klcka and fret a and pouts because tha public before whom It parade gase upon It and passea a few harmless remarks is not worthy the nam of religion, ner rHibll tolerance or recognition. Criti cism brings out the beauty of the Bible. Criticism has caused and helped the growth ef th Lntheran church, t. for my part, am suspicious ef any Institu tion that cannot bear criticism or tha light ef day . Such an Institution should net make a bid for public tolerance; yea, dee not deserve pubttc patronage. H. W. 8AEOER, l:vze!!cl Lutheran Pastor. rial forme and Candldafee. NORTH LOUP, Neb.. Feb. .-To the Editor of The Bee: There must of neces sity be a great number ot candidates for office in th tat and county onranixa ttona. Th persona In Nebraska and other states wb are te become candidatea for election for th many and various official positions, en th republican ticket, would ataad a much better chance of election If the Chicago convention nominates an actual piuaiete having a real record ef pregTCaetysasse ta chow Jnat what that candidal la. Th as of platforms ha passed, if w are to tea tha democratlo pledge for a example. Candidate have long been In th habit cf getting before th people on rty platforms which were written fer th purpoa ef getting votes. Ws muat Insist, as w should hav In sisted long ago. that platforms should contain nothing except what the candidate. Is known by his record to stand for. While we have been making a hallelujah noise over platforms, the Wall street end of the game has been naming the men to live up to the platforms. They always fail. W muat quit the boslnee ef platform making which Include everything from soup te nuts, as my democratlo friends from Council Bluffs would say. and tap any man on the ahoulder who proposes such, with ths admonition, "Old man, that 1 too much pepper." A little fore thought on this matter of nominating a strong progressive for president may save the hide and .tallow of a multitude of other candidatea In tho general election. WALTER JOHNSON. Editorial Snapshots Philadelphia Ledger: "Poetry makes a little money nowadays." says a publisher. Jf prosperity haa reached even th poata, it I universal Indeed. Brooklyn Eagle: Th Colossus of Roads Is the fcx,000,m appropriation bill passed by a porcin house of representative. A country boy could tell that without a trace of classical education. Boaton Transcript: Wa gather from the enthusiastic remark ot our prohibition friend that th Demon Rum Is almost a near th point of complete extinction aa he waa thlrty-fiv or forty year ago. Cleveland Plain Dealer: If one might suggest tn all modesty another geograph ical change, now that geographical change are so popular la foreign re gion. Kut-ee-Amara would look mote ap propriate to English eyes If spelled Kut and Run, Baltimore American: An Indian chief in the street of Boston the other day tomahawked a boy In a crowd that had been annoying him. And probably the flrat civilised regret over the occurrence will be that there waa not a moving picture camera to produce such a realistic picture of the old frontier day. Brooklyn Eagle: A law to Imprison mlsbrandera of goods, except for export, la pending Is congress. The exception la a delight te cynic. To tell the world that we will not swindle one another, but will swindle foreigners. It we can, is. from the ethical viewpoint, absurd, and from the practical viewpoint most in advisable. Nw Tork World: Possibly General Wood la right when he the United States navy would net last sixty days in a fight with a flrst-claaa power, but ther were eminent critic of that establishment In th firing ef ISM who gavs It even leas time In a conflict with Spain. Other na tions learned something from the Ameri can navy of that period, and perhapa with reasonable preparedness we may bo able to teach them again. New York World: During fourteen montha of operation tha Waahlngton government's bureau of war risk Insur ance on ship took In H.IM.4&. In premi ums and paid out fc36.4 for losses. This leaves a profit ef tl. .. whose per centage cf total receipts will put sny other war business In the shade for richness. And It will be recalled that thia waa a bualnesa which waa taken up by the government simply because pri vate Insurers would have nothing ta do with It except at prohibitive rate. Boston Transcript: It's going to be pretty hard for a prohibitionist to explain a campaign contribution to a man named Swig. Plttebursh Dlepatch: Readlns seme of the colonel's remark these days raises the suspicion that he, toe. has changed hie mind since the time he oid te belabor tha mitrk-rskers. Chicago Herald: A Chicago man charges that he was sent to the lunatic asylum because an employer wanted In keep hla wife as a cook. Housekeepers will gener ally agree that no crime la unwarranted when the retention cf a good cook Is at stake. Hprlncflcld Republican: It will surprise a good msny people to know that the Oranrl canyon of the Oloradn Is not a national park or In one. More than lM.fV se-Amertca-flrst tourists visited It In 1!M". It surely ought to belong to the nation and be under Its protection. Philadelphia Iedcer: Mr. Hamlin Ger land show a painful lack of familiarity with the history of the Pllirrhn Fathers when ho says that If they "had spent more time going flflhln and less In hymn singing, they wouldn't have died off so fast." The Pilgrim Fathers wer a sturdy lot, agembers of the Church Mili tant, who never let their religious obli gations interfere with fishing, hunting, fighting ami drinking strong liquors. Even Colonel Roosevelt, who once mixed them up with the Puritans, could not de scribe them as mollycoddles. SMILING REMARKS. 'Why does thnt Plrkiiin a-Irl make un her face ao atrikincly ?" asked Maude. "Phe Interferes when h walks," re plied Maymle. "he haa to make up her Ince to draw etlentl-in from her feet. Washington Star. amount of preparedness?" demanded Ken- Ur. k . I . 1 ' ...... . ..... "T TT.fmimi. I JUU 1 1 FT III Privately, yea, stated Congressman TT" ( . . 1 .1 , . 1- .ill... T ... . . . J w Jections for an arsenal for my district, or Kansas City Journal. Dear JnR.kABieeir, I'M VVOrTrH A MILLION, AND it CALLleXy OH A qL WORTH A ; MIU40M -SH0VLP I MARR HER? tT3-THAti A BETTER RATE OP IrfTtREST THAN 1Ue RANK could tffVE you Oft YCl Utile Pitchers Mrs. Fussy, let me see your old hen. "Neientjor w nat old pen, poyr IJttle Pitcher Why, pa asked ma this morning when you sent over to borrow some flour and lard if she was aending more chicken (eed to the old ben next door. Baltimore American. Son I the ink that papa write with Indelible, mother? Mother No. "I'm slad of that, because I lust spilled it all over tha carpet. Phtladelpnla Led ger. "What hav you there V "An automobile catalogue." "Why do you read ao many automobile catalogues? Tou haven't the price of a car. 'Well, you sotta keen Posted on auto mobile matters In order to understand the jokes. Louisville Courier-Journal. January has Mlraed by With her vsrleiiateil weather; Siiow and fleet ud rain nl hall First i tui'.t. tr-cn ntl t..p.-ti.T; loudly ciid lite l-rec-xes hnvl Round "te tables of mv cirrct ; But within I wa content With my frosted pane to star at. January had her thaw Kept her Ions; t rme-honored custom Like the ones some people have And are always loathe to bust m- tTbere h one I'd like to bust ' And I mind not if ou know it The cuxtom of over paying the cook And onderpytng th strticsling poet)- Tes, January had her thaw. Thawed a little somewhat slushy Ken this fmet-bU' pen of mine Ooxed out verse that sounded snishy; Then there came a sudden freexe. Just aa every thaw is followed And the editor's hard neart Gracious m:-'Tm frozen solid. And wlille roysterlng go the gate Round the gahles of my parret. Tho' 1 should melt Into verse In bold type 1 may not air it: Hut I'll bope I'm nood at hoping That some phllnnthrophy fairy Will bewitch the mercury in the tub And cause a btg thaw In February. Omaha. BATOLL N. TRELE. -Taa Clear, Peachy Skin t Awaits Anyone Who Drinks Hot Water I t t r gay an inside Datn, Before areas:-w fast helpa ua look and feel clean, aweet, fresh, I Sparkling and vlvacloua merry, bright, alert a good, clear skin and a natural, rosy, healthy complexion are assured only by pure blood. If only every man and woman could be Induced to adopt the morning Inside bath, what .a gratify ing change would take place. Instead of the thousands of sickly, anaemic-looking men. women and girls, with pasty or muddy complexions; Instead of the multi tudes of "nerv wrecks," "rundowns," "brain fags" and pessimists we should see a virile optimistic throng of rosy cheeked people everywhere. An inside bath Is had by drinking each morning, before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate In it to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and ten yards of bowels th previous day's Indigestible waste, sour fermentations and poisons, thus cleansing, sweetening and freshen ing tha entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. Those (Subject to sick headache, bil iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism, colds; and particularly those who bare a pallid, sallow complexion and who are constipated very often, are urged to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate at the drug store which will cost but a trifle, but Is sufficient to demonstrate tha quick and remarkable) change In both health and appearance, awaiting those who practice Internal sanitation. 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