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5 j , 5 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD K05EWATEK VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Knurod at Omaha poototflee aa aoooss-elaaa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. - By Carrtar par month. Daily and Sunday SSo Daily w.thout Sunday. , ... 4Se. .... Evenint and Sunday KvMlnr without Sunday 2fte....; Rmiaav Rao only.'. - By Mall oerrear M.00 .... 4.M .... S.OS .... 4.S0 t.OS Nnneay Boa only.. Viaba r.ll .no Hnndav Boa. three roara In aoVanee, S1S.M. Sand notice o( ehanfe ol addraaa or irregularity U oo. Ilvory to Omaha Boa. Circulation Department. , . REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, exproee or poaul ordor. Onlyl-eont tamw laker, b payment ot amall eounta. Pereoyal eicept on Omaha and oaatorn oaehengo, not seeopton. OFFICES. Omaha Th Bm Bulldinr South Omaha 2S18 N etreet. Council Bloffi M North Mala Itreet. LHieoln 12 Little Building. Ohleago 111 People', Gaa Building. Now York Boom SS, til Filth avenue. Pt. Loula l Now Bank of Cora more.. Wnehlneton S Fourteenth etreet, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Addraaa -eomnranleatlona rahttlng to new, and editorial mattor to Omaha Boo. Editorial Dopartmant. JULY CIRCULATION 57,569 Daily Sunday 52,382 Dwlght Willlama, emulation managor of The Boo Publiahing Company, bolng duly swots, ws that tho avorago circulation for tho month of July, lilt, waa J, dally pad 12,22 Sunday. DWIQHT WILUAM8, Circulation Manager. gubecribed in my preenoa and morn to before aw M " 'rOBERt'-HUNTER, Nrtary rnbllo. Subscribers Ulf tho city temporarily sheaM bay Tk Bm mile4 to I Worn. Ad aire,, will bo changed s oftsi M required. No matter who wins, the consumer pays the freight. "' V Viewed from any angle, th bluff on both lidei it a pretty stiff one. I - ' 1 ' " ' ' : Home condition! indicate a disposition to re lieve the European war of the strain and respon sibility for marking up prices. The historic "war clouds of the Balkans" once ' mors are the genuine article. Big guns supply the goods and guarantee the quality. : , - ! I 1 It Is one blamed trouble after another. Rou mania puts on the war map a bunch of names leading all others for the consonant pennant. The coming acceptance speech of Mr, Wilson is said to have been boiled down to 6,000 words. Condensation precludes reference to the one-term Baltimore plank. It is a foregone conclusion that Mr. Wilion will accept; the nomination tomorrow. Party loyalty and gratitude for past favors renders the sacrifice inevitable. . While things are not as quiet around the Po tomac flats as history records, still the business end of Washington, with congren on its hands, maintains a cheerful front . Still, the railroad unions must be credited with considerable Influence in pushing the policy of preparedness into quarters hitherto indifferent. Tie an ill wind that does no goosV , 4 , , , , Suggested jitney runs to distant cities, in event of a railroad tie-up, are feasible, provided' the route is strictly dry, " Even then, the cost might ihake down more "dust" than the roads would dis tribute. x:' '. : .; . ! The cargo of German dyes brought over on the Dqutschland remains largely unsold in the ware houses. Expectations of famine prices have gone - glimmering. The fact goes to show how easily the business world gets along without goods at inflated prices. i As a demonstration of youthful speed and 5 sport, the pushmobile races go to show that the 1 coming generation will not lag behind dad, not for a minute. The pace of the boys on foot is but an inkling of what they will do when they : mount the limousine and hit the road. A Chicago writer laments the absence in con gress of proper appreciation of the local appetite for pork. With all its power and pull and keen seat for the good things of life, Chicago landed only measly $8,000,000 from the congressional pork barrel. Distant observers will agree with rhe writer that the cold handout is a snoutrage. The agriculture department officially denies that anyone connected with it has predicted that wheat would go to $2 a bushel. How could such a prediction emanate from a democratic adminis tration? Weren't we taught for years, as demo cratic doctrine, that an1 ounce of silver and a bushel of wheat would always sell for the same price? And silver is right now quoted at only sixty-six I . ' '' ' ", Printers and Arbitration Now York Timet At its sixty-second annual convention, held in Baltimore recently, the International Typo graphical union adopted an arbitration agreement with the American Publishers' association. The agreement runs for five years from May 1, 1917. Within that period every controversy between members of the union and their employers is to be composed by arbitration. The agreement con tains provisions exempting from arbitration the union laws in operation on January 1, 1916, and requiring the consent of both parties before chtnges in those laws shall be operative on exist ing individual contracts; nor shall the arbitration agreement be subject to such changes until they have been accepted by the international board of arbitration. - The spirit of fairness, of justice, of temperate deliberation, of willingness to hear the other siae, which characterises this organisation, breathes through this compact. The public re spect which the International Typographical union has long enjoyed is not the fruit of a su perior intelligence alone. It is only too possible lor intelligence to be wrongly led, to fall into the hands of radicals and hot-heads, to be unwise in conduct and arbitrary in action. The collective intelligence of the International Typographical union is hinh. but it is accomnanird rnfnrr.H anA guided by a large perception of public interest and luonc opinion, it does not seek to rule or ruin, t uever stoops to violence. It is not a rnn,ii,l threat and club against the emplyer. It is con servative. It recognizes the rule of reason. To some "labor leaders" a union is the source of political power, careless of the economic disrup tions and losses, the public inconveniences, it may esuse. It is a sort of imperium in imperio, an un official branch of the government, a power to be used for power. A union like the International 1 ypographical union is a force for th benefit of its own members without perpetual encroachment upon the rights of others, without unduly mag nifying its own. '-. - . ... : Mr. Fairbanks' Acceptance. In his address to the notification committee appointed by the convention, Charles Warren Fairbanks accepts the nomination by the repub lican party as its candidate for vice president of the United States, carefully reviewing the issues and fully accepting the platform of his party. Hit brief, but pointed statements is well worth perusal, because he shows so clearly the difference be tween the parties and the reasons for the return to republican principles. The failure of the demo crats to redeem their pledges, the effect of the Underwood tariff, the muddle the administration has made of our relations with, the world outside, and the need of a more effective policy if we are to realize what the future holds is made very plain by Mr. Fairbanks, whose conservative utterance contains one of the most forcible, indictments of democratic incompetency yet presented. ; Repub licans are making appeal to reason and sound judgment now, and not to passion or sectional prejudice. The verdict of the voter! is a fore gone conclusion. Eight Hours by Law. ' To enact a law fixing a maximum limit for a day's work is perhaps clearly within the scope of the power of congress. Courts have held vari ously on the point, generally relying on the right of contract to support adverse opinions, and on the police power to uphold the proposed action. Organized labor has divided sharply on the quel tion, the majority of unions opposing the fixing of hours by law, save for women and children and government employes.' It is now proposed that a law establishing the eight-hour basic day be passed as a means to avert the nation-wide railroad strike. The value of such a law is questionable. In its first aspect, it has the appearance of expedi ency rather than of real merit. The railroad broth erhoods are using their economic power to force political action for the determination of an econ omic question., This does not involve the merit of the shorter work day at all. Students have generally given their endorsement to the shorter work day, and many industries are now operat ing on the basis of eight hours or les sfor a day's work. However right it may be fundamentally as a factor in industry, to make it effective, it must be attained by agreement. However, if the rail road brotherhoods will accept the enactment of an eight-hour law by congress as a settlement of their difficulties, and trust to the future to secure its enforcement, it will be as easy a way to avert the strike as can be conceived, and congress should hasten to complete formalities. , Such action, however, will not make easier the solution of the great economic problems that arise from the relation of employer and employed. Continual adjustment of these relations is made necessary by social advance, and an elasticity not possible under a rigid statute law is essential to industrial progress. " .'" When Orstcg Goes Into the War. Entrance of Greece as an active combatant on the side of the Entente Allies in the world war is forecasted by dispatches from Athens, King Constantine is no longer able to withstand the pressure that has been effectively applied, and which has been considerably increased since a bargain was struck with Roumania. Primarily, Greece would have preferred to be let alone, but the situation' of the Balkan countries, and the fact that Serbia was inevitably involved, made' certain their active participation in the conflict sooner or later. , ' ' When Bulgaria took up the cause of the cen tral powers, the position of Greece was made un pleasant if not actually insecure. The only place Bulgaria could hope to secure additional territory was from Greece, This has not been overlooked by the Grecian leaders, who are quite as keenly alive as any to their own situation. Following this, and the diplomacy that brought Roumania into active operations; it hat been made unpleas antly plain to Greece that its integrity is not to be respected by either side, and that its hope must rest with the Entente Allies. . . ' ' To Bulgaria the advisability of withdrawal has been represented, but with Greece and Roumania engaged, the action of Bulgaria is not so import ant as it might have been a few months ago. The Bulgars are now between two fires, and liable to the treatment accorded Serbia, : With armies of five nations on the south and two on the north, the Bulgarian predicament is easily understood. In the meantime, the Germans are kept busy in the west, while Russia devotes its attention to wearing down Austria. The strategy of the Entente Allies is thus de veloped to where it almost seems the war is en-, tering on its final stage. What moves the Teutonic allies will make to counteract the present activity of their foes can only be conjectured, but it is certain the kaiser will answer his opponents with vigor, . , Hiram Johnson's Victory. In the race for the republican nomination for United States senator in California, Governor Hiram Johnson, progressive, at last reports, had a margin of 18,000 votes over William H. Booth, regular. Johnson's strength is surprising, in view of the rout of his favorites at the presidential convention primaries last spring. In the present contest the test of strength centered on individ uals, which gave the governor the full power of the state administration. Booth's greatest han dicap proved to be a statement put out by his managers; "He'll make the handsomest United States senator ever sent from California." The homely voter evidently knew his duty and he did it. , ' Not since Chris Columbus hopped on the fringe of the continent has a greater discovery been made than that announced by patriotic wom en of California. "For some time," say the patriots in cold print, "it has been increasingly noticeable that a yellow streak in the shape of both fringe and band has been subtly fastening itself upon and insidiously winding itself about the folds of our American flag." A yellow streak, forsooth, subtly and insidiously getting a strangle hold on the national colors! Up, patriots, and get thee to a washboard! As quietly as the "crime of 73" waa pulled off, the silver dollar is receding from public view and seeking a rest For years past, beginning with "96, a silver dollar rarely circulated east of Chi cago. The east conceded to the west a monopoly of the coin it liked, preferring paper currency to a metallic load. Although the west bore the bur den cheerily for a time, evidence of weariness were not wanting and the increasing absence of the big disk from haunts that knew it best fore- j shadows the fare-ye-well. ' t Thought Nugget for the Day. aj 1 rf.Ksto anrl heate the bush IIH ,,, A l 1VI1B.I, ""-w ... Tk... .I,!! mfn in ithiM- men and catch the burdes, -John Hey wood. , Am. Vh, Aon Tnrlaw in the War. General Alexieff named chief of staff of Rus sian army. , Count von Bernstorff communicated German acceptance of American demands on submarine Germany claimed to have taken 1,100,000 Rus- .: l 1 sian prisoners iww viy . . t British made important tactical gain at Buvok- Anaiarta region on me uauipuii pcnm.u... This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago. A party of children and young-ladies con nected with 3t f hiiomena s scnooi enjoycu a piv.-ni- at Prima Lake in eharse of Father McCarthy, Henry Gerke, the well-known "dude", expressman, had out one of his finest excursion wagons for the occasion. . A baby show will be given at the fair, for which the following judges nave Deen appouuca; STTIMT-BiOwOt-tWUNerrt-FATTeST 1WIMS James H. Way, Matt Clase and Major D. H. An- arews. rrizes win uc awarucu iu, k11111"1 baby, the prettiest blonde, the prettiest brunette, the fattest, the cutest and for twins or over. John Lanham, champion scientific well digger, stands willing to sink wells in the citv, guar anteed to supply fresh water equal to that now obtained from the Missouri, at the same expense at which the waterworks of the city are now nnerated. Mrs. Dr. Hauck and daughter of St Louis are visitinff Hon. Fred Metz and family. Members of the faculty for Creighton college will give a free public exhibition of dissolving views by means of the famous Maiden triple lan tern. ' , The city council are around locating thirty fire alarm boxes which are to he installed. McGrew, the insurance man, carries attached to his upper right vest pocket an electric bell which he rings whenever anyone springs a '"Chestnut" story or joke on him. McGrew is a quiet sort of fellow and has to have a "chestnut protector to keep alive. This Day in History. ' 1795 James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York Herald, born in Scotland. Died in New York City, June 1, 1807 Aaron Burr was tried for treason. 1838 Emperor of Austria crowned king of Lombardy at Milan. 1849 California adopted a constitution exclud ing slavery from the territory. 1851 A party of American filibusters who had invaded Cuba were defeated and captured; fifty were shot and their leader, Lopez, was garroted at Havana. 1864 Roger Casement, instigator of the recent rebellion in Ireland, born in Dublin. Executed in London. August 3. 1916. 1870 Beginning of the seriei of engagements between the trench and Prussians around sedan. 1877 Alvin Adams, who founded the first ex press company in the United States, died at Watertown, Mass. Born at Andover, Vt, June 16, 1804. 1885 Opening of the first electric street rail way in America, from Baltimore to Hampden, Md. lani a :jl j; . ' ioj j new suDmarinc caDie, providing aircci communication between the United States and Brazil, was formally opened. j t .1893 Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill passed the House of Commons. - ' ' i 1894--General- Nathaniel P. Banks, former speaker of the house of representatives, died at Waltham, Mass. Born there, January 30, 1816. 1900 German-American cable between Emden and New York opened. 1 ' The Day We Celebrate. Rex Beach, author of "The Spoilers" and other well-known novels, born at Atwood, Mich., thirty nine yean ago today. Guy Standing, noted English actor now serv ing with the British forces, born in London, forty three years ago today. Henri Bourassi, noted Canadian journalist and apostle of French nationalism, born in Montreal, forty-eight years ago today. Rt. Rev. Sidney C. Partridge, Episcopal bishop of West Missouri, born in New York City, fifty nine years ago today. Lord Devonport, who holds the important po sition of chairman of the Port of London Au thority, born sixty years ago today. Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler, U. S. N., born in Prussia, fifty-nine years ago today. Rev. Edward C. Moore, Parkman professor of theology at Harvard university, born at West Chester, Pa., fifty-nine years ago today. Robert P. Bass, governor of New Hampshire 1911-13, born in Chicago, forty-three years ago today. . - James J. Corbett, former champion heavy weight pugilist of the world, born in San Fran cisco, fifty years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders, Oysters "R" again in season. The patriotism of the citizens of Berlin, Ont, will be demonstrated today when the name of the city will be officially changed to Kitchener. Today is the tenth anniversary of the lonsrest game ever played in the major base ball leagues a contest 01 twenty-tour innings between the Boston Red Sox and the Athletics. Because of the scarcity and. high price of iiapers, some of New York's leadinsr hotels will today reduce the size of their menu cards. Charles E. Hughes, republican nominee for president, is scheduled to speak tonight in Con vention hall in Kansas City. Today is the date set for putting into circula tion the new United Sutes coins, consisting of half-dollars, quarter-dollars and dimes. The child labor law enacted bv the lar Ala. bama legislature is to be put into operation todav. Representatives of the Masonic fraternity throughout Montana will assemble today at Vir- Snia City to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of e organization of the Montana grand lodge. By proclamation of the president, 21.300 acres of the Teton National forest in Lincoln county, Wyoming, will be restored to entry today. The annual convention of the American Bar association, in session in Chicago, will be con cluded tonight with a banquet at which several noted speakers will be heard. I he federal farm loan board, created under the new rural credits law. is to conduct a hoor. ing today at Fargo, N. D. ' A committee of women headed by Mrs. John Hays Hammond is to give a magnificent ball to night at Magnolia. Mass., to establish a fund to fight the infantile paralysis scourge. Among a number of new state lawa that n to come into etfect in New York today is one that requires labelling of cold storage eggs on the shell. Storyctte of the Day.' , J A little chap who thinks that a watch is one thing that makes life worth living was told that for the present a watch could not be given to him. But he continued to tease for one, until the whole family was wearied. Then his father, after explaining that he should- certainly have a watch uh 1.. ...... 1. .. ,.v uiun, iuiubuc aim 10 mention the subject again. . The next Sunday the children, as was the cus tom in that familv ulrl. .... .1 i- : Jt ,vll ,v ,,(;, iciiBiuus, re peated Bible verses at the breakfast table. When I it was the boy's turn he astonished thein all by saying: "What I say unto you, I say unto all: Watch!" I Sunday School Times. I Challenge Pushmobile Rwult. Omaha, Aug. 0. To the Editor of The Bee: In regard to the pushmo bile races which have been held In this city at different periods for the laat month or so, 1 wish to statu the following: According to the way these races were to be run the boya were to be under IS. Aa the following- shows, some of the boys were a stood deal over 15. Also that no partiality was to be shown to anyone. The boy, Mark Wittges, who won first place In one of the preliminary races, waa disqualified because some one was so kind as to say he cheated. Mr. English looked up the ages of both young Wittges and his pusher,. Paul Griffith, finding that Paul had beromp IS the day of the preliminary race. Young Wittges was not noti fied by Mr. English that he had bsen disqualified; therefore, he got his car ready for the final race. The day be fore the final race young Wittges no ticed in the paper that his name was not shown among the starters of those who would be In today's race. The boy that came in second in this same preliminary race was shown as the winner of first place. Mr. English could not have looked up the ages of this boy -and his push er. If he had he would have found that the pusher, Norman Carlon, was over 15. Waa this fair to the other fellow? When young Wittges went to Mr. English and asked why he was dis qualified and had been given no no tice, Mr. English could give no rea sonable excuse. Also at the final race, outside of the above-mentioned boy, there were at least three more boys who were over the age of Id. The winners of the first place In the final race are both over 1. Lysle Mathews has gone through two years of high school. Could he be 14? In another case in this same race the black and white car from the south part of town waa pushed by a young man, who several people swear is over 18. Is this fair and does this show that all the ages were looked Into? - I am not much given to complain ing about other people's Judgments, but In a case like this I don't think that all were treated fair. Toung Wittges came under my ob servance more than the others and when I found out the circumstances under which he was disqualified and then that older boys both drove and pushed In the finals I felt that I must say somthing. I would sug gest that the ages of the different participants of the gameB held at the playgrounds be looked into before al lowing the boys to start. NORRI8 WILUAMS. Stales' Rights and the Nation, Omaha, Aug. 28. To the Editor of The Bee: From the earliest days of our government states' rights have championed injustice and retrogres sion. They stood for chattel slavery in the infancy of the republic, and tried to shoot it to death to maintain oppression and brutality; they have stood and now stand for child slav ery, industrial slavery of men and women; they are opposed to compul sory education laws, federal aid to education; they cherish lynching as the ripe fruits of their system of ex ploitation; they deny the ballot to all the women In a majority of the states and In the southern group to nearly one-half of the men; advocate peon age and practice It in the southern states and foster that peculiarly bar barous institution, the Jim Crow oar. In their lust for power they challenge both natural and national rights and deny to both the chance and the right to control commerce or Industry. But national rights have always represented Justice and progress. They destroyed chattel slavery and saved the republic; they would have an end of the . reign of the exploitation of man, woman and child, compulsory education, the emancipation of - the men of the south and the women of the nation; the destruction of peon age, an end to lynching and the Jim Crow ca", and complete control of the arteries of commerce and Indus try, so that the blight of industrial wars between labor and capital may never be visited upon the nation and Its people. My choice Is now and ever shall be the rights of the nation as against the rights of the state, for I can find nothing in the record of the past to warrant any other course and every thing in the promise and hope of the future my present one, without any apology for having made It. H. J. PINKETT. i Democratic Extravagance. Omaha, Aug. 30. To the Editor of The Bee: The searchlight of Intel ligent reason was. a few days ago turned full upon the extravagant and reckless administration at Washing ton by Senator Penrose, and the dis closures made by the Pennsylvania senator were actually startling. The democrats In the United States senate have been endeavoring to show that the enormous, record-breaking appropriations have been made for preparedness. Senator Penrose has not opposed the preparedness expen ditures, but he protests emphatically against the many extraordinary ap propriations wni-.n nave no connec tion with the defense of the country. The democratic revenue bill pro vides for the munificent siim of II,- 700,1)00.0011 for the coming year, ot this vast amount it Is conceded that 1390,000,000 will be used in provid ing the country with proper protec tion and the rest of' the 11,700,000,- 000 Is designed for governmental ex pense and for the care and pay of "deserving democrats." Probably one of the greatest sources of democratic extravagance and wastefulness, aocordlng to Mr. Penrose, has been the creation of commissions for the exclusive bene fit of contributors to democratic campaigns. The list of soft snaps un covered by htm comprise the federal trade commission, the farm loan board, whose members receive $10, 000 a year salary and expenses; the high joint commission on pan-American relations, the commission to in vestigate the railroads, the Alaskan commission, the commission on the feasibility of the government's manu facturing Its own munitions, the naval consulting board, the Mexican com mission (created by President Wil son without the authority or ad vice of congress), the commission' on mobilization of Industries, the com mission on the conciliation of labor and many others of the same: ilk. . All these expensive commissions have been created by the demoeratlc administration and financed out of the public treasury aud at the ex pense of the taxpayers and in most rases the exoenss Involved has been absolutely t unnecessary and only served as pocket money for favored democrats. t. w. u. B. High Cost of Living. Omaha, Aug. II. To the Editor of The Hee: I am not an anarchist or socialist or revolutionist, but in my opinion If the forcing or the cost of living up rtgnt along every month of every year keeps on it will fi nally result In a revolution that will : so completely outshadow the French ' revolution that it will not be in the . same flans, The men wno are to Diame ror con- ' tant rise In price of the actual ne- 1 cessarlee of life ought to be put be- 1 hind prison walla Men who will gamr I oie on ine necessaries 01 me ougnc 10 be hung. The point of breaking will come sooner than most of the food manipulators figure on and when that day comes, woe to them. There Is no good reason why the price of bread and of flour should be forced up as the manipulators have done in the last three weeks when there are vast quantities of flour in all parts of the grain states and vaster quantities of wheat and other grains. The manip ulators will come to grief sooner or later, for a long suffering public will not stand to be robbed forever. In many places the retail dealers are aa much to blame as the higherup ma nipulators, Including some right in our midst. There is no necessity of raising the price of bread Ho the nign rates now threatened. The loaves and rolls and cakes have been growing beautifully less for some months and now the price is to be raised on the smaller loaves and cakes. . Jt Is time we elected men to of fice who will enforce the laws against the manipulators of the prices of nec essaries of life and who will pass other laws, to be enforced, and not to be disobeyed, and to punish such men. Unless the lawmakers of this country look to the interests of the people more and to the Interests of the corporations less, the revolution that will result from It would be as appalling to the world as the ghastly war tnat la going on now In Europe. FRANK A. AGNEW. SAID IN FUN. "X a younir Fatlelgh'a chorui sir! brldo manasod to sot the boat part of hia money wnilo on tnolr waddins trip." "Tea: ehe waa a practical peraon, and made ner Honeymoon hor .barveat moon, too." Baltimore American. "Am I good enough for you?" atghed the xona lover. "No." sold the slrl candldlr. "You're not, "but you are too good for any other airi. nw ions Tlmee. . Wy HU6WW HE AWWS F($tf& WrWME-HOWCftNX WOK sAV Some cop wu, think he's . "SuccflBS In life Is relative) term," mid th philosopher, "No doubt," replied th man of ny habits, "But when a peraon who has reached middle age still depends on an alarm clock to help him hold hts Job, I consider that hs life Is a (allure." Birm ingham Age-Herald. "Do you love me?" murmured the beau tiful girl. "I do. And I'm also strong for suffrage, like your poodle and think J can get along with, your ma." But she didn't accept him, after all. A girl doesn't like to have all her questions anticipated, Louisville Courier Journal. He (ardently)- 1 forget everything but that X love you. She That's the 'trouble; you forget to bring me bonbons, bouquets and opera tickets. Boston Transcript. Redd Haven't seen him In his automobile for some time. Has he laid It up? Greene No; it's laid him up. He's In the hospital Tonkers Statesman. "t see where women have become con doctors of street cars in Blurope since the war, I wonder how the passengers address them?" "Probably they call them fare ladies." Baltimore American. TOO PROUD TO tOAP. Minna Irving In Leslie's. We're vamping on the Rio Grande With nothing much to do But wash eur shirts and darn our socks, And darn the Insects, too. We want the world to understand We're not too proud to fight. But draw the line at loafing here With things that sting and bite. The rattlers are a friendly lot And visit ue by scores. Tarantulas prefer our tents To sleeping out of doors. We've learned the horned toad is but A harmless Utile oaf, We're not a bit too proud to fight, But how we hate to loaf! In napping In our shoes and hats . The scorpion persists. And we did not enlist to be A bunch of naturalist. We're not too proud to fight the foe No matter when he comes, But are ashamed to wait around And loaf, and twirl our thumbs. While we are valeting for mules And building fences here, Some other fellows have the Jobs We held for many a year. We're not too proud to fight In fact We'd glory in a fray. But we're too busy Just to sit , And loaf our time away. O! this is not a soldier's life. This slugging sand and sun. Mosquitoes, fleas and all the pestl That crawl and fly and run. We're not too proud for Freedom's sake To fight and bleed and die, But loafing will not help to keep Old Olory in the sky. THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD Words of Encouragement to Childless Women, Motherhood is woman's natural desti ny, but many women are denied the happiness of children simply because of some curable derangement. Among the many triumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is its marvelous power to overcome such derangements, as evidenced by the fol lowing letter: Worcester, Mass. " I suffered from female ills, and was advised to have an operation, but fried who had takenLydiaE. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound and who has six children, told me to try it It has helped ma so much that I am now well and have a baby boy who is th picture of health, and I thank the Vegetable Compound for myrestoration to health." Mrs. Bert Garvey, 20 Hacker St, Worcester, Mass. In many other homes, once childless, there are now children because of the fact that Lydia E. 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