THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1916.
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OCTOBER CIRCULATION
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Publiehing eompaay, being duly I worn, earl that tha
average circulation for tha month of October, till. wee
It.lll dellr. and 10,111 Sunday, . .
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C, to. CARLSON. Notary Public.
Subscriber learlng tin oily temporarily
kaulol kava Tka Bm siaiUoi to tham. Ad
dress will be changed aa often a required.
Let winner ind loser both boost for Omaha,
Senitorshipi come high but we muit have
them! .
Everybody'! doing jt. Doing what? Boosting
pricei.'. . ' '," ''X.
The coal man makes hii hay while the mer
cury ii down. ;
The need of a new Union depot for Omaha
ii not growing any leu. ,
And the threatened trainmen's ifrike can alio
be warded off by yielding.
Another way to lessen car shortage would be
to ipeed ap the freight traini.
The high cost of paper threaten to lift the
dime novel to IS cent. War's horror occasion
ally yield a rift of sunshine.
The merchant who does not alter his price
tags upward theie days runs grave rlik of drop
ping into the back number clais.
' It is evident from the volume of work pro
jected that railroad legal departments will not ob
serve the eight-hour law for some months.
Some day, possibly, out of the car shortage a
genius will arise with a plan for placing empties
where they will do the most good and work them
coming and going.
So long as gallantry flourishes at Washington
no great difficulty will be experienced in rinding
men ready and willing to assist Mis Rankin in
'spending the salary,
- The most significant feature of that demo
cratic ratification feast at Lincoln is the noticeable
participation of several diitinguiihed Nebraika
democrats by their absence.
In Kansas, where women vote, 1S1 of them
have just been elected to office. Nebraska, with
out votes for women, however, haa also favored
quite a few women candidates.
; A big membership is needed to give the Com
mercial club force and resource. But a big mem
bership is only a means to an end. It is what tht
club doea to help build up Omaha that count
.in the (core.
Americans are frequently reminded of their
wastefulness and inefficiency. Wastefulness is a
. national disease. Inefficiency prevail in spot.
If foreigners can ihow a smoother or more uni
form aample of efficiency than American coal
dealers' exhibit in capitalising scare, trot It out
The blue ribbon await..'
President Wilson joins the anvil choru which
deems the middleman an unnecessary evil The
truth is, the middleman renders a practical and
necessary service in bridging the gap between
"producer and consumer. Until a more efficient
system of distribution is devised, the middleman
. will remain a factor in produce market.
America and Japan
Miaaaapolia Journal
Slocumb Law and Dry Amendment.
The dry amendment to the constitution of Ne
braska, just adopted, forbids the aate or barter of
intoxicating liquors "except for medicinal, scien
tific or mechanical or sacramental purposes." Un
der the present law regulating the liquor traffic
in this state, known as the Slocumb law, the sale
of intoxicating liquors for any purpose is pro
hibited except by licensed dealers or by druggists
taking out permits and in all cases subject to
the limitations and restrictions of the law. The
dry amendment, as we take it, nullifies the power
to issue licenses which the Slocumb law vested in
the various local authorities and applica the pen
alties of the Slocumb law for selling without a
license to all sales except under druggist' per
mits and those sales subject to the condition of
the permit. In other words, without further legis
lation whatever, the prohibitions of the Slocumb
law against vending without a license, which has
made Nebraska dry in all territory except where
licenses were issued and in license territory on
Sundays, holidays and between the hours of 8
at night and 7 in the morning, become operative
ipso facto without any additional enactments.
Therefore, the penalties for illicit selling under
the Slocumb law, unless changed, will continue
under prohibition and these penalties have been
sufficient ordinarily in places where local senti
ment has registered dry heretofore. Whether
they will be sufficient in "wet" territory remains
to be seen. As to sales by druggists for pur
poses other than medicinal, the penalties are now
even more severe than for other illegal sales. The
druggist' permit now authorize tale "for medici
nal, mechanical and chemical purposes," but re
quires each sale to be entered upon a public regis
ter and falsification of the register or failure to
keep it correctly invites not a fine, but a jail
sentence. The only place where there seems to
be a hiatus between the Slocumb law and the pro
hibition amendment is with reference to sales
after May 1 for "sacramental purposes," which
are not prohibited, a but which are not, strictly
speaking, included within the scope of the drug
gist's permit.
So far as anyone can aee at the present time,
there ia no reason for repealing the' Slocumb
law and little need for supplementing it, assum
ing that the penalties for its violation are sufficient
and that the machinery of enforcement is not
impaired. At any rate, the change to prohibiten
can be tried out under the Slocumb law without
any serious difficulty.
In an address to the Japanese society of New
York, Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United
"States Steel corporation, recently argued that
patriotic Americans, like patriotic Japanese,
should stamp out the white and yellow jingoes,
who, he said, had been trying for years to groom
their respective nations for conflict
As a result of the most careful inquiry among
Japanese statesmen and the Japanese people, Mr.
Gary is convinced that they earnestly desire to
. maintain cordial relations with this country. The
same painstaking inquiry wll reveal the same
feeling here. As Mr, Gary says, there is no mis
understanding trouble that cannot be removed by
" mutual and amicable adjustment.
Eliminating all extraneous questions, the only
basis for any trouble in the future is the immigra-
' tion problem. Japan has insisted that the United
States should view this problem with a realization
of the sensitiveness and sense of honor of lanan.
This problem adjusted, there would be no further
question about Japan's longing for the Philippine
or control ot tne racinc
. It is quite as necessary, however, that lanan
should get the viewpoint of the United States
as it is essential that thia country should get the
viewpoint ui japan,
lapan should realize that whenever her anil
. nent men come to the United States they are wel
' corned royally, and the greatest respect and lilt.
urn is shown toward them, not merely bv Amer
ican officials, but by American people. The im
migration problem of the United States has noth
ing to do with Japan' national honor or sensi
tiveness. It Is merely an economic proposition
concerning" the oreservation of the American
rage scale. The Japanese who have come to th
Pacific coast, for instance, have disturbed the
. labor market by working for much less than
American laborers are willing to accent. Natur
ally there is antagonism against the arrival of
any large number of Japanese. Japan can solve
tins problem herself by clamping the screws
' firmly upon her emigration. So long as she does
this it is hardly likely that the Japanese immigra
tion question will be raised again in California.
' On the contrary,- there is every probability that
Meeting th Cost of Living.
The British government propose to deal with
the cost of living in much the same manner as
the problem was met in Germany and to a lesser
degree in France. The government wilt take
over the control of the food supply, and will so
regulate its distribution a to minimize waste and
thu lessen cost to the public as far at is possible.
Early in the war Australia took over the wheat
supply of the country, and arbitrarily fixed th
price. New Zealand followed, and out of this
action haa come a situation of curious interest.
Australia permits the ihipment of flour at a lower
price than it given on wheat, with the result that
Australian miller are underselling the South
African millers in Cape Colony, and a generalpro-
test i there being made. When the Britisngov
ernment takea over food control at home, even
without fixing prices, it is certain to havt aorne
effect on the price in America, from whence Eng
land i just now drawing its chief supplies.
Speculators in food may be able to maintain the
inflated prices in this country for time, but the
action of foreign governments is sure to over
take them, even if our own government refraina
from Interfering and Americans may in time share
in tne protection mat ia given tne people in tne
war-ridden lands of Europe.
No Sectional Alignment
St. Lauia Globe-Democrat
Talk of a new alignment in politics, with the
west and south against the east, is shallow. Aa
we have previously pointed out, this was a Wilson
victory. The same electors that voted for him
in many states voted for republican governors and
senators. The closeness of the next house is an
other proof of this fact But the popular vote,
unofficial, but generally reliable, shows a decided
Wilson trend in all sections, wherever actual sen
timent is reflected in the vote. The south might
as well be counted out, when alignments are
discussed, for the south votes for the democratic
label. Had Mr. Wilson been running on Mr.
Hughes' platform he would have carried the
south. No matter what the issue, unless it in
volves the race question, the south is democratic.
It waa for Cleveland, for Bryan, for Parker and
for Wilson. It would be for any other demo
crat. Nothing but the great normal republican plur
alities and the more effective campaign saved the
east to Hughes. Wilson ran ahead of the demo
cratic ticket in New York and in Massachusetts,
He may have carried New Hampshire. He cut
the Maine and Connecticut margins. He distanced
the democratic candidate for United States sena
tor in Maryland. He carried Ohio. He endan
gered the rock-ribbed republican state of Minne
sota. He outstripped the democratic candidate
for governor in Missouri by many thousands. It
was a Wilson landslide, and when the popular
vo)e is studied, in light of known political condi
tions, it was nation-wide.
It is idle to enter into all the mixed causes
that made the people for Wilson. The fact itself
stands out. On election morning we pointed to
the republican disadvantage in having to appeal
to the judgment of voters as to future conditions.
Few people are able or willing to look ahead.
To the great mas of the population the present
is all that matters, and it was upon present con
ditions and illusions growing out of it that the
judgment of the people was based. Political
principles had little to do with the result. It was
Wilton that' all. r
Some Point Overlooked. v
The general jubilation of the democrat who
feasted at Lincoln in celebration of the "glorious
victory at the polls" waa made the more notable
by lome omissions from the program. At no time
was any open reference made to the charge
brought by State Treasurer Hall against Gover
nor Morchead, with reference to the administra
tion of his office. Nor did anyone of the brethren
seem to recall what Governor Morchead said
about Stat Treasurer Hall, at the same time, nor
of the governor' threat to prosecute the treas
urer for malfeasance in office, The absence of
William Jenning Bryan may account for the
lack of reference to the exchange of compliment
between the ex-iecretary of state and our modest
democratic senator. All of this, however, remains
on the calendar a unfinished business, and may
be taken up at any time. The people cannot help
feeling these democrats knew what (hey were say
ing about each other, and may recall the passagea
at another time, For the present we must rest
content with the spectacle of the quarrelsome lot
toasting one another under the cover of the shel
tering wing of Woodrow the Peaceful, whose in
fluence if felt in Nebraika is not in Europe or
Mexico. ,
Good Roada for Nebraska.
One of the principal duties of the legislature,
soon to convene at Lincoln, will be to take steps
to secure for Nebraska its proportionate share
of the general appropriation made by congress
for the construction of good roads. . The Bee re
news Its suggestion that nothing less than a com
prehensive plan for the whole state should be
considered. Piecemeal projects or "local option"
undertakings are wasteful, and must not prevail.
Enough is already known of physical conditions
in the state to permit the formulation of definite
plans for a permanent highway system. The en
gineering department ought to have ready for
submission to the legislature a well worked out
project under which the real work of making
good roads for Nebraska can be undertaken with
out delay.
A seat beside the speaker or on a platform in
front best becomes the dignity of the Douglas
county democratic premier, the Hon. Jeremiah
Howard. As guardian of the libertiea of the peo
ple, the self-imposed duty requires an elevated
post from which to view and spot the Insidious
snares of capital in a democratic assembly. A
seat in the wings limits the range of vision and
might prevent the Hon. Jerry seeing the emis
saries of capital first.
Chicago's middlemen still hold a tight grip
on the city's provision tabic A few years ago
when a surplus of potatoes threatened the fixed
price thousands of bushela were destroyed or
thrown into neighboring sand dunes. Similar
action is now indicated in reports of carload lot
rotting in the railroad yards. Apparently no
sacrifice is too great to maintain a business
Don'ts for Public Speakers
Dont rant.
; Don't prate.
Don't fidget.
Dont flatter. '
Don't declaim.
Don't be glib.
- Don't hesitate.
Don't be nasal.
Don't apologias.
Don't dogmatise.
Don't be slangy.
Dont antagonise,
Don't be awkward.
Don't be violent
Dont bo personal.
Dont be runny.
' Dont attitudinize.
Don't be monotonous.
: Dont speak rapidly.
Dont away your body,
Dont be long-winded.
Dont "hem" and "haw."
Dont praise yourself.
. Dont tell long story.
Don't rise on your toes.
' Dont address the catling.
" Dont exceed your tim limit.
' Dont fail to (top when you have ended.
,. (From Cleaville KoWa Talks aa TalUag.")
Doing the Last Thing First
-Wall Strati Jour.nl-
While the railroads now beginning auits to
teat, the Adarnaon law have reason to hope for
aucceis, the wisdom of their course may be fairly
challenged. In resorting to the courts they ap
pear to be doing the last thing first Diplomacy,
prudence and plain horse tense would demand
that other meant of relief be exhausted before
risking all on a judicial proceeding whose out
come must be in doubt.
And the Question is not free from doubt So
far aa legal opinion can be gauged, the weight
of authority is against the constitutionality of
the law. Yet there are able lawyers who say the
law is constitutional. The man who undoubtedly
advised the president on the bill rank high as
lawyer.
i Here are, then, lawyer ot standing wno nom
opinion pro and con. After the question once
goes to the court, the opiniona of these lawyers
count for nothing. The all-important question
is, What will the court decide? Who knows?
It is all well enough at thia time to say the
court will decide the Taw is invalid. Possibly it
will. But what if it upholds it? Puble aentiment
will settle down to a conviction that the law i
just and righteous.
And if lust and righteoua. why extend any
sympathy or relief to the railroads? The supreme
court pronounces it a goad lawi therefore, let
them obey it. Public reasoning is not apt to go
much beyond that
When congress adjourned observers at Wash
ington said there was a disposition to resent the
labor union arrogance. In some parts of congress
there waa undoubtedly a feeling that justice had
not been done yie railroads. - .
Such a feeling is surely an asset worth devel
oping. If the railroads have been unjustly
treated, could they not demonstrate that tact
before the Newlands commision? What better
grounds for repeal or modification of the act
could there be than the establishment of such a
fact? .
Good strategy demands that the first ' fights
be in the investigating commission and in the
halls of congress. Not until this is done should
the railroads stake all on one pitched battle
which, although the result may seem certain, has
still the desdly uncertainty of war and ita re
morseless price.
People and Events
A fine grade of sportsmanship nerved the
finish of Joseph D. Mann, a Washington proof
reader, who ended his worries with poison. He
left a roll of $90 to pay hi election bets.
Two model domestic Missourians are J. P
Bentley, 90, and his wife, Mrs. Susan Friatoe
Bentlcy, 88, living at Glasgow. They have been
married seventy years and never had a fuss.
Wouldn t that beat your : .
For the next six weeks Milwaukee will devote
itself to the question whether it will tolerate De
cent beer or submit to a higher collar or a
shrunken schooner. No more annoying issue has
gripped th city since beer made tt famous.
A noted devotee of out-door life passed away
at Needham, Mass., in the death of Patrick Fox,
aged 108. Patsy hsiled from Tipperary, coming
over in is, and -devoted his lite to gardening,
with country sport and athletics on the side.
Munition workers at Rochester, N. Y., who
have been pulling down a war wage of $9 a day,
are hot under the gills and elsewhere because
the oeace waie of $4.50 a day has been restored.
The order begets the tired feeling, and the vic
tims are taking some days off to recover from the
ahock. :y.-- ..
During the height of the wet and dry cam
paign in Michigan the wets discovered that Se
bastian foresee, a store Keeper at uetroit, sub'
scribed $10,000 to the dry campaign fund. Wrath'
fully the weta jumped on Kresge and worked his
choler to the point of sending a second $10,000
to the drys. s .. .
' Josiah Wolcott loom large on the political
horizon of Delaware. He weigha 12? pounds, yet
managed to yank the senatorial toga from the
shoulders of Henry A. du Pont. Downing a dn
Pont in Delaware haa been regarded impossible
heretofore, but Josiah did the business and takes
ITODAY
Thought Nugget for the Pay.
Imagined ills ara always greater
.i i -nu Man ( arIv wratchad
so far aa ha thinks himself so. Ban-
nazaro.
One Year Ago Totlay la the War.
Russians turned Germane out of
tranche west of Ovinak.
British hospital ship Angiia gunk by
mln and nearly 10 soldlera drowned.
Aaquith and British cabinet minis
ter held war council with French
chief at Paris.
Violent artillery battles reported
en Loos-8ouches front nar Peronna
and in Champagne.
In Omaha Thirty Yean Ago.
A Dea Moines man in town slates
that C. H. Atkins, a well known man
of that place, intends to come to
Omaha and erect 100 brick flats on
Sroperty that he can lessa or buy. in
ulldlnr these Data, he will utilize the
elay on about forty acres of clay land
which he owns near thia city. The
flats will be for sal or rant
The boy choir Is expected to make
its debut at Trinity about Advent.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Haney entertained
a number of their frienda at their
home, 1805 Farnem, to celebrate
thoir orystal wedding. Among those
present were Messrs. and Meadamns
E. Rosewater, John Manchester,
Swobe, Korty, Dan Shield. P. N.
Wlthnell, Misses Hickman, Rosewater,
Fell, Hoffman. . Messrs. Bhsepiy ana
Crapp. '
Bleigh riding ia superseding almost
any other method of enjoyment dur
ing the present week.
General and Mrs. Dandy entertained
at an elegant reception for which tha
Musical Union orchestra furnished the
music. Mrs. Dandy was assisted in
receiving by Mrs. General Crook, Mrs.
Reed, Mrs, General Wheaton, Mrs.
General Manderson, Mrs. Herman
Kountze and Mrs. L. M. Bennett
The mail glee club In council tsiuns
is being drilled by Nahan Franks.
Hon. John L. Webster rave a din
ner in honor of Judge Brewer, The
ether guests were Judge Dundy, Gen
eral Cowln.iHon. J. M. Thurston,
Joseph Barker, Colonel Patriek. Hon.
O. M. Lambertson, George A- Pritch
ett Elmer Frank and C, K. Coutant
Thia Day In History.
1747 Riot in Boston owing to Im
pressment of citizen for the British
navy.
17SS etn Boyaen, one or tne most
remarkable of American Inventors,
bom at Foxboro, Mass. Died near
Newark, N. J., March 81, 117.
1184 General Hood, naving learned
that General Sherman had gone south
from Atlanta, left the Tennessee rlvar
and started northward towards Nashville.
I8t Sues canal was rormany
opened in the preaenoe of the empress
of the French, emperor of Austria
and viceroy of Egypt
1870 Tha Germans under tne
grand duke of Mecklenburg repulsed
the French army of the Loire, netvr
i 1876 Monument to Eager Aiian
Poe unveiled In Baltimore.
1877 The Russians began an at
tack on Kara and took the place by
storm the next day. . -
1888 Tha French in Montreal ana
Quebec made demonstrations against
the government
188 Timothy Pwlght resigned the
presidency of Yale university.
103 The supposed ashes of Chris
topher Columbus were deposited In a
special mausoleum in th cathedral at
Seville, Spain.
1808 The German emperor as
sented that foreign affairs would In
future be carried on tnrougn tne ror
eirn office.
1811 Premier Asquith of the Brit
ish ministry declared against woman
suffrage.
The Day We Celebrate.
Otto G. Elchhorat resident agent
for the Schlits Brewing company In
Omaha, was born November 17, 1S71,
In Milwaukee, He haa been manasrer
for Schlltx in Nashville, Tenn., Louis
ville, Ky., and Omaha.
Thomas Tsggart recently defeated
for re-election as United States sena
tor from Indiana, born In Ireland,
Sixty years ago today.
Milton Wright bishop of the United
Brethren church and father of the
aeroplane inventors, born In Rush
county, Ind eighty-eight yeans ago
today.
Right Rev. Matthew Harking, Cath
olic bishop of Providence, born in
Boston, aeventy-one yea re ago today.
Herbert Knox Smith, former United
States commissioner of corporations,
born at Chester, Mass., forty-seven
years ago today. He married the
daughter of Senator Dietrich of Ne
braska. Gulseppe ' Campanari, celebrated
operatic baritone, born in Venice,
Italy, fifty-eight years ago today.
Frank A. Vanderllo. one of Ameri
ca's great leaders of finance, born at
Aurora. I I.. nrty-two yeara ago toaay.
He started out aa a reporter on the
Chicago Tribune.
Lew McCarty. catcher of the New
Vork National league base ball team,
born at Milton, , Pa., twenty-eight
yeara ago today.
Timely Jotting and Reminders.
Owing to the critical Illness of Com
mander Eva Booth the national con
gress of the Salvation Army called for
Philadelphia toaay nas oeen inaenu'
ltely postponed.
Soring styles for 1917 will be de
termlned at the annual meeting and
exhibition of the National Cloak, Suit
and Skirt Manufacturers' association.
opening today In Chicago.
The annual convention of the Na.
tlonal Women's Christian Temperance
union will meet at Indianapolis today
and continue Its session until next
Tuesday.
In the hope of working out a solu
tion of the nroblem or railroad rerula
tlon and atrike prevention, a special
oonventioa of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United 8tates Is to meet
today In Washington,
gtoryette of the Day.
Frank Mclntyre, the plumpest com
edian on thia continent played vaude
ville dates last winter. One night aft
er his turn, he dropped Into a short
order restaurant near the theater for
a bit before going to bad. Sitting
next to him was a former circus acre
bat who waa doing a horlsontal bar
act on tne same out witn Mclntyre.
The acrobat waa sawing away at
ths knee joint of a fried chicken leg.
Though the knife was sharp and he
waa athletic, he was making nttl
headway. -
He waved his arm toward a bottle
of ketchup which stood upon the
counter near Mclntyre s elbow.
"Say, bo," he requested, "pass the
liniment will youT The sea gull's
got the rheumatism." Saturday Even
Ing Post
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Lei SUrUe Est tne Weevils.
Blair, Neb., Nov. 18. To the Editor
of The Bee: In your Issue yesterday
there Is a letter from "A. & Mickle,"
in which he states:
"I found a copy of The Bee several
days old yesterday with an article
about what Miss Jackson of Bellevue
college has been telling how to sup
pert a family for 12.50 a week. Now
the lady's Idea is commendable, but I
can show her where her figures are a
good deal too high yet. 1 do all the
buying; Just loj.t week I got a bargain.
The grocery had fifty pounds of oat
meal that he waa going to feed to the
horse: he said it had weevils in It. I
got It for 45 oants and cooking killa
weevils, etc."
Now, Mr. Editor, I wonder it he
found any weevils In that old copy of
The Bee to teed his family of seven.
Perhaps Mr. Mickle would do better to
hunt up a few old copies of the World
Herald, possibly he would find the
weevils from that source a more
healthy and fatter bunch than the
common Bee kind after being fed on
so much prosperity dope for the last
few months.
I am one of those women who "get
the money to squander on careless
hnvlne." I am a dally reader of The
Bee, but I don't find them lying around
stale, and I am very much Interested
in the discussion in regard to "tne
high oast of living," but heaven for
bid that I should have to get out on
the mat with the dog and worry a
bone, or even Join the prodigal son In
"feeding on the huska that the swine
did eat".
Weevils for breakfast weevils for
dinner and weevila for supper at the
Mickle homestead. Why doesn't tha
Board of Health get after the gro
ceryman who sold him the dope.
If I had a man like Mickle I would
steal a nickel from that pile he has
saved from robbing poor horses of
their food and go buy him a dose of
poison and give it to him as an anti
dote for those weevila If he would
only eat all th weevils himself the
poison would not oe necessary. .
I have seen tha Door, starving
wretches in the city of Chicago, around
the wholesale produce district digging
in the refuse barrels for food, prob
ably containing millions of weevils. In
order to keep down tne nign coat or.
living.- But even they, poor wretches,
did not feel Ilk publishing It in the
newspapers. No, they' leave It to men
like this Mickle to feed their family
on weevils and to feel so proud of It
that ha wants all of his friend and
neighbor! to follow his example.
"PURE FOOD."
More Post-Election Reflections.
North1 Platte, Neb., Nov. 15. To
the Editor of The Bee; From a study
of the returns from the recent elec
tion I would submit the roiiowing
opinion for your consideration:
The majority of the American
voters amiably informed ' President
Wilson that they are entirely in ac
cord with the policies of democracy
as propounded by hie highness.
Apparently American citisens dote
en the fickleness of the Wllsontan
democracy as expounded m tne last
four years of submarine government.
It la hard to censure them. Nearly
ail great students have at on time
or another evmoea a aesire to aeive
Into the unknown.
Had the republican slate been re
turned the victor it would hardly
have been necessary for your great
newspaper to have continued a politi
cal page. No one would have read
it as there Is no Incentive to read
something - He knows will be. How
much greater sest there Is in not
knowing what the next step win oeT
Did you ever, at the seashore, watch
several of the more scientific swim-
men diving; one dives, disappearing
from view, not an onieoaer out win
eagerly scan the water for his reap
pearance. As he stays under, seem
ingly for minutes, each one dreads
he is lost the moment is tense, a
ripple appears, .his head breaks
through and, as he bobs up snorting
with delight how great the relief la
and the Intensity vanishes. Just so
with the Wilsonlan brand or states
manship; tenseness, uncertainty, then
relaxation, continuing ad libitum.
Still further: American literature
will receive another spur, Our liter
ary efforts to foreign countries must
improve, each new note emanating in
Washington certainly will be an im
provement over the last and eventual
ly a masterpiece should be pro
claimed. Possibly It will not be an
nounced as such until the European
struggle end and the foreign crltioa
have more time on tneir nanas to
take up literature again aa a pastime.
At present they can file them for fu
ture reference knowing the futility of
. . : . U ...Iw effort
when many more will appear to be
taxen up tor criticism wneu my o.o
the leisure. It is to smile, for them.
Then there iu,i of course, the inter
est of watching the birth of a new
national party; but, of course, that Is
too lengthy to discuss here, But do
you think Jefferson could recognize
his donkey nuw? Henceforth it is
Wilsonlan. It la the handwriting on
the wall. F. I H.
Want to Be an Army Officer?
Omaha, Nov. 18. To the Editor of
The Bee: A large number of vacancies
now exist in the grade of second lieu
tenant in the line of the army. The
next examination of candidates to de
termine their fitness for provisional
appointment as second lieutenant will
be held, beginning January t. 1917,
and candidates desiring to undergo
this examination should forward their
applications to the adjutant general
of the army at as early a date as prac
ticable and, in any event In time to
reach th adjutant general's office not
later than January li, 1917. Appli
cation blanka may be obtained from
the recruiting officer, Army building.
Civilian candidates must b between
tl and 27 year of age when ap
pointed. The subject for the mental exami
nation of candidates for appointment
a second lieutenant are as follows:
United States history and constitution,
geography, elementary English, alge
bra, geometry, trigonometry, elemen
tary French, German or Spanish, aa
the applicant may elect; general his
tory, elementary surveying and one of
the following subjects: Advanced Eng
lish, French, German or Spanish,
analytical geometry, calculus, or ad
vanced surveying. Graduates of rec
ognised colleges receive certain ex
emption in the mental examination.
Those who are Interested can ob
tain complete data relative to the
scope of the examination from tha
United States army recruiting office.
The pay of second lieutenant Is
$1,700 yearly. Officers receive 10 per
cent on the yearly pay of the grade
for each term of five yeare service,
not to exceed 40 per cent in alt Due
to the Increase of the army, provided
by the national defense act approved
June 8. 1918, promotion for officers
entering at thia time promises to be
unusually rapid. .
JAMES F. M-KINLET, '
" Captain Eleventh Cavalry. .
Chance to Help an Interned Belgian.
Amersfoort Holland, Oct 11. To
the Editor of The Bee: At first will
you be so kind as to allow of Introduc
ing myself. I am a Belgian Interned
soldier at Amersfoort since October,
1914, who wants some distraction on
account of the longness of my cap
tivity. Therefore I began to collect
postage stamp, but having no cor
respondents. I allow myself to ask if
you would be so kind as to Impress
in your honored Journal an advertise
ment expressed as follows: "The Bel
gian Interned soldier, Cyrllle ' San
Lulle, Thirty-first Jagers regiment,
Camp of Amersfoort Holland, asks
respectfully to forward him soma used
post stamps." Pray do not refuse me
this kindness, for which I am much
obliged to you. I have, sir, the honor
to be yeur very humble obedient eery-ant.
CYRILLE SAN LULLE.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
The Author .Wall, hew di roa uke my
playr Didn't you think the aburea acana
raallatlc?
Tha Critic Intonaely no. Why, a great
many of ua actually want te aloap while It
waa on. Saturday Journal.
"Who are tha Central Pqwara. pop?'1
T'Thor ara too boinga hahlnd a voioe. my
Ban, who aftar you have aent In your eall
and waited for fifteen minutes by your
watch, aay languidly:. What number did
yon aayf " Baltimore Anerloaa.
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married. And we'd hate to lose he's that's
fact." Kansas City Journal.
"Thers are said to ba tl5 varieties of
clams In existence."
"That may - aoeeunt for tha different
kinds of clam chowder yeu get around
at the various eating emporiums you go
against." Chicago Post.
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