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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1916. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE - FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Knterwd at Omaha poatofr.ce aa aeeond-elaae mattar. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Carrier By Mall per month. per yar. TUiir and aanaay,.... etc t- Tally without Sunday ...4ie .0 Kvenfng and Bandar c Kwntng without Sunday XBe Sunday Be en ly 20c t. Iiallv fttiet Rimrla v nj fhiw uM if dnrnfft. 110.00, Snd not Ira of change of addreee or irregularity In do nvery io umtna nee, circulation upnranL REMITTANCE. Remit by draft fxpreae or postal order. Only t-eent it am pa taken In payment of amall account. Pereenel checka, except on Omaha and aatero eichange. not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Build In a. Bnuth Omaha 131 N atreet. Council Bluff U North Main itrtet. Lincoln 616 Uttla Building. Chicago 111 people'a Uu Building. New York Room 103. SHI Fifth even. St. t.oult 601 New Baak of Oommerra. Wahlnfton 735 Fourteenth atreet, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Address cornmanleatlone relating te nwa and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 55,483 Daily Sunday 50,037. Dwliht WIIHama. floatation manater of The Bee Publlabtng eompanjr. bcln. duly eworn, eera that the average circulation for the month of November, 111, wu ti.tt! dally, and 10,937 Sunday. DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Clrenlallen Manasw. subscribed In my preeenoe and awern to bafara ma thla tnd day of December. 11. a W. CARLSON, Notary Public. Subiertbori taring . the city tewiperarily should tin The Bm mailed to them. Ad dress will be changed aa eften a required. : Get-rich-quick investments in . nightmares seem equally feasible. It takes the supreme court to put the em phasis in the words . which tell, the governor where he gets off. " ;. . ' Shaking the statehoose plum tree may prove i warm job, but a large percentage of shakers are booked for a frost . The task of putting over the electric light con tract looks like a summer vacation beside the job of distributing the Jight. Cold storage speculators stand good chance of reaping a whirlwind of drastie regulation. Overreaching breeds retaliation. " The railroads relieve eongresa of the worry of debating an embargo on foodstuffs. No doubt the unexpected service is heartily appreciated. Pacifists in this country overlook one vital fact. The nation reported' "sick of war" studi ously refrain from consulting neutral doctor!. Two round trips of the subsea Oeutschland carrying million-dollar cargoes clearly shows that .the allied blockade merely -scours the surface of .the sea. I ." Omaha tips its collective hat to the school teachers of Nebraska. A double demonstration of good will leaves the metropolitan heart too full for vocal expression. , ' Judging by his pictures, there is room for a few more grand crosses on the bosom of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. His chances of win ning them appear equally good.- f i i, A. y ' Advices from Boaton and Indianapolis, U. S. A., convey a joyless message to venders of ebony jewels. Beans are supplanting anthracite in the gem collections of millionaires. ' - . ' ' The. projected peace mission of churchmen to Europe might command enthusiastic support in certain circles if Mr. Bryan will head the pro cession and stay on the job to the finish. ' j v The threatened suppression of John Barley corn in' Great Britain spells some annoyance to titled distillers, but so long as ale and beer may How the brewery lordlings can sit up and look pleasant. - 1 i - .. , Viewed from the professional, angle, choris . tera may be pardoned for pulling off a atrike for wages equal to stage hands. Evidently the strik ers do not regard an occasional spotlight as a grub stake. Vt. v.; ... " . v : 1 The esteemed Fancho Villa likens his opera tions to that of the Belgians, "battling for the restoration of their country. At the same time Villa regards the Teutonic plan of levying forced loans In Brussells an ideal system for Mexico. Chihuahua yielded $40,000 in gold. i The final summons came to five old-timers of Omaha on Sunday. Two had passed four score years and all but one exceeded the Psalmist's three score and ten. All were identified with the growth of the city, energetic and enterprising in their several ways, and earned honors and years m worthy service. ' Labor Readjustment 1 Weae.e.jtee) Paat. ' The head .f .1 l?go printing establishment in New Yoiic fuun-l it O.ftcult to hir! o nos ami errand boys that he experimented with elderly men for work in and about the office previously done by boys. Profiting by the experience of the ttlcR'nph companies, who were forced ta this course by child labor laws in various states, the rub sher advertised for active elderly men to work at messengers. Fifty application were re ceived in the first mail in reply to the advertise ment, and nearly all were well and neatly written, giving proof of the ability and common sense of ae applicants. The men employed were given more money than was paid to boys but it was found that they performed their dutiei much more effectively, their understanding bcini; better and their reliability being a new asset , Doubtless the scarcirj of boys seek, rig em ployment in New York and other large cities is due largely to the fact that, with increased wages and assured work for adults, parents are now sending their boys to high school instead of sending them out to work after completing the grammar term. Thi is one of the beneficial results of prosperity From a humanitarian standpoint, this change in the, industrial system must make a atrong sp- KL A " fnp'orment to men of from SO to 60 years who had been thrown into the dis card. In all the large cities there are thousands of such men, disqualified solely because of age desirous of finding light work and believing themselves to be qualified. - In most industries there is no age limit for the man higher up, but a the places requiring physical labor the fires of nergy frequently arc burned but at the age of or 60. If such men can find employment in . c lighter work usually given to boys, the whole ition will be benefited, especially as the boys themselves will have an opportunity to remain w ,,, aiui vi buiicyc, Great Britain's New Cabinet. Lloyd-George has completed organization ol his cabinet and it is set before the world as the governing committee of the British empire. Greatest of changes he has made is one almost revolutionary and only possible because of the elasticity of the unwritten English constitution. Power is now concentrated in the hands of a war cabinet of four members, two of whom are minis ters without portfolio. These will determine and direct the course of Great Britain in the war, at least during the life of Lloyd-George as premier, and the other hitherto cabinet officers will be come for the time heads of departments. Under this plan the government of England becomes more nearly absolute than it has been since the days of the Stuarts. It is even proposed that a bill will be presented in Parliament and probably passed, allowing newly named ministers to accept their positions without going back to their con stituencies for endorsement. In the personnel of the cabinet the most not able changes, aside from the retirement of Mr. Asquith, are the substitution of Bonar-Law for Reginald McKenna as chancellor of the exchequer and of A. J. Balfour for Viscount Grey as min ister for foreign affairs. In the case of Bonar Law, the change is undoubtedly due to the politi cal exigencies requiring his presence on the cabinet and in the war council. Mr. Balfour's appointment is of more interest to the United States, because it is through him our government must proceed in dealing with the now pressing questions involved in the sea policy of the bel ligerents. The Berlin Lokal Anaeiger, warning its readers that the changes in the British cabinet dp not form a sign of weakness, hints that Bal four may redeem some of the blunders hi prede cessor made. With France moving for more central control of its government, and Great Britain almost under a dictatorship, the effect of the war on the course of democracy is discernible. Experience is proving that, however successfully the people may direct their affairs in time of peace, when dis turbed by the. actual presence of great calamity, centralized authority that can decide promptly and move quickly is essential , to public safety. The movement in England and France doea not promise much for an early termination of the conflict. George Pickering Bemis. Another of Omaha's real notables has been called to hi final rest, George Pickering Bemis, one of the most familiar of all the figures on the city' streets until infirmities forbade his custo mary daily walk around the town. Mr.' Bemis will be rememhered in Omaha annals for many reasons, his service as mayor during two terms at an important period in the city's growth en titling him to prominence as an executive of cour age and ability. , He then faced tome serious problems in city government and dealt with them courageously and frankly, letting an example by taking the people into his confidence on all ques tions of public policy, fearlessly advocating what he deemed to be right and resolving any doubt in favor of the public. - His personal preference was for private life, and after leaving office he retired almost to seclusion, but without giving over his deep concern for the affairs of mankind. He will be sincerely mourned by the older resi dents of the community, who knew him well eneugk'to value his sterling qualities, and who could see the teal man behind the eccentricities that were only noted by the many who did not know him otherwise. Increasing the Joy of Living. Much of the iovW modern livinar riraura it. inspiration from expert direction. Any move ment for human betterment, urban and rural, rarely gains speed without an expert driver. In one way or another exoerta oervade iwrv r!. partment ot human, activity. We have experts in social, political, civic ana religious life, food and drink expert and expert on living by one's wits, the route from the cradle to the grave ia hedged with experts whose dilligence in direct ing uncertain feet ia only equaled by their nimble reach for the wherewith. Thev rrliava am n. plexities, solve our every problem, banish pessi mism ana raaiate optimism at so much per ra diate,. It most not be supposed, however, that the expert field is fully covered. One arlnn hitherto unexplored, U about to be revealed, and systematically cultivated. It Is the field of fatigue a field of surpassing richness suddenly breaking, like a cloudless sunrise on the in ventive expert's mind. Victim of fatigue, com monly known at the "tired feeling," are thus given ground for hope and assurances of relief. The importance of the discovery lies in its peculiar timeliness. With tome thirty legisla ture ripening for action during the next three or four months, the value of a fatigue expert to a defenceless public ia beyond estimate. The certainty of relief from this and minor fatigues materially 'enhances the joy of, living and lends soulful fervor to the exhortation: "God moves in mysterious ways Hi wonders to perform." War on Rata I Urged. While the Omaha Commercial club is giving endorsement to the proposed extermination of the English sparrow, the Grain Exchange sug gests a far more practical and urgent crusade, that of killing off the rats. The English sparrow haa for many years been accused of a long list of (in of omission and commission, but) while the evidence is not all in yet, at no time has it been conclusively shown .that his greatest offense is not spending his days in the busiest parts of the busy cities. He tacks much of the attractive quali ties of some of the other birds, he is inquistive and impertinent, and yet he has his place in the economy of nature and may be on deeper inquiry be found to be of real service to the world. Against the rat it is shown that he is destructive and costly; he eat up millions of dollars' worth of grain each year, destroys poultry and sucking pigs, and generally creates havoc where he flour ishes. He is also a carrier of disease, and thus a menace to human life a well as to property. If we must, at a community, engage in the work of warfare on any of the lower form of life, let it be againat the rat, who ia an unquestioned offender. After we get rid of him we may take up the case against the sparrow if still so inclined. : Recent sale of farm land within twenty miles of (Jmaha at aq average of $185 per acre clearly visions the reason for the increasing tenant farmer class in this country. The first cost of land, not to mention the cost of equipment prac tically lifts farm ownership beyond the reach of those without large capital or who cannot com mand it. ., '. - Increasing National Expense Now Yark Journal of Commarea. The democratic convention of 1912 denounced "the profligate waste of the money wrung from the people by oppressive taxation through the lavish appropriations of recent republican con gresses, which have kept taxes high and reduced the purchasing power of the people's toil." It also demanded "a return to that simplicity and economy which befits a democratic government, and a reduction in the number of useless offices, the salaries of which drain the substance of the people." Strange things have happened since then to prevent a return to that simplicity and economy, but the effort in that direction has not been conspicuous. The platform of the same party this year had nothing to denounce, but it still demanded "careful economy in all expendi tures," and favored a return to the "former prac tice of initiating and preparing all appropriation bills .through a single committee," as a "prac ticable step toward a budget system." We shall have to wait a while for any earnest move in that direction apparently. We are reminded of these declarations of pur pose by the estimates for the expenses of the next fiscal year presented to congress as a basis for appropriations. The estimates are apt to be exceeded by the appropriations. Everybody un derstands the demands upon the public treasury, unexpected in 1912, which have been caused by the war in Europe and the trouble in Mexico; but these demands have by no means been con fined to that cause. The appropriations for the current year and the estimates for the next fiscal year have been enlarged by the plans for increas inar the armv and navv as a oreDaration for fu ture safety, but, apart from that and beginning as soon as the new administration came into power, seventeen months before the war broke out in Europe, there has been a singular lack of effort to return to that simplicity and econ omy that befits a democratic government or to reduce the number or othce. useless or other wise. The whole record has been quite to the contrary. It is not so many years since a "billion dollar congress" caused quite a stir, but now a billion dollar session has become familiar, and there has been no slackening since the republican con gresses indulged in "lavish appropriations" which wrung money from the people by oppressive taxation. For the current fiscal year the appro priations amounted to $1,184,157,517 and the esti mates for the next aggregate $1,268,715,834. In both cases this is exclusive of expenses for the Postoffice department, which are expected to be met by postal revenues, and of the amount due to the sinking fund for the public debt, which is not always applied to its purpose. Looking over the estimates for the different departments, it is difficult to find anything but increased allow ances for a larger number of offices and more public employes. We wonder when that era o( simplicity and economy that befits a democratic government is destined to arrive. Cardinal Gibbons on Suffrage Brooklyn Eafla. The convention of women oooosed to votes for women, which met in Washington, listened to a strong speech, a very strong speech, by Elihu Root. Mr. Root is with the "antis." But we think the most useful thing they did for their cause was to elicit from Cardinal Gibbons this written statement of his views: The insistence on the right of participation in active political life is undoubtedly calcu lated to rob woman of her grace of character and give her nothing in return but masculine boldness and effrontery. I regard "women's rights women" and the leaders of the new school of female progress as the worst enemies of the female sex. Unless repudiated by Rome, which is unlikely. this expression of the ranking primate of the Ro man Catholic church in America must stand as the view of that church, not to be ignored by about 4,000,000 adult Catholic women, a consider able number of whom have listened willingly to the suffragists. It is not binding on them, per haps, but it discourages any participation in the suffrage movement. the cardinal, however, is whol v in accord with the spirit of his church all through the ages, It has consistently regarded the cultiva tion of piety and the performance of the duties of the wife and mother as the two chief duties of woman. That is perfectly well understood by all students of church history. States and Motor. Taxes -Brooklyn Eaf la in the case cominir uo from New Tersev the supreme court of the United States haa fully sus tained the right of the state to tax motor cars using its roads for the upkeep of the roads by demanding a license fee. It has incidentally held that pleasure car touring ia not "interstate com meice." This is a considerable divergence from the opinion of Chief Justice Marshall in the Gib bons against Ogdcn case: "Commerce undoubt edly is traffic, but it is something more. It is intercourse." Apparently, so lonK as this decision stands. the national congress cannot constitutionally take over the regulation of the use of pleasure touring cars. Whether it could take over the regulation of the use of trucks carrying merchandise from one state to another is uncertain. Apparently, if new jersey may aemana a 9-a-year license tor a year before a citizen of any other state can use its roads with the ordinary type of "flivver," for a single day, other states could do the same and the touring of the states of the union might mean a tax amounting to more than the value of the car. Apparently, the court sees no discrimination in taxing motor cars and not taxing horse-drawn vehicles. This is a little hard to understand, though taxing on a differential basis, making the auto pay more because it wears the roads more, would seem reasonable. Perhaps, in the course of time, the auto-owners, powerful in all states, will work out and se cure the adoption of uniform license systems by all commonwealths. Even uniform speed and tramc regulations would not be an absurd dream. And uniformity would alone be a boon to driv ers wh. want to observe the law wherever they are going, but are mystified by erratic local or state restrictions, and often annoyed by arrests not based on any wilfull violation of statutes. People and Events Lonis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, seeks new fields to conquer. He has turned his pen to writing a scenario depicting the romantic courtship of King Pip IX and, Princess Apple Blossom, which will form the dramatic feature of Spokane's apple show. - St. Paul advices indicate that Mr. Hill sustained no ill-effects from the venture. Old Dick Croker. one-time Tammany hn. is back from Ireland, looking over the New York diggings where he picked up his fortune. "Con ditions in Ireland," he says, "are bad just now. Living expenses have doubled." The snowy white hair of the chief has become a thatch of muddy yellow, a change that startled his acquaintances. The change he ascribes to a surgical operation, which started the yellow streak to his top knot. ine pure ioou commissioner oi ransas, I A. Cona-don. contributes a brochure on "The Kioht for Food," showing how a family of five might make ends meet if the husband has an income of $1,300 a year. The chief point of the contribu tion lies in the allowance tor clothing. Man-like, the commission allows the husband $82.75 a year for duds and cuts mother's allowance to $47. In a state where equality of rights obtains an even division should be made, but the doubtless figures that an industrious wife can nnd time lor plain ana fancy sewing besides look ing after three kids and having hubby's meals and other wanta supplied on achedule time. Thought Nugget for the Day. Be calm in arguing, for flerceness makea error a fault and truth dis co urtesy. Herbert. One Year Ago Today In the War. Orrinans reported withdrawing to Buu; river on Itussian front. I'rltish admitted low of eight ifuna and 1,500 men In Serbia. I'rfaldent Wilson's note to Austria un Anrona matter made public. Greek troops transferred to 8orre to give franco-British clear path to Salonica. In Omaha Thirty Years Aeo. Klrkendall, Jonea & Co. gave a din ner at the Omaha club to the follow ing KueHta: Charles Stoekham, 1. K. Reynolds, M. Perkins, O. H. Eastman, J. Beatty, Jr.; J. C. Kahl, E. A. Ueuker, J. W. Tyfe, O. M. Winkleman, H. C. Drexel, J. H. Patrick, W. L. Eastman, W. A. Frye, J. M. Buchanan. P. T. Wilson, D. M. Stoekham, Willinm Rolls, F. R. Streight, S. O. lsett, W. H. Brown and A. L. Herkiiu. Lord Farquar, Sir Robert Fullrook and Lord Courage were guests of C. MY WORD! 8. Parrotte and visited Mr. Parrotte's ranch. Mrs. Yost entertained the Afternoon club delightfully. The table was deco rated with great taste and after lunch the women had an exciting session of cards. The invitations are out for the third annual Jewish charity, ball to be given at Metropolitan hall. The committee of arrangements ia composed of Mes damea M. Hellman, Adolph Meyer, L. Mendelssohn, Max Meyer, E. Rose water,. S. Kata, A. Pollack, a Kalish, B. Newman, J. L. Brandeis, Albert Cahn, F. Adler and A. Haas. Colonel Henry has moved from hl Dodge street home to 1810 Chicago. Mrs. Treynor contemplates a de lightful southern trip early next month. After doing New Orleans she will take a steamer to New York. Mrs. J. T. Clarke has painted a beautiful study ot popples on porce lain. Miss Ida Lorine Gibson and Orange 8. Pettla were married at the residence of Miss Gibson's parents, 1411 California. This Day In History. 1745 John Jay, statesman and dip lomatist bora in New York Cltv. Died at Bedford, N. Y.. May 17. 1829. 1799 Heinrlch Heine, famous poet, born at Dusseldorf, Germany. Died at Paris February 17, 1866. 1854 Nebraska elected Its first ter ritorial legislature and delegates to congress. 1873 Edwin Forrest, one of the most eminent of American tragedians, died in Philadelphia. Born there March 9, 1806. 1874 King Kalakaua of the Sand wich Islands arrived in Washington. 1881 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey was appointed secre tary of state by President Arthur. 1889 Robert Browning, the Eng lish poet died In Venice. Born near London May 7, 1812. 1900 Celebration of the 100th an niversary of the establishment of the seat of national government at Wash ington, following the transfer of the national capital from Philadelphia. 1906 Arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed at Washington. 1910 President Taft nominated Edward D. White of Louisiana to be chief justice of the supreme court of the United States. 1911 At the Durbar at Delhi King George was crowned emperor of India. The Day We Celebrate. Harry o. Townsend of the Town send Gun company is just 66. He was born at Madison, Wis., and was in business at Colorado City, Tex., be fore coming to Omaha to become a member of his present firm. Princess Maria Christina, second daughter of the king and queen of Spain, born In Madrid five years ago toda. Rev. Charles a Macfarland, general secretary of the Federal Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches in the United States, born In Boston fifty years ago today. William P. Dillington, United States senator from Vermont born at Waterbury, Vt, seventy-three years ago today. ' Arthur Brisbane, celebrated New York editor and journalist born In Buffalo fifty-two years ago today. Martin F. Ansel, former governor of South Carolina, born at Charles ton, 8. C, sixty-six years ago .today. WUIIam K. Vanderbllt New York capitalist, born at Staten Island, N. Y., sixty-seven years ago today. Edwin E. Roberts, representative In congress from Nevada, born at Pleas ant Grove, Cal., forty-six years ago today, - Timely Jottings and Reminders. Automobile dealers of Kansas are to meet In Topeka today to organise a state' association. . A special session of the Southern Cotton congress has been called for Norfolk today to discuss a program to meet the exigencies of the changed nconomio conditions at Xhe close of the war. - Organizations in New York state endeavoring to reduce the high cost of living have fixed today as the date for inaugurating a general boycott on butter. In coalfields throughout the United States and Canada an election is to be held today for national and district officials of the United Mine Workers of America. Secretary of War Baker is sched uled as the chief speaker at the annual John Jay dinner to be given tonight by the Commercial club of Kansas City. In Washington today the Federal Trade commission Is to begin another public hearing on the news print pa per situation. Encouraged by the results of last week's elections the prohibitionists are making strong efforts to swing Into the dry column a majority of the sev enteen Massachusetts cities which are to vote on the license question today. Storyette of the Day. . An Irish waiter named Kenny was noted for his wit and ready answers. A party of gentlemen who were stay ing at the hotel heard of Kenny's wit and one of them made a bet that he would say something that Kenny couldn't answer at once. A bottle of champagne was ordered and the one who had made the bet took hold of the bottle and com menced to open It The cork came out with a bang and flew Into Kenny's mouth. "Ah," he said, "that it not the way to Cork!" . Kenny took the cork out of his mouth and replied: "No, but it's the way to 'Kill Kenny,' "Baltimore Sun. a JaCl Essentials of Good Bread-Making. Columbus, O., Dee. 6. To the Ed itor of The Bee: What are the ideal specifications for bread and the flour from which it should be made? This is the rather large question which Uncle Sam has set himself to answer. The particular branch of federal service Interested in this ques tion is not the Agricultural depart ment nor yet the Department of Com merce, but the navy. From the office of the Instructor Commissary Stewards, Cooks anu Bakers school of San Francisco has come a questlonaire directed to the leading authorities of the baking in dustry throughout the United States. The questions are few, but searching, and asked for practical as well as the-, oretical information. The National Association of Master Bakers desig nated a committee of experienced bak ers to give the best Information possi ble as a result of their many years in the baking Industry. Here are the questions and answers thus prepared: . 1. What is the best bread formula? Ans. The bakers feel that the best answer to the question Is expressed in a percentage ratio, as follows: Pet. Flour 62.40 Sugar 1.94 Shortening 1.26 Yeast 61 Sundries 1.61 Water 32.18 In the item of sundries the bakers inolude milk, gelatinized flour or any other of the articles on the market Intended to Improve the quality of bread. 2. What age should the flour be be fore using? Ans. Testimony of bakers is that the proper aging of flour depends upon the nature of the crop. This varies from year to year and with the locality from which the grain comes. Generally speaking, however, and with the average run of crop the baker ages his flour from thirty to sixty days after milling. 3. What size should the loaf be? Ans. For such purpose as the navy contemplates the bakers believe the size of loaf to be approximately two pounds. In no case should the loaf be under one pound. Bak ers of the United States are firmly convinced that the maximum quality is not properly obtainable short of fifteen or sixteen ounces. Certain im provements occur up to the two-pound limit The practical size for a loaf is one of the moot questions of the bread in dustry. Some domestic science writ ers very strongly urge the one-pound unit. Their observations, however, are based on domestic use and domestic baking, which has not the facilities for proper mixing nor for accurate baking enjoyed by every first-class bakery. 6. How should flour be stowed in the storehouse? Ans. Storage should be In dry ware rooms, temperature ranging be tween 70 and 72, well ventilated, bar rels so stacked that the air can reach them from two or more sides, no large masses together at one point and free from contaminating odors of any sort Flour is Injured if too closely confined or kept in quarters where there is an excess of humidity. 6. What should be the specifications for flour? Ans. The recognized test among leading bakers provides: Moisture content IS per cent or less. Dry gluten, 11 per cent or more. Ash, 42 per cent or less. Color, 96 to 100 relative. Volume of loaf, 190 to 200 cubic inches. " T. T. FRANKENBERG. Jews and Christian Science. Omaha, Dec. 7. To the Editor of The Bee: In reply to Mr. Herring's letter regarding my lecture last Fri day on "Can a Jew be a Christian Scientist?" I wish to say that Mr. Herring In no way refutes the argu ments I brought forth but on the con trary reinforces my position. - He speaks of "the Jewish religion and the Jewish eonceptlon of God as being the primal source from which the religions of all the world gain their Inspiration." He speaks of "the maj esty and grandeur of Jehovah, the Lord God of Israel." He says that "the Old Testament contains the form of all that Is known about God and man." He says that "the God of Is rael, the Psalms, Isaiah, etc.. have found their way Into the Christian Science service." He haa only praise , T .. . onA Ih. lamilch Bible, He says that "spiritually we are all children of Israel" and even declares that the "cornerstone" of the "whole structure" of Christian Science la "Hear, O Israel, the Lord Our God the Lord is One." Now that is my point exactly. It Judaism is so much, what need haa any Jew of deserting It for any other form of religion ? If the Jewish relig ion Is the primal source from which, the religions of all the world gain their Inspirations, what need has the Jew for going anywhere than to Ju daism, to "the source" Instead of getting his own religion at second hand? If Christian Science Is built upon Judaism, can't the Jew get what virtues It is supposed to possess direct from his own religion, from his own services, from his own prayer book, from his own Bible? The question I asked (which was wrongly printed rn the papers) was "why such Jewish ideas and Jewish quotations which Christion Science appropriates should seem so "wonderful' to Jews when heard at the Christian Science service) or read in the Christian Science text book, and Ignored together with an unlimited number like them In the Jewish service or In the Bible, which is not only the 'key but the whole casket itself of priceless religious gems and spirtual jewels?" If Christian Science Is a religion, the Jew does not need it because accord ing to Christian Scentlsts themselves his own Is so good. And, furthermore, if Christian Science Is a religion, it is a form of the Christian religion: as its very name indicates, and aa Christaln Scientists do not deny; on the contrary they claim, as the official lecturer in our city recently put it rt is 'The Christianity of Jesus Christ" Now, how can a man have two re llgions? How can a person be a Jew and a Christian at the same timet One can no more have two religion than one can serve two flags. And if Christian Science Is not merely a religion, but a supposed method of healing tricked out in the) form of religion, grafted upon religion. If you please, with "health" in every way subordinating holiness, even aa s system ot curing disease (where every one must see Its main emphasis liee the Jew cannot avail himself of it even for utilitarian purposes, for its wars and woof are Christian. He must have the "Christian mind" in order to get a "demonstration," and when the Jew haa a Christian mind he hi no longer a Jew. Even the "race Jew" with a Christian mind la longer a Jew. There was no "attack" on Mm, Eddy. I merely pointed out that jh was no religionist like Luther, Cal vin, Wesley, Fox or other founders ot religious sects; she was originally a healer of physical ailments, aa hetr authentic biography will show. I have no quarrel with any Chris tian who wishes to be a Christian Scientist; but I claim no Jew can halt between two opinions: he must choose either Baal or Jehovah. Yours very truly, RABBI FREDERICK COHN. SMILING LINES. dler who had thoaa varaetoua ehrenielao for sale waa vary obllflns In explatalof their virtues. "I have here two different almanacs from which yon may choose." he aald. "One ot them oontain. the moat dolidaya, bat the other contains the moat food wetther." new lorn i tmea. "The repreaantatlra from our dlatrlet haj aent me soma valuable bulletins. X think 1 U forward, by way of thanka. a boa ot clsara." "Hatter make It a banes, of erehlda. old top. The repreaentaUve from oar dlatriot la a lady. "Baltimore American. THB PROPHET. toyman Bntnn. in BtmItt Rom. Jeremiah, will yon come? Will you rathar up the muMtvd u4 wk them with a dniniT Will you dan anoint the elmeo mm from all the cattle kind? And threaten with the fire of Ood the foollin. and the bltM? 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