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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.
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The horrors of war multiply aa the shooting
proceeds. England is going on half rations of
beer.
A league to enforce peace among American
suffragists appears equally in the interest ol
humanity.
The film-makers complain that the movie
stars take all the profits. That's why they are
movie stars. '
Opportunity can dispense with the knock, so
far as makers and vendors of soft drinks are
concerned. The glad hands of both classes
already extend the welcome.
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The sad fact that Mr. Bryan has come out in
opposition to the president's peace proposals just
brings our amiable democratic contemporary to
tears only they are crocodile tears.
The latest inning for the freedom of the
North sea once more ties the score. Unless
greater speed for a decision it shown presently
the bleachers may demand rain checks.
Now, if the charge were that office stenogra
phers, rather than publicschool teachers, were
selected largely for "charm of face and figure,"
there would be no such indignant outburst
' German commentators on President Wilson'
utterances insist that if bis plan fails he must
take side with one of the belligerent. Anyone
with this jidea In hit-head ha another guess.
If anyone is excited over the imminence of
the coming grand jury, the excitement is not
visible on the surface. What was the special
business which demanded the calling of a grand
jury at this time, anyway?
The distinguished visitor who is urging re
ligious instruction in our public schools should
have his attention called to the constitution of
Nebraska. Whatever may be permissible in other
places, no mixture of church and school is pos
sible here. :;' .
: If Nebraska is to have a constitutional con
vention, why should the legislature bother now
with constitutional amendments? Or put it the
other way: If the legislature is to inbmit amend
ments to bring ttie constitution up-to-date, why
bother with a convention?
. Shortening the ballot by half would accom
plish the object better than doubling the elec
tion boards. Reduce the number of cross-marks
to reasonable limits and the counting will take
care of itself. For proof, recall our municipal
election in which we vote for just seven city
commissioner. ;'
Solon of the Nutmeg state propose a license
system for newspaper writers, designed to ele
' vate the qualifications of the profession and
check the speed of inventive imaginations. Ever
since local talent put the con in Connecticut the
humbled Nutmeggers longed for just such , a
chance to retrieve their reputation.
Under the inspiring influence of "Mrs.
Speaker," the Oregon assembly dispatched busi
ness in proper form, while the members dis
pensed with the pipe, the cigar and cigaret. Apart
from other considerations; the influence in sup
pressing smoke smudges in itself constitutes an
appealing reason for encouraging woman's par
ticipation in public meetings and affairs.
The Bee owes an evening contemporary an
apology, which h hereby publicly tenders. By
one of those unexplainabte typographical errors
ine name oi senator atone ot Missouri was
made to appear in an Associated Press dispatch
in The Bee as "Senator Strong.'' Of course the
c. c. was not supposed to be aware of the mis
spelling when it stole the dispatch bodily and
reprinted it, mistake and all Aa such theft, how
ever, is a daily occurrence, we know it behooves
us to be all the more careful. - ,
Built on Bee Lines
Hastings Tribune: The Omaha Bee i right
when it says that the agitation to make the study
of the life of Abraham Lincoln compulsory in
our public schools would be better received if it
did not smack so much of the book trust.
Kearney ' Hub: A woman writing to The
Omaha Bee demands the abolition of the pool
hall as "a greater nuisance than the saloon," but
faiis.to suggest any substitute as a place of com
munity recreation. There are already too many
"thou shah nots," with rarely "thou mayest" as
a countersign ot numan fellowship.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee remarks that
"our democratic friends down at Lincoln are
talking of imitating the example of the legisla
ture of 1907," which was a republican legislature,
and the most noticeable body that ever assembled
in the state. The Bee's conclusion that "they
couldn't pick a better model" docs not need cor
roboration.
Nebraska Olf Press: The Omaha Bee, one
of the pioneers in the movement for good roads
in Nebraska, says someone is accusing it of try
ing to dictate how roads should be built in this
state. . The Bee should worrv: likewise, it miirht
be a good idea for someone to dictate in the
matter. There is a unanimity of opinion about
roads, but very few people can agree on just how
they should be built. Also, some people are
nrobahlv sincere in the hrlirf that IImu
should not interfere and put federal money for
roau iiuu me states. .
Discussing Wilson" Peace Plans.
Senators of the United States have tacitly
agreed not to devote any of the precious remain
ing time to formal discussion of the proposals
made in the peace address of President Wilson.
This decision will be applauded by the country
at large, for it will permit more careful consid
eration of the really vital matters that must be
given attention between this time and the 4th of
March. Not that universal peace I not of prime
importance to the United States, for it is, but the
question as presented in the president's address
is not immediately pressing. In course of the
informal discussion before the senate on the
Cummins resolution, before it was sent to the
calendar, several serious obstacles to the course
suggested for this country were brought to view.
These were not presented in a spirit of narrow
partisanship, but to indicate the difficulties that
must be overcome before the United States can
enter ' on the program of beneficent activity
hinted at by Mr. Wilson. Even should the senate
be willing to co-operate with the president, and
under the constitution the senate is the real
treaty-making power of this country, it is yet
needed that agreement be reached on a number
of details that will be troublesome unless settled
in advance. In good season the debate will come,
and the public will be enlightened on the actual
methods of securing peace and how far the
United States can safely become involved in
European politics.
Just Retting Not Abandoned.
President Calvin of the Union Pacific ay
he has not yet had the demand for a new Union
depot for Omaha put up to him. It' coming.
Mr. Csrrinl Be advised that the respite granted
is merely to afford you time to become familiar
with the present inadequate passenger accommo
dations and to acquire a state of preparedness
for a favorable answer. Be assured, too, that
the people of Omaha give the railroads converg
ing here the credit of good intentions and a will
ingness to treat this city as well as they do other
cities in which they have terminals, but they also
know that it would be unprecedented for Omaha
to get a new Union depot without first exerting
pressure to convince the railroads not only that
we are entitled to it, but that we must have it
and will not rest content without it At least,
we know that has been the experience elsewhere.
There is a new Union depot on Omaha' little
list and it expect to place a check-mark against
it oon. ,
f Plaint of the "Movie" Makers,
Testimony by a' leader among the maker of
moving picture film that the "stars" get all the
earnings of the industry indicates the predicament
in which the producer find themselves as a result
of their own methods. Recently it has been the
custom of these purveyors of public amusement
to vaunt the enormous cost of production and the
extravagant prices paid to popular favorite for
performing before the camera.
American have outstripped all peoples in the
way of lavishing money reward on all whose
talent or ability for the time holds popular fancy,
but no other entertainers have yet approached the
figures attained by the moving picture aristo
crats. Adelina Parti, blessed above all women
in voice and business ability, is famed for her
$5,000 a performance, but she never got within
shouting distance of Charley Chaplin's $720,000 a
year. All future ages will pay tribute to Edwin
Booth and Tomaso Salvini for their heaven-sent
geniui, bnt neither of these approached the
earthly reward that is pouring in on Douglas
Fairbanks. Extension of this list of comparison
it possible, but of little service. The jingle of
the nickels and dime in the box at the moving
picture theater is the source of th golden stream
from which comes comfort and luxury to the
fortunate one whose names bring million daily
to watch the shadow on the screen.
Just now the patrons of the "movies" do not
want pictures or stories they demand "stars,"
and the producers must give them star or see
them turn to some other form of amusement
The man who will be successful above hi fel
lows is the one who will be ready with) the new
plaything when the public tires of ft present toy.
Passing Around the "Pork."
President Wilson's monitory visit to congress
last week has some effect, at least In accelerating
the movement of the legislative mill. Within
two hour one of the "fattest" pork-barrel bills
ever put through was passed by the house and
sent over to the senate. It appropriates $38,000,-
000 in round numbers for sites and federal build
ings throughout the country. Of this sum $99,000
is allotted to Nebraska, most of it for buildings
at the Genoa Indian school.
Specific instances of the profligate waste of
public money in these omnibus measure have
frequently been given, but no amount of pro
test ha served to shame the present congress
into foregoing its grab at the treasury. On the
morning that bill was passed the deficit in the
United States treasury for the fiscal year 1917
stood at $145,744,30675, more than two and one
half times the deficit for the preceding year. Re
member, too, that the present democratic admin
istration has shown a deficit in the treasury for
each year it has been in office.
Some items of the bill puzzle the student to
determine by what rule the democrats distribute
their favors. For example: The bill carries
$5,000 to purchase a building site at Baxley, Ga.,
and $1,500,000 for a site at Boston. This is $2.02
per head for Boston and $6 per head for Baxley.
On the volume of business done, if the Baxley
item of $5,000 is correct then Boston should have
$1,822,500,000, the postal business at Boston being
just 1,215 times as large as that done at Baxley,
Think how proud each of the 945 citizens of
Las Vegas, Ncv., will be as they point to the
$5,000 postoffice Uncle Sam is going to put up
there. And in Susanville, Cal., a bustling, teem
ing center of 688 souls, $10,000 will be expended
on a federal building. West Palm Beach., Fla.
where the "tiger" is said to have his lair, is to
get $10,000 also for a postoffice, to be principally
used by those who fall in the "jungles" to write
home for money.
This list might be easily extended. Its beauty
ia heightened by the knowledge that closely fol
lowing it through the house is proceeding a bill
to authorize a floating indebtedness of $100,000,000
and a bond issue of $289,000,000.
Internal revenue returns suggest a new twist
in national patriotism. Despite the vast increase
in the dry area last year, the consumption oi
liquors reached record proportions. Patriotic
wets must have made up the dry deficit 'with alt
the enthusiasm evolved by a spirit of self-sacri
fice.
Railroads Here and Abroad
-Naw York Time
Althoueh receivine the lowest freight rates
of the railways of any country except one, the
railroads of the United States receive the highest
oassensrer rates of the railways of any country,
with two exceptions. At the same time the
American carriers pay the highest wages in the
world, with the one exception of the railroads of
western Australia. The only country in which
the freight rates are lower than in the United
States is India, where the cost of labor is very
small, and in western Australia, the only country
where the wages are higher than in America, the
freight rates are almost twice what they are in
this country. These facts are shown in a study
of a bulletin issued by the bureau of railway eco
nomics, giving comparative statistics of the rail
ways of the United States and of thirty-eight for
eign countries, representing something like seven
eights of the world's railway mileage.
The most striking fact shown by the bureau's
compilation is the low freight rate in the United
States as compared with the rates -of other coun
tries, considering the high wages in the United
States, the cost of labor being the greatest item
in the cost of railroad operation. The average
receipts per ton miles on the railroads of this
country is .729 cent, about 60 per cent of the
roads of the principal European countries. India,
the only country to have a lower rate, has a
rate of .7 cent. Brazil has the highest rate, 7.03
cents. Canada's average rate .758 cent while in
most other countries the freight rates are two
and three times as much as those received in
this country. Following are some of the receipts
per'ton mile, expressed in cents: Austria, 1.508;
Denmark, 2.113; France, 1.183; Germany, 1.244;
Hungary, 1215; Japan. .774; Russia, .933; Spain,
2.226; Sweden, 1J73. These figures were taken
from European reports for 1913, the last normal
year before the war upset things industrial across
the Atlantic
The averaee vearlv compensation of employes
in the United States was given as $756.83. West
ern Australia the only country with a higher
. - j -. i t aonn in -
wage rate, paia us rauruau cmpiuyca .pow.wv
year. In Germany the average was $408.97; in
Holland, $341.52; in Italy, $376.81; in Austria,
$335.90; in Russia, $211.40. Japan pays the lowest
railroad wage, with an average of $112.56 a year
for each employe. The average European wage
is shown to be about half of what is paid in this
country. ..
The capitalization per mile in the United
States ranks very low in comparison with that
in other countries. The bureau's compilation
f;ive these capitalization figures for some of the
arger countries: United States, $65,861; Austria,
$122,053; Belgium, $216,143; Canada, $56,065;
France, $150,439; Germany, $120,049; Japan, $88,
633; Russia, $86,968; United Kingdom, $274,027.
In commenting upon the comparisons by the
bureau, the Railway Age Gazette says:
"The principal economies in operation in this
country which have made possible practically the
lowest freight rates in the worm nave oeen ei
fected in the conduct of the freieht service and
mainly by increasing the size of the units in
which freight is transported. The railroads of
the United States handle more freight per year,
per train and per mile than the railways of any
other country in the world."
The average receipts pes passenger mile in
the United States are higher than in any other
country except Brazil and Cuba. The average
rate for the United states is s.uu cents, wniie
in Austria the average rate is 1.079, in France,
1.068; in bpatn. 1.5ZZ; in Hungary, .967; Oermany,
.908. and Russia. .699 cents. In India the average
rate is only .414 cent. In Brazil the average rate
per mile is 2.64 cents . and in Cuba 2.86 cents.
The reason for the low passenger rates in other
countries is, of course, to be found in the differ
CHIC 111 1IIC I.UI AVICI V, BMVIV.
' On the Eve of Battle
Stuaept-ba-Arms, kt 1
I am not a psychologist and I have not seen
many people die in their beds; but ft is established
that very few people are afraid of a natural death
when it comes to the test A violent death such
as death in battle is obviously a different matter.
II comes to a man wneu ne, is m inc inn posses
sion of his health and vigor, and when every
physical instinct is urging him to self-preservation.
If a man feared death in such circum
stances one could not be surprised, and yet in
the present war hundreds of thousands of men
have gone to meet practically certain destruction
without giving a sign of terror. Their emotions
seem to be number. Noises, sights and sensations
which would ordinarily produce intense pity, sor
row or dread have no effect on them at alt, and
vet never was their mind clearer, their sight hear
ing, etc, mure atatc dui Willi mc ibsuc uciwc
them, with victory or death or the prospect of
eternity, their minds blankly refuse to come to
imps, it is before an attack mat a man is more
liable to fears hf fore his blood is hot, and while
he still has leisure to think. The trouble may be
gin a day or two in advance, when he is first
told of the attack which is likely to mean death
to himself and so many of his chums. One in
dulges in regrets about the home one may never
see again. One is rather sorry for one's self; but
such self-pity is not wholly unpleasant. One feels
mildly heroic, which is not wholly disagreeable
either. Very few men are afraid of death in the
abstract. Very few men believe itv hell, or are
tortured by their consciences.
But as the hour approaches when the attack is
due to be launched the strain becomes more
tense. The men are probably cooped up in a
very small space. Movement is restricted.
Matches must not be struck. Voices must be
hushed to a whisper. Shells bursting and machine
guns rattling bring home the grim reality of the
affair. It is then more than at any other time
in an attack that a man has to "face the specters
of the mind," and lay them if he can.
The vast majority experiences more or less
violent physical shrinking from the pain of
death and wounds, especially when they are ob
liged to be physically inactive, and when they
have nothing else to think about This kind of
dread is, in the case of a good many men, intensi
fied by darkness and suspense, and by the deafen
ing noise and shock that accompany the detona
tion of high explosives. But it cannot properly
be called the fear of death, and it is a purely
physical reaction, which can be, and nearly always
is, controlled by the mind. Last of all there is
the repulsion and loathing for the whole business
of war, with its bloody ruthlessness, its fiendish
ingenuity and its insensate cruelty, that comes to
a man after a battle, when the tortured and dis
membered dead lie strewn about the trench, and
the wounded groan from No-Man's land. But
neither is that the fear of death. It is a repulsion
which breeds hot anger more often than cold fear,
reckless hatred of life more often than abject
clinging to ft. But even where men are afraid it
is generally not death that they fear. Their fear
is a physical and instinctive shrinking from hurt,
shock and the unknown, which instinct obtains
the mastery only through surprise, or through the
exhaustion of the mind and will, or through a
man being excessively self-centered. It is not
the fear of death rationally considered; but an
irrational, physical instinct which all men possess,
but which almost all can control.
People and Events
Chicago's new police chief tells his men:
"Make Chicago so disagreeable a place for crim
inals that they will stay away." The job prom
ises a continuous season of sport.
The erstwhile fistic champion. Bob Fitzsim
mons, has gone into training at Seattle for a
pulpit career, following the example of the late
Ben Hagan of Chicago. Bob believes he can put
a punch in the preaching business.
I TODAY
Health Bint for the Day.
Do not cut your flnKr nails and
toe nails alike: the former should bo
cut to follow the outline of the finger
but trim your toe nails In a straight
line across the ends of the toes, thus
preventing pressure on i them by the
Bhoea.
One Year Ago Today tn the War.
Italian trenches at Oslavla captured
by Austrlans.
British labor voted to support the
government's war policy.
Parts claimed all of the lost ground
at Neuvllle had been recovered.
Constantinople again reported a
British repulse with "appalling losses. "
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The Northwestern Electric Lighting
company of this city has recently com
pleted the erection of a new eteam
engine in ita engine house on Twelfth
street It Ib of the Corliss make and
represents the power of 300 horses.
Hlmebaugh & Merriam's old office,
on Thirteenth street and the Union
Pacific tracks, from which the firm
moving a few days ago, waa run into
by a backing freight train. The base
ment was demolished and the super
structure shaken up. The firm has
donated the building to the Union Pa
cific, who will move ft to Summit and
use It aa a depot
The following have been admitted
to membership In the Board ot Trade:
J. a ' Gibson, John B. Evans, D. C.
Patterson, John Grant, L. M. Ander
son, Joseph Goldsmith, Charles Gold
smith, Oscar P. Goodman, John
Baumer, j. j. Bums, William Fried
and Raye Nye.
Mr. and Mrs. D. I Thomas enter
tained a party of about seventy-five
of their friends at their spacious resi
dence on Idaho street
The Cretghton Heights syndicate
gave an elegant banquet to the A-Number-One
real estate firm of Ben
awa & Co., and their employes.
The office of the Mutual Life In
surance company, W. F. Allen, gen
eral agent- has been removed from
the corner of Fourteenth and Fanuun
to 216 South Thirteenth.
Arthur Wakeley gave a small din
ner party a the club at which the
guests were Mrs. Richardson, Mrs.
Peck, Miss Canute and Miss Sommera.
This Day In History.
1710 Lord George Germain, the ir
reconcilable foe of America in the
cabinet of Lord North during the rev
olution, born in England. Died there
August 26, 1785.
1823 Dr. Edward Jenner, the dis
coverer of vaccination, died in Lon
don. Born in Gloucestershire, May 17,
174.
1837 Michigan was admitted into
the union, .with Detroit as the state
capital.
1863 General Hooker suceeded
General Burnside as commander of
the army of the Potomac.
186 Holley converter for making
Bessemer steel patented.
1880 Lake ot Zurich frozen over
for first time In nearly 100 years.
1886 General "Chinese" Gordon,
famous English soldier and adminis
trator, killed at Khartoum. Born Jan
uary St, 183$.
Beginning of the great street
railway strike in Brooklyn.
1804 Beconciiiation between the
German emperor and Prince Bis
marck. 1010 The United States Banking
company ot Mexico City suspended
after a heavy run.
1011 The Canadian reciprocity
agreement waa sent to congress by
President Tart
1016 Germany seized food supply
by official edict
The Day We Celebrate.
Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester TutUe,
presiding bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal church In the United States,
born at Windham, N. Y., 80 years ago
today.
Frank O. Lowden, the new governor
of Illinois, born at Sunrise City, Minn.,
fifty-six years ago today.
Prince August William, fourth son
of the German emperor, born at Pots
dam, thirty years ago today.
Cleveland H. Dodge, New York mer
chant and philanthropist born in New
York City, fifty-seven years ago today.
Right Hon. Thomas McKlnnon
Wood, late chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster and financial secretary to
the British treasury, born In London,
sixty-two years ago today.
Douglas MacArthur, U. S. A., mili
tary censor of the War department
born in Arkansas thirty-seven years
ago today.
George T. Oliver, United States sena
tor from Pennsylvania, born in Ire
land, sixty-nine years ago today.
Thomas Wood Stevens, lecturer on
art and president of the American
Pageant association, born in Ogle
county, Illinois, thirty-seven years ago
today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Former President William H. Taft
Is to be the guest and principal speak
er at a dinner to be given by the Yale
club of Bangor, Me.
Editors and publishers of Kansas
newspapers are to gather at Topeka
today for the annual meeting of their
state association.
A new steamship service between
Boston and South American ports is
to be Inaugurated today with the sail
ing of the steamship Manitowoc from
Boston. .
The Oregon State Threshermen's as
sociation, with a membership of nearly
3,000, Is to meet at Salem, Ore., today
for its annual convention.
Storyette of the Day.
A man traveling in Aialne met a
middle-aged farmer, who ' said his
father, 00 years old, was still on the
farm where he was born.
"Ninety years old, eh?"
"Yes, pop is eloso to 00."
"Is his health good?"
" 'Tain't much now. He's been
eomptainin' for a few months back."
"What's tho matter with him?"
"1 dunno; sometimes 1 think fann
ln' don't agree with him." Western
Christian Advocate.
GROUND THE CITIES.
St. Joe pays deaerved tributa to the sen
erous life work of Jerry Grider, "a friend
of the Iriendleaa," who has juit passed
away at the age of SO. Grider at. the
neara philanthropist of the city. Though
a poor man, he shared his meager re
sources with the orphans of his rsce and
provided homes for many such.
Out in Salt Lake City coal dealers Insist
there is a great scarcity of coal and deliv
eries must Do limited in quantity and to
the most urgent cases. At the same time
Assistant Manager Rockwell of the Denver
a Rio Grande, in an interview, said: "They
had more coal in the yards yesterday than
they could handle; more coal than they had
facilities ta handle."
Ski
Methods of Constitution Changing.
Heartwell, Neb.. Jan. 25. To the
Editor of The Bee: The voters of
Nebraska put Nebraska "dry." What
per cent of the voters will It take to
put the state "wet" again and how
soon can it be voted again? I have
asked this question and some tell me
it takes two-thirds of the votes to get
it wet again, while others say a ma
jority will do. Which is correct?
Please enlighten me.
A READER OF THE BEE.
Note: An amendment adopted by
what is called the "initiative" method
can be rescinded in precisely the same
way, but in this case not before 1920,
as the constitution prohibits bringing
up the same subject by initiative in
the next succeeding election. On the
other hand, it Is probable, though not
yet Judicially established, that
an Initiative could likewise be
repealed by the other methods
permitted by the constitution
namely, the submitting of a
rescinding amendment by the legis
lature, or by a rescinding section In
a new constitution framed by a con
stitutional convention. The number
of votes required is different In each
case. For an Initiated amendment it
Is a majority of the votes cast on the
nronositlon. which majority vote must
also be not less than 85 per cent of
the total vote cast at the election. For
a legislature-submitted amendment
it must be A majority equal to a ma
jority of the total vote cast for mem
bers of the legislature. For a consti
tutional convention-submitted amend
ment it must be a majority of those
votes for and against the same.
...... -i, it,.,.., tha m. ouestlons
which they fill out on the registration
blanks, wnai me reiereui-e uui,
really does is collect a registration foe
ti tn i9 r,n Thev also tell
the business men that whether they
find you a helper or not, mere is no
cost to you. Certainly not, the busi
ness men of today are not going to
stand by and be robbed, but how about
the applicants? wnetner iney gc-
,.nDitinn e.r nnt thfV are OUt
their registration fee, and if they do
get them a position, iney pay . i
big commission on it from 25 per cent
E an nt tha mnnth'l salarV.
Then they demand Immediate pay
ment or tnis commission, ou
the applicant finds the work too much
for them or the employer Is not suited,
they must pay all over again for an
other position.
Why should the reference com
panies reap a fortune from someone
else' misfortune? One of us has paid
over $7 into these places and has not
been benefited by it and cannot get
this money back. Another girl friend
of ours working at a position secured
through one of these agencies, went
back to them and told them that she
did not like the position and asked
them to get her another. The refer
ence company called up the manager
and told him that the girl did not like
the place and asked If they could not
furnish him with another girl. Need
less to say that the girl was dis
charged. TWO VICTIMS.
SUNNY GEMS.
Say "Let the People Rule."
Omaha, Jan. 26. To the Editor of
The Bee: Woman suffrage was de
feated In Nebraska two years ago by
over 10,000 votes. The suffragists
have Just introduced a suffrage bill
tn the legislature. They are Ignoring
the will of the majority in so doing.
We have good reasons to suppose that
If a referendum vote of the women of
Nebraska was taken on this question
there would be an overwhelming ma
jority against it How many suffra
gists are there in Nebraska and whom
do they represent? We know that
the vast majority of women are either
actively opposed or indifferent to
woman suffrage. Will the forcing of
this question on an indifferent elec
torate make for efficiency in govern
ment? The suffrage bill Just Introduced
provides) only for women voting on
presidential electors and municipal
officers. This would plunge women
Into national politics. The former
state president of the Nebraska Suf
frage association naively admits this
by announcing that the bill Is intro
duced largely for the effect eight more
electoral votes would have on the na
tional woman suffrage question. What
becomes of the remedial legislation
for Nebraska in which the suffragists
have heretofore claimed to be so vital
ly Interested? The only way to get
remedial legislation is by the election
of men who will work for such legis
lation, but this suffrage bill does not
provide for the election of legislators
by the women, nor does it provide
for the election of the governor of the
Btate.
The suffragists are actively engaged
In trying to lobby this bill through the
legislature, regardless of the majority
against suffrage expressed at the polls
and regardless of the opposition and
wishes of the women of the state.
These are the tactics employed by the
women of Illinois when suffrage was
lobbied through the legislature there
In direct opposition to the will of the
majority.
. NEBRASKA ASS'N OPPOSED
TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
A Rap on the Reference Agencies.
Omaha, Jan. 25. To the Editor of
The Bee: We want to call the atten
tion of the business men In Omaha
who patronize agencies when in need
of office and clerical help, to the in
justice they are doing their employes.
The reference people claim that they
save you valuable time, that they in
vestigate the applicants and write to
former employers and get the facts,
but we beg (p advise you that this
1b not bo. An applicant can drop
into the reference company's office to
register for a position and should your
call for help be on file the company
will rush said applicant to you at
once. No looking up references there.
Nor do you take the applicant on the
word of the reference companies, for
We believe that you will be bet
ter satisfied with our
SERVICE
PRICES
SPEED
RELIABILITY
and all-round value for the
money than with any other
Omaha firm.
Omaha Van &
Storage Co.
Douglu 4163.
806 South 16th St.
Little Roy longed for a baby stater. His
playmate, Tommy Smith, had a number of
little alfltera and a new one had Just ar
rived. "If you want a baby ileter bo
badly," satd Roy's mother, "why don't you
pray for one?"
"I hav prayed,' answered Roy disgust
edly, "and every time I pray God leaves it
at the Smith's." Boston Transcript.
tW MR KAdlD-AE
HliJJW.WHO O.CTCb THREE
A50,$ CALUUGr ON ME
wwM-swulvccEr'HM?
VES-BUT REMtMBER, TNE
TOESDftS STWCT FROM IHE
m' -NcfoM now:
Caller As an advertising; medium your
newspaper isn't worth shucks. I put an ad
In last week and didn't get a single answer,
not one.
Advertising Manager That's loo bad!
How was your advertisement worded T
Caller "A poor young man wants a pretty
wife who can do her own housekeeping."
New York Times.
Musical Instrument Dealer (to new boy)
Now, If while I am out a customer wants to
look at a mandolin, flute or piccolo, you
know what to Bhow him?
Boy Yes. sir.
Dealer And suppose he should want to
see a lyre?
Boy I'd ask him to wait until yon came
in. sir. Boston Transcript,
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12
Used Pianos taken in
exchange on Apollo and
Hospe Player' Pianos
Have been thoroughly
overhauled in our shop
and are in perfect con
dition. Emerson,
Nelson,
Wagner,
Mason,
Arion,
New England,
Steinberg,
TwUchell,
Steger,
Griss,
Kingsbury,
Johnson.
PRICES
$ 95, $105, $115,
$125, $135, $145,
$155, $165, $175,
$185, $195, $205.
A. Hospe Co.
1513-1515 Douglas St
Opened jan.10,1917
200 ROOMS
100 with b
100 with toilet
,th $i.sosfl t ti J fSsnmx. SERVICE
,ii.t$i.oo iHi'jm' AND ECONOMY
Persistence is the cardinal virtue in
advertising; no matter how good ad
vertising may be in other respects,
it must be run frequently and con
stantly to be really successful.
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