THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1917.
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The big push heads in the right direction.
Old Glory inipired and energiies every cause
it shelters. Keep it flying at the front
Preparedness counts in tlie war game even
more than it does in the wrestling game.
Persistent gambling in food necessaries is
bound to jolt the law of supply and demand.
If food prices continue to soar, your back
yard garden plot will be as good as a gold mine
for you.
If the wrestling championship belt has
changed hands, it still has not gotten very far
away from,us.
Still, the miihty Mars, ever blustering for
business, stands to attention when Dan Cupid
gives the sign.
Few persons outside of the plute class can
remain much longer on speaking terms with His
Honor, the Hog. '
Four thousand students at the University of
Wisconsin have lined up for military training and
they don't care a hoot if Battling Bob knows it.
Restricting the radius of curbstone orators is
sensible and timely. Those who think they have
i message worth while are at liberty to hire a
hall.
What a sight of valuable time could have been
laved by the legislature killing alt those fore
doomed bills in their incipiency instead of at the
finish. .
Municipal civil service perished in the last
hopeful drive. Truly the times are out of joint
when such a good thing (for the Ins) falls by the
wayside.
Yes, but how could Omaha have accommo
dated a. crowd like that if we had not saved our
Auditorium from the proposed conversion to
business uses?
Uncle' Sam's legal club persuaded the steel
trust to come down $10 s ton on needed war
supplies. Individual patriots, lacking t persuader,
will dig up the top figure or go without
The spread of seditious and treasonable senti
ments should be stopped, but so also should be
the spread of false rumors and gossip charging
loyal citizens with" lending aid and comfort to
the enemy.
Experience swings a mighty hammer on theory
and isolation. Three years ago i public man ad
vocating universal military service in this coun
try would receive scant attention. Today every
live one sits up and takes note of what is com
ing. Events not of our making forces a change
of front
; Pacifist knockers, though dazed in the last
round, bound into the ring for another go. Sev
eral organizations opposed to conscription and
foreign invasion sprang up almost in a night in
New York. New names serve as a disguise for the
old crowd. But methods ire the same. Their ac
tfvities press upon the authorities the question
whether organised bodies may lawfully influence
or interfere with the regular processes of govern
ment in the prosecution of the war.
Give the Boy His Chance
Mtnnaapolia Journal.
Viewed From Two Angles.
Discussing the duty of German-Americans,
Herman A. Metz, former city comptroller of New
York and characterized as "decidedly pro-German"
throughout the period leading up to our
declaration of a state of war, says that, to those
who have observed the great body of Americans
of German extraction as closely as they have ob
served the noisy few, the question, "What Will
the German-Americans Do Now?" is self-answered.
"German-Americans," he declares, "will
accept the situation quietly with all its misunder
standings and all its grief and they will prove
their loyalty in the face of these misunderstand
ings and in the very teeth of their grief. To
them the war with Germany is the greatest afflic
tion that could stab their hearts. The supreme
patriot is not the jubilant patriot."
Mr. Metz goes on to describe the course of
war sentiment in this country by reason of which
the United States gradually swung to the side of
the allies, adding: "Had the United States even
tually cast her lot with Germany instead of with
the allies, it would have been unfair to read into
the former partisanship of English, French, Rus
sian or Italian Americans any disloyalty to the
country of their adoption." It will do our native
born citizens good to think of this phase of the
situation and it will also do our German-American
citizens good to think of the phase presented to
Germans on the other side who have seen Ger
many bring itself into a war compelling them to
fight against relatives and former compatriots
who have become American citizens. These Ger
mans should feel as much heartsickness and dis
tress in waging war against the United States as
our German-Americans find in a war embattling
them with Germany."
With the Germans in Germany it must be
"Germany Ueber Alles!" regardless of their per
sonal feelings, and likewise with German-Americans
over here, just as with all Americans, it
must be "America first, and America all the
time I"
Brazil Breaks With Germany.
Brazil has broken off diplomatic relations with
the imperial German government for the same
reasons that moved the United States in taking
similar step. This may be considered as a pre
paratory move to Brazil's entering the war as an
atcive belligerent. Much importance attaches to
this move, for Brazil not only occupies a leading
place in the sisterhood of South American re
publics, and therefore will have great influence
in determining the course of the others, but much
of the capital for the great development of these
countries in the last few years has been furnished
by Germany. The open opposition of the South
American republics to the Prussian oligarchy
means something more than the possible addition
to the fighting forces. It involves a possible
loss of prestige to the Germans, through the de
struction of carefully devised and patiently fos
tered financial and commercial relations that will
not easily be again set up after the war is ended.
If the animus of the war was commercial, as has
been contended by many astute commentators,
Germany has already lost practically all it had at
stake and whatever the outcome of the fighting,
will be compelled to start anew to establish its
place in the sun."
Men who have sons near the age of manhood
may well be forgiven some anguish of spirit, at
the thought of how closely the necessities of the
nation now touch their lives. Many father who
has neglected to show much, if any, companion
ship for the boy, or who has left the training of
his children largely in the hands of the mother
and the school teacher, now begins to regret his
neglect speaking of companionship with boys,
a x'niladelphia lather recently said:
"The other day a young fellow came to me
for a Job. I had known his father. Now the
son was down and out. He looked as though
he had been drinking. When I asked him how
he had come to such a pass and with such a
father, he half broke down. 'My father must
have been a fine man,' he said, 'but unfortunately
I knew it only through others. He was too
busy to pay much attention to me. As a matter
of fact, I never knew him as a companion, a
friend, or anything but a man who paid the
bills;
"This was a shock to the questioner, for he
realized that his own picture was also being
painted. From that time on, he promised himself
' lie would devote at least an hour a day to his
son and two hours on Sunday.
Now. with the coming of war and the DOS'
- sibility of a call to the service, a new value is
set upon thejr boys in the eyes of negligent fa-
i thers. Here is food for thought for those fathers
whose sons are still too young to serve in this
time of national necessity. Why not get ac
quainted with these bovs, and give them some
measure of companionship?
Nor should it be forgotten that there are
weighty offsets to these anxieties of fathers.
Much in the way of soul values as well as physical
values will come into the lives of the boys who
go into the service. Patriotism is still something.
The army has often been the making of men, as
the civil war proved in so many cases. And there
is the great adventure. As one young Englishman
put it, ' Yes, 1 suppose it is terrible, but l woman t
nave missed it for nvthini."
We are living in a wonderful time. Give the
boy a chance. Let him live his life. It is a" great
thing to serve one's country. It is even greater
Philadelphia Mobilizes
By Frederic J. Hatkin
UnskUltd Labor After the War.
A correspondent of the Railway Age Gazette
writes to his paper from Italy in anticipation of
labor conditions after the war is ended, after hav
ing surveyed much of Europe and carefully in
vestigating the Italian situation. He finds that
service in the army has greatly altered the char
acter of the men who have been doing the rough
labor in the world for many years. They have
been made more self-reliant, mentally more alert
and dependable, and physically capable of better
service than ever. The padrone system, under
which these men were sold in gangs to contrac
tors, will not again be re-established. The men
have learned the value of organization as well as
of individual initiative and will not be dealt with
on the old basis.
Italy is awake to the industrial heeds of the
country and efforts will be made to keep its men
at home after the war; failing in this, the govern
ment will favor Argentine, where extensive col
onization has been carried on for years. Ger
many, too, will be a bidder for unskilled labor.
Before the war the Germans employed annually
some 800,000 foreign laborers. Of the 600,000
Italians who annually went abroad to work, al
most half, or 280,000, came to the United States,
and this country still will be favored. What is
true of Italy applies to other countries having a
surplus of rough labor power.
The new immigration law, with its literacy
test is not going to be , the bar some expected.
The foreigner can be taught in five or six months
enough to enable him to pass the required test;
in this way the law will produce one of the bene
fits predicted for it by its advocates it will raise
the mental standard of the Immigrant.
This correspondent advises employers f large
groups of unskilled labor that they must prepare
to meet new conditions and says that any em
ployer who undertakes to maintain the old basis
will simply add to the complications of his prob-
1 Tl. . ' ' ;,l ! - I . ' I
icm. a nc grcai gain win come in ine improvea
quality of the service.
One Slaughter That is Commendable.
Whatever the cause, the Nebraska legislators
seem to have awakened to a partial sense of their
responsibility, and are doing a work that might
have engaged some of the time frittered away
since' the session opened. At any rate, the record
of the last few days shows the slaughter of a
number of bills that did not deserve the consid
eration that allowed them to get through to the
last days of the session. Among these none were
less worthy than the measure by which it was
proposed to perpetuate the present Omaha city
hall pay roll. The merit system for public serv
ice employes is good, but the proposed law was
fundamentally bad. The bills to sell the public
school lands, to establish a state fiscal agency in
New York, to lengthen official terms, have gone
down to deserved death, but the files still hold
many other equally undeserving measures, and an
extensive job of slaughtering is due to be per
formed before final adjournment
It is creditable for Omaha to rank among the
top-notchers in recruiting strength, but, at best,
the showing for the whole country is far below
requirements. Some mora effective and equita
ble plan must be substituted for the volunteer
system to produce adequate results.
France cannot restrain its joy at having the
United States as an ally. The American colonies
were mighty gfad to have French help once them
Philadelphia, Pa., April 8. Philadelphia thes
days is extremely conscious of its responsibility
to the nation. With the United States in a state
of war, it feels that the city which cradled liberty
and the American constitution should set the pace
in patriotism. War, and Philadelphia's impor
tant prospective part in it. is the subject of much
interesting discussion. Everywhere you meet
enthusiastic citizens who talk about the possibil
ity of a German attack, and the many appropriate
places about the city for the planting of machine
guns; the schools, factories and business concerns
are granting, time off for military training, and
the 5 and 10-cent stores are growing prosperous
on the sale of small American flags.
No self-respecting Philadelphian will purchase
goods from a store which does not display an
American flag somewhere about its premises, and
anyone who neglects to hang a large banner over
his front door step is immediately regarded with
suspicion. The popular cafes, too, look as if they
were decorated for a second jubilee, and every
time new people come in the orchestras change
what they are playing into the "Star Spangled
Banner." This keeps people jumping up every
few minutes to stand respectfully through the
national anthem, so that luncheon in a public
cafe here has taken on the form of the Episcopal
ceremony. A story is told by some university
students of a man who paid for a five-course din
ner the other day without getting to eat any of it.
Every time he started in on a new course he was
compelled to stand up in respect to his country,
and the waiter, thinking he had finished, whisked
away his food.
This, however, is only a story. For the most
part the university students take their patriotism
as seriously as anybody. Franklin Field, whicti
has been the scene of so many historic foot ball
games between the army and navy, is now a
training ground for students of the University of
Pennsylvania, which is doing all it can to encour
age military training. During the last two
months patriotic mass meetings among the stu
dents have been frequent; the glories of war have
been discussed and special guards detailed to
search the campus each night for bombs; and
military slang is fast taking the place of the ordi
nary college variety.
All such military activities are loudly ap
plauded by the faculty. Not long ago it called
a preparedness mass meeting, which was "attended
by over 2,500 students. There the provost told
the boys he would like to see every one of them
a member of a battalion being organized by the
university. "Don't worry about graduation or
scholarship when your country is in danger," he
counseled. "The call of patriotism comes first.
The university will stand with the country."
Another speaker urged them to "go slowly,
think things over calmly and avoid all forms of
hysteria and fireworks." This advice, if prudent,
was not popular. Practically the same advice had
been given gratuitously to applicants at the city
recruiting stations a few days before by a num
ber of women pacifists, and the result had been
disastrous. The women had been mobbed and
were rescued just in time by a squad of police
men. Philadelphia indignantly refuses to "go
slowly" any longer.
The enlistment of men is a matter of personal
interest to the whole of Philadelphia. The re
cruiting stations are usually surrounded by
crowds of citizens, who compliment the new re
cruit by a hearty slap of approval on the shoulder
and watch the number registered with worried ex
pression. There was a time 'when, in spite of
Philadelphia's best efforts, its recruiting quota
was low a matter of shame, if not absolute
scandal, in Independence hall. Now, to see that
such a thing does not occur again the people feel
that they must superintend the job.
Not long ago the government sent a well
known naval officer to the City of Brotherly
Love to speak on the qualifications ot the United
States navy. The naval officer saw the navy with
an unprejudiced eye, though a naval officer, and
told the people about its weaknesses as well, as
its strength, hoping thereby to arouse them to
yet greater effort for preparedness. The next
day the recruiting was off a shade and the people
were in a critical mood. It was very unwise,
they said, to refer to any lacks of the navy at
such a crisis and thus discourage enlistment. So
did Philadelphia, in the dignity of its patriotic
fame, rebuke the government.
The city is perfectly sincere in its anticipation
of attack and ingenious in inventing methods of
defense. For the Germans have already visited
there. To be sure, they appeared harmless
enough, but just before they were transported to
Georgia some alarming discoveries were reported.
Four German stowaways were brought to light
on one of the interned vessels, together with a
secret wireless apparatus, while on another vessel
th authorities uncovered a perfectly well equipped
little bomb factory. These reports, taken in con
nection with the discoverey or ground glass in
Red Cross bandages, were more than enough to
arouse the city.
Thus Philadelphia is not only patriotic, but
prepared. At the first call to arms its sons march
out as they did in "98. You cannot threaten Phil
adelphia and get away with it. It simply hies
itselt to Independence hall, takes another look at
the Liberty bell and girds on its armor. Then,
look out.
Our Fighting Men,
ITODAYl
Proverb For The Day.
A watched pot never bolls.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Tremendous artillery duels reported
on the Italian front '
Germany admlted torpedoing sev
eral vessels, but not the Sussex.
- Scarcity of shipping aroused fear of
food shortage In Great Britain.
Spanish steamer Santanderlno sunk
by submarine, with loss of four lives.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
A large number of republican voters
of the new Ninth ward assembled at
the store of Charlie J. Johnson,
Twenty-ninth and Farnam, where
they formed a new club known as the
Ninth Ward Republican club. They
elected M. S. Lindsay president Wil
liam Kierstead vice president and
Charles J. Johnson secretary. Mr.
Kierstead was declared the unanimous
choice of the club for ward alderman
and Charles Unlit of Hamilton street
for alderman-at-large.
The Salvation Army has moved Into
the large apartment in the city hall
heretofore occupied by the Gospel
Army.
A force of men is daily engaged in
connecting the multitudinous tele
phone wires with the patent cables,
which the telephone company intends
to run into its office at the corner of
Harney and Fifteenth.
The Garfield Republican club met
at the corner of Clark and Saunders
streets and elected W. P. Morrow
chairman and John F. Page secre
tary. At the annual vestry meeting of
Trinity cathedral the vestrymen elect
ed for the ensuing year were Herman
Kountze, George W. Doane, General
G. B. Dandy, Dr. J. H. Peabody, Wil
liam L. Adams, Jr., Sidney D. Barka
low and H. W. Yates. .
Judge Duffy of Sac City, la., has
come to Omaha to locate and will
shortly open a law omae.
The contract for supplying bread to
the county poor farm has been award
ed to Myers Bros, at 2 1-2 cents a loaf.
J. E. Boyd sold to Andrew Rose
water lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, near block 3,
Capitol Hill addition, tor (41,000.
This Day In History.
1639 First election held in Con
necticut 1783 Congress, at Philadelphia,
proclaimed the end of hostilities with
Great Britain.
1792 Anthony Wayne was ap
pointed commander of the United
States army.
1846 General Pedro de Ampudia
assumed command of the Mexican
forces assembled to oppose the Ameri-'
can Invasion.
1861 General Beauregard demand
ed the surrender of Fort Sumter,
which was refused by Major Anderson.
1865 Forts Huger and Tracy cap
tured by the federal navy, opening the
way to Mobile.
1867 A board of officers reported
favorably on the selection of League
Island as the site for a new navy yard.
1892 French Chamber of Deputies
voted 800,000,000 francs for an expe
dition against Dahomey.
1898 In a message to congress,
President McKinley outlined the dif
ficulties with Spain and requested con
gress to take action.
1904 German troops defeated 3,000
Hereros in southwest Africa.
The Day We Celebrate.
Brigadier General Enoch H. Crow
der, judge advocate general of the
United States army, born in Missouri,
fifty-eight years ago today. He was
for many years stationed in Omaha.
Charles B. Hughes, republican can
didate for president In the 1916 elec
tion, born at Glens Falls, N. Y., fifty
five years ago today.
William R. Willcox, chairman of the
republican national committee, born at
Smyrna, N. Y., fifty-four years ago
today.
John W. Weeks, United States sena
tor from Massachusetts, born at Lan
caster, N. H fifty-seven years ago
today.
William Ordway Partridge, Ameri
can sculptor, born In Paris, fifty-six
years ago today.
J. Franklin BelL
Major General T. Franklin Bell, the new com
mander of the Eastern department, is a soldier
who has shown himself on more than one occa
sion to be a good fighter, full of energy and en
thusiasm. He was born in Kentucky in 1856 and
graduated from West Point at the age of 22. He
first distinguished himself in 1881 when he cap
tured a band of half-breed Creek Indians in North
Dakota. In 1899 he was awarded the congres
sional medal of honor "for most distinguished
gallantry in action, September 9, 1899, near Porac,
Luzon, P. I." General Bell remained in the Philip
pines until 1903, when he returned to this country.
He was commandant of the Infantry and Cavalry
school, the Signal school and the Staff college
until 1906. At that time he was appointed chief
of staff, being the youngest officer ever to hold
that position. In 1911 he became commander of
the Philippine division, remaining until 1914. Re
cently he has been commander of the Western di
vision with headquarters at San Francisco.
Tasker H. Bliss.
Major General Tasker H. Bliss, assistant to
the chief of staff of the United States army, was
born at Lewisburg, Pa., in 1853, and graduated
from West Point at the age of 22. He has had a
varied career in the military service, serving on
important federal commissions, as well as in the
more distinctively technical army work. From
1886 to 1888 he taught In the United States Naval
War college, and subsequently he was president
of the Army War college. He served in the Porto
Rican campaign in 1898 and was chief of the
Cuban customs service during the American occu
pation of Cuba. He has served on many official
boards, saw distinguished service in the Philip
pines, and has been in charge of the military inter
ests of this country in several Mexican border
campaigns.
Timely Jottings and Reminders. '
The Costa Rlcan congress, elected
last January, meets today for Its first
session.
Governor Manning of South Caro
lina has designated today for a state
wide observance of "Naval Recruiting
Day."
The Association of Collegiate Alum
nae, representing the leading women's
colleges of the country, begins its bi
ennial meeting today in Washington.
The question of joining the state
banks with the Federal Reserve sys
tem is to be the leading topic of dis
cussion by the Kansas State Bankers'
association, meeting today at Kansas
city, Kan.
People and Events
Caterwauling sharps estimate there are about
30,000,000 cats in this country. By mobilizing
about half the number an abundance of war
music might be had for the trifling expense of
regular rations.
The eminent naturalist, John Burroughs, has
just crossed the threshold of 80 years, strong,
alert and as straight as the strata-litest of the
trees he loves. Mr. Burroughs is a living exam
ple ot the gospel ot tne great out-doors, which
Storyette of the Day.
Once the master of a steamer, while
loading at a Scotch port, took on two
hands one without a written "char
acter" and another with an abundance
of documentary evidence as to his
honesty and uprightness.
They had not been long at sea wnen
they encountered rough weather, and
the man with the written recommen
dations, while crosing the deck with a
bucket in his hand, was swept over
board. The other hand saw what had
happened and sought out the captain
"Do you remember the man from
Dundee?" he asked, "that you engaged
wt the nne character?"
"Yes," said the captain. "What of
ltT"
"Weel, hes run awa' wt" your
Bucket" New York Times.
The Revolution In Russia.
Grafton, Neb., April 9. To the
Editor of The Bee: To settle a con
troversy, will you please give a short
sketch of the political change that has
just taken place in Russia and who
the present ruler is, ana oDiige,
A VA1L,X rtttAUrJK.
Answer Th Duma, an elective body aira-
Ilar to the American bouae of representa-
tivaf, la the present rulins power of Rossis.
with M. Lvoff, praaident of the council, aa
executive apokeaman. The forcedabdica
tion of Emperor Nlcholaa ended the reisn
of the house of Romanoff snd the autocracy
which constituted the government, resulting
in a "government of the people, by the peo
ple," acting through the Duma.
TO THE LIVINCj FLAG.
Can It be that thou Insensate art, oh flatf.
ao loved and cherlahcd
That armlea countlrss thousands strong
have fought for thee and perlahed?
That armits countless thousands strong, by
thy dumb rail elated.
Again would spring to arma for thee, though
knowing death awaited?
Nay, quivers life through every fold, sach
wave ana undu atlon
That meaaures with Ita rise and fall the
nsart-throba of a nation.
Aye, In thy folds, a. century old, s century's
Ills IS surging.
And over all waves a clarion eall to blood
that needa no orglng.
Ufa thrllla thy red, In courage bred; the
puruy or tny wnueneaa;
Thy field of blue. In truth'a own hue; thy
stara of dazallne brlshtneas:
And courage, truth and purity, thua In thy
colors Dlenoeo.
Hava fired the hearts and nerved the arms
which have thy cause defended.
So, children of the men of old who first un.
furled to glory
The beauty of thy atars and atrlpea, now
lamea tn aong and atory.
To lave the flag their blood baptised when
we were bom a nation,
Wa pledge our lit blood and our aona, In
solemn consecration.
Council Dluffs, la.
MRS. CHARLES KARL.
Fly Our Flag.
Omaha, April 10. To the Editor of
The Bee: Have you noticed the num
ber of flag poles on down town build
ings on which there are no flags fly
ing? Does it not seem strange that
the owners will spend from $50 to
1150 to have these nag poles erected
and then never use them. If not now,
when?
Why not have a member of one of
the women's clubs call on the owners
or tenants and request that they dis
play Old tilory at once, ir any refuse
or neglect to do It have them regis
tered, as there must be a reason for
refusing. Lets get a flag on every
pole in the city.
The united States of America first
and always. A FOREIGN-BORN.
A Prayer.
Omaha. April 10. To the Editor of
The Bee: My beloved country, patient
and long suffering mother, not only to
me, but alike to the sons and daugh
ters of that nation and the other.
In this thy supreme struggle, along
with thy mother and elder sisters, for
existence, so prophesied by the master
seer, be it on land or on sea.
Oh, my country, indulgent parent. I
solemnly promise in this thy greatest
need,
To live and live more In Christ's
activity for all thy children and for
tnee.
So, too, by an abiding faith in God,
ever present, I promise to help bring
to thy palpitating breast the assur
ance of a peace and security that
transcends the wisdom of man's law
or creed.
MRS. RALPH B. ELLIOTT.
Jerry 81 ill on the Job.
Lincoln. April 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: Please give space in your
widely read paper to this copy of a
resolution introduced by me this aft
ernoon in the house of representatives
and unanimously adopted:
'Whereas. The United States of
America Is now engaged in the world
war and. the laboring men of the na
tion will be called upon to respond to
the colors, and they will respond as
they have always responded, in the
past, and,
"whereas. Departure of the bread
winners for the fields of battle pill
leave thousands of women and chil
dren to earn their own subsistence in
the factories and sweat shops of the
metropolitan cities; therefore, be it
' Resolved, That this house recom
mend to our representatives in con
gress, as a war measure, to assist
these worthy women, and children,
whose bread-winners have gone to the
front, that a maximum price of one
dollar ($1.00) per bushel be fixed
upon wheat, and a maximum price on
other provisions accordingly; and be
it further
"Resolved, That we recommend
that an embargo be placed on ship
ments or leather, in any form, from
this country, so that the packers
might release the 2,500,000 hides now
being held to raise the price of shoes
to $25 or more per pair; and, likewise,
that we urge congress to pay as it goes
in tne war with income and inheri
tance taxes. All incomes over $10,000
per year should be conscripted. The
minimum cash pay of soldiers and
sailors should be not less than per
day during the war."
JERRY HOWARD.
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Dodger It a the fifth link in the
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MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Tou say you aro not going to the familr
r (mnlon 7"
"What would I war?"
"Wear th clothe you hav on."
"Not to a family reunion. This bat Z
aneaked from Caaaln Lucy, thto drM 1 bor
rowed from Aunt Matilda, and thlt roat be
longs to Slater Jane." Loula villa Courier
Journal. I ara convinced that Tompklni la befln-
nlnff to make a lot of money."
"Why do you think ao?"
"He' a been going around lately boasting
how much happier a man la when he's
poor.'' Fuck.
"I don't aea any aenae In referring to the)
wisdom of Solomon," aald th man, amart
ly. "He had a thounand wlvea."
"Tea," answered the woman, tartly, "lia
learned hia wladom from them." New Tork
Time.
"Now, hubby!"
Huh?"
"Win you love mo when I'm old?"
'Why not? Nowadays a grandmother
looks aa chic aa anybody." Kansas City
Journal.
"Look at the progress of the women In
Norway and Iceland and those other north
ern countries compared to the ones further
south."
"Well, naturally, they have mora latltuda
further up." Baltimore American.
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"Tea," aald the proay visitor, "your daush
ter ia now standing with reluctant feot
where the brook and river meet."
"What's that?" spoke up the glrl'a mother.
"I told her to keep away from damp spots."
Baltimore Amoricau.
"Bobble, your face wants washing, TMd
you Jook at It In the glass this morning 7"
"No, mother, but It seemed all right when
I felt It." New York Sun.
"Take a glance at Bllwon over there; did
you ever notice how bis features are always
moving?" '
"Yes. perhaps that accounts for his nam
ing such a vacant expression." Boston
Transcript.
Clerk Let me show you our latest ma
chines. We have a motor car now that can
climb any hill on earth.
Chauffeur That's nothing. The last on
you sold me tried to climb a tree. Topcka
State Journal.
Magistrate The prosecutor says the prison
er Is charged with uttering forged notes.
Lawyer Then thn whole charge falls to
the ground. The prisoner could'nt utter any
kind of notes, because he's dumb. Balti
more American.
"Bobby, did you have a good time t
the party?"
"Yes, mamma."
"Why didn't you stay until It was over?"
"What was the use; I couldn't eat any
more." Boston Transcript.
Wonderful Man
of the Jungle
Is Korak
The Son
of 1
Tarzan
Another Great Story
Br
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