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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1917; The Om'aha Bee , DAILY (MORNINQ-EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD R05EWATER VICTOR RQSEWATER. EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered t Omaha pestoffire s second-clasa matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Br Carrier Bt Mai!. Dally and Sundav per month, 6M per jesr, IMS nil wilhmil Sunday " fr, " Efwiina and Sunday " 4Vi 6 no Etentni without Suadaj ' t " 4 00 Sunday Bee on If SOo " 1W) Send notice of chanre of address or Irrejulantj la dewery to Omaha Bee, rirrulitjon lrpartmcnt. REMITTANCE - Remit by draft, eipress or pott a I ordw. Only Jcent stamps taken In payment of amall anf.unta. Personal check, excapt oa Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. - OFFICES. rxnaha Tba Box Building. (htcaio People's Oaa Building. South Omaha Mlg fi St. New York tit Fifth Aa. Council Bluffs 14 N. Mala St. M. Inula New B'. of Commeres. Lincoln Little Building. WuiUnitoa TU Kta St. N. W... CORRESPONDENCE Add ma eommujiicstlons nuatlni to aewa and aditarial Better ta Omaha Baa, Editorial Department JUNE CIRCULATION 55,982 Daily Sunday, 50,986 Average dreulstlon for tha nnnta aubantbad and sworn to by Dwlfht ) Ullams. Circulation Manaser. Subscribers leaving tha city should have Tha Baa mallad (a them. Addrese changed aa altan ai raquaatcd. Slogan for the hesitant recruit: "Do it now!" Distance lends enchantment to the view of the bear coming back. It may not be out of order to suggest that perhaps Chang Hsun was a bit too soon in his coup. m Conundrum: What's the difference between ihe slacker and the tax-shirker? Answer: Not much. Another liner claims to have "gotten" another U-boat, and thus the score is gradually becoming less lopsided. When the women of America get the vote it will be in spite of such exhibitions, as that given in Washington on the Fourth. It may be remarked once more that while the waters are slightly troubled the freedom of the seas does business at the old stand. The .British premier entertains no fear of American idealism abroad. Of course not. The iore Europeans absorb it the better they feel. Old Glory never looked better than it did on the Fourth in the French capital. It symbolized a message of victory and republican brotherhood. The Parisians already know how to celebrate the Fourth of July as well as we do. They were safe, sane and enthusiastic in their observation of the event. The pledge of industrial peace given by labor leaders at Washington ten weeks ago appears to have missed connection with numbers of the rank and file, Field Marshal von Hindenberg predicts a Ger man victory in the "not too distant future." The general should take a closer view of General Pershing's Imposing Jaw. ' The Republic of Liberia emphasizes its eori tempt for kaiserism by deporting the pro-German settlers. This is the blackest mark kultur has received since the war began. Smoking while in uniform is forbidden mem bers of the New York National Guard. Still, un der the rules of the game, the smokeless soldiers must battle for liberty abroad. It "Old Frlti" is watching the proceedings from Elysian fields, may not Lafayette, Rocham beau, DeKalb Steuben and a few others also be looking on with interest as deep? Federal statisticians indicate a per capita in crease of $11.51 in money circulation in 1917 over 1914. Even with this expansion the dollar of today falls short of the pulling power of the dollar of 1914. The fascination of the aviation war game is shown in a record of 1,100 college students taking , lessons in flying at various schools. Our new American flying fleet promises to become a mighty, if not a deciding, factor in the war. Democratic dissenters in Greece, from Con stantine down to sister Sophia's active sympa thizers, have been deported, leaving the country free to fulfill its treaty obligations. The opera tion constitutes a "clean sweep" for Premier Venizelos. More power to hit fighting fist!' Lincoln paperl yesterday in a single issue car ried a four-page display advertisement of Lin coln's leading department store and full-page ad vertisements from each of three other stores, re spectively, all announcing their summer sales. Just a little tip to Omaha merchants who take pride in being enterprisingl Staying at Home Philadelphia Udgei War realizations are coming home to us daily as the United States gets into closer touch with the actualities of the situation. With an American force in France, the next news will doubtless come from the firing line itself, and it may not be good news for some mothers whose boys are with that first force to go overseas. There will be wounded men; there will be missing men. All this must be borne courageously by those at home; and, more than this, there must be no crossing the ocean to be with the sufferers. France and England are laboring heavily in the support of ever-increasing armies. Their burden should not be made intolerable by thousands of well meaning American wives and mothers, who would be a hindrance to many and a help to only one. Space on eastbound vessels will be precious. Is it to be usurped by women who, whatever their aims, would fill up the ship to the exclusion of valuable freight? After the Canadian forces had been in the thick of it 60,000 Canadian women hastened toward England and their dear ones. And they had to be sent back. It is hoped that women of the United States will be wise? and profit in this as in other things by the experience of our allies. The personal side of it will be bitterly difficult. When a loved one calls from a bed of torture it is pain indeed to stay apart with the livelv terrors of the imagination for companions and nothing but uncertainty in prospect. But it must be done, and cheerfully, for in this last long struggle for freedom individual considerations must every where give place to the welfare of the mass. The British government has issued no statement, leaving the United States to deal with this orob- lem by itself. There is little doubt that Amer ican women will receive the request in the right spirit when it comes and continue their tasks with courage and fortitude on the western shores of the silent Atlantic. The meeting will be all the sweeter when the boy comes home at the last No Half-and-Half Attitude. Colonel Rooscvelt'a Fourth of July oration brought home to his hearers many apt allusions to the duty of the hour, but none more pertinent and timely than the following: "There can be no half-and-half attitude in this war, and no honorable man can afford to take such an attitude. We are bound by every consideration of loyalty and good faith to our allies, and any opposition to them, or any aid given to their and our enemy, is basely dis honorable as regards our allies and treasonable as regards our own country." We know there are a lot of people who would like to keep a "half-and-half attitude," but most of them do so thoughtlessly without measuring what the consequences would be if everyone did the same. They are saying to themselves: "We are for America first, and we are ready to go the limit for the United States, but we do not see any reason why we should help the British, or the French, or the Russians, or the Belgians or the Italians." But suppose the British, and the French, and the Russians, and the Belgians and the Italians took the same position and declared they would" each fight for their own country, but would do nothing for the United States, or for one another, how long does anyone think they would last? Suppose the Germans and the Aus trian and their Balkan allies took the same posi tion, proclaiming devotion to their own country coupled with a refusal to do anything for their comrades in arms, what would happen? No; be sure there is no "half-and-half attitude" in Ger many, nor are the Germans any less united in their allegiance to their country because taking on the United States in the war has brought large numbers of German-ancestried people to the ranks of those they are fighting. Let American citizens inclined to the "half-and-half attitude" reflect upon these considera tions and their path will be clear. Civil War in China. The coup executed by Chang Hsun, intended to restore the Manchus to power as emperors of China, with Hsun Tung on the throne, has quickly brought its natural result in civil war. The democratic spirit in China is not extinguished and no reason appears on the surface to support the thought that the usurper can maintain his pup pet emperor. President Li's escape from the pal ace and the return to activity of foVmer Premier Yuan, coupled with the opposition of Tsao Kun, military governor of the province of Chi Li, which contains Peking, are signs of hope for the republic. These men have strong support, and the immediate mobilization of patriot forces sug gests that Chang is going to have his hands full from the start. His overthrow of the republic is not popular with the soldiers who are in and around the capital, a distinct advantage for those who oppose him. Defeat of the dictator will bring a restoration of the republic, and should go far in the direction of appeasing the disaffected provincial governors, whose dissatisfaction has been part of the plot engineered by Chang. Japan has strengthened its forces at Peking and elsewhere and the presence of these troops very likely will have the effect of arousing the Chinese to fight for themselves. They see in the Japanese danger even greater than the return of the Manchus and already have proven their willingness to resist this invasion to the ut most. With the provisional republic established at Nanking and its affairs in the hands of strong men, the next few days will be important in Chinese history. New Note in the American Navy. Giving commissions to nearly 500 warrant officers at one time sounds a new note for the American navy, marking its democratization and showing how far progress has been made along this line. Until the time of President Taft it hid been impossible for' an enlisted man, no matter what his capacity or merit, to rise to the grade of a commissioned officer. Especially deserving or capable men might attain to the rank of warrant officers, where they were suspended between the higher and lower grades, neither one thing nor the other. Tradition of the naval service required that commissioned officers come through the academy at Annapolis, and, while the school sup plied a sufficient number so long as the navy was restricted in size, expansion for war purposes has created a demand for officers that must be filled from other sources. The navy is fortunate in having this fine body of warrant officers, qualified in all ways to fill the places and perform the duties of junior commissioned officers. The new move will make the navy more popular and give it some attractive qualities lacking under the rigid practice that set an impassable barrier between the enlisted man and a commission. i Turbulence That Should Lead to Triumph. The uproar that may now be- noted in various parts of the country is a sign of genuine awaken ing on part of the people, although some of it comes from sources that tax public patience. So cialist parades and' riots in Boston, I. W. W. threatening in Arizona, mine strikes in Mon tana and more or less disturbance and disorder elsewhere throughout the land is significant of a peculiar phase of American life. It is the natural accompaniment of mighty democracy getting its affairs into order for the accomplishment of a novel and stupendous task. Here, if anywhere, the "shallows murmur while the deeps are dumb," yet the nation is stirred to its uttermost depth. Thoughtless and irresponsible agitators stir up the idly curious, but the effect of their vaporings touches only the surface. Greater influences than these, however, are at work, exerting power that cannot be resisted, looking to stern and effective action by our government. Real leaders of men in America are acting together, and the present apparent confusion is not in any sense indicative of weakness, but rather of gathering strength and the solidification of purpose. Through the tur bulence of the present will come the triumph of the future. Sensible View of the Spy Situation. Authorities at Washington appear inclined to proceed calmly in making inquiry concerning spies and traitors. The rational view of the submarine episode in the journey of our army to France is that the Germans merely exhibited ordinary rea soning power. The deduction was inevitable and was acted upon with the chance of intercepting the flotilla of transports. Vigilance of the army and navy and excellence of preparations were suf ficient to thwart the attacks made and to bring the expedition safely through the imminent dan ger. It is easy to believe that the Germans have spies at work here, just as they have elsewhere, seeking information whereby to gain advantage. Our own government has its bureau of investiga . i . i , ' ... . . tion ana intelligence, wnicn is no. maintained in idleness. It is a game at which all governments play, especially in time of war. An hysterical hunt for spies will gain very little at this time. Women and the War The Women Prepare By Fredrie J. Haskin Washington, July 3. The National Women's Trade Union League of America recently held a conference in Kansas City. It was the occasion of the biennial meetings of the organization, but it-was also distinctly a war conference. Discus sion was confined to the probable effects of the war on women in industry, for this was a confer ence of workers. Some important European re ports were read, and the women came to the fol lowing conclusions: First "That no cause of liberty in foreign lands is worth the sacrifice of freedom at homel" This resolution was read with emphatic enun ciation and then reread. The speaker went on to assert that by freedom was meant that paragraph in the constitution specifying the rights of free speech, free press and free assemblage. Second "That no labor standards be abro gate during the war, but improved if possible." This is a direct challenge to those manufacturers who have recently been suggesting that the gov ernment declare a moratorium on certain labor laws while the war lasts. The fact that Europe weakened its efficiency by doing just that very thing at the beginning of the war and later had to restore all its pre-war standards does not seem to have made the requisite impression on some American business men. The women also demanded that wherever men were conscripted wealth should be conscripted; that women replacing men in industry should "receive the same compensation for the same degree of efficiency," and that when the time came for making peace terms a congress of women should be admitted to the assembly for the pur pose of "calling upon all nations to establish inter national standards safeguarding the rights and health of working women." This meeting is typical of many such held among working wortjen during the last two months. Always the same discussion ensues and the same resolutions are presented. In many re spects they resemble the so-called war confer ences of the working men. The women are calmly preparing to fill the men's places. It must not be inferred that the working woman enjoys the prospect of war; but neither may it be said that she is blind to opportunity. While the war undoubtedly spells opportunity for American working women, it is an opportunity fraught with dangers. Unfortunately in the United States we have a few business men who, like some in Europe, see in the employment of women an easy means of profit. "If our men leave," said one manufacturer not long ago, "we can install machinery for a great deal of the work and employ women as unskilled mechanics at a lower wage. ' There is one strong check to a widespread lowering of wages. Such action also lowers the standard of living and reduces the national buying power, thus upsetting the balance of things. This result is now apparent on a small scale, but it is very apparent indeed on a national scale. The working man is not only a producer, but also a consumer. If his wages as a producer are cut, his purchasing power as a consumer is limited and the manufacturing class, which profits by lower wages, loses by the decreased purchasing power of labor. This the women have pointed out to the manu facturers by every means possible, but they admit that there is almost certain to be an attempt to cut wages. The other dangers that face women who take the place of men in industry are largely physical. Much of the factory work done by men requires great physical strength. In munition factories, for instance, the handling of big shells and heavy pieces of metal would appear to be beyond the strength of the average women. Such work, how ever, is being done with the greatest efficiency in Europe, and in Germany the women are said to be even stoking and working before giant blast furnaces. But it is significant that a large per centage of relief work is concerned with such em ployes. The physical endurance of women is not a matter that can be accurately gauged and deter mined. When the so-called frail sex first entered the business world there was a great hullabaloo concerning its physical unfitness, but the sex survived with disconcerting success. But no indi vidual, either man or woman, can work for long hours at one occupation, do night work and over time, eat poor food and remain physically fit. Nor can he possibly be efficient France and England have found that a laborer does less work in ten hours than in eight. So far as the unmarried woman is concerned, the drawbacks to industrial opportunity are lim ited. Many such must support families in the place of a father or brother, but usually there is a mother to look after the smaller children and the home. Some manufacturers dislike to employ any but unmarried women. The married woman employe's great industrial problem is the care of her children. It is a prob lem which has many phases. In most cases the children would be much better off under a moth er's supervision, but it has also often proved bet ter to have the household pay roll in the hands of the mother. The married woman worker will rapidly become more numerous as the war goes on. Her problems must be worked out in practice rather than in theory. What Europe has done will prevent some mistakes, but for the most part the United States will have to learn for itself. The nation can count on the natural aggressiveness and pluck of the American woman to keep her from being undulv imposed upon. Supplemented by wise local and national legislation, her fight for proper working conditions has every prospect of success. Nebraska Press Comment Lexington Pioneer: The Omaha Bee declares that Edgar Howard "shudders" at the idea of being governor of Nebraska. It is quite probable, however, that many other democrats in the state "shudder" a good deal more than Edgar over the contemplation of such a catastrophe. Hildreth Telescope: Those who had an idea that Omaha would pay but little attention to the prohibition amendment and that booze could be purchased at any time have another guess com ing. The metropolis is as dry as a bone and a visit to the big town now will convince you of the fact. Genoa Leader: That hyphenated monstrosity at Omaha published by one of Nebraska's sena tors went into hysterics the last of the week over an alleged criticism of the administration by Roosevelt because it did not begin to prepare for emergencies two years ago and, as usual, it mis represents the facts. The writer sat within ten feet of Roosevelt and heard every word he ut tered distinctly and, while he deplored the fact that we did not start to prepare in time, declared that it was useless to cry over spilt milk and the bur den of his plea was for the people to get behind the flag and prepare for stupendous sacrifices in the cause of humanity and the man who criticises anything uttered at that time woefully lacks the patriotism of liberty-loving people and is evi dently impregnated with a damnable rotten brand of democracy or autocracy. Nebraska City Press: The esteemed World Herald is trying to explain why a referendum on the limited suffrage bill is far different from a referendum on the question of declaring war. The W.;H. gays the legislature went against pub lic opinion when it enacted the limited suffrage law. It can go. farther and say, too, that the peo ple re-elected Mr. Wilson because he kept us out of war prior to March 4, 1917. After that date Mr. Wilson got us into war, a position we might as well have occupied two years ago and better. If we are to find justice in calling for a referen dum on the suffrage bill, because the legislature overrode the voice of the people, we may, with equal fairness, call for a referendum on Mr. Wil son, who did in 1917 what his campaign managers said he had been fortunate in not doing in 1916. There is just about as much common sense in the one as in the other. A m Proverb for the Day. Every trade has Its tricks. One Year Ago Today In the War. French captured German aecond line south of the Somme. Lloyd George appointed secretary of war for Great Britain. Russians cut railroad line from Hungary to Lemberg, capital of Ga-lioia. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. The little son of Ed H. Corbett dropped from his pocket his father's bank book and about $4,000 worth of notes. Ed H. is offering a reward for their return. There is perhaps no happier man in" the city than John E. Newman. The reason thereof Is a,bouncing ten-pound boy. A literary entertainment was given by the St. Philomena Literary associa tion in its hall, corner Ninth and Howard. The following were on the program: Prof. Hoffman, G. Bortr lum, W. T. Doran, Mrs. Armstrong, Misses De Witt, Dwyer and Katie Craft. John H. Cotter of Des Moines, a prominent young lawyer, is in the city and will probably settle here perma nently. Miss Maggie McCarthy, principal of the Pacific school, after a year of hard and successful work, has left for a six weeks' vacation at her home near Boston. Ira P. Hlgby, formerly of the Pax ton hotel, has been secured as clerk of the Hotel Manawa. Mrs. Annie Ryan, wife of Thomas Ryan, died at the family residence in South Omaha. She had lived in this city for thirty years and was the mother of Mesdamea Thomas and John Garvey. Officer Carroll stopped a runaway horse belonging to Cahn Bros., which was tearing down Farnam street. In checking the animal Carroll's right knee was hurt and he is therefore in capacitated for duty. This Day In History. 1747 John Paul Jones, the most famous American naval officer in the revolution, born in Scotland. Died in Paris July 18, 1792. 1775 Georgia voted to join its sis ter colonies In the struggle for inde pendence. 1821 Edmund W. Pettus, confed erate soldier and United States sena tor from Alabama, born in Limestone county, Alabama. Died at Hot Springs, N. C, July 27, 1907. 1859 An armistice was agreed on in the war between France and Aus tria. 1878 Turks and Serbians engaged in battle at Yavor. 1894 Much railroad property burned by mobs of strikers and their sympathizers in Chicago. 1905 Elihu Root was appointed secretary of state in succession to John Hay. V -sl909 President Taft and the Brit ish and French ambassadors at tended the Champlaln tercentenary celebration at Tlconderoga. 1916 A Russo-Japanese convention, aiming to preserve far eastern peace, was signed at Petrograd. The Day We Celebrate. Christopher C. Crowell, jr., is just 43 today. His birthplace is Blair and he is one of the best known men in the grain trade of the middle west, being president of both the Crowell Lumber and Grain company and the Crowell Elevator company. Dr. William L. Shearer was born in Fennlmore, Wis., July 6, 1880. He is recognized aa an authority on ques tions of oral surgery. H. L. Beard, with the Omaha Bak ers' Supply company, is just 53 today. He hails from Michigan. W. J. Connell, attorney-at-law. is 71 today. He was born in Cowansville, Canada, and came to Omaha in 1869, where he has since continuously prac ticed his profession. He was city attorney for ten years. i Lieutenant Martin C. Shallenberger, ald-de-camp on the personal staff of General Pershing and son of Congress man Shallenberger, born in Nebraska thirty-two years ago today. Princess Victoria Alexandra, sister of King George of England, born forty-nine years ago today. Lord Courtney of Penwith, noted English statesman and law authority, born in Penzance eighty-five years ago today. , John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, born in Powhatan county, Virginia, fifty-two years ago today. Katherine Tlngley, celebrated theo sophical leader, born at Newburyport, Mass., sixty-five years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. King George and Queen Mary to day enter upon the twenty-fifth year of their wedded life, having been married July 6, 1893, in the Chapel Royal of St. James' palace. In pursuance of Its policy of fur thering national preparedness, Dart mouth college today will inaugurate a military training camp of six weeks' duration. Headquarters will be opened In Min neapolis today for the annual conven tion of the National Editprial associa tion, to be held in that city during the coming week. The effects of the war on the pot tery industry in America will be dis cussed by the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, meeting in an nual convention today at Atlantic City. The sixteenth annual conference of the missionary education movement, held In behalf ot the educational de partments of the home and foreign missions boards of the United States and Canada, will open at Sliver Bay, N. Y., today and continue in session until July 15. Activities in connection with the na tional convention and reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will begin In Boston today with the arrival ot the national officers of the order and the establishment of convention headquarters. Hotel res ervations indicate that the convention will be attended by thousands of mem bers of the order from all parts ot the United States and Canada. The program of business and festivities will be much the same aa in previous years, except that a great patriotic demonstration on Boston Common will be held In place of the street parade, which heretofore has provided the big spectacular feature ot the Elks' reunions. Storiette of the Day. The home that George Meredith had built for himself was rather small, though It was extremely comfortable. "It's strange." remarked a lady visitor, "in your books you describe huge castles and baronial halls, but when you come to build you put up a little house like this. Why is HT" "Well," replied ths author with a twinkle in his eye, "the reason is be-, cause .words are cheaper than stones." Tlsa TwaayuSTiBt. 0 j;2&s. aw Pay for the Teacher. Omaha, July 4. To the Editor of The Bee: Permit me to congratulate the Board of Education on their rais ing the teachers' wages. Although long deferred and very small in pro portion to what they deserye, they will nevertheless appreciate it very much. The teachers' profession is one of the noblest that men and women can take up and make a life work ot and it should be rewarded In accordance with the social importance it is to the na tion. But it has been just the oppo site up to the present The day is not far distant when the teacher will come into his and her own, when so ciety will recognize them as its most valuable members and . will reward them accordingly. Here's hoping that these raises in salary will become more frequent. JESSE T. BRILLIIART. Railroad and Other Rates. Grand Island, Neb., July 4. To the Editor of The Bee: When the rail roads contemplated putting into effect their freight rates July 1, did you no tice how quick the I. C. C. stepped on the brakes, and refused ' to allow an increase, while the coal barons, steel kings and food speculators are allowed to go ruthlessly on raising their prices beyond all comprehensive ness. It is an unjust piece of legisla tion to have the I. C. C. fix the tariff of railroads and let these other gentle men go unmolested, especially the food speculators. If they can fix the charge of railroads, why not other concerns? It seems here of late our legislators have their minds all set as to what they are going to hand the railroads before they are ever elected to their respective offices. Railroads today must fight for everything they get in the line of revenue and all other ac cessions. For service rendered the rail roads are not fairly dealt with by our different railroad commissions and any broadmtnded man can clearly see why the railroads are Justly entitled to an increase in freight rates and passen ger rates, too. V. A. BRADSHAW. Road Bee ''Ads' and Save Money. ' Omaha, July 4. To the Editor of The Bee: I read the Letter Box Col umn with interest and thought that the benefit of my recent experience might interest other women. We know that one of the topics of general In terest just now is the high cost of living. I have kept an account of the amount I have saved each week bv reading the advertisements of The Bee and can say that I have saved on an average not less than $1 a week. I have done this by watching the prices of necessities and staples and buying where the prices are lowest. I don't want to be understood as be ing a chronic bargain hunter, as that term is usually understood, but I mean buying staple necessities. For instance, the other day I bought a can of a common commodity for 41 cents and the same can at my corner store was 50 cents. Some weeks I save more than SI and again it may be lesa, according to the abllty of my self and husband to make scattering purchases. My plan requires a small cash fund on hand for current ex penses) but I have found it pays. Of course, regular bargain sales is an other matter and are taken advant age of by all classes of people. I rub. bed elbows at a bargain sale last week with a woman wearing automobile gloves and I took it that she came In her car. My point is that by watching the prices of many staples in the advertisements of The Bee it Is possi ble for any housewife to save at least $1 a week on her running expenses. During the summer vacation if she has a boy or girl to run errands for her she can save more than that amount. MRS. A. M. Another Estimate of Mickle. Plattsmouth, Neb.. July 3. To the Editor of The Bee: I read A. B. Mlc kle's letter to The Bee, also "Careful Observer's" remarks concerning It and I heartily endorse everything he said. Mickle sounds like an American name but that man undoubtedly Is a close relative to the kaiser, as he dis plays all of his pig-headedness. I didn't see the piece in "Colliers," but I think every newspaper in the country ought to "bawl out" such a man in big headlines. Just think of a man making his poor wife and children spade up a big piece of ground. No wonder his neighbors won't have anything to do with him. I live twenty miles away and- that is as near as I want to live to such a man. I'm afraid if I lived much nearer. I'd be tempted to go over and beat hin up when I saw him content edly smoking and resting while the wife and children worked. If I was his wife I'd show him Who was boss. It's a wonder he doesn't take the children down town and let them look at the cakes in the bakery windows, as a reward for their hard work. I sup pose his poor wife doesn't even get a movie ticket. This doesn't half ex press my contempt for such a man. He isn't any better than the weevils he eats. WOMAN OBSERVER. LAUGHING GAS. "Josiah," aald Mra. Hawbuck, T hope yon kept your head while you frit In New Tofk." "I did, .Martha." waa tha humble reply, "but I guei it was only becauee none o' them aharpars had any uaa fer it." Boaton Transcript. The valet of an Englishman traveling across America, when asked by his master what he thought of tie vast apacea, replied: "People are telling me all the while how Christopher Columbus discovered America. Well, I don't sea how he could help finding It" Christian Register. "Why doesn't your aunt come downstairs, Bobby? I)id you tell her Mr. Catchlt waa here? What ia she so long about?" "She la doing Just what the Germans are doing, ma she's straightening out her false front." Baltimore American. "The wicked neighbors won't quit scof fing," complained Japhet. "That'a all right," replied Noah, aa he drove another nail, "We will allow them after a while what It mean tn disregard the advice of tha Intellectual minority." Washington Star. "Mra. Flubdub Wants to borrow aome sugar, some egge and soma flour, Evidently going to make aom sponge cake." 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