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Subscribers (saving th city should hv Th Bm mallsd
to thorn. Adarass changsd as sft as r juastod.
A cut that - is wholly painless would be a
; miracle. . - -..,'-.-.-;
Profit-grabbers are about the only ones who
dread government control.
Consumer may be pardoned if they view the
prospect'with hopeful cheer.
Signs increase that high prices have reached
the top. Let us hope these signs do not fail.
Still there is considerable margin in last fall's
uplift to soften the features of an alleged deficit.
It will be recalled that consumers put out a
lively roar last fait and winter, but they dug up
the excess coin just the same.
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Hogs have hit the back track at a pretty lively
clip, somebody having seen the error of the way
along which they were proceeding.
Austria is said to be willing to quit, a mood
that is probably heightened by the course of Gen
eral Cadorna's army along the Isonzo,
- Shelling hospitals is on a par with torpedoing
hospital ships or bombing school houses, but
"rightfulness" must be maintained, it seems.
Your Uncle Samuel strives to bp accommo
dating. Even those who dislike, him can obtain
change of scenery by simply manifesting active
discontent
If Dr. Harry Garfield nukes as good an ad
ministrator of coal as his father did as president
the country will have little occasion to complain
of the selection. '
Chancellor Michaelis says France in conduct
ing a war of conquest. Such flashes of official
humor serve to enliven the gloomy columns of
the German press. .
American confidence, in Russia is evidenced
by another hundred million dollar loan to the
new republic, This sort of friendship ought to
bring results in time.
The kaiser's ptea to his soldiers to fight on and
endure patiently the stern trials they are facing
must sound strange to 'men who set out three
years ago on a holiday march to Paris.
The mere thought of coal brokers being held
down to a beggarly 3Q cents or less a ton gives
shape to visioning glooms. But the sun shines
just the same. Look tip and cheer up!
If the booster 'division' of Bob La Follette's
"party of discontent" is alive to its opportunties
a land office business in recruits may be bad by
following the trail of price-cutting federal sur
geons. , ' . I '
The home guards are shaping up rapidly, but
none too fast to be ready for the work that will
be left to them when the troops now here move
on. Service in the new National Guard is seri
ous and should be so understood by the young
nten'going into it..- 1
London's, roster of newspaper men and sons
of newspaper men who gave their lives to their
country in the war now totals 109. Most of them
were officers of minor rank. The number glimpses
the high proportion of journalists contributed by
the metropolis to the cause of humanity.
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Hats off to the battling legions of France at
Verdun I ,No other division Nof the big push has
. shown equal endurance, sustained morale or
greater vigor in attack and defense. Their for
ward leaps are marvels of precision, speed and
determination out of which victory springs.
The Deadly Parallel
Philadelphia LMfor-
Race Riota Among the Troops.
The mutiny of a body of colored soldiers of
the United States army at a Texas post can
scarcely be considered as a symptom of serious
trouble in the organization. It is rather a fur
ther proof of the difficulty of maintaining strict
discipline in presence of the unconcealed preju
dice against the blacks that exists generally in
the south and prominently in Texas. Judgment
must be suspended until a full inquiry has devel
oped the real reason for the outbreak. This will
not lessen the seriousness of the offense commit
ted by the soldiers, who have laid themselves lia
ble to the extremest penalty by their conduct.
It may serve, however; to place definitely the
blame for a state of affairs that shows on the
surface that something radically wrong is back
of the outbreak. Several years ago, in time of
peace, an entire troop of a regiment of cavalry
was dishonorably discharged because of an out
break engendered by friction between white ci
vilians and colored soldiers in a Texas commu
nity. The scandal then occasioned has not been
forgotten, but its lesson evidently did not sink
deep enough. Without undertaking to fix fully
responsibility for the deplorable affair at Houston,
public opinion must lean towards the conclusion
that such clashes may be avoided by the applica
tion of a little forbearance on the part of the
whites. Army authorities may be depended upon
to deal with offending soldiers.
Draft Law Held Constitutional.
United States Judge Emory Speer of the south
ern district of Georgia, passing on an application
for a writ of habeas corpus brought in the names
of two negroes held in jail for seeking to evade
the draft, has clearly settled objections raised to ,
that law by slackers, pacifists and other enemies
of the government. The case was argued for the
applicants by Thomas E. Watson, who has furi
ously opposed the operations of the selective draft.
n presenting his case he set up that the law is
unconstitutional because it contemplates involun
tary servitude, becausecongress has not the power
tp conscript manhood service and because the
federal government cannot raise an army for over
sea service. Judge Speer disposes of the objec
tions in order. ,
The, allegation that service in the army under
the draft is involuntary servitude, and therefore
slavery, is dismissed as unworthy of serious con
sideration. "Nothing could be more abhorent
to the truth," said the judge, "nothing more de
grading to that indispensable and gallant body of
citizens trained in arms, to whose manhood, skill
and courage is and must be committed the task
of maintaining the very existence of the nation
and all that its people hold dear." ,The assertion
that congress is without power to raise an army
is answered by the constitutional provision which
specifically grants to congress the authority to
'raise and support armies." This gives congress
power to summons every citizen of the United
States and therefore the authority to summons any
citizen. The difference between the army of the
United States and the militia of the several. states
s also explained and finally the power of the
government to send its army beyond seas is es
tablished by clearest of reasoning.
The great conspiracy to defeat the undertaking
of the United States in entering the war to defend
its citizens and th rights of free people every
where is fast disintegrating. EfTorts to thwart
the will of the people as expressed by the ma-
jortty of their representatives in congress
have brought about careful examination of
the constitution1 with the effect of materially
strengthening the position of the government.
While the selective draft law was primarily
response to a deep and general public sentiment,
it is good to know that its principle is so firmly"
founded on justice and equity that it cannot be
shaken by those who would disturb or defeat its
operation.
When the offensive incident between Admiral
Diederichs and Admiral Dewey occurred in Manila
bay the German government denied that anything
i untoward happened. But when the proof came
. out it then said that Dewey had misunderstood
the good German admiral and was guilty of great
carelessness in not knowing what was correct
. and proper.
Again, later, when, after Prince Henry's visit,
Dr. von Holleben was recalled by private request
' of President Roosevelt for meddling in our affairs
and for trying: to build 'up a German state within
the United States, the German government was
loud in its denials, though after the Manila inci
dent the kaiser is reported to have said if he had
. had a bigger navy he would "have made Uncle
Sam sit up quick," while in the Von Holleben
case he permitted his government to keep on send
inar agents over here to turn the loyalty of natural
ized citizens Potsdamwards. So well had he sue
" ceeded that when the war broke out in 1914 Amer
: ' ica woke up to find that a large body of citizens
of German origin took their news and their point
. of view from Berlin.
So when Belgium was invaded they, with the
'. kaiser, approved of it and ever since they have
been aiding the imperial prevaricator in his "ex
planations. For, as in the Diederichs case, so in
the matter of the terrible Armenian massacres
thev were denied, theto affirmed as perfectly "cor
rectS The infamous Zimmermann Mexican note
, was also repudiated and then defended, German-
American newspapers even saying it was a "Brit-
isb invention," "since no German diplomat could
, have written it." And so it goes; the German
method is always-the same. And the deadly
narallol could be carried out indefinitely to show
that the Gerard-Wilson-kaiser letter denial is only'
,one incident of . a system which backa up force
'vith guile and guile with fraud.
Government Control ef Prices.
Our country is now fairly launched on a great
experiment of government control of private busi
ness. Heretofore efforts along this line have been
confined almost exclusively to the regulation of
public utilities or to common carriers whose char
acter as such rendered necessary the exercise of
the great powers of the government. In taking
over control of the coal Industry this right of
the people has been projected a little farther than
any previous step. Just how it will operate can
be determined only by .experience. The purpose
it laudable, the object being to afford relief and
protection from extortions practiced by profiteer
ing individuals and combinations, but the scope
of the proposed administration extends; beyond
price regulations and contemplates distribution
as well, to the end that not only will fuel be fur
nished to the consumers at reasonable prices, but
that no community will be menaced by shortage
due to conditions subject to control. Other ex
periments along similar lines,' involving control
of food, clothing and basic supplies for manufac
ture, are pending, and shortly we may find our
greatest industries completely under public man
agement. While the state of war that has brought
this about may not operate to produce results
entirely satisfactory to the earnest advovates of
government ownership, it is reasonable to think
that experience thus gained will be of some assist
ance in determining what may or may not be
done along these lines in the future. For the
present we are seriously applying the advice of
St. Paul to "prove all things, holding fast to
that which is good." ' . ' ;
By a series of fierce counter attacks the alien
forces of Herr Thompson managed to save the
Hohenzollerns from complete extinction in the
school histories of Chicago. Only those appear
ing on the stage of German life prior to 1607 are
brought into the spotlight. Securing for them the
meager honors of distant perspective enables the
mayor to claim a tactical victory resembling the
Somme retreat - f .
Increased pressure exerted by Germany on
bordering neutrals includes both economic and fi
nancial demands. Forced loans of gold have been
made on Switzerland in exchange for coal and
food staples from northern neutrals in return for
Germany's raw materials. Present holdup meth
ods are striking proofs of Germany's desperate
straits, intensified by the American embargo.
"Best Sellers"
By Frederic J. Haski j
, Washington, Aug. 22. The most popular book
in the world today, judging by the demand,, is
neither a sentimental novel nor a war book. It
is a book on home canning methods. And the
busiest publishing house in the world is no longer
in London or New York, but in Washington, D.
C It is the division of publications of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, publisher of the said canning
book and several other pamphlets almost as
popular.
Of the booklet on canning 1,350,000 copies have
been printed and distributed free since about the
middle of June easily a record for any book in
print. There is a companion pamphlet on home
methods for drying vegetables and fruits, of
which 1,200,000 copies have gone out to as many
individuals in the same time. Of the govern
ment's booklets on home gardening an even 1,000,
000 were called for and delivered during the plant
ing season. These three publications have
smashed all records for demand and rapid dis
tribution in the annals of the government or any
private publishing house.
All this activity is strictly war work, and it is
still going on. The canning and drying booklets
are still in demand and the total orders on the
former will reach l,SOO,000,if not more These three
publications are the most popular of the "emer
gency" booklets published by the department, but
they are far from being the only ones. There is no
part of the governmental machinery, not even ex
cepting the War and Navy bureaus, which has
had to meet a greater pressure of war work than
Agriculture's division of publications.
"What has the war given us to do?" repeated
an official of the division, in answer to a question.
Since the 1st of Aoril we have issued 6,tHJ0,0UU
copies of various farmers' bulletins, 3,000,000 cir
culars and 1,500,000 posters." These figures sum
marize only the emergency work done in addi
tion to the regular routine, wnivn latter nas oeen
inrrf-asiiur steadilv for vears. The number of
copies of publications distributed by the division
in the last iiscai year was more man tu.wv.wv.
The division of publications is rather like a
great government bookstore, which carries on its
shelves copies of 4,000 different books and book
lets, the total stock running to more than 8,000,000
copies. It issues a catalogue in the shape of its
monthly list of bulletins, reaching out for -business
like a private publisher. Only the great
majority of its publications are entirely free to
anybody who lives in the United States of Amer
ica, man, woman or child, citizen or alien. Any
one's name- will be put on the mailing list for a
copy of the monthly list. .About o.uuiyiw sucn
lists are printed each month at present. Anyone's
request for a copy ot any tree nuiietin win dc
filler!, and the maioritv of the bulletins are free.
Where a price is attached, it is generally so low
as to be nominal. This is Uncle Sam's greatest
single activity in the publishing line. Althougn
practically all the government departments Issue
publications of various kinds, the number issued
by the Department of Agriculture exceeds the
total of all the others many times. The division of
publications is the greatest single point of contact
between the public and the government.
The doom of booze making, already sounded,
carries with it a reduction in the kicking propen
sities of beer. Alcoholic content of the foamy
fluid comes down to 2 per cent thus saving a
considerable amount of grain without damaging
the collar. Hereabouts the change is a matter of
reminiscent interest
Lumbermen of the northwest proclaim their
belief in an eight-hour day as a nation-wide policy,
Tutting their belief into practice is another mat-
1 ter, depending on the other fellow down south
coming into line. This is one way of putting over
a motion for indefinite postponement
Proverb for the Day.
Know which side of your bread is
buttered.
On Year Ago Today In the War.
Italians landed In Albania.
Bulgarians annihilated Greek gar
rison at Startila in surprise attack.
British captured ground on Longue
val road and French beat oft attack
south of Verdun.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
Prof A. Waither. composer and pia
nist of this city, has left for an ex
tended trip west.
Mrs. Elmer D. Frank left for Rock
Island. Wyo., to join her husband,
who, in a company with Judge Dundy
as the central figure, is enjoying all the
pleasurea-of a" .bear .hunt . In that re
gion. The: friends of bpth gentlemen
can expect to hear some thrilling tales
upon thelreturn'r-,::-
J. S.- Llllie, John Hills and t). V.
Kent of Kansas City have arrived from
a three weeks', trtp in the Rockies.
They are the guests of T. F. Bren
nan. 1 .'.'
M. L. Toungs, -Masonic grand lec
turer of Wisconsin, is in the city visit
ing his son. F. M. Youngs, foreman of
The Bee pressroom.
The engagement of Miss Alice Rog
ers, daughter of Milton Rogers, to Os
car Williams was formally announced.
Mrs. Joseph Barker and Mrs. Sam
uel Rees have returned from the east.
Mrs. Doctor Hanchett and her chil
dren, Reld and Hope, are sojourning
at Colfax Springs, la.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Shropshire cele
brated their wooden wedding at their
residence In Windsor Place. Among
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iiic Kueoio wuc iui. atiu - ...
Holdrege, Mr. and Mrs. Montmor
ency, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. McCarty, Mr.
and Mrs. Campbell. Mr. aud Mrs. Met
calf, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Megeath, Mr.
and Mrs. Mell Hoerner and Mr. and
Mrs. Percy.
War has almost revolutionized the publishing
htisinm. of the government. The routine pro
cedure in the distribution of agricultural publica
tions was something like this: A bulletin of pop
ular nature was written by some expert on cook
ing potatoes, say, or growing roses, or fertilizing
a lawn, x nc mvistun irauuiauuin
nroofs. made out a scheme for distribution, in
cluding a quantity of copies for free distribution.
When the bulletin went to the printing office the
superintendent of documents printed a many as
the ordef called for, and an additional stork from
which he could sell copies at cost price after the
stqck for free distribution was exhausted. The
name of the bulletin was placed on the monthly
list People who received the list might write to
the department for freq copies, but most of the
free stock was distributed through congressmen.
The members of congress send out lists to their
constituents telling them to check the names of
the bulletins thev want and return the list to the
congressman. Then the member turns it over to
the department and the bulletins are sent.
This procedure has worked quite well for years,
and iiStill working. But the striking things about
the war. business are the increase in direct dis-.
tribution and the fact that the tree, stocks nave
been practically unlimited. Of the 6,000,000 emer
gency bulletins distributed since war was de
clared, not one has Cost the recipient a penny.
Furthermore, the general appearance of these bul
letins is a great improvement over anything of the
sort previously published. They are printed on a
high grade of heavy gloss paper.' and filled with
remarkaDiv ciear illustrations, auc hu(uivj
publications represent a step forward in the gov
ernment's free publishing activities.
'This improved form resulted in considerable
delay in printing, because the' printing office has
not the necessary presses to handle such work
rapidly. Some of the later emergency bulletins
on the use of vegetables and the pickling oi certain
foods, for example, have been printea wunout
pictures in order to speed up delivery. But real
progress is' never lost, and before long the print
ing office wilt be equipped with machinery to
turn out the more elaborate books as fast "as it
turns out the simpler ones today. It is going to
be possible to get more authoritative, better writ
ten and better printed hooks of practical useful
ness free from the United States government
than can be bought for cash anywhere else.
The division of publications is entitled to a
great deal of credit for the way it has met the
war emergency. Its quarters are inadequate and
its force is too small for the work. Overtime has
been the order of the day. This was inevitable,
because the nature of the work is such that an un
trained employe is no better than none at all. Nu
merous additions to the force have been made,
until now it numbers about 200 people, the major
ity of them classed as highly skilled. There have
been delays, there have been impatient congress
men and importunate county agents and a score
of volunteer conservation councils and committees
and clubs and leagues calling for emergency bulletins-faster
than they could be published, but
today the division is already handling the war
work as a matter of regular routine.
Tolerance Versus Safety
Wwhlnnton Pool
Spies cannot be expected to proclaim them
selves. When cbnfrolited with the evidence of
their activities, they may be expected to protest
their loyalty. They will get into confidential posts
if they can, and, if they can't, will continue to do
thir work in less conspicuous fields.
The American people and their government
have been tolerant. Again and again it has been
made clear that honest Germans, who observe the
law, shall be left undisturbed. - There is no desire
anywhere to do an injustice to natives of enemy
countries. .
In this attitude of tolerance, there is great
danger that the authorities may lean backwards.
The evidence produced against Colonel Reich
mann, recommended for promotion to brigadier
general in the regular army, may not be worthy
of credence. The fact that he was born in Ger
many in 1859 and resided there until he was 22
years old should not be taken as prima facie evi
dence of . the sympathy which he is alleged to
have demonstrated for Germany, but it should be
sufficient to keep him away from the firing line.
When there is a reasonable doubt affecting the
safety of American troops, it should be resolved
in favor of the nation, rather than in favor of any
individual. If there is danger o injustice to Colo
nel Reichmann, he will be entitled to sympathy,
but while the war is on individuals must serve the
national interest.
The position of natives of Germany who are
loyal to the United States is at best difficult. The
nation is anxious that there should be no dis
crimination against them. The safety of the na
tion, however, must have first consideration. Put
none but Americans on guard I
This Day in History.
1783 Captain Samuel Chester Reld.
IT. S. N., who won for the Americans
the last engagement of the war of
1812, born at Norwich, Conn. Died
in New York City January 28. 1861.
1807 Commodore Edward Preble,
TJ. S. N.. who destroyed the pirates of
the Barbary powers, died at Portland,
Me. Born there August 15, 1761.
1862 Confederates captured sup
plies at Manassas Junction.
1880 The seventh centenary of the
founding of the reigning house of Ba
varia was celebrated.
1900 Order signed for construc
tion of first submarine boats for
United States navy.
1914 Austria declared war on Ja
pan. 1918 Germans captured Brest-Lit-ovsk,
key to Russia's second line of
defense.
The Day We Celebrate.
Clarke G. Powell, president of the
Powell Automobile Supply company,;
waa born in Omaha August 25, 1876.
lie started out with the Ornaha Electri
cal works seventeen years ago. after
wards going into the automobile and.
automobile supply business.
Dr. Henry L. Akin is just 45 today
He was born in Leavenworth, Kan.,
and educated at Princeton university
and Creighton Medical college, with a
post graduate year In Vienna' and
Berlin.
John A. McShane, capitalist and for
mer congressman from this district, is
celebrating his sixty-iseventh birthday.
He was born in New Lexington, O., and
was associated with the Creightons la
many of their big enterprises of west
ern development in early days.
A. N. Eaton is entitled to congratula
tions on his fifty-eighth birthday today.
He is with tho Nebraska-Iowa Steel
Tank company and waa born in
Qulncy. Mass.
Yvonne de Treville, celebrated
prima donna, born at Galveston, Tex.,
thirty-six years ago today.
Prof. Henry Jones Ford of Prince
ton, who was President Wilson's biog
rapher in the last campaign, born in
Baltimore sixty-six years ago today.
Blanche Bates, one of the leading
actresses of the American stage, born
at Portland, Ore., forty-four years ago
today.
JameS E. Martine, late United States
senator from New Jersey, born in. New
York City etxty-ssven years ago today.
Richard Rudolph, pitcher of the
Boston National league base ball team,
born in New York City twenty-eight
years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Much Interest attaches to the state
conference which has been called to
assemble in Moscow today to consider
in their broadest aspects the present
conditions in Russian and the plans
for the future of the national govern
ment. ,
An advance guard of "Billy" Sun
day workers is ,to arrive in Los An
geles today in readiness for tomor
row's dedication of the tabernacle
where Mr. Sunday is soon to begin a
two months' evangelistic campaign.
Ten archbishops and twenty-four
bishops of the Roman Catholic church
in the United States are expected in
Kansas City today in readiness for the
opening of the sixteenth annual con
vention of the American Federation
of Catholic Societies.
In response to a notice from Herbert
"Hoover, food administrates, that the
government would undertake pur
chase of wheat at interior points be
ginning September 1, the directors of
the Chicairo board of tr,ade have voted
to discontinue all transactions in wheat
for; future delivery after today.
Storyctte of the Day.
The conjugal dispute waxed loud
and furious.. Mrs. Blank said, "Yes,
yes, it was so;" and Mr. Blank said,
"Pooh! Pooh! It-was not so!"
. In, the' end iame tears. Then Mrs.
Blank fell to reproaches.
"I was reading one of your old let
ters, James, only today," she sobbed,
"and you said in it .that you would
rather live in endless torment with
roe than in bliss by yourself."
"Well." gfunted Blank, "I got my
wish." . . ..;
LINES TO A LAUGH.
Old Lady (who hoi lvn tramp a nickel)
New. how r you golnf to oponS it T
Tramp Well, ye tree, lady. If I buya a
tourln' ear there ain't enough left to hire a
chofur, so 1 sueaa I'll trot a schooner : I
kin handle that meself. Boa ton Transcript.
"The Germans haven't retaken 4 bit of
the around they have lost!"
"Why should they? A German army
never leaves anything werth taking
Judge.
"1 like this posro of yours to a brook.
It fairly gurgles You evidently wrote It
by a rippling rill."
"Not exactly." said the poet, "but I did
write It with a fountain pen. Maybe that
accounts for it Boston Transcript.
"Are the soaa boxes the anarchist orators
yawp from empty?" .
"Sure! They have no use for what they
are made to hold." Browning s Magastne.
See the man.
He Is 'pleading eloquentty with the wo
man. Asklnj her to marry him?
No. Just trying to prsuad her that a
cook can be happy In the country. Louis
villa Courier-Journal.
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Praise for Oakland Chautauqua.
Oakland, la., Aug. 21. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: It was the pleasure of
the writer to be in attendance at the
chautauqua at this place last week.
This session was of eight days' dura
tion and the eleventh annual meeting
of its kind to be held here.
That the Oakland chautauqua ranks
among the best and stands so very near
the head of the class of this kind of
educational entertainment goes with
out saying, because it is a household
word and those who attend are ready
to slm? its praise with abundant rea
son. The announcement of this in
stitution are men who have made a
success of their own business ventures
and are awake to the beet interests of
the community In which they reside.
This season the talent was of the best
to be procured and as evidence that
the rural populace appreciated the
movement the motive power repre
sented in autos was an average of
more than 209 to and from the farm
hnnwi daiiv. Th educational char
acter of the .entertainers was repre
sented in languages from the German,
English, Greek, Italian, South Ameri
can, Indian and others. In this we
observe the value of our institutions
of learning under a democratic form
of government.
In gatherings of this kind we note
the value of democracy against au
tocracy. The civilized worldVs at war.
Apparently it is outrunning its liter
ary and religious institutions, but one
is led to believe splendid results will
eventually obtain from the Oakland
chautauqua. May the spirit of good
fellowship and uplift observed here
radiate throughout all the chautau
quas of our land, uniting as a salient
and silent force in destroying a mili
tary spirit that has a death-dealing
grip on other lands. May the power
of the human face and the power of
the human voice awaken the con
sciousness of the world, blending with
Jesus Christ and his spirit, and the
elements that now direct the roar of
cannon sink into eternal oblivion In
the great awakening of a true democ
racy in the fact that knowledge is
power and the pen is mightier than
the sword. T. J. HILDEBRAND.
bring England to its kne.os In threa
months, when he would tike his and
the English fleet and reduce United
States to submission. The kaiser made
an error when, in his pride, conceit,
ignorance, etc.. he proclaimed that he
was ready to fight the world.
Mrs. Wasitsky. New York, mourns
the loss of her 2-year-old son. Last
month he became ill with pneumoni.
and was brought to St. Luke's hospital.
Some days later she was assured or
the hope of receiving her boy with
health and rosy cheeks. But an error
was made, probably by the head nurse.
Her boy was sent to an Italian tene
ment and one day a nurse brought a
baby to Mrs. Wasitsky's door that was
not her own. She discovered her own
UU tnn latA AVrfri With a dlrtY
I.4U1U IVJU 'V
. m.nin9 tn Viron th averv bone
protruding from his body; he was too
far gone ana expirea la mo mm
arms from starvation,
n-hit ohnnf th reAiitv of errors that
can have so momentous consequences?
Can it be true, correct, reasuiiauio
logical to call tnem unreal, ncuuuua,
nonexistent imaginary? No, and a
thousand times no. I challenge con
tradiction from Mr. Herring or any
and all of his devotees.
IHTI.h Iiia rocnont tn TY1 V lflWVfir COr-
lit. UUV .HWV w " J W
respondent and the rest of the Chris
tian scientists, some oi mem iwj
friends and neighbors, I cannot sup
press the sarcasm that I feej and must
express in uonsisiency, uiuu am
jewel!" DAVID OLSON.
THE PROCESSIONAL.
(Myrta I A vary, tn Boston Transcript.
'Twas not our wish, O God, to draw the
sword, ,
O God, In Whom we trust!
Tet have we drawn It all against our will.
I n n (m All V. r , rt V1 1 1
mere is no Flvu " "- -
Our fellow-mnn, and yet, O Lord, we musu
W march to battle to no song of hata.
With anguiah, grief and pity; Christ above.
We march t oatue to mi oonj vi v-.
Beneath love's banner. Lord, we pitch our
tent.
The Stars and Stripes would bear to a 'I
mankind
TledKO of release
From tyranny, from violence and wrong.
This Is the measure of our Marching Bong,
Wo fight to win for liberty and peace.
Pain Real and Unreal.
Omaha, Aug. 22. To the Editor of
The Bee: I wish to touch two points
in Mr. Herring's letter published in
your issue of the 20th. He says, re
plying to my inquiry, "If pain be real,
you should give paregoric, but if men
tal there is a better remedy than pare
goric." I can't escape inferring from
this sentence that if the pain be men
tal it is not real. If that isn't mate
rialistic sophistry I mss my point.
A downtown druggist has painted
on his front window tho advice, "Leave
your thirst here." What is thirst? A
pupil in a primary grade could prob
ably answer intelligently. My point
is this: Thirst is a call of nature, the
physical body, gentle at first, but place
Mr. Herring in a desert or on the ocean
of water with only the saline fluid
within reach and let him call to mind
Mrs. Eddy's words. "Matter has no
sensation;, pain la unreal" and he will
soon find that the gentle craving of
thirst has gradually changed to an ag
onizing, excruciating pain and he
would find that the pain and torture
would not be localized Jto a certain
partof his anatomy, but he would be
come conscious of the sensation and
the reality of it from his toes to his
scalp. Let him then reason that pain
is unreal. And could anytning eise
than water bring you back to life, Mr.
Herring?
He winds up his letter by referring
truth seekers to his fountain of living
Water and quotes therefrom: "Error
is false mortal belief and it haa no
real existence. The supposition that
life, substance and intelligence are in
matter t?r of it is an error." That
brings to mind the query, What is an
error?
Metaphysically it is an act of the
mind; it may subsist in the Judgment,
estimation, calculation, etc. The rab
bit makes an error in hiding beneath
grass and leaves and loses his life; the
ostrich hides nis neaa ana reeis sate,
Mr. Bryan made an error when he be
gan to split hairs and couldn't see the
difference between a mountain and
a mole hill; Mr. Zimmermann made
an error when he argued to Mr. Ge
rard that President Wilson loved peace
to a degree that United States would
not go to war with Germany under any
circumstance; Von Tirpitz made an
error when he promised Germany to
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