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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 2, 1917.
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ta thorn, Add rase changed aa oftea aa raqvootoeL
Woe betide the jitney loaf seeking recognition
io bakeshop society.
Wei!, if the worst comes, the bread that mother
bakes will help' some.
Au revoir, Messieurs the French Commis
sioners, and come again!
Appetite1 whetted by war profits yjeld pain
fully to patriotic restriction.
Nebraska's State Fair.
The Nebraska state fair, in progress at Lin
coln this week, is a little more than a mere exhibi
tion of animal, vegetable and mechanical tri
umphs. It is in reality an exposition the ad
vance of an intelligent people afong the path of
civilization, of their application of well-directed ef
forts t6 the, arts of peace, the industrious pursuit
of which leads to national greatness. As we in
crease in material wealth we also move forward
in intellectual and spiritual growth and the value
of dur contributions to the general sum of civilU
ration's achievements is correspondingly greater
year by year. Therefore the state fair, at which
our producers meet to compare results, to ex
change ideas and contrast methods, is of steadily
growing importance as a factor in the life of the
state.
That this is appreciated by .the people is shown
by the interest taken in the fair. Liberal provi
sion has been made in the erection of permanent
buildings for the housing of exhibits, of parades
and plazas on which to display animals and ma
chinery, and the comfort of visitors is also well
looked to, that the time spent at the fair may be
both pleasant and profitable. This year's exhibit
is of especial significance, for it comes at a criti
cal time in our national life, when particularly the
husbandman and the cattle grower needs to be
encouraged and stimulated to greater effort in
production. These must feel the impulse to
strive as they never have before, to make the ut
most endeavor to increase the yield of the soil,
the lierds and the flocks, that famine may be held
back. Regardless of other 'activities throughout
the world, the American farmer is yet carrying
the tremendous responsibility of seeing that the
world does not. suffer from hunger.
That the normal purpose of the state fair will
have an influence in exciting this impulse must
be recognized, and wheji it is emphasized, as it
will be on this occasion, the effect can hardly be
doubted.
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The Boy Scouts' Farm
By Frederic J. Haskin.
I IQOAVI
Washington, Aug. 31. In the midst of the
neat green shrubbery, the flower beds, the ten
nis courts and the smooth asphalt speedways of
xoiomac pane, you suddenly come upon a fine
field of corn. Thirteen feet tall it stand with
jong graceful leaves and yellow tassels fluttering
in inc Breeze.
This is the Boy Scout farm. It Is primarily
one product of the garden propaganda, but it is
also more than that It renre.fnt tli trinmr.li
of a number of boys over a number of very for-
iiiiuauie uirncuiues.
The Boy Scouts of Washington wanted to do
their bit to help the food situation along, and
men tuimui&sioner aeciaea mat tney should be
given the ODDortunitv. He went tn Tnlnnpt
Harts of the War department, who is in charge
of tht parks of the national capital and laid the
proposition Detore mm.
Colonel Harts, being a very public-spirited man
and interested in the Boy Scout movement, im
mediately placed 300 acres of land in Potomac
paric at tne disposal of the organization. The
various scout masters called their troops of bovs
lugeuicr ana toia inem mat at last they were
going to be allowed to demonstrate their patriot
ism, and at the same time help the Boy Scout
organization. For the proceeds from tie sale' of
ine crops are to be placed tn the Boy Scout fund,
... . iias amaya uccil raiSCU Dy lag-
On8 Year Ago Today In the War.
Roumanians took Orsova. on th
JJanube.
lirmsh and French demanded of
Greece the control of the nostal and
telecrraDh systems.
Zeppelin raider on London beaten
on, one hostile aircraft being brought
uown in names.
AROUND THE CITIES.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
A. M. Bumann. director of the nun.
ual training department of the hir-h
scnuin nas reiurnea alter a ten weeks'
absence which time he has devnt.!
to the study of the systems used in
the manual training schools of Chi
cago, loledo and other leading insti.
luuuns.
Chris Melcher hag put In a partition
in his
On the appointed day last spring, 2,000 Boy
Scouts, sholdering rakes and hoes and mattocks
parade down to their prospective farm to the
martial tunes of the scout band. They marched
yiuu.iiy, incir neaos erects their little chests
swelling with natriotie emntion aa tii .a
the president in his reviewing stjmd and realized
midl nil
become.
"Doing your bit" too frequently translates it
self into "getting your bit"
Confessions are always in order,
times fail to produce convictions.
but
some-
Slashing around in coal and wheat bins stamps
Harry Garfield as a regular cutup.
Despite claims and promises to the contrary,
reduced cost of living holds its grip as a fascinat
ing mirage.
Still it may be remarkedjhat extorting confes
sions is a hopeless task unless there is something
to confess.
Every day's events makes more clear the fact
that decrowning Nicholas Romanoff was a minor
part of the job. " s
A little more harmony of statement would ma
terially improve the , appearance of food de
partment figures.
Child Labor Law Held Up. '
The decision of the federal court in North
Carolina temporarily holds up the Keating-Owen
child labor law passed by congress Jast winter
and which would have become effective this
month. The plea on which the judge rests his
action in issuing the restraining order is that the
question of parental right is involved, the relator'
having alleged that he would be deprived of the
services and earnings of two sons who are now
under the age contemplated by the law. This
point is one of the most fantiliar of all arguments
against regulation of child labor, in fact it in
volves the theory every objector to any law re
sorts, that of interference with the natural rights
of the individual. The question of public policy
is also concerned. i
Is it wiser to put a limit on the employment
of 'children, and so prevent their exploitation, or
should they be( left to the direction parents who
may or may not have their best interest at heart?
It is a fact proven by experience that society must
often intervene between the child and the parent
in order that the immature life may have an op
portunity to develop. That society is justified in
ihis course is not open to argument Society
must protect Itself against the possibility of chil
dren growing up without proper training, physi
cally, mentally and morally stunted, and incapable
of assuming the full duties of citizenship. For this
reason good public policy requires that society
have the power as well as the right to prevent
careless or selfish parents from forcing children
into a position from which they will be unable t!
extricate themselves.
1 Child labor laws, both state and federal, have
been conceived in a high spirit of justice to all,
and especially of fairness to those who otherwise
are helpless. The federal law was made necessary
oy the fact that it was impossible to secure state
action in the south anjl in certain of the eastern
states, where great textile industries hold sway.
For many years the employment of children in
the big cotton mills of the country has been a re
proach. It was not to be expected that the em
ployers who had turned the lives of little ones into
dividends would readily submit to the check to
German editors says the president does not be placed upon them by law. but the force of so-
understand the, German attitude. It is not be-1 ciety ; that won the fight in congress against the
and somp new improvements
drujr store in South Omaha.
W. R. Stewart. Jr.: A. 8. StAwnrt an
ij. w. sstewart haveaincorporated un
der the name of the Western Oil anil
xanK line with a capital stock of
3.-,UUU.
The Joint committee of th
TrgKle, council and veteran firemen met
m cnier uauigans office to prepare
for the reception of the visiting New
what important public figure theyVad suddenly" Jimon TTJFSr. KM&
p... i--. . , ' , ' a commute tp provide hacks to ac
Uui i U1C oay mey came to understand
that despite sq much evidence to the contrary,
patriotism was not an emotion but a plain and
often a painful fact. The land which they had
come to farm was not all what they expected. In
the first place, it was covered with stumps at
least 300 of them and all of these had to be un
earthed before any farming' activities could be
started. So the boys laboriously set to, work to
uproot these stubborn obstacles to agriculture.
At the end of three hours they were also strug
gling with a series of fine red blisters on their
hands; their backs ached, and they had discovered
an amazing number of muscles in their legs.
commodate the women of th nnrtw
Euclid Martin has been pwteri flrof
vice president to the Board of Trade,
vice Carl A. Fried, deceased: H. H.
Meday has been elected director nri
C. B. Havens, a member of the freight
uuieau committee.
Miss Lida Petertfon was married to
Frank George, city clerk for Paxton
& Gallagher, by Rev. J. E. House. The
young couple will live on the corner
oi hixteentn ana Davenport
Dr. G. WBore8tIer of Lancaster n
has fitted up elegant office apartments
in tne Barker block, Fifteenth and !
f arnam. .
A St Joseph plant landed 'a contract to
supply metal Umppoata for use around the
Catokill acqueduct of New York City.
Topeka propose) to mailt city policemen
and firemen upits in the Home Guards and
put them through regulation army drills.
More work and no wage boost attached!
St Joseph facea an epidemic of typhoid
fever. Thirteen cases were reported in the
last two weeks. Investigation leads the
doctor to think city water is responsible.
Boil it
Soloni of Kansas City may think the
easiest way out of the natural gas squabble
is to take over the local distributing con
cern, and are moving in that direction. The
concern, like Barkis, is willing.
Chicago' board of health sounds a wan
ning against typhoid ffver, which has run
up a score of sixty-sevMi "deaths since Au
gust 1. Most of the deaths among children
were due to negligence of parents in calling
medical aid promptly.
Traffic accidents in hew York jty show
an increasing toll of life. The number of
killed during Ma; was twenty-one, June forty-four
and July fifty-four, while the num
ber of injured in the same period rose from
130 to 1,656. Remedies are eagerly sought,
)but the slaughter goes on.
The initial estimate of New York City's
budget for 191S calls for 1232,000,000. Sal
aries carry the major portion of the boost
"In war- times," comments the Brooklyn
Eagle, "we must pay war prices, for in this
climate the economy of the ntient Hindu is
not practicable."
"Preach peace, or this church, goes up in
smokeP were the words of warning pinned
to the remnants of an American 'flag torn
from the wall at the back of the altar of
the Prospect. Park Methodist Episcopal
church of Minneapolis, last Tuesday night
No trace of the cowardly miscreants has
been found. i
Out in (alt Lake Cify George Lawrence.
a buttermilk battender, bumped his head
against the pavement in alighting from a
atreet ear and was tagged "dead" on the
morgue slab. But George caught his second
breath, dumped from the slab and foucht
hia way to ente the air. "Drunk again,"
murmured the morgue artist "You're on,"
whispered George as he wobbled away.
A Chicago man intimated publicly that the
swell restaurants of the town have the hold
up man beatfn fifty ways. As a sample in
stance of unblushing reach the aggrieved
party mentions s holdup for 30 cents for
an ear of boiled sweet corn, a toothsome
delicacy which sold on the local markets the
same day for 20 cent the dozeniears. That's
conservation, my boy conservation of your
coin.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
He But. darling, why were you so purr
that I had never proposed to any other girl?
She Because, you wondrful boy, ;ou
were not married. Boston Transcript,
"The weather la always a topic of conver
sation." "res." replied Miss Cayenne. "And most
of ua talk about It as If it had been created
for our Individual pleasure or discomfort."
Washington Star.
"I alwaya told you he was a fair weather
friend."
"I guess that's right. As soon as he heard
I was under a cloud he came after an um
brella I once borrowed from him." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
"Where did Jones get that medal ha
wears? He's never been tn tho army?"
"It waa given him by the Village Im
provement association for eating mushroom?
he gathered himaelf." Puck.
DEW MR-KMflBBUE,
M HUSBWt) SUEHPS AIL
$0MTrlr IN OH THE
"I wonder what the author meant wha
talked about silence that speaks."
"I guess he meant what you don't hear
when deaf-and-dumb people talk." Balti
more American.
Clerk I would like to have mors salary,
sir, aa J am going to get married.
Employer Sorry, but I'll have to reduce
It I am going to get married myself. San
Francisco Chronicle. -
"These almonds look good, but aren't they
rather high?"
"These are genulpa paper-shell almonds,
madam, and you knvw how paper products
have gone up." Boston Transcript
Hambeth I start out on tho circuit this
season with icaalng prospects.
Macelet Yes, I see It stated that all tha
eggs of the country are going Into storage.
Browning's Magaxlne.
A move to fiark up freight rates sin coal here
abouts tags itself as barren of foresight or busi
ness shrewdness. .
t ,
Early candidates, timorously beating the bush
hereabouts, have discovered only that the public
mind is centered on something, else.
Bread makers who are talking about turning
their plants over to the government may have
their bluff called before the winter is out.:
Nebraska will buy rather than sell wheat this
winter, consequently the fixed price is of local
interest from the other side of the question.
The knell of doom sounded for whisky making J
during the war is another way of emphasizing
Peoria's right to tfe known as 'The Still City.".
sMaMMalaWaWaWaMWantasiaMaMMl
A real farmer says he will soon be a million
aire if dollar corn holds on. If this is true, Ne
braska will yet become a state of millionaires.
cause he did not have sufficient experience with
the kaiserbund s policies.
When the shock of the surgical cut yields to
patriotic treatment it may be found that the price
fixerSjQf wheat weighedtll sides of the question
and wrought the greatest good for the greatest i
number.
opposition of southern democracy and northern
reactionaries will not. now give up. Child labor
as such must be eliminated from our industry pro
Omaha has not entered many babies in the
competition at Xincoln, but that is not because
we are not interested. It is rather to give the rest
of the state a chance. The Omaha baby is super
excellent
Pacifist (pouters have themselves to blame for
being squelched in various quarters. The pre
tense of "conscientious objections to ,war is too
transparent to bide the golden push,' of German
propaganda.
Our local contribution to the forces "Some
where inK France" is to be increased by the addi
tion of a society leader and a popular preacher.
If anything more is needed, let us know. Omaha
is ready to fill any requisitions that may be made.
"God" gives food and the devil sends cooks"
runs the old proverb. Just at present there is an
extraordinary demand for both, with the supply
of food, short as it is, a little bit ahead of the
cooking brigade. Our sudden plunge into unac
customed depths of military activities has brought
us face to face with the fact that we have not
paid sufficient attention to the development of
skilled cooks. Painful and costly experience has
shown us our deficiency in this regard, and the
great importance of supplying the need. Food of
any'kmd is too precious to be entrusted to the
ministrations of an amateur whose experiments
may or may not result "happily, therefore it is
proposed by a boniface of prophetic vision that
a chair of culinary science be established in our
universities. It is not sufficient that the domestic
science, course be continued. What is needed is
something broader and deeper, cooks not planned
to turn out patties and puffs or any of the various
other fanciful creations that fill the dreams of
a cordon bleu, but men and women of good judg
ment who can take a haunch of beef, a carcass
of mutton or a side of pork and bring it from
the cleansing and purifying fires fit for human
consumption, meantime giving needed attention
to the spuds and other esculent vegetables re
tired to garnish the board on where the meat is
erved. Such a plan will have immediate support
'rom the multitude who are by circumstances re
tired to get their sustenance where they may.
Fortunate indeed is he whoxan have eatables Af
ue kind that mother used to make.
Nebraska's Baby Crop.
Down at Lincoln this week we are to have our
regular annual competitive exhibition of babies,
with all .the customary accompaniments. For Ne
braska, as for all the rest of the country, the mdBt
important crop is the baby, and attention be
stowed on him is never misplaced. In these ex
hibitions babies are offered by proud parents, not
so much in the spirit of vainglory as in the search
for information. Fathers and mothers are deeply
concerned in the wellbeing of Mjeir offspring, and
anxious to know-just how to care for them, what
to do in emergency and a reasonable regimen for
the upbringing of the child, at least until the perils
peculiar to infancy are passed. This knowledge
is affordeu them by experts, who have given
especial study to the requirement of the baby,
and who are qualified to instruct as to the care
that should be given the little ones. Omaha has
been intensely interested in this for a long time,
in common with other cities of the country, and
one effect may be noted in the steadily decreasing
infant mortality rates. The little ones get a bet
ter chance for life now, and humanity is gainer
thereby. Just as the baby show spreads this use
ful knowledge and helps fathers and mothers to
a better understanding of the n"ees of their chil
dren, it is deserving of the support of all. His
highness, the baby, rules the home, and in his
welfare all are concerned.
All of them, with the possible exception of
r iwur, were city-Dred. Many of them had
been on farms ,but. only in the capacity of visitors.
1 he first night they camped on the premises.
I hey tumbled into bed after a hot camp supper,
many of them too tired to sleep. After thisxame
a long month of plowing. This required skillful
organization on the part of the scoutmaster, be
causfc after the first week the, camp broke up and
the boys returned to their homes. The public
health department forbade them camping on the
grounds of their project on account of the great
danger of malaria. But the scouts were loyal.
They gave every Wt of their spare time to the
wort and even paid their own carfare and
brought their own lunches while doing it.
The land in Potomac nark i alt
That is, it is really land sucked up from the river
ana it is Kept in place by a stone wall Which is
built along the river front As might be ex
pected, the soil is very black and rich. Almost
anything would grow in it even Mexican corn
and as a consequence, the scouts soon found out
that everything did. After they had plowed it
up with a tractor donated by Henry Ford, they
soweu ic) acres in cor,n, planted beans and peas
and asparagus in the rest, and waited for things
to sprout, which they did, including a hundred
different kinds of weeds aided by the heavy rains
that deluged the countrysat that particular time.
The hardest farming struggle was still before
them. All day long boys workefl. laboriously.
yumng up weeas, ana as last as tney pulled them
up, new ones seemed to take their places. The
situation became so desperate that everybody had
io woric even tne omciais ,ot the coy bcout or
ganization.
Today the farm is,a huge success. There are
i) acres ot fine corn, concerning which the Mary
land Agricultural Experiment station says: "It
is the largest yield to the acre and the best grade
of white corn that this station has even seen."
The organization expects to sell it at from $1.25
io i.3 a ousnei, and there are trom seventy-five
to eighty bushels to the acre. The other products
the beans, the peas and asparagus have already
soia at an attractive pront
But the greatest success of the farm is the
boys themselves. Their physical development
since they started farming has been remarkable.
Two boyswho were going to be kept out of school
this winter on account of their precarious health
have become so robust that their parents no longer
consider it necessary. Moreover, it has brought
the boys into actual touch with life. They have
done a real and valuable servire, both for their.
own organization and their , country, the effect
of which has been to make them more self-reliant
and more thoughtful.
This Day tn History.
1789 The Treasury department wn
organized, with Alexander Hamilton
as secretary.
1798 Thomaf H. Hicks, vornnr rvf
Maryland at tne outbreak of th civil
war, oorn near East Newmarket, Md.
f'ea Washington, D. C, February
X0, lOUUt
1817 General Lewis Rnnpriir.t
union civil war Commandr. hnrn ot
Aiuany, . i. ruled at battle of Pleas
ant nm, ua.., April 9, 1864.
1S43 Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert arrived at Treoont on a visit tn
me King ana queen of France.
1850 An assembly of the German
confederation met at Frankfort in re-
Sponse to a call issued bv Austria
1864 General Hood, blowing up his
inasazines ana destroying his stores,
evacuated Atlanta.
1884 Jlenry B. Anthony, for more
man tnirty years united States senator
irom.ftnooe island, died. Born at
Coventry, u. jl, April 1, 1815.
ii4 Aiies held the line of the
seine, tne Marne and the Meuse above
Verdun.
1915 Grodno, the last of the great
Russian fortresses on the frontier, was
cupiureu py uie uermans. ,.
The Day We Celebrate.
Allen D. Falconer, assistant com
mercial apent of the 'New York Central
lines in Omaha, waa born in Omaha
iony-two years ago. He is also inter
ested m tne business of Stack & Fal
coner, undertakers.
Congressman Henrv b. Finnfl nf vir.
glnia, chairman of the house foreign
icmuous committee, born in 'Ap
pomattox county,, Virginia, fifty-two
years ago today.
General James H. Wilson, one of the
few1 surviving general officers of the
union army, born at Shawneetown, 111.,
cijuuy years afro today.
Hiram W. Johnson, United States
senator rrom California, born at Sacra
mento, Cal., fifty-one years ago today.
i-aui Bourget, celebrated French
poet, novelist and critic, born at
Amiens, France, sixty-five years ago
today.
Hoke Smith, United States senator
irom ueorgia, born at Newton, N. C,
sixty-two years ago today.
Edward H. Wason, representative in
congress of the Second New Hmn.
,oniro uisinct, born at Boston, N. H
miy-iwo years ago today.
Henrietta Crosman, one of the pop
ular actresses of the American stage,
born at Wheeling, W. Va.. forty-seven
years ago today.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Five tons of postage stamps are issued
daily from the British general postoffice.
Of all the peoples of Europe the French
have the fewest children and the Irish the
most ,
Scientists have found that children grow
little rrom the end of November to the nd
of March.
The Norwegian is prohibited by law from
spending more than S cents at one visit to
public house.
Seventy thousand bells have been received
by a bell foundry in Hanover to be recast
Into war materials. I
According to the 191 Census Greater Lon
don had a population larger than that of
the whole of Canada.
A family residing in the English village of
Gilsland has occupied a cottage for over six
centuries without a break.
The state of education in Bassia may be
judged from the fact, that there is only one
vuiage school for every 8,000 persons.
It is estimated that it takes 400 pounds of
cotton to make the powder for one shot from
one of the German eeventeen-inch guns.
The French sergeant who recently bombed
Essen was three years ago a hardware mer
chant' without a thought of war in his head.
A hotel at Belleville. III., in which Charles
Dickens was a guest during his first Ameri
can tour is about to be torn down.
A Danish doctor at a hospital in Paris has
invented a cardboard leg which enables the
wearer to go about without crutches two
days after his limb has been amputated.
An auditor in a Japanese theater is al-
lowed, for a small extra fee, to stand up and
the unfortunate individual behind him has
no right to remonstrate or to rise and get
a peep at the stage.
HYMN TO GREATER AMERICA.
Composed and Copyrighted, 1917, by Charles
J. North.
(All rights reserved.)
From the crests of thy froien mountain
To the sands of thy tropic sea;
In our many tongues and voices.
We are raising our hymn to thee.
The stars with their glory Immortal,
Shine out from the measureless blue)
To gild thy flag with the story,
Of all that Is brave and true.
Tha goldenrod blooms In thy valleys,
And the sage brush roots In thy plains
The pine looks out from thy mountains,
In the sunshine and snows and rains.
In wisdom, thy men grow braver.
In beauty, thy women grow strong.
Thy children are learning ever,
Tho battle of right with wrong
As the springs run down to the rivers, v
And the rivers flow down to the sea;
So the lives of thy sons and daughter
Flow down in their strength to the.
When the clouds of danger gather,
They will rally to guard thy path,
Like the rushing of mighty waters.
And the storm In Us whirling wrath.
We can see In thy waving emblem ,
The symbol of all that Is free.
'And we lift It high In the heavens,
Where all In tne world oan aee.
We pray that In mercy and goodness,
Its colors shall stay untufled.
Till thy radiant dream of justice
is tne vision or all the world.
Buffalo, N. T., August , 191T.
I
We recognize our duty and our
responsibility upon every funeral
occasion. Well appointed burials
furnished at moderate charges.
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People and Events
Meeting the U-Boat Problem.
While the means by which the IJ-boat is to
be neutralized has not yet. appeared, or at least
has not been disclosed to the public, naval authori
ties have been active along lines that give some
measure of security to merchant vessels.' Re
ports from Washington are to the effect that
fewer than one in fifty of convoyed vessels is
subject to submarine ' attack. The presence of
the easily managed type of naval craft referred
to under the comprehensive name of destroyer
exerts a decidedly deterrent effect on the subma
rine. Commanders of the U-boats realize their
great disadvantage in dealing with armed craft,
especially those more powerful and speedy than
their own. The submarine is a terror only to
the unarmed and helpless merchantman. It is
essentially a weapon to be used against the de
fenseless. Convoying cargo carriers in their jour
ney along the Atlantic is expensive in a sense,
but is effective as to providing them with more
assurance of safety, and therefore is really one
of the greatest economies so far practiced in
the war. As days go by the futility of the policy
of rutMessness at sea" is made mora absolute.
Printers luck sticks to the favored craft like
bark to a beech tree. One of the family, some
what out of sorts, flipped over the railing of
Brooklyn bridge and made a hole in the water
160 feet below. Result, jolt and wet duds, noth
ing more.
Hats off to Larue county .Kentucky,. Its quota
of 132 men for the national armv is full. Eauallv
significant is the fact that only 132 men were ex
amined ana passed, as none claimed exemption.
The county is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
and there his patriotic spirit abides.
Some of the emissaries of WilhelfTi von
Thompson of Chicago blew into the nearby town
of Gary,- Ind., with a "message" of the pacifist
order. The mayor of Gary was on the job in
stantly and the emissaries couldn't hire a hall to
deliver the "message." Besides, they got a hunch
that treason talk thereabouts led directly to the
jail.
People who nurse a grouch and take it to
boards of health should follow the Philadelphia
method and present incontestable evidence. In
the case cited the grouch had to do with an ob
noxious dog kennel. Relief being denied the ag
grieved party wrote to the Philadelphia health
board: "Inclosed you will find proof of my state
ments'the proof being a colony of frisky fleas.
Assembled fashion makers in Chicago cheered
as never before as waves of vocal patriotism
smote them at the banquet board. The message
was delivered by former Governor Vessey of
South Dakota. "If you have a Liberty bond,"
said the ex-governor, "don't hoard it, but spend
it on a fashionable gown for your wife." Chorus
of the fashion makers and the missus: "Them is
my sentiments!"
Coal producers "are "showing" officiaf Missou
rians carrying on a searching quiz. The fellows
who "get all we can" candidly admit they need
the money to meet the righ cost of production,
increased depreciation and mental wear and tear.
Owing to the increased hazards of the business
due to war, the operators admit markmg up de
preciation charges from 10 to 25 cents a ton. Some
war speed, that I
"Girls are girls." A great social truth is again
affirmed by mere man a New York janitor, no
less.' The sooner women grasp it the sooner will
domestic peace engage permament quarters in
janitordom. "Girls, are girls" said this philoso
pher, completing his text, "and you have to pay
more attention to them than you do to men.''
There you are. Following the rule in practice lost
the janitor his job as manager of an apartment
house, simply because Mrs. Janitor failed to com
prehend the exacting nature of the duties per
taining to the job. Even so the great truth re
mains undimmed. "Girls are girls "
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Storyette of the Day.
A minister home from th 1 rpnrliM
has been recounting his exDerienr
umong me ticotcn regiments, and one
of the interesting stories he tells of a
wounded Jock whom he found rather
depressed, and on being asked whether
ne would like to dictate a letter home.
he assented. Thereupon the minister
brought a table with writing materials
to nis bedside. However, he found
Jock tongue-tied and unable to begin,
so much so that the parson said.after
a while: I
"Come along, now. I'm in a. hnrrv
We must make a start"
"What will I say?"
No reply.
"Will I begin. 'My dear wife?' "
"Aye," said Jock. "Dit thnt nnnn
That'll amuse her." London Tit-Bits.
SIGNS OFPROGRESS. ,
There are 139,955 motor cars in Kansas.
A town of cement buildings is beinir con
structed in Montana.
In order to make bathtubs stand level on
uneven floors, adjustable feet for the tubs
have been invented.
A new pocket to protect valuables beinsr
carried about is designed to be attachtd to
the lining of shoes.
A new telephone receiver is so small that.
it can be inserted into the ear instead of
being held against it. -
One of the latest inventions is a aort nf
halter that keeps a sleeper's mouth closed
and thus prevents snoring.
It is said by scientists that Mesopotamia
may, by the application of modern agricul
ture, be made into another garden of Eden.
An inventot living at Troy, N. Y., has
patented a laundry machine that irons an
entire shirt over a conical roller at a single
operation.
An electrically operated coin-in-the-slot
machine, which eleans the sides and soles
of a person's shoes, has been invented in
Switserland.
Efforts are being made in China to re
vive the ancient Chinese art of poreclain
manufacture, which has fallen seriously be
hind in recent years.
The ravings banks of the state of Cali
fornia con,tain deposits amounting to $601,.
133,318, which gives everyone in tha state,
man, woman and child. (210.33.
A new aatomombile tire asserted to be
bullet nail and glass proof. Is now being
subjected to experiments In Australia. It is
made of coir fiber instead of rubber.
An Italian officer who was wounded in
the Trentino has just brought legal action
to obtain a decision as to the rightful owner
ship of bullet extracted from hia body.
South African farmers arc planting larger
areas in sisal than they have 'done in the
past, recognising that the cost ot operation I
decreases as the siss of the plantation is en-Urged.
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