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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917.
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Hang the banner
, V Colonel Roosevelt' voca! sledge-hammer loses
ao force with the swing of yeVs.
Cotton selling at 40 cents a pound makes an
Irresistible bid for Hoover bracelets.'
According to T. R.s survey "Battling Bob"
heads the Bolshevik! of the U. S. A
'..Steel joins wheat, sugar, coal and copper !n
the padded cell. Next tthe meat profiteer.
Moonlight serenades "made in Germany" lend
increasing zest to underground life in London.
Some comedown in that reduction, in the steel
prices 1 Now lor coal and print paper to follow.
, The fellow who keeps constantly prating about
his own honesty and superior virtue will usually
bear watching. ... -y .
The curfew whistle shows an unvarying vol-
time' of steam. The curfew law economizes on
fuel and gets nowhere. Fire upl '
Put it down that the boys will stand the fire
In the trenches, but the home folks will not stand
for ny 'firing on them- from the rear.
i Toying with the "kick" in soft drink parlors
wigwags a message to the police kicker. Experi
ence improves, the latter's vision and pressure.
The bumper vote for a suffrage committee in
the house of representatives tags 181 congressmen
wfth the white cross. The rest win the yellow
ribbon. ' f ' ' ' ' - - l1' '. ' . 1
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This talk of air flights from "London to New
'York in one day makes that account of flying
from San Francisco to Salt Lake City seem less
fanciful. ' ' r IQi "
' -When alt" other expedients fail an editor in
Germany can win a vacation by merely blurting
a truth about the reigning princes. , The greater
the truth the longer the vacation.
It may be remarked at the war hobbles along
that the country's fighting spirit does not need
the stimulus .of invasion scares. That brand of
camouflage belongs to the Munchausen cult
Record runt of meat animals to the Omaha
market lose their novelty by frequent repetition;
The significant feature of the inrush is its chal
lenge to the claim . of seriously diminishing
supplies. .' i s 1
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In ordinary times a gain of. 3.3 per cent in the
world's crop of wheat would pass unnoticed. Buf
these ire extraordinary times and every gain, how
ever email, accelerates the drive for civilization
and democracy.
The professional bootlegger will not stop at
violating other laws as well to get away from the
penalties of his misdeeds and continue the profits
of the. traffic. For that reason he's a hard cue
tomer to deal , with. s
: But the most valued adjunct to the German
propaganda in this country .were not paid in.
money and therefore were not carried on the py
roll, but got their compensation in other forms.
What they did, however, was no less usefulin
serving the kaiser's purpose than the work of the
paid-in-cash emissaries. ,
Despite criticism of the uniform and the in
creased risk to the wearer, the French govern
ment clings to the garish and somewhat cumber
some infantry garb of blue and red. History asso.
ciation, and rooted national sentiment render a
radical change inadvisable. Similar reasons con
trol hi maintaining as far at possible the unity of
the old National Guard regiments. Sentiment is
a fighting force to be reckoned , with and the
more it is cherished the greater benefits for men
and country. . '
Why They Tell 'Lies
-Philadelphia Ledfer-
Sieel Prices and Profits.
A horizontal cut in prices approximating SO
per cent along, the entire list of steel products
would seem sensational, standing alone, but it
has been ordered by the United States war in
dustries board after a full consideration of all ele
ments of manufacturing cost That it is reason
able and allows a fair margin for profit it may be
assured from the fact that the ateet makers Were
parties to the conference and assent to the price.
The new prices will give some notion of the extra
ordinary profits the steel barons have been exact
ing for their wares. In passing this .point it may
be well to note that the board gave full thought
to the item of war profits tax and has based steel
at it has other lists On a figure that will not inter
fere with the government's requisition of a fair
share the profits. For example, in the case of
copper a profit of 7 cents pir pound is allowed
the mine owner on the basis of 23J-S cents per
pound.
, Steel at from $100 to $150 per ton has been too
high and one natural effect of the inflation has
been to check consumption, evidenced .by- the
steady falling of in unfilled orders reported b,
the United States Steel corporation. One impor
tant result of the move will, be to lessen the cost
of the war, since the new basic figure for steel will
be reflected in munitions cost all along the line.
The government will require almost the total out
put of the mills 'for a 'time to meet its program
for construction, but the public will be allowed
tome service, since all the furnaces are running
to full capacity.
This step ought to answer some complaints
recently voiced. Vheat and coll came first In
the schedule of price fixation, but other comtnbdi
.ties are following in order and the belief is that
before the end is reached the entire list of neces
sities will have been covered. Fortunes made
in "war brides" came easy, but the days of pirati
cal profiteering in America are numbered.
' WarStimulates Education
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, Sept. 23. The importance of
"education as usual during the war is now being
emphasized by American educators. Pr. Phi
lander P, Claxton, United States commissioner of
education, recently issued the following warning:
"Because of the partial disorganization of so
ciety and the generaV excitement accompanying
our entrance into the war. there is danger of a
large increase in juvenile delinquency and crime.
Against this there is no surer guarantee than
prompt and regular attendance at school."
Another prominent educator points out that
commercial success after the war is largely de
pendent upon a well-educated population. He
orges the establishment of more continuation
schools for children who are compelled to start
contributing to the family income as soon as they
leave the eighth grade, as well as free courses in
Spanish, boh for children and for adults. Never
before, he asserts, has the national value of pub
lic education been so 'apparent
Lashing the Disloyal. ,
Colonel Roosevelt's excoriation of La Follette
is a just application of well-earned censure. How
ever, the Wisconsin senator is not the only ofte
in tiis class; but merely one of the most prominent.
His course has been brazen, his offending no
torious and his influence, if he has any, must be
bad. Abuse of the privilege of free speech by
anyone should bring its punishment. A soap-box
orator would be arrested, were he to publicly
utter, the remarks ascribed t6 La Follette, and a J
senator Of the United States when disloyal should
not be immune. His pleas are illogical and child
ish, not supported by fact, are deliberately de
signed to huilead and by their platitudinous qual
ity serve the cause of Germany better than if
he were in the ranks of the kaiser's army. An
equaf course in Germany would ( secure for him
a visit, from a firing squad. The uproar in the
house over the Hefiirt charges is likely to be re
peated in the senate, where present and former
friends of the German government are apt to
get ful) chance to face their outraged colleagues.
Is it surorisinu that th
so vigorously and intrigue so contemptibly abroad
tor thftr rnnntrvJ ' Th. A, tk:. .1 1: .
j . .vj uu VU19 l HIS K4I19CI
behest; they must of necessity put on a double
face vrnitf n la intnVifina, ;.! k..i.
ro.de and female, behind their backs and the backs
ot the people involved. This is the essencfc of
the evils of secret diplomacy. Its secrecy is not
necessarily invented tn mt tU
eretgn people, but to protect the vanity Of kings
and emperors forcing on a world weary of them
vit isivLtiiaiuii vi luimg oj Qivine rignt. jo
question the word of one of their direct personal
representatives, an ambassador, is to them a sort
of unforgivable sin. As the correspondence be
tween the, czar and the kaiser and his other roval
correspondents show, no German ambassador
couia ten me trutn to any government to which
ne was accreauea, wnue tne plotting went on des
tined to give the kaiser the overlordshio of. ftus
sia. of France, of tell Enron- an A h,n Af .k.
world. So these compliant diplomats lied abroad
m onaon, in wasnington, in rans and tn Rome,
simply because, as President Wilson finally had
inuignan. courage 10 ten r,ne world, the tm
perial word was not worth the oaner it wn wrif
' ten on. Like master, like man. With untruth on
the throne, the German ambassadors for years
have met the definition of their craft which was
accepted cynically in the good old Machiavellian
flays as . envoys sent abroad , to lie for their
country. .: v
: Our Doctor! on the Firing Line.
Presence of American surgeons and nurses on
the battle front in France is not in any sense a
novelty, for they have been there since the be
ginning of 'the war. , Now, however, we have
them there as organized units of the United States
army working under fire. This gives to the medi
cos the distinction of being the first of our ex
peditionary forces to get into action. Just behind
them, though; art our soldiers, ready and eager
to ttkt On their share of the fighting, and word
may be expected lai afty timeTiow of American,
troopa actually in oitue. jnereiore, u win d?
well to give due heed td the words of General
Wood, spoken at Kansas City. This war is not
going to be won by chemicals and flying machines,
but by hard fighting and sacrifices. Our boys
are tlready there; let them have word from home
that &n united nation is behind .them with all its
treroendout power. m
. . .... . j.jj', -pQ0i guppjy Jncreated. .
Reports from the International Bureau of Agri
culture at Rome show a gratifying increase in the
world food crops over the yield pf 1916. Wheat,
barlfy, rye, ottt and corn all have gained in both
quantity and quality. It it a magnificent response
by the farmer of the world to the appeal for
mere grjiln. Bread is thus assured for mouths
that might have cried in vain, the greater problem
rtmiining of how to get the food to the hungry.
Fanners of the United State are meeting an
other call effectively, too. Figures are not avail
able for the marketing of cattle and sheep, al
though they have come in for slaughter in such
numbers as show that America is doing its best
to meet the strain; for hogs the government has
data to show that, while the first six months of
the current year showed a slight decrease from
that of 1916, the biggest on record, the total is
far in excess of 191 S, which in turn exceeded 1914.
Our fields and flocks, herds and droves, Orchards
and gardens have borne t great responsibility and
have fairly answered demands so far. But even a
greater effort must be made "for the coming year.
The needs of the world will not be lessened, and,
while saving will accomplish much, crops must
be raised Or the world will go hungry. War has
greatly added to the burdens of the' farmers as
well as Others, and, while the' present is secure
enough, the future must, be taken care of. No
relaxation is possible for any until after the war.
. Nebraska in Front as Usual ,
" Comparisons instituted at the International
Soil Products exposition at PeOria go to confirm
what has been modestly claimed for the state of
Nebraska by Us patriotic sons and daughters all
along. In an open competition Nebraska comes
Out ahead Of all its rivals, with a clean hundred
points pver Kansas and the Others trailing This
was decided by an exhibtion of agricultural prod
ucts such as this state produces year after year
in such quantitiet as tstounds the world. Other
commonwealths attract attention, in various wayt,
etch boasting of its peculiar attractions, but Ne
braska merely gOes along about its business of
raising crops and sending them to market, and
taking down first honors when it comet to com.
paring results. If our home folks were not as mod
est at they are industrious and enterprising they
could start a juttlfiable uproar about the quality
and quantity of .their products such as would
make the others tit Up and take notice, but they
will hang , this newest honor up alongside of
others previously gatheted and go about their
legitimate business of producing half a billion
dollars worth of wealth each year from the farms
of the state. That's all; . if you want noise or
politics try Kansas, but if you are, looking for
real results come to Nebraska. -
. American educators are not, alone in this dis
covery. The whole of Europe has awakened to
this fact in the' last two years. The value of the
educated man has been demonstrated as never
before. "It is not only the information bossessed
by the educated man which makes him valuable,"
said a British army orhcer in commenting on the
value of "education to a soldier. "He has been
trained to think."
In view of these ooinlans it is not surnriainar
to find widespread educational reforms , taking
place in France and Germany and Great Britain.
The latest British educational bill contains par
ticularly radical features.
blood are strong, but Christian X ha
done his best to keep Denmark In a
path of strict neutrality.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
British r completed the capture of
Thiepval.
Roumanian recaptured Trangyl
vanlan passes.
New York bankers announced $50,
000,000 loan to Paris for alleviation of
suffering caused by war.
j! XIri.ihe general confusion at the beginning of
the war the necessities and privileires of children
were forgotten. Every country had certain laws
concerning the minimum age at which children
might be employed, but in the rush for war mate
rial these laws were either ignored or rescinded.
In Great Britain children 9 and 10 years old were
accepted by munitions factories. Moreover, the
schools were taken over by the military authori
ties and turned into cantonments for troops, mili
tary headquarters and supply depots. This threw
hundreds of children out of school, leaving them
to roam the streets or to stay in empty homes.
For the majority of mothers were working in
munitions factories. They were away from their
homes all day and naturally could not supervise
their children. The loss of a father's discioline
and guidance also began to have its effect Some
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uruisn eaucaiors nave even suggested mat tne
darkened streets were another unfortunate cir
cumstance swelling the list of juvenile offenses,
all crime flourishing in the dark. At any rate,
the school authorities began to be worried. Many
school children, and especially hoys, are suffer
ing from, a want of proper care and discipline
and are exposed to serious risk of deterioration,"
they told the public, and insisted upon its co
operation. Evening play center?, providing chil
dren with suitable occupation and amusement
after school hours, were established; the govern
ment ordered an evacuation of the schools occu
pied by soldiers wherever other arrangements
could be made, and the , board of education
started a campaign to arouse the country- to the
dangers which, threatened its children.
The result is the recent education bill, which
practically puts the children of Great Britain un
der .the guardianship ot the board of education.
It specifies that every child must attend school
between the ages of S and 14. Children over 12
may be employed after school hours, but if the
scnooi meaicai omcer or local, education autnor
ity believes that such employment is interfering
with the child's physical development or with his
school work, the employment must cease.
All private schools are made subject to inspec
tion by the board of education and if found un
satisfactory children will not be permitted to
attend them. The next generation will know no
Nicholas Nicklebvs or Kioos.
Nursery schools for children under S years of
age, whose home conditions are such that at
tendance at such a school is necessary for their
healthy physical and mental development, are
also a feature of the bill. It also contains, pro
visions for holiday or' school camps for young.
persons attending continuation schools; of physi
cal training centers other than those connected
with elementary schools and of school baths and
swimming pools.
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This Is the liberal educational program of
Great Britain, which never before has so con
cerned itself with the mental and physical growth
of its people. Reports from Germany on educa
tional matters are equally amazing. For many
years higher education in Germany has belonged
entirely to" the upper classes. The elementary
schools were free and so were certain vocational
schools, but here education for the poorer classes
stopped. For the secondary schools, known as
gymnasiums, did not begin where the elementary
schools left off. A special preparatory course
was necessary to fit a pupil for them and this
preparatory course was extremely expensive. Thus
the junkers kept their ntgh schools and univer
sities for themselves. v
Now the cost of this preparatory course has
been greatly reduced and there is talk of abolish
ing it altogether. A forceful movement to estab
lish a single school (einheitsschule) containing
the preparatory course is now forcing the issue.
Shortly after the war broke out a pamphlet by
Adolph Matthias, attacking the educational sys
tern of Germany and pointing to several perti
"lient lessons to be drawn from the war created a
great deal of excitement. "It is evident," declared
the author, that our higher classes as intellec
tuals have ' failed." ; siv'
, France, also, is seeking to abolish its system
of preparatory schools between elementary and
secondary schools, although in France higher
education has always been accessible to poor peo
ple. The preparatory schools are not expensive
The most popular reform in France at present,
however, has to do with physical training. Physi
cal training centers are being established in all
parts of the country, even where the schools
have been mustered into the military service.
For the first time health and hygiene in the
schools are being placed above the three "R's.
Furthermore. France has had the additional
burden of educating Belgian refugee children.
During the first year ot the war iUU Belgian chil
dren were sent to the interior of France to be
taken care of. Thev were divided into forty
eight school colonies and placed in charge of
teachers. The course of instruction followed as
nearly as possible that of the Belgian public
schools before the war and the expense was shared
by the French and BelRian governments. The
older girls of these colonies do the sewing and
laundering and prepare the meals,' The older
boys contribute to their support by working in
the fields during spare hours, but such employ
ment is not allowed to interfere with .their school
work. -',.: . t? ' - ' ' '"
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Comptroller Gowtlrieh ' has among
his many old relics of the pioneer days
of Omaha a poster advertising a play
at the old .Academy of Music In 1862.
A dancing party was given by Mrs.
A. J. Poppleton In honor of Miss Mary
Poppleton, in which the following
guest participated: Misses Bessie
Yates, Emily Wakeley, Bradley, Mary
Sherwood, Menle Woolworth, Lily Dur
nr.il, Opie Touzalin, Angie Rockwell,
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Right In the Spotlight.
King Christian X. whose forty-seventh
birthday anniversary will be cele
brated by the people of Denmark to
day. Is a thoroughly up-to-date mon
arch, with the personal qualities of
courage, good nature and simplicity
that cannot fall to Win popularity. In
his youth he served In the Danish Life
Guards the royal regiment as a pri
vate. When he fe;i in love it was with
a princess he chose for himself, the
Grand Duchess Alexandrine i of
Schwerin, a sister of the crown prin
cess of Germany. In 191t Christian
came to the throne In succession to his
father, the late King Frederick VIII.
The close relationship between the
rulers of Enrnn mnkia fh aitnatlnfl
- r i , 4 bkvv mj turn ior r rceaom inn i Know:
or today peculiarly trying. The ties of For tho who bad ma fitht bad told
Another Avowal Asked For.
Omaha, Sept 14. To; the Editor of
The Bee: In the senate last spring
during the debate on, the , armed
neutrality bill Senator Hitchcock
quoted, almost tearfully, a great paci
fist poem. This poem, "Th Six Souls,"
waa intended to prove that all the
nation at war were equally guilty
andthat there was no right on either
side. . The first soul was that of a
Polish peasant who left the plow be
cause he waa told that Russia waa in
danger and needed every man, and he
,wa killed. ,
I rav my Ufa for Freedom this I knows
People an j, Events v
The story of revolutionary schemes revealed
in the trial of Oklahoma anti-drafters measures
the quality of bunk financed by the German prop
agandists. It supplies a new note in the vari
ous schemes of intrigue which touched the Junker
slush fund for millions i " ' '
It is several weeks to the New York municipal
election, but Political sports are alreadyt on the
curb offering 8 to 5 odds on Mitchel, fusion can
didate for re-election as mayor.
VNo rent take it I" is the terse way Henry
Ford wired Washington, turning over to the gov
ernment for use his huge assembling plant on the
Charles river in Cambridge, Mass. That is doing
One s bit in a substantial way.
- Nineteen futile tries constitute the military re
jection record of ' Edward Mushrush, age 26, of
Steubenvilie, O. Mushrush rushed every recruit
ing office between Steubenvilie and Fort Riley,
and finally the draft, but could not get by- to the
fighting line. Army doctors searched him too
cioseiy. j - ,
"Nay. nay. Pauline!" or words to that effect,
whispered Chicago's chief of police as he turned
down the request of policewomen for permission
to wear trousers. Cleveland permitted trousers
for policewomen. Chicago's eoppettes sought to
follow the fashion, but the chief couldn't see any
good reason for male cops surrendering the last
line of dctensc
Nettie Sherwood, Daisy Doane, Jennie
McClelland, May Wallace, Yates,
Kountze, Clara Brown; Messrs. Brodt,
Winslow, Keller, Robert Smith, Fred
Rustin, Howard Clarke, Gannett, Cald
well, Prentiss, Will Doane, Kennedy,
Will Hamilton, Arthur Smith, Deuel
and Caldwell.
A very enjoyable musical was given
by Mme. Muenteferlng, In which the
following took part: Mrs. Ida May
rryce Baidrige, w. j. carter, Mr.
Franel and Mme. Muenteferlng. The
following guests were noticed: Judge
J. W. Savage and Mrs. Savage, Dr. and
Mrs. Baldrige, Mrs. and Miss Price,
Miss Godso, W. J. Carter, Mr., Mr, and
Miss Rosewater, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heinrich,
Nat M. Brlgham, Dr. Jonas, Dr. Gluck,
R. France. Will Koenlg.
Miss Lizzie Lawton gave a very de
lightful party at her home, the follow
ing younglpeople being present: Misses
LeClatr, French, Russell, Mamie and
Carrie McLaln, Smith, Fales; Messrs.
Ostrom, Craig, James,' Russell, Day,
Simpson, Crandall and Mandrille.
Mr. Harry Reed, eister-ln-law of
Mrs. T. C. Brunner, Is in the city at 414
North Nineteenth.
This Day in History. , "
.1778 Congress appointed Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Silas
Dean as commissioners to the court of
France. '
1780 The British, on their north
ward .march, entered Charlotte, N. C'
the American retiring without giving
battle. , . .
1815 The ruler of Russia, Prussia
and Austria ratified the holy alliance,
entered Into after the Napoleonic wars,
with a view to perpetuating peace.
1831 Anti-Masonic party nomi
nated William Wirt for president.
1842 George F. Baer, for . many
years president of the Philadelphia. &
Reading railway, born in Somerset
county, Pennsylvania. Died In Phila
delphia, April 26, 1914. '
1892 Grover Cleveland accepted
the democratic nomination for the
presidency.
1899 Admiral Dewey arrived at
New York on the flagship Olympla,
following the victory at Manila Bay.
1915 Russians recaptured Luzk
and battled fiercely to save Dvinsk
from Austro-Germans. ' ,
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The Day We Celebrate.
Charles T. Kountze of the First Na
tional bank is Just 46 years old today.
He was born in Omaha and educated
at Yale.
Theodore W. MoCullough, associate
editor of The Bee, was born September
,26, 1861, at Kirkvllle, la. He has been
actively engaged in newspaper work
for thirty years. t
Chaj'es Bracy McDonald, serving a
city comptroller of Omaha, wa born
Sep.:,. ber 26, 1882. He is of Scotch
descent. '
King Christian. , t'..o present ruler
of Denmark, born in Copenhagen, forty-seven
years ago today.
Walter Cecil Owen, recently elected
a member of the supreme court of
Wisconsin,, born in - Pierce county,
Wisconsin, forty-nine year ago today.
Irving Er hi.:ier. author of many
popular novels, bom at Plerpont, N.
Y., flfty-eight yttirs ago tocy,
Henry F. B. Gilbert, noted as a com
poser ot Indian folklore and American
nerro melodies, born at Somerville,
Mass., forty-nine years ago today.
George W. L.nins, Philadelphia cap
italist and traction official, born in
Philadelphia fifty-nine years ago to
day. . '
Tim... Jottings and reminders.
Delivery Of Liberty bonds to sub
scribers will be u. ., according t
announcement of Secretary McAdoo.
Viscount lshil and other members of
the Japanese mission are to become
guests of the city of New York today.
Leaders of the dental profession in
the New England states will gather at
Worcester today for the twenty-third
annual convention of the Northeastern
Dental association.
New Jersey manufacturer have
been called to meet in Newark today to
discuss the organization of a state as
sociation for effective co-operatton in
dealing with industrial problems aris
ing from the war.
Economic and social preparedness
will be the keynote of the twenty
eighth annual convention of the Nation-
Association of Life Underwriters,
which meet at New Orleans today for
a three-day session.
Storyctte of the Day. .
Representative Adamson, of Georgia,
father of the eight-hour day law for
railroad men and one of Washington'
newest bridegrooms, is back from
home with a new negro story.
The congressman was breezing along
the street of Warm Springs, Ga., when
he wa attracted by harsh word be
tween tw colored brethren engaged
in raking up leaves at the side of a
large hotel.
i "Sam," said tho smaller of the ne
groes, "it does seem dat you picks on
me all de time. Oder day you bust me
right In de mout wid youh fist, today
you kick me on de shins, Vand tomor
row, you says, you goin' to do me
worse yet. Don' you like me no moah,
Sam, is dat wot's de mattah?".
"Niggar," said the colored party of
the second part, laying down hi rake,
"does you ; 11 see dat thousan' room
hotel?"
"I does." responded the first brother.
"Well,'' continued the second
brother, "I hates you so bad dat I
wishes you was dead an' laid out in
i every room of dat hotel.
m. to.1
Then comes the soul of i Tyrolese
mountaineer and tells the same tale,
then a. Frenchman, ana so on, They
ail gave their lives for Freedom this
they knew; because somebody told
them so. Awful piffle; but our senator
was touched almost to the point -of
weeping on the floor of the senate, and
since he seems to like this sort ot
poetry we might favor him with a sev
enth verse:
I am thai Othr Hitchcock, dat line May,
And not tha one that how doth urge the
crowd '
To cock thS ftalaar'l mustache tipaldedow-n.
Etoutly I (ought In tha Embargo'a oausel
I took my atand (or Freedom thla I
know;
For those who bade ma tight' had told
me to. , ..
Mr. Darling of Chicago was another
one of the They-told-me-sos. He now
confesses that he was duped into be
coming president of the ''American
Embargo conference" and state that
he is convinced the whole embargo
movement was gotten up and paid, for
by the kaiser's agents Since Senator
Hitchcock was the head and front of
this movement in congress, it would
seem that a statement from him, simi
lar to Mr. Darling's, is about due.
XAM.
I
Protection for Women, Too.
St. Joseph, Mo., ept. 24. To the
Editor of The Bee: 1 see that your
city has a "professional flirt" upon its
detective force for the protection of its
male population. 1
While I have no particular .sym
pathy for the class of women at which
this action is aimed, I wonder it these
precautions had been taken to protect
them, would they be what they are
today?
How many men do you suppose
would be arrested In a night if the
"professional flirt" wera an attractive
woman? .1 should say at least ten!
While Omaha is no woraq than many
other cities, I know that a woman
alone is, constantly annoyed and in
sulted by men who consider them
selves infinitely above these same
women from whom 'they are so
thoughtfully protected by your gal
lant detective force. 5 -
The injustice ( ot this, with other
man-made law, show why we must
have woman suffrage! Yours trUly,
MRS E. M. HOLLOWAY.
SMILING LINES. ,
Da pa chile died (urn aatln' too much
watahmlloh."
"She; Par ain't no alch thins as too much
watahmtlon."
Well, den, dar wasn't enough, boy." Boa.
tea Tranecript. ,
" B What' the meaning of "Giving com
fort to the enemy!"
He I t'lnk It means "Paying alimony."'
Cartoons Magazine.
"Do yeu think It Is right, mamma, (or
him to spead all his money on me?"
"Why not? If he Isn't going to marry
yea, you nre sA much in; and It he is, you
are only establishing a. proper precedent"
Judge.
Mr. Bacon Did .you make these biscuits,
wife?
Mrs. Bacon I did. .
Mr. Bacon They're smaller than usual,
aren't they?
Mrs. Bacon They aJre. That's so you'H
have less to. find fault with. Tonkers
Btatesman.
"Would yo say that Glithers, the capital-"
1st, is an nohest rpan 7"
"No, I wouldn't say he's a dishonest
man.''
"What sort ot a fallow Is he, then?'
"One of those persona for whose benefit
legal technicalities' wera Invented." Brook
lyn Citlxen. . . . ,
"I think I'll have to take up knitting."
"But I thought you used to aay that you
didn't Ilka to knit?" .
"1 don't, and I doubt now that I shall ever
make anything, but I simply must have
ono of those lovely knitting bags the girls
are carrying."- Detroit Free Press. j
"Are these the widest awning stripes you,
have In the store?"
"Yes. madam." ' ,
"Remember, money la no object." '
"Well, we have some wider stripes In the
awning outside fne store. The proprietor
might sell you a piece dff that." Louisville
Courier-Journal. t
', VIVE LA FRANCE.
(Oliver Wendell Maimes, 111.)
The rand ot sunshine and of song!
Ifer name your heart's divine:
To her the banquet's vows belong
Whose breasts have poured it wine; . '
Our trusty friend, our true ally
Through varied change and chance; 1
So, fill your flashing goblets high,
I give you, Vive La France!
Above our hosts in triple folds
The selfsame colors spread,
Where Valor's faithful arm upholds
, , . The blue, the white, the red;
' Alike each nation's glittering crest
Reflects the morning's glance.
Twin eagles soaring east and west;
Once more, then, Vive La France!
. , i
Oh land bf heroes! In our need v
One gift from Heaven we 'cram.
To stanch these wounds that vainly bleed,
The wise to lead the brave!
Call back.-6ne captain of thy past
From glory's marble trance.
Whose nar.ie shall be a bugle blast
i To rouse us! Vive La France!
. ... .i -
Pluok Conde's baton from the' trench.
Wake up stout Charles Martel,
Or find some woman'a hands to clench -,
The sword of La Pucelle! - -C-IVe
us one hour of old Turenne, , J
One lift of Bayard' lance. -Nay,
call Marengo's chief again
To lead ua: Vive La France! ,
SWEDEN IN TH2 LIMELIGHT.
Sweden has population of 5,680,000.
The state religion of Sweden is Lutheran.
Sweden's greatest article ,ot esrort is
timber.
Elementary education In Sweden is eom
pultory, free and well organised.
The last census gave Stockholm, the
Swedish capital, a population of 882,085.
Sweden has 9,009 miles of railway, of
which about one-third belong to the state.
Sweden adopted a system of universal
suffrage and proportional representation ta
1909.
The total war strength of Sweden is esti
mated at 600.000 men, with half a million
more unorganized.
Sweden has an area of 172.876 square
miles, which is equal to a little more than
twice the area ot Minnesota.
Nearly 60 per cent of Sweden Is wood
land, there being about 900 acres of forest
for every hundred inhabitants.
One of Sweden's moat valuable assets are
its Iron mines, from which some of the finest
steel in the world is produced.
Queen Victoria of Sr cJen is a daughter
of the late grand dulii of Baden, grand
daughter of the late emperor of Germany
and full cousin of the present kaiser.
King Gustav of Sweden is directly de
scended from that Marshal Pernadetto who,
commencing his career by carrying a musket
for the great Napoleon, ended by receiving
the kingdom of Sweden.
The ancient Inhabitants of Sweden were
Finns, now the people of Finland, who re
tired to the north on the appearance of the
Scandinavians or Gotbs, who have ever since
been masters of Sweden.
By the union of Calmar, In 1397, Sweden
became a province of Denmark, and waa not
wholly rescued from this subjection till
1521, when Gustavus Vasa recovered the
kingdom from the Danish .yoke.
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, la
known the world over for Its wonderfully
beautiful situation on the islands and the
shores of Lake Labler, Just, where this body
of water finds its exit into the Baltic. 1
There is probably no country in the world,
unless it be America, where so much atten
tion i given to the education of the masses
as in Sweden. The attendance at the "Folk
ikoler,". or public schools, may show a com
partively small per cent of attendance as
regards population, hut this is due to the
fact that everybody who can afford it edu
cates his children privately.
The French government has appointed a
number of officials to report on a scheme for
the transformation of the port of Breast into
a great transatlantie commercial port.
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concrete
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fJONCRETE tennis courts
i do not prove to be hard cn the
ankles and Knees, neither are they
worse than gravel when you make
a strenuous stroke and fall down.
terete courts are preferred, once players
are accustomed to them. No waittwrfordrv
weather concrete court may be used im
mediately after a heavy rain. Iadispensable
lor tournament clay.
Concrete courts have been used
for parking motor cars and are easily waxed
for dancing. And, a concrete court is per-
free from all upkeep expense, as
weBaa reasonable In initial cost.
WEWEV
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