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THE BEE: OMAHA,. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATEH 1 ' VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR " THS BEI PUBLISHING COM PANT,, PBOPRISTOB Catered at Omaha postoffioe aa socond-clsss aatr. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION t enter. per stoat, sue ' 0e BM1I PtriMi.MM to ft" 4M too Pall sad Bund...,. wiuwet eoaj. ...... Oanlsa sad Baodw. ... Evening vtiaoot Suadv.. . KattTeXeTsa'tV (mc-laMr ta Cb. Bee. Urctutuoa wnw MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS n else iwrwt ' - . REMITTANCE . imiI Onli I-esnt stsoua usea m :rjr J .rr Mmi. pmj abacs. xoi on Significance of BerastorfTs Phraie, The New York World dwells upon the deep significance of the phrase "as on former oc casions," used by Count von Bernstorff in his re quest to his home government for $50,000 for use "to influence congress." . Whether or not the money requisitioned was forthcoming or was employed in furthering the particular matter in hand at the time, is insignificant beside the ad mission that money had been previously spent to influence congress, presumably with results suf- ; ficiently satisfactory to encourage efforts to re peat As The World points out, there need be no suspicion of German money Jn congressional pockets because the influence was evidently brought to bear on members through resolutions of organizations ( and by artificially "accelerated" The Red Cross By Frederic J. H skin Washington, Sept. 25. The American Red Cross, since America entered the war, has grown into one of the most gigantic philanthropies the world has even seen. It asked the American peo ple for $100,000,000, and it has gotten it. With this tremendous fund, made up of contributions from the whole people from millionaires who gave thousands and never, knew the difference and workmen who gave a day's wages and felt the pinch the American Red Cross is now getting ready to play its part in the great war. Right In the Spotlight Carl Vrooman, who Is to address the convention of the American Bank ers' association today on the subject of agricultural production, is the as sistant secretary of agriculture of the United States. Though a native of Missouri, he has lived for many years in Illinois, and has been more or less In public life since his graduation from Harvard In 1884. Mr. Vrooman Is not a theorist and the advice he gives on agricultural problems Is based on knowledge and common sense. He owns a large farm near Bloomington, 111., which Is managed on scientiHc principles and with finanoial success. So he knows from practical, personal eesi i .-soX OFFICES Council Bluff 14 N. Mala St St ''.V W linoolo Utile Bulldia. WsshuisW T Ht St.. CORRESPONDENCE AMnm eennsmtesiimu Mltm it hh ui edilortsl mtitm la Oeuha Bw. E4ttoril PepsrUnwit. AUGUST CIRCULATION 59,011 Daily Sunday, 51,912 Annie eiwaletlee for t(i moota snbssrlbss and taws to Bf Owl 11 WlllUme, Ctrcalatioa Msssier. . Subscribe leaving tha elty ckould hae Tba Baa asanas ta th.m. Aadrses chant as aa oftsa as requested, i Political jobs grip an undiminished host of volunteers. ' ' y-':,' The war will have achieved one economic vic tory if it gives the "cash and carry it home" cus tomers the benefit of the money their energy and thrift save. ' , -' ' "' ; Germany's boasted efficiency stopped short of diplomacy. In that department the imperial govi ernment gave the world an accurate measure of costly bungling. -' The rescue of the Rev. Kelly murder trial from suffocation by war news ranks among the heroic deeds of the times. The American Red Cross originated in a treaty signed by a number of the powers at f.enrva Switzerland, in 1864. bv which they zurn-A in maintain organizations to mitieate the ! experience what he is talking and horrors of war and" co-operate with the hospital j Jt, VVVn. crease food production and create more efficient use of farm products, is based op knowledge, not on theory. letters and telegrams from constituents, and pos sibly, although not mentioned by The World, by ; services of armies. This treaty was ratified by reminders of past political support' and campaign : forty-one powers in all, including the United contributions. It goes without saying that sen ators and congressmen can be' influenced without bribe money; in ways equally effective, yet de serving equal odium. Why pro-German sympathizers were spread ing accusations about British gold subsidizing fountains, of American opinion is also now more clearly seen they 'were merely trying to screen the operations and manipulations of the kaiser's . . a. a a . llf I 4 States, and the American Red Cross is now one of the lustiest and most successful of the philan thropies which rejulted from this agreement. It has been incorporated under an act of congress and is a semi-official organization, although inde pendent of government supervision in the man agement of its affairs. The Red Cross has recently completed a pala tial marble building in Washington which is now the home and center of its activities. These activi ties at present consist chiefly in perfecting its emissaries centering in the embassy at Washing- . f h jund which ht ,e haye ,aced in jts a a a v .1 ff fir. ... s...li L I. . . . . m . a ton presided over oy cernsiorn. we are uui oc ginning to realize the colossal scale on which the German propaganda was carried on in this coun try (some of it right here in our own state), hav ing for its object to control our government either to help the kaiser, or, failing in that, not to help the allies. Many things that jwere heretofore hard to explain, are becoming more easily under standable through the exposure of the .strategy of the German intrigue. , Robbing War of Some Terror. Gas bombs, flame throwers and similar devices and methods for destruction have given modern warfare a horrifying and sinister aspect. Folks who read of these things shudder in contempla tion of their awful' possibilities for harm, and wonder how it is ever possible for mortal man corps and forty-seven base hospitals, but most of to withntand them. Investigations by Americans tnese nave noir;ocra America now ieada the world in ship con struction and promises to hold the advantage. Opportunity knocked at the right, door and be- - came a partner in the industry. ' . , , Prv.r nr divine cruidance ooened the delib- s vi v a . y erations of the federal grand jury. Aside from itsfl novelty the incident suggestes a timely awaken ing of soul seeking spiritual strength out of which justice flows. y It should be understood in advance that if professional corn huskers boost the rate ito IQ cents a bushel, the red ear perquisite goes by the board. Perhaps the excess cash offsets the lass In sweetness. , . , The shipyards strike in San Francisco quickly yielded to arbitration and mediation. Like tt suits were possible without loss of time had both aides put in practice the spirit of patriotism they loudly profess. ; The Petrograd story of Americans offering to buy Kamschatka and open up a new addition of acre lots is interesting chiefly as a clue to the whereabouts of Mary Twain's favorite son, Colo i Mulberry Sellers. - ', Having practised tip on New York last year "Billy" Sunday feels that he is now able to tackle Chicago and wilt start driving the devil oat ofi that burg in the early spring. After that no town on earth will have any terrorl for "Billy." ; ' Danville citizenry pats Uncle Joe Cannon on the back and insist On holding him on the job for another term. A political war horse of twenty-one terms, even though 80 years young, could hardly do less than don a Barkis smile. 5S "-'-" ':X--- Presbyterians follow , the example of other church bodies in organizing to help win the war. In the interest of effective work and more, of it, system of co-operation should be deyised and followed. Helpfulness .being the primary , aim co-operation insures results and at the same time conserves energies and means. Congressman Heflin says he could mention thirteen or fourteen men in the two ftouses of congress who have acted "suspiciously" in connec tion with the German propaganda in this country, to stimulate which. Count von Bernstorff requisi tioned . that $50,000. Of course, he would not mention anyone representing Nebraska at Wash ington I Perish the thoughtl . Designers of the hog palace projected at Lin coin no doubt have given due thought to the he cessity for more elaborate modern improvements than originally contemplated. Prosperity ad vances the standard of living. Manifestly the accommodations suited to "a 12-cent porker are below the dignity and social standing of animated hams pulling down two dimes on the hoof. , Woman and Her Hal hands. Here in Washington alone it has about 600 employes and volunteer workers who fill its commodious building to overflowing. These work ers include many young men and women who receive no compensation except the satisfaction of serving their country. In addition to this great Washington head quarters, the Red Cross is organized into thirteen district headquarters, each of which has a volun teer executive at its head with all the departments of the main headquarters. These district or ganizations in turn have supervision of the Red Cross chanters, of which there are' 2,600. The Red Cross magazine has a circulation of 700.000 it goes to every member who contributes $2 or more. The present membership is estimated at 4,000,000 and at least 10000,000 women are co operating with it - t In the way ot woric in we neio me kcq ross expects to put into operation forty-five ambulance A I a.. laHa.A liAanitala lvt- mAstf if One Year Ago Today In the War. Russians seized dominating position In the Carpathians. Roumanians engaged Ausiro-uer- mans In three battles in Transylvania. British captured strong reaouDi near Thiepvai ana aavancea iiuo German line at other points. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. 1 At a meeting of the Jewish Syna gogue association tne xoiiowing om cers were elected: President, Meyer Hellman: vice president J. L. Bran dels; treasurer, Max Meyer; secretary, J. Blath. . Messrs. Ben Newman and D. Black were elected trustees for three years Instead of I. Qberfelder and S. Relchenberger. N. J. Edholm writes from Eagle Mountain ranch at the foot of Laramie peak that the scenery of the place Is , God and War. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept 21. To the Editor of The Bee: Some tune ago a gentleman replying to my article on "God in the War" said that If I had read the Old Testament I would have found God a War God. Now I have studied the Old Testament and still fail to find God a war God. The scrip tures are full of pictures and object i lessons. There is one part in particu lar tnat seems to treat lavoraDiy io war. Moses was the grand old man of the Old Testament It was he God had selected to deliver the Israelites from bondage and Into the promised land. Through ths-Red Sea he led them into safety, and through all their wandering about the desert and wil derness he was their guide. At last after many years the promised land was shown to them and Joshua and others were sent out to explore this land. But the people were unwilling to go into war, they did not want to fight for their promised land, they were contented with their lpt without fighting. ) About that tlme'Moses died, leaving the command and care of the Israelites to Joshua, his last words to Joshua were; "Remember the Lord and his millions are always at tny command." Something also for us to consider. When those of the Israelites who were LINES TO A LAUGH. Tou atem to preisr w rapher?' , Well. h. saver ha to look for a pencil or an araser or a pen. Kerfs a" that stuff In her hair." Louisville Courler-Journal. "Whv do you want a divorce from your husband?" aiked a friend of the rny. Because he ien't the man I thought ho was when I married him." obbefl tbavyouns Wi,f'My child, a general application of that principle would break up nearly every home in tb country." Bo.ton Tranicrlpt. June Did (rhe love him io much? Teas W hy, ane married nira u ii. v her parents' urslng! Life. ' I'm dreadfully scared. A dog bit ma and as Efj)n aa they got him off me ha haa a ''"Don't worry. If they think anythlna at all of the doe. they'll set a ood veteri narian for him." U-ltlmore American. How horridly audibly that man yondar eats hia aoup: Who Is he?" " "He'i the president of tha Society tor Suppressing Unnecessary Noises." Brown ing's Magazine. "Do you think your father will object to my marrying you?" I don't think so. He has Just received the bills for my uew spring outfit." De troit Free Press. "These modern rlca are rather deceiving." "Kh. what?" "it happened on a street car. I offered to take a little girl on. my lap,- but it turned out she was a middle-aged dame." Louis ville Courier-Journal. in.nn..j iv n,a- q n it therphv this bill?" asked the collector. "'"" r a- I" j ,' . "I could if It weren't be Riven their promised land, were stricken with death. To me this is simply an object lesson on indolence. Think of all we can have If we only try for it. Every one must labor to a certain extent Some preach on "service" as the ultimate goal, as the highest aim. We elst solely for God. "We are here to serve God that there by we may enter heaven" are the teachings of the best religion. "De votion," is the word. Lite is noth ing but drills and discipline the same things over and over, to prepare us for the next state. "Nothing defiled can enter heaven," and just as in dolence is the beginning of all vice, so industry, diligence, the opposltes of indolence, ajre the first steps to heaven which can partly begin already in this life, f . . C. s, "Can't you set a date for the payment of for one thing," answered the debtor. "What is that?" "I want to maintain my reputation for veracity." Boston Transcript. '"What do they moan by saying "when the spirit moves?' "It implies a mental process. With my wife the spirit moves every time she sees a new house.'' Baltimore American. training in Europe rob these dreadful agencies of much of their practical terror. Gas masks have rendered asphyxiation almost impossible, and only the unwary are now caught by the noxious fumes. Recent experience has shown the civilian popula tion to. suffer more than the fighting men' from the poisonous gases, while the flame thrower is quite 'apt to prove a boomerang and damage its handler, as much as the enemy. At best it is only useful at short range and when the wind is favor able. These features of warfare strongly resemble the Chinese masquerade or the Russia ikon, being serviceable chiefly for moral effect The old re- iable weapons are still depended on to win bat A "refresh ment unit" is already on its way to Europe under the auspices of the Red cross. I his is financed, ized and led bv Mrs. Larz Anderson. Its purpose is to serve hot coffee and sandwiches from field kitcnens to soiaiers at railway siauons. The Red Cross clans to organize rest stations ! in France and a number of organizers are already grand and that Judge Dundy and A. M. Akin are out there helping him en- Joy it. county Treasurer Bouen nas re turned from a very enjoyable trip to Denver and has assumed his accus tomed position In his office. John I. Redick or Los Angeies atned at the Faxton with Will A. Redick and family. John Drexel, it is thought, win be a on their way to Europe in connection with this icandldate for coroner on the demo- enterprise. inese stations win iurmsn oiuicr i places to write letters, read and rest when they are at leisure. .... , , The most advanced and successful activity of the Red Cross to date is the knitting campaign. It has purchased a million pounds ot wool and thni larp sninninar mills are now engaged in making this wool into knitting yarn. There will be enough ot tnis yarn io maxe minions oi pairs critic ticket and Is without rival for the office in his party. The repub lican aspirants are Mr. Barrett of Bar rett & Heafeyi and Dr. C. W. Hayes. The wedding of George Knight White, auditor of the . Patrick Land company, and Miss Alwalda Berlin occurred at the residence ot tne bride's mother, Nineteenth and Daven port Dean Gardner officiated, Robert tips, and, while our boys must learn all the mech- ef gocKSf mufflers, sweaters, wristlets, washcloths Patrick was best man and Miss Kin anism of the new ways, they will find most serv- and other article needed by the men of our fight- tie was bridesmaid. a . 4 4 t . f . . J . t a 4M mm A AM A MM W A ' W ft nH 4MM mB Vl tttS Sal ceable the old, in using which they are most pro ficicnt The trial of the former Russian minister of war, charged with high treason, has resulted in his conviction and drawn down on him a sentence of life imprisonment. The sentence is severe, but his offense was great, and normally would be paid for with his. life. In time of peace he was guilty of conniving at and participating in jobbery and corruption, and the diversion of public funds to private purses. Entrusted with the work of pre paring the army for the defense of the empire, he shared with crooked contractors and court favor ites the loot of the nation. When war, came he sent millions of simple-minded mujtks to the fir- Soukhomllnoff'a Sentence. ing forces on both land and sesu The worrfen of America are bskcu io ui una wui aim unuwii) of them are responding to the call. The Red Cross magazine is published by the national headauarters. It was originally a sort of house organ, but has recently been taken over by a New York publishing house, which pays all profits to the Red Cross, furnishing editor, con- .. a 4. a , x t 1. tributions ana an. merely suDmitung tne wor w the Washington headquarters for approval. Un der this manaaement the publication has become a typical popular magazine, iiiustraica m cuiur and carrying the work of leading magazine writ ers, cartoonists and illustrators, in tne montn of July a profit of $8,000 was realized upon the Va. ...ti!.i! -c . - 18821 As soon as the grading en N street la finished Bouth Omaha is promised some sidewalks of which - it is greatly in need. This Pay In History. ' 1687 Bombardment of Athens by the Venetians, resulting In the ruining of the Parthenon, which, had been standing intact for 3,000 years as the most perfect arcnitecturai monument kr twn trt tha civilised world. j 78 The first constitution of Penn- sylvanla was adopted. 1781 The American ana jrrencn allies, under Washington and Rocham- beau, began the siege or xorktown, publication of this magazine The Red Cross offers its services to any nation at war that is not an enemy of the United States. The work it has already done for European, bellig- ing lines, unarmed and unprotected. On top of 1 erents is well" known. It has not only helped to care iur 111c nuuuuoii mi na uvv ......... . 1' it-'- - . a.A.m.tlw h ilil r .n neve ine suacmiK oi uvumiib, ysv.iaiv buwy.v... Th erreat knittinsr camoaicn now under way Is the most spectacular and original activity of the Red Cross. It is planned on a huger scale than anything of the sort in history. It gives every American woman a chance to stand behind the American boys at the front to work with her own finpers a irarment to warm the hand that holds a rifle in the first line ot trenches, to com fort a man who is riskine his life that the children of American women may live in freedom and peace. This appeal is meeting with an enormous women are Knitting py tens oi mu all this, he betrayed hit own government to that of Germany. ' 1 SoukhomiinofFa treachery is unthinkable, yet it Is but a single incident in the great tragedy, of Russia. ' His betrayal was not that of Russia alone, but of its allies as well, and through them the democracies of all the world. It is reasonable to think that had the kaiser known the czar s min isters were loyal to Russia the world might have been spared the war. Reliance on the certainty that the czar was betrayed by his cabinet, that Germany could depend on ministers of state at Petrograd, made the course taken at Berlin more simple than it otherwise would have been. This iniquity of secret diplomacy and intrigue is just being fully exposed, and the world is better able to understand from what it has been delivered by the war. Soukhomlinoff anc his associates wiy have to take their full share in the ignominy oi the great conspiracy of which they were a part. No matter what may come of the Russian .revolution, the overthrow and exposure of the plotters of Petro grad is a real service to the world, while a ser mon might be preached on how the mighty have again been confounded by the simple. 186J Generals McDowell, Critten den and McCook were relieved of their commands and ordered to Indianap olis for inquiry into their eonduct at Chickamauga..' 1914 Announcement made of the capture of Duala, the government seat ,of Kamerun, by the tsntisn. 1S1D ijriusn emaaneu secoau uer man line at Loos and pushed on toward Lens. 1816 In a speech delivered before the Reichstag. Chancellor von Beth- mann-Hollweg declared that Germany would persevere in the war until vie torious. The Day We Celebrate. George C. Johnson was born in Denmark September 28, 1861. He IS a well known Omaha grain merchant and in 1918 organized the Iowa le resnonse. Women are knitting Dy tens oi mu- vator company. . lions and they are knitting greater things than W. B. Tagg, president of the South woolen yarn into those sweaters and wristlets Omaha Live Stock exchange, is 42 to u,zy arc '""""s V s ...ui. Vv. "u.CZ- Field ' Marshal Viscount French. row ana norrqr oi war n wu i.. v rnrartnfl.. fif the British home stitches, and they are knitting, as the nation is force8 born ln Kent, England, ixty- Knit wun a qm uenuinnuii uu "" I nve years ago today. , toward overtnrowing tne ugiy power mat na taken the name of God in vain and shadowed a world with the terror of treacherous war, Bernstorff and His Friends Boston transcript 1 ' Philadelphia lodger .-When should a woman wear her hat? . Such knowledge is too deep for us; we cannot attain unto it On these questions woman makes her own decisions. But no less a person than Mr. Justice Goff of the supreme coort of New York has undertaken to prescribe ope occasion on which she must not wear her hat. That is when woman member of the bar addresses the court "You should remove your hat like all other law yers," he told one of them who appeared before him the other day. She complied with the request, of course. But did she in her heart accept it as proper? Was the learned justice correct in assuming that a woman's hat and a man's hat has the same' purpose and that its use is to be guided by the same rules? For a man to wear his hat in a court room or a church, or a theater or a restaurant, or anywhere within doors if ladies are present, is obviously ill-mannered and disre spectful. But no such rule applies to a woman. There are few occasions when it is not bad form to go hatless outside of her own home. She goes thus to the opera, of course, or to a dinner party, , but not to a tea, or to make a call, or to a meal in a public restaurant, or to any religious assem bly. Should a different etiquet govern her in court than at church? . v The matter is not one for , obiter dicta; it might well engage the attention of deep thinkers, even of Mr. Herkimer Johnson himself. Has he yet committed himself upon it? It is futile to drag St Paul into the discussion, as some have done. His reproof to the Christian women of Corrinth who prayed with-uncovered heads was designed to suppress a custom likely to bring dis credit upon the disciples of the new faith. For in the east at that time every respectable woman went veiled in public, and he saw the danger of allowing any departure from an established tra dition on the part of those who, with more zeal than discretion, were eager to separate themselves in every way from the pagan world. He was giv ing advice on a question ot taste, not on a question of morals. St. Paul was a man of too much sense to quarrel with the fashions. ... Going After Oil Prices, The federal government noiy proposes to take hold of and adjust prices for gasoline and ' fuel oil. The dissolution of the Standard Oil trust in stead of reducing; prices only gave that great or ganization new life, and its operations have been extended in all directions. Other concerns have not lagged behind, and, while the industry has been marvelously developed, no sign of price cutting competition has anywKert been noted. Georges Clemenoeau, former pre mler and lot many years a leading figure in French publlo life, born seventy-six years ago today. Kate Douglas Wiggins, author or "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," born in Philadelphia flfty-elght years ago today. Rear Admiral George h. waaieign, TT. 8. N.. retirid. born at DoVer N. H.. V Pnsland at least is not surprised at the seventy-five years ago today. ' revelation of Von Bernstorff'a reptilian diplomacy Dr. Philander P. Claxton, United contained in his ofhcial message or January u ?lnw4T"""iS last about influencing congress which recently 52? T was given out by the State department, uur civic MUton NobIes veteran actor and bodies and our leading individual citizens repeat- playwright born at Albion, Mich.., edly called the government 9 attention to tnese seventy years ago today, pOISOnOUS activities WUIIC Dcrnsioru was eim in full official standing at Washington. The con nection of the German and Austrian embassies with the profuse and costly deluging of congress by peace societies and advocates was well estab lished by the evidence ot tne nature 01 tne c.v penditures of Von Papen, Boy-Ed and the Teu tnnic financial acrcnts. which was published be for tha hrealc with Germany was declared. It was well known that Bernstorff, while pretending Timely Jottings and Reminders. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is schfed uled to address a hig loyalty meeting to be held tonight in St. Paul. The session of this, the second day of the annual convention of the Amer lean Bankers' association at Atlantic City, will be featured by an address by Carl vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, on the sunject or agri While monopoly within meaning of the law has t0 he correct in his attitude, was violating every cultural production in relation to the t. L. .M..t,as AAMlliiAMai knar Mnistn. I aiA a( 1 n1 a f t inturrntircf) . I W&1 been avoided, the market conditions have remain ed unchanged and the increasing use of gasoline and fuel oil has been accompanied by a steady up lift in the selling price, until now the cost to the consumer is ' appalling. Moreover, users insist that because of the quality, a greater quantity is now required to produce the same result, and that oil magnates get the consumer going both ways. The distribution of petrol, or oil, has been taken under government control in all the warring coun tries and early action to stabilize oil prices in this country would be in the natural order.' Mayor Thompson of Chicago insists he will run for United States senator soiely to get an expression of the people upon vital pending issues. He recalls the appeal of our own Senator Norris, just alter he helped talk to death the armed neu trality bill last spring, for a straw vote to ascer tain whether his action commanded popular ap proval. When it was pointed out, however, that a real referendum could be had if the senator would resign and run again for the vacancy thus created, 4 the senator balked on making what might turn out to be a sacrifice hit Mayor Thompson doubtless hopes the popular wind will blow differently next fall than it does now. ml nf riinlnmatic intercourse. We do not mean bv this to minimize tne im portance of this particular revelation. We all know well enough what Bernstorff "was doing; the crovemment was aware of it without holding in its hands any sucn message as mis. , i gives us a flrood lead for inauirv into and effective prose cution . of some of the traitorous societies that were doing Germany's work and getting paid for it It is .well to possess and to publish this new r.olnt of evidence. But the real and great diplo- , .v. e , t 1 I J 1. matic onense ot tsernstorn, wnicn snouiu nave 1 led to his expulsion from the country at that time, was his Insolent "warning" to Americans, over the head of our government and through adver tisement in the naners. not to embark' on the Lusitania. The gu'ity knowledge that Bernstorff and other Germans had of the impending murder ous destruction of that vessel and his insolent notification to American citizens not to travel- as they had the fullest right to travel should have led our government at that time to place him on the Lusitania itself without a moments hesita tion and then and thus to terminate his slimy di plomacy. People an Events The kaiser is represented as. expressing keen regret that his naval program was handicapped at the start by short sighted subjects. There are other keener regrets rooted in the same spot. The chief of them1 is the disastrous failure of the pro gram launched on August. 1. 1914 "We'll all be wearing wooden shoes, bye and bye," grips ragtime circles in Chicago, its no joke, the dealers say, and some of the forehanded are sawing wood. 1 v Yellow taxicabs and red-headed chauffesses is the fetching business getter launched in Min neapolis. "This isn't a color scheme or a form of camouflage," explained the manager. It s a matter of efficiency. New style ot neaangnis caji'tbe beat, , , ,a 1 :oryctte of e Day. . : ; Miss Annette Benton, on returning from a visit brought a gift to jeach of her mother's colored servants. It was the "day out" for Lily, the housemaid, so Annette distributed ner guts, re serving for Lily a scarlet silk blouse "That won't do," said Mrs. tienton "Lily's m mourning." "Mournlnai . "Yes, for her husband; he died in Jail, and Lily's wearing a long crepe veil." When Lily returned her youag mis tress expressed regret "I'll glve the blouse to Lizsie." sne saia, -ana giv you something else." Lily looked at tne Diouse. men sne swallowed. "Don't you give that blouse to no Lizzie. Miss Annette, cos nex monV I'se gwine outa mournin' from the waist uo." -Harper s Magazine. A HAPPY DREAM. Wa clerks would lika our Saturday nights. To do as other folk! do. Wa work and toil the wtals day long. And cart of tha night tlma, too. Soma folks work from sight to flva. And Saturdays thay quit at one. Whila othsrs work tram eight to six. J)UC inea weir oar s wor w ooo.. Ths merchants could if thsy would rin mil their ahnna at six. Then each dork would say. "Hurrah I Hur rah!" And glva them tholr very best llcka. Now wouldn't that be the thing to do In times t war or peace? I am sure their trade would not (all off. But rather It would Inerease; 80 sia-e It a trial It's worth your while, 8s for six months or a year; Then you'll never, go hack to the nine, 'Cause business will bring you good cheer. "There's one thing I'll say for the. kaiser: His tuneral would break the world's record tor attendance." That so?" "It's a cinch. Think of the millions of people In the world who would like to go to It right now." Detroit Free Press. , LaFollettc's Fall; Omaha, Sept 27. To the Editor of The Bee: Here Is another example of what I wrote of several days ago. It is generally safe to say that the ex tremist is always wrong. Sometimes he serves as one of "Gods fools' to stir up a sluggish public mind, but as a leader of men is a total rat lure. 1 could sympathize more with Roose velt's castigatlon, of LaFollette's pres ent course, were It not for the fact that Teddy is tainted wjth the Bame error 01 Deing an extremist, a man wno could calmly write In a syndicate news paper" article that there was not one of the treaties the, present adminis tration was making that this govern ment Itself would not violate If it were to its advantage to do so, is hardly a safe moral guide for anything. If that were the standard for America, and 1 thank God it Is not, we would have little chance for criticism of the kaiser for talking of his treaty with Belgium as a mere scrap of paper. (I allude to Roosevelt's articles criticising the thirty peace treaties made while Bryan was secretary of state.) However, so far as Roosevelt s criticism of LaFollette's war attitude is concerned he Is right. It is a trag edy that a man possessed of the chance that LaFollette had, has not the com mon sense to see that the good he could have done for the people v juld be destroyed by the copperhead stand he has taken in this war. Were he the statesman that some have believed him to be,, instead of the inordinate egotist he has proved to be, even though conscientiously opposed to the war, he could have done much good for the people. Had he taken the po sition that he would no longer oppose It since congress had spoken, but would see to It that the cost of the war should not; be levied against the people, out tnat privilege snouia do be made to pay, he would nave snown some degree of statesmanship. Had he said "If this government is going to conscript men to die for it I will see to it, that it shall also conscript wealth to pay for it he could in short order have become the idol of the plain people of this land. But this is too much to expect of a man whose ego tism has all along been his chief asset Through his self esteem he has thrown away the golden opportunity of his life an opportunity that comes to few men and then very widely separated. Those who have admired him, must at last see that he has never had the true vision. He has never been a close investigator of fundamental truthB. I believe he haa been honest but the good he has done for the people has been merely 01 a supernciai cnaracter. Now even this usefulness Is a thing of the past There must be a new voice In the senate with a. vision to back it. Perhaps Johnson of Cali fornia may-prove to be that vcice. I am watching him with interest It is a pity that in all this world contest for democracy, there should prove to be so few in the senate of the United States who are willing to stand for democracy in conscripting the wealth of this nation as well as its manhood. L. J. QUINBY. HERE AND THERE. "Tou have no ambition," complained his wifo. . v "Mot now," he replied Indolently. "You never did have have any." "Oh, yes, I did: but I achieved my ambi tion when I acquired a rUh father-in-law." Boston Transcript. IF. Edwin C. Ranck in Brooklyn Eagle. If you can hold your tongue when German backers Are loosing theirs and damning Uncle Bnm; If you can keep from cussing out tho slackers And flaying smug hyp,ocTlsy and sham; If you can wait and not bo tired by wait ing," While reptile papers keep us on the rack: If you can stand the pacitistlc prating, And never have a yearning to strike back. If you can see your country's cltlas plaa- tored With sychophantle wsrnings agalst war; If you can watch a yellow-livered dastard Refusing to confront things as they are: If you can see a swarm of crawling lizards. " Squirming through the marriage license s door Men with atom soul and smaller gtizards. Disgracing those whose Honored names they bore. If you can hear an orator denouncing The liberty for which our nation bled; It you can let him go without a trounc ing . Or punching in the bally traitor's head; It you can smile when lying propaganda Seduces men who ought to know tha truth; It you can tolerate their rotten slander And bear It with an Idle fist, forsooth If you can sneer at men who wear the khaki. Or Jeer at those who wear the navy blua; If you can whisper like a skulking lackey. About the men who have the nerve to do; If vanquishment of brutal foes appalls you. If you can't prove your right to be a man Tou may be everything your mother calls you, But believe me, you are not American. In seventeen years W. E. Johnston, rail road excursion agent, has made S38 trips be tween San Francisco and Washington, D. C, making one round trip cver thirteen days and thirteen rounds trips every six months. Marseilles. France, is tha great central market for peanuts, more than 120,000 metric tons of peanuts in the sheU and 240,000 tons of shelled nuts being crushed there In a single year. ' ' -' . Between 1S06 and 191S the membership of city branches of tha Young women's Christian association Increased from 103.358 to 292,191; college branches, from 41,688 to S1.6S9; county branches, from none to T.E15; total, from 146,041 V 860.866. There's nothing in the conduct of t Vjrial service planned by this establishment that will even mi nutely disturb the wrought-up sen sibilities of fastidious people. Our burials meet the requirements of gentility. N. 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