THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1917.
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' Don't wait to be asked. Step up 'to the Liberty
loan counter and do your bit.
Like the banks, Nebraska savings and loan
associations are doing their bits handsomely,
Restitution jars the soul of junkerdom. Swal
lowing the dose is one means of salvation.
The print paper combine defies judicial and
legislative lightning. Defiance makes harder the
inevitable crash. '
Prospects seem fair for Lincoln to adopt its
new home-rule charter,' but there is no telling till
the votes are counted.
The way Uncle Sam is putting Over the second
Liberty loan is calculated to make the Kaiserbund
across the water sit up and take notice.
' The enlarged roster of licensed food products
will not materially affect the income of producers,
but promises to put the crowns of provision kings
in hock.
' It is what is held back more than what has
been published of the Bernstorff correspondence
and check book account that makes some folks
uneasy,
"$l manipulation of food products for prof
iteering purposes," is the edict from Washington.
The test will be afforded by the barometer of
food prices.1 , ' ' ' . H;
As an educational force within German lines
the allies, hurricane of iron text book creates
deeper and more lasting impressions than Berlin's
"best sellers."
Omaha's subscriptions to the second Liberty
loan applaud the subsequent wisdom of Secretary
McAdoo in establishing a branch of the Federal
Reserve bank in this district. . .
1 An alleged "joker" rung into the war tax bill
while in conference removes congressional salaries
from super-income taxes. Well, if congress didn't
look out for No. 1 who would? ,
Ecuador declines to receive the imperial Ger
man embassador given his passports by Peru. The
prospect of being obliged, to go home and tackle
short rations suggests another phase of (rightful
ness rubbed in.
i Social service for the soldier is not limited to
' distant camps. There are Boys 'in khaki in 'train
ing right here at Fort Omaha who are also far
away from home and who will appreciate kindly
personal attention.
As usual, dilatory public works contractors
push their jobs right up to the frost line instead
of finishing them while theeather is seasonable.
It's a "poor contractor, however, who can't find
plenty excuses these days.
Secretary Lansing's bureau of "pitiless public
ity" commands the keenest interest in the news
market. Documentary evidence reveals the
crooked and defeated plans by which the kaiser's
tools sought to dishonor the republic.
The Federal -Trade commission, in searching
out dummy coal jobbing companies, strikes one
of the. smoothest trails of war profiteers. Quick
and vigorous pursuit gives promise of adding an
official chapter to the literature of the big squeeze.
South American countries are waking up and
energetically stamping out German propaganda in
every form. The new world as well as the old
now realizes as never before the mercenary aims
which Germany masked with professions of
friendship.
Loyally of Farmers
Waehlntto. Post-
Taking the country by and large, the farmers
are as one in support of the government in its war
preparations. Without regard to political pref
erences they join in recognizing President Wilson
as the leader of the country and its people.
. This is in happy keeping with illustrious prece
dents, from the days when the "embattled
farmers" stood at Lexington down to civil war
times, when the ranks were filled with the country
bred who left the plow and the corn rows at their
country's call.
The few exceptions doubtless may be traced to
"organization" movements in which, under the
plea ot giving the farmer bis rights, there has been
repeated the age-old -trick cJ arraying class
against class, with the expectation on the nrt nf
1 trn tVrmrntnra nf rlata hatred that thv willm-nfi
q thereby.
fi Some of the farmers, naturally, have shown a
4 disposition to inveigh against wheat at $220. on
the assumption that conditions may ensue which
Xi .it-! .t - c
ywouio legiumaieiy dictate a ntgner price, as a
ft rule, however, the tillers of the soil are satisfied.
siTaey have enough of gambling in their annual
X ' I rtnflirt. with ilnrm mnA ttnmUinm frAm A
droaebt To such aa have annrehended the nniai.
'Jble slump of prices for foodstuff that would follow
Tthe sudden ending of the war, the guarantee of $2
f4a bushel for next year's wheat crop becomes reas
F soring and induces an increased acreage.
U But back of all this is that soundnessat tha
ttcors which manifests itself in instinctive loyalty
i (at svery crisis. The retort of one old farmer to
j j : the petulant protests of a hard-headed neighbor on
f ; ,the subject of price fixing admirably covers the
! situation and discloses the prevailing sentiment in
i Trthe rural districts: "You gave your boy to your
-1 thconntry," he said; "are you going to hold back on
$ jujrour wneau -
Not a Good "Trading Point."
Foreign Minister vqn Kuehlman, delivering
what he denominates an epilogue to the debate
before the Reichstag general committee, says no
consecration will be given to any proposition
that Germany relinquish Alsace-Lorraine, and
that "the integrity of the territory handed down
to us as a glorious inheritance by our forefathers
can never be the object of negotiations or conces
sions." This may be considered as the latest of
the kaiser's trading points, and not a very good
one at that. In time withdrawal of the Germans
from the lost French provinces will be offered as
a great concession, just as was the proffer a few
weeks ago to restore Belgium at the expense of
Great Britain. Approach to the definite aims of
the entente allies is not easy for the German gov
ernment, although those aims are well understood
in Berlin, where pride is only sustained by hope
that military strength will endure till a favorable
bargain may be struck.
Signs that all is not going well with Germany
at home multiply, and the mutiny of the sailors at
Wilhelmshaven is only an indication of an unrest
that must seriously disturb the war party. While
the huge fighting machine still is intact, and cap
able of terrible service, the strain to which it is
subjected is having its natural effect. In the
Reichstag are heard mutterings portentous of a
greater storm than that under which Von Beth-mann-Hollweg
went down, and the answer to the
interpellation demanding definite peace terms can
not be put off forever. If it was postponed in
hope that victory might quiet public uneasiness,
the delay has been but disappointing, for no sign
of victory can be noted. On the other hand,
plenty may be noted to show the disintegration of
the war party. ,
All factions in Germany understand the situa
tion, so far as it concerns aims of the entente
allies. The enly thing to be settled is how long
they will keep up what is now recognized to be a
losing game.
Getting In the Corn Crop.
Nebraska has a big job ahead, that of getting
in the corn crop, but it may be accomplished, just
as it has in the past, by steady application. The
suggested suspension of work in the public
schools of the state for a month, that the pupils
may go into the fields, is not a good plan. By far
the greater part of the school children are un
available for such work. At least half of them are
girls, a considerable proportion is too young to
be of assistance, and few of the larger boys would
be of service. If anything along this line is need
ed, it might be served by giving furlough fo aid in
the harvest to those students who have had ex
perience in the work. This could be done with
out interrupting the business of the public schools.
At best no good reason exists why corn should be
hurried into the cribs this year faster than before.
Help may be brought in from Kansas, Oklahoma
and other states, and with good management all
will be well in the cornfields of the state.
Columbus Day.
On this day 425 years ago a landfall apprised
Christopher Columbus that his hope had been
realized. It is not of moment that he had not
reached the Orient, as he had sought, or that hf
died without any real knowledge of the region he
had penetrated. What he had done was to show
the way along which the Magellans, the Cabots,
the Frobishers and others soon followed. To this
end he had come inspired by an absolute faith in
himself, born of experience and deep study. Co
lumbu's reasoned well and finally won, because he
had courage to support his own fixed beliefs.
Emilio Castelar, in his biography of the great
navigator, draws an interesting picture of him,
seeking support at the courts of Portugal, France
and England in turn, only to be rebuffed: of his
'retirement to a monastery, from which he finally
emerged to seek help from the lately united mon
archs of Aragon and Castile, just then victorious
in a decisive conflict with the Moors. Finally
with the most meager of equipment and in frail
craft, lie set out on the journey that was to make'
him immortal. No tale of Prester John, of Marco
Polo, Vasca da Gama, or any of the earlier ad
venturers, has more of fascination than the simple
recital of how Columbus drove into the unknown
waste of waters, peopled by imaginary horrors,
the superstition of his crew offset by his own sub
limn inspiration and abiding faith in the accuracy
of his mathematics. What has come in his wake
is history; what is to come surpasses human
imagination, but it may be accepted that as days
go on the luster that now lights up the name of
that Genoese shipmaster will not be lessened.
i i i
. V . Fooled by Frau Schwimmer.
The recital of the record of Frau Rosika
Schwimmer recalls (he part Nebraskans played in
her little drama. The good frau came hither
shortly after the federal government had silenced
Dr. Dernberg, and continued his work, but by
strumming on another string. She posed as an
emissary of peace, seeking to restore tranquility
to a trouble-tossed world, and got sympathetic
hearing from those whose tender, shrinking souls
were sorely tried by war's horrors. None inquired
too closely into her antecedents, but accepted her
at her own valuation. Some skeptical persons de
clined to subscribe to her views, but thought it
well to let her do her utmost, feeling little harm
could come from anything she did.
Befooling our legislature, already inclined that
way, into listening to her homily on peace was a'
small feat compared to the Homeric tragedy of
the Ford peace expedition. However, Rosika
Schwimmer ended just where all others engaged
in the great prokaiser movement brought up, in
failure and exposure. The common sense and
humanitarian motives of .Americans was proof
against the blandishments of apologists for crimes
against humanity. This chapter of the war de
serves eventually to stand in history alongside the
periwinkle currency of the Dutch at New Amster
dam, and it will require another Diedcrich von
Knickerbocker to do it justice.
It is undisputably proved that Bernstorff
requisitioned expense money to accelerate the
agitation in this country for the enactment of
Senator Hitchcock's embargo-on-munitions bill,
and all of us remember hat much of the accelera
tion centered in this vicinity. Put two and two
together for yourself.
Contributions to the old clergy pension fund
of the Episcopal church exceed the limit origin
ally planned and still grow under the Impulse of
good wilL The example of generosity is a model
for other denominations and is bound to have a
wide influence in a good cause.
It il almost impossible to convict a woman of
a capital crime not only in Omaha, but in any
civilized community. That being true, prosecu
tion of a woman for, murder, except of the most
atrocious and deliberate kind, is merely a waste
of taxpayers' money. ,
Making Both Ends Meet
Bi Freienc J. Haskm
Washington, Oct. 9. Making both ends meet
in the face of steadily rising prices is the great
American problem today, as nine families out of
ten will agree. It is the fly in the ointment of our
national prosperity, the bittir spot in the sweet
state of booming industry and war demand for la
bor that the ends do not always meet. The De
partment of Labor has just completed a most im
portant investigation into the cost of living. Some
of the results are startling, to say the least.
The scene of this investigation was the city of
Washington, the national capital, the city with
probably the least poverty of any large city in the
United States. The subjects of the investigation
were 2,110 typical American families of what may
be called the working class. They included fami
lies in all sorts of trades and callings from day
laborers to government clerks. The city was di
vided into districts for the investigation in order
to assure a fair representation of the working
population. The only class of families excluded
were those whose principal bread-winner earned
more than $1,800 a year. Some of the families in
vestigated had a net income of more than $2,200 a
year, in other cases the income was as low as
$400 for families of three.
The investigation showed, broadly speaking,
that a surprisingly large percentage of these fami
lies were not getting enough money to live on
decently. The experts who make the report char
acterize the conditions as representing a "shock
ing state of economic indecency." They point out
that a city family cannot exist decently on less
than $900 or $1,000 a year, a figure which only
covers the necessities of food, shelter, fuel and
clothing, without allowing any adequate sum for
emergencies, savings or amusements. Yet in the
city of Washington 807 families out of 2,110 in
vestigated had incomes of less than $900 a year,
and more than 60 per cent of the total number had
incomes of less than $1,200 a year. Almost one
family in three finished the year with a deficit
that is to say, they not only were forced to get
along with a minimum of the necessities, but they
ran into debt as well. , ' ,
The report is no arraignment of conditions in
Washington as compared with the rest of the
United States. The investigation , was made in
Washington by the order of congress, because
congress legislates for Washington. In all proba
bility economic conditions in Washington are
above rather than below the average in our great
cities. It is this consideration that gives the re
sults of the investigation their national signifi
cance. They point to a situation which must be
faced. They add a new and unpleasant meaning
to the reports of steadily rising prices.
Out of 807 families having an income of less
than $900 a year, one family in ten succeeded in
saving a few dollars. Most of therrf, says the in
vestigators, "lived literally from hand to mouth."
The families were divided into groups, according
to their incomes, all families having within $100
of the same annual income being grouped togeth
er. Up to an annual income of $1,200 all the
groups averaged a deficit for the year, which usu
ally meant a debt with the exception of the $1,000
$1,100 group, which somehow managed to aver
age a surplus of $1.72 per family. On the other
hand, most of the groups above $1,200 a year save
money. In the case of the group with incomes
over $2,200 the saving averaged $265 a year. The
colored families almost invariably averaged a
greater saving than the whites.
Jhe figures also show that colored women en
gage in money-making work to a much greater
extent than white women. In the groups. with a
very low annual income both white and colored
women work. In the succeeding groups of low
and moderate incomes many colored women are
listed as working and comparatively few white
women. In other words, the white woman with
draws from the lower ranks of gainful labor as
soon as it is economically possible. On the other
hand, in the higher incomes, around $1,800 a year,
an increase in the proportion of working white
women can be noted, for this income enters the
field of skilled labor, suclj as the government
clerkship or the bookkeeper's position, where
many white women are employed. In some cases
the principal wage-earner of the family investi
gated was a woman, whether a widow or the wife
of an invalid.
Up to $900 a year the average white family
spends almost half its annual income for food.
The white family invariably spends more on food
than does the colored family. The family with an
income of $552 a year, with three members, spends
$268 a year for food. It spends $44 for clothing
and $131 a year for rent or housing. The low fig
ure for clothing is explained by the fact that most
of these families are forced to accept gifts of
second-hand clothing. For fuel and light this
family will spend $47 a year. For life insurance,
charity, religion, union dues, car fare, furniture,
amusements, reading matter, tobacco, Vacations
and all similar incidentals this family will spend
$78 a year. And it wilpfinish the year with a
deficit of $16.
Coming up to the family of $1,200 income, the
investigation shows that it spends on an average
of $510 a year for food. These $1,200 households,
averaged about five members. The expenditure
for food per person was $34 a year greater than
the expenditure of the $550 family. The $1,200
family spends $121 a year for clothing and $256 a
year for rent. This latter figure applies to white
families; the negroes, who spend less for food,
spend considerably more for rent. The average
negro family of the $1,200 group spends $325 a
year for rent. The white family spends $74 a
year for fuel and Jight and $270 for the varied in
cidentals which include recreation. This family
group, whose average income is $1,240 a year,
spends an average of $1,233 a year, netting a sav
ing of $7. '
Turning to some of the plutocrats of the in
vestigation, say the $2,000 a year group, one finds
that the white families spend $640 a year for food,
or $126.50 per person. They spend $223 a year
for clothing and $494 for rent, light and fuel. For
incidentals, amusements and so forth, they spend
$498 a year. They average a yearly surplus of $178.
The significant feature of the investigation was
that it showed more than 61 per cent ot the fami
lies Sn the groups having incomes of less than
$1,200 a year. It showed almost a third of the
families netting a yearly deficit, although the in
vestigators were unable to say whether this was a
chronic condition, or whether it was due to the
"extraordinary price advances of 1916." The fami
lies are said by experts to be a typical group of
Washington working-class families. How nearly
they are typical of conditions in other cities is
hard to say. On the one hand the high-wage
movement has been as widely felt in Washington
as in some greater industrial centers. On the oth
er hand Washington has always had a good name
for its average economic conditions.
People and' Events
State restriction, higher license fees and fed
eral taxation together puts 2,000 saloons out of
business in New York state this year. A new
state law limits saloons to varying ratios of popu
lation in cities, towns and country, and is the
main means of scrapping kegs and bottles.
The hoo-doo number 13 brought to a temporary
close the business career of Henry Sprague, a gen
tleman burglar of Boston. Suspicious heft of a
small handbag caught the lamps of a cop and a
search of the bag revealed thirteen revolvers and
$300 worth of stolen jewelry. The presence of the
revolver batttry relieves the merry gunman from
present danger of draft
The story of the moth and the flame visualizes
the life experiences of Anna Robinson, formerly
Lady Rosslyn, a stage beauty of years ago, who
died in an insane asylum in New York a few days
ago. She traveled the primrose paths of the old
world, dazzling kings and minor royalties, married
and shook husbands, won a, fortune at Monte
Carlo and burned it with prodigal recklessness.
The melancholy end came in a madhouse.
Right In the Spotlight.
George B. McClellan, who is to be
the guest of honor at ceremoniea in
New York City today in honor of the
completion of the Catskill aqueduct,
was mayor of New York ten years ago
when the construction of the great
aqueduct waa begun. Mr. McClellan
is the eon of General George D. Mc
Clellan of civil war fame. He was born
abroad, while his parents were travel
ing in Europe, and was educated at
Princeton university. He first turned
to Journalism for a vocation and then
to law. In 1893 he was elected to the
New York board of aldermen and two
year later was sent to congress. In
1903 he became mayor of New York
City and held office for six years. Upon
retiring he went to Princeton as uni
versity lecturer on public affairs.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
British war credits reached total of
$15,660,000,000.
Italians in new drive on Trieste
broke Austrian lines south of Oorizia
and on the Carso plateau, capturing
7,954 prisoners.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
J. D. "Warren of St. Louis spent a few
days in this city watching the comple
tion of his houses on Eighteenth street.
President Cleveland and wife arrived
in Omaha and were given a veritable
ovation. The scene at the depot upon
the arrival of the president's train was
exceedingly exciting. There were peo
ple perched on the telephone poles and
the new alarm system had its quoto of
representatives, while the tops of the
cars near the depot were black with
people.
The marshal's office In the city Jail
has been refloored.
New machinery Is being placed in
position in the electric light station.
Work has begun on the new patrol
house.
Full plate windows are being put
Into the front of the Kiel hotel.
This Say, In History.
i702 The French fleet was nearly
destroyed in the Bay of Vigo by the
English and Dutch fleets under Sir
George Hooke.
1710 Jonathan Trumbull, friend
and adviser of General Washington,
born at Lebanon, Conn. Died there
August 17, 1785.
1793 Cornerstone laid for the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
1861 Confederate commissioners to
France and England ran the blockade.
1870 General Robert E. Lee, the
famous military leader of the confed
eracy, died at Lexington, Va. Born in
Westmoreland county, Virginia, Janu
ary 19, 1807.
1888 The German emperor visited
the pope at the, Vatican.
1912 Turkish army defeated by
Montenegrins near Scutari.
1914 Germans took possession of
the important Belgian city of Ghent
1915 Austro-German army took
heights south of Belgrade by storm.
The Day We Celebrate. '
William Jamison is 32 today. He
received his education at St. Mary's
college, St. Marys, Kan., and Creighton
cortege and is now practicing law In
South Omaha.
Major General William L. Sibert, IT.
S. A., who Is one of General Pershing's
right-hand aides in France, born at
Gadsden, Ala., fifty-seven years ago to
day. Brigadier General Montgomery M.
Macomb, U. S. A., retired, former pres
ident of the Army War college, born in
Detroit Blxty-flve years ago today.
General Julian S. Carr of North
Carolina, who is to head the food con
servation committee of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, born at
Chapel Hill, N. C., seventy-two years
ago today.
Rt Rev. Michael J. Curley, Catholic
bishop of St. Augustine, Fla., born in
Athlone. Ireland, thirty-eight years
ago today.
Elmer A. Sperry, inventor of the
gyroscope compass, born at Cortland,
N. Y., fifty-seven years ago today.
Armando Marsans, outfielder of the
New York American league base ball
team, born In Havana, Cuba, twenty
eight years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Today is the four hundred and
twenty-fifth anniversary of the discov
ery of America.
Exercises will be held at the Uni
versity of North Carolina today com
memorating the one hundred and
twenty-third anniversary of the found
ing of the university.
The annual meeting of the national
congress of the St. Vincent de Paul so
ciety will begin its sessions today at
Louisville.
The first national vegetable show. in
the United States will be opened today
at Springfield, , Mass., in connection
with the eastern states exposition and
dairy show.
New York City is to begin a three
day celebration today in honor of the
compretlon and opening of the great
Catskill aqueduct water system.
Sixteen thousand women are to be
gin a house-to-house canvass of New
York City today to obtain pledges from
the 1,200,000 housewives for support
of the federal food campaign.
Storyette of the Day.
"What!" cried the careful house
wife; "you charge me $3 a bushel for
these potatoes?"
"Yes, ma'am," answered the polite
grocer; "that is the very lowest price
we can sell them for."
"How is it that I can get them from
Brown'is for $2.90, then?"
cannot say, madam. Perhaps
Mr. Brown has taken & fancy to you.
He is a widower and you are beauti
ful, i Unfortunately, I . Yes'm, 13."
Indianapolis News.
OCTOBER WEATHER.
v Helen Hunt Jackson.
O auns and akiea and douda ot June,
And flower of June together.
To cannot rival for one hour
Octobar'a bright blue weather.
Whan loud tha bumblebea makea haate,
Belated, thriftless vagrant.
And golden-rod la dying feat.
And lane with grapea ar fragrant;
Whan gentian roll their fringe tight
To aav them for the morning.
And cheatnuta fall from aatln burr
Without a aound of warning;
When on the ground red apples lis
In ptlea Ilk Jewel ahlnlng.
And redder a till on old etone walla
Ar leave of woodblna twining)
i
When all the lovely wayald thlngi
Their white-winged eeda ar aowtng.
And In the field tlil green and fair,
Lat aftennath ar growing;
When apt-Inge run low. and on the brook
In Idle golden freighting.
Bright leave alng nolaeles In th huah
Of wooda, for winter waiting;
When comrades seek sweet country hauiua
By twoaand twos together.
And count like misers hour by hour,
October bright blue weather.
O auna and akle and flower of June,
Count all your boat together.
Love loveth beat of all the yr
October's bright blu weather.
Explaining An Exemption.
Kimball, Neb., Oct. 9. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: In regard to the arti
cle printed in your Sunday paper re
garding myself and son, Joe, I wish to
state that I filled out an exemption
blank furnished by tne government iui
that purpose for my son, Joe. last
June, as he had contracts to break and
bow to wheat over 300 acres, which
were made in March and April and,
while he wanted to hire men to go
ahead with his contracts, it was impos
sible to get reliable men to do it, and
as nearly all the farmers drawn asked
for exemption 1 could see nothing
wrong in me asking for his, especially
until he could get his grain inr- He
now has in over 300 acres and has said
all the time that he was going to offer
his services as soon as he is through
seeding, which will be in a few days,
regardless of the discharge sent him
by the board. Not one of these accus
ing us of being slackers will offer their
services to the government, but are
ready to accuse the other fellow of be
ing a Blacker and the district board of
being rotten, thinking it makes them
patriotic in the eyes of others by
smearing paint on sidewalks in the
darkness of the night and telling un
truthful stories as to how 1 secured
Joe's discharge. C. E. LOCKWOOD.
Price for Corn Picking.
Monroe, Neb. To the Editor of The
Bee: I notice in Monday's Bee a let
ter signed "Farmer" in which he states
that 10 cents Is not an unreasonauie
nrice to rav for corn husking when
corn sells at nearly $2 per bushel. Also
that it doesn't cost scarcely any more
tn raise corn than it did years ago.
I'd like to ascertain the name of this
said "Farmer," also where he farms.
I think his name must be Rip Van
Winkle and his farm some Omaha
back vardw
In the first place his statement that
it costs scarcely any more to raise corn
is deliberate falsehood labor costs 50
per cent more, implements are more
than double in price, taxes are high
and going still higher, and there is also
increased valuation in the land to be
figured on one's investment.
As to corn selling for nearly $2 per
bushel no one with any gray matter
under his roof expects to get any
where near $2 for this year's crop of
corn.
Take, for Instance, the renter paying
two-fifths rent paying all expenses
and 10 cents per bushel for husking
where does it leave him?
It is manifestly unfair and unjust
for unskilled labor to expect $8 and
$10 per day and board and that is
what 10 cents per bushel would mean.
Six cents per bushel, or possibly seven,
is an unreasonably large price for
husking corn, and my personal opinion
of anyone who writes an epistle like
this said "Farmer" Is that he is either
an Ignoramus or else he has rats in
his garret. ED H. HOARE.
Defends the Dog.
Omaha, Oct. 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: In reply to Mr. A. T.
Heist's letter regarding dogs, I wish to
disagree with' him on several points
and agree with him in others.
A dog is a dog, but not necessarily a
cur, the distinguishing point being his
behavior, which, good or bad, is large
ly due to his training and to some ex
tent his breeding, as in the case of
man.
Mr. Heist pTObably has had some
very unpleasant relations with the
canine family, and we do not dispute
his rights in criticizing their general
habits, but he must remember that
there are exceptions to all rules, and
it may be that the exception lies with
Mr. Asnew's dog.
If a man was endowed with the same
amount of fidelity as a dog, it might be
that he would have leas occasion to lie
to his wife, and vice versa. This is, of
course, riot insinuating that a man
would do isuch a thing, only assuming
that such could be possible.
The cur dog was the one that
dragged the little boy out of the Cedar
river at Cedar Rapids, la., two years
ago wheji no one else dared to venture
on the fragile ice, and he is the same
one that wears a gold medal on his col
lar for his brave deed. - I wonder if
some of the people who poison dogs
here and there in the city are wearing
any medals for bravery? I hardly
think so, but they ought to wear a ball
and chain.
Well, as to the kaiser, I agree with
Mr. Heist, but I hardly think it fair to
the dog to associate him with such an
element. L. A. DILLAVOU.
Healing the Sick.
Bartlett la., Oct. 8. To the Editor
of The Bee: Mr. Herring declares that
no one disputes that there were physi
cians in Bible times. Mr. Johnson as
serted that "Israel had no doctors." It
is rather remarkable that two men
who drink at the same fountain of
"scientific inspiration" should enter
tain views so widely divergent. As to
my friend's attempt to prove that the
doctors of Bible times were sometimes
unsuccessful I will say that physicians,
unlike Christian Scientists, do not
claim supernatural power. Circum
scribed by the limits of human knowl
edge they must of necessity sometimes
fail. But when the Saviour said, "They
that be whole need not a physician, but
they that are sick," he certainly placed
the stamp of divine approval upon the
practice of medicine.
As the ruler of Israel, in the days
when God dealt directly with the lead
ers of his chosen people, Asa should
have sought the Lord and not the phy
sicians. In the case of the woman
mentioned in the fifth chapter of
Mark this merely proves that Christ
possessed healing power superior to
that of the physicians. But as the
power of Christ was divine and super
natural and that of the physicians was
only natural this incident was no re
flection upon the doctors.
In my former communication I in
advertently wrote "apostle" instead of
"disciple" in referring to Luke, who,
although not one of the twelve
apostles, waa an early disciple and the
inspired writer of two books of the
New Testament. Mr. Herring would
have us believe that Luke ceased the
practice of medicine when he became
a disciple. But as we know that Luke
had been a disciple for more than
eleven years prior to the time when
Paul referred to him as "the beloved
Vhysician" that argument of Mr. H.
goea glimmering. Luke was still a
physician at that time or Paul would
not nave called him "the beloved phy
sician." My friend disclaims any hostility on
the part of Christian Scientists toward
physicians. But in a number of cases
of illness I have known Scientists to
advise that the physicians be dis
charged and Christian Science prac
tioners be employed In their stead. In
spite of Mr. Herring's disclaimer the
entire trend of Christian Science teach
ings is in opposition to physicians. But
if my friend should ever, through his
evangelistic efforts, persuade any con
siderable number-of people to forsake
medicine and surgery and embrace
Christian Science he would do well to
warn the practioners f ! W. . cult : not
to follow the example of the physicians
of Joseph's time. They would prob
ably find themselves so completely en-
eaired in unaenaiuus l" n.
iwcise of their healing power.
In trying to explain the inability ot
Scientists to raise the dead, Mr. Her
rmg Quotes film Mrs. Eddy, laying all
the blame on these "sensual ages.'
But the people were Just as sensual
and Just as skeptical in the daya of the
apostles us now and yet that did not
prevent the exercise of the resurrec -
if chrUtinn Scientists
inir power men. - -
possess the same divine, miraculous
nower that belonged to Christ and his
jostles they should be able to .restore
the dead to life as well as to heal the
SiCIn l Timothy 5:23, Paul gives Timo
thy this advice: "Drink no longer wa
: ' . nrino inr thv utom-
ter. out use a unit ---
ach's sake and for thine often mfirmi-
ties. JNOW u raui y
Scientist why did he not at 'east send
Timothy an absent treatment instead
Ot advising mm iu v ---
medica? Thts only proves my conten
tion that the healing power exercised
by the apostles wa" ;t miraculous spir
itual power conferred upon them as a
means of confirming their apostleship.
It was conferred for a special purposo
ana couia noi oe uacu n -..j
ion. If Paul possessed the power to
. i .:. v... a nartfllnlv WOllld hftVe
neiu ximuiuj ..w - ----- --
done so. ' GEORGE W. MOORk.
LAUGHING GAS.
"When I culled on little Mrs. Smith this
morning to gt her recipe for canning.( I
found her in tha kitchen crying bitterly.
"I suppose her good-for-nothing husband
had been worrying her, had he?"
'Oh, no. Her husband never worries her.
She was peeling onions." Baltimore American.
"I have called again, sir," Bald the col-c,or-
"I suppose you want money?" snapped
the man. . m ,
"No. I merely dropped In out of curiosity
to learn Just what your reason would be this
time for not paying this bill. ' Detroit Kreo
Press.
'Miss Strongmlnd iy she doesn't in- t(t
tend to marry until after the war, and then
she'll marry only a soldier."
"Why a soldier?"
"Because her husband will then know tha
value of Implicit obedience." -Boston
Transcript.
Bobbs Sir, the volco of conscience is a
still, small voice.
Robbs Then what do so many con
scientious objectors want to hire a hall fur?
Judge.
"How Is It she was never sent to Jail?"
"The Judge, before pronouncing Bentenie,
asked her if she had anything to say."
"Well?" M
"And the Judge was due for retirement J
before she got through saying It." Louis
ville Courier-Journal. j
T.uella saw the circus for the first time
and sat through the performance as primly
as if at church.
"What was the matter?" her uncle
asked the little lady later.
"Why, the clowns," she explained. I
could hardly keep from laughing at them."
Everybody's Magazine.
Mrs. Firetfam This china dinner Bet Is
one of our heirlooms. It has been In my
family for more than 200 years.
Mrs. Newcomer If your family had been
able to afford servants it would have lasted
about two months. Puck.
"That man is so honest he wouldn't steal
a pin." said the admiring friend.
"I never thought much ot tho pin test,"
answered Miss Cayenne. "Try him with an
umbrella !" Philadelphia Inquirer.
"It takes a lot of nerve to succeed," re.
marked the Parlor Philosopher.
"Yes, but it takes more nerve to explain
successfully why you didn't," replied tha
Mere Man. Judge.
Hodge I went to a fair yesterday and
paid $5 for a kiss from a pretty girl.
Podge That' cheap! I went to court
yesterday and paid $2,000 for the ame
thing. Town Topics.
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