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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1917.
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OCTOBER'CIRCULATION
5 58,059 Daily Sunday, 51,752
Aware elrenlatioa fnr IM ateath subaerlhed sad saota to b Dwlfbt
Wiittomt, Circulation sianaser.
Subacrtbera leavhaf tha cltjr should have The Baa mallee)
la these. Address changed sis, often aa requeeted.
Open field fighting guarantees high speed to
the) Rhine.
' Oh. well, Coventor Howard can afford to wait.
There's another .Thanksgiving proclamation, time
coming.
A little more expedition in finishing up our
still uncompleted school buildings might relieve
the pressure. ; '
It is taken for granted that the Teuton peace
mission to Fetrograd carries a fine stock of
Jlunied promises.
Hushed (or the moment is the Teuton cry:
"No annexations, no indemnities." "When the
devil Is well (in Russia and Venetia) the devil a
mcojfc is he."
With American labor and American capital
lined up together to win the war, the finish sim
mers down to the question of getting the men and
the goods across. .
Too many grain mills and elevator are being
burnt, up with rieir contents. What avails it to
save by wheatless days and let incendiaries de
stroy what is saved? The German firebugs must
be stopped.
Not word from our chemically pure con
temporary abput the recent contamination ol its
virtuous coKimna with an advertisement . of a
constipation cure. What is it barmecide or
. camouflage? ., ! ,
' Heart and purse alike generously respond to
every call for help to advance the welfare of
America's fighting men. All the more reason why
the stream of generosity should be safeguarded
from Irresponsible solicitors. J
In the agony cf his fears and gripping rheu
matism one Richard cried out, "my kingdom fo a
horsel" Traderssfailed him, to his sorrow. Gen
eral Haig anticipated: a similar crisis and had his
horse ready for it. Great head is Hatg's. ,
Driving the Teutons out of the trenches and
dugouts at the 'threshold of winter does not mean
' a departure from the allied principles of hu
manity. Oh, not On the contrary the action im
plies ample provision for making it warm for
' them. ''' -;; . . . . ' j - '
I Measured by the volume of sound the Russian
red appear to believe, like Monte Cliato, "The
world is mine." In reality they are more like
the man who imagined he could awing the bear by
the tail. The chances are the reds will be heard
presently screaming for help to let go.
Uncle Sam ought to constitute his city and
rural letter carriers an adjunct to his secret serv
ice," The man who delivers the mail knowa who
is getting seditious German, language newspaper!
and other questionable, literature, and can dis
cern suspicious action as well as a professional
sleuth, ? ' y .";v '- "
Ui. .; j.,.,.jjl- '
iSenator Hardjng of Ohjo harks back to the
, "40 acres and a mule song of civil war times by
suggesting a farm for every soldier who will farm
it when peace comes, Aa a reward for patriotic
service the suggestion is commendable, but the
senator neglects to tell where government gift
farms can be had, ,
. The strike conference with the brotherhood
representatives at the White House recalls events
leading up to the enactment of tha Adamson taw,
commonly supposed to have given us permanent
industrial peace in the operation of our railroads.
It looks bow as if tha charge that tha Adamson
lavj was a makeshift to meet the political emer
gency of the moment was well taken,
Professional Philanthropists:
WU Streat Journal-
There is something ugly and yet familiar about
the fact that the organizers of a "bazaar" for
philanthropic and patriotic purposes, out of re
ceipts of $71,475 could only turn over a few cehts
less than $755 to the worthy object for which this
"bazaar" was organized. It is a disagreeable fact
that a comparatively large number of what may
be called "professional philanthropists" are
feathering their nests out of the war.
Perhaps we have had little experience of this
parasite class, but it is welt enough known in
France and England. It is an easy thing to put
your hand in your pocket and give a quarter to
a mendicant. But it is a hard thing to invite that
mendicant to accompany you to the nearest police
station, where he will be advised as to the proper
sources of relief. This proposal can be made
with absolute safety, and in the one-thousandth
time where it is accepted a genuine case of dis
tress has at last been found.
It becomes, therefore, necessary to establish
professional means of verifying cases of real dis
tress, and it iaUiere that the orofessional philan
thropist makes his harvest Te works on a basis
of commission, as a rule, but he has what is called
v "rakeoff" from everybody who shares in what
ie collects. He, is an unmitigated nuisance, be-
ause tie plunders in the held of those who are
lotng genuine charitable wort: and have an estab
islied reputation for orobitv. ;
People who are not worth a wage of a few
Jollars a week of anybody's money are paying
themselves thousands out of funds which are
raised by a spectacular appeal to the public The
district attorney does well to brinir the. matter
before a grand jury, and he has only begun to
scrape the surtact ot one ot the ugliest cesspools
in our social system. i
Peace Proffer from the "Proletariat"
Any proffer looking to the establishment of
peace, or fixing conditions on which consideration
of terms can be approached, emanating from
responsible source, is entitled to serious consid
eration. The condition is that it must come from
some source or agency that can actually speak for
the people. For this .reason it may be questioned
if the proposal of Trotzky, made )n the name of
the Russian "proletariat," will receive much at.
tention, beyond that it gets as another of the
curiously impudent steps taken by the Bolsheviki
leaders. Russia is not in the position of France in
1870, when the empire had been overthrown and
the republic set up. Gambetta was proclaimed
president, and under him orderly government was
established, even in the midst of war, performing
the functions of government, administrative and
executive. He had no opportunity to address the
world, offering peace of any kind, and was not
consulted by Prussia when terms were made. No
such parallel exists in Petrograd today. Lenine
and Trotzky represent only a faction of Russians,
and scarcely can expect their farce to be recognized
s a responsible government. The pretense of ad
dressing the governments of the world, repre
sented at the Russian capital, may be but a subter
fuge by which they hope to receive a credit they
can not otherwise claim. The report that Ger
many has dispatched a diplomat to treat with
them is more easy to believe; their ascendancy is
due to German intrigue, and if the kaiser can gain
further advantage through connivance with them,
it may be expected he will do so. But the peace
proffer, signed by Trotzky, is not likely to bring
about the requested armistice. , '
Further Selections Under Draft.
Proyost Marshal General Crowder has more
definitely outlined the intent of the new regula
tions for applying the selective draft taw." His
instructions amplify the power and discretion of
examining boards, and their reasonable observ
ance will assist both in expedition and merit in
future selections. It is intended to add to the
effectivejnass of the ' army by careful selection
along Industrial lines. This, of course,vwas the
original purpose, but it could not be closely ap
plied in the first draft. General Crowder well
expresses the situation when he says the first in
crement was "hewn with a broadaxe." He praises
the work 6f the boards and gives the members
encouragement and, thanks for their work, .say
in; he holds them to be members of the great
army and splendid servants of the republic.
The, war must be won by the soldier in the
field, according to the provost marshal general,
by tha good right arm of the soldier and not by
the trader or the statesman. The time for the
volunteer army has passed and tire fighting forces
of the nation in the future will be arrayed along
the lines of selection. This carries with it the pos
sibility of universal service, which is again being;
strongly advocated in many influential quarters.
Universal training will do away with much of the
preliminary work that is now delaying our opera
tions. Reasons for its adoption are many and sound
and have been repeated on nurnberlcss occasions,
The system contains little danger of militarism,
and involves the future safety of the republic,'
Even with the present war won, the responsi
bility of our country, to its own citizens and to
the world is not lessened. In our new relations
we must be more than every ready to defend our
selves. The subject will be presented to the com
ing congress and citizens wll watch its progress
closely, for it involves our next important step.
At tha KhaW Club.
Omaha has in a most practical way provider
for one of the 'grat need of thf soldier. In the
Khaki club is furnished a place to meet his want
of "some pjace to go when down town. Young
men wearing the uniform are full of healthy cur
iostty about the city in which they are stationed
and spend many hours of their leisure in getting
acquainted with all of Omaha's attractions and
advantages. They have been and will be1 shown
every courtesy and consideration by all our peo
ple, But the time eojnes when the. soldier boy
down (own wants to rest in quiet. Heretofore
he. has been restricted to the choice of public
places, a condition not altogether satisfactory to
him, for many obvious reasons, The various
places open to th? aoldier are all hospitable
enough, but none of them quite meet his require
ments. The Khaki club will give him a place of
his own, where he can withdraw for such time
as ha cares to spend and be with his own fellows
if he wants to. It is not to set a line between
the soldier and the rest of the community, but to
give him a little privacy, into which he can with
draw, just as other men do. The Rotary club
and those who have . assisted have, done a fine
thing in making this club possible. ' It will add
greatly to the good reputation Omaha already
has achieved for its attitude toward"the soldiers.
Ban Johnson's Plea for Base Ball
President Ban Johnson of the American league
has asked th) president to exempt from the draft
a large number of expert athletes who are on the
pay roll of the big league base ball clubs. He
give! aa a reason that if these professional ball
players are withdrawn, the "class" of the game
will deteriorate, the standard of play being low
ered by the removal of the stars from the field.
President Johnson relies on the exemption
granted to industries and this brings up the ques
tion. Is base ball essential to winning the war?
President Wilson has recommended the continu
ance of outdoor sports, of college athletica and
ol gymnasium work, but he had to mind the de
velopment of young men everywhere and not the
enhancement or preservation of professional
sport. One recoils at the thought of exposing
Grover Cleveland Alexander or Urban Faber, for
example, to the dangers of life in the field. What
would the world do if Bennie Kauff tr "Hap"
Felsch, or any of the rest, were to be cut off by
a German bullet? We tremble before the thought
and refuse to try to imagine the- result But f
Austria could sent Fritz Kreisler or Italy Gabriel
D'Annunzio or France and Englard their painters,
singers, actors, professors, cricketers, and even
their pugilists, it it supposable we could spare
some of our base ball players. Especially is this
true when consideration is given to the fact that
80 many splendid young coljege athletes have,
eagerly volunteered for the most hazardous work
of war. We fear that Ban Johnson, by his ac
tion, will not elevate professional base ball in
public estimation.
; The real proof that the food administration
means business with its hotel and restaurant rules
and regulations would (be a few prosecutions ot
defiant violators. Just talking about it through
the public prints gets nowhere.
The health of the American forces in France
continues at a high mark. Evidently the gas at
tacks of American press agents do less damage
at the front than at hom w
Styles and the Stage
By Fnderic J. Raskin
New York, Nov. 17. Plays are reviewed,
studied and enjoyed about as much from the sar
torial as from the dramatic viewpoint this year.
The new plays not only show the latest styles,
but have also a distinct tendency to assume a
leadership in the matter of new ones. The cloth
ing trade is fully aware of this new .tendency and
leading trade journals devote space to the styles
shown in the latest productions. "The stage is
the true reflector of the fashions of the day," the
Dry Goods Economist admits, "and often serves
to inaugurate a new idea in styles."
Now here is a chance for the actor folk to
bestow a great blessing upon the human race
to emancipate it from styles. Let the heroes and
especially the heroines wear simple clothes,
civilized clothes, and let. the villians and vil
lianesses bear the odium of those visitations
known astthe latest models.
For there is a distinct tendency in civilized
society to throw off the yoke of ugly and worse-than-useless
clothing and if given the captivating
and far-reaching support of the stage and the
movies this tendency might triumph. If so it
could save the nation billions in addition to
emancipating woman from the killing corset and
the crippling French heel, and man from the
throttling collar and the hair-destroying derby
and silk hats. . -
An interesting explanation of how man came
to discommode himself with such styles is of
fered by Prof. Thorstein B. Veblen of the
University of Missouri. He shows that our method
of dressing, like many of our other institutions,
is a survival of barbaric times. In those days the
getting of wealth was almost wholly an emula
tive process.
Hence the man who got wealth was anxious
to prove that he had it by doing no work and to
this end he decorated himself with all eorts of
elaborate garments and ornaments which made
it evident that he did not intend to work and in
fact impossible that he should. To further im
press less fortunate members of the tribe he alsd
caused his servants and his wife fwho was one of
his servants) to dress in such ways that they
could not work, thus proving that he could sup
port them in idleness as well as himself. The
compression of the feet of Chinese women so
that they were unable to walk was a product of
this barbarie method of display, and so probably
was the Turkish admiration of women too fat to
do more than sit still and eat.
. Now, especially in the wealthy and well-to-do
classes, a great deal of this barbaric custom of dis
play remain among the so-called civilized na
tions today, Many of eur customs, especially
of dress, can be explained in no other way. The
deformation of our women by means of corsets
and their custom pf wearing French heels are ex
actly similar in motive and effect to the deformed
feet of the Mongol women and the adipose tissue
of the Turkish beauties. 'They make it evident
that our wives do not have to work hard for a
living; that in fact, they could not. The' doubt
fully decorative and certainly useless hats worn
by women, the hobble skirts, puff sleeves -and
innumerable other wasteful, ugly 'and crippling
devices which they have worn in the past few
years are all -evidence of this same barbaric
survival,
Right in the Spotlight
Wherrtha National Municipal league
assembles at Detroit today for its an
nual convention, one ot the most ac
tive participants in tha proceedings
will be Clinton Roger Woodruff, who
ha been secretary of the league since
its organization a number of years
ago. Mr. Woodruff is a Philadelphia
lawyer who has earned distinction by
his" devotion to tuimerous reform
movements, particularly those having
to do with the betterment of municipal
government Among th organizations
of which he is an active member are
the National Civil Service Reform
league, American Church union,
American Civic association, American
Economiq association, American Park
and Outdoor Art association, the Na
tional Conference for Good City Gov
ernment and the American Political
One Year Ago Today to the War.
M". Trepoff, a reformer, was ap
pointed Russian premier.
General Serrail'a Italian forces
pushed ahead west ot Monastir.
German and. Bulgarian troops under
von Mackensen crossed the Danube
and threatened Bucharest
In Omaha, Thirty Tears Ago.
Two exceedingly large audiences
greeted the Abbott opera company at
Boyd's. "Chimes of Normandy" was
sun? at the matinee and in the evening
Balfe's "Bohemian Girl" was pre
sented. A feast waa served for the street
urchins, by 11, Hellman & Co. Roth of
The rapidity with which styles change is also
explained by Prof. Veblen. Each succeeding style
is so hideous that a reaction inevitably takes
place against it. whereupon it is supplanted by
a still more hideous , and uncomfortable style.
Thus when we see an old photograph of a man
wearing the pegtop trousers and long coat of 10
years ago, or of a woman wearing a hoblle skirt
and an enormous hat, we can scarcely suppress a
smile. Yet 10 years hence we will doubtless smile
at the tight fitting trousers and the abbreviated
skirts and ridiculous little hats of today. None
of these styles can have any permanent appeal,
because none of them are soundly based upon'
principles of utility and beauty.,
Observing styles from this point of view you
can tee two distinct tendencies in them. There
it a tendency on the one hand to stick to the
barbaric principle pf clothes that cripple and in
commode, and on the other hand toward sane
garments that are comfortable. The manifesta
tions of the former tendency are too. numerous
and obvious to need illustration. Of the' move
ment toward safe and sane clothing the vogue
of the soft collar and the cap, as against the
choker and the derby, Is interesting and significant
So is the tendency for women to abandon the
small or mutilated waist line and return to gar
ments falling straight from the shoulder after the
Grecian fashion. The growing tendency for
women to work and play in trousers or knicker
bockers is. another movement toward civilization
in clothes.
Now, the stage and the movies have mighty
sway over the minds of men. " Persons o'f all kinds
have a more or less conscious tendency to imi
tate the characters in fictions of screen and stage
that awaken their sympathy or admiration. Let
some daring producer then show us an emanci
pated heroine who refuses to submit to any of the
mutilations or hindrances which woman has in
herited from barbaric times. Let him discover a
designer who will design for her garments ex
emplifying those two ancient and immutable prin
ciples of all beauty utility and simplicity. t And
let the hero into whose arms she will ultimately
fall, after a. futile pursuit by a high-hatted-and
dress-suited villian, be clad in garments that
neither mortify iht flesh nor caricature the figure.
Anthracite Coal Prices
-Philadelphia Ledger.
How truly touching is the self-sacrificing ac
tion of the anthracite operators I They are more
than willing to grant all the demands of the min
ers, provided it costs them nothing, "Let us pass
on the cost to the Consumers and we will con
sent," they tell the federal fuel .administrator.
The wonder is not that they thus try "to pass the
buck" to the public, but that they show such great
moderation and self-abnegation in the matter. In
the past the usual custom when wage increases
became imperative was to add enough to the price
to pay the increase two or three times over. To
day, since the government is exercising super
vision, the operators are apparently content to
make the increased eost to the consumer no more
than enough to provide for the increase to be
granted the miners.
If this proposal came from an industry in the
last extremes of penury there might be some
justification for it. But when the finances of the
Lackawanna, the Reading and the otlier great
coal corporations are examined, it is apparent
that there is still money and a great deal of it
in the hard coal trade. The government has not
yet been able to untangle the relations between
the operators and the carrying companies, and
until they do the people will never be satisfied
with any price adjustment that may be arrived at
There will always be the suspicion that the jug
gling of accounts, the manipulation of bookkeep
ing, the artful concealment of the real ownership
of mines and leases, are being used to axact an
undue tax from the consumers of anthracite.
Doubtless the hard coal miners . will get more
pay. They are all doing it But why those who
are already getting enormous dividends out of
the business, directly and indirectly, should not
be compelled to bear some of the added burden
is one of those things the consumer wants to find
out
People and Events
A growing desire to fight the kaiser is Indicated
by a marked decrease in, the number of booze
fighters in Tew York City.
Automobile parking constitutes a big problem
all over Greater New York and solutions are few
and far between. In many places the congestion
amounts to a blockade of traffic in Manhattan and
Brooklvr y ' .
the spacious windows were used for
tha purpose of dining rooms and the
lads had a fine time.
George H. Moaher of this city and
Miss Effla F. Edmiston of Clinton, 111.,
were united in matrimony at the resi
dence of Dr, A. W. Edmiston, 161S
Dodge street
A real estate firm disposed of 100
lots jn one of South Omaha's additions.
The Omaha Maennerchor society
celebrated Thanksgiving with a dance
at Kesler's hall. A large crowd waa
in attendance and 20 numbers were
danced. '
The Omaha Merchant company's
employes chose Thanksgiving night as
a fitting time to hold their first annual
ball: One hundred and twenty-five
Jolly eouples were in attendance.
This Day in History.
1788 Allen Trimble. Ohio governor
and organizer of the Ohio State Agri
cultural society, born In Vlrgipla. Died
at Hlllsboro, O., February 3, 1870.
1842 Lieutenant William B. Cush
ing, famous for his exploit in torpedo
ing the confederate ram Albemarle,
born at Delafleld, Wis. Died In Wash
ington, p. C, December 17, 1874.
1852 Commodore Perry started- for
Japan on a special mission to open up
the ports of that country to American
commerce.
1862 General Joseph E. Johnston
was appointed to the supreme com
mand of the confederate armies in the
west.
1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain,
Tenn. .
1867 The Sioux Indians were de.
feated by the Fourth United States
cavalry at a -pass in the Big Horn
mountains in Montana.
1869 The national woman suf
frage convention met at Cleveland,
with Henry Ward Beecher presiding.
1914 British warships bombarded
Zeebrugge, German naval base in Bel
gium. 1 91 5 Entente note sent to Greece
demanding security of allied troops.
The 'pay We Celebrate. v
Richard Croker, former leader of
the Tammany organization in New
York City, born at Black Rock, Ire
land, 74 years ago today.
Wallace D. Simmons, St Louis mer
chant and member of the commission
to mobilize the commercial interests
of the country, born in St. Louia 50
years ago today.
Walter George Smith, Philadelphia
lawyer, president of the American Bar
association, born In Logan county,
Ohio. 63 years ago today.
Dis John A. Brashear, eminent
scientist and manufacturer, born at
Brownsville, pa., 77 years ago today.
George J. Burns, outfielder of tle
New York National league base ball
team, born at St. Johnsville, N. Y., 1
years ago today. .
Charles E. Brlckley, former Harvard
foot ball star, now coach at Boston
college, born in Boston, 26 years ago
today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
: The Missouri democratle state com
mittee meets at Kansas City today to
elect a new chairman and discuss
preparations for next year's campaign.
The American Federation of Labor
is to conclude the business of its an
nual convention irf Buffalo today.
"Cities During War Times' is to be
the dominant theme of the annual
meeting of the National Municipal
league, which is to assemble at De
troit today with delegates in attend
anceyfrem all parts of the country.
One hundred .national war relief
organizations, representing a member
ship of over t, 000,000, are promoting
the National Allied War Relief bazar,
which is to open for a week's engage
ment today in the Grand Central Pal
ace, New York City.
Storyette of the Pay.
The conversation In a Washington
club turned to the question ot pov
erty when Senator William S. Ken
yon ot Iowa told of an Impression
that a man from the rural wilds once
got while on a visit to the city.
The ruralite had gone to town to
make a long-anticipated eatl on a dis
tant cousin, and when he returned
home he had much to tell of city
ways and the strange things he saw.
"They .put on all kinds of fancy
frills up there," he narrated to the
eager crowd in the corner grocery
store, "but I don't believe that they
haive got half of the money they pre
tend to have."
"Well, do tell!" wonderlngly ex
claimed one of the Interested listen
ers; "do ye really mean it Josiah?"
"Yes, I do," declared Josiah, posi
tively. "One night I went by a house
that looked purty big an" purty rich,
but jes the same the people whaf lived
in it was so derned poor that two
women was playln' on one planner."
Philadelphia Telegraph.
SAID IN FUN.
"Speaklnc of falsa hair."
"te"
"X auppose no woman aver admlta that
aba weare falno hair."
"No; aha keepa that under her hat"
Kansas City Journal.
. Young; Lady from City (to country atora
keeper Havo you any lea ere&ra forks?
Storekeeper (anxious, to bo up to tha
times) Eft, no, ulss, 'but we're axpectinc
soma lemonade knives. Lite
Ha Who mado thta candy?
She I did.
He Oh! Well. I mustn't eat it; I've sworn
not to eat cand white Franca needa tha
sugar. Buffalo Express.
a .
"Are Mrs. FllmgUt's diamonds renulne?"
. I don't know' any thins about her dia
monds," replied Mrs. Cayenne. "Bat I an.
demand her family has genuine butter for
breakfast every day, Washington Star.
Owe Waa "Fine." ,
Omaha, Nov. 20.--To the Editor of
The Bee: At an impromptu session
of our committee today, comments
were exchanged upon the liberality
with which your paper treated th pa
triotic mass meeting of the 19th. From
the date of our first general meeting
in the court house until the day of
the mass meeting, your news editors,
presumably under your instruction,
gave the subject constant attention.
We feel that your newspaper helped
to make th event the great success
it was, and we realize that you have
done the community a real service in
helping to stir patriotic sentiment in
the minds ot the people of this city
and state.
Your Sunday editorial on November
1$ waa fine, believe me.
NORRIS BRQWN.,
Chairman Committee on Arrangements.
Corn Buskers.
Minden, Nov. 21. To the Editor of
The Bee: Wouldn't we have been the
laughing stock of the country if we
had acquiesced in the request of the
State Council of Pefense to close all
the schools the last two weeks in Oc
tober and the dirst two weeks in No
vember and turn everybody out to
husk corn when the facts are that the
corn .s rfut fit to husk now?
It is a pretty safe thing not to lose
one's head and do radical things on
the spur of the moment -It is good
that Chancellor Avery of the state
university and other educators were
level headed enough not to be carried
away by this unreasonable request, "
The facts of the case are, there are
more corn huskers today in the state
of Nebraska than can be used and the
price has fallen down to 6 cents a
bushel with more applicants for work
than can be accommodated.' ,
RURAL SCHOOL TEACHER.
Cut Out the "Confessions."
Omaha, Nov. 23.. To the Editor of
The Bee; Your paper on November
20 mentioned an objectionable feature
of. the World-Herald which has been
arousing my indignation for some
time, i. e. their serial "Confessions
of a Woman Thief." The title you
suggest "Practical Lessons in Shop
lifting," or "A School for Crime,"
wou)d be a more fitting caption. Pre
sumably the thief will repent even
tually, but in the meantime detailed
Instructions are given In shoplifting,
pocket-picking, check forging, hotel
swindling, etc. Surely this is not up
lifting, and the effect upon young or
morally weak readers cannot be any
thing -but harmful. iA! newspaper
should be a force for good, and in view
of the WorJd-Herald'S pretentions to
virtue along advertising lines it is
ludicrous aa well as disgusting to see
them print such pernicious informa
tion. I should like to see the church peo
ple send" women's organizations - f orce
the World-Herald to abandon this
serial before it does still further harm.
Perhaps if the merchants who have
been complaining of increased losses
from shoplifting lately would join this
movement and withdraw their adver
tising unless this serial waa discon
tinued, they would strike at the true
source of the evil, mrs. g. b. e.
Who Raised the Funds?
Omaha, Nov. 21, To the Editor of
The Bee: In Nebraska, as well as
every part of this great country, the
campaign to raise funds for war work
among our fighting forces has been
more successful than even the most
OPtimistr had thought possible. It
would be impossible to name all the
elements which have entered into this
overwhelming success, but there are a
few which stand out boldly In xur
minds. First of all is the fact that
God was taken into account and the
movement was launched and carried
on through the earnest prayers of
both leaders and workers. Then, too,
there is a nation-wide confidence in
the wise, broad-gauge Christian lead
ership of John R. Mott and his asso
ciates. Knowing something of the
experience and training of the asso
ciation through its extensive activi
ties pf recent years, many have said:
"Who knows whether thou art not
come to the kingdom for such a time
as this." The association has had its
testing and has measured up to its
great opportunity. The masterful pub
licity campaign carried on under the
personal card and direction of Mr.
Guy P. Leavitt cannot be overvalued.
A complete organization, carefujly
worked out in every detail by Mr. D.
Burr Jones, is entitled to much credit
for the success of the cause. The size
and importance of the project has com
manded the time and money of our
State's biggest men, ,the secretaries of
the state committee have worked un
selfishly and zealously, and the peo
ple of Nebraska have responded to the
call with that sort of liberality whltft
belongs to an enlightened and patrio
tic citizenship. In my Judgment tha
responsibilities which will be placed ,
upon the association of thff future will A
piake those ot the past seem small in 7
comparison, and in view of the unani
mous support which has been freely
given this work, it becomes our duty
to see that the money contributed shall
be handled wisely and economically,
for the best interests of our fighting -forces
and for the greatest aid to tb
Stars and Stripes.
J. DEAN RINGER.
4 Little Learning.
President George Klater of Campion eel- J
lege aaid the other day la Prairie du Chten:
"Learning, profound learning, la the light
of the world, but we continually get new
prof cf he harm a little learning aloes.
"A lady employed a schoolgirl of It to '
scruu iiv.r front sieps. 'fho schoolgirl worked
well, but suddenly shs stopped coming. The
lady met her oa the street and said :
"'What's the matter, Mlmle? Why have
you stopped working for met' ,
" 'I'm takln' Latin pow,' she sniffed, end
! don't scrub steps no more.'" Philadelphia
Telegraph. .
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