THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 14. 1918.
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DECEMBER CIRCULATION
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Snbojcribers learrnf the city ahooU bare The Be awlled
ta them. Addles cbaareel aa aftea ae requested.
Now let o have the January thaw.
Over the top for the "baby bonds." Every lit
tle bit helps in this war.
Get busy with your garden plans; sixty days
from now you'll have to be busy with the spade.
Edgar Howard admits Parson Savidge called
the turn on him, but insinuates the deck was
tacked.
Member of the "unlucky Seventh" below or
above the draft age who really want to serve
will have little trouble In enlisting. This game
!s open to alL
Tag-the-Shovel day" it not to be formally
celebrated for some time yet, but that is no
reason why the practice should not be com
menced at once.
Corset factories are to be turned into muni
tion plants, thus bringing the horrors of war
direct to the home. Who can say, though, that
a corset is a nonessential?
That special federal grand Jury -rill not lack
for work, if all the stories told of bootlegging
syndicates have any foundation. It will help a
little to look into them closely.
Our Mexican neighbors are reported to be fo
menting another revolution, but they will do well
to remember that Uncle Sam will stand for no
more monkey business along the Rio Grande.
Saving for the war does not mean merely
hanging a food card in your -window. It in
cludes living up to every pledge made when that
card was obtained. Practice what you promised.
New York bankers are promising to help
Cuban sugar planters with the coming season's
crop, which is of immense interest here. Any
thing to avoid a repetition of the empty sugar
bowll
Editor Edgar Howard says in his paper he will
either run for United States senator or lieuten
ant governor, or something, and will announce
his decision soon. Hurry up, Edgar; this sus
pense Is awful.
! Leon Trotzky has assumed some sizable job
in his effort to negotiate a Bolshevik peace for
all the world, his utterances giving rise to sus
picion that he is simply trying to hold onto con
trol In Petrograd. ,
Senator "Jimmy" Reed will have a pretty
hard time making folks think Herbert Hoover
did no good when he headed off the wholesale
profiteering in foodstuffs that was making life in
, jihe United States so hard for everybody.
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Saving for the War.
Day after day our people are admonished to
be more careful in the matter of consumption of
all sorts of material, the purpose being to pro
vide a surplus that may be available for war
uses. War itself is waste and modern warfare
eats up materiat at a rate beyond comprehension.
Other nations have been driven to economies we
know nothing of from experience and conse
i iquently do not understand. It is quite possible
that we never will know of these privations, save
by hearsay, but it is just as true that our na
tional habits of extravagance will have to be
greatly curtailed or we will probably find our
selves in an unpleasant plight. So far saving has
been voluntary and it ought to be kept on that
basis. But pledges made have not been kept as
fully as they might and many well-intentioned
folks have been guilty of indulgence that does
not comport with a reasonable idea of economy.
The process of coming to a war basis takes us
over some rough ground, but we must travel the
whole course if we keep our faith with the world.
War Saving Stamps.
The general canvass for the sale of war sav
ings stamps that begins today must not be looked
upon as a limited campaign. It is but to open
the way to a continuous effort to assist the gov
ernment, even by so small a contribution as 25
cents at a time. The basis for war savings is
thrift, this applying to any sort of purchase of
government security issued to raise funds. The
man who can purchase Liberty bonds in big
blocks is no more helpful in his way than the
boy or girl who sticks a 25-cent stamp on
thrift card. Each is investing for the future, and
giving to the government money that might be
turned to personal uses. Not all are able to buy
Liberty bonds, hot very few can not buy a war
saving stamp. One of these sold for each of the
country's population means $500,000,000 for war
uses, and the process can be repeated. That it
is planned to encourage thrift is one of its most
attractive qualities. Economy has been en
forced on the American people through other
agencies, and even greater abnegation will be
required before we have reached the end. The
habit of saving will come easy to those who al
ready are practicing self-denial in some degree
We will get a good measure of how strong the
hold of thrift is on our people by the success
of the war savings stamp campaign.
Extra Session of Legislature.
Governor Neville says he is seriously con
templating calling the Nebraska legislature to
assemble in special session to consider two and
perhaps three specific questions. First of these
will be to amend the law for the purpose of al
lowing soldiers serving with the colors outside
the state to vote. Second, to act on the prohibi
tion amendment to the federal constitution, and
the third, woman's suffrage, depending on what
progress that cause makes in the senate at
Washington.
Nebraska citizens with the army may be de
prived of the privilege of voting because the ex
isting law was passed under the belief that regi
ments raised in the state would be permitted to
retain their distinctive character. This would
provide the election commissioners with a nice
junket to camp, perhaps to Europe, to obtain the
vote. Scattering the soldiers among various
units makes such method unworkable. Unless
the law is amended in this particular, the soldier
may be deprived of his vote. The prohibition
amendment might go over until the regular ses
sion without doing especial injury to its pros
pects. H'oinan suffrage will be presented to the
voters, in two forms at the coming election.
The law granting partial suffrage to the women
has been held up by referendum proceedings,
and the initiated constitutional amendment will
also be placed on the ballot. Therefore, the
urgency of the national amendment is not such
as would ordinarily require an extra session.
However, Governor Neville and his advisers will
probably make up their minds as to the value of
the proceedings from the point of political ex
pediency, and act accordingly.
Our Ship Building Program.
America's output ot merchant ships for 1917
is now set down at 901,223 gross tons, compared
with 520,847 for the calendar year of 1916. While
the tonnage launched far exceeds the figures for
the preceding year, it is much below the program
set for 1917. Last January private firms in the
United States had contracts for 403 steel vessels
of a gross tonnage of 1,495,601, and expected to
deliver 357 vessels of 1,250,722 gross tons during
the year. Less than two-thirds of the program
was completed. Strikes in shipyards and steel
mills, delays in shipment of materials, and trans
fer to government control are the main reasons
ascribed to account for the failure. It has been
disappointment to the hopes of all since our
country entered the war, for the failure to pro
vide the needed tonnage has greatly added to
the military problem. Sir, Eric Geddes in De
cember said the launchings just about equalled
the losses, and looked ahead to a gain on the
right side. The United States must provide this
gain, for the British efforts, now, at the ut
most, can not more than hold even. We are
promised from Washington that the chief diffi
culties have been removed, and that the big
building program will now go ahead. Ships
and more ships is still the demand, and we must
furnish them. We know the worst, and have a
right to expect that 1918 will come nearer re
deeming the promise than did the year just over.
Our French associates have shown signs of
realization of the situation by recognizing the
Ukrainian republic and rushing in an army officer
with power to represent his government. If the
others on our side act as promptly something
may yet be saved from the Russian wreck.
Senator Hitchcock was not long absent from
Washington, but he took time enough to look
over and approve plans arranged by his lieu
tenants for the coming campaign in Nebraska.
All the people are now asked to do is to ratify
the slate selected.
Mr. Hoover states the case, plainly enough
when he says he can send abroad only what
Americans save. And if we are going to win
the war we must save food and send it abroad.
That is the gospel, and it is up to the citizens to
apply it.
Hoover a Victim of Unjust Prejudice
Treated by Senate Subcommittee Worse than a Criminal
William H. Taft in Philadelphia Ledger.
Herbert Hoover was certainly the best
equipped American for the important task
of food conservation. He was a mining en
gineer of wide and successful experience in
organization and constructive work. He was
suggested by Ambassador Page, in London,
to the British government as the man to feed
the Belgians. He "made good" under trying
conditions. He wrested from the unwilling
German military authority concessions which
enabled him to do the appointed work with
English, French and American money under
the eyes of rooted hostility and suspicion. He
selected the right subordinates; he inspired
them with that rare mixture of diplomacy
and torce which was indispensable. He fa
miliarized himself with the food supplies, the
markets and the consumption of the world.
He bought where it was wisest. He took
time by the forelock and he achieved what
seemed in the beginning an impossible task.
Mr. Hoover acquired exactly the knowledge
and experiences needed to solve the very se
rious problem of food supply which confronts
this country in its relation to the Ames
President Wilson was fortunate to find such
a man ready to hand. He was willing to
serve without salary: he had not the slight
est interest in any business which could be
tortured into a source of prejudice or bias in
his action. He was moved only by patriotic
desire to serve his country. He has the
world outlook of the food question that no
other American has.
Mr. Hoover has sought by all possible
means to bring home to the American peo
ple the fact that if the food issue alone can
not win the war it may lose it tor us. What
we should be praying for now is that our
allies in Italy, France and England may hold
out until our army in predominating force
shall be ready to fight on the western fropt.
The danger is that the French and the Ital
ian people may falter in their morale. If
they do their armies will cease to be the
bulwark they must be. Nothing can so
weaken a people's morale as fear of starva
tion.
We must fight the war first with money,
then with food and then with bullet and
shell. We are giving our allies the money.
That we have. We can only give them the
food they need if we restrain our own appe
tites in consuming wheat, meat, sugar and
fats. We can do this without really giving
ourselves any real discomfort or injuring
our health in the slightest by eating our
foods available to us which cannot be used
abroad. Mr. Hoover is the man whose word
should be law to our people in making these
minor sacrifices. He knows, and he is tell
ing us. If his prestige is injured, if his mo
tives are impeached, if his statements are
questioned, then food conservation and all
dependent on it will fail. Then we shall be
driven to drastic, burdensome legislation and
minute compulsory executive action.
Just at this juncture a subcommittee of the
senate begins an investiy.tion into the sugar
shortage. Does it summon Mr. Hoover,
whose duty as food sonservator has required
him carefully to investigate the subject? No,
it calls a witness deeply interested in a selfish
way in the refining and sale of sugar. The
witness impeaches Mr. Hoover's knowledge,
sense of justice and good faith. He dresses
up his attack with a charge that the sugar
trust is using Hoover for its purposes. He
ascribes to Hoover's action the shortage in
sugar and lrames an indictment as sensa
tional and as full of appeal to popular preju
dice as he can make it. He seeks to array
against Mr. Hoover all the leeling of the peo
ple against the sugar trust.
Having spread this salacious news before
the public, having aided the witness to in
jure the usefulness of Mr. Hoover as much
as possible, the subcommittee refuses to per
mit Mr. Hoover then to answer. It does al
low the officers of the sugar trust to go on
the stand as if to make the case for Hoover
the case of the sugar truot The evidence of
these officers shows the statement of the
prose :utmg witness to oe unjust and un
founded in so many ways that a careful com
parison must weaken greatly the weight to
be given to the original indictment Then
the subcommittee postpones the L.aring of
Mr. Hoover for a week vith the project of
allowing the charges aganst him to inhltrat:
the minds of the public vithout the antidote
of his denial and explanation. Mr. Hoover
then sends to the committee a defense in
writing, which the committee refuses to pub
lish, though requested to do so by the presi
dent. The president then publishes it him
self. The statement of Mr. Hoover is a
mo(?eot, moderate statement of the d'";u!;:es
of the sugar situation and attributes the
shortage here cheifly to the failure of the
ordinary supply of sugar to the Allies by the
cutting off or reduction of the Indian, Javan.
Russian, German and home production and
forcing the Allies into thi fields whence we
of the United States supply ourselves. Mr.
Hoover admits the difficulty of exact statis
tical calculation, but he states the important
and undoubted circumstances by which his
general deductions are sustained.
The subcommittee justifies its action in
withholding Hoover's written statement on
the ground that it wished to cross-examine
him, yet when Mr. Hoover appeared with his
general counsel and asked to cross-examine
the prosecuting witness he was denied the
privilege. The committee justifies the delay
in calling Mr. Hoover because it wanted to
go into the coal business, which was more
urgent. Why did it not begin with the coal
business then? When it did beein with the
coal business it called Dr. Garfield to en
lighten 'its members, though all know that
neither his training: nor information as to the
coal business was at all equal to Mr. Hoo
ver's as to sugar.
What is the reason for this discrimination?
Why was it necessary to treat Mr. Hoover
worse than a criminal under indictment by
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denying mm me ngnt to cross-examine hu
accuser, by heating the evidence for the pros
ecution and by then postponing his day in
court r i ne reason seems to be in the en
mity against Mr. Hoover felt by the chair
man ot the subcommittee. The chairman
had attacked Mr. Hoover personally and un
justly when his name was sent bv the oresi
dent to the senate. The French say that it
takes a great man who has once done a con
sciously unjust thing to ano'ther ever to for
give that other. This seems a case in point
it is tortunate tor Mr. Hoover and the coun
try that the spirit of fairness of the Ameri
can people will make harmless any adverse
report coming from a source apparently so
prejudiced.
Danish Editor Glimpses Life in Berlin
Hardships and Privations and Universal War Weariness
The allied world is fairly well posted on
war-time life in Fans, London, fetrograd
and Washington. Very little filters out of
Vienna and Berlin and that little comes from
neutrals who are permitted to cross the
boundaries on rare occasions. One of the
few thus privileged is M. Viggo cavling, editor-in-chief
of the Politiken of Copenhagen,
who recently visited Berlin and contributes
his impressions of life in the German capi
tal to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat as follows:
Our train arrived in Berlin at night and
fairly well up to time. The streets were
shrouded in darkness. You could scarcely
see any taxis or motors and the horses of
the cabs looked terribly inderfed. The lack
of motor cars is occasioned by the scarcity
of rubber. (If you carry a pair of goloshes
with you take good care of them and do not,
for example, hand them in to the attendant
of the theater anteroom or you will never see
them again.)
The darkness of the streets is to be as
cribed to the lack of lighting material In
deed, theaters must close at 10 o'clock and
the restaurants at 11:30. The heating of pri
vate houses was forbidden up to the 15th of
October.
You can understand how hard it is to live
in Berlin at present when you hear that
most households have to be carried on with
out supplies of butter, fat, white bread, sugar,
coffee, tea or chocolate. The meat rations
are small and on meatless days the slightest
portion of meat is forbidden. Cigarets are
tairly plentiful, but there is a great scarcity
of cigars. Cigar shops shut four hours a
day and no more than five cigars may be sold
to one customer.
A common sight m Berlin ts the long
queues of waiting people; in the Friedrich
strasse we saw a long row before a baker's
shop and a little further on several hundreds
of people were patiently standing in front
of a green grocer who was said to have re
ceived a supply of cabbages that morning.
In the large beer halls of Unter Den Lin
den nothing but war beer is served. It is a
bitter yellow drink and tastes like ship s beer
and almost moves one to tears when one re
members the foaming Munich beer of for
mer years.
It is well known that the uermans are
masters in the art of providing "substitutes."
Their coffee substitute is not bad, while the
German tea, made of different plants, tastes
rather like China tea.
The waitress places on the coffee fable a
small bottle of "sweet stuff," which is a white
fluid prepared from saccharine and supposed
to take the place of sugar. French wines
are still obtainable and a bottle of Bordeaux
costs 10 marks. Sherry is also still to be
had, but no whisky, Madeira or liquer.
Since soap and starch are out of the ques
tion, we only receive paper serviettes. Even
in the most wealthy private houses no table
linen is used. Everyone djres off waxcloth
Our first breakfast in the tSring room of the
hotel was composed of a cup of tea substi
tute, two pieces of dry war bread, literally
a drop of marmalade, which has been prepared
without sugar. There was no butter, yet for
such a meal you are asked to pay 2 marks.
This Spartanlike fare has rather a strange
effect when served in this magnificent hall,
with its Persian carpets, its silk tapestry and
gleaming chandeliers.
You see nothing but women as messen
gers, car drivers, railway guards, etc., and
one cannot say that the Berliners are satis
fied with this new order of things. The
feminine officials are said to be either too
strict or too lenient and very much given to
hysteria.
The quiet authority of the men is greatly
missed and it is to be hoped that the woman
substitute will only have a short term of of
fice. At all street corners there are large plac
ards and posters strictly admonishing Ger
mans that silence is their first duty to their
fatherland, yet in spite of that some people
speaic more tnan tney did in peace times.
They don't pay so much attention to this
government order as they do to the latest
restrictions in the food rations. The pro
verbial talkativeness of the Berliners has not
disappeared. On the contrary, inside the
huge gray buildings where hundreds of of
ficials and commissions sit it thrives particu
larly, iney talk there from morning till
evening.
Germans, who formerly were proud of
tneir genius tor organization, now complain
of organization mania; innumerable orders
are sent out, often contradicting each other,
thus making life a burden to the Berliners.
The press has also suffered because of the
scarcity of paper. The newspapers appear in
smaller bulk; they are printed with ink sub
stitute, which has a truly terrible odor; but
tne war has not robbed them of their sense
of humor. In . spite of the strict censorship
tney nave a stronger speech than ever.
One Tear Ago Today In the War.
Captain Gabrlelle d'Annuncto. the
Italian poet, awarded the Trench war
cross.
British continued a vigorous as
sault on the Germans north of Anrre.
Japanese battle cruiser Tsukuba re
ported blown up In Yokosuka harbor.
The Day We Celebrate.
John M. McFarlaed, attorney, born
m.
M&rauis of Lansdowne born 73
yers ago todav.
Pierre Lctl. French nove'lst, born at
Rohefnrt. yenrs aero today.
Benjamin B. Odell. former governor
of New York, bom at Newburg, N.
X.. ti vear aaro todav.
Dr. Raymond M. Hughes, president
of Miami university, born at Atlantic,
7a.. 4$ years ago today.
This Day In History.
1T77 A resolution waa adopted by
congress ordering the British "union"
to be replaced by It stars In the first
American flag. '..
- 1784 Conerees ratified the definit
ive treaty of peace with Great Britain.
1833 John L. Lay, inventor of the
torpedo that destroyed the confeder
ate ram Albemarle, born at Buffalo,
N. T. Died in New York City, April
18. 193.
186a The federal fleet began the
Just 30 Years Ago Today
Mr. Van Dusen. the gentleman who
for sometime past harvested local
news In South Omaha for the Herald,
haa resigned to accept the manage
ment of the South Omaha Times.
The Unity Social club gave one of
their enjoyable socials at Masonic hall.
It was largely attended and dancing
continued until a late hour.
M. C. Nichols, 3010 Webster street,
entertained a number of guests. Pro
gressive euchre waa the order of the
evening, flye tables being complement.
Joseph Newman and family, tne
Twice Told Tales
The Engagement.
A somewhat Impecunious young fel
low rashly engaged himself to a
charming young thing who, shortly
after the excitement had subsided, be
gan to evidence doubts. Said she:
"How long, dearie, do you think we
shall 'have to be engaged?"
"Well, sweetheart," aaid the young
man cheerily, "I have enough money
to last for six months, I think." New
York Post
Keal Foresight.
"I am afraid you do not practice
economy, my dear," complained Mr.
KJones.
His wife cast a
glance at him. "Come with
the attic," she commanded.
followed her thither.
In the attic she opened a trunk
and took out a bundle wrapped care
fully In tissue paper. Tearing oft
the wrappings, she disclosed a lovely
fllmv orowiv
"That," she said, "Is my wedding n;
dress."
.'And do you call It economy to
State Press Comment
York News-Times: The Omaha Bee
wants Wilson to fire Baker and Dan
iels. They are no worse than the oth
ers. Probably all of them are doing
as well as they can.
Hastings Tribune: Since Nebraska
has Joined the prohibition brigade
mince pie is not half so popular here
as it used to be.
Grand Island Independent: The elo
quence of the oldest inhabitant on the
subject of old-fashioned winters has
evaporated in the presence of this
new-fashioned one of so unlovely a
sort
Western Nebraska Observer (Kim
ball): F. E. Reader received a letter
written by F. W. Fuller who is now In
L. the state penitentiary for kllllns; Mrs.
j v.! Dorothy Carberry. asking Mr. Reader
kj nine b guuu nuiu iur II1III III mo
state board of pardons. Fuller and
Mrs. Carberry both lived in Kimball
and It waa here that their love affair
started. It terminated in Omaha
when Fuller shot and killed the wo-
Fuller Is now serving a life
sentence in the penitentiary, and states
that he is making a good prisoner,
fifth brother of the Newmans, arrived! save your wedding dress?" he chor- ET S",,'8 counts these days
from Hungary to make his home In tied. "That's not economy, it's sen- a"d 'f .V V". od he ought
Omaha, tlmentality. It would have been I t0 be allowed to stay.
Nathan Shelton has accented plans economy to wear that dress and Ket
from Ins architect for the building of its worth out of it But here it Is no
a new home. When completed it will earthly good to you nor anybody else,
be one of the handsomest residences i Economy! Huh!"
in maha. I "That's where you are wrong," she
R. S. Berlin has returned to Omaha ' said, calmly. "I am saving that dress
Sure Thing.
"It is an important question and I
have no doubt It will be debated,"
says Senator Norrls of Nebraska.
, Never mind about what auestlon was
bombardment of Fort Fisher and ; from a month's absence. He has visit- for my next wedding." j under consideration. It's a cinch it
troops were landed for the final as- ed all the larger cities in the east and i That held him for a while. Cleve- I will be debated. MlnneanaUs Trlb
eault ! reports a most enjoyable trir land Plain Dealer. I une.
Here and There
One single tuft is left on the shaven
crown of a Mussulman for Moham
med to grasp hold of when drawing
the dead to paradise.
Of the blind persons in this coun
try 32,443 are male and 24,829 are
females. The male majority is doubt
less largely due to the extra liability
of males to accidents, owing to their
occupations.
The flying fish does, not really fly,
but raises Itself from the water -by
means of its long fins. It can sup
port itself in the air until they be
come dry, when it drops back into the
sea.
A woman in Mitchell, S. D., after
reading of the shortage of cents, tele
phoned a bank and asked them to
send a good strong messenger to her
home, to whom she turned over 20,
000 cents which she had been saving
since she was a child.
Many young women of England
have formed a League of Honor, each
promising "by the help of God to do
all that is in my power to uphold the
honor of our empire and Its defend
ers in this time of war by prayer,
purity, temjerance and self-denial."
Secretary McAdoo announces that
war insurance has been subscribed
for to the extent of more than $553,
000,000 since October 8. This amount
represents 64,158 applications. Ap
plications come in at the rate of 4,
000 to 5,000 a day, sometimes more,
it is said, with an averace f 15.603
for each man.
Qninby Chides The Bee.
Omaha, Jan. 12 To the Editor of
The Bee: The Bee has been rapping
the World-Herald pretty severely for
its attitude preceding the declaration
of war, and even for some of its war
attitude since. You happen to have
been correct In this, but permit me to
caution you not to fall into the same
error that you so roundly condemn.
I have special reference to your edi
torial today in answer to the World
Herald's congratulating the United
States on the democratic party. You
say "It might as well congratulate
the United States on a crop failure
or any other form of national calam
ity." Now what is the use of saying
things for which your successors will
have to apologize? If you attempted
to point specifically te acts of the
present administration to substantiate
that statement you would be at a loss
to know how to do it. I think even
Secretary Baker, against whom most
bitter shafts today are directed, may
safely leave time to refute all the
slanders against him.
There has never been in all history,
a greater period of constructive legis
lation than the last five years In the
United States have shown. Unless it
be in England, there has been no sim
ilar achievement in so short a time in
meeting the emergency of war as we
in the last few months have shown.
Republicans, equally with democrats,
are entitled to the honors of these
achievements, and only the narrow
est of partisanship will deny them to
eitner. u J. quinby,
Story About a Car.
Omaha, Jan. 11. To the Editor of
The Bee: Will you permit me to ex
tol the beauties of government con
trol, or in other words, a frank ex
position of the magnificent service
that the writer is able to testify to
since this wonderful change has been
brought about For instance, I ask
you to note the evolution of car No.
33672, C. of N. J. This particular car
was reported in December 22 last; bill
of lading: surrendered Saturday before
Christmas, it being a "shipper's or
der car." Of course, it's generally un
derstood that a .shipper's order car
will not be set to team track for any
small "fry," even sealed or locked
with a Yale lock, until they were in
possession of bill of lading and after
that it matters not if months elapse
in the delivery thereof it's all the
same.
And now the history of this partic
ular car: After surrendering the bill
of lading the writer called the follow
ing week for record on this car. Was
given to understand that same was de
livered promptly to Burlington on Its
way to destination. After another
week the car had not arrived at desti
nation. I called them again. I was
quietly informed that they had no
record on same, from the same office
that told me the car had gone for
ward the previous week. So I resorted
to higher authority and got the start
ling information that the Car was still
in north yard and had never been
moved since it came in. "And would
you please give m-s number of car? I
will see that it will go forward at
once. So sorry I had not heard of car
before."
After another week had passed I
made an effort to locate the same,
calling the same office again. "This is
the first I have heard of such car.
Number, please, of car. I've got you,
I will go right after it" Another week
passed and I went to still another
nigner authority, the aeent himRif
"Give that number please, and call
me nve minutes later." Afte." five mln
utes, "Yes, that car will go forward
this evening on first shift sure." Two
days later I called the same agent
"Call me again in five minutes." "Sav.
mister, that car is reported on tId
track, but will try and get it out to
morrow, sure," and still at this writ
ing, me car is still betne helri nm.
where. It has not st to Its destination
after nearly four weeks within the city
It Jilt io.
baying nothing of our inconven
ience and disappointment, this same
car ties up over S?00 in cash that we
are oeing deprived of and in natural
channels of business it could be in.
strumental in turning from 31.500 to
i,suu worm or traffic in thin Hma
ana sun "no car' and "nnmhar
piease. Keeps Duzzlng in my ear.
Parties that purchased the car ata still
roaring for my slowness in delivering
And here, in finishrnar tin thin ar
ticle, comes a sweet female voice:
"Where is that car you promised us
a montn ago? You are a prince of
Jittio, i. nont tninK you ever had a
car. JAMES HAT.TS
Tall of a Comet.
Omaha. Jan. 6. Tn tno vau
The Bee: The prayer. "God save .
from the devil, the Turk
et, haa reference to galley's comet
and not Encke's. Tht tale is usually
adorned with whiskers Pope Callis
tus with bell, book and candle ex
communicated the comet, whereupon
It stuck its tall between its legs and
uepariea xor regions unexplored.
The. International, innnnrnnriatoi,.
tags the prayer, aa you quote H, on
the "Ave Marie." as does th nM
Chambers. Dr. Andrew White makes
it read "From the Turk and the
comet, good Lord, deliver us" and
adds it to one of the litanies. You
play safe by adding it to an "official
ni.ua. " Vl,l,Hi. . -
iicinici me prayer nor tne
bull of excommunication has anv hni
in fact.
According to Rev. John r.w.ri'.
'Of a Bull and a Comet" the story
had its rise In a paragraph from Plat
Ina's "Vltae Pontlfleum." Platina was
librarian of the Vatican, and he tells
how the scientists of the day predicted
caiamuy upon tne arrival of the
comet No doubt in those davs. the
fellows who didn't have anvthtn ai.
to do, speculated on what would hap
pen to the earth if it should bump
into the comet Just as they did in
1910. I venture the onininn that o
perusal of The Bee's pages for 1910
will roi'Afl 1 4ti0 cuh i. 1.1 n I
a vt juoi, ouLit Bum u ai nn i in
account of the predictions of the scien
tists, jaui8ius was presumed to have
ordered the prayer quoted above and
to have issued the bull of exeommnni.
cation.
However, an examination hv
petent authorities of all the hi,n i.
sued and 'all the Dravers nrd ,..
riii.t... 4- . wv - I
ihoiuo mils 10 onng out any such 1
prayer or any sucn oun; nor do any of
the writers of the day mention either
Even Dr. White, according to irah.
Gerard, admits that no such bull was
iBouea; yei ne naa to pas&.the Draver
on.
Father Stein in his artlcU "Pitir.o
in the Catholic encyclopedia, says:
i, id vuiy wiien we come to La
Places 'Exposition du Svstm h
Monde,' that we find th
that the pope ordered the comet and
me ura exorcised, wnich expression
we find again In Daru's poem 'L' As
tronomic' Arago. converts it into an
excommunication after which time
(1456), the appearance nf th mt
Is hardly ever mentioned, but this his
torical lie must be repeated In various
shapes."
in some of the later editions of his
works, LaPlace omitted the statement
with reference to the Turk and the
comet according to the Rev. John G.
Hagen.
Of course, the story will be kept
alive, as the "gong men of science"
as Father Lambert used to call them,
must have a hammer with which to
beat their torn toms and any old fish
wives' tale is good enough.
J. J. FITZGERALD.
"HERE, TOO."
My husband is a lawyer,
And one of tho very beat.
Hij practice la of such magnitude.
He scarcely takes a rest.
With clients, briefs and Jury trials.
His time Is occupied.
His family scarcely know him now.
He couldn't stop now If he tried.
He's a patriotic fellow too.
H9 tries to, do his bit.
And every time he makes a speech.
He always makes a hit.
He's the owner of a Liberty bond,
Ha donates to the T. M. C. A.
He has not started knltttns; yet.
But Is liable to any day.
But something; now is worrying him
And It's working on him strong.
He's very restless every night ,
Yes there is something wrong.
And In his sleep he raises up, '
And talks of armies, war and strife,
He frightens us all most to death,
His children and his wife. a
Don't Judge him harshly, friends.
If hs IS acting queer.
He's been helping registrants.
Make out their questionnaire.
- Bassett. Neb. F. N. MORGAN.
A VISION OF SPRING.
High over winter-worn landscapes untold
Sat the Goddess ot Spring on her throne.
A blast from her trumpet spread over
the zone
Calling to nature Its beauty unfold.
The artist inspiring and teaching his
scholars
To Juggle some beautiful scene with the
brush
Is naught, when compared, how she in
in a rush
Draped the woodlands and hillsides with
colors.
The sky which before was so stormy an1
wild.
In a thrice became roomy and blue.
Vegetation at once took the cue.
From sunbeams soft, golden and mild
Dandelions with their golden shield
Pierced wilted leaves at will.
Violets blue, more magical stllL
Protruded from roadside and field.
Likewise, the willows by the ice-cold stream
Rent the borells bondage in twain;
New born, alert on the march again
Their banner of pussies agleam.
Myriad blossoms of apples and cherries
Humming with music of bees,
Floating about, or dodging 'round trees
Butterflies dancing like fairies.
Sweft little singers on their lofty wing,
Bursting with Joy and chirping of love,
Singing their prayers to God above
For the "call'' of the Goddess of Spring.
Omaha. PETER B. CLAUSEN.
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