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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918. - X Jbl HI UMAnA D&U . pAlLY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUWPED Y EDWARD ROSEWATEK """" V VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPA.VY. PROPRIETOR. ; gatarad st Omaha poatoffica aa xeotii-cl matter. ' ; TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Ptf aa Basilar ..pw aatk. lto rtr ,u. I&. Dai I, vttaoat Sundu ....... " I'w -W KTtnlDt nS tundu " i .M won witbaat Suaikr..... " e 4.00 Kaidu B ocl? - la " til Rend mtk of chinrt of adama or litwnlwltf Is ddtttrr tt Omasa Bm Ctna title DwutMOb ; MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ft AOKttM Pna. of wl Tbt Baa tt Banter, w trc1w!tl Mtcltd ta tb aw for paMkettloi of til Hn iM eradltfd to it o Mhanrif. emdlM Is thl pcf ui4 tlM t. ntwt rsMiiind brnia. All tabu of acNtoatiaa of eat kkciiI dinl-k r ! maul i REMITTANCE lUmft 19 Sraft, iimi or aorul ertar. Only t-eent iteir.M Utan Is cjmt ef kmO amDiits. I'tncaai ahask, mt to On! im fcuura zcbMMt set aocntal v- . .'. . ' OFFICES Otitt Th But Mint. ttitoijo fVirVt Cm Bslldtfil. lmta ftauha 1318 K St. Nn Vork 14 fifth Arc Oniuicft :uff.-U K. luto M. Ht. Uuli B'h of CommttM. Unoela LUtla BolMtna. MThlntoa U 0 at. : CORRESPONDENCE , Mfatt eMB-mntoitViBi ttlUn M B tab afltoflil ottWr to Outiha Bet. Kdltontl Dwartmant DECEMBER CIRCULATION 59,541 Daily Sunday, 51,987 tnttct stTCTittloB tor tt mom. tafikertM tod mora to b DwHM Willi ClreBi'ttloa Muwr. . Sotocribar Uar1n the tttf ahavM tart The Baa all' to tatat. AMraaa chanfaj aa sitae aa raqnaataa1. t : i Another Monday holiday for the effete east. And another cold wave to go with it. . 1 " j Bay your thrift stamps now, for an advance m price is scheduled for the end of the week. "Cash and ' carry" is making headway in Omaha, as any observer on the street cars can testify. ' ' ; ", , Mr. Bryan says a munitions minister is un necessary. Coming from itich an eminent mili tary authority, thj ought to end the argument. 1 The first trial for treason is ander way in Xew York, but it will not be the last if all signs point right. ; , ' ' r The fate of that closed hotel ought to be a warning to bootleggers, 'who think the pro Tiibitory law is toothless. . General January shows little inclination to leave anything for General February ,to do, be yond counting up the victims of his attack. .;! , 1 111 i , v Victory bread," whatever that Is, will be tlie staff of life in America for the next few months, and with each mouthful t the citizen wilt renew his vow to win or perish. :( '' Chicago's city eoancil and chief of police are co-operating to rid the city of professional crim inals. If they succeed, it wilt reduce the census eounf of the Windy City by considerable. Count Czernin figures that early peace might lie dangerous to the Teutonic pretensions.' He is right, and whenever peace comes it will be lfter the kaiser's . program has been thoroughly dmashed.; ;"- '' - V', Another Appeal to Americans. President Wilson has issued another appeal to the housewives of America, asking for further saving in wheaten flour, that more may be had to send to Europe. This is but another way of making the apepal to all, for every American who eats is concerned In the matter. Our allies in Europe must have wheat, and we must furnish it to them. As our surplus has already been ex hausted, together with the saving so far ac complished, it follows that unless we deny our selves still more we will have none to send abroad. More than ever then, the measure of a man's patriotism lies in what he eats. Self-indulgence at such a time amounts to a denial of all other protestations of patriotic, concern In our prospects for victory. Contributions will be vol untary, for no authority exists for enforcing any economy, other than the control Over the mills. One may eat all one can get hold of. It may be taken for granted, though, that a vast majority of Americans will cheerfully comply with the re quest that they save more, wheat by ealing more corn, and that "victory bread" will be adopted, just as every other direct appeal to the people has been met in a splendid spirit of unselfish generosity and devotion. We can all pull our5 belts a little tighter in the cause of freedom and democracy. , Brooklyn socialists tried to get the Board of Aldermen to set aside the Garfield coal order, but succeeded only in making some "propaganda." This, however, is quite satisfactory result for the average "red." , . V ,; .V:'.;' Marse Henri Watterson is' using language it referring .to his democratic brethren who voted for woman's suffrage that shows the flight of time has not lessened his capacity for vivid ex pression whatever else it may have 'done to htm, J' The meannest sneak thief of the Winter has been located. He stole the trousers of a select while the latter was taking his physical examina tion at Gary. The victim was .accepted for serv ice, but the examining board had to buy 4iim a new pair of pants. , -'".( ' , t 1 s t. t tl vi t I ' . ' ta. Annular xncmso developing r ' ; Russia bids fair to provide another test for American patience, similar to that afforded by Mexico. With orderly government broken down and no'abitity to resist attack from without, the Russians have unlimited capacity for annoyance from within. The treatment now accorded for eigners within that country, particularly Ameri cans in official position, is exasperating, because it is childish. . This could be borne, however, but another phase of the situation is more serious, jlhe Bolshevik in confiscating property does not 'discriminate between Russian and foreign own ership. Anything of value Is seized and held by the leaders of 'the proletariat who profess to scorn wealth, but cling to it with avidity, and poa- themselves of it by the simpW processes of highway robbery. " All of this will have to be ; settled for some day by the Russian people. Par celing out of the lands among the peasants and taking over Russian-owned factories, banks and other institutions of commerce and industry is only of incidental concern to the outside world. Seizure under any pretext of goods belonging to aliens is serious business, as the simple mujik will learn some day. : The patience of the world will be well tried before the end is reached in that land ef disorder and dreams. : . Mockery of Human Hopes. On the day that Woodrow Wilsofl was in augurated president of the United States for the first time, Dr. Richard Bartholdt, sitting in con gress for a Missouri district, made a notable speech on peace. He prefaced his remarks by causing to be inserted in the record a poem by Alfred Austin on "The Dawn of Peace." The poet had been inspired to lofty thoughts and mu sical measures by "recent utterances of the presi dent of the United States, (Mr. Taft, a distinct advance for the cause of international arbitra tion," and quoted from an address to the French Chamber of Deputies by M. Jaures, who said: "The hour of universal peace has struck." What an indictment for the 'politicians and warriors of Germany! At the time when the leaders of the great democracies of the world were congratulating mankind that the destruc tion of war had been pushed into the remote background, and that rational" ways of settling international differences had been found, the mil itary oligarchy that controls the destiny of the German people was aecretly rejoicing at the de ception) it had practiced on the people it intended to crush and toastfng "the day." While the kaiser and his coadjutors have mocked human hopes, they also have tasted of the disappoint ment, for their dream Of conquest and dominion has been shattered by the force of an awakened world. v II Again the. 'world is building for permanent peace, and this time on a surer foundation. Self government for the peoples, with a voice for all In regulation of world affairs, will bring us nearer to the Ideal and mankind may yet look forward with reason for hoping that the day will come when merciless war will not be thrust upon the worl(f at the whim of an autocrat. After-the-War Tradt With Germany. One of the most difficult problems the Ger man nation will have to face when peace,comes is the re-establishment of commercial relations with the world. President Wilson has declared in favor of the removaUof all "economic barriers," which is interpreted to mean that i no artificial bar tvill be thrown across Germany's path by reason of the agreement ' said to have been reached at Paris between England, France and Russia. A more formidable obstacle is to be overcome, however. Just now 500,000 American business men are voting on a resolution sub mitted by the United States Chamber of Com merce, agreeing not to renew commercial relations with German firms unless a government responsi ble to 4he people is established .there , ' ; "fiie effect of the adoption of such a resolu tion will be more widespread and deeper than any agreement between the governments. The resolution contains an appeal to German business concerns to co-operate in the purpose of the reso lution, that the disaster of an economic irarfare may be avoided. i '' . , ' ; ' - In no way could the situation be puf( before German exporters more clearly, but whether they can exert influence sufficient to bring about the reforms needed in their government is open to doubt, ' . r -,. .. ; t : -,. y ' . . The German 'commercial and industrial or ganizations, in both its domestic and external aspects, was too much a creature of. the political and militaristic machine built up by the imperiat party to be able all of a sudden to declare its independence and demand the destruction of the power that created it The resolution of the Chamber of Commerce are but one of many steps that will have to be taken before the world trade will be placed again on even keel. Baron Rhonda's message to the people of the United States means just one thing; we must cut down on our own rations in order that our allies across the ocean may not have to suspend en tirely. This war is not to be won entirely In the wheat fields and . the workshops, for the great American dining room can contribute materially to victory. , : , . Missourian, Home From Berlin, Tells Things Former Food Controller of Teuton Capital Pictures ' Conditions "The impression in the United States that the German emperor is the whole thing in Germany the guiding hand in all war plans is wrong. It is the war party that is in control the Krupps and the big munition manufacturers, and there is not the slightest sign that their power is on the wane." This is the message brought out of Ger many by N. V. Dittlinger, an American, and printed in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Dittlinger is a Missourian born, and a friend of Colonel E. M. House, confidential scout of President Wilson. For the last four years he lived in Berlin and held the post of food controller of 108 public food kitchens which feed an average of 300.000 people daily, and left there September 28. Regarding condi tions in the empire at that time Dittlinger says: "The German government is essentially a preparedness government. Everything is prepared in advance. Last summer plans nad been perfected for taking care of a fuel shortage this winter, and the exact amount of food necessary and the amount that can be produced is figured so accurately that we never will be able to win the war by starving Germany. s 'At the end of nearly four years Germany is better situated regarding the production of things she needs than was the case when the war started. As fast as territory is ac quired not a minute is lost in getting the ground in cultivation, even if it is necessary to furnish the occupant with seeds, to be re paid when he reaps his crop. "Before the war Germany . imported 43 per cent of her fats and 22 per cent of the albumens she consumed. When the iron chain was tightened about the empire there was an immediate shortage, but this has now been overcome. That has been accomplished by extracting1 the germ from all grains be fore grinding it into flour and out of this ex traction comes 10 per cent of oil as fine as the best olive oil. After the oil has been extracted the meal contains 80 per cent albumen. ' "Not an article of food can be obtained except by card and the system is o perfected that from the time food products mature in the country until their receipt by the ulti mate consumer there is not a chance of an ounce of waste. "Each individual in the empire has a food .card. The ration of bread per person for a week is 1,900 grams, less than two pounds. The bread is made of rye, mixed potato flour and a new flour made from wood pulp. "This pulp yields 60 per cent of soluble starch. Before its use, for human consump tion was commenced it was tried out on -dogs, hogs and sheep, and proved to be a success. . "The amount of rations for the people is published weekly and cards issued. No one can secure more than a week's rations at one time. The country is short of food, but it has enough to keep the bodies and souls of its people together. I can t say that I enjoy the system, but I am feeling strong and healthy despite the fact that three years of it has reduced my weight 70 pounds. In restaurants as in the homes none was fed without a government card, Dittlinger said the price of a meal was 70 pfennigs, or about 17 cents. The meal consisted usaally of a thick soup, a plate of vegetables, bread and SO grams, or about one-tenth of a pound of meat. Dittlinger gave an instance illustrating the intensive conservation practiced throughout the country. y "All meat is deboned," he explained, "and the bones delivered to the restaurants for soup, with instructions to boil them at least four hours. From this bouillon a scum of 8 per cent fat comes to the surface when al lowed to cool. - The .bones are then sent back to the government agency and go through, another process, which produces an additional 6 per cent of oil After this the bones are ready to be made into fertilizer.- "Even the dish water," he said, "is made to work for the. government Every sink must have a filter, through which all water used in washing dishes and pans must pass. It is surprising the amount of fats that is collected in this manner." Dittlinger added that coffee in Germany is now produced from barley and acorns; sugar is no longer an article of food, but is being used in the manufacture of explosives, and clothing, twine and even machinery belts, are being made from paper. - Dittlinger was married in Berlin three years ago to a German woman, and she de clares she is as glad as is her husband to get out of Germany. ' Shortage of food was the indirect cause of the death, during the last year, Of the fa ther and mother of Mrs. Dittlinger. "Ger many," Dittlinger said, "hasn't much use for old people; that is, people who are so old that they are of no service to the fatherland. This is taken Into consideration in the dis tribution of food. Lack of nutrition was the indirect cause of the death of Mrs. Dit dinger's parents. Thousands of old people are dying from this cause every year," he declared. "The nation takes better care of the .children, though." Dittlinger added. "The government knows that some day they will be useful, and they are treated accordingly. For instance, in the distribution of milk, the full, or. unskimmed milk, goes to the chil dren under 6 years; the skimmed milk to those from 6 to 12 years old, and there isn't any left for others. Persons over 12 years can get neither milk or cereals except on a physician's certificate. Is the Democratic Party Dead? Henry Watterson Asks in the Courier-J ournal That the democratic party is tread slain in the house of its friends does not rest upon the ipse dixit of a single newspaper, though it stand next of kin to the so-called democratic president of the United States, who, in conjunction with a certain William Jennings Bryan, many times an unsuccessful democratic candidate for -president, gave, ac cording to the Jlew ,York World, the prin ciples of Jefferson, Jackson and Titden their coup de grace f Nrhng a leaerai oomD, ana a blue-light fed Smb at that, into democ racy s state ngrl tzard. Parties have en. They havel, Partv labels, too cast aside in fa1 v Neither parti over-strictiy tt oolnion. The i oc neve, saia fved the treason of lead- a about and shifted foot. ,rn and faded, have been f new ones; or leaders, can be held ,)unt for changes ot sometimes iimoerative. voodrow Wilson in an in terview orinted by the New York Times the 7th of last October,- "that woman suffrage should be settled by the states and not by the national government," and January 9, of this year, according to the report of a committee ef house democrats who had called at the -White House, "the committee found that the president had notfelt at liberty to volunteer his advice to members of congress in this im portant matter, but when we sought his ad vice he very frankly and earnestly advised us to vote for the amendment as an act of right and justice to the women of the coun ty and of the world." One who could thus nimbly turn his coat would be called in vaudeville; "a lightning-change artist." Yet in his great work, "State aid Federal Gov ernments of the United States," Woodrow Wilson had deliberately and truthfully writ ten as follows:'; "The suffrage in particular is a privilege which each state may grant upon terms of its own choosing, provided only that those terms be not inconsistent with a republican form of government. "All the powers of the general govern ment are plainly such as affect interests which it would be impossible to regulate harmoniously by any scheme of separate state action, and only soch; all other powers whatever remain with the states. With them rests the regulation of the suffrage. ' . "Federal law does not I determine who shall vote for members of the house of rep resentatives. The constitution provides sim ply that all those persons in each state who are qualified under the constitution and laws of the state to vote for members of the larger of the two houses of the state legislature may vote also for members of the house of representatives of the United States. The franchise is regulated, therefore, entirely by state law." . , The division of powers made by the constitution between the federal government and the states was a needful nd benign provision for the organic system ordained by that instrument It was especially adanted to a territory so large and varied, providing for local autonomy home rule in domestic affairs, for national control of in terests, "which," to repeat Mr. Wilson, "it would be impossible to regulate harmonious ly by any scheme of separate state action." Suffrage, as Mr. Wilson proceeded to show, belongs to the domain of home rule. With out its regulation under local autonomy home rule could not exist, Tihs ought to be obvious to everybody. Over a vast continent such as ours there are diverse conditions, sometimes conflicting conditions. New York is not as Colorado. New Jersey as Idaho, the states of New Eng land as the states of the wild and woolly west The feminine attachment to suffrage accentuates this feature. It was adopted by the pioneer states to invite population." In rufal communities it provoked no disorder. But, in ,the centers of population at the north, it cannot fail to make for corruption by increasing the purchasable vote, whilst, at the south, the addition of the colored wom an vote to the colored man vote raises the question to such importance as wilt compel congress all state lines7 broken down to set up an army of' federal marshals equally to enforce prohibition if that amendment be also adopted and to see that the vote of every negro man and of every negro woman is cast and counted. It is here that the ex traordinary tergiversation of Woodrow Wil son cuts deep and bodes ill. Meanwhile let us hope that, if the demo cratic party, giving shelter to so many dough-faces who wear the party label and ?;arments to fly the banners of soclialism and ederalism, be dead, the spirits of Jefferson and Jackson and Tilden still walk abroad and that their political inspiration and philos ophies of government will abide and endure long after the coward hearts and. crazy bones of professional officeseekers have gone to the worms and He whitening beneath the mold. People and Events Four St. Louis brothers solved the main problem of domestic peace by marrying four trained housemaids.v Consternation provoked by the heatless edict reached an acute stage m the wet belt by rumors of beerless days to come. Semi official denial relieved the tension and re stored confidence in the world, being safe for democracy. . War must be credited with putting more ginger into the art of cabling than any expe rienced in a generation of . peace. Efery community appreciates its worth as an eco nomic industry on the mend, but none so quickly grasps its future possibilities as Bos ton. Already a movement is on foot to make cabling a vital part of its training school studies. It is probable the art will presently break-into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and become a learned profes sion. , . i One Year Ago Today ta the War. Announcement of the sinking- of the British auxiliary cruiser Laurentic on jrteh coast. . ' Russian forced back - Austro-Ger- mans in Koumanla. French , took German positions norm or veraun. Tbe Day We Celebrate. George Alex Rohrbough, president American Security company, born Today is the 8?th birthday anni versary of Daniel Willard, who has Juat retired from the chairmanship of the War Industries board to resume bis dutiea as president of .the Balti ' more and Ohio railroad. Charles 8. Barrett president and chief organiser of the Farmers' Na . tional union born in Pike county, Georgia, Si years ago today. jsmes jr. hqum, associate judge or tbe United States court of customs appeals, born in San Francisco, (9 years ao today. t Rev. John s Fleming- Carson of Brooklyn, who is directing the war activities of the Northern Presbyte rian church, born la Philadelphia, 68 years ago today. Tbie Day to Bistory. 1TJE Peter the Great who founded tbe Russian empire, died at St Peters burg. Born at Moscow, June 11, 1671. ISIS Francois C. Caarobert, mar fesJ of France, died la Parts. Bora tijM it, itoi, Just. SO Years Ago Today I. D. Clarke gave an elegant party at.his residence at Paplllion and many people .from Omaha attended. The Home Fire Insurance company of this city, held its annual meeting and re-elected 8. H. H. Clark, presl- dent; Fred Krug, vice preaident; C W. Hamilton, treasurer, and Charles J. Barber, secretary and general man ager. ... a . The Catholics are making prepara tions to organise a Mutual Benevolent association, and their first meeting will be held today. James H. McShane has resolved to oult the livery business and sold his stable on the corner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets to W. H. Sherwood, the liveryman at Seventh and Davenport streets, - - , . The Anglo-American company and Underwood company,- meat packers, with establishments in Chicago and South Omaha, have pooled issues and will commence business a one Feb ruary U Twice Told Tales Decoration Explained. ; A gunner of the garrison artillery, who had successfully passed a black smith's course, was home on fur lough, wearing . the hammer and princers on his arm when he was ac costed by a civilian, who asked what the decoration was for. "Oh," replied Tommy, 1 am. an army dentist" 1 "I see," said ; the civilian. "Of course, the pincers are for extracting teeth. But what is the idea of the hammer?" "Well, you see, it's like this. Some of the 'chaps are a bit nervous, so we use the hammer to chloroform them with," was the reply. '). A Good Suggestion; , Major Frederick Palmer, head i of the military press bureau in 'Paris, was visited at his office In the Rue Ste, Anne the other day by an old friend. , ' f The friend said from his cloud of tobacco smoke: "Palmer, I want to do my hie bit I want to be In at the finish of the Hun. I've got alcoholic sore throat a tobacco heart and a hard ened liven It would be difficult for me, I'm afraid to give up my soft habits and live in the cold mud of the trenches. Still, Palmer. I'm deter mined to do my bit There's surely some billet I could fill with honor. Well, what hio is it?" "George," said Major Palmer, "the only suggestion I can make is that yon go to the front as a tank." Washington Star, State Press Comments York Republican: Porkless Satur day is all right Mr. Wattlesr but for mercy sake don't inaugurate a chjek enless Sunday. , " York Democrat: We fail to un derstand why raw .corn that costs less than i cents a pound should cost 5 cents a pound when ground into corn meal. . , . v . . ' 0 Plattsmouth. Journal: A corset shortage is on the 'way and we fear we shall have to be introduced to some ot our lady friends all over again. . '. ". ' Beatrice Express: Some news writers referred to the recent snow storm in Nebraska and Kansas as the "110.000,000 kind." Most people, however, would rather have had the 10,000,000. ' . Butler. County Press: One of the members of the Nebraska legislature expressing cheerful willingness to participate In a proposed called ses sion of the legislature at his own ex pense to provide method for all Ne- hranlr anMtara and aaJlnra to vote rwhile in Uncle Sam's service is Repre sentative Nicholas Meysenburg or Butler county. Grand Island Independent: Has it occurred to you that another good pastime out of the xgood old times gone by-Is hardly known today? There has been fine sleighing in the past few weeks, especially on the paved streets of the city. But the automo bile necessarily has put sleighs on the blink along with the hone. Sleigh bell, farewell! Here and There rAA Anfitlinv oiitttnmArfl to four Vat UCJ MfciaB w glasses of whiskey a week are issued by a Glasgow firm. ' The practice ot buying and selling commissions in the British army pre vailed until 1871. Large . quantities of misletoe are converted, into wine every year by the country people in certain sections of England. A fund of $1,850,000 is being raised In England to provide a weekly al lowance until the age of 16 for the children of blinded soldiers and sail ors. - An umbrella opened on the stage is supposed to bring ill luck to the actors, and probably there is no play In existence in which an open um brella figures. ' There have been 1.S7 medals and crosses awarded to warrant officers, non-commissioned offlbers and men ot the British forces during the present war. , Of 150 claims received by the Brit ish government forrelief for air raid damage the smallest was for $1 for a doll's dress, and the largest for 1, 450 for furniture. , The late Lady Mabella'Knox was one of nine brothers and sisters, whose asgregate ages totalled ?9 years. Five of thorn survived to 99, 98, 93. and 89 years, respectively. A surgical glove has been invented which will enable a man who has lost the use of the tendons In the back of his hand to be able to write as well as if be had those tendons there. .- ' - ... 4$-a Talk About the War. ; Ogalalla, Neb., Jan. 24. To the Ed itor of The Bee: As much as I should .like to see a coalition cabinet I can't see as there is anything to gain by keeping up the agitation. There is some honest criticism of the admin istration, no doubt but a great part of it is envy and jealousy of men in high places. Carping criticism rarely helped a man to place or power. The four presidents following the close or the civil war had been gen erals in the union army, and for 30 years it was essentially necessary that the candidate have a war record to gain a seat in either house of con gress. This was the unwritten law in the south as well as in the north, and the same rule held eood for any place of pubRc honor throughout the land. In the words of General Pershing, "we shall win the war." after that we shall have time to talk it over. EDWIN M. SEARLE. Jerry on Bogus Economy. x Omaha, Jan. 28. rTo the Editor of The Bee: Your editorial in last eve ning's issue headed "No Prospect of Cabinet Changes" is unfortunately too true. Through a federal invest! Ration and prosecution of the packers there is a prospect ot redress rrom the excessive profiteering in leather and shoes, etc. But lo ana Denoia, there is no hope for relief from the tyranny . and incompetency of the postmaster general. To prove my assertion witness the Inhuman treatment of the letter carriers and the other federal em ployes. Likewise I am compelled to put a S-cent stamp en this letter, notwithstanding that Florence Is a part of Omaha. I might mention, too, there is no letter carrier in this district you have to rent a postoffice box and thereby partake in Mr. Burle son's bogus economy. ' JERRY HOWARD. 1 About Closing DaricO Halls. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 26. To the Ed itor of The Bee: j Recently a letter appeared in one ot the daily papers, signed "A Working Girl," appealing to the public to keep the public dance halls open for the working girls also she censured the Omaha Society for the Betterment of Boys and Girls for not thinking of the welfare of the working girl. Why, bless your heart that is Just the thing they are thinking of nearly every moment of the day. If I am not mistaken this society is asking that the public dance halls be closed as a war measure. Now that the stores are being made to open later and close earlier, and there 'is talk ef our schools having to close on ac count of shortage of coal also the churches then I ask you why should the public dance hall be allowed open night after night week in and week out? When there are other necessary institutions being shut down on. That does not look right to me. We are pow living in a time when each and everyone of us should be willing to deprive ourselves of many things. I am a young girl of 19, in the city alone making my own living and. I know girls who attend the public dance. It is all very well for those to : say that they have attended the pub lic dance for years and not been approached In any way. But there are those that have attended and have been pushed down the wrong path the first time they ever went to the place. They are bound to meet un desirable people, people they probab ly would not meet in any other way because the public dance Is the ren dezvous for every Tom. Dick and Harry. And young girls that frequent the public dance1 halls are making themselves subject to the worst con tamination possible And the good people of this society for the better ment of boys and girls are now try ing to take the Joy out of life, as my friend, the "Working Girl" puts it. Instead they are trying to lead the young girls of this city to higher and more noble things In life than the public dance hall. Not only are they on their guard for the conservation of food, fuel and so forth, but the con servation of character, good morals and chastity means infinitely more to them. "A WORKING GIRL TOO." Admires Omaha Growth. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 25. To the Ed itor of The Bee: Being away from the city the past seven years, on my return I was astonished at the won derful progress and growth which everywhere impressed me. A few words relative to this Improvement I think wiR enlighten those, who sleep ing while progress moves, fail to note the changes going on about them. New, large and ornamental buildings have moved away the 2- and S-story structures of yesterday. Advance ment strikes you everywhere. New life, new vigor, hum and stir seems to be the mainspring of Omaha's growth. Miles of pavement miles of beautiful boulevards, fine churches, theaters and business houses all au gur well for that which is metropoli tan. Anyone i who has been away, cannot help on his return to note the change, so rapid has it been. The one thing that strikes a visitor in any city is the beauty and well ordered arrangement of its drives, boulevards and parka Untiring efforts and ef ficiency must have worked it out In closing I wish this same measure of growth and prosperity of trje city , to go on, hoping that when I again re turn I will marvel as I now have. . A. H. ATHERTON. .8507 So. 13th St ' Locomotive Auto Oil The Best Oil We Know ' 55c Per Gallon TheL holas Oil Company GKAEV EXCHANGE BLDO. P" That extra room will pay your coal bill. Rent it through a Bee Want Ad. i The American Security Go. (Incorporated 1900) Authorized Capital $250,000.00 . ' is the fiscal agent of ' HOM BUILDERS (Inc.) Omaha, Nebraska. and has secured investors for thousands of Home Builders shares and also has converted thousands of shares into cash where the holders found themselves in need of ready rroney. In all these transactions there has never been occasion for a single complaint. The American Security Company has merited and enjoys the confidence of the investing public. To meet the demands of a growing business the Company offers a limited issue of Its Own Guaranteed 7 Preferred Shares The response has already been generous and attests the popular favor in which these shares are held. WHY NOT INVEST IN THESE HIGH GRADE SECURITIES while they are still available? They pay 7 interest, guaranteed, and are based upon 1 Improved Real Estate of Sound Value, Mortgages upon Real Estate Government Bonds, other Gilt-Edge Securities, and Cash. These shares are Highly Attractive as permanent investments, but are redeemable after three years at holder's option; par value $100 each; interest payable January 1 and July 1 ; issued fully paid and non assessable, and free from personal tax in Nebraska. They take dividend priority over the common stock. These shares will bear the closest scrutiny. The American Security Company chartered by'the State of Nebraska to do a general in vestment business.1 . Ask for particulars. G. A. ROHRBOUGH, Pres. . C C. SHIMER, Sec'y Douglas and 17th Streets, Omaha, Nebraska. r THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU Washington, D. C Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please send me, Name. I 1 Street Address I entirely free, "German War Practices." jCity... State , .1.