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-3 -B. i V THE OMAHA SUNDAY. BEE: FEBRUARY 3, 1918. The Gmaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENLN'G SUNDAY FOUNDED BY. EDWARD; ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATEB.-EDITOR THE , BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR, Entered at Omaha pottoffiee.as lecono-class natUf... ') TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION - . , -, ' ' : iOMit. . 9HU0.". PHr to 8o4m. ......prWk,le trtrmt. M 0l without Suodaj.... "10 4. ' Eeatoe see BufldiT...... 109 " I. fwotna mihoot BumUj... .......... . Co li sitMa Be eniT. i 10 " n tead oottot of cIiumn of addra M UrtfUlatltt la 4UiW7 to Oaat II Atflnlftf tan nMArtmflnt- . ' ' . . - ... , MEMBER OF THE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Rif Assodiud prat, of wnlea The Bet to Mutter. 11 whtltt): entitled la. the dm for mMlctttoa et all o1 dlratebei eredl enaitea w tBH pew - MO tlud IB t!ri KM . and llan th loeal Mn published bent. All Mbit of suUlutioo of em speSil dlrottUM to H or not otawwiM REMITTANCE " ; 7 Remit by drtfV tprtf or portal ordn.' 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"Shades of the Louisiana Purchase expos!ton,'!6ok down and-;inarvell .'., tv ;' . -';- '". American soldiers are holding a pretty tough section.bf the line in France, but they are holdiflg . it In'spite of the Hun's best efforts. ? (f Another Argentinian steamer has tasted of "spurlos Tersenk but the presjiient of that re public remains unconvinced - or the ' danger j of German friendship. - ' ' ; ' ;. ,, , .': v . Von Helfferich's estimate of the U-boat cam paign has been justified by the; logic of events, but that; did not! seve to keep him from being stfsted 'from the kaiser's .cabinet. ,. . i . I. . . , ' ' Maybe there 5s some good foundation for Re ports of rioting in Berlin. Th police there have ordered all women fo wear n"'ungainly" blouse ' instead j of the, dainty' shirtwaist. An average price of $3.75 per pound for hogs is reported from a sale' in 'Iowa. But 'this', was for breeding stock and not intended to fix the cost of bacon to the consumer. . Having admitted that "heatless. Monday" was a. mistake, the. fuel administrator maycome .in' time to acknowledge that his whole program for dislocating industry was blunder. ',, ? Changing the name of Commercial club of Omaha to that of Omaha' Chamber "Of Cjnjmejce ought not to affect th character 'of, the 'Institu tion' nor lessen its opportunity . fdr'usefulnesa. $ - -! v, .v : ,' , gsaerx '. ' v : American Doctors. in England. One of the odditfes of international relations has been brought out through the exigencies of the war. "American doctors, particularly surgeons, hava been called into the service of the British army,both in-Englirtd and in'France, and suc cessfully 'have'applied "their 'skill and knowledge, born of scientific training and experience, to the healing of the sick. and-the making over of the wouhdid. 'Wonders of , restorative surgery have been raccomplishedby these' men and Great Brit ain.oxld.have been in sortstraits without them. Ytt under the singular coriditions that prevail whtn tthe graduate' of 'an.' American .school of medicine, no snatter' "how thorough his training or how extensive arid eompreherlsivehis expert ence,sts foot' on': English soil he. clases to be recognized as a doctor" and becomes merely a licensed' prattitioneVr "This goes back to the time wh'etfthe great "schools of. Edinburgh and London sought to -maintain' themselves against the infu sion of quackery' thatlthreatinedvtheBl front the irregufar and incompletely equipped schools . of YankeeVnd. ' It also has to do with the stringent regula'tioris undfirt which ' medicine and surgery are practiced in Great Britain. Men of 'science overf'there now recognize the thoroughness of American medical training, the advance that lias beenmade in standards of schools in this coun try, and isympathiie -with' the efforts that have been put forth to uproot quackery in all its forms on'this'side- 1 k J. , , 'The reverential deference paid to the designa tion i of ."doctor" is yet' too ( strong to permit its application to one 'who has not been duly, regis tered fas an accredited graduate, of fa British school.'. , Perhaps 'ttje war service of American practitioners -will-have' the effect of doing away, wUh?pr Ment 'distinction At any rate the' Eng lish. know, to .what extent they ire irrdebted for service to Americans who are. skilled in the arts, of 'healing' (-y:-; ; f- Passing of the Railroad' Pass. ; Secretary McAdoo'i - executive 'order ' cutting, off "the' free pass list a host 6f beneficiaries of the decadent custom almost sounds' its death knell. Ten years ago Wird Peters Hepburn injected into the new jnt?rstate commerce law a paragraph that relieved the railroads of the burden of free trans potation,'then"gjwn to enormous proportions and fecund with scandalous abuse. The Hepburn law left open a door for the entrance of a class whose activity has not always been conducive of public good. These were the lobbyists, who pose'd as "attorneys," and so were attached to the pay roll and made eligible forpas$es as employes. If they performed any service in return for pay or privilege extended them it was to further the corporation's interest at the expense of the pub lic Mr McAdoo has. ordered that all these be taken off "both thepay roll and the pass list and thus through i the great . exigency . both , railroads and public will be benefited by the abolition, of an abuse that has cried for redress; for many years, but which' none has beerf able tVde'al with suc cessfully. ; Lawyers needed f6r 1 railroad service and. legitimately employed will not be disturbed, but the professionallobbyist will be out of a job. ' ; German :Estimate of Our Army, i ' Colonel Gaedke, German military expert, criti cizes the" American army from the German'stand point and finds it, ridiculous; . He i? but repeat ing the mistake made by-the German' critics in 1898, when they predicted an easy 'victory for Fitting Square Pegs Into the Round Holes Educators Form Plan to Supply Trained Amy . Workers for the Farm . v By Frederic J. Haskin. Vashington, Feb. h The War department has under consideration a planjor supplying! funds to pay the operating expenses. The Premier' Wekerle says Httniary is eager'' for early and honorable peace, and .then cautiously ("Spain, resting' their conclusions on the same esti- adds that it must fie "on the German terms. Hia sort of peace might have bec,n negotiated in 1914, but it is not-possible for 1918. 7 '-... "'.'' 1 ' ' 1 t"- : "Intrjea'sef jln nuthband aluof live stock on farms,. reported, fcythe, Department of Agricul ture, especially) in food .animals; is the most en- - couraging news that has come' f row Washington, in . sometime. AVith the meat saving'campaign in full force and the farmers producing more, Amer ica will be abletcrcontribute to the relief of hun gry Europe in a most substantial way and that is Vhat counts now. v "' . ' j h : ;,' Sea Gulla to Catch the U-Boats. .The state ornithologist of Massachusetts ob- . jects to he proposed slaughter of sea gulls,' be cause they are useful " in detecting submarines. These :birdi, are supposed to follow, the 'trails of the subsea terror, seeking for's such edible refuse , as may float!tothe surface andby their pres. enee to advertise to scouting airplanes the where abouts of the quarry. Any who has.watche'd the gulls sweep in graceful fligjsabout a speeding j uucii, snaituuiK troiu ir( or . wiicr oil! 01 loou or refuse thrown ' overboajd by passengers or crew,' will realije how it is ''possible that they 'can follow a submarine. It may, be that land lubbers wilt doubt he value of this service,' but the seadogs should 4e given a free hand-tortry any plan that seems good to them for catching the kaiser's . pets. It -is; also quite likely -that seafaring persons will feel considerably cdmpas sion for S sea guj,l that has to live on wh'al is dis carded from a German U-boaHh these' days of intensified food conservation.'. However, this may be,r if the gulls, wilt in any way .help to keep the ocean free jt would be worse than folly to slaugh ter them because of the only crime they, at pres ent stand accused of, that of eating scollops, a , variety of edible of which only the hardened "sea food"j addict ever voluntarily 'partakes.' y mate of the American soldier that now serves Colonel Gaedke. f. This blunder is' common to the Germanleaders-they have measured ail things by their own standards. 4 , ' " American officers "are, not trained after- the German fashion, until thoroughly brutalized, and no men in our ranks are beaten down to a oog like submission. "The men. who make up the American army are ' intelligent rand adaptable, animated by something the German knows not of the spirit of independent manhood, capable of intense-co-operati6n; as well as. the most ef fective of initiative. - This development is impos sible tinder tht plan where life beeins at the tOD arid nothing comes from below. . . Our young officers are far better equipped for their work thaivis generally. appreciated,, even at home.yThe largeajority of them are college or university" rden, whose "training 'has fhtsd them for "taking', on heavy responsibilities, a: fact the German critic has entirely overlooked. We may be short onllindenbergs andudendorfs, but the general Officers of-our new army are men of ex perience,' m6st'off them from the best military scho6l4' in the .world,' capably of dealing profes siohally' with any of'the problems of war. As to the mlti, no better soldiers ever lived outside the arriiies of the Unlted;SUtes.' . l ' ' German, critic's, jeeking to put new heart into the kaiser's !army, may depreciate the facts,; but it remains "true thaf the' greatest military machine the -( World ever, knew has been blocked by the volunteer British' army, officered in most "part just as ours. The gigantic blunder of, the super man lias been exposed by the sovereign citizens of enlightened democracy, and the fabric of Ger .man efficiency has, shattered in contact with the devotion of freemen. ? its need of technically trained workers by sending a large number of drafted men-to school. The government. is being assisted in the development of this' plan by a large number of educators from all parts of the country who have come ttf Washington to help solve educational problems growing out of the war. Already 121 institutions for technical training have' offered their plants to the gov ernment. If the plan advocated by the edu cators is adopted, these institutions, together with industrial plants and schools at training ... -fi v- . -j tional system where drafted men will learn trades and wilTTie paid by the government for their time while under, instruction, lhis training will be given not only to men who have had s6me experience tn ' the trades needed, but to novices' who have the neces sary mental and physical qualifications to become , proficient. It will mean that the conscript who is willing to study and able to learn .may get valuable educational ad vantages from his period of service. . The need for some such plan of, training has been growing steadily more evident. The census of men now in the cantonnfents has shown that not nearly enough skilled work ers are found among1 the conscripts to fill the needs of the army, while many of those who have had some experience in needed trades require further training before they can be used. Soma of the trades needed are represented not at all, or by negligible num bers among the drafted men. A further dif ficulty in the training of some of these is Caused by the fact that the equipment nec essary for giving instruction is very scarce, and fannot be found outside of technical in stitutions and industrial plants. ' ' . The Federal Bureairfor Vocational Educa tion, which has been 1 organized 'under the Smith-Hughes act to co-operate4 with ''the states in founding vocational training schools, has tried to meet the need for technically trained men by establishing eve ning classes in schools throughout the coun try. ,But these classes, while al great as sistance, are necessarily unable to produce thoroughly trained men in a short time. Arid thoroughly trained men is now one of the most pressing needs, of the government, Sec retary Baker has written a letter to all of the division heads in the War department directing them to lay before the Federal Board for Vocational Education a statement of their needs in the way of 'trained men. Letters received by the board as a result of this order already sliow a need for 300,000 skilled workers and these letters refer to only a part of the trades in whfth men are re quired. The educators who have offered the serv ices of their, schools "and instructors to the government argue that this, evidence shows ,the necessity, of some extensive system of training under a centralized board ji con trol. Tney urge the creation of such a board by act of congress, and the appropriation of Federal Board for Vocational Education is to act as a clearing house for all work carried on by the schools. , If this plan is put into effect, drafted men who have had some experience in trades, or who' are especially fitted for and desirous of learning them, instead of being" sent imme diately to the training camps,, would be de tailed to the various technical schools and in dustrial institutions, where they wtuld de vote all of their time to-learning trades under military discipline, and on govrnmen pay and subsistence. It is stated that unless men are paid to devote all of their time to study,' they cannot be efficiently trained in a short time. Representatives of the 121 technical schools which have offered their equipment and services toythe government state that if this plan is put promptly into operation the regular work'of these schools can be deter-' mined by May 1 and theif-plants, dormitories and instructors made available for training army men. It is estimated that these schools can educate an average of 500 njen each and that by October 1 they alone could furnish the army with about 60,000 trained men. In the case of some of the trades needed by the army there is no equipment for train ing men either at the cantonments or in the schools, wwhile, owing to the scarcity and high price of all industrial materials, this equipment would be very difficult and expen sive to obtain. Gas welding and vulcanizing are given as two examples of such trades. It is believed that these trades can best be taught by detailing drafted men. on pay and subsistence . to industrial plants where classes will be maintained between shifts of work. 1 ' 1 . l ; ,.. This plan for supplying the army with trained men is one which has bn used by the Navy department, not only during the war. but before. The navy enlists a man. de tails him to a school or industrial plant for. a special course of intensive training on pay and subsistence, and puts him on duty as soon as he has obtained the necessary pro ficiericy. It is largely due to this system of navy schools that the navy has not had the difficulty experienced bythe army in sup plying its needs for technically trained men. Of.course, owing to the snaller personnel of-j the navy and "to the fact that the expan sion! made necessary ty the war was not -proportionately so great, its. problem has been' a much simpler one than that faced by the War department. , The army has "also made use of this plan oil a small' scale and now has various small groups of men undergoing special training on government pay and subsistence. , It now has. 25 men at the plant of the Prestolite company at Indianapolis being trained to serve as instructors in autogenous welding for the aviation division.4 At another insti tution the army is having trained a company of bakers for the quartermaster's corps, a company ot, wireless opeators ror me sig nal corps and 325 mechanics and lechnicians for the aviation division. "Congressmen will pay the excess profits tax the same 'as 'others -and so may face their con stituents .next mmirier-ith a little better grace. Consider theMessings of Winter1 -t ' Thi"s winter may be a"bltssing in disguise; Thejf are not few willing' to call the disguise cofTrplcte enough to baffle a : Sherlock Holmes. There is, and has long been, that about this winter to. dispel any theory that it may be summer en masque. And yet it may be none the less helpful and inspiring for that reason. Nobody is now heard com plaining of mosquitoes, chiggcrs, ants, flies or other insects, all of which, in their season, are regarded as such afflictions, by the com plaining, that "the old-fashioned winter" is longed-for and invited. This belated-acceptance of a long standing invitation should meet with more cordial hospitality; , , True, the freight congestions and conse quent coal shortages have vexed us. But it is easy to set against all of this the fact that this ms just the sort of winter-which gives mother earth the rest she needs before be ginning -the yielding of new harvests. Old Boreas has,, it would seem, taken extraordi nary care this time to protect the soil with snows to shield it from thaticy breath which be blows in all of our faces, as if -to say that any oneof us might be better spared just now than a tiny wheat root in the soil. .We must provide our own coverings or perish, but Providence has thus far looked well after the protection of- the.millions . of 1 little germinal seeds under the ground, out of which will spring the" strength of- nations in the months to come. This is a real good "old-fashioned winter" after all. . j ' Taking a wider view, we find its goodness to be growing upon' us. It is a fine thing to' be a native of the north temperate zone, which inctudes all of these United States Lecturers, and even historians, have tried to draw ethnological lines between our sections on lines of latitude. But in the beginning and through, several geh:rations we were all of the blood of' hardy northern races, hark ing back to the Yule Tree as a religious rite, lhis is. the fact which lias written into the history of the world the history of a country called the United States, unapproachable, for rapid development in civilization, wealth, power' and a spirit which is carrying it now into the greatest of wars for the protection of those ideals on which it has been founded and through which it has excelled. We should all recognize the real beneficence of winter. St Louis Globe-Democrat. People andEvents , ;' After all the real test of food conservation is the contraction cjf -the' belt.. ' - '.-.--. ,v!Some. callous souls regard 'winter scenery as wholly barren of humor. Evidently they haven't glimpsed an ice man delivering his goods with the mercury below zero.. - Out of regard fqjan'old friend British cartoonists materially shrink the front of John Bull. - In vthese days of enforced con servation a diminished front is more becom ing and lifelike. :: i - s " Beyond k reasonable 'doubt the coming peace congress oi the belligerents will be the most impressive and . welcome event in the modern world. That much may be predicted without assuming the gift, of prophecy. As to the date,' its anybody's guess. ', ' . - Gotham chivalry is somewhat disturbed by the tendency of women street car con ductors to faint during rush hours. The pos-' sibility of catching one in the descent causes unusual crowding of the rear platform. . Insurance -rustlers must tip their hats to Uncle Sanr-as the champion business getter. In about seven months he has insured about 600,000 soldier and . sailors and worked up a'liability of $5,000,000,000. And he is good for it, too. , t - f The year before the war, when the free dom of. the seas Was a reality, 1,338,216 pas sengers arrived on steamers at the port of New York. Last year the number was 113, 623. The globe trotter on pleasure bent is a wise exponent of safety first.- ' The failure of District Judge Killits of the northern Ohio federal district to sen tence a convicted bank embezzler caused At torney General Gregory .to institute proceed ings for contempt in the federal supreme court. The latter court recently decided that federal judge -had.no authority to suspend sentences, and the novel action has in view making judges obey the law as interpreted by the court" of last resort , ' The son of the father of the .coming Around the Cities Minneapolis Garden club cultivated 2.700 lots last year and plans to work lOjTlOO lota this year. Energetic thrift at home means more.I-i for the al lies, and food is a sure war winner. -- The Knights of Columbus )t Min neapolia this wee finished their war fund drive for $30,000, a 10 days' Job. Omaha turned in $50,000 in 48 hours and cleaned up $75,000 in a week. , Chicago and C6ok county authori ties are staging a financial r;rap, sim ilar to Omaha and Douglas county, with J this difference Cook county Is the debtor and the city wants it to ocme across with 561,291 in rifcl money. . St. Joo and Buchanan county whooped up a good roads bond elec tion for $2,000,000Nnd put it over ihe top by a score of 5 to 1. The state treasury is expected to put up dollar for dollar, and give the county a huge stretch of permanent "highways. The street cleaning boss of Kansas City, Mo and a would-be contractor exchanged epithttical compliments and blows -in the . mayor's waiting room. The bouLwas not refereed in, the regular way, and no decision was tendered, but belated spectators agreed that the carpet scored a clean-up. Election time is coming on in Chi cago and the city - council plans to forestall opposition campaign thunder. The city bureau of public efficiency andtthe Chicago Federation of Labor have been asked to make a joint in vestigation of all city departments, with a view of determining whether public money has been wasted., A bold defy to political lightning. AMERICA. w' . , - ; (London Observer.) The night has decked herself tn Jewels For my pleasure, Tet finds no favor. For my heart is torn and hitter For the crushed bodies of my brothers The nla-ht has seen These three years. When suddenly The distance trembles with a sound. An of soma great thing moving, , ffhat holds the clang of metal, And the whirring uf machinery, 1 And the training, tramping, tramping, Of -perpetual feet. So rTisten on and listen. And warm wonder lakes my ' For. I know the sound that trembles ' Is the stirring of a nation ' ' To the succor ' Of my brave dead. It Is the tramnlng of her armies Gathered willing from her prairies And her forests and her mountains, Gathered willing from her cities The masses of her thousand cities i Coming, coming to the fight. - j . It is the clang Af metal Molding, making In her factories A myriad fine implements Wherewith her men and ours May help toforce the right. It is the whirring of machinery, . Of her acres of machinery. Working Infinitely , To make food and clothing For the men that fight. 'DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES . Blngs I suppes' you an looking for ar. early ftacr. ' Newly rominissiiiiied Lieut, nant I should say not It'll take me a year to break even with the cost of my uniforms. Life; "Opportunity passes in the way of ever) man." "Vera," commrnted the artist-soldiers "but the confounded thins isalmost invari ably camouflaged." Washington Star. Wife (reading) Thief grabs a lady's S50( meshbait with two pennies In It. Husband (a preacher) Ah, ladles should be more careful on their way to church.- Houston Chronicle. " Bess So Bob bought seat on 'changt so as to shear the lambs! June Yes forgetting. poor chap, thai they broil lobsters there, too! Life. Fjor GRAY HAIR NO matter how pray, streaked or faded your hair may be, one to three applications will make it light brown, dark brown or black, whichever shade you desire. It does not rub off, is not Bticjcy or greasy and leaves the hair fluffy. - A $100,00 Gold Bond Tod need not hesitate to use, Orfex, as a $100 Gold Bond cornea in each box guaranteeing that Orlcx Powder doe not contain silver, lead, sulphur, mercury, aniline, coaMar products or their derivatives. - Get a 25c box of Orlex Powders at any drug stare. Diaolve it in one ounce of water and comb it through the hair. Or send os the coupon below and get a free trial package. Free Sample Coupon ORLCX MAMUFACTUMNQ CO. , . 101 L tMknua St., New Vera, N, V. InavanercrosedOrtex. Please send me Flee Trial package io slain wrapper. Mam.. Stxeet.... i City .State.. It seems , I A giant bell within moorings, ' And rings with joy, ' To know the great are coming. And the great will help the great. And as still , I listen ' The mlghtly sound is growing; Semehow it makes a lullaby For me to sleep. Business -.' Needs Efficiency There are numerous efficient and capable men that would ' be very willing to better their posi tions. Do you need such men? We have them on our list. Women, too. Get in touch with U3 if you want high-class employes. A N ; CALL US FOR HELP . ' Douglas 3885 'Watts Reference Company 1138 First Nat'l Bk. BIdg. and hence' does not disturb the most Browninsr machine Run says his grandfather, 1 delicate stomach. Colds are easiest Jonathan Browning, was also a gunsmun and plied his trade in Council Bluffs away back in 1847-52, when theJamity moved to Ogden and stuck.: The; present inventor grew up in the gunshop and has a score of -un natents to his credit Council Bluffs may rightly claim the honor of mothering- some geniuses other tnan tnose wno craaiea Omaha. ... ; i ronAVi One Year. Ago Today in the 'War. - i Tresident Wilson severed" relations with Germany. - . ' Bernstorff handed hit pAsJipofW and Ambassador Gerard called horns., - American steamer HousatMic sunk by U-boat near Scllly Islands. , ''-. Attempt to sink American, destoyer Jones discovered at Philadelphia; '. The Day We Celebrate. . Dr. Herbert E. King,-dentist, born JSS2. -i , i - .- t . KC Rev. George A. Beecher, Epis copal bishop of western Nebraska, born at Monmouth, 111., 60 years. ago. Samuel M. Felton. president of the Chicago Great Western railroad, born Jt Philadelphia. 64 years ago today. James G. McReynolds, associate justice of the supremo court of the United States, born at Elkton, Ky., M years ago today. Porter J. McCumber, United States mnator from Kort'a Dakota, born at Crete, lit, 0 years ago today, , nils Day In History. - .1807 General Joseph E. Johnston Ju$LSQ.eari 'Ago today -' There, was1 larfe and 'enthusiastic meeting, at Pfiro '& Hardin's sport ing headquarters r6r Ihe purpose of dnranlzinf & clt$- base ball leaguei This was accomplished by the election df:JI,A.,Fentole, president; ,W. E. Rockwell, vie, president; C. H. Sobat kef. secretary itftd It T. Lalby, treas urer, "k " , Klralfy'e "Afoind the World in Eighty 'Days,'" wi? presented at the Boyd's to one of the largest audiences of the season. r ... - , A meeting o the - Nebraska Fish I commission was held at the office ;of IR.R.R. Kennedy there, beinsr present 'ne of the ablest military leaders of from abroad . Commissioner Way of the confederate states, born In Prince Fremont, and Superintendent M. E. Edward county, Virginia. Died in O'Brien of the State. Fishery at South Washington. D. C.r March 21, 1891. Bend. I - jySZ ainf! All the special policemen commonly , lary Seward held an, informal peace knnwn . "block - watchmen" an- ".nf:?" ' 1 in StnTed "y thTbaMf po." an'd I V ' ln fire commissioners, are notified to ' ie1?aI',on, RW.W r,, ,J furnish' a It.OOO bsnd wUh approved - Henri Rochefort returned to curlt- t0 chief of PcA'cs Eeavtrv. Jance after siyeJTs of exile.. jsecumy w viuer of oj.ca 6tejrv : . Twice Told Tales ; Treasure Trove. For some reason the Sundax school class had become Interested In Me thuselah. . At their urgent request the tekcher related alt the authentic in formation recorded In the Bible about thaf amazing man, also various anec dotes cleaned from less . reliable sources. In conclusion she said: "Now, is that all? Are there any further questions you would like o ask about Methuselah?" i'l'fl like to know." . said the . most interested youngster of the lot, '.here air his birthday presents are burled." Galveston News. . ( Checked Enthusiasm. -General Pershing is fond of telling this story. It happened when he was oil ,the Mexican border. A regiment was marching by when it met a small, tbwheaded ragged Irish boy clinging to a moth-eaten, dilapidated donkey he had been riding, and which had become, restless owing to the noise of the band. It was ail the boy could do to hold beast A Joker in the ranks called out to 4he boy as he swung past "Say, kid, what are you holding your little brother so tight for?" "Be cause," came the reply from - the Irish kid, "he sees you guys and I'm afraid he might enlist." London Chronicle. ' '. ... fi ' . r- - , ConserraUou. Flatbush Ars you doing anything to cut down your table supplies? Bensonhurst Oh, yes; we've elimi nated v ths fmijer-bO'V Vonkers Statesman..- . . .... , . Sign Posts o Pf ogress lay systeroatlo reforestation Java Is constantly increasing its teak for ests, which now cover more than 1, 480,000, acres. As another indication of the spread or the feminist movement, Japanese girls are now demanding to see a photograph of the prospective hus band selected-by. the parents of the Tflrl.. . , ; . . Dean Holmes of the Pennsylvania Out of the Ordinary In 'time of. peace the :TTansvaal mines are the largest consumers of explosives in the world. Among the tragedies of neutrality was the recent slaughter , of four Swiss soldiers, killed by lightning when it striftk the 6,000 foot peak on which they were stationed. J. The girl carpenters who are build ing huts for -our troops in France spent a . few days at Christmas at State college, after spending months Byteet Surrey, ,th'r .headquarters. gathering statistics, has discovered that the money value of four years at college is $20,000, or a financial return of $5,01)0 for every year so spent t As a part of Mississippi's drive for a 100 per cent increase, in hog production- during 1918, efforts are under way to enroll a total of 20,000 boys In corn and pig clubs, and indica tions are that the campaign will be successful. , . v Slavonic societies in Mahanoy City, Fa., which heavily fine mem and on. their return held a fancy dress ball. " .... , A Chase county (Kansas) steer, which had Just come in off pasture, gained 45 pounds ln 24 hours the first day it was put on tted on the farm of Henry Starkey. This is considered to be a record. The use of sawdust in. .food prep aration in Germany is too well au thenticated to be dismissed as a fic tion. Something can be said for' it; for instance, it is a vegetable diet While the track laying crew was bers who do not attend the funerals j recentiy engage) in laying rails on of members, abolished Vie custom to permit the men to remain at' work in the mines herafter. SJx men to act as pallbearers will be Selected by the societies. The mechanism of an electrically operated phonograph is hidden in the massive base of a metal lamp. The upper part of the lamp can be raised far enough to permit the'in sertlonof a record. The carrier of the sound waves is hidden in the tha Alaska railway, near Mile 191, brown bear .attacked one of the la borers. chasing him down the Tight of way. Ona of the men shot the bear,' which weighed 800 pounds. . . Paper board, jfne of the best non conductors of heat known, makes an Ideal mat for the dining table. The upper side of the board is made liquldproof, whWe the underside, that next to the polished table, is as soft as felt These paper, mats are maae stem of the lamp. Separate switches i to nt standard size tables, and can control the lamp and its phonograph 1 1,9 bought at a much lower rate than tuavum.uv , , tne neavy ie pao. , Gut Out Coupon Below-Worth Twenty-Five Cents To You GoodH at Loc41 Druggists, as Long as the Free Supply Lasts, for One 25-cent Package of the External "Vapor" Treatment That Relieves Colds Over Night Croup in 15 Minutes. , - Each Local Druggist Will Give Away 60 Free Pack ages, 12 of Which Are Full Size 25-cent Jars. Fifteen years ago, in a little North Carolina town, a drug gist discovered a process-' of combining the o 1 d-f ashioried remedies Camphor, Tur- &e n t ine and enthol with certain volatile oilssuch as Eucalyptus1, Tyhme.Cubebs and Juniper, so that, when applied ex ternally, the body heat would vapor ize these ingredients. These vapors, inhaled all night long, carry the medication, with each breath, direct to the air passages and lungs. Today this vapor treatment, Vick's VapoRub, is almost universally -used throughout the South in preference to internal "dosing." It is quickin its action, and what is more im portant, particularly to mothers with small children, H is appnea externaiiy The Old Way "INTERNALLY" treated at the beginning and Vano Rub makesvthe ideal preventive for the entire family. ,,..'. This preparation ' comes in salve form and its action is twofold. Ex ternally, it is absorbed through and stimulates the skin, taking out that tightness and soreness in the chest. Internally, the vapors inhaled loosen the phlegm and open the aiif passages. For croup or colds just rub a little overHhe throat and chest and cover witha warm flannel cloth. One appli cation -at bed time prevents a night attack of croup. , , For very severe chest colds, tonsil itis, bronchitis or incipient pneu monia, hot, wet towels should first be applied over thrparis', to open tha pores of the skin and then usa Vapo Rub. For headcolds, Asthmatic or catarrhal troubles a little VapoRub can be rubbed up the nostrils or melt ed in a spoon and the vapors Whaled. The manufacturers know that an actual trial is the best way to prove now valuable . VapoRub is in the home and they iave ac cordingly fur nished each drug gist in Omaha with 60 free pack age s, to , be given away on pre sentation of the couppn below. . V v The New Way-"EXTERNALLY . GOOD AT YOUR DRUGGISTS ... for a free package of Vick'a VapoRub, as Ions as tba free supply lasts. Each Drugglet has 60 packages, 12 of which are full-rite 25e jars, to be given to the first twelve presenting; coupons.'. Only one sample allowed each family.: Name Address j. No. L-244 THE BIG THING DURING WAR Food?. No. Supplies? No. Guns and Ammunition? No. Ships? No. ; : All These Are Big and ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIA!, . But-Bigger Than All is MONEY Required to Put Our Men "OVER THE TOP" ' THRIFT STAMPS and LIBERTY BONDS Bring Returns TAX RECEIPTS DON'T LendjJTour Money to Uncle Sam. He'll Do the Rest - The Woodmen of the World subscribed 'for $760,000.00 Liberty Bonds," ' and the employe purchased $12,500.00 Thrift Stamps. F THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU 1 t r a , Waahingtoa, D. C. y" j Enc'.osedfind xa 2-cent stamp, for which you willplease send me, Name". Street Address ............. i ....... , entirely free, "German War Practices." City. . .-. . .. . .. . .4 . . ...... . . State. m m'.tai.wwowt nse&i it 'J"."ir