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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 10, 1918.
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SubacriMra leaving dke city efceulel fcrra The Baa BaaOai
M than. Addrssa caantad aa Haa aa raajuaatad. . i
, '"'Begin ;each week by laving 'something, if only
time.
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v. Better get ready, for ;a big spring drive right
here at bomei. . '.. 5 ,; !.:t'j . ' ;, , - ,
t. i Pull your belt a little tighter and' be ready to
meet the monthly fait day.' " :
'" Identification 'tags that do not Identify afford
anbther' proof that someone had blundered-
. ; A call has been lent to the welt for food. All
right, Mr.. Director,, lend along 'your cars and
we will load "them. ' . , ' ;
" .When the Lusitania sank Germany, had lost
the war; sinking the Tuscahia only made the ouU
come more certain. . ' , . ' , .
Colo Pasha has a heart after all,' else why
should he Veep when two wives and an "affinity"
took the and to testify against him? . Or was it
frort'thagriB??".;-', l' . ',
-Railroad legislation , will have an . inning . at
WaahingtonUhis week,' and while it is' on the
board some adjustment of more vital' matteri may
be attained by' agreement. ' ; ,
.Tltwill not be nearly so. hard' to observe the
Lenten jeason, by abstention this year, for most
folkihave already had considerable training along
this lirie since last "Easter.. ' ' ' -' ' ,
' ; Admiral' John JeUicoe. is prudent. as i.well as
optimisticl'in' fixuig; the end-of the ' U-boat for
Augukt, A,lot, of people, thinkthe 'whole' war
mabe. over before that- date. V
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; ;t Germany proposes "that Roumania seize'Ruj
; iian 'tefrho'ry in retitrV forvwhatever the kaiser
; 2rabs""irom 'Roumaniai-reciprocal,'" to be ' sure,
i 'iut -Where "does the bolshevik come in? ' , ' , '.
v
VOmen?bn.:b'oardrthe:Tuscania were not so
-viany in-number, but they' weres right along with
ftb,e. meri'incoolness" and courage,'; giving a 'good
' illustration of 'fitness, for any emergency' ,'
General Croider'1has'given a ood reason.why
; Blimltv.sh6u)d be set to the "deferred classifica
' tipn't on-accounf Jof .industrial hectssitj'. If each
iSduitry v;were " allowed 'the ' extent .of-itsjclaims
cjtiss'ljWOvild'sSbn' be depleted to Jthevextent that
tiie; other classiations wbpld be called ' upon
to.'supRlyjthe deficiency. The intent of? the law
' is to" enlist .'iB'tthCarrrtythose 1 who are. available
without crippling; or 'favoring any industry. '
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t, VVjVt' t's',Uleof Jebrnary Snows. , ,t
;'; Many" phllosophers'haveTdisperised "cQinfort,' to
thVueLiamine. Such autlimated speculation bat
flesjtheordinary'miad,'.but there" are a few facts
in i -conrfecVidri.Vlth February shows-that are so
vibusYthat eventhe dullest may understandj
them". One. of f the w ' in, this neck of the woods
has,'t0db'withithewinteryieat
n?ctfeiiibeweenhe:two1s Vital and intimate. For
an.Hllustratiofljis'.whaveonly. to recur, to
our Experience;, of i a. 'year ago.v, Then ' February
vs.Wyiadoldan,the'ground'w'as generally;
bjire. $ 0utrof this'! came. 'disaster to the winter
wheatfieiasi iMfllibns of'acres sown jn. the fall
and" coding Jalpn'g' thrbilgK'the'Jeariy, Winter 'with'
firprtniiBe.,of', a .bountiful - yield if eU 'under the
bjlght'of the February droufli'anll an all but total
failureof '-t'lie'crbp resulted." For this,' if for no
oth'e'f reaso'n, . thi,' sno w.; Vhat has blanketed the
wbeat elds jof :Nebra'ska is welcomed It is a
promise' of "the .harVesC'whctt'itwillibe trans
muted 'b'y nafure'alAerny'.irito 'grain .for the
woridr Therefore you wll hear but little com
plaintmitbCtllovghtfuLNbraskan 'about the
snowsftat-falUn Jebary. , , ,;. , ; '; - -
Teaching True Patriotism.
. Among, the varied manifestations of , life as
affected by war conditions none'is more marked
or more common than .the impulse to patriotic
endeavor. Only a very few. people are wholly
lacking in devotion to the great-things for which
our country stands, and these few will be found
on cldse inquiry to be somentally or morally
warped as to be incapable of genuine. devotion to
any cause. The great mass of our people is ' leav
ened with a true 'love for country arfdyfor its in
stitutions as "they understand 'hem. That is the
beginning (of whatever 'f ' trouble tljat ,is met
in our "progress. Minds differ ' and habits of
thought are as distinctive'as'habfts'of body. To
fuse the variant and sometimes vagrant ideas of
patriofic'duty.inito one great snati6rtal will to win
. i. task . as "imperative as to prepare the atmjf
for the actual lighting. ': - "t ' ;
President Wilson has recognized this need and
his addresses' on the subject of he war are pe'r
mpatedwith: the thought "that the national con
sciousness must be thoroughly aroused. 'Ener
getic men and women ' have taTcen the presi
dent's example and have sought' with earnest zeal
to awaken Americans. Much', of this work has
been done in Omaha, and more is to be done.
The, occasion of .the birthday of Abraham Lin
coln is, to be made notable by a .great public as
semblage, at which pure patriotism will be
preached in ahe name -of Washington,! and of
Lincoln, and of all America.' The burden of the
message should be' directed to each Individual,
for on him alone rests the responsibility. As we
unite in thought and action, . so do. we improve
our prospects in war as well as in peace.
Teachers everywhere should keep this upper
most. It is no loger self, but service. Inserv
ing our country we are serving ourselves, and
humanity, not for the present' alone,-tut for the
future. No party exists in this war, no class
and no division. It is the war 'of the people, for
the people and by the people, and.only so will it
be won. The will to win must not only be estab
lished, but it must also be completely crystallized
and translated into action. , , , "
"Daylight Saving" for Nebraskans. ' '
' The proposed law intended to bring to pass
so-called "daylight saving" is expected to become
operative shortly and have the effect of reducing
hours of uf of artificial light.' In Omaha, and
cities similarly situated as to latitude, the law
will have little or.no appreciable effect on the
habits of the .people, for only a few minutes dif
ference exists between "clock" time and ."true"
time. The sun is about 20 minutes slow at this
season of the year 'and six months from now will
be about that, much fast. If, however, all social
as well as industrial operations are to be speeded
up correspondingly the new rule will accomplish
one thing. .It will start folks to work an hour
earlier,in the morning and let them off that much
sooner in , the. afternoon. It is hardly calculated
that ;the hour will be added at . each, end of 'the
day, for nothing in the' situation "warrants . the
assumption that we contemplate returning to the
ways-of bur fathers, who rose with the sun and
went to bed with him. , The change may liave the
urtexpected. result of adding'to-the pleasure of
some lives hereabouts by giving a chance to en
joy the glories of sunrise to a lot of people who
now only know 'the beauties of sunset If any
thmg'in nature can rival the close of a flay" in
Nebraska it is the beginning of a new day, Daftii
and evening have each a peculiar 'chirm that ap
peals' Jo even ; the ..unimaginative, while 5 to the
poetic or artistic they offer delights to be found
nowhere else. If "daylight saving" will get folks
out of bed earlier ,jn the morning and "send
them there sooner at nigh't it, will be doing 'some
good. - '. ' . '' "t ' ' :
Dancing as a Pastime. - r 1'
. rt Correspondents 'have '"vigorously,' debated the
question as to whetherdancing,' should or. should
nbt;be suppressed, and without finality;it seems.
At. present, 'those' who support the; pastime . as
harmless !a, itself,, and innocuous 'under" proper
control, have rather tlie best of it. Dpncing is a
Companion of music, a natural effect of the at
tempt .to express emotion, spiritual or : physical
exaltation finding outlet in song' or tune, and this
fo 'turn 'exciting the. impulse, to rhythmic accom
paniment by the body." Obser.vef s wonder at the
song bird; carried, away , by the exuberance of its
notes,' unable to-stay in one "position .'or jplace,
but dancing,1 hopping, 'flitting from twig to; twig,
its movements more pronounced as -its song increases'-
in; volume and strength. ' fhey should
understand that the bird is obeying a physical
laV of sound-production. The effect' not only .of
the sound .itself, but of .the effort "to prbduce the
sound is to engender motion - throughout the
locomotor muscles of vthe body that' must be re
sponded' to.' ' In' the speaker,; these fujd vent'in
gestures; in Swaying of the body, in movement to
and fro on the floor or platform. In' the singer,
the phenomenon is variously exhibited, but never
is entirely suppressed. , 1 Therefore, the 'most nat
ural result of joyous song is equally joyous dance.
And so we find man dancing'thVough all the ages,
in solemn ceremonial, in sportive festival, in
merriment or in sorrow, Hnyofeing a blessing or
begging; a boon, observing a. fast or celebrating a
feast, dancing'to express his-mood,, and giving it
over only when cast ddwn by'utter despair. The
harmi if harm' there be, is not in' the dance, but
the 'dancer.' ' '' . "' J
Marriage; and the Working Woman
Wage-Earning Independence Threatens to Can Dan Cupid
By Frederic J. Haskin.
. Washington, -Feb. - 6. .Woman's -invasion
of industry bids fair to put a crimp in the
marriage1 lists, .according tos some informa
tion which has recently, been gathered py the
Department of Labor. v
f- It-has long been an accepted fact about
.women as workers that their average work
ing life is only five years, and seldom ex
ceeds seven. ' This working period, was con
sidered to be rnerey-an , interlude, between
.school and marriage." ; l, '
These late investigations have, put a-de-cidely
newface onjthe matter. - Whether it
is because women are becoming mpre fond of
freedom or because the rewards'of industry
are for them becoming higher, or-becaose of
the rising price of keeping house or the
?;rowing reluctance, of the male to marry, the
act remains that 'many, women are. ..found
who have had 10 or more ytafs of industrial
experience and still show no tendency to
wed. Then, too, that versatile woman who
both marries and holds. her job is on the in
crease.' It is to be hoped that she, rather
than the bachelor working woman, is the
coming type. But. the significant thing is
that the majority of women now entering
industry are entering to stay. , ' ' .
Since the war. women have been pouring
into industries that formerly employed only
men; the. number of women in industry has
increased by 1,000,000 during the last year.
Women' are running elevators, clerking in
drug and grocery stores, carrying telegrams,
operating wireless instruments, driving
trucks, making munitions, and handling
freight in railroad yards. All these things
they art performing efficiently, albeit so
complacently, that people are already begin
ning to consider the industrial status of
women after the war. ' ,
As an important and permanent figure in
our industrial life, she requires special study.
What particular lines of work attract wom
en? What sort of work are they best fitted
for? How do working women live; what do
they earn.' and how do they spend their
money? These questions, are . answered m
parroy a recent study of wage-earning wom
en "made in the District of Columbia. ,
The District of Cblumbia is not, of course,
a representative American community. A
large percentage of. its inhabitants,. both men J
ana-women, are employed Dy tne govern
ment. -It has few manufacturing industries,
with the exception of small plants, such as
bakeries, ice factories, laundries, and box
making, tailoring and printing establish
ments. Nevertheless, it presents some inter
esting evidence.
The cases of 600 women were embraced
in this investigation.' They consisted of gov
ernment clerks, office employes,, saleswom
en telephone operators, factory workers,
waitresses and laundry workers. These were
the seven occupations attracting the greatest
number of women.)?
Of. the 600,' 542 were unmarried; 58 had
been married and ' were either widowed, di
vorced or separated at the time of the in
vestigation, and 15 of : these married workers
had . children to support. The age of hc
women under consideration ranged from 16
to '30, although several were above 30. There
was one woman 75 'years old and ycripple,d
with rheumatism who was maintaining her
economic independence .by -dressmaking.
About 5 per cent of the wpifen' had. been
wage earners for1 20 years -br more. !
- The majority about-6 per cent of the
total number were receiving .less than $500
a year, or approximately $10 a week. Indeed,
as many as 46 per cent were making only
$400 or under,-while only 35" women out of
the 600 were making as much as $16 a week.
As might be expected, most of these wom
en workers lived at home. Out of 133 earn
ing less than' $300 a year, for instance. 100
lived-at home; of the rest 15 lived in private
families; 13 lived in" rented rooms and did
light very light housekeeping, 'while five
lived in homes for working girls.
'. ..The amount of home assistance received
by women in industry is an extremely im
portant phase of the whole feminine indus
trial question. For with such assistance a
woman is able to offer her services in the
labor, market at a much lower wage than the
woman entirely dependent upon her own
earnings for support. A girl who, is sup
ported by her parents can afford t take a
job at $4 a week, which will pay for her
cosmetics and sodas, but no woman can be
decently self supporting on such a wage.
For many years popular opinion has held
that a woman who lives at home should be
willing aitd grateful to work for a small
wage an economic fallacy that is now the
greatest menace' to industrial women. Un
der its protecting influence many charlatan
concerns have lived and flourished, reared
on the cheap labor of girls who were support
ed by home subsidies. Now people are begin
ning to realize that if a woman is worth hir
ing at all, she should be paid a self supporting
wage regardless of where she lives. If she
is worth $10 a week, then she should demand
and get $10 a week for her labor, even if she
happens to be an heiress to millions.
In the District of Columbia investigation,
also; it was shown that many young women
were handicapped by home assistance. That
is, they gave up opportunities to secure bet
ter positions and larger salaries to remain at
home on a small wage because they believed
that their' services or companionship Were
needed. Women wage earners never do
achieve the emancipation from home re
sponsibilities that men do, it appears. Many
women who work eight hours in business of
fices, stores and factories, it has been shown.
go home 'to' another two or three hours of
housework. Thus it was recently discovered
by; a city' social worker that a girl of 18 who
worked for nine and a half hours in a lat-ge
department store then went home and cooked
dinner for her father and three brothers,
after which .she washed both the breakfast
and' dinner dishes and put the rest of the
house in order.
' This girl was making such , a low wage
that she could not have supported herself
anywhere .but at home. And this is often
what the home subsidy really is a payment
for; equally arduous but less independent la
bor than that which the girl does outside
the 1 homel . Since the war the situation of
women in . industry has improved. Wages
have, risen,' new industrial opportunities have
opened up', and the girl who works for pin
mpney has found other outlets for her work-i
Ing. instinct, such as knitting and foreign re
lief work? A new valuation has been placed
on women's work. Many concerns are learn
ing to their own great astonishment that in
some . lines of work women may even excel
men.
:IooJcig the Facts in the Face , :
Individual Self Denial in. Light, Fuel and Food
It is still difficult to impress our people
with the necessity for individuahself-denial
inall forms, of consumption,', of. light,' fue,l or
food, and it is to.be Jeared that the true se
riousness of the .war is not even, yet appre
ciatedras.it should be.-.. This ii'an appeal o
those bankers and ' employe's of labor who
so assiduously read this Daper. and', it may
be said in -homely .fashion; that they 'may 'be-
; i 1 v..
gin;tneir economies.. ai.uuuic uy luuiacuua
ly educating their domestic servants. .
In the five .weeks- ending January 28, the
British casualties,. without any such' exten
sive "engagements- as that,, Jor' instance, of
the advance oa. the SQmme, .totaled 79,551.
Jhis'is ntare than twice the nu'rnber of-'sol-iers
now training in a'camp of the first im
portance, here.' To" take such a number, for
any." camp, as -35,000 is not professed tOibe
more than conjectural; but it is clear that in
those captured those ' temporarily or ' per
manently disabled and' those whose ljves are
extjnguished -forever, our principal, ally ex
pends that; number of ;rr!en, without -excep:
tional pressur.e.'in a' fortnight. ' ' ,
Great Britain, moreover, . has to, finance
the,war,on a scale w'hich'would duplicate the
Panama canal,' 'costing us not far short, of
$400,000,000,' in Jess than a fortnight." Jefe
is a measure of :the, task before us; and in
the present strategic position of Germany we
are to realize that nothing short of an' ef
fective occupation, by the ' western allies of
Westphalia and the Rhenish industrial prov
inces, together ' with Essen, and complete
control of the, iroirore in and adjacent to
Lorraine, the coal of Belgium and northern
France, so beneficently placed near by na
ture, will compel .Germany to relinquish her
grip upon the Russian provinces she now oc
cupies - -
These give her the control of Russia's
Baltic 'ports,', with a peace-at-any;price Uk
raine controlling all the ports of the Black
sea while an independent Finland can "ac
count for Archangel and the port develop
ments in the Arctic. There is no Russian
army in any real sense of the word, because
it has no longer the means to feed,a clothe
or arm itself in the field. The Trotzky dream
of universal chaos out of which a perfect in
ternational socialism is to evolve has gone
up . in a whiff of gunpowder used by the
bolsheviki advocates of fiee speech to sup
press Russian public opinion.
We are to tace sell-denial, and to realize
Hoover has failed because the substitutes
for wheat .in ;our daily .bread represent na
money saying',, he misses .the .point. There
are other ways' of meeting this difficulty; but
if Mr. Hoover, thereby creates a surplus of
wheat, he helps to wm the war," one which
Can only; be won by hard fighting on the
western front The readers of-this newspa
per are teachers, trained to their work. They
are' respdnsrbley that their employes should
know .these facts". They are associated with
him, not. merely in business or production,
but morally; and their" responsibility , does
not end in 'his pay envelope.
', People and Events
. No' more German measles in the training
camps. yictory .measle8 feel about the same,
but the name sounds better and responds to
regular treatment.
A New York judge rules that women,
registering as voters, need, not give their
exact age. "Over .21 years" will do
Still the thoughtless assert gallantry, is a lost
art in Gotham. . .". .' ,
One Charley Wasson, a Topeka tailor,
amused himself by mailing postcards criticiz
ing the war and signed-"The Boob.". He
proved his right to the title ;by legalizing a
path to a federal jail. ' , .
. Some specimens of current thrift omit the
war stamp certificate and fail of official sanc
tion. A-superthrifty internal revenue offi
cial of Boston advertised a series of lectures
on the income tax at so much per. Commis
sioner Roper delivered the first direct to the
lecturer, and squelched the game.
Registering as an enemy alien at St. Paul,
Minn., George Undheim exclaimed, "Here's
these papers. When the kaiser kills 100,000
of you fellows you'll make up to this humbl
ing business. It's all damn foolish I" George
got away with his speech owing to police
protection. But he hasyanother alien guess
coming.
Looking ahead and preparing for event
ualities, politicians gathered at New York's
capital agree that party tickets next fall will,
bear the name of at least one woman. That
is necessary as a life saver. The present per
plexity is picking a nicely appointed office
with a fat salarv and little work, and dead
ing whether the' candidate should he old or
vounor. handsome or plain, single or married.
that we sacrifice to support our ,army and ' Veterans of the machine incline strongly to
thc allies. When, the baker says that Mr. ward merry widows.
One Year Agoi today- In tb War. ' '
Brltteh.Vpaasenier iteanr!. Cali
fornia, aunk without warning. , ' ). ?
Repllea from . various capltam
ghowed neutrals disinclined to accept
President "Wilson's Invitation to break
with -Germany.'. : ' :
Th Day UTe Celebrate. ,..' ; r,
O.-N. i Aulabaugh,' '.furrier, bora
-JJT7.- I - tt t' .V
IS. a. McCilton of ths law flrm.ot
ItcGilton, Qaines & Smith, born is &9.
.Georte U MeDonough, colonization
agent' born u,.'.- r ; ' .
Commander-. Walter KewbBU- Ver
non. United States navy, bern In Kan
sa,i 404y ears ago. " j .-:' '..-. '
William K. ; Shoemaker, ; rear ad.
my-al United States navy, born in New
Tork,; 55. years ago.. .."'
Admiral f Lord Gkarles Beresford.
b6r,ft, at Waterfora, Ireland-, 78. years
ago.-" 5. la" ' :'' - ;:'
This DI In History.;.' .' . .
-1SJ4. Congress. confirmed to Daniel
Boone a grant . of til acre of land .in
Missouri." . ; ' '. V - 4...
1840 Uppsr and lower' canaaa
Just $Q Years Ago Toddy
S3. A. Fitzgerald,, for a good while
the obliging and popular day clerk at
the Paxton, has resigned to accept a
position with the Cunard line , of
steamships.- - J :
The annual -masquerade ball of the
Union Pacific band at Exposition hall
completely eclipsed anything . Ot the
kind given in Omaha this season.
George B. Jordon of. Kansas City,
secretary of the interstate associated
press, is In the city.
Samuel Gompers, president" of. the
American Federation of, Labor de
livered a lecture on labor at Exposi
tion halt- - ' !, i
, . Mrs. Fannie Ebrlght was ' elected
chairman of the women suffragu
were raunited In legislative - union, i meeting which was held at the Pax -
after a separation of 49 years.' ; - -. I ton. Mrs.- E. E. Linn acted secretary,
18S2-Gold medal presented , tof ueorge v.-AieiKiejonn, vico presi
Henry Clas by New tork admirers,
106 BrlLUih battleship ,; Dread
nought, the first of its class. , was
launched at Portsmouth,. England.
1909 An arbitration , : treaty - be
tween the' United.' States' and France
w pfgned at Washington." -
dent of the - Republican National '
League for Nebraska, and R. " W.
Breckenridge, : a member of the. ex
ecutive committee,. Mv issued a call
for . a convention of. the republican
:Twice Told Tales
' ' 'High Finance.'
A Buffalo; man stopped a newsboy In
New. York, saying: "See here, son,
I -want to fliid the Blank -National
bank. I'll iglve you half a dollar if
you direct me to It." s
With a grin, the bay .-eptied: "All
right, come along.'i and he - led the
man, to a building a half block away.
1 The man paid' the promised fee,' re
marking, however, 'That was a half
dollar easily 'earned."
! "Sure!" responded the lad. . "But
you mustn't fergit that bank-directors
is paid highs In Noo Yawk." Pitta
burgh Chronlcle-Tolpgraph. 1
' ; Unnecessary. Fears.
Of.:course the eloping couple's
rotyerakate of a car had no chance
agaihst the old man's high powered
roadster. Me soon came up with
them. . ' , '
. "Do not take her, back." pleaded the
young man with tears in his eyes.
"Take her back?" echoed. the stern
parent "Why, I have come to bring
her knitting outfit and chewing gum
so she. would never have. an. excuse
to come back." Boston Transcript'
r . , " The Usual Way.'
"Judge, I'd like to tell-you a-joke
about Mike and Pat," remarked the
lawyer.' "It seems Mike was visiting
Pat and Pat. said to Mike no, I'm
wrong there Mike said to Pat'"
"Let's get It straight" interrupted
the judge. , "Mike is the party of the
nrst part ana fat is tne party or tne
clubs of the state in Exposition hall! second part. Now go ahead." Louis-
la this city. v- , - . .lyllle Courier-Journal .
Sign Posts 0 Progress
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth
every beard, of a -fortnight's growth
was subject to a special tax. .
Concrete floors can be made almost
noiseless by covering them with heavy
tar paper, attached by cement
Automobile factories in the United
States are training women to take the
places of men who are called away
to war.' . '
. The Canadian, commission of con
servation estimates the total possible
water power resources of the Domin
ion at, 18.803,000 horsepower, whll
the developed, power Is 1,813,210
horsepower. ..."
To, remove snow from city streets
a motor driven machine has been
Invented that cleanses an eight foot
swath at the rate of 600 feet a min
ute. ; ..'.;
Lawrence B. Finael of " Hoovers
vllle. Pa., is believed to have earned
the highest : wages during -a month
ever paid any coal mrnec. Flnzel re
ceived 1347.92 for. the month. . ; .
So keen has, become. the competi
tion for woodchoppers in Porterville,
N. D., and1 so large' the wages paid
that the Tula Indians, who have1 a
monopoly on this 'work at the pres
ent me, are waxing affluei t. ;'.
Delaware " river shipyards January
1 : have' launched their largest total
tonnage . for any year In the history
of the-Industry of that district The
aggregate tonnage , leaving the ways
Out of the Ordinary
Australians are considering a sug
gestion to give the new capital of the
commonwealth the name of Shake
speare. ..
Every man, woman and child in the
town of Prairie du Rqcher, 111., en
rolled In the Christmas drive of the
Red Cross.
The railroads In India and Tibet
muii. be very slow. A Buddhist
priest has spent eight years crawling
toward Lhassa. He is due there eight
years hence.
' An aged Minnesota Indian, Injured
in an accident, refused to sleep on a
hospital bed; but rolled himself up
in a blanket and slept on the floor for
two weeks.
James Akin and George Schram,
partners in a horseshoeing establish
ment at Hillsville. Pa., in one day
from 6 a, m. until 6 p. m., put 311
shoes on horses brought to their
shop. 1
Evening dress is not. abolished in
London, but it is becoming much less
customary in theaters and restau
rants. Stiff white collars are disap
pearing and the soft collar is worn
by all classes.
:Eh proprietor of a hotel at Coney
Island, who sold joal to the poor at
cost during New York's recent coal
shortage, has been convicted of ob
structing the sidewalk in doing so.
;The largest order ever placed for
postage sumps has Just ne-n given
of the six largest companies on the by the New York postofflce. Tte order
Delaware for 1917 were J07.804. 'rep- f hi, for S1O.J02.32O stamps, valued at
resenting an approximate value of 8,193,705.2. which would make a
7,000,000. , . .... -, -;! strip 6200 wiles long. '.-v.. .
Around the Cities
The population of Minneapolis Jan
uary 1, 1918, was 385.702. according
to the fisures of the city statistician.
The same authority figures last year's
gain at 10,425.
Quebec is peculiarly fortunate in
being built on rock foundation. Stone
cellars, ' .itherto regarded expensive,
serve to fortify the inhabitants against
an excessive prohibition drouth.
While New York is some distance
from the fighting front, vehicular war
continues unhalted. During January
33 persons were killed ny vemcies -on
the streets. The number of "wounded
and missing" is not given. .
San Francisco is Jubilating over the
completion of a double track tunnel
through Twin peaks, and the inaugu
ration of trolley sen-ice to suburbs
beyond. The.city owns the tunnel and
operates it in connection with the
city-owned street railway system.
Pittsburgh's great and only cat
show met a tragic finish at the start
by colliding with Harry Garfield's
coal economy orders. Not enough
fuel to heat the ball could be had and
the parlor pets were bundled up and
taken home. More than any other
community, Pittsburgh regards Dr.
Garfield as a most unfeline cuss.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Well." eakl ths young lawyer,- "I plead
ed my Mrst suit yesterdaj-. and won it."
"You don't day:"
'"Tea; congratulate me. old man; I'm en
eared to Jlias Rich." Boston TraitBcrlpt.
"ReginaJ!" ...
"Yes, dear."
"Sugar ia getting scarce."
"Quite so; I'm gtad I have you, sweet
ness." Kansas City Journal.
"In the Trojan war the gods on Olympus
took sides."
"If that Is so taflay, Minerva Is hniftlng
sweaters and Jupiter is going short on
ambrosia two. days a week." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"You will have to graft these trees before
they will pay," said the countryman."
"Alas!" moaned the .city man. "Even
old Dame Kature has learned the trick!"
Judge.
WHAT TO USE TO
PREVENT APPENDICITIS
Omaha people should know simple
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka, flushes the EN
TIRE bowel tract 60 completely that
appendicitis is prevented. ONE
SPOONFUL Adler-i-ka relieves ANY
CASE sour stomach, gas or constipa
tion because it removes ALL foul
matter which clogged and poisoned
your system. The INSTANT action
surprises both doctors and patients.
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.
Advertisement.
RELIABLE METHOD OF HAIR CARE
Hair is. by far the most conspicu
aus thing about us and is probably
the most easily damaged by bad or
larelesa treatment If we -are very
;aref ul in hair washing, we will have
virtually no hair troubles. 'An espe
cially fine shampoo for this weather,
Dne that brings out all the natural
beauty of the hair, that dissolves and
antirely removes all dandruff, excess
oil ' and dirt, can' easily be used, at
trifling expense by simply dissolving
a teaspoonful of Canthrox' (which
you can get at any druggists), in a
:up of hot water. This makes a full
cup of shampoo liquid, enough so it
Is easy to. apply it to all the hair in
stead of just the top of the. head. This
chemically dissolves all impurities and
creates a soothing, cqoling lather.
Rinsing leaves the scalp ' spotlessly
clean; soft and pliant, while the hair
takes on the glossy richness of nat
ural color, also a fluffiness which
makes it seem much heavier than it is.
After Canthrox shampoo, arranging
tne nair is a pleasure. Adv.
THE EPOCH CF SPRING.
Tli czar of winter, sour. In furs f gray.
Is scheduled to retreat with cfankinf
chains;
Tha people's period, green robed arid gay.
Is waiting for the governmental relna.
Up from the fields will rise the odor black
Of burning powder apd of poisoned gaa,
O'er which will float a scent sumposlac
Of vari-colored flowers that deck tnt
grass;
The rusty hinges of the old bastile
Will dirge no more the dlsrual and tht
dark. , ,
But from the verdant, sunny vales will pea!
The flute-like paen of the meadow lark.
Make ready for the history of spring;
Let all of nature's happy voices sing.
WILLIS HCDSPETIT.
Women Llust
Look Voungl
ADuty-Not Vanity ,
THE desire of womanly women to
"look their best" is as old as
time itself. Prom time immemorial beauti
ful, bountiful, bewitching; hair baa been
woman's most subtle attraction indeed,
without It tha most perfect features, tha
most fascinating personality become unin
teresting; sod unattractive.
1 m ri rr r
r . 1 M
fttrtAmtAtrtistd
Beautifies Crat;. Hair
Keves-Tbl la a simple, sekmtl
fle. eanadentiotis d reparation by
eminent chemists, legally acoord-
.1 " - -
works positively yet so gradually
thatonecan Never-Tel -. noc
dye, not sticky aod will not
tain the most aeueato
skin, but when osed every
other day far short time.
gradually darkens the
hair to a desired shade.
thn us one every" two or
three weeks for the moat
gratifying; results.
Kirn-a-TKL is not tro in sani
tary, delicately perfomed tablet
fpnaanty.tobediMol.edln little water aa osed.
No estrss to buy, Doeoneeraone to Dotfiei
(MMauni, numieas rmtorann, i
araliet. refined people ararTwbera,
At your druggist, 50c, or direct
' from Never-Tel Laboratories Co.,
Dept. 204, Kansas City, Mo.
"TIZ"--A JOY TO
SORE, TIRED FEET
Use "Tiz" for aching, burning,
puffed-up feet and corns
or callouses.
"Sard! use US?
very tune for any
foot trouble."
1 m 1 1 a : mr
Goodby, sore feet, burning feet,
swollen feet, tender feet, tired feet.
Goodby, corns, callouses, bunions
and raw spots. No more, shoe tight
ness, no more limping with pain or
drawing up your face m agony. "Tiz"
ia magical, acts right off. "Tiz"
draws out all the poisonous exuda
tions which puff up the feet Us
"Tiz" and wear smaller shoes. Use
"Tiz" and foreet your foot misery.
Ah I how comfortable your feet feel.
Get a 25-cent box of "Tiz" now at
any druggist or department store.
Don't suffer. Have good feet, glad
feet, feet that never swell, never hurt,
never get tired. A year's foot comfort
guarantee or money refunded Adv.
"March me 'round again, mother,?
A piano in your home means enduring
enjoyment for allthe youngsters in- ,
. eluded. Every day. you postpone your purchase, you deprive
your family of ; a great happiness. Why delay longer?
THE HOSPE PIANO costs only $300.
You. may pay as little as fifteen dollars
down, ten dollars a month
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 Douglas St.
The Hospe Player Piano for $475 Pay for it in thirty month
s
THE BIG THING
DURING WAR
Food? No. Supplies? No. Guns and Ammunition? No.
Ships? No.
All These Are Big and ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
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
Lend Your Money to Uncle Sam. He'll Do the Rest
The Woodmen of tha World subscribed for $760,000.00 Liberty Bonds,
- and the employes purchased $12,500.00 Thrift Stamps.
r
Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please send me, I
entirely free, "German War Practices."
THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU
Washington, D. C.
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