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JANUARY CIRCULATION
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to than. AeUraea ebaaseal a oftea an reejoeated.
Xrenchei on the farm are first line in this war.
The "Jims" and the "Jacks" are at it again.
Peace only with German victory, says the
kaiser. Very well, let the battle go on.
One thing is certain those club women at
least had seen the pictures they talked about.
Now is the time of year when every repair
man in the land should be busy getting farm ma
chinery ready for the spring drive.
I All Germany has to do now is to convince the
Russians that they have agreed to take whatever
the military lords see fit to give them.
Ak-Sar-Ben will be on tfie job this year as
usual and will get a chance to show the world
what a real monarch can do to help hfs people.
; President Wilson and the leaders in congress
ire going to talk it over quietly, which will pro
duce far better results than to fight it out a
. mile apart
No more all-wool suits, say the retail clo
thiers; even today such a garment is a mark of
uncommon prosperity or great self-denial on part
of the individual. , .
While Biddy is busy producing the eggs, it
fwill be well for the food authorities to watch that
'they are not gobbled up by hoarders as fast as
laid by the hens.
President Wilson is standing pat on peace
"terms, and he" will find he has his countrymen
back of him On this point, no matter how they
'may divide on nonessentials.
No report has recently been made on the
Omaha navy, but the river navigation league has
recently shown signs of life, so we may expect
the fleet to get into action as soon as the ice
. .
Koes out. , ;s' V .;.-..'. .
js The busy bolshevik has now completed his
jnission as far as the political as well as economic
tnin of Russia is concerned, and so may put up
the shutters whenever he is ready. The kaiser's
victory could, not be made more complete. .
' The postmaster general is talking about es-
tablishing airplane mail service. That is proper
enough as an evidence of progress, but a lot of
folks would appreciate more an effort to 1m-
I prove the service as it now exists. Hurrying
1 tnail through the air from New York to Phila-
j delphia will do the country at large little good.
Money for the Red Star.
March 1 has been fixed as the time for com
mencing a nation-wide campaign to raise funds
for the Red Star, the animal relief work under the
direction of. the National Humane society. This
is quite as much of the humane work in connec
tion with war as is the Red Cross. Since the
commencement of the struggle in 1914 the so
ciety has organized and conducted a complete
and effective campaign in connection with the
British and French armies. Horses are absolutely
needed in war and are quite as exposed to dan
ger and hardship as the men. The Red Star gives
its attention to the restoration of injured or out
worn animals, with ambulance and hospital serv
ice, to the end that not only has suffering among
the dumb brutes been reduced to a minimum, but
a great deal of expense has been spared the gov
emments through the return to service of ani
mals that otherwise, would be lost Both 'sides
of the work must be looked at, for both count
big in modern war. The American Red Star has
been, quite active during the. last year, but has
as yet made no general appeal for funds, because
of the. riiany other demands made on the public.
It now comes forward with its request for as
sistance, feeling it hat a real claim on the gener
osity of the people because of the quality of serv
ice it affords. . -'" ' " '"
Crystallite the Will to Win.
Events are moving rapidly in the rar just
now and with the danger that all mnj ot be read
aright by our people. The campaign is at its
critical stage, with the European combatants
weary of fighting and eager for peace. America
entered the war with utmost reluctance, but with
complete agreement as to its purpose No lust
for combat or plan for national aggrandizement
animates our people, but only a desire for na
tional safety and the security of the world. If
the war could be terminated at once its end
would be welcome to all. Giving all these ap
parent facts full weight, there yet remains the
further truth that the war must bring to us
what we sought when we went in, or it must
bring defeat.
It is inconceivable that Americans will accept
defeat in a cause to which they have willingly
pledged their every energy and .resource. There
fore it is essential that the will to win be para
mount with all. Peace to be acceptable must be
founded on terms that promise duration, on a
settlement that does not contain the germs of
early renewal of the strife. And this means that
Germany must be brought to accept conditions
vastly different from those now proposed by Ger
man leaders. Peace may be had at any time on a
basis formulated in Berlin. The end of the war
will not come, though, until those terms are ma
terially modified.
Our president is now the spokesman for the
nations striving to establish an order of things
that will give all nations an equal chance, that
will remove the menace of militarism and pro
vide the safeguards needed for the tranquil de
velopment of human destiny. In his mind the
determination to win is above his earnest desire
for peace, for he knows that peace without vic
tory now is impossible. Support him by crys
tallizing the will to win, for a half-way triumph
now means but little more than entire loss.
One Great War Achievement.
In the midst of all the declamation concern
ing what has not been done on our part in the
war, each of the clamorous disputants stops now
and then to tell what has been done and unani
mous approval swiftly follows. We have done
a tremendous lot in the way of real prepara
tion and without appearing boastful have a right
to feel proud. Yet, as we watch the serried
ranks move down to the port of embarkation,
there to take ship for oversea service, we forget
one of the greatest achievements of the war. It
is a minor service, to b sure, but, like most little
things, it is indispensable.
Secretary Baker tells us we have raised,
equipped and trained a million and a half of sol
diers for the war already. In the equipment of
these men the government went as far as rigid
requirements demand. What, however, would
be the present condition of these men if it had
not been for woman's contribution? A million
and a half of men in the ranks means that a
million and a half of sweaters have been knitted,
at least 3,000,000 pairs of socks, as many gloves
or mittens, mufflers, helmets, wristlets and vari
ous other garments to protect and comfort the
boys.
Who will undertake the job of calculating
what all this means? What thoughts of love and
prayers for safety accompanied the flashing nee
dles as these garments were fashioned may only
be '-nown to the recording angel, but mother, sis
ter, wife and ' sweetheart put into each stitch
some thought or word for the wearer. And those
that were knitted to be given to a stranger also
were works of love, because the patriotic women
who made the garment realize the mission of the
man who wears it
This knitting may have been a minor part of
the war, but its service has been to carry to the
men in the army a message that could not other
wise be given. They know how the women of
America are united behind them, and they will
go into .battle all. the. bolder because of the
thought that they are protecting the women who
knit
x Again the Grade Crossing.
Council Bluffs has just contributed another
victim, to. the .unprotected grade crossing. The
list of those whose lives have gone, out as a re
sult of this failure to guard against an ever pres
ent danger would be a shocking display were it
presented collectively, , But no good can be
served by calling that roll nor does it seem, that
anything is to be gained by directing attention
of the authorities to the situation from time to
time. The terrible disaster on North Twenty
fourth street was dismissed by our county attor
ney, in his capacity as coroner, as an "unavoid
able" accident The railway commissioners went
into the matter deep enough to develop a con
clusion that carelessness existed somewhere. Our
city commissioners agreed with the city plan
ning board that something should be done to re
move the menace of the grade crossing. There
the matter rests, so far as anybody knows. As
often as some citizen loses his lifp at one of
these places the process is repeated, but what
the people would like to see is some action to
remedy the situation. Are we ever to have it?
Having fixed the prices at which potatoes are
to be sold, the next big job for the food admin
istrator is to arrange to get the spuds on the
market. v '
Claim Agents Camped af Washington
Government Determined to Cut Out the Leeches
Washington Letter in Boston Transcript
Dependents of soldiers who give their
lives to their country should beware of claim
agents who have established offices in Wash
ington and who argue that beneficiaries under
the war risk insurance act need their expert
services. Some of these agents are actuated
by patriotic purposes and would not over
charge, but others are accused of intending
to make the most of the situation. Although
the act was so drafted that dependents of
soldiers could secure their allowances with
out assistance, thosemen are preparing for
extensive business. The attention of admin
istration officials has been called already to
one case where a claim agent, hovering about
the office of the committee of public informa
tion for casualty lists, notified a parent of the
death of his soldier boy in France before
the government itself could get a telegram to
that parent. A number of less flagrant cases
also have come to light.
The claim agents are sending letters to
the bereaved as rapidly as announcements
of death are made. Every person next of
kin who answers one of these letters and who
places his case in the hands of one of these
agents is liable to pay 10 per cent of the sum
he receives from the government each month
for the entire period of 240 months during
which the payments will be made. In other
words, if the allotment received by a given
person is $24 a month and if he places his
case in the care of an agent he may be com
pelled to pay this agent $2.40 a month for 20
years. At least, this is an interpretation
of a section of the act as made to Congress
man Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts,
who has uncovered a joker in the law. This
joker provides that the director of the in
surance shall "regulate the matter of com
pensation, if any, but in no case to exceed
10 per centum, to be paid to claim agents and
attorneys for services in connection with any
of the matters provided for in articles two,
three and four." Mr. Treadway already has
introduced an amendment to replace this
unjust provision in the act by a section pro
viding tha tthe maximum sum any attorney
or claim agent can receive for service in
executing the necessary papers, which, as a
matter of fact, is a very simple service, shall
be $S.
Although Mr. Treadway will bring his
amendment before congress at the earliest
opportunity, some time will pass before it
can be considered. In the meantime, de
pendents and their friends should be on their
guard ,and if they receive communications
from agents in Washington it might be wise
for them to place the case before their con
gressman or senator. Mr. Treadway gave
the transcript copy of the following form
letter which one of his constituents received
from a claim agent in this city:
Dear Madm If you will execute and
return to us the enclosed power of attorney
we shall be pleased to take up your claim
for the automatic war risk insurance to which
you appear to be entitled. At the same time
send us, properly filled, if you have not al
ready sent it to Washington, the official form
of application which you have probably re
ceived and we will place the same on file
for you.
Of course, you understand that in a claim
of any sort against the government no officer
or agent of the government can render the
claimant the aid and counsel an attorney can
and should, especially when, as in this in
stance, his compensation is dependent on the
success of his efforts.
Hoping to hear from you.
Yours very truly.
This is a typical letter being sent out
from Washington. Two facts should be
emphasized, one that the agent makes no
mention whatsoever of the sum to be charged
for the services rendered, and, second, the
statement that no agent of the government
can assist the claimant There is nothing to
prevent agents from sending such letters to
the next of kin. of those who lose their, lives
fighting for their country; in fact, it seems to
be legalized by the act itself. But Mr. Tread
way and many of his colleagues are deter
mined to amend the law. Mr. Treadway be
lieves he will secure the amendment.
"In introducing an amendment "to the war
risk insurance act," says Mr. Treadway, "I
have done so in the interests of those de
pendent relatives who will be beneficiaries
of the act, either through soldiers' allotments
or allowances, compensation or insurance.
Items which may be regarded as jokers are
apt to creep into bills and miss the critical
eyes of those interested in the legislation,
until the bill is put to practical test. It is
my belief that there is a first-class joker in
the war risk insurance act which will be very
beneficial to claim agents and detrimental
to the rightful beneficiaries. It applies par
ticularly to payments to be made for dis
ability or death, both of which are payable
over a period of years. A clause in the origi
nal act permits claim agents and attorneys
to receive compensation to the extent of 10
per centum for services in connection with
allowances, allotments, compensation or in
surance.' "The practical working of the case is this:
Claim agents in Washington are watching
announcements of soldiers' deaths. There
have already been instances where even be
fore the family of a soldier had received word
of his death, they have received a printed
form from a claim agent. Upon the estab
lishment of a claim, payment is made over a
period of 240 months or 20 years. Ten per
cent of a claim can be collected, by an agent
or attorney during that entire period. We
have had tremendous scandals in connection
with pension claims. Another even greater
opportunity opens for these people under,
this new act. The time to head them off is
now." .
Teaching German in American Schools
According to statistics recently compiled
by the bureau of education of the Depart
ment of the Interior, after numerous in
quiries had been sent to the superintendents
of many of the elementary schools in the
terference with the existing high school and
the bureau makes the following suggestions:
"There is a general agreement among the
college provision for the teaching of Ger
man; that a knowledge of the Oerman lan
United States, there are only 19 cities out of i guage is more important now than it was
163 of 25,000 population or over reporting
to the department of education that teach
foreign languages below the seventh grade.
In 12 "of these cities - German is the
foreign language taught; in three cities Ger
man, French and Spanish are all taught in
the elementary grades; in one city German,
Italian and Polish, while in the three re
maining cities the languages taught to the
elementary schod children are French and
Spanish, alone or in combination. In a few
cities ,the foreign language is taught in all
grades, from the first to the eighth; in others
the instruction does not begin until the fifth
or sixth grade. Tbe number of elementary
school children taking German ranges from
40 in one city to 22,000 in another.
Few of the superintendents who replied
to the bureau's inquiry favor the teaching of
German or any other foreign language in
the lower elementary school, though many
of them believe thoroughly in foreign lan
guage study for students in the higher
schools. A California superintendent says:
"I was in doubt before the war. I am be
coming convinced now that our public
schools should teach 'one nation, one
language, one flag.'",
An Illinois superintendent says: The
public schools should not assist in per
petuating a foreign language in the home
and foreign viewpoints in the community."
An Iowa superintendent is careful to explain
that German is taught in the elementary
grades in his schools because "German
Amer'can grandparents and many' parents
demand it."
A typical condition is that in Baltimore,
Md., where the introduction of German as a
subject of instruction in elementary schools
in 1874 was partly due to the fact that there
were a large number of German private
schools in which the atmosphere was en
tirely German. By the introduction of Ger
man into the public schools the private
schools were eliminated and the chitdren
gradually came under the influence of Amer
ican ideas.
In this city the superintendent reports
that "the number of pupils taking German
has been reduced so that now German is
taught only in a few instances in the seventh
and eighth grades." In St. Louis instruction
!n German in elementary schools was dis
continued in the '80s. In Cincinnati agitation
against the continuation of German in the
schools has resulted in the reduction of the
number of children studying. German from
13,000 in 1916-17 to 17,000 in 1917-18. Ger
man has been taught in all the grades of the
elementary schools of Cincinnati for 76
yer. .. ...
In its statement regarding the situation,
educators and public men, both in this coun
try and abroad, that there shoutd be no in-
before the war. The upper elementary
grades, especially where organized in the
junior high school, may properly offer for
eign languages, including German, but edu
cators generally look upon the teaching of
foreign languages in the lower elementary
grades as of very questionable 'alue." New
Yprk Times.
Nebraska's Weather Record
for 1917
George A. Loveland, State Meteorologist.
The weather in Nebraska for the year
1917, as shown by the state averages, was
cold and dry, with an excess of sunshine and
a slight deficiency in cloudiness, relative
humidity and wind velocity. The deficiency
in temperature for the crop season was large.
There was a slight excess in July and Sep
tember, but the other months were cold. The
deficiency was large in both April and May.
The year averaged one of the coldest on rec
ordonly 1883 and 1884 of the past 43 years
were colder.
The deficiency in precipitation was not
great for either the year or the crop season.
July and October were, however, very dry
months. The precipitation was deficient also
in November and December. Corn and all
mid-summer vegetatien was injured by the
dry weather in July. The dry fall was unfa
vorably for fall sown grain.
The mean annual temperature for the
state was 47.1 degrees, which was 1.4 de
grees below the average of the section for
the past 42 years. The mean temperature
for December, the coldest month, was 20.9
degrees and for July, the warmest month,
was 76.3 degrees. The lowest temperature
was 35 degrees below zero, at Ainsworth on
December 29. The highest temperature was
113 degrees at Holdrege, on July 29. The
greatest annual range was 143 degrees at
Butte, and the least was 118 degrees at
Bridgeport.
The average precipitation for the year
was 19.11 inches, which is 2.78 inches below
the average for the section for the past 42
years. The greatest amount was 34.98 inches
at Wisner and the least was 11.75 inches at
Mitchell. The greatest monthly average for
the state was 4.85 inches in May and August,
and the least was 0.24 inch in February. The
greatest local monthly precipitation was
11.80 inches at Auburn in June, and the least
was none at Tecumseh, Beaver City and Cul
bertson in February.
The prevailing direction of the wind was
from the northwest. The average velocity
over the state, as determined from the rec
ords of the four regular weather bureau sta
tions, was 9.1 miles an hour, which is 0.2
mile below normal for the past 25 years.
1. 1 orcAV
ne Year Ago Today In th Waff.
The . German ambassador. Von
iernatortf, left Washington enroute
'.or home. ( .
Norway, Sweden and Denmark pre.
tented an identical note to Germany,
refusing to recognize the aubmarine
blockade aa legal.
The Day We Celebrate.
Victor Kosewater, editor of The
Bee. bora In Omaha 1ST 1. y
Brigadier General James Allen,
f'nited States army, retired, bora at
Laoorte, Ind., 9 yea ft afro. -.
Joseph C, Lincoln, writer of Cape
Cod itoriea. born at Brewster, Mask,
IS year aero. ,
, Hal Chase, first basaman, born at
Los Gatos, Cal.. 18 years ago.
; Edward C Foster, third baseman,
Washington team, born la Chicago,
to years ago. ;
tbU Day In History.
1778 First recognition of an
.American nag by a foreign govern
ment took place ia the harbor of
2ulberon, France.
1 S22 James B. Beck, United States
rinator from Kentucky, born In Scot
' uid. Died in Washington, D. C May
t.-me. ' - ' -
1901 General Weyler. as captain
nral, proclaimed martial law in
.tedrid. - " -..'!'
1916 Berlin reported a defeat of
Jie Russians north of Vistula.
1 IIS Austrian aeroplane raided
cities across Italian frontier, killing
1 and wounding ma ,
Just SO Years Ago Today
pleasant entertainment was given
at the Paxton, the occasion being a
dinner party under tha auspices of
Juan Boyle and his accomplished wife
of Kearney. The dinner was in honor
ot General and Miss Wheaton.
The new Ice company ia filling its
Ice houses in the readiness for the
' - r
summer campaign. The Union Faciflc
is handling about 20 cars per day.
The united assemblies are just now
proposing to hold a Joint ball, the pro
ceeds to be applied to the building
fund. Delegates from nine assembles of
the Knights of Labor met at Julius
Meyer's room, corner Twelfth and
Farnam streets and committees for
the various duties in carrying out the
arrangements were appointed.
Superintendent Bruner has estab
lished a new school district It lies
just west of the southwestern limits
of the city and is a portion of district
No. (. It will be known as district 55.
C C Belden of Thompson. Belden
k. Co. left for New York; City on a
Durchasina- tour :
The Hitchcockatoo
Oh, tha hltchoockatoo
Ia a wonderful bird;
It's aa ornithological kins.
K'en tha wild p bill loo
Figure aecond or third
When tha hltcheockatoo'a on the wins.
Whan It opens its biU,
All tha air it can till.
For Ita volca ia a manralloua thltif.
Uttla children, whaterar yon do,
fo not tool with tha hitchcockatoo.
When tha hltchoockatoo
Ctots a thought la Ita brain
(Which la not qulta aa rara aa you'd think).
It will whiffle and whoo
Llka an azlla from Main
In a atata whara ha can't get a drink.
But tha thoughta It muat apeak
Almoet burn up Ita beak
And are wholly too hot for oold Ink!
Uttla children, I'm pleading with yaui
Do not bother tha hitchcockatoo.
Tea, tha hitchcockatoo
Uaa a voice you might claaa
Aa a motoring Gabrlel'a horn;
It will knock you aakew
Like Teutonic trench gaa
Or Nebranka'a by-product of corn.
When the welkin It hits.
Why, the welkin Juat qulta
And ia lorry it ever was born.
Ob, the world'e greatest hullabaloo
Is tha yawp ot the hitchcockatoo!
Do the hitchcockatoo
8laaghter million at will?
No, my child; I am forced to admit
That tha moat tt can da ,
Ia to blow through its bill
And to mi.le a fro ia a flU
But it makea each a aoiae .
It will shatter all Joy
If you keen within hearing af It
O. my children! It never la through!
So wa ran from tha hitchcockatoo!
oan u utn is new ivra warn.
Peppery Points
Minneapolis Tribune: It is futile to
look for the end of the war. It is bet
ter to fight for it
Washington Post: The Germans
would like to hang about a ton's
weight of iron cross on Friend Trot
sky. New York World: The ex-csar is
reported to be sawing wood in
Tobolsk, an occupation which, if taken
up earlier, might have prolonged his
stay In Petrograd.
Washington Post: The old-fashioned
man who used to sing "The
Smoke Goes Up the "Chimney Just
the Same." has a son who refuses to
carol on Mondays.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Wash
ington figures show that American
farms produced $31,000,000,000 worth
of food in 1917. Wrell, at present prices
that isn't much fooL,
Washington Post: The displacing
of German by Spanish in the public
schools furnishes another illustration
of the manner in which boche plots
in Latin America have worked back
ward. Louisville Courier-Journal: Form
erly when a man found that a piece
of coal had. lodged in his eye he went
to see an oculist and asked what could
be done for him: " Nowadays he goes
to see a broker and places an order
for bonds.
-Brooklyn Eagle: We- must raise
10 more billions for war expenses. The
men who claim to rule nations with
responsibility to providence only and
with none to the people ruled are
proving far too expensive luxuries to
be permitted to lay further burdens
ton the world
Tivice Told Tales
Dodging a Job.
She retired into the house, and
presently returned carrying a large
plate of food and a businesslike looking-
hoe.
When the tramp had eaten the food
she handed h!m the hoe, and, pointing
toward the garden path, remarked: v
"Now, I want you to clean out that
gutter. You see, it's filled with mud."
The tramp glanced at the gutter,
then at the hoe.
"I never use a hoe," he said, "when
cleaning out a gutter."
"Never use a hoe. Then what do
you use? A shovel?"
"No." said the tramp,, as he moved
toward the gate. "My method is to
pray for rain!" Chicago Herald.
A Boomerang.
"What's this?" asked the acquitted
man.
"The bill for my sen-ices," said the
lawyer.
"Go on! You proved that I was in
sane, didn't you?"
"Yea";
"Well, you , can't do business with
an insane man, You ought to know
that." Boeton Transcript.
Treasure Trove.
"One moment, please." exclaimed
the patient in the oculist's chair.
"Well?" queried the oculist, as he
dropped the eyelid. , , j ,
"I just waut to have an understand
ing." said the patient. "I want it
thoroughly agreed, before you remove
that foreign substance from my eye.
that if it turns out to be coal dust It
belongs to me." -Boston Transcript--
Purity at the Theaters.
Council Bluffs, Feb. 8. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: The young Catholic
soldier's protest against the immoral
ity of some theatricals encourages me
to echo the protest inasmuch as I
have often wanted to cry out against
this custom. I like a good show and
go often, but do wish the managers
would have every act censored before
the performance. It is an old time
deception of the devil that an act
must be immoral to be funny. And
although men may laugh I don't be
lieve they really enjoy it like they do
clean humor. One of the best acts
I ever saw at the Orpheum was one
where a young man sang a song about
his sweetheart and what he said to
her, and she to him and it was his
little 3year-old girl be finally told.
And I never heard more whole
hearted applause in that theater or
any other.
In this latter day when the devil
Is having his last fling, the presenta
tion of such shows as one in the city,
depicting serpent dances done partly
with the hands looking like a ser
pent's head should be prevented.
Humanity has paid and continues to
pay dearly enough for Eve's friend
ship with the serpent. Whatever the
Interpretation of that story we all
know that these dances are on a
plane with original sin. And if
righteousness is to conquer, it must
have a firm foundation among the
peoples of the earth ad surely Amer
ica should lead in this. Success in
warfare and crop returns came to
God's people in Old Testament times
when the people kept near to him.
Surely this plea from one who is
ready to lay down his life for the
principles of right, this young soldier's
plea shouhl be heeded.
A MOTHER.
Some Concrete Questions.
Omaha, Feb. 9 To the Editor of
The Bee: Will you please publish
an account of what the Omaha So- j
ciety for the Betterment of Boys and I
Girls is doing for the boys and girls?
I don't mean what they are trying
undo or intend to do. I mean what
churches have the y r.rged to open j
tin ir lecture room or basement to the I
young people of the community and j
to our soldiers?
Our wlso and patient president I
handed the church people of the 1
United States a very gentle, but firm
hungry youngsters "Dreamland" is aE
that its name implies.
AVhat is the Society for the Bet
terrnent of Boys and Girls giving
them to take its place? Tr,T
A FRIEND OF GIRLS.
SAID IN FUN.
Jtn1 I hear your boy in college 1a op
posed to the draft.
Jenks WeJI, be did eay It would be han
dler If I nt him the cash. Judge.
Customer Why do you give me only 11
oysters when I ordered a dozen?
Waiter Oh, ir, I didn't tnink you'd want
to sit with 13 at the table, sir. Town
Topic.
June Did he marry her for her In
tellect? jjee9 yes. It was just weak enough to
suit him: Life.
"HINDENBURG'S DREAM."
Ho! Ho! quoth Hlndenburg, how hapry I'll
When once I set foot in old gay Paree;
For this great victory, Oh, how I thirst
But I ehall be there on April the first.
Then he planned, and planned, on what ho d
do
With the English and French and Ameri
cans, too;
Till he fell fast asleep and In dreams so gay.
Hs wa taking his lunch In the Cafe De La
I'al.
Then he awoke with a shock that I loo
great to tell.
For our "Boys" had advanced with the
"Liberty Boll;"
And he realized then a never before,
If he reaches Paree, 'twill be a prisoner of
war. SAM L. MORRIS.
Omaba.
rebuke In the conservation of fuel or
der; their real use to the common
people of the community doesn't seem
to amount to much in the president's
estimation. If there are to be no
public dances in Omaha; where in
Omaha has this society established
recreation centers, if not to dance,
then to play games and sing?
Have they established a singing so
ciety or Indorsed the community
singing?
Where has this society established
Red Cross or war relief rooms, where
the factory or packing house girl can
go to help? For she does want to
help, but feels out of place with the
regular workers. We wish to know,
for she is very anxious to do her bit.
She can help any evening.
Besides the Young Women's Chris
tian association, where can the fac
tory or packing house girl take les
sons in plain sewing and knitting?
Remember her hours of labor are
long, from 7 o'clock until 6:30, with
one-half hour for lunch. Most of the
girls walk to save car fare and must
leave home by 6 or a little after, and
you know it is still darjt at that time
now.
Have the members of this society
ever seen the girls hustling along Q
street these cold dark mornings?
Is there any place established or
sponsored by the Society for the Bet
terment of the Boys and Girls on the
South Side?
This is serious for I know many
girls that must have something def
inite to do in the evenings or they
will surely get into trouble.
Take for instance thla girl. She is
18 years old, the oldest of 6 children.
They live in a four-room house, eight
people in four rooms, they have one
stove, a cook stove in the kitchen, the
rest of the rooms are bed rooms. Now
where Is this girl going to entertain
company? Even if she has only girl
friends, think eight people sitting
around that little kitchen stove and
the little kids fighting .and crying.
This girl's nerves are on edge anyhow
for she works in the tin shop. It's
awful to work with sharp tin all day,
afraid, every minute of being cut and
she knows for she has scars on her
hands, she will carry all her life. So
this girl Just has to get out of that
house; besides she has a date with her
fellow of course she shouldn't have
one, but she has. She meets him on
. ' . lit. cvi.u 11" J Did 1 11.1 aiuuuu ttliu i
tain tin tney nearly rreeze, finally
they go up town to a picture show
or a dance. Where else can they go?
They would rather go some place
closer home, but there is nothing do
ing. They must go some place that is
warm and bright and they love music,
so to these two poor half frozen, soul-
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"They Are Getting
The Habit,"
Say. W. S. Wright,
Well-Known Jobber.
"The war will not last for
ever," said W. S. Wright, Vice
President of the Omaha Loan
and Building Association and
member of the firm of Wright,
Wilhelmy Co., "and when it is
over the people will have learn
ed to save their money. Uncle
Sam is teaching them how to
save their pennies and their
dimes, and is paying them a
higher interest rate than he
ever paid before almost as
much as our Association pays.
Never in the history of the
nation has it ever engaged in a
campaign of education to such
an extent as it is doing these
days. Locally we have been
working in the same cause for
many years and have taught
thousands to invest their dimes
and their dollars in our shares.
All this work is bearing fruit.
We have opened hundreds of
new accounts during the last
year more than ever before.
We are feeling some of the good
effects of the general prop
aganda work. Many of those
who buy liberty bonds and war
savings stamps at our office
also buy our shares'. They are
getting the savings habit v
"March me 'round again, mother"
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