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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 17, 1918.
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Ho? Island seems to have been well named.
cnicMO Peofle Has nulldmt.
New ) on if
More snow for the wheat belt is all right.
Every little bit helps.
The near-side stop has now been approved by
everybody but the men who can put it into ef
fect. "Eventually why not now?"
National lawn tennis tournaments will not be
suspended because of the war. That announce
ment will relieve a lot of suspense.
Oil is to be pumped from Kansas to Chicago,
but the pipe line from Wyoming to Omaha has not
got beyond the condition of a project.
Zeppelins that carry their own clouds are now
listed among: the horrors of war. They will be
used in dropping bombs on sleeping cities.
Trotzky as a diplomat is on a par with Trotzky
as an economist. He has had his revenge on
Russia and capital and perhaps that pleases him.
More women and children have fallen before
the dauntless U-boat victims of a bombardment
at night, of course. No wonder Germany is win
ning the war I
The big packers are being probed from two
sides just now and out of the whole mess ought
to come something of benefit to the publicif
it is only accurate information.
Oklahoma a patriotic farmers again are feeding
wheat to hogs. It may be recalled, perhaps, that
these same men were given land by the govern
ment only a few years ag. They are making ex
cellent use of it.
France is in line on the shipping question, too,
having arranged to take over all vessels flying the
tricolor. The transportation question will soon
be solved by carrying only essentials tinder gov
ernment direction.
Houston and Fort Worth have received per
emptory orders to clean up or the armies en
camped there will be moved. The authorities
ought. to have little choice between the soldiers
and the disorderly element.
Queen Wilhelmina is reported to have closed
Holland's breweries and distilleries as a war econ
omy measure. The Dutch probably have on hand
a sufficient supply of schnapps to last until peace
comes, ' but the interesting point is that John
Barleycorn has received another awful wallop.
i A Time for Deep Thought.
L" Almost eleven months have passed since the
United States entered the war and we yet lack
the, unity of purpose that must exist if we are
going to win. We talk of battling for democracy,
but sptnd our time principally on other questions.
A witness before a senate committee last week
made the statement that "ship, cannot be built
on patriotism." That is true, perhaps, but a little
more patriotic effort might be put into the busi
ness of building ships. The young men who are
crossing the water in, those ships are moved by
patriotism. Down in Oklahoma for the third time
farmers are reported to be feeding wheat to hogs,
alleging that they cannot sell their wheat for
enough to buy corn to feed the hogs. 'If this
statement is true something radically wrong ex
ists between Nebraska and Oklahoma and should
immediately be adjusted. Again we are told stock
raisers are sacrificing their animals, in dread of
losing money on them. Whichever way we look
we descry somebody doing something he should
not, because he is afraid of losing money. If
money were all that is at stake in this war the
caution might be justified, but the stakes are far
beyond money.. If the cause of democracy is de
feated all the money in this country will be of
little use to its owners. This is a time when
Americans should think a little clearer ana a
little deeper than they seem to be doing.
Unit Cost in Manufacturing.
The bakers who confessed to the food admin
istrator they had but guessed at their manufac
turing costs are not alone in their predicament.
Very few manufacturers can give accurately the
unit cost of producing their wares. This is true
for many reasons, chief of which is, of course, in
sufficient or inaccurate accounting. For the lat
ter factor we may account by ascribing it in some
degree to ignorance of bookkeeping processes,
but chiefly to an ingrained and almost universal
practice of self-deception. Just now the coun
try is being disturbed by clamor .from one or an
other of the industrial groups, each setting up
that its selling price does not cover production
cost, and consequently business is being carried
on at a loss Other evidence contradicts these
statements and the only possible inference is that
the complainants are like the bakers, in that they
do not know what it costs them to do business.
Just as the general application of the income tax
law is certain to beget a far more general habit
of keeping accurate accounts so the federal regu
lation of prices must in time lead to a more pre
cise determination of manufacturing costs. Days
of business done by rule of thumb are about over
in. this country another benefit coming to us
through the war.
American and French Methods.
A skilled machinist canre from the east to a
local shop a few years ago and his first work was
turning shafting. He had just finished the "rough"
cut on a piece and-was preparing to make the fin
ishing cut when the boss interrupted him. "Do
not do that again," was the order. "Take it all off
at one cut and waste no time in finishing." One
of the engineer lieutenants now in France writes
to the Railway Age that he finds French machin
ists in railway shops "polishing the ashpans and
inlaying the brakebeams" of the locomotives they
build. Allowing for his extravagance of state
ment, he finds the meticulous care bestowed by
the French mechanic on the job at hand brings
results. The French locomotive runs as smoothly
as an automobile engine and lasts.
From Washington comes an appeal for better
grade of mechanics to build airplanes; the "hit-or-miss"
methods of the average worker on automo
bile machinery being entirely too casual to pro
duce the nice effects required for the more exact
ing operations of the airplane. Of course, Amer
ica has plenty of good machinists, men who are
accustomed to the highest grade of work, for
whom measurements of .001 of an inch are fa
miliar operations and in whom the tenth of that
inspires no terror. But the rougher, more hur
ried way of doing things is our national fault, an
over-eagerness for output without regard- for
quality. What effect this slack method of doing
things has had on our national life may be esti
mated by any who will consider it carefully.
In time we may learn to take pains with our
work, whatever it may be, finding reward in the
added beauty and serviceability of' the finished
product. Not all the lessons of the war will be
lost on us and chief of these should be that "haste
makes waste" and waste is costly even to a
wealthy nation like ours.
Community Spirit in Dancing.
The debate over dancing continues, with most
of the participants overlooking whatever of physi
ology or psychology may be involved in the ques
tion, but giving emphasis to other factors that
seem greatly overweighted. Last week The Bee
said something about the physiological effect of
music as an expression of emotion. That in it
self tends to induce the impulse to dance. Psy
chology also has something to do with the dance.
Here is found one of the outlets for expression
of the social instinct, the community spirit of
man. We seek amusement to escape from cares
or worries or to relieve the tedium of idle hours.
No form of amusement yet invented has entirely
escaped objection from some critic However in
nocuous its form, somebody will find in it fea
tures to condemn. Also the simplest or least
harmful of any of the intrinsically innqcent games
may be turned to evil, if its followers are bent
on destruction. Abolition of dancing or any other
divertisement will not have the effect of removing
sin or sorrow from the world. Until the prin
ciple of evil is overthrown its manifestations in
man will be a source of disturbance and particu
larly to those who have justified their own conduct.
Motor Trucks and Country Roads.
A correspondent has pointed out the actual
service now being done by the motor truck in
the way of uniting the farm and the market.
Iowa farmers are using their machines to bring
their hogs to market and for other similar pur
poses in a way that is demonstrating the value
of this accessory to profitable agriculture. And
in his we find another strong argument to sup
port the permanent road proposition. Just now,
with the ground packed and frozen hard, the
highways are in the best of shape for hauling
and the cost is reduced to the minimum. With
the breaking up of winter and the establishment
of warm weather conditions the expense of bring
ing stuff to market in motor trucks or wagons is
enormously increased. It is not to be doubted
that the use of the self-propelled machine in agri
culture is to increase and to make it completely
serviceable better roads will have to be con
structed. The two go together naturally and in
time will bring great benefit to the farmer.
Reveries of a Convalescent
Meditations Induced by the Novel Experience of a
Ten Days' Sick Spell
"Go right home as soon as you can," said
the doctor. "I'll send up some medicine and
stop in to see you a little later."
"Naw, you can't come in and play today,
Richard. I gotta a sick daddy up stairs,"
crjed a braggadocio youngster's voice under
the window. s
"I'm dreadfully Sorry, but I won't be able
to keep our engagement. Well, I have a pa
tient to look after. My husband has been
put to bed by the doctor's orders. Yes, it's
the first time since I've known him, the first
time in all the years that we've been married.
I'm sorry I can't be there but you know how
it is." Obviously my wife's conversation
over the phone in the next room.
There was no' question but that I was
sick and that my sickness had produced a
sudden change in the conditions and atmos
phere about the house. In the loss of con
trol of most of my faculties, however,
which included complete wreckage of my
voice and powers of speech, my keenness of
hearing remained unimpaired and I could
listen or rather could not help listening to the
flow of talk all around me and particularly
over that phone.
"Yes, it's the first time he's bcen really
sick in all the 14 years we've been married,"
was repeated with numerous variations of
emphasis and intonation. I couldn't quite be
sure whether this vas intended to impress
the exceptional character of the occasion or
to announce the arrival of a long-looked-for
though much-dreaded event that was sure to
come and best to have and be over with so as
to take it out of the realm of uncertainty.
To have one member of a family strutting
around able to boast- of "never having suf
fered a sick day in his life" is clearly intoler
able and, as pride goeth before a fall, must
have a sad ending some time or other. That
long deferred but inevitable catastrophe was
at last here. "My previous apparent show of
superiority in this respect had been shat
tered. I was not after all so unlike other
women's spouses as I had seemed to be and
when in the future the subject of sick-a-bed
husbands should come up across the bridge
table or around the knitting board or over
the teacups, my wife would no longer be
handicapped for lack of her own personal ex
periences from which to contribute to the
fund of comparisons and contrasts. She
would not hereafter have to speak in the
third person objective and tell about what
"they say" or "I understand," but could
chime in with the confidence of self-assertion
as to "what I did" during the time "when my
husband was in bed for 10 days."
Or, perhaps, was it something else some
thing of a very different character that
prompted those cheerful cancellations of all
those parties, meetings, and appointments?
"Of course I have some one else who could
stay with him for a while, but I couldn't
think of ctiming. You know he's never been
sick before and I think it's my duty to be
right with him." Plainly a sense of obliga
tion was also involved. The amount of self
deprivation is one measure of duty per
formed and the satisfaction thus derived may
well out-weigh all the enjoyment or other
pleasurable activities given up. Instead of
some gossip saying, "I saw her at the mati
nee while her husband was at home sick,"
the talk would be, "She devoted every min
ute of the day and night to him. She just
dropped everything. He certainly ought to
realize and appreciate what a jewel of a wife
he has. I tell you, mighty few women would
have done that."
Then, again, could there have been a sug
gestive strain in this? "Have I called in a
nurse? No. why should I? I'm acting as
nurse myself and getting along very well so
far. No, he's hardly any trouble at all.
Can't speak. Hasn't said two words except
to nod 'yes' and 'no.' Of course, if we should
need a nurse, I'd get one, but I don't believe
it will be necessary." Here were accomplish
ments my wife had acquired of which I by
being excessively well all the time, had no
knowledge. Now I was to learn that the
money paid out for nurses heretofore was
only an investment about to yield returns
and I was to see how practice in looking
after-the children during their occasional ail
ments made perfect for the higher call to
care for the star patient of the household.
But let me not overlook "our doctor."
I would mention him by name did I not
know to do so would be no favor to him, but
on the contrary would probably draw down
an avalanche of trouble on his head that he
would be immediately accused by some
envious rival of having instigated my testi
monial to his scientific skill and professional
attainments that some picayune pillmixcr
would get up in the next meeting of the local
medical society and move to censure, if not
expel him for being false to the Hippocratic
oath by fracturing the ethical rule against
unethical advertising. "Our doctor," it should
be distinctly understood, does not have to
exploit his talents by having himself called
out of a theater or subpoenaed to give ex
pert testimony in a sensational law suit sure
to command a conspicuous .place in the
newspaper accounts of the trial. No, he is
advertised by the funny stories he tells and
which his grateful patients always repeat
with due credit. "Our doctor" never fails to
carry a few new ones with him on his rounds
he believes in medicine but not too much
of it the most trying ordeal he inflicts on
the sick-a-bed sufferer is to jab a ther
mometer into his mouth with the admoni
tion, "Now hold that quietly under your
tongue," and then forthwith t- spring his
latest "joke" to see whether it "lakes."
An extremely considerate doctor is "our
doctor," you should be advised. "1 saved a
man's life today," he gravely declared. "How
did I do that? Why I had a call at 3 a. m
for a man who thought he was dying. I
didn't go. And he's still alive, for I saw him
this afternoon."
Using his flashlight for a little searching
expedition, "you know, it's wonderful what
useful things these are and we can not re
member how we ever got along without
them. They didn't have anything like this
spitlight in olden days. Yet Noah had an
ark-light."
"Keep it up externally, internally, in
fernally, but we hope not eternally."
"Yes, I have to find a new patient every
once in a while to make sure of having some
one to listen to my stories who hasn't already
heard them."
Very well, doctor, only be sure to ac
cumulate a fresh supply before I get sick
again.
War Cost and American
Resources
It is learned from computations made at
the treasury that the first 10 months of the
war have cost the United States about $7,
000,000,000, which is at the rate of something
oyer $700,000,000 a month, or $24,000,000 a
day. The cost of the first year is estimated
at about $10,000,000,000, which, while it is a
stupendous sum, is very much less than the
original estimates for the first vear. These
estimates ran as high as $18,431,000,000.
Of the $7,000,000,000 that has been spent,
more than half, or $4,121,000,000, was in the
form of loans to the allies, and the remainder
represents what the United States has ex
pended on the organization of the army, the
increases in the navy, the shipping board and
other war preparations. Of the total of $10,
000,000,000 which it is estimated will be spent
during thp first year, up to April 6, it is ex
pected that about half will be in loans and
the remainder for war preparations.
The treasury statistics show that the
United States is meeting war expenses in the
proportion of four-fifths from loans and one
tifth from taxes. Loan campaigns to date
have realized $5,792,000,000, and taxes have
brought in $1,250,000,000. It is probable that
about the same proportion will be preserved
in the future in raising the necessary war
revenues.
The, comparative ease with which, these
huge sums have been raised by the govern
ment is a tribute to the resourcefulness of
America. Having entered this war in de
fense of the great principle of human liberty,
the people are willing to make such sacrifices
as are necessary to carry it to a successful
conclusion. More billions are ready upon
call of the government and will be forthcom
ing as they, are needed. It is said that the
total wealth of the United States is some
thing like $300,000,000,000, which is a sum
sufficient to pay the cost of the war for 30
years at the rate of expenditures for the
first year. The wildest flights of imagination
do not contemplate a continuation of the war
for 30 years, for the world could not stand
the strain that long. The population would
be decimated 'and the resources completely
exhausted long before the end of that peril.
But it may be said that the total wealth of
the United States is committed to the enter
prise, and as much of it as is needed will be
placed at the disposal of the government.
Washington Post.
" People and Events
Members of the leper colony of Molokai,
poor as' they are, contributed $250 to the
American Red Cross fund. They know what
suffering means.
New York's big feederies complain that
it costs as much to serve a portion of a meat
order as the full slice. Consumers have ako
noted the phenomena at the cashier's desk.
A dining car waiter, testifying before the
Railroad Wage commission, tearfully admit
ted that tips had fallen away almost to the
copper level. Woe, and then some. This
will simplify Manager McAdoo's task of mak
ing every day a tipless day.
The humble cranberry takes on a front as
copious as the goober. Back in cranberry
habitats the front calls for 50 cents a quart
or $16 a bushel. A call for a slab of cran
berry pie henceforth tags the caller as a
millionaire or an army contractor.
The Bowery district of New York suc
cessfully resists a change of name. That
alone survives the ravages and innovations
of time and business. All the denizens and
things that made its dubious fame have dis
appeared from the scenery as completely as
the one-horse hack.
New building prospects in New York
City reflect the McAdoo slogan, "No business
but government business." Plans filed with
the citv bureau of buildings call for an outlay
of $1,481,700, compared with $4,464,500 in
January of last year. High cost of material
and labor are responsible for the slump.
A flock of German bronze eagles perched
on the newel posts of the staifs of Utah's
capitol have been removed and sent to the
npelting pot. The birds, under present day
light, too colsely resembled vultures and had
to go. Governor Bamberger decided that
none but American eagles should be on
guard.
Abdul Hamid, bounced Sultan of Turkey,
falls out of the ranks of rulers out of a job.
In the heyday of his power Abdul was the
champion camofleur of his time. His output
of hot air promises topped the record from
Caligula's time down to the kaiser. The way
he tore up ultimatums and made them scraps
of paper became a mode for Potsdam. Still
all his power and divine pretenses could not
save him from the nemesis of his crimes.
Long ago Gladstone christened him "Abdul
the Damned." Possibly repentance in exile
softened the judgment.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
" British reported capture of 2,000
Turks on the Tlgrli.
United States put censorship on des.
tlnattons and manifests of all vessels
leaving American ports.
The Day We Celebrate.
- Fred S. Hadra, real estate broker,
born 1866.
David F. Houston, secretary of
turlculture, born at Monroe, N. C.
2 years ago.
Dr. A. 8. MacKenzle, president of
Lenox college, Hopklnton, la., born in
Scotland, 43 years ago.
William Faversham, born In Lon
don. 60 years ago. -
Anita Stewart, motion picture star,
born in Brooklyn. 21 years ago.
This Day In History.
121 -Miles 8tandlsh was made
captain of the Plymouth colony with
military authority.
1T40 General John Sullivan, one
of the best and bravest of the Amer
ican generals in the revolution, born
at Berwick, Me. Died at Durham,
N. H.. January 23. 1795.
1S4S Force of 2,800 British under
Sir , Charles Napier defeated Z2,ooo
Beluchees In great battle in British
India. -.
J 865 The federal army under. Gen
erman Sherman took possession of
Columbia. S. C.
ltlfi Germans began submarine
"blockade" by sinking British collier
Without warning .
Just SO Years Ago Today
John I. Rcdlck, with his wife, has
returned to Omaha for a short visit.
George M. Small and W. E. Nason
of the Lefevre Gun club and Clark
Ellis and "Spike" Kennedy will shoot
a blue rock match, 26 birds each, on
the Omaha Gun club grounds today.
J. M. Woodburn. Jr., is the new
deputy to County Clerk Roche while
""Mr. Zlmmer is busy with the assess
ment books.
W. G. McLaughlin, the inventor of a
number of patents which it is ex
pected will be soon put to practical
tests, haa returned from Washington.
John Toner, one of the old settlers,
celebrated his 75th birthday.
Cause and Effect.
'The man picked up unconscious
in the street the other day was suf
fering from knockout drops."
"Given him in the public street?"
"Yes: two bricks fell on his head
from a building."
Sign Posts of Progress
Development of water-power In
Norway has made electricity cheaper
than steam in that country.
France is the best foreign patron
of the United States patent office,
with Great Britain following closely.
Over 300,000 loads of sawdust and
other mill waste were used during
last year In the United States for
making paper pulp.
A new automobile attachment
makes a permanent record of the
speed of the car during the entire
trip for the purpose of preventing
speed disputes with authorities.
The Department of Communica
tions is using the screen in moving
picture shows to inculcate among the
Japanese people many methods of '
saving money. Results are highly
encouraging.
Two Masonic lodges In Troy, N. Y.,
recently voted unanimously to accept j
an invitation of the Holy Name so-;
clety of St. Augustine's Roman Catho- j
lie church, to attend a service in !
honor of the members of the church '
who have enlisted.
Study of advertising is attracting 1
more women than ever before at the
University of Wisconsin. Thirteen
women, most of them students in
journalism, are now enrolled In the
advertising class, studying ad writ- j
Ing and soliciting advertisements!:
along with 30 men, i
Sidelights on the War
Germany has found -old hops a good
war substitute for tobacco.
Chauneey M. Depcw says that
"America as the world's 'melting pot'
Is a failure."
Since the war began Italy has pur
chased $1,000,000,000 worth of mili
tary goods from the United States.
Soldiers' wives in England receive
from the government $3.84 a week,
$1.73 or the first child, $1.48 for the
second. $1.08 for the I'.iird and 72
cents for all other children. Privates
in the British army receive 36 cents
a day.
D. L. Odell of Marshall, Mo., put
all his money in Liberty bonds and
enlisted in the army. He is the
great-grandson of Pat Jerry Odell.
who gave the 65 acres of ground on
which the city of. Marshal, now
stands.
A student officer at Fort Sheridan,
111., inherited a $30,000 business from
an uncle, with the proviso that he
should continue the business. The
young man was undecided as to what
he should do until word came that
American troops were in the trenches
in France. Then he turned down the
legacy.
In these days of war bread, when
not only the quality, but quantity is
strictly watched, bread by the yard Is
an alluring idea. But one has to go
to France and Italy to find the real
thin The pipe bread of Italy is
often iwie in loaves three feet long,
whilst the rolls of France are as long
as a Briti grenadier.
Peppery Points
Washington Post: Let the man who
preaches tenderness to internal en
emies cultivate his garden without
harming the Jimson weeds.
Minneapolis Journal: Men over six
feet and three inches tall are no
longer barred from the army. They
will be used to pick the German snip
ers out of the trees. s
Brooklyn Eagle: One member of
the Hitchcock family brings, down
j two German airplanes while another
HitcncocK goes up in me air oui mns
to bring down the president.
Brooklyn Eagle T China notifies the
bolshevik! that Harbin belongs to her,
always has belonged to her, and she
will not apologize for being there. The
paw of the Bear is no longer feared
in the far east
Minneapolis Tribune: Germany
has promised RoUmania a slice of
Russia, Leave it to the kaiser to
promise something he cannot hope to
keep for something that he has no
prospect of getting.
Brooklyn Eagle: Vain are the uses
of adversity if we can't keep three
shifts of men at work eight hours
apiece of every 24 at everp Shipbuild
ing plant. ' Common sense and vulgar
mathematics deserve a lot of official
attention.
New York Herald: If a profiteer
ing hog on Hog island or anywhere
else in this country is making 100 per
cent profit or anything like it at the
expense of the government and the
American people he should be re
minded at once that this is good
weather for hog' killing.
Around the Cities
A 1,600-pound bell to strike the
hours has been installed In the tower
of New York's city hall.
Plans are taking shape for a moral
clean-up in St. Joseph. The Saints
'fess up to a few distinct smears on
their halos which call for vigorous
scrubbing.
Chicago's roundup of nearly 1,000
crooks and hoboes of various grades
in 24 hours caused a 75 per cent
slfimp in the industry of robbers and
gunmerv. It was a profitable day's
work for the police and the city.
One of Sioux City's elevators re
ports flattering success of a me
chanical dryer in extracting excess
moisture from corn. Tests showed
reduction of moisture from 22 per
cent to 15.8 per cent. About 1,000
bushels an hour can be given the hot
air treatment.
The mayor of Emporia, Kan., boosts
for patriotic gardens and other mu
nicipal uplifts. Gardening is to be
made a blooming success this year.
To make sure of it the mayor declares
a war of extermination on dogs, and
has called on Governor Capper to
join him in a deadly drive.
Boston is up against the annual
job of fitting municipal income to
outgo. The new -mayor figures out
revenue of $14,803,216, which is $4,
000.000 short of estimates. New
sources of revenue are hard to find
and a general tax lift is inadvisable.
To make ends meet the Hub must go
deeper in debt and give posterity the
privilege of digging up later on.
Odd Bits of Life
One of the easiest ways to cool an
overheated oven is to stand a basin
of cold water in it.
David R. Burkey, a civil war vet
eran, age 80, of Philadelphia, takes a
20-mlle hike for his daily exercise.
Three high schools in the heart of
Wyoming, Ta., anthracite fields were
closed recently because of a shortage
of coal.
Mrs. Pearl Leach of Penobscot, Me.,
has given birth to her 16th child, and
all are living. There are eight girls
and eight boys.
James Brown, who has an artificial
arm and leg, is employed picking
oranges in an orchard near Lindsay,
Cal. He is considered the most rapid
and efficient picker on the force and
averages around 100 boxes of fruit
daily. A normal man who can pick
80 boxes is considered an expert.
Pete, an army mule at a camp near
Portland, Me., was left on an island
in Casco Bay. The soldiers built a
shed for him and left food and water,
but Pete got. homesick. He kicked
off the top of the shed, gnawed hte
halter until he was free, plunged into
the sea and swam back to the camp.
TO MY MOTHER.
Oh. Fame! Where In do thou compare
What" consolation Is la thee?
To know that now the hour of prayer,
My mother will not be with me.
Like sunshine to the flowers I miss
Her gentle voice and word of cheer,
Her pious looks and tender kiss.
Tonight I feel that she is near.
This sacred hour she loved no well
And loved to read this Holy Boole,
With tear stains that a heartache tell.
When I her loving care forsook.
The little vineclad home of ours.
That nestled 'mong the locust trees,
And all about sweet scented flowers
Wado fragrant then the summer breeze.
Each day she rose to bless the day
To gazo upon the gloroua scene,
And through the waking blossoms stray
When all were fresh and leaves were green.
These memories of our happy past
Have been a star of hope to me.
That guided straight to her at last,
To live through all eternity.
Omaha DONALD F. M'LEAN.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Papa, a young man is coming to you to
nipht to ask for my hand in marriage."
Quite so, my dear. One question."
Well?"
"Am I for or against him?" Loultvlll
Courier-Journal.
Bob When you proposed to her I Buppost
she said, "Oh, this Is so sudden:"
Charlie No: Phe was quite honest. Sh
remarked, "the suspense has been terrlbl."
Spokano Spokesman-P.eview.
"I believe this is the warmest day we vr
had."
No: We had half a day warmer than
this." ...
"How about the rest-of the day?
"There wasn't any; it burnt up." Car
toons Magazine.
Little Bessie, who went In to entertain th
minister while he was waiting for her
mother, was shy at first, so he began: "Do
you remember me, my dear?"
"I fink I do." answered the child; "you're
the man mother makes me stay awake and
listen to in church." Boston Transcript.
to get
Mrs. Hlghe Are you going
divorce this eyar?
Mrs. Lowe No. one must economize In
war time. Judge.
"I'm going to toll you something In con
fidence." said the diplomat.
"All right," replied the cynic. "To what
particular person of my acquaintance do
you want me to mention the matter by ac
cident?" Washington Star.
'Miss Oldglrl says she doesn't pretend to
be brilliant nor witty nor wise. She Is just
a plain woman."
"Plain! Great Scott, but she Is good to
herself!" Baltimore American.
"What is this, waiter?"
"War bread, sir."
"Hang It! It's too old entirely for activ
service." Life.
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He realized that gray hair was the
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and proceeded to remove the obstacle
in a manner that would appeal to
modest, refined people everywhere.
Never-Tell is complete within itself.
Put up in delicately-perfumed tablet
form there is nothing to add, no
extras to buy, no concoctions to
bother, for you merely dissolve the
tablets in a little water as used. Com
plete treatise on how to care for the
hair, also early history of Never-Tel,
in every box.
At your druggist, 50c, or direct
from Never-Tel Laboratories Co.,
204, Kansas City, Mo.
The perfection of our funeral arrange
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beauty that characterizes tbe burials con
ducted by us. We are equipped with the
latest offerings of an undertaking science.
Onr knowledge of this business is a pro
found one. We render able service at
reasonable prices.
N.P.SWANSON
Funeral Parlor, (Established 188S)
17th and Cuming Sts. Tel. Douglas 1060.
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Some New Pianos as Low as $190
NOTICE!
TO DEPENDENTS OF MEN
ENLISTED IN ARMY OR NAVY
If the dependents of any man enlisted in the Army or Navy have
failed to receive their allotment or allowance from the government,
I will be pleased to have them call at my office, 810 Woodmen of the
World Building, or telephone Douglas 4570 and give me full particu
lars, I will gladly assist them in getting that which they are entitled
to from the government, and which the government is anxious to
pay them.
W. A. FRASER
President Woodmen of the World and Member of
the Advisory Board, Bureau of War Risk Insurance.
P. S. This notice appears through the courtesy of the WOOD
MEN OF THE WORLD.
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THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU
Washington, D. C.
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