THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 24, 1918.
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Hindenburg may thrust forward, but can he
hold on?
Some people want to make the war carry
their hobbies. Let us win the war first.
Again the kaiser is doing his utmost to boost
the sale of war savings stamps and Liberty bonds.
To "keep the home fires burning next win
ter," it is urged that the coal bins be filled this
summer.
Slate-making may be a popular pastime, but
; slate-smashing will be still more popular when
! our voters go to the polls.
One aspirant for favor in Omaha's impending
municipal primary declares that he offers himself
as "a candidate with a clear conscience." That's
a new variety.
Y
Inquisitor Hcncy is not personally visiting th
stock yards in the different cities in which he it
holding his investigations, but he manages just
the same to stir' up the animals in quite lively
fashion.,
It's dollars to doughnuts that Senator Hitch
cock would not care to depend upon his fellow
democrat, Lieutenant Governor Howard, tortile
out of order a resolution of censure on his pro
German activities.
One noteworthy fact in connection with the
German military machine is that it places no
higher value on the life of a German soldier than
on any other. Human life means nothing only
those who Survive will have the greater share to
enjoy.
Arc you for or against the repeal of the
Mockett law that makes compulsory the teaching
of German "kultur" to children in the grammar
schools of Nebraska? The answer to this ques
tion, while not conclusive, is one fair test of pro-Germanism.
i Suppose the pending prohibition amendment
' to the federal constitution were an amendment to
! repeal national prohibition and it wa proposed
to ratify it in a special session convened by proc
Llamation that did not embrace that subject for
legislative action. What then?
HINDENBURG'S SUPREME EFFORT.
Jlindenburg seemingly has loosed his utmost
power in a supreme effort to make good his boast
that he would be in Paris on April 1. At any rate,
he has directed his drive from the nearest point
to Paris on his line. Such success as he has met
has been at a price the Allies were unwilling to
pay for the privilege of a drive through the Ger
man line. These are the salients of what is de
veloping into the most stupendous spectacle erf a
war that is a succession of awe-inspiring efforts.
Details of the engagement are not at hand,
so that comment must be largely conjectural. It
is evident, however, that no such sweep as that
of August, 1914, is likely; nor will the Russian
or Italian routs be repeated. The British army is
falling back slowly, disputing the way in true
British fashion, and when the turn comes, as it
must, will be ready to counter-attack with vigor.
In this the British have the advantage of terrain
and of concentration, for the Germans must
operate over broken ground and with a front line
stretching farther and farther from its base. Just
as these military considerations have combined
to check each forward move of the Allies, and as
they held up the tremendous Austro-German
push into Italy, so it must check Hindenburg
now, unless the strength of the allied forces in
France is broken, and that is unthinkable.
How sharply Haig will be able to counter
will measure the success of this tremendous move.
In addition, we must believe for the time at least
that French and American forces are not disen
gaged, although the news at hand concerns the
British army mostly. Another day, and maybe
longer must pass before we know the full extent
of the battle or its outcome.
What is known, though, can have but one ef
fect in America. It must bring home to each
the extent of the work on which we have entered.
The German high command docs not think of
peace without victory, and neither may we.
1 Palm Sunday services will be observed with
uncommon solemnity today, because of condi
tions abroad. Prayers that go up for our cause
will not be addressed to a God of battles, but to
a God of justice and mercy, in whom this na
tion trusts and under whose favor it has existed
and prospered,
HenaaleeiVeaaaaaaBMnaaalBaHnlllHeMMg)
Nebraska's Drive for War Savings Stamps.
Total subscription for the War savings stamps
in Nebraska are now put at $30,000,000, or $4,000,
000 in excess of the quota assigned this state.
Part of this result is due to the spontaneous in
terest of the people in' this form of contribution
to the government's efforts to finance $he war,
and part is ascribable to the energy and good
judgment with which the campaign has been
pushed. We will not undertake to make assign
ment of the share that should go to one or the
other, but wish jointly to congratulate the people
of the state and Mr. Ward Burgess, who directed
the work, on the very gratifying outcome of the
campaign. The war stamps are peculiarly attrac
tive, in that they may be purchased in small
quantities, as little as 25 cents at a time, and af
ford a most substantial investment for the pen
nies that otherwise might go astray. Ownership
of one or more of the certificates is a proof of
thrift as well as of patriotism, both of which
qualities characterize Nebraskans. Buyers should
keep in mind, too, that while the drive has ended,
the privilege of purchase extends throughout the
jear, and that each may step up and purchase at
any time, until the limit of $1,000 is attained.
Do We Want Opsra or "Freaks?"
New York experience with grand opera dur
ing the closing season has given rise to a dis
cussion that is interesting, and not altogether
academic. To start the debate, it has been as
serted that $6 opera can not be sold in New York,
unless accompanied by a "freak;" that certain of
the famed prima donni can not command more
than two crowds in a season, and then only in
roles with which their names have been asso
ciated for reasons other than their musical ac
complishments or histrionic, attainments. Proof,
based on reports from the box office, "confirma
tion strong as proof of Holy Writ," is offered
to support this charge, and thus to strengthen
one of the most genuine of indictments against
Gotham's culture.
The question now comes up, does the rest of
the country differ in any material regard from
New York on this point? Here the answer will
be supported only by local pride, and with no
other foundation. Each community will, very
likely, insist that it enjoys the music and finds
in the rich, caressing, inspiring or commanding
tones conjured up by the composer and offered
by the singer that which is not to be had else
where. If so be the singer has established a
character for eccentricity or peculiar excellence
in some regard, even beyond the full requirements
of singing well, so much the better, for the
piquancy of the zest is thus heightened, but it
is the music itself we first seek. Perhaps.
Yet it is true that certain great plays have
succeeded "in the sticks," and failed "on Broad
way," and the other way around as well.
Producers in drama finally admit that a Broad
way judgment is not a talisman or criterion for
success, once the Hudson is crossed. Impre
sarios also may prove the truth of this. Yet it
might be interesting to know exactly how much
of enthusiasm for grand opera is genuine and"
what proportion of it is social pretense. Not
that it would do any good, but the cynical might
get some comfort from the knowledge.
Closing the Door on Imports.
President Wilson has issued an order plac
ing an embargo on a long' and interesting list
of imported articles. These have been selected
for one of two reasons; either they are produced
at home in sufficient quantity to supply domestic
demands, or they are of a non-essential charac
ter. Liberation of tonnage now employed in
a carrying trade of no war service for uses in
traffic between here and Europe is aimed at.
Thus we are thrust back to the simple life of the
fathers, when patriots preferred the home product
and only nabobs or fops sought that which came
from abroad. Americans may miss some of the
things cut off, but they will find substitutes in
domestic supplies, or go without, and none will
kick or complain but the thoughtlessly selfish,
who already regard this war as a bore and an
unpleasant interference with their accustomed
comfort. The embargo is apt to have another
very good lesson. It will teach our folks the
excellent qualities of things produced at home,
and if the war lasts any length of time we are
apt to become addicted to the use of our own
make or growth of goods, so that we will prefer
them in the future to any from abroad. In this
way the inveterate free trade habit of the demo
cratic party, accustomed to swapping raw ma
terial with other nations for what we ought
to make at home, may be cured. This considera
tion alone renders the experiment worthy of trial.
Vieivs, Reviews and Interviews
How the World War is Being Reflected in the Postage Stamps
That Prepay the Foreign Mail.
This war is making scraps of paper of a
lot of things to which our attention has not
yet been directed. I came across another
one in examining the universal postal treaty
as revised in 1906 by the World's Postal con
gress at Rome which carried my father's sig
nature as one of the delegates representing
the United States and which undertakes to
establish the conditions for the interchange
of foreign mail between all the countries of
the world maintaining postoffices. Various
efforts had been made from time to time to
secure the adoption of a universal postage
stamp for foreign mail transmission but with
out success. The nearest approach to it is
the agreement fixing the rate of foreign
postage in equivalent money of the different
countries and the requirement that the post
age stamps of these denominations should
be of the same color, no matter by what
postal authority issued. Thus this treaty
provides that our 1-cent stamp, the French
5- centimes stamp, the German 5-pfennigs
stamp, the British and British colonial half
penny stamp, and all the others correspond
ingly, be green in color and interchangeable
in postal value. The same applies to our 2
cent stamp, the French 10-centimes stamp,
the German 10-pfennigs stamp, the British 1
penny, all of which are to be red, and like
wise to our 5-cent stamp, the French 25
centimes stamp, the German 25-pfennigs
stamp, the British 2-penny stamp, all to
be blue. The only reason for this uniformity
of color is obviously to facilitate their use for
foreign mail purposes because these are the
postage stamps, generally speaking, affixed to
postal Cards, and single-weight or over
weight letters going from one country to the
other. Here we are, however, as a war meas
ure, changing our postage rate so that a let
ter to be sent abroad now must bear a purple
cent stamp, or, if double weight, an orange
6- cent stamp and a postal card a red 2-cent
stamp instead of a green 1-cent stamp. Over
in Canada, where they have similarly im
posed a war tax on postage, the color of the
current 2-cent stamp has been changed to
brown, but with an extra 1-cent war tax
designated on its face. That is to say, the
Canadian postal authorities distinguish be
tween the carrying charge and tax but dis
regard the international color regulations
as flagrantly as we da Personally, I think
the Canadian method in this respect better
than our own. Anyone can readily see that
there will have to be a lot of repair work
done after the war to get all the postal sys
tems of this and other countries once more
thoroughly interlocked and smoothly work
ing at their various points of contact.
Mr. Lenroot for the nomination. Congress
man Lenroot was out here in Nebraska dur
ing the 1916 campaign, speaking at several
points in the state, but not in Omaha, and
made a most favorable impression on his
audiences and with those who came in touch"
with him. If he goes into the senate, he will
know something of Nebraska by personal
( bservation. The federal trade commission's
hearings on the subject of print paper last
winter gave me also an acquaintance with
Mr. Davies under circumstances showing him
to be a man of force and clear thinking. It
goes without saying that he is a staunch
democrat, but outside of his intense parti
sianship his influence would be the same as
Mr. Lenroot's in offset to the radicalism of
La Follette.
"How is the daylight saving innovation
next month going to affect the railroads?"
I asked General Manager Walters of the
Northwestern.
"I don't think it will affect us at all, cer
tainly not seriously. We can move our time
ahead an hour without any difficulty, except
that the trains enroute at the moment will
all he an hour late from then on in arriving
at destinations. They can, however, try to
make up time and may actually, in some
cases, reach destination according to sched
ule. Our trouble will come in the fall when
the procedure is reversed and the clock hands
turned back. I see no way of meeting that
situation except to stop every train just
where it is for an hour until the time sched
ules catch up."
To all outward appearances Francis J.
Heney was feeling fine and' in the best of
humor during his recent visit to Omaha. I
had only a few words with him at the hotel,
but looked in on his meat packing inquest
in the federal building for a little while to
get an idea how it was going. It was cer
tainly a one-ring show with Mr. Heney as
the ringmaster. Oh yes, he pulled some in
formation out of his witnesses, but he fur
nished them more than he got from them
much that they already knew, but still a little
that they did not know before. I have seen
Mr. Heney perform several times in widely
different roles in delegates contest cases, in
the big political conventions, in the Trade
Commission's paper conferences, as well
as in this meat packing investigation and I
think he made the best impression in this
last, perhaps because he was having every
thing his own way.
The outcome of the primary in Wisconsin
makes certain that the next senator from that
state will be either Congressman Lenroot or
former Federal Trade Commissioner Davies,
according as the loyalty vote is massed for
one or the other, or perhaps, I should say,
according as one or the other is less objec
tionable to the disloyalty vote that opposed
Strain of Trench Raids
Going "over the top" with a crowd is a
much easier task for a soldier than a trench
raid usually made by few in number and at
night. "Some men have told me," writes
Philip Gibbs in the London Chronicle, "that
they would much rather go over the top in a
big attack than go out on a night raid. There
is not the same confidence that comes from
being one among a mass of men. The nerv
ous strain is more intense. The necessity of
utter silence while waiting to make the
pounce is apt 'to put the wind up, as they
say, and each man feels very much alone.
"Upon the officers who lead the raids
there is a heavy sense of responsibility, and
many anxious moments of expectation. They
know that if anything goes wrong, if a man
does the wrong thing, the whole raiding
party may be destroyed. 1
"One of them told me that the day before
such a raid he could do nothing but smoke
cigarets to keep his nerves in control, and
he was a victim of frightful apprehensions.
These passed as soon as the raid started.
"After that his mind was utterly intent
upon the job this job of leading his men
through a gap in the enemy's wire, of direct
ing them to the enemy's dugouts, of grab
bing the prisoners who tried to run down
the trench, and of getting the party back
across No Man's land under machine-gun
fire.
"His brother officer was killed. Several
men were wounded, and had to be searched
for and carried back in a hurry. It was
like a nightmare, intensely vivid, but with
the mind acting in an automatic way, with
out premeditation, during every action of
that crowded half-hour.
"This officer was surprised to find himself
back again and alive in his own trench, and
it was only then, when he realized his own
escape, that he felt a sharp pain of grief for
that brother officer whbse dead body had
been 'eft behind.
"There is no time for grief when these
things are happening. The experience of
this friend of mine is like that of many
young officers and men who, every night
now somewhere along the line, are asked to
make a raid for the capture of prisoners.
They, too, feel apprehensive before the start
ing hour, and then steel themselves and take
the plunge into 'the quick adventure, and
after the half-hour's nightmare of fierce ac
tion, come back, if luck is with them, to their
own trenches -with a small group of field-
gray men with frightened eyes as a proof
of its reality.
"It is hard and dangerous work. But it is
one of the important acts of war, because
in this way knowledge is gained, for one
thing, of the troops the enemy has in the
line, and for that reason our officers and
men who make the night raids are doing
great service, and upon their skill and cour
age depends not a little the safety of the
armies behind them, and our strength of
resistance to that menace which creeps a
little nearer every day that passes." -
On being shown through the newly en
larged quarters of the Nebraska Clothing
company I expressed surprise at the amount
of room devoted to the alteration department
and the number of cross-legged tailors all
busy in it.
"When I was with Hellman, who had the
big clothing store in Omaha when I first
came here over 30 years ago," said Mr.
Swanson, "we had one tailor in the estab
lishment and had scarcely enough work to
keep him going. In the clothing store I was
managing 15 years ago, about 10 per cent of
the garments sold came in for alterations.
Now I should say nearly 90 per cent of these
garments are brought in here. Of course,
there is a reason. Almost all the coats and
trousers of the better grades of men's cloth
ing are left with sleeves and trouser legs
unfinished to have the lengths fixed to suit
the customer. This is made necessary by the
fact that men are all the time becoming
more and more particular as to the fit of their
clothes and we, too, are more and more par
ticular not to send put poorly fitting gar
ments for the effect it has on us as well as
on the customer. That explains why so
many tailors arc needed here even though
no custom goods are turned out."
People and Events
Some people lay up treasures in heaven,
others rent safe deposit boxes, but the wise
live ones let Uncle Sam hold it.
John D. Rockefeller's income taxes is es
timated at $38,400,000, putting him far ahead
of all competitors in the individual race.
William Lohse, 61, and Henry Lohsc, 63,
owners of a flour mill at Logan, Kan., defied
the government admonition to kaiser wor
shipers, "Obey the law and keep your mouth
shut." Arrest on a presidential warrant
brings an internment camp into view and the
Lohse mill will henceforth run on the Amer
ican plan under American control.
Elder Amasa Morse, the Methuselah of
Connecticut, is no more. He went over the
top at 104. For 60 years he was an Adventist
preacher, one of the charter members of
William Miller's New England flock, and for
more than half a century proficied "the sec
ond coming." Waiting proved vain, how
ever, and Amasa goes to find out for himself
who threw the switch.
The political pull of a ward heeler in Kan
sas City occasionally loses its force on juries.
One Bill Bowman won a petty verdict in the
criminal court and demanded a new trial,
confident of acquittal on the second round.
He got a new trial all right, and a new jury,
which knocked him down and out with a 99
year sentence in the penitentiary for assault
ing a child. Justice now and then hits the
right pace.
Things do happen in Indiana in off po
litical years. A report of a marriage in Val
paraiso records an extraordinary transfusion
in these gripping words: "As sweetly as the
blending of two light beams in the solemn
hush that fell over the little company of
friends, these two souls melted into each
other under the mystic words of union
ejpoken by the officiating clergyman."
Prosaic society reporters will kindly sit up
and study the model.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
American relief workers recalled
from Belgium and France.
General AJexled became commander-in-chief
of the Russian armies.
General Nivelle made furious at
tacks on the new German front and
captured two forts of the famous
"Hindenburg line."
The Day We Celebrate.
Rev. Edward Hart Jenks, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, born
1862. '
Dr. William C. TJpJohn, physician,
born 1854. , .
N. P. Dodge, jr.. real estate man.
born 1872.
Sen or Don Juan Nlanoy Gayangos,
Spanish ambassador at Washington,
born in Madrid, 63 years ago.
Alfred E. Burton, dean of the
Machusetts institute of Technology,
born at Portland, Me,, 61 years ago.
Garrett P. Berviss, author and sci
entist, born at Sharon Springs, N.
87 years ago. ' , ,
This Day in History.
1607 Admiral Michael A. de Ruy
ter, who made Holland the greatest of
sea powers, born. Died April 29, 1878.
1638 Rhode Island was purchased
from the Indians for 40 fathoms cl
beads.
1783 Spain acknoweldged the In
dependence of the United States.
1860 Treaty for the annexation of
Savoy and JJice to France.
Just SO Years Ago Today
Dr. James entnrtnlned tha Vn Vamn
club at his residence.
The Omaha wheel club tiled ar
ticles of Incorporation with the county
Odd Bits of Life
A bullet throwing weapon has been
made in the shape of a watch. Called
on to surrender your watch, you may
use it to shoot the thief.
Spain's proposition to lend a vast
sum of money to Argentina is signifi
cant chiefly as showing that the
United States is not the only nation
in the world in position to lend money.
Robert Ramsey and Dalton W. Mc
Carthy, who are located at Camp
Grant. Rockford, 111., hiked all the
way to Chicago, a distance of 95 miles,
to witness a service football game.'
They walked the 95 miles In 40 hours.
Louisiana has a new product. It Is
clerk and the corporation is to exist dlDtied in hot svrun or mols anri
Zi years. nnatait ,. , .
Frank D. Mead left for a trlD to n,. ." "Lr .". ur
California. " io taKinp; n up as a sine
n George W. Kelly pf Kelly. Stlg,r & I lZTos c? Win
Co.. has returned from New York seasons ot the year.
Citv hih ad been on bU8l?'M-' While filling out a questionaire the
.Vb "Ay' i m,?nya,radlor. examiner asked an Armenian of
of the Perry, la., Chief-Pilot, has . pnttvm ri h m in .
taken a position in Omaha with the
Western Newspaper Union.
The New York Storage & Loan
company have Increased their capital
stock to $15,000.
James Gilbert, Charles E. Lee. and
Frank D. Mulr have formed them-
pendents?" "Yes." he replied. "Name
them," demanded the examiner. "A
horse and 10 cows," returned the reg
istrant. Inmates of the Michigan state pris
on are to take up Red Cross work and
selves Into a company which is to be through Edward Frensdorf, the war
I known as to "James Gilbert Smoke j den, have offered to give 5,000 hours
. Consumer and Fuel Economizer com-1 a week to the manufacture of any
pany," and articles of incorporation materials which may be needed. The
to this effect were filed with the .prison has a convict population in ex-
county clerk. J cess of 1.200,
Signposts of Progress
A fireproof varnish has been de
vised for use in the fabrication of
airplanes.
Investigators having recently found
extensive undeveloped coal fields In
Serbia. This country may some day
become a great fuel producer.
The state of New York has 394,023
motor vehicles. They pay an annual
fee of more than 82,215,000 and give
employment to 106,000 chauffeurs.
Canada supplies the world with the
largest number of animals for winter
furs and these animals are caught
in steel traps. Shooting or poisoning
spoils the pelts. -
By the conversion of cellulose, one
of tho elements of wood, into a
gelatinous material known as viscose,
a wide field is opened for the utiliza
tion ot wood waste.
The cloth clippings for filling the
fracture pillows for the army hos
pitals are now cut by machines in
one-eighth the time formerly re
quired by the women of the country
who have understaken the work.
The tops of an airplane propeller
Invented In EUrope trend forward
when stationary and are straightened
by centrifugal force when revolving,
which the inventor claims lessens the
danger of them being broken by
strain.
The five days" Red Cross drive in
i the Philippine Islands enrolled more
than 7,000 new members. Much sat
isfaction is felt at the way the Filipi
I nos are showing their interest in
Uncle Sam's war work.
Here and There
A gas "gusher" at Pelican portage,
on the House river, Canada, has been
burning steadily with an 80-foot flame
for 18 years. It is supposed to burn
4,000.000 feet of natural gas a day.
California again has come to the
fore with an evidence of patriotic re
sponse to an appeal for Increased pro
duction, this time with an increase in
cotton ginned from the 1917 crop of
10,000 bales.
A faithful Holstein cow working for
the Napa State hospital of California
to feed the sick has broken world rec
ords with 918.6 pounds of milk in a
week. The Red Cross spirit in black
Holsteins is a new discovery.
It is believed the coal that is ob
tained in the operation will go far
toward paying the cost of building
a proposed tunnel under the Firth of
Forth, in Scotland, as there are mines
at each end ,of the projected line.
Gold worth $200,000 is placed in
the teeth of Londoners every year.
The demand for gold filling is increas
ing every year. It was expected that
aluminum and other metals would
take its place, but it easily stands at
the head of the list
The oldest newsboy in Richmond.
Va.. is a great-grandson of Patrick
Henry. Although he is a newsboy,
he is evidently a newsboy of superior
mental type, for, the other day, he
gave to the state of Virginia an in
herited bronze bust of his dis
tinguished ancestor, that it might be
the more carefully preserved.
Around the Cities
Bismarck, N. D., is somewhat un
easy abo t its name, but is unable to
agree on a substitute.
Sioux City hotel room rates have
taken the elevator for a 10 per cent
raise. War must have its bit.
New York City short term bonds,
amounting to $20,000,000. were over
subscribed five and a half times and
went to the highest bidder at 11.79.
Fresh air slumberers In Chicago
may take an extra snooze In comfort.
The "chloroform burglar" who ptr
sisten'tly sprayed and robbed slum
borium snoozers. has been hurried to
the state penitentiary for a long rest.
St. Jce's assessed valuatio.1 for 191S
stands at $64,661,360, an increase of
$20,288,950 over last year. The boost
in values is due to the uplift action
of the State Board of Equalization,
which hit all sections of the slate in i
like maner.
Denver Is rejoicing over the In
stallation of a huge $80,000 organ in
its auditorium. The instrument is
said to be the largest west of the
AUeghenies and was paid for by pub
lic subscription. A $7,000-a-year or
ganist gives the proper touch to the
enterprise.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Nurae (to wounded Scotch Tommy) Ton
play the bagpipes. Donald. I wish you'd
blow these air cushions up for me. tandon
Tatler.
Unlucky Fisherman Boy, will you sell
that big string; of fish you are csrryltgT
The Boy No, but I'll take yer pitcher
holdln' It fer SO cents. Judge.
'The Lord knows how Blnki made his
money!"
"No wonder he always looks worried."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
She The man I marry must have a for
tune equal to mine.
He That's easily fixed. Make orer half
of yours to me. Boston. Transcript.
HYMN FOR AMERICA.
William Adams Slade In New Tork Times.
O Thou AU-seelng, In whose Bight
A thousand years are like a day,
Look on our land and let Thy light
Still guide Thy people on their way;
Our fathers' God, be Thou our Lord,
Turn Thou Thy face and speed Thy
word:
Po shall It be our shield and sword;
Thine Is the will, ours shall accord
God and America!
When Duty sounds her trumpet-call,
Strong In ' Thy strength Tby sons shall
stand,
Their love, their lives, their hope, their all
For Thee, God, and for our land
America, Thy maiden free,
Thy vestal by the sparkling sea,
Whose hearth-fires burn for liberty,
i'or this, O God, and love to Thee
God and America!
Gird Thou the world with Thy good will;
Still unto us In mercy bend;
So In our time. O God, fulfill
Thy reign of peace to have no end;
O let our way In Throe be found;
Still let Thy light in us abound;
So shall we go with glory crowned.
As still we sing with Joyous sound,
God and America!
Thus lead ui, Lord, forever lead,
A faithful witness, O our God,
Till all the nations in their need
Shall come with Thine own gladness
shod;
Till all beneath Thy daily sun
Who know Thee not In joy shall run
And turn to Thee, the Holy One;
For this, O God, Thy will bo done
God and America!
born in a College
laboratory
College Student Gradually Darkens
Faded, Streaked or Gray Hair.
The new scientific preparation now
known as Never-Tel was first worked
out by a young college student, who
himself had experienced the handicap
of gray hair, as well as the disagree
able features of old-time dyes. This
new, marvelous sanitary preparation
does its work so gradually that it has
since been legally accorded the name
Never-Tel, and being put up in delicately-perfumed
tablet form, it is
complete in itself. No extras to buy,
no concoctions to bother just dis
solve the tablets in a little water as
used. Never-Tel is appealing to mod
est, refined people everywhere; and
in every 50c box at all druggists, or
direct from Never-Tel Laboratories
Co., Dept. 204, Kansas City, Mo. You
will find a valuable treatise on hair,
also the early history of Never-Tel.
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Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink a glass of real hot water
. before breakfast to wash
out poisons.
Life is not merely to live, but to
live well, eat well, digest well, work
well, sleep well, look well. What a
glorious condition to attairi, and yet
how very easy it is if one will only
adopt the morninpr inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom
ach, can instead, feel as fresh as a
daisy by "opening the sluices of the
system each morning and flushing
out the whole of the internal poison
ous stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the stom
ach, liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous day's indigestible waste,
sour bile and poisonous toxins. The
action of hot water and limestone
phosphate on an empty stomach is
wonderfully invigorating. It cleans
out all the sour fermentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast.
The millions of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble, rheumatism;
others who have sallow skins, blood
disorders and sickly complexions are
urged to get a quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate from the drug store
which will cost very little, but is suf
ficient to make anyone a pronounced
crank on the subject of internal sani
tation. Advertisement
We merit the good will of the peo
ple of this community. At all times
we endeavor to serve them in a
satisfactory manner. We arrange
ceremonies in a way that will con
tinue' to merit the praise of those
whom we serve.
N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor, (Established 1838)
17th and Cuming Sts. Tel. Douglas 1060.
NO RAISE
IN PIANO
PRICE SALE
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Bush & Lane
Grandt, Uprights
For 15 years we never had one
returned for any reason.
$400 UP
p Now i fer if
r75 iiyi
Kimball
Grands, Uprights and Players
There are over 300,000 in use
right now.
$275 UP
Grands.... !..$750 UP
' Wft8 ll
Cable Nelson
Upright Pianos
In wonderful woods and beauti
ful cases. " 'Tis our bread and
butter."
$300 UP
Hospe
Pianos and Players
Our friends know that for 44
years Mr- Hospe has given the
best for the price.
Pianos $250 to $350
Players $475
Reproducing Pianos
Apollt
Most wonderful instrument.
Plays electrically, reproducing the
exact duplicate of the master's
work, all expressions automatical
ly a perfect reproduction.
We carry a great number of re
produced rolls for this instru
ment. Also played by foot power or
hand playing.
Prices From $850 to $2400
New Pianos
Of Reliable Makes
Ranging in price from
$190 UP
Used Pianos
Pianos we take in trade as part
pay on Players or Victrolas at a
fair valuation. Some are refin
ished, regulated, timed, etc.
From
$75 $100 $125 $150
and UP
Square Grands
$15 $25 to $50
Organs
For home, school or church.
New and used
$25 $50 $75 and UP
You Pay Some Down and Some
Monthly
We Arrange to Fit Your Wallet
Music Cabinets, Benches, Stools,
Scarf
Player Rolls
Word rolls, story rolls and hand
played rolls. Prices
60 UP
A. Hospe Co.
1513. Douglas St.
Third Liberty Leon Drive, Saturday,
April 6. Are You Rudy?