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All line up now for the Liberty parade.
Can it be true that Val Peter is now editing
the World-Herald as well as the German
Tribune?
Well, a month of meat-eating ought to pretty
nearly bring the surplus down to where it can
be handled.
Holland will take all the grain this country
will send, showing the Dutch have lost none of
their good judgment.
Only under the German sword will peace
come to the world, says the kaiser, but he may
-hange his mind later on.
peculations as to the number of soldiers at
the kaiser's command will have1 to be revised.
He hasn't nearly as many effectives now as were
the list 10 days ago.
EASTER RENEWS ITS PROMISE.
Four times the sun of Easter morning has
shone through the battle clouds on a blood
drenched world, where man is struggling against
man in desperate conflict to preserve his birth
right of liberty. Without liberty all religion is a
mockery of the hope. Whether pea'ce will come
before another Easter dawns does not so much
matter; present conditions typify all that the
festival embodies of the ever-present contest for
supremacy between good and evil, between life
and death. Recurrent seasons are the physical
h proof of the course of the law through the mate
rial world, and analogy easily carries this into tne
spiritual, arid finds in the darkness the ray of
hope, shining clear and strong, leading on to the
great light beyond. If this were not so, life
would lose much of jts sweetness. Were the
philosophy championed by the foes of liberty the
only foundation for justice in this world, then
Easter and all it has meant to the peoples of the
world from the beginning of understanding
among men is a delusion. But Easter renews its
promise this morning, as it has throughout the
ages, and man may look with hopeful confidence
to the days to come. His progress has been
achieved through sacrifice and struggle, and
courage now when adverse influences press him
so closely is but the outflow of a trust that is
born of something beyond the earth. Justice
founded upon liberty, and the happiness that
springs therefrom is the heritage of mankind, to
be preserved by him alone. The spirit of the day
calls to him now as it never did before, and
none can doubt the quality of the response.
"The War After the War."
Debate as to the future social, political and in
dustrial liff-of the world has taken a more serious
form in Europe than in America. It did not need
the stimulus of a debacle in Russia to set leaders
in England, France and Germany to planning
against the day when peace would demand solu
tion of problems involving radical changes in all
social adjustment. Only in the United States has
this phase of the conflict been overlooked. As a
people we are habituated to taking things as they
come, to meeting issues as they arise, to tem
porizing and utilizing makeshifts, and so have
muddled through many a serious difficulty, and
may in the future. However, Russia has suggested
the imminence of "the war after the war," and
some farseeine Americans are giving thought
Canadian slackers who are fomenting anti
draft riots are doing the kaiser's work better than
Ludendorff. Laiy of the Snows" has some
' houseclcaning work ahead.
Increased wages and shorter hours are grant
ed packing house workers by the arbitration
board in Chicago, and this good news will cer
'.ainly be welcomed in Omaha.
General Wood is good enough to go to France
as a major general. The American people will
rejoice that this is so. It probably relieves some
embarrassment at Washington.
Having smashed a church and slain a number
of women and children worshipping there, the
kaiser's 75-mile gun will be voted a success by
the head of the Pottsdam gang.
Our hyphenated contemporary, the World
Herald, is also in favor of a law to punish sedi
tion with a lot of "buts." Presumably it would
cither make the penalty take effect three years
hence or exempt all pro-German confederates al
ready engaged in seditious practices. "
By all means, let the legislature heed the
piteous pleas of the- senator's hyphenated World
Herald to go easy with the German language
newspapers. Please remember that one and all of
Ihctn were ardent boosters for Senator Hitch
;ock's re-election during the last campaign.'
Fee-grabbing by the district clerk in the
court house finds its only counterpart In the fee
grabbing in. the health commissioner's office in
the city hall, except that the former is in willful
violation of the hew anti-fee-grabbing lawmen
acted at the last session of the legislatufe. What
bout it, "Bob?"
Allied Armies, Under One Head.
The kaiser has performed a real service for
the Entente Allies, in bringing tliem to realize
the need of a single command. This has been
seen by the leaders for months; the council ..of
Versailles was a step to its final adoption, but
the approach was hesitant because of national
pride and perhaps national jealousies. Under the
heat of the German onslaught these objections
have melted, and the armies of the allied de
mocracies in France are-now merged under a
single command. General Foch is conceded to be
a great soldier, a master of strategy arid tactics,
thoroughly familiar with German methods, and
capable of meeting them. Giving him supreme
command is not likely to modify any of the plans
adopted by the great war council, but ought to
have the effect of giving them more force. The
organization was already there, and the new
move merely serves to bring all the elements
into closr co-operation, with increased efficiency
as a result. Blows will fall heavier on the kaiser
now, because the United States strength of the
armies of freedom will be behind them.
problems that must be met.
Whether we will, as has been done in Eng
land, and some think is being done in Germany,
prepare a definite program for the future, or
whether we will follow the French example and
make provision for some of the lesser phases
of the problem, allowing the greater to go over
as "unfinished business," is the question. Demo
bilization of the army and of war industries, res
toration of a balance between the several sec
tions of the country which has been disturbed
by war activities, rehabilitation of men who are
partially disablod as a result of war, may be
brought about in a way that will satisfy most
needs. These arc obvious and least of the many
things that will concern us when peace comes,
New relations between industries and the
people as a whole; better working agreements
between labor and capital, and between the two
and the public, contain the big, outstanding fac
tors of the whole question. Just now, perhaps,
we hate enough to do to accomplish our share
of the war, but we should not lose sight of the
day ahead. Democracy will then be put to a
test quite as severe as any it is now undergoing,
and from our present experience with war we
might take a lesson and make some preparation
for peace.
Uniform a Certificate of Character.
In London a prisoner who had been convicted
of masquerading as an officer and passing worth
less checks, pleaded his service as a soldier as a
reason for light sentence. In replying the judge
said; "No judge ought to say that a man's good
service in the army gave him a right to commit
crimes. If that' is to, prevail, a mention in dis
patches or . military medal will be a license to
commit crime. The members of this court think
there must be an end to any encouragement of
such a view." The judge is quite right, but he
might have gone further. Good service in the
army does not exempt a soldier from any of the
laws of his country made to maintain peace and
good order. Such service, however, should lay
upon him more than ordinary obligation to ob
serve all rules and regulations of society, either
civil or military. Instead of his uniform giving
him immunity from the penalty of crime,, it ought
to act. as an additional restraint upon his way
ward tendency. In fine, the uniform of the sol
dier, indicative of his peculiar dedication to a
great calling, ought to be also a certificate of
character. It is not expected that "single men in
barracks" should "grow into plaster saints," but
never in the history of America, England or
France did so much of duty and responsibility
rest upon the wearers of the uniform, nor did the
free people of these countries regard the service
with more of respect. Therefore, serving welt in
the army should make the soldier more circum
spect, and more than ever ready to observe all
the requirements of good citizenship. By doing
so he will add greater luster to any service he
may render while under arms. "
Views, Reviews and Interviews
Some of the Difficulties Which War-time. Conditions Put
in the Way of Publishing a Big Newspaper.
People have heard a grat deal about the
difficulties involved for different lines of
industry in readjusting to the new daylight
saying time schedule, more particularly the
railroads, telegraph companies and public
service companies that are in continuous
operation. But not much has been said about
what moving ahead the clock in the news
paper offices means. The wheels of a great
metropolitan daily like The Bee are revol
ving almost without cessation and the change
of the time schedule comes right in the
middle of the issue of the big Sunday edition.
It is or should be common knowledge that
this edition is printed iif sections, feature
sections first and news sections last, and
also in successive editions of the news sec
tions of which some must go on the press
before the change of time and others after
the change. To take an hour out of the
middle of the run means an earlier start and
a speeding up through all the production and
distributing departments, for the completed
paper niust be in the hands of subscribers
for reading at the breakfast table even when
breakfast comes an hour earlier. To make
sure against possible slip, all of this was
carefully studied out for The Bee and em
bodied in a set of special one-time rules as
follows:
The daylight saving law becomes effec
tive Saturday night, March 30. Observe
these rules for the Sunday issue of The
Bee:
1. Night side composition to begin at
5:45 p. ni. instead of 6:15.
2. Forms to close on all sections of first
edition not less than 15 minutes earlier
than schedule time
3. In each department, immediately fol
lowing lunch hour, move clocks forward
one hour.
4. Follow time schedule strictly on new
Mime for all subsequent editions.
5. It is urgent in view of the time-saving
necessities, to have all copy for Sun-
day's edition in at least a half hour earlier
than usual. This applies particularly to
copy for feature sections that have early
runs and to want ad copy.
' 6. Make sure local distributers, carrier
boys and newsboys conform to new time
Sundiy morning an hour earlier than usual.
The question may be asked why a news
paper should be operated as if by time table,
but the answer is obvious: It is because. the
clock governs the movements of all our
readers and for out-of-town readers the
newspaper must connect up with the rail
roads which run strictly by time table. A
few minutes more or less for the carrier boys
to leave the paper at the dooretep may be
unimportan t, but missing a train means wait
ing for the next train and the delay of hours,
if not of a whole day, in delivering the paper
to the out-of-town subscriber. We have been
having trouble enough with irregular mails
and delayed train service with missed con
nections not our fault. The constant effort
on our part is to keep to the time schedule
while giving m each issue the very latest
news up to the turn of the press, so all can
readily see what extra effort is required to
Patriotism and Creed Lines
Julius Chambers in Brooklyn Eagle.
What a glorious spectacle is this in which
Catholics and Protestentants have spon
taneously united to raise more than $2,000,
000 for what will be known as "the Knights
of Columbus fundi" This money will be de
voted to providing additional comforts for
American troopers at the battlefront in
France, Contribution' have come from all
classes and creeds. Especially have the Jews
responded with noteworthy liberality.
Nothing that has occurred since the ter
rible conflict began is calculated to'so arouse
popular respect and reverence for followers
of the God of nations.
For two reasons, the co-operation of
Christians and Jews is especially gratifying.
Patriotism takes precedence over creed or
dogma I That's the first lesson. The second
is ax recognition by non-Catholics of all
classes that about 33 per cent of the regular
and national armies and of the National
Guard are members of the Catholic church.
At Camp Custer, in Michigan, nearly 40 per
cent of the 35,000 men in training are of the
Catholic faith. No more zealous patriots
exist than the prelates of that church.
Such are the reasons, in a few words, why
this large Catholic fund has received the
hearty support of Protestants and Jews.
To me, these events indicate the dawn
of brighter days, in which religious intoler
ance will have disappeared. If that supreme
blessing shall be one of the results of this
horrible human slaughter, the 1,000,000 and
more men whose lives have been sacrificed
will not have died wholly in vain.
Of course, Christian unity with Prus
sian Lutheranism never again can be possi
ble. The kaiser's God cannot be recognized
by Christians or Jews outside the domain of
the tentral powers. Wilhelm's conception of
the Almighty is too utterly heartless and
cruel for humane acceptance. Christians
turn, in preference, to the Hebraic Jehovah.
Another gratifying feature about the pa
triotic conduct of the Knights of Columbus
is that it disproves many calumnies that have
been uttered against that order by religious
cranks. For yiars I have been deluged with
circulars, chiefly anonymous, but occasionally
signed, charging the Knights with disloyalty
to the constitution that every true American
.reveres. I have been assured that one of the
obligations of the order, to which every
member must swear, places his fidelity to his
church before that to his country!
These calumnies are now proved to be
baseless as the German propaganda with
which the otherwise pure air of our 1eloved
country has been tainted for three years past.
Falsehood is repulsive, whether it origi
nate in a Prussian brain or in that' of a
bigoted religionist.
Hail to the Knights of Columbus, say II
squeeze up an hour when nothing is changed
but the hands of the clock. Perhaps we can
loaf on the job for an hour when the clock
hands are turned back.
The announcement of the London Times,
explaining how it will -meet the restriction
of print paper supply, will interest other
newspaper publishers as it did me and per
haps also the general newspaper reader. The
Times, quoting from a recent issue giving
information that under the new order only
one-sixth of the pre-war supply of paper and
paper-making materials can be imported dur
ing the present year, has decided to meet
the situation by seducing the number of
copies pryited rather than by again reducing
the size. The number issued daily is not
to exceed 120,000 from now on, which will
mean a saving of five tons of paper ptr day.
At the same time the price is increased to
3 pence, equivalent to 6 cents over here, and
news agents are to be cut off altogether from
supplying casual customers. Incidentally the
fact is significantly mentioned that the Lon
don Times has been continuously issuedyas aJ
complete national record for the last 133
years.
In taking over control and operation of
the railroads the government has acquired a
lot of problems, presumably not anticipated,
and one of these, is opened up by thre pension
and insurance system inauguarated by cer
tain roads but still in their experimental
stage. From a high official I learn that there
is impatience jf not anxiety on this score
among the large family of Union Pacific em
ployes, who have beeit enjoying or Jooking
forward to the benefit of the company's
system of life insurance and retirement pen
sions. These benefits are really in the nature
of pay bonuses but when the government
fixes railway wage scales, they will probably
apply uniformly by percentage of increase
to the employes of all railroads in specified
classifications. But will these additional in
ducements be taken into consideration as
between employes of one road and of an
other? And even if not, the main question re
mains whether insurance and pension systems
will be continued or abolished or modified
and limited. If the government maintains
this sort of social welfare work jior the em
ployes of the roads that have already taken
it up, will it be constrained to extend the
system generally and to other branches of
government service? Everyone knows that
the letter carriers have been working for
legislation along these lines for years but
without success and the department clerks
at Washington have had no better luck. The
general expectation is that the existing rail
way pension funds will not be disturbed,
whatever else Is done, but tjieir aoministra
tion under government supervision is bound
to strengthen the case for civil service re
tirement provision on a comprehensive plan.
Maggie Mitchell, who was one of the
most popular footlight favorites in early
day Omaha, was buried last week in New
York, where she died in her 86th year. Her
great hit was made in "Fanchon Cricket" in
which she played the role of a young girl
and kept playing it successfully, with the
aid of her girlish figure, voice and move
ments, until she herself was 60 ys ars old. I
think I had a reference to Maggie Mitchell
in this column about the time of her 85th
birthday, telling how as "Fanchon" she burst
in each night upon the view of the audience
to catch a chicken that flew through the,
window and landed on a tall clock and how'
it was learned that thiswas accomplished by
having the chicken attached to a wire whichj
made jts course through the air definite and
certain. I first saw Maggie Mitchell in the
old Acadamy of Music on lower Douglas
street and frequently afterwards in the old
Boyd's Opera House which stood at Fif
teenth and Farnam. The obituaries say this
famous actress, whose off-thev-stage name
was Mrs. Charles Abbott, retired over 20
years ago and is survived by her husband
and a son and a daughter. An interesting in
cident is also recalled growing out of her
active union sympathy with the north dur
ing the civil war, when she precipitated
a tremendous turmoil and near-riot in Mobile
by raising the Stars and Stripes there shortly
after the declaration of peace.
People and Events
In anticipation of German air raids fidgety
New Yorkers are blowing in money for in
surance against bomb damage.
A California man of 80 years pulled off
a fasting stunt of 22 days. A suspicion that
dyspepsia supplied the spur holds up be
stowal of the Hoover hero medal.
A prominent soprano of the socialist
school attempted to show MissoDrians how
not to do their bit. At last accounts a few
lonely admirers were hustling for $5,000 to
bail her out and ease the strain of the federal
muzzle.
Bygone poets and ancient proesy scribes
smothered with wordy bouquets the fa
mous serenader who "thrummed the lyre
amid the sunny isles of Greece." Unluckily
none of their kin linger on the scene fit
tingly to immortalize the music of present
day political lyres.
Hats off, typos, to the memory of Wil
liam H. Leech, 84, of New York, the nestor
of compositors, just passed away. Back in
civil war days he held "cases" on the New
York Herald, set up part of the story of the
battle of Bull Run, and was on duty in the
same sRop up to a month ago. Up to his last
working day, the Herald asserts, his "mo
tion" was faultless, his speed unchecked and
his proofs practically errorless. Truly a
master of the "art preservative." May his
tribe increase.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Wave of war sentiment swept
t'nited States on eve of. meeting of
'" congress.
Six -villages north of St. Quentin
were captured by the British.
: More Americans killed Von two
British ships, Crispin and Snowden
Kange, sunk. by German submarines.
' The Day We Celebrate.
. Prince Henry of Wales, third son
of the king of England, born 18 years
.ago. v
. Gypsy Smith, . English evangelist,
born near Epplng forest, England, 58
years ago.
Dr. Charles D. Walcott secretary
- of the Smithsonian institution, born
at New York Mills, N. Y., 68 years
ago.
Viscount Astor (formerly William
, Waldorf Astor of New York), born In
New York City, 70 years ago.
- This Day in History.
- 1806 John P. Hale, the first anti
, slavery senator of the United States.
born at Rochester, N. H. Died at
Dover, N. H., November 19, 1873. .
j- General Longstrcet'a army
retired from eat Tennessee into Vir
ginia. - ,
1865 General Sherman returned to
Goldsboro, N. C, after visiting Gen
eral Grant at City Point, Va.
1898 Hiram Berdan, inventor of
'he Berdan rifle, died in Washington,
D.'C. Born at Plymouth, Mich., in
1823, - . .-
J ust 30 Years Ago Today
Tho stone cutters held a meetinr at
Cunningham's hall and about an hour
was consumed in transacting business.
Company A. Fifth regiment, will
hold a drill meeting this evening and
hereafter will continue te. do so every
weK.
The Emmet Monument association
welcomed friends at its annual ball in
Masonic hall, where a delightful pro
gram was given.
A special meeting of the Board of
Public Works was held to approve the
Donas or contractors before the sub
mission of the same to the council.
. Tne congregational church was
crowded and over 100 people were un
able to obtain admission and were
forced to go elsewhere.
S. A. Pierce & Co. are coin to rn
large their boof and shoe Btore by
taking down the partitio in the rear
and taking In the room formerly oc
cupied py a. tu UDernoizei
Quaint Bits of Life
The present year marks the 200th
anniversary of the first introduction
bt soil culture into America.
The corporation of a Yorkshire
town makes $250,000 a year out of
the grease extracted for the waste of
the wool factories.
In the revolutionary war the So
ciety of Friends, or Quakers, divided
on the matter of bearing arms, and
the "Free" quakers went to the war.
A certain Englishman has devoted
much of hla time to collecting books
written by 'Smlths" in all countries
and has accumulated 8,475 volumes.
In the rural parts of Schleswig-
ITolstein thAV ananlr rt a nla as Via-
T J W. w , ' V J KIV
ing a pipe, or two pipes, or three
pipes, uiamni, accoraing to me num
ber of pipes one could smoke while
walking there.
Not only the' design, but the colors
of the rugs woven in the Orient are
full of significance. They represent
national or individual traditions, and
stand for virtues, vices and social im
portance. '
People who complain because they
cannot get some of the little luxuries
they used to enjoy in the pre-war days
might do well to remember that their
forefathers lived without sugar till
the 13th century, without coal till the
14th, wlthotat butter on their bread
till the 15thwithout tobacco and po
tatoes till thl 16th. withnut too .ne
fee and so.JP till the 17th, without
umoreiias na lamps uwtne isth, and
without trims, telegrams, telephones,
gas and cJitches till the 19th,
Signposts of Progress
Isabella KilzeaA, age 16, has charge
of all the office boys in the Kansas
City office of the Missouri Pacific
railway.
An increase qf 2 per cent in the
number of sheep in Pennsylvania
during the past year shows an awak
ened interest in sheep raising, which
agricultural officials will try to in
crease until this state gets back in
the million sheep class.
A report upon the governmen use
of tractors in England was given at
a recent session of Parliament. In
order to increase the supply of food,
tractors and plows are being pur
chased by the Food Production de
partment and let out to farmers.
According to the Rheinisch-West-falische
Zeitung, wood is now being'
largely used in place of ivory, cellu
loid, and other substances in the man
ufacture of combs in Germany. Ex
cellent toilet combs, it is stated, are
made from thinly cut, faultless birch
and beechwood. They are light in
weight, clean and cheaper than any
other kind of comb.
Previous to the war the Dutch,
Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek,
Danish, Uruguayan, United States,
Brazilian, Russian and other flags di
vided only about 15 per cent of the
total arrivals at Buenos Aires between
themselves. In 191S not, a single
American vessel arrived in Buenos
Aires. In 1914 there were 6 arrivals
from the .Untied States; In 1915, 73,
and in 1916 there were. JiQ la ftll.
Pointed Paragraphs
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: In such
an hour as this, white bread should
choke anybody who clamors fr it.
Minneapolis Tribune: The Russian
gave up his watch to the German
highwayman who is now engaged in
taking the poor man's trousers.
t
. Wall Street Journal: Shelling Paris
with a gun that can be used about
50 times at 84.000 a shot, looks like a
desperate bankrupt's way of "raising
the wind."
Washington Post: Owing to the
fact that war has not been declared
against their country, Bulgarians on
the western front will be only inform
ally killed by the American forces.
Brooklyn Eagle: The map in the
east is one of the prize puzzles of the
day. Self-determination, rectified
frontiers, paternal protectorates and
benevolent annexations . are mixed
and mingled in one confusing mass of
national identities.
New York World: Austrian and
Bulgarian troops are reported fight
ing on the western front, but the
kaiser's other ally, the noble Turk, is
heroically defending himself against
a brutal army of Armenian women
and children.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Never
in the future will the "Teutons be able
to make a stronger drive thai they
are able to aW right now, and every
da of the future, with the rein
forcements from America, the entente
allies will be able to make a stronger
resistaac:, N
Around the Cities
Having gotten used to Billy Sun
day's ways and crowds, Chicago in
delicately refers to them as "perform
ances." Jitneys stick to Minneapolis with
uncommon tenacity. Now the man
agers are moving for 10 cent fares as
further evidence of their stickitive
ness. St. Louis on Liberty loan day plans
to unfurl in Fores: park a huge serv
ice flag in honor of the 32,315 St.
Louisans who volunteered for service
in the army and navy.
Boston lays claim'' to the distinction
of being the largest fishing port in the
world, surpassing Grimsby, England,
peace-time holder of the honor. Last
year's fish haul into Boston totaled
170,000 000 pounds.
A commission of the two Kansas
cities, after several weeks' work, rec
ommends 81,800,000 as a fair price for
the privately owned inter-city viaduct.
The price is apportioned on the basis
of 56 per cent for the Missouri end
and 44 per cent for the Kansas part.
Debate on raising the money is now
proceeding.
Having, as it thought, "made the
city safe for soldiers," Topeka wakes
up to find that the vice crusade did
not go fcr enough. A loud call has
gone forth to the crusaders to buckle
on their armor once more and head
a drive to make theStreets safe for
women and young eirls. The trouble
with the capital town is an excess of
curbstone loafers who infest the
streets in the evenings. ( Get a club.
New York responded handsomely
to the drive for $2,500,000 for the
Knights of Columbus war fund. At last
accounts subscriptions exceeded $4,
000,000 and still coming in, although
the drive closed last Monday. The
Carnegie Foundation topped all single
subscriptions with $260,000. The
Rockefeller Foundation holds second
place with a subscription of $100.
000. Parishes in the arch diocese
puf up $2,000,000 and the financial
district 11,563,000.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Now," said the physician, "you will have
to eat very moderately and avoid staying out
late at night."
"You're not going: to charge me for that
advice are you?" said the patient. "Hoover
and Garfield have fixed that already.''
London Transcript.
"I have never raised by hand against the
poor and f he oppressed," exclaimed the trust
magnate.
"Perhaps not your hand, but you have
given them many a good swift kick," re
plied ne of them. Philadelphia Record.
"Young Gabber made quite a long speech
at the club forum last night."
"What was the talking about?"
"He didn't say." Judge.
"When I told Maria her hew hat was un
becoming, she said she would face the trou
ble and make it the subject of serious re
flection." "And did she?"
"Sure. She went for the nearest looking
glass." Baltimore American. ,
"W4II you give me some advice?" asked
the youthful candidate.
. "Why, certainly, my boy," answered the
veteran campaigner. "The first thing for
you to learn is that you can't feel the public
pulse by listening to what men say just
after the'grtrfnks and cigars have been passed
around." Birmingham Age-Herald.
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Customer Those kisses you sold me yes
terday were hard and stale. I thought you
claimed U keep only fresh candles.
Salesgirl We do generally. They must
have come from an old batch. Boston
Transcript. (
"I believe that pugilism pays better than
literature." .
"There are grounds for your belief. People
tender a penny for your thoughts, but the
fellow who offers to lick you never offers
to do It for less than 2 cents." Louisville
Courier-Journal. v
DEDICATION.
My country, oh. my country, ray heart
leaps to your -tall t
War's breath Is hot upon you for you, my
life, my all!
Under the dear old Stars and Stripes, I
. offer up my prayer.
I want a ship that's eastward bound, to
take me. 'Over There!'
I've travelled o'er the old world, I've
wandered up and down.
In quaint and curious corners and places ai
renown- ' i
Tet my heart was always turning to home,
across the sea. f
Where one grand flag was waving, the
' flag of liberty! ,'
The old world held me breali-less, her
garments royal, rare;
Her hands were full of nuggets, fathered
with matchless care
But always and forever, the slave's chain
held her fast.
Till the spirit of Old Glory ihould release
her from the past.
Oh, fierce Will be the struggle of the old
world and the new.
When again - the birth of Freedom, shall
tyranny subdue!
The world was waited, longing, till time
of travail came
Oh, fearless flag of Freedom, you must win
a deathless name! f
My country, oh, my country, my heart
chaps to your call!
The crucial hour Is with us for you, my
life.- my all!
I'm standing at attention, I wait. with pride
and pain.
For orders from my captain, to put to tea
again!
All that I have, I'm leaving; all that I am
I give!
Oh God, the victory hasten, that men In
peace may live!
And tho' the glad home coming; for me
may never b.
I want a ship that's eastward, bound, to
take my flag and me!
Shenandoah, la. MRS. J. P. NYE.
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Our record is one V of faithful public
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and you will be told that we conduct
'funerals whose dignified beauty and ele
gant appointments appeal to folks who
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HOSPE'S
NO RAISE
IN PIANO
PRICE SALE
Was and
Is Now
I $250
Bush & Lane
Grands, rpriglits
For 15 years we never had one
returned for any reason.
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Cable Nelson
Upright Pianos
In wonderful woods and beauti
ful cases. " 'Tis our bread and
butter."
Kimball
Grands, Uprights and Flayers
There are over 300,000 in use
right now.
Hospe
Pianos and Flayers
Our friends know that for 44
years Mr. Hospe has given the
best for the price.
Pianos S250 to $350
Players S395 to 8475
Reproducing Pianos
Apollo
Most wonderful instruments.
Plays electrically, reproducing the
exact dupllcate of the master's
work, all expressions automatical
lya perfect reproduction.
We carry a great number of re
produced rolls for this Instru
ment Also played by foot power or
band playing.
Prices from S850 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 IP
Square Grands
$15 $25 to $50
Organs
For home, school or church.
New and used
$25 $50 $75 and IP
Ion Pay Some Down and Some
Monthly,
ffe Arrange to Fit Tour Purse.
KbsIc Cabinets, Benches, ools.
Scans
Player Rolls
Word rolls, story rolls and hand
played rolls. Prices 1
GOd IT
A. Hospe Co.
1513 Douglas St.
Third liberty Loan Drive, Sstnr.
day, Anril 6. Are Ton Readyt
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