THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, - APRIL 23, 1918
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Slates art mad, but seldom stand up.
' , Readjustment ol the air craft program is im
minent, and it is not any too soon,
' Why should Douglas county 'continued ex.
pending money to publish official notices in a'
German language newspaper?
'Another erown prince who has been lost to
sight In the shuffle is Ruprecht. He may be
blasted out some day, but not on the battle front.
: Mayor "Jim" has picked his running mates,
and now the race may start, with people wonder
ing as to just how the combination was arranged.
'j Watch out for gas attacks and air raids all
aiUIIBJ I1IIC IIUW, lo CUM till. WU"
being over the top and ready to grapple in the
open.
lU the' senator told the voters all the story of
events leading up to the war, it is a good guess
that he stuttered when the embargo episode was
reached.
Los Angeles wilt now more than ever insist
on recognition alongside of San Francisco, even
if 'the- southern, earthquake did fall considerably
"shorY'df the lorce and effect of the northern
variety. '''.
.War against the helpless, the aged and Infirm
and the babies, is a part of the general German
plan, which makes no account of suffering it in
flicti on any. A day of reckoning awaits the
Potsdam gang. .
Honor flags for the Liberty loan are waving
thick out in this neck o' the woods, but the
loan is lagging somewhere. People who were
doubting the middle west a few months ago had
better get busy on subscriptions.
' "Aid the Earth Trembled."
Southern California has just received a shak
ing up from an earthquake that would occupy a
lot of space in the news reports were it not set
over against the war. It will get grave and justi
fied consideration from scientists, who will find
in it an interesting, although not an uncommon,
phenomenon. An earthquake first of all reminds
us that the seemingly solid earth is an unstable
body; that it it not a finished product, but is sus
ceptible to and is undergoing constant change.
Nature's processes are of such vastness in time and
scope that man is not only unmindful but un-
'. Atltat-1l-ini1ina' if lis CM It SVt ft -f iaaitikUaa
VVMI4 litwli"B W lalVIM, M VVMRIIIVB VI UCIIIUIVIS
are simple; merely the slipping of one stratum
of rock upon another, the creation of a fault, with
j:nt. i t i . i .
us cunacijuciii uisiui uantc ui sunacc conditions.
How deep this lies, or what modification of 'in
ternal conditions bring it about, must be left to
conjecture. Mother Earth stirs in her unrest,
and works of man crumble. Much ingenuity has
been expended in projecting experience of the
past through the future, depicting one or another
of many possible endings for the habitation of
the race, but all at last come to the same con
clusion. We, do not know, and every now and
then we are reminded of our lack of knowledge
byeventi such as disarranged a Sunday's pro
gram in the neighborhood of Los Angeles..
WOMEN AND OLD GLORY.
The Bee has aroused a healthy interest among
the women folks by its publication of the gen
erous offer of a patriotic citizen to reward the
one who suggests the better form of salute to
be given the flag by women. While this competi
tion is in progress, and its rivalry is keen, we
would like to say that, although woman may be
deprived of certain privileges of military service,
and therefore of some of the formality to which
man may lay claim, she is not requested to forego
any of that splendid quality of devotion that
has made the, story of Old Glory so wonderful.
Long before Betsy Ross sewed together the
stars and stripes that make the flag we all love,
the mothers of America stood beside their hus
bands and brothers in the struggle to create a
country where freedom should forever dwell. The
woman who loaded the rifle for her man while
he fired at the marauding Indians, who aided
the soldiers of the Revolution, who in 1812, and
in the '40s, and '60s and the '90s did those things
that only woman can do for the fighting men of
the republic, have well won a part in all the flag
stands for. It is natural that the women want to
give some sign of their reverence and love for
the banner of their country, but, whatever sign
they may adopt in doing so, nothing cn exceed
the proof they have furnished by sacrifice and
service.
No Sign of Early Peace
Von Ilindenburg's talk of "peace by August"
is being repeated in this country by people who
tire either ignorant of what is going on, or who
are willfully aiding the enemy. Peace by August
lis only possible with the entire collapse and with
drawal from the field of the German armies.
This is a contingency so remote that it need not
be considered. What must be kept in mind al
ways by our people is that we have no reason to
look for an early peace, and that many months
of hard fighting are before us. The Hun is beaten
id his present great smash; this does not mean
that he is unable to continue fighting. A tremend
ous military power is not so easily exhausted.
French experts expect to drive the invaders
back, but they also say the Germans have pre
pared lines of defense all the way to Berlin and
beyond. This ought to give a picture of the im
mense job ahead of our armies. Moreover, none
should lose sight of the fact that we are fighting
the German people. The masses are united be
hind the kaiser more solidly now than ever.
The hope of victory to compensate them for the
heroic sacrifices they have made hords, them to
gether at this moment; when the tide definitely
turns against them, they will battle to retain
what they have grabbed. No reliance is to be
placed on reports of extensive dissatisfaction or
disorder in Germany. Our job is to defeat the
German people, and only when that has been
done can peace be established.
Food for the Belgians.
An instance is presented that shows the all
enveloping character of the business the United
States is engaged in. Obligated to provide food
for the armies as well as the people of its allies,
with its own citliena voluntarily restricting their
diet that something may be had from a short
supply for others, it is called upon to feed also
the victims of war who are within the German
lines. Belgians and French in the occupied dis
torts are hungry, and unless the United States
can get bread to them they wilt starve. This has
been a condition since 1914, and is not changed.
It is one of the most shameful chapters of Ger
man history that the helpless victims of its great
machinery of destruction have been denuded of
til means of life and thrust out to perish. To be
sure, the kaiser and his coadjutors relied on the
fact that the people of America would not see
a nation starve to death, and so gave them
selves no concern, because they knew we would
take 'up the job. Now, in the midst of battle and
when we are short of ships for the transport of
men and munitions to France, we stop to send
food to Belgium. The war lords of Potsdam will
snort with glee as they watch this act, but they
know in their hearts that it is going down on
the record against them and some day the ac
count must be settled.
Austria ismore concerned about internal than
external affairs just now. Czech and Jugb-SIav
opposition to the government bids fair to flame
into open rebellion at any moment, while the
Magyar influence is also arrayed against German
ascendancy, thus assuring Emperor Karl any
thing but quiet moments. All this means the
end of kaiserism. '
How natural it is that the military authorities
who murdered Edith Cavell should refuse even to
consider a petition for pardon in behalf of a
woman prisoner. Kultur is never expressed so
well as when inflicting brutality on a woman.
The all-highest now repudiates the .battle
which has been lost. Just a few days ago he pro
claimed it as "my battle," but Ludendorf will
get the blame.
A year ago the kaiser promised the pope that
Rheims should not be destroyed, and he car
ried out that pledge as faithfully as any he has
made.
Source of German War Power
"Achilles Heel" Rests on the Iron Mines oj Lorraine
Prof. W. H. Hobbs, University of Michigan, in New York Times.
A single Irive eastward rrom Verdun
which should penetrate no further than the
present German offensive has already gone
(30 to 35 miles), would bring the war at once
to an end. This is easily proved, and has
been admitted as long ago as March 20, 1915,
by a deputation from six of the most power
ful industrial and agrarian organizations of
Germany made in a confidential communica
tion to the German chancellor. This confi
dential memorandum was obtained and pub
lished in France in 1916, and its truths are
self-evident to any student of mineral re
sources or of economics.
No one needs to be told that the sinews of
land warfare, which in turn t'epend upon de
veloped resources f coal and iron. Germany,
while possessing almost inexhaustible re
sources of coal, has no considerable bodies
of iron ore outside of Lorraine, and her
great industrial development since 1871 is
entirely to be accounted for by this body of
iron ore, which was wrested from France
with the conquered provinces. In 1870 Ger
many produced but 1,400,000 tons of pig iron,
whereas in 1913 her output was nearly one
third of that of the entire world. Of the iron
ore which she mined for the purpose, three
fourths came from the Lorraine beds, all of
it from a circumscribed area some 30 miles
long and eight miles- wide, hugging the
French border. A considerable percentage
of the remaining third was obtained from the
province of Luxemburg in the same area over
the frontier to the northward. The district
extends also across tin frontier into France,
so that t!.e German (L-.-raine) iron ores we t
of Thionville (Diedenhofen), the French ores
of the plateau of Briey w. I the plain of the
Woevre, and those of t!.e province of Lux
emburg, form ' one coi,....uous area, v'lich
spreads out in all directions from the com
mon frontiers of the three countries. The
near border of this great iron district is dis
tant scarcely 10 miles from the present bat
tlefront on the heights of the Meuse east of
Verdun, and the further edge only about 20
miles beyond.
How has Germany suceeded in prrotecting
this most vulnerable and vitally important
section of her territory? The story is an in
teresting one. On July 25, 1914. 10 days be
fore war was declared, with "malice afore
thought," Germany sent the entire 16th army
corps stationed at Metz and a portion of the
8th corps stationed at Treves and Cologne
to occupy in force the Lorraine iron fields
along the entire frontier. Here, while the
small bodies of French "covering troops"
were keeping 10 kilometers in the rear of
their frontier under official orders issued in
the interest of a peaceful solution of, the in
ternational situation, the German troops
mounted batteries and felled trees to make
ready for action. On August 2, two days
before war was declared, German troops ad
vanced through the neutral territory of Lux
emburg and occupied the iron district there,
then, crossing into France, they advanced
upon the French fortress at Longwy and oc
cupied the French iron district as well. Thus
two days before the declaration of war Ger
many had the entire iron area of France and
Luxemburg, as well as that of Lorraine,
firmly in her grasp. France lias accom
plished the modern miracle of her defense
against Germany under the handicap of the
loss of most of her iron-producing district
and been forced to bring much of her iron
from her colonies across the Mediterranean
and from other sources.
Now let us read the confidential memoran
dum of March, 1915, which was presented to
the German chancellor, von Bethmann-Holl-
weg. The report says:
"The manufacture of shells has required
quantities of iron and steel of which no one
could have had an idea before. If
the production of pig iron and steel had not
been doubled since the month of August, the
continuation of the war would have beep impossible.
"As raw material for the manufacture of
these quantities of pie iron and steel the
'minette' (Lorraine ore) takes a place of
greater and greater importance, because this
ore can alone be extracted in our country in
rapidly augmenting quantities. The 'min
ette' covers at this moment 60 to 80 per cent
of the manufacture of pig iron and steel.
"If the production of 'minette' had been
disturbed the war would be as good as lost."
(Translated from the French.)
The report goes on to say with much force
that if French troops had been able to ad
vance into Lorraine five to 10 miles beyond
the frontier, or had even held the frontier,
the war would have ended from Germany's
lack of iron. Verdun is referred to as the
"bridgehead" of the iron region, and the fol
lowing conclusion is arrived at:
"The security of the German empire in a
future war necessitates therefore impera
tively the possession of all the mines of min
ette,' and comprises the fortresses of Longwy
and Verdun, without which this region can
not be defended."
It was shortly after the submission of this
memorandum to the German chancellor that
the great drive on Verdun was begun. This
gives special significance to the recently pub
lished statement of M. Pichon, the then
French minister of foreign affairs, since veri
fied by the ex-chancellor, von Bethmann
Hollweg, that Baron von Schoen, the Ger
man ambassador at Taris, had instructions to
demand of F-ance the handing over to Ger
many of the fortresses of Verdun and Toul
for the period of the war in case France
should agree to remain neutral. As Verdun
is the "bridgehead" of the main "minette"
area. Toul serves a like purpose with regard
to the small outlying section of "minette,"
situated a short distance to the northward f
Nancy, an area which has continued to re
main in trench hands.
In the minette iron district is therefore the
Achilles heel of the German monster. Once
driven from this area, Germany would be
forced to an unconditioi al surrender, as she
has herself admitted. Development of the
iron in Ukraine, with which a "peace" has
recently been concluded, is not . ossible on a
scale comr. ensurate with Germany's needs
without several years of development, and
the question of transportation across the
1,200 miles which separate the district from
the industrial section of Westphalia and
Khenish rrussia would have to be solved
Should the attempt be made to bring the ore
in sufficient quantity from the equally dis
tant Kiruna mines of Swedish Lapland,
means would have to be found by the allies,
as they have been found before, to interrupt
the lialtic traffic.
Life in Women's Land Army
London Times.
The most human of all the women's
armies is the land army, and its activities are
as varied as those of any of the others.
In a college at Wye women are being
trained as farm bailiffs. They started a
course in December, and will be ready for
their duties early next month. They have
been specially picked from the rank and file
of the girls, and the choice was difficult.
Women bailiffs are urgently needed in many
parts of the country, as they have proved
their worth where they have been already
employed. Fifteen scholarships were offered,
ana there were 300 applications. Three or
four of the farms which were taken over
from those who were running them badly
have been given to women's agricultural
committees to run, and they have made a
big success of them with woman bailiff and
women farm laborers.
In some districts the women are tackling
the plague of moles, for with nearly all the
ferrets sent to France this pest has become
serious. They are learning mole-catching
and some of them get quite expert in a week.
It is intended also to teach them rabbit catch
ing, but the rabbit when alive is almost as
elusive as when dead. In forestry, too, the
girls are doing well, and a class for fore
women is being started at Lvdney, in
Gloucestershire. There is a big demand for
gardeners, but the women who organize for
the food production department have a
sharp way with people who want them. Their
aim is to coax food from the land, not flow
ers. Market gardening, of course, has the
official blessing.
There is no farming operation which has
not been performed by some of the girls, no
matter how dirty or how hard. The girls
who drive the tractors have been so great a
success that "No girl has been returned" is
the official statement,. They love the work
and are welcomed everywhere by the farm
ers. Women farmers are to be found in
Yorkshire and Sussex, and have been "sanc
tioned" for Dorset. They get their training
from a local blacksmith, who mends agri
cultural machinery, and they are allowed
only to do work connected with agriculture.
The care of machinery has a new impor
tance, and women who learn to do this work
will find a future in it' if pleasant surround
ings in country scenes will make up to them
for a not very high rate of pay. All through
the land army the pay is low compared with
that in other kinds of women's work; for
agricultural traditions die hard. Yet the call
of the land is so great that a fine type of
girl constantly answers it. The humanity
and the kindliness of the women who have
thrown themselves heart and soul into the
organization are largely responsible for the
spirit of the army from Miss Meriel Talbot,
Mrs. Alfred Lyttelton, and their colleagues
downwards.
If you would realize how human the land
army and its directors are you must know
something of the welfare work done in it.
Welfare is hardly the word, for it has been
gravely misused. The welfare worker for
the girls at headquarters at the food pro
duction department is really a long distance
games mistress; she is the town friend, ad
viser and shopping guide pf the girls who
are isloated in distant farms. She gets into
touch with them by means of the monthly
magazine, the Landswoman, started by the
Board of Agriculture. It is the most human
of papers, and in it the girls tell each other
how to cure chilblains and describe the dif
ferent kinds of cow that mav live on one
farm. There is a serial story and many pic
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mrcs oi ine gins goon looKing ana strong
in their country corduroys and smocks.
Best of all, perhaps, is the editor's letter,
which links up the girls with each other, and
suggests amusement for winter evenings.
The first number was published for
Christmas, and it brought the editor 200
letters. Une girl asked her to buy a cake and
post it in time for her boy's birthday, which
he was spending in. Palestine. Another
wrote yearningly for some pretty lingerie at
the winter sales, as there was only flannel
ette in the country shops. Another asked
for a play with no eonvriffht fee that would
not shock the country ladies who might wit-
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ness u. nu tnese commissionSj and many
others, has the editor faithfully carried out.
She has also made it her business to see that
every girl gets asked out to tea at least once
a month, so that her social sense may not
grow shy from disuse. Ten thousand copies
of the magaaine were printed in the first
month, but it was bought up so rapidly that
four times the number will have to be printed
for March. Poetry, too, is published in the
Landswoman, some of it the work of girls
who wielded dustpan and broom when they
were "townies." Here is a verse from a
farm benediction by a group leader:
God bless the cow, altho' she bellows.
God bless the cowmen, honest fellows.
God bless the. byre and bless the stall
And bless the laborers, bless them all.
God bless the roads and bless the fields,
God bless the land and all it yields,
God bless my little cottage home,
To which at night I tired come.
One Yea Ago Today In the- War.
British renewed battle of Arraa and
pushed Germana out or nearly eight
miles of their front trenchea,
Foreign Minister Balfour, head of
the Brltiah commlaalon. conferred
with President Wilson at the White
House. ;
Tha Day We Celebrate.
General Sir E. II. II. Allenby, com
mander of British forces in Palestine.
, bora 67 years ago.
Frederick C. Penfleld, former Amer
ican ambassador to Austro-Hunjary,
bom in Connecticut, CI years ago.
Thomas Nelnon Page, American
ambassador to Italy, born in Hanover
, county, Virginia, 65 years ago.
Dr. Arthur F. Hadley, president oi
Yale university, born at New Haven,
(2 years ago.
' W. Murraw Crane, formnw t'nltoil
States senator from Massachusetts
bom at DaltOB. Mukd.. 85 vnar-a awn
This Day In History.
16J6 William Shakespeare, the
world's greatest literary genius, died
' at Etratford-onAvon. Born there
, April 23, 1564.
1T91 James Buchanan, fifteenth
president of the United States, born
at Cove Gap, Pa. Died At Wheatlmi.
. Pa4 Jure 1, 18C8.
Hot Napoleon, after four days'
OKhUng, Crove the Austrians under
Arcrhduke Charles into Bohemia. -
18C1 General Robert H. Je as
sumed command of xhs stata troops
of Virginia "
J ust 80 Years Ago Today
Tha bids for tha grading of the
South Omaha boulevard, which will
require tha carting of 60.000 cubio
yards, was opened by P. E. Her in the
office of tha South Omaha Land com
pany. A maple sugar social (known as a
sugar eat) was held at the Methodist
Episcopal church. The South Omaha
liles club was on hand to help thera
One hundred and fifty cars of stock
came in over tha Union Pacific
tracks.
Lafayette Toung of Atlantic. la.,
wa,? . it' i lty nd mde Pleasant
call at The 13ee office,
IT. K. Burket, tha North Sixteenth
street undertaker, has Just purchased
a handsome and convenient trans
portation wagon and ambulance
which will be found a vast Improve
ment over the old style of open
wagons.
Aimed at Omaha
York Nsws-Times: Tha old hotels
in Omaha are burning up. Great loss
of life, but not of humans.
York News-Times Tha Omaha Bee
is again going along gloriously, the
war news making material for good
headlines.
Plattsmouth Journal: Soma fel
lows evidently got their sufficiency In
running for office in tha recent pri
mary for commissioners in Omaha.
If they don't know when they've got
enough the voters wll, tell them.
Grand Island Independent: Rev.
Titus Lowe of Omaha, who has been
In France, declared to a meeting of
ministers at the metropolis a few days
ago that the temptations to soldiers
in France are less than they are in
America the French girls being bet
ter chaperoned than in this country.
He added immediately, and resetted
the necessity of adding it, that the
fact was no compliment for the Amer
ican girls. ,
Fremont Tribune: With two big
Independent packing plants being
financed for South Omaha that mar
ket has an excellent prospect of be
coming of greater importance than it
has yet attained, though tt is now sec
ond in rank in the United States. The
plain reason for it la that South
Omaha is in the center of the great
agricultural and stock-growing sec
tion of the country. This is bound to
count In its favor. And shippers have
never had better treatment at any
other market.
Right to the Point
New York World: The simple life
now U the wheatless and meatless life.
Washington Post: There is no use
In waving the Old Flag unless it is to
get your arm in trim for real action.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: As re
gards the German drive, General Foch
is expected, to figure as the man with
the whoa.
Minneapolis Tribune: Political gos
sip has it that Colonel Bryan will seek
the democratic presidential nomina
tion in 1920. Republicans will be slow
to believe anything so soft for them is
possible.
Brooklyn Eagle: We note without
regret that the Prussian pretzel is
disappearing in New York City. No
fellow can eat crooked pretzels with
out being . unconsciously predisposed
to disloyalty.
Chicago Post: "King Albert of Bel
glum Decorates Pershing." It is a
graceful tribute to America from a
king so splendid in his chivalry that
no man-made decoration can add
glory to his name.
Kansas City Star: George Creel
has made a fpeech in which he in
sisted that critics of the government
were blind Samsons, pulling down the
pillars of the temple. We had a
hunch somebody would have to say
that before long.
Chicago News: There were lots cf
people in the north who wanted to
stop the American civil war before it
was halt done. This continent weuld
have been in a fine position to with
stand the strain of today It tha pa
cifists of Lincoln's time had their way.
Twice Told Tales
The Rich. Suitor.
Francklyn Ruthven said at a lunch
eon at Hot Springs:
"An old banker here last week con
fided to me that he was going to pro
pose to Gaby Dellcieuse, the beautiful
hula-:.ula dancer of Broadway. He
seemed very much in love. Hla hand
shook and his voice trembled as he
told me of his loverlike hopes and
fears.
"'Mr. Ruthven," ha said, 'do you
think it would be morally wrong if I
deceived her about my age?'
" 'Why, no.' said I.
" 'I'm 4,' he said. Don't you think
my chances would be better if I told
her I was say 50?'
"The banker's brother happened
along just then. He heard the last
words and snarled:
" Tell her you're T5 or 60, George.
Then she'll accept you sure?" Wash
ington Star. -
Huiuan Riddles.
Miss Mary Garden, the singer, com
miserated at a New York reception
with a movie star whose betrothed
had the bad taste to abandon her tor
another.
"My dear child, I can't understand
it" said Miss Garden. "You're the
prettiest girl in the profession. To
leave you for that scarecrow! Ah,
well ,
And Miss Garden, smiled and
sighed.
"Ah. weU," she said, "men are rid
dles. They keep us guessing, and yet
we'll never give them up."- New
York Mail.
"Hot Shot" Nails Some Lies.
Omaha, April 19. To the Editor
of The Bee: The editorial in one of the
Omaha papers on the grand Jury's
report Is an Insult to the intelligence
of the people of Omaha.
Suclv deliberate misrepresentation
of the facts has never before appear
ed in an Omaha newspaper, to my
knowledge. The paper referred to
shows how much it respects its edi
torial columns, everywhere recognized
as a newspaper's most prized posses
sion, by publishing these falsehoods
in the editorial column.
"No particular attempt is made to
6top bootlegging," said this paper,
commenting on the jury's report.
Can anybody find any such state
ment, or inference, in the report of
the jury? No, but here is what tne
honest columns of The Bee say: "Im
proved conditions followed prohibi
tion, and marked success was found
in the prosecution of offenders." How
is this for misrepresentation of facts,
distorted to make political capital for
the News and its camouflage candi
dates? Here is another statement by the
same sheet: "Indifference is shown
toward suppression of the social evil."
Can anyone find this statement in the
grand jury's report? No, but you have
the word of Uncle Sam's secret in
vestigators that Omaha is one of the
cleanest cities, morally and socially,
in the entire country. Which do you
believe, Mr. Omahan, Uncle Sam or
the Omaha Junior Yellow?
And, again says the Junior Yellow:
"Our present commissioners have
known of these conditions, and with
the exception of Butler, have made no
attempt to change them."
Did anyone ever hear of Dan But
ler, the eminent sociologist and re
former, making any attempt in his
term of office to change the moral
conditions of Omaha for the better?
"HOT SHOT" MURPHY.
Jerry Sounds Call to Arms.
Omaha, April 22. To the Editor of
The Bee: I desire space to assert my
estimation of the patriotism of :
fellow citizens. It surpasses anything
ever before witnessed by me especial
ly the laboring men, many of them
have bought bonds who can hardly
buy bread. Notwithstanding the will
ingness of these patriots ' make the
supreme sacrifice of life itself for the
safeguarding of democracy, can it
be possible th t in years to come their
memory will be forgotten. It Is nt
and proper that the chivalrous story
and valorous deeds of our warriors
should be kept before the minds of
the young men of the nation. So that'
It might inspire them to emulate their
example.
With that idea in view some of
Florence's citizens were to celebrate
last Friday evening, but the weather
did not permit, the anniversary of the
Battle of Lexington, - -hen the first
shot was fired in the epoch-making
war for Independence. Likewise Pa
triots' day of 1918 had a Couble sig
nificance, for the sons of America are
again under arms to defend the sacred
cause of liberty, as did the heroes
of Lexington. I might mention, too,
that a resolution was to be read on
the evening of April 19, rebuking the
city commissioners for their action
in refusing to name one of Florence's
streets after the "father of the Amer
ican navy," Commodore John Barry.
The rebuke was deferred until May 7,
1918. Friday is the last day to register,
don't be a slacker so you can admin
ister a rebuke to the bell-hops of the
corporations.
JERRY HOWARD
BRIGHT AND BREEZY. -
Sha Tom, dear, I bava at lait discovered
that I love yoa.
He Ah, yon have heard, then, that my
uncle has left me IS.000.
Bhe eirl Attar that remark we moat part
forever. X heard It waa 150.000. Boaton
Transcript,
Canvaaaer This la the very lateat work In
your line. You can't afford to be without
It.
Intended Victim Still, I guest I'll do
without It. I've been economizing aa much
lately that It'a a (find of relief to do aome.
thing I can't afford. Boston Transcript.
"You have given me tome expensive
presents.''
"Yes."
. "And I regret that I can only be a sister
to you."
"That't all right, tit." said the young
man, cheerfully. "You can square matters
darning socks." Louisville Courier-Journal.
She Whit is the correct translation et
nn,,A n 9 h IaimIv .In vmi .av. mat
He Faithful to the last.
She The last! How horrid! And you've
always told me before that I was tha very
first! Minneapolis Tribune.
"Could you give this girl a place In yeur
musical comedy?" .
"Not with that face."
"She haa a beautiful voice."
"Her place Is with a telephone company.
Baltimore American.
"Judge Flubdub dosen't seem to know
half the time whether he Is going or
coming."
"That may be because he hat been re
versed so much by the higher courts."
Kansas City Journal.
Lessons In Finance.
A young woman who had just de
posited some money in the bank for
the first time was instructing a friend
in the mysteries of. the proceedings.
"But," said the other, "after you
put the money in the bank, is it so
easy to draw it out?"
"Oh, yea," she responded, "you can
draw it out the next day but you are
required to give two weeks' notice!"
New York Post.
HERE'S TO THE STARRY
BANNER.
vIIer's to the Starry Banner!
Let it -shine on our mastt and
towers
And here's to the Great Btpubllo, "
That has welded her strength wth
ours!
Her flag's In the streets of London:
Her fleet's on tha Northern Seal
And her sons stand firm In the trenches.
To fight til! the world it free.
From the Lakes to the Mexican border,
From Maine to the Golden Gate,
There is drumming and marching and
drilling X
Through every giant State.
It begins at the call of the bugle,
With the sun on the earth's wide rim;
And the heart of the Great Republic
Is beating a battle hymn.
The heavens are filled with her eaglet.
Which circle and soar and awing,
ThrouKh the windy sky. they no wheellm
by,
With her star on each widespread ,
wlnir:
And in all her ports and rivers.
In bulldinff yards and Slips,
Night and day the hammers play '
On the rlha of her rlslnff ahina.
She Is forging mighty armies.
To fight in a war for peace:
They shall leave her shores In a thou
sand ships,
To' strike till the sword shall cease.
Till the tyrant's power Is broken,
By land and sky and sea,
The last World Conqueror overthrown,
And the World, at length, Is free.
London Chronicle,
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That Omahans appreciate the un
usual in musical accomplishments
is indicated by the tremendous in
terest in the
m
Apollo Recital....
- in the
BALL ROOM
y
of the
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BLACKSTONE HOTEL
under the auspices of the Melville Clark
Piano Co. of Chicago. Discriminating and
critical audiences have been thrilled by the
magnificent work of such talented artists
as Miss Ursula Dietrich, pianist; Mrs.
Florence Basler Palmer, soprano soloist,
and Miss Isabella Radman, solo violinist,
accompanied by tha remarkable Solo Art
Apollo the new automatic reproducing
player.
It is indeed an opportunity for any one
interested in player pianos to see a re
markable exhibit of the latest improve
ments made in players. Avail yourself of
this last opportunity Tuesday.
TUESDAY LAST DAY
This unusual exhibition and recital con
tinues Tuesday afternoon and evening. It
is open and free to all. Treat yourself
to an enjoyable afternoon or evening of
unusual music. Bring your friends.
Exhibit open from 10 A. M. until 9 P. Ma
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