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r "No limit 1" says th president, and America
answers "Amen !" , , , , .
Giving to the Red Croat ii from the heart
and not the pocket.
" ' Tn n sore, we have not "unlimited billions.
bit w have Qi't many aa will be needed to
win the war, - . s
Twilight base ball is to help fill the extra hour
of daylight. We have felt all along some use would
! i found for the time added to the long eve
nings. . ;.V ' -.
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the president deacribed himself to a New. York
tsemblage, and none will begrudge him the
chance. . . ' K - ,
Yes, but no peace propoiaCno matter where
it comet from, can be considered by Great Brit
ain, any more than the United States, on the
basis of a victory for the kaiser.
' Between "Brother Charlie" Bryan and State
Treasurer George Hall, the shortcomings of the
democratic officer in the state house are not
likely to escape public attention.
Germany it talking of , super-submarines, but
;'. kaiser will do welt to.consider the effect of hit
"terror gun" on tha general campaign before en
tering on further attempts to frighten people.
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A Swiss chemist hat devised an explosive
abosl four timet at active at nitroglycerine, its
C '.zl virtue being that it it too dangerous to
r -.:.t Such cotiapoundt belong with the kaiser'l
' ;ir-gu, for they are of no tervice to humanity.
Reminder of a Bygone Day.
Announcement of a Red Croat salvage sue
tn tale features a beaten biscuit "machine," a
n'ic of ante-bellum days. Time waa when beaten
!ul w&a. trtnH " (folirarv. anil, with fried
t'.k.ken, corn fritters, mashed potatoes and tome
homemade jelly, it rounded but menu that any
epicure might delight in ; and even Lucullua
would hot disdain. But time proceeds, and, while
fried chicken, Corn fritters, mashed potatoes and
i.omemaae jeny tiut noia nign pi ace in mc cau
r at ion of housewives who love to "set a good
Cble," the beaten biscuit has gone to join salt
rising bread and other comestibles whose inef
f ciencj has brought them to failure before mod
ern methods. What housekeeper has time these
'ys to fool around preparing the beaten bis
X, when she can carelessly mix up a cup of flour,
i teaspoon of baking powder, a pinch of salt, and
enough water or milk to form a stiff paste, stir
it with actable knife, spread in on the 'board
Ousted with dry flour, cut it into form and bake
it in IS minutes in a quick oven? And what hun
gry man would turn from the light and fluffy
modem biscuit to regale himself upon the stony
and uninviting beaten variety, even though the
latter be hallowed by generations of tradition,
such at have been preserved for usHby Thomas
Nelson Fage, Harry Stillwell Edwards, Joel
Chandler Harris, and others who have glorified
c?.d immortalized the life of "quality folks" of
"Lefo dft wah" days? A beaten biscuit machine
' Jongs with the candle molds and other contrap-
ons of the stage coach epoch. ;
NO LIMIT TO OUR EFFORT,
President Wilson, in opening the Red Cross
campaign at New York, has again pledged the
utmost resource of America to winning our war.
It is our duty, says the president, and in its dis
charge we must give unreservedly to aid in its
discharge. The most notable statement in his
address is the assurance the president gives to
Russia that the American people will not aban
don that country and its inhabitants to the
moral and economic slavery being forced upon
them by the kaiser. He declines to be misled by
the insincere proposals for peace, made by the
German plotters, who desire uninterrupted oppor
tunity to pluck their prey in the east. The spoli
ation of Russia is an enterprise that appeals to
Berlin, and promises much more than the4 ad
vantage that might come through holding Bel
gium and occupied French territory. This is so
apparent that the kaiser gives us credit for little
sense in his efforts to hoodwink us now with
suggestions that would leave him undisturbed in
fulf possession of his prey. America is pledged
to the utmost to win the war for freedom, and
in the end to retire emptyhanded, unless, as Gen
eral Hapgood is, quoted as saying in Paris, "we
take our dead with us."
Extent of the Peace Intrigue.
Foreign Minister Balfour's, reply to Sir Walter
Runciman in the House of Commons lifts the
veil a little higher, and discloses more of the ex
tent of the peace intrigue, or rather of the efforts
of the Central Powers to insert a wedge between
the Entente Allies and the United States. From
the very outset the German diplomats have de
voted themselves most assiduously to the task of
poisoning the minds of Americans. This purpose
has been manifested in many ways. At the be
ginning it took the general form of putting Ger
many in the position of defending its territory
and institutions from aggressions by jealous neigh
bors. ' When this had been dispelled, and the
world was fully apprised of the scheme of con
quest bn which the kaiser and his erew had em
barked, a change was rung and Germany has been
paraded as sincerely seeking for' peace without
victory'
.The hollowness of this pretense has also been
exposed, as the treatment accorded Russia ex
ploded the hypocritical assumption of devotion
to the program of no annexations and no indem
nities. Not deterred by this, the Potsdam plot
ters persisted in propaganda, affecting a deep de
sire for, early settlement, and seeming to offer
suggestions that might lead to negotiations. All
the time preparations were under way for the
great drive in Picartiy and) the attack on the Brit
ish in Flanders. Developments almost justify the
belief that Berlin was privy to the fact that Em
peror Charles had written the letter to Prince
Sixtus, around which so much of secrecy js
thrown, but which was exposed by Clcmenceau.
' Mr Balfour's statement that his government is
willing to discuss at any time terms of peace will
be accepted as sincere. It is also well to under
stand that as yet no person recognized as re
sponsible has approached either government of
the Entente with a proposal from the Central
Powers, nor have the latter hinted at anything
that might be accepted. All of which makes it
plain that the peace intrigue so exterisively de
veloped by Austria has for its object only the
demoralization of. its opponents.
Intervention in Eastern Siberia.
Notice sent to Japan and China that the En
tente Allies have agreed to co-operate in defen
sive intervention in Eastern Siberia and Man
churia is a sign that enlightened and progressive
statesmanship does not intend to put into jeop
ardy the whole interests of the Allied cause, and
indirectly of the Russian people, for the purpose
of placating the bolsheviki. ' It is not contem
plated that armies will be sent to Western Si
beria or Eastern Russia to offset German ad
Vance, but the Pacific ports, the railroads and the
great accumulation of supplies at Harbin and
Vladivostok will be held safe. China has most
at stake, because of itt territorial relation to
Siberia, and because the Manchurian railway,
which has been threatened, really - belongs to
China, although it had been operated under lease
hold by the Russians. Japan must also protect it
self from even the remote danger of attack
through Siberia, and, with the assurance of co-'
operation from their western allies, the nations
of the Far East should easily head off combined
menace of bolshevism and Prussianism. ,
Karl and Zita are going to visit their good
neighbors in Bulgaria' and Turkey. It ought to
greatly unlift their devout souls to recall, when at
Constantinople, that their -overlord in Berlin has
promised to give Jerusalem back to the sultan.
Urkraine has so far yielded less than one-fifth
of the grain the Germans hoped to find there.
The mujiks must have hidden their supplies deep,
indeed, if they saved anything from the Hun
collectors. .
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New York's greatest patriotic demonstration
was in honor of the Red Cross. s this ought to
afford the kaiser and his cohorts good reason to
think before they fire on the emblem again.
Urgent Demand for War Nurses
Available Supply Far Below Army Requirements
Dr. S. S. Goldwater in New York Times.
Dr. Goldwater is director of Mt. Sinai
hospital, New York; chairman of the war
commission of the American Hospital as
sociation, and chairman of the committee
on hospitals, general medical board, Coun
cil of National Defense.
Two million Americans are under arms.
For the first time since war was declared
American troops are reported to be engaged
in active hostilities in large numbers. Im
mediate preparation must therefore be made
for the medical and nursing care of large
numbers of wounded men, as well as of the
sick. Medical units, with nursing auxiliaries,
have been assembled in France, in anticipa
tion of this need; many of these units have
thus far had little work to do, but their days
of idleness will soon be over.
The sugreon general plan to set up not
less than 200,000 hospital beds in France;
100,000 beds have already been - established
or provided for in this country, making a
total of 300,000 a number approximately
equal to the total number of beds heretofore
available in the general hospitals of the
United States for the care of the civil popu
lation. Meanwhile it is reported that the
government will soon put another 1,000,000
men in the field, bringing our total armed
forces up to 3,000,000, and necessitating the
establishment of 150,000 additional hospital
beds, at home and abroad. It is the task of
the government to obtain a nursing organi
zation of 50,000 women, to serve our 400,000
sick and wounded. This must be done. How
to do it is a question which has not yet
been conclusively answered.
During the last year the army and navy,
with the help of the American Red Cross
and the active support of hospitals, hospital
committees and nursing organizations, have
been endeavoring to enroll a number of
nurses adequate to the need. The number
thus far enrolled is reported to be a little
over 9,000, or approximately one-fifth of the
total required.
The army now announces a new drive
an effort is to be made to enroll "not less
than 1,000 graduate nurses monthly." This
proposal is all very well, but the expectation
that the actual enrollment of graduate nurses
will reach any such figure is not justified, in
the light of the experience of the last year.
The, truth of the matter is that the country
cannot spare the number of graduate nurses
that the army requires, nor can the training
schools produce new graduates in sufficient
numbers to satisfy the needs of both! the
military and the civil population.
For a year the country has been scoured
for graduates, and 9,000 have been enrolled I
Many of the nurses who have enrolled with
the army and navy have been drawn from
institutions; sme were public health nurses;
the remainder were engaged in private prac
tice. Nine thousand in a year equals 750 per
month. Is it likely that the pace can be
quickened? j
"In spite of the fact that only 9,000 have
thus" far entered military establishment,"
eays a recent report on the nursing situation,
issued by the public health committee of the
New York Academy of Medicine, "a short
age of nurses has already become apparent
in the hospitals, particularly in the smaller
ones, and in private practice; the American
Nurses' association has looked into the mat
ter of the shortage, and reports that until
several months ago most of the registries
had available nurses, but since then all of
the nurses are busy all the time." In New
York recently it took 48 hours and the com
bined efforts of seven registries to produce
two graduate nurses for a desperately sick
patient; and this is not an isolated case.
Letters from all parts of the country tell the
same story. The flow of nurses, from civil
to military hospitals will continue, and
should be encouraged; but urge as we may,
the stream will diminish and not increase in
volume during the months to come it cannot
be otherwise! From this source the needs
of the) army will not be supplied in full
measure. t '
If graduates are not now available in suf
ficient numbers, why not produce more?
The, suggestion is not new. The efforts of
the military authorities, of the American Red
Cross, of the nursing committee of the Coun
cil of National Defense, and of co-operating
local committees have not been confined to
the enrollment of ready-made graduates. A
heroic attempt has been made to increase tfie
.future output, by augmenting the undergrad
uate enrollment of the country's 1,500 train
ing schools. Those who believed that this
effort would meet the necessities of the case
did not subject their program to a sufficiently
critical anarysis.
To catch up with the military program the
enrollment of nurses for military service dur
ing the coming year will have to be nearer
2,000 than 1,000 per month.. Older gradu
ates are jiot obtainable. What can the schools
furnish? The number of pupils now enrolled
in the training schools of the country is re
ported to be approximately 40,000. Of this
number considerably more than one-third are
probationers and juniors; about one-third
are intermediates, and considerably less than
one-third are seniors' or near-graduates. The
schools cannot be expected to turn out more
than about ll.OQD graduates annually. What
will become of these?
Of the year's' 11,000 graduates, some will
marry and will be lost to the profession; a
certain number (more than id pre-war days,
when attractive, business opportunities for
women were fewer than they are today) will
take up gainful occupations other than nurs
ing; some will enter the field of public health
nursing; a group will remain in hospitals,
where they are needed to take the place of
graduates now in the military service; a large
proportion -will engage in private duty 'nurs
ing; and the remainder will enter the military
service, Is it reasonable to suppose that the
army will succeed in winning over more than
one-third of the total number of newlyMnade
graduates? , My estimate' is one-third; the
average estimate of three experienced tram
ing scnooi-principals is one-fourth.
principal alumnae associations in New York
recently made a concerted and successful de
mand for an' increase in nurses' wages from
$4 to $5 perday. Economic conditions jus-
tilied the increase, out the increase will
hardly stimulate army enrollment.
The insufficiency of the available supply
of graduating students is generally conceded,
and, as i have already said, ettorts to increase
this supply have been made. What are some
of the measures that have been tried or
recommended? '
First and foremost is the direct anneal to
the young women of the country to enter
the ranks ot tne nursing profession as a pa
triotic duty. This appeal has been made over
and over again during the last year from the
platform and through the press, but the re
sults have not been satisfactory. Now, as
heretofore, a small proportion ot the tram
ing schools of the ,country are receiving: ap
plications in excess of their capacity. This
fact has led to the suggestion that the train
inar schools increase their canacitv bv rent
ing additional houses for dormitory purposes
as ir tne capacity or a scnooi tor tne thor
ougli training: of accomolished bedside
nurses could be indefinitely and satisfactorily
increased without adding hospital bedsl It
is true that the hours of hospital duty might
be somewhat shortened and the pupils tasks
lightened, but there is a minimum below
which it would not be wise to cut down the
nractical work of the nunil who U hrin
fitted for the serious and responsible task of
army nursing.
A standard course of training for nursing
aids or nurses' assistants has been devised
by a group of the best known and most
competent training school superintendents in
the country. The American Red Cross has
already given part of this course, consisting
of 15 preliminary lessons, arranged to pre
cede the practical ward work, to more than
10,000 women, who have been registered at
a dozen or more training courses in the
larger cities. In New York City alone nearly
500 have finished the practical as well as the
theoretical course, and about half of this
number are now actually engaged in some
form of hospital work. Two thousand other
women stand ready to take up this work in
New York City as soon as the hospitals are
opened to them.
Among the 1,500 training schools in the
country there should be no difficulty in find
ing 300 which are capable of training and
which can be trusted tc train 12 nursing
aids or nurses' assistants per month, or, say,
150 per annum. With the moral support of
the army, the hospitals of the country can
easily obtain and turn out 20,000 nurses' as
sistants before the end of the present year,
or 50,000 by July, 1919.
The women that I have in mind belong
wholly or almost wholly to the leisure class.
They are now contributing nothing to the
efficiency of the nation or to the success of
the war; yet they are strong, healthy, patri
otic, and willing. They are the only labor
reserves that the country possesses, and they
can Je brought into the nursing field without
lessening the available supply of workers for
any essential industry. They want to serve
the nation, and they should be permitted to
do so. The same class is giving valuable
service in England England would be lost,
and we shall be lost, without them. When
the war is over, the nursing aids will melt
away into private life, strengthened and
chastened by their experience, leaving the
nursing field in the hands of professional
nurses. They should be prepared now, for
in no other way can the war nursing probleni
be solved.
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Swatting the Tyrant Fashion
Fashion, which wears out ssore apparel
than does woman, will not be beaten out of
its dictatorship by any scheme of standard
ized dress. The leaders, who are agitating
for standardization before the convention of
federated wbmen's clubs at Hot Springs
should know their sisters well enough to
know that. Femininity consents to go into
natty uniforms for purposes of war or for
other practical service. It will never, while
m its right mind, give up the advantage of
variety and color in wearing apparel which
it has held long over an adoring masculinity
clad in all the severity of the single sartorial
pattern.
Insofar as the would-be reformers of
women's dress oppose the absolutism of
fashion they have a case. But the way to
beat tyrrany is not to substitute one tyrant
for another. Not standardization but indi
vidualism in dress is the thing to establish.
Style at its best is a personal and not a gen
eral quality. Mrs. A. has it in one mani
festation, Mrs. B. in another. It is the
height of folly for one of these ladies to as
sume that she must wear this or that be
cause the other does, even though the other
be reinforced by Mrs. C and Mrs. D.
"When our boys come back," says a man
at Hot Springs, "they will want to see
charm, beauty and loveliness not a uni
formed womanhood." But to perfect the joy
of the Sight, each, loveliness should tu Ait.
played in attire to suit its own caste. Artistry
is in ncr who manes tne dress really to fit
the woman. Economy lies that way as well,
since most becoming effects may be wrought
even m less costly goods. And what be
comes one prettily today need not be shelved
tomorrow, once fashion's way is broken
New York World. -
Pkople and Events
m One James A. Peterson thinks himself
big enough to run for United States senator
ui Minnesota. Amongthis recent achieve
ments is a trial ii the United States court
and conviction of violating the espionage act
Some Americans up that way have applied
to the courts for an injunction against his
name going on the ballot, claiming that con
viction deprives him of civil rights. As a
sample of nolitical nervi Prifrmn'i
About John H. Powers.
Lincoln, May 17. To the Editor of
The Bee: The article on page. 4 of
Tha Bee, May 17, contains too many
errors to pass the censor. Mr. Powers
died near Trenton. Neb., and not iu
Nevada. The "wave of populism" be
gan to sweep over the country in 1890
and not in 1880. Mr. Powers was the
farmers' alliance . or people's inde
pendent candidate for governor tn
1890. He did not "land in third place"
nor was he beaten by James B. Boyd,
democrat, or by General Thayer, re
publican. The vote In 1890 for gov
ernor as canvassed was as follows:
J. E. Boyd, democrat, 71,331; J, H.
Powers, independent, 70,187; I D.
Richards, republican. 68,878.
The real historical truth Is that
John H. Powers was elected as gov
ernor of the state in 1890 and that
the fraudulent vote cast in Douglas
county gava Boyd, on the face of the
returns. 18,308 votes and Powers
1,173 and made Mr. Boyd governor.
There Is no longer controversy be
tween either historians or politicians
with reference to the truth of the
story that John H. Powers got a ma
jority of its legal votes in the Novem
ber election in 1890. very truly,
A. E. SHELDON,
Note: The discreoancies Mr. Shel.
don complains of) were corrected in a
later edition of The Bee. As to the
validity of the election ot 1890. the
count of the vote and the subsequent
contest in the house and in the courts.
ought to pretty well answer any dis
puts that may arise.
Wants a Republic of Quivera.
Omaha, May 18. To tha Editor of
The Bee: Now that the issue of the
world's war is democracy versus
autocracy, it is about time for the
subjects of the kingdom of Quivera
to throw otl the yoke of royalty. The
yuiverans are really ripe for a revolu
tion to establish a republic. The
board of governors of the Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben easily accomplish this
much desired revolution. Let (is have
a Quiveran republic. Down with the
king and queen. At the wlndup of
the annual fall festivities 1st us induct
into office a president and his lady.
Let the president deliver an inaugural
address before the assembled multi
tude, and after other ceremonies ap
propriate to the occasion, have the
inaugural ball in the Quiveran White
House conclude the program of the
big day. It is not too late to make a
turn for the better and more in ac
cord with present conditions and sen
timent Let not Quiverans any longer
be compelled to tip the hat or bend
tha knee to royalty. This idea Is not
original with me, but I give It my
hearty endorsement, and I hope The
Bee will follow suit.
ALFRED SORENSON.
Answer to Mr. Switzer.
Omaha, May 17. To the Editor of
The Bee: Thanking Mr. S. S. Switzer
for pointing out an Important over
sight in the wording of the article of
May 13, the writer wants to say that
ha had reference only to the labor
organization as such mentioned,
navmg in mind the responsiveness to
ward the American spirit by all
classes of society. He did not intend
to opine about war measures against
pro-Germans of any description. It
was indeed the exposures last year ty
Messrs. Gerard, Whitlock and others
that changed him Instantly from a
neutral being in fact without a
country to a firm believer la the wis
dom of the statesmanlike war alms,
stated by the president and made
him desirous to offer any service his
health and age will allow, menial or
perilous. H. MELL,
2017 Leavenworth Street
THE TIME AND THE PLACE
I round Llzetta In tha garden.
When the moos was dropping low
And asked her the old, old question.
And received tha old, old, "Nol"
I found har again by tha aeaahora.
In the sunset's fading slow.
And asked her the usual queetton,
And received tha usual "Ma!"
I asked Llzetta that question
In every tlma and plaea
Thst seemed at a.11 propitious;
Twaa "No!" in every case.
I found Lliette by tha roadside.
In tha glare of an August noon.
With a, tlra badly punctured
And an angina out of tuna.
And as I sprung to help her
'Twaa habit; nothing less
I asked the same old question,
And Llzetta replied. "Tea, yes!
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Omaha's HousecleaninQ
Norfolk News: Mayor Pahlman
has been a spectacular figure in
Omaha and state affairs and It is, not
at all likely that ths tima has coma to
ring his political death knell. Lead
ers with as strong a hold upon tha
popular imagination as he has had are
not downed by a single defeat. He
has his virtues as well aa his faults,
but he has linked himself in the past
with the wrong element.
Columbus News: The city of
Omaha now has a new city adminis
tration, one which has been heralded
as a reform administration. These
reform commissions, or whatever
other term you may wish to designate
them, have come and sons in other
cities, and been followed by other so
called reformers, but the people of
Nebraska will sit back and wait for
results before they pass final Judg
ment upon what Omaha has done. The
new mayor makes a lot of promises,
and it is now up to him to make good
his boast, by cleaning out the old
gang.
Valley Enterprise: With ths Dahl
man political machine broken - In
Omaha, the liquor interests eut of
business and with such men aa Ed P.
Smith. W. G. TJre, Dean Ringer and
the others in control of the city gov
ernment the citizens of Nebraska
have a right to expect better thing
of our metropolis. Under the new
conditions we are positive that a
closer bond of unity may be enjoyed
between that city and the state. Here
is hoping for better days for Bahl
manized Omaha.
Scottabluff Republican: The clean
ing up of the Mullen-Dahlman-Hitch-cock
machine in Omaha is the begin
ning of the end. and just what Hap
pened to Bryan two years ago Is going
to happen to ths Mullen bunch this
fall. The only difference in the finish,
is that it will be done this time by
the republicans instead of the demo
crats. For a number of years this
trio of politicians has been In full con
trol of the politics of the city of
Omaha, and for the last few years
have been controlling the state. The
turn of the tide has set in, and there
are .hopes of Nebraska returning to
the control of the people.
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Don't Let a
Penny Cost Spoil
a Dollar Product
HAS it ever occurred to
you how vitally this
maxim applies to the purr
chase ofribbons and carbon
paper? Have you figured all
of the items of cost which
enter into the production of
a business letter, including
stenographer's time, mailing
department labor, overhead,
postage, letterheads, ribbon
and carbon paper? You will
find that the last two items
comprise only a little over
one per cent of the total.
This is not a surmise. We
have compiled figures which
show the average total cost
of 100 business letters to be
$14.10. Of this total, rib
bon and carbon paper figure
only 16 cents.
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I TODAY I
Ce Tear Ago Today In the War.
Vigorous fighting along lt-mlle
t:ont in the Arras region.
Paris -announced torpedoing of
rrench steamship Gilbert In Mediter
ranean. Two American nurses, en -route to
T "ranee, killed by boomerang shot on
.unship Mongolia.
' 9 Day We Celebrate.
Court & Carrier, ticket agent of the
ago, Milwaukee & St Paul Ball-
1 company, born 1851. .
: xtrge A- Hoagland, lumberman,
a 14.
intolaetie L. B. Black well, pioneer
1 the first woman to be ordain ad
tie ministry in the United States,
i at Henrietta, N. T., 93 years ago.
i Dey tn History. ,
T?6 The Continental congress
ed upon articles of confederation
perpetual union.
ii Admiral Nelson was ap
d to the chief command of the
It forest in the Mediterranean.
; 4 -Marquis -de Lafayette,
h , statesman and friend of
.cm in the revolution, died in
v Ifcrat September , 17ST.
CoL Albert A. Pope, pioneer
.'la bicycle manufacturer, born
ton. Died at Cohasset Mass.,
1 10, 1909.
5 Supreme court of the United
i daelaxed the income tax uncoa
U and the tax already col
, vzm rafsmded. -
J usl SO Years Ago Today
County Superintendent of Schools
Bruner returned from a- ten days'
visit to Chicago and Cleveland, O.
There was a slim attendance at the
civil service examination held at the
custom house, Ufere being only Ave
applicants for positions. This was the
third civil service examination here
since the era of great reform set in.
There will be a meeting of delegates
from all trade and labor unions and
fTfiihr n T.afut- ,M.n,ll.. . w
southwest corner of Twelfth and Far-
nam streets to make arrangements
about "a rrand demnnstrsti
July 4.
Alexander Hume appeared before a
large audience at the Grand opera
house, giving a most pleasing exhibi
tion of what he called spirit power in
the lirht. All hla tniriniu
successfully performed.
' Round About the State
Out around McCook swatting the
prairie dog Is considered the next
best thing to landing an uppercut on
the kaiser's chin.
The home guards company of
Plattamouth, has received the approv
ing aalate of the governor. Next
comes, the regalia. After that. Just
watchi 'era at a safe distance.
On the outer walls of Brunlng
waves the Brunlng Banner, with W.
B. Math and Ollie L Muth constitut
ing the staff. The Banner comes
fresh, from the newspaper mint and
occupies a new shop built for the oc
casion. No politics admitted, but
politicians may secure a hearing at
regular rates by applying at the busi
ness office. ' v
What the pulsing youths of Platta
mouth will de to the Journal man la
hard to say at this distance, but surely
they will not let him get away with
his fling at June weddings. The Idea
that all the decorative scenerv should
be dispensed with and the money ln-J
yestea in Thrirt stamps Is worthy of
crabbed age. Perish the thought!
Romance shorn ot its illusions is not
romance, and life without romance
would be- dreary Indeed. As to the
fate of the Joy killer, leave it to the
girls. , ' ..
A gentleman who has traveled a
great deal tells the people ot York,
after inspecting a sample, that the
city's school buildings are among the
best in the land. York knew it all
along, but Is gratified Just the same
to And outside support Sot home
opinion.
Editorial Shrapnel '
Louisville courier-J ournalr . And
now it Is a poppycock -protest
against calling "Our Boys" boys. Is
there any idea too ridleulobs to be
I i . i . . , . v J n
senuu.-yiy emenaineu vy lomeiwu; i
No man' ever a-et so old as hot to
like being called "boy."
' New York Herald: Could the eter
nal, verities have better Illustration
than is furnished by the faet that a
German propagandist turns out to
be a butcher? , '
' Wall Street Journal: "It is time to
realize that the German- offensive in
the west has been crushed." Berlin
Vessisehe Zeltung. And this la what
German efficiency calls a newspaper!
Brooklyn Eagle: Who said the
world could not sit at the feet of the
bolshviki and learn wisdom! Lenine
ought to start a correspondence
school and tell how an overworked
printing: press may be used to . say
Webts.
- Louisville Courier Journal: Femin
ists, ' whose cry was, "told you. bo."
when a race at Lexington was won
bAr Beautiful Girl, are hereby in
formed that Mary's Beau finished first
the following day.
Minneapolis Journal: More than
half a million Americans have landed
in France and Nicaragua has declared
war on Germany. It looks at this dis
tance as though the Junker waa eer.
tain to be let in for something later.
Minneapolis Tribune: Polygamy and
cannibalism, twin sisters of degener
acy, are gaining frienda in Germany.
When Hun aUrts to eat Hun the
kaiser can count on us to be there
.with the mustard. .- -
. Twice Told Tales
Backing Vp the Constable.
One afternoon a motorist was whla
zing along an unfamiliar highway in
the west when a Country constable
appeared in the road with an up
lifted hand. ' ,
"What's the trouble?" asked the
motorist bringing his car to a stop
"What do you want?" f
"Very sorry." answered the con
stable, "but you were going at the rate
of BO miles an hour, and I will have
to arrest you."
"You are wrong, my friend," de
clared the motorist. "I wasn't doing
any better than 25 mile an hour, and
here is a $10 bill to back up What I
say."
"All right" returned the constable
with an air of resignation, as the $10
was transferred. "With 11 to 1
against me, I ain't goln' to take no
chance on beln'. called down by the
Justice o' peace." St. Louis Republic.
The Exeuse.
The poor cripple thumped his
crutch on the ground and said to his
lawyer:
"Merciful heavens, man, your bill Is
outrageous! You are taking four
fifths of my damages! I never heard
of such extortion!" j
- "I furnished," said the lawyer
coldly, "tha. skil! the eloquence and
the legal training for your case." .
"Yes, but 1," said the client rue
fully glancing at his injuries, "I fur
nished the case itself." o
"Bosh!" sneered the lawyer. "Any.
b6dy can fall down a coal hole."
Chicago Post
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tho Telephone Operator
When Tea Are Cilld
by Mistake
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however, it is the fault of the person making the call
People often ask for 496, for example, when 546 is
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realized or become impatient when the wrong person
answers. v
Unfamiliarity with the work of telephone operating
often prompts unjust criticism. Please don't forget the
earnestness of the operator's effort when some occasional
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