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-' -4 . ! - - THE BEE: OMAHA, MONQAY, MAY 27, 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY " - FOUNDED BY IP WARD BOSEWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR ' THE BEE FPBLISHMO COMPAMt. PBOPKHTQR. Entsred t Omaha poatofflca aa MconJ-clast mattar. TERMS OF SUBSCRTION ouif -a m; r- 2 Dally mibmu Suada...... ....... , JJ JJJ SSLlM rtMt''WKii 'uiiit I oll-ar, WDabe fcae ClrcnUUoa iHptrtwct. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ft AMDdutd Pn of ' The Bee U a nembir. H "J?2 nttutdiu "a J tor ribllr.tloe of HI saws tfspet-fceseredud Sum &Mhe!m4 la this fi.p-.4 1 f. ww. "MiMl unto. AU tfgbu el souweuoo of our speoial i'tvleim in als lessfrai. . REMITTANCE Omasa s4tutem exchuife. aot accepted. OFFICES ... 3tH-TM Bee Build, aieaa-f-ylft futldlns. &waU Blurfs-U R. ateUS tt 8t.Ul-W B Comawo , CORRESPONDENCE ' ,,( enauntmlotttnni relating to asv tai editorial tutttt M 5maha Baa. Editorial Dtrtffin. APRIL CIRCULATION. ' Daily 67,265 Sunday 57,777 Xrmtm atreulatMa fot tba asMta, sabserlbae end swore tt Of Dirts! WlUltmi. Cireulstton Itaww. ; . Subscribers IsavtBf ths dtf loll have The Be mailed ! than. Address ehanfed aa eftsa aa requested. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAO l 11 II l 444 11 m 11 gg 44 a' II : ; Last call for the Red ,Cros drive. To congress: Stay on the job tilt the work is finished, Browning machine g una are now on their way to Europe in fighting number!. A little late, but useful, just the'aarae. i ... 1 ' .. r The weather man has also enlisted for the Wm of the war, and we are getting rains accord ing at they are" needed. ;- ' S3SSSS One industrious "vampire" can do more than the kaiser to make the soldier boys think Bher man wai right about war. . ; - Naming kings for new thrones is easy enough but Mttinsr them settled on those thrones is go- ing to keep the kaiser busy. 'At least some of the responsibility for safety nf .iirtmAhi!cs in the streets rests on the owners. ' A little more care might help to reduce the num ber of thefts. The kaiser may boast of the discipline of his army, but It will be hard for him to produce a finer article of good behavior among soldiers than that exhibited on the Moldavia. '' -. The "work or fight" rule is disturbing a lot of fellows who thought they had eluded the draft by securing a comouflage job. Useful employ- tnent it getting down to such narrow definition that the safety-first brigade is in danger of being wped out ',, . France it giving us tome estimates on the .number of Yankee boyi who are to be in the trenchel before the year it out The figures ex ' ceed the cautious statements of our secretary of war, but we will let them ride and try to make good on the requisition. ' Adopted citizens of the United States want to Join with natives in celebrating the Glorious Fourth this year. That is right if the Fourth of July lias any meaning at all it is for all the world and pot an exclusive privilege of the Yankee. Come on in; the more the merrier. i What it a Useful Occupation? Some discussion may be engendered by the fiat of Bonuseful occupations made out by Frovost Marshal General Crowder. In the main, how ever, people will readily assent to the distinctions he haa drawn and try to put up with any incon venience that may result therefrom. Some may not be willing to draw the line between profes sional base ball players and actors, or to agree that waiters at hotels and restaurants are entirely nonessential Yet it is conceivable that life may be supported, and even enjoyed, without profes- i aional base ball, while men and women alike have been able to help themselves and make a pretty fair meal while doing to. The main purpose of ' the provost marshal'a order, though, is not to do away with all these occupations, but to prevent their being used at camouflage for open and de liberate slackers. The young men who cheer fully and willingly forego their prospects that they may serve with the colors are entitled to protection against those who seek to skulk be . hind employment that is not inherently necessary to winning the war. ' V CONTROL OF WAR FUND SOLICITATION. It is given out that what is known as "the war chest plan" for financing war activities on a community basis has been officially discarded by the Chamber of Commerce after full consid eration. : This conclusion is reached, so it is ex plained, for several reasons advanced why the plan would be unwise in Omaha at the pres ent time, although now operative in many cities, the chief one being that no city of this size can possibly estimate in advance what the demands would be for war relief during the year. It is announced, .however,, that a substitute plan which will include a number of the desirable features of the war chest plan will be consid ered later. Whether Omaha adopts the war chest plan or some other plan, or better still, provides for all legitimate demands by taxation, the need of more effective control over the soliciting of war funds, several times voiced by The Bee, is shown to be right now more urgent than ever. Our people were never before in the giving mood that they are today or so ready to respond lib erally to every appeal for a worthy cause. But they ought to have some dependable way of as suring themselves that the solicitation is genuine and authorized from the head source. We are convinced outright imposture or diversion of money given has so far been negligible, if per petrated Mn Omaha at all, yet the opportunity and the temptation is there and wilrremain for the weak and the unprincipled and it ought not to be and would not be under a proper regu lation. The Bee believes effective control of solicita tion is more important than the method of rais ing money by the war chest lan or any other plan. 1917. 6,462,802 5,435,814 14,233,01.1 949,388 9,350,319 32,588,050 6,248,917 57.309,795 22,137,703 3,570,499 Relieving Europe's Hunger. Meatless days are about to be discontinued in France, because Americans are at last making good on their promises. Some detailed informa tion is gathered from a bulletin of the Department of Commerce on the exports of foodstuff for the month of April. During that nfo'nth we sent abroad: 1918. Corn, bushels 8,644,58 Oats, bushels 9,085,131 Wheat, bushels 1,024,045 Flour, barrels 2,519,977 Beef, canned, pounds.. 11,836,876 Beef, fresh, pounds.... 51,882,754 Beef, pickled, pounds.. 3,007,752 Bacon, pounds 127,400,406 Hams and shoul'rs, lbs. 93,426,880 Pork, pickled, pounds,. 5,171,848 r . . I, . ... ' 4 . . uara, oieo, ons ana otner like materials an show a big increase in quantities exported for April of this year over last. The falling off in wheat is in a large part compensated for by the increase in flour sent abroad. However, for the 10 months ended with April the combined ex portation of wheat and flour amounts to nearly 40,000,000 bushels less than the record of the previous year. This is accounted for by the fact that within that time we have ceased almost en tirely the sending of wheat and1 flour to neutrals, although this does not entirely relieve the short age of our allies. Exports of meats, most of which have gone to Europe, show a large increase for the 10-month period, although there is a notable decrease in the shipment of lard and illuminating oils. Lubricat ing oil, gasoline, naphtha and fuel oil all have been sent across in much larger quantities than before. We are striving manfully to keep this part of our bargain in the war and gain shown by the April returns is proof that we are suc ceeding. . . German Investments in America. Germans had invested in American industries and enterprises of various kinds prior to the war more than $2,000,000,000. This fact, according to A. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of alien property indicates the extent and thoroughness with which the German government was going about its plan for tubjugating our country. That enormous sum of invested capital, spread from coast to toast, present in all important centers of American life,af forded an agency whose influence was both pow erful and insidious. Here in Nebraska its pres ence was felt, just as was the more direct effort of the German-American Alliance to turn this dfun try into a kaiser province. The activity of the government in searching out and disclosing the extent to which the plans, of the kaiserbund had been carried out here has brought to light the fact that the United States was listed in Berlin alongside of Argentina, Chili, China and other regions that were to be taken by atealth and made part of the great world dominion over which the Hohenzollern would rule. No German investor will lose a penny through the fortunate fact that his money is invested in America. He will be far better off than if he had it at home, for our honest government will see that he gets every cent he put in here, with a reasonable return for its use, and he can have it to start life anew after the war, if he succeeds in getting it away from the greedy taxgatherers of the "Fatherland." ( , Do not forget that the first bomb dropped by an airship in warfare was launched from a Zep pelin against a hospital at Antwerp in August, 1914, and that the act was deliberate. Anecdotes About J. Gordon Bennett Caprices and Whims of the New York Herald's Late Owner Maw Vrtrlr Tim Tames Gordon Bennett issued the Herald for a circulation of one himself. His ec centricities, his whims, his perversities, nis kindnesses were fertile ground for anecdotes. Years ago he 'wrote in his little sjster's book: "The man I most admire in history is Louis XI." When Bennett died, last week, he was the lessee from the trench government ot the hunting; lodge at Versailles built by his historic hero. And he had lived to see the whole world say after him and without ques tion "The New York Herald 1 It is Bennett." To the last Mr. Bennett measured policies and improvements by what his father had done or would have done; and it was a coin cidence that he and the "father he adored should have died at the same age, 77 years. Rtnnert freouentlv ouoted his father's axiom, "Make the people talk about the Her ald and they'll have to buy it." Bennett made them talk and he was proua oi n, dui wnn he was most croud of was that he was the only proprietor who edited his newspaper at long range. For years the Herald enjoyed distinction for its cable news. Yet no one m the New York office was permitted in any circum stances to send an inquiry" to Paris, much less an order for news, without direct in structions from Bennett. He so jealously guarded the cable that all assignments to such duty were made by him personally. In all of Bennett's relations with .his em ployes he kept the fact clearly before them that his wish was their only law. un one occasion he ordered a change in maiceup which violated a long established rule and headed off any comment by adding: "I want it this way." The editor renlied eravelv: "Mr. Bennett if you want it we will set the Herald upside down." Bennett replied with equal gravity and meant it "I hat is the true Herald spirit. During the period of the Herald's greatest prosperity it was Bennett's custom to send for men, apparently without reason, and ire fluently without really wanting to see them, In one instance Bennett ordered a man to wait for him at Nice, and kept him there nearly three months before communicating with him. Finally, at 6 o'clock one morning, the private secretary 'phoned that Mr. Ben nett wanted the man to board his yacht im mediately. There was no time for breakfast, and on reporting for duty Bennett announced that he was taking a party to Egypt and would talk business later. About 2 p. m. luncheon was served, much to the hunerry Herald man's delight. But the first course was an eggshell cup of bouil lon, very fine bouillon, indeed, but not filling. After what seemed an interminable wait a dish of eggs appeared. "They weren't even man's-sized eggs, complained the man afterward, in telling of his troubles. "They were about the size of large marbles. The man got all he could on one spoon and fell to. Still his hunger was unabated. Ben nett, from the head of the table, suavely said: "Mr. C, you seem to like those eggs. Pray let me give you some more. This time the visitor used the spoon twice After he had finished he noticed that the guest on his right was watching him curi ously. "Most remarkable eggs" this guest ven tured. ' "Oh, I don't know," replied C, with feel ing. "It seems to me that as eating eggs they are a failure. "I am sure you do not understand," sug gested the guest. "These eggs comr .!,000 miles down the Amazon river. The supply is very limited, and all that are brought to Europe are divided equally between Mr. Gor don Bennett and Count Herbert Bismarck. I believe those eggs cost in the neighborhood of $400 a dozen." , i Poor C, to whom a corned-beef sandwich would have been much more welcome, tried to hide his feelings. Bennett didn't talk any business with him, and the next day sent him back home and fired him. New York Times, his valet, and was off to sea without having seen the Herald building. On the occasion of Bennett's first visit here after the Herald had bought from Dr. Cook the story of his finding of the north pole he told how the doctor got a reward far beyond his expectations. Cook had, on reaching civilisation, wired Bennett offering the story for $2,500. The message was handed to Bennett just as he was taking a train for the Riviera. He glanced hastily at it and then put it in his pocket. Turning t his secretary he said: "Wire Cook the Her ald will pay $25,000 for the story." Cook got that amount. Bennett impressed his personality, . or at least his whims, even upon the phraseology of his newspapers. The Herald's "dort't list," by reason of its formidable length, is a by word among newspaper men. Insofar as it is based on the use of good English, good taste and common sense, it does not differ from other pamphlets of that kind, in offices where such obsolescent textbooks persist; but in its departure from them it is an ex pression of Bennett's verbal likes and dis likes. . A headline of five words which appeared in another New York newspaper not so long ago aroused comment in the Herald office because it violated four Herald "don tSr- It read: , "Banker Morgan Sails on Liner." ' The Herald style book terms "banker" as thus used, "a name handle" and forbids it. Modern transatlantic vessels do not sail, and the verb is forbidden in the Herald except for sailing Vessels or their passengers. The word "on" is forbidden, in this connection Mr. Morgan was "on board" or "aboard." And in the Herald there is no such useful word as "liner." The head, edited according to Herald rules, would read, "Mr. Morgan, a banker, left on board a steamship." An automobile in the Herald cannot be called an auto, a car, or a machine. A rail way engineer is an "engine driver." An air plane is not a plane, nor a telephone a phone. Plan" may not'be used as a verb or in any other way except as designating architec tural or engineering drawings or in connec tion with military campaigns. A record is never broken, so the rule goes, but a new record may be set. Wno la "Marie Decca? Madison, Neb.. May 18. To the Editor of The Bee: WU1 you please answer through your columns, what was the name of the gTeat singer. Marie Decca," and who did she marry? A SUBSCRIBER. Answer: The Bee is unable to lo cate the name of "Marie Decca" in any of the musical records at ' its service. If some reader knows of her, will such a one - please furnish tho information "Subscriber" asks for? At another time Bennett summoned a staff man to Paris, and that night Bennett showed him the town in person. As the night wore on Bennett became much annoyed, at a large roll of notes in his pocket, which frequently got in hrs way. When he finally got home his gast led him into the sitting room, Where an open fire was burning. Once more the roll of notes got in Bennett's way,, but this time he promptly threw them into the fire, sank into a chair, and went to sleep. His guest rescued the bank roll, and later in the morning, when Bennett woke, restored the money with an explanation. "Did I throw that in the fire?" asked Ben nett, who was still in the same room. "Well, then, I must have wanted it there," and he threw the money back into the flames. An hour later the man was on his way to New York, no longer on the herald staff. But Bennett could be kind, He once called to Paris a man who had given him much satisfaction by the manner in which he handled the early news of the war, Ben nett became much interested in him, told him what to see in Paris, where to eat. and what to pay for his food. During the con versation Bennett found that the man had a mother in England whom he had not seen for years, He ordered him to go to her at once and then return to Paris. When he got back ne ordered him to Switzerland to write on winter sports. The Herald building, copied from the Town Hall of Verona, Italy, had been stand ing four years before Bennett came from France to see it. But on his way uptown from the pier he stopped for luncheon at the Union club, then at Twenty-first street and Fifth avenue. The chops he ordered did not suit him and a raw with the waiter and then with the steward followed.- Thoroughly an gered, Bennett telephoned to a steamship line, found a ship was leaving within the hour, hired the captain'a cabin, rounded up Bennett gravely directed that his reporters should not write about "pants," "vests" nor "full dress suits." Many of his "don'ts'' grew out of social terms. He forbade the use of "clubman" and of "visit." His report ers were not permitted to write of "box par ties" at theaters; nor "invited guests" nor "dinner dances," nor "maids of honor," nor hotel "patron," nor "society men." "Social leader" and "society girl" were taboo. In Bennett's lexicon there was no such word as "diplomat." It was diplomatist. A preacher of the gospel was not, and pre- LI - . . r . r. sumaniy sriu is not, ior tne neraia a mm ister." That word is reserved for "diploma lists." Bennett s fondness for dogs and sport manifested itself in these rules: '"Hunting aogs must be avoided; use hounds. In an objectionable case the dogs were English setters, use the 'g' in Pekingese." "Say 'hunting when referring to the chase of game on horseback, and 'shooting' when tne sportsman is afoot. ; One can be a member of a club or church according to Bennett's rule, but not a mem. ber of a crew. He held that the crew of a steamship should not be called sailors, but seamen. His predilection for the sea and for yachting caused him to list a set of nauti cal rules separately in his style book, for fear nis men would write like landlubbers. They were cautioned not to use "prow" for "bow," "wheel" for "screw." nor "waves" fnr "m" "Waves." the style book explains, "are sur- tace undulations; seas do damage. There are nearly 30 of these nautiral rl- "Do not use 'took up the anchor,'" says one: use weighed anchor.'" In the same way took in cargo is forbidden in favor of stowed cargo. t - - r i .... cmorcc mesc ruies cennett naa a sys- icm oi nnes ana suspensions. Possibly It Is Authentic Among the minstrel jokes of 40 years ago none was surer ot "getting a laugh" than the one about what Brother Bone claimed fn be a remarkable silver spoon, then in his pos session. When the interlocutor, after the us ual repetitious interchange of question and answer, had carefully prepared the audience for the "point" about to be made, Brother Bones informed him that the snoon win1 re markable because it was found in New 6r-l leans after the departure thence of Ben Butler. If one were to accept as authentic the re markable document given out by our De partment of State as the translation of i warning aistriouted by Uerman agents in Spain, the kaiser's propagandists want the Spaniards to believe thai the penalty for abandonment of neutrality is to have done in tne country committing this error of judg mem cAdmy wnai uenerai tsutier was charged with doing pure slander, bv the way in the city where his rule was so bit terly resented. For among other loot proud ly listed in the schedule of German acquisi tions in Belgium are 1,876 silver spoons. At first thought, that seems strangely few silver spoons to find in a land as rich as Belgium was. before the war, but presumably still assuming the authenticity of a docu ment so highly guaranteed a,11 the other sil ver spoons had been sent over into Holland or France betimes, and the 1,876 were the poor pickings that remained. Anyhow-, that is as plausible as that the Germans would prepare an elaborate list of their thefts for even in war the taking of private property is theft as well as of the number of churches tney bad destroyed and of the prisoners, whom they .had maltreated. New York limes. Bed Cross Help Appreciated. Omaha, May 25. To the Editor of The Bee: Our war fund drive will end next Monday night, May 27, and every county chairman and commit tee is going to work to the last mo ment. Headquarters advise us that every cent that is raised over the quota will be required and Is badly needed. The more we raise in this campaign the later will be the next drive. I believe on Tuesday morning this office will be in a position to adviae headquarters that the quota in Ne braska has been raised and consider ably more, and that Nebraska will again be put on the map as a most patriotic state. We attribute a large measure or the success in this campaign 'to the excellent publicity and co-operation that has been riven Red Cross by the Omaha newspapers.- As far as we can learn we have been given more space by a great deal in the Omaha newspapers than in the newspapers of any other city the size of Omaha or larger, all of which I assure you is greatly appreciated. FRANK W. JUDSON, Nebraska State Director. SUNNY GEMS. It'i lucky for ma I'm not In th box,'" aid tba great base ball pltcner, aa h pa raded up and down the room with hla tooth-cuttlnr aon and heir. "WbyT" aaked hla wife, aleeply. "Because," he anawered, "I don't aeem to have any control of the bawl." Boston Tranacrlpt. "She here, I thought you agreed to be my little tump of augar." I did, Terdy, I did." But laat night Algy wai alluding to you aa hla little lump of augar." Well, we muat conaerve aweeta make the augar go aa far aa it will." Louisville Courier Journal. One Tear Ago Today in the 'War. Attorney General Gregory de clared anti-draft registration propa gandists, would be vigorously prose ,: cuted. ' Italians continued great offensive, mashing through Austrian lines on Carso plateau and capturing many prisoners. . 4 He Day We Celebrate. " John Kendrick Bangs, author and ; humorist, born t Yonkers, N. T., St .' yean ago. - Dustin Farnum, motion picture star, bora at Hampton Beach, N. H., 41 . rears ago. o. -.- Arnold Dennett, Journalist, novellut and playwright, born In England, SI :., rears ago.' ',.. ' This Day In History. '.' 1708 Peter the Great founded St Petersburg (now Petrograd) as a sew canltal for Russia. 17S8 Patrick Henry famous pa ' '.riot orator and statesman, born at Studley, Va. Died in Charlotte cnimtv. vlrelnla. June fl. 1799. , 1742 Gen. Nathaalel Greene,' the ! revolutionary commander for whom v 4he national guard camp at Charlotte " Is named, born at Warwick, R, I. ' Died at Savannah, June 19, 1786. 18 SI Federal troops crossed ' the Ohio river at Wheeling and at Park ; ersaurav . "' ; 18 S3 The body of jeffersoa Davis ; was disinterred in New Orleans pre ' ' caJS4?jy. 2 Ua transfer t BJcJgond JustSO Years Ago Today Last week was a busy one tor the JLf Crelghton Guards and every effort has been mads by each and all to make themselves and company good sol diers. M. C Jones of Paxton V Gallagher's traveling force left for the west The Kllpatrick-Koch Dry Goods company has an even ten men onj the roao. . , Rev. F. M. Foster, castor of the Immanuel Baptist church, conducted appropriate memorial services In commemoration ot the deeds ot valor achieved and the sacrifices exDerl enced by the federal -soldiers during tne late war. , Mrs. J. G. Bond of Mitchell, 8. D., is visiting Mrs. T. caniii, liio st Mary s avenue. ' The Linnee monument committee ot the Omaha Swedish population is making a great effort to make its Fourth of July festival the mu steal event oi the season, Round About the State Going over the top for the Red Cross funds was mere play- for But ler couaty. Simply drew a check for 825,000 on balance on hand from last fall's drive. The figures are 87,000 above the county quota Just for good measure. , 1 "Who put it back?" is the Question of the hour at Aurora, and most of the townspeople are guessing. Fer rets of the Taxpayers' league, search ing county records, found that be tween 1909 and 1915 overpayments ot 82,231 naa neen made by the county commissioners to a Des Moines lum ber, bridge and supply house and the money with interest had been re funded, In addition to 440.39 for cost or ferreting. The league exonerates the present board of county commis sioners, mentions no names and ap pears satisfied with getting the boodle back. Grand Island Independent sends editorial cheer "to our Irish neigh bors of Jackson precinct who have given approximately two Red Cross dollars tor every ons asked for. By gouy," chortles the independent, "that's soms township." Nathan AvemfF. 1unk nt An. rora, advises the Republican that thei pipes for the honor flsgstaff were do nated by hlm'and adds his willing ness "to give away all my pipes and all my steel and all my castings to make a big bullet to kill ths kaiser and drive his Junker class of para sites from the face of the earth." Any patriot ready for ths act can., have Right to the Point Minneapolis Journal: The presi dent's hand is well again, but he will not use it to see what the electric fan is doing. Washington Post: Germans are to seize the clothing of their dead in or der to win the war. While this will not accomplish the purpose, ulti mately it will secure plenty for those who are left Minneapolis Tribune: Germany has found it necessary to reduce bread ra tions, The condensed milk for babies which German soldiers pillaged from Noyon was not in sufficient quantity to make up for the bread deficit .Louisville Courier-Journal: "The United States would be to blame if the Germans should win," says for mer President ' Taf t Ths United States would also be humbled at the time of ths victory and run over roughshod im the future. Neither misfortune' shall occur. ! Baltimore American: The kaiser talks. Von Hindenburg talks, Luden dorff , talks, but General Foch sits tight and says nothing. He isn't wasting any needed energy In words, but his acts may bs expected to speak ior mm at tne psychological moment. New York World: Millions of Americans who never saw him will feel an individual loss in the death of Lufbery. Personalities are mainly lost in this gigantic struggle, but the novelty of their employment and the upturned - eyes of vast armies upon them have made ths names ot the great, "aces" of all the armies fa milial w . v Twice Told Tales A Temporary Expedient The girl appeared to be such plump. Jolly little soul that the old lady felt prompted to address her. "Hello, little girl! Do you live near here?" "Eh am." "What?" "I hed eh am." "Does -your mother know where you are?" "I hink hor "I don't tnderstand you." "I hald I hink he os here I am." "My dear child." finally said the kindly old lady, "what in ths world is the matter with your speech?" Adjusting her face with what seemed to be something of an effort the child replied: "I had a big tooth pulled this morning, and I Just cant keep my tongue out of the hole." St. Louis Globe-Democrat cleaner whenever I have it Is uae." Kan. aaa City Journal. She (reading letter) Oh. John, what da yon think? y3ur aon haa been expelled from He Eh! That o? f Shel an't It awful? - , He Ob. I don't know1. Ferhapa I can put through now without an assignment. Boa ton Tranacrlpt, - " . Patience My brother la In tis cavalry.(. Patrice Oh, la he? How many horaet doa be have to drive? Patience Why, one, of coarse. Patrice Well, my brother la In tha artll lery. m anvea a iour-in-nana. Yonken Statesman. - . sue, ;vu I, iv vrciy u,f couma doesn't It?" "Yes. Indeed; and when you're 50 yoi get old like 0." Philadelphia Bulletin. Pandle Will you give quarter for a sandwich? Candler Don't want hungry. Buffalo Express. s poor man a it; I'm nt' "Soma aay you can't get free professional advice." "Can you?" "To be aura you can. Tour doctor will talk law as long as you will listen, and your lawyer will give you medical advice on any ailment you want to bring up for discussion.'' Birmingham Age-Herald. ' HER PRAYER. She knelt beside her snow white bed. The moonbeams dancing on her head, A head all crowned in golden curia, A gift mora rare than precloua pearls . This little girL She raised her head In silent prayer. All cares forgot, I waited there. Tha carea and grief which Infeat the da Of war'a bitter sting were awept away. I heatd her say: "God heTp mother." How my thoughts flew Back again to my grief anew. Is there a God, when cruel fata Buna humanity a ragged gait In lust ot hate? Why not this God with helping hands, Down hate which moves In stricken lands, Bring joy and dear onea home again , With love, to rule our fellow-men And peace to reign? My thoughts were such. Unheeded there) L6he reached tha climax of her prayer. And soft and sweet her olce rang clear, Which broke the stillness of ths air. I dropped a tear. i t Brave child, (Oh, weaker woman T,)' She feels the needf her country's cry, And calls to God, 'mid tba cannons' roar, "Please help America win tha warl Peace forever mora. '' Omaha. MRS. MAUD KKLLET. . news) It says a msster of tac- Florenca (reading war hfre that General Foch Is tics. Her Hubby Yes. he's a great master of the proper disposition of his troops Florence I ve often wondered what made them so good natured. Cartoons Magatlne. Sergeant In a Colored Rainbow Tans, ma am, wa (ought nan' to bn ion fob. days and foh nights. Interested Old Lady I don't see how you stood tha tenalon. Sergeant Waal, you see, ma am, we ion' stan' at 'tentlon when we's fightln'. Cartoons Magatlne. 'I never see the cat washing her face any more. The cat la progressiva. She never cared for water, but aha Is all right now. She strolls around In front of the vacuum -WHY- NOT OILSi' toteA tt2WOCewaf Business Is GoaWkM& Ygu Behind the Telephone Operator There Is a J.arge Invisible Army A muster of the telephone forces of the country would bring together nearly 200,000 men and women. Over 100,000 young women comprise the operating force alone a force now handling an intricate telephone traffic of more than thirty million messages a day. Telephone employees everywhere are playing a big part in the war-time activity of the nation. They are meeting each task with a spirit that at all times deserves from the public a courteous appreciation of their efforts. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY Say Fooi Bay Way Savings Stamp aafl Liberty BoMs c 3D OI ID The Last Word. Arthur Train, ths novelist, put down a German newspaper at the Century club. In New York," with an Impatient grunt ; "It says here," he explained, "that it Is Germany who will speak the last word in this war." Then ths novelist laughed angrily and added: Tea, Germany will speak ths last word in the wsr, and that last word will bs 'Kameradl "-rrWashinf ton Star, - - -: . T" - .. . s W Made io order al sssssssassssasasal THE BEE ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT OMAHA