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The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) - EVENING - SUNDAY rOWMD BY BP WARD ROSEWATXB VICTOB BOSEWATER, EDITOR THl BM rPgUBBPW 00 M PANT. PROPBIETOB. Catered at OanJU pos toffies m stcond-tlns matter. : " TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION .$Mlr M ta.. p,t8 J OUlf VMMft JS tOO MEMBER OF TM AMOCUTED PRESS I tr tlso memd. ' REMITTANCE at dmuI erdar. Only I ml l-oent Mart lilM IB DUUnDt . Ouilis and wuni en&aBft. not soowasa. OFFICE . .... ... . b ftanjtiia. faisiae fsopirs ou aanaaa. !E?stsVifc . BMff Is i Lincoln IJius omiuius. CORRESPONDENCE tdrtrtw ooousmilostlons wimn W hot so aWUI cntt W OnUllS MS. Jrfmoni APRIL CIRCULATION. Daily 67,265 Sunday 57,777 eueuiatiea toe tlie aeatk. atfsaribso -0 wn " ftlllmns. CUettUthm Miimn. Subecrlbars iMTlaf the eltjr should bara The Baa maflad ta Ikons, Addraee skaoied aa oitoo) aa moeeto. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAO Joyridtmj at th ccpwn of th dty it over. Xfy taw Htm drirt U wider way. Keep dote The Bte for the liteit newt of it TWf time the wage increase reach the sec tion hand. "Jerry, go oil the eaaV The Jma fresheti are just a little ahead of ! timt this year, but the water it welcome, jost the j tame. . s!Sm ' IaddeotalJy, Nebratka't law applyfeg the : panaltiea of sedition to willful refoeal to work ' can be made to Mt rich Idlert aa well at poor pdlera. : No farther notice it needed that if "Brother ', Charley" Bryan filea for governor he need ex pect no aid or comfort from Senator Hitchcock and hit hyphenated newspaper. Weather bureau records show that we are still more than four inches short of normal pre ' cipitation aince March 1 last, which means that I we have considerable rain still due. ; The public trial of the university professors under fire for disloyalty is not going to give the . University of Nebraska any enviable notoriety. There ought to be a better way of handling this situation. . . , 1 ;...- ,, '" , , ,,- FiKiV U niefWn an1 rtrtfTt nil misled -it IS . , i-TKJll IS - - - dry democrats and not republicans who have ,' started the attack on Governor Neville on the score of his blockade of the national prohibition ,' amendment. . , . . ... The word "Huns" seems to be appearing with . much more frequency of late in the hyphenated World-Herald. Has the edjtorial order pro- ; hibiting its use' been rescinded, or merely negli- ; gently overlooked? Reckless auto drivers still are too numerous '' in Omaha. Something must be done to rid the i'; city of them. One who cannot resist the im- pulse to speed past a standing street car should V . J . J I. . t 1 .u . i oe aepnvea oi nis mean, oi inaKing inc sirccis unsafe for pedestrians. Duty Enjoined on the Home. The address of the city and military authori ties to the public on a delicate question deserves careful and serious consideration. Without any comment on the statements of fact therein con tained, it may be said that an impressive obliga tion rests on the citizens, and especially on the fathers and mothers. Omaha has been entirely hospitable to the soldier boys sent here. Homes have been opened to them and everything done to make their stay here pleasant. In connection with this our citizens must think of these stranger lads in terms of their own among strangers and so be zealous to safeguard them at , all times. Freest possible intercourse.consistent with good behavior should always be permitted, but discretion suggests that proprieties be rig idly observed. This Will require constant and prudent oversight by parents, who must under stand the dangers that are to be encountered in promiscuous association. This duty is enjoined directly on the homes. The police authorities will be able to properly take care of the more threatening menace to good order and good health. SPROUTING SENATORIAL CANDIDATES. As the season advances, candidates for the senatorship to be filled at the Nebraska election next fall are sprouting, so that there is no danger of the voters suffering from a dearth of eligibles. On the republican side the advent of Ross Hammond's hat in the ring promises at least a three-cornered fight, if no more. Congressman Sloan has already filed and Senator Norris has indicated that he will file for re-election, and it is not to be supposed that the new aspirant will discourage him sufficiently to change his mind. The general impression, as we gather it, is that the more numerous the candidates on the repub lican side, the better are the chances for Mr. Norris in the primary. The democrats likewise have already three candidates, ex-Governor Morehead, Attorney General Reed and Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard, none of whom is wholly satisfactory to the bosses of the dominant machine who are re ported to be at work to bring out still another, preferably Governor Neville. What the effect of multiplied competition in the democratic fold will be is likewise a guesswork problem. If the present signs do not fail, we will have a plentiful crop of budding ambitions and an exceptional obliteration of party lines in the coming senatorial contest. It would, therefore, be foolish to prognosticate while the seeding time is yet on. President Asks New Tax Laws. Mr. Wilson's appeal to congress to not ad journ without additional revenue legislation un doubtedly ends the dispute over that point. Re publicans in congress had already placed them selves on record in favor of continuing the pres ent session until new laws for providing money for war and other governmental purposes had been enacted. This was opposed' by the presi dent's party, leaders such as Claude Kitchin, chairman of the house committee on ways and means, having declared against considering the topic before next December. None have ques tioned the need of such legislation; defects in ex isting laws have been pointed out and admitted and plans were long ago laid for remedial enact ment, but this has been postponed because of the presence of other matters demanding more im mediate attention. Sufficient experience has been had with the law of 1917 to show wherein it requires amendment, and if the session does no more than to fix its weak places and remove some of its conflicts0 a genuine service will have been performed. The unwillingness of the dem ocrats to undertake further revenue legislation in face of a general election may be understood by those who approach the subject from the view of "practical" politics, but the republicans are quite willing to accept responsibility. Just now the patriotic service of the country is above all party lines, and the president recognizes this when rebuking the democrats who sought to evade the plain duty of congress. Railroad Wages and Rates. Secretary McAdoo has performed a graceful act of administration in raising the wages of a large number of underpaid railroad employes. He then takes the normal course of passing the matter along to the patrons of the railroads by announcing an increase in rates as well as further economies in service. This was inevitable. The secretary of the treasury has no magical means for supplying the money that is needed to meet the multiplying expenses of the transportation lines under his management. It is fortunate, too, that he is amply clothed with authority for meet ing the emergency. Fev will question the jus tice of the wage increase. The added money, which is little enough ($300,000,000 divided be tween 2,000,000 men), will go to those employes whose position in Aie service has hitherto stood in the way of their getting additional pay be cause the private managers were nonplussed to meet the awards granted the higher paid men in default of the rate increase denied by the gov ernment. Mr. McAdoo's management so far has been but a confirmation of all the presidents and general managers set up in their several appeals to the Interstate Commerce commission. What the public will be chiefly interested in is the qual ity of service to be furnished under the new re gime. If traffic jams and vexatious delays may be avoided, the higher cost wil! be borne far more cheerfully. Intelligent direction of the railroads is to be one of the greatest factors toward vic tory in the war. Horrible tales of famine conditions in Ger many and Austria may have foundation, and may be camouflage to influence public sentiment over here. We must keep right at them until they are willing to quit, and then we will feed their hungry. The charges of treason breeding laid against the Hearst papers by Colonel Roosevelt could be just as well sustained against certain other newspapers whose identity readily suggests it self in each case to their readers. Kansas could be real happy with its bone dry law, if Missouri were a little further off. As it is, Nebraska's troubles are small in comparison to those of our southern neighbor. Germany's Classic Strategy Dates Back to the Time of Frederick the Great of Prussia Theodore Williams In Leslie's. Prussian (and that means German) mili tarism is today essentially traditional. It dates back unbroken to the time of Fred erick the Great of Prussia, whose unscrup ulous policies and whose successes in warfare have made him a congenial exemplar to the modern Huns. His cynical disregard of the rights of other nations has been imitated fcy his militant posterity and his methods of war fare have been employed by them in this world-conflict wherever possible. . Frederick's most important contribution to the art of war was the plan of beating one's adversaries in detail. In the famous "seven years" struggle, beginning in 1756, he entered Prussia in the lists against oppo nents seemingly overwhelming in number and resources. There were arrayed against his small and far from rich kingdom France, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Poland, Saxony, Bavaria and other states of the "holy Roman empire." Prussia had a population of not exceeding 5,000.000, her enemies totaled more than 100,000,000; her army of only about 150,000 had to meet aggregate opposing forces of 450,000. Frederick had, to be sure, an ally in England, but she was too busy fighting France in the latter's oversea col onies to take a weighty part in the opera tions on the continent. Hanover stood by Prussia, and England merely financed an army, and a poor one, of 60,000 to defend the little state. This was the sole outside aid given to Frederick in the face of what were generally regarded as insuperable odds. Nothing daunted, however, the king leaped into the fray. Setting an example which Napoleon long afterward effectively followed, he started out to defeat in succes sion the several armies converging toward him. Had these been allowed to combine they would have been capable of trampling down his relatively petty forces, and could have brought the war to a swift conclusion. But Frederick's army was well-disciplined and equipped, compact and mobile, and iu its ability to move on interior lines had a distinct advantage. It could hurry about at will and land blows at various points of the "iron ring" which was forming around it. First, Frederick, without a declaration of war, suddenly invaded Saxony, compelled the Saxon army to surrender and then treated the country as a Prussian province. He even impressed Saxon troops into his own ranks, considerably augmenting his fighting power. He next hastened into Bohemia and attacked and defeated the Austrians march ing through that land. Although he was sub sequently badly beaten himself and the Hanoverian army was put out of commission, he maintained the offensive, striking first in one quarter and then in another. While the Austrians and the Cossacks were swarming all over his domains, he dashed at the French and thrashed them, and then turned and smote the Austrians with fearful slaughter. Later he got after the Russians and put them completely to rout. Thus for a while he ap peared to be the victor in the unequal san guinary contest. But the coalition of the powers renewed its efforts a id brought up fresh armies. These inflicted several disastrous defeats on Fred erick's followers and overran most of Prus sia. Frederick was supposed to be nearly out of the fighting at the end of the second year, yet he 'held on with grim determination, and in the fifth year he was still in the ring and "going strong," though his outlook was gloomy. But in the next two 12-months things happened which distinctly improved his position. The Czarina Elizabeth of Russia died, and was succeeded on the throne by Czar Peter, a weak and foolish ruler. Through pro-German influence and intrigue at his court, Rus sia was induced to make peace. England and France patched up their quarrel and with drew from the conflict in Prussia. Austria menaced by the Turks even at that early date virtual allies of the Prussians waj glad in 1763 to conclude a treaty with the Prus sian king. That brought the protracted and wasteful war to its end. Prussia had been almost exhausted, but she came out with unimpaired territory and immense prestige. Food for the Allies Conservation at Home Boost Supplies Where Vitally Needed Washington Post. Anyone given to doubting the compensa tions that come from doing without should ponder the statement of Mr. Hoover regard ing the food shipments to the allies for the first four months of the present year. The large cereal exports, mostly wheat, have been made possible through conserva tion in consumption at home, to a very large extent voluntary. A total of 9,124,412 bushels of wheat and wheat products alone went from the United States in April, while 12,910.659 bushels were transported in March. The total exports of wheat and wheat products from July 1 to May 1 were 110,000,000 bush els. As Mr. Hoover points out, some idea of the benefits accruing from voluntary con servation is gained when it is remembered that the best expert opinion placed the avail able exportable surplus of wheat from the last harvest variously at from 10,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels, provided domestic con sumption had been carried on at the accus tomed rate. At the pace now atained it is probable that the amount of grains sent across to the allies this year will be double that of last year. Proportionate gains have been made in meat shipments. The March exports of beef and pork totaled 395,255,000 pounds and those of April 395,058,000 pounds. In April of last year the net exports of beef and pork were 161,000,000 pounds. The enormous advance has been made, it is posi tively stated, without trenching upon the coming crop of hogs and cattle, which has scarcely been touched. In fact, the number of four-footed hogs in the United States is said to be increasing. Contrasted with these figures are those of the German bread and meat rations, re cently lowered in the case of bread to 150 gram a week in Saxony and Wurttemburg and in meat from 225 grams to 150 grams a week, or about five ounces per capita, throughout the whole of Germany. The weekly meat allowance at present in France and England is between 24 and 30 ounces, and in this country it runs as high as 48 ounces a week per capita. The decrease in Germany is attributed partly to the cutting into its own products, but more largely to decreased shipments from surrounding neu trals. The latter has been brought about by the American embargo, the full weight of which is just beginning to be felt by the cen tral empires, and neither by purchase nor duress can the enemy longer make good the shortage from the neighboring neutrals. With submarine losses met and surpassed by new tonnage by the first of August, as has been promised by the shipping board, the outlook is made all the brighter for the allies and so much the gloomier for the en emy. No American has gone hungry as a result of the conservation methods adopted, whereby ample food has been permitted to go abroad. The patriotic private citizen has more reason for satisfaction over his humble achievement in this respect than has the kaiser, who would have his subjects gloat over scenes of devastation to make amends for hunger pangs which he cannot banish. No Creed in the War Work Another example of the fine spirit of co operation displayed by religious organiza tions in aiding the charitable war work of other denominations has been afforded by the Salvation Army drive which ended yes terday. Bespeaking the interest of the Cath olic church in the success of the Army's can vass for funds and testifying to the support given by non-Catholics to the Catholic war drive, Mgr. Levelle, rector of St. Patrick's cathedral, has said. "One of the most striking changes brought about by the war, and the conse quent necessity for raising great funds for charitable work under the direction of, the various organizations best fittted for it, has been the practical razing of old walls of re ligious insularism. These various drives have brought Jew and Gentile, Catholic and Prot estant and the nondenominational shoulder to shoulder." Would the warm endorsement of the char itable activities of one religious faith on the part of another of different creed have been possible before this country entered the war? Then Jew and Gentile, Catholic and Protes tant, made their appeals only to their own sects. But the support of the Young Men's Christian association drive by Catholics and of the Knights of Columbus drive by Prot estants; the participation of all elements of the community without regard to race or creed in "the Jewish drive, the Red Cross drive and finally in the Salvation Army can vass, has borne cumulative testimony to a rare unity of religious interest in the work of winning the war. Patriotism has transcended , denomina tional lines, and the fact is an inspiring ex emplification of Americanism and of loyalty to country as the first principle of faith. New York World. Menacing Tenderness to Spies A somewhat remarkabte story is con tained in theafews dispatches. An individual held at Leavenworth prison acknowledges himself a deserter from the American army. According to the statement, he was a spy before the entrance of the United States into the war. Working under the direction of one of the attaches of the German em bassy here, he spread German propaganda in various communities. Arrested later, he was released on promising to become an Amer ican citizen. He then joined the army and further aided the German embassy by for warding important information. Desertion "by orders" from the same source followed. He is now to be interned for the duration of the war. This story, if true, should be most encour aging to spies of all classes. Count Luxburg, if he has any sane moments remaining, must feel that Argentina has been unwarrantedly severe in its treatment of one who would merely sink a few boats without a trace in stead of plotting against a whole nation. Von Bernstorff and the gallant Boy-Ed will doubt less regret the passing burst of passion which dictated their abrupt - departure for other climes. As for the lesser fry among the spies . . ... .iMi i.-j : ana irauors sini in our miusi, a maiR-cu in crease of plotting and crime may be looked for- They do things better in France. The Teuton in any guise is given very brief time to read his title clear. It behooves him to have credentials close at hand of the most convincing character. Should he fail. French courtesy still stretches to the extent of mak ing a note of future condolences to his widow. So it is in Great Britain and Italy. Russia still embraces the Teuton propagan dist in what-is left of its once ample bosom, but the spectacle is not attractive, nor is it seemly that the United States should be as idiotic as the bolsheviki in trusting the per fidious enemy. Washington Post. west mBWf pai j m m i One Year Ago Today In the War. First conferenea of tha Italian war mission la Washington. Federal officials began active cam paign against anti-draft plotters. Brazilian chamber of deputies voted unanimously in favor of revoking neutrality and authorising the seisure of German ships. The Day We Celebrate. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas born in Morris county, Texas, 41 years ago. Lord Henry Cavendish Bentlnek, English soldier and statesman, born 55 years ago. Bishop Collins Denny of the Meth odist Episcopal church, South, born at Winchester, Va., 4 years ago. This Day in History. , 1781 American frigate Alliance, In command of Captaiu John Barry, cap tured two British sloops. 1786 Louis McLane, secretary of the treasury and secretary of state under Jackson, born at Smyrna, Del. Died In Baltimore, October 7, 1857. . 18(1 General Irvln McDowell be came commander of the federal de partment of northeastern Virginia. 1864 Archduke Miximlllan of Aus tria arrived at Vera Crux to become emperor of Mexico. lit) 4 Matthew B. Quay, United States senator from Pennsylvania, fled at Beaver, Pa. Born at Dills V3m ptember, 10. J883, Just SO Years Ago Today Ed Rothery and "Doc" Tanner of the World have returned from Salt Lake City and report a very pleasant time while absent. The Gate City Gun club gave a picnic on the opposite side of the river and during the afternoon after the annual shoot a game of base ball was .fun x played between the Gate City and Metropolitan Gun clubs, which was a victory for the latter by a score of 14 to 8. The exhibition of the Omaha guards given at the armory was an Invitation affair and was attended by several hundred of the elite of Omaha society. Among the guests were Governor Thayer, General Brooke, General Wheaton, Colonel Fletcher, Major Butler, Major Hughes, Captain Ray ana Lieutenants Kinze, Mallory, Tur ner and Wright Dorsey Houck, sheriff, arrived home after a three weeks' tramp through Bt Louis, Washington, Altoona, Pa., ang jjoubqu jsiuoa, p , r Round About the State Practically every state paper prom ises to card-index the efficiency records of Omaha's political new brooms. . Fremont Tribune: The Omaha re sult makes It look bad for the future of democracy in that city and the state. The disappearance of the sa loon was the blow that killed father. 'Squinting toward the war rumor monger the Grand Island Independent cautions the listener: "Don't believe everything you hear, at least until day after tomorrow." Good advice for slow people. , Better still the in. stant comeback: "How do you know? Where did you get It?" Beaver City Times-Tribune naviely comments on the surprise of a citizen on finding during a visit back home that the townspeople were equally divided between optimists and pessi mistsone class boosting the town, the other regarding it dead enough for burial. "But you need not return to the old home town to find these two classes," saya the editor. "They exist In every community, and Beaver City Is no exception. Of course, neither considers himself a liar, but that is what it amounts to." Not quite as bad as that. 1 Tour real optimist is one of heart and imagina tion, boundless in faith, . er vlslonlng sunshine and cheer behind the darkest clouds. Without optimism life would be dreary indeed. The pessimist r.eeds sympathy more than criticism. Dodging a belated funeral begets the i jrc-exm zoaunjb 4. p Peppery Points Minneapolis Tribune: Colonel Roose velt failed to go to France, but as a leader of the Rough Writers in this country he has done valiant service. Louisville Courier-Journal: Nobody In America is surprised to find that when American artillery gets into action against the Germans the effect is surprising to the Germans. Minneapolis Tribune: Sliver instead of gold is being shipped to the orient to pay off government obligations. Any kind of American money looks mighty good these days to the rest of the world. Baltimore American: Lloyd George scored with his epigrammatic appeal to his opponents to stop sniping. In face of the tremendous firing abroai, this petty bombardment at home Is not going to help win the war. New York Herald: Americans are not much interested In bulletins from the bedside of one-time King Con stantine. They are much more in terested In the discovery that Greece is on the high road toward being It self again, now that the Constantine appendix has been removed from its place in its troubled interior. New York Herald: Only one-tenth of 1 per cent of the American soldiers In France suffer from social disease, and the low percentage constitutes the army "the cleanest In the world." Is the percentage for civilian life any where near as small? One by one the lying rumors about the character of American manhood and womanhood in war service abroad are being re futed by the plain, unvarnished truth. Twice Told Tales Duly Warned. Recently a woman wished to visit her mother, but since the maternal one lived at a great distance, ehe was deterred by the price of the railroad ticket. Finally, however, she decided that ehe would have to go. "James," said she to her husband one night, "I haven't seen mother for quite a year, and I think I ought to visit her." "I would like to see you go, dear," replied hubby with the usual sigh, "but I am afraid it can be done. I have to meet a note for $100 next week, and I can't spare a cent." "Very well, James," returned wlfey with an ominous expression. "If you think the man who holds your note can make it any hotter than I can have your own way about It." Minne apolis Tribune. The Modern Way. Some time ago a young man became enamoured of a beautiful girl, and af ter a courtship of some months he mustered sufficient courage to tell her of his great love. "Tonight," said he, as they sat one evening in the alluring gloom of the veranda, "I am going to your father and ask for your hand in marriage." "That is very, fine, Harry," the pretty one replied, "bu. don't be so old-fashioned." "Old-fashioned." returned the lover, thoughtfully. "I don't quite under stand." "Don't ask him," was the prompt explanation of the glrL "Tell him." Washington Post. 1 Honor the Red Cross. Omaha, May 25. To the Editor of The Bee: The leaven of grace in the primitive mother instinct Is welling upward through the substrata of mind. Its halo spreads around the family, the tribe, the race. Recogniz ing its cosmic obligation, it answers summons unmindful of national boundaries, and its aura will glorify the nation of nations when the gross refuse of human emotions shall have been swept into the bosom of the past. It is the welding force in cre ation. Its svmbol is the Red Cross. 2017 Leavenworth St. H. MELL. "Dave" Helps a Soldier. Omaha, May 26. To the Editor of The Bee: Thursday morning, May 23, as the writer, enroute to Omaha on Union Pacific train No. 16, was looking over the new depot at Grand Island my attention was at tracted to a group of men, among whom were several young ladies; they were congregated about two young jneiv; goodbys and wishes for a safe return were being said, and the train started. A block east of the depot for some reason the train came to a stop and an auto dashed up, a gentle man sprang from the machine, hur ried to the steps of the car where the two young men that attracted my at tention on the depot platform a short time before were standing, and while the train was moving away held on to their hands and wished them good luck and a safe return. While the above scene is no unus ual sight at this time when young men are daily leaving for the front, I somehow could not dismiss the matter from my mind; somehow there was something about the ac tions of that man in the automobile that kept coming up and I wondered what part he filled in the little drama, especially as the two young men came back into the car and in low tones evidently meant for no ears but one and another discussed the many qualities of their friend, the last one to give them a glad handshake and a wish for a safe return, and, Judging from parts of the conversation over heard, Dave sure Is a man that anyf young man would be proud to call friend and any community should be proud to claim as a citizen. By a little Judicious inquiry some Interesting facts were learned. It ap pears that the two young men had applied for admission to the United States navy. Being close friends, they had hoped to go together. When they had gone for examination one was found to have a slight defect that the recruiting officer did not fully un derstand, and directed the young man to one of the local physicians for an examination. Said physician, after making the examination, In formed the young man that his fee was $1, which was cheerfully paid, but, be it said to the credit of the physician, he returned the money. On going back to the recruiting officer with the decision of the exam ining doctor the young man was told that unless he would undergo a slight operation he could not be accepted. Now here is where we find true pa triotism. Operations cost money; the government does not stand the cost of operations where the men are applying to enlist, so it looked as though the young man was barred from this class of service. As soon as it became known what the trouble was, three of Grand Island's surgeons volunteered to do the operating free of charge, so that the only cost would be possibly the hospital fees. Here is where1 our friend Dave comes in with an offer to stand all expenses. In order that the government could have the services of his young friend. Could it be wondered at that while those young men talked of their friend that their voices grew husky and their eyes moist? Surely Grand Island is to be con gratulated in having citizens like those who in these strenuous times can lose sight of the almighty dollar in order to see the needs of a friend and put forward the efforts to en courage our young men in their ef forts to win this great war, and as truly can those young men be con gratulated in having a friend that could take his time from his business to rush to the train at the last mo ment to grasp their hands and wish them godspeed and a safe return. As I sat on and thought of this conversation I could not help but hope for more Daves. AN OBSERVER. my boy. H filed of water on tha brais. Boston Trtncrlpt. "You ara charged with tpeedlnf. What li your defenieT" "My boss says that time Is money. Telia me to hit "er up." "Time 1s money,' assented the judges "Ten dollars." Baltimore American. "My wife Is so far ahead of the atylea that things are getting a trifle uncomforta ble for her." "How's that?" "She has to wear a straw hat In January and a fur hat in July." Louisville Courier Journal. "Did any of your ancestors do anything to causa posterity to remember them?" asked the haughty old woman. "I reckon they did," replied the old farm er. "My ftrandfather put a mortgage on this place that ain't paid off yit." Boston Tran script. Alice I'd hate to feel that I was the wife of a man who married me simply for my beauty. Marie Of course you would, dear. Being married to a blind man would be awfully disagreeable, I should think. Boston Tran script. ' HOTELS MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "What became of that fellow who swin dled so many with his Irrigation scheme?" 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