. 'i4 THE BEE: OMAHA THURSDAY, MATt 30, 1918. ' ;
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THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG
MEMORIAL DAY.
Americans will stand uncovered today in the
presence of their soldier dead and pledge them
selves anew to carry on the work those men have
bejjun From the Philippines to France, wherever
Old Glory flies, this service of reconsecration to
the ideals and institutions of a free people will
enage the thought of all true patriots. New
social conditions, the outgrowth of our develop
ment, have added significance to the day and its
meaning now is fraught with more of true de
votion and less of mere sentiment than ever.
Memorial day is no longer an occasion on which
we pause simply to revere the dead, but brings
wjth it a deeper realization and a fuller appre
ciation of privileges we enjoy tinder freedom,
our heritage from the fathers who fought that it
might be established and not perish from the
earth. We are now employed in the defense of
man's liberty against the mightiest force ever
arrayed by an oppressor, and to that defense we
stand pledged to our utmost limit of energy and
resource. Prayers that will go up today are not
for America only, but for all the world, and in
the sacrifice of the brave men who are remem
bered in wreaths and garlands we will find in
spiration for the tasks that lie ahead of us.
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' Von Tirpitz also promised-Germany he would
starve England in three months.
At any rate, America is fast overtaking the
rest of the world in the matter of war expenses.
Inspection of soma of the pending bills by the
city council affords good reason for the change
that was made. 4
Equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex
or color, is Uncle Sam's rule, and it ought to be
a good example for all employers.
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It i( again demonstrated that the pressure for
the spoils of office is as strong with a reform
city administration as with any other kind.
It would do no harm for Nebraska democrats
alio to hold a loyalty convention and reinforce
the doctrine of patriotism above partisanship. .
We are just casually piqued by the announce
ment from "Jamaica that the stock or rum on
hand there has more than doubled in the last year.
Selection is all right, ot course; ."else why
should Messrs. Mullen and Hitchcock trouble to
pick candidates for Nebraska democrats to vote
for?
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Director McAdoo has decided a lot ot vaca
tion trips and excursion plans for various people.
Under the new passenger tariff the trips will not
f taken.
A Bouquet for Colonel Grant.
Before his departure to his new post The
Bee wishes to throw a bouquet to Colonel F. A.
Grant, who for the past year, has been in charge
of the work of the quartermaster's department
in Omaha. , ' .
This period of outfitting the new army and
distributing its necessary supplies has naturally
been trying and exacting, and has called for
indefatigable energy, sound experience and in
telligent application. That Colonel Grant has
performed the duties of his position as a sol
dier to the Jull satisfaction of his superiors is
attested by his present transfer to a larger and
more, important station.
It is not on his faithful performance of mili
tary duty, however, that we are complimenting
Colonel Grant, but upon doing more than his
duty by lending his valuable aid and giving the
benefit of his personal advice to the various war
activities that have been engaging us as a patri
otic community. For this the people of Omaha
owe him an expression of thanks and appreciation
which we believe we are truly voicing. And,
while we all want Colonel Grant's services utilized
by the government at the point where they will
do rnost to" help win the war, he may be sure
a warm welcome will await him at any time
the whirligig of army orders may bring him back
to us.
1 General Leonard Wood is a true soldier who
will obey orders. But that still is no reason why
he should be the victim of War department per
secution. - ' 4
When President Wilson moved "to adjourn
politics" in congress during the continuance of
the war an amendment should have been offered
to include the War department.
Rehabilitation of the Soldier.
.The effort of the National Educational asso
ciation to secure charge of the vocational work
in reconstruction hospitals meets with hearty
disapproval of Surgeon General Gorgas, who has
the support of. the War department in his posi
tion. A bill in the senate gives to the Federal
Vocational Education board joint control with
the army of the hospitals, and it is to this the
military authorities object. Dr. Gorgas points
out that under the law as it stands the surgeon
general's department has ample authority and full
direction to proceed with the rehabilitation of all
disabled soldiers, and ; this includes vocational
training to the extent that they be made self
sustaining, or at least useful to society, after
discharge from t,he army. Itis feared that a
division of authority, may produce such friction
. as will defeat the effort to aid the soldier. Here
. is a point where a little common sense might well
be injected info our war work. The spectacle of
the National , Educational, association and the
, surgeon general's department squabbling over the
wounded and disabled soldier is not in any sense
. edifying. No question will be raised as to the
good intentions of either, but the school teachers
can well afford to wait until the doctors have
pronounced the patient sufficiently recovered to
undertake to learn new ways. Up to that point,
surely, the surgeon general ought to have control.
Germany's Latest Onslaught.
Americans have by this time come to be fairly
familiar with German major tactics and expect
when a battle initiated by the kaiser is begun to
hear of attack in mass formation. The theory of
overwhelming opposition by " superior force has
dominated the military thought o! Prussia for
many years. All training and preparation is with
this in view, and the Allies have come to know
the book as well as the general staff of the Cen
tral powers. No finesse imparts a tinge of un
certainty to the assault when it is delivered. It
is simply the thrusting forward of successive
waves until the movement breaks down because
of concentrated opposition or through lack of
momentum. No account is made of losses in
curred if advance in direction of the objective is
secured. All of these things are now well under
stood by those who have watched the war, and
the wonder grows that the Hun is unable to
devise anything new or possibly more effective.
His latest onslaught appears to be losing force
just as ' have all his other attempts, because of
readiness to meet him, not only by frontal re
sistance, but by flank attacks that engage por
tions of his army and place in jeopardy the col
umn he has- set in motion. So long as the
kaiser is willing to expend his most precious
assets in such futile proceedings the Allies can
stand it. Each of these desperate lunges is
making the final solution of the oonflict more easy
as well as more certain. 1
One Year Ago Today In the WaV,
- American armed ateamer SUvershell
exchanged (TO shots with German sub
marine in the Mediterranean.
Alarming reports received from Pe
trosrad in regard to growing unrest
among Russian workmen and soldier.
The Day We delebrate.
George W. Shields, attorney at law,
born 1854. y
Right Revs William Lawrence, head
of the war council of the Protestant
Episcopal church, born in Boston 68
years ago. '
. Matthew Hale, one-time chairman
of tha progressive national commit
tee, born at Albany, N.J, S6 years
. ago. -
Bishop Henry Clay Morrison, of the
. Metnoaist Episcopal church, south,
born In Montgomery county, Tenn.,
if years ago.
This Day In History.
. 1785 Patrick Henry Introduced In
the Virginia assembly five resolutions
against the stamp Act.
: 1854 President Pierce signed the
Kansas-Nebraska mil, providing for
the organization of Kansas and Ke-
, braska territories.
' 1868 First general observance of
Memorial day by the Grand Army of
. tn Kepunuc. ;
1898 United States fleet under
Ceneral Sampson arrived at EanUage
w--.rono kico,
" Putting the New Broom to Test.
Sanitary conditions at the city hall seem to be
such as will engage the best efforts oi the new
broom. Laxity in janitor service under the good
fellowship regime has permitted a state of af
fairs that is most shocking to the sensibilities of
good housekeepers. As it is expected that the
municipal headquarters will be in the nature of an
example to all the community, it behooves it
occupants to see that it is scrupulously cleansed
and kept , immaculate at all time. Unfortu
nately, its late occupants seem to have possessed
but partly, developed notiorrs of what was re
quired in this line, and under their, genial but
indifferent sway .the janitor took a muck firmer
grip on the pay- roll than on the broom or mop,
But the new commissioners promise to disturb
the dust of the last six .years, to go into the
crannies and recesses of the building.and see
that it is not' only renovated, but kept in such
state of spotlessness that no visitor, need fear
contamination. What may be found in the way
of city property or possible discoveries, in the
oust neaps must await development, ihe new
broom really is going to sweep, ,
The Past and the Present
Wor$ Picture of the Civil War Mirrors
the Stress of Today
By ROBERT G. INGERSOLL.
(From Speech Delivered at Soldiers' Reunion at Indianapolis, September 21, 1876).
The past rises before me lik a dream.
Again we are in the great struggle for na
tional life. We hear the sounds 'of prepara
tionthe music of boisterous drums the
ilver voices of heroic bugles. We see thou
sands of assemblages, and hear the appeals
of orators; we see the pale cheeks of women,
and the flushed faces of men; and in those
assemblages we see all the dead whose dust
we have covered with flowers. We lose sight
of them no more. We are with them when
hey enlist in the great army of freedom.
We see them part with those they love. Some
re walking for the last time in quiet, woody
places with the maidens they adore. We
hear the whisperings and the sweet vows of
ternal love as they lingeringiy part forever.
Others are bending over cradles, kissing ba
bies that are asleep. Some are receiving the
blessings of old men. Some are parting with
mothers who hold them and press them to
their hearts again and again, and say nothing.
Kisses and tears, tears and kisses divine
mingling of agony and lovel And some are
talking with wives, and endeavoring with
brave words, spoken in the old tones, .to
drive from their hearts the awful fear. Ve
see them part. We see the wife standingLin
the door with the babe in her arms stand-
ng in the sunlight sobbing at the turn of
the road a hand waves she answers by
holding high in her loving arms the child.
He is gone, and forever I
We see them as they march proudly away
under the flaunting nags, keeping time to the
grand, wild music of' war marching down
the streets of the great cities, through the
towns and across the prairies, down to the
fields of glory, to do an3 to die for the eter
nal right.
We go with them, one and all. We are
by their side on the gory fields, in the hospi
tals of pain, on all the weary marches. We
stand guard with them in the wild storm and
under the quiet stars. We are with them in
ravines running with blood, in the furrows
of old fields. We are with them between
contending hosts.' unable to move, wild with
thirst, the life ebbing slowly away among the
withered leaves. We see them pierced by
balls and torn with shells, in the trenches,
by forts and in the whirlwind of the charge,
where men become iron, with nerves of steel.
We are with them in the prisons of hat
red and famine; but human speech can never
tell what they endured.
We are at home when the news comes
that they are dead. We see the maiden in
the shadow of her first sorrow. We see the
silvered head of the old man bowed with the
last grief.
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These heroes are dead. They died for
liberty they died for us; they are at rest;
they sleep in the land they made tree, under
the flag they rendered stainless, under the
solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful
willows and the embracing vines. They
sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds,
careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each
in the windowless palace of rest. Earth
may run -red with other wars they are at
peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar
of conflict, they found the serenity of death.
I have one sentiment for soldiers living and
dead: Cheers for the living; tears for the
dead.
'Loaves and Fishes."
Omaha, May 2.9. To the Editor of
The Bee: Long years of observation
have given me fair comprehension of
"vae victis" aa applied politically. For
this reason I was curious to know just
how the "new city administration
would make the old cry square with
its high-flung aspirations. I am Just
a little amused, but not at all amazed,
to note that the good old Jacksonian
doctrine, "to the victors belong the
spoils," has suffered nothing by ex
posure to reform ideas, and that its
local devotees still are true to their
convictions, regardless of professions.
You will note. a. I have, that Frank
L. Weaver, who Inflated the "boom"
for our new mayor, is now installed as
the city's chief law officer, and that
T. B. Murray, who avas a persistent
sounder of the timbrel of reform, has
Just coupled into a minor Job that re
turns him $2,400 a year. As soon as
Harry Mossman emerges and gets his
name on the pay roll all -the mean,
low suspicions I have held, in com
pany with a number of others situated
like myself along the sidelines, will
vanish before the truth. QUERICUS.
Land for Settlement.
Somewhere in Nebraska, May 27.
To the Editor, of The Bee: would
you kindly publish in the "Letter Box"
column of The Bee to which depart
ment of the government one must
write for information on povernment
lands open for homesteading?
J. B. G.
Ans. Write to the commissioner
of the general land office, care De
partment of the Interior, Washington,
D. C.
. Nebraska' s.General Climatic Conditions
By GEORGE A. LOVELAND,
In Charge Weather Bureau Experiment Station.
Nebraska is in the general path of the low
pressure, or storm, areas that move across
the United States from west to east. The
mportant factors in determining its climate
are, first, the distance from the equator, be
cause the heat received from the sun is
greater at the equator and decreases north
ward; second, the altitude, or elevation above
sea level, because the higher locations have
lower temperature; third, the distance and
direction from the Gulf of Mexico and the
Atlantic ocean, because the supply of mois
ture from rain and snow comes mainly from
these larger bodies of water; fourth, the
Rocky mountains, located near the western
boundary, because they have an important
eliect upon both temperature and moisture.
January is the coldest month, with a mean
temperature of 25 degrees in the southeast
and iU degrees, or a little below, in the north.
February is almost as cold, averaging about
3 degrees warmer, while December is next,
with an average of but 2 decrees higher than
February. While the coldest weather of the
year may occur in any of these three winter
months, it is most likely to occur in January,
and it most frequently occurs in the last half
of that month. In the coldest days of winter
the temperature usually falls to between 10
and 20 degrees below zero.
The latest that a killing frost has occurred
in most of the state is May 27. This was in
1907, when the freezing temperature covered
most of the southern and eastern counties.
In the northwestern part of the state such
severe frosts have occurred in June, and in
1902 one occurred on June 21. The last kill
ing frost, it will be observed, happens as a
rule in the southeastern section in the last
ten days of April, but comes gradually later
northward and westward, occurring near
May 1 in the greater portion of the southern
and eastern sections and from May 10 to IS
in the more elevated portions in the north
and west.
The average annual precipitation for the
state as a whole is 23.67 inches. Most of
this is rain, the snowfall for the year averag
ing only about 25 inches, equal to nearly
two and one-half inches of water, or about
one-tenth the annual preefpitation.
The year is divided into wet and dry
seasons. May. June and July constitute the
wet season, with 46 per cent of the annual
amount, while November,' December, January
and February are the four dry months, with
but 11 per cent of the normal amount. The
other 43 per cent falls during the remaining
five months, or approximately one-twelfth
of the annual amount for each month. As
this indicates, very little rain or snow falls
during the' late .fall and winter months, the
average being less than an inch of water a
month. A slight increase is manifested in
March, but the spring rains begin in April,
when from two to three inches is the normal
for most parts of the state.
June is the month of heaviest rainfall. It
is also the period when rainfall is most cer
tainthat is, least likely to vary from the
average. In an ordinary June rain falls at
one place on eight or nine of the thirty days.
This would mean a rain every third or fourth
day. This average condition rarely occurs;
still, several consecutive days without rain in
June are unusual.
While the average monthly rainfall for
May and July is nearly the same as that for
Tune, there is a greater liability to variation
from the average. In May this variation is
less likely to be important, as the tempera
ture is lower than in July and the rainfall is
less likely to occur in heavy showers when a
large percentage of the Nvater would run into
the streams without soaking into the ground,
Rain falls in May on the average about the
same number of days as in June, and drouth
periods a$e unlikely to occur. In July the
showers are slightly farther apart, and drouth
periods rather more frequent. The decrease
in rainfall after July is rapid. The average
tor August is only three-fourths that jot July,
and for September only three-fourths that
of August. In an average August rain falls
at any one place on six or seven days. Heavy
rains are much less likely to occur than in
June or July, and drouth periods are much
more frequent.
The rainfall for the crop season, April to
August, inclusive, for the state as a whole
averages 16.18 inches. It exceeds 20 inches
along most of the Missouri valley and de
creases rather regularly to a little more than
10 inches along the Wyoming border.
The slightly more than 30 inches along
the Missouri river decreases to about one
half that amount, or 15 inches, along the
Wyoming line. This is an average decrease
of one inch tor each 30 miles as one travels
westward across the state. In general, this
ratio holds true for the various months; that
is. th rainfall alone the Wvomine border
about one-half that alongMhe Missouri river.
Washington Makes Discovery
At last the middle west has been discov
ered by Washington. The discovery was
made under the pressure of necessity.
Washington had steadily concentrated war
contracts and war industry to the east. Old
factories had been enlarged and new ones
built in the constricted industrial belt of that
section. Manufacturers from other regions,
eager to participate in the war preparations,
could get little attention and less action.
Now the inevitable has happened. The
favored industrial belt is overworked. It is
short of power, short of transportation, short
of men, short of housing. It has bitten off
more than it can chew.
So Washington has rubbed its eyes, has
looked about a bit, and lo! has descried the
middle west. Upon investigation Washing
ton has found that the middle west can
manufacture what the government needs, for
it has power in plenty, less congestion of
transportation than the east, well trained
labor, and good housing. It has plenty of
factories, and can build more. It has enter
prise, resourcefulness, facilities.
Washington should have made this dis
covery many months ago, but Washington
is slow to learn, for its mind r,uns in
.grooves. Let tne contracts come, and we
of the middle west shall show what we can
do. Minneapolis Journal.
Respect- Asked for .''Marsellal8e."
Omaha, May 28. To the Editor of
The Bee: What is the matter with
Omaha? Last night I attended a
show at one of .your leading movie
houses. A part of the films were some
views of Trance and of marching
French soldiers. While these pictures
were on the screen ihe orchestra play
ed the French national hymn, "The
Mar.splK.ise." So far as I could see,
with the exception of another soldier
and myself, no one in the audience
seemed to know or care that it was
the French national hymn, and that
common courtesy and usage demanded
that they show due respect by stand
ing. Furthermore, it developed that
the orchestra was playing it as part
of a medley, a thing that is forbidden
by national order and is not done any
more in polite circles. The crowd
seemed patriotic enough, for they ap
plauded wildly at every appearance
of an American uniform. It must be,
therefore, that the citizens of Omaha
are not as familiar with the national
airs of our allies as they should he.
To one accustomed to observing the
strictest amenities in this regard it
certainly seemed a eacrilege to see this
audience ignore even so popular and
stirring an air as that of our noble
ally, whose people have made such
tremendous sacrifices and whose spirit
is as undaunted as their national air
is immortal.
ONE OF YOUR VISITORS.
marked that thera was aometninc nj
bout tha acale. Baltlmora Americaa.
Trea have a paradoxical wajr of ahowlm
their vitality." ''
"How w!"
"They ahow their etayinf powara beat
rhen they leave." Baltlmora American.
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
The muffled drum'a tad roll has beat
The aoldier'a laat tatoo!
No more on life's parade !hall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping; ground
Their ailent tents are spread:
And glory guard, with solemn round.
Tha bivouac of the dead.
i
No rumor of the foe's advanca
Now swells upon the wind:
No trouble thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind:
No vision of the morrow's strlfa
The warrior's dream alarms.
No braying horn pr screaming flfa
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust.
Their plumed heads are bowed:
Their haughty banner trailed in dust,
Is now their marshal shroud:
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
Thn red stains from each brow;
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast.
The charge, dreadful cannonade.
The din and shout are passed:
Nor war's wild note, nor glory'e peal.
8hall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more shall feet
The rapture of the fight.
Like the fierce northern burrlcana
That swVeps his great plateau.
Flushed with triumph yet to gain
Comes down the serried foe.
Who heard the thunder of the fray
Break o'er the field beneath.
Knew well the watchword of that dar
Was victory or death.
Rest on, embalmed and ealnted dead.
Dear as the blood ye rave.
No Impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage of your grave. ,
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps.
Or Honor points the hallowed epot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Tou marble minstrel's voiceless atone
In deathless song shall tell.
When many a vanished year has flown,
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's flight,
Nor Ttme's remorseless doom,
Can dim one ray of holy light t
That gilds your glorious tomb.
THEODORE O'HARA.
-WHY-
NOT
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"Miss Deeplelgh gave way to a burst of
admiration when young Flatlelgh showed
hnr his country plsce, which was a regular
apostrophe to its beauty,"
"Yet, and don't forget the apostrophe Is
the sign of tha possessive case." Baltimore
American,
Willis How Is your garden coming?
Olllls Very poorly. The directions on the
package say to measure the seeds carefully,
and It has taken me since yesterday to get
the dimensions of seven of them, they're so
darn small. Town Topics.
u pit
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t' Business is Qowfiiaalc You1
Marie Don't cry, dear. Tou must he brave
while Jack Is away with the army. Remem
ber the war won't last forever, and then
he will return to you.
Betty T-yes; but I'm afraid that before
he comes back some other hateful man
will marry me. Boston Transcript.
"Our congressman has sent us some free
seeds. Shall I throw them away?"
"No. They will come In handy to plant a
fake garden to keep the chickens occupied."
Pittsburgh Post.
People and Events
New York City is so well pleased with
the work of police women that the chief
wants an additional squad of 12. Service
counts in war time.
Nantucket jerks up and marks progress
By a vote of 336 to 296 the Coney Island of
Boston voted to admit automobiles to its
highway. This leaves Mackinac Island alone
in its opposition to the gas wagon.
A lunch room row over 10 cents ongi
nating in Benton Harbor, Mich., continued
in various degrees in high and low courts
recently ended in a 6-cent verdict for the
lunch room boss. Both sides spent about
$1,000 to reach the copper vindication.
A recent census made by welfare workers
showed a total of 150,000 persons, more or
less, connected with the government pay roll
at Washington. Before the war 40,000 fed
eral jobholders was regarded as a top figure.
What's the answer? Dig, and dig some more.
"The fool and his money are soon parted,"
saith a bygone sage. Experience illuminates
the saying. Despite the innumerable pub
lished warnings of mikers "miked" in bogus
horse races, flush fools go scouting for shake
downs. One Nels Knudson of Minneapolis
dropped a roll of $10,000 in mythical races
down Kansas City way. Knudson is 60, but
years settle no caution on his kind.
Luckily for Secretary McAdoo, no offer
of cash rewards or hero medals accompanied
his apostrophe to patched pants a6 an infal
lible sign of patriotic war-time economy.
Had there been a reward attached the prize
would have fallen to Texas. A farmer in
Waller county reports 32 separate patches
in sight. A recount has not been asked, so
the Waller county patriot lends fresh radi
ance to the Lone Star.
"I'm satisfied from the evidence that you
were Intoxicated."
"Tour honor, any motorist might knock
down a telephone pole on a dark night."
"I grant you that, but you mowed down
six of 'em." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"What In the world makes our children
so scrappy these days, do you suppose?
"EBting ao much war bread, I reckon."
Judge.
Dealer Do you mean to accuse me of giv
ing you short weight on that salmon?
Customer Oh. dear. no. I merely re.
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" OMAHA j
J usl 30 Years Ago Today
Meyer's music hall was filled with
appreciative listeners to the concert
of the Madrigal club. The participat
ors were Mrs. J. W. Cotton, Miss Eliz
abeth Tennell and Messrs. Wllklns
and Pennell.
Ten ladles met at the First Metho
dist Episcopal church to recHve and
correct the report of a committee ap
pointed by the woman a Suffrage as
sociation to select a number of la-
dies suitable for candidates as mem
bers of the board of "education. The
committee was composed of Rev. T.
M. House, General Eatabrook, Mrs.
O. A. Joslyn. Mrs Orphia Dinsmore
and Mrs. C. 8. Montgomery.
Tha Omaha Rowing association
held its annual meeting at the Oma
ha Savings bank and elected the fol
lowing board of directors: P. H.
Allen, president; W. u Morris, Vice
president: H. .B. Hudson, secretary,
ana entries i Deneii, uea4in
Sidelights on the War
In Mexico' City flour is $50 per
barrel in American gold. . .
Some airplane engines run at 1,700
revolutions a minute and can be
geared up to 2.000. V."
So far as the count has gone
000.0000 forged food cards have been
uncovered in Germany. Efficiency is
forging ahead. ' . . . - "
A German helmet picicea up on a
battlefield near Arras brought a 100.
000 Liberty bond subscription at a
New jfork rally.
A license from the airector or na
tional service is now required before
a new retail business ot any nature
can be established in England.
Protest 1 made against pronteertng
landlords, and in England complaints
are as frankly made against profiteer
ing tenants who are getting an ad-llclty.
Editorial Shrapnel
Minneapolis ' Journal: Do you re
member this? Fifty years ago this
summer thev democrats nominates
Horatio Seymour for president, ana
everybody was out rooting for General
Grant. It doesn t seem so long ago.
Baltimore American: German ef-
hctency Is said to be already planning
a trade offensive to" offset any boycott
after the war. But German efficiency
has overdone itself too much in incit
ing World hatred and horror for these
belated effort" to avail.
rtTashlnttL i Post: 'It is evident
Lfrem the obsequious .me of the tele-
. - T - 1 ' . . 1 . 1
gram ot n.mpetur jvh mu"""s
the "blessed ground or me uerman
empire" that he has had his lesson
from'' his master and that in future
he "will obey Emperor William im-
vance of 100 ner cent in renting lodg
Ings. There are two sides to all war
criticism. ' - - '
In Germany celluloid and eugaf are
being used instead of cotton and salt
peter, coal supplants gasoline, a new
soft steel ia used for the former cop
ner guide rings on shells, oils are be
ing won from distillation of soft coal
and there is a famine in structural
Iron and steel. '
British seamen resolve nftt to handle
German goods after the war. -And
their influence with bther aeamen of
other countries will probably be great
enough to extend tba boycott. The
term of the boycott la now five years
and even months ajid tor every new
offense against the law of decency
another month Is added. ,
New York World: Bavaria ana
Saxony, like Austria, betray uneasi
ness abput the German advance Into
Russia, as expanding the Prussian
power at the expense of other Ger
manic nations. . But protest, for the
1 resent will stop with protest Prus
sia holds whip and reins and wears
the spurs. v
Louisville Courier-Journal: It Is
Impossible to say whether the Ger
man conditions of peace, alleged to
have been found in documentary form
In a German trench reflect the work
of a humorist within the lines of the
allies. There is no difference between
the satiric view of civilized countries
with regard to German peace pro
posals' which actually have been made
tentatively by the Germans.
Twice Told Tales
Some Face.
One . afternoon Smith and Jones
were comparing war-garden statistics
over the backyard fence, when a new
resident, who had recently moved into
the neighborhod, chanced to pass by
at a distance.
"There goes that man Brown," Re
marked Smith, with an indicative nod
of -his head toward the stranger.
"What do you think of him.by this
time?"
"I don't know," replied Jones. "I
haven't had occasion to give him much
thought."
"I don't know whether he appeals
to me or not." returned Smith." Does
he look to you like a man who is two
faced?" "Well. I should sav not!" was the
sympathetic declaration of Jones. "If
he was he wouldn't wear the one he
does." Philadelphia Telegraph.
. Camouflage.
After a "push" some of the ladsiof
the Northumberland Fusiliers Avno
entered one of the captured villages
sot about making things comfortable
for themselves. Seeing a large wooden
box some distance away, they made
tracks to commandeer it. On the way
back an officer met them and queried:
Here, lads, where are you going
with that?"
"This old egg-box we're taking
it along to our dug-out, sir" one of
them explained.
"Egg-box be hanged!" retorted the
officer. "Why, that's the general's
rou-top desk!" London Tit Bits.
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