THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1916.
The Omaha Bee
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Cultivators in the cornfields are winning the
war right now, 1
Omaha's war gardens art thingi of beauty
and joys (or meal time.
Cut out fireworki on the Fourth, thereby
avoiding danger, saying money and losing noth
ing in patriotism.
Uncle Sam will give an illustration of efficiency
by collecting two billion dollars from his pros
perous nephews this week. '
Omaha victims called to Cincinnati to testify
against land swindlers will have plenty of time
to reflect on the old adage that "all that glitters
is not gold." '
Every Nebraska county went over the top in
the third Liberty loan, and Hayes put up a
real" record by giving more than four times
what was asked. Some showingl
State house democrats are in a dreadful pre
dicament. ' They realize that the state needs the
money, and they also know that an election is
at hand, so they are undecided as to how to act
on taxation.
The crocodile tears the Omaha hyphenated
sheds over the colonel's decrepitude may be
understood when one considers the wish to be
.father to the thought. "T, R." will live to worry
democrats for many a year to come.
Eary promise of sultry weather is a reminder
that one ( Omaha's big needs is more public
swimming holes. Those we have are all right
as far as they go, but they fill up too quickly
on a hot evening. One or two nior will be a
big help.'.; v V .'. .
, Bernstorff not only knew his government
could- not b trusted, but that it was only a
question of thne until America would find it out.
In the interim he collected all the money he
could, turned it over to the propaganda and
wept when be had to leave the county. A per
fect record for kultur. , .
, Iowa's Honor Roll
- Iowa has the distinction so far of receiving
from France the longest list of casualties for a
s'-jrjle day. It simply means that the sons of
tli Hawkeye state were maintaining the tradi
tion of that commonwealth, and were in the fore
front of the fighting. Other states will share in
the honor, for the fortunes of war have spared
none", nor does, any disdain to seek the exposed
flacea on the battle line. While all will vie with
Iowa in the great work of defense for humanity,
tie sister states of the union will give their sym
pathy accompanied by the unfeigned admiration
deserved by the truly gallant. It is anybody's
war, so far as the United States is concerned, and
na effort is made to preserve state designation
among the soldiers. But Iowa has had a full
measure of glory so far. One of its sons is num
bered in that immortal trio, Enright, Gresham and
Hay, whose names head the growing list of
Americans dead in France for Old Glory and the
freedom of the world. Hawkeyes everywhere
will read that list of names with sorrow, tem
pered by pride, in the valor of those recorded
there.1"-!',.. ': ;'!'- ' -
ENGLISH GOOD ENOUGH FOR US.
Regardless of yother center shots, Colonel
Roosevelt certainly hit the bull's-eye in his re
marks on the need of a sfigle common language,
to make us and keep us really a nation. He
said there can be no room in this country for a
little Germany or a little Italy or a little Sweden,
where the transplanted customs and babits and
speech of the old country keep the people of
that community separate and distinct and dif
ferent from the general run of Amerieancitizen
ship. To think Americanism and feel American
ism and be loyal Americans our people must
speak the language of America, which is the
English language. .
Colonel Roosevelt also madetlear the place
that foreign languages should have with us. No
one should te taught German or French or Latin
or Greek untit- after mastering Englieh. Then
German or French or Latin or Greek should
be acquired, if acquired, as a foreign language
and as a means of getting in touch with the
literature or science or art or commerce of
another country, but not to supplant the use of
English in our own country. That means that
the study of foreign languages should be excluded
from the primary and grammar grades of public
schools and included only as optional items ir)
the courses -offered in high schools and colleges
and universities that there shall be no com
pulsory teaching in this country of German or
any other foreign language.
All patriotic American citizens, no matter
what their birthplace or ancestry, can readily
say, "English is good enough for us," and any
who refuse to do so cannot be patriotic Americans.
Land Values in Nebraska.
The question of land values in Nebraska is
coming up in an acute form, this in connec
tion with assessment for purposes if taxation.
All who have been in touch with the situation
know that a sharp advance has taken place in the
selling price of farm lands within trie last year.
In some wsy this reflects the increased earning
capacity of the land, for never in history did an
acre produce as much f wealth as at present.
From this has developed an economic situation
that may prove serious in rime. Capitalization
of the increased earning power of the land has
led to sales, at prices almost if not fully double
what would have been realized under normal con
ditions. Some loans have been made on a similar
basis.
The effect of this is to permanently fix cer
tain charges that must be produced, or farming
becomes unprofitable, and this in turn depends
on maintenance of something near the present
price level for all that the farms produce. Taxa
tion is not so serious a phase of the problem, for
the rate of levy may be fixed in proportion to the
earnings, but not so with the interest on a
mortgage running over a long term of years.
The federal government is concerned in this,
because of the operations of the land loan banks,
and the state government on account of its need
for revenue. , (
Purely speculative conditions, incident to the
war, are bound to disturb land values, and the
utmost care must be exercised by the authorities,
to the end that no unwarranted burden is put
on owners who keep within reasonable limits
in their management.
When Victory Will Come. , '
Generalissimo Foch of the Allied forces has
given a short discourse on the essentials to vic
tory, in which he restates tome fundamentals of
the science of war. In the present effort of the
German army may be seen a demonstration of
the truth of what Foch lays down, that attack
is the only way through which'triumph can be
attained. It is now his aim to turn that attack
into failure, by withstanding it to such extent
as will bring it to naught, while exhausting the
enemy to the greatest possible extent. His pol
icy of parsimony in expenditure of reserve force
is the soundest in quality, well recognized by
tacticians as the only safe course. In consider
ing these elementary truths it must be keptvin
mind that the German leaders are equally aware
of them and are following them with such de
votion as will be shown later on when Foch de
termines to strike. Hlndenburg is too good a
general to exhaust his every resource of men and
supplies in a futile attempt to break' through, al
though he will try with desperation for a de
cision in his favor. But we may understand that
at the assumption of the offensive by the Allied
forces they will find a strong German army
awaiting them. Plenty of hard fighting will
follow a new campaign. Foch may determine
to remain on the defensive for the rest of the
summer, building up the machine he prefposes
to use in crushing the kaiser, but ' when he
does move the way to ultimate victory will open.
Forty-five cents an hour, with overtime after
10 hours, including board, is the reasonable wage
schedule adopted by Nebraska farmers for har
vest hands. This rate of pay ought to silence a'
but the greedy. I ,
Old King Ak is doing the right thing by the
soldier boys, and will have their loyal support,
no matter how they feel toward other monarchs.
Getting Home From Germany
Hardships Encountered by the Elderly Mrs. Busch of
J St. Louis : J,
A host of American tourists marooned in
warring countries at the beginning of the
struggle in August, 1914, encountered many
difficulties and hardships following the uni
versal suspension of steamer sailings. Worry
born ofs uncertainties gripped thousands,
heightened by considerable financial embar
assment. In less than a month worry and
uncertainty vanished and were all but for
gotten in the joy of the home run. Those
who remained longer on the other side in
creased their troubles as their stay length
ened, and faced greater difficulties in reach
ing home. One of the latter is Mrs. Adolphus
Busch of St. Louis, jwidow of one of the
founders of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing
association. An account of the aged mother'si
plight is given by her son, August A. Busch,
in a letter which follows, in part:
My mother is an American citizen. She
acquired that citizenship when an infant
by the naturalization of her father. In
May, 1914, about six months after my
father died, she went to Germany to visit
her two daughters and was there when the
European war began. She naturally felt
she should be with them, at least for 'a
time, in the event either of them should be
made a widow, their husbands being sub
ject to military service. The peril of ocean
travel kept increasing, as did her desire to
be near ner daughters under the circum
stances. These conditions operated to
deter my mother, e woman in the 70s,
from venturing upon a journey home to
St, Louis, but, always expecting her, her
residence here has been kept open.
When America entered the war, ahe had,
under the provisions of a treaty between
America and Germany, nine months in
which to adjust any affairs she might have
there and return home. The difficulties in
cident to travel in Europe at that time
.were such that, although she started in
time, she did not arrive in Switzerland
(the nearest neutral country) until just a
few days beyond the treaty limit. She was
there met by my close' friend and personal
representative, Mr. H. B. Hawes of St.
Louis, whom I had sent to meet and escort
her home. He bore with him a passport
for her return, issued to her by the United
States Department of State. That pass
port is dated, I believe, some time in No
vember, 1917, indicating that the State de
partment had no doubt as p her political
status. Fr a time In Switzerland my
mother was ill. Traveling funds were
about exhausted; several other American
citizens, just out of Germany and without
funds, attached themselves to my mother's
party for protection and financial assist
ance in getting home. Complications inci
dent to getting additional funds from here
caused further delay.
Expecting to sail from France, she and
her party went, with Mr. Hawes to Paris
and engaged steamship passage home. The
exigencies of the war brought about a
cancellation of that sailing and of several
other' sailings, by which they had re-engaged
passage, and the party then went
to the Franco-Spanish frontier seeking to
get to Spain, and there sail from a neutral
port. The Franco-Spanish frontier was
closed, but, after a wait of about 10 days,
was opened, and they went to Madrid,
Snain. There my mother was again ill,
i ' while in Spain they had much the same
experience as to the cancellation of sailing
dates of vessels on which they had engaged
return passage, as they had in France.
Probably thatvas in part due to a de
mand which our 'press reported had been
made by Germany upon Spain, that Spain
abrogate her commercial treaty with
America. The effect seemed to frighten
all Spanish shipping into activity. I have
now been advised that' my mother and
party have sailed from Spain.
Mr. Busch vigorously refutes attacks on
I the loyalty of the family growing out of the
marriage oi two sisters to oermans. their
residence in the war lord's country and Mrs.
uu3i.ua vian iu luciu. - ic bhuws mat ine
founder of the association, Eberhard An
heuser, was an American citizen, and his
father, Adolphus Busch, not only a citizen
but a veteran of the civil war. The senior
vice president today "is an American citizen
and also a veteran of the civil war; every
officer, director and stockholder (except two
stockholders) are American citizens. The
two exceptions are , sisters, of mine, born
Americans, who, one of them 26 years ago,
the other 12 years ago, married residents of
Germany, and, if they are now alive, are liv
ing in Gepnany with their husbands. Each
of those sisters is the owner of two shares
of this corporation's capital stock. The stock
certificates are in this country and always
have been, and the United States govern
ment has a complete hst of the stockholders,
including those two sisters. Of course,
neither of those sisters has received a penny
in dividends since this country entered the
war, nor had I had since that time a word
of communication from them, nor they
from me."
Mr. Busch mentions a few of the stories
set afloat by malicious gossipers. "There
was gossip," he writes, "about a student's
radio outfit on the roof of the residence of
one of my sisters, who lives in New York.
The federal authorities, voluntarily assisted
by me in their investigation, were convinced
the rumors about it were false, and said so.
"We were charged with carrying 'the Ger
man emblem on our Budweiser label. The
charge related to a Russian double eagle, in
one corner of the label, which was part of
the label when registered nearly 40 years ago
in the patent offi&e by C. Conrad, who then
owned it, and from whom my father later
bought it. The label also had an American
eagle on it, but the gossip mongers gave that
great bird no credit. The label has been
changed because the gossip was too useful
to our competitors, and St now carries two
American eagles, and the Russian has been
taken off. ' '
"A minister in a town in New York stated
in the pulpit that Anheuser-Busch sends
$400,000 annually to the kaiser, and a New
York paper printed it. The United States
government knows better.
"All these, and a thousand others of their
kind, are false. I can never tell you how
they hurt, but they will never stop us from
helping our pountry."
The i loyalty of the house is evidenced
more in' deeds than in words. All financial
and industrial .resources are at the command
of the government and are actively em
ployed in advancing war work; This is par
ticularly true of terminal railroads and coal
mines controlled by the family. Subscrip
tions of $1,000,000 to each of the Liberty
loans, $224,000 to the Red Cross, $100,000
to the Young Men's Christian association
war fund, and like liberal contributions to
the. Knights of Columbus, camp environ
ment, Canadian and French Red Cross, Navy
league, orphan relief and Jewish war funds,
constitute an enviable record of war activi
ties. The house of Busch was the first to
receive the 100 per cent honor flag for the
Third Liberty loan subscription in St. Louis.
Organize Live Stock Associations
By O. W. Hervey. ,
A most encouraging outlook is extended
Nebraska by an additional allotment of gov
ernment funJs of $288,000 over that of last
year, for the' extension work in agricultural
and live stock industries in this state. The
various features of organized industry which
this allotment is planned to cover are as fol
lows: Emergency war fund for county agri
cultural agents, $100,000; for women's work,
$40,000; for boys and girls contest club work,
$20,000; for employment of specialists to
work with -county agents, $48,000; special
work to increase sheep, swine and poultry
production, $20,000; for prevention of hog
cholera, $40,000; for farm management, $10,
000, and miscellaneous, $40,000. This makes
a total of more than $500,000 that will be
available to the above allied organized in
terests, associated with farm and agricultural
operations in the state including county and
state aid.
Ii carrying into effect the various activi
ties represented in these organized interests
that are mentioned as beneficiaries in the
liberality of the appropriations named, the
citizens of Nebraska should not forget the
sympathy and interest shown our people by
the government in encouraging our efforts
in these essential features or production.
Features which our resources represent, and
which we have appealed through our repre
sentatives in. Washington to assist us in ob
taining the means for a more thorough edu
cational demonstration of the practicability
of modern methods in developing the various
features of farm and live stock.
This system of education, taken to the man
and woman on the farm has a far reaching
influence which cannot be unjjer stood until
experienced. There are scortsof little things
that must be seen to be understood, and the
lecturer who travels over the country and
demonstrates by coming in actual contact
with the farmers and stockman is sowing the
seed that will spring up, grow and develop
manyfold.
' We believe in organization, especially
with the unorganized independent farmer,
who can within himself, come nearer estab
lishing an equilibrium of self-support, than
any other representative of producing in
dustry. We believe in the county organiza
tion of farmers, under the supervision of the
county agent tor tne planning, study ana
working out of better crop results, more and
better dairy products at less cost and larger
profits.
We believe in the farmer organizing him
self into community associations for the ad
vancement of his own and his neighbors in
terests and business industries. We believe
in the farmer exerting more energy and in
terest in the creation of state laws that will
materially benefit his own interests and in
dustries; we believe in county- and commun
ity associations where a unity of sentiment
may be cultivated on all subjects of business
importance, involving conservatipn, protec
tion and a saving of agricultural and live
stock resources in the interest of both pro
ducer arid consumer. But we feel, that not
withstanding all this system and organiza
tion that seems apparently alive and in good
working condition for acquiring satisfactory
results in their direct interests, there is "one
more step to be taken and that is the or
ganization of county live stock growers and
breeders associations, in each county or
groups- of counties where a county agent is
employed. Inre is no element of citizen
ship in the state where a more sensitive ap
preciation of kindred interests exists than
with the breeders of live stock themselves.
From an initiatory sense of business intelli
gence, the sheep and wool growing industry
stands prominently in the front ranks.
Everybody is convinced that there is nothing
associated with farming that will beat rais
ing sheep. .It does not require argument or
discussion to convince an audience that mut
ton and wool production is profitable.
The stumbling block to the rapid increase
in sheep population in Nebraska is due en
tirety to the dog nuisance, which has proved
so ruinous to flocks in almost every com
munity where sheen have been introduced.
The passage of a dog tax law for the acquir
ing of a fund to reimburse the loss sustained
by dogs is the only satisfactory protection
for the sheep owners and results in reducing
the dog population this conserves the food
resources of the country and encourages in
creased production of sheep and wool
One Vcp Ago Today in the War.
Lord Northclltte arrived in United
Btatea to become head of British war
mission. . , . ,
... House committee on agriculture re
ported bill conferring broad powers
upon the president in control ol food
, products. ,i .. .
Tfee Day We Celebrate. r
Aubrey Potter, traveling freight
and passenger agent for the Milwau
kee, born 1880.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Goonti,
U. S. N., commandant of the Fuget
Cottnd navy yard, born In Missouri 64
years ago. ,
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, famous
English novelist, born at Hobart, Tas
mania, 67 years ago.
Julia Clausen, operatic singer, born
Stockholm, Sweden, 7 years ago.
Brigadier General William L. Mar
tU, U. 8.. A, retired, former chief of
- -inaers, bora at Washington, Ky
i yeare ago. ,.-
TL'J Day In History. , ( .
1J7S Congress appointed ' Frank
' Jefferson, John Adams and Robert
;vit?aton a commute to prepare the
T.ration of Independence.
1S98 United States maritjes landed
t Ouaatanamo and skirmished with
Spaniards the following day..
r 1SQ3 King Alexander and Queen
of gerbla, murdered by army
Just SO Years Ago Today
Chief Galllgan left for Chicago and
will stop enroute at Clinton to attend
the annual touranment of the Iowa
State Firemen's association.
The commencement exercises Were
held at the Deaf fnd Dumb institute.
Besides the program an entertaining
pantomime was presented.,
Louie Helmrod left today for Ne
braska City to make arrangements for
the park which tha Omaha Turners
are to picnic In on next Saturday.
A very largely attended meeting of
the democratic county central com
mittee was held in Julius Meyer's
rooms, at which Euclid Martin pre
sided. . 1
Going to tbe Front, .
"My daughter is taking a course
fn domestic science." if .
"How is she making out?"
"All right, I infer. She writes that
she Just made the scrub team."
Loulsvule Courier-Journal
Round About the State
, Joy reigns in the capital column
of the Norfolk News, Gene Hune went
far over the top . with his flagpole
drive. '
Plattsmouth Journal lifts delivery
rates to IS cents a week, the increase
covering a small part of the war cost
of raw paper.
Several Jolts were needed to wake
up Valentine to the truth that it had
an informal visit from automobile
thieves. The vehicle taken had been
retired for age, but retained enough
vitality to head Into a Sioux City Junk
shop.
Diller patriots hop to the front In
a home guard company, fully offi
cered and passing the hat for the
panoply of home defense. The first
drive on the program is the banish
ment of the German language from
schools and public places.
Butler county fattens its collection
of proud boasts by living up with sev
enteen other counties which have had
no violations of the prohibitory law
worth prosecuting. Even though the
county la on the main line to St. Jo
seph, bootleggers do not tarry on the
way, preferring localities more In
clined to Involuntary suicide.
They've heard of patriotic Jake Ire
land of Crete and his bewd up in
Minneapolis, and the Journal para.
grapher thinks he is in line for a hero
medal. "He sacrificed beard he had
worn for 38 years." says the distant
admirer. "Put up , at auction it
fetched 151.60 tor the Red Cross, and
was harvested amid much popular
applause and a Uttle barDrlan joy."
Editorial Shrapnel
St Louis Globe-Democrat: General
Wood will get a chance If things begin
to go wrong.
Washington Post: Every time the
kaiser opens his mouth proof is given
that the Krupp supercannon wasn't
the first long-range freak.
Washington Post: Having stolen
his friend's wife am then accused him
nf hAlna a. nv. Bernstorff. Jr.. logically
qualifies for a high place in the Ger
man dlplomatio corps, :
Wall Street Journal: Sinn Fein and
other "friends of Germany" will please
Inote that John Lowry of Queen's
island, Ireland, noma riveting recora
for the United Kingdom. . .
Minneapolis Tribune: The English
have found that they can't keep Ger
man kultur cut of the schools. When
the Germans can't get It in any other
way they drop it In among the chil
dren, carefully don up in bombs.
Brooklyn Eagle: Von Tirpita is still
talking about "Anglo-Saxon tyranny
on the eeas." He will prove yet, if he
keeps on. that an Anglo-Saxon fired
the torpedo that sank the Lusitania.
Hun logio ia capable of doing that
Brooklyn Eagle: Costa Rica, the
21st nation to Join the allies, la not
big and not powerful. But Its course
suggests a Latin-American current
that may yet sweep even Mexico oft
its feet, not inconceivably with the
approval of Carranza himself, who is
an opportunist pure and simple, as
pur and as simple aa any president
of Mexico can ever be.
Twice Told Tales
Engagement Cancelled.
"Where are you going to lecture
tonight my dear?" inquired Mr. Wise
of his wife, a prominent equal suf
frage lecturer.
f "I am to address the Cooks and
Housemaids' Union." she responded.
Her husband laughed.
"I aee nothing to laugh about
Surely they have as much right to
vote aa any other women," his wife
began Indignantly.
"I am not denying that my dear,"
mildly explained Mr. Wise, "but It la
a waste of time.1 Don't you realize
that a cook or housemaid never re
mains long enough in one position to
be entitled to a vote?"
Mrs. Wise, recognizing the wisdom
of this, cancelled her engagement by
telephone. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
. Taking the Joy Out of life.
They had been dining in state in the
dining car. Husband, who is . a
teacher of English, was glad that lit
tle daughter had behaved so perfectly.
Mother also was in a happy frame of
mind. There were numerous other
diners In the car and the parents
were proiid of their child. Not a sin
gle thing had happened to mar the
serenity of the occasion. Finally the
meat was over and they started to
leave the car. Their way took them
past all the other tables. Suddenly
the little girl-felt Impelled to ask. a
question. ' -.
"Mother." she called in a shrill
voice, "aren't we going to wash the
dishes T" Indianapolis News.
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Hansoom Park Flag Pole.
Omaha, Juna 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: I -m sure you will be only
too glad to pen a t article In your edi
torial section and call attention of
the park commissioner to the poor
and dangercs condition of the flag
pole in Hanscom park. The pole is
nearly rotted off and liable to fall at
any time. ...
Our flag shoul 1 fly from a magnifi
cent pole in all our parks, and trust
you will carry o,n a campaign until
accomplished. SUBSCRIBER.
Bootleggers and the War.
Norfolk, Neb., Ju.ie 9. -To the Ed
itor of The Bee: It seems to me, a
traveler, that the federal authorities
In their zeal to round un unnntrlntin
citizens are overlooking a class that
I consider atout as unpatriotic as the
avowed pro-German the class that
Includes peddlers of illicit booze and
the purch..sers thereof.
Persons with an alcoholic appetite
do not seem to experience any diffi
culty in obtaining the atuff Th
other night my rest was disturbed
tnrougnout tne nignt ty a gang of
roysterers who enfored the rooming
place in the small hours of the morn
ing, wildly intoxicated. I am told that
booze retails in this town at 19 per
quart. I have been wondering how
many of those patriots who are will
ing to pay t9 ner ouart for lllfta-nl mt.
gut would cough up the same amount
tor tiea cross or otner war purposes.
I am not friendly toward the
saloon, which has taken a lot of my
money in the past, but it often seems
to me that some of these small cities
that tolerate disgraceful conditions af
ford great comfort and argumentative
material to the enemies of prohibition.
I can't see how "blind pigs" can flour
ish so openly unless the proper au
thorities are themselves1 "blind.";
I am only a visitor here and have
no disposition to knock the town, but
simply to use it as an example. In a
general way, too, the profiteering
habit is more trromlv snnarsnt in tha
small communities Just now than it is
in ine cities, xne, policy of a great
many persons seems to be to "get It
while vou can." Whiia tha v.-,.
developed the highest patriotism in
America, It has also (more is the
shame) brought out the greedy pro-
cuviuea or a lot or numans. !C. N. S.
SMILING LINES.
"Mayma laid If aha had a aoldler lovar
na would make him carry her picture In
hla pocket and it might atop a bullet aimed
at hla heart."
"It would be a life-saver all rlsht. Her
picture is enough to Rive a bullet shell
shock." Baltimore American.
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"With these high prices," said the cus
tomer to the grocer, "you must be making
a lot of money.''
"No," replied the grocer. "I'm not mak
ing any more money! My customera merely
owe ma more." Detroit Free Press.
"The average young man can support the
girl In the style to which ahe has been rc-
customed."
"Tes?"
"But the average girl Is looking for some
thing much better than that." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"See here. Miss Pounders," said Mr. Gruf
fington, "why have you put exclamation
marks after every sentence In this letter?"
"Tou dictated It to me In explosive tones,"
replied the stenographer quietly. Birming
ham Age. Herald ,
She You know very well that you had to
ask ma three times before I would consent
to be your wife.
He Tes, I know; and that only goes to
show that It la somestimes possible to be
too persistent. Boston Transcript
"Alas I I have nothing te live for now!"
walled tha rejected lover.
"Oh, pshaw I" returned the practical
maiden. "Better stk around until the
kaiser la hanged," Kansas City Star.
The man who had burled four wives lay
dying.
"Ah I Life la so beautiful!" be wailed. "I
dread the thought of death!" .
"Oh, cheer up!' murmured the kindly
coforter. 'Perhaps we shan't recognize
each other in the hereafter." London An
PROPER.
Her dress displays as much or more '
Of her, as though she did not wear It;
It closly clings to every pore
Tou shudder lest soma time she'll tear It.
Let us no criticisms fling.
For that la quite the proper thing.
She smiles at songs whose words are coarse,
Whose meaning Is not even hidden.
But springs, It seems, from some vile source.
By no one else than Satan bidden.
Tut, tut! Tha songs she'll hum and alng.
For they are jult the proper thing.
She goes to plays which treat of sex
Not as the once-thought-bad "Camllle"
did.
But In which language less complex
Ia with amazing frankness wielded.
Tet from her place she does not spring
Such plays are now the proper thing.
The aour, the cocktail and tha flit,
Which make red veina upon tha eyeball,
Are to her throat as champagne la
Or as the long. Insidious highball.
Theso to her llpa she would not swing
If they were not the proper thing.
Ah, well! a year or so from now
Bhe will not know the tango rushrs.
A "doubtful word to cheek and brow
Will call a torrent of deep bluahes.
So let 'us not with censure sting.
Because she'a quite the proper thing.
WILBUR V. NESBIT.
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"He hasn't bothered us much
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Rosy-cheeked, clean, looking as
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This young man turns doughnuts
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