THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY ; . - FOUNDED BT EDWARD BOSEWATEK VICTOB ROSE WATER EDITOR TES BEE PUBUSHINa COM P ANT. PROPRIETOR. ' ' MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Its isneuued Pre, st wteh Ths Bet k menbsr. tt mtttmtt eUtM M tt( H hr puMloatioa ef all m dlepstefcei credited to It of ( otbetwlss oredlted ta ltd ssper. ml 1 the leesi iwsuesea bmta. All rlatte Of pobUosUOD e out special ilKHrtm OFFICES , Onihft Th Be BvAl&w. Chleafo Peeplel Oil BoI14Jtt, enlb Osuha SMS H. S. Km Tsrk-IM FlfU Am CoaaeU Blff U !. luia M. 8V Umte-New B'k of OnuMM Unfile Mist Bslldtas. Wssbuiftoa 1311 4 M. MAY CIRCULATION Daily 69,841 Sunday Antin dKulitioa fee Ox milj satasrtbed end nan t hr Owl wuliens, taiwuanoa mew Subscriber Imv(m the city should have The Bm mailed ' Ik these. Address kaa(d m sftea as requested, THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG. II ira52535$222 IliiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilll See a willful profiteer? Swat himl Old Kfaf Cotton U again strutting around, Just M if folks had got heard of tha days of 1914. Omaha's war heroes art sot to sacrifice their Jhres for their s country without st least public rscofdtioa. ' - .: : A lot ol local offioas to be filled at the socnlof Noratnber slectlom still wait for ielf sscrtfcfag patriots. Oas ad tiia bottles of fats is that a Phlladel ith sfeeksr for whom the police are looking- it saQed after Prom Persian! If tha attorney central can rtHere the food shostioa through sa Injunction, let him hare hit way, k feci let him go as far as hs likes, , Omaha standi first In cltiss of Its class for low Want mortality, which is a high tribute to te city's heslthfolness. Bring on your babies t Ym will also notice thst General Dias'i army Ci sot stop when the Pisrt sffalr wai finished, hot hss been quits busy with ths Auitriana syer staos. -'V'"- r V;. '. ' Ten oents' worth of SJCploiiyee is ss much at a alien enemy ought to hays st say ons time, sad generally mors thai hs hss sny legitimate seed for. ' - ' Steps promptly taken by ths city council to prorids for ths honor roll tablet will gain for the commluloner public commendation. No move ever started by The Bet it more popular than this. The Bee has the biggeit sdyertiaing patronage and also the biggeit circulation in ths June just pasted of sny Juns in Its history. ' Our dus acknowledgment! to all who hays helped to thia result ' j. Washington Gladden will be remembered ss ' man of clear vision snd courageous expression. Hit placs among the great preachers of ths coun try wts long ago secure, snd his fame ean well rest on his achievements. The Bee's Free Milk sad Ies Fund Is this year growing faster dsy by day from unsolicited con tributions than ever before. This most worthy clarity now has sa established place in ths com munity, which knows that every dollar put in Is d voted to ths avowed object and not one cent t sny sdminlstrathre expense. ACled Oaina on the Western Front American energy is having its effect on the rtstera front, where the forces under Foch have tjceessfully carried out s aeries of local opera Cms of utmost importance. None . of these t.kes ths form of s major advance, but together t!:ey will have a decided effect oa the future of " tml Kettle line ' Tit aeeh ol them the Minr kas been dispossessed of vantage points,' for lack of which hs must begin sny new attempt at his ebject under conditions not to his liking. "Nib bling" has snother purpose, in that it serves to occupy s considerable part of the German forces, snd 'compels any effort at concentration In the rear to bs carried out with due regard to activity at ths front, disconcerting general plans through continual interruption. Nothing in any of these movements may bs looked upon as advertising the strategy of the central allied command, be yond the fact that Foch and his associates do not propose to allow ths Hun to rest or to consoli data his front line positions. Under these condi tions ths expected great effort of the enemy must be initiated far to the rear of the existing lines and developed, if at all, practically in view of the allies, who will thus have the better opportunity for meeting it early enough to bring it to the abortive end that marked the third phase of the spring drive. Viewed in this light, the lit tle bites our boys are taking along the front are of immense value to the whole plan. A QUICK RESPONSE By their quick action on the suggestion of The Bee for the maintenance in the city hall of a Roll of Honor in recognition of Omaha's war heroes who may sacrifice their lives in the service of the country the mayor and the city council have earned the thanks of all patriotic people. This public tribute to the honored dead will at least attest the appreciation of those for whom the men in uniform are fighting The resolution unanimously adopted by the council goes further by holding out the promise that this Roll of Honor shall later be made permanent through the erection of a suitable soldiers' and saliors' monument dedicated to peace through war. In this connection let us remind those inter ested that we have now on the . statute books a law for raising money for such a monument by special tax levy, but this law would restrict us to a monument in memory of the veterans of the civil war and. the Spanish-American war, and therefore to be serviceable for the present pur pose .should be amended by the coming legis lature to include those who will have served in the present war against Germany. Such a move may be anticipating somewhat, but we may be j sure that the plan of the city council commands popular approval ard will be supported witlt the necessary means to carry it out if only the way is opened to do so. Street Railway Troubles Everywhere. That the people of Omaha, nor of any other city, have a monopoly of street railway troubles is plain from the more or less similar reports coming from many different directions. Chicago is wrestling with a readjustment of its street railway contract of joint ownership and New York's problem is up to its public service commission. . St Louil and Kansas City are facing orders of the Missouri state commissions raising street railway fares to 6 cents, Kansas City protesting vigorously because the order violates the stipulation in the franchise. In Lin coln, as we know, s similar application for in creased fare was, denied .by the state railway commission, with a follow-up annulling a large part of the common stock and ordering dividends paid on it returned to the treasury. And we in Omaha arc hanging between s , seven-for-a-quarter ordinance, which the city is trying to enforce in the courts, and an effort by the com pany to induce the state railway commission to sanction s 6-cent fare. Finally, the war labor board, which is beset with ths demands of employes for higher wages, has recommended federal control of fares on all electric lines for the duration of the war, which, if assumed, would supersede all local. powers of regulation, as well ss ths authority of all pubic service commisions. Federal interposition does not simplify the situation, but, on the contrary, complicates it unless viewed as s conservation measure, for which the initiative, it would seem to us, should come from the fuel administration instead of the war labor board. We are inclined to agree with the New York World that if the federal government can step in here merely on ths question of fares snd wages it will be so hard to draw the line generally that our scheme of local self-government will be practically sus pended. '. ' .- ;;' . . ',. 1 ' "What Does Wilson Wantr The always interesting' German mind contin ues to challenge attention, whether in Its simpler childlike form or in the ponderous processes of its philosophic manifestation. This is because it never abandons, its starting point, but persists in looking st any and all problems from a definite admission of v"Deutschland uber alles." One of ths latest examples of this is afforded by a book, "What Does Wilson Want?" written by Prof. M. J. Bonn and highly commended to German readers by the Vosstche Zeitung. One of the learned professor's conclusions, flowing from his peculiar analysis of American psychology, will serve to illustrate the trend of the whole: Americans, who are far away for European commerce, have only thought about making the best use of it and of its public development, but in Europe the people remember the idealistic speeches from the new world, and the unscrupu lous aggressive attempt to pursue material in terest and so find no explanation of this appar ent hypocrisy. Even the fact that the American doea not see a contradiction in this is incom prehensible, but he is strongly convinced of his idealism and does not realize how he has un scrupulously learned to apply his principles and theories to his interests by colonizing. Thusf measuring Americans by German stand ards, and applying the gauge of kaiserism Jo all that we have done, Prof. Bonn is able, to bring in a verdict of guilty to the charge of hypocrisy lodged against us by himself. It is possible that, once he and his learned brothers divest them selves of the spectacles that distort and falsely color all they regard, inside and outside the world of junkerdom, they may get a clearer vision of things ss they are. Then they will learn that, whatever Americans may be in other ways, the movement against Germany is founded sincerely on s revolt against German methods, which rest oh German conceptions of right and wrong. " Germany's Real Enemy. Letter From American German to Brother In German Army. New York Times. The following letter was written by a German who came to America a few years ago to his brother, who is righting in the German armies: San Francisco, Cal., Tuly 4, 1917. Dear Brother: It is but five short years since I left home in Germany, and yet it seems that in our views your battling com rades and myself must be a century apart You will remember how, when alone, we were wont to speculate upon our condition over there; how we chafed under the constant watch, the constant indignities from those in authority, and under the knowledge that the governing class that held our destinies in its iron, relentless grip, that presumed to regu late our very thought,; that forbade us the speech that nature demands of self-respecting man, might at any moment secrifice our com fort, our happiness, our lives, for the sake of what it conceived its privileges and its glories; and how, feeling as we did, by na ture equal in our rights to any man, we both resolved to leave Germany and go to Amer ica. I went, and blessed indeed was that re solve, for here I am a human being, my des tiny at the disposal only of myself and of my equals, not blindly driven by an autocrat whose dreams of conquest, and of domi nating other people are fashioned only on the past; who, on the dial of time, is vainly trying to hold back the hand of civilization from pointing to the hour when emperors and kings have ceased to be and all the na tions of the world will be republics, where1 the people rule and where a war of conquest or for domination could no more occur than a bar of midnight in a ray of noonday sun. The kaiser cannot much longer contend against the growing odds. His victories are turning into strategic retreats. The boast ings of his censored press can no longer point to a success of which you know, or hide from you thu harrowing fact that his strivings for imperialistic glory subject your little ones daily to increasing privations. Even had the kaiser won and perpetuated his government, where would your profit be? A victory that would need to be forever guarded, an eternal menace to the other na tions, an eternal armament and war. You and your children would continue to sweat and to bleed for that victory. But a German republic, in a world of republics, no frontier guards would heed. . 1 Don't you feel, dear brother, that were the kaiser and his government successful in winning peace it could not be Jong before the German people, with the example of republic and freedom all about them, would become disgusted with their lot and rise as their for bears did in 1848? Then, why not now strike that Inevitable blow when you have all the world to help you and yourselves partake of the glory of freeing all mankind? Think, too, how the imperialistic war is thinning and weakening the German race. Don't you know the kaiser is ready to sacri fice the last German in order to maintain his dynasty? Would he not have you shot down like a dog were you to suggest 'to him that he could save hundreds ot thousands ot Uer man lives by abdication? Does it not remain for you and your comrades to save the Oer man race for the future, by ridding yourselves of his selhsh autocracy? Accustomed to deny your comrades full human rights and considerations, he demonstrates by the very ruthlessness of his military methods that his autocratic mind has failed to grasp the fact that the world is peopled by thinking, feel ing, self-respecting, justice and freedom-lov ing human beings; see to it brother, that you and your comrades show that the German, oeoole appreciate this fact The kaiser has told you that in the event of war with America the millions of Oermans in the United States would rise in revolution. Those Germans, disgusted with the kaiser's srospel of force, with the eeotism he persont fies, with the absolutism for which he stands, and convinced of its continuing menace to democracy, are organizing revolution to overthrow the German kaiser and to help you establish a German republic. And soon before the German trenches the Germans and sons of Germans from these United States will be bearing the Stars and Stripes those Stars and Stripes upon which Ger man emigrants have looked tor a hundred years with feelings of thf deepest emotions, under which Carl Schurz and his comrades of the German revolution of 1848 found asy lum and the freedom for which they had fought in vain against a Prussian king. And we oermans of America hope and trust that when the German soldier looks upon those Stars and Stripes he, too will recognize in them the symbol of his and of the world's liberty and join his kindred from America, regiment upon regiment, army corps upon army corps, and with them battle, not against the German people, but against the rulers, the oppressors of the German race, and so help to end this awful slaughter and insure forever for himself and for his off spring peace and freedom. And now, dear brother, when next you are ordered to level your rifle across the par apet, remember that your real enemy is be hind your treriches and not in front of them; and when you see the Stars and Srtipes streaming through the t. tle smoke think of the longing for freedom and America which possessed oir souls for years, and that, though this had been unrealized for you, its fulfillment is now being borne to you by the hand of destiny; and that, marching under those ample folds, are also men of your own blood, ready to welcome you and enroll you with them in the Army of Freedom. Ordinary channels of communication are beyond my reach. I must seek other means; but if these revealed your identity or mine you would be made to suffer for my words. Hence I address you, dear , and sign myself in terms which only you and I will know the childhood names our mother coined. Affectionately. American Infantry Soldier. British Correspondent Chats With a Typical Specimen. Paris Letter. Dignity is the order of the hour at the city hall, but the "boys" must not pull it too strong. London Times' The same spirit, the "right spirit," prevails in the new army of the United States as we have in our own forces. A young American whom I have just chanced to meet after he had spent six months in the army shows by his spirit which may be taken as typical of that which prevails throughout tha whole army what the Germans have to face from the new enemy whom their lawless conduct of the war has called into the field. My friend had just returned from three months' service with s battery which is guarding a part of the western front That he had done his duty well was shown by the fact that he had gained his corporal's stripes and, as a final recognition of his good wrk had just been , sent down to join a training corps for teaching soldiers the theoretical side of an officer's training. If all the soldiers of the United States have as much enthusiasm as this man, if "doughboys" rival the gunners and other branches of the service which I cannot doubt the Germans have a tough lot up against them. His conversation was filled with remarks which proved that experience is making the young American civilian a smart, sure-headed and reliable soldier. An swering my question as to how the troops ap preciated the different types of officer, he said: T am pretty certain that we all prefer the man who has been through the ranks. That man can appreciate our individual diffi culties, and, what is more important, he knows what every man can do, and so never asks the impossible. Besides, he has learned his own work from the bottom and should in consequence prove himrelf in a very short time to be the better class of officer. , "What is the fighting line really like now?" I asked. v "It's fine," he replied, describing his own appreciation of it. Then, really answering what I had wished him .to, he continued: "We had hand-to-hand skirmishes pretty frequently.' The boches thought we should not stand up to them, being new troops. .They, therefore, came over pretty often, hop ing to down our good spirits, but they got poor change for their trouble. "Our division is a regular rainbow crowd. There are boys from Illinois in the gunners lots of those in the ranks being sons of mil lionaires from Chicago and elsewhere--in-fantry battalions from Louisiana, Washing ton and other districts. We're all mixed up, although each unit is recruited from a differ ent area; but the spirit is just the same and we love our job. "There is in the American army a keen desire to get into the artillery, which is not looked on as a soft job, but rather as the more intellectual wing of the forces. We all meaning the batteries have a wireless, and so pick up daily the German and French messages. I, myself, was mainly used on observation work, although from time to time I took my turn at manning a gun." He next went on to tell me the origin of "doughboy," the name used by the other branches of the service for those whom we call, among other names, the "foot slogger":: "In the civil war a great number of fed eral troops were waiting for uniforms which were made, but lacl-d buttons. So great was the hurry that eventually the men went round the houses in the town1 and collected buttons off the women's clothing. These were, for the-most part, huge buttons from overcoats. Naturally, the infantry looked funny with their uniforms fastened by great overeoat buttons. These . resembled hard tack (large, round, dry biscuits made of dough), and hence sprang the word "dough boy," which has been kept in the United States army as a slang name for .the infantry soldier." This corporal, whom I had known last December as a well-groomed member of an official bureau in Paris, is certainly good evi dence of . what military training is doing for the young manhood of America, as for that of aft of us. Before he went he was certainly well built; but now, after six months of training and work in the open air, he is broader and bigger the right stuff to put against the German barricade. t A Fourth of July Army With 900,000 men already over there, and with a full million scheduled for France by the first of July, the national holiday should be celebrated not alone as loyalty day, but in view of the emancipation of Europe from the heel of the Hun that is shadowed forth in the American might, it should be observed as the day that witnesses the army of Americans a full million strong on the other side. This army should be denominated the Fourth of July army because of the proximity of the date to the completion of their number of a million, and because of the fact that the army that will number a million will be set for the independence of the world from the depend ency sought to be imposed upon it by the irroeant Huns. The Fourth of July army will be rated uie most significant force that has ever been assembled by any nation upon foreign terri tories. And that force has crossed the waters and is being supplied from across the seas with nothing to interfere but the gadflies of submarnes that have not caused machinery for the transportation of troops or supplies to lose a single cog. Here is the great triumph of America. And the presence of the million Americans may be signalized by outbreak of the next phase of the offensive. The Huns may plan to be active upon the Fourth of July in the hope of pressing back the Americans and humiliating them. Let them project such a plan and the Fourth of July army will show the mettle of which it is made the part of it in action. Baltimore American. t TODAY One Year Ago Today In the War. Battalion of American troops en thusiastically received on iu arrival in Paris. General Scott of tha American army at Russian front saw General Brus iloffa troopi capture several linea ot German fortifications. ' The Day We Celebrate. Rev. Ewald T. Otto, pastor of the Lutheran Bt Paul's church, born 1881. Charlotte Perkins Oilman, author, ad lecturer, born at Hartford, Conn., . II year ago. . .. Sarah Pratt Greene, novelist and r'lort-etory writer, born at Slmsbury, Cobb., S3 years ago. Richard B Bennett H. P.. director ' neral of national service la Canada, lam at Hopewell, N. B 4fi years ago. 'Ms Day In History. . ' ': t764 Washington surrendered Fort I eesaity to the French after a spirit t i defense, and with military honors ( ! out its garrison. ' 1861 Alter a bombardment of T natery hill At Gettysburg, the Con i urates made a final assault and i agaia repulsed. 186 Prussian supremacy In Ger r .ay was assured by the victory over 1. Austrians at Sadows. 1888 Americans demanded the i Tender of Santiago. ' 1104 Dr. Theodar Herzl. founder (1 the- Zionist movement died la VI- .a Bora la Budapest, ht&7 i I860. Just SO Years Ago Today Articles of incorporation for the Commercial directory company were filed by C. A. Ferrin, B, F. Hodgln and M. C Hodgln. The capital stock is put at 830,000. John 3. Hardin and J. C. Smith of South Omaha, shoot a match on the Omaha Gun club grounds today for 8100 a side, 20 double rises, live birds. At a meeting of the Nebraska Cor nell association, held at the office of Eatabrook and Irvine, it was resolved to hold a, reunion and banquet and a committee was appointed to make all the necessary arrangements. A building permit waa Issued to 3. J. Brown to build a five-story build ing on the corner of Douglas and Six teenth streets. The structure Is to be of brick and stone and will be 38x133 feet It will cost $73,600. John T. Doyle, secretary of the United States civil ' service commis sion, was in the city and made Post master Gallagher avunt( Over There and Here The entire class of dentists of a Louisville college joined the army after graduating. More power to their pull and their automatic ham mer. The Lathrop family ot Chicago, consisting ot mother, two sons and one daughter, have been regularly en listed in the navy mother and daugh ter as yeowomen. Twelve French deputies have made the supremo sacrifice for France since the war began. It is claimed that no other legislative chamber in the world can equal the record. Remember the nursery picture of the cow that "jumped over the moonT" Well, live porkers give a good imitation ot the leap Id Switzer land. Pork has gone up to 60 cents a pound, live weight Beat lingers below the frost line The army administration in France, on the first of the month, took over the delivery and dispatch ot mail, de termined to remedy the broken-down service of the Postofflce department It this end of the service can beener glzed it may be possible to get soldiers' mail to the home folks la 20 Instead ot 30 days. London's national restaurants and community kitchens, operated on the self-serve plan, help mightily In keep ing food prices within reach of work ing people. A substantial "shilling dinner" which includes .soup, meat vegetables and coffee, is served regu larly, i while 30 cents commands enough additional trimmings to round ut a copious J. B. front Whittled to a Point Louisville Courier-Journal: "We are now swinging on to final victory," cries the kaiser. Inaccurate as usual. The final thing on to which this per son will do his swinging is a "sour ap ple tree." Baltimore American: .The dental corps of the army is large enough to care for 5.C00.0OO men. Needless to say, the men themselves would rather show their teth to the enemy than to the'eorps. Louisville Courier-Journal: "Since It is the will of the Lord," says the Russellites ot their sentence to a fed eral penitentiary, "we are glad to go." So it seems everybody except the Kalserites is pleased. New York "Id: Ger- a prison ers taken by the American marines la France said they were "glad to be captured," a feeling which in the en emy lines is apparently destined more and more to increase the effect of al lied attack. Minneapolis Tribune: "Noah waa 600 years old before he knew how to build an ark." This is the, motto which hangs over the desk of the chairman of Xhe shipping board. But Ncah didn't waste a:i; time when he was told tv -' it was roinr to be a wet season. Kansas City Times: However, the admission by Dr. von Kuehlmann that Germany cannot win by force need not stop any of the kaiser's "Invincible sword" speeches. After a moment's reflection, the kaiser will realize that they are just as appropriate now as theur ever vers . Twice Told Tales Misfortunes of Hubby. Recently two women acquaintances chanced to meet on a shopping expe dition, and after conversing for some time the talk turned to domestic af fairs. "I hear," said one of the women, "that all your husband's hair came out when he was sick some time ago. Is that true?" "Yes," answered the second, with a reflective sigh. "He hasn't a single hair left on his head, and the doctor says it may be quite a long time be fore It comes In again." "Just think of it!" sympathetically returned the first "Files in the sum mer and cold weather In the winter. Isn't It awful!" v ' "Yes," admitted the second, "but that isn't what bothers him the most Every time he washes his face he now has to keep oa his hat in order, to tell where to stop." Chicago Post' What We Are Coming To. "There will be nothing but war talk heard all over the world. for many years to come," said an author, "and our various armchair and cozy-corner campaigners will be lucky if they don't make a lot of military mistakes. "It was the same thing luring and after the civil war. I remember ask ing a young lady at a musicals in Bos ton back in those distant days if she didn't think Mozart's Twelfth Mass was superb. '"Superb!" she cried. It certainly is superb! Why, my two brothers are in that regiment'.'" Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraji- Ufie&eek Place for Honor Tablet Omaha, July 1. To the Editor of The Bee: The court house is the place for that roll of honor bearing the names of those who gave all for Liberty. Just within the massive doors is a spacious vestibule where the visitor finds, on either side huge, bronze tablets arready in place. These bear the names Harte, Kennard, Best. Trainor, Bruning, O'Connor, John C. Lynch, Bedford, Pickard and Elsasser. Four of these names appear twice; each of the last thfe is inscribed three times. , Stranger, these immortals did not perish nobly on a stricken field; they simply held down easy and well-paid jobs while the new court house was being built Hence this exhibition ot effrontery and rotten taste by which county money was used to build up a spurious fame. Who will be the first of these men to demand a recasting of the tablets? PROUD OF OMAHA. Let Walking Delegates Go to War. Omaha, June 30. To the Editor of The Bee: Tomorrow the work or fight order goes into effect and I would like to have your opinion as to the walking delegates of our railroad orders. As I understand, the Loco motve Engineers, Locomotive Fire men, Order Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the different shop crafts all have their general grievance committees or business agents. With the govern ment in control of the roads and each division of the road having its local lodge, why not let the local grievance man take care of its own members, and let the "elvet holders go to work? L. S. Wooster In Humorous Mood. Silver Creek, Neb., June 27. To the Editor of The Bee: Uncle Sam, or, rather, on, of his kids Dr. E. Mead Wiluon is still after the bar berry bues because, as he says, it is "aiming its deadly spores (rust) at the Nebraska wheat crop." But how does h know that? How does he know but that it is the wheat that aims its "deadly spores" at the barberry? I have observed all my life that under favorable conditions as to heat and moisture, all the wheat in the country would within a few hours become covered with rust, when thers was not a. barberry jjsh in ths country that anybody knew ot But of course, lr uncle Bam says so, It must be so, and L therefore, as a "patriotic" citizen, am bound to be lieve that Dr. E. Mead Wilson la on the right track. But why stop with haroerry anc wheat? Why not extend the philos- 1 I 4H.A,lAn., XT rt ... I, I. an admitted fact that we need beej almost as much as we need wheat; and cattlj are subject to tuberculosis T threfrvr pntlrlll " . .hat tuberiulotl is ' communicated to cattle from th human species. Something ougnt ic be done, and at once. Why shoulo not congr .ss at one . enact a law pro uirtine that everv man. woman and child in the whole United Statei should be examined for tuDercuiosis and that everyone found to be In th least affected snouia do immoij killed? That would undoubtedly re sult in a relatively largely increaaec" supply of beef; there would not onlv be more or it, dui less peopia w ei C.nt. an " ant nf mnsTflSS Should carry an appropriation of about 3250,- - "... . . aaa aaa Anr. UUU.UUU, aitnougn n,u,vw,vv would probably oe oeuer. CHARLES WOOSTER. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. A lady hid been looking for a -friend fo. a ling time without euccese. Finally h came upon her In an unexpected place. "Well," ihe exclaimed, "I've been on perfect wild g-ooee ehase all day Ions, but. thank goodneie I've found you at laet. Boston Transcript - Bill I see an electrically operated vacu. um cleaner for the teeth has just been pat ents ' for dentists. Gill That's nothing new. I've seen vacu um cleaners used In drawing rooms befon now. Tonkers Statesman. , . Tou see lots of humor In the daily news.'. "How now, Horatio?" "The Oermans accuse the Pole of looting) and congress Is talking about tnvestigatini Itself." Louisville Courier-Journal. "Rather a remarkable debutante." "In what respect? I've seen younr glrU as pretty as she." ' I was not referring to her beauty. It seems she still defers to the wishes of her parents."- Birmingham Age-Herald. "Have the tried the operation proposed of the transfusion of blood with the arlsto cratle patient at the hospital?" "No; she positively refuged to accept aid from any but a blue-blooded person." Bal timore American. "Tour wife says you made a great hit at her party." "Tea, answered Mr. Cumror. ' I couldn't have done better, lily manners were so dignified and perfect several people thought I was the new butler we've been bragging about. Washington Star. Have You $300? It will buy three of our shares. If you have not this . amount, start with less and systematically save with us until you reach your goal. No better time and no better place. Dividends compounded semi-annually. The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass'n 164 HARNEY STREET. Resources, $14,000,000. Reserve, $400,000.00 HospeJ.Says The July Piano Drive will put Pianos in the homes. You save money by putting it into the much needed article of the home. Music soothes, it brightens, it encourages. Every army has its bands, to put added pep into the soldier; it eases marching; it brings new life .into mo notony. , Why is not this the case at home? T,o assist you in the ownership of an Instrument, one with a Hospe Guarantee, a 100 per cent value, we will make tempting offers in Price and Terms. High-class Grand Pianos in art finished mahogany. Price from $495 and better. The most successful and universally satisfactory nationally advertised Player Pianos, in all finishes and styles, from $425 and better. Such world-famous makes as the Mason & Hamlin, Kranich & Bach, Vose, Fischer, Bush'& Lane, Cable-Nelson, Kimball, Hospe and many others, at prices from $285 up. The July Piano Drive will carry with it the other 100 nearly new Pianos, the best we have ever offered. The following is a partial list of our bargains in the slightly used stock: Bailey, 'mahogany Haines, ebony . . Schubert, ebony . Netsow, walnut . Kroeger, mahogany Homer, walnut Vose & Son, walnut Hinxe, oak 7 $165 . 135 . 125 185 200 225 225 225 Fischer, walnut .$250 , Hinie, FWF ..' ,.. 225 Kranich & Bach, walnnt . . 350 Cable-Nelson, E., walnut. 185 Chickering, ebony. ...... 165 Boston, walnut 185 - Camp Co., ebony 165 Emerson, ebony 175 Remember that we furnish with each Piano a new stool and scarf, and that we will accept any of these In struments within one year at the full purchase price to ap ply on a new instrument. YOU PAY $1.25 WEEKLY UNTIL PAID. Mason & Hamlin Pianos. Victor Victrolas. 0 1513-1515 Douglas Street