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t 6 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) - EVENING STJffDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THB BEE PUBUSHINO COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th AmeiMMt ITss. Th S ts a mmtm. eiwjti libllrtid b5 JJ nfci or oubHloo of oiu spatial l..it. M i ug nstmd. OFFICES Omh.-Th. U Bulldlns. i"-' 'J?,' Bi'1il4tol Council Bluffs-I N. ta .i-lncotn Llitl Bullcttns, St. Louis Kw B'k t Coamue. Wiihioftoe 1311 u MAY CIRCULATION Daily 69,841 Sunday 59,602 4ri ouwlsuos rat un maw - -- ' - - Williams, Orculstlo HUH. SuoScribrs I"! ti city houM h Tb Bh mailed to them. Address chant oWl - requeued. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG. MfcMteww mmm M" SliBililllllilllMllttllil The wires have it at Washington. Ten-cent tax on gasoline will iettl the joy riding problem. The Ford rcbout U not getting tinder head way in Michigan. Some folk ay the engine U '"dead." ' . HURRAH FOR "BOBT By appeal to the courts District Clerk "Bob" Smith has again temporarily saved bis fee graft by decision that the law enacted by the last legislature to make him turn in to the treasury all receipts of his office was rregularly passed. "Bob" went into his office originally on a promise to stop the questionable practices previ ously prevailing there, but no sooner did this fake reformer land than Tie immediately began pocketing the insanity and naturalization fees, in addition to his liberal salary, just as did his predecessors. ."He was compelled to disgorge the insanity fees, but managed on the legal technical ity to freeze to the naturalization fees. ' To plug this legal loophole, the last legisla ture endeavored to ciiange the statute and the new artfi-fee-grab law was certified to and signed by the governor and appears in the volume of 1917 Session Laws. Instead of accepting the legislative edict, "Bob" continued to hold out the naturalization fees and has now come in and sat isfied the court that the bill was minipulated in transit in such a way as to invalidate the legis lative action. The manipulation, however, was brought about by "Bob" himself, he being the only One with a financial stake in its defeat, just as he hat been the only district clerk of all the ninety odd district clerks in Nebraska, to contest the law and fight for his graft. The outcome of this suit, if it is not reversed on appeal, must be merely that the next legisla ture must do over what the last legislature tried to do pass an anti-fee-grabbing law that will be bombproof against the assaults of "Bob" or any other overgreedy office holder. ' The food profiteer it dangerona enemy be hind the lines who will have to atop or be put out of business. " . Austria respectfully inform Germany it j, needs soldiers, not generals, having quite enough of the latter already. To the'tity commissioner: When you locate .that bath house and comfort station, try to get it where it will be of service. 'At Ia th kaiser it sharing the hardship of war with hit soldiers. He'it meeting with the gri0, just the tame at a private. For wayt that are" dark and trickt that are vain the heathen Chines hat nothing on "Bob as a fee-grabber and legislatw lobbyist j i , . , An exhibit of all the German propaganda money distributed by Von Bernttorff to hyphe fnated newspaper! in thl) country wld be highly interesting. Th Weat of thit democratic congrest to put 'a tax on the maintenance of household tervantt is the last traw. A If it were not hard enough to keep tervantt now. v , Onerationt in Macedonia. Albania and else where in that region hold tome Interest for the German high eommarld, and may afford a reaton for hesitancy in France. Wonder i! "Fee-Grabber Bob" will divid the swag with hi office employe who do th Work for him, at well at with the lawyert who helped v him tpike the anti-fee-grabbing law, One of the best ilgnt of Omaha' loyalty ! th continuout passage of loaded coal wagons ' among theJiomes. Thit showt that the admoni tion of the fuel administrator it being closely ' heeded by forehanded citlzent. "Brother Charley" Bryan't platform would in dicate that he doet riot believe Gcf eror Neville hat been co-operating with-the federal authori ties to win the war as earnestly and effectively at h should. A joint debate between "Brother Charley" and the governor imight prove Informa tionaL . .. - ' . , "v Iowa Republican in Action. Iowa republican! are leading off with a pace the party throughout the union may well follow. v In hit "keynote" addrest as temporary chairman of the ttate convention, Governor Harding ap ' pealed strongly to the partiotism of hit people, that they win the war for the world. Hit ref v erence to the republican party at "born to fight y th" battle ' of the people, to drive out human f alavento establish justice and equity," must ' have a response in the hearts of all Vho know the facts and revere the history of the great po- ' litlcal organization, whose leaders opposed and overcome democratic efforts to wreck the union, and tinder whose policies (he whole land and all - it inhabitants prospered. It must also be remem bered, as GovCrnor Jfarding pointed out, that in 1 ' thit war the republicans in congrest have pressed to an issue the great questions involved jn the provision of adequate fighting forces, while the democrats hesitated in doubt and indecision. Looking ahead to future problems of peace, the record of the republican party for progressive legislation, for its avoidance of "isms" of all kind, and its concern for the preservation of all things American, gives the best guaranty of what may be expected when it is returned to power. Iowa republicans are setting good example for , the party nationally. German Misapprehension of Peace Ideals. How completely the German mind hat misun derstood the peace aims of, America, assented to by our allies, is well illustrated by the utterance credited to Vorwaerts, the great socialist news paper. This journal has been the most out spoken critic of methods andjiolicies employed by the kaiser's government, and several times has been tuspended for articles that have offended the authorities. It is now a clamorous advocate for immediate peace, but rests its demands on "equipoise." In simple words the socialistic phil osophers ask the world to admit Germany's mili tary supremacy, and to balance against it the ecnomic power of the nation armed in defense of human liberty. On such a basis a truce could be arranged, which would leave Germany in control oi an sne noias, wuii iuu possession 01 ner un broken military machine, and free to obtain raw materials , for re-establishing ruined commerce, while to its foes would be granted the immcas urable privilege of unrestricted traffic with the Hun. Herr Schiedeman and his amazing asso elates may scream loud and long for peace in the Reichstag, but until they move to revise their program, they will meet only the stern answer "writ in rows of ' burnished steel." An entirely new set of political ideas must penetrate the Ger man cranium before peace will be set up again New Deal in Russia Coming? Another crop of stories is coming out from Russia, in which may be some grain of encourag ing tact. Most interesting ot these is that a new government has been formed at Vladivostok in which the bolsheviki has no part. Such a move would be to attack the disorder in Russia from the rear and might be carried out with some chance for early success. With headquarters at Vladivostok, or even further west, Irkutsk, for example, an orderly government could extend its operation into eastern Russia, and in time be serviceable in restoring discipline to the people and eventually assist in bringing them back to efficiency. Such a move to succeed must have the support of th allies, and -very likely will get what it needs.- The organization of new "repub lies in northern and northeastern Russia are significant only of the progress of the German plan for dividing the country into districts, and arraying one against the other. Neither of them can be of any especial service, for neither so far announced is of sufficient force to attract ele ments of order now seeking a rallying1 point. Best opinion supports the belief that Russia is to be reorganized, if at all, by the allies co-operating through Siberia. Saved by Saving. It is a pretty little story, and rather compli mentary to Americans, that comes from San Fran Cisco about the despair of the late Viscount Rhondda over the food outlook, and how gal lantly we came to the rescue. Through volun tary abstention from the use of wheat we saved enough to avert disaster and prevent the con summation of the kaiser's plans to starve Eng' land. We can afford to accept this at its face! riut, hi nuuuiuu 10 iicKiing our vanuy, ji emphasizes the importance of what we have been doing. No one in America has gone hungry; no body has been in any way deprived of needed food, while the surplus accumulated from what was formerly wasted or consumed unnecessarily has saved the world from German domination Now that we have acquired the habit, we can go on saving on the same basis indefinitely. Whole some, palatable substitutes for wheat are plenti ful, andtheir continued use will bring further good .to us as a nation. We not only saved Eng land and France, but ourselves by saving and w are betfer off for having done so. Thrills, of Soldiers Under Fire Views of Men In Active Service at the Front Eugene L. Harrison in Physical Culture. Am I a coward? What will I do when go under fire? Will I run?. Will I stay and fight? , Will I be afraid? Does my doubt indicate that I'm a coward? . Does courage consist in a lack of fear, or in dom inating the sense of fear' and rising above it? These questions and hundreds like them are being asked by soldiers destined for the war. They may ask them ever so secretly, hardly consciously, nevertheless they are asking them. A soldier may try to figure, arithmetically, filled with fear and yet be courageous, brave or valorous. Though he may be afraid, it is not this condition, but the manner in which he ac quits himself, that indwates the man's status. A French lieutenant of artillery, Pierre Jandrop, who distinguished himself at the battle of Verdun and was subsequently deco rated with le Croixde Guerre for bravery in rescuing a,comrade under fire, told the writer of a peculiar case of fear, which ap parently was cowardice. It proved to be otherwise. "I have study psychology; I am mteres in just what he will do, but he will not find the; the how a man act under fire and I want t answer. Unly experience can answer ins know the rizzon he act so, he preiacea. questions. Those who have been under fire cannot answer his questions for him, either, but their experiences and observations may give a lot of comfort and solace, may dispel the awful thought that one may be a coward. bergeant Arthur Guy limpey, author of 'Over the Top," in talking with me on this point in the lobby of the Lyric theater one afternoon affirmed Jhe belief of others that every man of intelligence is afraid under fire. He s crazy if he isn t. Sergeant Lrhpey hastened to explain. "Any man who's got any sense at all is afraid when he's being shot at and he knows it But that's not cow ardice. Not at all," he continued convinc ingly. A coward is one who becomes pan icky and runs; he's lost all control of him self; he's given up to fear. But the Amer ican boys needn't worry; they don't know how to run unless it's after Fritz," he said assuredly. "They'll be afraid all right, but they'll do the right thing. You can just bet on that." t We remarked that he -ought to know, having fought in France, in books and in pictures. , Many of those returnnig from the front have said that though the soldier facing the prospects of battle may be afraid, he is still more afraid of being afraid, or of being seen to be afraid. And it is this gfeater emotion, which is partly a manifestation of pride, whirh dominates him and gives him courage. The composite opinion of officers, psy chologists, war correspondents and others is that any man with ordinary intelligence is afraid in the face of danger. So fear is not cowardice. On the contrary, a man may he'Jn addition. "The shells burst here, there, allwhere; there was plenty noise. A shell burst Jiere (indicating a nearby spot on the floor) "and a poilu put his hands up and ron away. 'That is fonny,' I say to me. "I ron after him. 'What for you ron?' I say. He do "not answer. So I pull his hands down. His eyes are all white. He don't know me; he afraid all over. What you call heem in English? Ah, yes, ze panic. He fraid, yes, but he are not a coward. No, he lose heemself in ze noise. He what you call in ze fonny papers, 'Nobody Home.'" he laughed. "It is ze noise," Jandrop resumed seri ously. "He ron away from ze noise; not from ze shell, ze bullets. No, no," he con tinued with an expressive flip of his hands. One had but half a quota of fingers. "I say, 'Come wiz me, we go back.' We go back. And ze boche, he suddenly stop ze shells. No more noise. But he commence wiz ze machin gun. When ze large noise stop, ze man forget to be 'fraid, and he pomp away at ze boche wiz his rifle. He laugh and shout 'Pigl' at ze boche." Apparently the man was afraid f the noise, not of death; for later he courted it, Jandrop said, by ex posing himself to attract the fire of the boche, who, when he firad, would be exposed, too. Lieutenant Jandrop was the only one of nine officers to survive when an enemy shell dropped in the middle of their breakfast ta ble, lie was buried alive, dug out ana rushed to a hospital, where he remained for months, part of the time spiechless, sightless and deaf from shell shock; he sustained three wounds Glorification of the War Lord Potsdam's Royal Poet Gives the Muse a Clout Giornale d'ltalia. Rome. Who would have believed there was still in the world, and in times like the present, place for a court poet t And yet there is, and he is, this poet who bears the title of royal, at the court of Berlin, where he is in daily conversation of an intimate and spirit ual nature with the kaiser. So it is. The German papers exalt Herr RoSner, who has the official charge of converting into poetry the warlike acts of his imperial patron. Of these poetic manifestations of the royal linger a specimen is published a "rhapsody" of Death. It this not a graceful and "sim- patico" title? Mow it was to be expected that nothing in any way resembling a poem or poetry of the laureates of other times should issue from the bureaucratic muse of Herr Rosner, supported by the amiable inspiration of Wil- helm II. I he times of Virgil and Ariosto are far in the past, as are those of Giovanni Prati and of Tennyson. But much as I have read of modern poetry and the race of poets seems prolific as rabbits it has never been my fate to read what the author in tended for poetry on which the noble and holy thing that is Poesy is so degraded and dishonored as in this so-callid rhapsody. Among the many outrages on the integrity and purity of this most noble of the mani festations of the human mind, this outrage on the part of the imperial functionary is the most repugnant anT shameful. Let us note in passing that the glorifica tion of the carnage" is a "motif" which po etry can only use under two conditions either that the genius of the writer trans forms the matter in hand into pure art, or that the events described are so far removed in point of time as not to arouse sensations of personal horror in the reader. The great poems of all literary periods are full of de scriptions of battles and of warlike horrors but there is not one in which these two con- riih'nn rs nnt rmUreA Hmtiw anri Virtril 'describe events so far from their own times that even, what we may call the most maca bre passages of their poems arouse in the reader only a reflective shudder, so to say, a literary and artistic shudder. Besides, they were Homer, Virgil and lasso least bad of his court painters and send him, as soon as the frontiers are open, to Pisa. There in the old Campo Saxto there is what is as if made for him. Let him have made, to be placed in a hall of his palace at Potsdam, a fine, true copy of Orcagua's "Triumph of Death," only giving orders that in place of the terrible old woman who domi nates the gruesome composition in such sin ister fashion, shall be placed the portrait of Wilhelm II. The original work required of his dauber would thus be reduced to very little, changing the face of death to that of the kaiser, all the rest could stand; the bat's wings, the clawed hands and feet, the tightly clutched scythe, all may well be left as the glorious old painter drew them, for they are attributes common to Death and Wilhelm II, Imperator at Rex. Above all, no change is needed in the heaps of the dead and dying which surround the dominating figure of the picturel On the other hand, this poetaster of the I. R. .teutonic chancellory not only has the bad taste to trust the stench of still un buried corpses under our nose, a stench that is too real and present and not at all literary, but he is also guilty of choosing among the events it is his intention to celebrate just those that are the most repugnant to the moral sense of humanity. What, for instance, is the subject of his fine rhapsody, "The Lord of Death?" It is a visit of the kaiser to the monstrous cannon with which the dia bolic scientific phantasy of the German engi neers has solved the problem of massacring children in schools and asylums, women in child-birth in the hospitals and the devout at prayer in the churches of Paris from a distance of several miles. Leaving the moral side out of the question, could there be any thing more low-down than this from , the point of view of literature and artj If anyone still has a kindly thought for the German war lord, and all things are pos sible in this world, they should give him the following advice: Let him leave Original art alone; he has had bad luck with his roy ally commissioned artists, be they sculptors, painters or poets. If he is set. on being passed down to posterity worthily, artisti cally portrayed in h quality and dignity of "The Lord of Death," let him summon, the - A Columbus of the Air The proposal of Signor Caproni to furnish for a flight across the Atlantic not only one of his powerful airplanes, but a pilot and crew has the approval of the Aero Club of America, which suggests that the Italian constructor bc officially invited to engage in the enterprise. As an Italian navigator dis covered America, making the first passage of the Atlantic in a caravel, why should not an- Italian be the first to fly over'theAtlantic? How appropriate it would be for Caproni to go down to posterity as the Columbus of the airl If the voyage through the upper spaces is pracucaoie, uie mouern iianan, whose big machines New York has seen rushing at twice railway speed above its (Streets, would covet the distinction of taking command of the first airship to cross the At lantic. Historic sentiment seems to require that the start be made from Spain, not from Newfoundland. Why not the port of Palos, which was the point of departure for Colum bus? The route of the discoverer of the New World might be follow! as closely as con ditions permitted. The Canary islands, where Col Iambus made a stay before launch ing westward into the unknown, are about tW miles southwest tf Cadiz, rrom the Canary islands to Cubai; a longer distance than separates the Azores from Newfound land, a third greater, approximately. The first descent in America would have to be made in one.of the larger West Indian is lands, and Cuba, which Columbus took for Cypangu, was the second island in the New World on which he set foot. Columbus was 86 days reaching Cuba from Palos. Signor Caproni, with good luck, would sight Cuba in half as many hours. New York, Times. Farmer and, Wheat. Gibbon. Neb., July 8. To the Ed itor of The Bee: Will you kindly al low a farmer to use a little space in your paper to express my views in reference 10 me enorr, now Deing made by Norris, Gore and otheua-to raise the price of wheat? I think this effort is entirely uncalled for. The farmers of the state are not de manding it. We are getting almost three times as much for our wheat now as when the war broke out. No natriotlc farmer wants to be put in the class of a profiteer. The only neonle I know who are agitating this question are the UniteU States sena tors, who want to make political cap ital out of It. We farmers are doing our duty to help win this war. 1 have a son in France in the trenches and I look upon the efforts of Norris, McCumber, Gore and others as beiftg pure demagogy. Perhaps it may be even more. It may be a deliberate attempt to embarrass and hamper the prosecution of the war. ED COX. Politics and the War. Oniaha, July 10. To the Editor of The Bee: The 'article of Senator Hitchcock la' the World-Herald of July 9, purporting to be an answer to Mr. Hays, republican national chair man, would brand the senator as the mosr prominent Ignoramus In the United States. Premising his position on the political conditions existing among the other of the allied nations, he pleads fearfully and tearfully for a democratic majority In both houses of the next congress. If there Is any lesson to be learned from the experi ences of the allied nations It is that there should be no united party action in the war. Contrary to th inference, if not to the plain statement, of the senator, all of the allied countries, with the pos sible exception of Italy, have changed their political complexion not once, but many times, during the war. To go no further back than Lloyd George: He overthrew the Asquiih ministry after a campaign of , great virulence, although he was a member of the Asquith cabinet In France the present premier Is at least the fourth person to occupy that position since the war, and the changes there were such as to result in the Indictment of a former minister for treason. Aside from the matter of changes, the fact that the senator overlooks the most Important fact In the entire matter is that in every cabinet of the allied powers representatives of every political party has a place, a voice and a vote in all political ques tions, Including the conduct of the war. In France members of the so cialist party sit with members of all other parties. In Great Britain mem bers of the labor party, the conserva tive pirty, the radical party, the lib erals, all go to makeup the legal ad visors of the king. In no country of the allies, ?ave the United States, does one political party attempt to run the war machinery. Political lines have not been abolished; there is as much contest over seats at by-elections as ever, but no matter how small rep resentation a party may have in Par liament, It has its proportionate rep resentation in the cabinet, a cabinet responsible to the people. If the managers of the democratic party have a patriotism which forgets party when the country is in danger they have not displayed It at this time; especially have they failed to show this in the false, misleading and asslnine pronunclamento of the gen tleman from Nebraska who has so signally misrepresented the common wealth in the United States senate. Incidentally, it may be noted that every political change in the govern ment of the allied nations strength, ened the force of that nation in the conduct of the war. "Over there" every party is helping to win the war. Over here the senator and his asso ciates, apparently, would place the matter on a strictly partisan basis. . H. H. C. - LINES TO A SMILE. "What hav yon got?" diked th parios of th chauffeur who rang his doorbell. "One pair," replied the chauffeur, beck oning to the eloping couple to come for ward. "I eee where thelUnga ef Europe think, they have to etlclc together." , I "Well, I would give all the ktngi in Eu rope In this war for one good American ace." Sod Francisco Chronicle. "There'i young Bufflne who la a promla Ing young man. Why don't you take him in with you on thli?" "Because I doubt the wisdom of taking In a promising young man on a strictly pay ing enterprise." Baltimore American. Mlsa 811m Ton haVe lost considerable weight In tb past few months. Are you dinting? Mrs. Fatleigh Oh, bo. That's only be cause of the trouble I have with fay cook. Miss Slim Why don't yon discharge her? Mrs. Fatleigh I'm going to. As soon as hs worries me down to 175 pounds, I shall order her out of the house. Boston Transcript. 'TELEPHONE IN WAR TIME. saa She need to chirrup, "Number, pieaeer In Oramercy or John, v But now. across th sounding soas. A bigger board she's on. And all the ancient bussing bees For sternr work are gens. Ring! rlngl ring! , The wires forever sing. This Is no belle From Av'noo L Who calls her sweetheart s : : . It is a Colonel calling. From where the foe are falling. And Pershing gvts Hollo!'' Uum iuUI Belllyi Her Gotham calls had little range Outside the town's expanse; ; She thought all foreign words were rlnuigi Unless they meant a J:ine: But now she's In the great e.-.i-'-. - Of Yankeeland-in France. Ring! ring! ring! Who is It summoning? Not old Eill i'ux Who's won t sto'.-l'.s And phones the tiding 'ir,'.i it l. Vnnk tactician Who's won a new position. And Pershing gets "Hello!" f.: ' Relllyt Life's little, foolish, trifling things Buzzed in and out her ears; 'Twas seldom tales of burying She heard, and sound of tears; But now mad murders by mad kings As common talk she hears. aii King! ring! ring! Sometimes it bears a sting .When news of loss Krnaka aharn SCrOSS The laugh eh treasures highly. , Oh! far off seems th city That one wa bom to Klttl When Pershing gsU "Hello!" from KittlS JOHN CKEEFB In M. T. World, i Says I Hospe Marred. Cracked, Chipped. Warped, Picture Frames all neatly and skillfully repaired bo that they'll look like new. In the case of many of your old pictures it would be advisable to reframe them entirely. You'll be surprised iiow a frame carefully chosen to match ' the subject of the picture enhances its beauty. The frame has much to do with th attractiveness of any picture. We have men here who ar experts in chooslns frames most suited to eveTy type of picture. You ean entrust picture framing to us with the as surance that you'll get the most artytle and pleasing results. ' Prices reasonable JUST TRY UBI People and Events Brother Jasper was right. "De world do move." s Indian women at the Standing Rock agency havt organized a Red Cross auxiliary to advance pale face civilization in central Europe. Down in Galveston recently an innocent looking chunk of iron propped a family boiler over the fire for the Monday wash. But there wasn't any washing that day. The. prop proved .to be a civil war shell, vintage of 1863, and fulfilled its destiny by sending the boiler through the roof and shaking the sur rounding territory. One Tear Ago Today la the War. President called to businesa men to rally to nation's aid and pat patriot ism above profit . s House of representatives passed measure regulating; under license sys tem all "trading with enemy." British driven back to Yeer river, near the sea. and from advanced norts east ot Arras. ; 4 Th Day we Celebrate. Rev. M. V. Higbee, former pastor of the North Presbyterian church, born 1819. A. J. P.Bertsehy, president of the Bcrtachy, Manufacturing and Engi neering company, bora 1176. IGeorge W. Norris. senator from Nebraska, bora in Sandusky county, Ohio, 67 years ago. , Bear Admiral Perry Oarst, TT. 8. NV retired, born at Dayton, 0-70 years ago., . - ; : This Day In History. IHZ Federal troops under Gen eral Washburne occupied Helena, Ark. 1853 Drafting of soldiers , was be . cun In New York City. , ' 1893 Colorado allver convention, meeting in Denver, issued an appeal to the people of the United State. 189(5 Sir Wilfrid Laurier became premier of Canada, the first French Canadian to hold the post. 1901 Battleship South Carolina Jaunched'at Philadelphia. Itl 5 Prussian casualty lists to date Just SO Years Ago Today J. H. Trentman. of the Board of Trade cafe, has gone, on a short busi ness trip to St Paul. Almost daily arrests are made of . ' persons who have been guilty of leav ing teams standing untied. ' ' The city council will meet this evening to take up the ordinance pro viding for a citr hall, a Jail and ali brary. ' The figures of the assessors show that the land In Douglas county plat ted In city lots Is about five-sixths of the whole la valuation F. E. McMullen, late, stenographer Manager Fitch of Elkhorn road. Sidelights on theVar England is saving $5,000,000 a year out of the refuse or uie military camps. Australia nas aireaay assumea an annual liability of more than 115, 000,000 for war pensions. A girl of Brignton,. England, Doasts that since the war began she has been engaged 16 times and has brok en every engagement herself. The average daily production ot American rifles Is up to 10,000, and increasing steadily. These tools in sure some lively shooting bye-and-bye. M. Clemenceau, premier of France, has fought more duels than almost any other man In Europe and has come out of them with scarcely a scratch. Prayers are said dally In the Brit Ish House of Commons, and It is a curious fact that-aill the members stand during prayers, not kneel, as is the usual custom. Eighty-five sizei of footwear, rang ing from 5-B to 14-EE, are needed for the underpinning of American sol diers and sailors. No. 12 is the larg est sise for the army, but trench duty calls for two sizes larger. ' - The rations of prisoners of war In Creat Britain consist of nine ounces to Secretary Nattingei. of the Board or Trade; is now clerk to Generanof bread, four ounces of broken bis- A Natural Tendency. Patient Doctor, why "docs a small cavity seem so large to tho tongue? Dentist-Just the natural tendency 1 ounce, besides vegetables in season. cults, four ounces of meat, daily Ave days a wees. 1'ickled beef la served on two days and 10 ounces of salt- cured herring, potatoes, 20 ounces: tea or coffee, one-half ounce; suar, of the tonjrtie to exaggerate, X sup- j -Trimmers may buy limited quantities pose..jjiuj.ej . . . Ija e io.i wousyjua Mcamp cantef 7 Peppery Points Nsw Tork Herald: The only auto crat who sees no need of quaking in his boots in tnese aays or a tnumpn ant democracy Is old friend King Cotton. - Minneapolis Journal: Twenty years ago this month the American army was landing in Cuba in com mand of a fat man and with Teddy the Terrible in full eruption. Baltimore American: Congress votes away $22,000,000,000 in a few hours. It is hard to kiss that much money goodBy, but It would be harder still If we did not have it to kiss.- Louisville Courier-Journal: "After the war I shall stand no foolishness from America," sail the kaiser. Very good, but during the war how will you stand the gaft from America? Minneapolis Tribune: If Austria will only dissolve the partnership and go Into voluntary military bankruptcy It may be able to re-establish itself In reputable business at the old stand some day, Brooklyn Eagle: Any Boy Scout who finds a' submarine base on our coasts will get $1,000 from Secretary Daniels. The Boy Scout who stays home with his father r,ml hoea navy beans for our sailors is t iking a mute and inglorioi 1 part, but lie is playing a safer shot. New York World: If a nation pro fesslng to be civilized if Roing to sink hospital ships bearing the Re Cross, there may be a certain eiaciency in undertaking to leave 110 trace of the crime. We often read ot such thor oughness von the part of sreat male Twice Told Tales A Gentle nunch. One beautiful summer night, when the crickets were chirping in the grass and the caterpillars were drop ping from the trees, John Henry turned to the charming girl who was sitting on the veranda at his side. "Edith," he said, a trifle timorously, "there comes to me a thought I might say, a fear." "Well, what is It?" queried the fair girl, as the other hesitated. "I suppose," responded John Hen ry, suggestively, hopefully, "that were I to steal a kiss you would have me arrested ?' "Perhana." was the resdv rinin fof the girl, "but you could find some body to pay your fine, couldn t you?" Philadelphia Ledger. all , A Starter.' "This new manager may be rignt, out i dunno." "What's worrying you?" asled the senior partner. "I don't like the way he started off. You know the factory is in a muddle." "Well?" "I asked him what was the first thing to be done and he said to get a red velvet rug for his office." Louis ville Courl.r-Journal. The Hitch. 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