-' - ' : :r THE OMAHA .SUNDAY BEE; JULY 14; 1918.". ... ' " - :
DOMESTIC PLEASANTKi
The Omaha Bee
DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY
FOUNDED BT EDWARD BOSEWATEB
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR
THI BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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".7" THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG.
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" Wilson's vetoes arc very well placed.
Now, if Hindenburg will stay dead he will
save, us a lot of trouble. , .
Considering that "polities is adjpurned," the
political pot is bubbling quiterccTy.-
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Albania is fast falling into the hand of the
allies, but. where, oh where, is the mpret?
Is it possible that "Long Tom" has encoun
tered a snag in his effort to save Compton? How
sadl .
Lift your hat to Old Glory today, for what it
represents,, and thank God that you are living
under it. .
The;"Jacks" and the "Jims" are at it again,
and the' democratic confabulation will be cor
respondingly enlivened,;
Sioux City's, mayor has a distorted idea of
citizenship if he finds his (deal in the Industrial
Workers of the World. :
The Fourteenth of July, celebrated as the
French national fete, never had such a world
wide significance as it has today. V
Who wrote that peerless panegyric on "Nels"
in our hyphenated contemporary? Is it the work
of "Harvey" or of "Toni," or is it a collaboration
of the two?
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, Observation of simple and reasonable rules
of the road will prevent almost any ,of the
recorded auto wrecks, hut the take-a-chance ele
ment is too strong with the drivers, who look on
aafety first as hindrance. '
The German braggarts no longer boast that
they will win peace through the drive of battle.
At the outset, they told us they wer going to
dictate terms in Farls. The entrance of America
into this war has changed theitune. V ' "
-The kaiser's dream ot harnessing the rays of
the sun was ' anticipated ' some yean ago by a
Sa.lt Lake City councilman, who introduced res
olution to have the moon anchored over the city,
y'thus saving the expense ot artificial light. '
, The Fourteenth of July. ,
In cetebratinar Bastile dav the French oeoole
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destruction of the gloomy prison, but rather the
' torminatinn nt an ennrh nf which tha Tins tile was
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t cratic impulse had been rising in France; it had
the encouragement of public thought; and ex'pe-
monarchy in France was most absolute; in Hol
land, where a determined people had thrown off
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finally the example of young America, where the
flower of popular government had just put forth
'' its fairest bloom. Bourbonism had done all it
could to dam the stream, but its flood .broke
'. through, andVhen the Bastile fell absolutism in
' France went with it ."i )
: i , Through the dust and smoke that accompanied
' that fall may be discerned the clear light of hu
"man liberty chining over all Too long did his
; torians dwell upon the somber and terrible deeds
of the revolution, succeeded by the "Terror,"
overlooking the central fact that out of the travail
. i of the people was emerging a great free nation.
XFrom 1789 till 1871 the French wrestled with their
fate, and finally came up from the depths of a
'J great national disaster, strongly united in self
v government and well set on the most brilliant era
j of their existence. . v.-
i This year finds France greater than ever in
heroic resistance to tyranny and sublime devotion
- to its .liberties; :; Just as our Fourth of July reach-
ed a. higher point of significance this year than
' ever, so the Fourteenth of July is richer in mean
tng today than at any time in its 129 years of
' especial importance. . .. . y
THEIR FAITH IN U-BOATS IS FALTERING.
The most reassuring feature of the war and
as we are advised the feature most discouraging
to the Germans is the failure of the unrestricted
U-boat campaign to do what was expected of it.
Hark back to the famous, or rather - infamous,
Zimmermann note whose last sentence reads as
follows:
"Please call to the attention of the president
of Mexico that the employment of ruthless sub
marine warfare now promises to compel Eng
land to make peace in a few months."
, This dispatch from the German Imperial Sec
retary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Ger
man minister in Mexico was dated January 19,
1917. In other words 18 months have elapsed
since the German people were fed with the prom
ise that the lifting of restrictions on the U-boat
would within a very short time take them out of
their troubles and hang the wreathes of victory
on their banners. . V
Of course, we must not delude ourselves with
the notion that the submarine has not inflicted
very great damage on us and our allies, or that
the dangers it threatens have been wholly averted.
But not even the kaiser would now pretend that
it has fulfilled expectations.
Perhaps we can best see the situation by pic
turing what might have .happened if submarine
ruthlessness had not been successfully counter
acted. If submarines could have completely, or
even seriously, interrupted ocean traffic it would
have been impossible for us to have a million sol
diers now. in France. It would be impossible for
us,- if we had them there, to keep them supplied
with food, equipment and ammunition." It would
be impossible for us to reinforce our allies with
what they need from this side of the ocean.
Worst of all, it would have been impossible for
the allies fighting our battles "over there" to have
held fast or to have maintained their own morale
without knowing reinforcements were coming
and that our help could be counted on in spite of
U-boat activity.
' We may be sure, and we Have confirmation of
the fact, that faith of the German people in the
efficacy of the submarine is badly shattered and
is steadily waning. We may be sure, too, that
this loss of popular faith in his promise is one of
the things that is worrying the' kaiser most.
Von Hindenburg.
Definite confirmation of the reported death of
Field Marshal von Hindenburg is not at hand,
but reason for. accepting it exists. He has been
reported in poor health since early in April, and
it may well be that his ag: and the hardships of
four years of active campaigning have taken final
toll of him. Hindenburg is the greatest figure
brought out by the war in Germany, When the
Russian "steam roller" was flattening out east
Prussia, this old war dog was called from retire
ment, led a Russian army to annihilation in the
Masurian swamps, and saved the region. From
his successes on the Russian front he went to
France and Flanders, where his "strategic re
treat" resulted in establishment of the Hinden
burg line, whence he launched the terrific drive
of March across the plains of Pjcardy. Here his
personal work ended. What other German leader
can command and control popular confidence as
he did is not known. The moral effect of his death
now or whenever it comes is certain to be
great ' , .'.",.;
": Hindenburg was the embodiment ofVthe "Cer
man theory of war. Without , mercy, devoid of
any fine sentiment, he looked upon his armies as
machines to crush resistance., Inexorably he ap
plied this force to his purpose. It has been re
ported that in March he promised the Reichstag
a victory at the cost of a million and a half of
German soldiers, and he set about to purchase
success at that price. Nothing can better il
lustrate the "working of his mind.
It is not probable his death will change either
strategy or tactics for the German army. Hinden
burg was merely head of the system, to which
place another ..will, succeed. To make the world
safe, not men but the system itself must be de
stroyed. '
' ' Von Hertling'a Latest "Peace Drive."
The speech of the German imperial chancellor
to the Reichstag Is getting some attention be
cause of its reference to Belgium and for the fur
ther reason that its text has military approval.
For the first time, the close connection between
the military and civil authority in Germany is
openly admitted. What Von Hertling says of
"defensive' warfare may be dismissed without
consideration. The facts are ah against his asser
tion.; Professed plans to restore Belgium as an
independent state are qualified by the assertion
that it must be "friendly" to Germany. How the
Hun hopes to have a Belgian take in friendship a
hand dripping with innocent blood is beyond com
prehension. Back of it all may be seen the well
substantiated ambition of the Germans to hold
what they have seized in Russia, and to be left
free to work their will on the rest of that empire.
This is of far greater value than many Belglums,
and means loot beyond anything aimed at or
hoped for in 1914, The chancellor should read up
on what has been formally set out as the war aims
of the allies. A full comprehension of our pur
pose may enable him to get a clearer view of the
situation, and perhaps to modity his expressions.
Views', Reviews and ? Jirterinews ;
In Taking Over the Wires the Government Takes Property
It Had Once Before. v v
The projection of the question of the government taking over
the wire systems of the country gives such special significance to the
testimony in advocacy of the postal telegraph given by the founder
of The Bee before a congressional committee in the early '90s that I
am here reprinting some extracts. Mf father's experience as a mili
tary telegraph operator' during the civil war had convinced him that
government ownership and oper
ation1 were absolutely necessary
in time of war and almost
as desirable in time of peace.
Chairman Bingham First give to the
committee your name, together with your re
lations to the service. ' .
Mr. Rosewater My name is Edward
Rosewater, I am now the editor and chief
proprietor of The Omaha Bee. I was for 13
years actively engaged in the telegraph serv
ice; for more than two. years in the military
telegraph corps, and part of that time in the
field and for nearly a year in the War de
partment. I was for seven years manager of
the Western Union Telegraph company at
Omaha and lor one year manager of the At
lantic & Pacific and Great Western lines. For
more than 25 years I have been firmly con
vinced that the safety of this government de
mands the control of the telegraph system
by one.of the branches of the government
whether it be postal or otherwise, is not so
material.- .;.- . ' v '.,-1
In 1871, on the first day of the session of
the Nebraska legislature, of which I was
then a member, I introduced the following
resolution: .
"Resolved, That the congress of the
United States is earnestly requested to se
cure as early as practicable the full control
of the present telegraph system by pur
chasing or leasing the lines now owned by
the different telegraph companies, except
ing only lines used and owned by railroad
companies for the legitimate business of
t said roads.
; "Resolved, That our representatives in
the United States senate are instructed, and
our representatives in the house of repre
sentatives are requested to vote for any bill
designed to secure the object set forth in
this memorial,"
' I am not here to advocate any particular
bill, nor do I desire to antagonize any partic
ular telegraph company. We are the patrons
of the Western Union company to the extent
of over $15,000 a year for special dispatches,
and hold a membership in the Associated
Press; so that certainly my relations to the
Associated Press and the Western Union are
not inimical.
I believe for myself and for the people of
the country that it is of the most vital impor
tance that some step should be taken at an
early day for the government to acquire the
lines. At the outset the question would be
asked, in the language of Dr. Green: "Is it
true that in this country the people need to
be protected from the government?" My
personal observation is to the contrary.
I will recite briefly some ancient, telegraph
history. In 1860 the United States and the
Dominion of Canada were sub-divided and
controlled by what was then known as the
Six nations. These telegraph companies had
acquired, territorially, the control in various
sections of the country and had agreed
among themselves not to invade each other's
territory, but to protect and work with each
other. These companies were the American
Telegraph company, the Western Union
Telegraph company, the Magnetic Telegraph
company, the Caton lines and the' Dominion
company. These companies had ait offensive
as well as defensive alliance with each. other;
Whenythe war broke - out they actively co
operated to protect the interests , of . each
other, regardless of the interests of the gov
eroment I was then , in the employ of the
Southern company at Nashville, of which
company Dr.. Green was the president. The
headquarters of the company were at Louis
ville. When President Lincoln's proclamation
was issued discontinuing all communication
between the north and south by wire, circu
lars were sent by the company to the north
ern cities to parties who were carrying on
commerce with the south and more in sym
pathy with the secession movement, to send
their dispatches by mail to Louisville and
thence they would be forwarded by telegraph.
The operations of this and other companies
in the southern states were inimical to the
government and all their exertions were di
rected against the government. When I was
in the War department in 1862-63, observing
what was going on, I came to the conclusion
that the government was not in safe hands.
. No sooner had the war broken out than
the Western Union exerted its influence to
acquire the control of the military telegraph
of the United States. To that end they had
their general superintendent, Anson Stager,
appointed to take charge of the military
lines of the United States. General Stager
held two positions at the same time through
the entire war that of general manager of
the telegraph system of the Western Union
and that of commander-in-chief of the United
States military telegraph corps.-
To show the relation existing between
General Stager and his company, I need only
to cite one fact. We were always on very
good terms and only a few months before he
died he told me that his salary as a colonel
and assistant quartermaster in the United
States army during the entire war was turn
ed over to the Western Union company, and
that he never got any part of his salary as
an army officer. He was also chief of the
military telegraph corps of the United States
at the same time,-. -
Now when the war wis over, what be
came of the military telegraph lines? yvhen
I came to this city a few days ago I simply
had a surmise that these wires, cables and
everything that we had built during the war
had been turned over as old junk or sold at
so much a pound to the existing telegraph
company. But upon ransacking the War de
partment in the quartermaster-general's of
fice, I found that a military order had been is
sued on the 27th day of February, 1866, by
which the United States military telegraph
lines and appurtenances within the states
south of the Ohio river, were turned ove to
the several commercial companies owning
the telegraph patent right within said terri
tory, This was in consideration of the re
linquishment by the telegtaph companies of
all claims against the United States for use
of their lines and for. the detention of the
lines, and as compensation to said companies
for the exclusion of commercial business in
that portion of their lines which had been in
the possession of the United States. .
Mr. Bingham Do you know what lines
they are?
Mr. Rosewater Yes, sir; the lines are
enumerated. - It shows that the government
at that time owned 14,211 miles of land line
and478 miles of submarin 3 cable, v
Mr. Blount What a j you reading from?
Mr. Rosewater I am reading from the
annual report of the quartermaster general
of the United States army for 1866, pages
300 and 301. ;
Mr. Bingham If it will not interrupt you,
and in order to make your description of this
point perhaps somewhat more intelligible, I
will read this letter that I received this morn
ing from Dr. Norvin Green and which I will
submit to the committee later, wherein he
makes application to be heard again to an
swer some of Mr. Hubbard's statements.
That is the point you are now making. For
instance, Mr. Hubbard says that one of the
chief objects for procuring the passage of the
act of 1866, was to have the government
turn over to the Western Union the telegraph
lines it had built in the south during the war.
He says the facts are that the Western Union
had nothing to do with that matter; that the
settlement of the go., nment was through
the War department and that the Western
Union had no interest whatever and no
rights in any of the southern states; that set
tlements were made with the Southwestern
Telegraph company, the Washington and
New Orleans Telegraph company and the
American Telegraph company, in 1865, and
that the few lines which t're government had
built and rebuilt in the south were turned
over to those companies in payment for the
use of their lines which the government had
seized, held and used for three or four years
for military purposes. I merely refer to this
here so that you ;can make clear your state
ment with regard to it.
Mr. Rosewater That is very interesting
so far as it goes, but it does not go far
enough. In the -first place the headquarters
of the United States military telegraph on
the day when the order published in this
book was issued (August 31, 1866) was at
Cleveland and not at the War department.
The order at the; War department to transfer
the military telegraph, lines i. and; equipments
to the telegraph companies . was issued on
February 27, 1866. , The act of 1866, known
as. the national telegraph act, was, if I re--member
rightly, passed in July, and they had
turned that property oyer months before the
act of 1866 was passed; so that the story-will
go for what it is worth; ;.
Here are the facts: The headquarters of
the United States military telegraph were at
Cleveland in the office of the Western Union
Telegraph company, and its commander or
chief was the general superintendent of the
Western Union .Telegraph company, and in
this book is the proof. I assert and maintain
that the lines of the southern telegraph com
panies which were used against the govern
ment were contraband of war,, and, by the
taws and usages of war in every civilized
country, they would havj been taken from
these parties because they were used against
he government with mor effect than batal
lions or brigades of soldiers, and with more
effect than batteries of artillery or any
weapons used by an army.
It was because of thesi peculiar relations
existing between these telegraph companies
that such jugglery was boldly perpetrated.
The order of February 27, 1866, is missing
and is not to be found among the original
papers in the War department I am in
formed that it vas issued by General Thomas
T. Eckert, then acting secretary of war, and
the associate of General Stager in the com
mand of the military telegraph corps and
who also sustained relations to the telegraph
companies that are well understood. From
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000 worth of ' telegraph
lines were absolutely given away while this
peculiar combination had control of the mili
tary telegraph of the United St .tes and ma
nipulated the wires in thei - own interest and
to the detriment of the government
Mr. Green's letter, as I understand it, says
that they were very seriously interefered with
in the southern states. The government
really rebuilt their "ramshackle" wires, and
built better wires for them than they ever
had before. I was down there in 1859 in
Tennessee and Alabama, and I was in Nash
ville when the Union army captured the city.
The government reinstated their wires and
placed them in first class condition. All the
commercial dispatches sent during the war
One Year Ago Today in the War. '
Dr. Georg Nichaells succeeded Dr.
Bethmann-Hollweg . as , imperial Oer
man chancellor, r " .
House of representatives passed bill
providing $840,000,000 for construc
tion and purchase of aircraft'
The Day We Celebrate.
H. A. Jacobberger, with the Kimball
laundry, born 1878.
W. M. Rainbolt of the Peters Trust
company, born 1877. . .
Rear Admiral Presley H. Rlxey.
surgeon general of the navy, born
at Culoener. vsw years ago.
Rt Rev.-John H. Tihen. Catholic
bishop of Denver, born at Oldenburg,
ind..: 67 years tgo'
Arthur Capper, governor ef Kan
gas, born at Garaett, Kan SS years
ago. " ' ' '
Gen. Charles H. Taylor. Boston
newspaper publisher, bora in Boston,
73 years ago, - . ,
This Dar In History.
1U8-Jo1ib Peon, the last ot the
oroorietary governors of, Pennsyl
vanla, born In -London. Died in Fenn.
aylvmnla,- February t, H95.
1789 French revolution begun with
tha . destruction of the - Bastille, tha
famous state prison In Paris, by a
mob of citizens ana soldiers..
1814 Edmond Charles Genet first
.minister to the United States from
republican France, died at Jamaica,
It. I, Bora at Versailles, Franca, Jan-
. nary li. ' .
J ust $0 Years Ago Today
Miss Flora Donahue has gone to
Springfield, lit, where she will spend
two months.
By special request the Templeton
Opera company will give one more
performance of "Glrofle Glrofla" at
the Grand opera house tonight
William H. Ridte, the well known
draper and salesman ot the Arm of
a A. Orchard, departed for the east
on nta summer vacation. "
Carl S. Molander and Miss Augusta
M. Wett were married and will make
their future home in Omaha. . -
- At. and Mrs. C N. Diets left for
Spirit Lake.
Mrs. p, W. Lynch Is making a three
weeks' visit in Chicago and Mil
waukee. : , '-.
Mirror of Thona-hl
"The young writer we met the
ither day told me he looks Into his
leart and writes." ;
- M7es, it. Is evident he does not looa
ato.hls neaeV
Around the Cities
Philadelphia boasts of a "war chest"
of $2,000,000 to finance war relief
measures having the right credentials.
Salt Lake's assessed valuation "-for
the current year stands at $191,539,-
9tt, an increase of $14,000,000 over
last year, .
El Paso, Tex., Is esteemed by those
concerned as a householders' para
dise. Mexican girls at $3 a week
solve the servant problem for families
unable to get away.
St Joe has its halo on straight once
more, this time in honor ef its teach
ing corps. Almost the entire staff of
425 will be back on the job in Sep
tember, thus banishing fears of a
teaching famine.
Twenty-five miles of new trackage
will be added to New York's under
ground transit system this year. This
will double traveling facilities above
Forty-escond street and triple accom
modations below that point
' War time bonuses for teachers in
New York public schools will take
$3,000,00 for the four months begin
ning September 1. The maximum is
lioo a year and the minimum $60.
Eleven thousand teachers will share
in the distribution.
Although surrounding lakes give
the Twin cities superior facilities for
stocking up with ice, so deftly is na
ture's abundance hooked up that
householders pay Just as much .' for
summer's necessity as householders in
less favored regions. Fifty cents a
hundred; delivered In small quantities
is ins runng price,
Over There and Here
, M n. ct th ifcn Tr rent Americans
who are boosting Red Cross work at
Standing Rock agency are Amos
Hnmethief. George Cheeseatone and
George Laundry. ,.
Over in Holland where thrift abides
the native money changers size up the
r,Aw..n marlr and ahnvfl SS nor cunt
jq4iiu -
of its face value,- while Austria's pa
per money w ocrapeu u per
Acn, irfmei
One Count Roon of Goerllts insists
that Germany's peace terms shall in
clude an indemnity of $45,000,000,000
from the allies. Someone with the
change handy might send him a check
and stop his "holler." -
Sons of the American Revolution
propose to raise within the order
$101,000,000 for investment in Lib-
..J., haa 1(1 hllltt Ktnro nnd t W.I SrOld
ones to indicate members lost on bat-
ueneias. -m
X3tnrt An ihtt mninlanA .tn&V feel
subscriptions. Thcrd are others. The
Filipinos snooa oown tnew ircasuiv
boxes and- invested $8,000,000 In
Uncle Sam's primo paper. Our wards
know a good thing and hop to it
The greatest wool deal m niscory
has been '.osed by the British government--which
takes over the entire
wool clip of Australia during the war
"and one year after, dating from
July 1 after peacj is signed to June
30 in the following year." The Lon
don Chronicle says "the transaction
Involves -for two clips alone . over
100,000,00 "
Signposts of Progress
' The number of women factory
workers In Michigan has more than
doubled the last year, according to
official estimates.
Eighty thousand American women
are. now employed m tndustles. sup
plying canned goods to the War and
Navy departments.
. In five hours SOO men put up a hos
pital building 230 by 38 feet, includ
ing heating plant light and sewer
connections on Station Island.
' The largest and fastest battle
cruiser in the world is being built by
ins unitea nuties. it win nave 180,-"
600 horsepower and a speed -of 35
knots. .
The. Australian federal government
has contracted to sell to the British
government the whole output of sine
concentrates in Australia for the pe
riod ot the war and 10 years there
after. . .
There are 40 flax mills In Ontario,
and while a large proportion of the
Canadian flax crop is grown for Seed,
the province will produce consider
able fiber for ; the . manufacture of
fabric for aeroplanes as well as for
seed. ' -
A rapidly growing interest In t 'ktn
dergartening is indicated by the re
port of the committee on kindergar
tens of the West China Christian Ed
ucational Union, recently made pub
lic It appears that kindergartens
under the union's supervision are lo
cated in Sulfu, Klating and Chengtu,
and that at each attendance and in
terest are at a high mark.
over their wires were-paid at the full
toll rate, and the soldier who sent a
message to his lamily paid full rates.
The only use the government had of
these wires was simply tor the trans.
mission of army orders, and that was
done by its own military operators.
Then as to the patents which they
say were violated. What patents? The
telegraph was discovered In 1837. If
Profeesor Morse had any patent for
stringing telegraph wires on American
soil it must have expired within 21
years of that date. I cannot see how
anyone was prevented or could have
been prevented from building just as
many wires in any part of tbjs coun
try as they pleased. The only possible
patents that might have been inter
fered with were those upon some in.
8truments But even the patents on
ordinary instruments had run out by
1S61.
Now, I say for myself, with what
knowledge i have of the telegraph,
that I would rather trust the govern
ment of the United States than any
private corporation or any manager
of any private corporation. We have
been told, for instance, that election
riots in New York were at least pre
vented by the telegraph company giv
ing out the proper news to the people
as to the result of the election of
1884. What right has the telegraph
company to bulletin election news or
any other news?. Would the govern
ment of the United States, if the tele,
graph had been under its control, pub
lish any bulletins and give away any
Intelligence transmitted over Its
wires? - Would they violate the mails
and open letters which contained such
intelligence? Would any express
company open the packages that go
through their hands? Are not tele
graph companies merely public car
riers entrusted with transmitting cor
respondence? ,
But the showing Is here that the
telegraph company received $88,000
for election, news in 1889. Eighty
eight thousand dollars for what? For
selling returns of state elections and
congressional elections at different
stations, peddled out to pool rooms,
delivered at the theaters and at pri
vate resorts of every description. That
is not, in my opinion, the function of
the telegraph and never should be.
Dr. Green at one time testified that
the Western Union was the only com
pany in this country that does not
deal in news- and yet they have dealt
in news to the extent of $88,000 worth
of election returns. Now, suppose
that Mr. Jay Gould was very deeply
interested In election returns, would be
be less formidable than any postmas-J
ter general or than any man interest
ed in the outcome of an election? I
question it. And yet, I do not Insist
that the government shall operate all
the wires, although in my opinion it
would be best if it were done. But if
we cannot do that, the next best thing
is to devise some plan to connect the
postal service with the telegraph
service, and give tha people the widest
latitude in telegraph facilities.
Whittled to a Point
St. Louis Glije Democrat: The
crop of growing optimism is happily
one of the largest of the year in all
the allied countries t
Louisville Courier Journal: The
cutthroat Alexander bagged the world,
4he reader gleans, but shades of
the great exemplars watch Wil
helm spill the beans!
St Louis Globe-Democrat: Under
the new sugar rules the housewife can
not console herself as Mrs. Partington
did when she said that sugar was not
high as long as she got 50 cents worth
for half a dollar.
s Baltimore American! The gates of
many of our shipbuilding plants are
clogged with the autos of the workers.
And, perhaps, some of the men are so
kind-hearted as to give the bosses a
lift on the way home!
St Louis , Globe-Democrat: What
we need is vision. . If George the
Thh-d had had vision he might have
perceived George the Fifth presiding;
at an American base ball game, on
the Fourth. of July and exclaimed to
himself, "What's the use?"
"Now why r you crylnat"
"My huibknd li act evailv," nwere4 tBS
bride. "Every time I Hk him how he like"
my blaeulti, he telU mo I hvt beautiful
eye." Boston Tranecrlpt. - ,
His TelIowlef A woman's ate doean't
really matter. ' , ,
Miss Caustique No; the thlnf that
counts is how long she has been that tfe.
Lite.
Mrs. H. Peck John, I wish you'd give
me a synonym for misery. .
Mr. H. Peck What's the matter with
Matrimony ? St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"That's Ma's war bonnet"
"There's nothing suggesUvs ef war
about it" . '
"There isn't, eh? You should have seen
the war Pa started when he got the bin ,
tor it." Detroit Free Press.
MY SHIPS AT SEA.
I've ships a-salllng on the sea.- . '
Where? That, I do not know.
1 sent them out with hopes and fears .
So many years ago.
Some sank ere they had touched the flooas
Some sailed but tor a day; -. ,
Some plunked Into the rising tide
And gaily sped away.
They swiftly flew -before the wind,
Beyond my sight and ken,
But hope la always In my heart
That they'll come back again. -
Both large and small, those ships of mine,
They're scattered near and far.
And oft I stand upon the shore
And wonder where they are.
For treasures rich and rare thoy seek. ;
In every land and clime,
And I'm expecting one of them
To sail back any time.
Some went In search of love and life,
Some sought for gold and wealth,
And some for laurel wreaths and fame,,
And some for peacs and health. :
Though storms of life have wrecked the.besi
And finest of my fleet.
And cast tha work of many years :
In ruins at my feet, "
With but a tear for vanished hopes.
I've turned away, and then
I've planned and manned another ship
And sent it out again.
And filled with hope, have raised my;ey&
To that horizon dim,
Where other shkis, with other hopes.
May yet com sailing In.
No man can take away the trust -.
Or Joy of life from me.
For hope is mine as long as I
Have ships upon the sea.
And though the years are passing, and.
My eyes are growing dim,
I'm watching still, and waiting, ,
'Till my ships come in.
Omaha. DAVID RITCHIE.
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