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The; UMAHA SUNDAX BEE: AUGUST 4, 1918.
The Omaha Bee
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Well, August never wis frosty month hereabout.
One might almost believe that Mr. Hitch
branch has had word from Swampscott.
Nebraska still leads the world in number of
automobiles in proportion to population.
- The kaiser is finding the Russians at peace
almost as hard to manage as when they were at
war.
- One easy way for auto owners to keep out of
police court is to take pains to observe all traffic
ruea. .
Give the crown prince credit for one thing
he is one of the best little retreaters at large
today, '
Secretary-Baker il almost convinced that uni
versal training wilt be a good thing for American
boys. " W are making progress!
" Kerensky now blames his downfall on Milu
koff, but most folks will cling to the belief that
Lenlne and Trotsky had something to do with it.
.. Germany may have bad the perfect military
machine to start, but did it ever work with such
precision as the one over which Foch presides?
Pershing now has a million fighting menun
der hit personal command, and anyone Vvho
doubts their ability can learn something by ask-,
ing Friti. .:t M- O-
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; Our boys in Europe have no preference in
rivers. It will auit trfem just as well to have,
crown prince retreat across the Vistula, or even
the Yenisei ' ' ., V.
I All that U needed, now la for the Mullen
Hitchcock-Neville combine to make the voters
believe the Hastings straddle means something
else, Ind the game tan go on. ,
1 Tour years ago today Great Britain cast Its
lot with Belgium and France against the Hun.
Its "contemptible little army" stood to the last
man, living bulwark between the Germans and
t&e coast, until "Kitchener's inob" could come
to the relief. When history is written no page
wilt be brighter than that which tells of the herO'
Ism. of unprepared Britain, thrusting against the
greatest military machine of the ages, and thwart
ing its progress, -v "
v4; . ' Midsummer. r.
A mist floats up from meadows these morn
ng, prophetic of the coming autumn; noontime
glows with feryenee of untempered sun, and with
evening comes a sultriness that, tries man's pa
tience. It is" midsummer, . "dog days," when
Sirius rules the sky, and Dame Nature looses
her .fiercest heat to the ripening of the corn and
the maturing of the fruits.', Pastures are turning
brown and hillsides' lie dull and dusty under the
sjrell. Over the corn fields hovers that mysti
cism of ertation's alchemy which none can com
prehend, but in all the world no mightier process
is going on today. Uncounted myriads of ker
nels arc undergoing tha miracle of development,
while in orchard and vineyard the wonder of
fruitage is being wrought. Nature presses with
her utmost energy to fulfill her task within the
tinse, while man goes about his work ' with less
of; vigor because of the ' very seal of creation
abut him. From' the mists of the morning until
th last hot breath of the day has passed with
thfc deepening night, the call of lassitude beguiles
him,' and he works from duty and not for the joy
of 'doing it And in .the dusk he hearkens to the
locust and the tree toad, as they rasp the air, and
stsains his ear to catch the first cry of the katy
did, prophet of the coming frost August has its
charms, too, but they are soon sped, and in the
cooler days to come we will enjoy the product
of these, less trying because of the promise that
thej hold of pleasures just ahead,
WHEN HITCHCOCK WAS NOT SLOW.
"Mr. Hitchcock was a bit slow in realizing
that the duty of this country was not peace, but
war, and that its place was by the side of Britain,
France and Belgium, with shining sword un
sheathed," says the Omaha Hyphenated, apolo
gizing for its owner's pro-German activity. Yes,
indeed, he was slow; so slow, in fact, that a lot
of folks are doubtful as to whether he has yet
fully realized "that the duty of, this country was
not peace, but war." On the other hand, he was
swiftness itself in flying to the aid of the kaiser.
On August 19, 1914, less than three weeks after
the war had started, he introduced in the senate
a bill to prevent either of the Entente Allies from
borrowing money, selling bonds or securing any
financial help in this country. On December 7,
1914, he presented his bill to put an embargo on
arms. Should one of these measures have passed
it would have made the kaiser's victory certain
and speedy, for it would have left Britain,
France and Belgium helpless before the Blonde
Beast. Mr. Hitchcock plaintively says he wanted
to be "neutral," yet he sought to compel this
country to do what even Mr. Bryan denounced
as an unneutral act Mr. Hitchcock might have
been slow in realizing America's duty, but he
could hurry, all right, when it came to pushing
the kaiser's cause in the senate of the United
States.
Political Parties and the People.
A successful manufacturer visiting Omaha last
week stated that he adhered to the tenets of no
political party. In this he has but voiced an ex
pression often heard, but usually made without
reflection. Whether he admits it or not, this
man and all others subscribe in some degree to
the tenets of one or the other political parties. ',
The republican party is founded on substan
tial basis of fundamental principles, and it is
either right or. wrong; its basic idea is opposed
to that of the democratic party. Each of these
great organizations seeks the good and welfare
of the nation, but proposes to go about achieving
it in a different way.
One point will serve to show the difference.
The republican party is pledged to the doctrine
of the protective tariff; the democratic party be
lieves in free trade. The republicans would de
velop and conserve the home market for home
producers; the democrats would open our gates
to competition of the world. One policy or the
other is correct.
' ' On other vital points the divergence is as
plain. 'The man who says he does not subscribe
to either consciously or unconsciously denies
himself, for if he is a reasoning being and a good
citizen he must have a choice between them. To
perpetuate and apply these doctrines to the good
of the people in the way of government political
parties are needed, and for a party to be a success
In a targe way it must also succeed in the small
things. Organization it as essential in the pre
cinct as it is in the nation.
This is not 'machine politics," but the very
life bl our system of government Any man
whose affiliations sit so loosely on him that he
cannot say whether or why he is one thing or
the" other is not filling all the requirements of cit
izenship. To be a true American one should be
sufficiently familiar with the science of govern
mentfor government ii a science to be a par
tisan of some definite policy, and to know why
he is. I '. i-
; -Blowing Our Own Horn,
-'f A visitor from Philadelphia advises the middle
wist to blow its own horn, saying it has plenty
of cause for a little judicious boasting. Bless his
heart, if he will just stick around awhile he will
hear plenty f just the sort of thing he says he
now misses. It will come when his ears no
longer are deafened by the din of the effete east,
clamoring for the center of the stage, while it
tells, the world all it is doing to save civilization.
The west never did feel able to creating such a
hullabaloo. We are more modest out this-a-way;
not that we are of the shrinking violet order.
Far from' it, .but we have been accustomed to al
lowing our visitors to tell us all about the won
derful things they have done, or are going to do,
in (hat region just between the Alleghenies and
the Atlantic When such an one has tired of
rehearing his tale of greatness, usually he has
been in these parts long enough to look about a
little, and after while his amazement at what is
steadily going on here overcomes his tendency
to brag, and as a rule he goes home a quieter, if
not a wiser, man. Nebraska might let up on pro
ducing food long enough to cackle about it, but
Kansas makes enough noise for two states, and
we are content to let it go at that In the mean
time, anybody consumed with curiosity as to
what we ire doing might look over the bank
clearings, the live stock and grain receipts, and
various other evidences of activity. Nebraska is
blowing her own horn, all right, but not in the
way our visitor expects.'
" Von Ludendorff can now join von Kluck, and
von Moltke and von Mackensen and von Falken
hayn and other glorious "vons" of the great Ger
man machine who have tried and failed. The
crown prince will probably get another decora
tion, while von Hindenburg will bless the sick bed
that kept him out of the action. ,
Co-Operative Thrift In Nebraska
Eight States in the Union in Savings and Loan Associa
tions in Progress
Nebraska continues strengthening its
position as the premier state in savings and
loan association business west of the Mis
sissippi river. Only seven states, topnotch
ers in age and population, lead the Antelope
state in this order; Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois, New
York and Indiana. Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas
and Missouri are scarcely in the running, not
through fault of native thrift, but because
these neighbor states started wrong and
kept at it until harm was done! Nebraska
started right and kept right, and the result
is seen in its high rank among the 35 states
officially reporting on association business.
These facts are clearly set out in the
annual report of H. F, Cellarius, secretary
and statistician, made to the Newark con
vention of the United States League of
Building and Loan associations. Following
are the figures in tabular form:
Number . Total Increase
STATES. of ' Member- Total AneU. tn
Asen's. ship. AuaU.
Pann-lranla 1,000 77,811 $24,K3,193 SU.438.2
Ohio 678 767.100 X21.741.S9 41.18S.D4t)
New Jersey 793 SJ9.06J 168.J15.913 13.088.851
MaauchUMtta 14 147.725 12,6tl5,M7 18.SW.13U
Illinois 6X1 SW.800 113.S28.J2S . S.OSi.iXl
New York to3 1U9.571 86,07182 6,442,1)11
Indiana 351 20J.4QO 71,111,017 8 818.6(11
Nebn.ka 73 101. 5W 54,545.830 (.627,783
California (1 42.22T S5.128.447 8.1H4.4S0
Michigan 71 03.041 35,658,360 4.273,88
Kentucky 125 62.848 27.083.282 1.5?2,a72
ViMourl 153 50.11S 36.770.144 3.220,311
Kunt 71 66.441 26.000.167 2.440.058
Milan 7 47.703 33.011.928 1,302.683
Dirt, ot Columbia... IS 37,073 23.390.063 235..4S
WlKontln 78 60.613 10,887.368 3.013,516
North Carolina 140 37.400 17,608.000 1.703,230
Wuhlnitoa 43 44.318 14.444,177 2.366.450
Arkanui 40 11.083 ' 10,383,447 400 438
Iowa 11016) SO 33,033 8,838,852
Mlnneaot 63 18,030 8,970,842 62li.5'!7
Wert Virginia ..... 48 21.500 8.119,131 . 369,581
Colorado (1918 ... 44 . 10,200 8,6143.983
Mtlna 38 14.650 8.871.239 233.961
Oklahoma 84 18.142 8,034,175 2.354.175
Bhoda bland S 11.409 6.938. 430 577,908
Connecticut 31 14.900 4,869.748 810.423
Koutli Dakota 14 5.837 8,902,336 89.188
tiiw Hampahlrt.... 11 8.554 8.338,871 822.813
TmnaaMW 13 5.166 3.107,754 112,663
North Dakota ..... 10 5.783 1,837,118 ' 00.308
Toi 28 7,158 1,314.037 S72.489
Montana 18 4,239 1,849,935 300,906
New Mexico 13 3,343 1.469,278 71.660
Vermont 6 749 387,791 32.079
Other itataa 858 141.873 157.319,171 10.975.756
Totall 7,289 3,838.611 $1,769,143,175 1170,314.039
Dtcreaaa.
The effect of the war on these thrift asso
ciations is not clearly reflected in the, sta
tistics. While the statistics show notable
gains in all but three states, the figures of
none of the states cover a full year of the
war. State reports covering calendar years
represent little more than eight months of
war conditions, while fiscal year reports
July to July were scarcely touched by the
transition from peace. Nebraska's report,
for example, covers the last half of 1916
and the first half of 1917, a period almost
wholly free from financial disturbance.
Reviewing the showing made during the
12 months concerned by the report, Secre
tary Cc'larius says:
"The unsettled financial conditions cre
ated by the world war have not materially
interfered with the growth or prosptrity of
the building and loan associations of the
United States. Their members have con
tinued their saving habits in about the same
manner as they did during the pre-war pe
riod. While the business of these associa
tions was for a time somewhat disarranged
in some localities, they nevertheless advanced
money freely during the year for home
building purposes, promptly paid their with
drawing members, took an active inte.'uM in
the Liberty Loan Bonds, the Va- Savings
Certificates and Thrift Stamp campaigns and
invested liberally in all these iss'i.. The
first Liberly Loan :a!l caused a considerable
withdrawal from thrse associations, and this
for a time baited building operation;!, bat
the members gradually adjusted thennlvcc
to the new conditions, exercised greater
economy, ith the result that they not only
made their usual payments, but also ac
tually laid aside a little more during the year
than was their custom in ordinary times.
1 liere is no doubt but that the thrift f am
paign inaugurated by the federal governmmt
1 1 I 1 . a . ,r .
nas naa ana is naving a stimulating eneci
upon the members of building associations,
making them more frugal and developing in
them more firmly the saving habit.
The increase in assets during the last year
was a little over $170,000,000, and the associa
tion loaned out on mortgage security $492,
000,000. There are in the United States
7.269 associations, with aggregate assets of
$1,769,142,175, and a total membership of
3.838,612. This is an increase of 197 associa
tions, 270,180 members and $170,514,039 in
assets over the report of last year. The in
crease in membership was 7.5 per cent, while
the increase in assets was 10.6 per cent. The
average amount due each member is $460.37,
as against $447.98, the amount shown last
year.
The aggregate receipts for 1917 from all
sources were $1,220,600,65$, which is an in
crease of $158,687,635 over the receipts of
the previous year. The receipts from weekly
dues were increased $37,647,516, from paid-up
stock $6,783,893, and from deposits $23,196.
571. There was an increase over the previ
ous year in mortgage loans made of $78,
805,481. Stock withdrawals increased $7,175.
321, paid-up stock $15,519,998, and deposit
withdrawals were $7,759,840 in excess of 1916.
The total expense of management for the
year was $9,810,744, or a little over eight
tenths of 1 per cent of the total receipts.
Pennsylvania's 2,089 associations report
having helped members to build or buy 27,308
homes during the year. In the last year, re
ported on 1916-17. Nebraska's 73 associations
enabled 2,646 families to procure new homes
and assisted 4,300 families with homestead
loans.
The Kaiser's Welcome
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, writing in the
Outlook on the punishment of the kaiser,
says : '
"I have no , power to conceive the sen
tence that will be pronounced on him who
made widows that' he might, devour their
houses and claimed God as. an ally , in his
crimes. He will stand for judgment before
Him who pronounced accursed of God and
condemned to everlasting destruction in the
fires prepared for the devil and. his angels
those who neglected the poor, the hungry,
the sick, the imprisoned.1 I have no power
to conceive what divine scorn and wrath he
will confront who has spread over half a
continent poverty, famine, disease, slavery
and death. But I can form a faint concep
tion of the welcome with which he will be
received as he goes down' to death the Wel
come which the Hebrew prophet portrays as
accorded to the king of Babylon:
"How art thou fallen from heaven,
0 Day Star, son of the morning 1
How are thou cut down to the ground,
Which didst lay low the nations!
And thou saidst in thine heart, 'I will ascend
into heaven,
1 will exalt my throne above the stars of
God;
And I will sit upon the mount of congrega
tion, In the uttermost parts of the north:
I will ascend above the heights ' of the
clouds;
I will be like the Most High.'
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell,
To the uttermost parts of the pit.
They that see thee shall narrowly , look
upon thee,
They shall consider thee:
'Is this the man that made the earth to
tremble.
That did shake kingdoms;
That made the world as a wilderness, and
overthrew the cities thereof,
That let not loose his prisoners in their
home?'
All the kings of the nations, H of them,
sleep in glory,
Every one in his own house:
But thou are cast forth away from thy
sepulcher
Like an abominable branch,
As the raiment of those that are slain,
That are thrust through with the sword,
That go down to the stones of the pit;
As a carcass trodden under foot."
The Industries' Deserters
Lloyd George has again demonstrated
that he is the man for the place. The war
industries strikers in England have not all
returned to work at this writing, but the
greater part of them have and the rest will,
or, as Mr. George declares, they will have a
cnance to exchange their safe and comforta
ble berths in the munition factories for
places on the firing line. There was but one
thing for the British government to do under
the circumstances and they did it. It was
perhaps a bold thing to confront two or
three hundred thousand strikers with the de
mand that they work or fight, but there was
no alternative.'
No class of men have ever appeared in
a more inexcusable attitude than those who,
retained at home for the purpose of supply
ing the armies with munitions, desert those
armies in a crisis like this. The sentiment
of . England made itself felt very promptly
in condemnation of the strikers. Their own
leaders denounced their action, appealed to
them in the name of the honor of labor, but
nothing worked so effectually as the knowl
edge of the fact that they were confronted
by a choice of returning immediately to their
tasks or starting on their way to the front.
We have a few men in that class in this
country and we should not hesitate to deal
wi,th them in the same fashion. The gov
ernment has taken 'pains to protect the rights
of labor and it will do so, but it certainly will
not parley Jong with slackers in the ranks of
industry whose desertion of their posts in
time, of war is just as disastrous and as dis
honorable as the, desertion of men on the
battlefront. Minneapolis Tribune.'.
People and Events
..III is the weather that benefits nobody.
Observe how the paucity of showers muf
fles the lawn mower.
- A oartv of Brooklyn fistic sports blew
themselves for 50 cents a second to see the
23-second Dempsey-Fulton bout at Harrison,
N. J. . Easy money for the class and locality,
but looks like small change to a wrestling
match crowd. .
Thirty wet counties in Missouri sent 1,003
convicts to the state penitentiary, while the
84 dry counties contributed only 188 inmates.
In view of the quality of liquid dope put out
in Missouri the wonder is how any of the
wet population escaped a free ride to Jeffer
son City.
Word comes out of Wall Street that Dr.
Rumely did not "touch" the crowd for loose
coin to float his newspaper venture. Dern
berg, Albert & Co. were much easier. Be
sides, the Street was "stuck" on Rumely's
tractor paper some years before and one
shakedown is aplenty.
Some officeseekers of dubious repute do
not know when to go away back and lose
themselves. Such knowledge must be ham
mered in. That's what Texas did to James
E. Ferguson, impeached governor, who
sought a vindication at the democratic pri
maries. Ferguson ran behind his opponent
112,000 votes and got what he went after
with a dub.
One more of the celebrated Smith family
is out for high political honors. Albert Ed
wardplain "Al" for short carries the
democratic banner for governor of New
York. A Tammanyite from Wayback is "Al"
once sheriff of New York county at $60.
000 per, 12 times a legislator, etc. Aside
from these claims for preferment, "Al" wears
his hat cocked on the corner of his head.
Be it straw, sombrero, derby or silk tile, the
angle is the same, "because," as he explained,
"my head is built that way."
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Aaaaaalnatloa ot General Erdtlll,
military governor of Fetrograd, an
nounced. ; : . ,
British continued to hammer Ger
man lines over a tS-mile front from
Dlxmude to Warneton.
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The Day W Celebrate.
B. & Howell, insurance and coal
man, bora 180. ""V i
Charlee Jamea McCarthy, governor
of Hawaii, born In Boaton, 17 years
ago. :y . ',
Ptlnctn Marie Jo, 'daughter ot
king and queen of the Belgians, born
in BniBMla, II year ago.
Harry Lauder, Sootch . comedian,
born at Portobello, Scotland, 48 years
Thlii. Day in lllstory. PXf I
1T1I ScotcK emlgranU arrived- to
fettle the town ot Londonderry, X. H.
JTsi ComwaHie retired wlth bla
army to Yorktown, Va. ,
ISfg Philadelphia presented
League Island, in the Delaware river,
to the federal government as the aite
Id' a- cavy yard. ' 1 "
J'S" John , Roblnion, pioneer
A.. " nhfwman.' died In Clncin-j.-
-trt at Albany. N T to 180.
; - treat Britain made a decla
raUou of. .war against Germany, .
Just 30 Years Ago Today
J. B. Brown, buyer for S. P. Morae
St Co., left for New York and Boston.
A Jolly party of young society
people have been enjoying a week's
frollo camping out at Lake Manawa.
A. B. Boeder haa come from the
east and win locate here with his
brother, M L. Boeder, to, the insur
ance business.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Dellone
gave an evening party at their beau
tiful residence on Colfax street In
honor of their daughter, Lillian, who
Is home on vacation from 8acred
Heart convent " "
' Miss E. P. Clark has returned from
a brief but pleasant vacation spent at
toe lakes near Stillwater, Minn. ,
Mrs. Cblonel Henry and her young
est sun left for Oakland, Md., to pass
a lew weeks with Mrs. General Crook.
Signposts oj Progress
France has 1,500,000 widows on the
government pension list
Into the head' of a new golf club
can be inserted lead plugs to adjust
its weight and balance.
Electrical apparatus tor perma
nently curling women's hair has been
invented by a foreign scientist.
Many of the dress manufacturers
throughout the United States are now
sending out women instead of men as
salesmen,
Danish Inventors have perfected
motors that are claimed to Work well
with peat gas as fuel instead ot ben
sine or gasoline. .
Along one side of a new kitchen
table is hinged an ironing board that
can be raised tor use or dropped into
a concealed recess.
Screws that will stay In place in
woodwork have been Invented with
an opening from the slot to one side
through which a tiny pin is driven.
The Japanese are the only people
who have ever undertaken the sys
tematic planting and harvesting ot
seaweed and other marine vegetation
A Swedish inventor Is reported to
have devised a satisfactory means of
transferring electric poww to self-
propeuea motor plows and other farm
machinery-
: During Washington's two terms as
president from 1789 to 1787. the cabi
net consisted of four members, vis.:
Secretary of state, serretary of the
treasury, secretary ot war and attor
ney, general. It now constats of 10
members,
Odd Bits of Life
James Dowllngr. a British private
soldier, has thus tar won 13 war
medals. He is 68.
Carolyn Wells, the authoress, says
that she can read her mall and dic
tate a story at the same time.
Peat bricks are being retailed In
Dublin at a penny each, instead ot
three for a penny, the price before
the 'War.
The only srirl city controller In the
country is Miss Bessie Townsend, who
has successfully miea tne omce at At
lantic City through three administrations.
, A span ot 47 years' neglected edu
cation did net deter B. Franklin
Peadro ot Champaign, 111., from try
ing to finish his University of Illinois
degree. He left the university la 1871
without completing the course, and
now at the1 age ot 70 he returned.
When a call was issued for volun
teers to save the bumper blackberry
crop at Huntington, W. Va,, prac
tically . the whole population re
sponded. Blackberry picnics have
hecn tha raa among tha women, who
work in chio sunbonnets and . neat
frocks, .
Before steel f aaors came Into vogue
raiors were made of brone and other
metal alloys specially hardened - to
take a sharp edge. But the sharp
edge of those days would bs consid
ered nrettv blunt now. Most "primi
tive shaving Instruments Were made
of sharpened flints or pieces of snen
The present Andaman Islanders con
sider it a luxury to have a piece of
broken bottle glass as e, razor
Whittled to a Point
Minneapolis Journal: The war will
go on until somebody captures the
iron cross iounary.
New York Herald: The tempera
ture at the surface of the sun is about
2,000 degrees centigrade 3,&vo de
grees Fahrenheit) above he boiling
point of carbon. The Huns say they
want a place in the sun. Let 'em
have it.
Brooklyn Eagle: By royal order the
British court will have four weeks
of mourning for the Czar Nicholas.
Descendants ot Cromwelllan regicides
will participate. The death penalty
for treason is a different thing from
mob assassination.
Baltimore American: With food
and clothing already scarce, the Ger
mans at home are being prepared
for another winter or war, and will
have more affecting appeals made- to
them to bear more sacrifices cheer
fully for the fatherland.
Transitu 7!tv Star; Th r.rmin
vAv,mmnr ham rAllprl fnr all tha
clothes in uermany, everybody being
vnprted to eive ud at least nnn milt.
The crown prince has a uniform he
apparently has no use for. And what
haa Decome or mnaenourg's shoesT
Minneapolis Trlbuns: Berlin com
muniques complain about "black
troops" on the allied side In the Marne
offensive. Black? Great heavens!
and yoa couldn't even bleed a war
Prussian white. Wher- Is Germany
ever going to gee anything white
enough to be Identified as a flag of
truce or (ivrrender-
Around the Cities'
Owing to the absence of . steam
whistles at Washington electric horns
toot the wartime Angelus.
Canton, O., has painted the . tower
of its court house red, white and blue
as war prophecy of early victory.
Salt Lake City's commission govern
ment called . the strike bluff of the
fire department Resignations of the
strikers were accepted.
An even dollar an hour, nary a
copper less, is the ukase of St Louis
plumbers. It is up to the bosses to
come down or shut up.
Street improvements are "up in the
air" in Sioux City at present Inability
of the street railway company to ob
tain rails is the mam obstacle.
Milwaukee reports a 40 per cent In
crease In drunkenness among women.
Somebody - must uphold the city's
reputation when the men go to war.
Bostonians are up against 7-ccnt
fares qn surface, elevated anil sub
way lines. The boosted rate started
last Thursday, emphasizing the fact
that H. C. of L. is a live member.
East Liverpool, the "pottery me
tropolis of Ohio," has more hills than
Rome and streets so nearly perpen
dicular that one may 'see the place
ho came, from the home on the hills
or the office or shop in the hollow.
Covington, Ky.. over the bridge
from Cincinnati, will not permit cir
cuses within its boundaries during the
war. Still the cheerless city dads may
chaperone the kids to Newport or
across the river, where the tents may
spread.
Minneapolis plans enlarged night
school facilities for the coming win
ter, to meet the demand for skilled
and educated workers growing out of
war conditions. Particular attention
will be given to teaching lnite:l States
to foreigners.
A finish appears in sight to the
long drawii out war of Jitneys and the
street railway of Minneapolis. The
latter offe-s to take over and operate
the jits and extend the transfer sys
tem to them. Negotiations to that
end are well advanced, with good
prospects of the street railway whale
making the swallow.
Over There and Here
Twelve hundred school buildings
are now used as war hospitals in
Great Britain.
All washable table cloths and nap
kins remaining unsold in the shops
of Germany ha.'e been commandeered
for army use.
French civilians, irrespective of sex.
who have been wounded or injured
by any act of the enemy, are now
entitled to wear a yellow ribbon, bor
dered with blue stripes, on which is
affixed a five-pointed star.
Americanism among New Yorkers
exhibits strange grades of pep occa
sionally. One Gothamite accused by
another of being "a German a low,
dirty German," instead of swinging on
the jaw on the spot, goes Into court
asking for 825,000 damages for defa
mation of character.
Dr. A. N. Davis, formerly the kais
er's American dentist Just home from
Berlin, tells of going from Berlin into
the country seeking a square meal
supposed to be had there. "Boy," he
said to a young waiter, "bring me a
stein of beer and a brace ot sausages
a brace of those large, succulent,
appetizing Frankfurters that Germany
Is famous for." The- youngster licked
his chops, sighed and headed kitchen
ward. Returning with a grieved look,
he passed it to the doctor with these
words: "Father told me to tell you
that if ha had any sausages like you
want he'd eat 'em himself."
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES
"I saw your ton at camp, Mrs. Bloxl arJ
be la In tha kitchen pollc."
Then I know he'a happy. 4r f rJJV
boy, for ha was alwaya hanging' around
tha cook." Brooklyn Eat la.
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Mra. WiUla Kit married him. but
can't control him. . ,
Mr. Wlllla I aee. She attained her ob
jective, hut waa unable to consolidate her
position. Judge. ' i
'That fellow propoaea to every girl he
meflti."
"Isn't he afraid ot getting Into trouble T"
"Certainly not; he knows no girl would
have htm." Baltimore American.
Kdltor How's the new society reporter?
I told him to condense as much as possible.
Assistant He did. Here's hla account of
yesterday's afternoon tea: "ilra. Lovely
poured, Mrs. Jabber roared, Mrs. Puller
bored, Mrs. Rasping gored, and Mrs. Embon
point snored." Detroit Times. . v.
"I understand It Is hard to get. leather
now." said the mart making conversation
(it the railroad lunch counter.
"Almost impossible," replied the boss 'ft
l he ranch.
"That accounts for It. I have notlrd
your sandwiches have been more tender f
late." Tonkers Statesman, . J.
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"Here's an urgent message from my h'
band," remarked Mrs. Jlbway the day, after
he reached her favorite summer resort.
"I hope Mr. Jlbway Un't ill?" saldjs
friend, sympathetically. ' ,
"No, Indeed. Mr. Jlbway Is trying to keo
house during my absence and he wants 1o
know where I put the can opener.'' 'Bfr
mingham Age-Herald. . ,
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"Here's that returned soldier boasting '
about how he was gassed In the trenches,
and It never hurt him." i ,i
"How could it?" He was a book agent
ior 10 years." Baltimore American.
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'"Did you see where the kaiser's Ameri
can dentist said he had such a hard time
finding influence to get out of Berlin 1"
"That's' strange:' you would think he had
I lenty of pull." Baltimore American.
A DRIVE FOR PEACE.
Ach, Peace! 'vot a peautlful sound!
Like moosic It falls on der ear
i.s ve hurry right ofer der ground
To a place vot Iss safe at der rear!
Aber, killing of men lss so sad
Hellup! Murder! Ach, Himmell
Bollce!
Ilon'd shoot any more! KAMERAD!)
Don'd you hear ve lss talking of Peace!
Ve Iss villlng to let go dor Marne;
Ve'Il agree dot der fighting shall cease:
l'or gay Paris ve don't glf a darn;
Ve vould talk now of noddtngs but peace
l'or der Crown Prince, der Kaiser und Qotl
Haf agreed dot der time It isi came
Ven dey'd rather sthob fighting dan not
Und get out of der schreckllchkelt game.
Vile der Allies to vin haf no chance,
Yet ve're villlng to glf dem a show,
I'nd ve'll efon get right out of France -
Yust as fast as ve effer can go. ,
flnce dem Yankees got into der fight
Not a minute of rest haf ve had; . i
ruch pehavlor va say Isa not right 1
Ach! Dey're at it again! ' t
K-A-M-B-R-A-D!!! J
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Our stock of Player Pianos for August is larger than we calcu
lated it would be.
Therefore we make a special drive on the selling terms to re-
duce the number.
This applies to the nationally advertised and most celebrated;
Gulbransen Player Piano.
The player that is guaranteed for ten years.
The player that requires no instructions to operate.
The reliable, easy pumping, always ready player.
We have the popular "suburban" model in mahogany, walnut,
polished oak and fumed oak cases; price all over the world, $425.
The elegant style known as "country seat" in polished oak,
fumed oak, mahogany and walnut cases, at the well known price
of 8510.
Then for the up-to-date homes, the "White House" model, one
price, $575, 'with special terms on the installment plan to see
them move.
No discount for cash; one price to all. No other player has
its stable price so thoroughly impressed upon the public as the "Gul
bransen Player Piano, and with this is its absolute reliability, its
wonderful tone and beautiful touch for hand playing.
They are the best ever and the equal of players selling at $200
more money.
You make no mistake to own one on the Easy August Term.
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1513 Douglas Street.
Player Rolls, Player Cabinet, Piano Lamps,
Apollo Reproducing Piano.
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member.
Last year 6,995 of our member
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