THE BEE: OMAHA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1918.
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The Omaha Hyphenated is excited, if it is
not actually worried.
"Politics is adjourned," but our democratic
friends do not know it.
"Big Jeff's" visit to the capitol is a coming
event casting its shadow before.
As a "no" leader Mr. Wilson is a success.
Not an ally hesitated when he led off.
Italy has not yet received an official copy of
the Austrian note, but the answer is ready.
What's in a name? Generals Read and
Wright are commanding divisions under Pershing.
A good place to put the knockers will be in
the proposed Chamber of Commerce drum
corps',
It wilt not be "stand and deliver" when the
Liberty loan squad calls, but "subscribe and
smile." -
The prospect of an American army of 4,800,-
... . . . . . f t 1. .1.-
000 strong will make tne Kaiser ieei wean m mc
knees.
Berlin claims St. Mihiel as a German vic
tory. At that rati the kaiser has been winning
all along the line lately.
"Roy" McKelvie nailed another democratic
slander at North Platte, but that will not stop
the yapping at his heels.
If the weather man will only trim ship long
enough to get our climate on an even keel again
all will be forgiven him.
Iowa is moving for better methods of as
sessing and equalizing valuations for taxation.
' Nebraska might well follow suit.
No politics in the railway service any morel
art , . 1 r AS.- t.L.!n -xas ri sari ntl PVPfV
on everv dinine car
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5 tti i-oi-iare.
The food situation will require some atten-
...... a(,nrtlv Cnntml rather than reirula-
MUii ncijr ouvwj. v-v....w. o
tion will be needed to che the rapidly mount
, ing flight of staples.
' The Nebraska State Fair finished with a sur
plus, of over $27,000; some justification for its
existence, as well as an indication of interest
on part of the people.
"Near beer" escapes the fate of the real thing
. by a narrow squeak, so the wnuom toper in ary
territory may continue to deceive himself by
foaming beakers that lack "authority."
General Morgen, who ordered his troop? to
hold fast, and then fled himself to escape the
Advancing Britishers, will not be hailed as "Gui
morgen" by the soldiers he deserted.
ONLY ONE BOSS FOR THE POLICE.
In an army there can be only one commander,
and in the police department there can be only
one head. This proposition isjresented every
time the attempt is made to unionize members
of a police force or to bring them into any sort
of an organization whose interest may clash with
their duties as law-enforcing officers. In other
words, no policeman can be safely put in the po
sition where he has to decide whether to take
orders from his superior officer or to follow the
edict of his union.
This does not mean that employes of the po
lice department, any more than employes of any
other department of the city, cannot associate
themselves together for mutual benefit (in fact,
in Omaha they are so associated in their Police
Relief association), but it does mean that there
shall be no side issues that may divert them from
the faithful and whole-hearted performance of
duty.
So far as the feeling prevails that the posi
tions carry inadequate pay to meet the stress of
war times, the new home rule charter
for Omaha, which is to be soon submitted for
ratification, provides the remedy for both the
police and fire departments by giving the coun
cil power to make increases which are now ab
solutely barred by law. The fact that these
changes are substantially the only changes made
by the charter framers is proof that considera
tion is being given to the just claims of the men
in these services. The charter cannot possibly
be voted on until amended, nor can the payroll
changes be legally made before the new charter
becomes operative.
If the police officers will look the situation
squarely in the face they can readily see where
their true course of action lies and where the
lines run that they must not overstep.
Food Prices and the Future.
The soaring prices of butter and other dairy
products may not be exactly typical, but will
fairly illustrate one phase of the food situation.
Under the food administration law the presi
dent is authorized to fix a fair price for wheat,
and sugar is under control through another
device. Mr. Hoover within the limit of his
discretionary powers has tried to set bounds on
the prices to be charged for various commodi
ties, but with little real success. Purchases on
behalf of the government have been on such
scale as to encourage high prices to private con
sumers, and present market quotations indicate
approach to famine exactions. Absolute con
trol by the food administrator of all agencies of
production and distribution, with rigid fixation
of prices, may not be possible, nor is it desira
ble, yet conditions tend in a direction that may
lead to some such action. The cost of living is
increasing faster than the ability of the people
to meet it.
Better hurry up with the building of that
water main to Fort Crook if the; job is to be
,. completed this year. Trench digging does not
(O very well in these parts after the ground it
frozen solid. '
If the house revenue bill goes through, ship
: yard and munition plant workers will be able to
add occupation tax receipts to their collection
f other trophies. It ought to be easy for them
to pay dues to Uncle Sam. ,
Htodenburg's invulnerable forts are about
as difficult to overcome some of ihe diplo
macy the Potsdami gang undertakes. Sooner
or later it all crumbles under determined as
eault or careful examination.
Now it seems that the Germans were all out
of the St Mihiel lector before the Yankees
came in. At least that it the Berlin version of
the tale. One thing is certain the Huns were
all out mighty soon after the Yankee boys did
go in. That is, all that could get out.
Partisanism and the World War.
Confronted by a record of blundering in
efficiency in handling the business of the nation,
the democrats in congress and out are raising
a doleful cry. Unless they are permitted to re
tain the control of congress the war will be lost,
When the present congress was elected the ap
peal was that unless democrats were
elected the nation would be plunged into
war; with equal, and no more sincerity, the
sachems of the unterrified have reversed their
phonographs and have them all playing another
tune now. Evidently they count on their abil
ity to fool all the people all the time.
The truth is that in no particular has the
war program of the president been hindered by
republican action; frequently it would have
failed had it not been for republican support.
Opposition from such democrats as Dent,
Kitchin, Clark and others in the house, and
from Chamberlain, Hitchcock and their asso
ciates in the senate, has at times been so serious
as to delay, if it did not defeat, the president's
plans.
The latest man power bill was held up for
weeks because of the obstructive tactics of this
element of the democratic majority.
When the draft law first was before the
house Speaker Clark relinquished the gavel and
from the floor made a long but ineffectual argu
ment against the measure.
When the president sought authority to re
organize the military administration he en
trusted the measure to the judiciary committee
of the senate, because of the unfriendly attitude
of the military affairs committee, dominated by
Senators Chamberlain and Hitchcock.
And in the face of such facts the Omaha
Hyphenated, with its malodorous record of pro
Germanism, has the effrontery to shriek: "A
vote for a republican is a vote for the kaiser!"
Its inconceivable impudence was never more
' fully exhibited than in this. But the voters will
not be fooled another time by this silly cry.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
British smashed for a mile through
the German line east of Ypres.
Formation of a regiment to spe
cialize in the use of war gases, an
nounced by the War department- at
Washington.
President Wilson named a com
mission to act as his personal rep
resentatives in allaying labor trouble
during the war. .
The Day We Celebrate.
Captain Robert Muirhead Collins,
for many years secretary of the De
partment of Defense of the Aus
tralian commonwealth, born in Eng
land, 66 years ago today.
Frederick MacMonnies, who has
modeled a monument which a group
of Americans plans to erect on the
Marne battlefield, born in Brook
lyn, N. Y., 55 years ago.
Dr. L. Clark Seelye, president
emeritus of Smith college, bom at
Bethel, Conn., 81 years ago.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of the
library of congress, born in New
York city, 57 years ago.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The result of a conference of Mr.
Evans of the bridge company with
Mayor Broatch was that all Council
Bluffs be invited to join Omaha in a
general jollification when the new
bridge is completed.
. The Econoric Tence Machine
company have filed their articles of
incorporation with the county clerk.
The members are Arthur T. North,
N. P. L. North, A. C. Wooley and
C. S. Wooley. Their capital stock
is $10,000.
Mrs. G. W. Clark, the president
of the W. C. T. U., left for Hastings,
where she will attend the conference
of the order. 1
Michael Gibbons has been ap
pointed to a postal clerkship on the
Union Pacific between Omaha and
Ogden.
Robert Green and wife have re
turned from a month's visit to their
old home in Peoria.
Chance to End Tipping
A New York woman of wealth has pledged
' herself to a "tipless" policy toward male waiters
during the period of the war. Her reason is
that male waiters should be serving the country
and that women waiters are to be preferred any-
how, , .,
It has required more , courage than they
possess for the American people to put an end
to the tipping custom. With few exceptions
..they lack the nerve to face the scorn that is di
rected to them when they omit to leave with
the male waiter bit of unearned and unde
served largess. ' . ' it t
' - The tipping business is all a matter of fool
ish custom, based more on. cowardice than on
common sense, equity and democratic propriety.
Every employe, man or woman, should be paid
in full for service by those who employ him or
her. Any other system emphasizes the servant
, idea, tends to destroy self-respect, sets up a
' false standard of rights and privileges, and
- works an injustice on the public
The public has its chance now to get back
t male, tippees. The New York woman of
wealth points the way. When ,the untipped
waiter hurls his scoff or scorn at a dmer, the
latter is privileged to come back with the quiz
zical ga which asks: "Why aren't you doing
'"something worth while for your country?
Jiiiweajjcdia. Jribune, ' , . .. .J
' On the Macedonian Front.
Events in Macedonia are worthy more at
tention than has been paid to them for the last
few months. The forward movement of the
Allies on the Saloniki sector, attended by such
success as to mark it as a major operation, holds
much of vital possibilities for the victory that
is coming now. A considerable group of
thoughtful statesmen in both England and
France has held for many months that the way
to Berlin would lie through the Balkans and
Austria. These were to some extent silenced
by the ghastly Gallipoli campaign, the Rou
manian collapse and the utter rout of the Ser
bians. Now that the Turk has been upset on
the south, and the Serbian army has been well
reformed and become an active factor, with
Greece as a vigorous participant, the whele as
pect on the Macedonian line has changed its
hue.
Should the present forced retirement of the
Bulgars continue, it must in time open the way
to the Danube, thus forcing Austria to seriously
assume the defensive there.This in turn will re
quire the full military strength of the kaiser's
principal ally and prevent sending divisions to
the western front.
Conditions in the Ukraine and Roumania
are such as might easily lead to the active re
sistance of either or both to German aggression
and oppression. The whole situation is preg
nant with such potential effect on the war situa
tion that careful watching of progress there will
be well repaid. Germany's back door is far from
being safely guarded at this moment.
Kaiser's Heir Prince of Failure
Professional base ball is dead for the war
period, but it is not so greatly missed locally.
No professional wrangle exceeded the fuss the
amateurs are now kicking up.
This Day in History
1848 First meeting of the Ameri
can Association for the advance
ment of sicence held at Philadel
phia. 1852 Philander Chase first Epis
copal bishop of Ohio and of Illinois,
died at Jubilee College, III. Born at
Cornish, N. H., Dec. 14, 1775.
1866 The victorious Prussian ar
my, following the war with Austria,
made a triumphal entry into Ber
lin. 1870 The king of Italy's troops
entered Rome.
1899 Captain Dreyfus was re
leased from prison on being par
doned. 1914 Thirty-two thousand Cana
dian volunteers left Halifax for Eng
land. Timely Jottings and Reminders.
1,512th day of the great war.
National holiday of Italy, com
memorating the entry of the Italian
troops into Rome in 1870.
The celebration of the Jewish
feast of tabernacles, which is called
in Hebrew "Succoth," begins this
evening.
The American Academy of Politi
cal and Social. Science will open an
important conference in Philadel
phia today to discuss "The Rehabili
tation of the Wounded."
At a meeting to be held in Denver
today a Western unit is to be organ
ized of the National League to En
force Peace, of which William
Howard Taft is president.
As a part of its program to induce
coal conservation the coming win
ter the Federal Fuel Administration
at Washington has requested that
today be observed throughout the
United States as Clean the Furnace
day.
Storyette of the Day.
"Isn't it glorious here?", she ex
claimed when the waiter had taken
their orders.
''Do you think so?" he queried.
"It's perfectly lovely. Everything
is in such beautiful harmony the
fountain, the trees, the swaying lan
terns, the music everything is ideal.
It's like faryland."
"I'm glad you like it."
"I'm simply enchanted. Doesn't it
make you feel as if you had stepped
out of the everyday world into
something strange and new?"
' "Not a bit."
"What's the matter? You don't
seem to be enjoying yourself."
"My boss is sitting at the third ta
ble over there to your left, and I can
tell by his look that he's wondering
how I can afford to blow myself at a
place like this." Dayton News.
Whittled to a Point
Washington Post: Hurrah for
the Yanks abroad and at home who
started the great offensive of Sep
tember 12!
Baltimore American: After the
American exploits in France, Friday,
the 13th, will have to be counted
among our tucky days.
Detroit Free Press: The crown
prince of Bavaria has been shelved,
says a dispatch. With the rest of
the canned goods, we presume.
New York" World: General
Pershing's fifty-eighth birthday
party was a very successful event,
even if some of the guests brought
in were most unwilling.
Philadelphia Ledger: Out of Pe
trograd's sea of blood and anarchy
125,000,000 roubles in gold have
gone to Berlin. After that the allies
need have no scruples about hand
ling the bolshevik! without gloves.
Brooklyn Eagle: Members of
congress are exempt from the draft
and cannot waive the exemption.
But any militant patriot who falls
in re-election will be accommodated.
This gives a decidedly new Interest
to the November contests in all the
states.
New Tork World: Divine right
has become wonderfully gracious all
of a sudden. "Each of us," said
the kaiser to the Krupp wjrktngmen,
"has received his appointed task
from on high, you at your hammer,
you at your lathe and I upon the
throne." When autocracy shares
this heavenly distinction with so
many. Is it proof of Increasing de-
l mocracy or of multiplying tears X
John W. Hsrrington in New York Times.
Frederick William, crown prince of Ger
many, was an innocent-faced, flaxen-haired child,
shooting off the heads of girl dolls with toy can
non in the imperial German nursery, when a
witch flew in at the window and put into his
hands a blunderbuss.
' "I am giving you this fine weapon," said
she, "because it is so much like you. Its mouth
is large; it makes a great deal of noise; its aim
is uncertain; it generally fires itself when half
ready, and it is more deadly in the hands of
friends than when turned on foes."
With these simple words, so the story goes,
she whirled away through the air and was seen
no more.
How true was her estimate of the youthful
HohenzoIIem has been shown in the great war,
for the heir of the kaiser has invariably been on
hand with military mistakes at the critical time.
At least he has received the credit for the
blunders whether or not he was really guiding
the armies he was supposed to command. As
a menace to the success of German campaigns,
has has not missed a point in the game. He is
known as the best friendly enemy the allies ever
had. His being ousted by Foch from the
Rheims-Soissons salient is the most recent of
a long series of errors which have cost the lives
of hundreds of thousands of his fellow-countrymen.
"Undoubtedly this is a most stupid war," the
crown prince said in a duly authorized interview
with Dr. William Bayard Hale, when the strug
gle had just begun, and he has made his words
come true, as far as he is concerned, in more
ways than one.
Frederick William's weakness for putting on
dress uniforms, so as to be ready to go into
captured places at the head of h; victorious
troops, is one of his besetting blunders He has
the habit of not waiting until the hare is caught
before making the hassenpfeffer. His first mis
calculation concerns the triumphal entry of
Paris, which did not happen according to sched
ule. But, though the kaiser has not been able to
provide any entries for him, such as Julius
Caesar and Napoleon used to have, there have
been plenty of telegrams of congratulation and
awards of medals. It is said that on occasion
the headstrong and ill-balanced heir has over
ruled experienced commanders, making neces
sary an undue haste to chide failure with medals.
The first German drive toward Paris in 1914 was
hardly smothered before the crown prince got
his iron cross. That was soon followed by the
Star of the House of Hohenzollern.
One of the most wanton wastes of life in
the war was at the capture of Longwy, and later
when the position was abandoned by the army
of the crown prince. The retreat was a hideous
bungle which aroused even the horror of the
German emperor. The story goes that he sent
for one of the generals and berated him for
sacrificing some of the best regiments in the
German army in what could have been managed
as a rear guard action with only scant loss of
life.
"It was not my fault," replied the general,
according to a current version. "Your brat of a
son insisted upon it."
Whereupon, said the cabled account, the
general saluted, turned quickly, and left the
presence of majesty. While the kaiser and the
attendants were standing more or less petrified
with astonishment at the boldness of these
words, a shot was heard in the anteroom to
which the chief had gone. He had committed
suicide.
It did not concern Frederick William,
whether such commanders as Hindenburg and
.Mackensen opposed the grand assault on Ver
dun, that ancient citadel nar the French bor
der, which was so splendidly defended. There
was nothing in any of his operations in the vi
cinity which would have encouraged the crown
prince, had he been a competent leader, to pro
claim "We must take Verdun." He had the
grand army of assault prepared. As a leader
of the war party of Germany he spread the idea
far and wide that the hour of France had struck.
He swayed the judgment of the kaiser until
from Potsdam came the boast that the end of
the war was at hand.
The Blunderbuss of the boche was driven
back from his positions near Verdun as often
as seven times a week. He had no grasp of the
fact that the great natural fortification, trans
formed from a mediaeval hold into a modern
fortress, was capable of making unlimited re
sistance. There was not a move for months to
come which did not bear the impress of
stupidity on the part of whoever was in com
mand of the German forces and the crown
prince is said to have been the dominant influ
ence. '
Jefferia for Congress.
Omaha, Sept. 17. To the Editor
of The Bee: I am an Independent.
I do not vote straight tickets. I am
registered as an Independent. I vote
for the best men, and that is why I
am for JefTeris for congress. He is
the best man to elect at this time to
represent this district President
Wilson must have a strong American
congress, behind lilm. Jefferis is
100 per cent American, and he is in
full sympathy with our cause. He
is also able to properly represent
this district and Its various interests.
He has the talent and ability and
can hold his own any place where
big men meet. He is a prince ot a 1
fellow and will make a great con-,
gressman. C B. UKiKfi.li,
3105 Dewey Avenue.
There came stories that the hoodoo of the
Hohenzollerns had been sent into seclusion, and
the sane part of Germany began to hope once
more that he would not again be giving aid and
comfort to its enemies by leading armies against
them. But he came back. Next he was heard
of in Champagne and in other parts of northern
France. He had lost his interest in Verdun, but
he was very busy.
"Fritz," to quote from a dispatch of the
kaiser to the kaiserism, "was the first on the
Aisne." .
If he was, he did not stay long, ffor bulletins
arrived before long of his flanks being ham
mered to pieces and of rapid retreats, and then
came the official publication of high praise for
the famous victory that he had won. It is esti
mated that the operations of the crown prince
in 1917 cost 1,000,000 lives, and accomplished
liftle or nothing.
The princely dress uniform was all ready
that year for the pageant entitled "The Tri
umphal Entry into Rheims, Led by Prince
Frederick William of Hohenzollern," but 60,
000 German lives were the price of the folly. It
became thereafter an almost daily detail to
change the place of the forces of the crown
prince on the map.
One of the mos ludicrous episodes in the
nilitary career of this apostle of misfortune was
is writing to the kaiser, from the banks of the
liver Ailette, that he was moving heavy artil
?ry trains unnoticed because the rumble of
wheels could not be heard amid the croaking of
lyriads of frogs. But the frogs did not save
iiim and his armies from a good beating. He
was so harshly deal with by the subsequent
drives of the trench that the kaiser felt it nec
essary to make public a telegram to him and
the German people. In this message the crown
prince was again congratulated on bringing the
assaults of the enemy to failure. It was neces
sary to collect the usual group of scapegoats to
allay criticism among the people at home. Truly
the heir of the kaiser should receive a vote of
thanks at the peace table of the allies for the
many ways in which he has played into their
hands.
T. M. C. A. Room Prices.
Pierce, Neb., Sept. 18. To the
Editor of The Bee: Kindly answer
in your paper as to what it costs to
have a room per day in Y. M. C. A.;
and also a week? Like your paper
real well. Am xnxlous to know it
as soon as I can go to Omaha.
YOUIJ READER.
Answer Rooms at the Y. M. C.
A. in Omaha cost 75 cents and $1
by the day; $3.25 and up for single
rooms (one person) by the week;
$2.25 (per person) and up for double
rooms by the week. A man living
at the Y. M. C. A. for any length of
time must take out a membership,
which costs $10 per year. Rates
vary in other cities, but rooms at a
Y. M. C. A. can always be had at a
reasonable rate.
Milford Soldiers' Home.
Milford, Neb., Sept. 18. To the
Editor of The Bee: Mrs. Bradbury,
the newly appointed matron of the
Milford Soldiers' Home, has already
established the excellent reputation
she brought from Grand Island. She
has diffused kindliness and the home
spirit in kitchen, dining room and
throughout the whole institution.
Her helpfulness has been so mani
fest that the members of the home
believe in her they have found a
friend who will do everything she
can to make their stay pleasant and
enjoyable.
In anticipation of the winter the
water mains have been relaid and
a new centrifugal electric-driven
motor will soon be installed that will
at all times provide an abundance
of hot and cold water. This con
venience was much needed and will
be a source of considerable satisfac
tion to the members. A brick plat
form has also been prepared south
of the administration building for
the cannon that in the future will
announce the Fourth of July and
otner patriotic occasions to the sur
rounding country.
The birthday of General Pershing
was celebrated in an appropriate
manner at the home. The main as
sembly room was decorated with
flags; there was music, speaking and
a full attendance. The sentiment
was everywhere expressed in song,
speech and among the members that
in this crisis all must stand behind
the government. It is now for every
patriotic citizen to help and, if pos
sible, make the conflict "short, sharp
ana decisive," but in any case it
must terminate with Germany like
Grant said at Vicksburg and Fort
Donelson, in an "unconditional sur
render." F.
About Salvation Army Funds.
Omaha, Sept. 18. To the Editor
of The Bee: In reply to Francis A.
Brogan relative to questioning the
propriety of publishing anonymous
suggestions, stating that thei: source
is unmistakable, etc.: Now, Mr.
Editor, when any organization has
attained that perfection that it is
above criticism, why, the order must
be perfect. On the other hand, if
an "unregenerate son of Ham" hap
pens to see soma loose methods in
handling funds, why should he be
silenced? Of course, Mr. Brogan is
a man of truth and veracity. It
may be possible that an attorney
might be mistaken, but in this in
stance let the general public draw
its own conclusions.
While we concede Mr. Booth to be
the organizer of this gigantic army,
he was a man of only ordinary
means, and when Mr. Brogan makes
claim they have diverted hundreds
of thousands of dollars of its own
funds not collected from the public,
even mortgaging its own property to
raise funds, pray tell me, Mr. Bro
gan, where these funds came from
in the first place if not from the
dear public? My dear sir, every
dollar came through this channel
save some endowments given by
some wealthy people about to shuf
fle off this mortal coll. Now I hope
I may not be misunderstod when I
assert that I am a contributor to this
fund, too. I am holding three re
ceipts for funds donated to this par
ticular organization, and I have nc
disposition to deride or cast any
coolness on this grand organization;
it deserves every dollar it gets, and it
makes us weary every time anyone
chances to criticise its loose methods
In handling their funds thev must be
jumped all over and classed as an
onymous writers whose only aim is
to destroy. While I agree they may
be all honest, these are God's funds
and Just as essential they should be
guaraea as Brandie s or Havden
Bros. JAMES HALK.
Asks Votes for Boys.
Omaha, Sept. 15. To the Editor
of The Bee: Kindly allow me a lit
tle space. I want to express my
opinion in regard to the rights of
men under 21 years of age. On Sep
tember 12 thousands of young men
volunteered their services to the
cause of humanity. Hundreds, yes,
Sidelights on the War
Returned soldiers who have lost
limbs are carried free on the street
railway in Calgary.
The helmets used by the allied
soldiers in the trenches as a protec
tion arainst the sniperi and shrapnel
contain a considerable proportion of
aluminum.
No British bluejacket while aboard
ship is permitted to whistle the na
tional anthem or the Dead March in
"Saul" unless it is being played by
the band.
Since the commencement of the
war the time whistle has been abol
ished in most of the lumber mills
and camps in the Pacific northwest.
The men now go to work in the
morning and cense work in the even
ing with the raising and lowering of
the American flag.
No troops undergo such a hard
training as the French Chausseurs
Alpins, popularly called "Blue Dev
ils." In addition to the regular
training for infantry they are taken
for three months to the mountains,
where they undergo a drilling that
would kill or disable any but the
strongest men.
Among the thousands of sugges
tions received by the invent'-ns
board of the British war office was
one from a "crank," who suggested,
that all the birds should be con
scripted. The writer's plan was to
train cormorants to fly to Eesen and
pick the mortar from Krupp's walls
until they crumbled in dust.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"Doctor, you told my husband to get
the fresh air."
"Yvs, he should remain out a good
part of the day.''
"He docs that. But kin be set the
fresh air with a pipe In hia mouth all
the time." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Five dollars, madam."
"The Idea!"
"WdrTt you ask me for legal advice?"
"I did."
"And didn't I give you tha legal ad
vice ?"
"You did. but I don't like It and 1
don't lnttnd to take It. Good day."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"The fellow you see thera will never
get alons In lifa."
"What's tho matter with him?"
"He is polite always to people, who
can't to anything for him." Baltimore
American.
He I flatter myself that I have a
well-stored mind.
She Do you ever take It out of ator
age? Pearson's Weekly,
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"Young fellow, why aren't you
khaki?"
"For the same reason, my good woman,
that you are not In a beauty show a
matter of sheer, absolute physical unfit
ness.'' Sydney Bulletin.
"It looks an If Jones Is better satisfied
with his wife."
"Yes, he Is. You see, he went back
home on a visit and saw the girl he
has been dreaming of for the past twenty
yenrs." Life.
thousands more, of these men 19 and
20 years of age will soon see service.
Some will be enrolled in the stu
dents' army training camps; still oth
ers will see service in other branches
of the army and navy. These men
who have just volunteered their
services cannot vote. They will be
soldiers fn Uncle Sam's big army,
but cannot choose their favorite
men for the various public offices
throughout the country. I ask you
this, do you not think that It is only
fair that these young men who are
ready and willing to flsht for democ
racy should also be given the bal
lot? They can fight for liberty, but
they cannot vote, and voting so that
we can choose our own officers Is one
of the things that liberty stands for.
Let's give young men of 13 and over
the ballot. RUSSELL B. STIER,
1330 South Thirty-third Street
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ot a ton to the head next morning.
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