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1 THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. NQVEMismt zi, laxs. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY ' FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE EES . PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoeiatcd tress, of which The Bm it 4 nembet. exclueiiel? entitled to toe use for publication of all newi diitchM credited ' to U or not otherwise credited In this pw, and alto too local am published harem. 411 rlghta ot publication of our special v eUostehee ar alio resened. , ' OFFICESt Chicago People's Gat Bui lain Omaha Tha Bee Bldf. N York Hit girth Arm. aViulh Uaiina 1311 N 8t K IxMia New B'k of loninwrte. Oouarll Oluffa 14 V. Main St. Washington UU U St. Moooln Little Butldine. OCTOBER CIRCULATION Daily 68,570 Sunday 60,405 Ararat circulation for tha month subscribed and twora to by X. B. Basso. Circulation Manager. " Subscriber, leaving tha city thould hava Tha Bm mailed to them. Address changed aa often aa raqueated. , THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG I a H n n n n n n m r . - - -. mywiiiHiiiiHiiH German battleships may now put out to sea ' in safety, but not under the kaiser's flag. It's a safe bet that Germany will demobilize faster than we do. Wire rates are coming down, all right I What bout railway rates? Next of importance will be the list of names of those who are to accompany the president to Paris. , V Turning rom Mars to matrimony, the de mand in Germany just' now is for "marrying ; parsons. Looks as if that water main to Fort Crook would re-main as one of our after-the-war problems. . ' No scarcity of applicants for the ap pointive jobs to be given out by the newly elected public officers. Pershing may need a separate f hip to carry liotne the medals thrust upon him, but he will come back wearing the same size hat. ' ' ' -' V..' Still, ordinarily the senior partner in the firm of "Me und Gott" would not have chosen ; Holland as his winter resort. All restrictions have been removed from "flour milling, but will we go back to discarded ways of waste after the lessons we have "learned? Brussels is again free from the oppressor and ready to welcome its king andgitfliean once more. Here is one royal family with'-wftom all the world will rejoice. Ttye local democratic organ now says that the policies it vociferously championed in three presidential campaigns were, all "bunk." We told you so at the time. Just to show that war is aa episode and not an occupation, Americana , are resuming their ancient disputes, starting just where they laid ihem down in April, 1917. The president expects to be over there a long time, but will not let go of the throttle on this side. He1 has about the same faith in the vice president as others have. Twohundred thousand tons of food a month from America to feed the hungry in France and Austria alone gives a little notion of the mag ntude of Uncle Sam's peace job. ,-' Mr. Wilson proposes to make a stand for his fourteen points before the peace council, but he may find that body of different temper from the democratic majority in congress. The cold weather coming on will increase demands on The Bee's Free Shoe Fund, which is used to keep shoeless children in school. You can't contribute to a more satisfying charity. If there were any crooks or incompetents on the police force they ought to have been fired by this time. Six months' control by a reform administration should suffice for reorganization. The first nip of winter seems to be at hand, and the frost in the air ought to stimulate in terest in The Bee's free shoe fund, every cent of which will go to clothe little feet that other wise will be bare. i A new head to the Mormon church follows automatically on the death of the old one, show ing how perfectly arranged a hierarchy can be made. ""The process avoids a lot of trouble and sets politics a considerable distance in the background. They Who Return Not Over 2,000,000 of our boys have been sent to France since June of last year, most of them this year, not all for fighting, but all for service, and heroes every one. What they have done toward the victorious ending of this war is not to be measured with exactness in this day, but we know that they have done all and more than was expected of them; we know they have had a great and honorable share in. the work that ' brought the triumph; we know that they have placed the word "American" still higher on the ; eternal roll of glory, and we know that we are proud of them, every last man of them. Before very long the thrown stream will be flowing westward and we shall welcome them as they deserve to be welcomed. But there are some who will not return. -There are some who gave ali that they had for the great cause, and they now sleep beneath the poppies in the fields of France. Many a rude cross bearing an Amer ican name tells of a sacrifice that was complete and of a service that may not with honor be for gotten. They died for us. That is the fact that should be gravened on every American heart. They died for us. And more they died to save mankind from a cruel subjection; they died to secure the blessings of freedom for all men; they died that others might live live happily, live in the bright sun of a new day. Each and every 'one of them bears a distinguished service cross that time cannot tarnish. Their names, ultimately, will pass into oblivion, as all names except a favored few must pass, but no years can efface their deeds,' and they, though forgot ten, will live forever in the immortality of their service, Some day we shall build great monu ments to our boys who fell in France, but no edifice of marble or of brass can equal the mon ument they themselves have built. St Louis Globe Democrt, I TIME FOR TEAM WORK. The country voted at the recent election re publican majorities in both houses of congress chiefly because of disgust with the sectional and extravagant rule of the southern democratic oligarchy and a desire to entrust the republican party with a full share of responsibility for aftenthe-war reconstruction. There is only one way in which expectations in this respect can be met, and that is by the republicans m house and senate working together to carry out an acceptable 'program agreed upon among themselves. Stated in another way, these ex pectations cannot be met if the individual con gressmen, or groups of congressmen, persist in "going it alone" rather than first harmonizing their minor differences within their own party. The republicans in the next congress, therefore, owe it to the country, as well as to their party, to develop a spirit of team work with mutual consideration of their various attitudes to the big questions with which they must grapple. Only by demonstrating ability and willingness to do the job will the republicans inspire the confidence that begets further trust and en trench themselves against the effort sure to be made by the democrats to dislodge them at the next election. Albert of Belgium. Albert of- Belgium and his queen have re entered the capital of their country, from which they were driven over four years ago by an in vader. When General von Emmich made his infamous demarld for free passage for German troops across Belgian soil that they might reach France, Albert of Belgium courageously an swered "no" to the ultimatum that meant the destruction of his kingdom under the German military machine. . Following the attack on Litfge, Belgium was visited by the awful horrors of savage warfare, intensified many times by scientific cunning and cruelty. Through it all victims of the most diabolical persecution and oppression ever re sorted to the Belgian people stood firm. It was their support of the king at Liege that delayed the advance of the Hunnish hordes long enough to possibly change the destiny of the world by defeating the plans of the German general staff for the speedy conquest of France. Too weak to long resist that terrible tide of barbarism, beaten and broken, the remnant of the Belgian army fell back until it held only a tiny corner of his own land. With that army at all times was the king, sharing all the fortunes of war with his soldiers. Nor does it appear that the population, left to suffer under the oppression of von Bissing and others who did their utmost to break the spirit of the people, ever wavered in its steadfast faith in the future. That faith is redeemed and Belgium again is free. Up from the depths of war the littles nation has come, stronger because it did resist tyranny to the utmost. The joyous demonstration at the entrance of its king to the Ablated capital of his country is but an earnest "of tht future for a race whose courage has been endorsed since Caesar's time. Long live Bel gium 1 When to Adjust Your Watch. Gadders who go back and forth across the line will have to learn a new list of time stations. Uncle Sam is going to rearrange the time zones, and will make some extensive modifications in the points at which the one time meets the oth ers and an hour vanishes or ppps up from no where, according as to whether you are jour neying east or west. This does not affect Omaha in the least, for we still retain our stand ard time, and are kept within the range of 20 to 30 minutes of true time, except when we jest with ourselves in the good old summer days, calling noon when the hour really is that of 11 a. m. The new order of things is devised to give something like standardization for adjust ment of watches, and as a basis for time sched ules within the zones. It is of chief importance to the train dispatchers, who have to work out time cards for railroad operations, and will af fect the public but slightly. Peace Times in Ocean Commerce. Very shortly traffic on the high seas will be restored to something approaching normal con ditions. Only the removal of the lingering ob structions of war and the restoration of the ton nage to its commercial service js needed now. Some details of great interest are concerned, however. One of these is seaman's wages. American shipping suffered- and American sail ors practically disappeared from the deep-water trade because of the wage rate. Our men could not compete with the Lascars, the Chinese or other low-paid seamen, while the German and British merchant marine made no bones about 'employing these, and rating their own men on that basis. The seaman's law adopted by our congress set a standard for service on ships flying the Stars and Stripes far above that pre vailing on foreign vessels.. It is sought to main tain this standard, thaHhe young men who have taken up the seafaring life may be induced to stay and that 'American vessels vill be manned by American crews. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board has proposed a conference with British vessel owners, with a view to reaching some agreement whereby sailors' wages may be standardized, and working conditions pre served at a point above those once prevailing. The point means a great deal for the future of cpmmerce. Germany's "sharp weapon," long ago blunted, passes out of commission entirely with the surrender of the U-boat fleet. The ghastly tragedy of the affair is that all the murderous assaults on friend and foe alike gained nothing for the Potsdam gang. Oversubscription of nearly a billion dollars to the fourth Liberty loan is a proof of how deadly earnest the American people were in prosecution of the war. It ought to answer socialistic as well as imperialistic agitators against democracy. The most ludicrous sight today is that of the German junker throwing up his hat and shouting for a republic. Fritz and Hans should remember that a government which can be changed overnight one way may be just as read ily reversed. Order in Berlin is being maintained by sol diers who retain habits of discipline incident to long military training. If the reds are thus to be held in check it may be somethine of eood will yet come from the kaiser's machine, Right in the Spotlight "Belgium will be - restored. It stands before the entire world, a nation of heroes." Four years ago these prophetic words were uttered by Cardinal Mercier, the heroic Bel gian prelate, who was born 67 years ago today in a little town near the field of Waterloo. From the com mencement of the war nothing, per haps, raised the ire of the Germans against the church of Rome more than the brave stand made by Car dinal Mercier, champion of Belgian liberty. The Huns arrested him, made him prisoner, prevented him from attending divine service, and in many ways endeavored to silence Belgium's heroic priest. "Prince of the church in peace" and "lion at bay" are the descriptions which have been aptly applied to the cham pion of Belgian liberty, who, no longer at the mercy of his enemies, is now free to return to his church in Malines and to his beloved University of Louvain. In Omaha 3 Years Ago Today. . The Dodge street cable line was opened to Thirtieth street. The motor has completed its curve at Twelfth and Douglas streeets and built a switch at the end of the line ifear Eleventh. Ben Stern, representing the Carleton Opera company, which plays here next week, is in Oma ha Robert S Wilcox,: manager of the Browning, King & Co, clothing store, returned from Chicago M. S. Hascall, cashier of the Pullman company at Ogden, came to the city to take his wife and child, who had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Al stadt, home. W. E. Steck and John E. Yates have been appointed railway mail clerks in this circuit. An elegant banquet was given by 1 y - I Manager Balch to George Wilson's minstrels. A very pleasant and numerously attended sociable under the aus pices of the Brotherhood of Car penters and Joiners of America took place at the Gate City hall. One Year Ago Today in the War. British army in Palestine ad vanced five miles northwest of Jeru salem. House ot Commons voted in favor of disfranchising conscientious ob jectors to war. British broke Hindenburg line, taking 10,000 prisoners and forcing Germans back three to six miles. The Day We Celebrate John R. Webster, railroad man and capitalist, born 1851. His Holiness Pope Benedict XV., born in the village of Pegli, near Genoa, 64 years ago. Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Ctnich, pop ular English novelist, born in Corn wall, 55 years ago. Frederic C. Howe, commissioner of immigration for the port of New York, born at Meadville, Pa., 51 years ago. Mary Johnston, author of numer ous popular novels, born in Bote court County, Va., 48 years ago. Frank L. Kramer, long the world's champion bicycle racer, born at Evansville, Ind., years ago. This Day in History. 1868 Bishop Guy Ignatius Cha brat of Kentucky, tht first Catholic priest ordained in the west, died in France. Born there, December 28, 1787. 1893 Jeremiah M, Rusk, gov ernor of Wisconsin and secretary of agriculture of the United States, died at Viroqua, Wis. Born in Mor gan county, O., June 17, 1830. 1900 Fifty lives were lost in a hurricane in Tennessee. , 1911 Violent suffragette riots in London led to the arrest of 220 women. 1914 Allied aeroplanes bombed' Zeppelin sheds at Friederichshafen. 1915 British advanced along Ti gris river to within 18 miles of Bagda'd. 1916 British Jiospital ship Bri tannic sunk by a mine in Aegean sea. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Centenary of the birth of Lewis Henry Morgan, who was known as the "Father of American Anthro pology. Two years ago today died Em peror Francis Joseph concerning whom it was predicted that the Austrian empire would crumble with his passing. Purchasers of the Liberty loan bonds of the fourth issue on sub scription are required to make their first payment of 20 per cent today. Many eminent prelates and priests of the Roman Catholic church are to gather today in Sioux Falls, S. D., to take part in the dedication of the new St. Joseph's cathedral in that city. ' N St6ryette of the Day. A stranger arrived one day in a busy provincial town and gazed around uncertainly. Presently he spotted a man who appeared to be a native., "Excuse me, sir," he said, "but are you a resident of this town?" "I am," rejoined the other. "What can I do for you?" "I am seeking a criminal lawyer," ! replied the stranger. "I wonder if you could direct me to one?" "I (believe I can," answered the native, "but mind you, we've never actually proved it against him." London Tit-Bits. Greatest oj War's Mysteries OVER HERE AND THERE it has ben estimated In Great Great Britain 20,000,000 pins are used every day. The most prolific fish is said to be the cod, the yield of which averages about 45,000,000 eggs each season. .Water-gas is obtained by passing steam over red-hot coke. This de composes the water vapor, and the result is a mixture of hydrogen and monoxide gas. In order to make this luminous when burning, oil vapors are mixed with it , Rear Admiral Goodrich in New York Herald. Since the introduction of ruthless and un restricted warfare a great many vessels have been "spurlos versenkt," to use the unctuous phraseology of the pirates. It is, therefore, quite proper today to refer any case jf the loss of a ship at sea to this sinister cause. The mer chant marine service supplies much the hrEer number of such instances, but the navy of the United States must claim for its own one of these distressing and perplexing catastrophes the vanishing of the collier Cyclops. It is not permitted to use. in connection with this case, any facts which are not of public knowledge, but, guided by these facts, it is quite within the bounds of propriety to discuss what might have happened, even if we do not know what actually did happen. It left Rio de Janeiro in February of this year, carrying a cargo of manganese ore, much needed by the government for the making of a certain quality of steel for munitions. In addi tion it took on bo.rJ number of passengers, authorized by the Nvy department. The most distinguished ot these persons was my old American consul general at Rio de Janeiro. From this port it proceeded to Barbadoes. On March 4 it left Barbadoes, bound for New York, where it was due on March 13. Not a word has ever been received from it from that day to this. The Navy department, with commendable en ergy, caused careful and repeated search to be made of the waters through which it was likely to pass as soon as fears of its safety were en tertained. Not so much as a life preserver, a grating, a boat or an oar belonging to the Cy clops was found. If ever a ship disappeared and left no trace, it was the Cyclops. Recently the Navy department has taken the necessary step in such cases, has declared it officially lost and has published the list of the people on board of it, the officers and enlisted men being specified as having given up their lives in the service of their country. What actually happened to the Cyclops? To this question there is at present, possibly for all time, no answer available. Out of the evidence obtainable it is open 'to every person to con struct his own theory. The facts may be ar ranged somewhat in this order: First, the ship's hull was stanch in all re spects. No report to the contrary has been made public, as would have been done undoubt edly had necessity demanded, and naval vessels are noted for perfection of design and integrity of construction. I Second, one of its engines was out of order and it was proceeding under the other. This is no. unusual circumstance. Indeed, it is to meet such very contingencies that twin screws are put into ships. Third, the weather at the time of its leaving Barbadoes was normal, and so continued in that region for many days. Fourth, the cargo, as already mentioned, was large and it included exceedingly heavy material. Fifth, it sent out no distress signals. Sixth, its captain is currently reported to have been of German birth, but a naturalized American citizen and to have changed his name to "Worley." Seventh, the most careful search revealed not even so much as one of its oars floating on the water. Passing from fact to rumor, it may be said that the captain's wife, in March last, is said to have stated that she knew where the Cyclops was, or would in a very few days. As to the possibilities: First, the unusually heavy cargo may have strained the ship, or even have broken it in two. This is not . likely to have occurred without warning and the opportunity to call for aid. Second, the cargo may have shifted in a squall and have capsized it. Third, it may have been sunk by a torpedo. In this case it is inconceivable that no wreckage was left on the face of the ocean. Fourth, it is conceivable that a German sub marine, by a skillful shot, destroyed its wireless apparatus, thus preventing it from sending out distress signals; but it is not easy to believe that the ship was later surrendered without a struggle and without leaving evidence of a struggle. Fifth, had it been so surendered it would probably have been turned into a raider. We must remember that there was no reason at that vtime to believe in the presence of German sub marines in these waters, nor since then has any intelligence reached us of' the operations there of a German raider. Sixth, it has been suggested, or rather whis pered, that the Cyclops is now in some German port. Against this must be set the lack of con tention by Germany that, it had acquired an American naval vessel, or that it had achieved a significant, if not grant1 :ose, naval victory. The reader now has, so far as I am able to give him, all the facts, rumors and conjectures bearing on this case." What, O reader, is your solution of this problem? Our Great Hang-Over Duties Attorney General Gregory calls timely at tention to the fact that the statutes under which the government has pursued its war policies do not become inoperative with the signing of an armistice and the ending of hos tilities. These statutes will remain in force until the purpose of the United States in going to war is accomplished in treaties of peace. Some of our war measures having to do with internal affairs, like operation of the railroads, of course, wilhbe effective for a considerable period after the; formal peace period begins. Particularly does the Attorney General ad monish us that there should be no relaxing of viligance?over those individuals or groups who still are in a frame of mind and heart to harm American property and institutions. He asks the continued co-operation of the American Protective League and of individual citizens in the guarding of lives, food supplies and stores of war materials. Loyal citizens have mill their important parts to play. Our forces abroad, to say noth ing of millions of war sufferers who are thrown more or less upon our bounty, must be supplied with the necesities of life. Indeed, our chief danger now is that we shall accept the laying down of arms as the signal that we are priv ileged to return each to his own private affairs without serious thought of further responsi bility to the government, to our armed forces and to war-scourged lands abroad. Our con certed zeal, so admirably operative during the actual war period, should be directed to tre mendous duties yet undone. Minneapolis Tribune. People and Events Pennsylvanians express surprise because the cost of casting and counting the soldier vote averaged $6 each. The total bill will exceed $30,000. New York waiters give various explanations for their strike, but fail to raise a breeze of sym pathy. Memories of their tipping touch dead ens public ears. New Hampshire sends a Moses to the United States senate and Nebraska sends a Moses to the house of representatives. The task of lawmaking in congress is thus simplified. Mrs. Minnie J. Grinstead of Seward county is the first woman to be elected to the Kansas legislature. She is a lecturer by profession a talent sure to fill a long-felt want in a legisla ture. ' ' Eastern papers carry interviews with big business men in which the public is warned not to expect a slump in war prices for a long time to come. Linen captains of industry say a re duction in their elevated lines is impossible. Fabricators of cotton expressed like views about the same time and invested heavily in raw ma terial. A few days later the cotton market slumped, cotton buyers hedged and bought at lower prices. Peace time processes of readjust ment go on regardless of views or interviews. Disapprove the Sklp-Stop. Omaha, Xov, 20. To the Editor of The Uee: 1 have alwbys thought that a public service corporation was meant for the benefit and accommo dation of the general public, but from the way things have been go ing in the last few months I have come to tfie conclusion that the pub lie service corporations now owned by private individuals are meant for the benefit of the stockholders alone. In connection with the street rail way we first had the near-side stops forced upon -as by men who do not ride the street cars once a year, sim ply because the speed maniacs asked for it and because it was one of the crazy fads that have grown out of war conditions. ' Now comes the skip-stop system, to make things still more incon venient for the general fnibllc by causing many of us to walk long blocks extra simply because it was claimed by some war faddists that it would save fuel to the street railway company. Employes of the .street railway company whom I have talked with on the subject tell me they do not believe it saves the com pany one pound of coal, and we all know it causes a good deal of extra inconvenience to those who ride en the street cars. We see every morning and evening how the street cars are so crowded that a mouse would not have room to get on, and yet the company now asks for an increase of fares for such wretched service as they ren der the public. It is time the people of Omaha would arise enmasse and insist on having their own say and not let the state railway commis sion imjsose upon us conditions that We do not only ask for, but are op posed to. The members of the state railway commission want our votes, but after they are elected they do not seem to see anybody but the corpora tions. Kxcept in the rush of traffic mornings and evenings there are a great many streets skipped by the street cars, and it is time now that the new-fangled system was knocked out and that t e get back to plain old-time American sense and cut out the war fads and make the street railway company render half-way decent service, with the near-side system and skip-stop cut out and the 5-cent fares kept where they are. FRANK A. AGNEW. Complains of Hospital Conditions. Kearney, Neb., Nov. 17. To the Editor of The Bee: I would like to say a few words through the columns of your paper about the state hos pital. I was out there last week to see a sick friend, and he asked me if I would not do something about it. The place is rn very bad shape; the food is very poor; they haven't had bacon for two months nor eggs for three or four weeks, and ( the meat is very poor. The canned goods are third grade. They have a very large coal pile, but use very little; the steam is turned off at noon and about five nights a week they eat supper Jn the cold, and I don't think that is good for a sick person. Of course, the board will deny this, but if any taxpayer will investigate they will find the breakfast food, crackers and gingersnaps very old and the prunes wormy. I hope the republicans will do something about it. A new board of control wouldn't be a bad thing to have, for if we can't run it right, let's close it up. , R. J. RYAN. Passes and Private Cars. Lincoln, Nov. 19. To the Editor of The, Bee: I have been reading articles in The Bee on the subject of railroad passes. A railroad pass Is a relic of old time political patronage and bribery. There is no more porfip and cere mony in landing a Persian satrap than therf is in hauling a railroad official over the road. Just a few weeks ago I arrived home two hours late because my train had to wait for, switch and haul a private car with just one passenger in it a rail road superintendent. My supper was cold, fires out, wife mad, kids all asleep and my government paying the train crew overtime, all because a railroad official refused to act like a human being. KUSSEM. UPSET STOMACH Pape's Diapepsin at once ends sourness, gases, acidity, indigestion. Undigested food! Lumns of nain: belching gas, acids and sourness. When your stomach is all upset, here is instant relief No waiting ! The moment you eat a tablet of Pape's Diapepsin all the indigestion pain, dyspepsia misery, the sour ness, gases and stomach acidity ends. Pape's Diapepsin tablets cost lit tle at any drug store but there is no surer or quicker stomach relief known. Adv. Amu "Nuxated Iron helps put astonishing strength and energy into the vein ot men and bring roses to the cheeks of pale, nervous, run-down women, ' saya Dr. James Francis SulIWan, formerly physi cian of Bellevue Hospital (Outdoor Dept.) N. Y. and Westchester County Hospital. "I prescribe it regularly in "eases ol de pleted energy, anaemia and . lack of strength and endurance. There is nothing like organic iron..Nuated Iron-to quickly enrich the blood, make beautiful, bealthj; women and strong, vigorous. Iron men. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Around the State ' Reflections on "bloated boncfhold ers" do not carry far these days. Nearly every county in the state went over the top in Fourth Liberty subscriptions. The mighty host of bondholders created by the war wipes off the slate one favorite slo gan of stumpers. 'Gene Huse of the Norfolk News expresses in his own capital way tha morning after feeling manifested by pulsing people . throughout the epochal week of November 11. "You will please pardon me," he says, "if I say that for my part I don't feel like wording, I don't feel like rend ing, I don't feel like settling down at all. I still fool like, going around and telling- everybody about how glad I was to be permitted to be on earth the greatest day in history." In the delmje of gripping events which Jammed t) story's pages dur ing the last sevn days the signific ance of happenings of local magni tude may be lost for the moment. It is fitting to make a belated margi nal note of the fact that just as quickly as the Nebraska republican landslide was sized tip the heavenly tanks cut loose and shed wetness for many hours. The conjunction of a political landslide and copious show ers doubly emphasized the favors bestowed on "God's country." Sidney Enterprise laments a shortage of home grown generosity toward visitors and insists on a more pronounced democratic spirit. Listen to its kick: "Pulling every stranger who chances to come through town with a pint of beer and letting the home man keep it by the wholesale, sell it and drink it, will not help the town in any way. We are strong for the deserving lame man and always wish, to favor him, bnt not in the case of bootleggers." The charm of this plaint lies in moisture of the dry belt. CHEERY CHAFF, t... v.-iy m vcrr eiad. fir. tbat you believe In returning a aoft nawer to your enemy. It enowe me vv" llan spirit. ' . Highboy Tea. Ann. peetaea. thorn madder than anything Ue I ,cao say Brownlng'a Wagaalne. "The wedding carda are out and they are rehearsing the ceremony." "Whoree the groomT" "Hb aerne to be loa In tf hume. . Kansas City Journal. ) "Hid you aay ahe had a reputation for making people uncomfortable T1' "No. All I said wee that In her neigh borhood ahe holda the record for kntttlng socks.'' Life. "When I say a thing." remarked Bllg Bins. "1 mean It. I never change mj mind." I ... ,i j "I'm tmlfthty glad f hear It." replied the diffident friend. "I remember eome mighty Interesting thlnga you said bout raylnic back 110 you once borrowed. Washington Star. -Vf'HY-j MOT Hospe PLAYER PIANO INCLUDES: erch Player Rolls Player Scarf Player Cabinet CASH OR TERMS Refinished Players, $375. 8400. 8425 In Mahogany Cases $500 I&t ft H eft '&tertffffifri'n vrfamtJKitstc 1513 Douglas Street The Christmas Art and Music Store present day economy is to purchase those articles that economize on time and conserve on labor that labor may be given over as far as possible to the reconstruction of matters that have arisen during the war. mother wishes to help as much as dad and an electric washer and irorier installed in the home will give her the extra time needed for that purpose. an electric washer will not burden you with old-fashioned wash-day methods. electrical gifts are the most useful gifts one can make, and in our Electric Shop a selection of the better kinds can readily be made. 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