TriE BEE; OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER'S, 1918.
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These are fine days to walk.
. . Here is where the humble "jitney" looms up
as a life-saver. ,
' Even the kaiser had bad luck when he tried
to niak the world bow to his will.
What a calamity it would have been had tho
president's ship set sail without Creel I
Dr. Manning thinks the street car strike will
help check the flu. We ought to get something
out of it.
You are not jn danger of. contracting the
flu on a crowded street car, which is some con-
1 lolation.
, Chile and Peru seem inclined to listen to
' reason; at least, they are not so warlike now as
a few days ago.
"T. R." leaves no one in doubt as to where
he stands on the fourteen points as a basis for
permanent peace.
One of the best known forms of exercise is
walking, and if folks did more of it they would
' feel better all the time.
' Des Moines draws a 7-cent tramway fare
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! Conferring Roman citizenship on the presi
dent may be a compliment, but it will not mean
as much to him as it did to Paul.
Maybe the "reds" at Berlin may dig up the
other end of the "Willy-Nicky" series of let
ters. Jt would be interesting to read tem.
German socialists want to name delegates to
'the peace council, but seem to forget that Ger
many will be required to listen and not to talk
at Versailles, i
Herr, Jiohenzouern still has the nerve to
i sing hymns of praise" to the Most High. His
Impudence must, think heaven has not heard
from earth lately.
; It was hardly intentional that the president
art sail rtn the nnivrsarv of the rUnarriir nf
the Oscar II, and we refuse to accept the to
incidence as an omen.
Demand for an interpretation of the four
teen points may soon be satisfied. The presi
dent cannot be long at Versailles without telling
the world what he meant.
The continuation of the pleas from Germany
to President Wilson show how the Hun mind
clings to the idea that he is a "soft spot," but
the outcome may disappoint the propagandists.
The problems of peace are to be considered
"by congress. While this is going on the rest
of us will be engaged in trying to make both
ends meet and save money enough to pay our
taxes.
Mr. Wilson's progress across the Atlantic
will, exceed any naval show ever staged, with
the single exception of the parade made by the
Yankee boys on hetr 3,000-mile journey to the
battlefield. .
, Stamboul jails are being fifled with beys and
pashas, a course that may win for the new
Turkish government some consideration among
civilized nations.. The only danger is the lock
ups will not hold all who ought to be confined.
. The president of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States correctly says the principle
of an economic boycott is unsound, but he will
find the world very slow to take up business
, relations with the Germans again,' no matter
what the plea in their behalf. ,'
Two years after the event the house com
mittee on elections announces that a republican
was selected in 1916 as delegate from Alaska.
However, the seat has been filled all this time
by a democrat, who has drawn the salary and
cast the vote, which is as much as a good dem
ocrat could ask. .
Taking the Kaiser's Property
.. Every pfennig's worth of property, real and
Eersonal, held by a man named William Ho
enzollern came out of German taxpayers, past
r present. It is the common belief that he is
one of the richest men in the world. He is
even accused of profiteering more grossly than
anybody else in his country after this war be
gan. If the Ebert regime in Berlin, as reported
has confined itself to a seizure of the crown
lands, it has shown undue moderation. And if,
it can be proven that the real ownership of
large tracts of land in our Northwest and in
Canada is the Kaiser's, though such owner
ship be never so adroitly camouflaged, Great
Britain and the United States will have no hesi
tation in taking over that land, as they will have
"no hesitation in seizing any securities held here
for William Hohenzollern. Other Allied coun
tries should do the same.
- And whenever or wherever taken, the Kaiser's
"property" will be devoted to the same end
- paying; the bill for the Kaiser's schrecklichkeit
This is not his punishment for crime against
humanity. That may come later, in some
dramatic and deterrent form. The imminent
exaction is only a money quid pro quo for a
small part of the damage done. Brooklyn
Eagle.
TIME FOR CALM COUNSEL.
Just now is a good time for all Omaha peo
ple to keep cool.
It is also a time for calm, deliberate counsel,
something that has not prevailed entirely of
late.
Two of the parties to the street railway dis
pute have ignored the rights as well as the in
terests of the third party. The public is more
concerned in the continued operation of the
street cars than either the company or the men.
Its patience is being tested just now, and both
the strikers and the bosses may feel sure that
this patience can be borne on too heavily.
As already stated, the dispute between the
contending parties shows on its surface nothing
material that could not have been held in abey
ance pending peaceable adjustment. The atti
tude of finality assumed is not to be justified
for either side. v
Just now, when the world has arrayed itself
against autocracy in any form, is hardly the
moment wisdom would have selected for an
exhibition of arbitrary power by organized
labor, or by an employer of labor. This is par
ticularly true when the result of such an exhibi
tion falls most heavily on the people.
The sooner the disputants come together in
a sincere effort to compound their differences,
the better it will be for both sides. If they are
unable to agree they well may invite the judg
ment of a competent board of arbitration and
abide by its decision.
Justice will prevail in the end, no matter how
much sway force may obtain for the moment.
Why Was Henry White Chosen?
Strange, is it not, that it should be neces
sary for the big and little democratic organs to
defend the appointment of Henry White as the
republican member of the peace commission?
Particularly noticeable is the emphasis they put
upon the fact that Mr. White served in various
capacities in the diplomatic corps in positions
to which he was appointed' by republican presi
dentsmore emphasis on this than upon his
thus acquired familiarity with diplomatic his
tory and diplomatic etiquette and procedure.
The obvious fact stands out, however, that,
regardless of his previous experience and gen
eral qualifications, it is inconceivable that a re
publican president would have named a peace
commissioner representative of the republican
party of whom republicans and democrats alike
would have to ask, first, "Who is he?" and then,
"Is he a republican?" The best way to visualize
the situation and to get its significance is to
reverse it by picturing 'a republican president,
called on to choose a democrat fojr this impor
tant place, passing over all the recognized dem
ocratic statesmen and digging up a back num
ber, still wearing the democratic label, but so
long on the shelf and so little identified with
the active leadership of his party that his very
existence had been almost completely forgot
ten. Imagine what an outcry the democrats
"would make, what violent denunciation they
would hurl at a president perpetrating such an
"outrage" upon them!
' What, then, is back of the president's unex
pected resurrection of Henry White for the
membership in the peace commission accorded
to the republicans? 'The answer is yet to de
velop, but peihaps a sidelight may be found in
what the Baltimore American says about the
charge of discord among the Allies and their
disagreement with us recently made' by the
responsible editor of the Baltimore Sun, just
back from an editorial excursion to the other
side. Calling that aVtiele 'mischievous in the
extreme, it is incidentally disclosed by the
American that Mr. White lives in Baltimore, and
that "Mr. White's son is one of the owners of
the Baltimore Sun, which .throughout the war
has been a sort of 'me too' newspaper for the
democratic administration." This information
may be helpful to the eventual solution of the
puzzle of the selection of the republican member
of the peace commission.
Tackling the Railroad Issue. -President
Wilson specifically ; left the rail
roads to be dealt with by congress, and that
body announces its intention to get busy at
once. It is possible to pass the proper legisla
tion before the end of the present session, but
it is hardly likely it will be done. What may
happen is action that will so complicate matters
as to render further government management
imperative. On one point all agree the roads
cannot be returned to corporate ownership un
der conditions that prevailed in 1917. Authori
ties unite on the proposition that if government
supervision is to prevail it must be responsible.
It is proposed that the Interstate Commerce
commission be made responsible for revenue
as well as rates, that it be relieved of the ham
pering presence of state commissions and that
both the Sherman law and the Clayton act be
repealed. The alternative is that the. govern
ment retain the roads, guaranteeing returns to
the stockholders. It is not a question of un
scrambling eggs, but of an equitable distribu
tion of the results of the scrambling.
No Fight on the Administration.
Republicans in congress have disappointed
the democrats again by declining to organize a
fight on the administration. Leaders of the op
position recognize the predicament in which
the majority party finds itself, as charged with
responsibility for taking first ateps needed to
return the country to a peace basis. ,It
would be easy enough to relieve the democrats
of any embarrassment by setting up a side issue
built out of the actions of the executive, but the
republicans will not be so simple. They are
willing to help set the readjustment under way
and' will co-operate in all reasonable efforts to
the end that the general good be served. But
they are not willing to permit themselves to be
maneuvered into a false position and to assume
a greater heritage of perplexity than will nor-
j mally follow the demise of the Sixty-fifth con-
gress. it tne disgruntled democrats want to
carry, on a vendetta against their president no
objection will be raised from the other side of
the house, but the republicans respectfully de
cline to pull' their chestnuts out of the fire.
Right in the Spotlight.
Stephen Pichon, who has been
delegated by the French govern;
ment to receive President Wilson
when he lands at Brest, is foreign
minister in the Clemenceau cabinet.
M. Pichon is best known to the
outside world as the French minis
ter at Peking during the Boxer re
bellion, when, with the other for
eigners in the Chinese capital, he
narrowly escaped being butchered
by the rebels. In his early career
he was a newspaper reporter on M.
Clemenceau's Parisian paper. In
this position he made use of his
opportunities to secure election to
the municipal council and from that
body he migrated to the Chamber
of Deputies. In 1894 he entered the
diplomatic service as French repre
sentative in Hayti. In recent years
he has held several important cab
inet posts.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Brazilian war commission arrived
in New York.
Germans forced Italians to yield
slightly on the Asiago plateau.
House committee on foreign
affairs voted unanimously that a
state of war existed between the
United States and Austro-Hungary.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
The new Young Men's Christian
association building at Sixteenth aad
Douglas was formally dedicated.
President T. H. Taylor introduced
as speakers Mayor Broatch, John L.
Kennedy, Leavitt Burnham and Mr.
Nash. Prayers were offered by Rev.
T. C. Clcndenning, Rev. Joseph Det
wiler and Rev. Willard Scott.
A consignment of cigars was re
ceived at the custom house frcm
Cuba.
The Horse Railway company com
menced to cut the pavement on
Ninth, between Douglas and Far
nam, preparatory to laying track on
that street.
Mrs. S. T. Smith and Mrs. An
drews of Denver are guests of Mrs.
Thomas Swobe.
The mother and sister of J. H.
Daniels left for San Diego, the lat
ter going for the benefit of her
health.
"Barney" Baruch gives up the work of the
war industries board for the reason that neces
sity for its activities no longer exists. He did
a good job while at it, and the world was well
served through his efforts.
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Lifting the embargo on all grains but wheat
ought to give us some notion as to how much
of the demand is real and how much the imag
inary output of speculation.
The Day We Celebrate.
Rome Miller, hotel man, born 1855.
Leo A. Hoffmann, undertaker,
born 1880.
Viscount Jellicoe of Sapa, who was
first sea lord of the British admiralty
in the early part of the war, born 60
years ago.
Sir Frederick Bridge, organist of
Westminster Abbey, born in Wor
cestershire, 74 years ago.
Rt. Rev. Walter T. Sumner, Epis
copal bishop of Oregon, bom at
Manchester, N. H., 45 years ago.
Brig. Gen. Edward L. King, U. S.
A., born in Massachusetts, 45 years
ago today.
This Day in History.
1776 Phi Beta Kappa, the parent
of the American system of Greek
letter college fraternities, was or
ganized at William and Mary col
lege. 1806 The French under Murat
crossed the Vistula and occupied
Praga.
1848 The king of Prussia pro
claimed a new constitution.
1887 Lord Lyons, who was Brit
ish minister at Washington during
the American civil war,' died in
London. Born April 26, 1817.
1905 Sir Henry Campbell Ban
nerman became British premier.
1914 French captured Vermeles,
north of Arras.
1916 Herbert H. Asquith re
signed the British premiership.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Paris has prepared a cordial wel
come for King Albert of the Bel
gains on the occasion of his
visit to the French capital today.
Former Justice Charles E. Hughes
and Mrs. Hughes today will cele
brate the thirtieth anniversary of
their marriage.
The future of nationally adver
tised products, and the best methods
of advertising themv will be consid
ered at the annual dinner of the
Association of National Advertisers
in New York city tonight. The
chief speakers will be Abram I.
Elkus, former ambassador to Tur
key, and Rev. Charles A. Eaton, head
of the national service section of the
Emergency Fleet corporation.
Storyette of the Day.
"I want to know if you will give
me a recommendation?"
"I should say not. I discharged
you for incompetency."
"Your competitor tells me, sir.
that if you will write a letter of
recommendation, he will give me a
position. I hope you won't stand
in my way."
"That's different. I don't know"
any quicker way of crippling his
business than to gefhim to hire
you. Sure I'll give you a letter."
boston Globe.
ODDS AND ENDS
In a French factory turbines are
driven by water from a reservoir on
a mountain 600 feet above it.
British scientific men have suc
ceeded in preserving soap bubbles
intact for more than & month.
An English city Is experimenting
with electric street cars as traveling
kitchens, on which meals are cooked
en route and sold to the public.
The army of Monaco is the small
est possessed by any country of the
world. It consists of 75 guards, an
equal number of carbiniers and 20
firemen.
Japan is contemplating the impos
ing of a tax on luxuries. One aim
of the proposed tax (s to check the
growth of luxurious tendencies
among the peoprfe.
Irkutsk, the Siberian city, popula
tion 120,000, which has figured
prominently in the news recently, is
said to be the wickedest city In the
world, having an average of 500
murders a year-
The government's first motor
sleigh, designed for mail-delivery
work in Alaska,' was completed a
little while ago, and has been under
going test tours on the west coast.
The machine Is 25 feet long. It is
expected to cover at least 100 miles
of Ice or snow track a day, with 600
, pounds of mail.
Albert of the Belgians
A. Lamonnier, Editor of L'Independence, Beige.
In the course of this long and terrible war
there have stood out two figares of almost
Jegendary worth and heroic ' appeal the king
and queen of the Belgians. Grandson of Leo
pold I, the founder of the- Belgian dynasty,
King Albert has inherited from his grandfather
u:. .i.. -., v; lrv nf work, his sagacity
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and foresight. At the same time he is charac
teristically a man ot his period, l. e., simp.c
living and democratic by habit.
He is the ideal of the democratic king the
first citizen of the state who takes his citizen
ship seriously and conscientiously. All the mul
tiple problems in which Belgium is concerned,
industrial and social alike, have been his life
study; he has always studied them at first hand,
t : nr. intn imtt,ri fnr tlimsplf as he
did, for instance, in the colonial question, when
he crossed the Belgian Congo irom j-kc Tan
ganyika, on the east, to Boma, on the west.
With such charter and tastes King Albert
was not likely to choose for his wife a princess
of a powerful and wealthy house. He married
the Princess Elizabeth in Bavaria. She was the
daughter of a savant, who had made himself,
l, cw unit u-nrt nni nf tVie first oculists
of Europe, who put his science and skill to the
daily service ot tne untortunate. rrmcess ciu.
beth shared her father's labors and had charge
of his clinic. Never was a wedded pair more
suited to each other.
In 1913 King Albert paid his visit to the
kaiser, and it was then, at Potsdam, in Novem
ber, that the kaiser spoke openly of war with
France as inevitable and not far distant. It was
on that occasion, too, that he tried to persuade
King Albert that his interest lay in ranking him
self alongside Germany. Never did Germany
believe that Belgium would resist.
Yet on the receipt of the revolting ultimatum
addressed by Germany to Belgium on August
2. 1914, there was not an instant's', hesitation.
From Belgian king and people there came the
unanimous answer: Honor above all! Before
the chamber and senate, united in historic ses
sion, the king declared, pale with emotion but
with firm voice: "I have faith in our destiny;
a nation that defends itself compels respect;
such a country never perishes."
Next day he issued a proclamation to the
troops: "Soldiers, remember, as you face the
enemy, that you are fighting for liberty and for
your imperiled I am leaving Brus
sels to put myself at your head."
From his headquarters at Louvain the king
followed with anxious pride the heroic defense
of Liege. He shrank from no risks. He went
to the advance posts and into the trenches.
As he was of tall stature, he was a likely
target for the enemy. One day a colonel said
to him: "Sire, if you were a simple soldier, I
woutd scold you." "Scold away I" said the king,
laughingly. "Sire," replied the colonel, this time
severely. "I do scold you," and the king obeyed,
bending down into the shelter of the trench.
At Waelhem a shell burst near him; he did
not wink an eyelash.
The army fell back into Antwerp. There the
queen had been staying with her children, busy
with the organization and superintendence of
the hospitals. When the' Zeppelins sought to
bomb the palace she took away her children
and confided them to Lord Curzon in London,
afterward returning to her post beside the king,
with whom she shared the dangers of the siege.
Then came the fall of Antwerp and the re
treat. The enemy had crossed the Scheldt; there
was danger of the roads being cut off, but even
tually the royal couple succeeded in reaching
Ostend, and thence, still accompanying the
army, across the Yser.
It was at this moment that the king issued
that manly proclamation
"Soldiers, in the positions where I have sta
tioned you let your eyes be turned only front-
ward. Look upon him as a traitor who utters the
word retreat."
How valiantly the Belgian army responded
to the appeal is a matter of history. It c(ung
with the energy of despair to the little remain
ing patch of the motherland and brought the
Gerlnan march on Calais to an abrupt halt, amid
that region of marshes and clinging mud.
During all this terrible period the queen re
mained among the troops, dividing her time be
tween the education of her children and the
management of a huge hospital.
Finally has come the resumption of the of
fensive with its glorious results. The liberation
of Belgium is proceeding rapidly before our
eyes. King Albert and his queen have set foot
in Ostend while German shells were falling, and
amid the enthusiastic welcome of its inhabitants.
A few days hence King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth will make their entry into Brussels.
What an event it will be! It will be a delirium
of joy; it will be a spectacle beyond imagination
or description. It will be a unique celebration
that of the liberation of a heroic nation!
Better Railroad Service
By issuing the order, effective December 1,
which cuts off the extra 1-2 cent a mile which is
charged for the privilege of riding in a Pullman
car, Mr. McAdoo, the director general of rail
roads, furnishes a large measure of relief to the
traveling public. This makes the rate 3 cents
a mile straight, whether the traveler uses a
sleeping or parlor car or rides in an ordinary
day coach.
With this reduction in fare comes the an
nouncement that the railroad administration will
soon restore a number of passenger trains which
were taken out of service during the ' war in
order to increase the efficiency of the freight
service. Two additional trains are to be put on
between Washington and New York, one trans
continental train is to be restored and the serv
ice to the south is to be improved.
4 It is to be hoped that the improvements
noted are but the forerunners of others which
will tend to put the transportation system back
at its normal level. The public willingly put
up with all sorts of inconeniences made neces
sary by the. war. Then the movement of troops
and war supplies was the first consideration.
Now that the emergency has passed the public
is entitled to a vastly improved service. Kates
should be cut wherever possible. Trains should
be put on w;herever the travel justifies them.
Better facilities-should be provided in the con
solidated ticket offices, so that the public will
not be subject to long waits in "purchasing tick
ets and will have the same coureous considera
tion they had when the railroads were compet
ing for business and courtesy and prompt service-
were' assets. The railroad administration
has taken a step in the right direction, and it is
to be hoped that it will proceed further..
Washington fost.
Sdlj-Made Heroes
Newspapers throughout the United States
printed not long ago on their front pages a
story originating in an Ohio city, describing
how one of that city's native sons a lieutenant
who had been a Princeton foot ball star had
saved the lives of General Pershing and Mar
shals Haig and Foch.
He had been guiding the distinguished lead
ers across a battlefield when he heard a shell
coming. In true Dick Merriwell style he had
lifted his bolo knife we never heard that lieu
tenants carried bolo knives and used it as a
bat, deflecting the shell so that it exploded at a
harmless distance. He had received highest dec
orations from three nations. 'It was all true,
because the lieutenant had written about it in a
letter. - -
Later, of course, another story was printed.
The lieutenant had cabled a hurried denial, say
ing, "I thought you would know it was all a
joke." , , ,
Papers back home more recently printed a
letter from another lieutenant-sanjiirman who
described how he had changed from one place
to another in midair. . The sequel to this story
is not yet at hand.'
There is a lesson in these back-home stories
for jthose men in the A. E. F. who try to make
their letters interesting for limited family cir
culation. Camouflaged romances usually have
kick-backs. . Stick to the truth. Stars and
J Stripes, France. v
Railway Clerks' Union.
Council Bluffs, la., Dee. 1. To the
Editor of The Bee: In your issue
of Saturday, November 30, you were
good enough to place in a very prom
inent place in the paper an item
headed "Rallwuy Clerks Plan Un
ions to Control Wages." We do not
contemplate doing so, but we have
done so, and today we are on of the
strong railway brotherhoods of the
railroad world, but, as you say, we
are not organized to dictate wages,
but only to maintain a living scale
of wages from the railroads. It has
always been that the clerks In the
railroads were the least con
sidered and smallest paid craft in
railroad circles, and yet they are one
of the most important. There are
two lodges in Council Bluffs and one
in Omaha, which have a very large
membership, and I wish to state that
the lodges in both cities are 100 per
cent. Every self-respecting clerk is
sure to join the brotherhood. Aeain
I wish to say we are not banded to j
pui any dictation to tne raiieoaas,
but only to protect ourselves for a
wage that is enough to support our
families in decency and permit our
selves to dress in the neat style that
the railroads expect of us in their
offices. In connection I wish tfl
state that - every railroad in the
United States and every city in the
United States has a lodge, and we
are under A. V. of L., with our
grand lodge in Washington, D. C.
Thanking you for the space for this
letter, I will sign myself.
A RAILROAD CLERK.
Sacrifices in the War.
Council Bluffs, la., Dec. 2. To the
Editor of The Bee: I am surprised
that there is a man in Omaha that
would write as Mr. Edwards does.
Mr. Edwards says, "What has
America done to give us the right to
assume that we control the peace
terms?" I will tell you, Mr. Ed
wards: We did what no other na
tion did or ever could do. We in 18
months put 4,000,000 of men in the
field; we saved the day in the great
war, we equipped our own men and
fed them and the armies of the al
lies; besides, we fed the destitute of
Belgium and many of the other des
titute nations; we fed the German
prisoners as well as we fed our own
soldiers. The people of this coun
try stepped forward, donated and
subscribed nearly $18,000,000,000 to
this great world's war..
Our American boys went Into the
fight bravely and never, did one of
them show a white feather. In the
pictorial side of The Omaha Bee of
December 1 are the pictures of Har
ry C. Bowker, Clyde Kllgore, Rob
ert Connell. Ellsworth C. Wood and
Louis L. Walters, noble boys, all
from Omaha, who gave their lives
in battle that the world might be a
better place for Mr. Edwards to
live in. 1
Mr. Edwards, if you do not appre
ciate what we have done in this war,
France, England anJ Belgium do,
as all fair-minded people do. If you
had watched the Red Cross women
and girls work day and night you
would not take this position. Com
pany L, boys of the famous Rainbow
division that were nearly all from
Council Bluffs, were as fine a lot of
bnys as ever went in one company.
They have been pretty badly shot
up, but when the living ones return
I do not think that pro-German talk
will gain entrance to this city.
WARREN HOUGH.
If Mr. Hough will let his steam
pressure go down to "safety" and
carefully re-read Mr. Edwards' let
ter he will find it contained no Word
lacking in patriotism or common
sense. If he will also gather a few
more facts in connection with the
war he may modify some of his own
views. For example, while Amer
ican boys did fight gallantly and die
bravely for the right, fewer than
40,000 gave up their lives in battle,
while England alone lost 900,000
from the same cause. Measured by
other standards, the ratiojof sacrifice
is about the same. Let us be fair
with ourselves, Ed. Bee.l
MANY HAPPY RETURNS.
Tho halo has gone from the boarding
house hash,
Each non de plumed dtah Is passe!
For Hlndenburg's army has all gone to
smash,
And the Potsdam goat captured, hooray!
No longer In style Is our made-over hat.
The knitting-bag's exit Is certain.
For on Kaiser Bill and his murderous
crew
Father Time has now run down the cur
tain. The beefsteak's returned to the platter
again, '
Blond breads take the place of brunette.
For our sons have evolved Into heroic
men,
While old William's six sonnies have
set.
The sugarbowl's back on the table again,
The frosting returns to the cookies.
But the gladdest return that I know of,
to date.
Is that of our dousrhboys and rookies.
Omaha. BAYOLL NK TRBLE.
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Editorial Snapshots
Kansas City Times: Life in Vi
enna these days is Just spasms of
riots after another. The old home of
the waltz is now ringing with Jazz
from attic to basement.
Brooklyn Eagle: Agitation is be
gun for a "free coffee market." How
much prices are to be boosted we
don't know, but some sort of boost
ing is always behind a free market
propaganda.
Minneapolis Tribune: The fall of
the kaiser was like the end one In a
row of bricks. Since lie quit 278
members of reigning houses in Ger
many have toppled off their thrones
and near thrones.
Washington Uost: The railroad
boys' hearts are big, all right; here
they are chipping in for a fund for
Billy McAdoo, a rank newcomer
among them, who merely hinted that
he was hard up.
Baltimore American: Should Mr.
Taft become the head of organized
base ball, the doings of Mr. Wilson
would pass for the most part un
touched by the great bulk of Ameri
cans. For base ball and not politics
ever will be our great national game.
New York Wurld: That Germany
ordered Austria-Hungary to begin
the war is proved again, and up to
the hilt, by material from the con
venient archives of Prussia's Jealous
big sister, Bavaria. The reason like
wise: France would be "over
whelmed in four weeks." Only that
did, not happen.
New Vork Herald: The sound
maxim: "Be silent and suspicious,
for the foe is listening," is just as
applicable now as a year ago, in
view of the gravity of the work
which has to be done by the Ver
sailles conference, which will have
to resettle the affairs of the world,
and do it in spite of Teutonic
knavery.
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Nell There Is one thing which puzzles
me about the women In business.
BerTe What Is that?
Nell What do they do about it when
they got all those sealed proposals?
Baltimore American.
Silas (In a whisper) Did you git a
peep at the underworld at all while you
wuz In New York, Ezry?
Ezra Three times, b'gosh! Subway
twice an' ratscellar once. Buffalo Express.
"You naughty child, where have you
been?" demanded a Baltimore mother of
her hopeful. "I bellere you hs U
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look at your olotbssl I'll u
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Don't scold me. Ma." responded tho
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Polly She used to be a brunett ana
now she's a decided blonde. - '
Dolly Yea, and even now she tan t sat-
MM. . . .
Polly Doesn't know which way to turn
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Mrs. Quotem Oh. deart Ona-half the
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