THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918.
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THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG
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The "jitney" has vindicated itself at'last.
Omaha's Christmas tree will be a real joy
this time.
"Tom" Reynolds is another promised improvement-
in the state administration.
Another big hotel is projected for Omaha,
and it will not overcrowd the lists, either.
Nebraska boys are to winter on the Rhine,
but their hearts will be on the Platte, just the
same.
The kaiser has no reason to complain that
Bernitorff was not on the job while he was in
America. j
'The president's trip across the Atlantic
most remind him of things at home not
smooth sailing.
The Red Cross women realize that the end
of hostilities did not put a stop to the work of
jnercy they carry on. k
Some distinguished pacifists now insist they
were not pro-German, but the trouble is they
were not pro-American, either. .
Our boys in France will have no turkey for
Christmas, but, for the matter of that, they will
be no worse off than a lot of folks at home.
Three million dollars an hour paid to farm
ers for live stock during November makes
itock raising look good alongside some other
occupations.
Mr. Burleson and his aerial mail promise
toafford much good reading for the long win
der nights. His plan's, like his machines, are
up in the air. t
', "Charlie" Schwab is giving nip the shipyards
I- to go back to Bethlehem Steel, but he leaves
V back of him a record of achievement that will
" 'iand fto his credit forever.
,yjust ai soon as the brake is taken off private
V,,'"' .enterprise jfill take care of all the labor to be
supplied by returning soldiers. This country is
? not going to stand still, nor enter otfa period
..of depression just because the munition plants
ire closing.
Herr Ebert is modest and sensible in declin
j ing to take an off-hand election as president of
the German republic. His counsel to the sol
diers .that they be patient is in luminous con
, trast to the course pursued in Russia, and may
mean order for the Teutons.
Obesity has almost wholly disappeared
among German civilians, gout and similar dis
eases are gone, and even soldiers have been
relieved from nervous disorders, according to a
Berlin professor. It was pretty tough on the
rest of the world, though, to have to administer
he cure.
Mr. Burlesoli has encountered his first snag
in the aerial mail service, his superintendent
nd assistant having resigned as protest against
employment of novices in important positions.
But this will not deter the czar of the Postoffice
department from carrying out any experimental
plans he may have formed.
. Yes, the school board ought to arrange to
Sell those new building bonds so as to be able
to- start construction early in the spring. But
there is no need of borrowing the money merely
to pile it up in the banks awaiting the need for
it contract for delivering of the bonds as
'.he money is wanted ought to be feasible. ?
In selecting Mr. Robert Cowell as head of
the chapter the directors of Omaha chapter of
the Red Cross have acted well. Mr. Cowell will
bring to his new duties notDnly the benefit of
a wide business experience,but the confidence
of the entire community, in which he is highly
regarded for his personal probity and for his
warm human sympathies as well. His choice
for the place is a happy one.
Red Cross Work
On his return from a tour of three months
in Europe inspecting Red Cross activities. H. P.
Davison, chairman of the war council of the or
ganization, issues a statement telling of its
great work in foreign countries and citing ex
pressions of appreciation from those who know
most about it and are best qualified to judge.
General Pershing said the value of service
-rendered was beyond computation. General
Ireland, chief surgeon of the expeditionary
forces, declared that the Red Cross workers
have "rendered an essential service to our men
the value of which can never be fully known."
Admiral Sims and the most conspicuous per
sonages of Great Britain, France and Italy
unite in praise of the service rendered by the
American Red Cross.
Syria and Palestine share in the expression
of gratitude, and General Allenby has asked his
government to urge the Red Cross to continue
its work there. . Cessation of hostilities has
ended many emergency but opened up new and
pressing needs, Mr. Davison points out, and
there will be an appealing cry of humanity
from all over the world. The' people of Amer
ica can do the most, and in Mr. Davison's "opin
ion we owe the most to suffering humanity.
. The American Red Cross .must be kept
strong and efficient that it may do its share in
full measure. New York Herald. '
PUTTING ORGANIZED LABOR IN BAD.
Developments m the Omaha street car
strike confirm the growing opinion that there
was neither excuse nor reason for calling the
walk-out, nor justification for continuing it,
after the company has offered to arbitrate any
question of interpretation of the award of jthe
War Labor board. It is clear now, though at
first obscured by conflicting claims, that the
men have no grievances relating to wages,
hours or conditions of work for which redress
is not at hand.
In defiance of the War Labor board, and in
complete disregard ojthe convenience and ne
cessities of the public dependent on street rail
way service, the street car strikers are delib
erately undertaking to hold up the traffic of a
community of a quarter of a million of people.
They forget that it is the wageworker and
school child whom they are forcing to walk,
not the capitalist, or employer, or professional
men, who ride in their own autos.
From the standpoint of organized labor, this
repudiation of .the War board's authority
and award appears unfortunate and indefen
sible. We do not see how the street car men's
union in its affiliated international can ask for
the intervention of the War board, or appeal
to the authorities, here or in any other city,
when they refuse positively to accept findings
and orders when made, except insofar as they
are to their own benefit.
As we have observed before, What would a
contract with this union be worth, if the obliga
tion of it is not to be recognized by the men,
but only by the company?
We believe the street car men are making a
serious mistake in following bad leadership,'
which is rapidly growing worse in letting irre
sponsible professional labor agitators put or
ganized labor in bad.
Bringing Home the Troops.
One of the expected incidents of demobiliza
tion has arisen, that of argument over how long
the men can be held in service. One of the
most interesting phases of this will turn on
when does the war end? By operation of the
law drafted men can be held for four months
after the war ends; in the senate some discus
sion has been had on the question of whether
this will permit keeping a large force in Europe
to do police duty while governments over there
are being reorganized. The senators are in
clined to consider the war at an end when hos
tilities cease, although some of them agree that
it may not be technically called off until the
peace treaty has been negotiated and ratified.
All of these, however, contend there is no war
rant in law for retaining men in service in
definitely. If the United States is to assume
the task of preserving order in Europe existing
laws will have to be modified, or a new enlist
ment must be had. All of this, of course, makes
no note of the physical difficulty that will be
encountered in the matter of lack of transport
facilities. British ships that carried 60 per cent
of our men across will probably be used by their
owners for other purposes, so that the eight
months required to carry the men to France
may be so lengthened as to permit all necessary
guard duty to be performed while men are
waiting for transport home. Consideration of
the point will be helpful, if it only points out
the makeshift nature of a lot of things we had
to do when, getting into the war. ,
' t First Move for Good Roads.
An Iowa legislator, who also is an ardent as
well as a sensible worker in the good roads
movement, touches the center of the problem
when he says the men who use the roads must
be awakened to the benefit to come with im
provements proposed. This has been contended
from the beginning by The Bee, which has tried,
to interest the farmers in the movement. Until
the agricultural class is made to realize how
costly and wasteful is the system that prevails,
little progress will be made in the general cam
paign. It is not that the farmer does not un
derstand, or that he is not progressive. In the
adoption of new methods, the application of ma
chinery, the betterment of breeds, and all that
line, the Nebraska farmer stands alongside the
most progressive.- It is only in tie matter of
roads he has not advanced. In this he has
been deterred by the first cost of permanent '
construction. When he comes to understand
how this can be distributed over a long term of
years, and hoyv lightly it will bear on his re
sourcs, while the accumulated savings will
counterbalance the outlay, he willot lag in the.
work. The first th'ng to be done in the pro-'
posed campaign for good roads in Nebraska
is to get the farmers interested in a compre
hensive state wide program. Once they take it
up properly, success is assured.
One Long' Round of Pleasure.
A Paris editor outlines a. pleasant prospect
for the United States. It includes a long list
of visits from European heads of governments,
presidents, emperors, kings and the like, all in
cident to the visit of ovuj president to their
countries. This, of course, is reciprocal cour
tesy. Heretofore we have not often been called
upon tqf entertain royalty; in fact never as such.
The heir-apparent of the British throne once
did us the honor, while some Russian grand
dukes, the brother of the German emperor, an
aunt of the king of Spain, and a few others whose
birth was more or less close to the purple, have
visited our shores, but not the ruling monarch
of anycountry save good old David Kalakaua
and Liliuokalani, and they "'did not count for
much. Now, that we have broken the ice,
showing that we are not stuck-up, so 'to speak,
we may look,for both formal and inforrnal visits
from the folks on whom beats the .fierce light
that surrounds the throne. - We will show them
each and every one a good time, and perhaps
through this social intercourse, w,e may bring
about a better way of doing things bqth here
and abroad. It looks like one long round of
pleasure ahead of the good old U. S. A.
Right in the Spotlight
Maj Gen. George Barnett, com
mandant of the United States Mar
ine corps, who has been reported
seriously ill in France, enters upon
his 60th year today, having been
born Dec. 9, 1859, at Lancaster, Wis.
Gen. Barnett has been at the head
of the marine corps since the early
part of 1914. Previously he had
seen service in Cuba, Panama, the
Philippines, with the legation guard
at Pekin, and on numerous cruises
with the Atlantic fleet. He com
manded the expeditionary force of
marines in Cuba in 1906, and, in
fact, was the first officer in com
mand of troops that landed in the
island to form the army of Cuban
pacification. His record has been
uniformly excellent all through his
military career.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Italians succeeded in checking the
enemy in the battle of Asiago. Cos
sack counter-revolution broke- out
in southern Russia.
Italian destroyers penetrated Tri
este harbor and torpedoed two Aus
trian warships.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
Electric cars on the motor line
commenced running across the new
briclpe, a 20-minute service being in-
augurated. Four cars ran from
noon till 10:30 at night and were
crowded with passengers through
out the day.
Jerome Seibert, cashier of the
Pacific Express was united in mar
riage to Sallie C. Holcomb by Rev.
Harsha.
O. Tudor Griffiths of the Com
mercial National bank is convalesc
ing from typhoid.
The Humane society at its annu
al meeting at Trinity elected as of
ficers: President, Champion S.
Chase; vice presidents, George L.
Miller, Henry Rundt, Rev. John
Williams, Dean Gardner, A. J. Fop
pleton, O. M. Carter and B. E. B.
Kennedy; secretary, Preston A.
Allen; treasurer, Alfred Millard.
The Day We Celebrate.
Elmer A. Cope, treasurer of the
Updike Grain company, born 1879.
Maj. Gen. Andre W. Brewster, U.
S. A., born in New Jersey, 56 years
ago.
Brig. Gen. Benjajaiin D. Foulois,
U. S. A., born in Connecticut, 39
years ago.
Prince Feter Kropotkin, Russian
writer and thinker, who was forced
to live in exile many years, born 76
years ago.
Meredith Nicholson, author of
popufar novels, born at Crawfords
ville, Ind., 52 years ago.
Thomas W. Hardwick, United
States senator from Georgia, born
at Thomasville, Ga., 46 years ago.
This Day in History.
.1608 John Milton, one of the
greatest poets that the world has
ever produced, born in London.
Died there, Nov. 8, 1674.
1825 The first steamship reach
ed Calcutta from England.
1864 Gen. Grant, becoming im
patient at Gen. Thomas' delay in
attacking Gen. Hood before Nash
ville, signed an order suspending
Gen. Thomas, but the order was not
sent.
1914 Russia reported her war ex
penses to date amounted to $892,
500.000. 1915 German imperial chancellor
declared peace proposals must" come
from allies.
Note thrl evidence that Senator Hitchcock's
Hyphenated paper printed the page ad of Ger
man propaganda as a donation to the cause of
Kaiserism and Kultur. Incidentally it counts
this in for its showing of "clean paid ads."
Clean? Phew I
Selecting postmasters with regard to merit
and not for party "service will be a novelty in
Nebraska, and this is with all due regard fop
Dan Stevens' election plan.
Even one plum falling must encourage the
hungry, for it shows the tree will produce.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The supreme court of the United
States reconvenes today after the
Thanksgiving recess.
. The annual convention of the In
vestment Bankers' association of
America is to open today at St.
Louis.
, Public health officials from all
parts of the United States, Canada,
Mexico and several of the South
American countries are expected in
Chicago today fof the opening of
the annual convention of the Amer
ican public health association, of
which Charles J. Hastings of Tor
ronto is president.
Storyette of the Day.
Andrew Carnegie, complimented
one day at his Scottish castle on his
gifts to the cause of education, said
to a young lady:
"There's nothing so pathetic as the
self-fnade man who, is conscious of
his lack of education. These poor
fellows seem to think that every
body is educated but themselves.
"Once in a smart New York res
taurant Iheard a man with a dia
mond horseshoe pin say hoarsely to
a waiter:
" 'Shove over that chandelier.'
" 'It isn't a chandelier, sir,' said the
waiter as he obeyed. 'It's a cruet.'
' "The man with the5 diamonds
blushed brick red.
"'Well, never mind what she is,
shove her over,' he said. 'We ain't
all been to college. ' San Francisco
Argonaut.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Washington Post: The war seems
to have assured self-government
everywhere except the District of
Columbia.
Baltimore American: Perhaps the
most cruel punishment that could
be visited upon the kaiser would be
to let him live with his regrets.
New York Herald: Americans are
not worrying, nor do they intend to
worry, about the internal economic
conditions of Germany. Whatever
it is, it has been created by the
Germans. They must sit at the board
which they have laid for themselves.
Brooklyn Eagle: Private competi
tive methods will never be restored
in the railroad business, according to
Winthrop M. Daniels, chairman of
the " Interstate- Commerce commis
sion, but just how the people are to
be reconciled to double rates-in
peace times is not yet explained.
Kansas City Times: Another rea
son why German envoys should not
be sent to the United States at once:
The American boats are just now
engaged in the work of sweeping the
Atinntio for mines laid alone: the
coast by GeVman U-boats, and the.'
a. i : a . t.A cn f a fnr- tha art i
voya.
Nebraska Sets the Pace.
Henry L. Stoddard in New York Mail
There is one state in the union that is not
afraid of peace Nebraska.
From that state comes a refreshing declara
tion of readiness to meet all reconstruction work
with confidence that the funds, the brains and
the energy to meet every requirement are" at
command.
Nebraska sends word to the east' that the
state has half a billion deposits in its banks,
that farm mortgages are as scarce as hen's
teeth, that she has a job for every soldier and
sailor she has sent to the war, and that the
people out there see nothing but prosperity
ahead of them. Here is part of one dispatch
from Omaha:
Nebraska sent 41,000 men to war. The state
can give every one if these his old position the
day he crosses the'Missouri river. And there
will be room for 34,000 more men in this state
if they care to come and ask for work. Ne
braska can care for 75,000 workmen' and can
still cry for more to carry on its regular busi
ness, to say nothing of the increase which nat
urally comes after two years of marking time."
Talk of this kind from other states, including
particularly including our own. ought to
take the place of the timid twaddle going around
regarding the deep problems we face and the
terrible time we are to have while solving them.
Why, to listen to some of the talk, and to read
as patiently as one can some of the interviews
with, so-called financial leaders, one would be
compelled to class Americans as a nation of
ghost seers. We are "seein' things at night"
just because we have ceased killing other human
beings and having our own sons and brothers
killed.
Literally, and in a word, as a nation we
seem to be afraid of peace!
With half the gold of the world in our pos
session, with a mighty development of our in
dustrial resources that a half century of normal
times could not surpass, with the task of feed
ing the world on our farms for two years at
least, with more money of the people in savings
banks and in government bonds than we ever
dreamed could be accumulated there, with every
foundation stone of prosperity as strong as
Gibraltar, we shudder at the very thought that
hereafter, instead of concentrating our whole
industrial effort on making instruments of de
struction and death, we are to turn back to the
nobler work of building up, of cementing, of
creating instead of destroying.
And we shudder at this splendid task, and,
witFf furrowed brow, ask each other how we
ever shall do itl
We went into war in April, 1917, with an
unconquerable spirit; we knew we had some
thing big to do, and we hadn't a doubt that we
would do it and do it well.
We are going ito peace in November, 1918.
in a timid spirit, fearful that the dollars of
profits that were earned so plentifully in war
times may not be earned so plentifully in peace.
We are watching our dollars, piled up in
bank vaults, and ignoring our opportunities,
which are greater, in number and in possibili
ties, than Destiny ever offered to any other
people on earth.
Instead of skulking under the shadow of
timidity our people should be out con
fidently in the sunshine of anticipated power
and prosperity, precisely as Nebraska says her
citizens are 'doing.
We have more to do, individually, than ever
before; we have more to do at home, more to
do abroad, than our farms and factories have
ever been called to do; the yield from both will
spell prosperity unequalled in peace times,
more permanent, more widespread, than the
passing prosperity of war times.
We, are at the end of world confusion; we
are at the beginning of world reconstruction.
We shall have to draw on no nation for our
needs; there is no nation that will not have to
draw on us.
Why, then, should we be fashioning ghosts
in our minds, professing to be wandering in
darkness, when the clear light of prosperity is
thrown on the path ahead of us?
Are we to let Wall stree't, which typifies
wealth, and therefore cowardly wealth, make
us a nation of doubters, when the only doubt
is that which we raise against ourselves?
The late J. T. Morgan gave Wall street a
good many examples of courage, of vision and
of patriotism; but he never said anything better
tli.vi when he replied to a question put to him
during one of our panic periods: "I am betting
on Uncle Sam every time."
Let us get that spirit into our multi-millionaires
so-called captains of industry (or are
they generals now?) and go to it, Nebraska
like, to show the worM that we have not grown
too rich out of the war to be courageous, that
we do not prize our energy, our skill and our
salesmanship so poorly as to lack faith in them.
White-Flagged Deutschland
Named among the submarines surrendered
in the great white flag presentation of its ships
to the allies by Germany was the Deutschland,
the first submarine liner to cross the Atlantic
ocean, whose port on this side was Baltimore
the first trip and Newport News the second. The
Deutschland was then, undoubtedly, bent upon
espionage and other service of the government.
Baltimoreans were duped; not to their discredit,
for honest men may not always detect the marks
of the rogue.
There is an eager desire that the ship that
was later transformed into a war submarine and
coasted on this side the Atlantic, and is credited
with having planted the mine that sunk the San
Diego, shall be given over to the United States.
As a ship of treachery and deceit it ought
not- to be added to the American naval forces.
This government should acquire it and make a
museum exhibit of it, plarng it in the national
museum at Washington. The historical inter
est of the Deutschland and its ignominous fate,
added to the stirring chapters of adventure in
which it figured and the dramatic career and
probable fate of its captain, would cause this to
be an exhibit of ever-increasing interest with
the passage of the years. By all, means let the
Washington officials move for the acquisition
of the Deutschland for the purpose here sug
gested. Baltimore American.
People and Events
Andrew D. White, educator, diplomatist
and author, left a fortune of $900,000, more than
half of it going to Cornell university.
Minnesota plans to signalize the new year
of world peace by investing $6,000,000 in per
manent good roads. A good start in the right
direction. (
A wholesale rush homeward of the swivel
chair warriors at Washington awaits the signals
of army bureau chiefs. It is said they are weary
of the jobs ind anxious to return to civil life.
A fine assortment of office chairs and desks are
headed for local bargain counters.
Serious charges of business graft are made
by George Jackson, a South Dakota soldier,
against the business men at Louisville, Ky.
Jackson was at the officers! training school at
Camp Taylor. He alleges an organized "shake
down" in prices for uniforms prior to the
armistice. After that the price was cut in two,
and civilian clothes boosted 50 per cent. As for
forbidden booze, all kinds and quantities are
peddled freely at $8 a quart. With 50.000 men
in camp the fleece was abundant and the shear
ing skilfully done.
Capt. A. F. Rostron, the hero of the Car
pathia, which rescued the Titanic survivors in
April, 1912, brought the Mauretania ,into New
York with the first. load of homebound Ameri
can soldiers. A man of slender build, medium
size, quite averse to hero worshipers, he has
commanded many different ships since the war
began. The host 'of returning warriors who
hailed Miss Liberty with a mighty cheer a week
ago were scarcely less joyful than the thousand
of maroqned Americans whom Captain Ros
tron, commanding the Alaunia, brought to this
side in September, 1914.
In the Wake oj War
More thin 1,554,000 Iron crosses
were disti ;:.uted by the kaiser dur
ing the v r. No wonder the bar
gain cour r is overwhelmed with
discredited metal.
The firs- American war corres
pondent t reach Berlin since the
armistice r ; nrts the touch there re
minds him ,.f home. A room In a
first class : tel costs $5.50 a day.
Real monej, too.
There Is move In New Tork to
give the n.Tne "Maid of France" to
the square :.i Riverside drive where
her statute s ands, which prompts a
local critic n remark: "Why persist
in mat wret.'hea English perversion
"Joan of Arc."
Britain's select committee on
transport says the unified control of
British railroads was satisfactory
during the war and should be con
tinued. The committee, however,
does not recommend government
ownership In time of peace.
The palace at Po sdam Is consid
ered a happy solution for the hous
ing problem at P.erlin. Unless the
new ruling- powers insist of accom
modation befitting their present Im
portance the palace affords elbow
room for 500 persons, without plac
ing cots in the marble halls.
Stars and Stripes quotes from a
letter received by one of the dough
boys in Prance from one of the
home girls. "My, but this town Is
full of lonesome girls. They won't
even buy new clothes because there
is no one to look at them but old
men." Oh, you Home guards.
The saddest words of tongue or
pen no doubt were fashioned by
Field Marshal Mackensen when his
load of Roumanian swag was swiped
before his eyes at the railroad
station at Berlin. The guards took
the gold and notes because "they
believed the goods had been stolen."
Thus was another proud highway
man beautifully humbled by the
profesh.
The famous bronze horses of Con
stantine, taken down and hidden
when the robber armies drove to
the Tiave river are being restored
to their ancient position on the
balcony of St. Marks, Venice. The
sandbags which safeguarded the
front of the famous basllieu from the
bombs of air raiders, the columns
of the Doges' palace and the an
cient bronze doors of the Campanile
have been thrown aside, and the
famous square of St. Mark and
neighboring plazetta Ouch more re
flect their peace-time glories. And
the gondoliers look forward Joy
ously to the coming of the tourist
who appreciates the loveliness of the
only Venice.
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE
Just as soon as one problem Is
scrapped another bobs up to perplex
the faithful. Pie hunters on the
anxious seat wonder where they can
safely hang their sox a few weeks
hence. Stringing them around the
executive mansion means emptiness.
Prudence forbids invading a private
residence. Here's an opening for
genius to give the right steer.
Fremont iTribune admits having
passed its fiftieth milestone without
putting up a celebration or saying
something like "Have one on me."
The date happened back In July,
when the noise of the cannon and the
campaign made a celebration incon
venient. As to saying something
quietly the absence of the "makin's"
forbade a murmur. Even though
the festal trimmings were not put
on, It may be said the Tribune does
not look its years.
York News-Times shows a sur
prising lack of sympathy for the al
leged sufferers who object to the cry
and sale of newspaper extras in the
residence districts of Omaha during
midnight hours. Moreover, the harsh
critic takes a pot shot at the city
commissioner who sides with the ob
jectors. "The motherly dames of
West Farnam and Binney streets,1
observes the Yorkman with medical
precision, "need a little bromide to
quiet their nerves and the commis
sioner needs to take a trip to Ex
celsior Springs."
Rome mighty good ideas for public
betterment and general uplift are
floating about these pulsing days
seeking practical application. To all
such Nebraska maintains a receptive
mood, ever ready to pick the beat
and aviate upward. Unfortunately
lor the state, conditions forbid in
stant acceptance of the happy
thought of the governor of Virginia,
officially christened . "The Depart
ment of Kicks."' No idea springing
from the upheaval of war so com
pletely "fills a long-felt want." Per
haps it will keep. Good things, like
good deeds, never die. A department
of kicks would imperil the old capi
tol, which has all the trouble it can
safely bear. It is worth preserving
as a feature of the decorative scheme
of the new capitol and provide the
essential "acid test" of its strength
and durability.
LAUGHING GAS.
"Senator, how'd you like to take charge
of the urpent deficiency bill?"
"Well, the work would be familiar. My
wife springe one on me every week."
Judge.
Mttle Leo Pop. do you know that the
earth la gradually getting colder and
colder?
Mr. Corrlgan I do not, but I do know
that that overcoat has pet to do yo wan
mora winter, ire son. pintle hints to the
contrary, notwlthstandin'. Buffalo Express.
"The Germans have always been describ
ed to mo as hnme-lovlng people," re
marked the mildly observant person.
nThey must be," rejoined Miss Cayenne,
"Judtrlns from the way they are running
for home at present." Washington Star.
tees.
There Is one clnss ot men who, no matter
how hard they try, are bound In the end
to go down hill."
"Who are they?"
"Mountain climbers." Baltlnjore America!.
"They say," remarked the morallzer,
"that aggressive and impulsive people usu
ally have black eyes."
"That's right," rejoined the demoralizer.
"If they are not bnrn with, them they man
ago to acquire them later." Indianapolis
Star.
The maid was vexed.
"I know," said she, "that I am not the
first girl you loved you make love so
beautifully."
"Uh. I learned that from watching mo
tion plcturcs.'V said the qulck-thlnklng
young man.
Whereupon the maiden was satisfied
Film Fun.
ACROSS THE DEEP.
Bound for a distant fore ign shore
The good ship sails away
A1 Bhips have often sniled before.
And yet. we pause, today
To tireafho a pray-r of earnest zeal
That He who ruli s above
May guard the path of those who sail
Upon this task of love.
'TIs love of fellow-man which calls
Across the wide exjans';
The memory of a million palle
Illumes the way t.j -'ranee;
Tne babes and, imth. who beseeched
Through tontjuts forever stilled
H:ivc Bent a message which has reached
A heart with pUy filled.
Did they who "died on Flanders field
Their life blood sh"d tn vain?
Shall' not their sacrifices yield '
A full return for pain?
They died that swords of tyrants might
lie cast Into the sea;
And dying, saw the holy light
That Bet a whole world free.
'TIs love which calls across the foam.
We pause to breathe a prayer
That love of Him. of country, home.
May have Its portion there;
The tyrant's sword Is cast away
The dead died not In vain;
Thank God. wo live to see the day
When Peace alone shall reign. '
Appreciates The Bee's Report.
Omaha, Dec. 5. To the Editor of
The Bee: On behalf of the Advertising-Selling
league I wish to thank
you for the excellent account of our
last meeting as appeared In your
paper.
The Advertising-Selling league is
working for the good of advertising
and our community at large, and we
appreciate co-operation such as
manifested by this report .We will
be pleased to reciprocate In anv way
possible. CHARLES h. SYKES,
President.
German After-War Immigration.
Omaha, Dec. 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: A headline stating that
"Austrians Want to Be Annexed by
America" may seem ridiculous to the
ordinary reader, yet, taken In con
nection with other news Items, It in
dicates an effort on the part of the
Huns to sidestep the penalty they
should be forced to pay, If for no
other reason than to most thor
oughly convince them that their part
In the world tragedy can never be
wiped out by humanly-conceived
penalties.
Recently an Item stated' that a
great many Germans were contem
plating leaving, after peace has been
declared, the "country whose rulers
have caused so much human suffer
ing" and emigrating to "the greatest
country In the world, America.".
Again, a person of German birth,
In discussing the situation recently,
gave it as his opinion that the In
habitants of. Germany would never
remain to toil the rest of their llvts,
and that of their children, In meet
ing the heavy burden of paying war
Indemnities.
While 1 do not advocate needlessly
oppressing those who perhaps could
not help being subjects of the kaiser
and his crew of world-wreckers, yet
I believe the allied nations should
see to It that not a guilty person
escapes the full penalty, and that
none be allowed to enter the ter
ritory of any other country so long
as there Is a demand for labor in
the devastated territory of Europe.
There would be no Justice In al
lowing citizens of the Hun countries
to leave and take up residence in
other countries. In the case of the
Austrians who want America to an
nex them, were It practical to do so,
it would place America in the posi
tion of paying the Austrian war in
demnity. Certainly that would be
a much-desired proceeding for the
Austrians.
When Belgium, France and other
devastated territory are restored it
will be time enough to again let
down the bars to Hun migration.
The best way to get the germ of
world dominion out of the German
system is to keep them so busy re
storing the destruction they brought
about that by the time that Is ac
complished the thought of world
domination will be so repugnant that
any effort to revive agitation along
that line will find few to listen. It
Is a disease with which Germany has
been afflicted for many years and for
the good of German posterity it Is
up to the allied nations to see that
the healing Is complete. I. J. C.
I.
Dancing as a Recreation.
Machine Gun Training Center,
Camp Hancock, Ga., Nov. 30. To
the Editor of The Bee: I have been
reading with a great deal of Interest
the accounts in Omaha papers of
the discussion in regard to dancing
In the community centers.
If the community center Is to ful
fill Its promise of being the "neigh-
borhod club house it must make
provision for the favorite recreation
of Its patrons. When the people of
a community choose dancing as one
form of their recreation, who can
deny them the privilege?
The only question to be discussed
la one of proper regulation. There
Is no harm In the dance if properly
regulated. This social relaxation
has been tried in community centers
In many progressive cities, and In
practically every case has proved
successful. As in Omaha, at first
there were critics who fought the
mere suggestion of conducting danc
es in the school houses. Yf t in how
many instances were these critics
successful in causing the dances to
bo abandoned, after once being at
tempted ?
The issue should be left to the
community to decide. Commissioner
Falconer has shown himself to be a
representative dictated by the Inter
ests of the people of the city. In
this matter he has acted in accord
ance with the wishes of the majority.
He can be relied upon to see that
proper regulation is maintained in
any activity conducted by his depart
ment. Regulation by formation of
clubs, in which membership depends
upon the good behavior and co
operation of the members, Is an Ideal
arrangement.
CORP. J. J. ISAACSON,
Camp Hancockt Georgia.
Cause of the "Flu."
Omaha, Dec. 2. To the Editor of
The Bee: Although I have , been
content with the theory that the
Germans are responsible for the flu.
I have had no proof of its origin till
today while downtown.
While waiting indirectly for a
West Farnam car at Sixteenth street
and directly watching that slim
traffic cop that makes such emphatic
motions with his arms, hands and
everything the one that was at Six
teenth and arnam today about 3
o'clock you haveiall seen him. Well,
while watching him go through this
manual training exercise my atten
tion was drawn to a fair damsel, one
of those who take the eyes of "Mutt
and Old Man Jiggs. She had a hft
on that looked like one side of a roof
of some of the West Omaha houses
after the big tornado of a few years
past kind of eattywompas like
and her hair looked like it miht
have been made out of a fallow can
dle that had melted and run down
as far as her ears and there piled up,
making a little porch Just .back of
her palaces I mean temples. She
had a good enough complexion, I
guess, though I didn't see her be
fore she left home. You could see
the stringers and trusses in her neck.
Mechanically speaking, it was well
designed, not much for looks, but
hell for stout. Her bosom was 'pret
ty well exposed, but nothing to be
proud of. tOon't use any comas or
anything between pretty and well)
kind of rolling like, you know,
something like the Nebraska
land north of Omaha. The .whole
bosom was bare down as far as her
imitation string of beads went The
rest of her waist and arms were cov-
MOT r --fl
i
r ' . ..to
oiu
ered with a kind ot flimsy cloth that
looked about like nothing 13 montna
old. Jumping from here to Just
above her knees she, electrically
speaking, must have ben wearing
a transformer, which, with what lit
tle coverrng she had on, looked like)
a sheave of wheat tied real tight in
the middle. Her skirt wasn't long
enough to do much good in the way
of covering up her ankles; anyway,
vou could see what time it waa by
her ankle watch. It waa a little
after 1 o'clock anyway, It was after
the same one. every time I looked.
Her hose, I think, were two or three
months younger thnn her waist; her
feet looked about like two Lewis ma
chine guns loaded with projectiles
made for the noted French solxante
quinze. '
This, I think. Is the cause for the
flu, as anyone dressed like thla when
they get the old-fashioned grippe
has It severely and spreads It easily,
as everyone who Isn't blind stands
and looks so Intently with their
mouth wide open trying to see what
time it is they take In all the germs
coming their way, and then it is
called the flu because it cornea from
a flu that has the grip exceedingly
severe.
Well, I must quit and finish de-
cn-nimr on nnnmnHntA 10,0 ner rent
flu t'ag to hang in my window, as i,
. . i . . i . i i j
my woman ana an me kiub imvo nu
heretofore, or are having now, the
grip spread on so thick they have
named'lt something else.
AL F. ABETT.
An Anonymous Letter. (
Omaha, Dec. 5. To the Editor of
The Hee: A few days ago someone
took It upon themselves to send me
an anonymous letter, simply because
I have been and am opposed to the r
war fad called the "dayligfct saving
system."
I exercised my great American
privilege of opposing one of the sllli.
est of all the war fads that hava '
been forced upon us In the last year.
If the anonymous letter writer will
call at my office, I will show him a
set of resolutions recently adopted af
a state meeting of the Iowa farm
ers, when they appointed a commit
tee to fight the continuance of that
silly law, and they will go to Washington-to
fight it. I can also show
this busy person letters from mem
bers of congress who say they ars
opposed to the continuance of thls,
law and do not see what good It has
occmopllshed.
Then I can show a circular latter
Ximi was strut, lu iucmiuoib v& vva
gress by one of the very men who
engineered I the fight for the adop
tion of this law by congress, in which
he says he does not think it has ac
complished what was expected of It
and that he does not think it wise to
continue this Jaw any longer.
The farmers of Iowa say In their
resolutions that this law is a great
detriment to them and that they will
fight Its further continuance. As I
said before it benefits no one except
golf players, hammock loungers an4
automobile speeders. It may possibly
benefit anonymous letter writers, too.
It does not benefit gardeners, for
the proper time to work gardens Is
in the cool time of day in the morn
ing and not In the hot afternoons.
I will keep on fighting this silly law
as long as there is any danger of its
being adopted again, even if I re
ceive a wagonload of anonymous let
tors from cowards who are afraid
to sign their names.
FRANK A- AQNEW,
Subconscious Mind the Healer.
Council B"Iuffs, Dec. . To the)
Editor of The Bee: All internal dis
eases are the results of stomach
abuse. Abstinence from needless
food turns away infirmity; although
in a cureless disease this turning Is
not entirely successful, of course.
Sometimes I go without food for a
day and always with fine results.
My friend. Felix Crocker, a sturdy
railroad mechanic in this old, excit
able town of Council Bluffs, is a vet-,
eran In alimentary self-denial. Last
n'pplt Via nkinnprl four rinvfl nf'jiatlno
in a row. a year ago J. J. roinis,
the Omaha orator and bookkeeper, ;
abstained from food for six consecu
tive days. I have read that one Gen
eral Rchenck of Washington, D. C,
lived a year on milk alone, thereby ,
healing himself of chronic Infirmity. '
The degree of abstemiousness that
Induces real sleep Is the index of
hea'th'. During sleep the subcon
scious mind governs the body; the
submind being the particular healer
of sorrow and lnfrmity.
A rich man died in Council Bluffs
a few mcmhs ago who ate a hearty .
meal just before he passed on.
If we take rold, we catch It on
the side of the neck, os a rule, along
the large blood vessels. If you will .
rest the nasal cavity consciously a
few times a day and also the entire
head more or less you will find
stronger relief, and the doctor will
experience hunger. Yours, till I take
a rest. ; TOM QUEER.
Obeyed Orders.
Plummer I hear our sergeant rot lute
troublo at the palace.
vromer i es. - lie wai looKinr at
moving picture of a mass of Hum ad
vancing on a ellent waiting American
battery, and rose up In his (eat and
shouted, "Flrt Life.
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