THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1919.
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Leolcs like "fnf! speed ahead" for Omaha.
Ift. Bryan in vaudeville? Has the chau
talking fame gone stale? r
You may have njoticed that Omaha is not
wasting any time getting under headway.
A lot of. "home industry" will perhaps be
noted when the new era is finally established.
Faderewski and Pilsudsky having reached an
agreement a to Poland, the peace procession
may now move on. (
The "flivver" made a mighty good record in
war, but the "eagle" boat did not keep up with.
the land contraption.
"Dan Butler ought to fix a schedule for
council meetings and see that the other com
missioners live up to It..
"Taking one thing in consideration with an
other, the policeman's lot is not a happy one."
If you think differently, ask Dean Ringer.
OMAHA MOVING FORWARD.
The project for cutting down the Dodge
street hill, which is now before the city coun
cil in definite form, is the first move ahead on
a great program for Omaha's advance. This
work has been debated for many years, a big
job that every forward-looking man knew must
some day be done, but one that all hesitated
to tackle. Now that the needed assent from
property owners has been secured, the work
will likely, go on to its completion. 1
It is only one of many big things that have
been decided on for the city. Several im
portant projects in the building line were post
poned when the government commandeered all
building material, but these have only watted
for the moment when they can be startea with
nssurance that completion will follow com
mencement ' The Dodge street grade is the
first step in a comprehensive plan of improve
ment, leading to a greater Omaha. '
. The growth of the city is a continued effort
to remove obstacles to expansion, the removal
of hills and obliteration of ravines and gullies,
that communication may bew easier- and traffic
move with less "f expense. It is this spirit
that has made the city what it has become, and
that will make it what it ought to be.
Loaf While, the House Burns
One good thing about Henry Ford'a "eagle"
boat experiment is that the government has
learned what not to try in event of another war.
The independent packing plants at Omaha
re a fairly good answer to some of Mr.
Heney's assertions concerning the "monopoly."
An imaginative landscape architect may get
i good chance at the Central High school
grounds when "the grading of. Dodge street is
Dver. ',
Clemenceau wants privacy in peace confer
;fice, that nations may talk frankly together.
This is all right, but the people want to know
iowkthe bargains were struck.
v '
The average bibulous individual is in the po
sition of a man concerning whom some, one
asked Alkali Ike, "Was he resigned?" and Ike
replied: "Gosh, he' had to be!" ,
California bad fixed matters so that a bunch
of 1. W. W. malcontents will have permanent
addresses -for several years to come. Society
will miss but not regret their absence.
Maybe the democratic senators can Taise
enough of a cloud over the Michigan election
to cover some of the administration's blunders,
but it will be some smoke barrage if they do.
: The Standard Oil of, Nebraska having in
creased its capital stock by four times, we sug
gest that some" of the money be expended in
building the pipe line from Wyoming to Omaha.
"Eaglets" That Never Screamed.
Continuing , the program .of emergency con
struction after the need for it has passed seems
wasteful, butto continue after its product has
proved useless and unavailing verges on crim
inal misuse of public money. The Navy de
partment has ordered that sixty of the Henry
Ford "eagle" boats be constructed, although
the war is over and the submarines they were
to have chased are now in the hands of the
Allies. This in face of the fact that admirals
of the navy have testified that they would not
sanction the "construction of an "eagle" boat
in peace times. Nor has it been proven that
the Ford design is seaworthy; on the other
hand, good sailors say it is not. x '
Under a contract dated March 1, 1918, the
Ford company was to deliver one vessel five
months from the date of the contract, 10 within
one. month thereafter, 20 the following month,
and 25 a month from that time till its order for
112 had been filled. As a matter of fact, by the
first week in November only seven had been
delivered, and of these six were hurried down to
the St Lawrence in a far from complete condi
tion, to escape being froien up at Detroit.
.Instead of terminating the contract and set
tling for the work and material, as it had the
right to do, the Navy department has ordered
the completion of sixty of these boats, which
are slow and - uncertain (a torpedo boat de
stroyer has. a maximum speed of 35 to 38
knots; an, "eagle" is expected to make 24 knots
at its utmost), and to pay for the same $33,
000,000, on which Henry Ford is guaranteed
profit of $1,200,000. These boats will be useless
until the next war.
Moreover, the factory in which these boats
are constructed was built by the government,
the Fords not investing a penny in its erection.
It is to be "sold" now, and the prospect is good
for Mr. - Ford getting a factory building, 3S0x
1,700 feet, of the most approved type, at what
ever price he feels like paying.
The "eagle" boats that never screamed seem
to be the navy's contribution to the bungling
of the war at Washington. '.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Some one should turn in a "fire alarm"
within the boring of the leisurely loiterers who
are assembling in Paris for the peace confer
ence. ...
Europe is in flames and they are blocking
the fire brigade! We are not assuming for a
moment to give long-distance advice to the
well-informed, close-at-hand and capable states
men who are charged, or are about to be
charged, by the allied governments with the gi
gantic task of setting up a new Europe which
shall at least contain a minimum of war risks.
They all have at their constant service vast
organizations for. gathering information, and
the best brains alive to study that information
and distill from it wisdom. We are not enter
ing into competition in this regard with the
li. j a - e
asscmoicu Areopagus oi civilization.
But we do profess to know what every
reader of the news knows that while the
peace-makers of Paris prepare meticulously,
postpone repeatedly and are even accused by
certain correspondents' with procrastinating, the
whole of eastern Europe is waiting for the po
litical ground plan on which they ace to build
stability, ordered industry and the new govern
mental framework on which the whole future
.will hang. That is, the builders are waiting, in
anxiety and alarm. But the destroyers are not
waiting. -''...
What the peace-makers do not seem to real
ize is that it is an emergency meeting that has
been called. Europe is in a bad way. It could
not possibly be otherwise amidst the aftermath
of a .war which has upset the settled gov
ernments of more than half its area, stopped or
side-tracked all its industrial energy, swept its
frtmmprrp frnm th saa lrill'rl or mittilatH
many millions of its best worker, called new
nations into existence literally by the dozen and
lett even the victorious nations exhausted, de
ruded and decimated.
Southern Disfranchisement.
Omaha, Jan. IS. To the Editor
of The Bee: Some weeka ago in an
editorial by The Bee, a remarkable
statement waa made. It was con
cerning the disfranchisement of
voters in the southern states. In
speaking of the chance for better
ment of conditions in the south you
said, "The change will come when
the democratic leaders of the south
become ashamed of their present
tactics, and not before."
We might with equal reason have
said we ought not to declare war
against Germany, for the German
leaders might become ashamed of
themselves and stop murdering peo
ple and withdraw to their own coun
try voluntarily. It is the same argu
ment that was advanced when these
same southern states were foster
ing their rebellion against the
Union and many people even of, the
north were not in favor of forcing
them to stay in the Union. I be
lieve the republican national con
vention next year should take an
advanced and determined stand to
right the Wrong that exists in the
south today. The party should have
taken that stand many years ago.
While many hundreds of thous-
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE SLEEPY GXOMES."
(Peggy and Billy Belgium, taken on a
wonderful mountain coasting trip by
Prince llonnle Blue Bell, ara pursued by
Sleep Gnomes. Their bona overturn and
they ara burled In the enow. A great dog
rescues them, but the dog prove to be a
Sleep Gnome In disguise.)
The armistice has been extended another
month, with an urgent recommendation to the
Germans that they comply with its terms,
Foch is apt to get impatient because of the
stalling. , ;
The meek submission of, the Omaha Hy
phenated to the will of the people in regard to
prohibition Is encouraging. When trials are
borne with such .becoming fortitude they cease
to be trials. -
The senate is about to settle another delicate
question, that of the membership tf the next
congress. This , is' looking a long way into the
future, but nothing is too big for a democrat to
tackle these days.
Those who look for the coming generation
to redeem the promise of the present in "the
matter of Voluntary abstention forget that one
of Noah's first moves after the waters receded
was to plant a vineyard.
Five per cent of the 2,000,000 railway em
ployes are women and all want to stick. Fair
enough, for at least that many more will be
needed when'peace overtakes the transportation
industry, which is still in the grip of war.
' . Liebknecht' Sad Ending,
, If it be true that Karl Liebknecht has fallen
victim to a shot fired by a Prussian soldier, a
lif of marry attractive qualities has terminated
ignominiously. Karl Liebknecht was a great
force in Germany, and not without influence
outside of his country. His socialism was de
void of most of the vargaries characteristic of
the lesser minds involved in the cult, while his
program for Germany at least
structive. His couraee is'exemol
History has always regarded it as one of
its richest jokes on the astute doctors
diplomacy that Napoleon broke loose from Elba
while the Vienna congress was still painfully
patching up the Europe he had torn to pieces.
' Are thetlineal descendants of these Vienn
diplomats whose "open diplomacy" require
an entanglement of permits, regulations am
.even psychological barriers to keep it secret
tjuite sure that if they are too tedious with their
preliminaries and preludes, the red knuckles of
anarchy may not startle them with an arresting
rap on the conference door?
Europe even the Europe In which we have
the most confidence cannot endure everything-.
There is a remark of almost sinister
significance in Dr. E. T. Dillon's informin
cable. He is telling us that the outcome of th
struggle in Germany concerns all Europe and
tne world ana tnat this war has let loose t
moral epidemic which is spreading over Bui
gana, Hungary, Lithuania, Germany, Austria
ana in certain eventualities Belgium. ne
Dr. Dillon adds:
'This -enumeration does not include all
countries in which bolshevism is become an
actual danger, but it exhausts the list which the
official censors deem it wise to publish."
If that means anything and Dr. Dillon
always means a great deal when he is cryptical
by comoulsion it means that the forces of law
and order in nations outside of Russia and the
enemy countries have imperative domestic du
ties to meet and master. This means that they
uugur io De relieved as soon as possible from
ihe engrossing labors of the peace conference.
This, in turn, means that the peace conference
snouia get started and get through. Otherwise
history may have a joke on the diplomats, be
fore which its feeble Napoleonic witticism at
the expense of the Vienna patchwork artists
win paie mro msignincance a joke in which
long suffering Eurooe. which the rlnrtrinairc
and the diplomats were all dressing up to enter
a millennial "kingdom of heaven," suddenly col-
w"u uciieain ineir dilatory teet into a chasm
oi neni
A Nebraska man tias Kbeen chosen to be chief
of staff in charge of independent telephone lines
tinker Mr. Burleson. This 'may' 'in' time bring
out some information as to how much the pub
lic is expected to pay for the healing' of these
undernourished institutions. ' ' ' .' '
opposition to the junker element in'thegov-
ernment, and especially to the war, for which
he paid the price of imprisonment The change
that came over him after the downfall of GeN
many has been explained by some of his former
friends as due to insanity brought onby his
life in prison. Only on this theory can his
espousal of bolshevism be accounted for, just
as in the case Of Lenine and Trotzky it is
ascribed to a mania for vengeance rather than
any desire to reform the world another in
Stance of "sweet bells jangled out of tune."
Liebknecht as an apostle and champion of
liberty ought not to be swallowed entirely by
Liebknecht as an advocate of anarchy and de
struction, but it will be long before he really
gets justice from an excited world.
Is Bryan Turning to Clark?
Behold there ariseth a little cloud out of the
sagebrush like a man's hand. Vague Washing
ton dispatches tellejus that Bryan, Bryan of Ne
braska, Bryan of the score of arbitration treat
ies, Bryan the champion of Wilson in 1912, is
turning to Champ Clark as the best man to be
j , t p ., . . '
a ucuiutraiic canaiaare tor tn nrpeiionrv m
t was ccin- 1920; that old differences have been made up,
ified by his and ilat if Woodrow Wilson dreams of a third
: - il-A ' term ne must reckon on a substantial oooosition.
Wages and Living Cost
Prof. Irving Fisher hat made an investiga
tion, of which the results are published by the
bureau of labor statistics, showing that the
number of establishments which vary wages
with the fluctuations in the cost of living,
scientifically computed, is growing. The Eve
ning Post listed some time ago the. Bankers'
Trust company, the Oneida Community, the
Kelley-How-Thompson Hardware company of
Duluth, the Worthmgton Hardware company of
Cleveland, and others. , Prof. Fisher adds a
clothing company in Cleveland, a business ap
pliance company in New Haven, and various
Northwestern flouring miUs which have ' raised
wages according to an "index number" calcu
lated by professors at the University of Wash
ington. But he points out as the chief use of
index figures that by the shipbuilding labor ad
justment board and the national war labor
board in settling wage disputes. The former
has adopted the plan of making semi-annual
wage adjustments in all shipbuilding centers on
the basis of living-cost figures presented by
the bureau of labor statistics, and the .latter
was recently considering the introduction of
quarterly adjustments. The substitution of t
scientific for a rule-of-thumb treatment of wage
changes is certainly to be encouraged. It has
one advantage for the employer; rule-of-thumb
changes must be upwards, or the employe is
keenly dissatisfied; while the use of index num
bers reav show why reductions have to be made.
.e' York Post-
. Little Likelihood of Bread Line.
Amid the clamor of tongues released when
war pressure was lowered may be heard the
voice of Frank Morrison, ' secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, who warns us
against the approach of the bread line. Mr.
Morrison does ;iot read aright the signs of the
times. He bases his statement on a "survey"
privately made for him, in which the number
of idle men in certain great cities, guessed at
by his agents, is taken as a basis for .concluding
that millions are out of employment. Against
this mafbe set the fact that midwinter is the
time in this country when unemployment is al
ways greatest. January and February' are not
a season of outdoor activity. Further, the re
distribution oT labor is only begun and far
trom being accomplished. While it may be true
that idle men are. to be found in the cities, it
is also true that in smaller communities work
is waiting for the men to come and do it. If
the country can weather the next six weeks, and
it probably will, the call for labor to take up
the spring jobs will be heard over the voice
of the thoughtless agitator, and the lineup at
the, pay office window will be imposing. .
Chamo Clark, so loner snakpr nf th Uu,
has plenty of friends and admirers in many
states. ' At Baltimore, for eight ballots, he had
a clear majority of the delegates for the presi-
uciiuHi nomination, uoes anyone seriously be
lieve that it would have been better for the
party or for the country if he had been the nom
inee and had been successful?. Mr. Bryan beat
him. Mr. Bryan identified his support with
Wall street and the hated influences of plutoc
racy. Ana uarie. very sore, believed that he
would never forgive Brvan. whom he had sun-
poriea in tnrec npt ngnts, ior this desertion.
remaps he has reconsidered. Clearly, Bryan
has reconsidered more than one point in the
last six years. It is fair to say, however, that
nit iituidshdii ii4u iiji auiaguinzcu LiarK unni
the speaker declined to "come out against Wall
street." He had not used his influence in any
state to prevent the election of Clark delegates.
The distinguished Missourian is 68 years old
now. He will be 70 when the campaign of 1920
comes on. Can he4come back? We hardly
think so. Can Bryan bring him back? Proba
bly not. Most oractical noliticians are con
vinced already that either President Wilson
will take a nomination again or will follow the
example of Theodore Roosevelt and pick his
own successor. He isn't likely to pick Bryan
or Clark. And against him both together can
make very little headway, for reasons obvious
to any man who is not a confirmed idealist and
blind to the substantial forces that control our
politics. Brooklyn Eagle (dem.)
on av
anda of colored voters 1 are 1 dis
franchised by the iniquitous elec
tion laws of nearly every southern
state, many hundreds of thousands
of white men are also disfranchised
In the state of Virginia more than
250,000 white men and 150,000 col
ored men are not allowed to vote. In
the state of Alabama 200,000 white
f-men are not allowed to vote. Yet
every democrat from President Wil
son on 'down talks glibly about de
mocracy and favor theoppressed
or every tana except our own.
I took onto myself1 to write to
Will H. Hays, the republican na-
tlonal chairman, and suggest to him
that when the soldiers from
the south get home that a
movement be started among
them to force the southern
oligarchs to give them the right
of franchise. If they are good
enough to go to France and fight
for what is called democracy at the
risk of life and limb, then they are
good enough to vote.
More votes are cast in thevetate of
Illinois tnan in an tne soutnern
states put together, yet they, have
over 100 more congressmen than
Illinois. .Mora votes were cast for
JefTeris and Lobeck recently than
In dozens of districts put together in
the south. Such a state of affairs
Khould not continue and the repub
lican party should come out with a
bold and stalwart declaration
against stich conditions In their plat
form Of 1920. FRANK A. AGNJSW.
Prelates and Propaganda.
Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 9. To the
Editor of The Bee: Irish priests
preached rebellion during the re
cent outbreak in Ireland. Spanish
priests fought the establishment of
a republic in Portugal and went
over in a body to Maxmillian when
he invaded Mexico in the late sixties.
Today the pope refuses to leave
the Vatican as a protest against the
occupation of Rome by the Italian
government. - Now, I would like to
know the reason for all these things
if there is not a propaganda to ac
quire political control as well as
spiritual control of all governments.
There are millions or gooa uatno-
Hc citizens, but like millions of good
German citizens-, they easily become
dupes of a clique of propagandists
that are determined to fasten theli
doctrines upon every civilized peo
ple. . PAGANUS.
CHAPTER VI.
The Invitation to Drink.
The Xinomes. as thev surrounded
Peggy tnd Billy, wore such friendly
grins that the children's didn't know
wnetner to be frightened or not The
Gnomes didn't touch them, just
bowed politely, and stood smirking
at them. But in spite of the bows
and in spite of the grins, Peggy and
Billy quickly saw that they were
prisoners. The Gnomes had sut oil
escape in every direction. .
The Gnome who had been the St
Senator Hollis, who says the war. is not
yet ended just because an armistice has been
signed will find many thoughtful persons hold
ing the same view. We are still engaged until
peace is really declared and order in some
measure restored.
The Day We Celebrate.
Harry M. Christie, realtor, born 1870,
King Boris, lifted bv the fortunes of war to
the Bulgarian throne, born in Sofia 25 years ago.
Olga Nethersole. famous emotional actress.
born in Kensington, tngland, 49 years ago.
Henry C Stuart, former governor of Vir
ginia, now a member ot the war industries
board, born at Wythesville, Va., 64 years ago,
Ruben Dano. who ranks foremost amonir
the poets of Latin America, born at Segovia,
v.: -... ce -
muiagua, j j years ago.
Frank T. Goodnow. president of TohnsHon-
kins university, born in' Brooklyn,- N. Y., 60
years ago.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
A successful entertainment was- civen at
Creighton college for the benefit of the St.
Vincent fie Pflnl enrierv Amnnrr tline. mm tU m
program were M. V. Gannon, J. B. Furay, Miss
Fannie Arnold, W. O. Sanders.
Returningfrom his first meeting as director
of the Union Pacific, J. H. Millard holds out
hope for a new passenger depot for Omaha.
Miss Savinda Knight, with eight years," ex
perience as a dry goods saleswoman in New
, Less than half the authorized improvements
were made by the railroads last year, due to
lack of men and mitr!nl TH. ...:il t.i AAA
to the current year'.-program, thus setting the. V&ft lxtf$$L
"bread line" a little further away from facts.
Six months' pay added to the soldier's check
when he is discharged is a small enough settle
ment to make with him, when compared to the
basis on which some munitions contracts are
being adjusted.
" r
The Omaha Medical club met with the fol
lowing members in attendance: Drs. j. E.
Summers, Towne, Milroy, Jonas. Somers, Gif-
iora, ijaney, carter, stone, Merriam, Kose, Uil
more, Biart and Jenkins. .
J. H. Bromley has quit the Union Pacific,
where he was serving in the capacity of pub
licity agent for President Adams. '
Work and Prosperity.
Broken Bow, Neb., Jan .11. To
the Editor of The Bee: Your edi
torial on "Danger at Our Gates" ap
pealed to me. and I wondered if
there wasn't a linking between that
and Governor MeKelvie's idea of
tenants, and farms. Let us consider
that all businesses phase from the
land or products of the land. A
good time to think that over Is in
times of drouth. I believe that Pres
ident Wilson Bays that "without
plenty of food there can be no good
government," or something to that
effect. ' r l
I think that the owner of the land
should be its labor or its manager,
or, If that were Impossible, he might
hire a manager, or he might, n an
these were impossible, sell It,
believe in honest work for everyone
able to work, and in working hon
estly at everything we do. if not
then I must believe In hoboes and
aristocrats, sponges and pro-Ger
mans. Honest head work we must
have and we have lots of it for in
stance there is a gem in every edi
torial. I
I claim that an honest workman.
rich or poor, with plenty of self-
respect and control, is as good as
anyone, and that money is only ex
changed for the products of labor,
and the only fair way to decrease
the cost of living la to increase the
supply over the world demand.
Whenever the world demands the
products of labor, no small bunch
of men can control it. I think thati
brings it back to the tenant and
landlord, or partiy. Perhaps there
are honest and dishonest people in
every line of business or work and
they don't know what nor how to
charge. The least they can do is
to charge every one the same,' which
leaves them open to. fair competi
tion. '
l or good government we must
have good management, good work
ers, good homes and honest people,
and then we have liberty, freedom
and universal brotherhood. Under
the present administration I'm for
Wilson democracy, under the next
d oe for Hoover democracy, if
could. Because I don't see how
any one can work againBt Wilson
Hoover or I'ershmg without work
mg against the other two. Honvar
being a republican, does not matter.
, A WORKMAN.
Daily Cartoonette.
D
Billy Politely Refused.
Bernard dog, .was the politest and
the grinniest of all, and appeared
their leader.
Not a word did the Gnomes say,
they Just grinned and grinned. With
a sweep of his arm, the leader indi
cated that Peggy and Billy were to
climb the slope. When they reached
the top, escorted by all the Gnomes,
they found themselves at the edge
of the woods where the fire waa
burjiing. Around th fire were other
Gnomes. Some of these were reclin
ing on snow lounges. Some were
cooking soup in a large kettle. From
the kettle came most appetizing
odors.
Over at one side half a dozen
Gnomes, dressel 'like old-time pi
rates and seamen, were bowling.
They used balls of solid ice, which
they rolled down the mountain at
tenpins made of icicles.
Hendrik Hudson and his crew
playing tenpins," whispered Billy
Belgium. "Remember the fate of
Kip Van Winkle."
But if they were Hendrik Hud
son s crew, Peggy wondered, whv
didn't the balls make thunder, as in
ine story or Kip van Winkle. Then
Peggy saw that these hull vara rnll
Ing over snow, and so of course they
jimuo no noise.
The leader politely motioned to
oiuy ana v eggy to join in the game,
and tho Gnomes handed them hnlla
Billy hesitated a moment, then sent
nis Dan rjounding down the moun
tain, and smash into the tenpins.
sweeping every one or them away.
The Gnomes annlaurled rfellehr
fully, and offered Billy a drink from
a beaker which they filled from a
casK. Hilly politely refused.
New icicles were set up, and
Peggy tried her hand. The ball sped
straight at the pins, and smash
they went flying in all directions.
This shot also was applauded, and
the Gnomes offered Peggy a drink.
She politely declined.
So it went on, Billy and Teggy
rolling the balls, knocking down the
pins, and being offered a drink of
congratulation.
' But as they kept refusing the
drinks the Gnomes began to lose
their smiles, and grew a trifle cross.
"We ought to pretend we're be
ing put to sleep by the tea," whis
pered Billy Belgium, beginning to
nod. Peggy nodded also, but it did
not seem to fool the Gnomes.
Now the cooks brought forward
bowls of the delicious smelling soup.
The Gnomes offered this to Peeirv
! and Billy. When it waa refused, all
smiles vanished. The leader
frowned darkly. He gave an order
and half a dozen Gnomes seized
Peggy and half a dozen seized nuiv.
The bowls of soup were held to their
mouths and the Gnomes tried to
torce tnem to drink.
Peggy fought and fought, but felt
her strength going. In another
moment the hot soup would be
forced between her Hps and then
she'd sleep for 20 years. Goodby
cniianooa, gooa By Home, goodby
mother.
The grins came back on the faces
of the Gnomes, impish, malicious,
triumphant grins, for they thought
tne cnnaren in tneir power.
Then crash! An icy snowball hit
tne oowi at Peggy's lips, smashing it
to smithereens, and sending the hot
soup all over the Gnomes.
Crash! Another snowball hit the
bowl at Billy's Hps and scattered
more hot soup.
The scalded Gnomes let out howls
of pain and began an acronlzed
dance.
And right through their dance
came dashing a pair of bobs Billy's
dods, ana at tne steering wheel was
Prince Bonnie Blue Bell. He
smashed the Gnomes right and left,
and made straight for Peggy and
Billy. They didn't need to be told
what to do, but Jumped on the bobs.
Daily Dot Puzzle
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What have I drawn?
Draw from ona ta two and ao
the end.
oa to
Billy giving them a big Bhova as
they did so.
Right down the bowling course
the bobs dashel, faster, faster.
faster, in a roaring smothery,
whir-r-r. A long, long way they
coasted to the earth and safety, and
tnen came a Dig bump. The rush,
the roar, the smother vanished and
there waa Peggy sitting on tht floot
at home.
(In the neit atory Peggy has a comical
adventure with Balky Sam, Billy Ooat and
Johnny Bull.)
Center Shots'
I WRNT T00 60ME WHERE I
FOR THE WINTER, WHERE.
THERE lOlLL "BE J-OTS or
Koyalty! i : '
P:. 1 4r-r i
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Washington Post: It will certainly
exhaust our frazzled patience if
China r.ow begins to erupt. There
was one place we considered im
mune for a while.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
republican national committed
shows commendable self-restraint
and courteous consideration for the
republican voters in . declining to
name a presidential candidate.
Kansas City Star: The peace con
gress may not see its way to making
Luxemburg a republic, but there's
enough of it to make a fair sized
precinct of ona if that would be
satisfactory.
Brooklyn Eagle: More colored
men in the French service lost their
lives than the total American dead.
They took up the black man's bur
den with a courage and determina
tion that makes even the white
man grateful.
New York World: Allen anarch
ists whose object is the overthrow
of the United States constitution
should have among their visions the
speed with which our soldiers were
shipped abroad and the realization
that their own export could be as
expeditious.
SUNNY GEMS.
"I see you have a girl In clnce of an
office boy. Any improvement?"
'She doesn't whistle and manages to
shut .the door after herj' Browning's
Magazine.
'So you don't consider your Dolltlcal
rival a leader?"
'Well," said Senator Sorghum, "he's
the sort of a leader our village band
used to have. He had to beat time mighty
carefully so as not to get out of rhythm
with the men who Teally know the tune."
Washington star.
"Aren't you glad to get back from
France ?"
'Of icourse. But I dread th Job ot
learning the language all ow again."
Life.
Delia What kind of woman ts sheT
Bridget sure. If yea break a piece av
news aha takes It out ar yer wages."
Boston Transcript
"That was a queer way Jones had to
take to arrange his son's finances."
"How so 7"
"Ho paid a round sum to straighten his
affairs." Detroit Free Press.
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Now that we're happy In victorious pride
We sea anothar war before us lie
A war upon ourselves! Not yet to cry;
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That we send help where they of hun
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Wherj children with gaunt face and
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Grow dally weaker by their parents' side.
And w. who never yet have gone unfed.
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That they, our mor than hundred thou
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Hay know we honor them, nor slow to
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