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This weather heats a "Bermuda high."
In connexion with the Omaha detective
force, somebody is not telling the truth.
Ohio enters a favorite son in the republican
presidential lists. Come on in the water's fine!
"Bill" IIohenzoHern is said to be surly these
days. He has not had much lately to sweeten
his temper.
The bolsheviki scoff in advance at the Princes
I -land meeting, but admit it will be a splendid
opportunity for speech-making.
King Cotton's followers are going to try to
keep up the price by cutting down the output.
Do you remember the cry of 1914?
Secret treaties are rising up to haunt the
conferees at Paris. A lot of things will have
to be thrashed out before peace is signed.
Ice has broken up in the Nebraska streams,
usually a sign of spring, but this time taken
with some allowance. Groundhog day is yet
to come.
Two hundred thousand Yankee boys are
said to have definitely determined to cast their
lot in France. They will escape the rigors of
a bone dry country by so doing.
Admiral Mayo is quite right in wanting
America to be the lion when the great lying
down act is staged. That will not only protect
us. but will be better for the lamb.
An Omaha judge, dissolving an irksome
marital bond, gave the husband the automobile
and the wife the piano and the canned fruit.
Who says justice is always blind?
Thirty days' suspension for swearing in the
city jail has been visited on an Omaha police
man. Wonder what would happen to him were
he to say what he really has in mind?
"Regulation" of the shipments to the Omaha
stock yards is more confusing than helpful, just
now. A better plan would be to let the farmers
and the packers settle it between themselves.
Lenine's orders that the bourgeoisie of
Lithuania and Esthonia be exterminated, when
carried out, will make those regions quite as
happy as the rest of Russia. The plan is sim
plicity simplified.
' A cabinet officer in charge of public educa
tion is about as badly needed as the fifth wiieel
to a wagon, unless the states are to be relieved
of all responsibility in the matter of establish
ing and maintaining schools.
A billion and a quarter to redeem the pledge
to farmers that wheat will not sell for less than
$2.20 until the. 1920 crop is harvested has been
presented in congress. The sum seems large,
but it is insurance rather than expenditure.
Secretary Lansing draws a place on the com
mission that is to fix. the degree of guilt at
taching to the kaiser for his share in the war.
If he is true to his training the doctrine of the
square deal will be properly applied in this case.
Ordering spelling books for committee clerks
at Lincoln may seem funny, but it contains one
serious indictment against the modern school
methods. More attention to fundamentals and
less to fads in the schools will remedy mistakes
in orthography.
' Committees working out the details of peace
agreements are commencing to encounter the
real thing in the way of difficulties. The process
is not so simple as might have been thought.
Humpty Dumpty was pretty badly smashed
when the kaiser pushed him off the wall.
Claude Kitchin has achieved another victory
over the publishers of the United States, hav
ing: defeated an attempt to repeal the ob
noxious second class postage rate. He don't
need no newspapers it Scotland Neck, and
kain't aee no good reasons why anybody else
wants any truck with the pesky things.
Selective Service Success
In future wars into which the United States
may be drawn the selective draft system of
raising an army will be used as a mere matter
of course, in the opinion of Maj. Gen. E. H.
Crowder, provost marshal general. General
Crowder speaks with the authority of one who
knows his ground and his facts. To him more
than to any other individual was due the suc
cessful working out of the conscription laws.
In his address to the Illinois Selective Serv
ice association General Crowder asserted that
the volunteer system, if adhered to rigidly by
the allies, never would have wo: 'he war for
them. The selective system made it possible
to use American manhood energy where it
would do the most good, whether in the military
ranks or in necessary war industrial activities.
In other words, it brought about the maximum
strength of all lines from the trenches clear
back to the factories and farms, and in this way
yielded a concerted force strong enough to
overthrow the Hun military machine.
General Crowder seconds the observation
and opinion of the public that volunteers and
selects disclosed the same soldierly fiber in
backing up their country's cause. He offers
the gratifying information that only 1,200 men
out of over 24,000,000 registered refused tn fight
for their country. This means 1 in 20,1)00 a
remarkable showing for the practical patriotism
of the country.
Sixteen per cent of those in the draft age
were not American citizens. This is not a
pleasing exhibit, but it is a valuable one, in
that it is li':ely to act as a spur in the several
states to induce noncitizens to become full
fledged Americans in the sense of the law.
llinneapolii Tjrjbun-
BRING THE GIRLS BACK FROM
THE WAR.
That is mighty good advice given by one of
the women members of the committee for the
relief of fatherless children in France as the
moral to be drawn from the sad double suicide
of the two young girls who jumped overboard
on the return voyage from Europe.
Her sympathetic intuition urges that all
American women war workers, especially the
young women, be brought back home as soon
as possible. Conditions, she assures us, are
such that they can be released without se
riously interfering with the task in hand and
"they are tired and nervous," which means that
they are under a tension not conducive to their
well-being.
Another thing that should emphasize this
advice is the danger lurking in exposure to
temptations which these American girls must
combat temptations necessarily stronger and
more frequent since the fighting stopped than
before. Our young women went abroad with
high ideals under a patriotic impulse and at
great sacrifice of personal comfort and they
must not have those ideals ruthlessly shattered,
as is too likely if they overstay the time when
their services are needed. For the work still to
be done, and, of course, there is some, the
more mature women, whose greater experience
in life fits them better to cope with such sur
roundings, should be retained rather than the
younger women, upon whom the strain must
be harder.
The desire to relieve and protect these girls
must not be taken to indicate lack of confidence
in them, for they have indeed done noble
service. One of the bright spots in the war was
the coming forward of cultured, tenderly nur
tured young women, volunteering to help our
armies abroad. They had to undergo the perils
of passage across submarine paths, the terrors
of Hun air raids, the hardships and privations
incident to an unaccustomed life, and through
it all they sustained themselves with such for
titude and generous courage as earned them the
respectful gratitude of all their countrymen.
But now with the need for these women over
seas almost at an end, their recall will not be
a desertion of their posts, but only due consid- 1
eration to which they are entitled.
Get the girls out of the war.
Future of German Colonies.
One of the first and one of the greatest ob
stacles to the formulation of peace plans is the
disposition of the German colonies. Under the
pledge of "no annexations," these become
political orphans, and in the search for some
sort of a foundling hospital wherein to deposit
them a considerable difference of opinion has
developed.
Mr. Wilson's plan, which rests on American
experience in the Philippines, does not meet
with cordial or enthusiastic reception. Not all
the nations of the world are devoted to the
philanthropic idea so well exemplified by our
treatment of the Filipinos. It is quite poss'ble
to foster the German-African colonies under
an international agreement, wherein the rights
of all nations would be preserved, and the in
terests of the peoples concerned be protected in
all ways. Neutralization of the question ap
pears an ideal solution. But it is not warmly
received.
Japan asks to be allowed to retain such is
lands as it has wrested from German control,
and Australia likewise has a similar claim.
These might be composed if the main question
were adjusted. Return of the colonies to Ger
many is not considered. British interests are
arrayed against this, and generally the future
of the peace of the world would seem to require
that German power and dominion be restricted.
What we have done for the Cubans and are
doing for the Filipinos may not be possible in
Africa, yet under some such plan, internation
ally controlled, it is certain the natives of
Africa would stand a far better chance for
growth in civilized ways than they will while
subject to the exploitation certain to follow a
state from which they are emerging. It is un
thinkable that these people are to be thrust
back to where they were in 1914.
If the League of Nations is to exist, it might
as well start by accepting a great incidental
responsibility right at the outset, and take over
the late German-African colonies.
Maine the Dry Pioneer
Setting Up a Market House.
The city commissioners have determined to
again experiment with a public market house
for the accommodation of Omaha household
ers. The present plan is to arrange matters so
that the business will not be carried on ex
clusively by commission men or brokers, acting
between growers and retailers, but to allow a
greater freedom of action and permit the con
sumer himself to make an occasional pur
chase. Whether the plan will work out to the
satisfaction or benefit of any is to be shown.
Market gardeners have one distinct advan
tage under present conditions. They can readily
dispose of whatever they bring to market, each
to a single purchaser, without the trouble of
peddling it out. Grocers and other retailers
find convenience in dealing with the brokers.
Neither of these conditions is especially in favor
of the consumer. Therefore a place where he
can meet the producer and buy direct such
green stuff as he requires is of importance to
him. More than the mere establishment of
the market place is involved. , Its success will
depend on its management, and the rules and
regulations laid down for conduct of business
will determine whether the public gets service
from the experiment now set on foot.
Arthur Llewellyn Williams was a churchman
of parts and distinction. His service included
progress from a frontier mission to the dis
tinguished and responsible position of bishop
over a wealthy and .important diocese. This
success was attained by reason of devoted in
dustry and a personal manner of rarest quality.
A score of years endeared him to Omaha people
as a man of quiet but determined nature, of
clear conviction and earnest purpose. His sud
den death came as a distinct shock to a com
munity in which he had ably though modestly
served. .
British ship builders are experiencing much
the same trouble as are those of this country.
Striking workmen are, making the problem cf
how to let down speed in the industry a very
simple one.
Trans-Atlantic air ship voyages are again
being discussed. Their quality has changed in
nothing since before the wat. -
Christian Science Monitor.
, No part of the American union has been
subjected in the past, or subjected more unjustly,
to a greater measure of criticism, opprobrium
and ridicule, on any ground, than Maine had to
put up with for half a century, because of its
attitude toward the liquor question and the
difficulties which it had to surmount in dealing
with the problem, at the hands of a large and
active and persistent element of the popula
tion, partly malicious, but largely ignorant of
the true and courageous and consistent position
of the state on this subject.
The first impression sought to be created by
the liquor interests was that Maine was largely
dominated by a narrow-minded, fanatical
minority of religionists, who, while demanding,
and demanding loudly, unlimited freedom of
action for themselves, were just as pronounced
and insistent in denying liberty to those from
whom they chanced to differ. It was held, for
instance, that there was in reality no opposi
tion to the sale or use of liquor in Maine, hut
that the dominating social element having
chosen to take up temperance and then prohibi
tion, as a fad, and having dotted the state with
Good Templar and Sons of Temperance lodges,
and having made membership in those lodges
a test of social eligibility, everybody who as
pired to being somebody deemed it advisable
to pretend to abhor liquor.
Now, the truth of the matter was that
Maine was forced to take an antagonistic atti
tude toward the liquor traffic in self-protection.
There was nothing sentimental about the anti
liquor movement in Maine at the start, nor was
it intended that the movement should become
either locally or nationally reformatory. About
the middle of the last century trade with the
West Indies resulted in the introduction of
great quantities of rum into the state, this being
received in return for exported American mer
chandise. The rum was cheap and easily ob
tainable, and soon was distributed widely among
the lumber camps. The results were what
might have been expected. Connecticut had
been compelled as early as 1839 to meet and
solve a similar problem, and it succeeded partly
in doing so by establishing local prohibition of
the sale or liquor.
Maine was originally driven, from sheer re
gard for the welfare of its people, to take the
extreme step against the liquor traffic. Neal
Dow. who became champion of the prohibition
cause in that state, was of Quaker descent, of
excellent tamily stock, a man of hxed beliets
on moral questions, but by no means narrow
in his views One of those who had watched
with deep solicitude the growth of intemperance
in his state and in his country, he gave his help
to every movement that promised to check or to
end it. Personally, and from his early youth,
he loathed liquor because of the moral havoc
it wrought wherever and whenever it was given
free swing, but he had been for a long time
impressed strongly with the argument that it
was not the use, but the abuse, of liquor that
was doing the mischief. In tune he came to see
that' abuse was certain to follow the use of all
intoxicants, no matter what safeguards might
be thrown about their sale.
This remarkable man had received a good
common school education as a foundation and
later he attended the Friends' academy at New
Bedford, Mass. He was a direct descendant of
one Henry Dow, who emigrated from Norfolk,
Engla-id, to America 17 years after the arrival of
the Mayflower. Y oung Dow upon leaving school
entered the counting house of his father's tan
nery in Portland, and in course of time became a
highly prosperous business man. He continued
to be a student, notwithstanding the many
calls of his occupation upon his attention, and
became interested particularly in the social
phases of public affairs. As the years passed
by, he gave most of his attention to the liquor
question. Ultimately he became the acknowl
edged temperance leader and champion of pro
hibition.
In 1851 Neal Dow was elected mayor of
Portland for the first time; was re-elected in
1854, and it may as well be added here that
after serving in the legislature for two years,
he entered the civil war on the union side, hav
ing raised the 13th Maine regiment, of which
he was appointed colonel, and that when l.e
resigned from the service in 1864 he did so with
an honorable record and with the right to claim
the title of general in the volunteer service.
These facts serve to show his quality as a man.
He was no fanatic, but he stood for his opinions
and was ready at all times to prove his devotion
to them.
While serving his first term as mayor of
Portland, Neal Dow drew up what has become
famous throughout the civilized world as "the
Maine law," a measure intended to prohibit in
that state the manufacture, sale and keeping
for sale of intoxicating liquor, except for medi
cal and mechanical purposes and the arts, and
which embraced provisions for the seizure and
condemnation of such liquors as might be found
upon search in suspected places, and for fining
and imprisoning violators of the statute.
Many of his friends, and many of the advo
cates of prohibition, were disposed at first to
persuade him to withhold and later to withdraw
the bill, but he persisted. He took it to the
legislature himself, saw that it was introduced,
followed it through its committee stages and
watched over it tirelessly until it had received
the signature of the governor.
This was the first state prohibition law ever
enacted in the United States. For at least three
score of years it was destined to be attacked
with regularity, venomously and from every
possible angle, but' it has remained on the
statute book of Maine as passed. There is no
question but that it was often ignored, often
violated, often disgracefully disregarded, as well
in the later as in the earlier years of its ex
istence, by those sworn to respect and enforce
it; but, what of that ? There it has stayed, save
for two years, and there it stands, a monument
to moral courage and righteous judgment.
TODAY
The Day We Celebrate.
James R. Dewar, of the Union Pacific Coal
company, bom 1867.
Most Rev. William J. Walsh, Catholic arch
bishop of Dublin and primate of Ireland, born
in Dublin 78 years ago.
Walter J. Damrosch, conductor of the New
York. Symphony orchestra, born at Breslau,
Germany, 57 years ago.
Gen. J. Warren Keifer, former speaker of
the United States house of representatives, born
in Clark county, Ohio, 83 years ago.
Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of war
of the United States, born at Columbus, Miss.,
68 years ago.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of
the United States navy, born at Hyde Park, N.
Y., 37 years ago.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
The Western Union rooms in the top floor
of the Omaha National Bank building, are com
pleted and will be occupied in a few weeks.
They are equipped with all the modern im
provements. The company has 90 operators
at this point, and altogether 161 employes.
A. C. Jordan has severed his connection with
the Omaha Republican.
Union Pacific gossip slates C. S. Mellen for
general traffic manager and Ed Dickinson for
assistant general manager.
Charles G. Dawes and wife of Lincoln are
stopping at the Paxton.
The Elks held a social session, presided over
by Mr. Gregory, with music numbers by Jules
Lumbard, Miss Pennell, Mrs. Cotton, Prof.
Butler and the Madrigal club.
President McCormick of the ball club is
waiting; to hear from Manager Seeley as to the
sale of Jack, Crooks to a Chicago broker for
?550.
In the Wake of War
Marshal Foeh chews up cigars as
diligently aa General Grant burned
them. The marshal Is a "dry
smoker" and one cigar Is sold to
serve for a day and then some.
It is estimated that 3,000,000 tons
of copper lie buried In the battle
fields of Frnnoe and Belgium. Of this
probably 1,000,000 tons, equal to the
yearly output of the United States,
can be salvaged.
Lots of war work and high wages
brought about a marked reduction
of pauperism In Great Britain. In
1914 the number of iersons receiv
ing relief was 765,077. In 1918 the
number foil to 551,272.
War dogs in the American army
henceforth must hustle for cats
other than the oflicial chow. An
arniv circular makes outlaws of ca
nines and other live mascots in p.ll
camps. Another way of recognizing
the uselessness of war dogs in peace
times.
One of the big Insumce com
panies of England, conducted on the
weekly payment plan, reports that
during the height of the Influenza
epidemic, a period of eight weeks,
its death loss claims from "flu" were
double the number due to war in the
same time.
London and Paris are mighty gay
capitals to stay away from these pip
ing times. That is, if the tourist
hasn't a roll as sizable as a barrel.
Few short of millionaires can look
the prices in the face without a
groan. Not only are rood prices at
aviation heights, but shelter is hard
to get and competition for hotel
rooms approaches the bidding stage.
Several of the deposed prlncelfta
of .Germany are qualified to earn
their own living. The grand duke
of Oldenburg is a naval engineer;
the grand duke of Hesse an archi
tect; King Louis of Wurtemburg an
experienced hotel manager. Duke
Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
has been a salesman for automibiles
in the United States, and Prince
William of Saxe-Weimar served as
waiter in a New York restaurant.
Let 'em work.
of cribs' Qottt&t
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(Santa Claua, busy feeedlng hungry
children ot tha war lands, forgot hi
usual Job of taking around Christmas toys.
Peggy and Billy It.lgium help his reindeer
to una him and call him home.)
CHAITKK IV.
Santa Clans Come Home.
A T BILLY BELGIUM'S shriek,
Peggy and the reindeer crowd
ed around the All-seeing glasses,
trying to peek within. It wasn't
hard to do this, for the glasses seem
ed to grow and grow, until they be
came a great tunnel. And right up
through the tunnel came Santa
Clans flying on his airplane.
"Whir-r-r-r!" roared the airplane,
making such a threatening noise
that Peggy, Billy and the reindeer
Jumped back in a hurry. A great
gust of wind came from the tunnel,
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Minneapolis Tribune: As yet Mr.
Hoover shows no signs of asking the
senate for an armistice.
Washington Post: Prince Lich
nowsky tells the allies how to make
a just peace. Must the allies go to
the Huns for ideas on Justice?
New York World: Nevertheless
and notwithstanding certain sena
tors, it seems to be Uncle Sam's Job
to supply previsions to the provision
al governments. i
Baltimore American: German
loaders are complaining of entente
dictatorship. What was it which
the Germans themselves aimed at
imposing on the world?
St. Louis Globe Democrat: Th
announcement that the war rlsK
bureau will have all the pay checks
for November and December ready
by January 31 does not refer to the
pay checks of bureau employes.
Brooklyn Eagle: Rome, which
ruled the world with triremes in
stead of dreadnoughts, must have
interested 200 American sailors. The
sailors interested the noble Romans
and the plcbs. It's a liberal educa
tion to be a Jackie under the bene
ficent despotism of Secretary Dan
iels. New York World: Senator As
hurst of Arizona deserves the sin
cere thanks of the American people
for the picturesque description of
Lower California as "the vermiform
appendix of Mexico and Achilles heel
of the United States." But how does
he expect to persuade Mexico to sub
mit to the surgical operation he de
sires? New York World: One year ago
"Kirche, Kinder, Kuche, Kleider"
were supposed to bound a German
woman's sphere. Sunday more
women voted in Germany, or had
the right to vote, than in Great Brit
ain and the United States together.
Here only certain states are suffrage:
in Great Britain only women of 30
years vote. In Germany they out
numbered the men by 3,000,000 a
change as swift as it was tremend
ous. Will all those women voting
be a power for peace?
UNHOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER.
(After Robert Burns.)
0 Thou, whs. In heavens dost dwell.
All Highest equal tae mysel'
Ye micht hae sent me straight tae hell
For guid and all, and
Instead o' that ye let me dwell
Snug here In Holland!
1 bless and praise thy matchless might
Which (coupled wt' my aln foresight)
CU'ed me the tip tae tak' ta flight
Frae sip a shindy,
Leavln' the burden o' the fight
Tae pulr auld Hindy.
Dear German God tae whom I pray
(On equal terms, of course) today,
I ken fu' well it's aye your way
Tae damn a wrong; 'un;
It's guid o' you tae let me stay
In Amerongen.
My "abdicating" made men glad
(London, I hear, wl' Joy went mad),
O, Lord, you didna think I had?
I'm no sae silly!
And neither (if I ken the lad)
Did little WUlle!
Ton "abdication," Lord, ye see
Was just (betwixt yerael" an' me)
A little hoots, I mean a wee-
Bit tarradiddle.
Whether It's true or no will be
A' Europe's riddle!
For you, mein lleber Deutscher Gott,
Of a' things ye have kindly thought
Today I feel quite certain o't,
Ye 11 see me righted;
Ta'll sea tae It that I cannot
Be extradited? .
Bay that I dlnna plead In rain.
And wi' thy help (as weel's my aln)
We'll mak' the English fang Insane.
And won't the Scots damn I .
When "Ilochl der kaiser's" heard again
In dear old Potsdam!
The Passing Show, London.
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"Oh, You Know T's!" Cried Tcggy
in Delight.
and out sped the airplane, coming to
a halt right in front of them.
Santa Claus, his smile Jollier than
ever, stepped from the machine.
"Hello! Hello, everybody!" he
shouted In a big voice that filled the
whole palace. "Hello, Prancer,
Dancer, Dasher, Vixen, Cupid,
Comet, Thunder and Lightning!
Hello, all you Toys."
"Hello," bellowed the reindeer.
"Ho! Ho! Hello. Santa Claus!"
roared the Jacks-in-the-Boxes, pop
ping up on. every hand. "Hurrah!
Hurrah for Santa Claus!" cried lines
of soldiers marching out on the
shelves with horns blowing and
drums beating. "Dear, dear Santa
Claus," shrilled the dolls.
Santa Claus' twinkling eyes
swept around until they rested upon
Peggy and Billy Belgium. Instantly
he strode forward and grasped each
by a hand.
"Why, this Is a surprise," shouted
Santa c'lnus. "How do you do,
Peggy! Hello, Billy Belgium, I'm
glad to see you!"
"Oh, you know us!" cried Peggy
in delight.
"To be sure I know you,"
laiVhed S.inta Claus. "Haven't I
your record right here?" With that
he pulled out one of the drawers In
his tiling cabinet With a little thrill
of pleasure Peggy noticed that it
was from the section marked G'MH)
CHILD I! EX. "Here you are. Peg.
gy. aged 10. Kind of heart, fond of
a joke, a hit bossy but a good spurt.
Likes school sometimes but likes
play bettor. It makes her happy to
make others sappy."
"Oh, thank you," cried Peggy.
"Thank yourself," chuckled Santa
Claus. It's your own record
Here's Billy Belgium's card. As
good rs most boys, which isn't say
ing much. Noisy, forgets sometimes
to wipe his feet when coming Into
the house, and likes to play tricks
on other folks. Hut he Is a good
worker, generous, never does mean
things, and Is always kind to hu
mans, animals and birds. He is a
real boy."
"Thank you, sir," said Bill Bel-
glum, who had made rather a wry
face at the first part of the card.
"And now why did you call me
home when I was having so much
fun feeding those hungry kiddies?"
roared Santa Claus.
"Christmas Eve tomorrow, sir,
and you haven't prepared for it,"
cried Prancer.
"Ho, ho! So it Is. I've been so
busy looking after soldier boys and
keeping war land babies and young
sters from starving I haven't had a
minute to think of toys,1' laughed
Santa Claus. "But of course the
children of America have got to
have their gifts. They've done their
share in winning the war and bring
ing peace on earth by saving food,
buying War Savings Stamps and 11
that. They deserve Uie merriest
kind of a Christmas."
Saying this Santa Claus looked
around at his nearly empty shelves
and wrinkled up his nose in a per
plexed frown. "I haven't nearly
enough toys to go around."
"Hum! Hum!" mused Santa Clans,
stroking his long whiskers. "Seems
to me there ought to be more toys
than this In the world." i
With that he turned to his All
Seeing glasses and pressed the but
ton. Instantly there appeared the
vision of thousands, yes, millions of
toys passing in review some in
stores, some In closets, some in attics.
"There they are," shouted Santa
Claus triumphantly. "I knew there
were plenty of toys Ifi, America. The
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Word for I'nfortunato Women.
Osceola, Neb., Jan. 24. To the
Editor of The Bee: It Is very in
teresting to read in The Bee of the
active move the society and club
women are taking in ridding their
city of the vice conditions which now
exist.
We hear so many say that vice
cannot be controlled, for It has al
ways xlsted, and therefore will al
ways exist. We also heard a few
years ago that prohibition would be
a failure, but what is it today a
success to be sure for we are now
on the road to national prohibition,
which we would not be if state-wide
prohibition had been a failure.
But before we go further on this
subject, let me ask you a question,
Mrs. Club Woman: What would you
do with a poor, unfortunate girl as
she goes out from the Detention
home? Will you look down upon
her as unfit for the society of your
daughters, or will you open your
home for her and let her enjoy the
society of your friends, where she
can begin a new life and soon fur
get her dark past?
A great number of these unfor
tunate young girls have come from
the poverty stricken homes caused
by the liquor traffic, which exlstod in
our state in the past years and have
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"Bald-headed men should never be ap
pointed on diplomatic missions."
"Why not?"
"Because, stupid, how can they do any
hair-splitting?" Baltimore American.
"This base ball star says he doesn't
know whether he will return to the game
or not."
"Do you think he means that?"
"Certainly not That Is merely the cue
for managerial persons to come forward
with contracts In their hands and do a
little coaxing." Birmingham Age-Herald.
not been given the chance which
they should have had, therefore It
is our duty as Christian men and
women to extend to these poor, un
fortunate girls a helping hand, a
kind word of cheer, and not look
down upon them with scorn and
disgrace, and I am sure your reward
will be great for doing this.
May God bless the women of Oma
ha, who are not afraid of taking
hold of this great work in ridding
their city of the great social evil,
which has caused so much misery
and woe in the past.
N. G. A. NELSON.
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only thing we have to do is to get
these toys to the right children on
Christmas Day. Ho, ho, what funl
That's a Job I'll leave to you, Peggy
and Billy, for, see, my hungry kid
dies are already calling me back."
In the All-seeing glasses was a
vision of thin, childish hands held
out appeallngly to Santa Claua.
(Tomorrow will be told how Peggy and
Billy take up the big job left to them
by Santa Claus.)
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'Business It Good Thank You.'
Mr. Newed This knife sharpener you
bought me Is a dandy, dear.
Mrs. Newed That's not a knife sharp
ener, you boob, that's a loaf of war
bread.-Chlcago News.
"I told her that she and her daughter
might well be taken for sisters."
"That stuff goes good."
"Yes, It went good with mother, but I
lost out with the girl." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Home Is where the heart Is."
"That's what the young fellow who Is
courting my daughter thinks. He hangs
around my place all the time." Boston
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tall your boss that I won't cut a potato
for anyone." Detroit Free Press.
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