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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATER VICTOR EOSEWATER, EDITOR THS BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS fha anocutea 1'rM. of wfeira The ha ts a aieinber. la exclusively HitHiW In UM UN for publication of all new dlfiiatehee credited to it er not etherwtea emitted In lata paper, and lio the locil ae twbUihea taarein. All rlibta of pubtiotUoa ot ov speoal dxiMftkibee art aiw reaemd. OFFICES! Otnatn Panpla'i On RutWllQa. Omaha Tka Baa Bldi. Jw ora m ritta Aie. Snulli Omalia S31 N St. rK fflui New B'x of Commerce, ('runrl! lilurte 14 N. Main St V.urito 1S11 0 St Uucoln LitUa Building. DECEMBER CIRCULATION Daily 65,219 Sunday 62,644 Aimai cirmlatlnfl for the nonth subscribed and sworn to of Ik. Ruin. Circulation Minster. Subarribers Waving tha city ahould hav The Bm mailed la them. Address changed aa often as requests. Good morning; has your car been stolen? The police problem is rapidly getting to be bigger than men. Another raise in pay is coming to postal employes, most of which is long overdue. Putting the lid on Turkey is an act that has been delayed for several centuries, but may help some even now. Turning from street cars to trucks to carry mails in Omaha may be progress, but it looks like a step backward. If any further evidence that the war is over were needed, it may be found in efforts to inflate another "championship" prize fight. "Vic" Wilson defies Burleson, but how is that going to help Omaha phone users, who al ready are paying the increased rates? Germany, having put the "hun" in hunger, is now to be allowed food if money to pay for it is forthcoming. This is righteous justice. Universal military training is now before the senate in concrete form, and the country may eventually be Informed as to what Its future program will be. . A bill to help the Omaha school board out of the valley." That editor should look up the files and see what some of the democrats were call ing him a few years ago. The $5,000,000 state house bill is well on its way, having been passed by the house. In time Nebraska may have a capitol building of which its people will not be ashamed. "Moonshiners" are coming into their own again, and the "jazilers" are likely to be kept as busy in the Missouri river bluffs as they used to be in the Ozarks or the Tennessee knobi. Admiral Mayo says the peace conference is getting down to the status of a sewing circle, but he should remember that these circles were of great service during the "late unpleasant- Louis F. Swift ended one argument by waiv ing any "immunity bath" and thus permitting full inquiry into the packing house situation. This ought to Tbring results one way or the other. Prisoners at the Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks have struck on account of being re quired to work alongside colored men. Yet most of the worthies incarcerated there profess devotion to universal brotherhood. . The house committee on naval affairs has voted' for a big navy, so different from the 'democratic attitude of four years ago, but quite in keeping with the traditions of the party, which still blunders along with its headlight on behind. "Nat" Goodwin made millions laugh who gave little if any thought to his private troubles, and he had plenty of them mostly of his own making. His career as an actor was brilliant, his ways as a man erratic, but his death closes both accounts. The British cabinet has declined to interfere with shipbuilders' strikes at Belfast and on the Clyde, and the probabilities are they will end just as are similar demonstrations in America, through cessation of contracts that are no longer of emergency character. Secretary Baker has backed up on his no promotion order, and now will permit proper recognition being given to deserving soldiers. It comes a little late to be gracious, but it will serve as an act of mere justice, enforced by public opinion. Boys who merit the distinction of higher grade by reason of service will re ceive their dues. Distributing Great Fortunes While the state and federal tax leviers are showing an increasing interest in the inviting proportions of large fortunes and inheritance taxes are being considered almost as much from the viewpoint of destroying unequal aggrega tions of wealth as from that of revenue, the very rich are themselves adopting methods of distrib uting their wealth which would have been amaz ing comparatively a few years ago. The Russell Sage estate is a striking example. Russell Sage was more than "a little nigh." Reporters found his frugal repasts at lunch counters a never ending source of lively copy. All Americans laughed, not without a bit of contemptuous pity, at the spectacle of one of the richest men in the country living on apples and water, or at most crackers and milk, not to promote health, but for reasons of economy. He was easily dis missed as a miser. But after he died it was discovered that he wished Mrs. Sage to devote lier time and the immense fortune they bad amassed to educational and benevolent work. With her death it is announced that practically all the Sage millions go to promoting such work. The Russell Sage Foundation is to send the income on its $10,000,000 endowment for betterment of social and living conditions. Three educational institutions receive a million each. Over a million goes to various Y. M. C. A. buildings. Millions more, in comparatively small amounts, go to various educational and eleemosynary institutions. But other multimillionaires, unknown to the general public, have been making similar dis tribution of their fortunes. Joseph Raphael de Lamar, who came to New York as a penniless Dutch immigrant, recently bequeathed $10,000, 000 to the medical schools of Columbia, Harvard and Johns Hopkins. Gordon McKay, inventor of shoemaking machinery, recently left $25, Ot 'l.noo for endowment of an engineering school at Harvard. St Louis Globe Democrat WHO SHOULD PAY? Who should pay for the food and clothing of unfortunates or defectives cared for in state institutions when they have incomes of their own or come from well-to-do families, morally obligated to provide for them? . Should the ample property of an insane per son be held for his board and keep in a state hospital or should the taxpayers foot the bills while the estate is divided among beneficiaries with no special claim? Should a man with a good income be com pletely freed of all liability for maintenance of wife or child who happens to become insane, for example, who if normal would be supported at home or in school as a matter of course? In a word, should well-to-do persons or families be responsible for their own personal keep or shift the burden onto the state shall we have individualism or socialism as the un derlying principle of our state institutions? This is the crucial point in the measure fathered by an avowed socialist member of the legislature to take away the state's authority to collect for maintenance of wards in state insti tutions from the estates or relatives otherwise responsible, and to reverse the long-established policy in this and nearly every other state in the union. In its advocacy, the specious plea is put forth that to require a showing of inabil ity to pay would be a humiliation that should not be put upon relatives or guardians, and further that these people already pay their shares toward this expense when they pay their taxes and would therefore be paying twice. But there is no humiliation in the truth and those who are unable to pay for their de pendents probably pay no taxes. Again thou sands pay taxes who derive no direct benefit from these state institutions and to throw upon the taxpayers an additional burden sure to mount into the hundreds of thousands of dol lars in order to exempt those who by rights should pay, means piling it higher and higher on the ordinary taxpayer, who surely has a big enough tax load to carry now. What seems to us the proper policy and it is the policy urged by the Board of Control which has studied the subject closely is that the general expenses of providing and main taining the state's hospitals and asylums and furnishing the guards and nurses and medical or other expert attendance, is properly a charge on the public as a whole, but that the cost of the food and clothing of the inmates, what they would eat and wear were they at home, should be collected back from those, if any, responsible for their keep unless the latter are unable to pay. Automobile Stealing in Omaha. Whatever may be the cause, the effect is ap parent; the Omaha police force is not dealing effectively with the crime of automobile theft. Its record on this score is disgraceful. The heads of the force suddenly have awakened to the fact that they have a far more serious prob lem on hand than is involved in the suppression of illicit traffic in liquor or the presence of lewd women. Daring thieves are reaping a harvest while the police department is riven into factions, loy alty at a discount, and efficiency below par. Superintendent Ringer has the authority to en force discipline among the men under him. If his subordinates are not capable of meeting the situation, his hesitation to replace them merely contributes to the disturbance. If they are able to control the elements and put a check to the crime, he should insist on swift action. Public interest in this matter is above any private con sideration. In the meantime, not all the blame rests on the police, for carelessness on part of the own ers of cars is contributory in a large degree to the crime of auto stealing. Cars are left unpro tected for hours on public streets, both day and night. In the residence districts cars are left standing all night in the street Owners who thus neglect their property should not be sur prised if thieves take advantage of their care lessness. Under the best of conditions police can not be everywhere at once, and some obli gation rests on the owner to look after the se curity of his property. School Government in Nebraska. Some folks are getting much heated over the school question. Proposals for laws whose or dinary enforcement would wipe out parochial or private schools naturally aroused the vigor ous and justifiable opposition of those who patronize such schools. The parochial or private school rests on sure foundation. It is not a question of how much or how little service it is to the general wel fare, so much as it is a recognition of the un deniable right of the parent to have his chil dren given training along certain lines not ob tainable elsewhere. Religious instruction is forbidden in the public schools, not because the people of Nebraska are irreligious, but because public schools are non-sectarian, and agreement as to the quality of religion to be taught there has been found impossible. Even the reading of the Holy Scriptures has ben objected to and the objection sustained by our courts. Therefore, those who desire training for their children along lines of especial belief or creed are compelled to seek it in special schools. If this is to be carried forward along with training in secular knowledge, the form of school that is loosely classified as parochial or private becomes necessary. However, in permitting such institutions to operate, the state does not relinquish its right of oversight. Proper authority exists for such inspection or examination as will make sure that nothing inimical to public interests is being taught the children. The state may also pro hibit the use of foreign languages in lieu of the common language of the country in such schools. As The Bee has already pointed out, the pres ent legislature is composed of men of suf ficiently broad understanding and sober opinion to make certain that nothing dangerous to the free exercise of religion in Nebraska will be en acted into law. Intolerance or bigotry should not sway, nor is it likely that hysteria will pre vail, when these objectionable measures come on for passage. If the Omaha Hyphenated does not succeed in stirring up a row among the republicans, it will not be for lack of effort Nothing is too silly or too unfounded for it to peddle right now. Republican harmony is the worst possi ble outlook for local democrats. , Vhere Yanks Still Fight New York Times In all our history, bright with deeds of dar ing and fortitude, American soldiers have never had to fight under such rigorous conditions as in the Archangel area of northern Russia. It is war at from 20 to 40 degrees below zero, lit erally an Arctic campaign. The details of it such as the redoubled rebound ot a shell trom the rigid frozen earth, multiplying its destruc tive power quicken the imagination as they come to us piecemeal. But so slowly is the news dribbling from Archangel that as yet we have only a blurred story of the frozen region where war still rages. Inquiry at the War department in Washing ton elicits an outline of the story: Archangel, on the Gulf of Dvina, is the base Thence there are three fronts, representing an arc extending from 100 to 200 miles from Arch angel. The front to be defended is 400 miles in length. On the eastern sector our chief point is i'mega, on the tinega river. Kadisli, 7 miles east of the Archangel-Vologda rail road, is the center of our southern front. Onega, on Onega bay, is the main point on the western sector. In this area, white with snow from two feet deep and upward, the allies have about 15,000 men. Against them are arrayed not less than 25,000 bolsheviki, including, besides, Rus sian reds, Austnans. Germans and Magyars, Some of the companies are officered by men of the old regime compelled to contribute their technical skill on pain ot death, ihis has been learned from captured prisoners. Our forces number 5,419 men, composed of the 33yth infantry, 310th engineers, t-irst bat talion; 337th field hospital and the 337th ambu lance company, under the command of Colonel George E. Stewart. The United States troops are scattered with the allied troops over the 400-mile front, with small detachments at places on the line ot communications. Ihese lines extend in ribs from Archangel to the east south, west, and over them the supplies go for ward on sleds. It is exceptional to have more than one company of Americans serving at one place. Front line troops are rotated to prevent undue hardships. Many questions have come to Washington as to whether our troops in the Archangel area were provided with suitable food and clothing to stand the Arctic winter. Colonel Stewart was instructed to make a tour of inspection and report to Washington. His report, received by the War department a few days ago. said: "General health, discipline and morale of troops excellent. Billeting and living condi tions good except at advanced outposts, where usual field conditions exist and improvised blockhouses are the only shelter. The huts are built of logs, similar to those of primitive days in this country. Much of the Archangel area is heavily wooded with firs, The food is a special ration for life in the Arc tic, with an extra supply of fat. Sir Ernest ishackieton, the Arctic explorer, who is with the allies' north Russian forces, is giving the benefit of his experience to the proper feeding ot the men. 1 here is only one much-missed shortage, the lack of fresh vegetables. Some dried fruit is the only substitute. As to cloth ing, each soldier has, in addition to the regular overseas equipment, a fur cap, fur mittens, moose hide moccasins, fur overcoat, fur parkas and fur mucklucks. The parka is a fur coat coming to about the knees and having a hood attached. Mucklucks are winter boots of the kind used in Alaska and other northern countries. The Grand Review The topic of post-armistice discussion that crops up most often in these discussionful days (after "When are we going home?") is, "Are they going to have a big parade for us when we get back and where is it going to be?" The launching of that question can start a good two-hour wrangle around the old issue stove, a knock-down-and-drag-out sectional squabble, in any barracks or billet in France or Ger many. The Bostonians, of course, want that parade to go down Tremont street and debouch upon Boston Common, scene of America's earliest struggles for liberty. The New Yorkers, of course, want it to start from the Washington arch and proceed up Fifth avenue to Columbus circle, thence across town and up Riverside drive to Grant's tomb which is quite a hike. The Chicagoans, of course, want it to go down Michigan boulevard; and the Podunkers, of course, want it to start from the Eagle house and go down Main street as far, at least, as Mason's block. While we are rather inclined to take the side of Podunk (which is a general term) against its bigger sisters, we have just a bit of a suggestion, which we put out 'here just to see how it takes. There are a lot of fine old gentlemen in the United States who will remember all their days the review of another great army held in the national capital more than 50 years ago. The name of that army was or rather, is the Grand Army of the Republic. Over the same route there marched, in July, 1917, a lot of fine old gentlemen who wore the gray and proud they were to march there. For that reason there can be nothing sectional in the idea that, after all, perhaps the most ap propriate place for the A. E. F. to receive the plaudits of its grateful fellow countrymen would be along the sweep of Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. C. Stars and Stripes (official A. E. F.). Townleyism in Action The North Dakota nonpartisan house re fused Monday to pass a bill forbidding the dis play of the red flag in that state. The man who will bring a bill like that into a body con trolled by that socialist, A. C. Townley, and expect to get it adopted might as well expect to open a Methodist class meeting with "The Gang's All Here." But it was a good thing to propose it. It put the nonpartisans on record. The virtual declaration of the nonpartisan legislature that they would do nothing to prevent the substitu tion of the red flag for the Stars and Stripes makes it just a little clearer what kind of an experience the people of North Dakota are going through under nonpartisan leadership and how necessary it is going to be for that state to shake off the yoke of the bolsheviki if she is to have the confidence and share the pros perity of the rest of the country. Minneapolis Tribune. 1TODAV The Day We Celebrate. Edward A. Cudahy, president of the Cudahy Packing company, born 1860. Charles Metz of Metz Bros., born 1861. Dr. Henry B. Lemere, oculist, born 1872. Mme. Clara Butt, celebrated contralto, born in Sussex, England, 46 years ago. Henry Miller, prominent American actor, manager and producer, born in London 59 years ago. ... Warren S. Stone, long prominent in labor circles as head of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, born at Ainsworth, la., 59 years ago. In Omaha 30 Years Ago. Robert Downing played in, "Virginius" at the Boyd with Eugenia Blair "in support as "Virginia." Dr. Joseph T. Duryea was formally installed as pastor of the First Congregational church. Rev. Frank Gunsaulus of Chicago preached the sermon and Rev. G. G. Rice, Rev. Willard Scotland Rev. G. W. Crofts participated in the exercises The Beta Thetas have organized, those at the meeting being C. W. Delamatre, E. G. Mc Gilton, H. P. Stoddard, F. L. McCoy, H. K. Galbraith, H H. Miller, R. C Patterson, John W. Robbins, Lucien Stephens, Rev. O. J. Nave, A. C. Wooley, B. H Robison, Dr. J. C. Wilcox, Rev E. B. Graham and J. C. Wharton On Doughboys' Trail Fresh from a visit to the American army of occupation In the Coblens area, Joe Mitchell Chappie, editor of the .National Magasine, landed In New York a few days ago and told the reporters some breezy, worth while things about the doughboys along the Rhine. "You must know," he said, "that there Is no soldier ilke the American doughboy. That sounds trite, but I'll tell you why. The American soldier Is just a natural born cavalier, a crusader. Flrat of all he la a man In the full Bense of the word and then he Is a soldier There Is nothing servile about him. He makes himself at home wherever he is. No matter where I went In my various trips in the battle areas or in the area of occupation after the signing of the armi stice, the most wonderful' thing I found was the doughboy adapting himself to any situation he found himself in and fitting It like a tree into a landscape. "The problem in the area of oc cupation seems to be to keep the soldier a soldier. He is more of a wonder in times of peace with an army of occupation than In times of war with an army of battle. He Is doing more to build up an under standing of the American character among the people of Europe than the diplomats can ever do. Tht doughboy la the real American am bassador to the nations of Europe. He sees a woman dragging a heavy load on the street and he just natur ally walks over and lifts it from her shoulders. "He is as unaffected in his sim plicity in the streets of Coblenz ov Paris as he la when at home In New York or Oshkosh. And he certainly wants to come home." DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. (Santa Claua. who hss been ao buay feeding tha children ot tha war countries that ha baa not had time to lay In a supply or Chrlstmaa toya, appoint Peggy and Billy Belgium hla asstatanta and end them to gather gifts (or hla pack.) CHAPTER VI. Christmas Eve. PEGGY drove quickly back to the Rich Man's mansion. The Rich Man, scowling blackly, still stood at the window. He was startled nearly into a fit when the reindeer swooped down. "Ho, ho! Do you want a merry Christmas?" shouted Peggy. "Santa Claus!" exclaimed the Rich Man. "I thought you dead long ago. What have you come to give me?" "Joy and happiness, if yon deserve them," answered Peggy. "What will you give for Christmas Joy?" "All that I have," answered the Mr. Chappie visited the grave of Quentin Roosevelt near Chambory. "Across a field of bleeding ground we walked to the grave where ho had been buried by the Germann," said Mr. Chappie. "The site is mark ed by evergreen trees on the fringe of the hill where the young horo lies. The grave overlooks a land scape that seemed to me like the plains of Dakota. The grave was inclosed, and the blue cross of tne Germans was between the crosses erected by the Americans with the simple plate and the more elaborated head mark by the French. Beside the Stars and Stripes is his Identifi cation disc. The spot where he fell Is marked by flowers. There are the Immortelles of the French and other flowers of American and other admirers. "As I leaned over toward the grave I saw a tiny violet peeping up to the sky, catching the blue of the heav ens. It seemed to me then that there the infinite and the finite touched. That violet was the most fitting emblem of the tragic fall from the blue skies overhead to a glory as true blue as the flag ho served." CENTER SHOTS. St. Louis Globe Democrat: If the peace conference is prolonged until June, it will be difficult to hush thy clamor for the home-coming of our soldiers. Baltimore American: The bol shevik government offers to give up its propoganda among the nations if they will make peace with it. The red flag must be turning white. New York World: And now Now Jersey, in suspending the telephone rates ordered by Postmaster General Burleson, raises the issue that It has some rights left which are not sub ject to federal authority. Kansas City Star: The position ot some senators seems to be that while they care nothing for the $100, 000, 000 necessary to feed Europe's hun gry, they cannot surrender the prin ciple that no sum above 140 should be Intrusted to Mr. Hoover. Washington Post: Figure this out: Rich Man, his eyes lighting up with hope. "Then see your chance to gain It," said ' Peggy, holding out the magic field glasses. "I see the stockings of thousands of children," exclaimed the Rich Man, looking into the glasses. "Some of the children are poor, some are sick, some have parents who do not believe in Christmas. I see their eager hopes for the coming of Santa Claus. I see the heart-broken grief If he does not come. But you will come! You "must come!" The Rich Man turned fiercely on Peggy, for of course, he thought she was Santa himself. "Santa Claus will come to all ch!l- dien, if you and others like you will help all you can," declared Peggy. "I will help," said the Rich Man Tl fill the stockings myself. It will be like the happy days of old." "Come," said Peggy, making room for him in the sleigh. "I appoint you an assistant to Santa Claus." Whisk they were back at the Toy Factory where the Toy Man stood weeping over his unsold wares "Ho, ho! I bring you a customer and Joy,' shouted reivgy-. "Why, Santa Claua, I thought you lost," cried the Toy Man. Then he went on mournfully. "You may bring me a customer, but there's no Joy for me without children to make glad on Christmas." "You can help make glad the children of the whole world," an swered Peggy, putting the magic glasses in his hands. "Hurray, I see my sons. What a Jolly time they are having in he army camp!" shouted the Toy Man. "And I see little children and empty stockings. I must help fill those stockings." "To be sure you must." declared Peggy. "I appoint you an assistant to Santa Claus. You and the Rich Man can be partners in spreading Joy." "I'll have the fun of buying toys!" exclaimed the Rich Man. "And I'll have the fun of giving you a low price and helping you distribute them," added the Toy Man. To seal the bargain the two Joined hands and whirled around in a jolly dance. "I feel the Joy of Christmas al ready, cried the Rich Man. "And I'm as happy as a boy," shouted the Toy Man. "Then a merry Christmas to vou both," shouted Peggy as the reindeer started for home. The pealing of bells broke on the night. a "Christmas eve!" cried ?rancer. Peggy gaBped. She couldn't believe time had flown so fast. "Christmas eve and we've finished Just In time!" shouted Billy Belgium dashing up in his sleigh. "Christmas eve! Ho, ho! My night of Joy. Thanks, Peggy! Thanks Billy! Merry Christmas to you both!" It was Santa Claus's voice roaring out of the clouds, and close behind It came Santa Claus himself In an airplane, loaded down with Christ mas gifts the gifts given by the boys and girls the big-hearted bachelors, the loving-hearted unmHr ried ladies, the Rich Man, the Toy Man, and all the others who had come through the message borne by Peggy and Billy. Peggy looked afcaln Into the magic glasses. Again she saw the long, Daily Dot Puzzle 25. vs- So VVvw (y . J.3 J I7 13 8 '35 4jj ' ' LA vis 40 Where is my Bull ? Draw from on to two and ao on to tha end. long rowi of stockings but not empty stockings, they were filled to the br m and overflowing every one of them. With a sigh Peggy dropped back in the seat of the sleigh. She was dead tired, and In a flash was sound asleep. And when she awoke. It was Christmas morning. She was in her own bed at home, and hanging to the foot of the bed was a stocking fat and bulging. To it was pinned a note which read: "To Peggy kind of heart, who finds happiness in making others happy. A merry Christmas!" Religious Training In School. Omaha, Jan. 29. To the Editor of The Bee: It is almost unthinkable that any of the bills that aim to re strict and hamper the religious in struction and training of children will be enacted into law by our sta:e legislature. Do we no - longer be lieve that "Righteousness exalteth a nation?" We all know that clv'c and moral righteousness does not come and grow of Itself, but that it must be planted, nurtured and nurs ed. Most of us will also agree that the most powerful means to this end is a thorough religious training, the fear of God, and a heartfelt grati tude for salvation by grace. "As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined." And is it not a constitutional right of parents to have a voice in the educe tion and training of their children? Are we going to hike back to the $1,250,000,000 out of the treasury to Spartan idea of 2,600 years ago, that CDC keep up the price of wheat and the cost of living and another $100,000,- 000 out of the treasury to give work to men who cannot otherwise face the cost of living. Who pays? Brooklyn Eagle: Public welfare have discovered another "evil" that legislation is to correct. Since so many fond parents leave fortunes to children who spend them in riotous living, nobody is to be allowed to leave fortunes to children. Same old logic. BEHOLD, THEY LIVE! Tread aoftly, where oar gallant fall on the neias or aacrea France, While age ta age, In triumph tell. Of their valorous advance Through ahrieking hU and deadly gas, Burning bomb and fiendish eteel; Winning the great victorious pasa. which their liteblood o er ahull aeal. Gleaming atara in famed Old Glory Led beyond to heaven's gate. While In freedom's great new story Scribes 'all pen their glorious fate; Each word. Inscribed in precious blood, From that hallowed stream of red; Each page baptized, In that pure flood By our weeping Rachels shed. By faith we gaze, through welkin blue, To realms of the supernal Where their young aplrlts, brave and true. Reat now In peace eternal. Te aervlce stars of golden light Shining through all time and apaoe; O'er the glorified highway bright. Where Liberty moves apace Aglow for 14 who nobly gave Kesponse to tneir country a can Forfeiting life, her life to save- On her altar laying all. While this great ship of state sail! on, And Us ensign floats the sky. In Its glory live they anon. Where her slain sons ne er oan die. When Joy and mirth return to France; And Belgium restored shall be. They'll live In every smiling glance. Sweet flower and stately tree; In reclaimed vineyard's ruddy wine Shall their life blood flow again: In rebuilt walls shall we divine The host of our martyred men- Enshrined for age. In each true heart Of those who can fie er forget They're gone, to have Immortal part with undying Lafayette. Pender, Neb. JENNIE BAYER. Daily Cartoonette. II'M Going- out firm tmrouj K0CrT5 ATTrntNEWJEOY WHDla MDVEH NEXTJlOOF; i Jgl4 1 If I children are not the property of the parents, but property of the state? To do so would be a reactionary movement indeed, Mr. Editor, is the republican party going to interfere with parents who reason in this way: "If five lessons weekly in arithmetic are better thnn one lesson, then also five lessons in religion per week are better than one?" Especially In the cities and towns a large proportion of the children attending church schools enter the public school when 13 or 14 years ot age and are found to be up to the average standard. The education ot the child up to that period has not cost the state anything. That all secular branches are taught in English in practically all the ' Nebraska church schools is a fact, and it would be well If this wefe made law. The following is quoted from the October number of a California magazine, the writer being head of a high school and junior college modern language department. "In 'tyrannical Prussia,' the Polish German subjects, a full 100 years af ter their annexation were still per mitted to pray and preach and teach in Polish in any church and school in the land. Do you suppose that in the land of the free the. . .American citizen (not subject) in time of peace and plenty will have less freedom than the Polish-German subject in 'tyrannical Prussia?' Oh, you of lit tle faith!" These subjects had religion during schooltime; and why should ou state wish to interfere, when Chris tian parents for sake of conscience desire to give their children as thorough a course in the knowledge of Christ as in geography? I know that nearly 30,000 com municant members of one church body beside others in this state trust that every man in the state capitol who is not a heathen will vote to defeat every measure that in any way hinders and interferes with religious Instructions. P. ETO. Church Needs the School. Omaha, Jan. 28. To the Editor of The Bee: Rev. Mr. De Larme in his Sunday sermon oversteps his authority and delivers to his coiv gregation a few superintendent re-. marks about business not nis own. Ho gives six reasons for the cur tailment of the parochial schools. His first reason that the parochial school is unequal either In equipment or efficiency to the public school is as false as his modernized method of thinking evidenced in his state ments. The greatest teachers in the world, many of the greatest scientists and literateurs, and scholars of many ages have been children of the Catn olio church. The church owes part of its unity and perpetuity to the parochial schools. The present uni versity svstems now spread all ovei the world was germinated at Prague and other parts of Europe under the tutelage of the church. Soma people would want more chaotic contradictory religions among protestantism than there Is at present. If the Rev. Mr. De Larme would question some paroch ial school child or peruse one of their catechisms, he would find som enlightment, that even the greatest of philosophers never reached bv the most profound or sophisticated rannnninir. It is unwise to attempt to destroy the works of the Almignty. As regards tne antiquatea aoc trines and dogmas of the church, the truth is unchangeable either by nr mnriornlzAd reformists, and the church haa treasured and pre-1 served Intact for civilization the greatest truths of religion known to man. For well nigh 2,000 years the church preserved the Bible, untam pered with and also the treasures of ancient literature and art. It is part and parcel of the consti tution of the United States that guar antees the religious liberty to evry citizen. The parochial schools are as essential to the Catholics as the religion itself. When people over step their bounds and try to curtail the rights of others they will inevi tably meet with trouble. P. A. K. Pay for the Soldiers. Valentine, Neb.. Jan. 26. To the Editor of The Bee: In regards to the discharge of our soldier boys you are doing a wonderful thing. It ought to have started with the first boatload of our boys that landed when we know that the boys have not been paid for quite a while, foi they write that they are all broke and now when they could see some thing they haven't the money to do it with, and parents would gladly send them money, but what would be the use. They would not get it, for this boy has had no mail since September 10. And if these boys were not paid, then what about the poor boys that gave their lives in that time. They too must have some back pay coming, and many a poor widowed mother or wife doing with out here. I, too, feel like Mr. ana Mrs. Woolley about the boys' promo tion, for I also had one there, ani it is these boys that did the brave deeds over there that earned their promo tions although they are not seeking them like so many of these shave tails that never went any further than the officers training camps oi those that got theirs through some political pull. A CONSTANT READER. aaw. Juat as soon as that young man began to sing, every other member of the choir stopped. But he went through with It, and I must say I admire his spunk." Boston Transcript. Gayton As soon as I marry your daughter my firm baa promised to double my salary. Bitter Well, let me think this over. I must look you up. Gayton All right, sir; but remember , that It will cost you about 150 a week. Life. Mrs. Justwed Tou must not expect me to give up my gUlhood ways all at once, dear. 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