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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1919.
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! them. Address changM M often requested.
The police mix-up is not clearing very fast,
but patience may yet be rewarded.
' Why wake up deputy sheriff who went to
sleep and let his prisoners get away?
March-winds blowing in February may be
token in early spring, but it will pay to play
safe.
Packers deny they tried to employ Francis
J, Heney. What they would like to do would be
to retire him.
The planting season soon will be upon us,
and that will end a lot of the inconsequential
debate now being held.
. If the council does not get up swifter mo
tion the green vegetables will be over before the
market house is established.
Ole Hansen fooled that bunch of Scan
dinavian agitators who looked on his name as an
invitation to start something.
The red flag has no place in this country, ex
cept as a signal of danger, and should be so
recognized whenever displayed.
Opponent of vaccination swing into action
again, but the doctors will continue to combat
smallpox along recognized lines.
Ideals may have overcome the Huns' power,
just as gasoline won the war, but it took a lot
of application to make the grade.
The violin, says the London police, is an
agency for violence. In the hands of some per
formers it surely is provocative of anything but
peace.
Police have unexampled opportunities when
testifying in liquor cases in Omaha these days.
They can take, a drink without getting into
trouble.
Stiffer terms are to be applied to the Ger
mans as a result of their failure p comply with
the moderate requirements of the armistice.
Real force is about the only argument which
the boche will heed. -
Can it be possible that interlopers have
gained entry to the peace conference? We hope
none of them has penetrated behind the closed
doors that" guard the real work of the council
( from the waiting world.
Millers are anxious to know how the wheat
price question will be adjusted, as they will be
required to sell on the world market. With
the government absorbing the difference, the
answer ought to be easy for the miller.
Governor McKelvie may know what he is
talking about, but he will have a lot of trouble
in making some of the Omaha brethren think
that there is more of it and that it is easier to
get than it was before the 1st of May, 1917.
If the wheels of industry were whirring as
they ought to be, where would we look for dele
gates to all the congresses and conferences
now being held. The world is one vast council
chamber at present, with nothing but talk com
ing out.
Tributes paid to Roosevelt on Sunday all
turned on his great service to his country and
to his race. And this supports the position of
The Bee, that the most acceptable tribute to
the Colonel will be to follow his example as a
man and as an American.
The ranks of unemployed in the United
States have now increased to1 290,831. If this
keeps on in time it will reach the figures at
tained during the era of "good times" following
the enactment 'of the Underwood tariff law,
when twice that many were out of work in
New York alone.
Tjizing the Melting Pot
The United States has not yet digested all
that it swallowed. It is a marvel that it has di
gested as well as it has. It took a chance, of na
tionalistic cramps and convulsions, but with a
land which really pleased the people coming to
it, with institutions which they liked, opportuni
ties which were better than they had known, a
general standard of comfort higher than they
had known, and a language which devoured
Miem, it succeeded.
It took the Assyrians, the Germans, some
Chinese, the Scandinavians, a few Turks, a great
many Irish, both north and south, some Ar
menians and Persians, a great mass of Slavs,
Jugo-Slavs, and Slovenes, some Laplanders and
a number of Finns, Maygars, Poles, a dash of
French, many Canadians and a few English and
Scotch, etc., and has fairly well succeded in
shaking them up in the mixer and pouring out
Americarfs.
It has been a real work. Opportunity is les
sening in the United States. Adventure is going
We are getting down to established order. The
Burnett bill prohibiting immigration for four
years has been reported to the house of repre
sentatives. It would prohibit mass immigration.
It would protect the digestive apparatus of this
nation at a time when there may be a gorging
A our national stomach.
We - believe wise American nationalism
would put up the bars. If we need more people,
Kid if they want to come, it would be wise to let
;hent in. If we do not need them, if they mere
fy want to escape from conditions in which they
live, and thus throw another burden upon the
digestive ability of the United States, we do not
need them, and their right to enter asylum is
ess important than the right of tbe asylum to
protect itself.
No other nation in the world ever under
took to nationalize so many people in so short a
period. The true American type will be formed
vhen the food for it has been put in the hop
per, not while it is being put .in. Immigration
keeps us in the laboratory. Chicago Tribune,
THE CONSTITUTIONAL ' CONVENTION.
Discussion of the constitutional convention
is general at Lincoln just now, and perhaps this
is well. It turns principally on the manner and
form for selecting the delegates. Just how the
constitutional provision is to be construed is
not clear to all. Strict construction would seem
to require for delegates qualifications similar to
those of members of the legislature. Some
members, more liberally inclined, lean to the
opinion that nonpartisan selection is not only
permissible but desirable. These points will
be welt covered before the law calling the con
vention is passed.
Here is another possible hitch: It is clearly
within the power of the present legislature to
call a constitutional convention, to fix the time
and place for its assembly, as well as to set the
date for the election at which delegates shall be
chosen. Some of the members are said to
hesitate at taking action, believing that in the
general disturbance of political ahd social rela
tions now existing danger lurks for any attempt
at altering the fundamental law of the state.
These fear the sober judgment of the people
will not be so accurately expressed as might be
at a time of tranquility.
Such an objection is worthy of examination
at any time, and deserves to be given its full
weight in whatever decision may be reached.
However, the mandate of the people is laid on
the legislature. The constitutional convention
was ordered by the voters, and it should there
fore be called. Its time and place for meeting
may be set in the future far enough to give
reasonable time for subsidence of any popular
disquietude, but it can hardjy be postponed in
definitely. It is the decision of the people that
the constitution of the state needs general re
vision, and so it must be. ,
Deportation of Anarchistic Agitators.
Fifty-four aliens Sre on their way out of the
country, being deported by the federal authori
ties on account of their action in connection
with the Seattle strike. These men are avowed
enemies of existing forms of government, dev
otees of anarchy, and persistent practitioners
of their distorted theories. To them any sort
of order, save thu resting on the whim of the
lower stratum of society, is oppression.
We have been given some vivid illustrations
of what comes when the "working class" rules
in the experience of Russia. It is not the work
ers who have fomented this disturbance. In
telligent workmen are the substantial basis of
organized society, and these fall under the dis
favor of the chronic disturbers as being hope
lessly "middle class." Lenine and Trotzky gave
the signal, and all over the world the elements
of anarchy were loosed. These flocked to Amer
ica, for here was opportunity. Our hospitality
gave them their chance for disseminating
doctrine of destruction, and Seattle furnished
the first fruits of their endeavors.
The prompt deportation of the malcontents
will be of service just that far. Something more
is needed to remove the disease. It is not pos
sible to legislate to the end that regular em
ployment at good, wages may be provided for
within the bounds of attainment. Fluctuation
in industry is an inevitable accompaniment of
human progress. Times of prosperity, and of
depression follow with almost calculated
periodicity,, and these must be considered.
Workingme must learn to meet the one with
the savings of the other. Industrial adjustment
should be on a basis looking to permanency.
These are problems for Sober consideration,
and will not be disposed of in unsettled times.
Shipping foreign agitators out of the country
does not dispose of the home variety, who are
quite as active and as dangerous as the others.
Our industrial life has been knocked askew by
the war, and much careful consideration will be
reeded to get it back on a level again.
Credit for Building Operations.
. Secretary Glass gives as his opinion that no
difficulty will be encountered by propsective
builders in securing funds for carrying out
their plans. He thinks the greatest difficulty
now in the way is that of high cost, both ma
terial and wages being well above normal. This
is no doubt true, and will be one of the leading
factors in the resumption of work. Many'
building projects are under contemplation, most
of them up to the very point of starting, and
there waiting for some sign as'to the expense.
Evidences are not wanting that material prices
are being brought to something approaching
pre-war schedules. This, however, is but a part
of the .general scaling down, and can not go on
alone. Commodities generally must go up or
down together, and only when so acting can
the balance of business be preserved. One of
the obstacles to present quick readjustment is
the large amount of material held by the gov
ernment under requisition. When the process
of liquidation of war contracts has gone far
enough, builders and material men alike will
know better what to do. Until then some timid
ity of approach may be expected. The country
is ready for a busy building season, but invest
ors are not willing to go in on the basis of war
costs.
"Eat a Little Sand."
A Pittsburgh physician finished his volun
tary fast with a feast, and topped off with a
"portion" of sand. His advice is to eat a little
sand now and then, not, as Paul advised Timo
thy, "for thy stomach's sake and thine ofttimes
infirmity," but for the general benefit of the
health. A "little" sand is too indefinite. Were
one to go abroad on the street in Cheyenne or
Albuquerque on a fine day, he might, if a ten
derfoot, soon swallow an overdose. Even in
Omaha, when the February zephyr blows up
brisk from the south, a surfeit is possible. Only
here the sand has been well pulverized by the
action of the wheels on the street car rails,
whence our source of supply. Also, it has long
been a homely saying that each is bound by
fate to eat a peck of dirt during his or her life
time. But this is a specified quantity, and not
the vague and uncertain thing designated as "a
little." If this Pittsburgh doctor will just come
out into the open and cease to be mysterious,
maybe some of the present doubters will follow
him, otherwise he must look for supporters
among the gullible.
Colorado has never forsaken the cause of
the sacred ratio, and now asks the Paris con
ference to take up the question of bimetalism.
Tht resolution does not say if the "crime of
'"3" is to be taken as a basis, but it will doubt
less have its plac"
National Pioneering
New York Evening Post.
Busy as congress is, no measure before it de
serves more 'careful consideration or prompt
action than Secretary Lane's bill appropriat
ing $100,000,000 "for the investigation, irriga
tion, drainage, and development of swamp,
arid, waste, and undeveloped lands for the pur
pose of providing employment and farms with
improvements and equipment for honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines of the
United States." Great Britain. France, Canada,
Australia, South Africa and New Zealand al
ready have adopted plans to assist the soldiers
who wish to return to the land. In the United
States, every week lost in our adoption of a
definite scheme adds to the confusion and re
duces the chance of placing the returned fight
ers in occupations where in the long run they
will be most useful to the nation.
In spite, of the general assumption, it is
doubtful whether many soldiers will, be eager
to cultivate the soil, now that they have ceased
digging trenches. About 35 per cent of our
army came from the farms, but many of them
do not want their old jobs back. As tenants
paying high rents, or as farmhands with no
standard hours and wages, they are likely to
prefer the attractions of the cities. Those
clerks and industrial laborers who, tired of the
narrow office and the clatter of machines, dream
of broad acres, 'are not likely soon to realize
their vision under the conditions of farming
which they will find if the government does not
organize their efforts. The high wages of re
vived industries would soon drain them off the
land again. Nor is the success of the old-fashioned
homesteading plan, even under the wider
opportunities following the civil war, such as
to invite its present extension. When a nation
was pioneering we could rely on the sturdy
persistence of the individual, in spite of all
hardships, to build the farm. Now when the
best cleared land is taken and gangploughs,
tractors, and scientihc agriculture are estab
lished in competition, the pioneer has a harder
time ot it.
suppose, however, thate the government
says something like this to the soldier: "We
will give you a job now at $4 a day for an eight
hour day. The work will be clearing, draining,
and irrigating waste lands under the direction
of the best engineers and agricultural experts
the nation can furnish. When the land is cleared,
you will be further employed building modern
nouses, barns, and tences, growing the prelimi
nary crops of legumes, doing the other tasks
necessary to render the soil fertile, and making
roaas. we will Jay out communities of 75 to
100,000 acres, the farms in long narrow strips,
so that no house shall be over a mile and a
half from the nearest town, which we shall also
build. The town will have a school, a drug
store, a movie, a modern creamery, good dor
mitories for day laborers, and all things neces
sary lor an agricultural community. When all
this is done, and everything is ready even to
the animals in the barns, and the machinery
you may buy a going farm. The price will be
from $10,000 to $15,000. One-tenth of this you
can pay in cash, which by that time you will
nave saved trom your wages, the rest vou
may pay in yearly installments of 6 per cent
4 per cent tor interest and per cent for
amortization. Even then we shall continue to
help you. The best advice as to the nature of
your crops and the method of growing them
and marketing them will be at your service."
under such inducements, the soldier might pre
fer to be a farmer. From Questionnaires al
ready sent out, the indications are that 25 per
cent of the army, at least, is interested in this
project ot Secretary Lane s.
those who have followed the community
settlement projects in Australia, and that ;n
California under Elwood Mead, know that such
colonies have been successful. The men under
taking them, because they are in a group, do not
become so easily discouraged as does a be
ginner in the middle of an older settlement or
by himself, lhe farms are scientifically planned
and can be cultivated at a profit. The intro
duction of higher standards of living attracts
aggressive men and women. There is little
chance for the loneliness and inertia that afflict
a farming population which has little opportun
ity) to get together.
Can suitable lands be found, and if so, how
can they be obtained? The Department of the
Interior has had three , engineers of national
reputation going over the field, and has its an
swer ready. There will be people who will ob
ject, just as there are established farmers who
object, because of what they think the plan will
do to food prices and land values, the theorists
who object because of the various words like
"paternalism" and "socialism." AH objectors
should have their say, but the soldiers who want
a chance to earn a decent living in the country,
the laborers and employers who are interested
in a reduced cost-of food, and plain people
everywhere who favor a national policy for the
encouragement of agriculture, should make sure
that minor obstacles do not defeat a proposal
which seems so hopeful.
Outlawing the Submarine
That the United Spates and Great Britain at
the peace conference have come to an under
sstanding for the abolition of the submarine as
a legitimate weapon of war is a report easy to
believe.
The warfare which distinguishes civilization
from barbarism is a warfare which, more and
more as the world advances, confines its activi
ties to armed and avowed combatants to the ex
clusion of noncombatants and noncombatant
property. The submarine was devised, of
course, to be used, and was at first used even by
the Germans in this war, as a vessel of destruc
tion exclusively against other war vessels.
Whether its later misuse grew primarily out
of the comparative German failure in its legiti
mate use against the British navy and
later against the American navy, or out of
the innate cussedne'ss of the imperial German
government, does not much matter. The facil
ity with which it could be and was turned
to general noncombatant murder and destruc
tion at sea is enough to condemn it altogether.
Its use is totally to be prohibited as much
as the use of treachery and robbery and murder
and destruction against noncombatants on land
is to be prohibited. . If the United States and
Great Britain are agreed on this point, the other
parties to the coming peace may be expected
to agree. New York World.
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and hi prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed.
Ask TheBee to Answer.
The Day We Celebrate. i
Thomas A. Edison, famous inventor, born
at Milan, O., 72 years ago.
Prof. Clive Day of Yale, one of the special
ists who accompanied President Wilson to the
peace conference, born at Hartford, 48 years
ago.
Henry B. F. Macfarland of Washington, D.
C, a leader in many public-spirited movements,
born in Philadelphia, 58 years ago.
PaySon Smith, commissioner of education
for Massachusetts, born at Portland, Me., 46
years ago.
Rt. Rev. G. Mott Williams, Episcopal bishop
of Marquette, Mich., born at Fort Hamilton,
N. Y..-, 62 years ago.
John F. Fitzgerald, former mayor of Boston,
now a congressman-elect, born in Boston, 56
years ago.
The Gate City Athletic club began a promis
ing career with an "opening" in its elegantly
appointed rooms at Fourteenth and Dodge,
only to have the police break in and pinch the
principals and seconds in the boxing contest
that was to headline the entertainment.
The Board of Trade meeting laid out a
portentous prospectus for Omaha a new gov
ernment building, union depot, a free bridge,
anchoring the state fair.
An 18-months waif in purple socks and a
toboggan cap is the prize drawn on the door
step by Mrs. Dohler, 918 North Twentieth
street.
he Omaha Base Ball club has signed Pitcher
Willis, formerly with the Boston Blues,
Intelligence Section.
Iowa, Feb. 6 To the Editor of
The Bee: Please tell me where the
351st Infantry, 88th division, is now
located. Is this regiment scheduled
for return from France soon?
For what purpose is the intelli
gence section of the army?
MRS. H. T. A.
Answer We have no information
concerning the regiment inquired
for. The intelligence section of the
army is organized for the purpose
of collecting and distributing infor
mation of use to the commanding
officers. Under it are all the agencies
through which news or information
of any kind concerning the move
ment of troops, enemy plans or
preparations, or like subjects, are
gathered. Its activities are numer
ous and highly important in time of
war. m '
About "Enrly Convoy."
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 5. To the
Editor of The Bee: January SZd ap
peared in the Omaha papers an item
stating that the 109th field signal
battalion, 34th division, was sched
uled for an early convoy home. Is
there any way you can find out if
they are on the way or have landed
in the United States? M. S. W.
Answer We have no Information
as to the sailing date of the organ
ization mentioned. Rearrangement
or the shipping facilities has inter
fered with the movement of troops
home to a considerable extent, and
while a great many organizations
are scheduled for "early convoy," the
exact date of the sailing of any
cannot be stated. Watch the papers
for the announcement
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(Pecity and Billy Belgium are called
by Kind Bird !o Mexico to save lied
Spot, who is doomed to die In a bull
fight.)
CHAPTER II.
At the Bull IJing.
PEGGY was surprised to see the
circus performers down there
in Mexico.
'Hello. Countess Alice! Hello,
Circus Mike. Nanny Goat and Bos
ton Bull!" she shouted in greeting
as they climbed up the river bank.
Countess Alice and the circus ani
mals looked up and down and all
around without seeing where her
voice came from. Then Circus Mike
spied her.
"Hee-haw! Hee-haw! It's Balky
Uniforms and Bonus Pay.
Omaha, Feb. 6. To the Editor of
The Bee: Has any bill been passed
by congress allowing discharged sol
diers to retain their uniforms? If
not, when are they to be returned?
I.
Answer An order was issued sev
eral weeks ago permitting soldiers
when discharged from the service
to retain their uniforms. If they
wish to hand them back to the gov
ernment they may do. so, but tt is no
longer compulsory. A bill was
passed last week allowing all dis
charged soldiers a bonus of $60.
Many Questions Answered.
Mrs. W. H. N., Dunlap, la. A. P.
O. 795 is stationary with the 88th
division, of which the 349th infan
try is part. No orders have as yet
been Issued for the return of this
organization or any of Its component
units.
M. I. H. The date for return of
the 47th aero squadron has not as
yet been set. General Pershing has
orders to return all troops as fast
as he can spare them and transport
can be had. Try to keep the Job
open for your son.
Mrs. T. F., omana The sstn di
vision is in the army of occupation
and may not be returned to Amer
ica for several months. When a
soldier is wounded or gassed and
makes sufficient recovery he is re
turned to his company. If he does
not recover promptly he will be in
valided home. He la not dischraged
from the army until he has recov
ered. W. P. L. Ammunition train 103
is with the 28th division in the army
of occupation, and will not leave for
home for several months.
Z. we regret to say we have no
Information as to supply company
313, quartermaster's corps.
F. G., South Side No informa
tion at hand relative to the 141st
infantrv, or when it will be sent
home. Its address Is A. P. O. 796.
M. E. A. The 29th division is in
France; the 82d division is In the
army of occupation. No units from
either of these is scheduled for early
rsti;rn.
c. a. No mention is made of
either the 69th artillery, C. A. C, or
the 80th company, A. T. C, in recent
L. y. B. Watch the papers for In
formation concerning the 109th sup
ply train. As yet no orders are out
tnr its return to America.
A Mother No information is at
hand concerning the 69th coast ar
tlllprv. v
E. J, H. Cannot give you the
present location of the 102d field ar
tillery. See answer to M. I. H., this
column. .
A. W., Kearney Tour letter has
been forwarded to the secretary of
M. F. The 124th field artillery is
rvor-t nf ttlA 33d division.
S. A. B. The 329th field artillery
fa nart of the 84th division, now lo
cated at Mans. Its early return to
ii TTniteri state la looked for.
I A. J. The First regiment of en
gineers is with the First division in
the army of occupation. '
rtj a. M. The Fifth infantry is In
the army of occupation and will not
be returned to this country for some
time.
K. L. It Is not known how soon
anr of the American troops will be
recalled from Siberia or Russia.
CENTER SHOTS.
Washington Post: Anyhow, the
senate will not be accused of being
a peace conference.
Detroit Free-Press: Will these
beer cubes the brewers are talking
about stimulate the cubist art? Lesh
hav" 'nother cube.
Baltimore American: Marriage by
mall Is now to be permitted our sot
diers. And if their wedded life can
be lived in the same way both parties
should be happy ever after.
New York World: Admiral Mayo s
allusion to the league of nations as
a "sewihg circle" is not very force
ful as an argument, nor particularly
happy as an example of phrase-malt'
mg.
Daily Cartoonette.
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"Hee-haw! Hee-haw! It's Balky
Sam's good fairy friend!"
Sam's good fairy friend, Princess
Peggy," brayed Circus Mike delight
edly. "What makes you so small?"
he added.
Then Peggy remembered that she
and Billy had been made tiny
and invisible to humans by the
charm of the Golickety Leaves. That
is why Countess Alice looked so
puzzled because she could not see
who had spoken. Immediately Peg
gy and Billy chanted the words of
the Golickety charm, and there they
were as large and visible as ever.
Countess Alice gasped when she
saw them.
"Why, It's Princess Peggy and
Billy Belgium," she cried. "Where
in the world did you come from?"
"We came from the North to help
save Red Spot, answered Peggy,
"But what are you doing here?"
"Our circus ended Its season In
Texas last fall, so we stayed here to
spend the winter," answered Count
ess Alice.
"We've had a lot of fun running
free on the plains and swimming the
Rio Grande over into Mexico to visit
the cattle herds. What did you say
about saving Red Spot? Is he in
danger? He Is a particular friend
of mine and I've been learning to
ride him circus-fashion."
"Haven't the animals and birds
told you?" asked Peggy.
"I don't understand animal and
bird talk as you do," replied Count
ess Alice wistfully. Then Peggy
quickly explained to her what King
Bird had said about Red Spot's
plight. Countess Alice shuddered
when she heard.
"Bflll fights are very cruel." she
said, "and the bull, no matter how
brave. Is always killed."
"Hee-haw, I'd like to fight a bull
fighter," brayed Circus Mike, kick
ing up his heels.
"Where la Red Spot now?" asked
Billy Belgium.
He is In the stables at the bull
ring," chirped King Bird. "I'll
show you the way there."
"Hop on my hack with Countess
Alice," brayed Circus Mike to Billy
and Peggy, and they promptly ac
cepted his Invitation. Then he set
oft at a gallop, with King Bird and
the other birds flying ahead and
Nanny Goat and Boston Bull racing
along behind.
"Moo! Mool Bring Father Red
Spot back to us," called the cows
and calves after them.
Circus Mike galloped swiftly
across the plain and into the out
skirts of a Mexican town. Soon he
came to the bull ring a great round
building like a huge theater. At
the rear were the stables and glaring
savagely out of the window of one
of these they found Red Spot, the
bull. ! , ;
"Bring on your bull fighters and
let me finish 'em," bellowed Red
Spot. "I want to get back to my
herd."
"Hello, Red Spot, we've come to
rescue you," brayed Circus Mike.
"1 don t want to toe rescued, i m
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Don't Make the Soldiers Criminals.
Omaha, Feb. 10. To the Editor of
The Bee: I am a discharged sol
dier. I enlisted in May, 1917, and
vas in France in July, 1917. I serv
ed with our forces at Chateau-
Thierry, Verdun and Argonne. Our
boys fought a good fight and they
made the world free for democracy.
Many have gone west, many have
suffered wounds, many have re
turned shocked by shot and shell,
and all this was to prohibit tyrants
ruling the world and make this
world so that men could live as men
and our children enjoy the blessings
of freedom.
I returned to Nebraska, to find
that I could not purchase cigarets
without becoming a criminal. There
fore, I favor the passage of the Mc
I.eod cigaret bill. ' It seems to me
that the hill should pass by a large
majority, because it is a fair meas
ure to the soldiers and one that will
do much to regulate the sale and
use of cigarets in this state. It is a
well known fact that cigarets are
being' used in large quantities by
the people of this state, and we
should have a law that can be en
forced. The present law is a dead
letter and no one pays any attention
to it. The McLeod bill will make
it impossible for boys under 18
years of age to secure cigarets", and
at the same time will permit those
over 18 to secure cigarets in a law
ful manner. It is- a fact that 90 per
cent of our soldiers use cigarets,
and they are now returning to Ne
braska, and we should not make
criminals out of them. Our govern
ment, Red Cross, T. M. C. A. and
Knights of Columbus distributed ci
garets to us to promote our comfort
and happiness. They helped vs to
bear the burden of the fight and the
hardships of the trenches.
Our good women are now dis
tributlng cigarets to our returning
wounded soldiers, and certainly we
should not make criminals out of
them. There seems to be a move
ment on foot in Nebraska to pro
hibit the sale of tobacco In any
form, and I am not in favor of such
a measure. I think It is the duty of
the legislature to look the facts
square in the face and put its foot
on Intolerance and hypocrisy.
We have done all we could to
make the world free from tyrants
and we feel that we deserve some
consideration from the folks who
remained at home. We want to be
treated as men, not as criminals.
WILLIAM H. LONGWELL.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"She'a giving a very elaborate party."
-- "Gotten up solely on my account."
"1 thought you two were on the outs."
"We are. And that', the reaaon ahe
got up the party." Kansas City Journal.
"I'm sorry I ever asked for his political
views."
"Why?"
"I used to think well of him before I
found that his opinions didn't agree with
mine." Detroit Free Press.
Aacum There goes that Mrs. Oabbalot,
What a marvelous gift of conversation she
'as. Wonder what she does when her
ongue gets tired?
Kidder Oh, she probsbly lets her teeth
.hatter. Indianapolis Star.
so mad I've got to fight. Where are
the cowards who have starved and
tortured me?"
"That's the way they treat bulls
before a bull fight," whispered
Countess Alice. "They make 'em
fighting made by being mean to
them. Red Spot's rage will bring
on his own destruction. I'm afraid
we've come too late."
"Let me at those bull fighters,"
bellowed Red Spot, pawing up the
earth. "I'll tear them to pieces."
(Tomorrow will be told how Peggy
calms Red Spot and plans his rescue.)
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