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    THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919.
The Omaha Bee
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DECEMBER CIRCULATION
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At a, circulation for the trmntb subacrllxd and twora lo bj
1. B. BAgan, Ciirulatton Manager.
Subscribers leaving th city should have Th Be mailed
tm than. Address changed often aa requested.
Going to the "town meeting" tonight?
The democrats insist on wrecking the army,
ind probably will succeed.
While the hatchet story may have been ex
ploded, its moral is as good as ever.
Army health was reported good on February
14. All right, let us keep it that yay.
Grain may now be used in making "near"
bcer if the brewer does not come too near.
Assassination precipitated the world war and
assassination threatens to delay world peace.
Douglas county members of the legislature
will hear from their constituents tonight at the
city halL .
Incidentally, The Bee is the only Omaha
paper that has had a word to say on behalf of
the home-owner.
Young Prince Joachim Hohenzollern, vho
was to have been a king, has been locked up as
a rioter. Some drop.
Japan insists there is no good reason why
China should want Tsing-tao. None, except it
belongs to China.
Senator Fall joins with Senator Borah in
deciding to absent himself from the White
House luncheon. These men at least have the
courage of their convictions.
If Secretary Daniels is right, Mr. Wilson
does not plan a long stay at home. The presi
dent may change his mind after he sees the fix
some governmental affairs are in.
"Vic" Berger's tears would have flowed with
more effect had lie shed them in a better cause.
The government he defied and denounced has
required payment of him that is all.
As Omaha will pay not less than $750,000 of
the cost of that new capitol at Lincoln, Omaha
ought to have a little better consideration than
usual at the hands of this legislature.
Prudence should dictate to the legislature
that the appropriation for the University of Ne
braska college of medicine be not pruned too
closely. It is not an Omaha, ibut a state institution.
Killing the federal employment bureau by
cutting off the appropriation is a democratic
notion of helping out the industrial situation.
It would only add to the disorder, and tend to
chaos in the end. ,
Governor McKelvie is starting his part of the
new capitol enterprise with commendable celer
ity. If all the other work moves along with
equal speed, we will have a state house almost
before the tax is due
Across the Ocean, in invitation to dine with
the king is command not be ignored. But
this country, fortunately, is a democracy, in
which an invitation to a White House feast may
be freely accepted or declined with or without
a reason. '
With a billion ayd a quarter for the "re
volving" fund ' the railroad administration at
least has no cause to complain of not being
taken care of by congress. The companies
would have an uneasy time trying to raise that
amount for betterments.
Representative Dyer of Klissouri says "sin
ister" influences are being brought to bear on
congressmen in behalf of the railroads. They
are threatened with defeat if they fail to vote in
favor of early return. Has he looked up the
record to see what happened at the last election
to senators and congressmen who opposed the
president?
Today is set for "demobilizing" the service
'flag. . Blue star or gold star, it has shone for
months, a signal to the world of duty done arid
service given. Now it is to be laid tenderly
away among the treasures of the family
archives, a memento whose message to the fu
ture will be of cheer and courage, a symbol of
the righteousness and strength of a nation.
Shipping Boards and Ships
' The statement conies from the United States
shipping board that the merchant tonnage con
structed by the government under the stress of
war to meet the imperative needs of the war in
the movement of troops and supplies is already
greater than the combined tonnage of all other
nations engaged ia the American foreigrt trade.
Ships of American build before the civil war
carried more than half of our foreign trade. At
the outbreak of the world war they were carry
ing hardly 10 per cent of our foreign trade. We
have now been put back from 10 to over SO per
cent in the ocean-carrying trade, and this great
change has been effected within less than two
years making a record in shipbuilding never
before equaled or approached in all time.
This huge mass of new ship tonnage, which
is stili piling up, almost altogether belongs to
the government. It belongs to the people and
to the industrial interests of the people, and
these industrial interests are vitally affected by
the disposition to be made of this tonnage.
Shall the ownership be retained by the govern
ment under private or public charter and oper
ation, or shall the ownership be sold to private
enterprise, and under what conditions?
Chairman Hurley of the United States ship
ping board is putting these questions to every
commercial body in the country and the an
swers will be pooled for the enlightenment of
the board and f congress. Some $4,000,000,000
of public property is involved. Its disposition
for the works of peace and for the best interests
of the country in the development of its foreign
trade calls for careful and public-spirited con
sideration. New York World..
IN WASHINGTON'S FOOTSTEPS.
In congress today, pursuant to a time-honored
custom, George Washington's Farevell
Address to -his countrymen will be read. This
is one of the solemn formalities traditional In
connection with the birthday anniversary of our
first president. Almost for the first time does
his exhortation with regard to foreign entan
glements have significant application to a
pending problem.
The League of Nations is before the country
today, taking precedence for the moment over
all other issues. Tn jail our history George
Washington has never been quoted so earnestly
and so reverently as now, when appealed to
support one or the other sides of the question.
None has a right to assume what he would say
or do, were he here now. We know whit he
did do, and by reasonable interpretation of his
acts and words may find in his counsel and
conduct something that will helpfully apply to
our present problem.
Washington advocated a strong central gov
ernment. Among the colonies existed a spirit
contrary to this. Each considered itself a sov
ereign state, nor was this attitude entirely over
come until after many years and a terri
ble war. When Washington delivered his fare
well speech, he was addressing a potential
"league of rations." Virginia, for example, felt
it might, under proper motive or with sufficient
provocation, withdraw from the union, while
Massachusetts, with all its democratic tendency
as opposed to the aristocracy of the James and
the Roanoke, clung to similar views. A "for
eign entanglement" then might easily disrupt
the confederation that was laying the founda
tion of a nation. Jefferson defeated John Adams
for the presidency on the state sovereignty
issue, and the first undertaking of his adminis
tration was to undo as far as possible all the
federalists had done to strengthen the union.
It is one of the curious facts of history that
Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana knocked the
foundation from under his theory of govern
ment, and opened the way for the firm estab
lishment of the nation as distinguished from
the confederation.
Instead of being a "league" of forty-eight
nations, as we might be, had the doctrine of
Jefferson prevailed, we have attained the ideal
of Washington, and become an homogenous
people, with common interests and a central
government. Does the association with other
nations, for the purpose and along the lines 'aid
down by President Wilson, threaten in any
way the continuity of our national life?
Careful study of American history will ma
terially assist in coming to a conclusion on
this point. We have a chance to go forward
now, in a sense comparable to that offered Jef
ferson in 1803, to Lincoln in 1861, and to Mc
Kinley in 1898. Are we moving in Washing
ton's footsteps?
Courts Martial and Courts Civil.
'Secretary Baker's appeal to the president,
asking that he interpose his authority on behalf
of certain soldiers sentenced to death by courts
martial, is but a phase of an agitation begun
some weeks ago. It has for its purpose the
modification of military practice in regard to
dealing with offenders. Admitting all that has
been charged in regard to the methods of
procedure, something may be said on the other
side.
A court martial is a summary affair. Mili
tary law . differs materially from civil law.
Through the very nature of things, some of the
rights sacred in a court of justice are abridged
in a military court. The first object of an army
is victory. To this all other considerations must
give way. Obedience is necessary to discipline,
and watchfulness to security, which are es
sentials of victory. Whatever tends to destroy
discipline or security endangers the whole fabric
of the organization and puts in jeopardy its
prospect.
It is true that much of the work of our
army was crude; less could not have been
looked for. Inexperienced men were thrust
into duties to which they were inaccustomed,
and for which many of them were unfitted. An
inevitable outcome of this was uneven and in
not a few instances greatly exaggerated ap
plication of ' authority. The system, however,
should not be condemned out of hand because,
untrained men could not make it run smoothly.
Along with this may be considered another
complaint frequently made, that National
Guard officers were removed to give places of
command to men of the regular army. Such
action could only have been taken with a view
to replacing an untrained man by one of
greater experience.
Any reasonable method of ameliorating con
ditions surrounding the proceedings of courts
martial will doubtless be welcomed by, the sol
diers. But it is impracticable, in the very nature
of things, to establfsh the military court on the
4asis of a civil tribunal. What is needed is men
trained in the requirements of army life and
versed in the duties of a soldier. The universal
training of our youth will remove most of the
difficulty now complained of.
In the Battle of the Argonne.
Governor Allen's sensational charges that
soldiers were needlessly sacrificed in the battle
of the Argonne, particularly those of the Thirty
fifth division, have brought a dramatic recital of
the story of that battle by the 'general in com
mand of the division. " Himself a victim of the
German gas, and still suffering from his experi
ence, he made an impressive showing before the
congressional committee' to whom he told his
tale. In some regards the assertions of the
Kansas governor are borne out. The Thirty
fifth division did bear a great and honorable
part in a desperate and successful assault. It
captured one German stronghold that had held
out against the French for four years, taking it
after three hours of hand-to-hand fighting. It
did other things as notable. It captured many
prisoners, field and machine guns, and did fatal
damage to the German military strength. And
it suffered casualties. Many of the men who
went into the fight with General Traub were
killed, and many others wounded. This could
not have been otherwise, unless the Thirty-iifth
division had failed. . Each man of that splendid
body of men aided magnificently in breaking
the German military strength. To charge that
these men were needlessly sacrificed is merely
to raise a question of judgment. They won a
victory; that should be the test.
Kurt Eisner also paid the penalty of being
a leader at a time when leadership entails great
personal danger;. His views were not helpful
to humanity, nor is the manner of his ,taking
off, but both are examples of what a wreck has
been made of civilization by Germany
Washington's Hatchet Maker
Cart Holliday in New York Post
Who first told the Washington hatchet snd
cherry tree story? It is a marvelous thing to
create absolutely create a legend which an
entire nation so loves that the millions cling
to it long after its falsity is proved. There is
something Homeric about such a deed. It gives
renewed hope to those of us who rebel against
the present tyranny of facts. Only thrice in
American history has the feat been accomplish
ed. John Smith fathered the Pocahontas ro
mance, and Irving created the Rip Van Winkle
tradition; but it remained for a humble Maryland-Virginia
preacher to do the greatest deed
of all the weaving of a beloved legend about
a character so conspicuous that the most minute
facts of his life are open to all. That century
old tale of Washington and the hatchet how
we hold to it! Parson Mason-Weems, preacher,
fiddler, writer, politician, book agent, publisher,
and lover of his fellow men we owe him a na
tional debt of gratitude for the most charming
falsehood in American annals.
Parson Weems was all that foreigners expect
in a Yankee. "Equally ready for a stump, a
fair, or a pulpit," he possessed all the energy,
presumption, shrewdness, exorbitant common
sense, and plain "brass" that have made our
countrymen admired, ridiculed, and feared
throughout the commercial and social world.
Gifted with true American inventiveness, he
was not always certain about his facts; but God
had given him an imagpation, and what is the
use of such a faculty if not for just such emer
gencies? , So many little incidents related by
him are 'So charming that we are really very
sorry they did not happen.
Born in October, 1759, at his family's old home,
"Marshes Seat," Anne Arundel county, Mary
land, he traced his pedigree to the earls of
Wemyss, descended from Macduff of Shake
speare fame, and, in order that such good blood
might not perish from the earth, the parents of
young Weems did their full duty toward man
kind by having 19 children I Often those
who write so much and so charmingly about
others write but little about themselves; the
childhood of the parson, is lost in obscurity.
Tradition says, however, that even as a boy he
had the welfare of others upon his heart, and,
as an instance of this, we have the story that
his parents, suspicious of his frequent absence
at night, discovered him teaching the poor chil
dren of the neighborhood in a forest shanty.
In 1742 he went to England to seek admit
tance to the priesthood of the Episcopal church.
Immediately trouble began. Holy orders could
not be granted unless the applicant swore to
the oath of allegiance to the crown. An effort
was made to create a bishop for America so
that the "laying on of hands" might be done
without the embarrassing oath; but this was
met with loud protests from the British clergy.
In his perplexity Weems appealed to Franklin;
but as the free-thinking Ben had a poor opin
ion of apostolic succession, he advised the young
mart) to preach without a bishop's blessing, and
asked what American Episcopalians would do if
the British Isles should suddenly sink and all
the bishops go down in the catastrophe. Luckily,
in 1784 the Enabling act was passed, and on
September 5 Weems was ordained and soon af
terward became rector of All Hallows parish,
near his boyhood home.
It was in 1800 that he wrote his masterpiece,
with its prize American legend. Washington
died in December, 1799, and Weems was ped
dling the "Life" on February 22, 1800. At first
the book was merely a thin pamphlet; but year
by year, as Weems gathered fresh data and
stories, the Volume gradually grew to 250 pages.
His object was plain; he wished to prove that
Washington was, first of all, a man. In one of
the last editions, he declared his desire to hu
manize a being Iwhom the public was looking
upon as a sort of demigod. "In most of the
elegant orations pronounced in his praise, you
see nothing of Washington below the clouds
nothing of Washington the dutiful son the af
fectionate brother the cheerful schoolboy
the diligent surveyor the neat draftsman the
laborious farmer the widow's husband the
orphan's father the poor man's friend. No!
this is not the Washington you see; 'tis only
Washington the hero and the demigod Wash
ington the sunbeam in council or the storm in
war." '
There is no doubt that Weems succeeded in
his purpose. Read again the story of the
hatchet; it absolutely proves that George Wash
ington was once a boy, even if an abnormally
truthful one:
"When George was about six years old he
was made the wealthy master of a hatchet, of
which, like most little boys, he was immoderate
ly fond, and was constantly going about chop
ping everything that came in his way. One day
in the garden, where he often amused himself
hacking his mother's pea-sticks, he unluckily
tried the edge of his hatchet on the body of a
beautiful young English cherry tree, which he
barked so terribly that I don't believe the tree
ever got the better, of it The next morning the
old gentleman, finding what had befallen his
tree, which, by the by, was a great favorite,
came into the house, and with much warmth
asked for the mischievous author, declaring at
the same time that he would not have taken
five guineas for his tree. Nobody could tell
him anything about it. Presently George and
his hatchet made their appearance.
" 'George,' said his father, 'do you know who
killed that beautiful little cherry tree yonder in
the garden?'
"This was a tough question; and George
staggered under it a moment; but quickly re
covered himself, and looking at his father with
the sweet face of youth brightened with the in
expressible charm of all-conquering truth, he
bravely cried out: 'I can't tell a lie, Pa; you
know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my
hatchet.'
" 'Run to my arms, you dearest boy' cried
his father in transports; 'run to my arms; glad
am I, George, that you killed my tree; for you
have paid me for it a thousand-fold. Such an
act of heroism in my son is more worth than a
thousand trees, though blossomed with silver,
and their fruits of purest gold.' " -
,
Weems may have done his work extrava
gantly; in some of his Homeric moods the
metaphors and similes may bombard the ear;
the moral may be spread on rather lavishly;
but the work touched the soul of the nation.
No less than 70 editions appeared in less than 50
years.
7-V
The Day We Celebrate.
Ferdinand Adter, retired, born 1846.
Coit C. Campbell of the firm of Campbell &
West, born 1877.
Frank L. Stanton, celebrated Georgia poet
and author, born at Charleston, S. C, 62 years
ago.
Clyde B. Aitchison, member of the Interstate
Commerce commission, born at Clinton, la., 44
vpara acrn
Marguerite Clark, motion picture actress,
born in Cincinnati 32 years ago.
William J. Klem, National league base ball
umpire, born at Rochester, N. Y., 42 years ago.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
The Ferguson Furniture company filed arti
cles ot incorporation with County Clerk Koach.
The incorporators are Joseph Ferguson, David
Cole, Henry Craton' and R. V.. Shipman.
Internal revenue collections for the day at
Omaha were SU78.
Secretary Piper of the School board is pre
paring to receive applications to lake the school
census.
Senator Manderson is in town, but declined
to discuss the' question of relocating Fort
Omaha.
At the entertainment given Lake school pu
pils an original parody on Hiawatha was de
livered by Miss Carnaby and Master Frank
Haskell made the presentation speech for a tlag
given to the school by nine or the boys.
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed.
Ask TheBee to Answer.
Many Questions Answered.
E. M. H. The 231st military po
lice company is in the 116th bat
talion, attached to bpse section 1. S.
O. S., base headquarters at St. Na
zaire; A. P. O. 767 Is located at
Nantes. Do -not know when this
unit will return.
Bessie B. The 305th Infantry Is
part of the 153d brigade of the 77th
division; address, A. P. O. 739: di
vision headquarters are at Chte;m
Villain; do not know when this unit
will start home.
M. S. The 13 th Infantry is sta
tioned at Hoboken, N. J. It is part
of the 15th brigade. Eighth division:
brigade and division headquarters
are at Camp Lee, Va.
E. R. The 28th engineers' regi
ment Is scattered in the First and
Second armies; regimental head
quarters and Companies A. B and K
get mail at A. P. O. 747, located fit
Commercey (Meuse); Company C,
via A. P. O. 907, located at Bar-le-Duc
(Meuse); Company D, Tal
mont; Company F, A. P. O. 744,
which is stationary with the 28th di
vision. Being in the army of occu
pation the regiment ia not listed for
early convoy home.
A Soldier's Wife The 13th
veterinary hospital unit is with the
army of occupation; address via A.
O. 747, which Is at Commorcy
(Meuse). A soldier who has been
at a base hospital will be returned
to his company if he has recovered
sufficiently to be fit for service.
A Soldier The bill providing for
the $60 bonus for discharced soldiers
has not yet become law; regulations
for its operation will be announced
when the measure takes effect.
A Subscriber The Eighth infan
try is part of the 16th brigade.
Eighth division, and Is stationed at
Brest. No word as to when this unit
will return.
Miss Zelda B. The 147th infantrv
is part of the 41st division; postof
fice address, A. P. O. 727, which is
located at St. Aignan (Loire-et-
Cher), about 100 miles southwest of
Paris; the regiment is under orders
to be returned at once; the 37th di
vision's headquarters are at Hooge-
ieae, a. p. o. 763. i
A Soldier's Wife The 89th di
vision is in the Seventh corps of tha
Third army, and is included in the
army of occupation. The 314th sup
ply train is part or this division, its
postofflce address being A. P. O. 761.
The army of occupation will very
njceiy oe reduced when peace is
signed, although arrangements as to
tne ruture have not been made. It
has been recommended that men
with dependents be given preference
in discharge where such action will
not adversely affect the service.
A Returned Soldier Write to the
Navy department at Washington for
tne information you fieek.
Mrs. M. 8.. Ravenna Mach ne eun
battalions and field artillery regi
ments are totally different organiza
tions, as much as infantry and cav
alry; the machine gun battalions
served with the Infantry in the front
lines. The 148th machine gun bat
talion has been ordered home; the
i4Sth neld artillery is part of the
Third army, occupying Germany; its
address is A. P. O. 754, for all but
one unit. Battery P, the address of
which ia Montigny-sur-Aur, via A.
P. O. 730.
Mrs. I. M. I.. Grand Island-The
811th pioneer infantry is prettv well
scattered; regimental headmiarters
and Companies E, F and G are at
A. P. U. (52, Marseilles; headquar
ters company, supply company and
Company F are at A. P. O. 767
(Nantes); Company H is at A. P. O.
702 (Paris), and Companies I and
K are addressed La Pollia, via A. P.
O. 735, which is at La Rochelle.
Mrs. R. H. T. Present address of
Battery E, 49th regiment, C. A. C,
is A. P. O. 780, located at Mars-sur-Allier
(Nievre), southwest of Paris;
tne regiment is part of the 33th
brigade. Have no information as to
when this unit will be sent home.
A Sister The 105th aero replace
ment squadron was in the service of
supply on February 1, address A.
P. O. 723. No order has been issued
for its return to America. If your
brother Js still with the outfit, a
letter so addressed should reach him.
The mail has been greatly delayed.
xne adjutant general of the army
can give you personal Information.
Putting the League to Test.
New York Herald: The constitu
tion nf the T.pngniA ff WnHnna n.n.
vides that disputes be allowed nine
montns in wnicn to cool. Move mat
nrincinlft Via flnnpnrprl for nprnnnnl
controversies over politics, police ad-
ministratlon and prohibition.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
Although we are a busy rax,
With soma new enterprise
Or grand Invention to complete
With every hour that tiles.
No matter what the task may ba
That we must leave undone,
On this, his natal day, we iause
To honor Washington.
No flimsy wreath of Immortelles
Does Memory weave for him,
No perishable laurels that
The dust of Time may 'lira.
But to the February wind
We fling the starry flag
He planted In the solid rock '
Of Freedom's topmost crag.
He put Its glorious colors there,
His spirit keeps It still
Untarnished In its lofty place,
Secure .from every ill. ,
In war and want or ppace with all
Its blessings manifold,
He held his country and his flag
Above both fame and, gold.
A thousand heroes rise and soar
Like rockets to the- sky
To glitter for a little whlls.
Then rorket-like to die,
But high above Columbia's path
To guide her from afar,
Behold! still Washington remains
A fixed and shining sttr.
MINNA IRVING, In Leslie's.
, DAILY CARTOONETTE
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(When the Olant of tha Woods tint
that gold hunting is a risky business,
Prince Bonn! Blue Bell promises to tpll
a story that contain the secret of safe
fortune hunting.)
CHAPTER VI.
Ronnio Blue Dell's Story.
(NCE upon a time there were
v two brothers, Jed and Joe,"
said Prince Bonnie Blue Bell, begin
ning the story which held the secret
of how to find a fortune with safety.
"When they were young men Jed
bade his brother goodby, saying:
I'm going to the gold regions, there
to find my fortune, that I may be
happy ever after.'
" 'I'd like to go with you, for I'm
fond of adventure and want a for-
' Ho. ho!" roared tlu Giant. "Watch
me draw that gold up with my
crops!"
tune,' answered Joe, 'but someone
must stay on the farm and look after
the old folks. Goodby, and good
luck!'
" 'I'll find enough gold to make
you and the old folks as rich as
princes,' promised Jed, starting
hopefully away.
"Many miles traveled Jed in the
wilderness, far from friends and far
from all men. -There he searched
and searched for gold, suffering from
hunger, from thirst, from cold, from
heat, from hardships of all kinds.
Now and then he found little pockets
Proposes a Test.
Harrisburg, Neb., Feb. 16. To the
Editor of The Bee: To have paro
chial schools or not to have them
seems to be a live question In this
state at present.
It seems to me that the answer
to two questions should settle this
for every 100 per cent American.
First Is it, or is it not, class legisla
tion to so shape our school laws thaf
certain religionists' may be allowed
to escape complying with them?
Second Judged by the history of
nations through several generations,
what has been the fruits of parochial
schools, as compared with public
schools.
The first question is a legal one
and should be settled by our national
supreme court.' The second, anyone
can answer by comparing Germany,
Spain, Austria, or any other paroch
ial-school dominated country, with
good old U. S. A. Sixty-seven
million four hundred thousand
and forty-four of the people
in this country do not belong
to any church. (See the govern
ment census for 1910.) Most of these
millions, like Lincoln and General
Sherman believe in Almighty God,
righteousness, Justice and mercy;
they believe in our public school
system and for the most part are 100
per cent Americans. The religionists
who call our public schools "God
less." "gateways to hell" and other
gentle epethets are less than one
tenth of our population.
"By their fruits ye shall know
them" is a standard for Judgment
as old as the earth. When Am
bassador Wu of China was trying to
convert Thomas B. .Ree (one of our
three great speakers of the- house of
representatives) to Confucianism,
Mr. Reed told him he would have to
show a better sample than China
before he would take much stock
In either Confucius or his brand of
religion. . EDWIN WARD.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Minneapolis Tribune: Now is the
time, if ever, for all good men to
file claims with the peace congress
fur corner lots with eastern and
southern exposure.
Washington Post: Some Ameri
cans are scared because 225.000 men
are out of work; but they don't stop
to think of the 99,775,000 other peo
ple who are sawing wood.
Detroit Free Press: Japan wants
the peace conference to give her the
Shantung province which Germany
took away from China, Kind of rob
bing Peter to pay Paul, isn't it?
What's this dope' about no annexa
tions? Baltimore American: New fash
ions for men will exploit the upright
military bearing of the figure. So,
to be in style, every man will have
to represent himself to admiring
feminine eyes as a hero back from
the trenches, for the civilian will
have to practice the setup of the
soldier to live up to his clothes.
Kansas City Star: The big leaders
at the peace conference ought to im
press on the young nations right at
the start that while we shall see that
they get enough to eat now, we don't
expect to board them always, and
that they must be looking around for
a place to keep house as soon as
possible.
Brooklyn Eagle: Four thousand
British soldiers decline to be used as
strike-breakers, or to do Industrial
work at all except at the prevailing
rate of wages. Coercion may be at
tempted, but the chances are against
it. Mr. Lloyd-George uses laughing
gas, not a pole, when he has to deal
with the labor hornets.
Brooklyn Eagle: The 5,000 negro
troops back at Camp Upton, Includ
ing a lot of decorated fighters, are
probably happier and prouder than
any other of our heroes. Their
grandfathers may have fought in
the Civil war for ther own liberty.
To fight for the liberties of others is,
indeed, a prouder task.
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of gold. Just enough to buy his sup
plies, to lure him still farther Into
the wilderness, and to cause thieves
to rob him whenever he set by
tiny store of nuggets.
"Finally, with ouly a few hundred
dollars to show Tor his years of la
bor and privation, he returned home.
His brother met him at the station.
'Welcome back,' he said. 'Tell me
of all your tine adventures and of the
gold you have found."
" 'Alas, my adventures have
brought only hardships and priva
tions,' answered the gold hunter.
'and the gold I. have brought home
will not keep me long from hunger.
I have no riches to give you and
the old folks.'
f 'The old folks no longer need It,
for they have passed awny.' an
swered Joe, 'and as for myself, why,
I have found gold gold enough to
give riches to me and riches to you.'
"'So you went gold hunting, too?"
said Jed in astonishment. 'Where
did you find it?' Joe led him to the
ton of a high hill and pointed to
broad acres that lay below. 'I
round It there," he answered.
" 'Gracious, I didn't know there
was gold so near at home. How did
you find it?' exclaimed Jed, aston
ished. " 'It was very simple," explained
Joe. 'I planted tieans and they
drew the gold up through the vines;
I planted wheat and it came up
through the stalks: I planted corn
and I harvested dollars. Each thing
I planted brought up its tiny speck
of gold. There was not much from
each, but the many specks made a
pile that grew larger from year to
year. And while I have been find
ing this gold I have been enjoying
life. I have a good wife, and a fine
family. T have been happy and con
tented and I've grown rich.'
" 'And I, who wanted to grow rich
fast by finding gold. Instead of work
ing for it, have suffered hardship
and misery and comeback poor,'
cried Jed. 'What a fool I have
been." And that's the end of the
story," said Prince Bonnie Blue Bell,
smiling at the Giant. For a moment
the Giant looked puzzled. He was
trying to find in the tale the secret
of how to gain a fortune. His eyes
turned from Prince Bonnie Blue Bell
to the yellow roof of the Hall of
Gold. Then suddenly his face light
ed up.
"I see! I see!" he shouted. "I
can't safely reach that gold up
there from down here, hut I can
draw It up through the earth by
planting crops. I wonder if there is
gold under the farm I have rented?"
"Behold," said Prince Bonnie Blue
Bell. He rapped on the wall, a door
opened, and there they were outside.
And the strangest part of it was
that they were right on the Giant's
new farm. The golden roof was be
neath it.
"Ho, ho," roared the Giant.
"Watch me draw up that gold with
my crops. I'm going to start plow
ing this very day. This g61d-hunt-ing
trip has been fine if I haven't,
found gold. I've at least found the
way to find it."
"Gold, gold, if you're seeking gold.
Plant your crops in the spring, sir!"
Roaring this new song, the Giant
picked up Peggy and In a trice she
was back home. He was still roar
ing it as he hurried away with Billy
to his farm, while Peggy crept back
into bed to finish her Interrupted
early morning snooze.
(Next will he told the atory of Prince
Bonnie Blue Bell's adventure in Waking
Up Time.)
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