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Glad to see you back, Mr. President!
Boston will be the center of the universe
again today.
When the Salvation Army abandons the
tambourine, will it be the Salvation Army?
Thieves who tried to steal a police emer
gency car either have monumental nerve or
rotten judgment.
South Dakota is willing to take such movie
films as pass the national board. Nebraska
well can afford to do so.
J low could a man of the name of Robert
McNutt McElroy hope to hold the attention
of a group of college students?
Yankee boys serving in Germany are still to
have their week off at regular intervals, but it
will be spent in France, as usual. Such a war!
A total raise of $15,000 in the combined sal
aries of the state's employes does not look like
much of a boost, when other things arc considered.
The British and French parliaments are
working steadily on home problems while the
peace conference is 'on why can not our con
gress do likewise?
Somebody has suggested that the Declara
tion of Independence be enacted into law. It
would soon be amended out of any semblance
.o its present form.
The legislature is learning it is one thing to
resolve against the lobby, and another to get
rid of the importunate persons who are con
:crned in legislation.
The close of the Sixty-fourth congress was
about as solemn a farce as ever was played by
a legislative body, but the Sixty-fifth "bids fair
!o equal that record.
Lincoln is to 'have a busy time this week,
when all the various bodies of organized agri
culture gather there. Here's hoping they do
not try to overawe the legislature.
Meanwhile Poland does not allow a little
thing like an election contest between Pader
ewski and Pilsudski to interfere with its army
taking in new territory each passing day.
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The town meeting may not have cleared
away any of the obstacles in the way of the
charter amendment, but it did show that the
neighbors arc not unanimously in favor of it.
One will do well to remember when reading
George Bernard Shaw's lucubrations on the
war that his fame rests chiefly on the fact that
he has written fhe most delicious satirical
comedies in all English literature.
"Pa" Rourke opens the season by winning
a btt!e in the Western League business meet
m in Now, if he can only hold over some of that
pugnacity for the playing season, Omaha may
see so:n real old-fashioned base ball.
Victory loan posters are to he distributed
throughout occupied Germany as an educational
measure. It might help if some of the third
and fourth Liberty loan posters were included.
It would at least give Heinie a notion of how
he was looked upon over here.
The senate proposes to spend the week in
debating the League of. Nations, which will
probably mean postponing all real business to
the extra session, which the president himself
proposes to adjourn till he gets through in
Paris. This means that public interests will
not get needed attention.
One full session of the senate was taken up
with a debate on whether it would be expedient
to 'increase the appropriation for Tennant's
Harbor, Me., from $12,500 to $18,750, the
original estimate having been made in 1913.
The increase was not allowed, but the .body
preserved its reputation for deliberateness.
Bakers' s Pledge to Prisoners
At a time when congress and the people
generally are gravely stirred by revelations of
the working of an "atrocious" court-martial
system, made by the acting Judge Advocate
General of the United States army, there is
prudence, as well as justice, in the announce
ment made by Secretary of War Baker to the
prisoners at Fort Leavenworth that every case
will be individually reviewed.
There was a short-lived "strike" in this mili
tary prison after a considerable number of "con
scientious objectors" had been discharged with
$400 each of back pay. Boys convicted of tech
nical offenses, who had not shirked facing tiie
enemy, thought of the conscientious objectors
only as cowards, and the rewarding of cowards
stirred resentment.
The secretary explains that court-martial
records have already been reviewed and sustain
ed, but adds:
"This fact, however, does not touch the
question whether the punishment may not rea
sonably be said to have been unduly severe in
the first instance; or, in any event, whether in
view of the changed situation, it ought now to
be reduced. I fully appreciate that the cessa
tion of hostilities and the return of conditions
approximating those of peace, render it just and
proper that clemency should now be exercised
toward the prisoners convicted by general court
martial for offenses committed since the begin
ning of the present war."
This is right, with one qualification. No
clemency for offenders against civilians, no
clemency for thugs, no clemency, for thieves,
no clemency for soldiers whose acts were crimes
or misdemeanors under peace laws need be Con
sidered. Liberal clemency for civilians drafted
into a military force or enlisting; to fight for
their country who broke only military" laws or
rules is wise. It is the work of heartless mar
tinets that needs to be undone, and the sooner
the task is accomplished the better will the
whole country be satisfied. Brooklyn Eagle.
CLOSING WEEK OF CONGRESS.
At noon on Tuesday of iext week the Sixty
fifth session of congress ends by constitutional
limitation. On the following day, according to
announcement made, the president expects to
start for a second visit to Paris in connection
with the peace negotiations.
Where will this leave the affairs of the
.country?
The revenue bill has been passed, and awaits
the signature of the president. He will not
have time to read it, much less digest it, and at
tend to other matters that he expects to give
attention. Therefore, he will approve whatever
Congress has done in the matter.
Only two of the big appropriation bills have
passed, and one of these, the important army
measure, has not yet emerged from conference.
The navy bill, the sundry civil bill, and all others
that set apart money for the support of the gov
ernment's activities, are yet to go through. The
sundry civil bill was only reported to the house
on Saturday, and is certain to encounter a stub
born battle there, even though a rule has been
adopted limiting debate on its provisions to
five hours. The navy bill will be the subject
of a protracted struggle, owing to the difference
of opinion between the administration and its
opponents as to the president's program.
No mention need be given the immense vol
ume of other public business, such as the rail
road bill, the future of the merchant marine
and the Victory loan, now before congress. It
will not get consideration, and many bills of
most urgent importance in connection with thef
reconstruction period will die with the session.
The week is to be given up almost entirely
to debate on the League of Natrons. If legis
lation goes through at all, it will be jammed
into and out of the mill, regardless of whether
it is in proper form. Public interests have ap
parently been entirely lost sight of by the ma
jority party, which is deliberately shirking the
wfork that it may pass the problems over to
the next congress, '
And the president hopes to postpone calling
that congress together until he has concluded
what he deems more important business abroad.
If he will but convene an extraordinary session,
our home affairs may be prevented from getting
into a deeper tangle. His own party has fallen
down on the job; will he give the republicans
a chance?
Helium and Future Aeronautics.
When Ramsay discovered helium, about the
time the Curies produced metal radium, the
whole theory of matter was upset. Helium had
existed as a line in the solar spectrum, but was
only suspected on earth. Its presence in the
atmosphere being detected, it was sought for
elsewhere. Ramsay later found that the radium
emanation automatically changed into helium
gas, but this only served to puzzle scientists
without aiding in their quest. '
Helium gas is non-inflammable, and is 92 per
cent as buoyant as hydrogen, which is the limit
of lifting power in ballooning. Could it be
provided in sufficient 'quantity, all danger of
burning balloons would , easily be obviated.
Where would it be discovered?
Oklahoma and Texas oil fields have answer
ed the question. Patrons of the natural gas
distributors in these localities complained that
a great deal of the gas furnished them would
not burn. .Investigation has proven this gas
to be helium. Just when the war ended the
government had 200,000 pounds of it bottled
jip and, ready to ship to France for use in the
American observation balloons.
But the coming of peace has not closed the
aeronautic activity of the army and' navy, and
hydrogen ignites as readily from a spark of
static electricity as from an incendiary bullet.
Some very 'unpleasant experiences have been
endured at Fort Omaha and elsewhere because
of this fact and the propensity of the silk bags
to generate a spark in a highly charged atmo
spphere. . .
, It is proposed that the government acquire
the sources of supply of helium gas.. So far
as is known, they exist only in America, and are
of use only for the government's purposes.
Here is one place where congress can do a
really good turn to the country, by preserving
for use ah extremely valuable material that is
now wasted.
Sinking Fund for War Debt.
A proposal is before congress to establish
a sinking fund for the ultimate extinguishment
of the war debt. . Based on 2'A per cent of a
total issue of $18,000,000,000, it is proposed to
set apart $450,000,000 annually to retire these
bonds. This course will provide for wiping out
the debt in forty years. In other words, it will
lpave the third coming generation free from the
burden incurred by the world conflict. That
some plan to amortize the debt must be adopted
is clear. Whether it is better to begin on if at
oncers not so certain. In its favor, however,
is the fact that the public is for the moment
accustomed to the prospect of heavy taxation.
Continuance of the rate ,may not be, relished,
but prudent management of the government's
affairs may effect economies in other directions.
The annual interest charge, approaching a
billion dollars, is sufficiently imposing to en
gage attention. That the Treasury is awake is
shown by the reported purchase last week of
$350,0( 0,000 of Liberty loan bonds in the open
market, on which a considerable saving was
effected in both cost and interest. One benefit
that is possible from the situation is the adop
tion of a national budget system, which seems
to be coming nearer.
Revolution In Bavaria.
The murder of Kurt Eisner, followed by the
bloody revolt in Munich and the declaration of
a soviet republic there, are sinister indications
of how far bolshevist disorder has spread
through the German empire. . It was not an
especial surprise that the revolution took the
form of the Spartacan outbreak at Berlin, or
that Hamburg and other Prussian cities were
to some extent involved. Observers have
leaned to the belief thatin Bavaria a different
spirit would prevail, and that there order would
be more readily established. Seizure of power
by Eisner and his associates was the first step
in this direction. His failure to agree with
Ebert and Schiedemann as to certain" details in
the general program did not materially affect
the outlook. Bavaria's desire to remove the
center of political activity from Berlin was not
to be realized. Now, with Eisner dead and his
party divided between the moderate and extreme
socialists, and the latter apparently in control,
we may expect further news of civil war in
Germany. This will have little effect on the
terms of peace, but may delay formal action
some, for the treaty can not be concluded until
the Germans present a government with whom
the Allies can deal'
Jabs for the Joy Killers
Gerald Van Casteel in New York Times.
America is trying experiments at a time whin
she should be taking business precautions. The
easy victory won by that section of the Organ
ized Uplift which has concentrated its attack
upon the Demon Rum undoubtedly will spur
these and other reformers to greater effort. It
is worth while to glance at the possible fields
left for their activities.
The next stronghold of evil marked for as
sault is that of tobacco. Its use is a pleasure,
therefore may be abused. From the standpoint
of the reformer, appearances are against it.
For instance, the tobacco businesses well or
ganized; the persons employed in it are pros
perous and contented. There is an atmosphere
of geniality about a cigar store, and holders of
stock in such enterprises are said to receive fair
dividends and to pay substantial taxes. I can
not smoke, but I notice that when my friends
indulge in a cigar they become more reasonable,
they are on better terms with themselves and
the world. This unearned felicity is, of course,
wrong. It is unethical. It should be abolished.
Those who have been sending smokes to the
boys abroad should not be thanked but severely
reprimanded. The weed that makes a man for
get for a moment that this is a world of busy
bodies is marked for casting into the oven. To
bacco must go.
Our missionaries have protected China from
the curse of opium; who will protect us from
the curse of tea? School physiologies and the
advertisements of coffee substitutes dwell on the
pernicious hold such beverages have on the ner
vous system. The very fact that people find
pleasure in these stimulants demonstrates that
they are bad. Did not the best of Americans
confess his weakness for "another cup of cof
fee?" Where strong men waver, is it not time
to prohibit? Away forever, with these alkaloi
dal poisons! Rouse public opinion to such a
pitch that when an actress makes "business"
over a tea table, the show shall be banned as
tending to impair public morals.
We all eat too much. Therefrom follow mul
titudinous diseases. These are avoidable. Ani
mals take pleasure in their food; we should rise
above the animals. We should eat only to live.
Cooks should be looked upon with suspicion,
unless very plain. The spices of life have no
place in a reformed existence. They only make
us eat too much. Let catsup become a misde
meanor and the man who passes the mustard a
candidate for jail. "We are nearly ready for the
Society for the Suppression of Spice.
And clothes: They need not be suppressed,
of course, but they should be duly regulated so
that the feet of the brothers and sisters of the
Uplift, treading flatly and firmly the paths of
righteousness, shall not be put to shame by
creatures with high heels and adventitious at
tractions. When rouge is raging how perceive
the blush of shame? Costly clothes are un
democratic; they make one look better than her
fellow voter. This must not be. Our rage for
regulation makes it not improbable that a. limit
will be set on the cost of apparel. Its enforce
ment will afford our policewomen a pleasant
time.
All secret societies will come under the ban,
for reasons readily expoundable by any uplifter.
As the new revenue bill seems to tax every
thing that makes life worth living, a long gray
dawn of betterment seems in store fot us.
I believe the directions I have indicated have
been attempted in one form or another before
this. I now suggest a reform by prohibition far
more fundamental. While we are in the mood
to prohibit, let there ,be no half measures.
There is one overpowering habit that affects
not only the whole human race, without excep
tion, but has grown also uponv most of the m:i
mal kingdom. I refer to that form of wasteful
ness known as sleep. Some eminent scientists
and matiy college professors tell its that "the
primitive rest state out of whicb sleep has arisen
in the later stages of evolution" was a nearly
conscious motionless condition hardly ap
proaching' hi intensity our cat-naps or forty
winks. This natural or normal rest condition
has been studied and labeled the "hypnoidal or
primordial sleep state." From it by degenera
tion as. grape juice degenerates into cham
pagne has come upon us a habit of suspended
animation that takes at least Va third of our
time and requires a whole paraphernalia of
beds, rooms and alarm clocks. i '
I have touched upon Only a few reformable
evils. We. have but nibbled at the great prob
lem of . making things different. , There is a
seeking after new things. Every movement for
change-will get supporters, and no one dares to
oppose anything.
In Greece the proposer of a new law went
before the assembly with a halter about his
neck in token that if his proposal was rejected
he would be hanged. We threaten, on the con
trary, "to use the political halter upon anyone
who dares to oppose change, and prudent poli
ticians have relapsed into acquiescence.
Slighting the Middle West
The program proposed by the shipworkers
for the stimulation of American shipbuilding is
doubtless in accord with our national interest.
There is no reason why we should place con
tracts in foreign shipyards if the work can be
done in this country. It may be assumed, how
ever, that the exorbitant demands of American
sipworkers for higher wages have tended to pro
duce the situation of which the men now com
plain. These are questions, however, which do not
immediately concern the middle west. Ulti
mately the states in this area would benefit by
a satisfactory shipbuilding program, and no one
is opposing the efforts to put one in operation.
But the people of the middle west can hardly
fail to notice that in the case of shipbuilding,
as in the case of most industries which (the
government is seeking to foster, the benefit ac
crues to some other section of the country. The
middle wst is not asking for special favors; it
is not trying to divert public funds for useless
projects. The middle west is entitled to state
the fact, however, that the east, the far west
and the south have received the greatest share
of attention, not to spe&k of public funds, from
the federal authorities.
In these matters of reconstruction we want a
national policy which vVill assure benefits ap
proximately equal for all parts of the country.
Chicago Tribune. ,
The Day We Celebrate. .
Dr. O. S.. Hoffman, born 1857.
Sir C. Arthur Pearson, eminent English pub
lisher who4 recently visited America, born 53
years ago today.
Alexander Ure (Baron Strathclydc), famous
Scottish law authority, born in Glasgow, 66
years ago today.
Louis Grossman, noted Cincinnati rabbi and
Jewish scholar, born in Vienna 56 years ago
today.
. Rear Admiral Joseph E. Craig, U. S. N., re
tired, born at Medina, N. Y., 74 years ago today.
John tl. (Honus) Wagner, for many years
one of the most prominent of professional base
ball players, born at? Carnegie, Pa., 45 years
ago today.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
Superintendent of Scfiools Henry M. Janes
"has contributed an article to the Western School
Journal against corporal punishment.
Rev. A. R. Thain preached his initial sermon
as pastor of the Plymouth Congregational
church.
T. Townsend Brady, who has been studying
under Dean Gardner for the ministry, was or
dained at Trinity Cathedral by the bishop.
Omaha "Public library last month added 460
new, volumes, of which 201 were presented by
Byron Reed.
McNish, Ramza and Arno's minstrels are
Jiere to open at the Grand Opera house.
Bishop Worthington dedicated St. Martins
church at South Omaha, assisted by Revs. Gam
ble, Zahner and Wither spoon.
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Let The Bee Tell You.
New Englander. Tomorrow,
February 2 2, marks the centennial
of the birth of James Russell Low
ell, one of Now England's famous
men. Jewell was born in Cain
bridge. Mass., a descendant of rer
cival Lowell, of Bristol, Englanl,
who settled in Newbury, Mass., in
1639 and became the progenitor of
a distinguished family. Lowell
graduated from Harvard at the age
of IS, and for ten years a iter dab
bled indifferently in business, medi
cine, the ministry and law. During
the Mexican war he began to write
the "Bigelow Papers," which mark
ed the turn of the tide of his for
tune and profession. In 1877 he
served as United States minister to
Madrid and in 1880 he became am
bassador to London. As first editor
of the Atlantic Monthly, Lowell en
listed the services of a distinguished
staff, including Hawthorne, Emer
son, Longfellow, Whittier and Ag
assiz. He died October 12, 1891, in
the house in which he was born.
i Californian. Anthony Camtnettl,
united States commissioner of im
migration, is a Californian born, the
first of the Italian stock ort the Pa
cific coast to receive political recog
nition from the federal administra
tion. A lawyer by profession he
climbed the rounds of the political
ladder, from county prosecutor to
state legislator and congressman.
He Is in his 65th year.
Antecedents may not count for
much in determining the root
strength of democracy in a German,
but if tested by the comman stan
dard Friedrich Ebert, the new presi
dent of Germany, hould rank as a
stalwart democrat. The son of a
harnessmaker of Heldelburg and a
journeyman of .that trade, his be
ginnings were humble and his edu
cation did not take him within the
walls of the famous university of
his native city. He is a socialist of
the plodding kind, a conservative
who would not go to the radical ex
treme of Liebknecht nor to the other
extreme of pan-Germans. As a
compromise between both extremes
Herr Ebert won the presidency. He
is 48 years of age. In manners he is
a peasant, resembling thousands of
Germans who keep small shops or
wolk in factories. He is short and
stout, dresses plainly and invariably
wears a slouch hat jammed well
down on his head. Fran Luise
Ebert,' the new "first lady" of the
republic is a typical mate of a Ger
man worker, of medium height and
sleuder, 45 years of age.
One of the group of pioneer as
sociates more incautious than the
rest, remarked as he shook hands
with Tom Edison on the occasion or
his 72d birthday, "Congratulations,
old man." "Old man? I should say
not," replied Edison. "Look," he
exclaimed as he extended his arm
and touched the palm with each
foot in succession, and then spun
himself on one foot like a top, while
the crowd cheered. Thus he showed
himself a wizard physically as in-the
inventive world. Only one who ob
serves physical laws and checks ex
pansive tendencies at the belt could
do the Edison turn at three-score
and twelve. "Edison," said one of
the greeters, "has laid the founda
tion of many great industries. In
some cases he has put in the corner
stone and in several instances he has
put the key in the arch. It has been
estimated that there are $1,000,000,
000 invested in the industries which
he has either created or for which
he has lead part of the foundation
and a 1,000,000 employes are in
these industries.
RIGHT TO THE POINT.
Kansas City Star: Are we an In
experienced people, or why do we
seem to take so seriously the com
plimentary speeches all the dole
gates to the peace conference make
about each other?
Baltimore American: The histor
ians who will write up this war will
have to connect with tho romance
writers, if a truthful picture is to
be given. It is far beyond .the re
sources of mere dry fact.
Brooklyn Eagle: If a public debt Is
a public, blessing, let us glorify the
bolsheviki. It appears they have
piled up a deficit of about 43,000,
000,000 roubles, and we judge the
good work goes bravely on.
Kansas City Star: In spite of
plots and fears, it now looks as
though Germany really were steer
ing around towards democracy. The
dispatches say the assembly election
is featured with riots.
"THE INDIAN BRAVES."
By the forest of sliver birches,
Quickened to Springtime's thrill,
Tlii-y folded their tribal blanket!
On a. morninsc gray and till.
When from far came the sound of bugles,
Calling tho nation to war.
On the shores of the sapphire waters.
Glad In the Springtime's thaw.
Flumes of columbine beckoned them
Red as the campflre's heart;
But they answer the throbbing wardrum,
And awiftly the Braves depart.
They come now again to their fore3ts,
Shining lances at rest;
Their ranks are sorely broken
Ah! but they fought with tho beat!
By the whispering waters their maidens
Tolled the moons away;
They dreamed, as tho great guns'
thunder
Shook the Gates of Day.
Of their Heroes with laurels returning
And Glory's Flag unfurled,
But dreamed not that some would oe
sleeping
In crimson fields of tho world.
Down tho old trail sing the larches
ftWlld and weird their songs
Sweet to the battle-chiifs sounding.
Here their souls belong.
Shnll the leaves of their shining laurels
Wither upon their brow,
Or In the Halls of the Nation blossom.
Token of Freedom' Vow?
New York Times.
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
(In this story Prlnco Bonnie Blue Bell
calls Peggy and Billy Belgium to a spring
time adventure.)
CHAITrit I.
The Call From Winter SlumlK-r.
vake up, you winter
i iTJTAKE up, wa
VV sleepers.
Open, open your drowsy peepers;
Springtime, springtime with bugle
voice,
Calls to the earth, 'Arise; Rejoice!' "
Trumpet in hand, Prince Bonnie
Blue Bell sang his merry message so
loudly outside Peggy's window that
she tumbled out of bed, dressed in a
jiffy and ran down to join him.
"Oh, you have your team of White
Rabbits," she cried in delight as she
saw dozens of bunnies harnessed to
"Please go away and let me sleep;
Don't disturb my slumbers deep."
a handsome chariot. "Where are
you going?"
"To awaken the growing, living
things of earth to their springtime
work and play," shouted Prince Bon
nie Blue Bell.
"And I'm going, too," chuckled
Billy Belgium, bobbing up from the
chariot where he had been hiding to
surprise Peggy.
"Hop in," shouted Prince Bonnie
BUia Boll, for the rabbits were Jerk
ing at their harness and wagginir
their ears .as if eager to be off. As
Peegy obeyed the rabbits sped away
over the ice and snow.
"Wake up, wake up, you winter
sleepers;
Open, open your drowsy peepers!
The bugle call of Prince Bonnie
Blue Bell rang out again and again
And, as it sounded over field, mead
ow and orchard there came a mur
muring and a stirring from the
sleeping things. Tho Snow Elves
snugly covering tho earth in a
feathery blanket, turned into spark
ling drops of water, and trickled
with soft gurgles into the ground.
"Hurrah, hurrah.'" they murmur
ed "Our winter sleeping task Is
done. Now we can nourish and
give life to seeds and growing
things before we go laughing, play
ing and singing toward the sea!"
The sugar maple trees stretched
their limbs: "Haispy sugar days,"
they sighed. "Tho sap is running
through our veins, our hearts leap
with new life. Thank you. Prince
Bonnie Blue Bell, for waking us up."
From beneath the melting snow
camo a joyful whispering. It was
the awakening wheat! "Winter is
gone, our growing days are here.
Joy, joy! Thank you, Prince Bonnie
Blue Bell, far waking us tip. Now
we can get a fine start toward the
summer harvest."
In the orchard Prince Bonnie Blue
Bell sounded his message and rapped
smartly on the trunks of the apple,
peach, cherry and plum trees.
"Awaken! Awaken!" he shouted,
but the trees only groaned a protest,
using the words of a song Peggy had
often heard her father sing on Sun
day morning:
"Please go way and let me sleep,
Don't disturb my slumbers deep!"
The Giant-of-the-Woods, who was
out planning his spring work, waved
them a jolly salute.
"Good work," he shouted. "Get
things growing as soon as you can.
Spring is so late this year my crops
may not have time to ripen unless
everything wakes up right away."
But now behind them they heard
shouts of distress from waking
things. Peggy, looking back, saw
dozens of odd creatures following in
their trail. They seemed to be un
doing the work of Princs Bonnie
Blue Bell.
"The Frost Imps," cried the Prince
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Traw from one to two and so on to tha
end.
In dismay. "We will have to fight
them off or all growing things will
go to sleep again and, perhaps, die."
(Tomorrow wil be told how the Kro:.t
Tmps astonlnh Billy Bolgium by throwing
their heads at him.)
Language In the Schools.
Blair, Neb., Feb. 20. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: That we, as patrio
tic Americans, should do away with
foreign colonization and cliqueing
and do all in our power to foster
a homegenous people, I fully be
lieve. Therefore, I also fully agree
with the idea that every sound child
of school age should attend public
school (or some corresponding
school) till he or she has passed
the eighth grade satisfactorily, and I
would even like to see it made com
pulsory to attend public school, if
possible. And as a rule religious
instruction should also be given in
tho language of the country.
But, that admitted, I am not able
to see why parents should not be
free outside of public school sessions
(on Sunday and during vacation) to
send their children to parochial or
private schools to have them taught
religion, as they see fit, and other
languages if they want that. Why
should we Americans be ignorant
about what is going on In other
countries? And why should we not
be' able to read literature In any
other language than English? Why
not be able to read the literature
of the country from whence our
ancestors came?
Full efficiency In English and a
homogenous people in the United
States we stand for that. But be
sides this full liberty for any loyal
person, child or adult, to acquire as
much learning and as many lan
guages as he wishes and is able to.
That is my idea of American liberty
in that respect. Why the strong
prohibitory measures?
A. M. ANDERSEN.
Soldier Files a Kick.
Craig. Neb., Feb. 19. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: "What of the kaiser
and his crew?" Will tho civilized
nations leave it to poetic Justice to
sfiy what kind of a Waterloo theirs
shall be?
Judging from some of the pat
performances of this nation, it is
easy for me to guess what would
happen to the Hohenzollerns if left
to us. He would be placed gently
back in a position simillar (I say
slmillar) to the one held before
with the admontion, never to let it
happen again."
But what more could you expect
of a nation that sentences boys to
imprisonment -at Leavenworth for
such offenses as sleeping on guard
or gambling, and at the some time
opens the doors of "God's Country"
to pro-Germans and alien enemies,
besides giving them civilian clothes
and back pay.1, Yes, let it be asked
again: "Back iay for what?"
No wonder they hate to leave the
friendly walls of such a place which
is a harbor of safety for the Huns
we have been fighting. I am not old
enough to vote, but I know that poli
tics has been placed ahead of Justice
in many cases since we have become
embroiled in the struggle. Having
recently left the hardships of a sol
dier's life I may see faults where
there are none, but, nevertheless,
I would like to know how many dis
agree with me.
If the solution of the main topic
could only be left in the hands of
those who sleep "in Flanders
fields." L. S. L.,
A Discharged Soldier.
Tobacco and Chevrons.
North Platte, Neb., Feb. 19. To
the Editor of The Bee: I have seen
a great many articles In the letter
box in regard to the use of the
cigaret. Now, my way of thinking is
this: if it is any satisfaction .to a
man to use tobacco in any form and
he can use it without , losing his
health and clean manliness, then let
him use it personally. If a man has
to use something let him use to
bacco. Of all the lesser evils to
bacco is the smallest. Drink is the
greatest and should be abolished;
tobacco will not take all a man's
brains and drink will.
Another thing people are arguing
over is the service chevron.
I say, let the boys have their
chevrons. Every boy likes his re
ward and should have it The sol
dier is only a boy grown old in ex
perience as well aa years, so give
him everything due him. He risked
his all for those at home and asked
nothing. Gove them their chevrons!
JIBS. JULIA M. SIEBOLD.
, Jobs for the Soldiers.
Omaha, Feb. 20. To the Editor
of The Bee: There are quite a few
Idle men in Omaha, inccluding sol
diers and sailors, and some who have
seen service abroad. Now, every
one knows, Idleness makes loafers
and tramps of people and I should
think it would be a good idea for all
merchants and business men in
Omaha, who had men in their
employ and have been In the army
or navy during the war to have a
service flag in plain sight of the
public to show how many men have
received their old Jobs back and to
place a Btar on the flag for every
returning soldier receiving his posi
tion. There are lots of women work
ing whose families are well lixed and
need not work, but at the same time
are keeping men from working and
perhaps making loafers of them,
and maybe in some instances those
men may become criminals. There
is trouble enough all over the coun
try. Let's don't have any trouble
"ere. - n. MARTIN,
Labor Temple.
Asks Money For rn(rsUne.
Omaha. Feb. 22. To the Editor
of The Bee: Rabbi Stephen Wise,
who has just returned from France,
has good news for everyone who
wants to help rebuild Palestine. It
is an honor to give for a good cause,
it is also your duty to help rebuild
the home of a suffering and wander
ing people. Many people will go to
Palestine from all over the world.
Jewish and other suffering national
ities will go to Palestine to make
their home there. When you will
some day make a trip to see historic
Palestine you will feel proud to say
that you are one of those who helped
put Palestine on the map as a free
place for all nationalities. It takes
men, money and brains to build up
Palestine. Thero are plenty of men
in sight to do the work, they will
only be too glad to get away from
dark and anarchistic Russia, where a
few murderers organized a gang
called the bolsheviki.
There must be some cash in sight
to get those sufferers away from
Russia if it can be done before it is
too late, before they catch tho dis
ease called bolshevism those an
archists are just like poisonous
germs. The innocent people must be
taken away from tho poisonous
germs, then the germs are bound to
die out one by one.
Is there any Jew who refuses to
help financially to rebuild Pales
tine? Take an example from the
Irishmen wouldn't the Irishmen
give their last dollar if they have to,
to help Ireland, after Great Britain
says that Ireland is free? After the
whole world says that the Jews can
have Palestine if they want It, it
is time for everybody to help and
give to the Palestine Restoration
fund. It doesn't matter whether you
are a Jew or a Gentile. You may
subscribe, stating the amount, to the
Zionist Organization of America, 66
Fifth Avenue, New Y'ork City. Ask
for all information you want to get
about the plans of the restoration of
Palestine. Yoju may send a check or
you may send a pledge that you will
give a certain amount..
BENJAMIN ROBINSON.
Ex-Secretary.
Wiat the Scientists Ask.
Omaha, Feb. 19. To the Editor of
The Bee: A news item from a staff
correspondent at Lincoln, in The
Bee, contains a misleading statement
which I wish that you would correct.
The item states "the House this
morning indefinitely postponed
House Roll 226, exempting Christian
Scientists from the provisions of the
quarantine laws." Now house roll 226
does not make any such provision.
but was Introduced for the purpose
of legalizing the practice of Christian
Science in the state of Nebraska, and
contains a special provision that
"they shall not be exempt from the
quarantine laws of the state."
That Legislative bodies generally
recognize Christian Science practice
is not a menace io puunc neann, i
io nave . nrisuan science ireaimem
for his disease is evidenced in the
fact that healing through prayer ban
been legalized in 30 states of the
Union. Sincerely yours.
CLAUDE L. DeLONO.
fern, on Publication.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"I Ft wher a whols rnaa of whisky
hai disappeared th authorities were very
anxious to trace."
"I ehouM think the fletrtlvps rould
easily enirll out a case like that." Wash
ington 108 1,
Brush ley It's awfully annoying, Mary.
Tust aa 1 am getting In tho last touch's
on the rartvas the wretched cat has to
have a fit.
Mrs. B.--Prrhap she caught a plimie
of the picture, dear. Pearson' Weekly.
"fa she had to let her cook go?,
Yes."
"Incomppff-nt?"
"Very. iSh made cookies n had that
oven the children wouldn't hHn them
aelvet to them." Detroit Free Press.
"1 wanted to' find out If the girl I loved
really cared for me without being Influen
ced by my family name."
"What did you do to find out?"
"I wrote her an anonymous letter, ask
ing her to marry roe." Baltimore Ameri
can .
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