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1 '" F -ii
i The auto is king this week in Omaha.
Got your garden plans started yet? It will
; soon be time to plant.
' Almost 2,000 deaths a day from hunger and
disease in I'etrograd is a further proof of the
i beneficence of bolshevism.
r Merchant marine sailors are to have a uni
form similar to that worn in the navy, which
anay help recruiting a little.
i The anonymous letter writer is a coward to
tart with, and when one of them is over
jiauled he usually gets scant sympathy.
f "All classes must share in the readjustment,"
says the Federal Reserve board. They surely
"11 shared in the upheaval, although not all
.alike. . ,
I A growing demand for money is noted in
Washington. Took 'em a long time to notice
whathas been apparent out here for quite a
..while.
If t,he Sixty-fifth congress had attended
to business, the heads of the army and navy
would not now be . guessing as to the course
to pursue.
Did you look over the advertising sections
of The Sunday Bee? Gave you a very graphic
idea, of the importance of the automobile indus
try, didn't it?
Our allies can borrow only a little over a
billion more from tJncle Sam under the existing
law, but no fears are entertained that the appro
priation will not be exhausted.
The president sees no need for radical
changes in the league eovenafit. It is not the
pledge, so much as it is the means for observing
it, that has started discussion.
Having renewed arbitration treaties with
Holland and Spain, Uncle Sam can look after
matters- involved in settling peace with Ger
many with less to distract his attention.
The list of street work now held back in
Omaha by government red tape is another ex
ample of what may be looked for if the federal
control of railroads should be made permanent.
Four out of every five Ydfikee soldiers
wounded in France will be able to return to
his prewar vocation without, special training.
This is a remarkable showing, especially when
compared with experience of other armies.
Good of Iowa, who is to be chairman of the
appropriations committee in the next house,
says the need of an extra session of congress is
imperative. But the president said his duty in
Paris is paramount, and so America must wait
Mr. Hoover finds that not a cent of the
$100,000,000 appropriation can be used to buy
food for the starving in the Near East. We
will have to keep right on digging up for the
Armenians, Syrians, Turks and others in that
afflicted region.
Moderate socialism has again triumphed over
the radicals in the battle for-Berlin, but what
the world wants to see is order established so
that bills for waf damage may be presented to
somebody who can get the big idea home to
The German people.
A "harmless' substitute for morphine has
been found again, this being one of the regular
amusements of the experimental chemist: Most
of them have turned out more dangerous than
the poppy juice or any of its derivatives. Yet
the tjuest may in time be successful, and the
innocuoui soporific is as apt to come from
Kansas as anywhere.
Chairman Hays of the republican national
committee puts the blame for the present pre
dicament of the country exactly where it- be
longs.' The democrats miserably failed in their
.r . - . . . i J ' 1 1
cnorcs 10 put up a constructive program, umy-
dallying and sidestepping, until the affairs of
the government are in a most chaotic condi
tion. And it is now up to the republicans to
set tli em right, as soon as the president can find
time from his business engagements abroad to
pay a little attention to matters at home.
War Secrets Coming Out.
i Admiral Jellicoe's book on the British navy
In the war hai reopened the controversy about
the battle of Jutland. It will doubtless continue
to be discussed in naval war colleges for years.
Some of the essential facts are still lacking,
lint the real sensation of Jellicoe's book is his
frank disclosure of the almost total absence in
the British fleet, at the outbreak of the war, of
provisions against attacks by submarines. This
is the more extraordinary since Admiral Percy
Scott had long been givfng. public warnings of
the danger. Jellicoe tells how his ships in kar
bor had more than once to put to sea to escape
reported submarines, what makeshift defences
were resorted to, and how greatly in peril his
battle fleet was during the first winter of the
war at its base in Scapa Flow, He expresses
surprise at the lack of enterprise on the part of
the German naval authorities. - But the latter
were firmly eonvinfed that the British ships
had made themselvety secure against submarine
attack. On this point, the following story is
told by officers of the British fleet:
"Very early in the war two German spies
got to the Orkneys, disguised .as neutrals. There
were very few precautions in those days and
ships were calling at Kirkwall. The spies got
back to Germany and ,gave the astounding in
formation to the German chief of intelligence
that there were no defenses at Scapa.
They persisted in their story under the
closest examination, with the resixlt that they
were taken out and shot, the German naval
authorities being quite convinced that their spies
had been tampered with and were bringing them
an enemy trap,"? New fork Post,'
HAIL! THE AUTOMOBILE.
A multitude of claims are made for the
automobile, and all of them are well founded.
We find difficulty in realizing that twenty years
ago the self-propelled vehicle, carrying its own
power plant, was scarcely beyond the stage of
a laboratory experiment, and that its most en
thusiastic supporters claimed so little for it
But with each day its field of usefulness has
widened, its capacity for service has increased,
and it has proven capable not only of all claimed,
but more, until now no limit is set for its ser
vice. It made war more terrible, but it has made
commerce more powerful; it has ministered to
our ease, and has extended our capacities.
Adaptability is the middle name of the auto
mobile, and usefulness its destiny.
Next to food, transportation is the most
important factor in civilization's advance, and
the automobile has helped in both. Farming
is made more efficacious, and transportation
more facile by this machine. Its power tills
the fields, and hauls the crop to market. The
benefit thus derived for the race is incalculable,
while the possibilities are beyond imagination.
In the cities it does everything expected from
it, and has simplifed the growing problem of
urban traffic. Here its domain steadily advances,
and none can see an end to its uses or its bene
fits. . . i
And Omaha is the heart of the greatest automobile-using
region in the world. That is why
the exposition now open here is of utmost in
terest and importance to all.
Creel and the Cold, Hard Facts.
George Creel, publicity agent extraordinary
for the Wilson administration, is at it again.
Descanting with his customary and inimitable
disregard for truth on the social state of Amer
ica during the war, he says in his latest maga
zine article: "In "Iowa and Nebraska, meetings
held to secure recruits for the Czecho-Slovak
army, were broken up because English was not
used."
Just what the famous author of the Fourth
of July U-boat story intends to imply by this
is easy to, see. A casual, uninformed reader
might readily imbibe the idea that all the ef
forts of the Czecho-Slovaks to secure soldiers
in this section of the world were thwarted by
narrow-minded chauvinists. As a matter of
fact, in Nebraska only one speaker was inter
fered with. This was at Clarkson, where the
over-zealous local council of defense refused to
permit a speaker from Texas to deliver an ad
dress in Bohemian. j
In no part of the world did the Czecho-Slovak
recruiting mission get a more cordial wel
come than in Nebraska. Nowhere was the Bo
hemian National Alliance -better organized or
more active than in Omaha. Its services were
of the utmost importance, and local men might
unfold a tale whose interest would far exceed
even the fiction Creel so liberally exudes. You
may be very sure these men would have pro
tested promptly and effectively had any such
conditions prevailed as is indicated by the Creel
yarn.
The shame of it is that this self-convicted
distorter of facts and manufacturer 6f miserable
mis-statement3 was chosen personally by the
president to carry on the publicity campaign for
the . administration.
Shakespeare and the Multitude.
One of the long-observe8 maxims of the
over-sophisticated producing manager of the
theater in America has been that "Shakespeare
spells ruin." In his canniness he has avoided
the immortal bard as a pestilence and only here
and there has an actor of parts been able to
break through the barrier thus raised long
enough to give the public one or another of the
masterpieces of literature and stagecraft. It
does not matter that our greatest actors have
built themselves imperishable fame by their
creation erf Shakespearean characters; Ameri
cans have been and yet are told that there is np
popular demand for the plays. ,
Now comes from London a strange tale. It
is that Ben Greet, somewhat known in this
country for his devotion to the classics, has
found employment in presenting Shakespeare
for the 'edification of school children in the
great metropolis. Not only this, but the further
astonishing statement that the efforts of the
actor-manager have been succesful to a degree
that warrants a writer in the London Times in
stating that Shakespeare is quite as popular as
Jharlie Chaplin. Such news will be received
with doubt over here, perhaps, but the Times
says:
The children themselves proved to be ex
traordinarily enthusiastic. Any doubt whether
they would be willing to payjfor admission
quickly vanished. There is no charity; every
child pays, and it is possible to carry on the
work without help from public funds. In
every part of London performances are being
given from Whitechapel to Wollwich, from
Hackney to Hammersmith, and it is difficult
to say which district provides the most critical
and enthusiastic audiences. - Some of
the children know the plays almost ,.by heart.
This contagion may spread to America; we
have caught other things of less value, and an
optimistic party may even see the time when the
theater of America will again at least give the
Bard of Avon an equal chance with the pie
throwing expert or a "two gun" rowdy. Even
if this be asking too much, it is comforting to
some extent to think that children whose minds
are thus being formed may in adult life afford
such support to the dignity of the stage that its
higher traditions will not entirely vanish.
Pioneer Railroad Builders.
Major John S. Wolfe, just dead in Omaha
at the age of 100 years, was one of the last of
the pioneer railroad builders. A giant in size,
he used hit giant's strength for the good of
humanity. Under his power for leadership,
dreams of the engineer became reality. When
the great west took on its expansive growth
after the civil war, the needs of advancing
civilization called for the railroad. Construction
in those days was not the simple process made
familiar in these times of machinery. It called
for the exercise of primal forces, and men and
mules provided the energy that pierced the
wilderness, penetrated the forests, bridged the
rivers and laid the tracks over which the newly
born commerce of the coming empire found its
vway. Men who directed these forces were
generals in the great army whose battles were
to bring unconquered nature into service of
man. How well they builded the result wifl
show. No monuments have been set up to com
memorate their deeds, but in the rumble of the
enormous trains that shake the earth in tlieir
passage may be heard the paean of their praise.
There were giants in those days, mental and
physical, and the work they .wrought for the
world was enduring, ' '
Preservation of St. Paul's.
During the war a work of the first impor
tance has been going forward on the fahric of
St Faul's Cathedral, London. Mervyn E. Ma
cartney, F. S. A., consulting architect, review-'
ing the work in the London Times, says the
fears of those experts who were of opinion, a
few years ago, that a very serious task awaited
the repairers have been more than justified;
and in particular, the south transept has" been
discovered to be in so shattered a condition that
the cement used to strengthen and solidify the
walls has found its way out, in several cases
into the street and gardens beyond. The pres
ent article, however, deals with the completion
of the repairs to the southwest pier of the
dome, which marks a primary stage in the
work of restoration at St. Paul's. "Mr. Ma
cartney writes in part:
"Now that the hoarding has been removed it
is possible for anyone to observe the extent of
what has been practically the rebuilding of this
vital support of the dome. The whiteness of
the substituted stones shows distinctly how the
3,000 cubic feet of new masonry has been in
serted. It has only been possible to carry out
this work by using the greatest care to avoid
disturbance of the enormous weight of 8,000 tons
which it is calculated that each pier carries,
Any sudden withdrawal of large extent of
support might have involved most serious dis
location of pressure and created an alarming
condition of affairs.
"It says a great deal for the care and efficient
workmanship of the artificers, contractors and
expert advisers that no perceptible settlement
has occurred during the progress of the work.
It would be untrue to say that no feelings of
alarm have existed while these operations have
been proceeding. But, fortunately, so much
diligence h'as been exercised that no untoward
accident has marred the steady march of restor
ation during .the four or five years that have
elapsed since the work has begun.
"Many interesting facts have jcome to light,
such as that the main stone on. which the two
arches pitch proved to be a huge block of Bur
ford stone and not Portland which Wren em
ployed in this pier. This stone was cracked
right through. We know that great difficulties
beset the builders in obtaining large stones, and
evidently this block was utilized because there
was no other of that scantling available from
Portland. Its dimensions were 5 feet by 6 feet
by 2 feet, 3 inches. To replace it being impossi
ble, the shattered portions, weighing AYi tons,
were removed, and as large a piece of Port
land inserted as was practicable, which, grouted
in cement, has made a sound base at this point.
"Another discovery was the fact that a great
many' of the carved capitals were not the origi
nals, but poor copies insecurely fixed to the
stone behind them by cramps, dowels and lead.
In many cases so badly had they been fixed that
they fell off on the slightest attempt to examine
them. Although no positive evidence exists to
show when they were executed, we may assume
that they were of later date than Wren's build
ing. No work of such a "shoddy" description
would have been passed by Wren or Hawks
moor. When the full weight of the dome came
on to the piers it caused serious shatterings of
the stone walling, and it clearly went on during
the first half of the 18th century, as the rubble
filling of the pier dried and became compressed.
The core or rubble is not of uniform quality. A
great deal of mortar was made with a lime ob
tained by burning chalk lime or (shells. Had
Wren used even a poorly hydraulic lime he
would have had a much more satisfactory ag
glomerate. Considering the extraordinary apti
tude of this genius for experiments, more par
ticularly in chemistry, one is lost in wonder
that he should have used such a poor cement,
especially as he was always lauding the "fine
Roman manner" and meant himself to "build for
eternity." That he was imposed on by some of
the contractors is likely; we know that there
were eight or nine, not all of them of the same
excellence-as the Strongs. For instance, in
the construction of the southeast pier the work
is not nearly so good as that of southwest pier;
the mortar is worse and the masonry of a very
inferior character. To impove the power of e
sistance of the filling in the southwest pier the
method was employed of solidifying by liquid
grout. By this means it is believed that in addi
tion to the two feet of reliable stonework on
each side of the pier, we have consolidated at
least an extra 6 inches of the core and possible
one foot. Taking a mean of nine inches this
means that the reconstituted work on the pier
represents about half of the sectional area of'
the pier (i.e., two feet on each face equals four
feet, and nine inches of grouted core on each
face equals one foot, six inches. Total, five
feet, six inches out of nine feet, six inches.)
"Another discovery was the method of con
struction of the building. The piers were built
up with setoffs that is to say, the masonry was
reduced in area as the work gained height. The
foundations are set on a bed of very hard clay
and consist of two layers of stone each two feet
thick and spreading out four feet all around the
crypt-piers. The piers in the crypt are set back
i. e., reduced from this to 16 feet by 22 feet.
This size is carried up to the impost or molding
from which the vaulting of the crypt starts. We
discovered that at this point i. e., the level of
the impost the piers were set back or reduced
two feet. They then continued perpendicularly
till within two feet of the floor of the church.
At that point they went back to the face of the
pier.
"One more discovery may be noted, though
strictly a professional one, and that is that in the
construction of the main arches Wren built the
voussoirs at the springings of the arches on a
level bed with) on'y a 'hort portion of the stone
worked to a radius.
"The urgently needed reparation, of which
the first stage'is now completed, has taken five
years of unremitting labor. v
"We have learnt much as to the condition of
this pier, and in particular we have come to
realize that a bolder method of procedure than
has been hitherto possible would save both time
and money. By employing steel centering the
work could be materially quickened and expense
saved. The difficulties of working so as not to
interrupt the services would be enormously
lessened and the ever-present fear of failure
eliminated."
ITODAV
People You Ask About
Information About Folks In
the Public Eye Will Be Given
' in This Column In Answer
to Readers' Questions. Your
Name Will Not Be Printed.
Let The Bee Tell You.
Pennsylvanian Alexander Mitch
ell Palmer, the new attorney gen
eral of the United States, Is a native
son, born at Moosehead, Ta., May
4, 1873. GraduattnK from Swarth
more college in 1891, he was admit
ted to the bar two years later and
entered congress in 1909 as repre
sentative of the Twenty-sixth Penn
sylvania district, nerving three terms.
Since 1912 ho has been a member tit
the Democratic National committee,
and served as judne of the United
States court of claims until Septem
ber, 1915. When the United States
entered the war Mr. Palmer became
chairman of the Fifth district board,
under the Selective Service act, and
later was appointed by President
Wilson alien property custodian. In
this important post Mr. Palmer
took over vast properties controlled
by alien enemies and so disposed of
it as to Insure American ownership.
The new archbishop of the Roman
Catholic diocese of New York, Most
Rev. Patrick J. Hayes, is a native
of New York in his E2d year. He
was ordained priest in 1892 and be
came auxiliary bishop of New York
In 1914. In 1903, eleven years after,
he was appointed chancellor of the
diocese, a position calling for execu
tive business ability. That he met
the last successfully may be Inferred
from his promotion to auxiliary
bishop on October 28, 1914. Since
the death ofCardinal Farley Bishop
Hayes devoted his energies to war
wr.rk and was executive supervisor
of Catholic chaplains in the army
and one of the four bishops constitu
ting the Catholic board of war work.
Champ Clark retired from the
speakership 6f the house of repre
sentatives just three days before en
tering upon his 70th year. This is
Interesting in connection with the
reported intention of the Missouri
cogressman to make another try for
the democratic presidential nomina
tion. He will have passed his 70th
milestone before the national con
ventions meet nexUyear, and if nom
inated and elected will have com
pleted 71 years, less three days, by
March 4, 1921, an age greater than
that of any president at the time of
his inauguration. Mr. Clark is a
Kentuckian by birth, a Missourian
by adoption. He has been In con
gress since 1897, and knows the
game from Bowling Green to Balti
more. Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, grand
nephew of Robert Emmet, the Irish
patriot, passed away at his home in
New York City recently, at the age
of 90. Born at Charlottes Ville,
Va., May 29, 1828, he graduated
from the University of Virginia in
1846, and four years later received
his medical diploma from Jefferson
college, Philadelphia. Dr. Jnmet
won distinction in his profession in
New York and was the author of 60
hpoks that were accepted as stan
dard texA books on medical sub
jects. For half a century he was a
militant force in the fight for Irish
home rule and held a leading place
in the many American organizations
which kept the home fires burning
for self-government. His own spirit
and the spirit of his martyred grand
uncle flames in his book, "Ireland
Under English Rule," a fiery history
of alien rule In the Emerald Isle. Dr.
Emmet passed away in his home on
the top floor of a 15-story office
building reared on what was the
site of his home for 40 years.
Ira Nelson Morris, American min
ister to Sweden since 1914, is one
of our youngest diplomats, having
just entered upon his 4oth year. He
is an author as well as a diplomat
and a financier of wide repute. In
1913 he was commissioner general to
Italy In behalf of the Panama-Pacific
exposition. He is a graduate of
Yale university and a member of
the Academy of Political Science and
the American Museum of Natural
History.
RIGHT TO THE POINT
Washington Post: A secretary of
music is suggested as an addition to
the cabinet. We certainly do need
more harmony.
Baltimore American: Eight Ger
man liners. Including the Imperator,
win neip to nnng our boys home.
This is returning In triumph in the
literal sense. .
Boston Transcript: Orpheus of
old could make a tree or a stone
move, with his music: but there are
piano players today whohave made
whole families move.
Kansas City Star: The president's
coming to America at this time may
be said to be a sort of farewell trip.
That is, he will arrive In time to say
good-bye to the present congress.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Con
gressman Little's bill to bar from
the mails anything "ridiculing pro
hibition" shows that backwoods
members of state, legislatures have
no monopoly of freakishness.
Brooklyn Eagle: Among all the
stories of Roosevelt that will be of
fered for book publication there will
not be one that cannot be told any
where without ringing the blush of
shame to the cheek of modesty.
And that Is no slight distinction for
an American politician.
New York World: If the militant
suffragists who were quickly arrest
ed in lilston had been intent only
on presenting a petition to the presi
dent, as they say, they would not
have been molested, and they know
it. They went there to create a dis
turbance in which somebody might
easily have been killed. When we
get to bedrock in American anarchy
there is not much difference be
tween the native and the alien or
between man and woman.
The Day We Celebrate.
J. P.' Palmer, attorney, born 1878.
P. J Sheehy. superintendent Cudahy Packing
plant, bom 1859.
Walter V. Graham, accountant, born 1869.
Anna Vaughn Hyatt, one of the most noted
of American women sculptors, born at, Cam
bridge, Mass., 43 years ago.
Arthur Reynolds, noted Chicago banker and
financier, born at Pandora, la., 51 years ago.
Sir Clifford Sifton, former minister of the
interior, . of Canada and one of the dominion
representatives at the peace conference, born
in Ontario 58 years ago.
Dr. Arthur Everett Shipley, eminent English
scholar, vice chancellor of Cambridge univer
sity, born 58 years ago.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
Evans & Hoey opened up an engagement in
"The Parlor Match.
E. O. MayfieM of the South, Omaha Repub
lican went to Plattsmouth.
Leo A. Moeller died at his residence, 2618
Farnam street.
A special tour of five European "capitals"
England, Scotland, Holland, France is adver
tised by M. J. Wood & Co., at $260, which in
cludes all necessary expenses.
Congressman W. J. Connell has returned
from Washington.
Colonel Hall, chief inspector of the de
partment of the Platte for many years, has
been ordered to Los Angeles ana will DC sue-;
cceded here by Major Vroom. j
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
(In this adventur IVggy mati the
King of the Wild lleeae anil bit bride,
the beautiful Blue Qonae.)
CHAPTER I.
Tho Spring Flight.
HIGH in the evening sky wavy
black lines swept up from the
south. At first In the distance they
appeared as thin threads. Then as
they came nearer the threads shaped
themselves Into a large, flying "V,"
which rose and fell in graceful bil.
lows. From the "V" came a mur
mur that steadily grew louder.
"Honkle-honkle-honkle-honkle!"
Peggy and Billy Belgium, hear
ing the call, raised their eyes' quick
ly. Billy was the first to see the
"V" moving swiftly toward them In
the falling dusk.
"Wild geese!" he cried. "They are
going north! Spring is here!"
"I wonder if it Is the flock of the
"I'm Princess Peggy I I'leasc Stop!
King and his bride, the Beautiful
Blue Goose," adfled Peggy eagerly.
"I hope so," shouted Billy, who
had heard from Peggy the story of
how she had brought the romance
4t the King of Wild Geese to a hap
py ending by neiping to rescue tne
Blue Goose, then a beautiful stran
ger, from the clutches of the Bandit
Geese, who held her In their power.
"Honkle-honkle-honkle!" gabbled
the geese noisily. They were now al
most overhead and Hying fast.
"Let's signal them," cried Peggy.
"Hey, hey. King ef the Wild
Geese!" yelled Billy, placing his
hands to his mouth to form a trum
pet.
"Hey, hey, King of the Wild
Geese," shrieked Peggy.
"Honkle-honkle-honkle!" gabbled
the geese In such a confused clat
tor that the voices of the children
could not make themselves heard
through it.
"They are going by. They never
noticed us," cried Pegsy in keen dis
appointment.
"I'll make them hear us," replied
Billy. At the curb was an autoino
bile belonging to one of his friends.
He leaped to the running board, and
his finger pressed the button of the
horn.
"Ho-o-o-nk-ee-ouw!" sounded the
horn, Its shriek shooting upward
through the babble of the geese.
"Hoo-o-o-nk-ee-ouw!"
The first shriek of the horn had
startled the geese Into silence. The
second drew their eyes downward,
A third shriek sent them flying to
ward the north faster than ever.
"Stop! Stop! I want to talk to
you," cried Peggy, waving her hands
at the Wild Geese and dancing up
and down. But these geese swept
farther away. . Peggy tore her hat
from her head and waved it In a
last despairing effort to stop the
geese.
"I'm Princess Peggy! Please
stop!"
In the stillness caused by the
fright of the geese this cry semed to
go to them. There was a movement
of wavering, and then the "V" swf!pt
around in a large graceful circle, and
headed straight for Peggy. . Leading
the flock was a large, handsome gan
der. Right behind aim Peggy saw
a flash of blue.
"The King and the Blue Goose,"
she crieij happily, waving an eager
welcome.
Hail, Princess Peggy!" cried the
King of the Wild Geese, the beauti
ful Blue Goose and all the other
geese, but they didn't smile In the
happy way Peggy expected, but
seemed hurried and upset. Before
she could ask a question, the King
of the Wild Geese, honked an alarm
ing request. .
"Hide us, quickly, Princess Peg
gy, he said; " we are enasefl oy an
ogre who seeks the life of the beau
tiful Blue Goose." He pointed to
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the southern sky, while the geese set
up a frightened honking.
Far away Peggy and Billy saw a
black speck high In the air. As they
looked It grew larger and larger un
til it took the appearance of a gi
gantic bird.
(Tomorrow will be told how Perry and
Billy hlila th WUd Goeae from tba osre.)
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Real Sailor's Views.
TT. S. S. Lake Traverse, Cardiff,
Wales, February 15, To the Editor
of The Bee: Through friends at
home, we are having our home
papers forwarded to us and they are
indeed very welcome and appre
ciated. But through a few lines appearing
in the "Omaha World Herald," en
titled, "The Landsman's Revenge"
we are receiving a sting for reasons
we cannot explain. Although we
do not feel we are due great glamor
or applause, we do feel galled, to
find certain Wrrow-mlnded Individ
uals propagating their views of the
navy as a slacker's refuge.
I am serving my ninth year In the
service and I've found the services
of the lads of recent enlistments to
be very much utilized. So I re
spectfully request of you, to publish
these few lines I've written, so
others who may not understand,
may see our sentiments in this mat
ter. Trusting this favor will be
granted, I am
Respectfully yours,
L. S. JOHNSON,
U. S. Naval Base No. 29, U. S. S.
Lake Traverse, Cardiff, Wales.
"The Right of Satisfaction."
(Answer to Milea Oreenleat'a vlowa
"Tho Landsman's Revenge,")
of
We have heard the noise of battlo
And the depth bomb's whlrrlnir rattle
O'er the "Sub" Infested seas of "over
there." -Now,
the lights of peace are flaring
And again we hear the daring
Voice of one, who stayed at home
"somewhere."
Ho has classed them "a khaki slacker,'
But of course, he .U a backer!
Of the lads who've donned the uniform
of blue; x
"And enlisted In the Navy
To find It wasn't gravy,"
And of course he's bought a bond or
two!
Has he ever stopped to wonder
Or even count the number
Of the casualties this bloody war has
cost
In khaki and the blue?
And the comparison really knew
Would ha say they tried to shirk, but
lost?
Would1 he pay these boys at sea
Who helped write "V-l-e-t-o-r-y"
Would shirk the danger that's threat
ened all along?
Why do they, who're over her
So willingly volunteer
To lay the mines, to keep the blockaA
strong?
'Tia true, the boys are coming home;
But you cannot hear a moan
From the lads who wear the uniform
of blue;
For they're busy clearing mines
And their heart contented, shines.
For they've done their little bit have
vrnT
Perhaps his boyish line of thought
Was forced when Uncle Sammy brought
The news "We need thein from 18 to
46;"
And happened HE between these ages
And through panic etrlcken stages
Imagined the Navy would see him safely
through alive.
T don't Intend to reimburse (
For his thoughtless little verse,
But I only seek to redress this (humor
ous?) "bone!"
For tho' we DIDN'T live In trenches
We didn't occupy the "benches"
Lika some one we happen to know at
home!
L. 3. JOHNSQ.", C. B. Ms, U. S. N.
To Get Facts About War.
Omaha, March 8. To the Editor
of The Bee: I think it would be
well to continue, for a new but
needed purpose, the county and
state exemption boards. The mem
bership of these boards have an ac
quaintance with the soldiers that
be obtained by no one else.. Would
it not be well to invite the soldiers
to appear before these boards and
make full and free statements of
their experiences during their time
of service? There have been many
mistakes made, and these we do not
want to happen again. Wherever
unfortunate occurrences have gone
beyond the border line of mistake
we want a record of tt so that It shall
not happen again. There is a preva
lent belief that the militia officers
and organizations have not been
treated fairly. We want to know
if that is true. There is a prevalent
belief that we are developing a West
Point and Annapolis system that
borders on snobbery. We wantuo
know if that is true. There is) a
great deal of talk about the splen
did activities and some shortcom
ings of organizations that had to do
with the well-being of our soldiers
in camp, at home and abroad. We
want to know what the soldiers have
to say about It. The soldiers have
died like flies on paper at some of
our cantonments. We want to
know if due care was taken of them:
if not, how can a repetition of such
conditions be avoided in case of an
other war? There is a great ques
tion as to whether we should or not
engage more generally In the mili
tary education of young males, and
the corelated education of young
women for further emergencies. We
want to know what these boards and
these soldiers think of this. This
matter would be of great value, thus
obtained, in the state archives. There
is nothing so helpful in the public
service as publicity. With no pub
licity all kinds of troubles breed
and continue. With ample publi
city, like the shaking up of water,
purification sets in and abuses cease.
Before the legislature adjourns I
believe this thought should be given
force. W. G. SEARS.
Beware the Latent Propaganda.
Omaha, March 6 To the Edltar
of The Bee: The sudden and violent
agitation against tobacco, movies,
etc., which has erupted all over the
country - would seem Inexplicable
were it not for the strong indica
tions that It is nothing more nor less
than very clever propaganda insti
tuted by the liquor interests to prej
udice the minds of reasonable people-against
any' sort of regulatory
legislation. Do not be deceived by
it! There Is no demand for it In
the circles usually back of re
form" measures. There is no partic
ular sentiment among church peo
ple nor social workers for these
measures, nor Is there any interest
shown in them among people usual
ly credited for sponsoring that sort
of thing. It is purely and solely a
move of the liquor interests to create
a reactionary sentiment against" the
prohibition law, in an effort to make
effective "no ieer, no work" slogan
and force a referendum if possible.
This is evidently having some ef
fect, too, as recent elections in Ver
mont show. Beware the latest prop
aganda, which is sponsored by the
same clever plotters who engineered
the German propaganda during the
last two years. M. E. H.
Changes In Education.
. Omaha, March 7. To the Editor
of The Bee: There are many factors
connected with modern education
which bear witness to the Inference
that the education of today is un
dergoing a severe reformation. The
negative and the positive forces were
never so busy contradicting each
other as today. The religious dis
integration may not have positively
affected the educational life, but
nevertheless there are signs which
point to this effect. The individual
izing tendency is becoming promi
nent in certain circles of the school,
while a marked wave of Indifference
is noticeable in other circles who are
averse to direct non-conformity.
The reactions entailed by the war
have wrought a powerful effect on
the wave of nationalism and loyalty.
The influx of bolshevism will with
time entangle the nation In inextri
cable relations with Its contempor
aries and allies. A certan effect of
this ts plainly visible at the present.
There must spring up a powerful' and
endurable wave of national senti
ment to counteract this evil. It is
time to forget narrow and selfish
affairs to enter with zest in a move
ment .toward the support of the na
tion. A complete educational re
form may not visibly affect national
feeling, but it will help to Instill the
deal of parlotlsm and loyalty In the
hearts of the younger generation.
W. B.
MIDWINTER MIRTH.
Two girls were quarreling.
"OU " said one, "I'm sick of you! t
believe you can't help It, though. You've
got a chauffeur's tongue!"
"What?" cried the other girl, scared.
"Is It catching? How does one get It?"
"Oh." said the other pointedly, "throuKh
constantly running people down." Pltta
eaira; Chronicle-Telegraph.
Chatty Walter (glancing out of win
dow) The rain'U be here in a minute or
two now, sir.
Angry Customer Well. 1 didn't order
It I'm waiting for chop. Pearson'
Weekly.
Willie Paw, what ta the difference Be
tween capital and labor?
Paw Well, the money yon lend rep
resent eapital, and getting tt back repre
sents labor, my son Cincinnati Enquirer.
The tramp touched hi hat and walked
along beside the horseman. .
"You wouldn't think It, air." ha'sald,
"but I once had a happy home."
"Then." said the rider, "why didn't you
do something to keep It happy?"
"1 did, air," aald th tramp; "I left It"
London Tld Bits.
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