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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, Wit. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATEK VICTOR ROfcEWATER, EDITOR TH BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS mud u Ui. um for pnblleUoo of all oin d!jtcB cradlud . .7 , j . j i .1.1. u . ....4 .1. .). Inr.l ..t.iLhi hanin. All rlzhta of rabllcatloa el oar spsclai dtspstcba an also imrnl OFFICES I ' Cbluto-Ptnrlt'l uu Balldlnf. Hi DM Biaf. Now Tort sjw Finn . ,.VTri; Ht, Louis Nw B'nk of Coaunsra. Council Bluff 14 N. Uua St. Wntunstoo 1311 0 81 UnoolB UtU Building. Daily 64,976 Sunday 63,316 tienn ctrealiUoa for th month subscrlbtd and sworn to hj K, B. IUim, Clroulatloe Mwt. Sutxcrflwra bavins tht city should bava Tha Baa maill ( thnn. Address chanf.d aa of tan as raquasttd. This is bully weather for building. One more day on the old time schedule. : Wonders never cease. The White House ad mits the president has taken advice from Mr. Taft. Long speeches are cut out in the conferences now going on in the president's Paris study. That helps some. . Herr Hohenzollern would like to move to Switzerland. It will be interesting to watch him get out of Holland. The peace treaty is said to be nearly ready, but the big job will be to gt the European na tions to accept it. f: "Merit" is all right in a police officer, but his pay ought to be dependent on other reasons ;than the, chief's favor. The supreme court has affirmed a death sen- jicntc again, uul Midi uucs iiui uimg mc iuui- erer to the "chair" yet. Mayor Smith has fixed a time for "clean-up" veek, but this does not operate to hinder anyone from starting right away on the job. , Mary Baker G. Eddy's will is again before the Scourts for interpretation, showing how difficult it is to lay the dead hand on human affairs. Bolshevism may have been German propa- jganaa in ine oeginning, out u is as mutu 01 a snenace to the Huns as to anybody Tight now. f ' The firm that cuts loose first from the high price schedule will not get any hero medals, but Will be called upoa-io entertain a rush of cus tomers. Chicago's municipal campaign must be some- ahintr awful, if some of the candidates have felt she sting of criticism: to the extent of suing Jot libel. - Spaniards who happen to overlook theTagus lust now may get a good idea of why it hap pened in 1898. Eighty-four American" ships of Ivar are now anchored there. One industry in Nebraska that is perking up is that of milling. In a state that produces s much Erain as this does, the business or milling ought to take rank above all others. The raid conducted by Judge Landis against Hie gelrich-quick stock salesmen may well have in ech& In other parts of the world. It was not alone in Chicago these gentry were engaged. The mayor of Coblenz advises his fejlow- ownsmen to modify their attitude towards Ltnericans. and we would say he is wise in loing sp. J he patience ot a Yankee soiaier nas Its limits. 5 J r f TV t -...1.-1.: 1 nfm. nf vif. 3 vjcncrai xthsuusm Ayyms tui atma " Jitions for Poland's army. From reports com nar out of Russia. Germany, and elsewhere, the : ijPoles will need all the help they can get before Tithe year is, out. , Dogs will be taxed in Nebraska hereafter ;at a rate that will make the keeping ot curs unr Profitable. This will in time Rive the sheep a (""bhance, and we may yet see flocks where now ' -there are none. 2 Bessarabia, handed back and forth as a prize Tf war or bribe for treachery, blossoms forth as i belligerent, declaring war on Roumania. The Sieace conference surely has had a wonderful in fluence on Europe. 2rs Bavarian socialists propose to melt down all "statues of royalty and give the material to in- I 'dustry." That might not be a bad idea. New rorkers once put an emgy ct an r-ngnsn King in nnitt'Via t similar use. j' One of the peculiar features of the Nebraska i situation is that the legislature appears inclined po agree with the governor, instead of doing , What the Omaha Hyphenated suggests. Odd now perverse some folks are. ,1 Sir Eric Geddes' account of the plight of British railroads under government war opera tion has brought from the American Associa- ion of Railway executives, through frank h. ?avant. some statistics of comparative interests sThe British figures may be summarized as fol- ows for the past year under government opera- ion and for the year betore the roads were taken over: 1918. tiroas rTnuea 7to,ooo,ooo bprating azpansea 870.000.000 Ox Krbicli wage sav.vuu.uvu Company in Railroad Misery 1914. $680,000,000 4SO.000.000 260,000,000 .1190,000.000 '$250,000,000 neona deficit Surplua. That is to say, while the British roads before lie war had a net income before interest and dividends of $250,000,000. equal to about 4 per cnt on capital, they now have such an income 1190,000,000 less than nothing, which the govern ment has to make up, besides the ao.UUU.UUU ailed for by the standard pre-war return. We are in a bad enough hole as to the rail oads. but it is nothing like this. The British Itarted out with high railroad rates and low Lvages. which averaged only SjoU yearly tor all railroad labor, and have been increased to $900, pr about 160 per cent. We started out with low ates and comparatively high wages, which Averaged $800, and have been increased to 1.400, or 75 per cent. But wnue the British government did not dare to increase rates fur- her beyond a 5(1 per cent addition to passenget Jares in order to reduce travel, the American government was able to and did raise rate all llong the line and was so able to overcome at jeast the increased costs of labor. V Misery lovea company, and our own misery i pears very comfortable in such compaar mrw ion vrorio- PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. The legislature has apparently reached an agreement on the proposed law for control of private and parochial schools .that rests on com mon sense. Religious instruction may be given in schools under sectarian or denominational direction, but such schools must carry a cours'e of atudy equivalent to that of the common schools of the state for each grade. The gen eral school laws of the state will govern in this, as well as in fixing the educational or professional qualifications of teachers. Study of American history and civil government is also required, and instruction in these branches must be of such nature and extent as will sat isfy the state authorities. More scarcely could be asked. Parents still have the privilege of sending their children to private or parochial schools, to receive such supplemental instruction in matters of religion as can not be had in the public schools. It is not the purpose of, the state to deprive anybody of the consolation of private belief or exercise of free choice in the selection of faith. Any intermingling of politics with religion is repugnant to the spirit of our government. Therefore, the state not only grants the free teaching of the tenets of creeds or dogmas that are not subversive of good morals or public de cency, but it also exacts that these be taught in such, a way as will not even remotely jeopardize, however slightly, the political institutions of the land. ' Reasonable regulation of all schools carries with it no danger to the propagation or dis semination of any religion worthy of the name. On this all agree. The proposed Nebraska law holds no danger for any institution that has a right to survive, and its operation should quiet apprehensions as to the future of elementary education in the state , Omaha'a Housing Problem. Whether Omaha's housing (problem was brought nearer to solution by the mass meeting at the Chamber of Commerce does not yet ap pear. Each of the various elements represented took occasion to defend its own position by pointing out that the other fellow's prices are too high. No real progress is made by passing the buck, nor does this touch the psychological aspect of the case. The general price level is high, and will likely remain high. To a great extent profiteering is responsible for this, but, as has already been pointed out by The Bee, in flation of money is also to be blamed. Until the amount of money in circulation is reduced, and credit ii shortened, no extensive lowering of costs may be expected. When this time will come not eventhe wisest ventures at present to say! For Omaha the condition is not espe cially advantageous just now. We are told that rents are not too high; that building ma terial prices are not too high; that land values are not too high, and that wages are not too high. If that is true, it would be in order to put an end to the debate and start work on buildings that are needed to accommodate the steadily .and rapidly increasing population of the city. If any of the items of cost of building is too high, it should be brought down to a reasonable figure. The main point is to get needed work started. ' Bank Deposits Guaranty. The Nebraska bank deposits guaranty law has a single purpose. It is to insure the safety of depositors' money. When enacted the prin cipal objection to it was that it would require established banks to become responsible for venturesome persons who might be induced to engage in the banking business. This is one of the effects of the law. It has not eliminated entirely recklessness or dishon esty, but the results of unsafe banking have been borne by the sound banks of the state. For this very reason the bankers are more than ever jealous of the character of their business. They know they must pay for the experiments of wild cat institutions, or the ventures of any who prefer to "take a chance" beyond safety. Many millions of dollars have been brought into the state by reason of the insurance af forded by the law. At present we have more money on deposit in Nebraska than ever in its history, a condition brought about by the gen eral inflation of currency and the unexampled prosperity of the people. Such a situation affords strong temptation to the speculative interests, and affords something of unusual inducement to engage in banking. With all these points so plain, it is scarcely to be wondered at that the bankers have asked the state to give them some slight protection. This is provided by the bill now on its way through the legislature, which will require that a bank be in business for two years before it can come under the protection of s the deposits guaranty law. No danger of a monopoly in banking being thus established is Sufficiently great to offset the benefit that will come from having Nebraska amply protected against specu lative dealing with other people's money during a time of uncommon activity and unprecedented plenty. " Armed Intervention in Central Europe. So grave has the situation in Central Europe become that delegates to the Paris peace con ference now are considering the likelihood of armed intervention to preserve whatever is left of law and order in the affected region. Poland is particularly threatened. Paderewjki and Pil sudski have found their plans for setting up a republic there seriously interfered with by the bolsheviki, and now have sent urgent requests for assistance in holding back the hordes that threaten the land. Bohemia is also concerned in much the same way. Whether or not the Russians could continue fighting against the Germans, they do not lack means to threaten their neighbors who are striving to govern themselves and to carry on commerce and agri culture that they may live. Against them the power of organized government must be set, that civilization be not extinguished entirely in a large part of the world. Words will not stop the marauding anarchists. What are the forces of law and order going to do? Hard luck: Just when the late chairman (by right 6f seniority) of the senate's committee oil foreign relations was "winning Chicago's busi ness men by thousands" to support the presi dent's draft of the League of Nations, the pres ident himself was actively engaged at amending that same draft. Not good team work. The dollar may be above par in Norway, but it only amounts to about 30 cents when you try to turn it into something you want over here. New Zealand mutton is underselling the home grown kind in New York, but how that will help the general aituatioa ia not made plain. With the Boys Overseas From Stars and Stripes, A. E. F., Feb. 28. It seems that a transport-load of returning Yanks, who landed in New York not so long ago, had it all fixed up to cheer the Statue of Liberty the moment that lovely lady appeared to them through the mist. With characteristic American thoroughness, they had appointed a cheer leader, rehearsed their yells, and were all out on deck ready to blow Bedloe's Island clear out of the water with the vociferousness of their greeting. v , "But," as it is reported in a back home paper, "when the leader opened his mouth there was something in the way that stopped the sound. There was something in his eyes that misted his view. There was no noise behind him. He looked around, and the trouble was epidemic. Soundless tears, such as thinking men shed, were mastering the cheers." It will be that way, more pr less, with most of the things that most of our number hope to do when they get home. That trip to the coast, that three months' loaf, that job at an incredible salary and incredibly short hours, even that girl all plans for them will undergo some sort of a change. The pleasant pastime of building air castles in France or Germany is not without its uses as an exercise of the imagination, but the transportation of those air castles, like moving Cologne Cathedral to Milwaukee, is something else again. Of course, some of the dreams, some of the plans will come true. It would be fine if all the good ones should come true. But somewhere be twen Brest and Boston, Bordeaux and Balti more, St Nazaire and St. Paul, the majority of them are pretty sure to suffer a sea change. And we need not be disappointed if. they do, for we shall be back in the United btates, the land of oooortunitv. in which the best and the biz gest areams have been known to come true for those who added the labor of head and hand to the aspiration of the heart. The lucky Americans were those whose training in civilian life fitted them for service when the war call came. They did not have to face the dismaying and sometimes impossible task of learning all over again. It was their rich privilege to have something besides muscle that the country wanted. Of such were the doctors and nurses. Of such were the actors. The A. E. F. was still young when the ap peal went back across the Atlantic for showfolk to entertain us an appeal that still stands, for the response to it never met the demand. The difficulties which beset the fairly willing players were many. Red tape by the mile, passport piddling, enraging delays of months and months all these things clogged the ma chinery of good will. That they were not in- superable, however, is evidenced by the fact that more than 700 players are here now. Some of them came at great personal sacrifice, mosf ot them are thoroughly familiar now with the discomforts of our existence, many of them are solid tor lite in the hearts of young America. It is in honor of these 700 that it is worth recording with what singular unanimity the big stars stayed away. With a few exceptions, the ones who could best have afforded to come, those great favorites - of the theater whose names are printed largest and whose pockets are stuffed fullest, failed to answer the call Name over the 20 or 30 best known men and women of the American stage and see how many of them came. One or two. perhaps. No more. The luxury-loving, overpaid, over praised crowd, the spoiled children of America they are strangers to the A. h,. by Probably all will be forgiven. Or, rather, forgotten. Probably there will be no great reckoning. And yet and yet some of us can't help hoping that some fine night, at the first performance of an all-star production on Broad way, the greatest applause, the reception that will fairly stop the show, will be accorded, not to one ot the advertised stars, but to some little soubrette, because there will be some soldiers out front who will remember that once upon a time she was one of them in France. Already American feet turn toward Chateau Thierry. Already the battered city on the Marne is become a shrine for pilgrims. It is all smiles these days amid the new prosperity these visitors bring. Guides lead the way through the memory-crowded streets, and in the windows, through which less than a year ago machine guns spat their fire, souvenirs are on sale. It seems probable that Chateau-Thierry will always be the great American shrine in Europe the Gettysburg of the, A. E. F. It is a curi ous and yet altogether natural thing that this should be so, and the reason lies somewhat deeper than the mere fact that Chateau-Thierry is nearest to Paris of all our memory-towns. But Chateau-Thierry is more than a battle field; it is a symbol; it is a symbol of that dra matic moment in the history of mankind when recognizing Europe's great emergency, scrap ping all its careful schedules of training and equipment and relying on the grit and ardor of its youth America rushed into the fight. The pld Marne town means that to those who love America. That is why, for Americans, all paths in France lead to Chateau-Thierry. People You Ask About Information About Folks In the Public Eye Will Be Given In This Column In Answer to Readers' Questions. Tour Name Will Not Be Printed. Let The Bee Tell You. War Memorials Characteristic of every such proposal as those that are stirring the little city is a fatal fault that is based on the delusion that anything to which the name of war memorial can be ascribed will be one. Of course this is not carried to its logical conclusions, even by those who hold it most sincerely. They do not advise the purchase of a new motor fire engine, or the repavement of Main street, or the payment of a mayor's or city clerk's salary, as a war memor ial, but to do any of these things would be just as sensible as it would be similarly to designate any of the schemes that are so naively advo cated. None of the schemes is intrinsically bad, in the sense that its execution would be detri mental to anybody. But the plea that such "memorials" as these would be "useful" is the perfectly adequate reason for rejecting them all, as the one purpose of a memorial is to be a memorial, and the effort to make it serve two purposes will always be a failure and an ab surdity. A private person, of course, can erect a hos pital or a library, or give theland for a public park, and as long as it lasts and bears his name it will be a memorial to his generosity; but, just as he could not attain the same end through something designed for his own personal use and benefit, so a city cannot provide for its own municipal needs or necessities and at the same time pay honor to something entirely dif ferent. New York Times. 7 The Day We Celebrate, v George C. Stovall, proprietor of the Hong Kong Tea company of Omaha, born 1873. Norman Hapgood, the new United States minister to Denmark, born in Chicago, 51 years ago. Edward Scofield, former governor of Wis consin, born at Clearfield, Pa., 77 years ago. Dr. William Allan Neilson, president of Smith college, born in Scotland, 50 years ago. Aristide Briand, former premier of France, born at Nantes, France, 58 years ago. In Omaha 30 Years Ago. The Omaha rifle men were beat in a shoot with Council Bluffs. Lined up on the Omaha side were: J. J. Hardin, captain; Parmalee, C. C. Hulett, Krug, Petty, Wilbur, Dunmire, Robert son, W. C. Hulett and Kinnear. Mrs. George Holt, 2912 Half Howard, fired two shots at a tramp trying to break into the house. Martin Dunham, late of the Southerland Hotel in Florida recently destroyed by fire, has returned; to Omaha. i ' Omaha letter carriers are backin j the effort to raise the maximum pay from $8a0 to $1,000 vby putting this postoffice in the next higher class. Congressman Connell is urging their claim for them with the Postoffice department at Washington. . The Rleht Rev. David H. Greer, bishop of New York, Just past 76, is one of the leaders of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America. Pre vious to becoming a bishop in 1904 Dr. Greer for many years was rector of the well known church of St. Bartholomew in the metropolis. He is a native of Wheeling, W. Va., and received his education at Washington college, Philadelphia, and the Epis copal seminary at Gambler, O. He began pastoral duties at Clarksburg, W. Va,, goingi thence to Covington, Ky.. and later to Grace church, Providence. R. I. These successive advancements constituted a tribute to his ability as preacher and organ iser, tna resulted in ixhx in th i-nii to the pulpit of St Bartholomew In -ew York city. The usually wide reach of nnhii. ity's spotlight falls short of the sector in oiueria, v, nere ine American mili tary forces, with other allied forces, block the eastward march of bolshe vism. Major General William S. Graves, the commander, is a Texan by birth, ;ust C4 years old and a West Pointer. He was a colonel in 1917, a brigadier general early in 1918, and made a major general when placed in command of the Si berian expedition last fall. Previous ly he had been a member of the general staff, and had distinguished himself in the Philippines, where he participated in various campaigns and received the thanks of Gen. J. Franklin Bell for gallantry in ac tion in the battle of Caloocan in 1901. Training and experience ad mirably fits him for the present task. History records that many English families settling in Ireland "become more Irish than the Irish them selves" in the national sense. Coun tess Marklewltz, Sinn Fein member of Parliament, is the latest living evidence of tha, fact. The countess is a native of rebel Sligo, born Miss Gare Booth, daughter of an Eng lish family not many generations settled in Ireland She got her title by marrying a Polish count. Staff correspondent Henry M. Hyde of the Chicago Tribune, who participated In her reception in Dublin on her re turn from a British prison recently, says "she does not look anything like her 60 years. She wears spectacles, her features are delicate, and I could nna nothing magnetic about her personality. As a speaker she Is exclamatory and "scrappy," two strait peculiarly suited to revolutionary activities. Social traditions have it that the countess in her younger ciays was tne belle of Dublin castle halls. Nothing would please her bet ter now than shooting cannon balls at ine castle. International gossip forecasting peace time events mentions the prob ability of Prine Charles Max Lick nowsky being the first ambassador or the new Germany to the United States. Tho prince comes of an il lustrious and very old Polish, famllv. whose home and estates were part of tne slice or Poland which fell to Germany when the central cowers and Russia strangled and carved the ancient kingdom. He was born in ifcbO and is thus in his 59th year. Prior to and at the outbreak of the war the prince was German ambas sador at London. In that position he strove to avert hostilities, not know ing tnat the war lord and the war party had decreed that the hour had struck for "Der Tag." A plan of mediating me Serbian mess had been arranged between him and the Brit ish foreign minister, but the am bassador was double-crossed at Ber lin and his efforts came to nought In 1917 the prince's diary of the ne gotiations was published and the revelations of the crooked diplomacy at Berlin aroused the wrath of Pots dam and caused the arrest of the prince on charges of treason. The charges were not pressed, however. increasing internal troubles forbade prosecution for telling the truth. Freedom of his home and silence served the ends of the military ma-, chine. Thus the prince survived the orgy of blood and pelf, saw his truths wlndicated by results and wit nessed the downfall of the authors of the crime. In the light of his rec ord as a truthful and four-square Ambassador Prince Llcknowski at Washington would prove a service able representative of the new Ger man government CENTER SHOTS Minneapolis Tribune: All men are born free and equal, but the women won't allow them to remain either. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Pass ports to Europe are sparingly given out, but you may go to the North Pole by airplane if that will do. Philadelphia Ledger: Henry Wat- torson's prayer about the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns was granted, no matter what the peace terms may be. Baltimore American: Przemysl is again in the limelight. This town is determined through thick and thin to be one of pronounced prominence in the public eye. New York World: It has been asked, will the Germans sign the terms set before them when called to Paris? They will sign them. They will bo summoned to Paris for that purpose. Kansas City Star: There really is no reason v;hy this should not be a great base ball year, with the heroes back from the shipyards and the government restrictions on peanuts removed. , Brooklyn Eagle: If Joe Bailey, frock coat and all, has gone out of the democratic party of Texas, few tears will be shed by the Lone Stir state. Hi: corporation affiliations had long ago destroyed his influence. As for President Wilson, he will bear the separation with high philosophy. cbfo-' Corner -.'g DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY (PC(7 and Billy, kins t reacu th Boy Who HowU from kidnaper, find him treed by howling dogs.) CHAPTER V. The Gigantic Wild Cat. p HE dogs that had been clawed by the Wild Cat howled dismal ly over their smarting wounds, and the dogs that had not been scratched howled in spmpauhy. But their united howls faded away in wondering awe when the Boy Who Howled let loose with a wail that expressed all his injured feelings. In it were fright over the attack of the Wild Cat astonished wonder at the howling mockery of the dogs, indignation at his kidnaping by the Black Hoof clan, and misery over his hunger up went the bowl to the tops or the trees. and general ill plight Up, up, went the howl, to the tops of the trees, then to the clouds, and on toward the winking stars. But when it got up into space, it broke and stopped, just as if Reggie's bellows had broke from too much pressure. The dogs tried to equal this howl, and the noise they made caused Peggy to clap her hands over her ears. But it didn't bother Billy. He was too busy turning Lonesome Bear into a most fearsome wild cat. The way he did this was peculiar. He took old fashioned sulphur matches from his pocket, wet the ends with his tongue until the phos phorus glowed, and then painted Lonesome Bear's face with silvery lines that shone out in the dark. Soon he had Lonesome Bear looking like a huge, ghostly cat, of whicH only the head could be seen. 1 "Now make believe that you are a wild cat," whispered Billy, "Just scare those dogs into fits." Lone- i some Bear looked down doubtfully upon ine nowung aogs. ' "But while I'm scaring 'em Into flu, they may tear me Into bits," he protested. -Not lr you are wild catty enough," urged Billy, and he gave i-onesome Bear a little push. Lone some Bear wasn't expecting that push. It toppled him over and sent him scrambling headforemost down ine irunK or the tree. weni nis tan caugnt in a crotcn ana neia him swavine be tween earth and sky. He let out a scream so wild that the dogs quit nuwung ana looxea up m alarm. What they thought they saw gave mem an awiui turn. Here was a monster cat with a fiery face, hang ing in thin air. yelling with rage, ana apparently aoout to pounce fiercely upon them. Even as they looked Lonesome Bear Jerked his tail loose and tumbled down among the dogs. To them it seemed as if the gigantic cat were flying to tear mem to pieces. "Yew-ow-ow!" howled the dogs. "Ur-row-ow-ow!" yelped Lonesome Bear, striking out in a frightened frenzy. His claws scratched the nearest dogs and his heavy paws knocked them over. They were so startled they never stopped to fight. They Just yelled and started for home. Lonesome Bear reared up on bis hind legs. This put his shining head away up in the air. The dogs farth er back could see the head, but they couldn't see Lonesome Bear's body. Naturally, they thought he was a cat of elephant stse, and they started away from there so fast that they nearly outran the sound of their own frightened yelps. In a remark ably short time there wasn't a dog in sight or sound. "Hurrah!" cried Peggy, islfdlng down the tree, "now we can rescue the Boy Who Howls." "Be careful." warned Billy Bel gium, hurrying to protect her, "Re member we still have the Black Hoof clan to deal with." "Pooh! Pooh!" answered Peggy, hiding herself behind the tree where Reggie was held prisoner, "I know who those rascals are." Then she raised her voice in 'a tone of stern command. "Members of the Black Hoof clan, your secret is discovered. Balky Sam, Billy Goat. Johnny Bull and Judge Owl, stand forth!" For a moment there was silence. Then from the blackness of the bushes, four heads peered forth into the moonlight a mule, a goat, a bulldog and an owl. They looked around to see who had spoken. "Who dares to enter ,the realm of the 1 Black Hoof clan and betray theh' secrets," they asked in trem bling voices. "I do Peggy, the world's greatest girl detective." (Tomorrow will be told how Reggie ! cured of hie howling.) Daily Dot Puzzle lit I eJ 28 5 R7 64 4 44 . 4fc 46 .4$ so DAILY CARTOONETTE Come- Fmo-NicE COME.IN WH5EE ME? c MEAT I )' .' X MARKET W HE DID S S S jr I SAUSAGE fresh toy Why Not Take a Chance? Omaha, March f 8. To the Editor of The Bee: k The Bee has a very in teresting contest on "What is Love?" and several people tried to tell what they thought love was, but in every case they were Just telling what love did and what some of the proofs of love were not what love itself was. That wasn't surprising because it is a mystery which no one knows. The contest afforded a lot of entertain ment, but what was the result? The mystery was no nearer being solved than it had been; a thousand years ago. - ' . Why not have a contest on a sub ject that would be of value, for in stance, something like this: "What sign should there be to show a girl whether it would be worth her while to fall in love with a man, or not?" I can only appreciate such a subject nfter having had the experience of falling in love, whatever that means, with a married man. I didn't know that he was married. Had I known it, perhaps I wouldn't l.nvo hppome affected with heart ;. hut. I didn't: and that Just! proves the importance of sometning like the above suggestion. As you have pernaps ooserveu, v,o in th case of women, the fi ancee has a sign of her approaching marriage in the form or tne engage m rinir: and after her marriage. the prefixed "Mrs." attached to her name, while on tne mner ua.uu, there is no way to distinguish the eligible men from the ineligible. that is, no visible sign; ana men are always "Mr." after they pass a cer tain age, (is it 13?) True, some men (married) may have invisible lariats around tneir necKs, ono enu of which is tightly clutcnea Dy a masculine-feminine, compelling and visible wife's hand. There was once a woman who Maimed to ba an authority on the subject "Man" who said that by close observation it, wasn't at an uiuirau for her to tell a married man the minute she laid her eyes on him or before he had spoken five sentences, that she could always detect tnat attitude of subjection which always prevailed with a marriea man, some times partially, sometimes com pletely, depending, of course, on the strength of the hand that was at the end of the lariat. But that is neither here nor there. What I am particu larly interested in, is a sign, some outward or spoken sign, that will separate the prancing ponies .from the old horses who are under the collar already, even if it would have to be a branded "X" on the fore head. For in these busy times, and with men such scarce animals, we women have no time to analyze you in order to- detect that attitude of subjection which is circumstantial evidence that you have already been corralled. What would you suggest? Y. Z. X. Draw from one to two and o on to end. LINES TO A SMILE. "What do you think my dealer did when I asked htm to get a particular volume I wanted?" "What did he do?" "First he booked my order, and then he ordered my book." Baltimore American. Ted There's a man going around who claims to have been the first to go over the top. Ned Just wait a while and there will be a fellow boasting that he fired the last shot. Life. "Our neighbor has such a large fam lly." "Why, John, he has only two children.' "I know, but they weigh 110 pounds apiece." Detroit Free Prem. doing "What kind of mining are you gold, silver or diamonds?" "I 'se doing kalsomlnlns, sah " St. Louis Globe-uemocrat. SAVE MONEY! SAVESHOES! In a long chase for a criminal, J. E. Jones, a secret service man of Chicago, wore one paif of shoes with Neslin Soles for nineteen months. This chase covering both American continents and Australia, ended in April. 1917. 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