THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1919.
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MARCH CIRCULATION
Daily 65,293 Sunday 63,450
A Tarawa circulation for tsa month aubacrlbcd tad iwora la by
n. a. naff an. (.veuutloa Muittn.
Subscriber Iravinf tb city ahould have Tb Baa mailed
it), tnagg. Addra cbuifad often requeatad.
July I It robbed of some of its terrors now.
The transatlantic flight may conic oil before
Easter, whether peace does or not.
With a woman on the Board of Control, the
Geneva school may be less prolific of scandal,
Most Omaha women solved the servant
problem long ago by doing their own house
work.
It is some comfort to know that the Standard
Oil was not seriously hurt by the tornado in
Omaha.
An anxious inquirer wants to know if re
leased interned alien enemies are entitled to the
$60 bonus. Not at present.
The Rum Demon is saved by the skin of his
teeth, or rather by the failure of the democrats
to put teeth in the prohibition law.
( Japanese are to be given political equality
by the League of Nations, but will not get a
certificate that yellow men are white.
Packers promise to pay present wages for
at least twelve months after peace is declared.
That will be time enough to start the next war.
Bavarians have now three governments to
choose between, and no matter which they
take, they will wish it had been one of the
others.
, American soldiers held a battle line of 83.4
miles the day of the armistice was signed, and
reference to the may shows they had taken all
of it from the Hun.
An amendment to the German constitution
bars personages of royal descent from the of
fice of president. Another ambition of the
crown prince is thwarted.
Clay county farmers who want to sell fresh
eggs direct to Omaha consumers will find house
wives ready to negotiate with them. It may
have some effect on the cost of living.
Foreign-language spellbinders will ,find their
occupation gone in Nebraska if the legislature
carries out its present intention to require that
only English be spoken from the stump.
Omaha realtors are certainly doing their
share in the "own your own home'.' campaign.
.It will not be their fault if the landlord problem
is solved, by putting every family into its own
quarters.'
Revision of the Panama canal tolls will bring
back a specter of the early days of Woodrow
Wilson's administration, when he was insist
ent on removing all regulations in favor of
American shipping in pursuance of his devotion
to free trade.
The proposed impeachment of Governor
Harding of Iowa seems to be the gas barrage
behind which a number of aspiring statesmen
are moving into line for action. The next pri
mary election in the Hawkeye state promises
to be some contest.
The Bee's Free Shoe fund supplied $1,351.17
In footwear to needy school children last win
ter. In handling this fund The Bee was only
acting as steward for its warm-hearted readers
who so generously responded, and to them all
credit for the relief afforded belongs.
The legislature has cleared the decks for the
final acts of its existence, and may sign its own
death warrant at any time now. No matter what
it has done so far, which may be reviewed later,
it deservea warm praise for not doing several
things that were strongly urged upon it.
Onr British brethern are working themselves
into a sweat over the activity of American ex
porters, but if they will just 1e patient they
will find that the world affords a market for
all both countries can make. The English pub
lic, "however, must become accustomed to the
fact that trade control has undergone a con
siderable shift since 1914. 4
'Ware the Fake "G. A.R.
It is just as obvious that there will be a
number of ill advised and misleading attempts
to form veterans' organizations as it is obvious
and important that one strong representative
and energetic fraternity of soldiers will center
the Americanism of those who served in this
war. (
There can be only one Grand Army of the
Republic. All the other veteran corps growing
out of the civil war are incidental, however im
portant they may be. .The G. A. R. has a dis
tinct meaning. Likewise the association grow
ing out of the Spanish-American war.
There can be only one great organization
developed by the veterans of this war. Of
course, there will be smaller and insignificant
ones. One of these already has started in spite
of the greater and broader American legion.
Ernest Lundeen, a former congressman from
Minnesota, is instrumental in forming a vet
erans' organization which is to be known as the
Private Soldiers' and Sailors' legion. It does
not come into being under the best auspices.
Certainly it runs counter to the purposes of
the greater and nobler American legion, which
aspires to a place alongside the G. A. R.
Soldiers and sailors of this war should not be
led into organizations that confound the pur
poses of the American legion. They should
realize that their best interests can best be
served by the greatest organization.
. Men who are serving to detract from the
labors of the big, central organization are not
serving the veterans, but themselves. Lundeen
had nothing to do with the war as a combatant.
.He aspires ignobly to a place among vet
erans. He should reserve his abilities for other
fields, and not distract the attention of those
who fought from the organization of a legion
that is to embrace every man who wore khaki.
Chicago Tribune. : " '
NEW LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLAN.
Revision of the constitution of the proposed
League of Nations has removed the more ser
ious of the objections raised by its critics, and
it now appears in a form far more acceptable
to Americans. Under the new provisions, our
Monroe Doctrine is preserved intact, guaran
teeing to the New World the immunity it has
enjoyed for almost a century from Europeajj
aggression. Another vital improvement relate
to tlie management of former German colonial
possessions and backward nations. These are
to be controlled in the interest of humanity and
civilization by mandatories of nations willing
to assume the responsibility. If the United
States is disinclined to take on any part of this
job, it may withhold its participation and not
lose any of its rights in connection with the
league.
Another point specifically cleared up re
lates to the voting power of the nations in the
council and assembly; no nation is to have more
than one vote in either body. Nor are matters
falling solely within the domestic jurisdiction
of any nation to be passed upon by the coun
cil. These provisions, together with those regu
lating armament, and requiring the submission
of all international disputes to arbitration, seem
to provide means whereby war can be averted.
Reciprocal obligations for action against offend
ing nations give the league the aspect of a de
fensive alliance of such quality as ought to
sustain peace for generations.
Such modifications and amendments as have
been brought about show the value and the con
structive quality of the criticism offered when
the first draft was submitted. It is possible that
careful study may develop other points on which
improvement is possible. The French are re
ported to be reserving certain amendments with
relation to armament, the nature of which is
not exactly disclosed. Conceding that the docu
ment is not yet perfect, it has been so much
bettered by the redrafting commission that it
is far more acceptable from the viewpoint of
America than it was in February when the
"swallow-it-whole" brigade swung into action.
Home Rule Charter the Remedy.
The mayor, city commissioners and others
interested see in the failure of the charter
amendments to go through the legislature a real
disaster. This can easily be changed into a gain
for the community if they will only accept the
lesson and get busy on the right track. When
the home rule charter was hung up by the court
last fall, it was allowed to rest because the
way through the legislature appeared the easier
of the two. Now that that route has been closed,
recourse should be had to the reasonable plan
of going to the people. 'Objection is made that
the draft for a charter submitted by the commit
tee last fall does not contain the requisite
provisions for the several bond issues in which
the mayor and other commissionersare inter
ested. This was known at the time, the course
being accepted as an expedient way of securing
the great boon of self-government for Omaha,
leaving amendments to the future. Special elec
tions cost money, but it may be doubted if the
city will not lose more by delay at this time
than the expense of voting on a charter.
Republican Congress and Labor.
Talk of enlarging the republican steering
committee in the next house brings up the
attitude of the party towards labor. A survey
of the present composition of the committee
shows it to be made up of employers. There
fore it is proposed that it be enlarged to include
a representative of labor. This is entirely rea
sonable, but it should be done on a basis of
justice, and not because the majority party in
the coming congress is unsympathetic as to the
cause of labor. Through all its history, the re
publican party has been the consistent advocate
of the interests of the workingrnan, and its
policy one of liberal care for the toiling masses.
The principle of protection has been staunchly
adhered to because it meant better pay and a
higher standard of living in American homes.
The' first eight-hour law enacted for govern
ment work was passed by a republican con
gress; the Department of Labor was added to
the president's cabinet by a republican con
gress; the workmen's compensation law was
given to the country by republicans; it was re
publican votes that passed the child labor law
against the opposition of democratic reaction
aries. The list could be greatly prolonged, but
these examples will suffice to support the as
sertion that the cause of labor is safe in the
care of the republican party. It does not "keep
the word of promise to the ear and break it to
the hope," but by real constructive work sets
forward steadily the cause of all humanity. Let
the steering committee be enlarged, if deemed
expedient, but labor has no cause to dread the
return of the republican party to power.
Co-Operative Banking for the Farmer.
A bill has just been passed by the house giv
ing the farmers of Nebraska the right to es
tablish co-operative banking institutions. Should
the measure become a law, the state will have
embarked on a new route in business. Not that
co-operation is a novelty, or that its practice
has been without success, for the contrary is
true. In the Nebraska building and loan law,
for example, we have a model of such excellence
as to win merited tribute from expert investi
gators. But the building and loan societies are
most carefully hedged about by restrictive
measures and regulated in all their activities, to
the end that safety be assured as nearly as pos
sible complete. Whether the co-operative bank
ing law provides these safeguards is not clear.
Banks are successful only when capital is
actively and profitably employed. Loaning of de
positors' money to borrowing customers is not
the whole of the service rendered by the bank. An
enormous volume ofbusiness is daily carried on
through the agency of the banks which has no
relation to the acceptance of deposits or the
making of loans. It is on the character of this
service that the bank eventually stands or falls.
Deposits attracted by a high rate of interest
bring to the bank the necessity of earning
greater revenue or paying smaller profit. This
simple rule of business will apply to co-operative
institutions with all its force.
If the co-operative bank is managed with the
care and prudence ordinarily given to individual
adventures in this line, it will succeed, but its
projectors have no right to expect that by any
magic or other virtue residing in the privilege
of "co-operation" they will be able to make two
dollars sprout where only one grew before.
Plans have been completed for a "health
week" in Omaha under direction of y the Wo
man's club; but we had been led to believe that
disease and such had been banished from this
happy community.
Future of Merchant Marine ,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Chairman Hurley of the United States ship
ping board, in putting forward his plan for the
operation of the new American merchant marine,
would probably be the last to imagine that his
suggestions will be received without searching
criticism, much less accepted without revision.
But it is somewhat surprising that the program
he advocates has thus far received only super
ficial attention from those mtst deeply interes
ted. His insistence upon private ownership of
the ships now built or building for government
account has received widespread commendation,
and his proposals as to the method by which
the government shall divest itself of ownership
and at the same time reasonable protection to
the purchasers have been recognized as practi
cal contributions toward rather than an actual
solution of what is going to be a complicated
and difficult undertaking. But the absence of
detailed criticism has been noteworthy, to be
accounted for perhaps by the abnormal position
in which the shipping industry, as well as the
shipbuilding industry, has been left by the ab
normal conditions imposed upon them by the
war. It is impossible for those engaged in ship
ping or in ship construction to look very far
ahead or to plan tor conditions still in a nope
less statexof confusion, so far as private initiative
or enterprise is concerned.
The first thought that will occur to any one
who studies Mr. Hurley's plan critically is a
grave doubt as to the ability ot the government
to sell, even at a considerable sacrifice, even
the larger number of ships it will have on its
hands as a result ot its building program, the
most desirable ships would, of course, be the
first sold, and it the sales then cease the govern
ment will be left in possession of the least valu
able and least profitable cart of this tonnage
To meet this emergency Mr. Hurley has no
alternative to offer; hence it would be expedient
to consider whether a longer period of govern
ment ownership might not be necessary.
There is another practical aspect of the ques
tion of sale to be taken into account Inasmuch
as unde.r existing laws mortgages on shipping
give little protection to the investor because all
unpaid charges against a vessel take priority,
it will be necessary until remedial legislation
can be had to sell only to shippers of ac
knowledge competency and financial strength.
To illustrate, suppose such a corporation as the
American International should make an offer
for 500,000 tons of shipping at a price, to quote
Mr. Hurley, "which fairly reflects the current
world market for similar tonnage." Suppose
further that, even were it possible under present
abnormal conditions to ascertain what consti
tutes a fair price, the government were to sell
to that corporation ships at, sayj $150 per dead
weight ton which they are producing for the
government at a cost of from $225 to $240 per
deadweight ton, it is not difficult to imagine
what the attitude of the public would be toward
such a plan. There would be an instant outcry
against the sale to powerful financial interests
at a loss of from $50 to $60 a ton.
Rather than drift into such a position would
it not be preferable to continue government
ownership, for, say, two years, until the com
mercial value of the ship9 become well estab
lished, the expedient of private operation being
adopted in the meantime? Charters could be
granted ' giving the charterer the first right of
purchase within two, or even five, years, in case
sale is decided upon. Moreover, as the mer
chant marine development fund, suggested by
Hurley as a substitute for a subsidy, will de
pend wholly on the interest return from defer
red payments on ships sold, there obviously will
be no such fund at all if the ships do not find
purchasers or if for any reason the govern
ment decides not to sell.
It would seem to be far better and more in
accord with sound business practice to develop
new trade routes out of the operating revenues
of the fleet than to depend upon a development
fund which may be nonexistent. If it were de
sirable, for example, to establish any special
steamship line, say from Philadelphia or New
York to Buenos Aires, and shippers could not
be induced to charter vessels at the normal
rates for such an undertaking, the government
could agree to pay the charterers a guarantee
for operating the vessels assigned to the line,
taking over the profits, when profits result, un
til reimbursed for both the payments advanced
and the charter hire. Reimbursement having
been made, there is little doubt that the char
terers would continue the service at the fixed
charter raies.
Mr. Hurley's plan offers other grounds for
constructive criticism well worthy the careful
attention of the shipping men of the United
States: but enough has been said for the mo
ment to draw attention to difficulties which
that plan does not meet.
May Save League Covenant
We hear from Paris that the suggestions
offered by Mr. Elihu Root are likely to be ac
cepted. What would probably be the action of the
United States senate if they were not accepted?
And what a pity that the United States was
not represented in the peace conference by the
kind of legal ability and acquaintance wjth inter
national affairs and the experience in diplomacy
which produced this analysis of the league cove
nant, coming from the pen of the man who has
been described by Colonel Roosevelt as having
the best brains in America!
More than ever, in view of his keen criticism
of the original draft, does it appear that the
president should have availed himself of the
best counsel and assistance to be had in the
tremendous task which he undertook. He is
now forced to confess that the document which
he defended, even to the point of exact state
ment, is full of serious defects, and to accept
amendments after he had resented with much
show of feeling the slightest criticism.
Mr. Root has rendered a great service to his
country and to the world. If the league of
nations, emanating from the Paris conference,
comes in acceptable form to the senate of the
United States, it will be due to the revisory
work of this eminent statesman. Minneapolis
Tribune.
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AT
The Day We Celebrate.
Rev. Carl M. Worden, vicar St. Matthias
Episcopal church, born in Lansing, Mich., 1883.
Arthur Rosenbaum, deputy county attorney,
born 188& '
A. W, Scribner, tax commissioner of the
Union Pacific railroad, born 1855.
Howard M. Goulding, president of the Oma
ha Bottling company, born 1880.
George L. Barton, head of the Barton Print
ing company, born 1862
Princess Beatrice, daughter of the late Queen
Victoria and mother of the present Queen of
Spain, born 62 years ago.
Rear Admiral Archibald H. Scales, the new
superintendent of the United States naval acad
emy, born at Greensboro, N. C, 51 years ago,
the American stage, born at Peterboro, England,
Rose Coghlan, long a celebrated actress of
69 vears affo.
Delphin M. Delmas, chief counsel for the
defense in the first Harry Thaw trial, born in
France 75 years ago.
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, late governor of
Pennsylvania, born in Huntington County,
Pennsylvania, 57 years ago.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago,
The Omaha Single Tax club met at Gate
City hall Sunday afternoon. W. D. Beckett
made the opening address.
An' Easter market is to be held at the Wo
man's Exchange, 1615 Farnam street. Sale
tables will be presided over by Mrs. George
Tilden, Mrs.. John M. Thurston, Mrs. Dr. Van
Giesen, Mrs. P. H. Igo, Mrs. D. J. Collins.
Mrs. J. M. McConnell, Mrs. Cadet Taylor and
Miss Margaret Boyd.
The body of Colonel Edward Hatch, which
is being taken to the National cemetery at
Leavenworth for burial, was brought to Oma
ha from Fort Robinson today. The city paid
high military honors to the deceased.
Agos of the Cabinet Members.
Wahoo, Neb. To the Editor of
The Bee: Will you tell me the ages
of the members of President Wil
son's cabinet. l. t.
Answer- Here is the list:
Secretary of the treasury, Carter
Glass, born Janpary 4. 1858.a
Secretary of state, Robert Lansing,
oorn uciODer II. 1884.
Secretary of war, Newton T). Bak
er, born December g, 1871.
Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer, born May 4, 1872.
Postmaster General Albert S. Bur
leson, born June 7. 1863.
Secretary nf iha maw Tnnh
Daniels, born May 18, 1862.'
Secretary of the interior, Franklin
jane, Dorn July 15, 1884.
Secretary of agriculture. David F
Houston, born FehniM rv 17 1 fi A ft
Secretary of commerce, William C.
neaneia, oorn June 18, 1858.
Secretary of labor, William B.
Wilson, born April 2, 1S62.
JelUooo Says Kitchener Drowned,
Those who remember the stories
discrediting the reported drowning
oi iAra jviicnener at the time the
Bhip went down that was carrying
mm in me xsortn sea, will be in
terested in knowing that Lord Jelll
coe, in his new book narrating the
achievements of the British fleet,
puts Kitchener among the drowned
as if there were no question about
it. As he tells the story the facts
are as ioiiows:
"The evidence of the few survl
vers of the Hampshire showed that
Lord Kitchener was below when the
ship was mined, and that an officer
escorted him to the deck. Captain
Savill was heard to give directions
rrom the bridge for a boat to be vre-
pared for Lord Kitchener and his
staff, and Lord Kitchener was seen
subsequently on deck, but was net
seen after the ship sank. The weath
er conditions prevented any boats
hemgr hoisted out or lowered, al
though four boats floated clear as
the ship sank.
' The scene of the disaster was
searched during the night by de
stroyers and patrol craft, but the
only survivors were 12 men who
drifted ashore on a Carley raft, al
though many bodies were picked up
by the searching vessels, and many
drifted ashore.
The body of Lord Kitchener was
not recovered.
"At the time of the disaster the
Hampshire was steaming at 13 Vt
knots, the wind being northwest,
with a force of 50 miles an hour. The
cold water and the very heavy seas
were against even the strongest
swimmers surviving for any time.
The wind, which was northeast at 4
p. m. at Scapa, had become north-
northwest by the time the Hamp
shire was outside, and there was,
therefore, no lee on the west side
of the Orkneys, as had been anticipated.
"The hours that passed after the
receipt of the report of the Hamp
shire being in difficulties were most
anxious ones. In spite of the fact
that the destroyers had been sent
back, it seemed almost incredible
that the wind and sea could have
risen to such an extent as was ac
tually the case, as the conditions in
Scapa Flow were not so bad as to
lndicato so extremely heavy a sea
off the Brough of Birsay; and even
when it was reported that the Hamp
shire had sunk (a report which
took some time to come through),
there was hope that, at any rate.
Lord Kitchener and his mission
would lie saved hv boat. As the hours
.
passed and no news was received of
the rescue of any survivors, the
anxiety became Intense. With the
arrival of daylight, and the certainty
that this great man, who had served
his country so fathfully and well in
its greatest emergency, had met his
death when under the care of the
navy, the anxiety turned to conster
nation and grief."
HERE AND EH ERE.
The total membership of over
1.200 unions in England is put at
nearly 4, GOO, 000.
In most of the European flag
growing regions the crop is raised
for its fiber, while in North and
South America, as in India, the seed
is the product chiefly desired.
A subsea eiagnet invented In Ja
pan has brought up thousands of
Japanese shells fired In practice at
sea and may now be used to extract
shell scraps- from European battle
fields. It Is pointed out that under na
tional prohibition there will still be
40 places in the United States where
one may legally get a drink, 39 in
Washington and one in New York.
They are the embassies and legations
of foreign countries, which are not
subject to our domestic legislation.
The popular idea that a person
loses consciousness in the course of a
fall from a great height seems to be
refuted by the experience of aero
nauts. Parachutes, although design
ed to open after 200 feet, frequently
do not open under 1,000 or 1,600
feet, and during this drop the men
lied to them are quite conscious.
The elder Dumas probably made
more money by his pen than any
other writer who ever lived, and he
spent the money he earned with
equal freedom. He was generous to
a fault, and it is even said that he
kept a dish of gold, as others at that
period might have kept a bowl of
punch, for his friends to dip into and
help themselves.
One! of the most remarkable type
writers in the world was the ma
chine specially designed and built for
Li Hung Chang, the great Chinese
statesman. It was fitted with
twenty sets of Chinese characters,
comprising a collection of no fewer
than 1,800 keys. No dies were avail
able, so the engraving of the type
had to be done by hand.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
TILE CAPTIVE QUEEN
CHAPTER I."
Wby the Flowers Were Late.
Ti t USIC awakened Peggy music
iVl that thrilled Iter, heart, that
drew her exulting from her bed, that
sent her dancing gayly out into the
tingling air of early dawn. It was
the spring song of the birds:
"Cheer up! Cheer up! Glad days are
here,
Sweetest, fairest of all the year.
Cheer up! Cheer up! Oh, gayly sing,
Welcome, welcome to gentle spring."
Gathered in a circle on the lawn
were robins, orioles, bobolinks,
thrushes, brown thrashers, wrens,
blue Jays and a host of others, pour
ing out their souls in melody. Reddy
AVoodpecker, perched on a telephone
pole, kept time like a drummer in an
orchestra, while from the air above
General and Mrs. Swallow trilled an
accompaniment.
As they sang the birds kept bob
bing their heads Joyously toward
something at which they seemed to
be directing their song. Peering
over their backs, Peggy was sur
prised to see that this something was
a blooming violet plant, which she
had the day before transplanted
from a window box to the open air.
"The first wild flower! Queen
Flora has been this wayl Hur-ray,
hur-ray!" sang the birds.
"Where is it? Show it to me
quick," tingled the voice of Prince
Bonnie Blue Bell, and up rushed the
Daily Dot Puzzle
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20
V9 ?v
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"The lirst wild flower!" sang the
birds
Wild Flower Elf whom Peggy had
met on former adventures. His face
was all aglow with eager hope, but
"Lest We Forget."
Council Bluffs, April 10. To the
Editor of The Bee: While the war
was goln on, the mind of the public
was riveted upon the soldiers. The
soldier was looked upon as a pro
tector and hero, while the country
was in danger. Immediately, upon
the ending of the war. the people
transferred their attention to busi
ness and pleasure.
The process of demobilization is
slow at the best and there are about
2.000,000 boys in the army yet. A
person enjoying the comforts of
home, and the freedom of a civilian,
cannot realize "what tho American
heroes have gone through. It is the
duty of the people of the United
States to maintain their interest in
the soldiers yet in the army.
. The people should continue to
think of the soldiers, pray for them,
write to them, plan for them and
greet them with smiles and words
of appreciation. Don't forget that
smiles often go farther than dollars.
It is a regrettable fact that many
girls and wives, because of the lures
of pleasure, violated their trusts
with the soldiers defending them.
There were so-called men that took
advantage of the absence of the
soldier-boys.
Let us not forget the heroes, that
gave their last measure of devotion
that the ideals and ideas of the land
of the Stars and Stripes should
prevail.
If the foregoing suggestions are
followed the period of demobiliza
tion shall not become a period of
demoralization. W. A. ROSICKY.
A Discharged Soldier.
These dots look so very queerl
What has someone outlined here?
Draw from on to two and o on to tb
end.
the hope died away instantly when
he saw the violet.
"It's only a hothouse plant," he
exclaimed, much disappointed.
"Alas, it was planted here by a
mortal and not by the dancing feet
of our beloved Queen."
'It was planted by me," spoke up
Peggy, who could not see the reason
for all this excitement over one
violet plant. "What's the matter
with it?"
"We thought that spring was
here," walled the Birds, their glad
song turning to mourning, "but now
we find it was not a wild flower and
we cannot sing our spring song,
Alack! Alas! Alack!"
"But spring is here," insisted
Peggy. "Feel how balmy the breeze
is."
"Spring can't be here until the
wild flowers bloom, and the wild
flowers can't bloom until Queen
Flora dances over the earth," cried
the Birds.
- "Queen Flora is lost; we cannot
find her," sobbed Prince Bonnie
Blue Ben.
"The wild flowers must be out,"
declared Peggy. "Let'e look in
Birdland."
"We will give you a lift, Princess
Peggy," shrilled General Swallow.
He and the other Birds took hold of
a clothes line which lay on one end
of the porch, dangling one end be
fore Peggy. When she seized it
they flew away, carrying her bounc
ing along as fast as a thistledown
flying before the wind. In a short
time they were in Birdland. There
they found Billy Belgium searching
the sunny slopes.
"Say, this is Queer," he shouted In
greetinr, "I can't find a eingle wild
flower." . ,
"Didn't we tell you so 7" chorused
the Birds to Peggy.
"Ho, ho, ho!" laughed a mooklng
voice. "Only burre and weeds will
grow this spring."
Leaping along the slopes was a
crooked, ugly elf, and everywhere his
foot landed weeds sprang forth.
"It is Count Weedy, enemy of
Queen Flora," tinkled Prince Bon
nie Blue Bell. "He has usurped her
power. What has become of the
Queen T"
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ctranf pUeo in wbtob Qun CTom U
found.)
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