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THR BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATEB : VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The associated Press, of whir Tin Bse is a umber, ti exclusHelj otttlwt ta U nw for puliliomUon of all news dispatch! credited M II or not otherwise credited la thti paper. ead also the local neat published herein. All rthu at publication of est apaslal dispatches an alio leeenad. rhlaafO 17-n Btetw Bid. OFFlCESi Id. Omaha The Bat Bide. New York JM KMo are. Mnutta Omaha S3I8 N M. St. leuis New B'uk of Commerce Council Bluffs u N. Mala St. Washington 1J1I am. Lincoln utue Building. ' "- APRIL CIRCULATION Daily 65,830 Sunday 63,444 Ararat circulation for lb month subscribed aad sworn ta bj . B. Ragaa. Circulation Manager. Subscribers Uavinf the city should have The Baa mailed to them. Addrwaa changed a oftan aa requested. . Nebraska's famous sunshine is on tap. Anti-V-loan agitators are now being looked up, to be scolded, maybe. ' Hungarian reds resolved to fight to a finish, which is not so very far ahead of them. Mr. Wilson will cable his message to con gress. He might havedone that six weeks ago. Austria-Hungary will please come forward and hear the news, which is worse than Sadowa this time. , United States, England and France will make some triple alliance, even if they do not actually sign papers. 4 ' The "hop off" on the overseas flight was well made by the Yankee contestants. May the finish be as successful! , . July 1 is getting nearer, and protests are more vigorous in consequence thereof. Oh, if peace had been made a little sooner! " "Crazy motorists" is the name applied to them by a local judge. It will be accepted as fairly descriptive of the dangerous speedsters. Five divorces in .less than an hour shows what a good mill can do when properly geared tip. It is a record for Omaha, at any rate. v Germany's plea that it be permitted to pros per at expense of the people it robbed sur prises nobody, but it will not get anywhere. ' A legacy of 100 barrels of whisky may not seem much right now, but think what it might mean if carefully preserved for a few years. Corn planting season is not a good time to solicit farmers, but the V-loan quota in Ne braska is lagging, and the work must be pushed. If Base Hospital 49 had been split up in action the way it was in coming home, it would not have amounted to much as a unit of service. - Thirty , million dollars a year is set as. Omaha's contribution to the support of the rail- oads. In return the city deserves better treat nent ' ' v.,Xhe London Post fears Germany will not ac cept the treaty save under duress. Well, we have plenty of duress left over, if it should be needed. " j Return of the "jitney-bus", is greeted by re vival of an ordinance to regulate the traffic. This is for protection of patrons and not to put the "jitneers" out of business, j The supermen showed themselves quite ill mannered . at Versailles, but that may be ascribed to their training. In time they may be humanized, just as they have been dehorned. ' Foch sat and looked out of the window at Versailles, probably contrasting the direct na ture of his armistice terms with the circumlocu tion of the peace treaty. That is the difference between a soldier and a statesman. The optimists of the Department of Agricul ture are smiling over the prospect for another billion-bushel wheat crop, but every grain of it ; will be needed to feed a world that is too busy with politics to dig in the ground for food. "Cinco de Mayo" celebrations south to the Rio Grande are accompanied by the usual proof of ebulition under the inspiration of mescal. In time that blessed region may come under the beneficent rule of our dry laws, and the Mexican Fourth of July will lose some of its terror. ' The first installment was not all of the : treaty, only the opening chapters. After the Hun has signed that, another lot of provisions is to come out, so that by the time it is all over the affairs of the world will be pretty well regu lated. It is a diplomatic triumph, if length counts for anything. Salvation Army and Saloon I Sociologists who have given profound study to the reasons for the saloon's attraction have been inclined to doubt if its place can be taken very successfully by any form of commun ity center, reading room, soft drink cafe, or ' other variant of the "poor, man's club." Men do go to saloons for sociability, to be sure, but they go for other reasons, one of which is to drink and to drink something stronger than ' coffee or ginger ale. Nevertheless, since men accustomed to staying away from home are not going to get into the habit of going home im i mediately, all encouragement is due to the va- rious bodies which are trying to remake the saloons, in many cases at the old stands, into places of social meeting which shall attract for mer visitors. If any of the various religious, civic or social organizations which are planning to do this can do it successfully, it is likely to be the Salvation Army, whose plans were announced in yester ' day's papers. That organization has won gen . eral admiration by its work in various and dif ficult fields, most recently in its ministrations to our soldiers. What it does it seems to do well. Moreover, the Salvation Army under ' stands the temperament of the classes of the population which frequent the cheaper saloons; it knows how to approach them and what to give them. And in a world at present diversified by so many manifestations of intolerance ? it is a pleasure to hear from Commander Booth ; that, while members of the Salvation Army do not smoke, they have no objection to other people's smoking in the new salvation bars, and apparently feel that those who are to frequent i them have some right to their own idea of the ' "comfort and chr" which the reformed saloons ! are to promote. New York Times, GERMANY BEFORE WORLD'S BAR. Germany, beaten but unrepentant stands at the world's bar. , Convicted of unspeakable crimes against civilization, of brutality unbe lievable, and wantonness beyond understanding, its representatives still seek to shift responsibil ity and put blame on others. If the picture of Bismarck at Versailles did not linger in memory so vividly, if It had not been so long exulted in by the Germans with continual reference to it as exemplifying what others might expect were they caught as France had been, a little compassion might be felt for Germany in its present predicament. Von Brockdorff-Rantzau's plea before the great council at Versailles will scarcely serve to mitigate the sentence passed on his nation. It should be unnecessary to remind him of the promise repeatedly held out to the world, from the kaiser's own lips, and from those who could speak with authority under him, that a "strong German peace" would be set up and maintained by the "sharp German sword." That sword has been broken, and a strong peace is about to be set up. It will be sus tained by the forces of justice, supported by the agencies of free nations, whose liberties rest on law and whose motive is that right and not might shall determine in all matters. These have not pursued Germany out of vengeance, but to make themselves secure against the Ger man doctrine that might constituted right and that physical weakness was mortal sin. Re avenge does not enter the peace treaty. The pleading of the spokesman for Ger many that it be allowed to economically re habilitate itself Is heard by a world before whose vision stretches the unmitigated evidence of the ruin deliberately wrought by the German army, cold-blooded destruction the extent of which far transcended the military purposes to which Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau alludes. It was part of the German plan to economically impoverish its neighbors, and leave them de pendent. , Germany will be allowed to recover its in dustrial activity; it may even get some of the assistance now sought in tears, but if so, only that the people of Germany may by well di rected expenditure of energy produce what is needed to recompense the victims of their in human rapacity. , Guard Getting Into Politics. Major Maher's move to bar regular army men from membership in the new veterans' as sociation is unworthy of him. It leads directly to a conclusion that is of little credit to the organization. Soldiers in the regular army are under military control, as the major charges, but it was well replied to him that to debar a man from membership in such an organization because he wears the uniform of his country is bolshevism of the worst type. The suggestion may be regarded as the second gun in the battle of the National Guard against the "regular" army. Colonel Clark, son of the late speaker of the house, set off the first explosion when he proposed the reduction of the army to a mini mum figure and the exaltation of the guard to a maximum. The plain meaning of this is that what has hitherto been only politics in the guard, and that has produced enough of mis chief, now threatens to become the guard in politics, leading to something nobody may fore tell, but surely not less than confusion in our military establishment. The safety of the repub lic is not secure in the keeping of an institution in which preferment depends on an indi vidual's capacity as a wirepuller and not on his fitness for the work he is expected to do. Debate on the "Code" Bill. Governor McKelvie announces his intention of explaining from the platform to the people of Nebraska the meaning of the so-called "code" bill, now under attack and threatened with the referendum hold-up. He has challenged the leader of the organized opposition to debate with him the merits of the measure. This should prove an effective way of getting the whole matter squarely before the people. For many, years the government of the state of Nebraska has been made increasingly cum bersome and expensive through the addition from time to time of new boards and commis sipns. To evade the constitutional prohibition against creating new offices, the practice has grown up' of making the governor chief of what ever new bureau, commission or board might be provided for by law, and permitting him to operate through deputy. In this .manner a complicated system of government by commis sion has developed, with overlapping and inter fering duties and authorities vested in boards but loosely co-ordinated. This system could produce only unsatisfac tory results. Ir 1918 the republican party of Nebraska definitely pledged itself to remedy the situation by adopting a systematic form of government that would rest on common sense and produce the business-like results people ex pect in administration of public affairs. In redemption of this promise, the several laws creating the numerous agencies through which the state's affairs were managed under the gov ernor have been collected and codified, with but little alteration, and a few additional sections to give the whole vitality, and enacted anew as the "code" bill, against which the hue and cry is raised. Its purpose is to give to Nebraska better service for money expended. It takes no au thority away from the people, and gives to the governor no power of appointment he does not already possess. It was enacted to give effect to a distinct pledge made in the. platform of the republican party, the terms of which were plainly set before the people. The fierce attack now made on it finds origin in partisan oppo sition. And that in brief is the story of the "code" bill, which will be told the voters. Putting a "safety first" sign on a wind-shield will not cure the speed demon who drives his machine along crowded thoroughfares at such a rate as to endanger all around him. Measures that transcend any form of moral suasion yet de vised must be adopted to meet this fellow. Omaha ha:, been pestered by him for years, and he is as numerous now as at anytime since his presence first was noted by a terrified public. More definite punishment strictly applied must be handed out to the reckless drivers. China does not accept the award of Paris with the grace Japan had hoped for. Warnings from Tokyo to Peking are not likely to help the situation, either. The Allies have another real problem on their hands here, it seems. Forest and Lumber Supply From the New York Post The American who wishes to build a houi.r today pays 75 per cent more for lumber than before the war; and his dealer will tell him that peace has not brought the likelihood of material reduction. Even if there were no in sistent European demand for our lumber, the home demand would be more than the mills could easily supply. One reason is given by Henry S. Graves, chief of the federal forest service. At both the New England forestry conference and the Lumbermen's congress in Chicago he pointed to the dangerous shrink age of our forests. He quoted southern ex perts as saying that in ten years the original supply of southern pine would be all but ex hausted, and in six years 3,000 mills would have eaten themselves out of occupation. He pointed to the fact that lake states have ceased to be timber exporters and are becoming importers. In Chicago he urged the public ownership of forests as imperative. The states must acquire large forest areas. "We have enough non-agricultural land to 'produce for all time lumber in abundance for ourselves and export," he said; "the public must share with the owners both their responsibilty and the burden of securing the essential objectives." y Most of us know vaguely that this continent was originally richest of all in forests, and they have been extensively cutaway. When we be came a nation they covered about 1,000,000,000 acres; in 1910, 550,000,000; today, little over 500,000,000 acres. It is the best half that has gone. Only about 1900, when higher lumber prices provoked thought, did the nation begin to talk preserving and replacing its forests. All but 2 per cent of the mills in this country are cutting on lands not publicly owned. These lands were estimated by President Van Hise eight or nine years ago to contain 2,000 billion feet of saw timber; and in 1913 we cut 44,000,- r(i rri j? j . . a . ... ' vw.vvv xeei. At tnat rate, it there were no re Wheat Administration. Will you please tell me who Is in charge of wheat administration in the United States? A Reader. Julius H. Barnes is the newly ap pointed federal wheat director. He intimates that the United States gov ernment may set the world price on wheat if conditions warrant such action, is one of the foremost Amer ican experts in the grain trade. He comes from Duluth, but his busi ness activities reach as far as Winni peg on the north and New York in tha on Of While Iho T7ntal Stain - . - ....... . . . v. ' - ...... v.. w x "HU wkttva planting, we should exhaust the nrivats fnrpsr in Kwas at war he directed the nctlvltleM w years ana would take all but inferior timber much sooner, But we are likelv even tn ex. ceed this rate of cutting. The Chicaeo consrress was eager in discussing the possibility of de veloping a large export trade. That western Europe would have to obtain 7,000,000,000 feet of lumber . yearly was the "cheering message," as the American Lumberman calls it, brought by Roger E. Simmons. The Belgian forests have been swept away; the French have lost 1,700,000 acres of timber; the British voluntarily sacrificed an astonishing acreage, re ducing even Windsor forest from 7,000 acres to 2,000. Russia, which formerly exported a greater bulk of timber than America though not a greater value it is said to have lost 11,000,000 acres. Political turmoil there and in the Aus-tro-Hungarian region, formerly a large ex porter, is expected to prevent any great ship ments for years. In Europe destroyed build ings will consume a vast amount of lumber, and there, as in America, postponed building must be carried through. With the probability that our annual lumber harvest will rise to nearly 50,000,000,000 feet, it is time we looked forward to see whether such a pace would hurry us. We have been cutting lumber over three times as fast as it grows. As yet we have succeeded, despite the govern ment's splendid activity since Harrison's admin istration in forming forest reserves, in placing only about one-fifth our forest area under fed eral protection. Half the states own forest lands New York's the most valuable but the total state area is a drop in the bucket. We cannot escape the conclusion that an effort must be made to bring privately owned lumber lands under a control which will enforce economical and cautious lumbering and effect their system atic reforestation. We can recall when Michi gan was the great lumbering centre; then Wis consin; then, as these forests melted away. Minnesota; now it is the Pacific coast and the south. ( Our loss by careless cutting is authorita tively estimated at 25 per cent and the gov ernment has demonstrated in the national for ests that it can be reduced to 10 per cent. , But steady reforestation must be our main support if we are to supply timber to a popula tion that within a generation may reach 150, 000,000. As Mr. Graves says, we have plenty of land unfit for aught else. The National Con servation commission reported a decade ago that proper remedial measures would give Amer ica an annual growth of nearly 30,000,000 cubic feet of timber, one-fourth more than was then being used. Reforesting is not always cheap this year 370,000 trees are being set out in Olympic National forest at a cost of $12.50 an acre. But the southt with its warm, moist climate, is admirably fitted for the rapid grow ing of trees. California has found the Aus tralian eucalpytus, a quick-growing tree of ex cellent wood, profitable on even agricultural land. Many large areas will reforest them selves' if properly cut over and given a little subsequent care; many lightly forested can be made to bear a full stand of trees. But private owners must be ready to welcome much more of governmental interference and control if these results vital to the lumber industry are to be effected. People You Ask About Information About Folks tn the Public Eye Will Be Given in This "Jolumn tn Answer to Readers' Questions. Your Name Will Not B Printed. Let The Bee Tell You. Nebrnskuns tn the Cabinet. How-many Nebraakans have cabi net ppsitions, and is our state fairly represented in this respect? F. M. If you mean how many Nebras kans hold official positions in the cabinet departments, the answer is -three. They are: Ben G. Davis, chief clerk, Depart ment of State, salary $3,000. Samuel Patterson, auditor for treasury, salary $4,000. John J. Pringle, chief clerk, War department salary $1,800. There are Approximately 225 such posi tions. Nebraska seems to have a fair , representation, at least so far as numbers go, for it must be re membered that about 10 per cent of the 225 officers claim Washington, D. C, as their home, and this num ber must be excluded in comparing Nebraska's representation with that of other states. Surplus of War Material The enourmous accumulations of unused war materials on this side the Atlantic probably do not represent one-half the-actual American surplus of war supplies and implements. Huge deliveries in France of foods, guns, trucks, aero planes and other materials were made during the three months immediately preceding the first arrangement of the armistice and the bulk of this material was never used. It was part of the equipments for the expected smashing American drive in the spring of 1919 the drive which was scheduled for Berlin. Most of this material will be sold on the other side if there is any market for it. According to a statement made after an in spection tour of the main American storage centers in France, there are about 20,000 aero planes that have never been uncrated, there are about 40,000 army automobiles, which will be offered for sale on the other side "by the acre." There is a huge refrigerator plant that contains 2,000,000 tons of fresh meat. This last mentioned stock is probably being steadily drawn upon, as the American army of occupa tion must be maintained and the last of the mustered out American contingents will not come back before some time in August. Besides, there is an American-built railroad, which, including sidings and switches, rep resents more than 400 miles of trackage. Pow erful American-built engines and thousands of cars ape included in the rolling stock of this railroad for handling the American army and its equipments. Baltimore American. AY The Day We Celebrate. W. G. Ure, city commissioner, born 1867. Ellis H. Wilson of the Wilson McCarthy Tailoring company, born 1869. Edward W. Simeral, lawyer, born 1855. John L. " McLaurin, former United States senator from South Carolina, born in Marlboro county, South Carolina, 59 years ago. Edward Weston of New York, celebrated electrical engineer and inventor, born in Eng land 69 years ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. George Humphrey, the well, known Winne bago chief. Wa-Ne-Ma-Neka, called on the county commissioners.' He was one of the chiefs who deeded Council Bluffs to the gov ernment 48 years ago. The Omaha Motor Railway company, with an authorized capital stock of $1,200,000, filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. Samuel D. Mercer is president, W. B. Millard, secretary. The Swedish Lady Concert company ap peared at Washington hall. The horse car company is laying a track on Sixteenth street from Farnam to Capitol avenue. of the Federal Food Administration Grain corporation, in charge of the government's buying and selling of grain required for America and the allies. When he left civilian life to work for Uncle Sam Mr. Barnes was head of the largest wheat exporting firm in the world, and it was his handling of the problems that -the war operred for his firm and for the trade that led to his being sum moned by the president to quit private life and become a national and international servant. Lithuania's First President. Anthony Smetona, who has been chosen first president of Lithuania, was born 48 years ago. He has been actively connected with that coun try's fight for independence ever since he entered public life 20 years ago. He was born at Shauliai, Lithuania, the son of an organist. He was educated at the Gymnasium of Libau and the University of Mos cow. Mr. Smetona is one of the few prominent Lithuanians who re mained in the country during the Ge-tnan occupation from 1915 to 1918, protesting against German op pression. His selection for the pres idency has met with the general ap probation of those best acquainted with the general condition of af fairs in Lithuania and who are in terested in the welfare of the new republic. Automobile Law In Effect. Bloomfield, Neb., May 2. To the Editor of The Bee: Does the auto mobile law recently passed by the legislature go into effect at once, or not until July. A READER. Answer The automobile law pass ed by the recent session of, the leg islature is now in effect. New York and London. Ulysses, Neb., May 3. To the Edi tor of The Bee: Which city has the most population, New York or Lon don? Who are the bolshevists? Answer According to the 191,7 estimate the population of New York is given as 5,737,492: the British census of 1911 gave the population of London as 4,522,964. The bolshevik are anarchists; the name applies particularly to a group of Russian socialists, and means the "whole program" as distinguished from the "menshevists", or "lesser program" faction. Their object is the destruction of all capital 'of whatever form, the abolishment of law and the substitution therefor of the will or whim of the workers; in Russia only those who espouse the doctrine are recognized as bolshev Ists; all "intellectuals" or educated people of whatever standing are in cluded with the "bourgeoise," and are to be exterminated with the aris tocrats, the idea being that every thing may finally come into the hands of the ignorant, the unedu cated and the unfit. Efforts to im plant the doctrine in this country have come since the signing of the armistice, fomented by radical so cialists and Industrial Workers of the World agitators. Huts Off to Colonel House. Council Bluffs, la.. May 3. To the Editor of The Bee: Well, say or think what you please. Col. E. M. House has "put his man across." People wondered what the astute colonel was doing in his trips abroad as special representative of Mr. Wilson. They, too, wondered what qualifications he possessed that he should be selected for a place on the peace delegation. Now we all know. It was the colonel's job to land the president in the league of nation's presidency and he did the job well. The little wire-puller from the Lone Star state is no long er merely a commonwealth politi cian; no longer simply a national politician he's a world politician of the first water. Guess Mr. Wil son knew what he was doing when he hitched his wagon to this star. DAILY CARTOONETTE WANTED I - 9 TO CflRfFOR j m HE DID- i 1 i " "J"" DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. (Kin Bird would uaurp Pcvgy'a plaM aa Frlnetaa of Blrdland, but falla In teats Imposed br the Mysterioui Knight. 'When he (lees from a wild dog, the knight meets tha beast.) CHAPTER VI. The Mystery Revealed. THE Mysterious Knight, trying to subdue the supposed mad dog, clasped him In a desperate hug, The frenzied beast struggled fiercely, clawing all the while at the knight's supposed armor. Had that armor been an ordinary suit of clothes it would have been torn to shreds m the first few minutes. Finally the knight got one arm around the dog's head in such a way as to shut oft his wind and hold him still. Then, to Peggy's astonishment, the knight began to pull out the bristles in the dog's nose. "Oh, stop! That's cruel!" cried Peggy, who couldn't bear to see even a mad dog tortured. The knight went right on pulling out the bris tles, but his gallant steed, which had kept close at hand during all the ex citement, turned toward Peggy and gave her another of those mystify ing winks. "Please stop!" begged Peggy. "And let the poor beast suffer? That would be cruel," was the knight's strange answer. "These bristles are porcupine quills., The dog met the porcupine that escaped from us, and was foolish enough to fight him. This is what he got his snout and mouth full of smarting, piercing needles." Then Peggy understood and she was ashamed for having doubted the knight. He was as merciful as he WLS bXtV6s "There, that's a lesson for you," the knight said to the dog, as he plucked out the last needle. "Now get home with you and don't you bother the birds again." The dog needed no further order. He slunk away as fast as he could. "The third test!' cried the knight to King Bird. 'Hurrah! Hurrah!" shrieked King Bird, flying down from the tree top. "Hurrah for the Mysterious Knight! Hurrah for Princess Peggy, ruler of Birdland!' ' "Are you satisfied?" asked the knight. "I'm satisfied to let you and Prin cess Peggy do the fighting for Bird land," answered King Bird. "I'll do Goodby, every one. Away, away, my gallant steed.. Other names were mentioned for the place, but the colonel was on the ground to say them nay. Other politicians were there, but. pshaw, they were only amateurs by com parison. The sleek colonel wined 'em and dined 'em. He sent his candidate out "stumping" and he "brought home the bacon." They said Mr. Wilson has been repudiated at home. He was given a vote or no confidence by his own people. But the gentleman, with the empty title just kept on sawing wood and when the smoke had cleared away his man Friday walked off with the cake. You bet he's the candy and again I say, "Hats off to him." J. H. J. Black. For the New Time. Cushing, Neb., May 5. To the Editor of The Bee: A letter ap peared In your Letter Box, May 3, concerning the daylight saving law. I think this is one of the best laws congress ever put into effect. I am a public worker and am one of the consumers of food and consider I should have as much to say about this as the producer of food. If it was not for the consumer we would have no need of the producer. The producer gets up when he feels like it, works when he feels like it, and goes to bed when he feels like it. The average of consumers are labor ing people, who like to have an hour's extra rest in the evening. Talk about destroying the fine sum-i mer morning by calling 4 o'clock 5,1 and calling 5 o'clock 6! This is the finest part of the day and these hours should be spent by ambitious in word. Instead of lying abed as most lazy people want to do. I cer tainly hope to be able to help sup port this law. F. M, Light in Denmark The use of acetylene for illumina tion has reached such proportions in Denmark that nearly 200 different kinds of lamps have been invented there. Callus? Peel It Off Quickly! Nothing On Earth Like "Gets It" for Corns and Calluses. A spot of thickenad skin on the bot tom of your foot which' so often makes walking an agony, is aa easily removed by wonderful "Gets-It" aa any hard or soft my ?wn fighting, and that's enough." Good!" cried the knight. "Fair Princess, the revolt is at aa end." You're a brave fighter. Mr. Mys f.rlU!! Knight," acknowledged King Bird, but I know one flyer you can t whip." "Bring him around next week and ws will have a tourney," laughed the knight. "Now I must escort our fair princess home." He mounted his gallant steed and swung Peggy up before him. "Goodby, every one. Away, away, ray gallant steed." Off they set at a merry pace for home, but the knight kept urging his gallant steed to greater and greater speed. i "Hi yi! Hi yi! Hurry, hurry, hurry, my gallant steed," ha shotted. Then Peggy got another surprise, for the gallant steed replied In heat ed language: "Hee-haw! Hee-haw! I'm gallop ing my head off now! If you want to go faster, hire an airplane." "Balky Sam!" gasped Peggy. And Balky Sam it was. Peggy hadn't recognized him before because of his velvet trappings and his blanket which jiad completely disguised him. w But who was the knight? Was he another of her friends? . "Hi yi! Hi yi! A little more pep, my sprightly nag!" cried the knight. At that Balky Sam balked. He stopped short in his tracks, and Peg gy and the knight went sailing over his head into a clump of shrubbery. The shock sent the knight's helmet flying away, and thera he stood re vealed before her, grinning his old familiar grin.' "Billy Belgium! Well, you did fool me this time!" she cried. "And I'd have fooled you longer if this rascally old "mule hadn't balked," said Billy, rubbing his head ruefully. Balky Sam sat down In the road. "I'll not stand to . be called names," he brayed stubbornly. "I'm not a sprightly nag." "That wasn't calling names. That was oply an affectionate' term used by knights of their old war horses," "Oh, then, all right," said Balky Sam, winking at Peggy. '"Climb on again." They climbed on, and In a jiffy there was Peggy back home. What became of King Bird's challenge to Sir Knight will be told in the next story. (The next story tells of a strange eon test for the leadership of Blrdland.) A SURE WAY TO CUT YOUR SHOE EXPENSE "It has been quite an expense to keep my boy in shoes because he is very hard on them. But since wearine shoes with Neolin Soles his shoe bill has been reduced 66," says J. Allison Allen of Amity, Arkansas. On the importance of Neolin Seles as a money saving factor there are thousands of parents who agree with Mr. Allen. Because Neolin Soles give extra wear where most shoes war out quickest, they cut your shoe bills down. Ack for Neslin-soled shoes when next new shoes are needed, either for yourself or for your children. You can get them at any good shoe store. And take your worn shoes to the repair shop and have them re-bottomed with Neolin Soles. - , Remember these soles are created by Science to be waterproof and com fortable, as well as long wearing. They are made by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. Akron, Ohio, who also make Wingfoot Heels guaranteed to outwear au other heels. fleolin Soles TlMark.U.S.Ft.08. THIN PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE PHOSPHATE Nothing Like Plain Bitro-Phosphata t Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and tm Increase Strength, Vigor and Nerve Force. thftisfH' v , & j- w i GEORGIA HAMILTON. Callus Cornea Off Like Banana Peel) corn anywhere on your toes. Look at this picture. A few drops of "Gets-It" did the work. The callus eomea loose from the true flesh. No irritation whatever. You peel the callus right off just like a banana peel peacefully painlessly. "Get-It" does the same thing: to any corn, without the use of sticky plasters. Irritating salves, greasy ointments or bundling tape. There's no fussing no knife, no scissors to use. "Gets-It" Is used by millions, because it's comomn seme, and it never tails. Try it, prove it. "Gets-It," the guaranteed, money-back corn-remover, the only sure way. costs but a trifle at any drug store. M'fd by E. Lawrence ft Co., Chicago, III. Sold in Omaha and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by Sherman a McConnell Drug Co.'s Stores. Adv, Judging from the countless preparation and treatments which are continually be ing advertised for the purpose of making thin people fleshy, developing arms, neck and bust, and replacing ugly hollows and anglee by tha soft curved lines of health and beauty, there are evidently thousands o f men and wom en who keenly feel their ex cessive thin ness. Thinness and weakness are usually due to starved nerves. Our bodies need more phos phate than is contained i a modern foods, rhys i c i a n a claim there ia nothing that will supply this deficiency so well as the organic phosphate known amorrfe druggists as bitro-phosphate, which is inexpensive and la sold by Sherman A McConneU in Omaha and most all druggists under a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. By feeding the nerves directly and by supplying the body cells with the nec essary phosphoric food elements, bitro phosphate quickly produces a welcome transformation in the appearance; the in crease in weight frequently being aston ishing. This increase in weight also carries with It a general improvement in the health. Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack of en ergy, which nearly always accompany ex cessive thinness, soon disappear, dull eyes become bright, and pale cheeks glow with the bloom of perfect health. Miss Georgia Hamilton, who was once thin and frail, re porting her own experience, writes: "Bi-tro-Phosphate has brought about a magic transformation with me. I gained If pounds and never before felt so well." CAUTION : Although bitro-phoaphata Is unsurpassed for relieving nervousness, sleeplessness and general weakness, it should not, owing to its remarkable flesh growing properties, be used by anyone wha iocs not desire to put on flesh. Adv. Daily Dot Puzzle LAU" 15 T- ... " as J v '. - 35 r .A i 37. Z p When fifty nine straight lines you trace, You'll see a very pretty' . Draw from one to two and ao on to th end. reference 1 or tfie is indicative of a superior musical natureVsayj Melba. Words, arguments, reputation count for little. HEAR the Mason GHamlin and you will AGREE with Me!!a, Player Rolls in Sound-proof Rooms on Main Floor Get on our mailing list for new monthly catalogues. 1513 Douglas St The Art and Music Store of Omaha. 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