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Here's to Harry 'Hawker May he land.
p -J5ome jump from Newfoundland to Ireland,
but it may be done.'
, ' "Eddie" Rickenbacker has no cause toscom
,'p!ain that his old pals did not give him a
greeting.
"Jerry" Howard says there, are two sides to
every question. And his party is always on one
Of them the wrong side.
.A man's house is his castle, but whether that
ancient right extends to his suitcase or his auto
mobile is not fully determined. .
.- Brockdorff-Rantzaa says he is not to return
"to Versailles. All right, just so long as some
body is there to sign for Germany.
' Vic Berger's effort to break into congress
' was partially successful. He asked to be al
lowed to speak and was told to stand aside.
' ' Railway trainmen propose to vote them
selves a minimum pay of $150 per month. At
least they know a good thing when they see it.
i , '
We may depend upon it that Hindenburg
and Liidendorff will not fail to mention the
Yankees when they write their stories of the
war. " ,
': . WelL congress got under way without the
republicans doing any" of the foolish things the
democrats announced they would do. Let the
good work go on. . ;
: i Yankee troops are to be out of Russia within
ten days, but the job there is not finished yet
'This makes it more than ever a mystery as to
'why they were sent
. When ,"Jim" McParland died a daring soul
passed to the beyond. , His greatest contribu
tion to the safety of society was in breaking up
the "Molly" Maguires," a feat not yet overpraised.
; It must have been an historic meeting when
Uncle Joe Cannon and Champ Clark encoun
u.tered to shake hands yesterday. It has been a
- . longtime since two ex-speakers of the house
sat on the floor in congress.
j New rules for the Detention Home ought to
relieve H from much of the evil that has grown
up urfder mismanagement. Strict regulation of
the inmates, and strict accountability of officers
t in charge must prevail if such an institution is
fl- to be of any -real service.
',' Twenty thousand additional taxpayers in
' r Nebraska may indicate that much of an in-
. t. fease: in prosperity, or only that some of the
- Citizens were late in waking up to the require-
, ments of the federal revenue law. Either way,
theit presence will be felt in the totals. ,
ft-
- f Henry Ford has filed formal notice of his
intention 4o "contest the election of Senator
? dewberry. i Considering that he has a big libel
4ase on trial and several minor matters pending,
'..he- might opine that fora pacifist, the great
; manufacturer is showing considerable bellicosity.
vThey found the missing navy seaplane within
seven miles of its port, proceeding under its
own power. Its commander might have called
for help, but he scorned to be towed in. That's
the spirit that has made the American navy
fjreat, from the days of John Paul Jones down
to now. Such men can not be conquered.
Touring Omaha business men took a long
chance righ at the start of their journey. They
"disturbed the holy calm of Lincoln on Sunday
evening by tooting the famous siren. It is well'
Jjr ior them the train only stopped an hour, other
. wise the Capital City constabulary migh have
corraled the whole flock of roistering visitors.
5 A muss has developed in the War Risk in-
surance board, which may be cleared up by re-.
organization, and may bring disaster to the
'; scheme. ' It will not help the outldok for demo
: crats to, wreck this important institution, just
" now when the dependents of dead soldiers and
- the wpunded themselves are looking to Uncle
Sam to make good.
Free Ship Contracts
It is the Manifestly right thing that the
, shipbuilding industries should be released from
" governmental restraints with regard to
booking contracts. There is 'no apparent
reason why shipbuilding should not resume on a
'strictly peace-time basis. The government has
placed many orders for ships for the merchant
marinevfleets as well as for naval ships, and,
' according to statements made by the head of the
shipping board, many other contracts for ma-
rine ships are pending. Rut the placing of gov-
ernment contracts should have nothing what
ever of compelling suggestiveness about it.
- Rumors have been for some time afloat con
cerning foreign contracts for trade ships which,
allegedly, would be placed with American ship
building concerns if only the restrictions upon
' American yards were removed. There is no
doubt whatever that every country in Europe
with a seafront and "one or more seaports, is
, cherishing an ambition to launch into the ocean
transportation game. As to whether foreign
orders f 3,000,000 tons or for 1,000,000 tons of
shipping, with a free opportunity in the offer
- ing, will be placed with American yards during
this'current year is matter for surmise.
Home business should be and under free con
ditions, undoubtedly Would be given preferential
consideration. The emergency fleet is. perhaps,
still emergent, but nothing like so pressingly
emergent as it appeared to be this time last
year. The United States must take her right
; ful position' in the world-carrying trade, but
also must p!ay fair in the business of placing
- contracts for the ships. Baltimore American.
HIDING BEHIND THE WHITE HOUSE.
Chairman Cummings of the democratic na
tional committee,- assisted by late secretary of
the treasury, emits a tremendous smoke screen,
designed to mask the movements- of his party
as it maneuvers for a place from whence to hop
off in the next presidential campaign. It may
reasonably be assumed that the chairman and
'Mr. McAdoo have outlined the policy of the
party, and that they intend to continue as they
have been for the past six years, hiding behind
the White House.
"I wonder," says Chairman Cummings,
"what phrases of abuse, what language of
vituperation, would have agitated the political
atmosphere if the president had led the country
to the disastrous conclusion of an unsuccessful
war." We confess our inability to answer this,
but we can tell Mr. Cummings where he can get
an idea. All he has to do is to look over the
files of the Omaha Hyphenated for the early
months of 1918, when its owner was putting up
the hardest fight he knew how to make in his
effort to take the control of the war out of the
hands of the president Also, he might examine
some of the speeches made in the senate by
"Jimmy" Reed of Missouri, Vardaman of Mis
sissippi, Hardwick of Georgia, Chamberlain of
Oregon, and a few other sachems of the tribe.
An examination of the back numbers of Colonel
George Harvey's magazine might also afford
some notion of what an eminent democrat possi
bly could have said if the president had involved
us in disaster. Even the New York World and the
New York Times, notable exponents of demo
cratic policies, have contributed in a measure to
a symposium that could scarcely support the
insinuation that it is from republicans that
criticisms of the president have emanated.
The deliberate attempt to make it appear
that victory in the war is a triumph for the
president's party can easily be answered by the
record that party made in congress, and' the
further proposal to assimilate .all credit for
whatever of success may come out of the peace
negotiations must have a similar issue!
Harry Hawker's Flight
The fact that Harry Hawker did not make
land, but perhaps met his death in his effort at
flight across . the Atlantic, does not detract
from the magnificent daring of his at
tempt. It was neither reckless disregard for
dangers to .be encountered, nor foolhardiness
sublimated, that led him into his endeavor. All
the chances had been carefully weighed, the
difficulties calculated and as far as possible
the elements against success discounted. Yet
the wisest of calculations could not encompass
all the uncertainties that surround such an
undertaking. That it has probably come to
naught will only encourage others to make the
trial.
Hawker and his companion knew this, and
with the whole situation clearly before them,
dared the unknown and ventured on the over
seas trip with as little of ceremony to pre
cede their flight as if they were giving an ex
hibition on an island flying field. To call such
men intrepid is to mildly phrase the quality of
daring they 'exhibit. It is that superb kind of
courage that has led man from the beginning
to pit his skill and strength against almost any
odds, depending on his own cool judgment to
see him successfully through. And this has
brought to humanity "most , of its progress,
practically air of its conquest over inanimate
things, and from which yet will spring the fu
ture triumphs of the race.
Undaunted, Hawker flew away from land,
resting his all on the outcome of his venture.
That he should come so near to victory and
then fail will disappoint a. world of watchers
more than it will him. All of these will hope
he comes safejy back to land, although the
chances are strongly against him. For his rival,
Captain Wranyham, whose machine broke down
as he attempted to start, more of sympathy
will be felt, for his chagrin will be far 'deeper
than that of him who made so gallant an effort.
Meanwhile the Yankee flyers in the Azores
are getting ready to continue their flight to the
mainland. Theirs is a scientific expedition,. and
may proceed more leisurely, while, the British
flyers were engaged in a sporting proposition.
Marshal Haig and the Yankees.
A furore has been started in Washington
because Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig does
riot mention the American army in his official re
port on the war. This omission certainly is not,
because themarshal did not recognize and ap
preciate the services of the Yankee troops who
co-operated with the British army, and who
were under his command. The glory of the
Twenty-seventh, first to break the Hindenburg
line, taking the St. Quentin canal tunnel, one
ot the most wonderful exploits of the war, and
of the. Thirtieth, who aided in that push that
broke the hold of the Hun on Flanders and
sent tne army of the Bavarian crown prince
flying in disorderly retreat, will not be dimmed
by the "casual oversight" of the British mar
shal. These two Yankee divisions fought with
the Australians and had the post of honor at
the great victory that turned the right of the
German 'line. It is barely possible that Sir
Douglas Haig considered himself restricted to
reporting on British arms alone, and so he left
to others to deal with 'the Americans. It is a
fact that he and the officers under him have
paid merited tribute of praise to the soldiers
from over here, yet even this emphasizes the
oddity of the fact that they should not be
referred to in an official report.
About Feeding Russia.
Among others who should know better, the
New Republic accuses Americans of standing un
feelingly by while Russian women and children
starve. The charge is monstrous, and as absurd
as the German assertion' that the Allies de
liberately starved to death thousands of Ger
mans. Food was offered the Russians on the
easy conditions that they cease their fighting
and try to live at peace among themselves and
the rest of the world. And these terms were re
fused. The bolshevik leaders 'condemned the
proposal as calculated to hamper them in their
political activity, and preferred starvation with
the privilege of spreading their ideas by force
of arms to peace, food and a chance to re-establish
order in the land. Americans' are not
without interest in Russia, but they see no"
good reason why they should contribute to the
perpetuation of the lunacy now prevailing there
by, furnishing food for the madmen and forcing
them to take it. When the red wave recedes,
we will help to revive Russia and restore life
there, but we can not do it under present circumstances.
Election Day in Budapest )
London Times Vienna Correspondence.
Budapest, under Beta Kun, is full today Of
studies in mcoherency, but none of them, I think,
equal to the manner in which the elections have
been carried on. These fell on a date when I
was there, and; I visited one of the polling
booths.
It was an eccentric sight. Red guards
bloomed in all corners of the room, covered with
favors, buttons, streamers, belts, and armlets of
sanguinary hue. A couple of them watched the
voters go into the room, a couple watched that
they well and duly voted, and others sat on
window sills, kicked their heels, and smoked.
Their rifles, slung on their shoulders, betokened
their readiness for eventualities. This is the way
they do it in Central America, one thought
Across the middle of the room was stretched
a deal table, at which were seated one wild en
thusiast, two stolid men in stained clothes, and
several youths. This was the committee which
recorded the voting. As each voter entered the
room he was given a document, which proved
to be a list of 60 names, the list warmly recom
mended by the Soviets of Budapest to the free
and independent electors of the city.
The enthusiast, whom I willingly recognize
as a sincere soul, probably an exile who once
lived in Paris or somewhere abroad, got up
from his seat and explained the procedure to us
in French. He thought it all wonderful. There
were sprts of admiration in his voice every now
and then.
He began on a disappointed note, though,
saying that this division of the, city was not one
where I would see voting at its best "Many
shopkeepers and the like live here," he said,
"who employ assistants, so we have comparative
ly few voters. All those who have people in
their service, shopkeepers, industrials, and 'so
on, cannot vote. Nor can lawyers, idiots, min
inters of religion, officers, or criminals."
I may not have seemed as satisfied by this
as he would have liked, for he looked at me and
said with an air of concession: "Dentists can
vote."
"Can doctors?" I asked.
"Oh, yes, of course; doctors are workers." he
replied. ,
"Suppose a doctor has an assistant?"
"Then he is a capitalist and cannot vote."
The enthusiast hurriedly went on to invesi
gate a case of conscience which was being de
cided by the youngsters. A rather well drefsed
man had entered and seemed to want to vote..
Heads were bent in consultation. Presently
our enthusiast returned and said with triujnph:
"That man cannot vote because he is an ex
prefect and ex-functionary of the government."
And then, with a further rising note of triumph,
he added: "But he has been, allowed to vote
because he is acting as a government servant
now. ,
The man in question signed his name at the
bottom of the list held out to him. It was quite
clear that the poor man had come to improve his
position by voting for the soviet program. .
"How is the voting done?" I asked.
"Oh, if you are satisfied with the list offered,
you sign it."
"But if you are not?" 1
"Oh, you cross out any name or names and
write in any others."
"Whose names?" I asked. "There does not
seem to be any alternative selection, any sort of
waiting list of candidates."
"You just write anybody's name," said the
enthusiast, "any man or woman who belongs to
a recognized soviet or tradesman."
I looked at the list, which contained a num
ber of names which did not seem very Hun
garian in addition to all the familiar names of
chief commissaries.
"Who are these people?" I asked. "Are
they from Budapest?
"No," said the enthusiast, "that is a noble
part of our institutions. They may come from
anywhere. That man is a German, that is a
Czech, So-and-so is Russian. We have abolished
frontiers. We are all friends."
"And can anyone from anywhere vote, too?"
"Of course he can if he has proof that he is
a member of a trade union or follows a profes
sion or trade."
"Have the Austrian Red Guards who came
here last week voted?" I asked.
"They could have voted en masse if 'they
wanted," proudly replied the enthusiast "I
believe they intend to, but I am not sure."
The Valley's Fight for Ships
Whoever is back of the movement to divert
ships from New Orleans to "New York, and
whatever the motive, the cjties of the Mississippi
Valley must prevent its success, and it is grati
fying that Chicago and St. Louis transportation
societies have already taken action to preserve
the natural advantages of this incomparably
rich valley, which furnishes such vast quantities
of exports and consumes so much of the im
ports from the lands to the south. If New
Orleans should not be furnished ships, attempt
to navigate our streams would fail. Such a con
dition would bring both great delay and great
expense, both on imports and imports. Further
niore, trying to get all the exports and all the
imports through a single port has brought con
gestion many times'. In the first year of the
war the congestion was the cause of anxiety
not onlv to every thousrhtful American, but to
all the allied officials. The maintenance of Con
ditions that encourage such congestion is a man
ifest folly.
New Orleans must have an adequate supply
of ships. But it cannot be permanently main
tained by official order. It will not be sufficient
for the United States to carry its products else
where. It must provide facilities for bringing
in imports. Ships must have return cargoes, to
operate at a profit, and the charges and condi
tions must be satisfactory. We cannot expect
to do an extensive export business with the
Central and South American states, with New
Orlea.ns or other ships, unless we take large
quantities of imports. But under proper ar
rangements we can distribute imports from
Mexico, Central and South .America throughout
the Mississippi valley and save the entire freight
haul from New York and part of the haul by
water. . y
The Mississippi Valley association must be
vigilant to preserve river transportation. The
problem is more, than deepening the rivers and
buying barges. It includes : arrangements for
exchange of goods, developments of discount
banking and many other essential elements with
which we are less familiar than Europe or even
New York.-r-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Day We Celebrate.
Court S. Carrier, ticket agent of the Chicago,
Milwaukee Sc St Paul Railroad company, born
1851.
George A. Hoagland, lumberman, born 1843.
Rev. Antoinette L. B. Blackwell, tlje first
woman to be ordained to the ministry in the
United States, born at Henrietta, N. Y., 94
years ago. . :
Rev. Ernest M. Stires, rector of St. Thomas
church. New York City, born at Norfolk, Va
53 years ago.
Dr. Carl Leo Mees, president of Rose Poly
technic institute, born at Columbus, O., 66
years ago.
Ben Johnson, representative in congress of
the Fourth Kentucky district, born at Bards
town, Ky., 61 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
A successful benefit entertainment was given
by the local Elks. The sum of $1,200 was
cleared.
The state development committee , of the
board of trade organized, electing Hugh. , G.
Clark, chairman and W. N. Nason, secretary.'
The $300,000 bond issue for the board of
education, has been declared defeated.
Sam Small lectured to 500 people at the
First Baptist church on "From Bar Room to
Pulpit. "
Fijend of the Soldier
Replies will tt given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out Of the army.
Names wilnpt be printed.
Ask The Be to Answer.
, Pay of a CccporaJ,
Soldier's "Wife A corporal In the
United, States army receives (38 per
month. ' It Is not easy at present to
secure th release of a soldier serv
ing with the army of occupation.
Volunteers are being enlisted to re
place th drafted men wh are serv
ing In the regular army- units. These
are being sent across to Germany as
rapidly aa possible. However, the
first step in securing the release of
a soldier for industrial or other rea
sons Is to file an affidavit with the
commander of the company . in
which he Is serving, setting forth the
reasons. The rest of the business is
carried on through military chan
nels. No time has been fixed for
the withdrawal of the American
troops from Germany, but it is to
be done as soon as possible. A sol
dier's wife Is not compelled to pay
any bills contracted by her husband
prior to or during the war. The
law relieves all men in the army or
navy from civil process for the dura
tion ofthe war. After peace has
been declared the bills must be paid,
however.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
Bonus Check Waiting.
If Roy Lk Fahnestock, Council
Bluffs, will send his address to the
zone finance officer, War depart
ment, Washington, D. C., he will re
ceive his $60 bonus check, now wait
ing for him.
Getting Soldier's Release.
Mrs. C. F. Affidavits asking
for
tne release rrom the service of a
soldier on account of dependents, or
for any other reason, must be sent to
the officer commanding the company
in which the soldier Is serving. It
will do no good to send them to the
War department, as they would only
be returned. Unless your son is
serving with a unit that is now in
the army of occpatlon, he will prob
ably be released from service before
you could get the affidavits drawn
and forwarded. Orders are out to
have all drafted men in the United
States released at the earliest possi
ble moment, and. some reports have
it that an will be out by June 15.
Troops are being brought home from
Europe with utmost expedition, and
Secretary Baker has said he hopes
to have every American soldier out
of France by the end of August.
This, of course, does not mean that
the troops now in Germany will be
home by that time.
Many Questions Answered.
A Soldier's Sweetheart No orders
have yet been issued for the return
of camp hospital No. 117.
E. E. S. Evacuation ambulance
company No. 22 has not yet re
ceived its orders to prepare for re
turn to the United States. It is sta
tioned at Le Harve, A. P. O. 760.
Medical corps units at the embarka
tion bases are likely to be held until
the other troops are all out.
Soldier's Mother The 311th field
remount squadron is in the service
of supply, and is not on the schedule
for immediate return. It is now
serving with the army of occupa
tion, where It may be retained -for
some time.
Mrs. M. S. The 82d division was
on the sailing list for April; many
of its units have already landed, but
'we have no record of the 307th field
signal battalion being Included, al
though it was attached to this di
vision. A Mother The 1111th aero
squadron was attached to the Amer
ican forces in Italy, and the last ad
dress given for it is A. P. O. 901,
wtich is at Milano, Italy. All the
American soldiers have been ordered
away from Italy, and practically all
have been removed. It is quite prob
able the squadron you inquire for
has started for home, although we
have no advices to that effect.
A Soldier's Sweetheart Provision
al cook company No. 2, now sta
tioned at Brest, has not yet been or
dered to sail for home. Cooks are
most essential members of the serv
ice at Brest at present.
A Sister The 78th division is on
t,he sailing schedule for May, and
will very shortly be on its way to
this side. The .orders include all
units of the division.
M P. R. The 17th veterinary
hosDital unit has not yet been as
signed a date for sailing from
France.
; Soldier's Mother The 90th di
vision, being part of the Seventh
army corps, was included in the
Third army, and therefore was part
of the army of, occupation, it is on
the schedule to sail for home In
June, however. We can not tell you
where the regiments of this division
will be sent for muster out, but they
very likely will be demobilized in
some eastern camp. If So, it will not
be necessary for your eon to return
to Fort Logan, Colo., as he can buy
his ticket directly home from the
camp where he Is discharged.
Where the Meteor Went.
A search for a missing meteor,
conducted by the United States geo
logical survey, ended in the reservoir
or the water company at Towanda,
Pa., and incidentally enabled the
company to account for the sudden
disappearance of Its Ice crop one
night last January. On the after
noon Of the meteor's flight the water
company officials visited the reservoir-
and decided to cut the eight
inch crop of ice the next morning.
During the night the meteor landed
in the reservoir. When workmen
went to harvest the ice, it had dwind
led to a scant three Inches.
Prar and Billy on a hlk encounter a
boy traqip-detectlve, who want them to
help capture a band of tra.m p-robber. )
) CHAPTER III.
The Bankers' Runaway Son.
fflir OOF! Woofl Come down out
VV of that tree so I can give
you the chewing you deserve,"
growled Johnny Bull at the boy
tramp. "No one can tie me up by
the tall without paying for it"
The boy tramp, of course, couldn't
exactly understand what Johnny
Bull was saying, aa he didn't know
dog talk, but he did know what
Johnny Bull's growls meant, and he
dragged his legs up out of reach.
"Call off your dog so I can come
down," he said to Peggy.
"The boy tramp is a detective and
we are going to help him capture
robbers," explained Peggy to Johnny
Bull.
"Ur-ur-urgh! He smells like a
plain tramp to me," growled Johnny
Bull. Peggy told the boy tramp
what Johnny Bull said and the boy
tramp laughed.
"That's because I've been living
"The Tramps," He Whispered. "I
Have to Get Back. Go Quickly
Before They See Yon."
with tramps so long," he replied. "I
act Just like them, too, and for that
reason I am able to do my detective
work among them without their sus
pecting me. If they knew I was
Harold Chase, son of the banker
they robbed, they would finish m In
a hurry."
"O-oh, how thrilling!'" exclaimed
Peggy.
"Did you follow a clue that led to
their camp after they robbed your
father's bapk?" asked BUI eagerly.
"N'o. I never knew they were
robbers when I joined them," ad
mitted Harold. "You see, I had al
ways thought it Jolly fun being a
tramp, not having to go to school,
or take a bath, or wear clean
clothes, but Just roaming from place
to place and lying around in the
sunshine day after day. So after
father's bank was robbed I set out to
become one. I wanted to save father
the expense of keeping me and at the
same time seek another fortune to
make up for the one of which he
was robbed.
"But let me tell you, tramping Is
no fun. it is awful when it rains.
And you don't get good eats like
mother cooks, either. That's why I
was bo hungry that I took your
lunch box.
"I fell in with this bunch of
tramps, and for a while I thought
them just a Jolly, carefree lot They
adopted me as a member of the
band and began to train me to do
stunts, particularly to climb up trees
and buildings. I liked that and soon
became an expert. That's how I
Kot up this tree so fast when your
dog came after me. Climbing comes
in mighty handy when you're a
tramp. And extra pairs of trousers
are handy, too, because dogs are so
impolite they don't care where they
grab you or how hard." The boy
tramp interrupted his story to make
a face at Johnny Bull, who bared his
teeth in reply.
"But how did you find the tramps
were robbers?" demanded Billy, Im
patiently. "By listening to their talk at
night when they thought I was
asleep," explained Harold. "I found,
too, that they were training me to
do climbing stunts so they could use
me In their robberies.
"I had made up my mind to es
cape from them at the first chance,
when one night I heard them men
tion father's bank. I listened closely
and learned that they were the very
men who had stolen his money. Then
I made up my mind to stay with
them until I could get that money
back.. Now I know where It is hid
den. I want you to telephone the
sheriff to come and arrest them. I
dare not go myself, because they
don't let me out of their sight ex
cept when they fall asleep. They'd
kill me If they thought I had be
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About Daylight Saving.
Harrlsburg, Neb., May 16. To the
Editor of The Bee: In regard to
the daylight saving law, I wish you
would permit me to say that the
wisest man, the greatest philosopher,
the most absolutely level headed and
farseeing man that this country has
ever produced advocated a daylight
saving law like the one we now have.
I would sooner be In his company
than in that of the Illinois legisla
ture. That man waa Benjamin
Franklin. Washington leaned heavi
ly on his mighty arm and trusted
Implicitly in his tremendous ffenius
for bringing things to pass. Franklin
knew more in a minute than ail the
members of the Illinois legislature
put together ever will know.
I have talked with several men
who were very sore about being
bossed about as to when they should
get up. They said they believed in
God's time, that Is in letting the sun
regulate the daylight. I almost
floored one of them by telling him
that except on one meridian we had
not had God's time in Nebraska
since the railroads crossed the state,
about 60 years ago. This man was
living a few miles east of the meri
dian that hpunds the territory con
trolled by mountain time. His time
had been nearly 30 minutes off of
sun time ever since he had been in
Nebraska. He was daylight saving
and didn't know it. Where ignorance
is bliss 'tis folly to be wise. I told
him he ought to set his time by the
almanac and then claim that he had
conscientious.scruples against hav
ing his time dictated either by the
government or railroads.
In one town, several men, such as
blacksmiths, carpenters, mail-carriers,
told me that this law was a
blessing to them. They had boys in
schools big enough to do a lot of
work instead of having them help
a while in the morning and then a
while after school, the two whiles
were put together and three times as
much work was done. There are
thousands of poor people in our
small towns and large cities who
deserve consideration, especially
since they must pay such high
prices for bread and meat. From
what I have read in the newspapers
and heard from individuals, it seems
to me that pigheaded politics and
selflshiiess has more to do with op
position to this law than anything
else. EDWIN WARD.
ing, either -over their social affairs
while the picture is going on or by
them reading aloud or else they
have seen the show some place else
and tell you all about what is going
to happen next
I either have to change my seat,
if I can find one, or sit where I am
and have the picture spoiled for me.
Can't something be done about this?
It seems to me managers should look
out for their patrons and flash on
the screen a warning about this as
they used to ask ladies to remove
their hats. This habit of Beading
aloud is not confined to one sex
alone, but we have sat near both
men and women who have Indulged
in it
- Occasionally, crying babies we
can stand, for that is nature and
can't be helped, but this other
nuisance drives one to want to com
mit murder. I don't suppose this
will have much effect, but at least
It will serve to relieve my feelings.
A MOVIE FAN.
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Draw from on to two and o on to th
nd.
Just then there came a shout from
the thicket
"Hal ! Hal! Where are you?"
The boy tramp turned pale and
began to slide down the tree.
"The tramps!" he whispered. "t
have to get back. Qo quickly be
fore they see you." Johnny Bull
made a grab for him, but Peggy
seized Johnny and held him fast
"Hal! Hal!" shouted the tramps.
"I'm coming," shouted Harold in
turn. He slipped down the tree and
away Into, the bushes.
"Corns, we will telephone the
sheriff," said Billy to Peggy.
"And I'll stay here to see that he
is not trying to fool us with that de
tective talk," growled Johnny Bull.
"I'm Just hungry to bite a tramp."
(Tomorrow will be told how th trampa
take a awim and loas their olothea.)
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
Stella A sad romance?
Bella. Tea, he propoeed by letter and
ens accepted by wire, and neither mei
aage was delivered. New York Sun.
Patronize Home Industry.
Brunlng, Neb., May 12. To the
Editor of The Bee: If I were in
Africa and were asked as to where
was my home, then as a countryman
would I answer the United States is
my home? And if I were in New
York City and were asked the same .
question, then as a statesman would '
I answer that the state of Nebraska
is my home? And if I were in !
Omaha and were asked as to where j
was my home, my answer would j
then be Bruning, Neb. Now, did j
you ever hear of a town being made j
prosperous where its inhabitants ;
were advocating the trading away j
from home and induced outsiders by
a low license to come and do busi
ness in competition with their own
merchants and further advocated to
trade away from home with the mall
order houses? And have you ever
heard of a country that was pros
perous when the majority of their
people advocated to lower the im
port duties to induce foreign coun
tries to Import their goods in com
petition with their own home man-
facturers' goods In order to cheapen
things? I cannot mention one case
where the advocating or traning
away from home has helped to build
ud your own home and neither can
you. J. DUIS.
Complnins of a Movie Pest
Nebraska City, Neb., May 17. To
the Editor of The Bee: I see all
kinds of articles in your letter box
of different things people have a
grouch about: dogs, daylight saving
system and other things too numer
ous to mention, but I have yet to see
one on the worst nuisance of all,
namely the moving picture nuisance,
and by this I mean people who go
to a movie and think they are called
on to read everything that appears
on the screen, to the annoyance of
every one around them, who pay
their money to see the shows and
expect to be able to do so without
being bored to death.
I can't understand why people will
do this. Is it because they think
those around them can't read what
in on the screen or merely that they
wish to show that they can and have
no regard for the rights of others?
1 have been annoyea Dy people talk-
t Lecturer Toune gentlemen, do not
waste your time.
Whereupon the studsnt body left tho
building- en masse. Dartmouth Jack
o'Lantern.
"Blank says he never paid a doctor's
bill in his life."
"Exceptionally healthy, eh?"
"No; exceptionally poor pay." Boston
Transcript.
ESTRANGEMENT IN A DREAM
I found me at home, with th one loved
most.
And I looked In th eye that were heaven
to me.
But they held' me aloof, aa th light of
the stars,
And waa It th yw or th Up that
spake
Words or only th ahadow of words?
But 1 understood. In th depth of my
soul,
And the challenge pierced m through
and through:
"Why have you stayed so long away?"
And I could not tell for I did not know!
But I stood at loss, condemned and mute:
And there. In the silence, my heart ros
up.
And the room where we wr with IU
throbblngs shook!
And the flood of my tear swept slfht
away
Even the light of the star of those eye.
And my soul kept repeating th words:
Why had I stayed to long away?
Why had 1 stayed so long away?
Oh, my Beloved, I could not tell!
For we cannot tell and we do not knw.
In the midst of a dream, that the dead
are dead.
(Edith M. Thomas In the New York Sun.)
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