THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. MAY 29. 1919.
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to them. Addree changed a often as requested.
Decorate tomorrow as you never did before!
It will be a real Memorial Dayfor Omaha.
However the Baptists may line up on pro
hibition, they remain as wet as ever on religion.
Any secrets the United States may have in
regard to poison gas may well remain secrets.
All Nebraska is headed for Omaha now, and
bent on the one mission, to welcome the "Fight
ing Farmers."
Texas stands for the water-wagon, all right,
but turns down the ladies. Pretty close discrimination.
Mexico it making much headway in the
manufacture of war material. Where is it to
be used?
One proclamation issued by the mayor all
can subscribe to is the one calling on everybody
to take part in the welcoming exercises. Turn
out
It yet lacks a month of being ten years since
Bleirot flew across the English channel and set
all the world, to wondering. Some goings on
since then.
The election commissioner permits the ladies
to guess at their height, but insists on their
telling their exact age, which may be legal, but
is not gallant.
The I. W. V. turns to "The New Freedom"
to support its doctrine, but this is not the first
time the livery of heaven has been stolen to
serve the devil in.
Joy riding ia not yet any safer than it used
to be in the dear old wide-open days, but this
is no reason for going back to them. It is just
a suggestion to joy-riders.
Kolchak is to have both moral and material
support in his efforts at rebuilding Russia.. It
is well to have somebody as energetic as he to
get behind this needed work.
The enveloping movement started by the ad
ministration supporters has not proceeded far
enough to surround "Jimmy" Reed, but he may
be brought to the reservation yet.
Chairman Cummings of the democratic na
tional committee says Mr. Wilson may be a
candidate for a third term if the league plan is
defeated. Is that a threat or a promise?
Portugal also gets into line, pinning a hand
some decoration on an American sailor. In a
little while we will have accumulated almost
verything Europe has to offer of this nature.
A Kansas City promoter thinks he sees $20,
000,000 worth of prosperity for Omaha in a
goods roads campaign. More than that,
brother, and we are just getting ready to ex
tract some of it.
Ships for New Orleans is now part of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce's program. The
value of the southern outlet was pointed out
by The Bee many years ago, and is now coming
to be generally understood.
"W. J. B." still is optimistic; he now sees
permanent peace as the fruit of the League of
Nations. We can not forget, though, that it
was he who told W. Dumba that the first note
t Germany did not mean anything.
What a sad, sad thing it is that the democrats
were not able to split the republican party in
the senate. But goodness knows, they tried
hard enough. The future is anything but
roseate for the followers of the donkey.
Army officers who did not get across while
the fighting was going on are drawing consila
"'ion prizes in form of assignments overseas to
relieve those now on stationv there. This will
e better than never to have fought at all.
Senator Underwood's demand that the
woman suffrage amendment be sent to a com
mittee, that it may be "carefully studied," in
dicates that the democratic opposition to the
measure will die hard. However, it will not de
feat the movement.
Jusl Push the Button
Without making any noise about it nothing
in way of thunder clap the electrical wizards
from time to time are putting over new wonder
stunts in the way of harnessing the invisible
fluid, or spirit, or whatever else electricity is.
The electric wizards from all over gathered at
Atlantic City on Monday and, in connection with
the convention, there is an electrical exhibition
on one of the big piers.
Electrical inventors have generally turned
experimental effort to making electric energy
useful in an everyday, commonplace way. Heat
ing by electricity is not so new, but freezing
by electricity is a new one on most of us.
But an electric "refrigerator" plant is reported
t as an exhibit on the ocean-front electric show.
The electric refrigerating machine is said to
be about the size of a vacuum cleaner. An elec
tric freezer atached to an icebox renders ice
an unnecessary commodity, but the current
scoVes on the meter measure right along. Elec
tric freezing costs just the same as electric heat
, ing or electric lighting. The bill comes promptly
it the end of each month and the bookkeeper at
the power office doesn't bother about whether
the current was used for cooking, sweeping,
sundering, lighting or freezing.
But, listen to this there is a laundrying
machine that washes the clothes from socks to
pajamas, wrings them dry and smooths them
with the iron. All that the house lady does
is to dump the wash and push the button the
intelligent and highly efficient machine does the
rest.: Sounds rood, doesn't it? Baltimore
American --
IS MR. WILSON GETTING TIRED?
The delicate hint conveyed by Mr. Wilson
from Paris, to the effect that he is glad his
term of presidency is coming to its close, is
susceptible of several constructions. Casual
thinkers will be inclined, perhaps, to interpret
it as meaning he hopes to retire in 1921. These
will do well to recall that he was elected on a
platform that pledged its candidate to a single
term. Ample reason for ignoring this pledge
was found long before his first two years in
office had passed, andit was conceded in 1915
that, in spite of the Baltimore platform, whose
many other promises were scrupulously
ignored or kept in letter only, Mr. Wilson
would succeed himself. That no American
president has ever had a third term does not
count Mr. Wilson has done a great many
things his predecessors carefully refrained from.
He loves to break precedent; that is why he is
In Paris today. He is coy, but not more so
than he was in 1912, only in a different way.
Years have given him a better understanding of
the ways of politics, and while it is fair to take
him at his word, that he anticipates with pleas
ure the approaching end of his second term,
those aspiring democrats who would like to see
their names at the head of the ticket in 1920
will make no mistake if they reckon with the
possibility of Woodrow Wilson and Thomas
Riley Marshall appearing as an irresistible
combination before the convention of their
party when it meets.
Program for Social Service.
The Baptist convention at Denver adopted
a program for future action by the church that
is both comprehensive and interesting. Natur
ally, the propagation of religion comes first,
followed, rather singularly, by a declared in
tention to combat social disease. To counteract
the influence of "yellow" 4publications and the
spread of seditions will next engage the atten
tion of the Baptists, who also will aid in making
a survey of the natural resources of the coun
try and a study of land tenure. Industrial rela
tions are to be put on a basis of the propor
tional interest of labor, capital and public, or as
the resolution names them, "investors, manag
ers, workers and the community."
Just which of these latter will come first is
not suggested, but it may be the church will
be able to figure out some way for harmonizing
the difficulties now presented, and adjusting the
division of product on a basis that will be sat
isfactory to all. And any hope that is ex
pressed in this regard will be extended to in
clude all the other principal items in the pro
gram. Outlines of future church activity, however,
indicate that the war has taught the sectarians
nothing. Denominational differences remain as
firmly set as ever, and dogmatic tenets have
lost none of their rigidity. At St. Louis the
Presbyterians declined to allow woman an equal
share in the affairs of the church, although
through all the world the tendency is to sex
equality in political and administrative matters.
Close reading of the Baptist's record discloses no
indication of relaxation of any of the discipline
of the sect, and this experience is repeated
wherever examination is made.
Hopeful persons who had expected some
modification in religious thought and endeavor
to come out of the war are finding that human
nature withstood the experience as the "shad
rach" does the fervent heat of the furnace, and
has come back changed very little. The help
fulness of the'Baptist program may not be in
creased by its sectarianism, but it will be of use
as it is carried out in the spirit of humanity, re
gardless of creed.
Daniels for a Smaller Navy.
Josephus Daniels has reversed himself as a
proper naval construction program. He no
longer insists on "a navy second to none," but
will be content with a navy that will show our
faith in the League of Nations as a defensive
bulwark. As the secretary of navy has been
suspected of not being entirely sincere in his
original proposal that the United States go in
for naval supremacy, his change in attitude will
not especially surprise nor seriously alarm
anyone.
Some observers believe they could see in
the declaration that we would build "a navy
second to none" a sort of hint to Great Britain
that some concessions on the "freedom of the
sea" issue might be interposed. The British
declined to take serious note of the proposal,
and even Anjericans failed to get warmed up
by it. Great Britain's supremacy at sea is
acknowledged, and unchallenged; America's in
terests are secure, with a naval establishment
capable of expansion as our maratime concerns
increase, and no reason can be descried for en
tering competition with any country for the
largest navy.
This, however, is not enough to excuse the
total abandonment of the naval construction
program. Economy is expected, but not at the
expense of safety, and while we nationally have
given support to the principle involved in the
League of Nations and almost certainly will
accept its form, we must not trust it so im
plicitly that we will fail entirely to make ar
rangements for maintaining our dignity abroad
and safety at home. In the absence of a re
newal of the proposal for an intermission in
naval construction or a definite determination
by the League of Nations of the extent to
which we may maintain armament at sea, the
secretary of the navy will not find an inclina
tion generally to follow him in his leap from
the greatest navy to none.
Firing a hydrogene gun may add to the
noise Omaha expects to make when giving wel
come to the Eighty-ninth, but it will not pro
vide anything in the way of novelty to the
"Fighting Farmers," who went through all the
fighting in the Meuse-Argonne campaign, and
were twice in the front line. They know more
about cannonading than Nebraska will ever be
able to tell.
Germans staged a peace celebration at Ver
sailles, but not the kind they had planned on
holding. Shouting "Hurrah for peace!" may re
lieve their feelings, but it will get them no
credit on the bill.
Mayor Smith is finding out that little boys
were allowed to wager their pennies, and even
greater sums at the "circus" whose presence in
the city was unknown to the superintendent of
police.
If King Albert does not come to Omaha
when he visits the United States, he will miss
the best part of the show.
Improving Labor Situation
From the New York Times.
The resumption of work in the mills of sev
eral cities of New England marks the termina
tion of a gronp of labor troubles, iucluding the
strike that has disturbed Lawren.e since Feb
ruary. The workers get both shorter hours and
higher pay, and get them by agreement with the
employers in all good-will, except in Lawrence.
There there was a strike, which, for a time
threatened to take the course of the strike here
in 1912. In that year the I. W. W. directed
events, and there were riots and killings on
a lamentable scale. This year, too, there were
disorders, but the authorities had learned their
lesson as well as the strikers, or rather better.
As in Seattle, it was seen in time that the
preservation of order is more important than
the winning of any strike and order was main
tained as ruthlessly as it was assailed by those
who care more for the overthrow of govern
ment than for the welfare of labor. Since
1912, sentiment in Lawrence has changed and
there was no general sympathy with the strikers
as there was in that year. Neither was the
Lawrence strike supported by any union in
good standing. The United Textile Workers
called the strike, but disavowed it when it took
the form of an attack on American institutions,
and the American Federation of Labor joined
in the disavowal. The collapse of the strike,
therefore, is a triumph for the good sort of
unionism, as well as a defeat for the bad sort.
The cause of the strike was that the Law
rence mills refused to concede the demand for
a 48-hour week with 54 hours' pay. The shorter
hours were conceded readily enough, for the
cancellation of war- orders, and the lack of
civilian orders had left half the machinery with
out anything to do. The manufacturers ex
plained this, and the workers did not even ask
for the increased pay at first. Only in Law
rence was this position taken, under the stim
ulation of outside agitators. Some of them
were characterized by one of the Lawrence
judges in a disorder case as "boudoir bol
sheviki." The foremost agitator was a clergy
man of several denominations, and an actor
in religious as well as labor troubles. And
there was an eruption of "sociologists," eager
to distribute prosperity with other people's
property. The disorders became so serius that
the Massachusetts Board of Conciliation made
an inquiry into the situation and reported that
the strike was "subversive of the rights of indi
viduals and of private property and revolution
ary in tendencies, creating terrorism, preventing
the resumption of work, disturbing the ordi
nary business relations of the community and
destructive to orderly government."
A strike of that sort deserves to fail, for
it is rather a political than a labor strike. The
failure is worth insisting upon for two reasons.
Firstly, the lesson is that when strikes are of
that sort they should be met with firmness
rather than sympathy, for the general interest
suffers more than labor can profit. And, sec
ondly, the result of this strike should teach
labor that it can gain more by peaceful than
by forceful methods. What it was not pos
sible to concede to threats in Lawrence, under
the conditions of that time, it is now possible
under better business conditions to give freely
to Dover, Lowell, Fall River, New Bedford and,
in fact, the whole industry of New England. The
I. W. W. will be weakened and the American
Federation of Labor will be strengthened by
the failure of the attempt to set unionists against
both other unionists and capital. The moral
is, as )le Hanson says, that "labor will form
the main guard against the red menace in this
country," for he admitted that the I. W. W.
hated Gompers more than it hates him.
The Seattle and Lawrence precedents of how
to meet strikes against community interests
may be commended to Canadian observation,
where the method of conciliation, which is
such a credit to the good will of the Canadian
government seem to be useless. Unemploy
ment is the greatest danger of the world under
present conditions, and there is too much of it
here, where there is least excuse for it. Record
ing to the report of the New York Industrial
Commission in this state, in 1918 there were
1,519,884 days, 48 centuries, of strike idleness.
It is easier to say what labor lost than what
labor gained by it, and it is agreeable to add
that the latest reports are the most reassuring
that such danger is no longer to be feared. The
decline in number of workers, according to the
commission, has been "halted," and the volume
of employment is now 45 per cent above the
pre-war level.
Paradox of German Reparation
To the German contention that the repara
tion terms of the peace treaty impose a burden
greater than Germany can possibly bear, the
allied council replies that "all the nations of
Europe are suffering from losses and are bear
ing and will continue to bear burdens which
are almost more than they can carry." There
folows from this manifest fact that in industrial
helpfulness to Germany, as well as in sample
justice to the countries devastated by the Ger
man armies, Germany should make all pos
sible reparation.
All are in much the same boat. The nations
are interdependent economically. None can
prosper from the continued poverty of others.
German rehabilitation cannot be hindered but
must be helped by German aid in the rehabilita
tion of countries far worse sufferers from the
ravages of Germany's war.
This truth is well expressed in President
Wilson's message to congress, wherein it is
said that "prosperity in one part of the world
ministers to prosperity everywhere," and that
"there is in a very true sense a solidarity of
interest throughout the world of enterprise."
What, therefore, appears as paradoxial in the
allied reply is clearly a fact:
"There is no reason whatever why Ger
many, under the new conditions, should not
build up for herself a position, both of stability
and prosperity, in the European world."
When the Germans complain that the treaty
of peace sells them into slavery, they forget
that the war sold alt the belligerents into slavery
and all of them must work their way out to
gether. Even after making reparation, Ger
many is likely to be as well off as any other
European country. New York World.
The Day We Celebrate.
A. H. Benton, of the Union Loan Investment
company, born 1846.
Dr. A. S. Pinto, practicing physician and sur
geon, now a lieutenant-colonel in France, born
1872.
Commander Alexander Ramsay, R. N., who
recently married Princess Patricia of Con
naught, born 38 years ago.
Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, U. S. N.,
commandant of the First naval district at Bos
ton, born at Westerly, R. I., 62 years ago.
Marc Klaw, of the theatrical firm of Klaw
& Erlanger, born at Paducah, Ky., 61 years ago.
ago.
M. Leon Bourgeois, French statesman and
several times premier, born in Paris, 68 years
ago.
Gilbert K. Chesterton, English journalist and
author, born in Kensington, 45 years ago today.
Fred T. Dubois, former United States sena
tor from Idaho, born in Crawford county, 111.,
68 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Mrs. Robert R. Livingston has presented
Robert R. Livingston Post No. 282, G. A. R.,
with a fine picture of her deceased husband.
Omaha holds second place in the Western
Base Ball association, St. Paul being first.
Thatcher, Primrose and West's minstrel com
pany opened at the Boyd to a crowded house.
About 2,000 people saw the equestrients win
an exciting race from lady bicyclers at the
1 ColiseutOj
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed.
Ask T h e B e e to Answer.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Insurance.
The matter of the conversion of
government Insurance Into the new
types of policies, Is one of vital con
cern to all persons carrying govern
ment Insurance. Now that congress
has been convened, conversion will
undoubtedly be authorized within a
very short time and the campaign
will then be on in earnest. A great
many men who are carrying insur
ance are undecided as to the type of
policy into which to convert because
of the fact that their knowledge of
insurance is very limited. In order
to help these men so that they may
be able to convert into the types of
policies best fitted to their own par
ticular needs, we are going to give
a series of articles which will ex
plain in a general way the provis
ions of the various policies so that
they may understand what each
policy is.
The six policies offered by the
government are as follows: Ordi
nary life; 20-payment life; 30-pay-ment
life; 20-year endowment; 30
year endowment, and an endowment
policy maturing at age 62.
Ordinary Life Policy.
The ordinary life policy, more
commonly known as straight life, is
a policy that is figured on the whole
life of an individual. Every insur
ance has a beginning and an ending.
The ordinary life policy is based on
the natural life of an individual, and
according to the tables of mortality
the natural life of every man must
end at age 96, therefore, this policy
is computed on the basis of age 96.
From this it can be readily seen
that the ordinary life policy is a
very cheap long-term policy, and
this fact makes it the cheapest
policy written.. The insured pays
premiums as Jong as he lives.
This policy Is a pure protection
policy. The insured carries it with
only one thought in mind that of
affording protection to his family.
He never expects to realize any
thing from this policy himself. It Is
a very attractive policy to men with
families who need as much protec
tion as they can get and have only
a limited amount of money to buy
this protection. It gives a maxi
mum of protection for a minimum
initial cost. The chief objection to
this policy lies in the fact that a
man pays premium as long as he
lives. He can never look forward to
the time when the payment of
premiums will end, and there is a
grave possibility that in old age,
the very time when protection is
most essential, he will be unable
to make these payments.
The yearly premium on the gov
ernment policy is as follows on each
$1,000 of insurance:
Age 20... $13. 58 i Age 30.. .$17. 36
Age 25... 25.24 Age 35... 20.08
For further information address:
Conservation Section, Uureau of War
Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C.
SAVK THIS AKT1CLK.
Delay In Allotment Payments.
Mrs. M. K. D. No sailing date
has been assigned the 3tith division
as yet, but under plans that have
been announced, it ought to be on
its way over with within a very
short time. Motor transport com
pany No. 533 has been in the service
of supply, with headquarters at Co-lombey-Ies-Belles;
it is included in
the general order which aims at dis
continuance of the service of sup
ply of the army in France by the
middle of July, but Just when it will
start for home we can not tell you.
The Bureau of War Risks was un
able to pay allotments because the
appropriation had been exhausted
and congress adjourned in March
without making new appropriation.
The first thing the present congress
did was to provide money to pay
allotments, and the bureau at
Washington is now sending out the
delayed vouchers as fast as it can.
jft&e folds' C072
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(Pegtry and Billy, trying to help save
the farm of Widow Clancey from Miser
Jenkins, are captured by the miser. The
Bronze Genie cornea to the widow s aid.)
The Miser Dances.
mOO late, It's after 6 o'clock!
JL The farm Is mine!" repeated
Miser Jenkins, but as he said It his
voice shook as If the sight of the
Mighty Bronze Genie had given him
an ague chill.
"It's only a little after 5 o'clock.
The debt is not due until 6," ttiun
dered the Genie.
"See my watch. It says 20 min
utes past 6," quavered Miser Jen
kins. "And the clock it Is twenty min
utes after hour," sobbed Widow
Clancey.
"Thunderatlon!" growled the
Genie. "My watch surely Isn't an
hour slow. Is this some miserly
trick?"
"You can see for yourself. You
have come 20 minutes too late. The
farm is mine."
Peggy, Billy and Pat, bound and
gagged and locked in the closet,
heard this talk in silent indignation.
They were silent for the reason that
the miser had so tied up their
mouths that they couldn't utter a
sound. But the miser in binding
them had forgotten one thing he
hadn't fastened their feet. Now Bil
ly took advantage of this fact. He
'Oh, Yow' Oh, Wow! Whoop!
Zowle!" '-Screamed the Miser,
and He Began to Dance.
began to kick lustily at the door of
the closet.
"Geewhillickers, what's that?"
thundered the Genie.
"Must he the horses In the barn,"
quavered Miser Jenkins. "I'll go and
see. I've got to be getting back to
town anyway."
You'll stay right here!" roared the
Genie loudly. Again Billy kicked
on the door, and Peggy and Pat
Joined the racket. The Genie strode
across the room, dragging the miser
with him. While one hand clutched
the miser by the coat collar the
Genie's other hand threw the closet
door open. "Thunderatlon!" ex
claimed the Genie, tearing away the
gags. Who has dared to treat my
master and my mistress In such bar
barous fashion?"
"It was the miser did It," gasped
Pegy.
"And he set the clock and his
watch ahead an hour," gurgled
Billy.
"i 'h. ho! That's why 6 o'clock
came so early!" roared the Genie. "I
knew there was some trickery about
it."
"You can't prove I did it,"
miavered the miser. "The clock
says it is after 6 o'clock, and this
farm now belongs to me."
"Oh, ho, does it?" thundered the
Genie. He shot out one big hand
and grasped the miser by his hair,
forcing him to his knees. With the
other hand the Genie drew the glit
tering scimitar from its scabbard,
swishing it through the air until it
fairly hummed. "You'll need only
one small hole in the earth when I
get through with you."
"Oh, spare him," shrieked Peggy.
"Don't cut off his head."
"Take him out in the yard if
you're going to do it," pleaded
Widow Clancey. "Don't muss up my
clean kitchen with his gore."
The Genie stopped swishing his
scimitar and looked at Widow
Clancey.
"That sounds like good sense," he
said, though a bit disappointedly.
"It would smatter things up a lot if
I cut him in two.
"Don't you cut off my head. I'll
have the law on you If you do,"
screamed the miser.
"Well, if I can't cut you up I
ran roast you whole," thundered the
Genie, sheathing his scimitar. "To
the hot place for you."
With that he jerked the miser to
his feet, picked him up bodily, and
tossed him on top of the kitchen
stove.
"Ow, yow! Oh, wow! Whoop!
Zowie!" screamed the miser, and he
began to dance with all his might to
keep his feet from scorching.
(Tomorrow will be told what' Lieutenant
Mike finds when he comes marching
home. )
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Many Questions Answered.
A Reader Military police com
pany 223 is in the service of sup
ply; see answer to Mrs. M. E. D.,
foregoing. Motor transport corps
repair unit No. 310 is at headquar
ters army of occupation and no date
for the sailing has been announced.
Anxious When balloon company
No. 24 was transferred from the
Second to the Third army it was
with the understanding it would be
held indefinitely in the army of oc
cupation. R. A. J. Announcement has been
made that general headquarters at
Chaumont will be broken up by the
middle of July; no date has been
announced for the departure of the
headquarters units.
A Soldier's Sweetheart No time
has been fixed for the sailing of the
11th veterinary hospital unit now at
Gievres, but it will not be kept there
much longer, as the government
plans on getting all the soldiers out
of France within six weeks. The
115th engineers have been serving
with the Sixth army corps, which
has been broken up, its divisions Be
ing released for return. This In
cludes the engineers.
An Anxious Mother The Sixth di
vision has been released for return
to the home station, although no
date has been set for its sailing yet.
This includes ambulance company
No. 37.
An Anxious Sister No time has
been set for the sailii'S of pro
visional cook company No. 1, now
at Brest.
Miss Z. R. You do not state what
branch of the service you want to
know about. There are many com
panies bearing the number 254, so
please tell the rest of the designa
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Took a Jolt to Start Him.
Omaha. May 26. To the Editor
of The Bee: A few datys ago The
Bee published a . article roasting the
police department for allowing
gambling on the carnival grounds.
At that time I did not sanction the
article, thinking, perhaps, there
might be a little personal animosity
connected with it, but since the arti
cle appeared I have had a little ex
perience myself with the method this
administration is following to the
detriment of their supporters, and
am now in a position to offer The
Bee words of encouragement for fu
ture exposures. For 20 years I
have supported the republican party
in Omaha, but no more for me, and
forgiveness is all 1 ask for support
ing the present administration; it
was unadulterated ignorance on my
part. I didn't know there was a
circus in town. T. J. TATROE.
Talking at the Movies.
Omaha, May 26. To the Editor
of The Bee: The "Movie Fan" who
complains of the annoyance caused
him by persons in the picture thea
ters reading from the screens ex
plaining the shows, and so forth, ex
presses my feelings exactly. But we
differ in one point. The "Movie
Fan" thinks men as bad as women.
I find it to be nearly always women
women who want to be both seen
and heard and surely they are the
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
Crawford Since he became a magnate
his expanses are enormous.
I'rahahaw No wonder. He hires a doctor
to keep him out of bed and a lawyer to
keep him out of jail. Life.
Husband That new cook Is certainly
quiet. One would never know that she
was about the place.
Wife She Isn't. She left this morning.
Answers.
I go to a picture show to rest my
mind a while and relax, to have it
all spoiled by some woman making a
nuisance of herself, I feel that I'd
love to see her led to the door and
put out. Some that do not read the
screens nor talk, sit there and cluck
their old tongues at every feature
until I feel like choking them.
"Would that God the giftie gie us to
see oursels as others see us."
CONSIDERATE.
A negro was trying to saddle a mule,
when a bystander asked:
'Hoes That, mule ever kick you?"
"No, sun, but he kicks sometimes where
Isa Jes' been." Berkshire Eagle.
Mrs. Bacon This paper says that they
are going to do away with pockets In
men's clothing.
Mr. Bacon Another blow at woman s
rights, my dear Yonlter's Statesman.
"Senator, these ladies have collected a
lot of your speeches."
"Um."
"Don't you feel flattered?
"Dunno Do they want 'em; to read or
to make a bonfire with?" Detroit Free
Press.
Blondine Doesn't Gerty Glddlgad make
up something awful?
Brunetta Yes, I don't know whether It
is her eyesight that is bad or her Judg
ment. Youngstown, Telegram.
First Artist Been doing anything
lately '
Second Artist Oh, knocked off a couple
of girl's heads last week and finished off
the mayor of Mudmouth.
Old Lady Bolsheviks! London Opinion.
"I see vour grandpa doesn't help you
around the store any more."
"Nope: couldn't break him of the habit
of sticking a potato on the spout of every
nil rn Them days are gone and past."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Tour boy Josh will be permitted to
wear hlg soldier clothes for several
months"
"Yes." answered Farmer Corntaseel, with
a trace of discontent in his tone; "an'
then mother'll make 'em over an' expect
me to wear 'em for several years."
Washington Star.
Frienrl You don't seem to be worrying i
about the bone-dry law
Saloonkeeper Why should I? Before it
goes into effect we may have to amend
the constitution of the League of Nations.
JtfUge.
President and Senate.
Omaha, May 25. To the Editor
of The Bee: Might it not have been
better for the American people
had our president appointed about
four of the longest-headed states
men from the United States senate
to .have gone over to Paris and
helped negotiate peace and see what
could be done in regard to a league
of nations? If he could have got
out of his democratic rut and real
ized that all parties joined hands
and bought bonds and sent their
sons to die on foreign soil, and have
made it about two of the leading
republican and two leading demo
cratic senators, don't you suppose
they could have formulated as good
a peace treaty and in as short a time
and their draft of a league would
more likely have met with the ap
proval of the United States senate?
But it might have detracted from
Colonel House a little, and Presi
dent Wilson might have thought it
rather tame for him to stay in
Washington and just be mere pres
ident of the United States. Yet 1
for one think we might have come
out of the affair with American in
terests better protected and have
retained more respect from foreign
nations, and we would have re
spected ourselves more and had a
president not too large for his job.
but right on the job.
Great Britain did not have to take
its king, nor did any of the other
powers. They all had men big
enough for the job, but the United
States had but one man big enough
for the job. Had he from any cause
been swept from the stage of action
beforehand, what would the world
have done for a league of nations?
J. OTTO MARTIN.
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The Art and Music Store.
l.V. Nicholas Oil Company
DR. G. W. TODD
I wish to announce my
New Location Fourth
Floor of the Barker
Block
I will move in June Into my new
quarters and will be prepared to give
Better Service. 1 have more room and
larger equipment.
Present Location 403
Brandeis Building.
A JOY PICTURE.
Th' gladflpst thing In the world that's glad,
Er that's what I think's, a little tad.
With a piece of bread, an' & horn to blow.
An' a step to st on. No one don't know
Anything that's happier much, I guess;
By Jlng I g't such a tenderness
When I see a Ittle old tad like that
I feel like settln' down where he's at.
An' askln' him. with a friendly smile.
To let me toot on his horn a while.
Or for a bite of his 'lasses bread
A little hit of a toualehead
A settln' there on a step like that
"With a tootln' horn, ana a old straw nat
Right there Inside him. is just all right!
He will swing hla foot, an'll take a bite
Of his 'lasses bread, an' then blow his
horn;
An' just as sur as you ve been born,
Ie knows more gladness than anything
That was ever thought of could give a
king.
A king ain't mucti ain't one-half as
As hini Twaitlng there for his dad.
With hrad an' butler, and 'lasses, too;
No artist feller has ever drew
A picture hreathin' so much o joy
As one like that of a little boy
A settln' there with his old straw hat;
I want to set down by where he's at
An" coax him. pattln' his yellow head.
Xa simius bits of bis 'lasses bread.
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