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Between E. Pluribus Unum ind Jupiter
Pluvius, the pace is going tolerably fast.
doming events cast their shadows before.
Beer at Coney Island has gone up to IS cents
glass.
"The buzzards of the world are grouped -at
Paris," so we are told. Now whom can that
refer to? 1
: If the prognostication of food prices would
but agree first among themselves it might re
lieve the tension a bit.
Just as two bodies can not occupy the same
space at the same time, so thereis no room for
anarchy to flourish in a democracy.
The Austrian peace commissioners, at any
rate, seem to realize that they have something
to be thankful for, because it might have been
worse.
. Several changes in, the peace pact to meet
objections of the Germans are under considera
tion. No man-made document can be so perfect
that it Is not subject to further improvement.
As usual in the dispute over the feet for reg
istration of vital statistics, the taxpayer holds
the sack. Away with the odious fee business
altogether I-
. General Smuts denies the rumor that he is
to be British ambassador to this country and
decjares he will not serve, especially as he has
not been asked. -
Omaha is ready for a spurt of building con
struction if only no obstacles are wantonly
placed in the path. Get together, you con-"
' tractors and building trades workmen.
Our newly franchised women evidently have
to have-those axioms still drummed into them:
'flf you're not registered you can't vote" and
"There is no higher duty than the duty of the
citizen to vote." . .
But if charges of police-protected gambling
and bribe-covered auto stealing were made
under the old Dahlman regime, some action at
'east would have been insisted on to clean up
;he force unless disproved.
Attorney General . Palmer is playing in hard
,tick in being the one cabinet member to have
ratification of his appointment held up. If the
senate could only have another turn with Burle
son, Palmer might have company.
v All agree the so-called luxuries tax is a
foolish -and annoying imposition on business,
but no more so now than last winter, when our
democratic administration and the late demo
cratic congress insisted on saddling it on us.
Through its burgomaster, Berlin is making
t bid for tourist business, holding forth among
other advantages and attractions that it has suf
fered .little during the war in comparison with
Other cities of Europe.. That's a reason as is a
reason.
-; On the latest test in the senate the suffrage
". amendment goes over the top, with two votes
to spare. , Of course it would be entirely out
)f place to note, by way of reminder, that no
appeal for its support came from the White
House this time.
The immigrant bolshevist is bad enough, but
the native-born American anarchist is a thou
sand times worse, because he has not the ex
cuse of an experience with old-world persecu
tion and oppression. Though the red terror
may be of European origin, it is being spread in
this country by too many Americans and finds
aid and comfort in sources that pretend to sanity
and patriotism. The existence of poison-breeding
centers in this country can not justly be
charged solely .again st the immigrant just come
through our doors.
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Poor Camp Arrangements
r The statements made by high officers of the
89th division to a New York correspondent of
the Globe-Democrat as to deplorable conditions
at camps near the port of debarkation come as a
shocking surprise. Their severest criticism is
of Camp Upton. There was almost universal
indignation at the selection of the site on Long
Island, on the score of the length of time and
amount-of money that would be required to
turn the swampy solitude into a habitable place.
But these criticisms long sinceeased. Now the
objections are based on'the lack of organization.
One officer who saw Brest at its worst last
winter said that in all the three months of his
stay in that famous mudhole he saw less con
fusion than he witnessed in three days at Upton.
The officers agree that the delay in transporta
tion of men and baggage almost passes com
prehension. Since nearly all the troops debark at New
' York and are sent to some near-by camp for
'delousing," a process that consumes five times
as long as a similar one at Brest, it remains to
be explained why the War department has not
instituted aiveasily and rapidly working system,
instead of disappointing the soldiers all eager
to be demobilized and returned home with such
makeshift arrangements as were pardonable
;arly in the war. The "rookies" bore with them,
.with the ignorant supposition that they were
unavoidable. But the soldiers now know better.
They have seen military matters managed prop
erly and they are therefore impatient at the
"ridiculously inadequate organization" at Upton
and ojher camps.
Some of the laxness is ascribed to a "let
downAowing'to the close of the war. But the
1 American expeditionary forces, and especially
those freshfrom the task of policing the land
east of the Tlhine.lcannpt understand this. They
have never 'let down." They have been kept
' keyed to the highest pitch of discipline, and it is
but natural that they should resent the slipshod,
tmmilitary management of the camps. St Louia
Globe-Df mocras - ,
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT SUBMITTED.
By the necessary two-thirds vote of both
houses of congress, the equal suffrage amend
ment to the federal constitution is submitted for
ratification by the states. Finally adopted, this
amendment would give votes to women on pre
cisely the same terms as to men. It, moreover,
would assert more directly than heretofore, the
authority of the federal government to pre
scribe the qualifications of suffrage not only for
choosing senators and members of congress and
presidential electors, but also for selecting the
officers of the several states and of their va
rious political subdivisions, a tremendous step
in the direction of centralizing and federalizing
our whole machinery of elections.
The women who have for yean been work
ing for suffrage, have scored handsomely, and
have reason to rejoice over their success in
at last .getting their amendment past congress.
The changed conditions brought about by the
war, and particularly the patriotic response of
the noble women of America to the call to aid
in the different war activities, have had much
to do in helping them over the line. The worrfin
by their war works have won the admiration
of all.
Suffrage enthusiasts, however, must not
imagine that the victory is already nailed down,
for they have a good hard fight in front of them.
They must not underestimate the strength of
the states rights idea, or the uncompromising
opposition of the south to the enfranchisement
of negro women and its fear that this ex
tension of the suffrage might make it more diffi
cult to continue to deprive the negro men of
their votes.
So far as Nebraska is concerned, every
republican member of the congressional delega
tion is recorded in favor of the suffrage amend
ment, leaving our lone democratic United States
senator standing by .himself with the southern
bourbons. The vote of the Nebraska delegation
undoubtedly reflects the general sentiment of
the constituency. True, Nebraska defeated the
suffrage amendment to the state constitution
when last submitted, but it is the consensus of
opinion that the result would be reversed if it
were now voted on again. Nebraska will prob
ably in due time ratify the federal amendment
now proposed, as will also our neighboring
states of the, middle west.
If the question of ratification becomes a
political issue, it will be found that its cham
pionship will be taken up by the republican
party, while the democrats will be lip-serving
and luke-warm, if not in open opposition. On
that issue, the women voters in states where
suffrage already prevails, the states which saved
the day for Wilson last time, will have to rally
to the republican standard bearer if they loyally
support their cause.
Four PneumoniaJTypes
Our Municipal Ice Plant's Chance.
The boosting of the price of delivered ice to
Omaha consumers opens up a real opportunity I
for our municipal ice plant.
When this undertaking w-s inaugurated the
expectation and promise was that Omaha would
be provided with ice at lowest cost plus mini
mum profit, and the charges by private ice com
panies would be held down to somewhere near
the same figure.
The benefits of the municipal ice plant, if
there are to be benefits, should go to the entire
community, not to those householders only
who happen to live in the immediate vicinity of
a distribution station. In other words, delivery
is an essential factor in the ice business.
No private profit-seeking ice company handi
caps itself by making people call and carry
home their own ice. If the municipal plant is
to fulfill its function it should arrange im
mediately for a system of delivery. This could
be done in more than one way by putting on
trucks or wagons of its own, or by contracting
to supply ice in quantities at wholesale rates to
distributors with distinct stipulation as to ter
ritory to be covered and retail prices to be
charged, or by districting the city and licensing
ice distributors for each district. Either method
would do away with the present needless cost
of several ice wagons following each other
around the block to do a service which one of
them could easily perform and would permit
the saving to be divided between consumer and
vendor.
. Whether we approve or disapprove of the
municipal, ice plant, v(e have it in Omaha and
we should get full returns from our investment.
This we can not secure until the(city plant de
livers its ice to the home where it is wanted.
War and the Study of Law.
A report from the Carnegie Foundation, m.
bodying results of a study of the effect of the
war on law schools in the United States, shows
Hiese to have been seriously affected. A num
ber Of law schools have closed their d'.ors, while
others have greatly restricted their operations,
those connected with the great uniersities find
ing it expedient or desirable to lower entrance
requirements, shorten the course or in other
fashion to rearrange the work of the students.
Even with this, registration for 1918 has fallen
far below that of 1916. As a consequence the
writer of the report sets out the "law school is
preserved, but legal scholarship is destroyed."
He sees, however, something of an advantage to
come through a rearrangement of the curricu
lum when the great schools are restored to their
prewar activity. Even the night school, he
contends, may be brought up to a standard of
efic .iency that will compare with the day school
On this point he says: '
That the annual output of American law
yers should have been temporarily reduced to
one-fourth its former size is probably not a
calamity, in itself. But that of this dimin
ished output . so large a proportion (89 per
cent) should be furnished by night schools',
or by day schools that operate on a similar
plane, is a situation that should not be al
lowed to continue a moment longer than can
be justified by sound educational considera
tions. Two things worthy of note are developed.
One is that the schools that held the highest
i-tandard for entrance and required the longer
veriod for graduation have suffered most in the
falling off. This is ascribed to the fact that the
college training required of students for these
schools "has undoubtedly bred in them a spirit
of readiness to make return for advantages they
have enjoyed, and has gone far to justify our
Vith in this element of our American com
nunity." The other outstanding feature is that
he .number of women registering for the study
f law has not increased as was expected.
The hope is left, at least by inference, that
he nation will not materially suffer before the
aw schools can be reorganized and the present
deficit be supplied by an, increased output.
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London Times.
The study of pneumonia has received a very
great stimulus during these last months, and the
public interest in this dreadful disease has been
quickened. Every one realizes now our efforts
to cope with the plague were, on the whole, un
satisfactory, and that, in spite of long years of
experience, we lacked any weapon of defense
upon which trust could be placed.
It is for this reason that we welcome the con
tribution to the study of the disease which has
just been made by the Rockefeller institute.
This contribution comes from the hospital of
the institute, and bears the names ot Avery,
Chickering, Cole, and Duchez. A distinct ad
vance is marked in our knowledge.
The type of pneumonia studied was that
known as "lobar" i.e., that which attacks the
lobes of the lungs. The authors have come to
the conclusion that, though the disease may
appear as one sharply differentiated condition,
it is in reality a group of conditions each of
which has the same sign, but each of which is
produced by a different type of germ.
The vast importance of this is recognized at
once when it is recalled that until the medical
research committee discovered that cerebro
spinal fever was of four types, each due to a
different germ, little progress in the treatment
of that malady was made. So long as serums
able to destroy one type were being used to de
stroy another type against which they were im
potent, patients continued to be lost and serum
treatment to be discredited. When, however,
the types were recognized and differentiated it
became possible to use the right serum for the
partciular type, and the death rate fell at once.
A similar state of matters would seem, from
this new work, to prevail in the case of pneu-'
monia. The germ belongs to the same class, it
looks the same, but it is in reality different
in different infections, just as the typhoid bacil
lus differs from the paratyphoid A and B
bacilla.
Four types of the pneumococci can be dis
tinguished. Type 1 is stated to be the most
common cause of infection in man, giving rise
to one-third of the total cases in the areas
where study has been carried on. It is against
this type only that the anti-pneumonia serum
at present in use is valuable. Types 2, 3 and 4,
indeed, are not affected by this serum at all.
Unhappily, serums made against them have, for
some reason or another, failed to give very good
results.
As a result of the work it is not advised that
a dose of mixed (types 1, 2, 3 and 4) serum
should be given in every case of pneu
monia, as can be done in cerebro-spinal
meningitis. The first step should be the de
termination of the type which is present. This
is a highly technical matter requiring the help
of a laboratory. Then if type 1 is present serum
treatment should be begun forthwith, the serum
being given into a vein with certain due pre
cautions. The authors state that when administered
in this scientific fashion serum has proved very
beneficial. There is at once a definite improve
ment in the general condition of the patient,
the consolidation of the lung ceases to extend,
invasion of the blood of the pneumococcus is
prevented or ended, and the blood becomes im
mune. Major Nichols of the United States
army, who treated cases occurring among troops
on the Mexican border, reported a mortality of
8 per cent in cases treated with serum, as op
posed to a mortality of 39 per cent in cases not
so treated.
In commenting on the work, the Lancet adds
a word of caution which deserves to be noted.
It says:
"The findings of these American investi
gators are of the utmost importance, but con
firmation is required before they can be gener
ally applied in this country, for we have evi
dence that the types of pneumococci differ in
different localities. To carry the work out
lined above into effect will necessitate not only
the storing and distribution cjf large supplies of
serum of standard potency available at short
notice, but special provision will have to be
made in private and hospital laboratories and in
public health laboratories for carrying out at all
hours the technical procedures involved in de
termining the type of pneumococcus responsi
ble in any individual case."
Pogroms and Barbarism 1
Civilization will be a mockery and democracy
a delusion so long as any nation tolerates or
'permits the sort of treatment which has been
meted out to the Jews of Polanj. And the al
lies at Versailles will be sadly negligent of one
of the most urgent duties of humanity unless
they make it plain to the new republic of Po
land, which owes its existence to them, that it
will be regarded as an outlaw from the society
of civilization until and unless it can guarantee
equal rights and protection to its Jewish in
habitants. It was a deeply impressive demon
stration in New York on Wednesday, culminat
ing in a great meeting of upward of 150,000
people in Madison Square Garden, when the
protest of American Jewry was formulated and
forwarded to Paris. The protest, however, was
not confined to the racial kinsfolk of the victims
of the pogrom in Poland. Ex-Justice Hughes
was the chief speaker of the evening, and he but
voiced the feelings and sympathy of humane
Americans of every race and faith when he made
his protest and appeal for speedy and impartial
justice. Philadelphia Ledger.
Miss Rankin
We wonder if Miss Jeannete Rankin, who
served in the lower house of congress and who
was subsequently ambitious for a seat in the
senate is viewed by the suffrage sisters as a good
exponent of the national benefits to be derived
through legislation by females.
As a congresswoman, it will be remembered,
Miss Rankin voted against war and did some
public weeping. War to her was more terrible
than the things that made war necessary. Now
she pronounces the terms of peace too severe
upon the central powers. She simply cannot
abide the idea 'of pain even when the pain is
imposed upon the world's leading pain makers
for the purpose of preventing them from mak
ing any more pain. She seems to be distinctly
womanish using that term as one somewhat
different in meaning from womanly.
Male legislators have performed with equal
foolishness and equal rehensibility. But it
has been many years since the male electorate
en bloc advanced the theory that male legisla
tion must advance us with amazing swiftness
toward the millennial bliss. That is why we
wonder if the suffrage sisters think that what
Miss Rankin thinks is necessarily right. Hart
ford Times.
ITODAV
The Day We Celebrate.
Sir Douglas Hazen, chief justice of New
Brunswick, born in New Brunswick 59 years
ago. '
Gen. Marcus J. Wright, one of the few sur
viving general officers of the Confederate
States army, born at Purdy, Tenn., 88 years ago.
Ladislas Lazaro, representative in congress
of the Seventh Louisiana district, born near
Ville Platte, La., 47 years ago.
Dr. Richard C. MacLaurin, president of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and who
served as head of the United States Students'
Army Training corps, born in Scotland 49 years
ago.
Battling Nelson, former champion light
weight pugilist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark,
37 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
A. H. Sander, reported missing in the Johns
town flood, is safe.
The Coliseum management are giving a huge
program of athletics as a Johnsto7n benefit.
A campaign of killing is being waged by
policemen against dogs not exhibiting a license
its, .
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.
Name will not be printed.
Ask TheBee to Answer.
Thirty-Year Endowment.
The 80-year endowment policy
carries with It the same provisions
as the 20-year endowment policy.
The insured is looking forward 80
years and expects at the end ot that
time to receive the face value of
that policy. He also knows that he
has protection in the event he
should die during that time. This
policy is far better for the average
man than the 20-year endowment. It
costs him considerably less and he
is spreading his premium payments
over a period of 30 years rather than
20, and therefore the burden is
much easier. He has protection on
his policy 10 years longer and it
matures at & better age..
The yearly premium on each
$1,000 of Insurance on the govern.
ment policy Is as follows:
Age 20.. .$24.83 I Age 30.. .$25.40
Age 25... 24.69 Age 35... 26.46
For further information address
Conservation Section, Bureau of War
Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C.
SAVE THIS ARTICLE.
An Anxious Sister (Omaha) The
604th engineers is attached to the
Fifth corps. The headquarters of
this corps has returned, but the unit
has not yet been mentioned for
home-coming.
Anxious Sister (Peru) Will you
please give us more information re
garding your brother. Do you mean
he is in a prisoner of war escort
company or is he in the United
States guards? Either might be
called a "guard" company.
W. P. The information you seek
should be obtained from the ad
jutant general of the army at Wash
ington, D. C. We do not have rec
ords of individuals.
Patient Any drafted men or men
enlisted for the duration of the war
will be released wtihln four months
after the peace treaty is signed.
The $60 Bonus.
Bancroft, Neb. I was In the last
draft which was cancelled in No
vember. I was sworn in the 11th of
November and discharged the 13th,
receiving an honorable discharge
and $3. Am I entitled to a $60
bonus? A. H.
Section 1406 of the revenue act,
approved February 24, 1919, pro
vides "That all persons serving in
the military or naval forces of the
United States during the present
war who have since April 6, 1917,
resigned, or been discharged under
honorable conditions shall
be paid ' $60 each. This
amount shall not be paid (1) to
any person who though appointed
or inducted Into the military or
naval forces on or prior to Novem
ber 11, 1918, had not reported for
duty at his station on or prior to
such date;"
In other words, if you were mere
ly sworn in locally and had not re
ported for duty at your station, you
are not entitled to the bonus."
Lands for Soldiers.
E. W. Too much space will be
required to answer your question in
detail. The federal land laws are
the same in all states; land may be
taken up under any one of several
laws, depending on its nature and
location. An effort was made In the
last congress to secure special legis
lation on behalf of soldiers, but it
failed. The bill will be presented to
the present congress, and undoubt
edly will be passed. If you will write
to the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Washington, D. C, you
can obtain all the information you
request In compact form. Would
also advise you to consult with the
Burlington Land Department, head
quarters at Omaha.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
In Waterbury, Vt., milk is selling
at the rate of 11 quarts for $1.
It is estimated that 407 airplanes
took part in the German raids 'on
England.
It is just 50 years since the mu
nicipal franchise was conferred on
women in England.
American experts have perfected
the highest grade of photographic
paper, which formerly was imported
from Europe.
The word "magnet" Is derived
from the name of the city Magnesia,
in Asia Minor, where the properties
of the lodestone are said to have
been discovered.
The New Zealand government has
restricted the exportation of hides
with a view to controlling the prices
in the interest of fixing the cost of
standardized shoes to be manufac
tured in this dominion.
The various exhibitions of British
manufactured goods, such as the
Scientific Products exhibition and
the British Industries Fair, have all
served to give a more general reali
zation of the importance of the
scientist and hjs work to industrial
development.
In 1916 the average monthly im
ports of frozen meat by the United
Kingdom amounted to 43,389 tons;
bacon and hams, 37,382 tons; tea,
11,250 tons. In 1918 the average
monthly net imports of wheat
amounted to 225,197 tone and of
wheat flour to 112,801 tons.
It is reported that there is a great
demand throughout Scandinavia for
American motor-truck chassis, three
to five toes, immediate delivery,
price about $3,000. It is recom
mended that there be a personal
canvass by American dealer and
manufacturers With demonstrations.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(Par ST. Billy and Mighty Bronia Genlc
taka Im Laddia to Blrdland, whare they
seek tha Great Dootor who builds new
1SS.)
The Man With Whiskers.
General Swallow's warning that a
strange man threatened danger
to Lame Laddie was no sooner
uttered than Mighty Bronze Genie
grabbed up Peggy and Billy, one
under each arm, and set off on a
run along the river bank. , Almost
before they knew it they were close
to the place where they had left
Lame Laddie fishing.
But before they got to him a loud
3
They saw that n roughly dressed.
bearded man was seated beside
Lame Laddie on the river bank.
A vaunt of the Money Power.
Palisade, Neb., June 2. To the
Editor of The Bee: I hope the peo
ple will demand that the president
and congress dethrone the money
kaisers by repealing the national
bank act by taking over the rail
roads, telegraph and telephone
lines and giving the present owners
credit for the same, then conscript
the wealth of all person over
$1,000,000 to pay the expense of this
war and congress has the same
power to conscript property that it
has to conscript the lives and liberty
of the people. Then we will -uphold
our integrity, honor and the flag that
stands for truth, liberty? independ
ence and the constitution of the
United State. Congress has the
right and the power to take prop
erty by taxation to provide for the
common defense and general welfare
of the United States. The money
autocrats of this country are more
dangerous to democracy than any
king or kaiser on earth.
L. H. LA WTO N.
Why in the Dark?
Omaha, June 2. To the Editor
of The Bee: According to our sen
ator, it would be incompatible to
public interest to publish the terms
of peace and that the German peo
ple do not know the terms, eitner.
If this is true, was the war to make
the world-safe for democracy won or
lost? According to newspaper re
ports, the Big 5 mix the medicine
and all the peoples on both sides
are in the dark, and it would
be a bad thing for them to
know what the Big 6 are doing.
Then when the senate of the United
States is given no voice in the mat
ter they will find It impossible to
do other than ratify the secret-made
treaty that will make the Big 5 the
masters of the world. If the re
publican party fails "to makes a
stand against this arrangement
there will be a host of us
ex-democrats who voted them
into power very. badly fooled. The
Big 5 international government
don't look good to me, although it
would make a fine secret Job for
Colonel House. T. S.
splashing drew their attention to the
river. Out In the stream were King
Fisher and his gang diving, splutter
ing and making a great fuss.
'Miey, what's the mattert" cried
the Genie.
"We're scaring the fish down the
deep hole so lame Laddie can satch
'em," rattled King Fisher.
"You're making such a racket the
fish will never stop' running,"
declared the Genie.
"Oh, yes, they will," chuckled
King Fisher. "Blue Heron and his
crowd are on the other side of the
deep hole scaring them back this
way. We've got all the fish in the
river between us. and Lame Laddie
can't help catching a big mess."
The birds Peggy had left on
guard over Lame Laddie gave a
quick warning when they saw the
Genie coming.
"Be quiet!" they twittered.
"Whiskers is with Lame Laddie."
At that moment Lame Laddie's
voice was heard.
"Hurrah!" he shouted. "I've
hooked another fish. Isn't it a
whopper!"
"Hurrah!" echoed a deep bass
voice. "So have I. You certainly
King Fisher, who had come
ashore, chuckled and winked at
Pejrgy when he heard this. "I told
you that I'd see that 'Lame Laddie
caught plenty of fish."
Peeking thrrough the bushes
Peggy, Billy and Genie saw that a
roughly dressed, bearded man was
seated beside Lame Laddie on the
river bank. Lame Laddie was fish
ing very intently, but whiskers as
the birds call him, was looking at
Lame Laddie more than he was at
his pole and line.
"Is he a tramp?" whispered
Peggy.
"Looks like it," answered Billy.
"See how sharply he is watching
Lame Laddie?"
"Hurrah! I've got another,"
shouted Lame Laddie, excitedly pull
ing in a squirming fish, but Whiskers
didn't answer; instead he put his
hand on one of Lame Laddie's poor
twisted legs and gave it a squeeze.
"Don't! murmured Lame Laddie,
drawing back as if in sharp pain.
Whiskers Instead of stopping
squeezed the other leg.
"Oh!" gasped Lame Laddie, try
ing to stifle the cry of agony that
rose to his lips. Once more
Whiskers squeezed the leg and
Lame Laddie, gritty as he was,
couldn't keep back a groan.
"How cruel!" exclaimed Peggy,
darting forward to protect Lame
Laddie. At her side were Billy and
the Mighty Bronze Genie. But the
birds were ahead of them.
"To the rescue!" shrilled General
Swallow, and the birds swept down
upon Whiskers like a feathered
cyclone. He struggled to his feet
and tried to fight them oft, but soon
was obliged to cover his eyes and
face with both hands to save them.
Just then there came a shout from
the woods: "Save me, master; save
me from spook!"
Into sight crashed the fat negro
cook, with Judge Owl gripping fast
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"Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!" hooted
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"Wow! Save me!!" shrieked ,
the cook, rushing directly at
Whiskers, Bang! he crashed Into
him with such force that the two
were carried over the edge of the
bank and into the deep pool.
Down they went In a swirl of water.
When they came up the negro yelled
again: "Save me, Great Doctor!'
"Help! I can't swim," shouted the
other. The fat cook grabbed him
tightly and both went down, strug
gling desperately.
"Geewhilllkers! Whiskers Is the
Great Doctor and he is drowning!",
roared the Genie.
Splash! The Genie dove Into the
pool.
Splash I Billy dived In beside him.
(In tomorrow' chapter the Oenlo elatmi
a reward from the Great Doctor.)
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Dr. Joel Hawley of Kansas City,
who has just moved to California,
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the only collector of drums in the
world. For many years he has been
assembling a literature on drums
and drumming, and all his life he
has been intensely interested in
drums. He has a hundred of them,
very unlike each other, from Africa,
the Orient and Europe.
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