THE BEE :r OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1919. '
The Omaha. Bee
DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY
FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR
THI BEX PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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mdiud te II er o4 otherwise eradu4 la this mw, aeS also the
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., OFFICESi ',. 1 ;
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Chtoaao lTJG-tJ Steaar Bid. Boath Omaha 43 U K tt. r
at. 1Milr-Nr B'ek of Commerce Council Bluffs 14 N. Mala St
Waahlntlaa Ult U M. Linooln-Little Building. .
, APRIL CIRCULATION i ,
Daily 65,830 Sunday 63,444
. Imn circulttloa. for tka monta subecrlbed and twerp to hj
' B. B. Bataa, UrculaflOB Maneier. ' .
:' Saaecribsra laavtaff lha city eaoula have Ta Baa milai
". te them. Addraea chanced aa -aftaa a requested.
, . . ... .
'. Butter and eggs are due to imitate Humpty
. Uumpty. ,
Our June brides are getting along swim
mingly this rainy season. . 4 ;
Even the president ill say that long-distance
handling of congress is a tough job. V v
Cross-ocean flying has just begun. It won't
be over till they fly over there and back in
two days, ;v;y:k'.,
The rector oi a New York Episcopal church
is experimenting with a shorter Sunday church
service and is pleasantly surprised that it is
unanimously voted a success. t " j ' ;
'Nebraska will be in line tor ratifying the
federal suffrage amendment in due time and
among the early ones. It it the thirty-sixth state
that wilt count and that number is not yet;
given out w
The daylight (saving controversy looks like
dispute-between the farmer and the wage
working laborer.; Other folks can reset, their
time-pieces as often as necessary without spe
cial inconvenience. '
i Poison gal is prescribed by one expert as a
cure for the locust pest. Another declares that
locusts are delicious edibles. Between the two,
Mr. Locust may as well throw up his hands
and shout "Kamerad!" , .
For the information of our readers they
should know that, the news service for Associa
ted Press members is distributed over leased
wires by our own operators and is -in no way
affected by the present telegraphers' strike. ..
The Beatrice Express intimates' that Omaha
merchants favOr a grand opera season at least
once a year, on the line that a little harmony
will not hurt us . "even if furnished by outside
talent" Beatrice must be maintaining an anvil
chorus. - 1 '
.' The unanimous choice of a new chairman
for' the republican state committee will be par
ticularly disappointing to the democrats be
cause in Nebraska the chief democratic stock-in-trade
is always built updn real or fancied
factional divisions among the republicans.
t That dollar you pay for an associate mem
bership in the Boy Scouts'of America is a con
tribution to the nation's future. It is your way
of expressing your gratitude for what the scouts
did for the country during 'the war and a pretty
substantial indication of your citizenship.
'" Director General Hines waes aside7 the sug
gestion that he give, Omaha a union passenger
station with the statement that no funds are
available for new construction. The only, thing
necessary to do the job is o pull out a fence
and extend the train shed a few feet to cover
two more tracks. . Somebody must have been
exaggerating the expensed .,. :
, y State Chairman Devoe.
i' Nebraska republicans may feel well satisfied,
with the choice of Robert W. Devoe to fill the
vacancy in the headship of the stat. com-'
nittee. There is every v reason to believe
that .Mry Devoe as chairman will bring , to
the organization the energy and intelligent di
rection needed : to put it in trim for the next
coming political contest. He himself is not only,
a young man with the advantage , of having
lived in several parts of the state and of widen
ing his acquaintance still farther by personal
canvass as the nominee for attorney general on
the ticket three years ago, but also in close
touch with, the elements that must be har
nessed together to insure success. With the
support he is entitled to have and has a right
to expect, he should strengthen the republican
state organization' and make it safe against
democratic attempts at dislodgement.
Pointer for Medical Science
. After examining draft tabulations in - f .e
United States during the last .two years tue
National Tuberculosis associations reports that
62.000 men were rejected because they K had
tuberculosis. ' At army camps 20,000 more were
discharged for the same reason. In the army
hospitals 6,000 soldiers are under treatment for
this disease. .What are we going to do about
it? The figures are startling, hough not en
tirely unexpected.," Many men were too evi
dently suffering from the malady to apply for
enlistment ... The' showing is instructive, and
emphasizes the fact that a great problem in
public sanitation and medical science is as se-
- rious and urgent as ever.. Some advance has
been made in comprehension of the disease, and
systematic measures for its prevention and cure,
but it is in truth unconquered. Yet faith that
it can eventually be conquered is strengthened
a little ,tVom year to year. To be aware of the
nature and extent of a scourge of mankind is
some gain. The rejection of more than 50,000
1 men, of military age, , on account of a single
'disease points to a great deal of work, and of
research, yet to be done. Public co-operation to
tamp out the plague is also a necessity. .The
latest official figures . speak grimly for tnem
".lves." " '
- No doubt American manhood makes a better
showing than is pos-.le in any other count
but ours is bad enough to call for get. ;ral atten
tion and vigorous, sustained action. Cur army
medical department is noted everywhere for
its elimination of yellow fever and some, other
diseases. Typhoid hat been reduced as a pest,
la St- Louis it has been practically ended by an
improved wstes supply and general sanitation.
Tuberculosis is a curable disease, and certainly
preventable. This opinion is a demonstrated
tact not mere theory. - But the demonstration
ht been on a s small scale, not genei.l and de-
' tisive. . " , '
The medical revelations of the draft call for
: rnore actios, not less. St - Louis GJtobe-
-v; V; NO STRIKE TURBULENCE. ? .
. Perhaps ft is inevitable that Omaha should
be involved in the labor unrest prevailing gen
erally throughout the country and had no right
to hope to escape from strikes that are the out
growth of changing conditions. The strikes are
on us. , The ' Bee feels it its duty , to repeat
what it has said on jsimilar previous occasions,
that these labor controversies' should be kept
clear of violence and turbulence. The, sympathy
or hostility of public opinion turns upon the
orderly or disorderly conduct of the parties to
the controversy and reckless disregard of the
rights of the public can easily change a friendly
or impartial attitude into one of open an
tagonism. We do not, for the. present, under
take, to- pass judgment on the demands or
"grievances at the bottom of these strikes. 'In
our opinion, there ought to be available' ma
chinery for their peaceable, adjustment without
interruption of business and without loss of
wages through enforced idleness, y
J After Government Operation, What? '
' The- instructive and illuminating discussion
of the railroad problem by Director General
Hines before the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce, makes it plain that the big question in
front of us is, "After' government operation;
what?" .::."'..- '". v, ;
Though there will doubtless be an earnest de
mand from various quarters for permanent gov
ernment ownership-of the railroads, opinion is
almost undivided among the practical transpor
tation men who have had charge of the gov
ernment's railroad activities during the war,
that speedy return to private , ownership, and
control .is the only safe course, and also that
unconditional return, or return to the pre
war svstem of irailroads in this countrv. ia tin.
wise and impossible. The: taking over of the
ryaus uy us government nas oeen accompaniea
by unprecedented increase of ' operating ex
penses which will not soon .recede, greater in
creases than the increase in' rates, and the sit
uation has been saved only by the government's
ability to handle the railroads as a whole and
its subsidy out of the federal treasury. In the
return to the private owners, the co-operative
methods, . consolidated control, with freedom
from multiplied and conflicting regulation, must
be retained, yet without opening the, door to
renewal of old abuses or permitting the strong
roads to crowd the weaker ones to the wall.
: The most feasible plan to accomplish the
desired object contemplates the grouping of all
the lines foroperation into a comparatively few
large railway systems. Mr. Hines ventures the
opinion that twelve or fifteen such systems
would' answer the purpose and that they can be
so arranged that each group will include proper
ties of approximately similar character and im
portance and thus equalize the profitable and
unprofitable factors.
Assuming that the roads will be returned
to private ownership and that consolidations
will be necessary to put them on a sound finan
cial basis and make them equal to the task they
must perform,' it must be determined whether
the groups shall be formed to compete in the
same territory or between different territories.
Mr. Hines evidently favors a re-arrangement of
railway systems that will restore competitive con
ditions by giving each of the large cities or im
portant traffic centers two or more competing
roads. Another plan would' cut the country up
into transportation divisions, corresponding, for
example, with our railway mail service divisions,
and put all of the' roads in each division under
one operating control. This would leave com
petition between divisions but. not within the
division. It would give the advantage and
economies of absolutely unified management,!
though at the price; of conceding complete
monopoly in charges and service.
' Under either plan, howeven. rates wtould
naturally be uniform because, prescribed sub
ject to government approval as they are now
and have been in recent years. If rates are to
be fixed on a compensatory basis, as they must
be in the long run, that plan would ' produce the
lowest rates that would most reduce the cost f
operation and i eliminate duplication and waste.
The cost of railroad transportation enters into
the price of everything we eat or wear, of
nearly every convenience and comfort of life.
It is part of the daily cost of living of . each
man, woman or child. Uninterrupted and ef
ficient railway service is absolutely necessary
to keep the wheels of industry revolving. In
primemportance to every section of the coun
try, a satisfactory solution of the railroad prob
lem holds place with our most urgent after-the-war
questions.
V Such Is Fame! .
"He is , the-principal .'.attraction at his hotel.
When he stepped out of the elevator this morn
ing the bellhops were all lined tip and forgot to
hop, but . looked with wonder and admiration.
Guests in the rotunda gazed with eyes as big as
saucers." I :;' ": .'H.'"'.
The quotation is taken from a newspaper
published in a certain eastern city.
Who might be the man who caused all this
commotion? Some world-famed diplomat, or
Victory-crowned general, or mayhap a daring
"ace," hero, of the ,war ? v . .. : . i V ; v . .. .
No, friends, .none of these. It is nane other,
ithan Jess Willird, champion pugilist of : the
world, now in the limelight as defender of his
tatitle" against the prowess of Jack Dempsey.
Such is fame. A whole .batallion of the
world's greatest statesmen, scientists and phi
losophers would not have caused the bellhops to
"forget to hop" nor .the guests to gaze with eyes
as big as butter dishes, to say nothing of sm
cers. . - ' V- ' . y
It is extremely doubtful whether the appear
ance of Marshal Foch himself in full uniform in
the hotel lobby would enrapture the guests any
more than the giant pugilist' And it is practi
cally certain the great general would not have
befuddled the bellhops as much as Jess did.
,'v .This much of-the savage is still (left 'in us,
that we all thrill in response to the excitement
of physical combat and a matching of the prow
ess of b'rawn and sinew between two men. ":',
How "about the: police officers who "pro-;
tected" the. Patterson aggregation of skin game
gamblers? Does any one believe hey stood
around in uniform superintending the operation
of robbing school children of their dimes and
quarters without orders to keep hands off? And
does any one believe the influence that made the
police protect these law breakers was disin
terested? . r-
s The worst menace of the truck. , drivers'
strike is that it may interfere with the boot
legging industry .' ' .. v
Hareni Beauty a Myth
1 5" William T. Ellis in New York Herald, i
iA greater number 'of beautiful women may
be seen within live minutes on Fifth avenue or
Chestnut street or Tremont .street than ini a
day on Galata Bridge, which is Constantinople's
great artery of life.
Americans here (in Constantinople) naturally
now make flippant remarks about the veil as a
beneficient institution. With the charm of the
unknown gone, they say, there remains no
other charm. Which is a jesting manner of
declaring that the legendary loveliness .of rav
ishing Turkish enchantresses is non-existent
Now that all eyes may r see and judge, it is
evident that, so far as beauty goes,' Moslem
women are like the run of all other women in
the Near East ; -v.y, 4-
There are, of course, attractive faces. ' Con
sidering ihat they Wave just come from behind
the veil, all are singularly bold and unabashed,
giving an eye for an eye. Manifestly they enjoy
their, new freedom, for it is a limited sort of
pleasure to see without being seen. ' . .
As for th Turkish, female types of the cig
aret advertisement well, let us hope that the
cigarets themselves are more Nearly as repre
sented. For the Turkish veil, about which reams
of speculation have been written, concealed n
entire ethnology of types. The Christian women
of Turkey Armenians, Greeks, and, Syrians.as
well as Jewesses are far nearer to a standard
type.' . -- -,'V' -
In a single walk to old Stamboul I noticed
in Turkish dress, but with the familiar veils
thrown back over their heads, women who were
as black as anynegress in Mississippi they
might 1 have been fat Dinah's, sisters; light
haired, blond Circassians; others who might
have been Scandinavians or north' Russians;
ti'ue Mongolsl who looked like direct importa
tions from Peking, and, as I live a buxoi, smil
ing" Irish face 1 In addition, there was com
monly the Levantine type; the resultau. of the
Turk s mixed blood with his aptives thVodgh
hundreds of years. Not since arriving have I
seen a face that made me wish I were an artist.
Anybody who knew prewar Turkey experi
ences adistinct shock to come upon a Moslem
woman, with veil thrown back, sitting on a
street corner, peddling sweets. In this part of
the Moslem world it was an' axiom that
"woman's place is in the home"; and the win
dows of the home were closely latticed to pre
vent her being seen; and most .extravagant pre
cautions were adopted and supported by 'the
law to keep a neighbor's window from over
looking one s garden or harem,
Moslem women with veils thrown back over
the old-fashioned head wrap (they will soon
come to modern millinery and tailored street
clothes) work in stores and offices During the
war they even did what cleaning of the streets
was done in Constantinople. The "new woman"
has landed with a bound in this part of the Mos
lem world, which sets the fashion for all Islam.
Henceforth men may see the women they
marry before marriage. That is revolutionary,
a swift abandonment of the custonvof centuries.
Since the change has really come one realizes
how far removed from our American standards
of free, natural, 'and wholesome friendship be
tween boys and girls, men and women, the
East has been. No Turkish' man has been per
mitted so much as to see the face of any good
woman, save his own mother or sister or other
close relative. This sudden reversal of the
Moslem requirements of women is simply inj
calculable in its consequences. -
. - 1
Certain of these consequences have been
alarmingly bad. The war "emancipated" Turk
ish women to evil as well as to good Virtue,
by the old code, had been a matter of re
straint. The restraint having gone, the virtue
has too often gone also. The growth of im:
morality among the Turkish women is repotted
to me by Turks to have been most alarming.
Upon this point I am careful to quote only in
telligent Turks and not Christians or possible
detractors. ; ;. 1
They all say conditions are very bad. '.'
Transition conditions in Turkey create a
"woman question" with a vengeance. Un
equipped by education or spiritual ideals for
new conditions of life, the vast host of now un
veiled women challenge the interest of all
thoughftul persons.
The veil stood for the idea that woman was
property, a mere chattel. She -was not her own,
but rather a toy or a tool or a slave. A man's
exclusive right in one or more women the
number depending largely upon his ability to
support them was embodied in the veil, or its
extension, the harem. Woman had no recog
nized claims, no fellowship with the great outr
side world.
Throwing aside the veil the Turkish woman
inevitably discards what it represented. She
has entered upon a new order, for herself, her
children and her home. j ,
Friend of the Soldier
V Replies will be given in this ,
column to questions relating
. to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of he army. '
.Names will not be printed.
Ask T h B e V to Answer.
Wake Up, Omaha
It may be an impertinence- for a country
newspaper to make a suggestion to the Omaha
authorities, yet the Hub makes bold to advise
that there should be a cleaning Up of the entjre
police and detective . force of that city, begin
ning with the city commissioner, who is most
responsible, and including 'the chief of the po
lice department.
When it has reached a pass that innocent
people are arrested without warrant and held
without bond or opportunity to communicate
with friends, the last overt act is committed by
officers and servitors of the law in, the destruc
tion of legal and constitutional rights.
The mayor of Omaha has the power to
remedy a noxious evil in the metropolis which
is secondarily at least a matter of interest to
people of the entire state, and if the mayor or
any other official continues Jo serve supinely
impeachment proceedings should be instituted
in case they lack the decency to resign.
What the male' citizens of Omaha have been
doing for many years in permitting a continuing
disgrace to the city we can not imagine. It is
time ,to turn the city government over to the
women of Omaha when the husbands, fathers,
brothers and sons have become blind to their
duties and obligations. Kearney Hub.
The First Triple Alliance. ' V
Just 250 years ago the first Triple Alliance
was formed by Great Britain, Sweden and Hol
land to protect the Spanish Netherlands against
the encroachments of France.
ITODAY
The Day We Celebrat.' .? ". 'J,-, )
. Sir Oliver Lodge, one of the most eminent
of living scientists born in Staffordshire, Eng
land. 68 years ago. , .
Thomas J. Walsh, United States senator
from Montana," born ft Two Rivers, ' Wis., ,60
years agd. .c f
-Charles L. McNary. United States senator
from Montana, born at Twplem, Ore.,, 45 years
ago, ' , - '-'") ', :i. ''.., .
Frank M. Chapman,: well known naturalist
and explorer, born at Englewood, N. J., 55, years
ago.'". .: - -.'.' ;; - .
Dr. Winthrop' E. Stone, president of Purdue
university, born at Chesterfield", N. H.,57 years
go- ,. ! , ':-.' . ' v
Thirty ; ars Ago in Omaha. V J. : t ; v ;
The first gradua.'..g exercises ever held in the
Nebraska Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, took
place under the supervision of Superintendent
Qillespie. , , -t"' :, : V
: Fifty veteran firemen headed by the Union
Pacific band, left for the Council Bluffs tourna
ment at 9 b. m. , f ". 1
The Omaha. Scottish Rite bodies, n session
at Metropolitan hall,' are being instructed in
the work preparatory to receiving their charter.
C F. Catlin left for Chicago in the-interest
of a new natatorium for this city. , , , .
vs.--'' ; Discharge Papers, v-f
C. "I. " War department' clreular
No. 157 saye: 'v
."The true copy of the' discharge
certificate or discharge order must
powered to administer- oaths, and it
must oe a iuu, uierau ana complete
copy of the original and contain all
.... ...... V. UUII.OI .l)V.t)Ug
Lon both sides, of th discharge' cer-
imcaie or aiscnarBe oruer.
This quotation 'indicates, there
fore, that it la not absolutely nec
essary to- send' the original papers,
hut that n mdv rftmnlvfnc with thit
above provisions may "be used.
Many ''Questions Answered.
- Mrs. J. JJJ. B. : .If your son Is In
the regular army,, it will be some
time before you can expect him
home. The regular .troops are being
used in the army of occupation In
Germany. , It he is not in the reg
ular army, but is a member of the
6th division, -his home coming is
still uncertain- since orders for cOn
v&y of this division have been can
celed and . their return indefinitely
postponed. His address would be
A. P. O. 745. On last report they
were at Longuyon. '
Mrs. J. J., Southslde: The 21st
engineers have been assigned to
early convoy. All companies but G,
N and O were reported as . due , in
Boston, June 9, on the President
Grant Company K, . not being
among the' exceptions, your son is
probably on the transport mentioned.
It. W. G.: -The 109th engineers be.
long to the 84th and up to a week
ago had not been cited for home
coming.
ift.1
A Soldier's Friend: The answer to
your question which you did not see,
was, printed in The Bee on May 20.
It -..id:
"Provisional cook company No. 2
now stationed at Brest has not yet
been ordered to sail for home. Cooks
are most essential members of the
service at Brest at present."
' X. Y, Z.: Motor transport corps
repair unit No. 310 is at headquar
ters, army of occupation. Up to a
few days ago, no date had been set
for its return.
F. J. A.: Ambulance Company 157
is part of the 115th sanitary train,
of the 40th division. This company
was attached to the 6 th army which
has been broken up and will soon
return.
A Grateful Mother: Genera:
Pershing notified the Wa? depart
ment about three weeks ago that
the 4th, 6th, 6th and 7th divisions
could be released from the arniy of
occupation, and the War department
announced that these, troops would
be moved at once. Orders for the
return of Divisions 4 and 5 were re
called, however,1 and their : home
coming has been indefinitely post
poned. A man who enlisted for the
war, or who was drafted, cannot be
held longer than four months after
peace is signed.
L. K.: The 3d army is in the army
of occupation; the 4th division was
released for return but the orders
were recalled and their home-coming
is postponed indefinitely, as is also
the return of the 5th division; the
7th division is in the army of occu
pation. '
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"BLUE BEARD'S BROTHER.
(Persy, carried t Story-Book 1 and by
Mighty Bronie Genia, fin da that aha hat
been ricked as ona of tba taa vivas of
Rti Beard.) ,
A
' Peggy Gains Defender.. '
PEGGY was seized by the slaves
and carried down the tower
stairs. Red Beard was waiting for
her on the lawn, and bis piggy eyes
blinked at her aa she was lined up
with ihe other nine brides-to-be.
- "Poor Princess Peggy," murmured
Cinderella, taking her by the hand.
"We others have lived much of our
lives and found both adventure and
romance, but you are so young.. It
is a pity to marry you to a fat old
Turk like Red Beard. You deserve
a handsome young prince."; , ; .
"Poor Princess Peggy!? .echoed
Beauty. "Poor, poor Princess Peg
gy," said Sleeping Beauty, and all
the other brides looked pityingly at
her except Cinderella s stepsisters.
They were so proud and haughty
they never saw her at all, their eyes
gazing right over her head. -
"I am ready ror the wedding,"
srumeu nu joeara. 1 11 marry em 1
all at once and save time."
"We will not marry you," an
swered Peggy tartly. "You are a very
wicked old Turk to even think or
such a thing. Cinderella and the
two orincesses already '' have hus
bands. The law allows them only
one." , ...
"That's .vera easily ' arranged,"
grunted Red yBeard, arising and
swinging his scimitar suggestively
before the shuddering brides. "I'll
be the only one after today."
"You can t marry us all, for the
law allows you only on wife at a
time," insisted Peggy.
Red Beard s piggy eyes- glittered
as he thought this over.
"But I could marry you one at a
time, couldn't I?" he asked. That
question saught Peggy a bit oft her
guard.
"Well, I suppose you could " she
CI
I Defy Yon, Red Beard!"
began, doubtfully, when Red Beard
interrupted her.
V "That's what I'll do then. It's the
plan my brother, Blue Beard, fol-
OX
Disguising Dishonesty -Richfield,
Neb., June 11. To the
Editor of The Bee: It seems In
credible that the account of the
dental students could have one such'
a trick as has been charged against
them in their examinations. Yet I
suppose it must be true,' which cer
tainly becomes a reproach upon our
fair state, a disgrace to the young
men, and a disgrace on their parents.
Can it be possible that it is a fair
representation of the moral char
acter of the rank and file of Ne
braska's young manhood? Or does
it happen that the most of the yotjng
rascals rather take to the dental pro
fession? We talk and feel the horrors of
the unprincipled Huns, but just such
lack 'of principle and ethical quali
ties, is on a full par with them.
Woe betide us as a nation and a
people when the moral principles
sag to as low a level as was mani
fested by these scoundrels.
' If there be wanting in the Individ,
ual character, that noble principle
which compels the standing upright
In the face of temptation, the doing
of right, the being honest and honor
able, because of the self respect, and
the love of right, then there is little
hope for the, individual, and when
the majority ef a country become so
corrupt, there is little for the coun
try. This festering cancer of dishon
esty has Its inception in the home
life. The need of America today Is
true to goodness homes where se
vere honesty, ' moral uprlghteness,
and fine sensibilities are both bred
and trainedinto the youth.'
W. D. STAMBAUGH
As a Matter of Justice.
Omaha, June 10. To the Editor
of The Bee: Relative to a notice in
another local paper stating that
"Memory day" exercises would be
held at the soldiers' monument at
Forest Lawn cemetery on June 11
by the Women's Relief Corps, G- A.
R. posts, War Mothers' society and
Daughters of Veterans, we, mem
bers of Garfield Circle No. 11, La
dies of, the G. A. R., wish to inform
the publle that we headed the sub
scription lists for. funds to erect this
monument with a ISO subscription,
and later subscribed more to the
fund. -, Although our order is Com
posed exClusivelyof blood relatives
of the civil war veterans, we were (as
DAU.y CAPTOONETTE
?f3 IN HIS ROOM ; 1
SHRblN j WATCH ME
sTUMPiN AND SURPRISE
HIM!
v . f -n
AND HE DID-. Ji
usual), purposely ignored by a cer
tain other organization in charge of
the . services, in spite of the fact
that two of those invited to join in
them were not in,, existence at the
time the monument was erected, and
we wish the public to know that we
did more than our share towards
helping erect this memorial to the
flvil war veterans.
SARAH F. SMITH,
President Garfield Circle No. 11, La
dies of the G. A. R.
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Any Old Excuse.
' Omaha, June 7.- To the Editor of
The Bee: During war-time when
the price of ice was increased due
to scarcity of ammonia, which the
government required, we were win
ing to abide the raise, but war is
over, and it looks to me, on account
of a late spring and no great de
mand for Ice, the dealers afe trying
.o make their loss good by Increasing
to 60 cents per hundred.- As most
deliveries are made with autotruck,
vhy should the prioe of hay and
rats be considered as an excuse.
Just another case of a combine. On
recount of the raise the housewife
'vill defer buying ice until positively
necessary. Let. the municipal work
continue. , "HOUSEWIFE."
Newwed It la hard to ask for bread
and ret a atone.
Mra. Newwed It la worse to ask for a
atone and get paste. Pearson'a Weekly.
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lowed, and it got him Into trouble.
I thought my idea better, but per
haps It would be safer marrying you
one at a time and then I could get
rid of you, as Blue Beard did. as
fast as I grow tired of you." With
that he again swished the scimitar
meaningly through- the air. '
''Oh, oh, oh!" suddenly shrieked
Mrs. Blue Beard. "Anne! Sister
Anne, dost thou see anything com
ing?" ' -
"I see nothing but the sun making
dust and the' grass growing green,"
wailed Sister Anne.
"Which shall I wed first?" grunted
Red Beard, casting his eyes back
and forth along the line. Finally, to
Peggy's horror, she found his glance
fixed upon her. -
"Princess Peggy is all dressed for
the ceremony," he said. "I'll start
with her. That will give me time to
get rid of the husbands of my older
brides."
"No, no, no!" cried Peggy In
keen distress. She strove to shrink
back from Red Beard, but the
slaves pushed her forward. "Help,"
screamed Peggy. "Will no one save
me?" ..' . -
"I will," roared a thunderous
voice, and the Mighty Bronie Genie
strode forward, waving his scimitar.
"I defy you. Red Beard. You may
be powerful and cruel, but you shall
not harm Princess Peggy, not while
I have a strong right arm with which
to protect her." Saying this he
raised his scimitar as if to cut oft
Red Beard's head. 1
Red Beard's piggy eyes seemed to
dart fire, but the Turk didiot stir.
Intead he began to murmur the
words of a spell., 1
"Fiddle-dee-dee! Flddie-aee-aay!
"You're turned to stone, and there
you stay."
Mighty Bronze Genie halted with
arm uplifted. His body grew rigid.
His face turned white. In a trice
he had become a marble statue, lite
less and helpless. " )
"Now the ceremony will proceed,"
grunted Red Beard. ' 1
"Anne! Sister Anne! Doesnt'thou
see anything coming?" shrieked Mrs.
Blue Beard again.
"I see dust moving in a cloud. I
see a horseman coming this way
a horseman clad in shining armor!"
Peggy gave a glad cry and whirled
around. Sister Anne had spoken
truly. A horseman was gallop
ing at breakneck speed down the
steep mountainside. At a glance she
knew it was Billy Belgium mounted
on Balky Sarn-
"I see more dust," cried Sister
Anne, and over the top of the hills
came more riders close behind Billy.
"Our husbands! We are saved!"
screamed the princesses Joyfully.
"Our brothers!" shrieked Mrs.
Blue Beard and Sister Anne.
But Just then Peggy had a dis
maying thought would Billy and
the princess be able to withstand
Red Beard's powerful magic which
had turned the Mighty Bronze Genie
to cold, dead stone? They were
rushing swiftly into danger.
(Tomorrow will be told how Billy battles
Red Beard.)
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