THE BEE: OMAHA, 4 FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919.
The. Omaha Bee
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, Strike never pay" in any tray.
' Industrial peace is fso a consummation to
V be wished. , a ' ' ' " t
, Boost the Boy Scouts. You'll get your dol
lar's .worth ; .' .
; War-time1 prohibition- in peace1 time it least
founds tike misuse of words. ;
f No,, we won't want Omaha to be' a second
f K, i. t J t , . " ' r .
' . Terms offered to Austria may be fatal but
" the" fatality was invited by Austria.
r, lt.it" barely 1 possible William the Second
may yet be known at William the Silent.
. : Appraisement of the Omaha gas plant will
.. stain show how far experts can djsagree.
It turns out that the only progeny of that
, ' ipritual marriage is a spiritual divorce.
; Treat the bankers and the funeral directors
bare in conclave kindlyT. Both can be friends
In need. .At-i- --
, l Omaha has the landing spot. What's the
jnatter with getting on the major league flying
' circuit? vu ' ' j '. . 'f, ;
' if- "Yof can drive a horse to watery but you
carYt make hini drink,- runs the old savh You
can give votes to the women, but making them
register ts a tuil-sized job.
Third degree police methods may be toler-
l able for desperate criminal1ut they are wholly'
?' biexcus'able for forcingvictuiu 6f police brutal-
Hy, to help exculpate the -offenders. ' ' "
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. Ofcourse it is purely accidental that 'the
treaty, text was turned over happens to he also
1 a rsember 'of the Morgan banking firm. '. .
' Raw cotton is still going up, which wilr help
assuage the grief of the southern cotton growers
over their failure to secure a government guar
Vtnteed upset priceN When it goes down again.
though, they will resume their ."holler." f
-li the democratic pledge of a budget system
for federal finances is ' fulfilled it 'will be kept
by the republican congress afterf three demo
, firatic congresses neglected to deliver. :' But
vM won'i atop the democratic spellbinders later
claiming that they forced the republicans to it
t Every one will agree that the $ne man who
''should go over the peace treaty in Advance to
safeguard American right is Elihu'Root, but he
should have been called on to help frame it as
ranking .member .of themeticanVpeace , dele-i
gatioh, instead of as a private citizen left- at
home out of range of the consultation roomc'
-, The question of calling' a special session of
the legislature! to ratify tthe suffrage amend
vment it not, "Are the, lawmakers. willing to re
i assemble ?" but "Will the special' session make
; the amendmenVoperative before the next regular -
Session?" ' In a nutshell, a special session will
;he worth the money only if it can do. the busi-
''. Nbthwithstanding the fact that the Boy
TScouts pf America one of, the largest organi
sation! in Ihe, country with a 'membership of
1 half a ' million) men and boys, but 250 oMheir
, leaders are pa.id officials. . AVhat better tribute
eould be paid a movement that is so fundament
aiiv sound, and so attractive tnat it can enust
v the volunteer services of 100,000 busy .men?-
Conventions Befpje Primaries
; 1" St, touit 0lobe-9morat. - i
While some of the 1919 legislatures substi
"tuted regulated conventions for the cumbersome
' 'tnd ineffective state-wide primary system, oth-
. ira ianea o maKe a cnange, out oi tear oi an
v, Imaginary sentiment for the primaries. Minne
sota and Montana were among the states that
. . t ... t e .i i
i maae no cnanges, aiuougn mosi or inc icgis
: , Jators privatelv admitted that the primary was
luri oi Krav-uaK antur, except wmn tuiuiuuti;
. : by large expenditures of money for creation of
sentiment or perfection of precinct brgani-ja-
tions. The evils are notVestricted to the choice
- . C;t tne canaiaaie wnp nie, out onen reacn ana
nrevent men of the best ability irom-. entering
a race, Except where there are sharp divisions.
1 - .inside a party as to public questions, state
'. wide primary cpntest is either a facttoiial or a
ntrnnal fiirht. - Defeat .Is nersonal humiliation.
t -.-'-victory is often considered personal The very
" i foundations of party responsibility are under-
' mined." " '3 .f'f '
f Many Minnesota republicans have , decided
IO narve pany conventions in iu,, in mavance
ftf1 th . nrimaries. to recommenrf nominees for
all state, congressional and state legislative of
. fices. Jacob J. Jabcobson, classed as one of
V iV leaders of the "progressive wing," is urging
. :he plan and receiving encouragement every
'.where.. It Js the purpose to recommend the
. jiost ' acceptable candidates "'available, nd if
- ionet offer themselves, to. draft 'strong, ones. A
latform. setting forth the views of the conven
. jon, will give the candidates, a definite standing
' before the people.' The primary would serve as
' f referendum; With attention, focused on the'
, Convention - nominees, all faults jvould be ex
rosed.. The fact that the oeoole can reiect the
" tj. irkarlr anv nnfairnr-ss in. thn pftnfitinn Ttii
4 could be called a party caucus, a preferential
rorntion or what not.' but it would be vast
V-Tprovement over the chaos that now marks
e primary struggles, particularly a$ to minor
'.-.Sces, T S'- ' :V'.-V: '
We have frequentry urged preferential con-'
. " ventions on the Missouri republicans. Since the
. -'saccess of the New York democrats' experiment
fin ine meinoo in ne lasi guDernatonai cam-j-Ti.
there may be Jess resitancy. If used it
. insure" a. strong x state ticket and worthy
" "'vdidates-for the state t senate and house in
- "t covrtry ana aistrict. -
j PEACE TREATY- PUBLICITY," . ' .
. Democrats will get nowhere in their des
perate attempts to make people believe that
publication of the peace treaty ' text in this
country, after it has been made public in Ger
many, warrints the charge . that the senators
insisting on ' going behind the shroud of se
crecy have been "assisting; Germany." .'. ;
Out of the investig'ation just held, the fact
stands out boldly that a copy of the treaty text
was in the possession of' the head of the biggest
banking house on Wall street, that it was not
held in any confidential character', that Senator
Lodge had seen it as he had "said, that whether
, this, copy was r circulated broadcast or 'was
locked up in a safe, the great financial interests
were 'in position to know its contents while
yrited States senators, who are part of the
treaty-making machinery of the government,
were kept in the darlu , ' ' ' i
-For the democrats to say this attack upon
pretended secrecy of . the "open covenants
openly arrived-at',; is. evidence of "venomous
partisanship" by the republican members of the
senate foreign relations committee, misses the
mark. We hardly believe the same epithet
will be appliedto a former president of the
United, States who is pleading for "acceptance
of the treaty but at the same time charges the
president with lack of courtesy and tact and an
error in J judgment, " even though his right to
withhold tWe 'document be-conceded. A signed
statement by William Howard Taft saysi
, The League of Nafions, from! the first, was
'-known -to be part of the treaty. ; Indeed, in
the view of those who. advocate the League
of Nations, the treaty could hot have been '
made without it. The president gave it to ,
the public, and so to the senate, the full text
of the covenant, even aj it was reported by
the committee to the' conference. . Subse-,
. quently he gave the full text of its revision. V
Then there was published a very full abstract
of the peace treaty as it was submitted to the '
Germans for their assent and signature. The
abstract contained 20,000 words, while the text '
iwat said to contain 50,0Q0,v." Sy, ; ; ,
No sufficient explanation has been given'
why the full text of the treaty was not given
out at the time the abstract came. It was
supposed at first that the abstract preceded
the full text because of the convenience in :
transmission. If the text of the treaty con- ,
tained something the public Ought not to know
until after the Germans had acted; why give
out such an abstract at all? To withHold, the
text when the abstract is given out of course
raises curiosity and suspicion as to what the
difference is between! the abstract and the
I , text. l they both had been given out at the
same time, or within a. short intervaUthe pub
lic, and indeed many 'senators, would prob- ,
ably not have read anything but the' abstract.
jPnly those senators and others charged with ,
responsibility in respect to 'the matter or pre
paring for; discussion would have gone care
fully through the fulMext. But now that '
1 (he text has been rwrthheld so long, it is
natural that those opposed to the League of
Nations and the president's course in respect ;
to the treaty should make much of the failure
to give out the text, and - should ' complain
' when it is discovered that the text has found
its way to New York into the hands of private,
citizens, although the senate has been denied
opportunity to-see it. "' '
" . Mr. Taft, who has been, doing 'more than
any other person to enlist public support for
the presidential program, and for so doing has
been lauded so highly in the democratic press
frankly declares that "it was unfortunate that
such a course should be taken by an adminis
tration that has made so much of the necessity
for publicity. It has been reported that the text
was withheld at the -instance of Mr. TJoyd
George, but with no explanation of why he de
sired to withhold it. Whatever his reason, his
request and the compliance with it were' a mis
take that merely furnishes ammunition for the,
opponents of the treaty. Probably never in the
history of our treaties have the senate and the
public .been given as full opportunity to know
and discuss the controversial points of a treaty
in advance of its official submission as in this
case. Yet by this last error the administration
has lost any credit attaching to such a policy."
It will not do for the democrats now to
charge "venomous partisanship" - against the
republicans in this matter. The democrats have
plenty to keep themselves- busy explaining why
there should be any secrecy whatever in this
day of open diplomacy and palliating the blun
ders and errors that have brought the situation
into such a mess. ,
" Hot Heads to the Rear,
y The most deplorable part of the labor un
rest breaking out from time to time into strikes
is the feeling of mutual distrust and often of
Undisguised hostility engendered between em
ployers and employes. Each side is kept away
from the other by a fear that the other fellow
may "put one over" and no matter what kind of
a proposal is advanced, to open the way for a
better understanding, it is foredoomed to be re
jected without serious consideration merely be
cause it cOmes from the otherVde. k ; ..
r So many false or distorted reports are con-;
stantly circulated and freely accepted, so scarce
is broadb and far-sighted leadership, go willing
are misguided people to follow the professional
trouble-breeder,' -6 set do all" soon' become
against yielding anything that, once the strike
is on, -'tie disposition to listen to reason 'or to
respect the - rights of the general public of in
nocent third narties is weir-nicfi tost. V'The
i-hatdestthing id the world is to' .make men in
this situation to keep even tempers and ' see,
Clearly though it be the vry first requisite; y
The hot-heads on both sides should be sent
to the rear. ' , '
Observe the Traffic Rules.' '
; A new set of rules having been promulgated
governing vehicle ' traffic , in Omaha, the next
thing to do is to enforce1 them. y " y
Good rules are good only when they are en
forced. -" A.' , ' '
. In the past the authorities have been no-'
toriously negligent in seeing that traffic torders,
particularly those regulating automobiles,; are
complied with... ,T i :- '.;.;.V.,
Particularly notable it) its breach is the rule
regarding ligbtt.l.Tbe glaring headli-jht is! the,
greatest menace to the safety of both motorists
and-pedestrians. The regulation is very explicit
on th!s:"t" . ' " ' r - V
; "Headlights must be so designed that no
portion of the beam of reflected light, wh,en "
.measured ,75 feet or more aheadt: pf the j
V lamps,' shall rise above 42 inches frosBtke,,
t level? surface on which the' vehicle, stands. '. '
? Motorists should take it upon .themwtvtVo"
see .that their heaijlights comply with" this' rea
sonable regulation. . Every motorist knows the
annoyance and danger from a glaring headlight
On another motorist's car. Let him do as he
'would begone by", And let the police do their
duty to every one of those who fails o do as ,
he would be done by. - lxt -
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TheDisMsiof Idleness
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N6 one caret to plead guilty to the charge of
idleness. ; It is condemned by general consent,
and every one is ready to offer evidence which
.in his judgment proves that he is free from this
fault. " But it we -suspect that our friends ire
not quite so guiltless we, may be sure that our
industry-is hot always so heartily appreciated
as might be desired-." There are too many
sleeping partners in the business life. y .
; before we can come to any sound judgment
about it we must be clear as "to the nature of
idleness. If we use'the word to describe any
withdrawal f com , our ' ordinary work, then it
may be 'recommended for its high social and
moral value. , Such periods of idleness are nec
essary for our highest efficiency The, most
fruitful soil must now and again be allowed to
lie fallow, and if men are to retain the power of
doing difficult work they must secure periods
of complete freedom from it. Men who never
cease from work become its slaves, and are held
in the bonds of labor without high purpose, and
with no thought beyond its gain. They give
themselves to degrading occupation. .
, The Jews were distinguished among the peo
ples of antiquity. for their insistence on the dig
nity 'of labor. -With them, work conferred its,
own honors, and these were not the-least val
ued when they, were .won by hard manual toil.
The, Greeks and Romans, on the other handv
considered1 such work unworthy of a freeman.;'
Many citizens of the Empire preferred to de
pend for their subsistence on the.uncertaia gifts
of their patrons or the meager doles of the state
rather than fwork for their daily bread. But if
the Jews insisted on the duty of work, it was
part of their religion to cease from it at regular
iritervals. The Sabbath was the solemn' sanc
tion of rest. No other people had a day .like
this", in evferv week for complete withdrawal
from work, ilt gjave a special dignity and grace,
to the nation. -On that day they presented
their bodies to be sanctified afresh by the Lord,
lifted their souls above the noise of the world,
and learned how daily work was to His honor
not less than for their own gain. Thus, while
totf waOohored, . their work became no small
part' of their 'worship. y '.
" Other. nations missed the joy of rest because
they despised honorable work. For rest they
substituted amusement; which they regarded as
an end in itself.' The ethics of amusement can
not be discussed in a paragraph, but they are
always important, and certainly at 'this time,
when the days of war are over and the season,
free from thf , shadows of the last five years,
once more invites me'n to indulge themselves
in pleasure, they deserve! careful consideration.
Ve must distinguish between recreations which
demand physical or mental energy and call into
activity , powers' of body . and' mind not other
wise exercised and those pleasures which endi
in the . merely frivolous consumption of lime.
In these days when so many people are ab
sorbed in' monotonous labor or exhausting re
sponsibilities men naturally welcome relaxa
tions in which there is nothing to be done but
to be amused. They have their justification,
but when amusement is made the . main business
or chief desire .of life idleness is not only sanc
tionedbut cultivated, and its sinister results
become manifest. It brings . degradation and
moral ruin to those who succumb to its nares,
while it robs the community of the service it
has a right to claim from all its members But
this is notall. "The idle man is the' devil's
cushion, on which he taketh his ease; who, as
he is incapable of any good, so he is fitly dis
posed for all evil motions.'? X. '
; But a man may be idle even when he appears
,to be busiest. Idleness is activity without pur
pose, with no end-but .itself, and probably the
most idle men today are to be found among
those who are entirely'absorbed intheir occu
pations.. Work which offers no service to others
and effects no improvement in the character of
the worker is sheer idleness. Henry Sidgwick
in one of his lectures describes a man who after
a distinguished career at the university was
expected to make some noteworthy contribution
to scholarship. With that object in view he
brought together a large library.. But the task
of classifying and arranging.his books absorbed
him so long and so completely that -he neve
settled ddwn to produce the , work every one
expected from him. He was busy in idleness.
Other men may work and achieve their purpose,
but it gives no happiness to themselves and
renders no true service totheir fellows that also
are idle men, men of the 'shadows whose lives
are vanity. ' ;yT.V ? y r: ;:"''''.
y Dante provides His with . a -typical picture .of
the idle man. He, describes, -his old Florentine
friend Belacqua in purgatory.sitting with his
face between his knees, "more careless than if
sloth were his . sister." . Dante speaks to him.
but is met with contemptuous mocking, and
when the poet asks why tie still -sits idly, Belac
aua only replies, "What's the' use?" That is
the question 'by which laziness absolves itself.
Men never know their:powers until they test
them in work; they can never tell of what use
they may be until they make the. attempt to
discharge the nearest duty that confronts them.
This effort in itself endows them with new ca
pacities, i Most of those 'Wh6 fail, to reach truth
and righteousness and . the. happy service to
which, these invite men . must trace their failure
to the idleness of work withbut an ideal, of ef
fort without high -purpose. True work seeks
perfection, in manual work, in intellectual activ
ity, in moral and ; spiritual, life,' and unless e
keep the idea beforel use we shall laways be
liable to sink into sloth. v V ' i
' Idleness is rafejy. self-convicted.i It is too
slothful foe the effort 'necessary for this disci
pline of compunction. 'But there are few who
do not know themselves to be capable of better
things than they have yet accomplished, and
that they can achieve a higher self-sacrifice, a
readier sympathy, a truer devotion to the ideal
than they have yet attained; When thejr work
is. inspired and directed by -this self-knowledge
they may still fail in much, hut they will attain
more than they how hope for.' Of one thing they
will be free the numbing disease of idleness.
.y,yy My f f ' .
' . Hong Kong The Gateway' to China y
4VHong Kong,' British colony. -is the chief
gateway to the trade of South China, and in ad
dition serves as a general trans-shipping port for
eastern traffic' The; Value 6f .trade in 1917 was
estimated at 250,000,000 taikwan taels (275,000,
000) and is therefore much used as a storage
place for goods destined for use in Chinese ter
ritory s it; .'if- '... - . " .
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People You Asl About
Information About Folks in
the Public Eye Will Be Given .
in Thiar Column in Answer
- - to Readers' Questions. Your
t Name WflLNot Be Printed. -
Let The Bee Tell Yoa.
Where' SeweU Ford Lives.
Will you please give me the ad
dress ,of SeweU Ford, author of tne
Torchy books? Delight. '
Clearwater, Fla la Mr. Ford's ad
dress. . ' -'
. Amerloa's Suffrage Leader, :
Ton have given some Interesting
sketches in , the "People You Ask
About" column. .'Would you be kind
enough to give a brief biography ot
Dr. Anna' Howard Shaw, not just
dates, but something showing her
experiences ? a. F. Gothenburg,
rueo. .-, -l, .iy . - .- - --
We'll start with a' date, February
14, 1847, 'because you should .know
that Dr. Anna Howard Shaw is 72
years old. She was born at .New-castle-on:Tyne,
England, and came
of Scotch highland ancestry. When
she was 4 , years old the family
moved to America, living first in
Massachusetts' and later in northern
Michigan, Where Dr. Shaw spent her
girlhood living the life 'of a pioneer.
At an early age she evinced a keen
and unusual interest in various pub
lice movements. .Despite family ob
jections she determined to become a
public speaker and to enter the min
istry. I '. : .1 '
, After two years' at the Michigan
college she entered Boston Theologi
cal school,- from which' she gradua
ted, the only' woman in a class of
48. For seVen years she was pastor
at East Dennis, on Cape Cod. Un
connection with her ministerial work
she took courses in medicine in Bos
ton. She was refused ordination by
the New England conference , of the
Methodist Episcopal church on ac
count of her sex, but was finally or
dalned by the Methodist Protestant
church, , being the first woman to re
ceive ordination by that denomina
tion, y
Though she has. been a leader in
many lines of endeavor, Anna How
ard Shaw is best known for her
work in behalf of woman suffrage.
In 18S5 she resigned from the pulpit
to become a lecturer for the Massa
chusetts Suffrage association. Her
rise to prominence as a worker in
the cause was rapid. She has been
president or honorary president of
the National American Woman Suff.
rage association since 1904. She
has lectured largely an effectively, in
all states ot the union and in Europe
as well. ( y t y
I TO I l A V-
The Day We Celebrate. ".- J. , . wj"
Henry .P. Davison, the New York banker,
who served as head of the American War Cross
council, bom at Troy.; N. tL. 52 'year ago. -
.William Butler Yeats, celebrated author and
playwright, born in, Dublin. 54 years ago. , '
; James E. Allen, ipresident of Davis and EJkinf
college, horn at Hebron, ya., 43 years ago.
Dr. Samuel Plantz, president of , Lawrence
college, 'hArn at Johnstcvn, N. Y.. 6G yers ago.
Sir Ernest George, celebrated English arch
itect and jainter. born jn London 80 years ago.
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Thirty. YearV As" inOmaha ?-. t
- Simmondi', planing milt on South Thirteenth
street burned to the ground, causing a; loss of
.$10,000 in machinery and stores,, , a'
'The Paymaster". scoreda vBuqcess ,at the
Boyd. V... t JX-'-.-, ".- ' :
Ladies of William Street Presbyterian: church
held a lawn-festival at the home of Mrs. J.. Edwards,-1419
South Seventh avenue. z
"A banquet at the Millard celebrated the char
tering of the. Omaha Scottish Riteibodies- Milo
C Wilson and -Ralph W. JBreckenridge were
among J:he speakers; 'W-V' ''1-t '
y The new : postoffice 'will be bounded . by
Dodge, Capitol avenue, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets.-; - "--'-r ' A-
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New Superintendent at West- Point.
Can The Bee tell me who is the
new superintendent at West Point
and when- did he enter upon that
duty? J. G. M.
Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
yesterday became superintendent of
the United States Military academy
at West ' Point. He is one of the
youngest officers who has ever held
this position. General MacArthur
became well known to the public as
military censor of the War depart
ment during the Mexican border
troubles and the early part of the
world war. ' He was graduated
from West Point In 1903, and soon
after went to the Philippines. During
the Russo-Japanese war he was an
observer for the United States
army. Returning to Washington, he
renewed study at the engineering
school, and, after graduation, went
to several' of the western posts to
supervise reforms in teaching. In
1913, he was assigned to duty with
the general staff corps. He is a
student of military history .and tac
tics, and is considered one of the
ablest writers on the technique of
war , that the United States army
has recently produced. - i
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"Blue Beard's brother.
(FrfSjr. cariitd to Story-Book Land by
Hta Mtchty Oenle. flnda haratlf doomed
to marry Red Bard. After tha Oanl
baa been turned Into a atatue Billy eomra
to bar ratcut.) . , . -ltl. ( .
Billy Crosses His Fingers.
Red Beard's piggy eyea glittered as
he calmy awaited the attack of
Billy and the princes. ' He had all
confidence in the- power of his
magic; . -.. '- - . - v - ,
Peggy tried to shriek a ' warning
to Billy, but she couldn't make her
self heard above the clatter of the
horses' hoofs. ,' "
Straight at Red Beard rod the
princea. He waited .Until they were
almost upon him, and then he
wiggled xne fat finger' at them
repeating the words of 'the charm
that had turned the Genie into a
statue. ,
Fiddlle-dee-dee! ' Fiddle.dee
day! (You're tuined to atone, and
there yu stay!" '
Instantly the princes and their
horses became rigid masses of
marble. A wail of despair arose
from their poor wives.
But one of the attackers hadn't,
turned to stone. To the astonish
ment of every one Billy and Balky
Sam came thundering on.
"Your charm is no good!" shouted
Billy, slashing so fiercely with his
sword that Red Beard dodged back
"I have my fingers crossed."
, While Red Beard was. still dodg
ing. Billy .began to repeat the Turk's
own charm: ' i V
Fiddle-dee-dee! Fiddle-dee-day!
You're turned to stone, and there
you stay."
Red Beard tried frantically to
cross his fingers to stop the charm,
but they were so fat and so covered
with rings he couldn't get one over
the other. As Billy cried out the
last word Red Beard became a help
less block of stone. He had been
caught In his own trap.
DAILY DOT PUZZLE
"Fiddle-dee-dee! .. Fiddle-dee-day!
You're turned to stone, and
there you stay!"
The moment his followers saw
what had happened they fled in a
panic, Crowding into tne castle ana
barring the doors and windows.
"You are saved!" shouted Billy,
"But we will have to get out of here
in a hurry, for I don't know how to
make the charm stay fixed,' and Red
Beard will soon be himself again."
"But we can't go without our hus
bands," wailed the wives, covering
the faces of the princes with kisses.
i Billy vas puzzled for a moment.
Then his face lighted up.
"Has any one a bottle of smelling
salts?" he asked. All shook their
heads all except Cinderella's older
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Truth About Hawaiian 'Maids
'Omaha, June 10. To the Editor
of The Bee: You little article , on
the "Hawaiian-Romance Shattered"
may give many a reader a wrong
impression. As a, native Hawaiian,
born and reared in that "loveliest
fleet of islands," called Hawaii, your
article has given me and my fellow
countrymen a source of. much
laughter. 1 (
For this I gladly appreciate your
humorous efforts. It is a little im
prudent to get your "information
from popular songs," as they are for
a pecuniary purpose and to amuse
people. Personally I do not be
lieve that , the , songs convince
any one that r "the beautiful
maidens spend all their time strum
ming their .ukuleles in the monlight
and dancing on the beach at Walkikt
or elsewhere.?'- yy
The fact ..is that the native girls
do not have so much leisure time as
some of our American girls have in
their dance halls nearly every night
.They do not have so many dance
halls and cabarets of amusement and
recreation. - Their favorite pastime
1a swimming and mountain climbing.
- The popular impression that
Hawaiian girls . wear 'skirts of
grass" and are' only half clad la
given by the "hula-hula girls" In
pictures. It is . Just as shocking to
say that the rest of the girls wear
the Same, costume,' as a foreigner
would say that the . American girls
wear in the same way as the actress
es with' their short skirts and low
bare necks and busts.
There is not a least bit, of shock
Just because v a . white - soldier dis
charged from the United States
army in Honolulu, Hawaii, filed di
vorce, suit in the local district cofirt
The probable reasons may be the
following: (1) The husband-, haa
not treated his wife as he should.
(2) Desert ,and "not support her.
There are other eases where a sol-
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dier in Honolulu, away from home
and sweetheat, married to satisfy
his passions,' with the intention of
leaving her when he leaves Hawaii.
There are broken-hearted wives left
behind, with their white , husbands
away from them and never to re
turn. Do you see any Justice in this
treatment of Hawaiian maids?
A Hawaiian maid will stick to her
husband for "better or Worse" If he
only treats her as the American hus
band does his beloved one.
Is there any sense of justice to
assert that "Hawaiians" are only
worse when ' all is told; We have
been cruelly deceived by the writers
of popular songs," and they are given
to killing their spouses with large
cudgels." Which is more fatal, a
pistol or a cudgel? Fonder over the
common use of pistols In the states.
No offense is intended for any One
and the public at large. How can
I offend the great American repub
lic, when it has given me life, pros
perity and the pursuit of happiness?
I hope this will remove the wrong
impressions of Hawaiian maids.
CHARLES KUKAI PIPI.
. LINES TO A SMILE
''It'i kept ma poor." , .
"What haa?"
"Trying Jo make other people think I'm
rich." Toronto Telegram. . 4.
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to say that this meter measures tha
amount of fas we burn? - v .
Gas Collector I will enter into no
controversy, sir, but I may aay that the
meter measures the amount of (as you
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the Bronte Genie end set back in
her two-wheeled cart The Genie
picked up the thills and set oft
swiftly, with Billy galloping bealde
him with Balky Sam. - ' '
As they neared the top of the hill
Peggy looked back. Red - Beard!s
attendants were already trying to
revive him, holding the smelling
salts to his nose. Red Beard stag
gered to hia feet, and shook his fist
after them. But they were so far
away that they were beyond the
reach of his magic. -
Faster and faster ran the Genie,
gaining the top of the hill and
starting down the other side. Sud
denly he stubbed - his toe and
tumbled head over heels. The cart
went over his head, flying through
space, until, strange to say. It
landed right in Peggy's own yard,
and there she found herself sitting
in her chair, as safe as you please.
(In 'e.t week's atory Persy learns tfcat
th Genie la an fid friend.)
Draw from ona to two and ao on to tb
end. ' S! ' !
stepsister. She held out a bottle to
Billy, but was so proud and haughty
that she would not look at him.
Billy held the bottle under the
nose of the Bronze Genie.
"Achoo!" sneezed the Bronze
Genie, immediately coming to life.
And "Achoo!" sneezed the princea
one after another as a whiff of
smelling salts turned them " back
into living, breathing creatures:
Then there was rejoicing and
merrymaking as the princes clasped
their wives to their hearts, There
would have been dancing, too,
around the statue of Red Beard if
the Bronze Genie .had not given a
sharp warning.
"What Billy said la true Red
Beard will soon recover from the
effects of the charm. His rage will
be terrible, and woe to us if we are
in range of his magic."
At that the husbands of Beauty
and Sleeping Beauty gathered up
their wives and galloped away with
them. Mrs. Blue Beard and Sister
Anne were carried away by their
brothers. Cinderella's coach ,was
magically restored, horses, coach
man, footmen and all, and Cinderella
graciously took into it her step
sisters. Little Red Riding Hood and
Goldie Looks.
As for Peggy, she was lifted by
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