THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 15, 1919.
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ATwro el irmlatloK tor tbo month rubeorlbad tad nrom It to
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Sttbecribera leaving tha city should kava The Baa mailed
tathora. Addreee changed aa of tan aa requested.
Business at usual is the goal everyone would
like to reach. ,
If the kaiser leads the simple life he may
be unmolested. Simply no choice left him. t
"Read Fliei Over Paris," says a headline.
Well, we'll soon be able to "See Flies Over
Omaha."
A smart-aleck contributor reminds us that
we are still at war. Yes, still in the war we
elected Wilson to keep us out of.
Nebraska , farm lands are commanding
ateadily higher and higher prices. No reason
. for the Nebraska farmer to' turn bolshevist.
The "world's greatest show" in Europe being
almost over, the Villa side-show is again play
ing for attention from the crowd.
What about our new auto parking rules and
v regulations? Are they to be merely another
' acrap-of-paper or something to be observed? -
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Paradoxically, te Liberty bonds bearing the
z lowest rate of interest still hold the highest quo
' tation on the market. It's all m the tax
exemption stipulation.
The Giants are at the head of the National
league and the Athletics at the tail of the Ameri
can league, so the big league season may be
considered fairly started. ' , -
, ; The Kolchak government promises to, "take
over" alf the national debts'of the former Rus
aian empire. I But will the new government pay
them? That is the question.
This explorer who has returned with the
news that monkeys have a languagedoes hot
bring any great thrill to us. We have known. a
number of "monkeys" that fan talk.' v ''
, Jess.Willard is reported to be gathering in
about $1,000 a day from spectators" who want to
. see Mm" "working out," A good school teacher
carl makelalmost' thafrnuclr in a year.
y "One of the chief qualifications of a police
man," remarks the Indianapolis News, "is a
keen sense of smell." Too often, it might be
added, it, goes hand in hand with a well de
veloped sense of touch. i
SIZEUP OF. THE STRIKE SITUATION.
To a strictly impartial observer, it looks as
if the teamsters' and truck drivers' strike in
Omaha were going the way of former strikes
by the same unions. Whenever labor's demands
reach the point that success is sought by resort
to violence, public sympathy is antagonized and
forfeited, and without the support of a sym
pathetic public, a strike can not make much
headway. ' '
In the present instance the labor leaders
'have put their cause in aTbad light by assuming
to control the streets of the city,, saying in ef
fect that they are not to be used for hauling ex
cept under permission evidenced by a "fefr'
card issued from union headquarters. Of course
no community can concede the right to license
street traffic to any but the duly constituted
authorities, and if the strike hangs upon the en
forcement of this "card" system it is on pre
carious ground.
- As , usual, too, grossly exaggerated claims
and conflicting statements are being made from
the two opposing sides, and the side claiming
the most is apparently exaggerating the most.
The fact remains that business generally, though
lightly hampered here and there, is running
along reasonably well and no one who has
business to transact here should hesitate to at
tend tO it, '
Seizure of large shipments ot, ammunition
consigned to Mexico would indicate that, peace
league prospects have not stopped preparedness
projects of the fighting factions in our sister
republic to the south of us.
Prof. Edward A. Ross of the University of
Wisconsin says "women should pluck up cour
age now and' run the world since they have the
ballot." As the professor is a married man he
ought to know, that women ran the world long
before they secured the ballot
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Chicago is asking the Illinois legislature for
a law that will permit the city to say what part
shall be reserved for residence purposes only.
Omaha is supposed to hive secured such law
from the Nebraska legislature, but the law is
not self-operative. Somebody must do some
thing if it is to be done. V.
I In that promise to "clean up Omaha," the
information was withheld that not- less than
two years would be required for the job and
no assurance that a. time extension would be
demanded then. Had they only known,' the
voters might have exacted some kind of security.
Defoe 8 Robinson Crusoe
In this year of centenary celebrations we
should not forget 1 that Defoe's most celebrated
story has attained the dignified age of 200 years.
So much of a classic has this famous story be
come that its authorship is of secondary im
portance, for the tale is so unique in literary
history that it is difficult to associate it with the
personality of any writer. , - - .j '
Defoe was nearly 60 years of age when
"Robinson Crusoe" was published, in 1719. The
central idea of the book, that of a sailor ma
rooned on an island, was not novel, as Mari
vaux made use of it six years earlier in his
novel, "Les Effeta Surprenants;" but Defoe's
treatment of his subject was so new in its
freshness and sprightliness that no one has ever
suggested any similarity between the two. In
fact there is nothing which preceded.-"Robinson
Crusoe" which can be cited as a model, and
Defoe was entitled to all the credit which came
to him for what Europe held as "an invention,
a great unexpected stroke of British genius."
Everywhere on the continent the- story was
widely imitated, its popularity gave an im
mediate impetus to the new romantico-realistic
conception of fiction. Among Defoe's disciples
should be 'mentioned Prevost, Rousseau, and
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.
Defoe's life was well calculated to supply
him with ample material for his writings,, but
probably the most fortunate thing for him in
the gathering of material was the period he
passed in Newgate prison, serving a sentence
for seditious libel against the government Here,
making the most of his opportunities, he studied
thieves, pirates, highwaymen and coiners, to his
heart's content, which easily explains the lifelike
realism of the characters which appear in the
stories. Defoe once wrote of himself:- "I have
some time ago summed up the scenes, of my life
in this distich: , v-:
"No man has tasted different fortunes more,
And thirteen times have I been rich and poor.
! t Where Medical Ethici Come In.
The point is now made, and made from the
very highest source of medical ethics, that it is
quite possible to overdo the new demand for
registration of all alleged transmittable or con
tagious diseases. In the annual oration to the
Medical Society of London, Sir John Tweedy,
past president of the Royal College of Surgeons
of England, talking on the subject of "The Med
ical, Tradition," declared that while the air is
thick with projects of reconstruction, and which
lessen the ,. responsibility of the physician or.
hamper his intellectual activities, would be det
rimental to the authority and usefulness of
medicine. He referred to the brilliant triumph
of curative and preventive medicine in the war,
largely the result of scientific research, but gave
warning that the future (of medicine "must still
be determined by ; the ability, the personal
character and the moral endowments of indi
vidual practitioners rather than by schemes of
professional reorganization." Continuing, he
declared: - Y-. . . .
While we have other names 1 and other
forms of disease than the ancients, and other,
means of healing,, medicine is - always the
same., Modern medicine is on a surer and
more positive foundation than in the days of
gave of the causation of disease and of the
nature and significance of symptoms still hold
good. There is not, and can not be, absolute ,
... . . ., . nni . : 1 ' 1 1 f I 1
cerutuae in meaicine. me most shuuuji yny
sician can never be sure of curing his patient,
but he can be sure of employing all;;, his
knowledge and skill according to the estab
lished rules of his art. There are two kind
of secrets referred to in the Hippocratic writ-
ings one which might be called "trade se
crets" and the otner "secrets of trust,", ac-
quired in the professional ' intercourse with
patients. "Trade secrets" have practically
ceased to exist in medicine. There is nothing
in the mode of conducting modern . practice
that anv layman might not : know.
Professional secrets, ."secrets of trust," ' are :,
and should be-inviolable except -under the
compulsion of a court of law,, and even the
courts of law have recognized a distinction -
between the ethical and legal aspects of these
secrets. ' . . -v -
' On this foundation the conclusion i rested
that the tendency on the part of the legislative
and administrative authorities to encroach on
the principle of professional secrecy may have
to be combatted. In the case of many diseases,
as Sir John suggests, no harm may, be done
by "notification," butgreat personal and do
mestic misery may be caused if extended to
diseases of a strictly personal and private
character, especially if any stigma or immoral
imputation were, rightly, or wrongly implied.
The ethics of the medical profession, turn
ing on the confidential relation between phy
sician and patient, cannot be lightly upset with
out needless grief. Before legislation goes much
farther, the Jine will have to be carefully drawn
else we will bu merely loading our statute
books with more dead letter legislation.
Competition for the Big Convention!.
Signs are already pointing to a lively com
petition for the presidential nominating con
ventions of both the big political parties. To
spy out the land and see which look, like the
most attractive field, Kansas City has already
put a special commissioner on the job following
close upoit an announcement from St Paul and
Minneapolis that the Twin -Cities would offer
bids. It is expected that Denver and St. Louis,
as well as Chicago, will be presenting invita
tions when the time comes, all of them going on
the theory that the conventions will be held in
the middle west, not only for convenience of
central location, but also to strengthen the
lines in this section of the country, which will
be the contested territory in the canvass for
votes. , y
Chicago has been so often the favored con
vention city that the others seem to think it
necessary to start a-propaganda for "any place
but Chicago." They concede that Chicago is the
ideal meeting spot from every standpoint of
accommodation! To cjffset this it is charged
that Mayor William Hale Thompson has made
Chicago politically unpopular, so that neither
party can afford to have its presidential candi
date nominated in the city' that re-elected "Big
BilL" Of course it is hardly safe to takeJ this
as conclusive, since the mayor of the city has
little to say and much less to do in the matter
and" it is quite possible to conceive of one or
both of the conventions going .to Chicago uny
way, .not because, but in spite of Big Bill's
occupancy of the mayor's chair. ; r-:.
The significant thing about the early start
to capture the conventions is the. widespread
conviction it reflects that presidential politics
will hold the center of the stage and rivet pub
lic interest during the coming months to greater
exclusion of other subjects than for many a year.'
gating" to find something to warrant the fed
eral administration interfering further in the
Mooney case. ; The bomb throwing out at San
Francisco was merely the prelude to the" bomb
ing" of the attorney" general's house at Wash
ington. ' While every one accused of crime is en
titled to a fair and impartial trial, sympathy for
the bomb business is a discord in the times.
Now Sweden is trying. to float a $25,000,000
bond issue in the United States. Small stuff.
And besides, we thought Sweden made so much
money during the war that it would be ready to
loan instead of borrow , t ,.'-:.,..,
Views and Reviews
XWhat..ti..eniolUiw of the
.Bod Thea . ,
V The definite announcement - that Boyd's
theater is to make way this year for a fine (mod
ern store building foreshadows not only a strik
ing change in the configuration of the business
district of Omaha, but also the demolition - of
what, when it was -opened, was probably the
finest amusement house in the west When
Governor Boyd put up this building, being the
second show-house he had erected here, it was
far in, advance of all others, and it is a tribute
to his foresight and enterprise that it should,
have held its own for nearly 30 years and would
still be serviceable were it not crowded out by
the march of business. " . '
I happened to be away at the time the New
Boyd theater was opened and so was not present
at the initial performance which, as has. been
stated, was, "Alabama," a war comedy, written
by Augustus Thomas, and put on by A. M.
Palmer's New York company. It was a very
brilliant occasion, with all Omaha turning out
to make acknowledgements to the man who
had made it possible. From that time on, all
the noted players and operatic performers en
tertained the audiences at The Boyd, and. if
its stage, could write a history it would be a
real contribution to the story of the drama in
America. ' -
It is worth, recalling that when the Boyd
was built it was on the very edge of the down
town district The site had to be graded IS or
20 feet and the theater stood for years sur
rounded by high clay embankments, the streets
approaching it . were unpaved and it was like
crossing a sea of mud to get to it in wet
weather. More than once I have seen "hacks"
carrying gaily dressed parties, "stuck" trying to
get up to the entrance. . The interior of the
theater was several times redecorated a"nd was
always artistic and attractive until, to every
one's disgust, the drop curtain was disfigured
into a checker-board of hideous advertisements.
The regretable part of the destruction of the
building will be that it extinguishes the name
of Boyd, which has been blazoned day and night
to the inhabitants of Omaha and to the stranger
within our gates so long that the city will not
seem the same without it.
The stories of Fred Thompson appearing in
eastern papers make reference to his Omaha
connections in such a confused way as to mis
lead. In partnership with the late "Skip"
Dundy in the venture of Luna Park at Coney
Island and the Hippodrome in the city, Thomp
son became a top-notcher among showmen, but
the chief part Omaha played in his rise and
career was that his relations with Dundy began
here. It may be reliably stated that Thompson
drifted into Omaha just about the time of the
opening of our 1898 exposition as a stranded
architect He had an intrpduction to Howard
H. Baldrige who, with some friends, had been
interested by a man named Roltaire in a mid
way .concession known as "The Sinking of the
Maine," ji beautiful scenic motion panorama
which those who witnessed it will never forget.
To help Thompson out,' he was engaged to
draw, the plans and superintend the construc
tion of this miniature theater and, while dis
cussing it, met Dundy ; in Baldrige's ' office.
Dundy employed him also for one or two other
concessions he had at the exposition, but
Thompson had no' interest in any production
here. ." -'
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: cure of disease. Put your ques
tion in plain language. -Your
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Ask The Bee to Help You.
When Dundy caught the exposition fever
along with the money he made at the Trans
mississippi and went to Buffalo to do it over
again, he took Thompson, in with him for a
giant Ferris wheel stunt and a spectacle known
as "A Trip to the Moon.". Buffalo proved ill
fated in more wavs than one. involving in a
financial disaster nearly everyone who invested
there. The Omaha bunch considered them
selyea lucky, as "Skip" himself told me, to pull
out, with the money they had put in. The
Ferris wheel -was transplanted to, Coney . Island,
(or was it first to Atlantic City?), and, then the
two partners - developed the idea of moderniz
ing the summer amusements of the metropolis.
The result was Luna Park, named after one of
the Dundy girls, built on a capital of $25,000,
supplemented with borrowings of $600,000, a
stupendous success from the jump-off. People
who yisited the place when it was at its
height could easily imagine themselves back
here on the Omaha midway, to say nothing of
the familiar faces they saw in the office and
around the grounds. When Thompson went
into other ventures, and particularly after he
lost the financial backing and business judgment
of Dundy, things did ,not prosper so well, and
tne .cnances are ne leave but a small, if any,
estate. ;
. 1 Cold Storage and Pisease.
For a" longtime it has been the
custom, when a few cases of typhoid
fever oceur In a community, to im
mediately impugn the character of
the water supply. This attitude of
mind is a legacy of the time when
polluted water was1 believed to be
the only source 'of this infection.
Where large number of cases occur,
and especially' if they are not limited
to one neighborhood, It la a wise
precaution to suspect "the drinking
water, But where cases are re
ported sporadically,' especially in
communities which have a munici
pal, water system, it la more logical
to seek the source elsewhere. The
modern method of food distribution
is a, marvelous development' that' is
comparable to other inventions of
the 19th century. Through it per
ishable articles axe not only dis
tributed from one point where the
supply exceeds the demand to others
where they are needed; but they are
also held, In the case of certain
foods, a year or more, If the supply
is too abundant Nor ia the dis
tribution of such things limited to
the .farthermost' boundaries of one
country, but they are also shipped
from one country to another across
the widest seas.
- All this has-come, about through
the expansion of the cold storage
business, and the Use of refrigerater
cars, and cold storage plants .'on
steamships. There is a large and
ever increasing demand for various
perishable articles of food out of sea
son, so there is a constant move ...t
of supplies from one region to an
nthar. Vurthai'mflro thlM riamanrf
has stimulated the speculative seal
of those engaged In the cold storage
business, with the result that "In
season" enormous storing of perish
able foods Is conducted. So great
at times is the demand for these
commodities for storage, and for
shipment to other parts of the coun
try, that in many ' localities where
they are grown it is impossible to
purchase in the local market either
fresh fowl, eggs, butter, fruits, and
game. Hence It is probably true
that more of the above mentioned
articles of food are eaten out of sea
son than in. r
My reason for dwelling upon this
phase of modern economic life is to
draw attention to the' possibility of
communicable diseases being , carried
with . foods from points widely
separated, and the difficulty of trac
ing those so carried to their source.
Refrigeration does not necessarily
kill Infectious agents and animal
parasites; indeed,'' there are dangers
in the free use of ice In drinking
water.. So that through this system
of food storage and distribution some
contaminated article, such aa cream,
may be shipped 500 miles to a
creamery, churned into butter there,
held in storage a few months, and
finally, shipped another thousand
miles, or across the ocean to Europe
or Asia. The same possibility pre
sents itself in the cases of all fruits
and vegetables that are' eaten raw.
COST OF STOPPING A TRAIN.
In the death of former Senator Tohn C.
Spooner, one of the great constitutional lawyers
or his day. has passed out with but scant notice.
The first time I looked in on the senate fat Wash
ington, now more than 30 years ago, Wisconsin
was represented by Philetus Sawyer and John
C Spooner, two men of as opposite types as
could be imagined. Sawyer, an aged, tottering
lumber millionaire, who had made his money
despite his lack of education amounting almost
to illiteracy, and Spooner, a keen, sharp, dancer
young attorney, smartly dressed, a ready and
pousnea talker, in his autobiography Senator
George F. Hoar pays tribute to Spooner's high
legal talents.. Years afterwards, I happened
quite by accident to be in the senate chamber
when Spooner escorted LaFollette, long his
implacable political enemy, to the vice presi
dent's desk to be sworn in, and again was struck
by the appearance of the -Wisconsin senators
as two widely divergent types. Spooner was
than the grave and serious senator LaFol
lette, brusque and bristling, in fact, one of the
clever cartoons the next morning depicted these
two walking arm-in-arm, caricaturing LaFol
lette with his pompadour as a bantam rooster.
Spooner soon after resigned his place in the
senate on the plea that as a Door man he owed
it to his family to take up his profession in
which his earning power would be ,.- much
greater. ( He removed to New York and was in
many big lawsuits, - among ; them appearing
for the Union Pacific jn the merger case, and
gradually dropped out of public life. His death
comes as a reminder of the. political prominence
he J enjoyed before his' retirement from the
senate.
Now the Trackless Trolley
The trackless trolley car has found a welcome
in a number of .small New England towns, ac
cording to the Popular Mechanics masrazine for
June. The impression of the technical publica
tion is that this car without tracks to run on has
come to stay and perhaps force its way into cit
ies where the track-following trolley cars are
going up into the air after higher fares to keep
out of the bankruptcy column. The trackless
car looks like a long autobus on wide solid rub
ber tires, and is heated, lighted and propelled
by electricity supplied through two trolleys to
an' ordinary street car motor.- It is claimed that
the trackless outfit is much cheaper than the old
style, because expensive rails, switches and sig
nals aic out rcquircu. more sausiaciory nr pert
formance is another claim for it because theJ
swinging iroiieys permir ine cars to go any
where in a 25-foot roadway to oass slower vehi
cles,- avoid uneven road surface and allow pas
sengers to get out close to a sidewalk. It should
hardly be possible that the small towns, have
more sense as to a street transportation system
than the cities, but at least one writer on scien
tific mechanics seems to incline to that idea.
The trackless way may be the next road to pay
ing street car service at fair prices.. -Worcester
What does It cost to stop a rail
road train? It depends on the size
of the train and its speed. Esti
mates run from about 30 cents for
a light train up to as high as $1.75
for a heavy freight, . and they" -do
not of course,' "always agree. , The
subject interests railroad men at the
present time,. we are told, Ay C.C.
Authony, former assistant signal en
gineer, of the Pennsylvania, because
the necessity of stopping at certain
points is obviated by the use of sig
nals, and 4t is desirable to know
the exact saving. Writing in The
Railway Age (New York, ,May 2),
Mr. Anthony tells us that at rail
way crossings, in the absence of in
terlocking signals, the stoppage of
trains is now generally required by
law. The same requirement may
be made by usage, or by the regula
tions of state railway commissions,
at other points, such as drawbridges
and Junctions. It may be seen -that
when we count, the cost of stopping
many trains dally at a considerable
number of points, the annual bill
may foot up to an amount that is
quite worth taking into considera
tion. Says the writer:
"It ia likely that many railroad
officers view with gentle 'suspicion
that estimates that have been pre
pared to show the operating econo
mies effected by the installation of
signals or interlocking, because of
the favorable showing made, and,
besides, there may be little hope
that .the predicted benefits can be
detected after the work' Is done.
Nevertheless, in many cases the
benefits are real, however difficult
It may be to show beyond question
their money value.
"Impossible as it may be to de
termine the cost of stops with cer
tainty, and difficult as it may be to
see in the operating results the sav
ing effected by eliminating certain
stops, nevertheless this saying is
real -money. In addition -to such
direct flnanolal saving there is the
elimination of damage in starting
heavy freight trains, and the general
Improvement in train movement due
to cutting out the stopping of all
trains at a certain point - The cost
of the damage to trains may be In
cluded In the cost of the stops, but
even if It Is, the indirect and some
times quite, far-reaching effects In
the way of accumulating delays,
both to the damaged and to other
trains, may mean a considerable loss
In 'the course of a year. So, too,
with the general improvement In
train movement ' Itis not merely
a matter of saving so many min
utes per train, lost In-the stops. The
few minutes lost by a freight train
In stopping at a crossing may mean
a bad combination In meets and
passes on all the rest of the run, re
sulting in many times the Original
delay before the terminal is reached;
and other trains may suffer at the
same time. If it is not always, or
often, possible to show the money
loss from such derangements of the
movement, the elimination of - one
cause of them means, as every ona
knows, real benefit thrown in for
good measure above more definite
money savings. . -
"Although there Is no quick and
easy way of showing beyond dispute
Just what saving will result from
eliminating stops of trains by In
stalling interlocking in a given case,
the result, can, with proper conser
vatism, be estimated convincingly.
As Interlocking costs and the cost ot
stopping trains have both -risen,
though probably not in Just the same
proportion, it is safe to say that the
relation, as estimated years ago, is
not now very far wrong, or at any
rate is not too favorable to inter
locking for general purposes Liter
ary Digest.' . . ; '
Royalty in Outdoor Sports.
'' Of all the feminine members of
the British royal family Queen Maud
of Norway, a daughter of the late
King Edward VII., is the most ar
dent devotee of outdoor sports and
pastimes, ...
Fresh Air Fiends.
Omaha, June 12. To the Editor of
The See: I have had occasion late
ly to ride on the skip-stop street
cars a good deal and I have found
out how uncomfortable the riding is
on the cars. It makes no difference
how cold the air may be, how hard
the wind is blowing, nor how hard
It may be raining, there are a lot of
fresh air fiends that as soon as they
get on the street cars,, their first act
is to lower the windows until on
some very blustery days there Is not
y. window on either side of the cars
that has not been lowered. .' ,
. I have noticed that the ones who
ire most -anxious to -lower the car
windows are young women with
heavy furs on. If they are so hot
when they get on the street cars they
should leave their heavy furs horn
the summer time., t. ,.
Talk about men wearing straw
hats before some brainless fellow
says you can wear them. It is not
half so foolish as for women to wear
heavy furs in the summer time.
I am a strong believer in lots ot
t.resh air,, but some sense should be
used in getting it as in anything
else. .
Half the colds people have come
from riding on the street cars with
all the windows open in cold and
blustery weather,
i FRANK A. AG NEW.
How To Live Ixmg.
Fremont, Neb., June 12 To the
Editor of The Bee: Feeling that "the
proper study of mankind is man"
and that there is too much worry
over politics and too much haste to
get rich, I desire to write a few
words that may help to awaken your
readers to the fact that , we do not
spend enough time studying the
needs of our bodies, how to tise
them and how to develop our vital
lty so thoroughly and use so econ
omically that we approach closer to
the long lives that our forefathers
used to live. )
Every Nebraskan should send to
the extension service of the college
of agriculture of the University of
Nebraska for Extension Bulletin No
48 entitled "Well-Planned Meals'
and for Die tics Circulars Nos. 10 and
11 and the circular entitled "Plan
Your Meals," to which as a vege
tarlan of a good many years' stand
ing I desire to direct attention.
Vegetarians are thinkers. That
is the reason they are vegetarians.
Samson, Socrates, Cicero, Milton,
Pythagoras, Buddha, St. Peter, St,
James, St. Matthew, Aristotle, Sen
eca, Ovid, Plutarch, Voltaire, John
Wesley, Tolstoi, Oscar II.,' Benjamin
Franklin, Chauncey Depew, and Nic
ola Tesia were vegetarians. Five hun
dred million Buddhists are vegetar
ians today. Calm, sensible reasoning
and - not a fanatical belief is what
causes these large, numbers of think
era to abstain from meat. Abstinence
from meat alone wjll not insure per
fect health and long life. A well-bal
anced ration is of equal importance,
See that your body Is furnished with
every ingredient that It requires or
you will suffer for it sooner or later.
Breathe plenty of fresh, ' pure air.
Work- in your garden bare-headed
and bare-footed and with no more
clothes on than modesty or the
weather requires In order that your
pores may breathe freely of fresh
oxygen and In order that the sun's
rays may impart life and vigor to
your body and assist in the creation
of red blood corpuscles. The chil
dren of India wear scarcely) any
clothes until about the eighth year
and , in consequence thereof- the
death rate among them . is very
small. t .?
Whole- wheat- Is one of nature's
most Derf eet foodi The silicia for
the teeth,; gluten, for-., the , muscles.
Iron for the blood, lime for the hones
and organic Idodine, necessary for
Banking
Service
' Modern banking
service today means
banking facilities to
meet the individual
needs of every custo
mer. The service of the
First provides com
plete banking facilities
to meet all require
ments. '
The modern bank
ing room, an exclusive
women's department, a
roomy and convenient
savings department, a
safety deposit depart-
ment equipped . with
the latest and best type
of boxes, and an affili
ated Trust Company
are all at your disposal.
Come in and avail
yourself of the service
of the department 'that
; best meets your needs
and remember, there ia
always a welcome f"?
you here.
LFlrstNattonalJ
lEankefUiaaiia
the proper functioning of the thy.
roid gland which controls bodily
growth and blood purity, all come
with the bran. The bran itself is
Indigestible, thus it gives bulk to
the food adding digestion and pre
venting constipation. The phos
phorus that the brain and nerves
require is found mostly In the germ.
That part of the wheat berry that
is discarded in the making of white
flour contains about 40 per cent of
the nutrition. An animal fed upon
whole wheat will live indefinitely,
while one fed upon white flour will
die in less than two monhs. It may
experience no special pain, but will
gradually waste away- for want of
material for certain parts of the
body. If you don't believe this try
it with a mouse.-
A general study of the lives of
people who have lived to great ages
-indicates that they not only lived
very simple, outdoor lives, but that
they were hard workers aa well.
As body, and mind are co-exlatent
and depend upon each other, I con
tend that the person who cares for
his body will have much clearer
mental faculties and thus be a bet
ter and more capable cltisen than
he would be If he did not care for
his body.. -
CLARENCE RECKMEYER.
Protest From Jefferson Precinct.
Jefferson Precinct, June 12 To the
Editor of The Bee: I am against
the bond issue and would like to tell
the taxpayers of Douglas county why
1 am. We have at this time a one
man board of county commissioners.
Compton seems to 'be the whole
board for the last two years. Should
the bond issue carry you can bet
that Center street would be paved
out through no man's land and on
through the brush, where the dogs
vark at strangers, to the Platte
Mver. To prove that we have a one
'nan board I wish to give a few facts
s I understand them. Since Comp
ton has been commissioner he has
gone to John Hofeldt, the largest
grader in Douglas county, at , $7 a
a ay more money than a Jefferson
precinct man's bid: For the last two
years Compton has run the Water
loo graders with his own teams, hir
ing, Tom, Dick and Harry to run
them. They commence when they
please, quit when . the please, and
work , when they please, and
Compton passes on his own bills and
draws his money and have you
heard any protest? On last election
day Compton sent out the county
auto in the interest of John Hofeldt
tor sheriff. The county paid for the
driver, the gas and oil and stood the
wear and tear of the car and it was
kept busy all day hauling voters to
the polls for Hofeldt Did you hear
a protest? I want good roads, but
I want the taxpayers' money spent
where it will do the most good to the
greatest number. PETE NELSON, - '
- A Taxpayer.
Paris has a landlord who welcomes
babies, to such an extent indeed,
that he allows every one of "his ten
ants to live rent free for three
months following the birth of the
baby. . '- -
The Day We Celebrate. .
Edwin T. Swobe, investment se.
curltles, born 1874. v
, Mme. Johanna Gadxkl. celebrated.
rknerAflft and rnnnftrr Mincer, horn at .,
Lieut Gen. Sir Charles Carmlchael
Monroe, one of the prominent Brit
ish commanders in the late war,
born 69 years ago..
Right Rev. Henry R. Granjon,
Catholic bishop of Tucson, Arls.,
born in France, 66 years ago. -
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus.
United States navy, retired, born at
Belleville, 111., 68 years ago. ,
Thirty Tears Ago In Omaha.
Members of Hillside Congrega
tional church celebrated the third
anniversary of Rev. H. C. Crane's
pastorate. W. H. Bridge was mas
ter of ceremonies.
The status of the plu.nbers' strike
remains practically unchanged.
Fred Pickens, W. H. Latey, C. M.
Champlin and William Brown are
fishing at Iowa lake.
The4Bard of fire and police com
missioners met. J. C. Sisson was ap
pointed special policeman on the
Omaha and Council Bluffs bridge.
i ,, i , . ,
SUNDAY SMILES.
"What are th luxurlea of llf?" '
"Thing that vera naccasltle two years
aco." Life. ,
Bachelor I kneel to a woman? Never!
She Too much pride T
Bachelor No; too much . rheumatlnmt
Judge.
"Smith la mighty . careleaa with tne
truth, Isn't he?" aaked Brown,
"Yea," replied Jones. "Why. he'd dhy
it right after ha had. eaten a raw onion.
Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune.
"OUR FLAG IS STILL THERE."
What loyalty, what warmth, what aoul
Had Peary, when upon North Pole,
Amldnt distress, and cold, and fag,
Hia ft rot thought was, the "American
Flag"!
And there It stands as balm to tears. -For
many a home that thro' the years
Has sacrificed Its best, for science,
To failure breathing its defiance!
And shall we hers In warmth and eaaw '
Forget to fling ours to the breese.
And match the mariner's matchless grit?
No! No! What thought! A truce to it!
Hence from today In every fitting manner
We pledge anew our duty to our bannerl
JOSEPH MEINHATH.
lien loVeJ ones)
When loved ones leave us and wa must ,
arrange tha last rites tha experience; of a
fair minded undertaker is useful. We !
thoroughly understand ; tha , undertaking '
business and we place our establishment j
at your disposal. We will treat you fairly .
in tha matter of price. . ?
N. P. SWANSON -i
Funeral Parlor (Etabli.hed 1888) ;
17th and Cuming Sts. Douglas 1060 1
Jula.pting tne iorve
principles ot tke violin,
to the pianoforte Ka$
been successfully vo-"
coirvplifthed only in tKe
s-sr
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J Jason OvZazriliri tone
and resonance improve ;
with aqe -just is
Dtradivantts mellows
with, theears.
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As said afrio other via.no Jn he
World, jtfskccs ifc shorn youvghz
We are proud of our line. Kranieh A Bach, Voae V Eons, Brambach, Bosh A
Lane, Cable-Nelson, Kimball and Hospa Piano.
No batter Players are made than the Apollo and Gulbraneon Players. Elec
tric or foot pedalling. You tat cash prices on' time payments. Your Liberty
bond is good here. .
iSIS Douglas Street.
Tha Art and Music Store.
11
ALMOST A MILLION
During tha past few months the growth of the
Woodmen of the World
Has been tha greatest of our entire history, Ii
a few months we will . have more than
One Million Member
v Men everywhere have come to tha realisation
that tha Woodmen of the World alwaya has and
tlways will carry out every contract in good
faith. - . j
This confidence In our Society explains our
wonderful increase in membership.
If you are in good health TODAY. Insure your
life. TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE.
Full particulars will be furnished you if you
will call on or write to
k W. A. PHASER, '
Sovereign Commander.
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