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The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOB MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tli Associated Press of which Ths Km U number, u a Intlvetr antKled In the um for Fufrtlcatloa of all news dispatches eretiltMl to It or not otherwise rredtted In tbla piper, and also tin loral nwe published herttn. All rtfhu of .publication of our ipe slal dispatches ra olio rtserted. . I BEE TELEPHONES: Print Branch Jbabtnn. Aik for Department or Particular Fmoo Wanted. For Niaht or Siindav Service CaJIt pMltorial Dapartmant ..... Trior 10001. limitation Department ..... Tyler 100SU Advertising Department ..... Tyler 1008L. " OFFICES OF THE BEEt Home Office. Be Bulldlnj. 17th and- Famam. Hranen unices: Tyler 1000 Amea 4110 North M Benana 8114 Military Are. Council Bluffs 14 N. Mala Lake . 15 U North t4th Park South Bid Vlatoa Walnut . Turk City i'hlcaco Out-of-Towa Officaai 18 Fifth Are. ! Waahlntton Seeger Bldf. t Lincoln M15 Learenworth. 8318 N Street. J467 South ISth 118 North 40th. 1311 G Street. 1880 H Street. APRIL CIRCULATION Daily 65, 830 Sunday 63,444 Average circulation for the month aubecrlbed and awora to by E. B. Ragan. Circulation Manager. Subscriber leaving th city ahould have The Boa mailed to them. Address chanted as often aa requested. , Today at 3 o'clock? All right. Why not fix it o everybody can have "muny" ice? If the mayor will only arrange to have the un lay off on Sunday, it will help aome. , Resolution offered in congress denouncing the Toledo prize fight are coming rather late. ". The "lynching was conducted in an orderly manner," so why bother the law to try the y fulprit? ' If atl the plana laid for Monday night are tarried out, the bromoselUtr market ought to boom on Tuesday. f : New York's preparations for Monday night tear out the belief that the Gothamites really think the world is going dry. 1 The president says he feels deep pain at leaving France, but wait until he comes into contact with the home folks. Even Turkey has turned against Germany, but that plea ought to have little weight when Armenia and Syria are considered. V "It is a pleasure," said a business man as he made his contribution to the ice and milk fund. . Try it, and learn that he is right Returns from North Dakota are incomplete, but indicate that the town and country voters are not agreed as to certain principles. Municipal Ice Supply. Actual experience is demonstrating that the municipal ice plant, even with its limited range of operation, is not of sufficient capacity to meet f popular demands. If the extension proposed, that of delivery by means of a traveling station, is put into operation, the surplus of ice in stor age will probably be exhausted much sooner than is now calculated. Here is one element of municipal service that is really making good. To appreciate it, one must see the line-up of customers around the delivery stations. With all other things that enter into the housekeep ing budget soaring almost beyond reach, and with private concerns putting up the price of ice to consumers, the citizens who are within reach of the "muny" stations can get their "jitney" price at a rate denied the less fortunate who still must depend on other sources. If the installation of another plant for making ice is found necessary to meet public requirements, it will encounter objections only from those who are concerned in private enterprise. As far as it has gone, the municipal ice plant ap pears to be a success, and if it can be made to serve a greater number of the citizens, it will be all the better. The first victory medal will go to the presi dent, the second to the secretary of war, and in time the "conscobs" may be reached. If "two and three-quarter" beer is non intoxicating, why fuss about it? The same re sult may be obtained from good, clear water. Now comes the word that the younger Hoh enzollern did not fly from Holland. Why should he? Home is nothing like the place he is occupying.' V War-time prohibition is coming nearer, and the bibulous anxiously wait for word from Paris that does not come. "Passing the buck" did not work this time. : A real naval battle is said , to be imminent off the coast of Omaha, when the boozehound fleet encounters the booze runners' craft It will be fine for the catfish. t Uncle Sam is withdrawing his offer of a trip -to the Rhine with all expenses paid, the change being due to the fact that the Huns found some one who is willing to sign the treaty. V About the only thing that may be said in favor of the wrestlers who are vieing with the prfcr fighters for public attention is that they really wore the uniform of their country, while th pugilists held back. ' Bela Kun sticks his head out of the wreck age long enough to announce that the signing of peace will be the signal for class war throughout the world. Having lost his own, he wants company. V ", Mr. Burleson makes a great display of turn ' ing in a $17,000,000 surplus, but neglects to state . . . i r K was earnea at tne expense oi posiomce em tloves. whose pay has been held down, and patrons, who did not get what they paid for. Cupid does not mind the hot weather in the least, so the marriage license record at Omaha has mounted even higher than in the days of June, 1917, when something stronger than the urge to fount a family was back of the movement Herr Mueller has the chance given to few men, that of writing down a signature that will turn the course of history in his own country. He will clear the way for a really free Ger many, whose sons, if they are true to them selves, will bless him through the future ages. New Hope for Russia A ray of sunlight which should materially en courage those longing for the dissipation of the horrible nightmare of Bolshevik tyranny in Russia comes in the announcement that General ' Semenoff, commander of the Cossack forces in " Siberia, has sworn allegiance to the Omsk gov ' ' eminent headed by Admiral Kolchak. These - two men are at present the most capable mili tary leaders in Russia. If they can submerge personal ambition m the desire to rehabilitate their outraged country,' there is reason to expect ' a Speedy end of Lenine and his murderous fol r lowing. ; - The great middle class in Russia will support " almost any government offering protection to life and property, and the peasants, too ignorant v to weigh intelligently the claims of rival chief tains, ask only an opportunity to husband their . small crops ' without fear of having a season's yield ruthlessly confiscated by marauding bands of Bolshevik ruffians. Great Reliance will not be placed on the intentions of the former nobil ,'ty. True enough, those who have so far escaped with their lives will assist in ridding Russia of Lenine and his crew, but it is doubtful if they will rally whole-heartedly behind a strong demo cratic government. Class privilege has become "so firmly imbedded in the hearts of the titled families that they scarcely can be expected to . respond to the great wave of democracy that is weeping over the world. Indianapolis News. WHY NOT WEBSTER? Omaha, June 27. To the Editor of The Bee: I am surprised that you did not include the name of John Lee Webster in your list of constitutional convention delegates. Mr. Webster's name tops the signatures to the ' present constitution as president of the con vention that framed it, and he is one of the very few men still living whose names are there. His help in the coming convention would be most valuable. A LAWYER. The Bee agrees with this statement that it would be most fitting to have the president of the last constitutional convention again in the next constitutional convention. We carefully explained that the names mentioned by us were by way of suggestion only of the sort of men whose services we should have for the im portant work of revising the state constitution. While we are not always in political accord with Mr. Webster, or in agreement with his views on many questions, everyone recognizes his excep tional qualifications as a constitutional lawyer and a deep student of government, and his rare ability to present and analyze complicated ques tions in issue. Mr. Webster's draw-back, as he himself will doubtless admit, is that he has seldom been successful in riding the popular wave and as a candidate for a contested place would doubtless draw much fire. If all con cerned could agree to put him at the head of the Douglas county delegation as a recognition of his services in framing the present constitution and a tribute, to him as one of the great lawyers of the state, the people of this county would be doing credit to themselves as well as paying him a deserved honor. Germany's Ability to Deliver. Careful attention has been given to Ger many's economic power by the peace conferees, and terms have been arranged according to the material resources of the empire. If these are properly conserved and industriously employed, the requirements of the treaty may be met Just now some, thought is given to another phase of the situation: Political conditions in the van quished empire have been tentatively studied, but not accorded much weight in the delibera tions of the council at Paris. Proceedings at Weimar, cabinet disturbances, difficulty in securing responsible delegates to formally sign the treaty on behalf of Germany, and the steady persistence of rioting in different communities, all tend to expose the inherent weakness of the so-called German republic. The question is, Has Germany a government sufficiently stable to give life to the treaty? It has been suggested that the farce of Brest Litovsk may be repeated because of the inability of the cabinet, backed by the Weimar assembly, to make the terms operative. Such an outcome will be unfortunate. At Weimar, when the vote to accept treaty conditions was taken, Herr Haase, independent socialist leader, shouted: "What do the starving people care who started the war? They want the blockade to end, so they can have food." And the blockade will end only when the German people, starving or other wise, seriously enter upon the discharge of the obligations laid upon them by the representa tives of an outraged world. Revolution and counter-revolution may rack the land; sooner or later, the government must settle down to a basis of responsibility, and then the requirements of justice will have to be met. Germany's future is now more than ever in the hands of the people. Jobs for Discharged Soldiers. Seventy per cent pi the men discharged from the United States army have jobs waiting for them, reports the assistant secretary of war, who is in charge of this division of the govern ment's service. Most of the remaining 30 per cent might have employment if the men were willing to accept the places offered. Not enough clerical jobs are open, and many of the men object to farm work. This statement from an authoritative source ought to do away with the assertions that a serious menace of unemploy meot has followed demobilization. American industry has not been sufficiently readjusted to entirely assimilate all the workers who have beeen forced to turn from war to peace employ ment, but even without' the assistance of any well devised program for the purpose, the shock has been well met Unless calamity in some form overtakes the country, the normal course of business will soon absorb all the idle labor in the land. Nothing could more effectively illustrate the resilience of American life than the way the soldiers have been caught up again into the orderly current. Thanks to "watchful waiting" the United States has been forced to set up one fortified international boundary. This ought to be ample notice to the ebullient Mexicans that patience is nearly exhausted on this side of the line. "Two out of every three American soldiers who reached France took part in battle," says the official report, indicating that one out of every three was sorely disappointed that he did not get to deliver his personal wallop to the foe. "As usual, the pulmotor was out of order," is the comment on ( another tragedy. If the police department were less totally demoralized, the means provided for saving life might be ready when emergency arises. Congress has cut the salary of one war-time supernumerary from $25,000 to $13,000 a year. This is real economy ' The Inevitable Surrender From the New York Times. The Germans will sign. They hate acquiesced, as it was plain they must acquiesce, in the terms dictated by the twenty-odd nations that one after another were forced to take up arms to de fend themselves against German aggression. Truthful for once, they say that they are yield ing to force to escape a worse fat?; and this is exactly what they are doing. So long as the Germans had the superior force, the world had no chance of getting a peace that would have suited the elementary demands of justice. That such a peace is now written down, that the Ger mans sign it we owe to the utilization of force without stint or limit. But nobody should, probably few will, attach too much importance to the German decision to accept the inevitable. This undignified yield ing after repeated vows never, never to yield is only one incident in the long series which began with the French. American and British offen sives of July 18 and August 8 of last year, and came to its culmination in the German submis sion to armistice terms which took away for the time being Germany's power to do harm. The formal ceremony of signature, which will take place some time this week in the Hall of Mirrors, will be an impressive demonstration of historical justice, an exhibition which can stand in history for all time as a warning to young and ambitious military empires; but it, too, will be only an incident in the series which began nearly a year ago, and which will not end for many years to come. The peace has been ac cepted; it will soon be signed; it remains to be enforced. Much that is characteristic of the German mind may be found in the final efforts to obtain farther mitigation of the terms. These, terms, the Germans have repeatedly asserted, are un endurable, literally impossible of fulfillment. Germany now Undertakes, under duress, to ful fill them. Is it a change of opinion as to the possibility of compliance, or does Germany hope that the Allies may ascribe too much merit to the mere German signature to a document? The.Germans insisted that they would not ac knowledge their guilt for the war; it is in the document which their envoys are about to sign under duress, to be sure. But they knew they would have to sign it. Did their tumult and shoutings up to the very last moment serve the purpose of calling- their protestations of inno cence to the attention of History, or will His tory merely note that once again the Germans are obstinately denying what all the world knows to be true? In a recent note the German government solemnly "declines all responsibility as regards the cqnsequences which may be threatened against Germany when, as is bound to happen, the impossibility of carrying out the conditions" becomes apparent; and by way of specific declaration it declines responsibility for "any difficulty which may result from the re sistance of the inhabitants in the districts to be cut off in the East against their separation from Germany." If any but Germans had written those lines, we should take it as an outright declaration that they did not intend to abide by the treaty; and that in particular they would continue to make trouble for Poland. But the Germans are a strange race; this may be merely their tactful way of calling attention to what they re gard as their wrongs. In the same way we might regard the solicitude expressed in the notes for the Kaiser and other war offenders. The Germans have driven the Kaiser out into the wilderness with the burden of their sins upon him; the German people, we have been assured, abhorred the war from the outset and would have none of it; if any Germans were guilty in a war forced upon them by their envi ous neighbors, it must have been the Kaiser and his officials. So many German dignitaries have in the past few months called our attention to the distinction between the old German Gov ernment and the German people that one is sur prised at finding the people's representatives coming sturdily to the defense of the man whom they condemned. The incident of Scapa Flow, followed by simi lar sinkings of German warships at Kiel, comes conveniently to remind us of the difficulties we are likely to have in the enforcement of just reparations and the finding of just guarantees for the future. The Germans are delighted by the sinking of the ships; the Berliner Tage blatt alone regrets it, since the Allies may add the value of the lost ships to the indemnity, and thinks that this may be too much to pay for "a fine gesture." That is it exactly. To a German, the destruction of property to be sur rendered in partial reparation, destruction ac complished by taking advantage of the confidence or the laxity of an enemy, is a fine gesture. Un less we want to have intensive sabotage applied to the treaty terms, the allied military com mands and Reparations Commission will have to be more alert than were the British naval authorities at Scapa Flow. We have beaten the Germans; they have now promised to pay. But they are the same Germans; the moral reforma tion which so many of us hoped for two years ago seems no nearer than ever. Until it comes, it is for the Governments and peoples of the allied nations to see that Germany does not evade the demands of justice which she now promises to meet. Shantung, A Black Mark In leaving Japan unconditional tenant of Kiau-Chau with much of the Shantung penin sula the peace treaty goes far to diminish the authority of the covenant of nations. Kiau Chau was one of the few clear cases before the conference. The German lease was extorted from China on the pretext of compensation for the slaying of the German ambassador by the boxers. Germany capitalized her affront out rageously, and, in a region where shaky titles abound, hers was morally and legally the worst. Japan drives out Germany and assumes her "rights." The peace conference acquiesces in the iniquity. The official press murmurs smoothly of the compromises inevitable in hu man affairs. Now, Japan's occupancy of Shan tung is not a compromise, but a flagrant breach of the letter and spirit of the covenant. In con senting to it Mr. Wilson has canceled one of the fairest pages in American diplomacy. The only apology made for the surrender is that otherwise Japan would not have joined the league of nations. As it is, she joins, having first shown that she declines to be bound by one of its constituent principles. An added chagrin W those who hoped most from the league is that the united wisdom of the present world has. been less able to moderate Japan's aggres siveness than was John Hay single handed. The New York Review. AV The Day We Celebrate. Frank A. Agnew, South Side attorney, born 1858. . t Harry S. Byrne, surety bond man, born 1878. N. H. Lodmis, general solicitor of the Union Pacific railroad, born 1862. Otis Skinner, one of the foremost actors of the American stage, born at Cambridge, Mass., 61 years ago. Dr. Alexis Carrel, celebrated American medi cal scientist, born in France 46 years ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. Thomas D. Crane wears a handsome Masonic badge of the Scottish Rite and Shriner degrees, presented to him by his friends. Dr. Miller. Mr. Lininger, Mr. Pratt and Fred Millard of the park board, left for Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago for the purpose of in specting the parks of those cities. The work of tearing up plank sidewalks and putting down stone in their place, has'begun. Articles of incorporation by the American Savings bank, with a capital stock of $400,000, have been filed by O. M. Carter. C. S. Mont gomery, H. H. Gould. O. A. Powell. Lewis H. Groff and Philip Potter. , Friend of die Soldier Replies will be given in this column to questions relating to the soldier and his prob lems, in and out of the army. Names will not be printed. Ask The Bee to Answer. Many Questions Answered. An Interested Reader We have no information concerning the "com posite regiment" you ask about It was" probably a casual or ganization, or may have been made up of men from different units as signed to some special duty. Would suggest thtlt you write to the ad jutant general of the army for in formation on this point. E. S., Kearney We regret we can not give you any information as to the time any individual soldier will be returned to this country. The quartermaster units will probably be the last out of France. J. C. W. The Sixth cavalry is not attached to any division: its several troops are stationed in different parts or trance; po time has been an nounced for its return, but probably it will soon be on its way home. Mrs. O. E. A. We have no in formation as to the 72d engineers, either as to the present station of the regiment or the time for its re turn. A Soldier's Mother The 222d mili tary police company is stationed at St. Nazaire, part of the force guard ing base section No. 1. No time-has been announced for its departure for home. A Constant Reader Military po lice companies attached to base sec tions are just now employed in the important work of maintaining order where great efforts are being made to prepare for transport home of large bodies of men and Immense amounts of supplies. This renders the likelihood of their immediate release improbable. Base section No. 2 is at Bordeaux. A Friend of the Soldier See an swers immediately foregoing. The 209th military police company is in the service of supply, and is there fore busy helping to get the rest of the expeditionary forces out of France. A Returned Soldier The 82d di vision was scheduled to return on the April sailing list. We have no record of the place of demobiliza tion of the 320th machine gun bat talion, which was part of this di vision. Would suggest that you write to the adjutant general of the army for information concerning this unit. J. M. S. We can give you only the fact that the 110th infantry was part of the 28th division, which was on the May sailing list. Most or this division has arrived and been demobilized. Albion No orders have yet been issued for the immediate return of field remount squadron No. 340. It is in the service of supply at Mer ignac, via A. P. O. 705. This is part of base section No. 2 at Bor deaux. Mrs. T. J. No word has been re ceived as to when the 67th signal service company will be released for return home. Mrs. M. E. D. We have no in formation as to when the 306th sup ply, train will be released from serv ice. A soldier who has been dis charged from the army on applica tion for immediate release, supported by affidavit, is allowed to come home as quickly as he likes. The speed with which demobilization is progressing makes thet application for specal discharge unnecessary in most cases, for the soldier is apt to get out sooner if the regular course Is pursued. A Soldier's Mother No time has beeen announced for the sailing of the 18th transportation company. It is at St. Nazaire. L. R. H. Evacuation ambulance company No. 33 is at Bordeaux, A. P. O. 705. It is not attached to a division, nor is it on the early sailing schedule. i E. J. P. The return of a letter ad dressed to a soldier abroad means only that you have not' the right ad dress. Write to the adjutant gen eral of the army, Washington, D. C, and you may obtain the correct in formation as to his ' whereabouts, whieh we are unable to furnish. MUCH IN LITTLE. Experts have estimated for the government that Holland's coal de posits contain more than 5,000,000 tons, but none of it is first-grade fuel. An Englishman has discovered a process whereby iridescent and mother of pearl effects can be given to sheets of gelatine, useful for many purposes. In Switzerland almost every mountain torrent has its electric plant, the current often being car ried for many miles for lighting and power purposes. For cleaning between the teeth a pocket size container for dental floss has been invented, with a bracket on top to hold a piece of the. floss while it is being used. In experiments with soap bub bles an English scientist developed apparatus that blew them large and substantial enough to be used as a background for photographs. Utilizing a galvanometer, a French scientist has invented ap paratus ftor measuring vibrations of human bones and tisses, with which, among other things, he reads a person's pulse more accurately than by hand. A trade association is reported to have been formed, comprising the entire British manufacturing, wholesale ,and retail industry of machine-made drawing instruments a practScally new trade es tablished in Great Britain as a re sult of tha war. DAILY CARTOONETTE PHE10.IV. HOT f I'LL HRUE TUJ0 ELECTRIC FANS PDTW,5o THEY'LL BOTH BLOIO 6N ME Jj W f DID- ,7;, H DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. "THE QUEST OF JOYOUSNESS." (In thin story Hopeful Smile leads Peg sy and Billy on a happy chase after Joyousness.) window dripped It was Frowning Phil. RAIN beat against the panes and dripped, unceasingly from the eaves, a dreary Saturday, and all of Peg gy's holiday plans had been washed away. But, still, Peggy did not weep 'or wail. 'fSaturday showers bring Sun day flowers," she sang softly to her self, watching the big drops splash in a puddle that had formed in the back yard. Across the yard, in the window of a neighboring houses was another pair of eyes watching the rain. But these eyes were glowering darkly and the brows above them were drawn up in a heavy, ugly scowl. "What's the matter, Frowning Phil?" asked Peggy of the scowling lad. v "It's raining and can't play base ball," howled Phil. "Last night's paper said the crops needed showers badly, as they were drying up," replied Peggy. "This wil. make the farmers glad, and us, too when the fruits, the grains and the vegetables are harvested. . I m not glad! I m mad! I want to play, ball!" insisted Phil, stub bornly. "Come over and we will play in door tennis, said Peggy. "I don't want to play Indoor ten nis, I want to play base ball," re peated Phil, scowling harder than ever at the falling drops. Peggy didn't urge him farther. "How silly "I'm Wantit My way," Announced the Dwarf. tees 7 vtr z. Section Men's Wages. Millard, Neb., June 20. To the Editor of The Bee: I see in your paper of a "shortage of section hands" and wages 40 cents per hour, board $4.25 per week and 10 hours a day. That is a mistake, I know, for I am a "gandy.".or railroad la borer. We get 40 cents per hour and eight hours per day; we pay $1.05 for board, $7.35 per week, so you can see the margin that is left We made more money when wages were $1.75 and ctteap board and everything else accordingly, than we do now. These railroad boarding contractors have not changed the bill of fare any, but still the board goes up. I am on the Union Pacific railroad. They feed some better than others. They give us a chicken dinner about every fourth Sunday. I have a spur cut from one of the fowls served at the last chicken dinner. It is just three and one-half inches long, so you can see that he was a good old Roman 'and I guess a fighter in the days of Noah. Every time they raise the "gandy's" wages they raise the board and he still makes the same old money. This is the true reason why section labor is scarce. PAT M'CANN, Extra Gang No. 8. SUMMER SMILES. "Is that Italian situation being cleared up?" "Yes," replied the Inveterate punster. "I think It has been what you might call Flumigated." Washington Evening Star. Doctor When do you feel the pain worst, my boy? Teddy Just before schoolttme, sir. Tlt-BiU. "How do you find your meals?" . "Excellent." "Then you will recommend them?" "Not If I do, you'll get a lot more custom and then the meals won't be so good." Kansas City Journal. "Yes, I guess I can give your son a job. You are one of our largest stockholders. What can your son do?" "To be frank, nothing." "Well, we have a number of young men doing 'that. He might assist one of them." Detroit Free Press. Little Jackie I want another box of pills like I got for mother yesterday. Chemist Did your mother say they wers good ? Little Jackie No, but they Just fit my alrgun. Pearson's Weekly. "If I draw my own will, I'll do you out of a fee, I suppose?" "Not at all," said the lawyer, "not at all. When the contest comes my fee will be ten times as much." Kansas City Journal. Glbbs Why do you strike Hnrduppe for a loan every time you meet him? Dtbbs Merely in self-defense, my boy. If I don't strike him he'd strike me. New Haven Register. "You used to say I was perfect." "I was mistaken." "You brute!" "I mean, dearest, that you couldn't have been, because since then you have stead ily Improved.' Boston Transcrlpt.. "So you asked for his daughter, did you? How did you come out?" "Through the window!" California Pelican. "Do you take exercise after your bath In the morning?" asked Perkins. Jerkins "Yes; I generally step on the soap as I get out." Nebraska Awgwan. THE TRUE ROAD TO PEACE. Now that Hun warfare Is brought to Its knees, We all think It's time for a period of ease ; To get it, all useless discussion must cease. In acts, not In words. Is the true road to peace. J. M., K. C, 191. While On Vacation Keep in Touch with home and office CoronA offers this service for 150.00 (With traveling case). Weighs 6 pounds. Lasts forever. CORONA TYPEWRITER AGENCY, 1905 Famam St. Phone Doug. 4121. DAILY DOT PUZZLE 49 So AT EZ 4 ' .V' V i 4i 61 Z 14 4 ' 3 13. '5 6Z ' 12. .1 A 0 ' 2a 17 17 10 13 . '25 IS 3o H.3 15 23 22 34 id 2o 2 53 Draw from one to two and so on to :hc end. Trace the lines to sixty-three, And a you will see. he is, sitting there making himself miserable with his frowns when he might be having fun with something else," she thought to herself. "All his scowling will not drive away the rain." The attic was always one of Peg gy's places of refuge on a rainy sum mer day. There she was sure to find something with which to amuse Stored away in one corner was a toy railroad, with track, engine and cars. With this Peggy had a happy hour. When she grew a bit tired she sat down on an old couch to rest. ' "This would be a splendid day for an adventure in some strange wonderland," she sighed to herself. "I wish, I wish, I wish ." ' "Three wishes, and tag, I'm it," laughed a gay voice, seeming to come from Peggy's own throat. And out of her mouth floated a misty shape like breath on a frosty morn ing. This misty shape slowly as sumed the form of a beautiful fairy. "Who are you?" exclaimed Peggy. IicnloVecI ones owte us When the folks we really love have left us and we face the problem of conducting the last sad service before we relinnuish them entirely the undertaker who has charge of this occasion must possess tact, discretion, honesty and ability. Upon such an occasion let us serve you. N. P. SW ANSON Funeral Parlor (Etablished 1888) 17th and Cuming Sts. Douglas 1060 "I'm Hopeful Smiles, and I'v come to lead you on a chase after joyousness, replied the falry mer rily. "And we've come to go with you," cried Billy Belgium, appear ing at the head of the attic stair way. With him was a roly-poly, beaming-faced lad. "This Is Cheer up. He is a boy fairy, and he cam right out of my mouth like th smoke from your father's cigar." As Peggy started to answer, Frowning 1'hll came up the stairs. "I've come over to play jndoor tonnis," he announced. ( k "We're joying after a chase after Joyousness," answered Peggy. "Come with us." "Aw, shoot! I want to play In door tennis," answered Frowning Phil, drawing his brows up into a black scowl. And as he frowned a wisp of fo came from his mouth, assuming th form of an ugly, egg-shaped dwarf. . "I'm Wantit My way," announced the dwarf. "I get upset verj easily, and when 1 do, look out foi me." i "All aboard for Playland, shouted Hopeful Smiles, waving hei hand over Peggy's toy train. In stantly the engine and the cars be gan to grow, until they were the size of a miniature train Peggy had once seen at a summer park. "Hop im'" hinchprl Hnnpful Smiles. Peggy, Billy and Cheer-up jump ed into the cars, while Hojeful Smiles boarded the engine. Frown ing Phil hung back. "Aw, I'd rather go as an automo bile," he growled. "Zowie, now you've done it," howel Wantit Myway, and over he rolled with his feet in the air. And this seemed to have a funny effect on Frowning Phil, for quick as a wink his heels flew up, and he also stood on his head. "Tnnt! Tnnt! Puff! Puff!" went th engine, and away rolled the train in to a dark tunnel that opened through the side of the chimney. , "Hey, hey, wait for me!" yelled Frowning Phil. (Monday will be told where the first stage of the chase after Joyousness leads them. 1 A ( r ea.ctvers vocal ancl instrumental. who require in the studio a piano or never failing torv& and resonance, fmd tRat the. SLnstm &1mttlto does not nave to he exchanged for a new instrument iTi' 7 uniiKe any other pianotar no rye, 4 us Business Is Gooo.ThankYoiT -WHY ..NOT l.V. 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