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You should know that
Bank deposits per family within
fifty miles of Omaha are $2,696;
elsewhere, $1,493.
Make it sane, and it will be safe enough.
A new jail in a dry town casts suspicion on
human nature.
Dueling has been resumed in Paris, so we
tnay conclude the war is really over.
The R-34 is not breaking any records on its
trip over, but is making one of its own.
-Picnics are the order of the day, and to
morrow has therefore no terror in prospect
The American eagle turns another birthday
today, and his scream is getting bettter all the
time.
little better, maybe, than "Army of Occupa
tion," but the meaning is not changed by the
eumphemism. v
v That Kansas boy who fled from home to
evade the daily bath shows a Jayhawker's
natural antipathy to water.
American soldiers ar to be safeguarded
against French vampires, but this will not alter
Mr. Barnum's postulate.
y In picking the winner you have the consola
tion of knowing your own guess is as good as
that of any bf the "experts."
Commander Read of the navy flying boat
tallcs about an altitude of 60,000 feet. Go as
high as you like, commander.
' Take a census of little Johnny's fingers be
fore Jhe starts out today, and see if the evening
count tallies with the morning.
it may be worth while for the revenue col
lector to keep an eye on the income tax returns
of-"Messrs. Willard and Dempsey.
,The city council is being urged to make"
extensive improvements by many bodies, but
-: the people will have the decision in the end.
The cost of living extends even to elections,
the recent one held in. Douglas county showing
f record of expense amounting to $1.30 per vote
. ast.
. " Will a toper be required to secure a guaran
tee that the glass, he is about to 'quaff contains
only 2.75 by weight of the element that gives a
rabbit spunk enough to defy a bulldog?
"American Forces in Germany" sounds a
Fairbury is pluming itself today on the fact
that a stately ship is named for the enterprising
city. May they both live long and prosper I
Lloyd George says the kaiser will be brought
to trial, and he is supposed to know what he is
talking about. Therefore, Holland and others
interested will please take due notice.
A citizen is going east looking for ideas for
1 millibn-dollar apartment house he plans erect
ing in Omaha. At the risk of being considered
impertinent, The Bee suggests It be one in which
the tenant can get something for his money.
Selling the privilege of collecting the gar
bage in Omaha at any price is merely continuing
a condition that has brought much trouble to
the citizens. Why not take hold of the problem
and settle it on a basis that makes the city
responsible, and not a private contractor, who
looks to a profit instead of efficient service?
Mr. Ringer's plea in avoidance amounts to
almost an admission in relation to the police
'department as frank and as startling as the
mayor made in his confidential letter concerning
; the city administration. In other words, they
are finding out what the public is painfully
aware of, that the city business is woefully mis
handled. - I
Courtesy to Latin-America
From the Department of State a recommen
dation has gone to congress proposing legisla
tion which would authorize the president to in
vite each of the Latin-American nations to
send two-representatives annually, beginning in
1920, to the United States for training either
at ..West Point or Annapolis. There is every
. reasons to commend this proposal. The doors
of our general educational institutions have al
ways been wide open, of course, to students
from South and Central America, and a num
ber of candidates have availed themselves in
the past of- the opportunity so offered. Indeed,
there was graduated from the Naval academy
last week a son of Col. Aurelio Heria, formerly
secretary of war and navy for Cuba. But there
have been all too few chances given to the
young men of South America to come here for
their? training without expense to themselves,
and for ' congress to make such opportunities
available at West Point and Annapolis would
be to lead the way to frequent exchanges on
thie best basis possible.
v ,.The foundation of these national scholar
ships fof the Latin-American countries at the
two finest t)f-our government's schools would
be a gift clearly betokening the friendship of
the United sStates toward the ideal of Pan
American union. Boston Transcript
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
One hundred and forty-three years ago cer
tain daring men boldly set their hands to a
document, and by that act gave vitality to
philosophical abstractions dealing with the
fundamentals of human happiness. It was a
charter of liberty, such as the world had never
sen.
How have we realized on the precepts they
laid down?
The nation they founded has grown far
beyond their possible expectations or-foresight
in all that makes for material progress. A land
of opportunity unsurpassed has brought forth
teeming wealth to support a people whose devo
tion to the ideals of the Fathers is unswerving.
In the years that have intervened some varia
tions of meaning may have attached to the
words of the Declaration of Independence, but
no departure of note has been made from its
spirit.
We still hold "life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness" to be among those inalienable
rights with which the Creator has endowed His
children. We still cling to the doctrine that
governments derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed. We have done more
than apply these divine principles to our own
national and individual life. We have expanded
them, until they have touched the lives of other
nations, and have become finally the ideal of the
world.
We are just now. setting out on a great
experiment in self-restraint. Two years ago
we interposed between the world and a force
that threatened destruction of free institutions.
Triumphant from that trial, we have yet to
show the world our sincerity. It does not mat
ter that this already has been proven in other
tests; Europe is not ready to accept us at our
own Valuation yet. As we deal with the new
problems, so will the faith of older peoples in
our integrity be justified.
Independence Day, 1919, finds us strong,
virile, lusty, vigorous, our mission to the world
well defined, our purpose undimmed, and our
resolve to carry on undiminished. It is good
that we may without hypocrisy look the world
squarely in the face today.
Problem for American Leaders.
Merely telling the people that bolshevism is
mistaken in theory and practice alike will not
cure a situation that is growing no better. It
is the "man on the street" who is uneasy. He
finds himself forced to practice utmost economy,
and unable to adjust his affairs to meet rapidly
changing conditions. Wages are going up, but
not as fast assother things; incomes may be ad
vancing, but the rate is so uneven that real
hardship is being borne by .those whose oppor
tunities for adding to their revenue is limited
by interest increment. Eight months have
elapsed since the pressure of war was removed,
yet little sign of recovery is noted.
These things are at the bottom of all the
unrest, here and elsewhere. What the solu
tion will bipis not known; but it is plain that
some check to excessive profit-taking must be
applied before justifiable complaints are si
lenced. It is not easy to talk patriotism to a
man who considers himself the victim of extor
tion. Our government is not devised for the
work of regulating business transactions,
beyond seeing that unfair methods are not ap
plied, and it is perhaps well that this is so. But
in the minds of the multitude is the notion that
through the government relief may be had.
Leaders of American business men are just
how taxed with a domestic problem that far
exceeds in its acute aspects any question of
foreign relations. Wise action by them will
serve better than anything in steadying the pub
lic in this crisis.
Anna Howard Shaw.
A singular combination of mental alertness
and bodily vigor made Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
a notable figure in her day. The resolute qual
ity of her character that sent her to begin a
course in college with only $18 and her moral
courage to support her was exhibited in all her
undertakings. She obtained the educational
training she sought; and for all the days of her
life was devoted to the advancement of hu
manity in general and the conditions of her sex
in particular. As the foremost advocate of wo
man's suffrage, she attained wide celebrity dur
ing the closing years of her life, and was per
mitted to see success attend her efforts. Logi
cal as a reasoner, forceful in argument, skilled
in debate, she was a champion of champions in
the battle that ended with the passage of the
suffrage amendment by congress last May, Thus
death was kind to her, coming when her
triumph was fresh. Her services were not alone
in the interest of "votes for women," for she
took part in all the activities of life, and was
granted a distinguished service medal for her
part in connection with the Council of National
Defense. One of the really great women of
modern times, she will be sincerely mourned.
Not a Happy Comparison.
The administration champion of the League
of Nations in the senate referred to a combina
tion that existed among certain Indian tribes
in the Fifteenth century as an example of what
might be expected from the league. The com
parison is not especially happy. Readers of
American history will hardly look forward with
complacency to the prospect of projecting on a
world scale the career of the Five Nations. Its
first and most successful undertaking was to
exterminate a weaker tribe, too "numerous to be
overcome by either of the members of the allied
group, but an easy victim to the combination.
While carrying on the massacre of the Hurons,
and resisting the efforts of the French to ad
vance up the St. Lawrence, the Five Nations
found opportunity to wage war against weaker
peoples to the south and west, and made the
name a terror throughout a vast region. It was
only when the white race had completely con
quered them that these Indians showed any. of
the traits that have since ' brought to them
a vestige of respect and this mainly from those
who are not familiarly conversant with their
methods. It may be argued that they lived ac
cording to therr lights, but they merely exhibited
proof of the fact that strength is quite apt to be
used for purposes not always commendable.
Another series of protests to Mexico is now
going forward. Senor Carranza should be ad
vised that Uncle Sam has the nucleus of a per
fectly good army that is now available for any
business it may be called upon to transact.
The real test of control between Uncle Sam
and John Barleycorn is now started.
The Problem of the Stork
From the New York Times.
It scarcely needed 'the high adventures of
Bobby-Ash to tell us that a baby is the most
interesting object in nature or civilization.
Found in an ashcan five months ago, Bobby was
taken into the home of a prosperous securities
broker, cared for by a nurse, swaddled in lux
ury, and aired in an automobile. But legal
technicalities intervened, and Bobby must now
be returned to the New York Nursery and
Child's hospital. This romantic story has been
chronicled in the press together with somewhat
less romantic stories about the former crown
prince and the devious adventures of the peace
treaty.
It is not without significance that Bobby
was found in an ashcan. Most modern babies
are like the hero of Oscar Wilde's farce, who
was found as an abandoned bundle in a railway
station; their origin is a terminal. At the time
of the Franco-Prussian war the population of
France and Germanv was about the same, ap
proximately 40,000,000. In 1914 Germany had
almost doubled' in population, while France had
remained virtually stationary. In the United
States the birthrate is markedly tending toward
that of France, and" also in Great Britain,
though more slowly. In all three countries the
shrinkage is largely among salaried brain work
ers the folk who are so often proclaimed as
the mainstay of the nation. Only the "prole
tariat" is still prolific.
The intelligent and well-to-do, meantime,
seem more interested than ever in babies.
Foundling homes are besieged by married folk
eager to adopt nameless infants. Some years
ago a farce was written about a woman who
tried to palm off a foundling upon her husband
as his own child. Its popularity was amazing,
here and in England. Eventually it received
what, for a farce, amounts to apotheosis: it was
made into a musical comedy. One touch of
baby made the whole world grin. But some
where and somehow, obviously, things are go
ing wrong. The world of free institutions has
defeated the German army and the German
navy, but the German baby goes marching on.
It does not help the case that his future is to be
not military but industrial. Against armed
power the world is united in a resolute and tri
umphant will, but against a swarming multitude
of hands and brains it will be powerless unless
it meet like with like.
Our shortcoming, doubtless, it attributable
to the stork.- In the distribution of his favors
among us the silly bird must be made more
general, and indeed more generous. Of old he
had no predilection for ashcans. His favorite
haunts were the houses of the bourgeoisie, on
whose chimney-tops he nested, a cartwheel be
ing perched there for his convenience. The
landlords of our apartment houses are not at
present in a very suggestible mood, but really
there should be a cartwheel on the roof for
each tenant.
If the landlord 'is obdurate, he should be
voted down. And he can be, for this is a mat
ter in which the newly enfranchised woman is
specially interested. A groping male once con
fided to a feminist leader certain doubts as to
the natural destiny of woman. Did it not lie
outside and above the arena of politics as the
priestess and guardian of the race, of its health
and its welfare, physical, mental and moral?
The answer had no dubious sound. "Funda
mental problems," this leader replied, "such as
race suicide, eugenics, celibacy, etc., are beside
the suffrage question. If any' one hopes to
solve them through suffrage, he is on the wrong
path. No suffragist, however uninformed, would
hold such premises." But victory brings the
calmer mood, the saner and more tolerant out
look. In Los Angeles they have ostrich farms, the
live stock of wlich yield abundant plumes for
women. Is it possible to convert these farms
into universities for the stork, and there teach
him to improve his nesting? "Not feathers but
babies 1" should be the words on their escut
cheons. The problem is a difficult one. Though,
the commercial product of the ostrich is vanity,
his nature is amenable to discipline; he stays on
the ground. Your stork, though he deals in
the commodity most essential to human hap
piness and progress, seems somehow to be a
vain and flighty creature.
Perils from the Sky
When death comes out of the .air in the
fofrn of a friendly airplane and brings silence
into homes where little children once romped
all because suitable arrangements were not
made for the landing of a flier, long expected,
it would seem that the time had come when
measures be taken to guard against like hap
penings in the future. It is a sad commentary
upon our foresightedness that such an accident
as that at Franklin field should happen.
The wonder is that it has not happened long
before. Death has come, indeed, though in an
other way. Only recently, because our air high
ways are not properly charted and marked.
Captain James, the noted British flier and win
ner of the Globe's $1,000 prize for a flight from
Atlantic City to Boston, was lost, probably at
sea. And within a few weeks a flier from
Springfield to Boston was forced to the hazard
of landing in Cambridge because the spot where
he haa planned to alight was not properly
marked.
Aviation is recognized as a sport which is
not safe for those who go up. It is quite as dan
gerous for people on the ground. The time
comes when a plane must either land or fall.
Until landing fields are properly marked so
that a man in the sky can make 90 mistake and
until they are kept clear of people, we will be in
daily danger of such a tragedy as that in Frank
lin field. Boston Globe.
Peculiarities of the Penguin.
The penguins of the Antartic region are the
most human of all the bird family, walking up
right, living in communities, quite unafraid of
man, and possessing one trait almost unknown
among any other of the so-called lower
creatures. That is, the old birds will look after
young ones that have strayed from their parents,
and tend them as carefully as their own.
The Day We Celebrate.
Dr. Karl Connell, professor of surgery at
Creighton medical college, born 1878.
Henry C. Richmond, journalist and law
maker, born 1869.
Michael L. Clark, sheriff of Douglas county,
born 1868.
Walter H. Rhodes, bank stock broker, born
1871.
Lord Sydenham of Combe, former member
of the British war ministry, born 71 years ago.
Stephen T. Matther, director of national
parks of the United States government, born in
San Francisco, 52 years ago.
Lt. Col. Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, U. S. A.,
grandson of the victor at Appomattox, born in
Illinois, 38 years ago.
Calvin Coolidge, the present governor of
Massachusetts, born at Plymouth, Vt, 47 years
ago.
Joseph Pennell, celebrated artist, illustrator
and author, born in Philadelphia, 59 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
The Fourth of July was celebrated with pri
vate picnics, base ball games and 23 arrests.
The Bee building, justr completed, was
thrown open for reception to the general pub
lic, f
J. B. Mason is building a $6,000 two-story
frame residence on Georgia avenue, near
Dewey.
The children of Trinity Methodist church, in
Kountze place, gave a flat drill, led by Misses
Ina Kennedy and Esther Fried.
Mrs. Dr. Somers and Miss Jessie Towne are
spending the summer at Minneapolis and Osh-kosh.
People You Ask About
Information About Folks in
the Public Eye Will Be Given
in This Column in Answer
to Readers' Questions. Your
Name Will Not Be Printed.
Let The Bee Tell You.
Prank O. Lowtlen.
In response to several recent In
quiries about Frank O. Lowden,
governor of Illinois:
"Mr. Lowden was born at Sunrise,
Minn., January 26, 1861, and in 1868
moved with his family to Iowa,
where he helped his father farm,
g-etting what schooling the frontier
life afforded. A good education was
his goal early in life. At the age
of 15 he had traveled far enough to
ward it to be able to teach' school.
Saving and studying, he managed
to enter the University of Iowa when
20 years old. His money ran out,
however, and he was compelled to
teach again until he could re-enter
college, which he did later, graduat
ing at the head of the class. Not con
tent with this achievement, he
turned his eyes toward a legal de
gree. In 1887 he was graduated
from Union College of Law, now
Northwestern, having completed the
two-year course in one year. For
the second time he was valedictorian
of hi class, receiving, at North-westil.-n,
the first prize for his ora
tion and the first prize for scholar
ship. In the same year he was examined
for the bar and outranked all who
at that time took the examination.
He practiced law successfully for
some years, and in 1900 returned to
the soil, purchasing a farm near
Oregon, 111., his permanent home.
In 1896 he devoted his great speak
ing ability to the campaign of Wil
liam McKInley. In 1903 he was de
feated by Charles S. Deneen for
nomination for the governorship of
Illinois. In the campaign following he
aided in the election of Mr. Deneen.
In 1906 he was elected to congress
and in 1908 was chosen national
committeeman for his state, serving
in that capacity for eight years. In
1916 he "Was elected governor of
Illinois and In that office he is now
serving.
About the time he entered politics,
he also entered another important
phase of.life by marylng Miss Flor
ence Pullman, daughter of the late
George M. Pullman, of the Pullman
company. They have four children,
one son and three daughters. The
son, Pullman Lowden, served over
seas with the Prairie division, 131st
infantry.
Governor Lowden's administration
has been known for its efficiency.
There have been better methods for
carrying on the state's business, im
provement and beautifying of the
state, and, above all, a high degree
of patriotism.
Commander of V. S. Battle Fleet In
Pacific.
L. H. Vice Admiral C. S. Wil
liams is commander-in-chief of the
new United States battle fleet in the
Pacific. He will have the largest
naval force ever assembled in these
waters by the United States. It will
consist of the following: New Mex
ico, flagship, heading 13 battleships,
11 cruisers, 108 torpedo boat de
stroyers, 14 submarines, 2 submarine
tenders, t 2 mine layers, 12 mine
sweepers, 2 hospital ships, 1 repair
ship, 3 supply ships, 7 fuel ships, 1
radio repair ship, 10 powerful tugs,
target repair ship, 1 radio repair
ship, 10 powerful tugs.
SAID IN JEST.
"That doctor can't reset my broken nose
by himself," declared the Incomparable
movie actress.
"But he's a competent surgeon."
"No matter. I must have a sculptor
present." Kansas City Journal.
"Why were the Japanese representatives
at the peace conference? They didn't do
much fighting."
"They were there to make democracy
safe for autocracy." Life.
"Yes," aald the prince who married
Cinderella, "my wife has the smallest
foot In the kingdom,"
"How nice!" sighed an admiring cour
tier. "But she can put It down a hard aa
anybody." Answers.
"Smith Is very old-fashioned, Isn't he?"
said Brown.
"He certainly Is." agreed Jones. ' "Why,
he still refers to the automobile as the
horseless carriage." Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Mornlngcall When you spoke of
your maid as an old family retainer I ex
pected to see an older person. How long
has she been In your family?
Mrs. Rooral Ever since last Wednes
day. Judge.
MEN.
The snappy men, the happy men, who
heard the bugle call
Who reckoned not the reason who gave
their lives and all.
The swinging men, the singing men the
cadence of the road
The joyful song of conquest, lending light
ness to the load.
The landing men, the standing men the
hours in the rain
The endless, anxious waiting for the trans
port or the train.
The striving men, the driving men, who
put the business through
Relentless In their purpose, which was
but to die or do.
The leaping men, the creeping men, the
stealthy, stern patrol
The star-shell in the darkness striking
fear Into the soul.
The flying men, the dying men, upon the
battlefield
The craven and the hero In the light of
day revealed.
The broken men, soft-spoken men. who
felt the cannon's breath
Who trod the Vale of Sacrifice and
touched the hand of Death.
Tho graver men, the braver men, back
in our arms once more.
Bring brighter revelations than we ever
knew before.
WILLIAM V. V. STEPHENS.
Eleventh Engineers, U. S. A. In the New
Tori. Times.
DAILY CARTOONETTE
THAT OOMANS MA KNCf
A CUSTARTJ PIE" I'LL
MAKE HER CjivE IT TOME
Jt&e ofos' (2oT7Z&r
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE QUEST OF JOYOUSNESS"
(Peggy and Billy, pursuing Joyousneas.
have a happy time, but Frowning Phil,
because of his discontent, mlasea all the
fun.)
Phil Finds Joyousneas.
JOYOUSNESS sat at the head of
her dining table, with Peggy
and Hopeful Smiles on one side and
Billy and Cheer-Up on the other.'
"I cooked this meal all myself,"
said Joyousness proudly, And as
Peggy 'and Billy feasted upon the
most delicious dishes they had ever
eaten they agreed she was a marvel
ous cook.
It was a happy, Jolly dinner, with
every one laughing, talking and hav
ing a good time. Indeed all were so
merry that it wasn't until Peggy
had eaten her last mouthful of straw
berry shortcake and ice cream that
she had time to think of Frowning
Phil and Wantit Myway.
"Oh, please, may I take a sand
wich to Frowning Phil and Wantit
Myway?" she asked. "They must
be very hungry after their perilous
trip down the mountain."
"Yes, but give them just one sand
wich apiece," said Joyousness. "Those
who make themselves disagreeable
when invited to my feasts must suf
fer the consequences."
Frowning Phil and Wantit Myway
were still on their heads, kicking
their heels in the air, when the oth
ers came from the dining room. They
turned over in a hurry when Peggy
gave them the sandwiches.
"Gee, these are good better than
any chicken I ever ate," exclaimed
Frowning Phil, who had missed the
whole dinner because of the fuss he
raised when he learned that chicken
was not on the bill of fare.
"Now for a show!" cried Joyous
ness, and in a Jiffy the train has
whisked them back into the theater
where they had seen the dancers.
This time a moving picture screen
held the stage and a photoplay was
flashing its story to them. To their
intense surprise they found that the
story was about their own quest of
Joyousness. They saw the starting
of the train through the tunnel, toe
birth of Joyousness, the chase of
Joyousness up the mountain, the
beautiful scenery, the drama of the
Suddenly Phil grabbed him and
began to spank him vigorously.
designation of "Child's
Child's Point Still Holds.
Omaha, July 3. To the Editor of
The Bee: Referring to editorial In
your issue of July 3 about the
"Child's Point" property, recently
referred to in the papers as the
"Fontenelle Forest," please permit
me, as president of the Fontenelle
Forest association, to state:
The association has always agreed,
both verbally and in our contract
with the former owners, and we
have faithfully adhered to our agree
ment to continue to call that part
of our contemplated forest and bird
preserve by Its original, so well
known
Point."
However, we hope to acquire con
siderable additional land of similar
kind. When we were about to ask
for a charter, under which to in
corporate, some members wanted to
adopt the name, "Child's Point For
est association," 'and if we had not
contemplated securing considerable
other property in addition, that
would have been the name adopted,
but we finally adopted the name,
"Fontenelle Forest association," as
being "broader," since our charter
covers acquisitions of property any
where in Douglas and Sarpy coun
ties. It is the newspapers rather than
any members of our association who
have recently used the designation
"Fontenelle Forest" for the Child's
Point property. Vary respectfully,
C. J. ERNST, President.
THE CALL OF THE FLAG.
There's many a call
From Spring to Fall.
Thence back to Spring again:
The whole year 'round
There may be found
Many a call In vain.
But a call we hear
That is always near,
It affects each Institution;
It's the call of the Flag!
"Let not loyalty lag,".
And "Back to the Constitution!
J. M.
Snow Maiden, the wild ride back
down the pass, and the rich dinner
at the end. Phil, who had been stand
ing on his head when a big part of
this was going on, was amazed to see
all he had missed through his
grouchiness.
"Why. that's a lot better time than
I'd have had if I had had my own
way," he admitted. "Why did I
listen to Wantit Myway?"
"That's right, blame It on me!"
retorted Wantit Myway, and with
that he threw Phil across his knee
and gave him a sound spanking.
Phil took the spanking like a sen
sible child takes bitter medicine, as
if he knew it would do him good.
Now they all had another surprise,
for the picture showed that while
they thought they were pursuing Joy
ousness, they were really only chas
ing her shadow. Joyousness herself
was rlcht on the train with them
through the whole trip, snuggling up
close to Peggy and Billy.
"I'm. always with those who try
to make themselves happy," cried
Joyousness, laughing at their puzzled
looks. "Lots of folks who seek me
1 t never catch me would fin'' me
with them if they would only try to
make the best of all that comes to
them, be. it rain when they expect
sunshine, or pork tenderloin when
they have their teeth set for
chicken."
Phil smiled shamefacedly at Joy
ousness. "I'd like to have you with me al
ways," he whispered,
"Then get rid of Wantit Myway,"
she answered.
Phil looked at Wantit Myway and
Wantit Myway looked scared. Sud
denly Phil grabbed him and began
to spank him' vigorously.
"Zowie!" yelled Wantit Alyway,
and then he underwent a strange
transformation right before their
eyes. The roundness was spanked
out of him, he grew slender and
graceful and his ugly face became
beautifully pleasant. In less time
than it takes to tell, the egg-shaped
dwarf had become a handsome boy
fairy. He Jumped nimbly from
Phil's knee and danced happily
around.
"I am Pleasant Nature," he sang.
"An evil spell made me disagree
able Wantit Myway, but now I am
free, and I shall strive to make Phil
as happy as Hopeful Smiles and
Cheer-Up have made Peggy and
Billy."
"Good!" cried Joyousness. "And
I promise you that when Pleasant
Nature, Hopeful Smiles and Cheer
Up call for me, I shall come
where'er you may be."
Blink! went the lights, and there
was Peggy alone back in her attic.
"My, I'm glad Frowning Phil
spanked Wantit Myway into Pleasant
Nature," she laughed to herself.
"The next time we go on a trip like
that he will have as much fun as
Billy and me."
(Tn the next Installment Peppgy returns
to Blrdland, where she meets all her old
friends in a Jolly adventure.)
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state a fact urkicK.
caxvnot ie said of any
other piano, bar none
A simple
device, the "tenior.
resonator." prevents
the souruxm'ho&rcL
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forever.
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The following is a list of
pianos to be found on our floors:
some of them we have handled
for 45 years
Kranich & Bach,
Vose & Sons, Brambach
Kimball, Bush and Lane,
Cable-Nelson and
Hospe Piano
Cash prices, or terms if you prefer.
1513 Douglas Street.
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The
First and
Greatest
of
America's
Holidays
July 4, 1776,
marked the dawn
of freedom to all
mankind, and so In
dependence day has
become the first and
greatest of our Na
tional Holidays.
Today, July 4,
1919, is celebrated
in triumph as well
as in commemora
tion. Now it is an
International Holi
day.
War Record of the
Omaha National Bank
From the beginning of the War to
this date, subscriptions to United States Gov
ernment Securities, made by this bank, on its
own account and on account of its many pa
triotic customers and friends, amount to
$25,807,845.82
This total includes subscriptions to
Liberty Bonds, Treasury Certificates of In
debtedness and War Savings Stamps.
The Omaha
National Bank
Ifcrnam at Seventeentli
Capital and Surplus
$2,000,000
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