THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; AUGUST 10, 1919.
YANK STUDENTS
STIR BIG CROWD
AT PEACE DRAMA
Oxford "Victory Pageant"
' Laurels Fall to America
and Japan; 2,000 Children
Participate.
Oxford, England, July 26. (Cor
respondence of the Associated
Press.) It fell to Oxford to inaug
urate England's peace celebration
with a joyful Victory pageant, and
30-odd American soldier students
took part in one of .its most stir
ring episodes.
The Allies and the British Em
pire" was the subject of the vast
drama, which was dedicated "to the
valiant living and the noble dead
who fought to bring about the peace
of the world." The scene was the
university's football field, a huge
lawn with a background of noble
old trees.
Belgium, Serbia, France, Japan,
Italy and America were the allies
represented, and the pageant laurels
fell to Japan and America. The
Japanese scene was a cherry blos
,som festival, in which 700 children,
wonderfully arrayed, participated.
The American episode, a mixture
of history and allegory, was the
signal for the first martial note
sounded by the pageant, and it
stirred the big crowd to a high pitch
of enthusiasm.
"The Old Country and the New,
1496 and 1917," the episode was
termed. The first scene represented
a pier of Bristol quay and the de
parture of the caravel to take John
Cabot and his sons to the new
world.
In the next scene, "1917," the
American flag was depicted as wav
ing over the land the Cabots went
to find. Heralded by the Spirit of
Freedom, symbolized by a young
English woman in a flowing white
robe, America joined hands with the
allies in resisting the common dan
ger. Then a detachment of the
United States army, student soldiers,
marched out on the field, with Old
Glory waving in the evening breeze,
a thrill of admiration seized the
spectators and they jumped to their
feet, cheering.
A gay interlude was the Banbury
Revels, showing a country holiday
of the time of Queen Elizabeth, and
illustrating songs and dances of old
time Merrie England. There were
maypoles and a may queen in scar
let dress and yellow hair of re
markable length, who rode a cock
horse to Banbury Cross. It was a
children's frolic. In all, more than
2,000 children were seen in the pa
geant. A notable scene was a Serbian
village spinning meeting, featured
by native songs and dances. The
chief performers were Serbian stu
dents resident in Oxford.
The pageant was concluded with
a grand march of war workers.
Soldier Eats 12 Wheat
Cakes, Then Has Coffee
Kirksville, Mo., Aug. 9. A re
turned doughboy stepped into a lo
cal restaurant here and said:
"Fix me upM2 wheat cakes in
rapid succession, and a cup of cof
fee." "You'll bust, sure, if you get on
the outside of a dozen flapjacks,"
the proprietor replied, but the sol
dier cleaned up his dozen cakes, paid
his bill and went on his way.
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"Fighting 168th" Band Will
Give Concert Here Monday
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THE FAMOUS BLUE DEVIL QUARTETTE
168TH INFANTRY BAND, RAINBOW DIVISION
Famous Rainbow Division Musicians, Accompanied
By Blue Devil Quartet, Will Be Heird in Open
Air at Rourke Park.
The 168th Infantry band of the Rainbow division, accompanied by
the Blue Devil quartet, 40 musicians in all, will be in Omaha Monday and
at night will give an open-air concert in Rourke park. The boys were in
the thickest of the fighting in France and every one of them wears a
wound stripe.
Pinch of British Embargo
Felt by the Feet of People
. Whose Shoes Now Cost $15
Unregenerate American in England Can Raise Grim
Chuckle at Thought That Government's Policy of
Protecting Britain's Struggling Industries Crashes
Back Upon the Head of the British Consumer.
By ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
London, Aug. 9. The fact that an
ordinary, serviceable pair of shoes
nothing fancy or flossy costs in
London today from $15 upward has
a reflected interest to many Ameri
cans. Le Bon Dieu knows it has a
very poignant interest to Americans
in London who have to "dig" for
this price or risk starting a bare
foot cult of Kneipp grass-walkers.
Une cannot believe shoes back
home cost $15, though one may
have been away from the states for
a year. Therefore even the states'
reader who casts his eye over this
and rejoices that he's not a cen
tipede in London may care to read
further and discover just why foot
leather has touched this mark. The
correspondent does not profess to
know all the reasons; but he does
not have to be a wizard to recognize
the chief one embargo.
Dislike Nursing Job.
Perhaps the unregenerate Ameri
can in England can raise a grim
chuckle at the thought that here's
one instance, at least, where the
government's policy of protecting
Britain's truggling industries just
emerging from war. sickness by the
imposition of a stiff embargo against
foreign imports, crashes back upon
the unprotected head of the British
consumer. In other words, the
stolid, beef fed taxpayer of these
.isles is nursing his shoe manufac
turer out of his own pocket And
he doesn't relish the assignment as
wet-nurse. He's begun to roar
mightily. Only trouble is, roars are
so common nowadays that the pow
ers that be live in a boiler factory
atmosphire and it takes a long time
for this or that individual or collec
tive protest to register on the offi
cial tympanum.
Partial Leather Control
Consider in connection with this
embargo on American shoes the
French product is negligible and
only in women's wear the added
circumstance that the government
has not yet fully relaxed its control
dn leather supplies, though the arm
istice is now many months behind
us. This has a big influence on the
market, the control being inextric
ably tangled with such matters as
the question of exchange, guaran
tees to British tanners made during
the war, the existence of government
leather stocks and government con
tracts for spring delivery made in
America during hostilities.
Also harken to a typical plaint of
the British leather trade, as voiced
in a recent issue of the Northamp
tonshire Journal of Commerce:
Ask Protection.
"Give us protection and we should
establish in this country the finest
leather markets in the world. The
British chrome leather industry does
not want bolstering up. It needs only
a little nursing and fair play."
Here, then, are the forces which
ma'ke for $15 shoes in England today.
Figure for yourself if they are not
formidable and not likely to be over
turned aH at one.
The British boot and shoe trade
use to be largely an export one.
In 1913, 1,719,865 pairs were sent out
of the country, the total value of
which was well over $20,000,000.
Against this export the foreign-made
footwear imported in the same year
totaled 226,184, of a value of $4,195,
000. Now there is not a single pair
of shoes for export out of the British
Isles.
Ration Importation.
The Board of Trade has rationed
the importation of foreign made
boots and shoes to 25 per cent of the
volume imported in 1913, which
means that when an American-built
shoe does manage to squeeze into
England and duty is paid thereon
that shoe is going to look like a dia-,
JOHN D. JR. HEADS
LIST FOR ACTORS'
MEMORIAL FUND
Benefit Performances to Be
Given In Every Theater
Throughout the Country
On December 15.
mond necklace in the shopkeeper's
window.
Here'i what a member of the
American Shoe Importers' commit
tee of London has to say on the
situation:
"The ration is entirely inade
ouate, and has already been used
up. British manufacturers are una
ble to take orders for best class
goods for delivery this year. Only
this morning I saw an order sent
back by one of our greatest British
firms, stating that they could not
deliver before January, 1920.
"I know of another manufacturer
who sold his entire output for this
year more than two months ago,
and has since had an offer which
he had to refuse from a continen
tal house to take as many shoes as
he could make in a normal year's
output. '
Demand Exceeds Supply.
"Nearly all British manufacturers
are in a similar position. There is
a much larger demand than supply,
and consequently manufacturers
and others are able to ask what
prices they like.
"If American shoes were allowed
in they would help to meet the de
mand, and consequently prices
would drop to some extent. There
is a great scarcity of finer leathers
in this country today, so British
manufacturers are unable to make
the better quality shoes. The
scarcity of leather is entirely due to
the department of import resttic
tions, as this leather was previously
made in America or in Germany.
Of coi'rse, it is out of the question
to expect supplies from Germany,
and British shoe manufacturers are
not able to import themselves this
leather from America.
"It is felt by the importers that if
the public knew the exact situation
they would take a hand In the mat
ter and bring pressure to bear on
the board of trade. Free imports
would not merely save the con
sumer money, but would give much
greater choice in styles and types
of shoes."
New York, Aug. 9. John D.
Rockefeller, jr., has joined the ranks
of the host of business men, to
writt the nation's recognition of the
war record established by the stage
through the holding of testimonial
performances in all the theaters of
the country on December 5. Mr.
Rockefeller in his letter of accept
ance points out that his action was
inspired by the ready response given
by the members of the stage to the
call which he sent out when chair
man of the United War Work cam
paign. The objectives of the campaign
are to pay a tribute to the actor who
gave of his time and talents to re
lieve the minds of the doughboys
back from the fighting; to those
who perished in the conflict and now
lie in Flanders fields; to those who
remained in this country entertain
ing at the various camps and
mobilization centers; to those who
turned over their theaters to the va
rious drives duringV the war; and to
the actor and actress who promoted
the Liberty loan, Salavation Army,
Boy Scouts, Red Cross, War Savings,
Knights of Columbus, Jewish Wel
fare board and other drives.
No money will be solicited.
Tickets will be sold for perform
ances that have been arranged for
on December 5, in every theater in
the country, and the sum realized
through the sales will go to the
Actors' Memorial fund to enable
that institution to continue distribut
ing benefits to the members of the
profession entirely dependent upon
its generosity. The fund for many
years has been taking care of the
sick and disabled, and those who
through old age have outlived their
usefulness upon the boards.
Canada Presents Pau
With Giant Moose Head
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 9. Mem
oiies of his recent visit to Canada
will be kept fresh for Gen. Paul
Pau, head of the French mission, by
a giant moose head which will soon
decorate the walls of the veteran's
home in France.
The head is the finest taken in
Canada during last winter's hunting
season. The horns have a spread of
53 inches. The trophy, beautifully
mounted, has just been sent to the
French commander as a present
from Manitoba. i
U. S. Statesmen Disturbed
Over Europe's Cries for Aid
Think Europeans Have Absorbed Notion From Ameri
can Humanitarians That United States Can Be
Made Packhorse and Hoping This Country Will
Cancel Billions Loaned to Nations Abroad.
The Bee's Fund for
Free Milk and Ice
By JUSTIN M'GRATH.
Washington, Aug. 9. Statesmen
are becoming seriously disturbed
over increasing European demands
for American aid. They ae begin
ning to believe that European
statesmen have absorbed the notion
from American humanitarians who
have been laboring abroad in vari
ous capacities that the United States
can be made the packhorse of Eu
rope. Count von Bernstorff was quoted
in the cable dispatches Monday as
having said:
"We believe that the fight to get
into the league necessarily will take
us to America's side, because Amer
ica is the most active supporter of
the league and alone is able to
finance the world's economic prob
lems." And in the cable dispatches yes
terday Senator Edouard Hernott,
France's former minister of national
subsistence and labor, was quoted as
declaring;
"A country which has given 1,500,
000 of its children to libel ty ca
command from the great rich and
generous republic means of escape
from the financial paradox with
which it is struggling. I ask it
frankly, and wish the question put
while the war spirit lasts and bu'o'e
the merchant has replaced the ol
dier." In Italy, in Roumania, Poland,
Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia, sim
ilar expectations of generous and
bountiful American aid are vherish
ed. Furthermore there is hope, not
infrequently expressed, that t..e
United States will see fit to cancel
the billions as already loaned ty na
tions of continental Erropc. Great
Britain is America's only debtor
that has not suggested remission,
but has expressed determination to
pay to the full.
Not only is the United States be
ing asked to cancel loans already
made, and to advance new and even
greater credits, but it is also being
asked to take on itself responsibility
for the stabilizing of conditions in
Europe at whatever sacrifice that
may entail.
This is indeed a large contract for
a country that has added $30,000,
000,000 to its own national debt as
a result of the war, and there is
grave doubt in the minds of many
statesmen as to whether the people
are willing to assume it, struggling
as they are with the high cost of liv
ing with no prospects of relief in
sight.
Begging Europe the Dictator.
Statesmen who are of this mind
express themselves as unable to
comprehend the attiude of Presi
dent Wilson and some of the most
ardent supporters of the league
against any reservations which may
be deemed necessary to safeguard
t' interests of the United States.
They can't understand why Europe,
begging for American assistance,
should dictate the terms upon which
that assistance is to be given. They
cannot believe that Europe really
has the effrontery to to demand
all that America has to give and, at
the same time b unwilling to con
cede that America shall retain such
rights of its own as it considers
essential to its well being.
They can see no good reason why
the United States, having done so
much having really saved the situa
tion for the allied nations should
not say: These are the additional
things we are willing to do and these
are the things we are not willing
to do.
It is this feeling which is the real
strength of the opposition which has
grown up in the senate to the league
of nations covenant. The repeated
declarations of the president that
the covenant must not be changed
has served to promote antagonism
rather than quite opposition. In ti e
minds of many of the senators the
covenant has now come to stand
for coercion.
Beau BrurAmel Thief
Steals Nothing But
Shave, Shine and Bath
Fairmont, W. Va., Aug. 9. A
bath, shave and a shoe shine were
the only things taken by a gentle
man thief who broke into a barber
shop here recently.
A note left pinned to one of the
chairs told the story and verification
was a jimmied window in the rear.
"Needed a shave, a bath and a
shoe shine to complete an immacu
late appearance. I regret exceed
ingly that it was ncessary forcefully
to enter these premises to secure
them, but as I am at the present
moment out of funds, there was no
other way. I am a burglar by pro
fession, but I scorn to take from a
working man. My game is higher
up. Shall have funds a-plenty with
in a few hours and what I have
taken here is just a necessary ad
junct to my plan. I thank you for
your consideration. You shall hear
from me again."
Opportunity knocks at your door
every time you read The Bee Want
Ads.
A visiting nurse entered a
wretched hovel the other day where
she found six children in rags. The
mother was toiling over a wash tub.
On the bed lay a little baby, sick and
worried by flies. The father died
last fall.
Quickly from a nearby telephone
the nurse called up one of the milk
men, paid out of The Bee's fund.
She called the ice man. Within an
hour the poor baby was sucking
greedily on a bottle of the purest
milk. The nurse showed the mother
how to keep the flies away.
Today that baby is saved just be
cause of some money contributed by
generous-hearted people.
The great need of this work can
not be exaggerated.
YOUR HELP is urgently needed.
And EVERY CENT you give will
go to relieve just such cases as this
one.
It is a great satisfaction to give
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The remainder of this month will
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Just SEND or bring your gift to
The Bee office.
Claims Oldest Beard.
Dayton. O., Aug. 9. W. H.
Martin of Davton rises to claim to
be the champion raiser of hir
sute adornment of the land. He
defies M. F. Skinner, of Pomona,
Cal., who says his upper lip has
been adorned for half a century.
The Dayton man declares his mus
tache has been growing ever since
the Civil War. Until a few years
ago he wore a full beard, but lost
it on a wager.
Flying Kite Proves Fatal.
Scranton, Pa., Aug. 9. Flying
kite, Andrew Loyak was killed dur
ing a heavy thunder storm recently.
A bolt of lightning ran down the
wet string. Loyak was struck in
the back of the head and all of his
hair burned off.
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Returning Yanks
Find Home and Folks
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uone on Homecoming
By International News Service.
New York, Aug. 9. Corpl. Ben
jamin Fidlow and his brother, Sol
omon, had a sad homecoming from
France.
When they went away two years
ago they left a father, mother and
three younger children living con
tentedly in Jersey avenue, Brooklyn.
Both were wounded overseas.
Benjamin lost a leg. They came
back to find the mother and father
dead and the three children gone.
Grimly they set to work to rehab
ilitate their home. 'They found a
woman named Mrs. Schrieber had
taken the children, declaring she
was a cousin, and also sold the fur
niture, after which she put the kid
dies in an orphanage.
At a hearing before Surrogate
Wingate the brothers received per
mission to regain the children. Mrs.
Schrieber, they said, was not a
cousin.
Sarah Loves Notoriety.
Sandusky, O., Aug. 9. Sarah
Rhoades is happy. She was hailed
as the first "drunk" in police court
here since the state went dry. Hard
cider provided the medium of reach
ing the state of happiness, but
Sarah declined to say where she ob
tained the "little brown jug" of
joy juice. Some years ago Sarah
"started something" in order that
she might be the first to ride in a
new city auto patroL
Note How the Essex
In Speed, Hill Climbing, Comfort and
Reliability It Has Won 10,000 Ownert
Proves Endurance
The 1 0,000 Essex cars already in service have
been so distributed that every community
now knows their distinctive performance.
Here for instance are people who have had
wide motor car experience. They will tell
you how they esteem the Essex. Its economy
of operation and the fact that practically no
attention is required to keep it in prime
operation appeals to all.
As For Its
Performance
If you haven't ridden in the Essex take the
first opportunity to do so.
Come to us and we will give you the same kind
of demonstration that has caused thousands
to acknowledge Essex supremacy. Watch the
way in which Essex cars perform on the road.
If it is at a street crossing when traffic is
signaled to go ahead, observe how quickly the
Essex jumps to the lead. The only car that
beats it is another Essex with a better driver.
If you are on a narrow country road where
' an Essex signals its intention to pass another
car, you will see how easy with its accelera
tion it can jump to the lead.
And It Will Do That
Whenever Called On
Essex performance is acknowledged by
everyone. No one classes it with any but the
largest and more costly cars never with can
of its weight or price class.
Now, that thousands of Essex cars have
been driven more miles than is usually rolled
up in a season by the average automobile,
owners are realizing Essex endurance.
That is why they tell you about the small
upkeep expense of the Essex. They tell you
about the way in which it retains its power
and wanted qualities even after the hardest
service. In every endurance run entered, the
Essex has made perfect scores.
Such Is the Car Yon
Should Have
It gives dependable service. It is the
new day car, the type to which aH moderate
priced cars must come, for in addition to
light weight and low operating cost, men now
demand performance, luxury, comfort and
endurance. The Essex is easy to drive. It
turns in a short radius. It steers easily. It
can be parked in spaces too small for the
average car. It has many qualities you will
like.
Ask yourself what car Is so modern, what fa
the type of the future, what light car can
match its performance. It is exclusive in
many particulars and no other car built has aU
the features of the Essex.
GUY L. SMITH
"Service First"
Farnam at 26th Sts. Omaha, Neb.