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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY v FOUNDED BT EDWABD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' Tli aseoctafeit Press, of nbloh The hi It I member, ll a alaalrelr utilM lo tlx um for publication of all nm dlspaukea credited to It or not otherwise credited thu rPr. and alio Um kal nm pueluhed herein. AU rlaais of puSlloaUon ot our atvaUt dispatches ar also reaerTed. " BEE TELEPHONES! Pltnls Branch brhsnia. Aak for thsTvler 1000 DaoarUnact of Particular Parson Wtntad. J' vyv For Nlfht or Sunday Sarvlca Calls tdltorlal Department Trier VOMU flfnmlaitoa Dawrtmaot ...... Trier WML. Acrranlslnf Department ..... Tyler 10081.. OFFICES OF THE BEE Bane Office, Be Building. 17Ui and Femam. Asm North Uih I Park Beneoa 1U MiUtarr An. Smith Bid Council Bluffa 15 Scott St. I Wslnnt Out-of-Towa OfficMt Hew Tot CIV MM Fifth Are. Washlnitoa Cbteaj Beeger Bid. I Lincoln MIS LeetanwrrtA Sill Straat lit North 40th mi a street I3J0 H Street JUNE CIRCULATION I Daily 64,611 Sunday 61,672 iterate circulation for the month subscribed aad nrora lo b B. Baian. Circulation Manager. Subscrlbera luvlnf th city ahould hav tho Bo mallad to than. Addreee changed efUn u roquoated. You should know that Omaha is the third largest farm implement distributing center in the United States. Now, if Kelly will only surrender p - V Renti art not going quite 10 high, thanks to The Bee. It remained for the navy to give the presi dent a thrill the army never approached. Discharged British soldiers are being em ployed as housemaids in London. "K. P." training is coming hancjy now. A shoal of mackerel is reported to have driven a bunch of bathing women out of the waters. Generally it is suckers. An "ace of aces" it to edit a woman's paper in Paris. Bayard Taylor wrote long ago that the "bravest are the tenderest." I 2 Two Texas grain companies have paid the penalty for "unfair and deceptive" practices, which fact ought to warn others that the law has teeth. Venustiana Carranza has renewed his promise that he will not be a candidate for president. .You recall old Omar's remark, "But was I sober when I swore?" Hoover does not want to go back to Europe nor to run for president. He is looking for the quiet life of an American citizen, which he has well earned bv his war services. The state authorities are getting ready for a possible recurrence of the "flu," which is wise enough. No such shortage of doctors as was encountered last year will prevail again, however. i The case against the packers is to be laid before1 a federal grand jury in Chicago. If the . overnment does not make out any better there than it has in the court of public opinion, it will rfl (i-i be .wasted effort. ' Steel mill unions srfe putting a tremendous responsibility on the president. He will scarcely be able to get another Adamson law passed, so if they mean business we might as well get ready to face a strike. General Obregon declares his readiness, to lead an army for Mexico in case that country is invaded by the United States. If he makes no more headway than he did against Villa, the Yankee boys should worry. The remarkable thing about it is that neither the state agent's nor the "morals squad" had anything to do with unearthing the headquar ter! of a band of auto thieves. Sheriff "Mike" Clark and his men attended to it, and it is a clean job all the way through. The president says he saved the right of congress to declare war. Maybe, but can you imagine what would have happened if he had undertaken to assent to somebody else doing it for us? As it is, the ambiguity of the clause he approves demands clarification. Germany is stirred up over the order from the peace conference with reference to Austria, but will very likely comply. It is not an auspicious time for the building up of another Teutonic alliance in central Europe, although that ..will very likely come eventually. The Lesson from Boston " What is happening in Boston can happen in any other large American city in like circum- .f stances. The great majority of the people there as elsewhere are predisposed to law and order and never need the restraints of law trans lated into terms of physical force. But it is -equally true that a numerous minority are held in respect for the personal and property rights of others only by compulsion, and when that is withdrawn they revert at once to the control of primitive instincts. ; For this situation of general mob rule and riot and looting and murder the Boston police, organized as a labor union and acting as such in affiliation with other labor unions, stand forth as wholly responsible. They knew ex actly what would result from their action. They deliberately invited such a result. They made the certain consequences all the more ' immediate and widespread by the very publicity and concert of their action so carefully and " showily calculated. They not only deserted their sworn duties in the face of the enemy but they did their best to inform the enemy of the precise time when the city was to be , disarmed and delivered over to the mob. The developments in Boston are the im- ' mediate concern of every city in the country. The fire there started demands precautionary measures everywhere against its spread. And what started the fire there will start it wher ever tolerated. The police of a city can no more be allowed to organize in allegiance to forces and interests outside the constituted authority than regi ments of an army can be allowed to do so. This is obvious. It is beyond all thought of toleration. The intelligence of the personnel of the average American police force should make this clear to themselves. Their interests held in common with other citizens should be com manding. " - Soon or late the Boston police union as a ' militant strike organization will have to give , way and dissolve. It is incumbent upon other cities to see that -such unions are not allowed ; to start New York World. ECONOMIC PRESSURE. Advocates of the League of Nations lay great stress on the method of enforcing the mandates of the league's supreme council on refractory or delinquent nations, that of "eco nomic pressure." In plain words, this means the boycott. Whenever a nation falls under the displeasure of the council, it will be subjected to the inconvenience of being isolated, deprived of all commerce and communication with the members of the league, and caused to endure whatever of suffering may thus be entailed. Conceivably, this is a terrible punishment With all the nations bound up in a close agree-, ment, only one completely self-contained could hope to withstand the pressure so exerted. Therefore force of arms would not have to be employed to bring the recalcitrant back to har monious relations with the steadfast. Several questions suggest themselves in this connection. In time of war and especially un der modern conditions, the establishment of an effective blockade is all but impossible. In 1915 the combined navies of England, France and Russia were not sufficient to perfectly bot tle up Germany. The British council resorted to the expedient of a "paper blockade" in order to cut off supplies that were being sent in to the central powers. When the "economic pressure" is employed, will ships of war be less necessary or more efficient? It may be ad mitted that the sequestered nation would be ready to pay liberally for necessaries, and it is just as certain that venturesome traders would undertake to supply them. Could such a sub stitute for war, which is war in another form, bring the offender to terms? Would the League of Nations be permitted to set aside the mail service, established and maintained under another form of international association? Even in war times, the passage of mail under scrutiny is permitted, but the pro ponents of "economic pressure" threaten to suspend even this privilege. For the practical workings of such a scheme, the present case of Germany affords an excel lent illustration. Six months ago resolve was high never to resume commercial relations with the Germans, who were to be forever out cast. It has been discovered, however, that in order to enable the Germans to pay their debts 4md meet the exactions of the Allies, they must be permitted to sell their goods somewhere. Will not a similar condition arise in connection with the boycott? Experience has .shown that only in a limited way has the boycott ever been effective, and even then its success has been more apparent than real. In a world where ideals and aspirations vary o widely, where the sense of right and wrong is so elastic, and wherein selfish con cern so often blunts the sword of justice, mere "moral obligation" is less than a rope of sand for holding nations to their duty when interest runs counter to obligation. End of the "Morals Squad." The "morals squad" of the Omaha police force has been abolished by the chief of police,, acting with advice and consent of the commis sioner. This is the first concession to accent government made by the present regime. It shows that even the stiff-necked may be con vinced by ugly facts when argument or reason fail to move them. The career of the irresponsible body of specially ordained police detectives just dis banded provides the most disgraceful chapter in the police annals of Omaha. Clothed, not by law, but by orders of the heads of the de partment with unusual powers, the squad en gaged in what seemed to be a deliberate effort to terrorize the community. A series of un thinkable outrages, culminating in the brutal murder of an inoffensive and unoffending hotel bellboy, has marked its course. Even its de fenders are compelled to admit that its mem bers engaged in many disgraceful affairs. The moral situation in Omaha has at no time been such as to warrant the existence of the "morals squad," nor has the situation been in any way improved through the activities of that agency. Readers of the newspapers cannot fail to get the impression that too much crime and disorder exists here. This is the strongest possible indictment of the police, as at present organized and directed. The city commission has a distinct duty before it. Public safety re quires greater efficiency than the present police department can afford, and the needed protec tion should be supplied without delay. "Seeing Things." The bishop of London is reported to have recounted to a gathering of 100,000 people the reappearance- to a mother of her son, who had just been killed in an air flight over the battle field. He was clald in full uniform, and em braced her tenderly, whispering words of con solation. The incident will gain great currency and credence because it is vouched for by a bishop. Whether it will convince the skeptical is another question. Men of science are fa miliar with the hallucinations indulged in by persons under great mental stress, and have not been seriously moved by the testimony of Sir Oliver Lodge or the more recent assertions of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who once rested his claim for fame on his ability to create fic tion with such semblance of verity as to almost make it appear real. "Now," wrote Paul to the Hebrews, "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evi dence of things not seen." Such faith has sus tained many through all the trials and tempta tions of an uncertain life, and doubtless will so serve until all the world is brought to a fuller knowledge of the eternal 'truth. It has even been potent to support the believer in persis tence against the evidence of senses. But Paul in the exposition of his postulate gives no oc casion for the thought that supernatural mani festations are now and then made to give sup port to that faith. His argument seems to be directed to the thought that the trust implied by faith must accept all things as they come, looking to a realization beyond this life when the "things not seen" will be the real and not the hoped for. As to the resurrection, Paul's first letter to the Corinthians gives an outline that has been used ever since by Christians as a foundation and a consolation. Nothing in the language he employs would seem to justify even a bishop in suggesting that a soldier killed in battle goes to glory with his uniform on. Psychic research has been immensely quickened as a result of the war, and some greater knowl edge may come of the inquiry, to the develop ment of which each individual experience, no matter of what nature, may contribute some thing. Therefore, folks are "seeing things." Redfield on Foreign Trade From The Brooklyn Eagle. Secretary of Commerce William C Red field stated that he had received no offer to head an organization to be known as a Foreign Credit Clearing House, though he agreed that he had had conversations with Mark O. Pren tiss concerning the need for some tort of a credit organization in connection with foreign trade. He took the publication of an article in New York that he was to head such an or ganization as an occasion for issuing a state ment telling of the need for some sort of a credit clearing house. "There is no basis, in fact, for the statement Fublished in a New York paper," he said, "that have been selected as the executive head of a foreign credit clearing house. So far as I am informed no such organization exists, no one is authorized to extend such an invitation on be half of any organized body and no such invi tation has, therefore, come to me. One can hardly accept or decline a proposition until it is made, and none has been made. "I have had one interview and some cor respondence with Mr. Mark O. Prentiss in con nection with the plan for the so-called foreign trade clearing house and I am informed that the idea has been approved by prominent men of affairs to whom it has been submitted. So far as my own action is concerned, however, nothing further can be said than was stated by me last week, that I am considering several matters which have been suggested to me, none of which has reached a decisive stage." Mr. Redfield then declared that the subject of foreign credits having been raised, it was proper for him to give his views on this subject. "The first great need of the country today is peace," declared the secretary. "The energies of our industry and commerce are choked at the source, so far as their outreatfh into the great world is concerned, because we are still at war. There arises before the United States a unique opportunity both to serve the world and to earn great and deserved rewards for itself, but we cannot take up that opportunity in an adequate way until we have peace." Although he did not include it in his issued statement, Mr. Redfield stated that there was no middle ground for business, between war and peace, and that in every sense of the word business was still at war, and would remain until the treaty of peace was ratified. "When peace has come," continued Mr. Red field, "we need what we have not an adequate organization for furnishing the credits which the world requires." He then explained that in a small way indi vidual institutions have credit bureaus, but these were quite inadequate to release the pro ductive power of America. "There ought to be, and in some way there must come to be," continued the secretary, "if we are to do the job right, a great corporate unit, or units, either under government super vision or possibly government participation certainly with the government's approval and with great capital, say a billion dollars. This body should take the securities of nations, provinces, cities, corporations, private and pub lic enterprises, in various parts of the world, and then secured by these and by its own vast financial strength should issue its debentures to be sold all over the United States on a basis of a commercial return for small and large investors alike. "The task is great. The $1,000,000,000 will not be sufficient. Probably several billions must be raised. Investors cannot search for themselves into the foundations of foreign se curities, but such units as are proposed can do so and their own securities will find ready ac ceptance. Through this means the savings of America can be made of service to the world and through this service three-fold profit will come to reward the capital and the labor of this country." The three-fold reward, says Mr. Redfield, will be, first, the direct interest return from investment; second, the business normally aris ing from the operations of the concerns or enterprises in which the investment is made, and third, the enrichment of the country in which these operations proceed by reason of those operations so that it is better able to buy and what is important now, is better able to pay its share of the vast sums owed us from abroad. The secretary then laid stress upon the important factor in our foreign trade, this important factor being credit information. "The existing means of credit knowledge are insufficient," he said. "Credit arises from commercial life and that life is a changing, growing thing; therefore, credit knowledge must itself change and grow with the mercan tile life of which it is the fruit. It must arise from actual knowledge of transactions, not from hastily obtained opinions. It must not depend upon individual and partial judgments but upon ascertained fact. It must, therefore, record coming from the sources of transactions of such a kind, that credit not only may not be misused, but that there may be no tendency to misuse it because it will be known that knowledge exists where it can act both as a helper and a check." Summing up the whole business situation, Mr. Redfield said: "These three things we need: First, peace, then organization, then knowledge. When these are once had he would be a bold man who would put limits to our usefulness and our growth. The door of opportunity is open now it will not always stay so." Still Like the King Business It is not only in Hungary that people are said still to have a hankering after royalty, for hopes are being expressed in Austria, Prussia and Bavaria that, perhaps, after all, some of the royal exiles may "yet come back." But even nearer home than that, up in democratic Canada, the visit of the Prince of Wales has led to a suggestion that he ought to be sent over to act as governor general and so train himself for the business of being a king. But perhaps, when the revived hopes of the Haps burgs and Hohenzollerns get too near the active or boiling point, Mr. Hoover will be unkind enough to repeat his famous "nothing doing," which overthrew one archduke in Buda pest. And one would think that this was not a happy time for Canada to suggest that it is the one exception in the western hemisphere to the universal rule of republican institutions or that it needs an apprentice hand, albeit it be a royal one, to practice government at this critical time in the world's history, when stock in the "imperial and kingly" close-corporation business was never so far below par and when nations and peoples are looking for strong men who really govern, as well as rule, to lead them. -Philadelphia Ledger. The Day We Celebrate. William Howard Taft, former president of the United States, born at Cincinnati, 62 years ago. Prof. John Adams Scott of Northwestern university, president of the American Philo logical association, born at Fletcher, 111., 52 years ago. Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey, curator of the American Museum of Natural History, born at New Haven, Conn., 57 years ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. The pulpit of Southwestern Lutheran church at Twenty-sixth and Poppleton avenue was occupied by Miss Kughter, a medical mis sionary from Guntoon. India. The largest crowd of the season, estimated at 5,000, watched Omaha and Denver divide a double-header base ball game. "The carriage area was a perfect sea of vehicles." Members of Zion Baptist church and their friends held an old-fashioned picnic at Water loo. A number of noted colored ministers were present from neighboring states. Motor trails were put in operation over the Sixteenth and Vinton street line. tetter Some Inconsistencies. South Side, Omaha, Sept 11. To the Editor of The Bee: When President Wilson first assumed office he was strongly opposed to our mixing up with other nation and atood on that question apparently as did Washington, Adams and Mon roe. But after mixing with the royal personages of Europe he seems to have comoletely changed on the question as he does on any other question and aays that we aa a na tion should mind other people's business. When Wilson gets back to Washington, he will find that the sentiment of the people or me unit ed States has swung strongly against his league of nations, for we do not believe in making this country piay second fiddle to any other nation. Then the president must think the people of this country are idiots to try to make them believe that me nign cost oi living is on account of the delay in ratifying hia treaty or peace. The high cost of living comes rrom the incompetency or the pres ent administration to meet the sit uatlon that faces it and from the holding of supplies for the army that are needed and in this way aid ing the profiteers of the country to keep up robber prices. A few days ago the National Republican con tained an authenticated photograph of the tremendous waste of cotton at Just one place. That place Is Nitro, W. Va., where 62,000 bales of cotton have been piled up for over a year and the cotton is sim ply rotting- nearly 30,000,000 pounds of cotton. That vast pile of cotton going to waste is just a sample of the waste that has been going on all over the country on account of the incom petency of the national administra tion, in every line pertaining to the army preparations that were made last year. Then when we go into the stores to buy anything, we find prices higher than we used to pay for the finest silk fabrics, all on account of the criminal waste that has been permitted all over the southern states. Wilson had better have stayed in Washington and looked into the situation that confronts every person in the United States today and see that measures for relief from the present situation are found, if they can be found. What do we care for any league of nations when such frightful waste is going on today for which we have to pay? It is time the president would take a tumble to himself and make every effort to relieve us from the present almost Intolerable situation. He had bet ter stay where he Is supposed to remain most of the time, instead of skylarking over the country try ins to force upon the people of the United States, what few are asking for. The high cost of living prob lem is of far more importance than a hundred leagues of nations. FRANK A. AGNEW. j(t&e qJ?o-66s' Qom&r DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. "THE CHARMING MERMAID." Strong Drink and Communion. Sterling, Neb., Sept. II. To the Editor of The Bee: I do not make it a practice to write to newspapers, but my attention was called to the "bit of news" in today's Bee, en titled "Wants 'Real Stuff' for Com munion Services," and I could not refrain from expressing my con tempt through your valuable paper. Some people will do anything in the name of religion, and then wonder why the "other side" questions the religion of the one licensed. Shame on a church that allows license to all sorts of questionable procedures. It is no wonder that some preach ers (myself among the number) have quit the ministry simply be cause they could not give license to the so-called communion table. PHIL R. LAN'DON. Opposes the Lane Bill. Omaha. Sept. 13. To the Editor of The Bee: Now, when there is so much talk about the generous re turn which our government is about to make in the way of a favorable land bill for its honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines for the noble work which these brave lado haVe rendered to their country in its hour of trial when dark days and uncertainty were hovering over our homes, let us consider the cheap ness of the bill which is being forced upon congress for adoption and with which the committee of investiga tion of the various land bills pro posed has presented to congress for oonsideration and approval. This bill is known ,as "the national sol diers' settlement act," or "the Lane plan," and was introduced into the house by Representative Mondcll of Wyoming, but was conceived by Hon. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior. Its purpose is to reclaim swamp lands, arid lands and cut-over tim ber lands under the pretense of aid ing the ex-service man. It provides employment for the honorably dis charged soldier, sailor and marine while they are reclaiming the land, provided that the men will consent to be corralled in groups until the land is reclaimed and improved. When the land is cleared it is al lotted to the men by the secretary of the interior, provided that these men who proved tip on the land can make the initial payment of 5 per cent of the total value of the land. These men will also be loaned an amount not to exceed $i,500 for im provements, provided that the amount asked does not exceed 75 per cent of the improvements Thus it Is seen that these men need from $1,000 to $1,500 to undertake such a project, for if the men, after re claiming the land, were not able to meet the initial payments of 5 per cent of total value of land, 25 per cent total value of improvements and 40 per cent total value of stock and equipment, then it would be no matter of concern to the government (Judge Owl tail- Peter about a mermaid and a prince. With Billy Belgium and Balky Sam ah goes out to ae them.) .CHAPTER II. Out In the Lake. CLEAR and sweet over the waters of the lake came the sound of a guitar. Peggy and Billy could hear It even above the thumping splashing of Balky Sam's hoofs as the army mule bore them swiftly along the shore toward the spot where Judge Owl said the handsome young prince was making music for the mermaid. "Do yon believe in mermaids," whispered Peggy to Billy. "No, there isn't any such thing," declared Billy out loud. "Maybe there were mermaids In fairy tale times, but now there aren't anv ex cept In circus side shows and those are humbugs," Judge Owl snorted and hooted: "Wait and see, then you'll agree, That I'm as honest as can be." "Hee-haw! I'd like to go swim ming with a mermaid. I'd show her what a fine swimmer a mere mul is," brayed Sam, kicking up his neeis so irisKly tnat Peggy and Bil ly nearly pitched over hia hrK Only by making a quick grab at oam a long ears aia Billy save them. And Sam didn't like it a bit to have his ears pulled. He kicked and he bucked, and he bucked and he kick ed until Billy went pitching over his head and upon the soft beach sand, and right on top of Billy pitched Peggy. "Hee-haw! Hee-haw! That's funny!" brayed Balky Sam. "Hoo! Hoo! Keep quiet: You'll scare the mermaid away," hooted DAILY DOT PUZZLE "My Mermaid Love!" They Heard mm murmur. 36 4i ' .45 ' 57 47 . S3 49 4s 32 30 15 29 Bo .62 I 53 54 4 55 5B 16 2ft I4 15 .27 2b a 18 2-d 12 5 I 7 ll 25 21 ,5 to 8 10 20 22 .tl d 21 Can you finish this picture? Draw from one to tivo and so on to the end. Judge Owl, making a lot more noise than Balky Sam. They were now verv near the strumming guitar, which seemed to be out upon the lake. "Is the handsome young prince sitting on a rock like a mermaid?" asked Peggy. "No," hooted Judge Owl. "He Is sitting at the end of a dock with his feet in the water." And that is where they found the handsome young prince when they quietly crept out upon the dock to take a look at him. There he was a line, manly, but sad-faced young chap playing his guitar while his eyes peered eagerly through the moonlight toward a rocky island in the middle of the lake. "My mermaid love!" they heard even should they lose their entire labors. Therefore, it is auite ulain that this bill discriminates against the poor, the disabled and the man with dependents, and the man who wishes to live in tlio city in favor of lh rich, who could without great sacri- nce leave tneir families for a time and who could easily meet the Initial payment, therefore it, if passed, will be about as beneficial to the great body of ex-service men as the voca tional education bill was to the disa bled men. Besides, this bill will re quire an appropriation of $500,000,- 000 annually by congress, which must be entirely met by the tax payer of the present day. Approxi mately 80,000 men can avail them selves of this bill if approved by con gress. Therefore, it is a most ex pensive bill with least benefits to the needy men. Since this bill is so ob noxious in its dealings with the ex service men who most need its aid, 1 trust that every loyal citizen will give the bill his careful study and Inform his local congressmen of his opinion of the same. I regret that I have not space to outline the Morgan bill, whose mer its is just to all, and includes all, and which deserves the support of every citizen who has the good of the ex scrvice man at heart and who wishes to keep off the burden of excessive taxation. CHARLES M. MURPHY. Head Work Pays. Many barbers are making $40 a week; college professors make $18. Ambulance chauffeurs In Kansas City make $110 a month; ambulance physicians are paid $S5. A college education pays, and apparently much better if it is a motor college or a barber college. Kansas City Star. You will find the Dyckrnan, Min neapolis, convenient to the shops, theaters and points of interest. Rea sonable rates. The Elizabethan Room and the Coffee Shop of the Dyckrnan are ideal places to dine. Adv. THE SPICE OF LIFE. A pioneer newspaper editor harl a rep utation for always assuming infallibility and superior enterprise. On one occasion the paper announced the death of Wil liam R. Jones, who. It turned out, was rot dead. Next day the paper printed the following note: '"i'estenlay we were the first newspaper to puhllsh the death of William R. Jones. Today we are the first to deny tho report. The Morning Star 13 always in the lead." The Continent. DAILY CARTOON ETTE. THEREfTHE ICE-CREAM 15 FROZEN! I'LL LEfllEITOUT here UNTIL JINNEft TIMEjj WHEDID- 5 JL J4 Willis: This paper says that the num ber of financial failures is decreasing. Glllts: I don't believe it. There's as many of them calling on my daughter as ever. Town Topics. "They say th kaiser Is spending 11,000 a week." "Whew! They must be paying wood choppers a lot In Holland." He: Why Is Adeline so angry with the photographer? She: She found a label on the back nf her picture eaylng, "The original of this photograph Is carefully preserved!" "How did you get the turkeys the of ficer found In your possession ?" sternly asked the police maglstrat1. "I 1 I raised 'em, your honor." stam mered the prisoner. "Tell me the truth.'- "That's the truth, your honor." per sisted the crime-stained creature. "I reached down through a hole in the roof." The Continent. THE MENIN WAY. Workingmen's Hotels where poor men find clean beds at nomi nal prices. "A man may be down but he's never out." The Salvation Army Visits All Helps All Gives all. We Need Your Help to Help Sept. 21st to 27th. "Business IsCooo.ThankYou" -WHY- s sunt LV Nicholas Oil Company him murmur. "My mermaid love, are you real or are you a spirit vial tor from unknown regions?" "Hoo! Hoo! What did I tell you? Don't you hear him talking about his mermaid love?" hooted Judg Owl so suddenly that the startled prince would hav. fallen Into the lake If Billy hadn't grabbed him. "Why don't you awlm out and see If she is real?" demanded Billy of the prince. "Alas! I cannot awlm, 'answered the prince sadly. "Is there really a mermaid out there?" asked Peggy. Listen!" said the prince, and aa they stood silent the sound of a all very voice came floating over the waters: "Prince of dollars, princ. of tnjr heart, Cruel the fate that keeps us apart!" "See! See!" The prince handed Peggy a pair of night glasses and pointed out into the lake. Peggy put the k lasses to her eyes and gave a rry of surprise. There, Bitting on a rock, was a beautiful young girl. She was combing her hair and singing as she combed. "A mermaid! A really, truly mer maid!" gasped Peggy, and she look ed anxiously to see If the girl had a fish tail. She could make out a flash of green, but the light was too dim for her to see clearly. The sil very voice sang on: "Come to me, O my prince strong and brave, Come to me on the crest of a wave!" "I will come," cried th. princ. In a loud voice. "I cannot swim, but I come, I come!" Saying thia he plunged into the lake. "She Is calling him to hia doom. Save him! Save him!" shrieked Peg gy. In that instant she and Billy and Balky Sam plunged Into the lake after the prince. (Tomorrow will be told what they fin at the mermaid's rocka. ) jpQMUl'liE;' f elbertX I HUBBARD "Cultivate only those habits which you are willing should master you." Such a habit is that of purchasing every thing which comes with n the realm of your fancy. Nation-wide drift ing in this channel has caused prices to soar far above normal. It is just as easy to cultivate the habit of thrift. There is just as much, or more satisfac tion in watching a sav ings account grow from a small proportion to one of goodly dimension. Start with us today we pay 3 interest compounded semi-annually. 81 we nav 3 interest IB I I compounded semi -an- 111 f nually. IJ Along the cobbled Menln way The wine and wool were sent. And market wagons every day To Ypres and Menln went. And oh! the laughing women sat nd sewed Before their houses on the Menln road. There are no houses now; the rain In pools where they have been Lies deep; or out upon the plain A fw frail walls may lean; And oh! the little children murt not play With what thoy find beside the Menin way. And I remember gallant men And lads who fought and died, And think of all their laughter when They said goodby and died; For "Oh! It's not too bad," they used to say, "Along the Armentlerea and Menln way.'' Punch, London. We Wonder why so many people have the idea that the Oshkosh Ward robe Trunk is so very high priced. Nearly every one who comes here to look at them is surprised when they find that we have them priced as low as $45. We also carry the finest line? of other traveling kits, sush as suit cases, bags, etc. OMAHA TRUNK FACTORY 1209 Farnam Street. THERE comes, at some time, sorrow to all homes, when the family must be separated. It is then that the thoughtful service of the well equipped mortician lessens the burden for those who have charge of the last rites that are paid to the departed. It is then that the sympathetic, thoughtful, and kind mortician enters into in timate relations with the family, serving as best he may, with and for them. We take from the shoulders of the sorrowing ones many details which are so hard at that particular time. It is part of our service. SP1V1CP dLWdV. TELEPHONE DOUG 525 CUMING ST. AT rJWn ETEENTK
