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THE BEE : OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919. The Omaha Bee PAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR . MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ttie Aaaortatrd I'w of which The Baa U a member, la ex elusreely entitled to U um for mibltosUon of all nam dispatches credited to tl or not otherwlie credited In thla psir, and eleo tr, Incal news puMUhed herein. All rtfhta of rmWicatloo of our aperlal dlapatehee ara alio referred. - BEE TELEPHONES: Frt.ets Branch Tjidunie. Aak for the Tv 1 a 1 000 Deparuneut or TarUrular rrraon Wanted. J c . For Night and Sunday Servka. Call: Editorial Department - - - - - Tyler 10001.. Circulation Department ...... Trier 1008U Adraitlilng Department - - - - yylar 1008U OFFICES OF THE BEE '' Home Offlca, Baa Building. 17th and Farnam. Branca orneen: Irnca 4110 North 14th lleneon U4 Military Are. foiuwll Blnffa 15 Scott St. Out-of-Town Offlceat New York City !i Fifth Ave. Washington Chicago Seeger Bldg. i P .He Park ' Mouth Side alnut Lincoln JC15 '.eavenworth MS N Street SIS North 40th VM O Street i:sr.O H Street SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION: Daily 66,084 Sunday 61,893 Average circulation tor the month aiinacrlbed and sworn to by E. ft Kagan. Circulation Manaier. Subacrlbera loving tha city should hex tha Bee mailed to tham. Addreaa changed aa often aa required. You should know that Omaha has adequate grain sipply, ' favorable freight rates and ter minal facilities for more flour and cereal mills. ' Now, guess who'll be queen. "N-68" is also some mark for Omaha's credit. The golden October sunlight is fervent enough. If another recall is needed, it will not. fail because of a defective petition. "Put your house in order," is General Wood's advice to Omaha, and it is sound. Cincinnati's dream may have come true, but a ball game is never out till it is played out. President Wilson is a sick man, but not too sick to protest against calling in a spe-:ialist. Colorado coyotes are destroying the water melons, which may account for high prices-'to regular consumers. Omaha men are getting high honors from national associations, just another proof of the kind we have here. "Educational , week" in Nebraska is pro claimed for November 3, but it should last fifty two weeks each year. Eighty dollars goes for base balls in each game of the World's Series. Maybe that is vhy the event is so popular. Colonel Morris is right about the Omaha :ity jail, and it is not an original discovery on lis part. Its condition has been notorious for years. , Prospects for Mayor Smith's recovery are so good; that his attendants say there is no longer need to worry. This news is the best that it offered the public today. . Siberians are making progress. They have apologized to Uncle Sam for flogging one of his soldiers and are now pursuing the bolshe viki, a program that ought to keep them busy. ,The new superdreadnaught Idaho made 22 knots an hour in its trial trip on the Pacific, ' the highest speed ever attained by a battleship. This is a pretty good guaranty of peace in . itself. ' Omaha's "gentleman iburglar" is outdone by the Fort Worth thief who obeyed the maiden's mandate and departed without robbing her. These Chesterfields of Crime ought to form an association. ; ' California walnut growers precede the crop to market with announcement of an increase jn prices. Some day the Department of 'Justice may discover that the meat packers are not the ' only combine existing. , . Ardmoreans upheld democracy, liberty and several other things by pelting Senator Reed ' with old-time eggs and the like when he sought to speak there. That is in the state that has the perfect constitution. of Drjii P The French Chamber of Deputies at last has voted for the Versailles treaty, but the French senate still deliberates as to its con tents. As they are more vitally concerned than anybody, delay in America does not seem so dangerous. Opening the Mississippi 'Vereat i t In all intelligent discussion of congestion on the transportation lines of the country the necessity of waterway improvement is con ceded. Nobody takes the negative side as a matter of argument, but the fact is plain that forms of selfish and narrow opposition exis. The friends of Waterways hold frequent con ventions and present conclusive reasons for comprehensive and steady action, but their ef forts so far have not secured what can be called successful results. Policies of utilization continue to be nebulous. So it was also with the Panama canal for more than half a cen tury. All parties, all the people, were in favor of it, but concrete action was long lacking. When at last it came, there was a fortunate concentration and vigor of leadership, and the work was put through within eignt years publican administration. Had it not been I C -f Armr-i. or energy, nrmness ul yuiyuos o"j ui.vi.- " ness TAavmethods the link between tne two largest oceans would still be a theory only, supported by- the whole body of citizens and yet only a project on paper. But by national good fortune the canal was built in less time ' time and for less money than was thought pos- sible, and today our navy has the inestimable . advantage of quick assemblage in force on ,v either coast. Our fleets are in ready touch with ,v each other according to emergencies as they A may arise. - The Mississippi river and its navigable " tributaries .from an unequaled system that reaches throughout the most productive region i ,t "le world. What it produces is in demand viifatether continents, and they have crops and mercltendise to exchange for ours with mutual profit.Bpt our arteries of communication are i insufficient They are often clogged and plainly SCCIl tu uc iiiduc4Ulc, nvv lui m time, ;but all the -time. ' Yet congress gives little .nino- cvf the Mississippi commercially. St. i". Louis Globe-Democrat m f GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS. With the help of the military under direction of General Wood Omaha'has assumed within a few days a condition of order that could hardly b,e improved on. Acting on the sound advice of the general,- causes for i possible fric tion are being removed, and with the co-operation of thoughtful citizens, now keenly aroused, public affairs are being subjected to scrutiny to locate the weak spots and apply needed remedies. It is not possible to secure ourselves against an aftermath of lawless outbreaks, unless each individual citizen contributes fully, to the end. That there is a disposition to do this is the most encouraging outward sign to be noted. Resumption of the normal life of the city has proceeded rapidly and visitors are . impressed with the tact that the recovery has been achieved with least inconvenience or disloca tion of regular activities. Gradual removal of the military forces will soon be possible, and within a short time Omaha will be self-dependent, v Counselled by General Wood, a city com mission is moving to strengthen'the police force and to provide more modern equipment and instruction in its use. As a preliminary step in the right direction this will be approved by all. But it is axiomatic that the best armed and drilled police force, no matter how numerous, is no better than its 'leadership. Unless com petently directed, it will be of little real serv ice. This aspect of the problem we trust is realized by the responsible authorities. As they meelt the expectations of the people in this respect, will the structure of pur city's government be built again upon firm founda tions and the community be re-established in its own and others' confidence. Germany arid Russia. Arguing for immediate and unmodified ac ceptance of the Versailles treaty, David R. Francis asserts that if Germany is permitted to penetrate Russia in an economic Way, the end will be that the Teutonic power will be greater than ever. As ambassador to Russia at the time of that nation's dissolution, Mr. Francis ought to be well acquainted with the situation in detail. He should know the temper and dis position of the Russian people, both before and after the overthrow of the empire. His asser tions, therefore, have the weight of authority. As a reason for' the adoption of the treaty and its contents, however, Mr. Francis' statements are not convincing. From the very beginning it has been ap parent that. , Germany's influence in Russia would exceed that of any or all of the Allies. Even had the czar remained at the head of his government, it is questionable if the hold Ber lin had on Russian affairs would have been much weakened. When the time comes to re organize Russia, German advice probably will be heard more readily thajn any from another. These things have been understood and ac cepted by the Allies. , Germany's industrial and commercial future is inseparable from Russia. An alliance be tween the two is almost inevitable now. How far this will involve the other countries of central Europe may be surmised by any at all familiar with their politics and interests. The Bee long ago pointed out the possibility of this second league of nations, and nothing that has transpired of late tends to change the situation. Just how the formation of the coalition pro posed by Versailles will obviate the tendency to closer relations between the Germans and whatever government may finally emerge in Russia is not clear. If the League of Na tions is called into being, it must be for a more weighty and convincing reason than that it will keep Germany from dominating in Russia and central Europe. College Reconstruction From the New York Times. Now it is the colleges that are entering upon their "period of reconstruction." They are the' sources of our future light and leading, and the spirit in which they take up the task has an import usually far-reaching. "I call upon you young men and- teachers," said Chancellor Brown at the opening of New York university, "to enter with me into the solemn vow that our life shall be lived- for our country and for mankind, no less than waTs the life of those who gave themselves in the supreme devotion of that war of liberation." That is the call which, as we once thought, all the world would heed; hut even these first mojiths since the armistice, have brought a rude disillusionment. There are times when the world seems not only "again what it was," but infinitely more blinded by self-interest and irresponsibility. The chan cellor seems aware of a danger. The vow he proposes means "that you turn your backs or even your best of other days, that you put al' sordidness and all cheap bargaining behind you that you put frivolity and snobbery and arro gance behind you, that you put and keep the life on this campus on such a plane that it shall compel the respect and admiration of all right thinking men." Is this counsel too difficult? Chancellor Brown seems to fear that .it is. "The sense of fun is strong in men and I cannot help putting this appeal alongside of a college dance, a col lege election, a dormitory or a fraternity, or a car full of student commuters. I cannot help seeing how ingloriously the most heroic utter ance will be laughed down bv the triumphant actualities of the situation," There, in a word, is the crux of the problem., For our soldiers, in France .the "actuality" of the situation was the dull roar oKthe German guns; for the rest of us it ,was 'he increasing toll of the sub marine arid the ' specter of starvation, which meant defeat. Today the nearer actuality presses upon us an actuality which is smaller, more personal. There are times when the rest of the world seems to have surrendered to it? to have embraced it again with a fondness which the years of heroic struggle have only enhanced. ' . ' . ', The defect, obviously, is a defect of imagina tion. The "war of liberation" brought respon sibilities that were .imminent; inescapable; with the Hun pressing down upon us we felt vividly enough the defects of our republican slackness that had made his early triumphs possible. But j in victory, we easily for get the narrowness of the margin bv which we escaped; in "the im- j minent actualities" of the old familiar life of j neace the far horizon is clouded. Who shall ! keep the vision alive and present among us if not our college and universities? The men in them have years of leisure in which to think of the things that lie beyond the present actual ity vears of youth when passions burn warm and thought is edered with fire. They are form ing the habits of mind which will give sub- V stance and direction to their whole lives. In France, even when the pressure was strongest, men in the trenches found courage to laugh; the men behind the lines found strength for sport and iest. Is it too much to expect that in times of peace we shall remember, beneath our happier "actualities." the great task which thev gave us to be fulfilled? These are t'le thoughts that confront every school and cplleee and university throughout the land. At Columbia. Prof. John Erskine pointed out, in his opening address, that the war was won by intellect, and that it indicated once again the suoremacy of the man who is rightly trained. Out of the seeming chaos of the present there is still hone that our institu tions of learning are opening their doors upon a inture ot genuine reconstruction. California and the Medicine Men. At the New York conference of "lady docs," one of them from California held up actio on compulsory health insurance by a peculiar plea. She cited the predicament in which medicine men find themselves in the Golden state. There the doctors, big pill and little pill alike, are fighting for their lives. Twenty-six known and classified varieties of. organized societies for xombatting medical practitioners exist, and "schools are run there to teach the young folks how to avoid the doctor and to have nothing to do with him." , Just what this has to do with the plan of compelling people to make provision against illness or accident is not clear. If Californians want to depend upon the "glorious climate" for health and possible longevity, the rest of the country should not be exposed to a danger that exists. It is not divulged that the blessed dwellers on the Pacific coast live longer or have more of happiness than is the lot of those who exist under conditions of 'climate tndigen ousfto other regions. They may, if they wish, "throw physics to the dogs," and toss the phy sician after the dose, but in. all fairness they might let the rest of us take a short cut to kingdom come if we are so minded. It is curiously interesting to note in this connection that as men of science get closer to gether , and "schools" of medicine dwindle in number as knowledge increases, forces opposed to the Esculapian cult are dividing and multiplying. Funds for Repairing the Court House. No special session of the legislature will be needed to provide money for repairing , the damage to the court house. The county com missioners have ample power under the law, according to the attorney general, to call the election for voting the necessary bonds. This action will probably be taken without, delay, and it is possible that much of the work can be done in anticipation of the bond issue. Here is an emergency, in . which action is required that public property and public interests do not suffer further. How extensive the damage to the building really is will be disclosed only when it has been completely examined, but the partial restoration now iq process, and the re fitting of the offices so that business can be carried on should suffer no delay. Now is a time when prompt action will count double in the way of saving money for the taxpayers. Why Liberty Bonds are Strong There is no j mystery about the recent strength of the market for Liberty bonds in the light of a treasury statement that no less than $717,537,000 had been retired and cancelled up to August 31. This is a very substantial frac tion of the total amount of $21,000,000,000 in these bonds which were originally issued and represents a measure of debt liquidation hardly to be paralleled in war finance within a year of the -war's end. Only a trifle over $34,000,000 of these can celled bonds was paid off by allies that had borrowed the money. The rest came from government purchases in the open market un der the provisions of the third Liberty bond act and from payments of inheritance and estate taxes with bonds, as authorized by the same act. The price tendency in this market is thus likely to continue generally upward. The treasury is evidently working into an easier position as the war recedes, despite the croak ings in congress to the contrary. Purchases on regular sinking fund account must in time cumulatively strengthen the demand. ,In an investment world still much troubled by the uncertainties and reconstructions springing from the anarchy of war, these bonds are losing nothing in the attractiveness of safety. Njxie of the Liberty issues will long remain below oar as things are now going. New York World. - "Buffalo" Jones came .into notice because of his faith that a superior quality of beef could be produced by cross-breeding between the range steer and the buffalo. His experiment did not pari out as he planned, but did result irt his collecting a considerable herd of buffalo and quite a few of the hybrids on which he spent so much time. He was a pioneer to the extent,of proving whit might not be done. The Barbarism of Mobs A mob is a strange and sinister thing. . Its members may be ordinarily decent citizens. But under the influence of the mob spirit they lose ill self-control and the basest passions get the upper hand. So different is the conduct of the crowd from the normal conduct of the indi viduals composing it that it has been made the subiect of numerous studies by psychologists. The United States has had several object lessons recently in mob behavior. The rioting in Washington, Chicago and Boston, and now this latest outbreak in Omaha, are exceedingly disquieting. They show the danger of a relapse into barbarism that exists in every community. In the long run education and discipline must be the correctives. But in the meantime the country must look to its constituted au thorities to maintain order with a firm hand. The mob spirit must be curbed before it sweeps over whole cities. Kansas City Star. t ITODAy The Day We Celebrate. Dr.' Charles E. Smith, dentist, born 1863. Miss VirginiaaGildersleeve, dean of Barnard college, born in New York City 42 years ago. Nora Bayes, a popular singing comedienne of the American stage, born in Chicago 39 years ago. ' . Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, U. S. A for mer surgeon general of the United States army, now retired, born at Mobile, Ala., 65 years ago. Andrew J. Montague, former governor of Viginia, now a member of congress, born in Campbell county, Virginia, 57 years ago. r' Prince Charles of Roumania, who renounced Tiis rights to thethrone to make a marriage of his choice, born '26 years ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. A. W. Wyman, H. W. Yates, Luther Drake. E. E. Balch. Alfred Millard, Thomas McCague, F W. Davis and M. T. Barlow, who recently returned from a bankers' convention at Kansas City, today'. forwarded resolutions of thanks to Kansas City bankers. Miss Isabelle B. Anderson has organized a class of Omaha school teachers whom she will Instruct in elocution and physical culture. Milton Darling has gone east. ; Among the party that left Omaha to attend the Knights Templar conclave at Washington were A. B. Smith of the Burlington and Louis H. Korty, superintendent of telegraph for the Union Pacific. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hughes were enter tained by Miss Fannie Butterfield at the home of Mr. Clement Chase on Park avenue - Fireman's Wife Writes. Omaha, Sept. 30. To the Editor of The Bee: I was Indeed glad to note that In a recent issue of your paper one reader signing hlmBelf as "An Interested Voter of Omaha," had a kind word for the "Are lad dies" instead of referring to them as "la::y loafers," such as many citi zens Co. However, in naming over the ex penditures of a fireman he did not name all. For instance a certain amount is deducted each ' month from his salary for the Firemen's ahd Policemen's - Benefit associa tion. Also each man must furnish his own sheets, pillow cases, blan kets or comforts, spread and pillow jham, and which, we all know, do not wear forever. It might do some leople good to visit an engine house ind take a look into their sleeping compartments. You might be really surprised and for the moment imagine you were in a hospital from the spotless, sanitary surroundings. Let me also mention the fact that two-thirds of the firemen's ""wives work in order to live as othrfr folks. I could name many who work down town, while others do things, from taking care of invalids in their homes to selling washing tablets. Honest work Is no disgrace to these good women, but would the city kickers allow this? No, their wljes can't do their own washing, so I, as another who know wherefrom she speaks, say why can't the "fire laddies" have a living wage, which everyone knows $100 is not nowa days. A FIREMAN'S WIFE. Taxes and School Bonds. Omaha, Oct. 1. To the Editor of The Bee: The school board asks for $5,000,000 for its building rro gram. A mere trifle! -There are not over 25,000 taxpayers In the district. This extra burden would fall upon them alone. Who cares? The taxpayer is en titled to no sympathy. He is not en titled to hold property, He should divide with those who have none. He can take care of himself, ''at least. The war-tax burden is appalling. Add to it the increasing taxes le vied by state, county, city and school district, and we have a total that is staggering! Is the scchool board ignorant of these figures? Has it the nerve to make an exhibit showing the grand total of taxes levied and the . per capita tax? Twice before this the school board asked for a bond issue for a technical school building and the plea was granted. Was the money diverted to other purposes? If so, by what authority of law? By the way, isn't it time to try to stop imposing extra tax burdens upon the people? They now ap proach the point of confiscation. But, after all, who cares? Isn't it a fact that all the wealth of Douglas county tax-payers should be cut up and parceled out . to all the people? The sooner the taxing power confiscates it for the1 public benefit the sooner we shall reach the socialistic millenium! , J. B. H. Mob Rule Incipient Anarchy. Akron, la., Sept. 29. To the Edi tor of The Bee: It is lamentable that mob action is resorted to as redress in a civilized country. Two wrongs can never make a right, hence the fruitage of Sunday's lynching must return - upon the heads of those who participated therein. "Vengeance is mine," saith the Lord. Perhaps if all the condi tions which led up to crime were known such hot wrath would cool oil before applying the torch. For instance, our parents left us a legacy of sin to combat and have some responsibility in the matter. Like wise, evil agents are ever present to sway the will in favor of ' wrong doing, hence one of balanced mind would not run riot before this largeness of heart was invoked. If our vision is clear it would not sur prise us to witness the rising of the black man to offset these injus tices. Even this will only work more lawlessness. How much 'bet ter to allow the courts to render an unbiased judgment. We know many who walk the streets and are hon ored among men, have secretiveness developed so large that their guilt escapes publicity. But He who formed the eye and ear knows how to weigh in the scale of exact justice. Let ub wait on the Great Judiciary to summons the case. The most despicable crime in the calen dar of the Almighty is hypocrisy, and this livery .is worn by some very fine appearing men and women. "Wait ye upon Me saith the Lord, until I rise up to the prey," etc. "He who is hasty is brother to the de stroyer." "He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding." : JOSEPH GREIG. ,, Plain Citizens. It was a very wonderful work Herbert C. Hoover accomplished in Belgium, in France, in Italy, in Ser via, in the neutral states on the verge of being forced into the war to live, but especially in bur own country, in creating, organizing and controlling a universal sentiment of self-sacrifice and labor In the sav ing and production of food. But there is no military glory attached to it, nor waving flags, nor fanfare of trumpets. Like a modest Ameri can citizen, he returns unostenta tiously to his home at the end of his labors, to pass quietly into the ob scurity which awaits all but the military and political lights of the great war. St. Louis Globe Democrat His Authority. "How can you assume to speak with authority on this subject which you have not studied thoroughly?" "That, sir," replied the uncom promising citizen, "is the very method by which I show my au thority." Washington Star. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE Br DADDY. "THE WANPERING MONKEY." Pessr nd Billy, aeekln Mri. Holfa stolen dlamonda, flnda a monkey In the woods, who shows them the roost of a black robber. After they are pusiied and frightened by a mysterious voice, Billy traps the robber In his roost.) CHAPTER IV. What the Monkey Did. THE black robber lay quietly in his roost while Billje'and Rollo, climbed the tree. In fact he was too quiet to suit Billy, who thought he might be up to some trick. And the nearer Billy got to the roost, the more suspicious he became. Rollo, the monkey, was eager for ravoncn. Hln nose was still sore ! from the nipping given it when he ' V. J .llV.J .Via n n nf lir-t anil now that the black robber was fast in a trap Rollo meant? to get even with him. So the monkey was rac ing on ahead of Billy, when sudden ly Billy caught him by the tall. j "Wait," whispered Billy. "Maybe the black robber is trying to fool us. He may grab your nose again." Rollo stopped short at that He didn't want that precious nose nipped a second time. Billy quickly thought of a way to see if , the black robber was plan ning a surprise for them. He took off his cap and put it on the end of a broken branch. Then he . hoisted the cap slowly over the edge of the nest, just as if it were on his own head. Snap! A sharp, powerful beak suddenly snatched fiercely at the cap. If Billy's head had been in side, it would have gotten a slash ing whack and a nip, and Billy DAILY CARTOONETTE. 64 I'MQOINftTOPUT IN FRTHERJCHRIR. R Pitt ir!!J WD HE DID- Away He Sailed. would have been held a prisoner as the monkey had been. That was the trick the black robber had been planning. It showed that he was dangerous even though he was in a trap. All this time neither Billy, nor Peggy, nor the monkey, had seen the black robber. They didn't know what he was with his bird's beak and his man's voice. So Billy, filled with curiosity, climbed another tree where he could look down into the roost. As he looked, Billy gave a shout that made Peggy glance up quick ly. "It's a crow, a big, black crow!" "Haw! Haw! Haw! I'm an edu cated crow. I've had my tongue slit," cried the black robber. And that explained the mystery. He was a crow that had been taken prisoner when little, and had its tongue cut, so that it could be taught to talk Just like a parrot. "Haw! Haw! I'm a bad crow!" declared the rob ber. "Where is the diamond brooch you stole?" "I'll never tell. I'm a bad crow, and I'm going to steal and steal, be- : cause I was stolen myself. "Haw! i Haw!" "I'll make him tell," chattered I Rollo, and away he darted through j the trees, only to return a moment j later with an old cloth sack thrown 1 over his shoulder. He climbed above the black robbers nest and pulled something from the sack. It was a bad egg and the sack was filled with them. : Smash! Bang! Plop! went the eggs, the monkey hurling them one after another right at the robber. "Help! Murder!" shieked the crow, and then, as the flre of egps got worse and worse, he screamed: "I'll tell. The girl has the pretty glass. Thief! Thief!" Peggy was indignant. "You're a I fibber. I , haven't the diamonds," sne snouiea. liut uniy ana tne monkey, looking down, cried out in surprise. "Look behind you," said Billy. Peggy loked behind her and spun around and around, but she couldn't see anything, until Billy and the monkey, sliding down the tree, showed her the diamond brooch caught, In the back of her dress. The sly robber crow had put it there. And a thread tied to the brooch showed how it had van ished from the monkey's nest. The robber had snatched it aiyay by the string. , , "Haw! Haw!" laughed the rob ber's voice, and away he sailed like ! a black streak. He had cut Bill's flshline in two with his beak and escaped. "Well, we have the diamonds safe," said Peggy They ran home as quickly as they could and gave the brooch to Nora, ODD AND INTERESTING. The hand of a normal-sized hu man being contains 25,000 pores. Bagdad is famous for Its breed of white asses. Their ears and tails are sometimes colored a bright red. The present dwellings in Greater New York could more than accomo date the whole population of Switzerland. In Siberia the sun rises exactly at 6 a. m. and sets at 6 p. m. throughout the year, and is directly overhead at noon. If the appetite of a man were as great as that of a sparrow in pro portion to his size, ne would eat a whole sheep at one sitting. In China every business man has a shop name and a private name, and among his family and acquant ances he is known by the latter. The palace of Versailles, the scene of the signing of the world peace treaty, is probably the most costly palace ever built. In order to keep the outlay a secret Louis XVI de stroyed all the documents relating to the building. , A Swiss milkmaid with a musical singing voice obtains better wages than the one who cannot sing, as a cow that is soothed with a pleasing melody during milking will, .it is said, yield one-fifth more milk. . The rafflesla of Sumatra Is said to be the largest and most magnificent flower in the world. It is composed of five roundish petals, each a foot mis piano or that may win admiration for excellence in some one or another of trie features tKaf distin r guish fine piano makmcj But tne matchless , excels in all. In every register its tone is incomparaHy teauriiul, it resonance superb, and soul-stirring.' And its transcendent musical qualities will ' outlive those or any other piano in the wotI -"without exceptiorv. Jlsm k short yocr xxryf Other High-Class Pianos Kranich & Bach, Vose & Sons, Sohmer, Brambach, Kimball, Bush-Lane, Cable-Nelson, Hinze, Hospe Pianos. ' Player Pianos Apollo, Gulbransen, Hospe Players. Our Cash Prices Are Our Time Prices. ' Ak-Sar-Ben Visitors Welcome. 1513 Douglas St. Chicago Grand Opera Co. Seat Sale NOW On. across, and of a red color, covered with numerous irregular yellowish white swellings. The petals sur round a cup nearly a foot wide. Chinamen have five buttons on their coats to remind them of the principal moral virtues . recom mended by Confucius Humanity, Justice, order, prudence and recti tude. ' A KING'S CLOAK. Albert, young liegeman, unto Freedom spoke: "Lo, there Is mire before your steps, my Queen! I spread, that you may pass, my 'brold ered cloak My field of Flanders!" History has seen Hew that cloak, patterned with Its pop ples red, Was with the blood of wounded heroes mired. Its old design stained deeper by the dead. And how that courtier's deed the world's heart fired. V Raleigh of Flanders Albert, Kins and knight The glass of chivalry to earth a sign Whose name forever floods the heart with light Wear, then, that cloak, marked now by steps divine, As decoration from the hand of God! Your Flanders field, where Freedom walked, dry-shod! Isabel Fluke Conant, In New Tork Times. DOT PUZZLE e to.li ; 34 .27 'S5 of,- ,.-r 7 24 it. 4i V a- 5. -46 '.' 7 ' 47 & 52 . Can you finish this picture? Draw from one to two and so on to the end. 1 who was delighted. And she was astonished, too, when she heard that the thief was a tame crow that had gone bad. As for Rollo, the wandering mon key, he wouldn't go Into the town, but raced back to his home in the woods. But Peggy and Billy were to see him again and have another peculiar adventure with him, as will be told In next week's story. STOCK AND BOND LISTINGS List Your Local Stocks and Bonds With Us For Sale. We have at present some ex ceptional buys in very good divi dend paying Omaha companies. OMAHA STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE Incorporated 405 Bee Bldg. Phone Tyler 5027. MADE to ORDER NICOLL Tailoring Means clothes that give you DISTINCTION and INDIVIDUAL GOOD STYLE. ' I We beg to announce that our Fall and Winter materials are now ready for your inspection. We would suggest an early selec tion. ; , Prices: $45, $50, $55 and Upwards It's a good time to order Your Evening Clothes Your Cutaway Frock and Fall and Winter Overcoats. ' NICOLL, the Tailor Wm. Jet-rents' Sona ' 209-211 South 15th St, Karbach Block. Established 1866 2? A Service for Every Need . 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