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8 If THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 19, 1919. The'Omaha Bee DAILY (HORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUND ID BY EDWARD HOSEWATEK VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THI BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TIM AMoeUttd Preee, of which Tne Bn III number, u e elaatralr entitled to the use for publication of all oewa diiMUiu endued to It at aot otlienriM credited In thla piper, ud alio the local mm punllahed herein. All rtjbte at pubHeetloa of our special dlwttoBW ere else imnl BEE TELEPHONES i PritUO Br inch Biebanie. Aik for 'hsTviAr 1000 Deoartaient or Particular Peraoo Wanted JTICr 1VW For Night anal Sunday Service Can Mltarlal Departmtnt - - - Trio? 1O00I- I'lreulatloa Department - : . Tjlet 10OL AdTertlstng Department Tylor tOOSU ' - OFFICES OF THE BEE Roma Office. He Balldlnf. Kit and ramsm. Branca Office: Aim 4110 North tttg I Park 9615 I .wren worth Reneoa 6114 Military are. South tlda SS1 N Street Council Bluffl It Scott St. I Walnut lit North 40th Out-oi-Town Offlcctt taw Tora City !M Fifth Arc. I Waahlnttoa 1SU 0 treat Uhleaio Seeier Bid. I Lincoln 1330 Street 7" SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION i Daily 66,084 Sunday 61,893 Afore elrralitlon for the month auhacrlbed and iworo to bj B B Ratan. Circulation f.ltntier. Subscribere leaving the city ehould hove the Boo mailed to thorn. Addrooo chanted aa often aa required. You should know that Omaha has four large packing houses in operation and another one being constructed. What The Bee Stands For: 1. Respect for the law and maintenance of order. 2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime through the regular operation of the . courts. $. Pitiless publicity and condemnation ot inefficiency, lawlessness and corup tion in office. 4. Frank recognition and commendation of honest and efficient public service. 5. Inculcation Of Americanism as the true basis of good citizenship. , The "flying parson" surely has made good on the name. 1 Page Mr. Bryan! Mexico is in a panic over the high price of silver. ' You pays your money and you takes your choice" on news from Russia. . Fiume ii to be left to settlement by Italy and Jugoslavia. One guess as to the outcome. It might have helped to a better understand ing if a lot more "dirty linen" had been aired at Lincoln. Italy has just put up another "I. 0. ( U." against a million of Uncle Sam's good cash. No sign of going to war there. Printing from blocks was an art in China several milleniums ago, so there's nothing really wonderful in it today. Japan proposes to grab Shantung regardless of any objection China may raise, which will close the incident for the time being. ( The Austrian cabinet has undergone another resignation and reformation. Must remind the statesmen of the later days of the old emperor. China's new premier says he. shares Presi dent Wilson's views with regard to equality among nations, but this does not include Shan tung. On Monday the drive for funds for the Roosevelt memorial starts. Here is another place where good Americans can afford .to be liberal. J Wc might suggest to Lieutenant Maynard, Captajti Smith and the other "derby" flyers that they come to Omaha for a regular reunion after the race 'i over. . .. Omaha landing field is getting more com mendation as other experts examine it. This' town may never be a seaport, but as an airport it is unsurpassed. ' '' . It is not difficult for the average citizen to join the army aviator in the belief that dirigible balloons will be more popular than airplanes for travel over the Pacific. "Steamships will be safer yet A writ of habeas corpus having been denied -by the supreme court in behalf of a murderer whose oft-delayed execution now seems to im pend, it is either get the electric chair ready or wait for another turn of the technicality mill. ,The public will be pleased when the coal operators and miners get down to brass tacks and tell just -what they are going to do. This thing of being everlastingly threatened with a general strike is beginning to get on people's nerves. Flight From Coast to Coast V. That the transcontinental flignt calls not for the present type of heavy army machines, but for bip; multi-motored planes; that a straight highway 100 feet wide from coast to coast would solve all the problems of regular and emergency landings enroute; that the alter native to this highway would be good landing fields 200 miles apart, with emergency fields within gliding distance 10 miles apart these are afew of the practical suggestions coming out of the airplane race between New York arid San Francisco. Major SpaU's proposition that regular aerial routes across the country should be mapped out was anticipated officially months ago. These routes are 'charted in all the late books of reference on aviation. In a general way, the run terminating Satur day was a triumph for flying man over pretty mucn all the obstacles that air and nature can present The contestants flew through wind, now, rain, extremes of cold and banks of mist Sometimes it well may have appeared to them that all the atmospheric forces were in conspir acy to baffle the humans who were attempting to outdo the longest flights of birds. Into the personal triumph of Lieutenant Maynard, who won the . first half of the race, enter numerous elements of interest The lieu tenant was actually in the air 24 hours, 59 min utes and 485-4 seconds. Within that time, at a vpeed averaging 10S miles an hour, he covered 701 miles. There must have been times when - he and his nearest competitors. Major Spatz and Lieutenant Kiel, made more than two miles a minute. An impersonal factor was the fresh demonstration of the Liberty motor's capacity. First in the race, first to do a complete coast-to-coast flight, Lieutenant Maynard was also the first man on earth to sight New York bay and San Francisco bay within four days. And '- . I .a! !m m Mai ne1 W7e" I n uat lOOi is somsuwin. iivi.w RESPECT FOR THE LAW. ' No phrase has been more generally bandied about of late than "respect for the law," and probably none with lest of understanding. Owing to the great American habit of undertak ing to regulate every act of life by statute, con siderable confusion exists as to just what is the law. Some very queer and sadly distorted con ceptions have grown out of this. Certain fundamentals, having to do with human rights and property do not change. Im mutable as physical or economic law, resting on good morals and sound reason, they go on from age to age. It is the triumph of civilization that these laws shine brighter with each day's ex perience of man on his upward march. They clothe him with his liberty and support him in its exercise, and whether he understands them or not, they sustain him safe against oppression of any kind. It was law that preserved the subject safe against the intrusion of the despot; it was law that' elevated the citizen from subjection to sovereignty, and invested him with the inalien able rights, that are his from birth, and all statute law must be founded on these funda mentals or it falls. v Men may and do set aside certain of their natural rights for the benefits and privileges of coming into organized society, yet society, has not claimed the sum total of man's brithright. Respect for law begins with the understanding of these elemental truths. It should be found absolute among the enlightened, who, by pre cept and exjfmple, are expected to instruct the less well informed. Unless this respect for the law be found in high places, it is idle to look for it among the masses. ' No amount of official honor or powers sets any man above the law, or permits him to put it aside at his convenience. Nor is it reason able that the enactment of a statute can neg ative a fundamental law. It is this that has preserved our institutions, our liberties against the onslaughts of ignorance, fanaticism, bigotry. The present moment is not the first, and prob ably will not be the last time when the great truths of the law stand a solid bulwark be tween the good of the land and the passions of a faction. j Respect for. the law is demanded from all men, and they should be very diligent in acquir ing an understanding of the law that they may not be led into disregard for it through lack of knowledge. V "The White Man's Burden." , Lloyd George is quoted as saying the delay in settling the Turkish situation is due to wait ing until it is decided whether the United States is going to assume its share of the re sponsibilities of the world outside of its boun daries. This sounds a bit ungracious, coming from the official spokesman of the British empire. An easy retort would be that the United States is in no sense responsible for the conditions in and around Turkey, and Great Britain is, there fore no real need to wait for us exists. People can not easily forget it was England that checked Russia iri the Crimea, again in 1879, and later had much to do with restraining the Balkan' powers when they had the Turks down and out. A little less selfishness and greater foresight then might have put an entirely dif ferent phase on the present situation. , However, Lloyd George may rest assured the people of America are not disposed to shirk any part of the "White Man's Burden" that may legitimately fall to them. If they do not leap to take oa the Turkish mandatory, it is because they are not convinced that it is up to them. We are accustomed to spending millions of money, and now and then to sacrifice some lives in the cause of civilization, but recent events justify deliberation before proceeding too far. .Most of our people would like to know just about what is to be required before we start again. It is not unwillingness to help, but a pardon able desire for some definite knowledge of the task that causes the hesitation the British premier complains of on our part. If he will be patient,' we will do our full share of setting the world to rights, whether the duty lies in Turkey or elsewhere. While We Are Passing. Even the democratic party admits that the world is in a turmoil, and that ought to settle it. If, however, you are unwilling to accept the donkey's judgment and no blame attaches to you for that, plenty of sustaining evidence may be found in current prints. Not alone the bol shevik's belief that he can lift himself by the bootstraps, nor the notion that turning society upside down cures all political evils. These are matters material and evanescent Savants have announced communication with those who have gone to the other side, the "bourne from which no traveler returns," having been repassed by some who come to tell of a spirit world sin gularly like the one they left here on earth. Another has found a way to restore youth to decrepitude; one locates oil infallibly by an electric current, the "diving rod" is endorsed by yet another, and each morning's news col umns contain some acrount of a greater wonder brought out by an investigator. Verily, these are troublous days for the man of Missouri turn of mind, who must "be showed" in order to be convinced. Doubting Thomas would be both ered, but the world goes merrily on, ready to listen to any. Constitutional Convention Ordered. According to the decision of the supreme court, a convention will assemble at Lincoln on December 2, charged with the work of framing a new constitution, to be submitted to the voters of the state. Delegates will be selected on No vember 4, a "nonpartisan" ballot being used. The question was brought to the court by an action to determine the meaning of the present constitutional provision for calling such a con vention. It was contended election in "the same manner" as members of the house Of repre sentatives meant choice on party ballots. This the supreme court has overruled. It should be mentioned in passing that the suit was not to negative the order from the people that a con vention should be held, but to settle the manner in which the delegates are to be. chosen. Had the court upheld the contention raised, the ef fect would have been to postpone the meeting until the legislature had properly arranged for the election which is now to be held. 1 It is now up to the voters, without regard to party, f to make their selections. Germany recoils at the probable expense of occupation by the Allies. It Was different when the Hun generals were levying enforced loans.' Views and Reviews Printing Without Typesetting and possible developments The issue of the Literary 'Digest, a big na tional magazine, without any typesetting, is hailed as a notable achievement in the progress of printing, and it is indeed a striking testimony to the resourcefulness of the wide-awake pub lishers in an .emergency requiring extraordinary measures. The reproduction of written or type written copy by photo-engraving process, how ever, is not at all new, but is used right along bv newspapers .and other periodicals for letters. manuscript, and similar instruments or draw ings presented in facsimile. What has now been done is to employ this method for the en tire letter press of the publication instead of for only the illustrative material. Of course it is possible the photo-plates may be developed to the point of practicability for regular use. but at present the high cost, which is at least twice that of type composition, will prevent. The longer time required to make etched plates is more of an obstacle to use in newspapers that have to keep "close to the news," and to do so are made over for successive editions, than to weekly and monthly magazines, that can be prepared more leisurely and farther in advance and are put together once to stay. Still more troublesome for the newspaper would be the difficulty if not impossibility of corrections. As newspapers are now produced by the aid of the typesetting machine, a line of type is set in each slug of metal, and to make a correction requires resetting of the line and often of sev eral lines. " But no one should be permitted to believe we have reached the final stage of the printer's art The typesetting machine is without ques tion the acme of invention so far in the printing craft, and the revolution it has worked can be compared only to that of the Guttenberg mov able types. But there are surely improvements and economies ahead. A mechanism should be possible, for example, whereby two or more typesetting machines could be electrically oper ated simultaneously by connected key boards in different cities, and when this is accomplished press dispatches could be sent to a circuit of newspapers and delivered in ready-to-use type instead of in manuscript. In some of the big cities the Associated Press is now transmitter its news service by automatic printing telegraph reproducing- at several points identical type written copy, and it is not a far step from synchronized typewriters to synchronized type setting machines. Again it ought not to be impossible to de velop the keyboard of the typesetting machine for operation by perforated paper rolls on the same principle as the player piano. If thai should be brought about, all sorts of "copy" could be transformed to such rolls and be set and reset over and over in different printing offices by merely attaching to the machine and setting it a-going. Surely these developments are no more incredible than the perfection ' of the different typesetting devices and photo engraving process. . . ' . Frank Hamilton was aooreciated onlv hv those who knew him well and will therefore never have proper credit for his part in the up building of Omaha. , He was genial and whole hearted, outspoken in his opinions, which were frankly opposed to subterfuge and hypocrisy, a man of good business sense. His faults were the kind a man wears on his sleeve and none realized them better than himself. He could not tolerate waste and extravagance and idle ness. He used the wealth he inherited to de velop institutions in Omaha, where he was born and raised -and became the executive head of two of our great public utility corporations. He wanted.to be fair and just, but probably never could get the labor point of view. He was loyal and devoted to his friends. The Hamil ton family was amonp; the earliest' to settle here, having come in 1856, or two years after the townsite was laid out, and the older boys grew up with the town, which is now so fast expanding beyond the dreams of the pioneers. Omaha has been under military rule several times before. The militia was called out in the earlv '80s to maintain order and guard the rail roads during the so-called "dump" strike, in which an inoffensive citizen was bayonetted to deathi Troops were called out also once or twice as a result of labor disturbances at South Omaha. This, I believe, is the first time, how ever, that federal troops have been brought here to stop a riot, although it will be readily re called that soldiers from the fort came to our aid after the tornado to patrol the devastated district and assist in relief work. It is too bad the celebration at Fort Cal houn, because of unforeseen circumstances, did not secure the attention it deserved. We have had history made all around us. history that wil! be recounted in the books and studied in long off future ages, but we take too little notice of it It requires an occasion like this celebration to' make us stop and think what things were like a hundred years ago, how differently people dressed, how-simply and meagerly they lived, what hardships they endured. One hundred years is as a day in the cycle of the universe here it measures the whoje period since the intrusion of white inhabitants. No Open Doorjor Thele Mr. Lansing should have the support of congress in his desire to see adequate legisla tion provided to insure that there shall not be an open door for radical trouble-breeders seek ing to enter the United States. Extension for the space of a year of the wartime passport legislation is the method by which he seeks to prevent the inrush of the alien radicals once the passport restriction has been lifted. These are said to be gathered at practically every European port prepared to make descent ,.pon this country. They are not content to see democracy functioning to the good of all they want to introduce here the disturbances that they have created elsewhere. Gen. Leonard Wood has found that the element of alien trouble-makers is the worst element with which he has to deal in seeking to repress disorders at the steel center. ; The immigration authorities in the past have been gravely lax in their application of the rules for the exclusion of undesirables. Hence the presence hereof hordes of the objection able class. Mr. Lansing wants to have the bars that were created during the war kept up, and they -should be. Baltimore American. Save the Patient The United States is ill. It is suffering from economic nervousness. Promptness in providing a remedy is essential. President Wilson has called a consultation to decide the. nature of the ailment and to prescribe medi cine. The consulting board is in session. The patient is painfully but hopefully awaiting the cure. Its nervous condition demands quick ac tion to prevent serious complications. Demands of the public's representatives at the opening session of the Washington confer ence for speed in formulating a program to re turn the economic conditions to normal has a popular appeal. The eyes of the nation are centered on every move the small body of men and women takes. Everyone has been hopeful that the conference may get together on a con struction plan which the forces of capital, la bor and the public may unitedly advance for the welfare of the county'. The word "conference" has a familiar sound. Too often it has meant merely a talkfest. The unique conference in Washington must not have this common fault Cleveland Plain Deal er. - . . Home Health Hints Reliable advice r lvsn in this column on prevention and cure of disease. Put your ques tion In plain language. Your nam will not be printed. Ask The Bee to Help You. Roosting Places of Influenza. It7 was reported the other day that a liner had arrived from Bombay with some hundreds of 'cases of in fluenza on board, writes the medical correspondent of the London Times. The cases were segregated, and so far no spread of the disease has been notified. Yet the incident ehould serve to remind the authorities that the return of winter means a return of danger. A great epidemic la apt to recur when conditions favorable to it are prevalent. . In this case there can be no possible excuse for failure to take precautions In ad vance. The subject of epidemics is at pres ent greatly interesting the medical profession. It is very difficult, and no very definite knowledge exists. Recently Flexner suggested that, as each epidemic has some "home" in which it is endemic and from which it goes out periodically to vex the world, much might be achieved were these roosting places of disease to be attacked and cleared up. He cited the work on yellow fever as an exam ple, and went on to argue that prob ably influenza also possessed a home in the regions of the ertst, cholera another, and so on. The idea is interesting and may prove, useful. For, if it were possi ble to concentrate upon such an en demic area and to render it sterile, great results might follow. On the other hand, before such steps were taken a great body of evidence ould be necessary. It is by no means easy to trace the beginnings of a wave of disease, and there is always the chance that these beginnings may not be found in the same area on each occasion. Hypnotism and Shell Shock. In the psychology sub-section of the British Institute Dr. W. Brown gave an address on hypnotism and mental analysis as applied to sol diers suffering from shell shock, gun shock, and other maladies. In 1916, he said, he was appointed neurologist to one of the armies in France, being the nrst person to oe in charge of a nerve hospital in the field. While there he became more and more convinced of the great value and importance of hypnotism in nerve cases. Many of the men had been hypnotized by sheer ex plosion, and he found that on send ing them to sleep the suggestions given while they were in that state were effective. All the patients suf fered from loss of memory, BO or 60 per cent being severe cases. He used hypnotism to clear up their memor ises, and then went on to add sug gestions. One of the most common symp tome, he . continued, was loss of voice. He had 121 cases in 16 months, and in every instance he found that by hypnotizing the pa tient and . suggesting that he lived his exeperience over again, but without saying anything about his voice, the man recovered his speech. He had tried five cases which came to the hospital in a single evening, and in each ' case directly he put his hand on the patient's forehead the' voice came back. Sometimes the malady disappeared not by suggestion but by unlocking the bottled-up emotions. A man who had become deaf and dumb in Gallipoli and suffered from extreme loss of memory was unable to re member anything that had happened In hie life, and for a time the treatment aonlied to him appeared to be inadequate, but after he had rolled out of bed he found he could both speak and hear. In another case ah educated mechanic who had been blown up by a bomb found on recovering consciousness that every thing was twisted round, many things being at right angles as he saw them. This, it was learned, was a recurrence of childhood experi ences, and he put the man through them again with the result that he became clear, and was able to be discharged. A curious case was that of a gunner formerly a gamekeeper, who suffered from a tremor in the right' hand, which had been going on for two years accompanied by loss of memory. The man was hypnotized, and the suggestion was made to him that he should live over again his experiences at Ypres. When he woke up he saw that his hand was steady, and he exclaimed, "I am cured." On the following day he shaved himself with an ordinary razor for the first time since his accident. Hypnotism, Dr. Brown said, was a simple way of carrying out a mental analysis. You got a man to talk about himself and his dreams with vivid emotion, and then he obtained relief. Melodramatic methods were not necessary. - As far as possible it was sleep, ordinary sleep, that was wanted. The Cost of the War From the Bod Croaa Speaker's Bulletin. Many Ingenious and well inten tioned guesses have been ventured and incorporated In magazine and newspaper articles as to what the war cost the belligerent nations, both in men and In money. - One man's guess of course is as good as another's. Up to a very recent date anything like an exact statement was statistically impossi ble, s The president himself has just re leased the following statement, which may I think be taken aa quite flnal. He says: "If I did not have these figures on official authority, I would deem them Incredible." Here Is what the" war cost the al lies as associated powers. This is making no .estimate as to the cost of ruined property, destroyed towns and villages, devastated territory. It represents merely the money cost of the fighting. Great-Britain and Ha dominions .i 38,000,000,000 France 26,000,000,000 Italy IS. 000.000,000 United States 72,000,000,000 Belgium, Japan and the smaller na- " tions 16,000,000,000 Total 1133.000,000,000 The cost to the central powers Austro-Hungary 39,000,000,000 2I,UVU,UUU,0U0 Turkey and Bulgaria s!o00,00o!o00 Grand total .... $ 196,000,000,000 An incredible sum to save civ ilization. For the United States it represented , an expenditure of $1,000,000 an hour day and night for two years. Of greater and more Incalculable moment was the cost in human Russia 1.700,000 France ....1,385,000 ureal Britain 900,000 Italy 462,000 United States 50,300 Greece 7,000 Serbia 125,000 Belgium 102,000 Roumanla 100,000 Of the Teutonic nations: Germany 1,600,000 Austro-Hungary 800,000 Turkey 250,000 Bulgaria , 100,000 TODAY Total battle deaths 7,582,000 The total battle deaths in all the wars of the world from 1793 to 1914 were something under 6,000, 000. Add however to this total the number of deaths from supplemen tary causes and the aggregate will exceed 10,000,000 men. The latest bulletin of the War de partment in Washington in regard to our casualties Is under the date of September 23. It is as follows: The cost of the war to the United DON'T PAMPER YOUR STOMACH Fear of Dyspepsia Robs the Entire System of Necessary Nutriment. Eat a Diversi field Meal and With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets You Will Avoid the Distress of Indigestion.' Just because the stomach sours with gassiness, heartburn, - water brash and such distresses after eat ing, is not a good reeason for de priving the system of nourishment. Instead of the indigestible and innutritious bran and skim milk try the better plan of eating what you like and follow your meals with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. They digest food, they assist the stomach to secrete juices that keep the stom ach sweet, active and with the al kaline effect, just as when the stom ach is in perfect health. Nor is it necessary to discriminate. You may eat freely of onions, sausage, mince pie and baked beans, or other dishes, such as the average dyspeptic views with Horror, and suffer no distress if you follow with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. There is thus no need to fear any kind of food at any time or place, for with these tablets you may prevent those dis tresses that formerly made you pamper your stomach as if it were a tender infant. You can get Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in any drug store at 50 cents a box. The Day We Celebrate. Dr. William A. Hostetter, practic ing physician, born 1866. MaJ. Gen. William H. Johnston, U. S. A., recently ordered to the command of Camp Lewis, born at Cincinnati 58 years ago. MaJ. Gen. Francis J. Kernan. U. S. A., the new commander of the Philippine department, born at Jacksonville, Fla., 60 years ago. Rt Rev. Ferdinand Brossart Catholic bishop of Covington, Ky., born In Bavaria 70 years ago. Dr. John H. Finley, commissioner of education of the state of New York, bom at Grand Ridge, III., 56 years ago. William L. Igoe, representative in congress of the 11th Missouri dis trict, born in St. Louis 40 years ago. Thirty Years Ago In Omaha. Mrs. E. L. Tiffany and son, Ever ett, have returned home after spend ing the summer at Yellow Springs. A check for several thousand dol lars sent to Pope Leo XIII from Newark, N. J., haa been returned to the Newark bank on which it was drawn, duly endorsed by the pope. ,The handwriting is neat and even. The check will be kept as a sou venir. Dr. N. G. Dunn Is visiting in DeWItt. -Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Metcalf re turned from -an extensive tour through Europe. The High Five club was delight fully entertained at the home of Mrs. A. J. Hanscom, the players being Mesdames Yost, Wakeley, J. N. H. Patrick, Richardson, Edgar, Ramsey, Lacey, Barker, Bennet, Barkalow, Levi Carter, Guy Barton, Caldwell, Watson, Horbach, Joseph Millard, Henry Yates, Co win and Conkling. 1 The Only Difference. "If you only had all the money you have bet away on the races," said young Mrs. Torkins with a sigh. "Well, what then?" , "Oh, nothing much, Charley, dear. I suppose the only difference would be that you could take the lump sum and lose it faster in bigger bets." Washington Star. States in man power is now estima ted as 116,492 dead and 206,690 wounded, a total of 322,182. These figures Include losses to army and marine units on all fronts to Sep tember 1. I IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. , "Why don't you toko up i.olfT" "Can't afford to o eouth every winter to ply It" Detroit Tree Preee. Agent -How are you gettlnf oa with your Incubator? Farmer Medderwre.ee Why, the dern thing hain't laid an ogg elr.ee I got It. Dana Newa. "You don't even wait for night to ply your nefarloua trade?" "No," anawered the metropolitan ban dit; "we believe In daylight eavlng, wo do." Waahtngton Star. Co-ed "I want to got a eklrt." ' Clerk "How long do you want It T" Co-ed "I don't want to rent It; I Want to buy It." Buffalo Commercial. "Now.. Charlie, If you're very good I'll give you a penny." "I'm afraid I can't afford to bo good for leee'n a nickel, gran-ma not the way price, la today." Stray Storlea. Mre. Pounde Aren't you getting awfully thin, dearie? Mre. Slimmer Frightfully. But there no help for It. The doctor haa preecrlbed a reducing diet for our cook. Judge. "Th new meenletor gave ui a gran ser mon thle mornln'." "Och, ay, It waa awfu' fine. But 4y ken, he read It?" , "Head It! 1 wouldn" 'a' eared If a' whuatled It!" Punch. Hod Carrier (as ho ontera the taxO-Ho"- ??". WW ar. vol I.'1 1 r I mi , r 1 7 ...... . ....... w pampered pete etrlklng for again ehortet hour, or muger wane, i Hod Carrier Smaller hoda! Buffalo Ef preas. m THE MICROBE'S SERENADE. A forlorn microbe met by chance At a ewauger, bactericidal danco A proud bai lllnn belle, and ahe Waa flret of the anlmalculae, Of ornlin aacchorine Hho .waa the protoplasmic queen. The mliiroeroplcal prldo and pet Of the biological emarteat aet. And ao thla Inflnltealmal .wain Evolved a pleading, low refrain "Oh lovely metamorphlc germ. What futile arlentllc term Can well deacribe your many charmiT. Coma to ttaeee embryonic arme. Then trie away to my cellular noma And bo my little diatom!" ( Hla epithelium burned with love. Ho aworc by moloculea above She'd bo hie own gregarious mate. Or elee be would dl. Integrate. Thla amoroue mlto of a peraalte Pursued the germ both day and night. And 'neath her window often played , A Darwin-Hu-Iey aerenade And warbled to her every day Thla rblurpodlcal roundelay; "O moat primordial typo of aporo. I never met your Ilka before. And tbough a mleroba haa no heart From you. eweet germ, I'll never part; c We'll alt beneath aomo fungua growth, Till diasolutlon olalma ua both." George Ado. " You Can Always Have Sparkling, Perfect Soft Water for every uee in your home with a Refinite Water Softener connected to the eity aupply pipe in your basement. 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