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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 19, 1919.
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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"-
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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.
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