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6 THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER -24. 1313. The Omaha Bee DAILY. ( M QRNING ) EVENING SUNDAY - FOUNDED B EDWABD ROBIWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATEBt EDITOR THE BEE Pt'BIJSHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR " MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED rZS3 The Associated Frees, of which TMBnUi member. Urn- indited to It or not otter win credited In this taper, and also selocil ne wbllihed ' u tights 0 publicum of out ' Bedel dispstcaea sr. also wumd. BEE TELEPHONES! . KpTr. M Tyler 1000 For NigM ul Sunday Service Calln i Cimulttlon IHpertment Mtertlslng Department m Tyler lOML Tyler lOOSI. Tyler 10041, OFFICES OF THE BEE Bom OKIce. Bm Building. 17 1 and Fsraasv Branch Ofneee: , ssa muff jlw-lLjl.. MIS Ieeenw"rt . 1318 If Street ll Norta 40th Kit n USO Stmt nrmuM riRCULATIONt Daily 66,315 Sunday 63,160 1 smua mreulitten for the month subscribed mi swera (, 0. Iiiu, Circulation Msntter. ' Subscribers leaviag the city should hJhBJiJ te them. Aserees changed a eltoa aa required. You should know that Omah entertained 117 conven tions during the year 1919, at " which more than 47,000 delegates were in attendance. v What The Bee Stand Fort I.' Respect for the law and maintenance of order.. t Speedy and certain punishment of crime through the regular operation of the courts. .'. ' - J. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of inefficiency lawlessness and corrup 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. Merry Christmas 1 Do it today, or never I v Here's hoping your turkey is"" all the. bird ought to be! . All ready for the air mail service? Let her go. 1 Lloyd XJeorg believes, in meeting trouble head on. ' , 1 f dangles ire ' still triangles, and dq., not flatten out on pressure. Edwin Bok may have shocked hia tenants, but he never did his readers. ' Be calm. It is Milwaukee, not the United States, that suffers because of Berger. ; Laclede hady' the biggest day since its base ,;ball team won from Centerville back in 1883. aMaMpMMaWMaWMMM - Packers talk of higher prices for" meat or lower for animals. One guess as to which wins. OPTIMISTIC MR. PALMER. Nearly everybody would like to share in the attorney general's optimism as to the cost of living, and at the same time the regular family check signers will poise the pen and pause a mo ment to wonder how he gets that way. Since Au gust, he says prices on food have been "main tained practically stationary." Just as the air plane soaring high in the air seems "practically stationary" to the beholder on the surface. While Mr. Palmer indulges his optimism and points with pride to the record he is making, citing isolated and widely . scattered instances of prosecution of profiteering the Department of Labor sends out month after month a report indicating the steady uplift of the price level. Prices on foodatuffs have not been stationary at any time within the last three months, nor has there been anything to justify the con clusion that the activity of the government has been effective in the way of securing conces sions to the consumer. - With one part of the attorney general's statement, we are in full ac cord. His statement that greater production must precede a general scaling down of the cost of living is correct- Unless we produce the goods we have nothing to divide. Working short hours for high wages will not meet the demand for the product of labon Whenever the people of the country will turn from spend ing to producing the relief will be in sight Sporadic boycotts and an occasional seizure of a profiteer's stock will not make enough dif ference to materially help. Home Rule for Ireland. The statement made to the House of Com mons by the premier contains the ' future of Ireland. " Lloyd George merely declares the obvious when he announces that Great Britain can not afford to have Ireland secede. This has been very plain for a long time. Whether the plan for a government, with two parlia ments, one for Ulster and one for the rest of the land, will 'quiet the commotion stirred up by ; Sins! Fein without further concession or sterner application of government authority can not be said at this moment. Something of the temper of the Irish has been displayed within the last few months, and yet that may be as easily allayed as aroused, if only it be made plain to the people that their real interest is being served. ' The premier also lays down a truism that no form of home rule will meet the approval of all. Objectors will arise, and the provisions of the government for the security of the whole will meet the opposition of some at all times. It is probably true, though, that the proposed experiment of establishing home rule on the basis of state's rights will go far in the direc tion of a peaceful and permanent solution of what has been England's greatest problem for many years. When Ulster and the others have control of their own affairs, and meet with ,the Imperial Parliament only to legislate for - the United Kingdom or the empire, much of the bitterness that now marks the relations between the politicians, if not the people, will no longer have reason to exist . It may even be discovered that these differences are more apparent than real, and in the end a way to union under a single Irish parliament will appear. 1 A Ranger of the Rim The deported reds may not know by this Ajme' whither they-are speeding, but they know they ar? on the way. , - . ' ' 'Maybe' if Lloyd. George gets Ireland all straightened, out, he can doaSjinuch for tthe QmaTia city council. . T ' " . s " , . ' . Trotzky is -telling of an offensive against , Poland in the spring? 'Why' spring? -Trotzky is offensive at any season. . Attorney General Palmer ought .to scan the , household , budget , before he emits another proclamation on the h. c. of 1. " ' '' The local gild of burglaft does not ; seem Mo care' a darn who is at the head of the police force or whether it lias any head.- Princess Pat now has a real boy, but it' will take him-a long, time to come up to the gallant lads who bore his mother's name into battle. ' - Local coal dealers tell us the addition of the miners' wages to the cost of fuel will be so small no one will notice it. Why go to the bother? .. 1 ,, ' i' -yV ' - t ' It must have interested the Omaha police to hear boy confess robberies they", had not heard of.v' But lots of things go on without disturbing the police. : V, y Commander d'Olier's advice to the legion aires that they do not take the law into their own hands is well timed. These young men are to aid In upholding the law at all times, If the Christmas holiday recess enables the senators to reach a conclusion on the treaty, it will be time well spent But the big thing is that each side will have to give way on some points if there Is to be a compromise. - The PeHfaoj Peace , What we face today is the inevitable out come of a policy of opportunism. We have had a government of opportunists, instead of statesmen; men who were satisfied with the 'plaudits of the moment; men who believed that life was a matter of promises and fine words; men -who cared not where they got their polit ical suoDort-so lona: as it neloed them out of the difficulty of the moment furthered their personal ambitions, or flattered their personal vanities. ' For this we have made our great sacrifice. Our sons lie buried in foreign lands tn needless thousands because we were not permitted to prepare for the inevitable;' we had to be kept out of war until after an election. Our children will pay and pay to provide for the billions of wasted gold gold literally thrown away. We who did so much for the world are now with out friends in the world save such friends as await future favors. Our soldiers died for one et of world principles,' our president made u sponsors for another. - -. And now we must have law and order, and once again we are deliberately unprepared. The foundation of law and order are undetermined; our laws have been denounced as bad laws, our order as a tyranny; and many men have been brought to believe these things. They were led tn k1;v tf whatever was was bad. and that they would be ' justified in any method of change. The parallel of the Lusitania, the "too proud to fight." the "peace- without victory is . I 1 ... Mitial too piam ,io oe ignored, uutc mun iui pay the. penalty. aeatue rosi-iniciugcnccr. Visioning-the Next War. A French savant gives it as his view that the next great war will be marked ' by a dreadful slaughter of human beings. Many millions will be annihilated, he says, and civilization will dis appear. This he predicates on the adaptation of science to warfare. Hertzian waves are to be controlled and turned into agencies of destruc tion of such potency as Will surpass anything ever' dreamed of by man. Let us consider. Each war has been fol-. lowed by similar, prophesies, supported by the activity of inventive genius stimulated during' the' conflict jto produce means of offense or de fense. In peace times the duel is tarried on by the professionals, who, take one side or the other. When war comes, though, what is the result?' In the late European upheaval, the loss of life was very heavy, but in proportion to the number of men engaged it did not exceed the toll taken in a number of leaser wars. Novel weapons were employed for the first time, such as airplanes, submarines, poison gases, and other things of a horrible nature, while the de velopment of the ordinary arms was such that prior to the experience it had been freely pre dicted that annihilation awaited the clashing armies. Prophesying is a dangerous pastime, and particularly so in connection with war, its one redeeming feature being that only few care to record and preserve the predictions. Those who live to see the next war will very likely rtote the employment of a variety of inventions not now familiar, but they also will probably see employed the tactics and strategy that has come down through the ages, and, which was old ih the days of Hannibal. "The one who gets there first with the most men" is,the one who usually comes off victor, other things being equal. -Passing the Buck. on Coal. , Consumers of soft coal hereabouts get a Christmas gift in the way of an announcement from the coal dealers that the 14 per cent in crease in miners' wages is to be added to the selling price of fueL Such a move might have been looked for, in spite of the Garfield ' an nouncement that the wage advance could be ab sorbed by the ""operators. Setting up that the resignation of Dr. Garfield as fuel administrator and the "secret" agreement between the presi dent and the miners does away with this pro vision, the coal men are preparing to pass the buck to the consumer once again. It is a great game where : it is played right Here is a chance for Attorney General Palmer to make good on his talk about' enforcing the law. Fuel still is under federal control, and fairness to the public demands that hat control be properly exercised. V . Mr. Wilson evidently does not trust the judgment of the senate on matters other than the treaty. He has just sent in John Skelton Williams for another round in connection with the job of being comptroller of the currency. Canucks are said to be turning a pretty penny in buying up American money that wan ders across the border. It is not as pretty as their home-made kind, but it will purchase lot more on the market. Omaha's poitoffice is to be "motorized" by by the substitution of trucks for street cars in handling the mails. If this improves delivery any it will be a welcome chanf From the Baltimore American. Living uport the periphery of the iphere of which he is the boasted superior being, how lit tle does man k'now of the globe he scrapes over with his hoe or his pick. He knows its surface for the crops he reaps.' He knows the subsur face for the coal he mines. He knows the moun tains for the minerals they bear. He knows the earth for the utilities of living. He knows the earth, also, for the fronded palm and the tes selated fern, and for the lavished fruits and the perfumery of the flowers. He knows the earth for the clouds that are born of its waters, for the flakes that congeal above it are precipitated in a wonderfully woven mantle of, whiter He knows the earth for the ; seas, with . their opalescent tints. He knows the earth for the lakes that brood amid the hills or stretch across the plains. He knows the earth for the furry denizens and the bevied songsters: He knows the earth for the lights and the shadows that chase across the fields. He knows the earth for the romance that it. inspires and for the songs it breathes to his heart, and for the in spiration that it gives to bis sense of finer feel ing. He knows the earth a id its treasures for its dearth and its delights, its symbols and its symphonies, its art galleries, its changeful and ever-compelling beauty. He' knows the earth for the crystal of rock and the gleam of the sun Fie knows the earth as lighted and as. darkened, as gray and gold, as glad and sad, as luring and repelling. He knows the earth in upheaval and in tremors, in the raging of hurricanes and in the whispering of zephyrs. He knows the earth as the home of the extinct saurians and the abode of the infinite flora and fauna of the pres ent. He knows the earth from the Azoic to the present age. He knows the earth in its physical boundaries and in . its environing atmosphere. He knows the earth and joys in it or dreads it. He knows the earth; man knows the earth of man! The ranger of the rim must be the appella tion given him by denizens of some higher sphere, if there be such, looking down upon him through myriad of years. He knows the earth or surmises much about it from center to circumference. Yet he knows so little of the tides that flow and is awed by the thought that "the earth hath bubbles as the water hath." He knows the flower by its form, but nothing of its generation. He knows the crystal by its facets, but nothing as to the cause Of the va riety of forms and colors it presents. He knows the watfr by its composition and the force and the steam it engenders. He knows the earth as man knows the earth who has lived upon its rim for millions 'of years, perhaps. He knows the earth as the source of living and the repository of the dead He knows the earth because he is a ranger of its rim. This is enough; this is beyond compass of human thought; this is the very acme of living, to know the earth, and to love the earthy and to enjoy the earth, and to be a child of the earth. This is enough; enough for man. Man has thought and thought laughs at the limitations of the rim ranger. It fares forth and dwells with fairies and fays in the myotic moonlight or swings forth upon the moonbeams and seeks communion with the pfemets and stars unseen; finds its abode in the highest heavens, and delves down to the depth of the sea or wan ders the pathless spaces of infinity. The rim ranger owns the realm of the universe and claims dominion of all time. So lightly planted are his feet upon the rim of the earth that he might well imagine that he lifts himself by his thought beyond the rim and finds himself in the mystical explorations where the imagina tion delights to revel. The earth, how little does he know of the earth in. its universe rela tions, in its, placement in infinity and in space! How little, yet he knows that all this belongs tothe rim ranger, and he dares to frame new worlds with the earth but a place of toe-touch; while he wanders the ages and gleams from immensity the beauty and the truth and the mystical purport of the things of his little cognizance as a ranger of the rim.,,. ract France Wants the Auto Tourists France is making systematic plans to attr, the automobile tourist. Under ajiew order all the "yillages in the country are to have their names snown in eignt-incn letters on postomce, police station and , the municipal offices. Na tional toads will have red-painted mile-stones, while the old-fashioned sign posts are to be re placed by large blue enamel plates, with the direction pi the next town, and its distance, displayed in big white letters, so as to be easily read from passing cars. CheVELVET HAMMER Arthur "Brooks "Baker , LUTHER DRAKE.. Some people like to gaily set their revenues adrift. They view-with light and careless scorn the exercise of thrift. They say that future care may simply hustle for itself; that they decline to practice conservation of their pelf. The coins they get they freely spend in hectic haste and zest, and peaceful comfort is a thing with which they're seldom blest. , To -neutralize their influence we need, some brakes anld checks, or we'd surpass our proper speed and dislocate our necks. To store and guard the money which we sedulously make we have the trusty Merchants' bank, whose head is Luther Drake, wherein to keep us in the path of rectitude and right, the root of frequent evil can be, all locked up at night. . He cultivates his customers-with manner warm and bland, for courtesy is aces in the Banker's careful haid.- The money does not differ by a hair or by a mile, but there's a world of meaning in a handshake or a smile. The man who lends you courage to serenely hoe your row is doing twice as much as if he mere ly lent the dough. So while- the other institutions climb the hill uptown," he jollies his depositors and keeps them coming down; -for real estate is higher than the price of steak and eggs, quotations being lower for the old-fashioned human legs. From this example of success in practical finance, let inspiration perk you up to cultivate your chance. , , Next Subject: Charlei Fanning. The Day We Celebrate. Queen Alexandrine, consort of King Chris tian of Denmark, born in Mecklenburg, 40 years ago. ' Henry M.; Morgan, .American consul-general and high trade commissioner for the United States in Belgium, born in New Or leans, 59 years ago. Bishop Richard G. Waterhouse of the M. E. church, south, born in Rhea county, Ten nessee, 64 years ago. , . ' Right Rev. Robert I Paddock, Episcopal bishop of eastern Oregon, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 50 years ago. '' , ' Emanuel Lasker, one of the foremost of chess experts,- born at ' Berlincben, Germany, 51 yean ago.;' Thirty Yean Ago In Omaha. - Christmas eve, and the thermometer at noon registered 75 degrees. , 1 ' The engagement was announced of Miss Grace Chambers to Mr. John Wilbur, the wed ding to occur after Lent x A Christmas dance wai given at the home of Mr. Henry. Yates. The Omaha guards appeared as minstrels in a program of fun and frolic at Boyd's Opera house for the entertainment , of their friends, as well as for the pecuniary benefit of them selves as an organization. Our Free Legal Aid State your case clearly but briefly and a reliable lawyer will furnish the answer or -advise in this column. Your name will not be printed. Let The Bee Advis You.' Landlord and Tenant 1 A. I H. I occupy an office in one of the downtown prominent of fice buildings and. contrary to the or ders of the fuel administrator, the heat was turned off In the building an, hour before the time It should have been. As & consequence It was impossible for me to use my office during the period of time allowed by the fuel administrator. - Am I enti tled to a deduction In rent or can I recover damages for the action of the tenants of the building? Answer You might be entitled to damages provided you would succeed in proving them, However, 1 doubt the advisability of asking for a re duction in rent or damages. . ' landlord and Tenant . y W. Y. I rented space In the building and the lease provided that it was to be used for a billiard hall. The fuel, administrator closed my place of business. Can the landlord collect rent during the time that I was closed? -I understand that a case was decided in this state that where premises were rented for a saloon and the law was passed put ting the saloon out of business that that terminated the contract. Answer You are not entitled to any deducticn. If the order had been permanent there might be some question about your being lia ble on your contract but that is not your case. ' Answers. U. E. V. You cannot remain on the farm. You are entitled to all your wages. j. u. ii. write 10 west fUDiisn Ing company, St. Paul, Minn., for federal law and to the commission er of labor, St. Paul, for Minnesota law. ' G. H. D. We do not answer any questions except through the columns of the paper. : ! E.-C. S. You do not state suffi cient facts in order for us to give you an intelligent answer. Our ad visee, however, would be for you to see some local lawyer. S. S. Five dollars a day. , s Guardian. S. P. 1. What are the legal steps' to be taken by anyone wish ing to be appointed guardian of a feeble-minded person? 2. . Can the business be transacted in a different county from' where said interests are? S. Can any one of the chil dren cause said appointment to be made without the knowledge of the rest? Answer 1. Apply to the county court. 2. It can. v3. Yes. Vicious Dog. N. S. D. We take your paper and like it the best of the three Omaha papers. Three weeks ago my broth er was bitten by a mad dog in our yard. We took him to the hospital. The police came out and shot this dog. who belonged to one of the neighbors. They also shot our dog, who had been righting witn tne man dog. Our dog was a family pet and we had him for five years. The man who owned the mad dog told ua he would pay the hospital bill. Can we force him to pay damages for the child and dog and the hospital bill? Answer If the owner' knew the dog was vicious and dangerous you can recover. , Will. S C. F. Will you answer through your legal1 advice columns what constitutes a legal will in the state of Ohio? Answer Any person of full age, sound mind and memory and under no restraint can make a will in Ohio. It may be handwritten or typewrit ten, signed at the end thereof by the party making the same, or by some other person in. his presence, and by his express direction attested and ac knowledged in the presence of two competent witnesses. - - ' Inheritance. C. E. S. In case a small inher itance comes from one state into another, up"x what amount does an inheritance '. tax become due , and which state collects same? t .Answer It all depends iipon.the laws of the state where the person dies as well as where the heir lives. Ordinarily the tax is paid in the state where the person died. . XcKliseiiet. S. S. WMiile employed by a, stock rancher I had my foot broken iwhile making repairs on a hay stacker. One of the employes caused the ac cident by causihg part of the stacker to fall. Am I entitled to damage, if so,' does my case come under the workmen's compensation law? There were about eight employes on the ranch. When would it be barred by- the statute of limitations? Answer A stock rancher is classi fied as a. farm laborer, so that the workmen compensation law does not apply. The statute of limitation is four years. Your right of recov ery would depend upon your show ing that the proximate cause of your injury was due to you employ er's negligence. Ijosc Deed. L. H. H. Would you please an swer In your Free Legal Aid column the following: My father owns a 320-acre farm In Mills, county, Iowa, which he bought 25 or 30 years ago, got the deed and contract for the same, sent the deed to the county recorder" to be recorded and was re turned in due time, and not having a good place to keep such things he took It to the local bank for safe keeping. Now they promised to keep it, but lost it instead. The cashier and other people at the bank were never able to locate this deed, although we have had them look for It a number of times, and this has been lost for 25 years. Now can this deed in some crook's hands ever cause trouble? What should be done to be sure of a perfect title? Answer Would advise going to county recorder to see if the deed was recorded. If recorded the fact that the recorded deed was lost or stolen could not inure to the benefit of anybody and you need not worry about It. However, if the deed was not recorded, then It would be neces sary to bring suit to quiet title. Arrest Wabllity of Officer. i; u j. t . 1 1 1 . v . " - - - . wrongful arrest and now I have been threatened witn euit. I wisn you would let me know through the col- vAiii. nnni wViAthar I am absolved from liability for my con duct by reason or tne ract mai i was acting under orders of my superior officer. Answer You are not absolved from liability for the reason that a police officer is conclusively pre nm.ii n irnnw hta Hntv and to re frain from acting outside of euoh duty. Railroad Company Negligence. m u T. tutkiIa rMIno- aii o trfljn It 1 x- imiio ....... o -- -- coming into Omaha I stepped Into the ; gentlemen's wasnroum uu m dbing so stumbled over a cuspidor on the floor In the washroom. I could not see, owing to the curtained doorway. I do not know who placed th cusbidor In the doorway.! Is the company liable? ' ' . Answer unaer in mti the company would not be liable. ForGirb to Make M f iiuuicviaii v For Your Christmas Party. , ' By Carolya Sharwia Bailer, The Christmas party table ought to be the most beautiful decorated one of the whole year. You may have an attractive scheme of deco ration,, carry it out yourself, and at slight cost Make some large snow balls of cotton batting, wrapping a small gift in each. Cover these with white crepe paper, dust them with frost powder to make them sparkle, and pile them in the center of the table. Buy some of the little card board holders for sweets known as ice cups. Paint these with water Colors in holly red and green, and fill them with sugar almonds, yhich look like tiny snowballs. Place one of these Christmas baskets at each guest's place at the table. These and the snowballs in the center make welcome favors. , A Christmas Tree for Each Guest Individual paper drinking cups hold these little trees, or the small cardboard flower pots that the green houses use now. Either are easily obtained. Color the cup or pot a bright crimson, and fill it with white sand. A wooden meat skewer makes the trunk of the tree; Cut strips of green tissue paper and fringe them. Coat the skewer with thin glue and wind the fringed green around it un til it takes the form and shape of a small evergreen tree. Then, thrust it into the sand, which holds it up right. These Christmas trees, one at each place, or given as. souvenirs at the Christmas party, are very unique and pretty. The clever girl will be able to attach a small gift to each one, or tie candies to them. Christmas Snappers. Your Christmas party will not be complete without the jolly, snappers with fortunes' inside that all boys and girls have enjoyed from the old days of merry England. But why rot get the plain ones, a dozen or so, and dress them up just as you like? Bits of red or green silk may be fringed and tied around them with holly ribbon. They may be covered with scarlet crepe paper and tied with holly ribbon. A bit of real holly may be fastened to each, or a small figure of Santa Claus, Cut from a picture postcard may decorate them. -Pass a. basket of these gay snappers, and see the delight of your guests. v ' - ' (Next week: "'A Costume for Your New Year's Party.") Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service. Copy right, 1919, by J. H. Millar. Departed Spirit. A certain alderman was lying ill. One morning a friend sent a Jar of brandled cherries and later called to see him. . "I want to thank you for these delicious brandied cherries," said the alderman. '.. "I thought you would like them as well aa anything," said the friend. "Yes, yes,' Indeed." he "asserted, with his characteristic smile, "and how much more I appreciated the spirit in which they were sent:" Houston Post ' No Increase in Senators. The new census next year, it Is announced, will mean more repre sentative! in congress. Thanks be to the good old constitution, how ever, it will not mean any more sen ators. Savannah News. TA0 ("Sw 'BUSINESS IS GOOD THANK YOU' LV. Nicholas Oil Company Anoint Irritations With Soothrag CnticGra First bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water. These super creamy emollients not only soothe, but in most cases heal annoying rashes, irritations, eczemas, etc They are also Ideal for daily toilet uses. After bathing with Cuticura Soap dust on a few grams of the exquisitely scented Cutieara Talcum. Sm U. Oiatawn ZS and 80c Taleum 23c Sold throaghoot the world. For sample each free address: "Cation Lab otalnria. Dpt. 1BF. MaMan, Mass." tVafCattenra Soaat abavaa without mar- For.Boys to Make Handicraft Making a Wardrobe Chest By Great M. Hyda. For one or two dollars any Vny can make a wardrobe chest so use ful and attractive that it will find a place in the finest bedroom. It isn t likely that his mother will let him sell it, but, if the does, he will make a good profit. This is how to do it: Go to a drygoods or shoe store and get a good, strong box, 32 to 42 inches long, 18 to 24 inches Wide, and 12 to 18 inches deep. Nail tight ly all loose boards to make it as strong as possible. If necessary, get some good three quarter inch boards from another box for the lid; fasten them togeth er with two or three strong cleats on the upper side, making a solid lid that fits exactly and lies evenly. It must be strong because someone will be sitting on it every day. Nail the lid in place lightly; screw on two hinges; pull out the nails; and the top part of the box is done. Next turn the box upside down and put a castor on each of the four corners. The ball-bearing cas tors that are fastened on with small screws are best. Examine the box again and complete the work of car pentry by smoothing off all rough edges and corners. Cover the box inside and out with cloth stretched tightly and fast ened on with small tacks. Any good strong fabric of a serviceable color will be all right; denim is good. It is best to put some cotton padding under the cloth that cov ers the lid. If the work is neatly done, and the color of the cloth matches, the color scheme of the room where the box is to be kept, the result will be as fine a chest as any mother will want. (Next weelt: f'A Creeper for Fath er's Garage.") feoss ana Girls' Newspaper Service. Copyright.. 1919. by J. H. Millar. ' We're World Beaters. If it is Carranza's Idea to engage in a letter writing contest with Washington somebody ought to tell him we can beat him at that Phil adelphia Press. SAID TO BE FUNNY. "I always ajr thai stout frUnS ef mln." "Why?" "On a oar' I can tWa tny sat t a ajlrl, but ha caa llva his aaat to tour (iris.' Loutsvllla Courlar-JournaU "Hawkins Is Tiry fonS ef his hone. Isn't hst" "Why, no: ha hataa him." "Tnat'a oussr. I saw Mm rldlne In tha park tha othar day. and ha had his arms about th inlmal s ntck. Dallas Nsws. Musi-Ins I navar know " anyona to ba tuoh a stickler for tha Itttla nlostlas of so cial form as Dollltla. Busrlns Taa; Dollltla wouldn't avsn (o to work unlssa tea had raeaivsd an en gravsd Invitation. Philadelphia Record. - Judca Tou any you ara anlnf this man because ha did not blow hla horn bsfor he ran Into youT Plaintiff t didn't say - ho didn't blow hla horn. I said that I couldn't hear II. His old ear rattled too much. Pearson a Weakly. ti t Tea Hea What runs across the floor without less? -leepy I don't know; what? . - Tea Hea Water. Nebraska Awrwaa. , "Now there's aoma talk ef a ralher'a day." "Aw, father doesn't want a day. QW him a nllht off." Louisville Courier Journal. 1 - i "Anyhow the klda en our street are riant un to tha minute." "So?" "Tea. Thsy've formsd a Issrua or netahborhoods to prevent flghta." Ustrolt Free Press. "Our Imports ' and exports are keeping up, I sea." ' "Tea, and our deport ara folnf to be good, too." Boston Transcript. STEPPING STONES. Rev. William Frederick Feld, Instrucl.-r of public speaking st Crelfhton university, who recently publshed a book of poem entitled "After Hours," hae written a new poem and sends It to The Bee for pub lication. A number of hla poems have been published In periodicals, Including: the Literary Digest . . , . You ssy you know m through1 sml through, So like an open hook I He, My fallings all so plain to you: ' ' Well, Usreat, this is my reply: As books ara writ 'tis so- they stsy, Sometimes men chsngs, then may not I? T, toe, have read myself aright. The pages do not please so well: I've made the Old Tear'e ecannlng light Upon old sins and errora dwell I've paid for some of these In tears What others cost me, wlvo can tellT The Old Tear's benn my tutor wis, His counsels will not be In vain. Think you I mean to close mine eyes .' iAnd blunder as before again? Our faulta are stepping atones, whereby We steeper, nobler heights attain. WILLIAM FREDERICK FELD. Gut Price Sale NOW ON Men's Suits, . 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