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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1919. The Omaha bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BT UPWARD BOStWATXB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR , . Ml BEK FUBLISHmq COMPANY. PBOPRTETOK --' i . MEMBERS Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th Associated Praas. ot wnlca Th Be la a namber. la J ,. elntlwlj Mtltled to th uh for publication of all nsw dlapatehea V credited to It or not otbarwlas aredlwrt 1 tela nw, end. also A th, local news pabliahsd bniln. Ail right of subUoaUo of on ' epaeUl dlrpelche ar eleo reaarwd, BEX TELEPHONES i PrlrsU Branch Biohanf Art for th TvIai 1000 Department or Particular Portoa Wasted. JflCr WV , For Nifht and Sunday Sorvic Calll r Editorial Department - - - - Trior lWl , Circulation Department ' - Tj or 1008L - AdKrtlsIni Department - Tylsf 10081 OFFICES OF THE BEE onto Office Boo Balldlni, irtk and rnuL Branch Otnm: . ' . Awes' all North Mill Port Renan 611 Military are. South Sid Council Bluff! 15 Scott St I Walnnt Out-of-Towo Offlcooi Jew Tor Offlo IM riftb At. I Waahlnttoa Chlctio Sower Bldg. I Lincoln Mil Lenwart ISlt II Knot lit North 40U 1111 1330 : BtroM OCTOBER CIRCULATION! Daily 66,315 Sunday 63,160 Arertf circulation for Ui month subscribed ml iwora to tar K. B. Rattan. Circulation Manager. Subocribors leaving the city should bora Th Bo mailed to thorn. Addro changed a often a required. Vou should know that In western Iowa, within 150 miles of Omaha, and easy of access, 1,156,525 people live. What The Bee Stands Fort 1. Respect for the law and maintenance of order. 2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime through the regular operation of the courts. 3. 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. Old King Coal is on the witness stand now. New Yorkers see the light quickly. They have reorganized the Bryan club. Home rule for Omaha ought to mean home rule and not a half-way measure. Relief from the sugar shortage is promised, but it seems a long time coming here. Over 30,000 children trooped oft to school in Omaha yesterday. There's an army for you. At any rate, the Nebraska Bar association did not find its docket lacking one interesting case. Nine million dollar in building permits for 1919 is just a hint as to what 1920 will roll up. Watch Omaha growl A Jugo-Slav army is reported tp be on the i way to Dalmatia, 10 our old friend Gabe D'An , ; nunrio may yet get the argument he ha been . looking for. "J" The National Municipal League has adopted the Nebraska constitution as a model on which y, to form an ideal constitution. The convention at Lincoln will please note. The kins; pin of the wood alcohol poisoners it said to be in custody. The whole trouble is 7 that our laws do not comprehend any adequate punishment for such miscreants. What to dp with drug addicts is now puz zling the authorities. It might have helped a . little if that had been considered before the crusade for arresting them was started. TOLD IN A LINE. Brevity continue! the soul of wit. In these days of touch and go, the pan who can give his message in th fewest words is the on who gets a hearing. That is th meat of this edi torial. The Bureau of Publicity of ths Cham ber of Commerce addressed a questionnaire to several hundred newcomers, asking their rea sons for selecting Omaha as a home. Here are some of the answers: "Omaha Is a prosperous city." "A city with an apparent future." ' "I saw a great future for Omaha." "Because of its rapid Increase in business." "Because of the prosperity of Omaha and ' location as railroad center." "Because of its large, per capita bank clear ings." "Because it is a wonderful railroad center with growing business." "Omaha is situated In center of one of best (arming sections In the United States." "It has a bright looking future." "Because of pood crop conditions and the territory tapped by the railroads out of Omaha. , "Omaha is a distributing point for a vast amount of good territory with unlimited pos sibilities." i "I believe it to be the fastest growing business city in the United States."' "The logical distributing point for an im mense and productive territory." "I surveyed several western cities and found Omaha the most prosperous and with the' best chances to continue prosperous; also liked its attitude toward the young business man." "Omaha is one of the best medical cen ters in the United States." "Because it is the logical distributing point for the central west." "My study of the territory convinced me that Omaha will be a city of 500,000 by 1930." "I consider Omaha a city of wonderful possibilities." "Omaha is the biggest city of its size in the middle west" "Omaha is making rapid commercial strides." ' - Volumes might be written, but more could not be told. The Bee suggests that these rea sons be given circulation. They do not cover the entire field, but each carries conviction, and combined they are eloque'nt of the Opportunities and advantages offered here. Night schools in Omaha are to resume their mission of spreading true Americanism in the form of useful learning. This is one opportun ity the foreign-born should not neglect. Vienna reports' that the Austrian art treas ures are to be pledged for relief expenses. In other words, the loot of former wars will be pawned to" meet bills resulting from the last. , v European members are debating when and where the first meeting of the League of Na tions is to be held, and wondering if America will be there with a vote or only as a spectator. he latter seems most likelv. ' Little trouble in securing funds to build the , air mail hangar is reported, but a lot of folks wonder why such a building should be erected from private means, particularly when the post master' general reports the air mail service to , be self-sustaining. - Stock growers are not content with the at torney general's "victory" over the packers, but ask the president for permission to kick the meat trust, now that it is down. However, pub lic opinion long ago ceased to look on the cat tle barons as philanthropists. Solving the Strike Question. The president's industrial commission is giv ing serious attention to the difficult job set for it. In looking ahead to the settlement of dis putes before they come to the crisis that in volves, an interruption of work,' the body ten tatively suggests means often put forward by others who have studied the question. It is for a board of review, to which such matters may be taken for examination and adjustment That such an agency can successfully func tion was fairly well established by the experi ence of the War Labor board, which settled a great many labor troubles during the emer gency. In this, however, the decisions were al most universally in favor of the employes, and were easily accepted by the employers, who were permitted to pass along to the consumer any increase in the pay roll. Under peace con ditions this result might not be so happily re tained. A somewhat narrower view of the whole situation is likely to obtain. This, how ever, does not argue against the soundness of the proposal. In working otrt the details of the plan, and this danger is made clear in the announcement from the board, the tendency is to make the machinery too intricate and cumbersome, ilf such a scheme is adopted, it would be well to start it in the simplest possible form, that it may function with the utmost freedom and speed, extending it as experience warrants, but preserving it carefully from such complications as hampered the operation of the Canadian law There the possibility of retaining a dispute in definitely in the hands of the board, prolonging interminably the process of adjustment, wore out the patience of the men and destroyed their confidence in the government's plan. It is possible to avoid this, and other inconveniences, and the plan is worthy a trial because it is reasonable. The Battle of the Eggs The war between the women and egg deal ers of Lincoln, Neb., has more than local in terest. Disappointed at the failure of public inves tigations of the high cost of living to bring re lief, the Woman's club took matters into its ' own hands and proceeded first to boycott eggs. Within two weeks it had brought prices down from 85 to 55 cents a dozen, and apparently the victory was won. But immediately following the lifting of the boycott prices jumped to 90 cents. Now comes the superior merit of the Lincoln plan of campaigning. The embattled club women have returned to the fray. - The ban on egg-buyirig will go into effect again, and apparently they will continue to fight it out on this line if it takes all winter. Their resolve to keep at it is an example to cost-of-living crusaders everywhere who retire from the field after the first skirmish and allow their enthusiasm for reform to spend itself in talk without action. The Nebraska women plan a state-wide campaign against all forms of food profiteering. It will be a triumph worth while if they succeed in permanently reducing the price of one article of food. That is the grand stroke, and having achieved it in one thing they may proceed to further victories. Best of all is their disposition to do for themselves what Americans are nowadays too prone to leave to legislation and government regulation to do. The remedy for the high cost of living is still in the hands of the people themselves and cannot be delegated to legisla tures. Unfortunately the remedy involves self denial, and self-denial is a troublesome thing to a public accustomed to rely on law for all kinds of relief. New York WorW Jam at Ellis Island. Between outgoing anarchists and other un desirables and incoming immigrants, the gov ernment's quarters at Ellis Island are over taxed. The rush for admittance to this country has behind it a desire to get in before the bars are put up. The outgoing tide is the result of Uncle Sam's losing patience with a few of his uninvited guests, who preferred to make trouble rather than help do the work of the land. The honest industrious alien still is welcome here, regardless of his nationality. He will find work and good wages, and opportunity to better his condition in every way. He will, however, be required to conform to our laws and customs, to restrain himself just as American citizens are required to. When he makes up his mind that the government should be overthrown, and decides to set about the job, he will discover that the only way to do this is at the polls, where qualified voters can bring about revolu tions as often as they feel like it. It might not be a bad idea to allow the incoming stream to pass near enough to that outward bound to get some first-hand information as to the things the government will not tolerate. Heaven knows, the administration has been patient with them, but some have gone too far, and are now going away to stay. Items In the Family Budget. The National Industrial Conference board sends out a statement that the cost of living has increased 82.2 per cent between July, 1914, and November, 1919. In apportioning the increase to the family budget the .board finds that food has gone up 92 per cent; shelter, 38 per cent; clothing, 135 per cent; fuel, heat and light, 48 per cent; and sundries, 75 per cent. Here is an opportunity for the in dividual to analyze his costs and determine for himself where he best can effect a saving. The president of the American woollen mills tells the country that if the people will be content to wear the coarser grades of cloth, it will be easy to materially reduce the expense of cloth ing. So long as everybody has in mind only the finest grades, according to Mr. Wood, the price must remain high. In a similar way other manufacturers advise the consumer. The prob lem, therefore, for the moment at least re solves itself into an individual one. Eliminate extravagance, eschew expensive things, and per haps the top will fall off the pyramid of prices. It will be time well spent at the beginning of the new year to check over the expenditures of the one just passed, and rearrange the family budget on a basis that will achieve greater economy. Marse Henry on the Outlook From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Metropolis. The democratic party is dead, the republican party has breathed its last. Col. Henry W. Watterson, leading journalist of his age, and known and loved on two continents as "Marse Henry," is authority for the statement. Answering a question in the lobby of the Hotel Seminole this morning, regarding the growing strength of the republican party in the south. Colonel Watterson considered a minute and declared, "Politics is in a fluid state. Strict ly speaking, there is neither1 a republican party nor a democratic party. There are nothing but two worn-out labels, which mean nothing but offices for the rascally politicians. The south, rich again and prosperous, sticks to the demo cratic label through force of circumstances and habit. "The negro has been hitherto a kind of co hesive plaster. But with the elimination of the negro question the solid south must be con sidered a thing of the past." Colonel Watter son stopped and his eyes looked into a past when the democratic party and south had been synonymous, and when he helped general the democratic forces to victory. ( Then in answer to the question, "What about the democratic party?" he spoke tersely. "There is no democratic party. The president has abol ished the democratic party. There is 1 in its place a Wilson party Mr. Wilson will not be able personally to lead this because of his ill health. But his son-in-law. McAdoo, in line succeeding, will probably lead this to over whelming defeat next year. Nothing seems surer than that the republicans will sweep the country in 1920," With the searching vision that has made him the greatest journalist of his day Colonel Wat terson was following the declining power of the democratic papty to its final defeat, when he was recalled with the question, "What do you think of the president's attitude in the league of na tions?" His eyes flashed. "The league of na tions is a fad a phantom, a figment of the pres ident's idealism. It will never be ratified. "This country is never going to hitch itself onto a world of unknown complications, nor un derwrite the combustions of Europe. We shall be strongest and best as an independent power, exercising a friendly and benign interest over the-affairs of human kind." "Don't you believe the republicans are gain ing strength in the south?" he was asked. "The republicans probably will carry several of what are called the southern states," he predicted. "You see, then, the creation of a new party?" he was questioned. "There is always a new party for the fellows that are down and out," he answered. "All the same,' two parties, the one calling itself repub lican and the other calling itself democratic, will dominate in the elections. New questions already coming into view will divide these par ties more decisively." "Do you believe the league of nations is responsible for the growing republican strength in the south?" was the final question. "The republicans have gained strength in the south from general conditions and not from any special cause," he gave as his opinion. "But I came down here to enjoy the Florida sunshine, not to talk politics, he smiled. "Don't you know I am retired and don't know any thing about politics now?" he questioned quiz zically and started for thedoor, a waiting auto mobile and a drive. The reporter was uncon vinced. v "Wait a minute, how about "the democratic presidential possibilities for 1920?" the question stopped hirn. He came back and continued, "get this down right now, it's important" The reporter visioned a big story, and his answer breathlessly. "Presidential possibilities are always in the air," Colonel Watterson chuckled and was gone. A visitor to Florida for 40 years, Colonel Watterson is in Jacksonville for an indefinite stay on his way to Cuba to remain until spring. He is accompanied by his daughter. Lesson of the Coal Strike If the period of unreason that has paralyzed the coal industry is indeed about to come to an end the American public may well rejoice. At the same time it cannot afford to overlook the fact that a mere patched-up agreement with the bituminous coal miners will not eliminate the long-existing peril which has been. made clear to all in the anxious weeks that have brought large sections of the country to the verge of disaster. There must be put into ef fect permanent methods of dealing justly with the grievances of the mine workers and there must be devised a rational policy of mining and distributing coal throughout the year instead of in seasonal bursts of feverish activity. It has been successfully demonstrated that the supplying of coal to the nation is too vital an industry to be left at the mercy of the pas sion or the whim of a few men who recognize no duty to the American people. Politicians, coal mine operators and trade union leaders, no less than the great public, should be ready to concede that there must be provided just and orderly processes of settling disputes over wages and working conditions in the coal-mining industry. The peril of the present teaches a lesson that no people capable of self-government should fail to apply effectively to meet demonstrated needs. Chicago News. Our Friend, the Snake There seems to be born into the average human being an aversion for the snake. Despite this fact there is a movement on foot, almost world wide in its scope, to stop the destruction of harmless snakes, because they feed on insects and their larvae, moles, house and field mice, and other plant and vegetable enemies. In this country, California was the first to start in the movement. . On the Pacific coast the most destructive agent of the crops, is the gopher, or ground squirrel. As soon as it was learned that the gopher snake lived solely on the gopher, a state-wide campaign was started to protect the snake. Then two or three of the eastern states were aroused to the fact that their agricultural interests were aided through the protection of native snakes. The mole, which is such a menace to the. lawn, garden and crops, can only be annihilated by the snake. The rats, carriers of contagious diseases, ter ror of the poultry raiser and wholesale de stroyer of all sorts of grain, are a delicacy to the snake. ' The poisonous varieties of snake can be de tected often before being seen by the peculiar, nauseating cucumber-like odor. As a rule no snake will bite a human being unless first at tacked. Comparatively few varieties of north ern snakes are poisonous. The Thrift Magazine. Tin nan Wm P.1rvrBf SAW v wwvseawa Henry E. Maxwell, attorney-at-law, born 1866. v P. A. Wells, attorney-at-law, born 1867. Rudyard Kipling, "the soldiers' poet," born at Bombay, India (of English parentage), 54 years ago. . Prof. Stephen Leacock ot McCjill university, widely, known as a writer, born in England 50 years ago. 1 Simon Guggenheim, prominent capitalist and one-time senator from Colorado, born In Phil adelphia 52 years ago. . ' Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat, prominent of ficer of the United States army, born in Maine 60 years ago. Thirty Years Ago In Omaha. The Apollo club gave its eighth concert at Boyd's Opera house. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Gavin. " Mrs. Dundy gave a beautiful reception for Miss Dundy. ' A meeting was held at the Newman Metho dist Episcopal church on St. Mary's avenue by Mrs. Woodward to organize a Woman's Chris tian Temperance union, " , School Government for Nebraska. Mullen,- Neb.. Dec. 26. To the Editor of The Bee: May I discuss for a moment the. proposed "revision of th state plan of education" as presented by the committee, of the State Teachers' association. The adoption of this amendment to ths constitution would bring about a very radical change In our wnole educational system, especially as regards the common schools and normals. Why should we of Nebraska make this change, taking duties and re sponsibllitles away from the people. at this of all times when the world is struggling to bring governments closer to the people. I will quote the beginning of section 2. "The State Department of Education shall be controlled by a state board of edu cation composed of seven citizens appointed by the governor " Why appoint this important board ? Two farmers' organizations nave already passed resolutions rec ommending a board of education to be elected by the people, one from each congressional district and one at large. Is it not strange that the people who sacrificed so much in the struggle to make men free should face a proposition to deprive them of a vital part of that freedom, the right to keep close to the power in wnose hands they commit the great est of all institutions, our system of public schools. Notice further sec tion S. "The state board of educa tton shall appoint a state commls sloner of education and fix his com pensation and term of office, and en force the latos of the state relating to education." This paragraph elim inates the office of state superin- tenaent. But it remains to find in section 6 the proposition which if adopted would transform our counties into little "Irelands" of dissension, and I say that with no disrespect to Ire land, but In compassion for the fix into which she has been drawn. I refer to these words: "The state legislature shall pro vide for the general election of a board of education for each city district, a county board ot educa tion for each county district, and shall classify school corporations and grant powers to them. Each county district board of education shall have general supervision and control of the public school system of the county except in city school districts, as shall be denned by law. City and county boards of education shall have separate authority in the ad ministration of the schools in the districts under their control." Under the above provisions we would neither elect the state super intendent nor the county superin tendents. One board would be given the control of all the schools In the county except the city schools. In short, here is the "county unit" plan of school management, beautifully "sandwiched" in this amendment I just want to call your attention to this fact. It is well, some times, to know what we are swallowing for we may need an antidote. However, it may be wise in this instance to take the "antidote" first. W.H. CAMPBELL. MUCH IN LITTLE. German experimenters are trying out electrical machinery for cutting peat Alcohol is being made from cal-. cium carbide at a rate of about 12,-' 000,000 gallons a year at a Swiss plant j Numerous advantages are claimed. for a recently patented watch that has a clamp to fasten It to a tele phone. Apparatus that massacres women's throats with sprays of water to im-. prove tneir contour has been lny vented. The sale of intoxicating drinks was prohibited in England as early as the reign of the Saxon King Edgar, who closed hundreds of ale houses. , The earliest exports of cotton seed from America were made in 1785, in which year one bag was sent from Charleston to Liverpool, while 12 were sent fom Philadelphia and one from New Tork. It is a great saving of coal to store it in a dry place, well protected On all sides from the weather. Coal left out of doors, exposed to the weather for, say, a month, loses about one third of its heating quality. Perhaps you believe the story told of a frugal housewife, living near Bar Harbor, who ran her kitchen range from October to May on one and one-quarter tons of coal and never once in that time let the fire go out. Mrs. Julia Whitaker, 74, of Gosh en, Ind., widow of Welcome Whit aker, a Goshen manufacturer, has been remarried to W. W. Ward, 74, of Terry, N. T., from whom she was divorced about 89 years ago. They will go to Florida on their sec ond honeymoon. According to the most reliable li formation, there is now at Marseille from 12,000 to 14,000 tons of gra phite. This amount Is relatively large on account of the fact that large shipments detained for a long time at Port Said are now being received. For that reason the amount on hand is likely to Increase still more, as it is understood the local market Is very weak at pres ent. A census taken on May 4, 1918, showed that there were 1,418,070 white Inhabitants in the Union of South Africa on that date, as com pared with 1,276,242 in 1911. This is an increase of 141,828, or 11.1 per cent; and of this increase 42,198 were males and 99,630 females. The density of the white population was thus 2.9 per square mile. It Is es timated that the density of the col- I nrfid noniildtlon was 11. K ner urmnrfli mile. For. Boys to Make . Handicraft A Creeper for Gangs. By GRANT M. HIDE. If father likes to take care of his own car, as many car-owners do, he has probably often wished that he knew of some seheme to make easier the work of getting under to reach out-of-the-way grease-cups on the chassis. Why not build him a "creep er," like those the mechanics use in the repair shops or rather a wood en imitation of the spring affairs thev use? The creeper should be made strongly and of good sound wood clear-grained pine, yellow pine, cypress, or anything else that is handy for lather is heavy. lhe stock for the frame-work should be For-Girls to:Meke Homecraft FT a lf' 4n. wood, 4 or 5 in. wide (B and B are 18 in. long; A and A are 36 in. long.) Fasten the joints with screws. The platform on top should be made of some lighter boards, about lA-in. thick, taken from gro cery boxes strong but flexible enough to bend a little. For wheels, get four strong fur niture castors preferably with metal wheels at the hardware store. Select castors that have locking devices which drive into the holes first and keep the castors from fall ing out. Bore holes for the castors in the frame-work at C, C, C, and C before you nail down the top boards. A head-rest will be a much-appre ciated addition to the creeper for father will tell you that his neck gets tired when he is working un der the car. The standard (D) for the head-rest should be cut out of a 2x4, and should be about a foot long, slanted so as to hold the rest about 4 in. above the creeper. The crosspiece should be a 1-in. board, 5x8 in., covered with cotton-stuffed cloth. As it is often handy to take off the head-rest for certain kinds : of jobs, fasten it to the creeper with two long stove bolts. (Next week: Cheese Box Work Stand.") BojV and Girl' Nawipapor Sorvlce. Copyright, by J. H. Millar. Privilege of War. Members of the Surrey Volun teers on being disbanded were told that they could keep their overcoats on payment of one pound. It is hoped that they may .also be al lowed a share ia the next war on payment of their entrance fee. Lon don Punch. DAILY CARTOONETTE. I'M jTUST r5 EXCITED R5 RKIU RB0UT CHRtSTMM I rUtUAYS $ET A Biq-SURPRISE"! - -1 123 mam WD HE DID Spirit of the Home. And after you build beyond a cer tain point you are building away from the home idea entirely. Sim plicity, warmth, sympathy, love make the home, and pile on lux ury and formality too much and you'll kill It. Houston Post Never Find It. Tolerance is one of the keystones of our creed, and we intend to spend the rest of our life trying to think of some kind word that we can con scientiously say about Mr. Burleson Way to Success. Too much idleness is a dangerous thing; drink deep of the industrial spring. Collective bargaining will never develop an Edison or a Schwab. Houston Post IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. Doctor How oan I do anything (or yea If you tlll prUt In iinoklnsT ''That' what I'm paying y ta find out." LIf. Sh Now bo rood. Ha I'll bo good for a kin. Sh You can't com to m unit you ar good for nothing. Michigan Oar goyle. Walter (In lower Main tret restaurant) The steak 1 all to the good today, mister. Customer Fetch mo a (mall tndrloln, not very rare. Walter (bawling to cook) On road houae! Buffalo Expreas. ( "I fear your parent don't ear for mo. Tour father ald ho would mop op the floor with me." j "And what did mother eyT" "Said she was glad to see him for once evince a wllllngrneaa to aaelat In th house cleaning.ii LouUville Courier-Journal. "How do you like that olgar I gave you, oM man? For 200 band off that brand they give you a gramophone." "You don't aay I It I amoked lot of those cigar I wouldn't want a gramo phone; I'd want a harp." Tlt-Blts. "I bet I know what make slater wear her hair bunched down over her ears," said the small boy. "Do you?" replied th affabl young man. "Ye. But I aln t goln to telL Only If my ear were big a inters I a do something Ilk that myself. Washington star. "When you wer a boy did you snjoy reading anout pirates?" "Yea," replied Mr. Orimpson, "but IP different now." "How so?" "When I read about pirate In th nw papers these day I get o mad I want to go out and ahed the life blood of every profiteer I can lay my hand on." Bir mingham Age-Herald. "Your Intellectual friend anjoye'd th movies?" ".She seemed to, and I must give hr credit for one thing." "What la that?" "Although she know considerably mor about, Latin and Oreek than shs does about making a pie. she refrained from calling attention to the grammatical mis takes in the sub-titles." Birmingham Age-Herald. New Year's Party Costume. By CAROLYN SHERW1N BAILEY. Don't worry because it is the night before the New Year's party, and your dress isn't ready. You can make a lovely costume using home materials, cheesecloth, cotton batting sitiched with black yarn to look like ermine, old silkoline curtains for flowered silk, castoff burlap or de nim for huntsman's things and gilt and silver paper for crowns and jewels. The Snow Queen. , Wear a white dress and over it a long white cloak made of an old sheet edged with the cotton batting ermine. Sprinkle the fur with frost powder. Tufts of cotton, also frost ed, should be caught to the cloak. A string of white or glass beads and a stiff white paper crown covered with cotton wool with small silver paper stars pasted on at intervals completes the snow queen's dress. Mistress Time. Study a picture of the ancient Greeks that shows the long tunic like dress of the girls with its bor der in the form of a fret. Make yourself a tunic of heavy cheesecloth and paste on a border cut from gilt paper. Do 'your hair in a Grecian twist and wear a band of yellow rib bon that comes down over your forehead. Carry an hour glass or a small sickle. The Spirit of the Woods. A skirt of dark burlap or denim, a white blouse and a girdle of moss green, velvet make the foundation for the costume. Trim the border increases itreflgHi t! Pehcate, perrous, run-down people in two weeks' time in many instances. Used end highly en dorsed by former United States Senators snd Members of Congress, well-known physicians and former Public Health offi cials. Ask your -doctor or druggist shout ft. Owl Drug Co., Sherman MeConnaU. DOT PUZZLE. 27 ,2b.2S tftsJi 23 - Yf a. 6a 18 lb 4. 8' 7- i. How man can play at this gsme? Why . . v Draw from on to two, and so on to tht end. bf the skirt with artificial holly and wear a wreath of it Carry a bunch of evergreens or wear a spray of pine. The tpirit of the Hearth. This is for the dark-haired girl who can wear flame-color. Cover an old red dress with crimson tulle or the red tarleton on sale at holi day time, 'The covering should be full enough so that it will move like the fire it represents, and a painted border of yellow will give it the ap pearance of flames. A long string of black wooden beads typifies the coals of the hearth. Use the big wooden kindergarten beads, staining them black. And do make yourself a cricket to perch on your shoulder. iis body is cotton batting, covered with black crepe paper, and his legs are hat wire, wound with black silk and bent into shape. (Next week: "The New Painted Furniture.") Boys and Girls' Newspaper servle. Copyright, 1919, by J. H. Millar. No Orders Go With Him. Italy has retired 12,000 army offi cers by official decree, but even if d'Annunzio is included he probably won't pay any attention to It Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wouldn't Take Iiong. We have been wondering for a week or two iow long It would have taken a bunch of raragraphers to decide to accept an advance of 14 per cent. Marion Star. Trip to Woodshed Necessary. Past experience has not provided much encouragement for hopes that Carranza can be reached by meth ods of kind persuasion. Washington Star. What Is It? ' Exchange goes lower every hour, but Inasmuch as nobody knows anything about exchange and never feels the difference, what of It? Washington Post "BUSINESS IS COOP THANK YOW LV. Nicholas Oil Company f Sue Mew Yeair annd The First N&tiraal "For the sixty-fourth consecutive year the First National Bank wishes its patrons and the entire citizenship of Omaha a Happy New Year. Sixty-four years of active service, without merger or consolidation, is a record of which we feel justly proud. That the First is the oldest National bank in Ne braska means much, but to us the fact that today we face the new year with a strong organiza tion, combining all the elements necessary to meet the banking needs of each individual, busi ness or corporation, means much more. We hear much these days about individual attention. It takes a big organization of spe cialists in their par ticular lines, backed by ample finances, to ren der individual service. The First is happy in the dawn of this new year to offer you such a combination. In wishing you a Happy New Year, the First National will do all in its power this com ing year to make this wish come true. Happy New Year! First National iBank of Omaha Street Floor Entrance Either Farnam or Sixteenth Street Door Established 1857 V