THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY
1920.
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, 1 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
cow's.
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of
inefficiency lawlessness and corrup
( tion in office.
4w Frank recognition and commendation
of honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation, of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
The American Legion is American first.
, ...5
Anything wrong with Omaha's building pro
gram? Why not appoint a commission to settle
navy medal matter? '
I Maeterlinck is going to tackle the occult.' He
ought to be good at that.
; Tha army retail store having found perma
nent quarters, business may now proceed.
So dear old Yuma rad a cloudy day! What
B relief to the denizens of that sun-baked spot
on the map.
Kolchak proposes to cede a portion of Si
beria to Japan. Why not throw in the moon
as lagniappe?
It affords little consolation to the victim of
a footpad to reflect that other cities are' having
their crime waves.
The United States is no longer represented
on the supreme bench council. And yet the
world still wags on. ,
'Two-pomt-seventy-nve' is down for the
jj count, the supreme court having administered
the final punch. ,,
Afunrer the census man's i questions
promptly; they are for the government, and
not for private use.
Turks are going to try to unify their lan
gauga. They have been long enough about
adopting civilized ways. ,
Mexico is so accustomed to being shaken
up by revolution that it takes considerable
earthquake to get attention.'
Senator Borah may have a pup called
"League of Nations," but that fact is not likely
to change his attitude in the senate.
Wheat and flour exports were less for 1919
than for the year before, a suggestion that the
world is not looking to America entirely for its
bread, s
The government expert on the trend of liv
ing costs does not agree with "Mitch" Palmer
as to the coming tumble in prices. One of them
I is Hght. a
. President Gray having gotten well settled in
bis office, ;somebody ought to remind him of
the long deferred promise of a new passenger
station for Omaha.
Cutting the garment to fit the cloth is occu
lt Pymg ine attention ot ine city comnnsMOiicra
just now, they being engaged in the annual puz-
ile of dividing the income between the several
departments. Taxpayers will get the bad news
later.
What Started the Trouble
In the encouragement of certain classes of
labor to demand unreasonable wage scales the
government must share part of the blame, for
its wartime policy of paying big wages for little
work, and yielding to almost every demand of
workers on war jobs, has had no little to, do
with unsettling the industrial situation and giv
ing many people false conceptions pf the value
of their services.
For -instance, the Manufacturers' Record
comrnents on the fact that riveters, white and
black, in some of the government shipyards
were paid $29 per day, while some Mississippi
negroes who had never earned over $12.50 per
week in their lives were paiq on government
work at $60 per week.
The record of fabulous wages paid in muni
tions factories and other government-controlled
war plants is familiar to all.
The result of this sudden and abnormal raise
in wage scales by the government was to force
other industries to hoist wages or close up."
That process of wage raises and consequent
price raises was thus begun, which has continued
until it has created a serious situation for the
great mass of unorganized people, who are em
ployed, neither by the government nor the big
industries which pass their fcosts along to the
people. , '
It must be admitted, of course, that the gov
ernment's work had to be done, jbut at the same
'time it is apparent now that the government
was.not'firm enough in resisting the demands
of people which frequently were unreasonable,
and that it was unwise, even in an emergency,
to squander money as it did in its preparations
for war. -
v AH this has contributed to the high cost of
Jiving. Houston rosU
FORECAST OF THE END.
In the decision of the supreme court on the
2.75 per cent beer may be descried the end of
the wet resistance to the eighteenth amend
ment Insofar as the decision applies, to
malt liquor with reduced "alcoholic content,
it is not of transcendent importance! The
broader question of the right of, congress to
suppress liquor traffic is squarely decided in the
affirmative, Justice Brandeis writing the de
cision, it being concurred in by all members of,
the court save Justice McReynolds, who merely
raises the point that the amendment has not
yet gone into effect.
This result may be accepted as in some way
anticipating the case brought by the state - of
Rhode Island. One of the points raised in that
case is the free exercise of4he. right, of religious
worship. That might be extended without any
violation of its principle, to include all sump
tuary legislation. . If that point wee conceded,
then the matter of prohibition or the regulation
of the liquor traffic would be returned to the
slates, subject to the comity existing between
states, and the constitutional right of the con
gress -to regulate interstate commerce. But
the Brandeis opinion says the right ofcongress
to suppress the liquor traffic is not anMmplied
power, but a power specifically granted.
.Carrying this to its logical conclusion, the
right to prohibit the manufacture or sale of
alcoholic liquors does not finally lie in the
hands of the states, but in the fedryal government.-
Other arguments resting'on state rights
will be presented to the court, but this latest'
opinion seems very clearly to foreshadow an
extended dry spell over the United States.
The Two-Thirds Rule
The Legion and the Labor Unions.
Radical labor leaders art taking a dangerous
path. In denouncing the American Legion as
a "tool of capitalism" and threatening to expej
all members who wear the button of a Legion
aire, theyare undermining the unions they mis
represent, whether they realize it or not. The
A. E. F. did not divide on the point of union
or nonunion; it was made up of men of Amer
ica, without distinction. Thousands of mem
bers of trades unions went out with other thou:
sands who did not belong to trades unions, and
side by side they marched and fought, doing the
duty and the drudgery, sharing the dangers and
enduring the privations as comrades. Now they
have come back, knit just a little closer to
gether because of their common experience. InJ
the army the nuan who never worked stood
alongside of the man who always toiled, and
there sprung up an understanding neither had
had before. Out of that has blossomed a spirit
that means good for America. Pretended lead
ers of labor who hope to destroy' this feeling
to further their own selfish ends are but invit
ing the destruction. The American Legion is
not a tool of capitalism, but an agency of pa
triotism, just as socialism is an enemy of the
country through its professions of internation
alism. Labor unions grew enormously in mem
bership and strength during the war, because
of the abnormal conditions. If they want to for
feit all they have gained, they have only to fol
low the advice of the mouthy radicals who pro
pose to expel American Legionaires from the
anions.
. From the New York Times.
An attempt, it is said, will be made at the
democratic national convention to do away
with the rule requiring a two-thirds vote to
nominate the candidates for president and vice
president. In a republican convention it takes
only a majority to nominate. The argument for
the two-thirds rule, is that it more surely ascer
tains the real choice of the delegates than does
a nomination by majority, but in practice one
rule woks out much like the other in that re
spect" Under either rule the man the delegates
want nearly always gets the nomination.
The chief objection to the two-thirds rule is
that it leads to deadlocks which result in the
nomination of some dark horse whom nobody
really wants. But here, again, the fact is that
dark horse nominations are pretty nearly as
common in republican conventions, under the
majority rule, as in democratic conventions un
der the two-thirds rule. The same thing may
be said of the opportunity afforded under the
different rules for back-stairs combinations and
deals. This, At is reported, is one of the chief
arguments to be advanced by those democrats
who seek a change. There was never a conven
tion where there was more pf this log rolling
than that of the republicans in 1888, which was
governed by the majority rule. To find a real
parallel one would have to go back to the dem
ocratic -convention pf 1868.
In democratic conventions the unit rule, by
which each state delegation casts its votes in a
block, usually accompanies the two-thirds ruta
For instance, in the convention of 1912, the
singular spectacle was presented of a ujart of
the New York delegation working tooth and
nail for Wilson and yet 6eeing their votes cast
for Clark, the majority of the delegation hav
ing decided in the speaker's favor. In the, same
convention, however, Nebraska was not gov
erned by the unit rule and split her vote ac
cording to Mr. Bryan's wishes until he finally
decided to come out for Wilson, when she cast
her vote as a unit. That was a case in which
Clark appeared to be the choice of a majority
for many ballots, but it was only in appearance;
the unit rule made, over to him many votes
which properly belonged, to Mr. Wilson. After
a long deadlock, caused more by the unit rule
than byr the two-thirds rule, Mr. Wilson forged
ahead in spite of both, and the deadlock was
broken.
' We read that some of the democrats who
are advocating a change are apprehensiev that
the two-thirds rule will give Mr. Bryan a chance
to stampede the convention for himself or an
other. Mr. Bryan has never been successful as
a wirepuller. His efforts in that line were most
conspicuous at the convention of 1904, and the
Ucombinations he then attempted to make were
amaieurisn. jt me convention ot ivi; ne was
a favorite with the delegates, hut although it
was his last-minute stand for Mr. Wilson that
brought about the nomination, it was not done
by any special skill he showed, in making dick
ers. A good deal more ability in back-stairs
work has been shown by republicans in conven
tions where only a majority was required to
nominate.
The true argument against the two-thirds
rule is that it does not in truth accomplish the
purpose which it pretends to attain. It does
not ascertain the will and intention of the dele
gates any more surely than the majority rule
does. It sometimes leads to prolonged ballot
ing to reach a result that could be attained much
more simply by the majority rule. .. The repub
lican conventions work muclurnore stnoothly, as
a general thing, than the democratic. As for
machinj influence, it has as much or as little
power in one convention as in the other.
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No Place for Racial Grouos. . ,
When America was called upon to enter the
war, astonishment was expressed by many pa
triotic citizens at the existence of the racial
groups among our heterogenous population. It
was discovered, that residence in this country
hade not made Americans out of many who
had come here from abroad, and even among
their descendants loyalty -was divided and al
legiance to a foreign power took precedence
over fealty to the home land. The outcry that
wen! .up against the hyphen was general, and in
the wave of patriotic fervor that followed many
plans for the complete Americanization of all
were set under way. Some of these persist.
But the racial group also persists, fed on senti
ment and thriving on agitation. This is wrong.
Americans, should feel that their devotion can
not be divided. If they can not leave domestic
problems for foreign governments to be fet
tled by them, they have missed the great pur
pose of true Americanism. 1 .
With all due regard to the doctrine of ""self
determination," which contains the germ of
much mischief, the mission of this country is
first of all to secure the liberties and happiness
of its own people: We have enough of serious
problems of our own to settle without taking on
the bickerings and hereditary feuds of Europe,
"self-determination, if it means anything, means
that a people is to decide for itself, without
outside interference.
This carries with it aij ' implication that
Americans should keep hands off. Where we
are directly concerned as a nation, as in the
case of the war with Germany and Austria, we
will defend ourselves to the utmost. But until
foreigners who come here and"; their descendants
can find it in their hearts to drop the hyphen,
and forget all allegiance savethat they owe to
the United States, our institutions will be in
constant jeopardy.
Keeping Track of Disease.
- The proposed new .health ordinance, sug
gested by the city health commissioner, has be
hind it a reasonable purpose to safeguard the
cdmmunity. Including a number, of diseases,
such as whooping cough, that are not strictly
quarantinable, the new regulations merely look
to greater circumspection. The presence of an
epidemic of any sort is more than a menace,
because it is a proof that carelessness has pre
vailed somewhere. So far as disease . of ' any
sort' is ipreventable, its existence means that
someone has been culpable. Neglect in this
regard m a city is the more blameable, for it
involves others than, the immediate victim. If
by care the danger can be lessened, all are con
tributing to the public good by promptly re
porting, any form of sickness that is easily
communicable.' On the doctors themselves the
greatest responsibility rests, but patients should
not think they are being singled out for sur
veillance. Strict watchfulness is the price of
good health in a modern city.
When asked what reconsidered the outstand
ing result of the battle of Jutland, Admiral Jel
licoe replied, "Scapa Flow." And that just
about tells the story. Of all the inglorious
pages of history, that of the German navy is
the gloomiest.
Socialists object to raids on radicals, but
the public will very likely endorse the move
ment to return to Russia those demented in
dividuals who do not appreciate our style of
runping -things. i ..
Stambuliwski Against
Radoslavoff
Bulgaria's apologists in America hold that
the Balkan 'kingdom was rushed into war
against its will by the impelling force of King
Ferdinand and Premier Ratfeslavoff. It is cer
tain that there was in 1915 a strong anti-German
party in Bulgaria. All the pro-Russian Bul
garians were strongly against the German alli
ance, while there was a considerable element
opposed to intervention on either side of the
world conflict. The dominance of Ferdinand
and. Radoslavoff was not to be gainsaid, how
ever, and Bulgaria was committed to, a policy
which the whole nation now bitterly regrets.
Inasmuch as the war sentiment was far from
unanimous in Bulgaria , it was possible, after
the signing of the armistice, to set up a Bulgarian-government
which, if not pro-ally, was
at least strongly anti-war. Radoslavoff' s suc
cessor as premier is M. Stambuliwsky, who op
posed the war so strongly that he was subject
to persecution during the years of - Bulgaria's
belligerency. Now Stambuliwsky, reacting to
the demands of his partisans, insists that both
Ferdinand, the ex-king, and Radoslavoff, the
ex-premier, together with some lesser friends
, of Germany, be placed on trial before a Bul
garian court. He has Kadoslavort at hand ana
he intends to demand the extradition of Ferdi
nand, who is. sojourning in Germany. Cleve
land Plain Dealer. .
Money and Value
TJie person who doesn't know much about
monetary science finds certain facts s which
puzzle, him. If he has among his soayenirs,
for Instance, a perfectly good trade dollar,
plainly stamped "420 grains," he may find it
refused if he attempts to use it as legal tender.
It is quoted in the coin market at something
less than half a dollar. Yet he knows that an
ounce of silver, which contains only 480 grains,
is worth on the market upward of $1.36. The
silver in that coin, then, has a market value of
about $1.20. 1 '
Or perhaps he got "stuck" with a coin of
Canada, containing a less abundant weight of
silver, but practically equal to United States
coins of the same denomination; it is refused
or he has to pass it at a discount. Yet this also
has more than its face value tof silver.
Silver that two years ago was worth blny 50
cents an ounce is today , headed for $1.40 an
ounce,- apparently. Knowing that Wnen silver
is at $1.30 or higher there is money in melting
any of our coins for the , metal, our financial
powers are worried. At any time they may
wake up to discover that silver currency has
disappeared from circulation. There's more
money in it than appears on the face of it.
Hartford Times. .
llie City of Bedlam.
Fremont. Neb., Jan. 2. To the
hditor of The Bee: Yonder is a
city, beautiful for situation, and
every prospect pleases and only
every class or group is intent to
make all the resi discard their own
languages and customs, and each
class is working to have its civiliza
tion chosen. HJnce every section
speaks a different language, and
each Utnguago group puts forth
every effort to conduct the principal
societies and the varied business in
terests; even each class has its own
system of weights and measures and
money system, and the group most
benefited is the exchanger. Thus
there is a continual strife and verita
ble warfare in that city of Bedlam.,
some ot our towns are built up on
that plan in America, and these class
divisions have been nurtured,, bring
ing such a derangement that imbit
ters lives, contorts minds, retards
growth, hinders progress and ob
viates happiness.
What that city of Bedlam needa Is
that in all matters of common in
terest, all classes speak the , lan
guage of the nation, this require
ment being enforced in the schools
as well as in all places, and societies
relating to public welfare leaving
each class to use its class tongue at
the family hearth, and where such a
group may obtain; but the national
tongue is the public necessity. Such
a Bedlam is the world, each of the
national groups endeavoring to foist
upon tha rest of the world its lan
guage, systems, culfure, and even
willing to pjunge into open war to
gain this end. As in the city Bed
lam, the national tongue is neces
sary, so is the international language
necessary for all international
intercourse, leaving each tongue its
home nald, for would it not be far
lucre reasonable, for all to learn an
easy, logical language, than to try
to acquire two or more Of the racial
tongues, and then it is only the ex
ception that one gets a thorough
working knowledge in two or more
languages.
The world is one family and to
fraiernize there must be a medium
of thought exchange and the adop
tion of such features as will be logi
cal and helpful to all, as the metric
system, phonetic alphabets' for our
racial groups, an international money
system.; Why should any race or
class be unwilling to accept some
thing logical, systematic, time saving
ajid efficient and ready to discard er
ratic' and antiquated systems, if it is
not to blindly seek to maintain a
false patriotism? "Abhor that which
is evil and cleave to that which is
good. CHARLES P. LANG.
For Girls to Make
Homecraft
Painting Furniture.
By CAROLTN SHERWIN BAItBTj
Getting Ready.
Snowy January days are just right
for doing the new furniture decorat
ing. Painted furniture is rare and
expensive. Why not paint your own?
All you need is a paint scraper, a
sheet of sandpaper, shellac and pre
pared paint of the colors you want,
a coarse and a fine brush, and some
of your school stencil patterns.
If it is an, old chair or table, re
move the paint or varnish, first, with
the scraper, and afterward smooth
it down with sandpaper, r
The First Steps.
Before painting, wood needs a
coat or two of filler. Your shellac
acts as filler. Put it in quickly, for
it dries in a jiffy and you do' not
want it to dry in streaks. After
one coat of shellac has dried, sand
paper the surface lightly and apply
another. Keep this up until all the
cracks in the woo are filled.
Colors and Painting.
It will be only fun to paint your
furniture. Select white, yellow, blue,
The Day We Celebrate.
Marshall Eberstein, chief of police, born
1859.
Ole Hanson, former mayor of Seattle, known
for his aggressive Americanism, born in Racine
county, Wisconsin, 46 years ago.
' . Henry E. Dixey, one of the best known
actors of the American , stage, 'born in Boston
61 years ago. . .
Adeline Genee, world famous dancer, born in
Aarrhuus, Denmark, 44 years ago. ,
Samuel Rayburn, representative in congress
of the Fourth Texas district,' born in Roane
county, Tennessee, 38 years ago.
Woodbridge, N. Ferris, former governor of
Michigan,aborn at Spencer, N. Y 67 years ago.
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Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. '
Mayor Cushirtg entered upon his term of
office as mayor, of Gmhaa. Retiring Mayor
Broatch introduced him at all the city offices.
Judge David J. Brewer was sworn in as as
sociate justice of the supreme court of the
United -States. ' . .
Rt Rev. Anson R. Graves, bishop of western
f Nebraska, -was a guest of his old college friend,
Mr. Philip Potter. .
At the competitive drill of the Omaha
guards, after a trial of 30 minutes, Sergeant
Fay for the second time won the medal.
Judge Lee Helsley made his first appearance
as police judge. He was well known as. an at
torney and had a long experience as a news
paper reporter.
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"Bible In the Schools."
Lyons, Neb.. Jan. 3. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: Seeing the article
in The Bee on "Bible in the Schools."
written by a former school teacher,
I thought I would write a short ar
ticle for your readers.
Terhaps many, have read my arti
cle on church. First of all, I believe
in one God and one church. We are
all striving for the same eternal
I 'lace. I believe in union services,
where people of the different church
es unite and worship God together.
1 believe the child should be taught
the Bible from' childhood and he will
never depart from its teachings in
the old saying," "Raise a child in the
way he shall go and he will seldom
depart from it."
I believe the father should act as
high priest in the home. I believe
in Bible reading in the schools for
this reason: Children who are not
taught the Bible in their homes often
become Christians in this way. There
are no doubt children attending pub
lic school who have never heard of
the Bible at home and who, on ac
count of the belief, of the parents,
do not go to church. Again the par
ents should set the example of right
living in the homes, as they cannot
expect their children to be what they
are not. Love must reign in the
home and children should respect
their parents and parents should re
spect their children if they expect to
be respected. I will say here that I
do not believe all non-churchgoers
are heathens.
Some of the best people I have
ever met were those who did not at
tend church, but they worshiped
God and did for their neighbors
what perhaps many church people
would not do. I do not believe we
should make the church a" society
center. I jlo not believe in1 serving
God and Mammon.
Rgardless of creeds, I believe In
Bible reading in the schools.
MART M. KENNARD.
"The Blot on the.Braln."
Omaha, Jan. 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: In the .letter of January
2 under the above caption Dr. E. C.
Henry has missed the whole point
of the laws in relation to capital
punishment so far as the principle
of capital punishment is intended
for the wilful killer, he who pre
meditates his act. Every protection
is thnown around the fcierson who
may have a "blot on the'brain." The
principle that the wilful killer is a
menace to an persons wim wuum
mal in all respects, he takes life for
his own selfish ends Even if con
fined, the Uvea of his keepers are in
constant danger Being normal, he
can Impose on others to secure his
freedom. And does, as has been
done in the Kirk case and in others
too numerous to mention.
The "whole duty of a jury in a
case of murder is to decide whether
the murderer is a wilful killer or
that he has a "blot on the brain."
The doctor now heads our legion of
men who went acioss the great wa
ters to decide if a race of wilful
killers should run amuck in the so
ciety of nations. They dM this to
protect the lives, homes and prop
erty of all men. It was the princi
ple of capital punlsHment applied on
a large scale. It had the sanction of
all reasonable men for its necessity.
And so should this principle have
the sanction and support of all men
when applied on the lesser scale.
A. A. SELDEN.
. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
"What aort of place la It?"
"One at thoae places where the climate
la all tHey've ot tp brag about." Detroit
Free Preaa. ' .
Baeira I oee old Turpln, the millionaire,
ta dead. Who rfre his principal helre?
Bogga Dr. Smlthton and Lawyer Is
lington. Judge.
"Thla ledy to looking for ruga. She
aaya AxmlnEter." v
Til ax him If I can find him, but I'm
new arqund , here." Louisville Courier
Journal. - t
"My wife hai a great acheme to aave
coal." i
WhaMe It?"
"Spend the winter In Florida." Kansas
City Jourl.
Landlady Why are you so happy today?
Boarder-I think It Is becauae I feel
quite young In contrast with thla chicken.
Houston Post.
"I've Just demanded more wagee."
"Why didn't you strike for leaa work?"
"Couldn't. Haven't ben doing any work
In the last six weeks." Washington Star.
"What do you think of Stevensons
'Travels W'.tU a Donkey?'"
..ah Hht nnt i, .inean't atimnara witn
the book I intend to write on 'Adventury
With an Army Mule.' " T om9
Sector. ...
"Whire la the biggest dam In the
world?" asked WllUe.
"I do not know where It la now. inv
son." replied maw. "but H was In our
cellar laat" night when your paw dropped
the only quart of whl'ky he ha -!
broke It" Cincinnati ngulrer.
or a soft green. All these colors
and more, too, come in the small
cans of ready-mixed paint. Apply
the paint with a large, thick brush
as evenly as you can. The thicker
the brush, the less apt the paint is
to spatter. Use two coats at least,
and let the paint dry thoroughly.
Putting on the Design.
Designed stencil 'patterns are to
he had at an art shop very cheaply.
Choose fruits or flowers.
The decoration of a chair is best
applied to the back and arms, that
of a table around the edge. Fasten
the cardboard stencil pattern se
curely with small thumb tacks to
the piece of furniture, and apply the
colors through the holes in the pat
tern, using a different brush, or a
clean one for each color. A fine
brush is necessary for this work, and
it is a good plan to have a cup of
turpentine handy in case the colors
run, or you want to clean your
brush quickly. Remove the pattern
carefully, and wur design of cher
ries, oranges, roses, daisies, or the
like is beautifully done on the col
ored background.
(Next week: "Stenciling Your
Curtains.")
- Copyright. 1J20, by J. H. Millar.
FROM HERE AND THERE.
Injections of turpentine can he
used to preserve wood from insects.
An efficiency of 83 per cent Is
claimed for a new motor fire engine
with a rotary pump.
To afford a stronger grip on wires
new pliers have handles that are
shaped like a pistol stock.
Successful experiments in growing
peanuts have been conducted In
Mesopotamia by Englishmen.
Light and power are supplied to
168 surrounding villages from, a sin
gle central station in Germany-
A patent has been granted to a
Chicago man for a tqpnis racket
press that also serves as a cover.
A vocational school for its em
ploye has been established in an
Idaho mine 1,400 feet underground.
In order to stop, as soon as pos
sible, the enormous influx of Aus
trian crown notes, the Serbian min
ister of finance has ordered imme
diate remarking of crown notes now
in circulation in Serbia.
French citizens proceeding from
Great Britain to France Rre no
longer obliged to have their pass
ports vised by British authorities,
and British 'subjects traveling from
France to Great Britain are exempt
ed from obtaining the vise.
Japan, was verging on a wool
famine during the recent war, and
as a result of this condition the
country has taken steps to encourage
sheep raising. The government of
Chosen recently incorporated the
sum of $n6,000 in the budget for the
he may come in contact Being nor- Kfiscal year of 1919, to be used in en-
couraging this industry,
The practice of conveying prison
ers to jail by airplane was begun in
San Francisco November 1, when
Ivan Gates, police aviator of the San
Francisco department, flew across
the bay to Alameda, and returned
with James M. Kelley. who had been
sentenced to six months in jail.
Dr. B. H. Warren is having a con
crete tree built on'his lawn at West
Chester, Pa., to provide homes for
birds. The tree Is upon a wire frame
15 feet high. Holes of different sizes
will lure birds to nest jtnd rest. At
the base of the tree will be a large
concrete bath to provide the guests
with running water at all times.
Imitation limbs on the "tree" will
give perching accommodations.
You May. Find
It In Stocking
Cincinnati authority says yor
troublesome corns just
loosen and fall off
Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns
or corns between the toes just
loosen in their sockets and fall off
the next day if you will apply di
rectly upon the corn a few drops oi
p drug called freezone, says a Cin
cinnati authority.
You merely put a drop or two of
this freezone on the tender, touchy
corn today and instantly the corn
stops hurting then tomorrow some
time you may find the old tortuous
pest somewhere- in your a stocking,
having fallen off entirely Without a
particle of soreness, pain or irrita
tion. The skin surrounding and be
neath the former corn .will be a3
healthy, pink and smooth as the
palm of your hand.
A quarter ounce of freezone is
sufficient to rid one's feet of every
corn and callus, and any druggist
will charge but a few cents for it
It is a compound made from ethe".
For Boys to Make
Handicraft
A Cheese Box Work-Backet.
By GRANT M. HYDE.
It is a long time since we have
built anything to assist mother in
her work. This week it is her turn,
and in this piece "of work we may
make good use of sister's help. -
Unless mother has one of those
expensive work-basket stands to
hold her mending and sewing, she
1 Jif H
has probably always wished she
had one. Perhaps we can make one
out of a cheese-box that she will
appreciate more than an elaborate
work-basket built In a factory.
The basket part is made of a
roJnd cheese-box which we can
easily secure at a grocery store.
They are all about the same diameter-
but differ in depth. For the
basket we should cut down the sides
to about five inches high. Don't
try to split this' curved wood but
use a fine saw after marking the
line carefully. '
Beforethe wofk goes further", we
shall ask sister to help us find.some
suitable cloth and cover the cheese
box inside and out, using carpet
tacks but placing them inside out
of sight. Then with some more of
the cloth and some tape we should
make rows of pockets for spools,
scissors, emery, wax, needle-book,
and other articles- which mother
usually has in her work basket.
' The four legs, which are about 30
inches long, should be made of
whatever material and in whatever
design our ingenuity prompts.
Neatly planed and varnished, 1x2,
hardwood strips would be the simp
lest. Heavy bamboo would serve.
With a lathe, we might turn spin
dles. If there is some worn out
furniture in the attic or cellar, some
ready-made spindles or legs may be
secured from that. When the legs
are finished, fasten them to the
cheese box with screws driven
from th inside, or with short iron
bolts.
The shelf should not be laid out
until after the legs arc in place sr
that its size and the notches for th
legs may be determined exactly
When it is finished, use long, slcii
der screws to hold it in place. Fin
ish the exposed woodwork with
plenty of varnish.
(Next week: "Swing rowing ma
chine.") Copyright. 120. by J. H. Millar.
RELEASED.
O never had we maater to aay ua yea or
nay.
Or ever hrarth or horns for which to
fight;
But when tha aound of rannnn ram
booming down th way
W,a joined tha columna marching day
and night.
Wa found It but a aullen thing, a bloody.
muddy mill
Wa Joined pa blithe advenlurera who
ought a freaher thrill,
Who dreamed of war aa aplendld a
flame;
That ground a grlat forevermore tlir
. aame.
And we who had been maaterlrss anl
free of foot and hand
Were bound by rule and discipline,
And kept to aoggy trenches that zig
zagged through tha land,
Or held tc clogging marches on ab
road, Tha youths from shop and office found
life a braver thing
Thin all their drab existence of 111-'
paat;
But he who knew the open trail, the fret
of winda In aprlng '
God, how wa hated war that bound in
fast!
And yet aninehow we stuck It out. perhnp
bet-aud4 we know
That If tlie world was conquered by lli
Hun,
There'd be no place for wanderers beneath
the vault of blue,
N'o road' for careless soula beneath tli"
aun,
Xut now but now 'tt'a over, the grent
world calls again
Before our feet the patha Rgaln ate
free;
There aren't eo many left of ua who cm'
were roving men.
But, Lord, there'a plenly left for us m
see! ,
Berton Braley In the Home ftector.
mas)k ss'r
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What Your Dollar
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Dollar of your earnings.
Look at it. Think
that it actually repre
sents a part of your life,
your strength, your
youth.
4
You can keep that
much of your life and
strength and. youth', or
you can spend it once
and it is gone forever.
In these t dollar-an-hour
days, every dollar
put in the bank is an
hour of your life kept
instead of being spent
and gone.
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and youth , into cash.
Opena Savings Account
now at the beginning of
the new year in the Sav
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Skin troubles need immediate
emu prujjcr micnuon
fait thinVinor trtv will rlia- TTm1.i. i: m
Doit' t wait thinkinzthev will dis.
, appear in time. Perhaps they will,
but in the meantime you are suffer
ing from the burning and itching,
and allowing your nerves to become
badly effected, when a little Resi
nol Ointment would doubtless re
lieve it ali '
Resi
TTn1a . .t: re . .
v.,., ic BK,n anecnon is caused
by some internal disorder, Resinol
Ointment uaually clears it away
because it contains harmless, and
soothing antidotes for such condi
tions. It can be wed easily for it if
so nearly flesh-colored it does not
attract attention. At all dmisis.
