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You should know that
Nebraska ranks fifth in wealth per
capita and third in number of
banks in proportion to population.
Why is an olive, anyhow?
; Who wrote the message to congress in De
cember? , '
Less than a good swift kick out of Europe
the Turk does not deserve.
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Expansion at Creighton "university is an
other sign of how Omaha is going ahead.
New Mexico also gets into line for suffrage,
bringing the gap down to the vanishing point.
"Brother Charley" Bryan knows where to
bring his hogs when he wants to market them.
Eastern brick and tile plants have orders
for a year ahead, which ought to encourage
Nebraska makers. s
secretary jucrcuun gives trie iarmcrs gouu
advice, wheriThe urges them to co-operate in
every way with the census.
Washington shows up with a whopping in
crease in population, but -watch it shrink wnen
the war workers all go home.
Mr, Hearst is entitled to credit for the serv
ice he did in stopping the grab of shipping,
which was proceeding so nierrily.
LaFollette is going to oppose Lenroot in
Wisconsin, but if he Ijas no more success than
the president did, the end is in sight
And we also hope the weather man will soon
exhaust his -stock of cold waves and not be
able to get a new supply this, spring.
"Tom" Marshall declines to discuss the Wilson-Lansing
episode. He has at least learned
discretion while serving as vice-president. '
That note on Fiume written by the president
In two hours has not yet' been dispatched.' It
evidently has taken some time to revise it
Did you, pitch your tuneful voice yesterday?
If not come on the song for today is "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic." and everybody
knows the air. '
k. Nebraskia state bankers ought to be eag.r
tt, support the charges they have made against
the Federal Reserve agents.. Passing the buck
will not help now v
Air mail from Omaha to Chicago is all ready,
except the flying machines, and they "are tn the
wav. This will be' sad news for both Minneapo
lis and Kansas City.
Demand for4 automobiles is said to be in
terfering with steel supply for building pur
poses'.' Which would you rather do, ride or see
another sky-scraper go up?
The railroad tyll went through the house all
right, its engineer and conductor managing to
find a track through the maze of obstructed
switches. It ought to have equal luck in the
senate.
Distribution of t'ne school fund increment
among the several districts of the state again
reminds ns of the wisdom of the founders who
... . . v i - e . f
provided lor tne nanasome "endowment 01 me
eucational system. '
' Fort Omaha is commencing to blossom
forth with signs of it, real 'importance as a
near time balloon school. It did snlendid work
during the war, and may be depended upon to
Continue that record. - ' .
A billion dollars will be spent on road im
provement inNthe United States this year. In
time we will reach a point where the blase
traveler will no longer tell us of the superiority
of European highways.
v The Edwards invasion of Nebraska is likely
. f i; it:. 1 . i
to prove a, ooomerang ior mm. jtis vmy noyc
for success is in sowing dissension among the
democratic brethren, instead of producing the
harmony the party so sadly needs. As a predic
tion we venture that if Nebraska's delegation
goes to Isan Francisco instructed for a choice
for president it will be for Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
Women Get Into Politics
PEACE COMING NEARER.
With .Borah and Johnson leading on the
glittering but no longer numerically impressive
hosts of irreconcilable opposition, the' Treaty
of Versailles took one step nearer to final dis
position in the senate, when by a vote of 45
to 20 the first of the Lodge reservations was
readopted. It now seems reasonably certain
that within a very short time, maybe the middle
of March, the treaty will be ratified with reser
vations substantially such as are embodied in
the so-called Lodge category. Also, it is becom
ing more and more apparent that the president
is now reconciled to the "prospect of having the
clearly outlined definitive reservations made a
part of the document.
Events in Europe have taken a turn de
cidedly favorable to the -American position. In
conserving that Germany shall try thejnen ac
cused of high and low crimes connected with
the war, the Allies have materially modified
one of the important provisions of the treaty.
The situation thus developed is indicative of
a. receding wave of resentment, the subsidence
of popular indignation, due to the more im7
hiediate and pressing pTobleins of domestic life
in the several nations, all" in a measure turning
for settlement on the speedy adjustment of ex
ternal affairs. '
Sober second thought is having its natural
effect. Projects that seemed paramount twelve
months ago have been brought down to nor-1
mal size now, and are viewed more directly in
their relations to the general life of the world,
and their proportions are therefore better un
derstood. This does not mean that the idea!
of general peace and prosperity' for mankind
has been lost to view, but that the approach
to it will be along a way that will bear the
beat of humanity's marching feat, and not
through a morass of uncertainty, lighted only
by a mirage beyond and a will-o'-the-wisp be
low. The senate -of the United States may have
tried the patience of some of the enthusiasts,
but its statesmanship is proving constructive
instead of destructive, and out of it is coming
not only safety, but good for all the world.
Turkey Should Be Ousted From Europe.
A tentative decision on part of the supreme
council of the Allies that Turkey will be left
in possession of Constantinople has aroused
a storm of protest in Great Britain, twhich is
certain to reach equal volume in this country.
Almost six centuries have passed since the cres
cent replaced the cross on St. Sophia. During
the greater part of that time Christian nations
around the head of the Mediterranean, the Cas
pian and Black seas, the Danube, and over to
the Adriatic have felt the. oppression of the
Mussulman. Three times Russia has been at
the door of the sultan, and thrice turned back
because of "the interposition of England and
Germany. Tie Balkan coalition, just before
the war broke out, had the Turk broken and in
flight, and again the powers intervened. The
Turk has remained in Europe solely because
the great nations of Europe have willed that
he should.
Careful study of the situation as developed
does not indicate immediate danger of a re
ligious war. The effort of the sultan to pro
claim a jehad 1915 fell flat. Mohammedans
in Egypt, Morocco, India, Mesopotamia, the
Philippines, all over the world, havecome to
understand they have no.cause to fear the pow
erful Christian nations, and they know how
little advantage to the cause of their religion
is the continued presence of the sultan at Con
stantinople, the city founded by the Roman
emperor,! who gave Christianity its official
standing before Mohammed had preached his
first sermon.
The Turk is objected to, not because of his
religion, but because of his political and eco
nomic condition. Seljuk and Kalmuk alike, Ot
toman or otherwise, he is not a builder. The
only important cities he occupies' were built be
fore he came. He destroyed more than he ever
erected; he has1 not developed commerce or in
dustry; his political ways are those of bar
barous despotism and in all things he is back
ward. To continue him astride the Dardanelles,
now so important to the world, is to continue
what John Fiske denominated "the greatest
crime of the ages." Much of whatever good
can' come from this war will be forfeited if the'
y Turk is not expelled from Europe forever.
Women democrats of America is the name
of a new national organization formed "to better
conditions in the democratic party." It has taken
out a charter and proposes to get to work at
once. The organization has been endorsed by
the national democratic committer though there
is nothing to show that the committee has any
definite idea of what the women propose to do.
But what a tremendous work they have to do
If they mean business, and go at it in the right
way 1 It is a promising indication that the move
ment has begun in New York, where Tammany
offers such a field for regeneration. There is
Washington, too, which never so badly needed
a thorough housecleaning as now. The south,
also, and some other northern sections that could
be named, need attention. The scope of the work
that' most present itself to" these enterprising
women is really vast and speaks well for their
intelligence. The republican party expects to
enforce through discipline and ,example-the im
provements needed by the opposing party, but
will of course, welcome the aid of the dem
ocratic ladies. Indianapolis Star.
The Allies Grow Conciliatory
( "International Solidarity."
Mr. Morris Hillquit is not the last word in
'authority for socialism; for the matter of that,
no one is, but he has given a fairly succinct,
definite and luminous statement of the Ameri
can socialistic view of patriotism:
"My country, right or wrong,"' is a false
doctrine of national patriotism. The true
doctrine is "the ideal of international working
class solidarity."
That sums it up abqut as briefly as it could
be stated. The amazing fact h that Morris
Hillquit came to this country a poor immigrant,
and has risen to wealth through the opportuni
ties afforded his kin in the land. He preaches
"international class solidarity" because it pays
him, but his dupes are embittered when the word
of promise turns into the ashes of reality for
them. The glib-tongued gabblers who have re
tailed the -cant of internationalism have 'done
more harm for the workers of the worldMhan
any other agency. "Get 'em when they're sore"
is not the exclusive practice of the I. W. W.
agitator. Hillquit and his kind practice it, and
the only 'way to overcome it is through better
teaching in school, church, press and every pos
sible avenue of publicity.
Welfare Work, for the Soldiers.
Nebraska is about' to become interested in
behalf of the disabled soldiers, to seek out a
definite plan for supplementing what the fed
eral government is doing to help the injured
man back to a self-supporting basis. The work;
has been taken up in several other states, and
a number of plans. have been worked out there
These for the most part take the form of pay
ments to beneficiaries of a stipulated amount
to be added to the federal allowance. Payment
continues until the recipient is able to provide
kfor himself and his dependents. Nebraska is to
be asked to devise some means for doing this.
It is iu no sense a charity, but merely the re-
demption of an obligation. The whole people
reaped the benefit of the service of these men,
and it is only justice that they should get the
meager compensation afforded by the little aid
they ask from the whole people. This plan
does not include or interfere with the sugges
tion made by The Bee,- and which has been
widely approved, that Nebraska provide a
bonus for all ex-service men. The two go well
together. ( f
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
The greater judiciousness and a more just
comprehension of European values are re
vealed in the two notes the allied powers have
sent respectively to. Holland and Germany than
have been shown in any of their documents for
a long period. The casevagainst Holland is
trenchantly put. The allies admit in full the
validity of the legalistic claims which Holland
set forth; but, perhaps more decisively than -in
any other important European communication
"ever penned, they assert the superiority of the
moral claims, and speak, not in the name of
international law, but in the name of interna
tional conscience. The demand that Holland so
define her attitude as to dissociate herself from
the iniquity which . surrounds Count Hohen
zollern's name is impressive. Holland may harbor
him, if it wishes; Jut it should make it clear that
in affording him refuge it is not condoning his
crimes.
The allies continue talking rather as brother
to brother than as goverrnment to government,
with the assertion that Holland must see that the
permanent sojourn of the former kaiser at
Doom, only a few miles from Germany, must
create a -danger of counter-revolution that
reaches the proportion of world-menace. This,
again, is sound counsel.
The allies conclude with a strong hint that
they expect Holland voluntarily to intern Wil
liam at a safe place presumably upon one of
the islands in the Dutch East Indies. Should
Holland prove conciliatory in her reply, and
take advantage of the suggestion, it will adopt
the wisest coursev now left open to it. Such
a course would at once dissipate the danger of
counter-revolution which William's residence in
Holland creates, and would relieve Holland of
the odium which a strict adhesion to its legal
istic rights would leave upon its name.
The allied note to, Germany amounts to a
back-down on the part of the allies. The powers
at Paris say in effect that Germany can try
the criminals itself, and that they will watch the
results without intervening. This was not un
expected. As the iTribune has already pointed
out, the clause in the treaty could hardly have
been fulfilled without provoking a revolution in
Germany. This the allies evidently understood
from the first, as there seems to have been no
real intent to push things to a test. France in
herits a great stragetic advantage by the ex
change. It is under no obligation to evacuate
the Rhine frontier till every treaty clause is
executed in full, and as this particular treaty
clause will never be executed, it need never,
save by waiving its right, evacuate Ihe Rhine
frontier. It has established a legal claim to it
which, it is more than likely, we shall hear a
great deal about in the course of 15 years or
more.
In the meantime, all who understand the
European situation will feel a sense of relief
that moderation and gxiod sense have prevailed
among the allies, and that a fresh crisis, which
would be almost more than overburdened Eu
rope could bear, has been, at the last moment,
averted.
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x Center of Population
Almost always in the past the center of
population in the United States has moved
steadily westward each 10 years. However,
1920 is to see a change, and it is to come back
eastward. The reason is the great rush west
has reached its height; in fact is on the decline,
and immigrants no longer are going out onto
the farm lands of the prairies, but are remain
ing along the eastern slope or in the large cities.
New England, which sent so many out West in
the early days, is. now coming back into its
own, and it is being discovered thatits soil has
better staying qualities than that 6f the west,
aiid that it has tremendous advantages in being
in the very heart of the consuming center. This
point is a most important one because of the
present great cost of transportation, and that
is where Maine and New England win out.
The middle west soil now has its native fer
tility used up, and it takes even more fertilizer
than' the land in the east, so no greater if so
large crops can be raised on it than on the or
dinary farm in Mane.
Industrially also the country is moving east
ward in order to take advantage of cheap water
transportation and to be near the great trans
atlantic ports because of the expected large de
mands for everything to rebuild Europe. Surely
Maine's future is bright both from an agricul
tural and industrial standopint. Portland Express.
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HAMMERW,
Bu wflrtfiur Brooks Baker
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MILTON C. PETERS.
Alfalfa is a blooming boon, a rare and
gracious prize, a joy and stimulation to the
human nose and eyes; and pigs, should they
compare it with the celebrated rose, would give
alfalfa lots of ayes and not a grunt of noes,
while cows of wide experience unanimously say
that they are rapturously fond of good alfalfa
hay. 1
But Peters paints the lily or he sugar-coats
the pill--all things are in the point of view, so
take it as yon will. He hustles that alfalfa
through his mills of humming steel, reducing
it to practical and palatable meal, for which the
grateful critters in the barnyard bawl and grunt,
for they're imbued, with gratitude for Peters,
helpful stunt.
He owns a large and busy hen, mechanically
made, who could not- lay a single egg. I'm
terribly afraid, but who can incubate them till
a thousand chickens hatch, a trick which feath
ered biddy lacks the competence to match. He
raises chicks and broilers in the most extensive
herds and makes a profit, so they say, too
beautiful for-words.
' He heads the flossy country club that's
named for Omaha, extending to its visitors the
warm official paw, and keeping on its business
his alert and watchful eyes, for hdre's responsi
bility of quality and size. Long may,, we say,
his mills of hay pursue their busy buzz, and we
and he the richer be because of all he does.
v Next subject: Charles M. Wilhelm.
1TODAV
"A Woeful Waste."
xveugn, Neb.. Feb. 18. To the
r.auor or Tne Bee: l was very much
interested in -reading: a digest of the
report of the committee investigating
the aircraft program as appeared In
yesterday's Bee. Interested, because
I am somewhat fiftnillar with the
spruce rauroad," which seemed to
be under discussion, having- spent
six weeks trout finning in Lake Cres
cent ana vicinity, and having trav
eied for several miles alonsr this mil.
road by auto at various times during
uuiy emu August 01 last year. .
For the benefit of those who might
be interested, and who have not had
tne opportunity of acquainting
memseives wun tne racts, I will eay
that this spruce railroad was built
for the DurDose. suDDosedlv. at haul
ing spruce Nfor the construction of
airplanes. It is located in the Olym
pic mountains about 30 miles south
west of Port Angeles, which is lo
cated on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
It is said to be 47 miles in length
and it follows the west and north
bank of Lake Cresdent for some
thing like 10 miles.
To construct a road in this locality
must have been at a tremendous ex
penser as almost the entire roadbed
had to be blasted out of solid rock.
Deep cuts and long tunnels are in
evidence frequently, with here and
there high trestles, so that the cost
must have been even greater than
shown by the flndngs of the com
mttee. ,
I am' not conversant with the facts
as stated by this committee's find
ings, and I do not know whether or
not the government was buncoed,
but this I do know, from information
gathered by talking with old timber
men who have lived in tht locality
for many years and who had some
part in the construction of this road,
that the property is now a complete
waste so far as service to the gov
ernment is concerned. It is the gen
eral opinion of all with whom I
talked that the construction of this
road was a deliberate frame-up, by
the Lacy Timber company and the
Milwaukee-Railroad company, as it
is said to - run for several mile
through the Lacy Timber company's
holdings. I was informed also by
men who claimed to know, that
there never has been a stick of
spruce hauled over this road, and if
trains are running over it I failed
to see them while there.
I was informed also by timber
men that .the government sent
"spruce experts" clear out there
from "Washington to select airplane
spruce who were unable to tell a
spruce tree from a weeping willow,
and they had to hunt up these tliu
ber men and have them point out
the spruce.
It was claimed by men who were
supposed to be familiar with condi
tions and localities hat the govern
ment could have sent men to Grey's
Harbor, a few miles down the coas.
and could have gotten millions of
feet of the finest spruce in the nortJt
west delivered on shipboard and not
had to lay out a single cent for
transportation. i
It is a notorious fact that thou
sands of our soldier boys were sent
out there to do construction work
and the benefits of their services
accrued to the benefit of the con
tractors. This railroad runs about'50 yards
back of the summer residence of
Hon. i D. E. Thompson of Lincoln,
who, by the way, has a lovely home
on the banks of Lake Crescent. It
was my pleasure to have several
Lchats with Mr. Thompson, and I am
sure that gentleman could give some
Interesting information as to the
value of this road to the government.
I am not posted as to the cost of
this railroad, but was told by men
who had a part in the construction,
that its cost was approximately $55,
000,000, and judging from the coun
try through which it runs, and the
"cost plus" plan under which it was
built, I haven't a doubt but j&hat
this estimate is very nearly correct,
and I heartily agree with the ma
jority report of th(S committee that
it was "a riot of waste."
If the government really wants to
make an investigation that will be
"the talkof the town," they should
give more than passing notice to the
shipbuilding program. I counted 75
freight vessels at anchor in Lake
Union at Seattle, vessels that had
never been touched 'by salt water ex
cept while being towed from the
yards on the sound around to an
chorage in Lake Union.
These vessels are said to be prac
tically junk, because it Is claimed
that seamen won't ship in them be
cause they are considered unsea
worthy. Think of it, ships built by
men who were drawing from $8 to
$12 per day, with good quarters and
free from danger and who struck for
higher pay while our boys were fac
ing Hun bayonets and stopping Hun
bullets for $30 per month. Can you
imagine it? And then to think that
the work they turned out should go
into the scrap heap. f
This committee should go out to
Seattle and look over the hundreds
upon hundreds of bull-neck bol
shevics that are loitering In the
street, men who drew as high as $12
a day and were not satisfied. Is it any
wonder that investigations have been
started? The wonder is that this
country isn't broke. A year or so
more under the "cost plus" plan and
this country would have been on the
rocks, for that system is a direct bid
to contractors to fix the cost as high
as possible, for the higher they could
mount the cost the more profit they
could make on what they produced,
and yet some people talk about the
"efficiency" of the' administration
Just as though there"- was such an
fenimal. ,
It is almost an unheard of thing
for a democrat to resign, but I am
glad to know that there have been
two or three who have had the nerve
to establish a precedent.
J. C. JENKINS.
The Snap-Up.
By E. P. ANGKLL.
L "When an ordinary person sitting
down wants to get up, he.turns nait
over and clambers to his feet. A
clown does a snap-up," said Beppo.
"This-fs the way; to do it: I start
from a sitting position I roll back
onto my neck, putting my hands on
the mat close to my head my
weight is resting on my shoulders,
neck, and hands my legs are well
over now with a quick, hard lift
from my neck and hands I life my
body off the mat and at the same
time throw my feet forward and
bend my .knees. Now watch I roll
back I push hard from hands and
shoulders and here 1 am on my
feet'V
The boys Ntried the trick. Ralph
did not tuck his feet far enough
under and when he banged on the
mat he felt the jar from,tip to toe.
Allen did not get far enough up on
his neck and shoulders before giv
ing the push that should land him
on his feet, and Beppo urged him
to throw out his chest and put
more power in his push.
After a half hour ot practice, beppo
advised them -aever' to practice
tricks when they were tired or
never to continue until they were
"all in." Even circus acrobats could
not do well when "pepless.
Before they started for home, he
showed them some "combinations."
The first was a roll-over and snap
up. He ran to the mat did a pret
ty roll then tell back to a sitting
position and without breaking the
motiona rolled back on to his neck
and hands, and from there did a
snap-up, and as soon as he landed
did another roll-over, finishing with,
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The Day We Celebrate. v
Alexlmder P. Thompson of the Partridge and
Thompson comtany, born 1858.
Herbert A. Dowd, cashier United States in
ternal revenue office, born 1859. , ,
Dr. John H. Vincent, retired bishop of the
M. E. church, famous as the founder of the
Chautauqua movement, born at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
88 years ago.
Mrs. Margaret Deland, writer of many pop
ular stories, born at Allegheny, Pa., 63 years
agp..
Sis' George Cave, British statesman and
former cabinet minister, born in London 64
years ago.
Johnathan Bourne, jr., former United States
senator from Oregon, born at New Bedford,
Mass., 65 years ago.
Carl Morris, well-known Oklahoma heaevy
weight pugilist born at Fulton, Ky, 34 years
ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Thousands visited the Armour packing house
in South Omaha to view the wreckage made.by
the explosion of a boiler the day before.
Colonel Arkins.vproprietor of the Denver
Daily News, was visiting here.
'Evangeline" opend a half-week's engage
ment at the Grand theater. " . ,
Officials of the Chicago and Rock Island
railroad visited in Omaha. Mr. B. Silloway of
the Murray hotel gave a dinner to the party
at 1 :30 and later a committee of citizens and
members of the Real Estate exchange showed
city. - i j
Sports that Make Men
Jg Athletics
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DAILY CARTOONETTE.
rnoiNToiuE w.Lu e
ASflW FOR' HIS BRTHPflY
TE LITTLE PERU WILL
ENpTITSorvluCH!
them over th,
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PWDHEDID
body perfectly erect. The second
was a round-off, followed immedi
ately after by a roll-oVer.
"Remember," said he, "the pretty
work in tumbling comes from the
combinations. Simple tricks com
bined are more interesting than a
single trick that is more difficult.
But each combination must be
smooth and there must be no jerky
breaks in the series of tricks that
you put together."
(Did you ever wonder what runs
an elevator? Mr. Hyde tells you
tomorrow.) ,
A Favorite Red Lie.
A favorite Madison Square argu
ment from the so,ap box is to hold up
a -hat and yell:
"I paid $3 for this hat; the man
who made it got 24 cents. The em
ployer got $2.76. What are you going
to do about it?"
Now, the manufacturer of that hat
knows that he rarely gets half as
much as the worker got; he also
knows that the speaker neglects the
cost of the raw material, the cost of
preparing the material, the cost of
transportation, and the cost of sell
ing all of which involve labor; that
also he, and everyone who handles
either the materiaior the finished
hat, have to pay rent and taxes. But
instead of posting hisv figures, that
employer is more than likely to sug
gest that more Americanization is
needed and would like to have some
one play the Star Spangled Banner!
Samuel Crowther in the World's
Work for February.
KITCHEN POLICE.
THEN.
Sing me a onr of the kitchen police,
K. P. of yesterday, finished and done,
Nailed to the Job with a 80-day lease
Merely because he had rust on his gun.
Up in the morning before break of day.
Stumbling around ml a tne pans in me
dark,
Watching, the dawn rising dreary and
irrav.
More mouths to feed than had Noah In
the Ark.
Cussed by the loot,
Bawled by the mob,
up to nis snoot
In an unending Job.
Peeling and boiling and plumb out o' luck,
Washing end mopping and scrubbing he
stuck.
NOW.
Sing me a song of the kitchen police.
Came to us yesterday, left us today,
She had tt easy, we left her in peace,
Did what she wanted and none said
her nay,
Got op at 10 or 11 o'clock
(I fixed the fires, friend wife cooked
the meals)
When she' went broke put our silver in
hock,
. Couldn't abide the way dishwater feels.
Movies each night.
Use of the Ford,
Labors but alight,
teel magnate's hordp.
I'll say Lucille was decidedly it,
Sitting on top of the world but she tiulf.
THE HOME SECTOR.
The All Round Girl
Red Chkt
end Pep
"BUSIMSSS COOP THANK YQtf
LV Nicholas Oil Company
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Who Said Leap Year!
By MOLLY PRICK COOK.
"Well, I'm glad I'm living in 1920
instead of 1288," said Laura's broth
er Bob. "A poor gny back there
didn't have any kincf of a chance."
"What under thsun are you talk
ing aDout, uoDi" said Laura.
"Leap Year. Those people in Scot
land passed a law in 1288 which al
lowed a girl to ask a fellow to marry
her and, if he refused, he was fined
'one pound or less, according to his
jncome. Later a similar law was
"passed in France and in Genoa and
Florence."
"Well." said Laura, "the poor
women ought to have a chance some
time or other. How did this custom
happen to fall on Leap Year?" ,
"I guess they thought a fuuny
year like Leap Year would be just
the time to pull off a queer stunt.
Our ancestors certainly had a hard
time getting the years to come out
even, Romulus, the first king of
Rome, had a year of 304 days. The
second Roman king added two
months January and February.
January was named after the god
unus, who presided over the be
ginnings of everything. February
was named after the Latin verb
'Fcbruare,' meaning to atone for
your sins. February, therefore, was
made the last month of the year. By
the end of 200 ears the months
were all bawled up with extra weeks
and days and hours. So Julius
Caesar got busy and began a new
kind of year in 46 B. C, a year wbjch
was called the' 'Year of Confusion.'
"Caesar made the months of his
year 31 and 30 days long, alter-
DOT PUZZLE.
nately. This made a year 366 days
long and by 1582 there were many
extra days; so the pope corrected
the errors. The present year of 365
days is the result. Every fourth year
a day is added to February."
"I'm glad I wasn't born on Feb
ruary 29," said Laura. "I'd miss a
lot of presents." .
; "If you were living in 4(1)0 A. D.,
you would not have a birthday even
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A, poinsetta may be seen,
Forty-five and then thirteen.
Praw from one to two, and ao on to the
end.
on the century mark. Some centen
nial years are not leap years.""
"Wre!l. I'll not worry about 4000
A. D. I'll just have a good time in
1920 and make the best kind of a
Leap Year."
(Tomorrow - "Forcing Spring,
Things.")
Copyright, 120, J. H. MUlar.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
Ana lliejn t:au ti.ni.vku.. ...vw......-.
exclaimed the man who was more Inqoal-
live man wise.
"That's the name it goes by tn these
hills."
like bottled sunstroke." Washington 6tar.
Architect Have you any suggestion for
decorating the study, Mr. Uulokrtch? .
Mr. Qulkricb (war profiteer) Only
that tt must be brown. Great thinkers, I .
believe, are generally foand in a brown
study. London Saturday Journal.
The whale had Just swallowed Jonah.
0 "Well, here's where I get in out of the
wet," remarked Jonah, philosophically.
And this-ccurred centurlea before the
passing of the Eighteenth, Amendment,
too. Philadelphia Record.
"Hey, there, 8orrel-top!" called aa im
patient customer In the rapid-fire restau
rant, uiium mu i U.CI, v . -,
cuppa Java and git -a hump on yaf SeeT"
"8a-a-a-ayl" coldly returned Charmlan,
the waitress, "whadda ya think this Is,
anyhow yer birthday?" Judge.
Traffio Officer When I signal you to
stop. I want you to stop. The next time
It will cost you a five!
Autolst Say, brother. If you can show
me how to stop this aheet-lron Heard
any quicker than I did, I'll give you j
ten b Cartoons Magazine. -
HPHIS life is but temporary at
best, yet when the parting
comes there are. but few who do
not mourn.
At the parting time comes a de
sire for friendly sympathy ex
pressed in action rather than
words, as it is the unspoken
friendship which counts the most.
For years we have been devel
oping thoughtful service which
will take away,' so far as possible,
many of the heart throbs which
come to the sorrowing family.
This service is for you at the few
times it is most needed. ,
nouonnm service aLw
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TELEPHONIC DOUG 525 CUMING ST. AT MWETEENTH
To the Citizens of Douglas. Sarpy and
Washington Counties: ;
There are, no doubt, many of you who, in an effort
to combat the prevailing highveost of living, have
planned to raise your own vegetables and garden truck
this year.
I have been allotted a limited number ofv seeds,
rvhich I would be very glad to send to prospective
gardeners upon request. s
If, therefore, you wish a portion of these' seeds
sent you and have not already written me for the same,
I would thank you to fill out and mail the blank here
appended.
- "Yours faithfully,
ALBERT W. JEFFERIS, M. C.
Second District, Nebraska.
Albert W. Jefferis, M. C,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
If' available, forward, me a suita'ble portion of
garden. . , . .flower"; . . . .seeds. (Please indicate your
preference).
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Important! Request must W called before Feb. 27, Writs plainly to aveld err era.
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