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ta them. Address changed a often a roquirad.
You should know that
There are 130,000 farms in Ne
braska, averaging 300 acres in size
of which 63 per cent are improved,
60 per cent operated by owners.
See you at the Auto Show tonight?
If you can not find the car you want at lite
Omaha Auto Show, you are hard to suit
One of the president's troubles left him
when the railroads wentyback to theif owners.
Mr. Bryan -insists that prohibition is to be
the great issue. Most folks thought that was
settled.
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Omaha is glad to finally become in fact as
well as in name the home of the great Overland
system. -
. Nebraska'"women are also getting into line
for Pershing. They know who they want for
president
If Omaha people are not a healthy lot dur
ing the next few years, it will not be for lack
of advice.
The dry lands of 'Idaho do n ot look good o
the man who is accustomed to the fertile plains
' of Nebraska.
Real estate men look for even greater ac
tivity in city lots this season than last Do your'
shopping early.
Two more Americans have been murdered
by Mexicans, one a former consul,,and "watch
ful waiting" still reigns.
San Francisco hotel men deny that they are
holding trp prospective convention visitors.
Regular rates are enough. , - '
Italian maid servants, among other demands,
ask for two cigarettes a day. They may contract
yhe habit if this is granted.
The "ram rebellion" at Iron River will not
be publicly investigated, and thereby several
reputations are Jikely to be saved.
A Kansas City parson has' distinguished
himself by refereeing boxing bouts held in his
church. . Muscular Christianity, all right
Kansas City comes forward with the cham
pion rent-profiteer. He only asks an annual
return of $33,600 on an investment of $85,000. ,
True to fiis Welsh extraction, L,Ioyd George
has taken up singing in lieu of golf. ,An eistedd
fodd still has something on a golf tournament.
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Doctors have noted a decided improvement
in the president's physical condition within the
last two weeks. So did the democratic party.
We would like to unassumingly remind the
new Union Pacific regime that one of Omaha's
greatest needs is "an adequate' passenger sta-
tion : . . .-. - ,
The fuel administration will be continued
with Walker D. Hines at its head. He will not
- get things in any worse muddle than Dr. Gar-
field lSft
1 Railroads are back under separate manage-
ment, but you will buy your tickets at the same
;old stand. This convenience might profitably
be continued.
If Glenn B. Plumb takej the stump against
every congressman who did not support his
"plao," he is going to be a pretty busy speaker
for the next few weeks.
The eoaDtion of 1rreeondlaMes and "ad
. mfaistration" forces in the senate indicates how
eager some of the democratic leaders are to get
action en the treaty. If they were in earnest 1
. in their profession, the matter could be dis
posed of in a week, but ' tying up with the
handful of senators' who only seek to defeat
the Versailles, pact throws at least a shadow
of suspicion on the sincerity of the democrats.
Self-Determination Success
While less dramatic than the return of Alsace-Lorraine
to France and exciting less pop
ular interest than the restoration of independ
ence to several Central European nations upon
the breakup of the empires, the return of the
! Province of Schleswig to Denmark as a result
of the recent plebiscite is no less a vindication
"of the president's principle of self-determination
for peoples.
Schlcswig was stolen by Prussia from D?h--mark
in 1864. The motive was the same that
' prompted Prussia to ' acquire every other
province it could simply self-aggrandizement
With characteristic Prussian methods the t
tempt was made to Germanize the Danish
people, but the failure in the northern zone,
hich has just voted, is emphasized by the fact
.that the present generation voted at the ratio ot
three to one to return to Danish sovereignty.
. The inability of the Germans to assimilate
other peoples is shown in this vote.Vhich rights
, an old wrong.
Perhaps the application of this principle of
elf-determination of peoples cannot be made
in some other states in Europe owing to the
mixture of the population . inhabiting them, Hut
it is the only principle upon which Europe is
going to secure lasting pesct. Houston Post .
THE WHEREABOUTS OF.,
GEN. PERSHING'S HEAD AND FEET.
The habitual abode of Gen. Pershing's Head
and feet concerns the people. As a possible
nominee for president to succeed a gentleman
whose head has been far up in mists of imprac
ticable idealism, while his feet were stuck in a
bog of stubborn egotism, an inquiry into the
general's mental attitudes and ability to step to
the music of the Union is opportune.
. In the crises the great general has met, as in
his routine performance of duty in peace and
in war his feet have been pn solid ground and
his head out of the clouds. He has never been
mentally disturbed by visions or mysterious
voices in the air. He is first nd last a prac
tical man.
Uncommonly endowed with common sense,
lie has always seen things as they actually were,
and has done things as they should be done,
working with the precision and power de
veloped in a nicely adjusted equipment of
brains, strengthened by a sound body. He made
dents and gaps wherever he hit the Hindenburg
line, and left the enemy crippled and frightened.
The vanities and vainglories of war found no
lodgment in his head. 1 The ribbons and jew
elry, fuss and feathers, gold lace and mijlinery
of high military rank never made a monkey of
John Pershing. His head was always on
straight. His tongue was never out of order.
Like General Grant, he knew how and when to
keep it quiet s
- He has been just that way during all his
rareer. As a lieutenant of cavalry in 1886, as a
majorof volunteers in the Spanish-American
war period at a brigadier-general in 1906, as a
major-general in 1916, and as a four-star gen-
I eral in 1920, his 'balance has been uniformly
steady. He has honestly earned every honor
and promotion that has come to him. Stable
and reliable, always on his job, he has developed
executive ability of the highest order, and al
ways got results when not hampered by Wash
ington bureaucrats. ' .
America is proud of him, and particularly
pleased because the flattery and royal pomp of
Europe, which unbalanced s'ome Americans in
high position, failed to shake his loyalty to the
cherished traditions and constitutional inde
pendence of his native land. He has .never ex
ploited himself to attract attention or win ap
plause, or imagined himself to be anything bat
a plain American. In such public appearances
as were unavoidable since his return from Eu
rope, when thrilled by the tumultuous acclaim
of his fellow-countrymen, he has been the per
sonification of quiet and unassuming dignity,
and has voiced his gratitude by giving his gal
lant army all credit for the plaudits showered
upon him. '
He does not slop over. Even the widespread
invitation for him to enter the lists for the re
publican nomniation for the presidency has not
tightened his hat band. In striking contrast to
the common procedure of candidates, he is
neither promoting nor directing a campaign for
the nomination. ; '
If chosen for the chief magistracy, it will
be in keeping with his career for him to sur
round himself, as he did in Europe, with the
ablest advisers in the eountry not with sub
servient political vassals to work with ' him
for the solution of national problems left un
solved by an administration that has neglected
the needs of the United States under the hal
lucination that it was to be the savior of the
world. The Bee believes General Pershing is
faithful to ' the principles established by the
founders of the nation, and that he is inspired
by the same deep' solicitude , for the national
welfare which the good citizen has for his fam
ily, the farmer for his farm, the merchant for
his business, the manufacturer for his product
and the laborer for his efficiency. 1
Such a man should be sent to the White
House. We have had there enough and more
than enough of unsound theory, of meddling
and muddling, of neglect of essential things, of
overleaping ambition for power over foreign
countries, of imperious arrogance, of narrow
partisanship, of distrust and jealousy, of at
tempts to nullify the constitutional authority
of an independent branch of the government,
and of humiliating displays of anger and petu
lance. A return to normal conditions is plainly
the desire of the people. General Pershing's
fitness both for the presidency and the times
cannot successfully be disputed.
A Dangerous Assumption.
The president is not constitutionally a direcf
representative of the people, although chosen
by the act of electors instructed by the people's
vote. When an attempt was made in 1834 to
magnify the presidential office Daniel Webster
said: ' , .
"The Constitution denominates the
President simplv the President of the
United States; it defines his powers and
duties and imposes limits and restraints on
his authority. . . . How is it then, that
on this official character, thus cautionslv
created, limited and defined, he is to engraft
another and a venr imposing character,
yitn the character of the direct representa
tive of the American people? I hold this,
sir, to be mere, assumption and dangerous
assumption."
x The peace conference delegates, who ac
cepted Mr. Wilson's assumption of the charac
ter of direct representative of the American
people, in view of events since, will incline to
Webster's sound conclusion.
Apropos of the president's foreign policies
and attempts to overthrow all restraints on his
authority,' are the following remarks by the
commander of the Grand Army of the Republis
in New York:
"Both Washington and Lincoln . were.,
'wise above all others of their day and gen
'. eration, and to each, as far as human wis-
dom can determine, we. are indebted for our
national existence today. . ,
"The principles for which they .'eon
tended are never free from assault.
"They are being assailed J a these- days .
with unusual violence" . ,
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Increasing Temperature in Ohio.
Harmony in Ohio republican politics is side
tracked until after the national convention.
Senator Harding faces a frontal attack froni
General Wood, who has entered the contest
for, Ohio's delegation, with . James R. Garfield
also running in. bis interest Meanwhile the
Harding men, who named -General Keijer as
second choice a mete formality are reported
to have persuaded Hiram Johnson to enter the
state as 'Senator Harding's running mate.' Ohio
has always been strong for her favorite sons,
although the present situation indicates a fiery
ordeal for the candidates. But ,the party will
emerge from it as safely as Shadrach, Meshaefi
and Abedengo from Nebuchadnezzar's furnace.
. , The Problem of Fiume
(A Geographer in The Review.)
Geographic conditions have made Fiume,
situated at the head of a sea which brings cheap
water -transportation into the very heart pf Eu
rope and opposite the natrowest part of the
mountain barrier, the inevitable economic out
let for all the iiorthern portion of the Balkan
peninsula.
- The power which holds Fiume holds the
life of a whole nation at its mercy.'
But it is not only Jugoslavia which has a
vital interest in the fate of Fiume. A whole
vast hinterland to the north and east, including
Austria and Hungary, and i to some v extent
Czechoslovakia and parts of the newly en
larged Rumania, finds in this port a most im
portant outlet to the sea. And all the outside
world which desires to trade with central and
southeastern Europe via the Mediterranean
routes is vitally concerned in the solution of
tne nunie aispute. it tne ironuer Deiwecn
Italy aud Jugoslavia be drawn as described
in the president's famous public statement of
last April, the two great Adriatic ports are as
signed one to Italy and one to Jugoslavia. The
Italian port Trieste, could then supply the hin
terland (Austria, Southern Germany, Czecho
slovakia, Hungary) by a line of rail which does
not have to cross the territory of Jugoslavia;
and the Jugoslav port. Fiume, could supply
that same great hinterland by a line, of rail
which does not touch on Italian territory. In
other words, there would be absolute freedom
of commerce resulting naturally from a rhoice
or ports erved by a choice of1 routes, both"
ports and routes being secure from possible in
terference or the annoying .restrictions of a
jealous neighbor. It would be to the interest
of each country to improve its port and railway
facilities, t6 establish the most convenient train
service, and to charge the lowest tariffs com
patible with a reasonable profit, in order to at
tract to its port the largest possible volume cf
business. x Not only Europe, but all of- the
world would profit enormously from such an
equitable distribution of economic advantages.
Conversely, not only Europe, but all the world,
must suffer enormously if the Adriatic settle
ment leaves both these ports in the hands of a
single power, or establishes conditions which
must ultimately result in such one-power con
trol, or gives to a single power the control of
both railways leading northward from the two
ports. , i '
J, Population Swings East
Unscientific observers may be inclined to
fix center of population of the United States
at Forty-second street and Broadway on Satur
day night or at Broad and Chestnut streets on
a parade day or at a trolley entrance door in the
rush hour.
But the census experts are not fooled by the
superficial. They have the facts, the latest
accumulation which is said to forecast that
our population radiates, so to speak, from a
point in Indiana. -
This does not mean that the state of Charles
Warren Fairbanks, Thomas R. Marshall, James
Whitcomb Riley and Booth Tarkingtoh is con
gested with humanity, celebrated or otherwise.
The little game which the satisticians play every
10 years is based on a hypothesis that every in
dividual in the nation has the same weight and
that the center of population is the point about
which American continental territory, conceived
as a plane, balances perfectly. ' 7
In 1790 this gravity mark was fixed in Mary-
land, 23 miles east of. Baltimore. Progression
westward was steady, at the rate of about five
miles a year, until a spot near Bloomington,
Ind., was attained in 1910. An eastward swing is
now said to be discernible for the first time in
our records. ' '
Whether this is the result of the war in
dustries on the Atlantic seaboard, or of any
check in western development due to immigra
tion conditions or to other consequences of the
general conflict is yet to be explained.
In anv event the census bureau has a nov
elty to exploit and a mild sensation to examine,
even if the public does remain comparatively
calm. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
War a Necessity There. ,
Reports from Paris report travelers' prophe
cies of a 30-year war in the Balkans. Whynot?
War is a necessity there to make things seem
homelike. " Elsewhere is it a luxury. Brooklvn
Eagle. . , ;.
SfteVELVET
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REV. CHARLES W. SAVIDGE.
When temples of the ancient times are crash
ing 'round our heads and mossy tablets of the
law are being shot to shreds, what beacon
shines before the race to guide our steps aright t
What fresh illusion beams abroad and fills the
way with light? Where sits the new authority
that tells us to be good, to shun the things we
ought to shun and do the things we should?
The solemn spiritual lords who sit in awe
some state and give the commoners advice of
workman ship and 'weight are less than ever
heeded in this brief and hurried world which
has so many tires to pump and whiskers to be
curled. We cannot seek the skyward road by
long and groping search; we ask the way of
Savtdge in his modern People's church.
We know that we must watch our step and
watch it mighty sharp if we expect to wear
tome wings and play a golden harp; but with
this voiceful counselor to warn us with a yell
when we diverge to any of the many roads to
hell, we wear a look of confidence upon our
shining front and hope to dodge that heated
lodge lor which so many hunt
He loves to put the sacred seal, "I make
you man and wife," upon the fundamental urge
of love and youth and life; for while ecclesiastic
work of joining two in one is very often care
lessly, impermanently done, society is even
more embarrassed and distressed when love is
not officiously enregistered and blessed.
Next subject: Harry S. Byrnes.
Our Statesmen aud the Constitution,
lork, Peb., Feb. J5. t- To the
Editor of The, Bee: 1 believe this
is a. eooa unit to revise) our epitaph
and epithet list abused in speaking
of the senators who we behave ara
standing out against great odds for
tne good and the safety of America.
I do not believe it just or In line of
tact to can ttem the names they
have been called, or the way in
which "their motives have been so
often questioned. When men. say
mai 11 we ian to ratlly as now writ.
ten tne League uovernmpnt will
throw the world back a hundred
years. I don't believn thm. and
have my reasons for not believing
mem, tutu 11 la no siap at tneir mo
tives to nay that, for, if they do say
11, 1 mime iney are mistaken.
iun point witn pnue to the record
this great nation has made in acting
the big brother for the nation -or
people that were down or being:
struck down, or, being down, were
trying to get up. And I feel just
aa much pride in that record as they
do, and have every reason to believe
she is stronger in her purposes for
ngni touay man ever , before, and
if she is left free to act on the side
of right, "as God gives her to see
tne nsnt, the world need have no
fear of what she will do when the
times comes for action. But to tie
up -her hands in a league so drawn
that the empires of today can be
held intact for all time, when the
cry of races are like the cry of the
individual for their rights, we would
be already bound to cTioke the cry
of freedom instead of helping to
make it come true. .
Now, gentle reader, don't think
this is overdrawn, for it is not.
Article Itr "the very heart of the
league," was drawn for that very
purpose, I surely believe. And if
you do not believe it, then read it
again, and then read Article 11:
then read the last four lines uf
Article 13 and the middle clause of
the 16th. Also the first few linos
of the 3rd or last clause of Article
16. Now read the 26th article and
see how easy it is going to be to
get this instrument changed, after
you are in and fast in the stocks.
Then get out the old Constitution of
the United States, defining the du
ties and powers of congress, and
harmonize it with the Covenant of
the League of Nations. And the Con
stitution is the only document under
which congress gets its rights and
charter of action and they are
sworn to uphold and defend it
Then, pray tell me, how they can
pass any law or sign away any of its
provisions to the control of other
nations or persons.
The fact is congress nor either
branch of our government can not
of themselves change that docu
ment, though they may ignore its
provisions, just like every law we
have is set aside by those who find
it in the way of their wants. But
the governments of Europe are not
constitutional governments, and,
while their delegates to such doings
can act for their own opinion, our
men are bound (of are supposed to.
be) by the Constitution to act on
and In accord therewith.
So I am making the prediction
that the next generation will mark
these ' much abused men the real
statesmen of their day and time.
They are not as much abused as
some or the men or tne past, wno
today loom large on America's big
honor roll. And every mile post we
make away from their day they only
tower the larger above their fellows,
while their traducers of their time
only shrink in like ratio.
Now we have another picture on
the screen. These men that objected
to doing something they were
strictly forbidden by the Constitu
tion, to do, and acting under their
oath, must be assailed with names
and epithets for not taking what I
they could not rightly do, and be
blamed for "breaking the heart of
the world," while Mr. Wilson is now
Intimating that if the rest of the
league member do somethting he
does not like, we will not enter tne
league, and his grounds are not
such as conflict with our law or his
duties, but Just his opinion to cease
calling the other men names. I
think It is. FRANKLIN POPE.
ofays' (oTTZ&n
Wild Life
of Forest
and Field
. Early Birds.
BT A DELIA BELLE BEARD.
There are always wideawake boys
and girls who see the first robin as
early as the last week in February,"
but in our northern states this is not
apt to happen and there is some
doubt about a February robin hav
ing just arrived because he may
have been here all winter. You
never can tell.
A few robins do stay with us
through the winter and they will
show themselves the first, warm,
sunny day though snow may be on
the ground. But they surely begin
to come up from the south the first
weeks in March.
The bluezirds come, too, close in
the wake of the robins and are
sometimes given a cold welcome by
a Marcn snowstorm and wintry
winds. It is well to put out fool
lor them, for they often starve be
cause everything is snow and ice
bound and they can find nothing to
eat.
After the bluebird the bronzed
grackle makes his appearance and
in the south the purple grackle. The
purple crackles are found in some
places in the. north, too. They are
plentiful on Long Island and appear
in flocks walking about lawns and
parks in- a leisurely fashion as
though they owned it all.
Look lor the sone sparrow next.
He will come bringing all his happy
hearted cheerfulness with him and
singing his gay, little song. He is
not much to look at, but the song
THE
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t Cruel. Cruel World.
when all the liquor signs (have
been removed, as the law. requires.
people will not only be without
drinks, but toe memory or tne drinKs
they used to get will be obliterated.
Philadelphia Press. -
' . THE PIONEERS.
Plenoari are those who scale the hoiRhU
Of difficulties mountainous th: t rosa
With frowning front their progreai to
appose.
Through weary, aunleaa days, and itar-
lefts nights;
Tet, Ilk great eagles In ethereal flights
Brave, undeterred by elemental foes
They met all obstacles with telling
blows,
And trail through their vic
torious fights.
Thus was th virgin wilderness be-
quenth(l .'
To ' cultivation for the needs of man;
Vast seas were sounded, charted,! pathed
and shored; ,
Now meBBages In distant domains breathed
Flash forth the arth'a circumference to
span;
And thus strange planets rt may be
, explored,'
Loula W. Grle tn th Baltimore American.
SDarroW fills 3 Kicr nlar Jn W.rA t;f-
w " " o ... is, a u ili
because of his sweet song and never
failing cheerfulness.
Then the red-winged blackbird
mav be found rlntvn hw thm mip,k..
and a little later the meadowlark will
pipe up to ten everyone the glad
news that .enrinc j r,r Th. ......
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welcome phoebe and most unwel
come cowbird will follow, and after
ward the beautiful cedar waxwing,
me yurpiq nncn, ana the sweet
voiced vpsncr tnirrnn ....'II
1 np(e hirifi 2 X f u . a
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nrtnir. ,. . . , .
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Of Mav all rh W,rA. fl u.
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If YOU will keen 9 Kir t..J..
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ana write down the names of the
birds as you see them, the dates and
me localities, you win hnd it un
usually interesting.
(Miss Bailey tells how to enter
"in Dira tourists, tomorrow.)
SAIT) TO RK WIIMMV
Farmer Would you lik to buy Jug
Flat Dweller Well er Is It er arnbt.
uuua u word j ijire.
T suppose they entertained you royal-
"Thnv Mhrtnfnlo Tl,.. - .
ot. uiquaiubi. jjoirojt rTe xresa.
"The doctor was very particular about
AuuvYiug wuai we nave 10 eat.
"Wonder why? Does he expect us to
Invite him to dinner?" Louisville Cour-
Mr Knlcker What la collsctlv bar-
Mrs. Bocker The neighbor offering
wur coos m oonar mor. .new xork bun.
Henry He married to get a home.
Hettv Well?
Henry Hla wife has so many relatives
mac no mintta now ne t got a notel.
London Ideas.
Willie Paw. what is a white ulnvo?
Paw A white slave la any salaried man
who has a large family, mv son. Tin.
cinnau enquirer.
"Do yon hav any troubl about office
seeKers T"
"Yes." replied Senator Sorahnmi "bet
It' a different kind. Th difficulty now Is
to find able and wilting hands who want
to work for th wagea the government
reel able to pay." Washington star.
ITOnAV
The Day We Celebrate.
J. D. Ringer, police commissioner, born,
1878.
Charles S. Stebbins, assistant general
auditor, Union Pacific (retired), born 1843. '
F. F. A. Wellman, of Bliss & Wellman, born
1874. . '
William Dean Howells, qne of the foremost
of American men of letters, born at Martin's
Ferry, Ohio, 83 years ago.
AValter W, Warwick, comptroller of the
United States treasury, born .in Scioto county,
Ohio, '48 years ago. .
Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, president of Prince
ton Theological seminary, born at Ligonier, Pa.,
54 years ago.
Annie Sutherland, well known actress of the
American stage, born, in Washington; D. C, S3 '
years ago. ,
Dr. larry H. Crooks, president of Alma col
lege, born at Gilman, 111, 51 years ago. ,
Thirty Years Ago In Omaha. x
- A delegation of Nebraska republicans con
sisting of John M. Thurston, Jorfn L. Web
ster and Marshal Brad Slaughter left for Nash
ville, Tenn, to attend the national convention
of Republican league clubs.
M. J. Johannes, one of the pioneer iewelers
of this section, died at the age of 57.
The Central Labor union at its meeting dis
cussed the eight-hour system. The union at
that time represented 8,000 people. George
Willard was president.
Howell, Jewett & Co of Atchison and
Omaha organized a gigantic mill and lumber
enterprise on the Sabine river in Louisiana and
Texas, having purchased 10(1,000 acres of land in
the two states. . . ,
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Study Problems
Solved fjj
The English Sentence.
BY HKRMAN T. LIKFAS.
Skill in writing is like skill in
handling any other tool. Shakes
peare used four times as many
words as the ordinary writer of
ordinary English, because he used
them precisely. Increase the num
ber of words you use accurately.
Read carefully exact descriptions
and imitate them.
2. Condense. Omit everything
that can be implied or taken for
granted. Bring out the main idea
quickly. Leave the smaller things
for the reader to think out for him
self. He will find it more interest
ing. 3. Break up long, complicated
sentences into short, independent
ones. You will thus not only gain
in clearness, but you will have two
terms ot writing available tor com
parison. The most stilted writer is
tion to many points that a; merely,
casual reader would never notice.
6. Commit prose and poetry to
memory. This forms your mental
habits .and influences your habits of
writing much more deeply than
mere reading. No other one thing
will produce a greater effect on your
English than the imitation of good
selections you have learned by
heart
(About kite-flying time. Leant
how to build a box kite tomorrow.)
DOT PUZZLE.
he who thinks there is only one way
to say a thing.
4. For clearness, .use short sen
tences. But for skill in handling
bnghsh, study the meaning' and
practice the , use qf connectives.
With them you can combine the
simpler ideas into longer and more
complicated sentences. It is these
connectives, such as relative pro
nouns and conjunctions, that must
be used skillfully if the long sen
tence is to be clear. They are the
sign posts that guide the reader at
the turns of the clauses as he makes
his way through the sentence.
5. Get flexibility by trvine dif
ferent ways of saying the same
thing. Read a good short story, a
fine poem, or a vivid description and
then try to write it out from
memory, or try to write it in your
own words in your own way, and
compare what you write with the
original. This will call your atten-
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