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THE FARMER AND PROSPERITY.
, Buying power and disposition to buy on the
part of the great body of the people are two
prime necessities for general prosperity, par-
' ticularly for the mercantile business. The
farmers of the country, -who constitute one
third of the population, or one-half if those
living in towns and villages under 5,000 are
included, are always the backbone of pros-
, perity. Trade slackens when they are pinched.
It booms when they are doing well.
, The facts about the farms and their owners
are therefore of constant interest to every
branch of trade and industry. Let us consider
1 them, as disclosed by statistics. The gross
value of the twelve principal crops harvested
the past three years has doubled that of the
I three years precedif, j 1915, with net earnings
nearly if not quite equal to gross earnings be-,
,' fore the war. With these increased earnings
the value of farm property has doubled. In
debtedness has decreased among the farmers
proportionately. Here's an instance: Foul
years ago a farmer's property was worth $15,-
,000. He carried a $5,000 mortgage on it. He
knew himself to be worth $10,000. Today he
can sell the farm for $30,000.- He still owes the
$5,000, which leaves him net assets of $25,000.
He is worth two and a half times what he was
in 1917. k
He knows that and so does his family. And
they all know that prices for farm products in
: 1920 are as promising, it not more promising,
" than in 1919. The effectis that the farmer pays
his mortgage and begins to spend his big
'profits. He buys his daughter a piano. He gets
a touring' car for pleasure. His family buys I
more and better clothing, house furnishings and
millinery. It is a natural expression of in
v creased buying power that comes with in
creased assets. And it is going on all over
the country on every farm, big or little, and in
the villages and towns in which farmers live
while their children are being educated.
Add to this prodigious buying power the
tremendously increased earnings m all the
trades and occupations in the cities, and there
results an economic certainty of good business
conditions throughout 1920. Only a great crop
failure could check it, and there is no reason
to expect that
Those who give the most careful study to
eeonomic conditions and markets are now of
opinion that what has been denounced as an
orgy of extravagance in buying was in fact
simply a natural expression of legitimate buy
ing power which may be expected to continue
for at least three years. Merchants whose fore
sight has been accurate in tli-, past, believe that
advertising never promised better returns than
now This belief prevails among national, as
among local advertisers. .
I The Embarrassment of Mr. Hoover.
Herbert Hoover has ieen embarrassed by
the publication of a confidential letter written
by him to the president when both of them
were studying the League of Nations in the
making. Mr.. Hoover's views are. of such public
value, however, that the usual courtesy of
silence about confidential papers must be
abandoned for good reasons of public policy.
Here, then, are the vital paragraphs of his let
ter: '
,1 have the feeling that revolution in Eu
rope is by no means over. The social wrongs
in these countries are far from solution and
; the tempest must blow itself out, probably
with enormous violence. Our people are not
' prepared for . us to undertake the military
policing of -Europe while it boils out its social
wrongs.
It grows upon me daily that the United
States is the one great moral reserve in the
world today and that we cannot maintain
that independence of action through which
this reserve is to be maintained if we allow
ourselves to be dragged into detailed Eu
ropean entanglements over a period of
years.
- Perhaps there lurks within the inner re
cesses of the- convolutions of Mr. Wilson's
brain an unpleasant conviction that he would
have been a wiser and better, man if he had
followed Mr. Hoover's sound counsel. Whether
lurking is good m that perverse organ in the
; president's cranium we do not know, but cer
tainly the general public is in hearty sympathy
with those reservations from the treaty which
leave America free to decide for herself
whether or not she shall involve herself in any
dispute which may arise.
Stage Set Now For Wilson's Renomination.
' ' "Not acceptable W. W.," written by Mr.
Wilson to Senator Hitchcock as the presi
dential decision on the final text of the reserva
tion to Article X, choked the treaty to death.
Why? Presumptuous mortal, seek not for
reasons from the god of obstinacy and auto
cratic authority! Tis enough to know the de
cision", when signed "W. W." True, the world
was ready to accept gladly the American reser
vations. But what chapce has the world with
out the "OKeh" of W. W.? None.
So the treaty is laid out in lavender until
Such time as the baffled and boiling execu
tioner -of his party sees fit to exhibit again the
remains,, punctured by his own ipse dixit We
suspect, with inward hopes, that time will be
after the nomination of Mr. Wilson for a third
term.
Washington Adds to Cost of Business.
'': Scarce and high-priced paper is the result
of many contributory causes. One of them is
wasteful extravagance in printing partisan
speeches made by cabinet officers and sending
them broadcast over the country at public ex
pense. "
Secretary McAdoo was the chief offender.
While paving the way for his presidential am
bition, he sent through the mails 25,060,000
- copies of his speeches all printed and carried
free, without a dollar of expense to Mr. Mc-
THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920.
Adoo. President Wilson is next on the list
with 1,113,862 copies of his address. The re
mainder of his cabinet have sent out 1,076,500
copies of political fodder for starving demo
crats. '
The bill for printing and mailing was $472,
789.73. The amount of paper used was 424
tons. That, with the unnecessary documents
printed and sent to Tom, Dick and Harry 'by
other Washington bureaucrats, has made a big
hole in a paper pile and materially increased
the outrageous cost of print paper to the coun
try papers, many of which have been driven out
of business because of it
The high cost of government, as at present
conducted by the outfit of political propa
gandists in office at Washington, is . adding
much to the increased expense of newspaper
production, as well as to every other line in
which money is earned and not squandered.
Natural Children Given Full Rights.
A Fargo court, under a new North Dakota
law, has recognized a natural child as pos
sessing equal rights with the legitimate children
of its father, entitled- to his care and support,
and absolute equality as an heir to his estate.
In addition, the name of the father was given
the child instead of that of the mother, as is
the rule in other states. ,
This law smashes, so far as North Dakota
is concerned, any assurance on the part of a
lawful wife that her children will inherit an un
divided portion of the estate she and her hus-y
band accumulate. The issue of an illegitimate
association may come 4o share in the father's
income during life as. well. The Brooklyn
Eagle comments on thw law as follows:
We are coiiscious of no exaggeration in
saying that such a law makes marriage a
farce in tha commonwealth where it prevails.
Why have any ceremony at all, if the cere
mony means nothing? Whether holy matri
mony is a sacrament or not, it is sacred in the
eyes of Anglo-Saxon civilization, and-, the
North Dakota innovation is a' shameless blot
on the decency, of America.
That is one opinion. There are others. For
instance, the New York Evening Mail, asso
ciating North Dakota's ratification of the suf
frage amendment with the law legitimatizing
children born out of wedlock, comments under
the head "Forward-Looking North Dakota" as
follows on the court's ruling:
By this decision, sustaining the law,
North Dakota removes from a certain per
centage of its childhood the undeserved bar
sinister of illegitimacy and has imposed upon
the unwedded father, equally with the un
wedded mother, the responsibility for the
care and upbringing of the offspring from
such a union.
In other words, North Dakota has affirmed
the validity of a single standard of morals.
Unquestionably this sweeping change in the
rights of both legitimate and natural children
will become a subject of careful study on the
part of- the lawful mothers in the state con
cerned. If it complies with their sense of jus
tice it will remain a law; if not, it will be re
pealed. There can be little doubt of the atti
tude on this matter of a legislature composed
entirely of women, so far as the father of an
illegitimate child is concerned., He would be
in for condign punishment. But whether
women generally will approve the sharing of a
father's income and estate by his natural chil
dren is "something else again." It would seem,
in some aspects, hardly just that an offense
which is both a religious and a civil justification
of divorce, should also operate as a confiscation
of financial resource which otherwise would
go to the lawful mother and her children.
Needed Election Reform.
Conviction of Truman H. Newberry, United
States senator from Michigan, and sixteen as
sociates on a charge of criminal conspiracy to
violate the election laws will force sharply to
the front a defect in our system.! Duplication
of election machinery for the ostensible pur
pose of bringing power closer to the people has
enormously increased the expense of running
for office. With the costs borne by the public
we may bear. The great burden falls on the
individual.
Money must be spent legitimately in in
terest of a candidate beyond the limit fixed by
law. This is a matter of common knowledge,
but that it has been winked at makes it none
the less regrettable. When the federal law,
under which Senator Newberry is convicted,
was being passed, members of congress openly,
admitted that a successful campaign might cost
far more than the amount permitted to be ex
pended, and without afiy corrupt or sinister de
sign. That they should now express surprise
that a senator has met the fate they anticipated
indicates that they expected a jury to connive,
with them in ignoring a law they had enacted.
In Iowa the list of expenses filed , by the
opposing candidates for governor in 1916
totalled far beyond half a million dollars. This
money was all spent legitimately enough. It
may have been extravagance, but it was deemed
necessary in order to 'carry on the campaign.
In Nebraska no poor man may hope to become
governor, because the ordinary expenses of
making the race are far beyond the reach of a
man of ordinary means.
Plainly, some method should be devised for
lessening the cost of running for office, or the
penal limit on expenditures should be -removed.
Senator Newberry says he is conscious of hav
ing,, committed no crime; any. at all familiar
with election practices will agree with him.
They will also agree with The Bee that a re
form is sadly needed here, if the simplicity of
our government is to remain above the re
proach it is now under.
Maurice Aplin is a name' that deserves a
permanent place on the roll of honor. He was
night clerk in an Iowa hotel, and lost his life
while trying to arouse . sleeping guests when
the building burned. His success was such that
he alone failed to escape. "Greater love than
this hath no man."
Mr. Wilson has not yet decided what to
do with the treaty. He might save it as a re
minder to his successors that the senate can
not always be bossed.
Suppose the San Francisco convention does
nominate Mr. Bryan, what will Arthur Mullen
do then?
Douglas county .legionnaires know what
they want, and part of it is the bpnus.
This is one time when Mr. Bryan is right
and Mr. Wilson is wrong.
, Nebraska is going to be some campaign
ground this year.
What Others Are Saying
And Hard to Please at That.
He is once more the old-time Woodrow
Wilson, brooking no opposition, insisting upon
a "I am the State" adherence to his policies,
no matter how preposterous or ruinous they
are. And the Senate ought to know by this
time that the best way to get along with Wood
row Wilson is to let him have his way. 1 He is
the world's spoiled boy. He cries for some
thing until he gets it, and when he gets it he
wants something else. Nebraska City Press.
New Broom Would Sweep Clean. '
Organization of a world health league is
urged by Dr. Hugh S. Cummings, recently
made surgeon general of the public health se v
ice at Washington. Necessity for the organic
zation lies in the spread of typhus and bubonic
plague through the countries of . Europe, de
spite the fight thus far made to prevent it. Dr.
Cummings has bean abroad many months and
returns fully informed on .the seriousness of
foreign conditions. It is his conviction the
plague is already so widely distributed as to
constitute a real menace to America, and that
vigorous combat will be required to prevent its
introduction into this country. Ohio State
Journal.
Mr. Hoover a Year Ago. .
An April 11, 1919, Mr. Hoover, according to
a letter which for nearly a year was withheld
from the public, urged on President Wilson
withdrawal from the various international
commissions which it was proposed the peace
treaty should continue, and a practical quit
tance of Europe by this country.
Some of Mr. Hoover's sentences read as if
written by Hiram W. Johnson. Mr. Hoover
regarded it as "repulsive to our national inter
ests, traditions and ideals" to give moral or
political support to our associates in' the late
war concerning matters wherein we had little
direct interest. New York Tribune.
The vernal equinox came as a blessed boon.
Happy Hutuktu of Mongolia.
After two years spent in the Mongolian
desert, Roy C. Andrews of the American Mu
seum of Natural History has returned to New
York with f trange tales of another civilization.
In Urga the Hutuktu lives and rules, a
mediaeval medicine man and potentate with
modern trimmings. He possesses the battery
of the first motor car which .penetrated the
desert, and with it occasionally electrifies his
ministers of state. Mr. Andrews' description
of the Hutuktu's dwelling place reads like the
advertisement of ny or a number of road
houses within motoring distance of New York
city: "He has a whole palace full of grapho
phones, typewriters and electric lights, but he
doesn't know how to use them." New York
Sun.
No Bolshevism for Japan.
,The impending withdrawal of the Japanese
forces from Siberia, reported in a dispatch,
leaves the fate of eastern Siberia as much a
mystery as ever. Beyond the bare announce
ment that the first Japanese detachment will
leave Vladivostok on March 20, in line with a
general policy of withdrawal, we know little
either of the aims or plans of the Tokio gov
ernment. 1
Of one thing we may be certain, Japan is
too formidable a military power, her people too
well organized for war, for her to allow bol
shevism to gain a foothold within the, borders
of her island empire. For the soviet doctrine
of a proletariat dictatorship is an even greater
contradiction to the theory of Japan's govern
ment than it is to the representative democracy
of the United States. If eastern Siberia be
comes "bolshevised," therefore, Japan will
probably see to it that it is a bolshevism re
moved of its fangs. Boston Transcript.
It's Different Now.
From the time President Wilson was nomi
nated in 1912 until the early part of this year
of peace, the Texas Warwick was popularly
supposed to know his every thought; he un
questionably was the president's closest ad
viser. All through the years before the war
the president's reliance on the colonel's judg
ment was manifested continually, while with
the beginning of the war the colonel became
practically indispensable. Before we had
aligned ourselves with the allies, he visited and
conferred not only with the heads of the en
tente, but with those of the triple alliance. Em
perors and prime ministers talked to the presi
dent through Colonel House. Fred Ferguson
on House in Collier's.
Still Has Some Rights.
We think the husband ought to give his wife
the pay envelope, all right, but he certainly
ought to be entitled to ask if she hankers after
summer furs before he hands it over. Houston
Post.
Cfie VELVET
oylrtnur Brooks Baker
Will
J. LAURIE WALLACE.
Ancestors are, unhappily, extremely few and
rare. They are a luxury which we have not
preserved with care. The most we have of
Grandpa is a faded photograph whose funny
eccentricities would make a gargoyle laugh. We
have some battered tintypes of some unimpres
sive aunts, and Uncle Jacob in Ikis first ab
breviated pants.
But truth is a depressing thing and often
hard to bear. There's ltitle optimism in the art
of old Daguerre. To emphasize the virtues
which so frequently are faint requires a merry,
skillful hand to wield the brush and paint; and
citizens of Omaha are frequently imbued by
Laurie Wallace with a new and startling
pulchritude.
For Wallace is an artist of the kind you
meet in books, who will got paint your like
nesses unless he likes your looks; and when
your fundamentals he has properly appraised, if
he discovers points in which your beauty may
be raised, he doesn't hesitate to let the rosy
portrait smack of enviable qualities your friends
may think you lack.
So you who will be ancestors some distant
future day should have your virtues magnified
the Laurie Wallace way. For if you hand to
heirs-at-law the tell-tale photograph, 'twill pain
you in the spirit world to hear your grand
child laugh; while if you hand a painting down,
of foreign virtues full, he'll point it out to visi
tors and proudly throw the bull.
Next subject: Bryce Crawford.
The Day We Celebrate.
Albert Dreyfoos, agent of the Union Central
Life Insurance company, born 1860.
. Emilio Aguinaldo, who led the Filipino in
surrection against Spain and the United States,
born near Cavite, P. I., 48 years ago. ,
. Edith, Barnes Mason, celebrated operatic
vocalist, born in St. Louis, 27 years ago.
Dr. Charles G. Heckert, president of Witten
burg college, born at Northumberland, Pa., 57
years ago.
Laura Jean Libby (Mrs. Van Mater Stil
well), author of many popular novels, born in
New York City 58 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago In Omaha.
The total estimated value of Omaha schools
was $606,450. The report was made by Secre
tary Piper and Superintendent of School Build
ings Wooley following appraisements ordered
by the school board a short time before.
Mr. and Mrs. .Moritz Meyer returned fronr
a six weeks' visit in New York and Havana.
Real estate transfers on this date amounted
to $76,012.
Miss Clara Brown gave a luncheon with
covers laid for twelve.
Mrs. Ralph Breckenridge was visiting
friends in Denver.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS )
lr. Fvana will answer personal In
qulflea from ' reader of Tha Be, pro
tided a stamped euveloie la rncloaed with
the question. He will not dlmtnoae indi
vidual allmenta or prescribe for them, but
will give careful attention to all Inquiries
subject to these limitations. Address Dr.
W. A. Evans, The Bee. Omaha, Neb.
(Copyright. 1920. by Dr. W. A. Evani.)
THtf KIDS DON'T LIKE IT.'
Nick Is an Italian boy, 12 years of
age, living In an Italian neighbor
hood and speaking nothing but Ital
ian at home. He is of a masterful,
dominating type. But when he went
to the public schools he could not
understand much English and made
no progress. Instead of dominating
In school as elsewhere he was dom
inated, ridiculed, punished. Had he
been of a more determined type he
would have overcome his handicap.
Or with hia equipment of brains
and determination he would have
ovetcome it had he had any help at
home, but his old, illiterate, In
competent mother was helpless. The
consequence was that Nick was un
equal to the demand. Accustomed
to dominating, he would not bo
looked down on. School was his
Waterloo, so he became a truant.
from . which ho developed into a
street rat.
"She Hath Done
What She Could1
This story Is told by Dr. Jessie Taft
in illustrating the work of the Sey
bert institution with neurotic girls
and other children whose behavior
makes it difficult for them to get
along with other children.
The successful individual, mean
ing by that tho level-headed, whole
some, common sense, happy indi
vidual, is one who adjusts himself
completely to those about him. At
the other end of the scale is the
Individual whose behavior Is so ultra
that no adjustment , with those
around him is possible. These peo
ple generally find their way into
insane asylums. They number tens
of thousands.
'Just above tho insane group are
the' neurotics. These are able to
make some adjustments, but not
enough to bring them happiness.
Sometimes they are intelligent
enough to yearn for accomplish
ments, but are not intelligent
enough, persistent enough, adapta
ble enough,, or capable enough to
overcome their obstacles and ac
complish their yearnings.
Sometimes their fault consists In
day dreaming or in Imaginings. Out
bf their condition of misfit in any
one of a dozen directions they de
velop a neurosis. .
Dr. Frank Wood Williams, in a
clever analysis of this group before
the American Public Health associa
tion, said there were many more of
thpm than there were of the insane.
Coming up in the scale we come
to the worriers They are victims of
worry and anxiety to make satis
factory, common sense adjustments.
They have a feeling of inadequacy to
meet that which they worry about.
This is a failure of training with
this group, because beyond question
they could have been trained out of
their moderate degree of inherited
weakness.
They feel inadequate because
they never have trained themselves
to meet the difficulties of life unper
turbed. They have allowed them
selves to "run away" or to shirk in
some one of a dozen ways. Had they
faced their troubles from the begin
ning they would have learned to
discriminate between those which
they could and should have over
come and those to which they
should have adjusted themselves. In
that way only can we learn to turn
a keen, untroubled face home to the
instant need Of things.
Alao in that way do we train our
selves against worries and anxieties,
should we wonder that the worriers
and the anxious are found more
frequently among those sheltered as
children than among thos? who have
had to fight the battles of life? $
All these are questions of behav
ior. Dr. Taft thinks until our teach
ers know more about behavioristics
our schools will spoil many children.
Of course, back of the need of the
teachers there lies the great need
that the parents know more about
behavioristics.
Advice on Diet.
J. B. F. writes: "Kindly answer
the following: 1. Is a 10 per cent
protein, 30 per cent fat, and 60 per
cent carbohydrates diet a well bal
anced one? 2. What foods make
and purify blood?"
REPLY.
1. Much depends on the weight,
height and occupation of the per
son. According to most authorities
for an average man the percentage
of fat is too high, carbohydrates too
low, and protein too low. However,
many authorities advise even a low
er protein percentage.
2. No foods purify the blood.
Green vegetables make blood iron.
All good foods make blood. . ,
QUAINT BITS OF LIFE.
In Italy the society ladies once
paid high prices for mandrake
roots, because the possession of such
was thought to insure offspring to
childless women.
At the signing of the armistice, the
total of German bombing and scout
ing aeroplanes had fallen to 1,700,
while the allies had three machines
on the front to every German one.
Nutmegs are kernels of the fruit
of a tree cultivated in Sumatra, Java,
and the West Indies. The shape and
size of this fruit resembles a peach,
and, when ripe, it easily splits in two
parts, showing the kernel (or nut
meg), and mace, which surrounds it.
A famous firm of Sheffield cutlers
show visitors a knife with 1,900
blades. Ten new blades are added
to It- every tenth year. A second
curiosity of which the firm is proud
consists of three pairs of scissors so
minute that all three can be covered
with an ordinary thimble.
One of the queerest churches ever
known was that constructed by a
missionary in the far north. The
missionary found that the Esqui
maux had no place in which- they
could meet for religious services,
whereupon he started - to build a
church of seal skins, no wood or
other suitable material being avail
able. The skins were sewn together
and stretoKed over "girders" of
whalebone, empty provision cans
serving as seats.
The Chinese have a kitcheiv-god,
which Is supposed to go to the Chi
nese heaven at the beginning of each
year to report upon the private life
of the families under his care.
TRAOC
fl
j "business is good thank you'
LV.NICH0U5 Oil Company
(Sunday evening- talk to the
students of the Piney Woods
Country Life school, Braxton, '
Miss., from the life of Mrs. George
A. Joslyn, by Laurence C. Jones,
founder and principal.)
Wonderful stories are told of the
women who gained their heart's de
sire In following husbands, lovers,
sons or brothers to the scenes of the
deathly struggle and have there
been most happy In ameliorating in
some-degree the horrors of warfare.
Stories of these devoted women have
been on every tongue, printed pages
have been filled with them until all
hearts of the Inactive women have
been torn with pity. But not all
women have been given like privil
ege, there has been a vast army who
for one reason or another have beeil
denied active participation In these
scenes of horror. There were limi
tations of all kind in every walk of
life: those who were too-old,, those
who were too young, those who were
too poor, those who were too weak,
and so on indefinitely. . We have
heard in a vague and general way
of the women who in the quiet corn
ers of the world have been doing
yeoman service for the cause of
righteousness and to these women,
one and all, we give our honor and
admiration. There Is one name,
however, which stands over and
beyond many of her associates. I
am thinking now of Mrs. George A.
Joslyn, a dear friend of this little
school .in the Piney Woods and long
known in her home towji and else
where for her good works. Her
name comes to us with appealing
force because It Is a well known one
ever connected with wonderful help
fulness, not only during the world
war, but in every department of so
cial service known to women. The
first time I saw this good lady from
whose life I want to draw a lesson
for youy was in her home in the
beautiful stone palace, Joslyn Hall,
which cost more than all of , the
homes of our people, churches and
school houses in Rankin and Simp
son counties.- The next time I saw
her some years later, she was In a
Red Cross canteen In the general
waiting room of the Union depot, the
most public of all places. The bur
den of great wealth was not met
by this most' remarkable woman
with murmuring and repintngs be
cause of the great responsibility
thereby laid upon, her, but she ac
cepts It with a spirit of great re
joicing that she had been given the
privilege of doing so much for suf
fering humanity like her kind
hearted husband who has gone on
before her, she has ever tried to an
swer the world-wide question:
Who lias given to me this sweet.
And Riven my brother dust to eat.
And when will his wage'eome in?
There Is perhaps no other test so
great in the measurement of a hu
man soul as the test of wealth. We
have all seen men and women, too,
to whom wealth is not a trust, nor
yet a means to a greater end, but
simply an avenue to greater per
sonal and selfish enjoyment. They
have never learned the joy of serv
ice, the sweetness of unrequited
helpfulness or the rapture of lifting
loads from overburdened shoulders.
No so with our own dear Mrs.
Joslyn, her millions are her blessed
opportunity, the elegant mansion,
the convenient center for dispensing
goodness and charity. Deprived by
tne accumulation or the relentless
years from joining the nurses'
forces, she has remained at her post,
gjying two or three days out of
every week, at the soldiers' canteen,
and has been at the head of the Red
Cross work through the entire dura
tion of the war. Many are the wo
men who In her position would have
said, "There Is nothing for me to
do, this is young women s work, let
them see to it." Not so did she
read the story of her opportunity.
On the contrary, she gave not, only
of her wealth and her social posi
tion, but more, she gave that price
less quality "personal service. Of
her It may truly be said, "She hath
done what she could," and may we
not also say of her as has been said
of the nurses, "She Is the roBe of
No Man's land." This appellation
belongs quite as much to her as
though she had made the rounds of
the hospital, or stooped to investi
gate the horrors of the trenches.
Of how many women can those
same few words be said, "She hath
done what she could." May Mrs.
Joslyn's life be an inspiration to you
of Piney Woods school and to every
one, everywhere, "She hath done
what she could." There Is no higher
aspiration.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
"But mother, George can't afford to
fix up 'our apartment riffht now."
"Nonsense, it's your landlord's duty to
do that."
"I know, but If we complain about It.
he'll raise the rent." Judge.
Brown t just asked Wllkins to take
a flyer on the market with ine and he said
he would only Tuesday is his unlucky day.
Jones How blamed silly to be so super
stitious. Friday ia the unlucky day.
Boston Transcript.
"There's one thing I've always wanted
to ask you about, your life in France," she
said.
"Ts?" prompted the ex-buck trem
ulously. "What did you and the colonel usually
talk about at mealtimes?" The Home
Sector.
"It's three years since I Waa In this
city," said the stranger as he finished his
dinner. "I don't find much alteration."
" I don't find much change, either." said
the waiter as he picked up the penny that
was left under the plate. London Tit
Bits.
Blllip My dad must have been dread
fuliv wicked when he was a boy.
Bob Why?
Blllle Cos he knows so exactly what
questions to ask me when he wants to
know what I have been doing. Stray
Stories.
They managed to scrape tip a julep for
the distinguished visitor.
' "I've heard about the bouquet of good
liquor." said he, graciously, "and now I
understand the term."
"Yer, Prince?"
"Here the bouquet Is quite In evidence."
Ioulsvllle Courier-Herald.
Business Man Who ia on the phone?
t'lerk Your wife. air.
Business Man What does she want?
Clerk The only word I can make out
Is Idiot,' sir.
Business Man I'll come at once. She
probably wants to talk to me. London
Saturday Journal.
Good
Judgment
and
Good
Health
require
SGHULZE'S
BUTTER-NUT
BR EAD
Poisoning From
Spoiled Olives
That spoiled food of any kind is
not fit to eat has been well known
from prehistoric times. Whether of
animal or vegetable origin, it should
be avoided. It Is not always pos
sible, however, In the case of some
kinds of food, to tell whether it is
spoiled or not. When it is known
that food In cans, part of a definite
consignment, has caused Illness, the
Indiscriminate distribution of the rest
would seem to border on criminality.
That Just this thing took place In the
case of recent poisoning from canned
ripe olives is charged, in an editorial,
by The Journal of the American
Medical association (Chicago, Feb
ruary 21). The writer believes that
the whole ripe-olive Industry should
be investigated and supervised. It
would seem, also, that the arm of
the law might be made to reach un
scrupulous dealers who knowingly
distribute spoiled foods. Says the
Journal:
"For the fourth time within a few
months a highly fatal outbreak of
botulism due to ripe olives Is
recorded In our columns. ' The ar
ticle on an outbreak of botulism in
New York this week follows close
on the heels of the report of the
Memphis outbreak last week. These
added to the outbreaks at Canton.
Ohio, and Detroit make a formidable
showing.
"Three of the four outbreaks ap
pear to have been traced to one
brand of olives, packed In southern
California, a fact that we believe
should be given wide publicity at
this time, evenN if commercial in
terests suffer. It seems at all events
as If all local health authorities
should make systematic attempts to
find out whether this particular
brand of olives is being distributed
within their jurisdiction. It is only
the part of prudence and good com
mon sense to make sure so far as
possible that olives of this brand are
not being 'salvaged' and perhaps! dis
tributed to scores of small groceries
and delicatessen shops throughout
the country.
"Two particularly disturbing fea
tures characterize these later out
breaks, one being that the olives ap
parently responsible for the New
York outbreak were not of the same
brand as those causing botulism In
Canton, Detroit and Memphis. If it
Is true that more than one brand of
olives is Involved in the causation of
botulism, the difficulties that public
health authorities will Have in cop
ing with this menace are measurably
increased. It is evident also that the
whole ripe-olive industry should be
subjected to investigation and super
vision. Steps In this direction have
already been taken, as is also noted
in our news columns. Thus far green
olives do not seem to have been Im
plicated in the causation of botulism.
"The second point about which
concern may well be felt is the
seeming willingness of unscrupulous
dealers to sell olives and perhaps
other foodstuffs that have been con
demned. We are Informed that the
olives causing death in Memphis
were obtained from a store of which
the principal business Is buying and
selling salvaged merchandise. In
this case, olives found In a dish ou
the table at the house where they
were served had a very objection
able and pronounced foul odor. In
the New York outbreak, a distribut
ing company in New York City re
fused to put the olives .on the mar
ket urfder their label, but the jars
were resold by the California olive
company that packed them and were
shifted about from place to place
for some months, many being re
ifietPd duriner their circulation be
cause they were obviously spoiled
and unfit for sale. From the in
formation available it does not seem
clear that, the olives that were eaten
in New York had a definitely
spoiled odor. The only evidence
from those eating the olives came
from one victim shortly before death,
who stated that he noticed nothing
wrong about the odor or taste, and
from one 9-year-old child, who also
noticed nothing disagreeable in taste
or odor. Although a half-bottle of
ripe olives, probably the one that
contained the toxin, was found in
the home of the victims, no state
ment is made about the physical
condition of these olives.
"It seems clear that immediate
and drastic warning should be given
to dealers regarding the sale of ripe
olives showing any signs of spoiling.
It is also true that at least until
fuller information is available
salvaged food, particularly . olives,
should be regarded with consider
able suspicion by . the general pub
lic." I
The Wilson Attitude.
Mr. Wilson wants it understood
that there are no days on which he
does not feel strong enough to ac
cept the resignation of an objection
able member of the cabinet. Kan
sas City Journal.
May Be Bight,
We expect that Mr. Hoover has a
notion that there are a good many
nnlitininns U'hn dnn'l rpflllv knnw rn
- - - - - - -"
just what party they belong, things
are so mixpd. Philadelphia Press.
A Regular Cuss.
One reason why Mr. Hoover does
not interest the professional frock
coat and soft sombrero politicians is
that he looks too much like a foot
ball player. Chicago News. .
"Bone-Dry" Prohibition.
Omaha, March 17. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: A contributor to
your Letter Box from Plattsmouth
tries to make It appear that the fed
eral prohibition acts were In accord
with the sentiment of popular ma
jorities, winding up his argument:
"And so we find that there Is no
question before the people today on
which they have expressed them
selves so unmistakably."
Nothing can be farther from the
facts. The acta of legislatures,
either in passing prohibition bills or
in ratifying constitutional amend
ments are just as often as not in
opposition to public sentiment. Ne
braska voted for prohibition with
the distinct pledge of the drys that
private supply would not be inter
fered with. Nevertheless the legis
lature elected on that pledge vlo
liittd the same by passing a bone
dry law. Practically in half of the
states, ratification of the national
amendment was secured under war
hysteria and against the wishes of
a majority of the people (at least
is so far as bone-dry conditions are
involved), who would repeal it to
day if they could. Even the "New
Republic," staunch prohibition ad
vocate, honestly admits its doubt if
a popular majority on prohibition
could be secured today.
We must, of course, discriminate
on tho one hand, between the right
of purchase by the Individual, and
the abomination of the saloon; and
on the other hand between restrict
ed or rationally regulated sale and
bone-dry laws.
In your editorial today you refer
to a questionnaire sent out by the
Literary Digest to BOO secretaries of
labor organizations through tho
country to ascertain, their stand on
prohibition, with the result that 3r4
were for it. In the first place. It is
not at all sure that the secretaries
referred the question to the mem
bers of their organizations, or, if
they did, that the result would have
been the same. In the second place
much depends upon how the ques
tion to be answered was worrted.
If I send out a questionnaire, as
did tho Literary Digest, and I put
the question: "For or against tho
saloon," I will receive nine replies
"against" to one "for." If I put my
question: "For or against bone-dry
laws," I will receive seven "against"
and only three "for," provided the
"against" is coupled with such reg
ulations as will exclude all possibil
ity of the saloon.
A. L. MEYER. ,
A Shrinking Violet.
Mr. Gompers also is now willing
to make allowances for the Russians
who, it must be remembered, have
not had the benefit of his leadership.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A Curious Situation.
Curious situation the United
States must go out of the shipping 1
business, but it must not sell any
ships. Milwaukee Journal.
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