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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1920. 3 The Omaha Ref, jff'PAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THK BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. a I MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tti AuocUied Treat, of which Tha Bm It mrmtxir. It tx elmltelj mllllid to Uia um for publication nf til Mirt dlapatcfcas radltad lo It or not olhprwlao cradltsd in Dili ptpor. and alao tha bcal nawa publlahad taarrln. All nibta of publloattoa of our apactal dtaiMtctte art alao rue mid. s BEE TELEPHONES Prlfate Branch fcchuir. A ill for tha Trl- 1 (Wl Dapartmanl or raraon Wanted. 1 yier WU For Nijht Calla After 10 P. M.t Editorial Darartmant ........... Trier lOfloL Circulation Dopartmant .......... Trlar 1004L idfartiatng Dtiarunmt Trlar 100DL OFFICES OF THE BEE Main Offtcs: 17th and Farhaaa Council Bluff! IS Boott it I South Rlda J31g W 8t Out-of-Town Officm Haw Tork U Firth Art. I Waahlniten O St Chloato Stattr Bldt. I Parlt rranes 4 But 8u Booora The Bee's Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. 2. A Pip Line from tha Wyoming Oil Fields to Omaha. 3. Continued improvement of the Ne braska Highways, including the pave, ment of Main Thoroughfare leadjng into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 4. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt tothe Atlantic Ocean. ' ' 5. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. POSSIBLE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENTS. The Bee, even under the strain of August temperatures in June, refuses to get excited over the possibility that Senators Hiram Johnson and William E. Borah will bolt the republican, and join a third party movement. Third party movements, if they get beyond the comedy stage, must result from issues, not from mere personal disappointment of individ uals. Even Colonel Roosevelt could have made little progress in 1912 had it not been that he found questions of principle and policy upon which to basfthis personal candidacy. Today, where are such issues upon which the California' senator and his Idaho colleague can seize? Not in the platform adopted at Chicago, for that was declared by them to be good and acceptable. Not in the charge that money dominated the convention, for neither of the two candidates against whom they raised that charge was nominated. Not even in the per sonal issue of Hiram Johnson's defeat, for John son's delegates flocked to the Harding standard in considerable numbers, leaving only a hand ful who stayed for the finish. Bolts must have some better foundation than any offered by present circumstances, to be successful or even sizable and Hiram Johnson, with 1912 in memory, will not seek to lead a fight for a cause worse than hopeless. The American Legion in Action. The American Legion has no notion of, let ting the scandalous escape of the criminal slacker Bergdoll to be relegated to. the limbo of for gotten things by the present tender administra tion of the War department. In a series of resolutions the county committee of the Legion at Philadelphia demands the arrest and court martial of the higher army officers chiefly re sponsible for conditions which permitted the escape. . Also Secretary Baker is requested to explain why.Bergdoll was permitted, after his convic tion 'and ;eittence, to remain at Governor's Is land, instead of bating at once sent to Fort Leav enworth, as in.the case of other and poorer con victs.' 'Mr.' Baker, whose notoriously sympa thetic treatment of men who sought to evade military duty has often been criticized, and who professed at the time of Bergdoll's escape never to have heard officially of him, is hearing' of him now. The army officers also, come in for the Legion's condemnation for permitting favors to the rich criminal that would not be allowed to a poor one. AH these matters are put up to the .federal grand jury in session at Philadel phia, as well as to the responsible head of the War department. Altogether, the Legion is functioning along the most commendable lines. Amateur Brews in the Home. The Volstead act for the enforcement of the prohibition amendment, which prohibits the manufacture of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes anywhere, seems to have slipped a cog., The constitutional amendment is plain. It ' is violated when intoxicating beverages are brewed or distilled. But the act of, congress for its en forcement provides: No search warrant shall issue to search any private dwelling occupied as such unless it is.. being used for the unlawful sale of intoxicat ing liquor, or unless it is in part used for sorne' business purpose such as a store, shop, saloon, restaurant, hotel or boarding house. ,. If, the; i Tore, a thirsty citizen manufactures 'intoxicating drinks in his , home for the Hise of himself, his family and his friends, and does not sell the stuff, how can officers of the law Jegally invade his home to secure proof of his 'violation of the constitution? - 4. The tirade of abuse of the republican plat form now being Sprinted in opposition papers. :i -it.- k..t f .nMtniw' that tli renuhlicans J 13 1 11 C UC31 VI ,,iuvi.v. - 1- - --j "beat -'em to it." . And, besides, the situation is one quite-likely to make 'them discontented and testy. '". One of Wilson's Big Blunders. - There never was a graver mistake, or a more costly one for this country, than the tying together of the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations. It was President Wilson's scheme, made public in one of his speeches when he was angry because any American citizen dared to question his wisdom and authority to tangle the United States in the quarrels and wars of Europe. If memory serves, the president phrased his disclosure as a threat against certain democratic and republican senators who were alarmed by his high-handed attempt to control the functions Of the senate and .bend that body to his will. This was during that dizzy period when the president's egotism, inflamed by royal honors abroad, filled his brain with visions on the horizon and his ears with voices in the air. We have often wondered why Mr. Wilson, in those weeks of exaltation, did not say: "And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me." .All his words suggested some such thought But to return to our mutton: The Peace Treaty was one thing; the League of Nations another. What a multitude of per plexities might have been prevented if peace had been made first, and a league considered later. The American people are easily coaxed, but infernally hard to , drive, t Mr. Wilson toaxed them into the belief that he could keep them out of war, but has made a dismal failure of driving them into a league whose provisions are abhorrent to practically every; republican senator, and to a powerful minority of demo cratic senators. And all the subsequent loss of presidential prestige might have been avoided but for Mr. Wilson's stubborn determination to have his own way regardless of public opinion in America. A Champion's Hours in Bed. Georges Carpentier, the handiest man with his. fists in all Europe, now touring America with his bride, is a methodical man. Each day V has an unvarying time schedule, the news Uthmng of The Bee have informed us. He has breakfast in bed at 8 o'clock and arises at 10:30 about six hours after sunrise, we judge, not hav ing seen the sun come up for several months, possibly because our shelf on the cliff in which we dwell is on the west side. He retired at 10:30. . Just -why a young and husky bruiser spends twelve solid hours in bed we cannot imagine, unless perchance it is because he does no have to get up. That would be a capital reason for most men, but presumably Carpentier iol lows a routine intended to preserve his lighting, strength. Most Americans would, regard that many hours in bed as softening. Early to bed and late to rise, however, may be just the thing for a prize fighter,- . Anger and just punishment will not mix, whether it be a parent or a judge who-tries the combination 1 ... . . . . . ... '. From Seed to Full Flower. Naturally sadness is mingled with the joy of Nebraska woman suffragists who met in Omaha for the final 'session of the State Suffrage asso ciation. Joy because their cause is practically won. Sadness because their immediate task is done. No one who really loves his work fails to. feel regret at its end, even though that be crowned with victory. The joy of labor comes not merely with success, but in the work itself. And the task of woman suffragists, as suffragists, is over. True, the thirty-sixth state has not yet ratified the national suffrage amendment, but it is only a question of time and short time at that until the roll is complete. With entire propriety, the suffragists in Omaha paid tribute to the pioneers of their cause, to those gallant women who worked and talked and fought years ago when the great majority of opinion was against them. Some of them wore out their welcome, some were re garded as fanatics, but today the sober judg ment of male voters has given them what they sought. But as the one task is laid down, another arises. .Women are legal voters, but they have not yet demonstrated what they will do with the ballot. Friends of woman suffrage expect confidently that the advent of woman means cleaner politics, candidates of a higher type and ssues of irreater significance, ihe tasic oi tne women now is to live up to that expectation. The goal set is high, but the opportunity is great. The women who made suffrage possible still have a chance for great national service. Do not-blame working girls who own fur coats too hastily. A Chicago telegram says their reason is this: "If I don't get it before I'm married I never will." And no doubt in the great majority of cases that is true. Work ing girls look clearly into the future, and harbor few illusions of what life has in store for them. . The "perpetuation of Wilsonism in the gov ernment ca,n most surely be accomplished by the election of his son-in-law, which would be the nearest thing to an hereditary succession. ... '-'v. V .'-a 1 : 'Probably some of the newspapers which gave their influence to Mr. Hoover would dislike to have it measured by tnat splendid gentleman's strength in the convention. .. A Long Gone Happy Day. It seems only the Other day I brought her in a red, red rose. . She kissed my cheek and wiped my nose! And then I laughed and ran away. Just yesterday, that's all its seems, Qli. 4nnl trA n'n tVi rrpakv stair And said there, were no goblins there " '"' T.... 1- 1,o,,M hlosa mir HrpJIlH ju&l augcis, aim ivtj l-r J "J Though yesterday is many a year, And we are distant frbn each other, Her memory is never drear . . My mother. , ." N. Y. , Mail. . Southern Editor Makes Bad Guess. The man nominated at Chicago will not be fit to be president. His choice will be made in corruption and the spirit of corruption will follow him. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. One Animal Man Cannot Exterminate. ; In ten years the descendants of a single pair, of rajs, if allowed to multiply undisturbed, would number 48,319,698,843,030,344,720, according to figures prepared for the English -board of agri culture by a well known scientist. Rats are said to,, do a yearly damage ; in., the United Kingdom amounting to $200,000,000. -J . . Chicago Journal. . ' ' ' I I us V "Just Do It Yourself J" Washington should do 'this," said one, and "Washington must do that," said another. "Washington must establish a secretary of health and take care , of us all," announced a third. ' , t Then a little woman from the audience rose. "Couldn't we begin our own health work right in this city?" she asked. "It does seem as though our sick neighbor was of more im mediate concern than what Washington should do." Rightl Government today i3 too top-heavy. It's too easy to say: "Let Uncle Sam do it." Come on' Begin at home. That's genuine good sense and real democracy. Collier's. The Breeding Place of Success. Judge Elbert H. Gary said at a dinner in New York: "If a a man wants to succeed, if he works hard to succeed, he will succeed. Show me a failure and I'll show you Jeff Langhorne, or1, least, Jeff Langhorne's counterpart. " "Jeff lounged in front of the general store one fine morning, whittling a stick, chewing tobacco and growling about the hard times. "'Hain't no money in farmin' no more,' he laid. "Guess I'll hev ter sell out and go live on my son-in-law.' . ' "''No money in farmin' ' shouted the storekeeper- indignantly. , 'No money in farmin', with wheat at the price it is and the whole world clamorin' for bread?' , " 'Npthin' doin', said Jeff Langhorne. 'Nothin' ;oom in my case so fur as wheat goes.' "'Why not? Ain't ye got the land?" " 'Oh, yes, I got the land, all right.' "Ain't ye got the seed?' , ".'Yes, I got the seed; but' 'But what, consarn ye,? yelled , the store keeper. ... "Jeff Langhorne shook his head mournfully. "My old woman,' he.-said, "is too plumb lazy to do the ofowin' and sowin'." Washing ton Star, , A Line 0 Type or Two Haw to tha List, 1st the suits fall whsVt tiny stay. ONE of the largest influences affecting the Republican convention was the heat. If the wind had shifted into the north-east at noon of Saturday, another turn might have been given to the proceedings. The convention might even have demanded Herbert Hoover, with whom the party could win with ease. SUCH might have been the cooling influence of a lake wind upon the delegates. But the dele gates do not select the nominee; they only think they do. The politicians in control never seek certain victory with a nominee not to their lik ing; they are satisfied with a fighting chance, if the nominee is of their set. You Can't Go Wrong. (Notice, Calgary Municipal Railway.) . , The proper transfer ')oint Is the last point at which the ear the passenger wishes to transfer to takep a different direction from the car he Is on. , THE correspondent of the Louisville Times, crazed with the -heat, telegraphed his paper that .the Missouri affair "sticks like the damned spot that would not come out on the hand- of Mac beth." MR. EIXSTEIN! MR. EINSTEIN! (From the Country Gentleman.) Prof. T. S. Fox, of the Pennsylvania Col lege, sends In another Instance: "On my tractor survey last surnmer," he says, "I met a farmer, Harry Hetrlch, of Lingles town, Pennsylvania, who had changed the layout of his farm completely before buying a tractor. He had taken out 1,500 pounds of fence and made the fields large and long." "ENCLOSED please find a little poem writ ten by L. D. Richards, chairman of the Ne braska delegation " writes J. D. P. "He gave me the original copy himself." Well, well, and where did he get it? The pome has been printed by almost every paper in the land, ut we never knew who wrote it ' ' THE BRIDAL WREATH. My bridal wreath spirea shows, Her blossome banked like mountain snows, Yet delicate a filmy veil; And where her weighted branches trail The bumble bee a-rovlng goes. y I watch him Idly; well he knows Where his desired dainty flows. . And while he seeks his honey-grail, My thought recalls the day I chose My bridal wreath. What dear, prophetic visions rose Through those white buds, as sunrise glows Through mists. Beside true joy, how pale! I laid aside those blossoms frail To find your love, which daily grows, My bridal wreath. IRIS. A LUNCH room on . Fulton street, New York, advertises: "We never let a dissatisfied customer go." Examination of the premises would probably disclose an oubliette. Eh, Watson? : THE CURSE OF A BUSINESS EDUCATION. (From the Jackson County, Minn., Pilot.) It may change your future. What? The' summer curse in business at Parker College, Winnebago, Minnesota. June 7th to August 7th. Write now.' AUTOMOBILE horns were designed as a warning to pedestrians and drivers of other vehicles, but their excessive use is due to the desire of the majority to make as much noise as possible. An American is never so happy as when he is making a hell ot a racket. Further Information About Actors. (From a Chicago thespian) Dear Madam: .1 am still holding your cher ished letter, in which you make the assertion, that you would like to arrange an interview, Nothing could suit me better but where is afore said episode to transpire, as you are now aware of the fact that I have no office. The public at large in general does not understand, natural born Actors, all they know is what has been drilled into their ignorant brains. They are equivalent to a horse the majority of them, all the dumb-brute knows is (get up, whoa, gee haw & back up; So it is the same with manu factured would-be if they could be Actor's & Actresses turned out of those no account Thea trical schools that turns them out not even 1-3 finished let alone half or complete. Now Miss Hunt what I want is a (white in color) single unmarried woman that is as free as a bird with no man whatsoever tied to her apron strings, to become my partner in my line of business: to work in Acts, Sketches & be a performer,' a Theatrical performer that does not mean Circus performer. Now Miss Hunt if you are as deeply interested as I think you are, just write me an answer to this and let me know when & where I can see you & hold' your aforesaid interview. I will close for this time, hoping to receive word from you by return mail, until then I still re main as ever, etc. THIS FOLLOWS THE RULES OF THE GAME. 1 Sir: I had enough old blades to patch a hole in a tin roof,1 laying them 3-16 to weather. BILLY. "PEDESTRIANS, thinking Mrs. Nicholson had been killed, rush to her assistance." The Trib.' Yes, there are always people willing to help when it is too late. "REVIEWING Twenty Centuries of Chris tian History." The Trib. Zazzo? '- . VANISHED HOURS. The stately Hours we never knew Like ghosts they pass us by tonight, , A silent band, and not a few Star-crowned, aristocrats of light ' The- Hours that dwelt with us were plain, -They knew the hearts of common folk; They often supped, with Grief and Pain, And Care, the keeper of the yoke. Their ghosts are those that follow there, An unpretentious, happy lot; . And some are sweet andNsome are. fair, , And most are loved, and none forgot. , If some remind us of dark days And some bring back a hint of tears, There's none b"ut left along the ways A flower to grace remembered years. ' LAURA BLACKBURN. . "NEW'lYORK UNIVERSITY confers de grees upon 800 odd men and women at its 88th Commencement." Interesting item. And some of them are odder than others. OH, VERY WELL. (From the Lansing State Journal.) For rent Modern clean 5-room apart ment Please no children for a good reason. 1030 Jerome. THE raisin is a splendid food, says. Mr. Bryan. It is. Likewise Mr. Bryan's staff of life, the prune. The Second Post. (Exhibiting the height of affability.) Gentlemen: Will you kindly advise at your earliest convenience if there are vacancies exist ing in any of the departments connected with your firm, particularly clerical traffic employ ment? My principle object for emphatically mentioning such employment, vividly stands the reason that I have followed thisline for the past four years. Consequently if you will afford me the opportunity of explicating my meritori ous ability by mailing me your application form, or if possible the permission of a personal inter view, will say affably that it will be appreciated beyond comprehension. Yours truly, etc. "FOR SALE Fresh cow." Highland Park Press. - One of the kind that likes to stick its head through the window screen and moo at the baby. THEY GRADUATE "EM EARLY IN IOWAY. (From the classified ads.) Wanted Job by experienced farm hand 1! yrs. old, $45. Raymond Chase, Calamus, Iowa. NO doubt you expect us to say something about how long the days are getting. SORRY to disappoint you , B. L. T. i How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. EVANS , s Quvatlons ronrrrnlnf hygiene, tanl tatlon and prevention of dlwaaa, anb mltted to Dr. Kvnna by reader of The Bee, will he answered personally, sub ject to proper limitation, where stamped, addressed envelope Is en closed. Dr. Kvnim will not make diagnosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Address letters la care of The Hee. Copyrlf ht, 1120, by Dr. W. A. Evans. A BABY'S GARDEN OF EDEN. Please read this story of VHHers-le-Duc, told by Dr. Francis Sage Bradley at the last meeting of the Child Hygiene society. Villiers-le-Due is a little French village Bit situated in the foothills of the Alps. The inhabitants are simple French peasants and the product of their toil is cheese of several varieties. Perhaps an epicure here and there has heard of tho village, many know that General Foch had his headquarters there during the first battle cf the Marne, a few have read in this column and elsewhere that in this village they have no bsby death rate worth speaking of, but the world at large has never heard of the little French village in which the simple peasant inhabi tants have solved some problems that have baffled wise, rich, and strong communities. In 1S54 the peasants made M. Morel their mayor. The birth and death records of their community were well kept and the new mayor studied them to decide on a policy. He thought it quite as necessary to study these records of human beings as to inspect roads and public build ings. He found that one-third of the babies died before reaching 1 year of age. He called a mass meeting and showed the people that they were more successful in raising calves and pigs and asked them to adopt a baby welfare program. They agreed to carry out a simple program and this reduced their baby death rate from 300 per 1,000 to 200. Mayor Morel died and was suc ceeded ,Jn turn by several men who had no interest in child welfare and who permitted the work to lapse. By this time a son of Mayor Morel had grown to manhood. The peo plo elected him mayor and he took up the work of saving the babies where it was when his father died. A mass meeting of the peasants was called and the plan of the elder Morel brought down to date was adopted by them. Every woman was to x report her pregnancy to the mayor Just as soon as the condition was recognized. A physician was employed to come to the viillage one day a week and while there to see the pregnant women and the moth era of young babies. The : women agreed ,to breast feed their babies. Tho village was to maintain a herd of milk cows to assure the older children as much milk a3 ' they needed. i . As soon as this program was be gun the baby death rate dropped. By 1904 it Jiad fallen to zero. From 1604 to 1917 not one baby, under 2 years of age died, there was not one death In confinement, and there was only one still birth. In 1917 the mother of a baby 7 months old sold her breast milk to another family and fed her baby on cow's milk. Her baby died. The peasants held a mass meeting and condemned the mother. The mayor at the time, the third Morel to serve as such, was in the army, but he found time to write a letter from the front to his people. In this let ter he expressed regret that this baby had died the first in more than 10 years and he asked the women of Viilllers-Ie-Duo to better guard the good name of their town. All the best blotting paper is made from sott cotton rags. Charles Sundblad & Co. 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