THE BEE: uMAHA. MONDAY. AUGUST 23, 1920.
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lnKmw Unioav Passenger Station. v
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4 braska Highways, including the) pave
.rnent of Main Thoroughfare loading
-, into Omaha with Brick Surface.
3. A abort. low-rate' Waterway fram tka
Corn Bait to tha Atlantic Ocaan.
4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
l CAMPAIGN AGAINST I LITERACY.
j One of( the disquieting disclosures of our
hurried preparations for war was that an atarm-
'..(: i.nS'y large number of the adult citiienry are
illiterate. Hasty emergency steps taken to cor-
iVfrect or improve this condition are now gsiving
'(. . . way to well considered efforts to eliminate as
jfar as possible the illiterate. In New York the
v commissioner of public education' has the mat
ter up with the governor, and a considerable
sum of money is likely to be set aside to carry
on the-work of education among those who lack
s i "it. Similar ste'ps are 1eing taken in other north'
rn states, where the menace isapparent.
i 1 Coincident with this is a revival of the propa
' 'ganda in favor of a .Department of Education,
J", with a secretary sitting as a member of the pres
ident's cabinet. Incidentally, . this involves the
;,, $100,000,000 fund contemplated hy the Hoke
i 'Smith bill, which failedin the last congress.
. .Several valid objections may.be raised against
'either of these plans. In the first place, if any
' 'subject of general interest is to be left to the
.regulation of the several states, it is that of edu
,,' cation While the best judgment of the whole
, fegrees on trie importance of teaching the chil-
frrcn the things they, ought to Wnow, there is but
K;' little agreement as to how. this teaching 'is to
pe done. Nothing sov intimately touches . the
Individual as, the care of his family, and the
'',. breater, the state interference in this regard, the
I. wss control the citizen'has ever his home. When
' nis ovn 'tastes and inVrliriations," his " view-and,
v,.jn not.a few instances, his prejudices, are set
aside by a general law, his interest in the destiny
of the republic is likely to be weakened just be
v cause he is so restricted in the exercise of nat
ural rights. Public control of education, there
fore, should be carried only to the point where
it is possible for all to have its benefits, safely
administered, and. not beyond
A second and more important objection,
applying specifically to the Hoke Smith fund, is
that such an appropriation would shift the bur
den of.. maintaining schools from the state? onto
the federal 'ijxcbeiquer. It i not fair to ask" Iowa
or Nebraska, where.splendid public school sys
tems are 'maintained and where illiteracy is at
its lowest point, to' contribute, to support pop
ular education as well in Alabama qr Georgia,
where a large proportion of the poorer classes
are deaieudihe benefits, of schools because of the
failure of the citizens there to make the needed
provisions. . ; t .
Our people are devoted to the cause of edu
cation, and will unite to assist any who need
schools in ;acquiring them. They are also in
clined to the view tht "Heaven helps him who
helps himself,, and so are of the opinion that
some of the millions the. war has diverted into
the southern states may well be devoted to edu
cating the children now growing up there in
ignorance. '
Fishes That Sing.
It is no longer a simile of utter preposterous
ness to tell a man he talks like a fish. 'Some
enterprising student of icthyology has dug tip
a list of more than 300 finny dentzens of the deep
endowed with the faculty of 'making noise of
some kind. Some of these utter sounds capable
of division if not of articulation, and a few at
least are said to actually emit musical notes. So
the sirens against whose wiles UlysSes fortified
his companions by plugging their ears wjiite-he
alone listened to their ravishing melody, se
curely lashed to the mast, may have a founda
tion in fact, as did the' terrible Scylla and
Charybdis whose dangers the Argonauts encoun
tered and survived. Even the Lorelei may yet
be trace'd to some Substantial origin, just as the
Kraaken has been tacitly identified with one of
the prehistoric amphibians, a left-over from the
Reptilian age, even as are the shark, the croco-s-
dile and the turtle. One thought is m a mild
.'. . way comfptting. It will proTiably be ' a png.
time before a flock of fish perch on the wire but
in front, of .your home, to.-break your test by
twittering in response to the first light of false
dawn.
Women Show Themselves. s
"Stepping ro'er the bounds of modesty, ' as
Shakespeare, puts, it, is a prevailing;:jassion of
. a constantly increasing number of women, both
young and tioi so young. Kxhihitiotrsjwhicji
fifty years aso would have Wttracted critical at
tention the country over.'are-rfcow. so cojnrrfbn
and frequent they pass almOstmnoticedr
Recently Detrdit was the scene- of . a, "mer
maid parade," in which a number of youhg
women in bathing suits marched on one of the
city's avenues ostensibly "to induce women, to
indulge in the healthful art of swimming." The.re.
was a layfski display of bare legs, atpis and
shoulders, whrth' properly caused a protest from
the woman secretary of a Catholic league of
women. "-!';. ' ' '
The Bee recently published the pictures of
two young women awarded valuable prizes by
a shoe dealer, as possessing"th prettiest ankles
in New.'Tork.. They were photographed dis
playing not 'only their ankles but a generous
stretch of tbeir legs. ' . 1 .
The lighter magazines of the day print many
pictures of woman in various stages of undress,
and everywhere on the printed page, on the
stage, the streets and elsewhere, there are public
display of sTcin fhat would not have been toler
I ated a generation ago. Iis all vanity, of course,
with an element of immodesty, a desire to "show
themselves," a reaching out for masculine flat
tery. The more serious moralists think it awful,
perfectly shocking, and thoroughly demoraliz
ing. It may be all of those things and more,
but it goes on, to greater and greater lengths,
with no noticeably successful attempts to
check it.
Feminine beauty of form and complexion
hare won admiration as a 'portion of their
triumphs, by public displays, for men are not
blind either to beauty or to immodesty.
The Bathtub a Menace.
The modern bathtub is a menace to health,
a hazard to life and limb. Hardly a week passe
that it does not commit mayhem and other
atrocities upon those who trust themselves to it
One approaches the bathtub in confidence,
with never a thought of injury. Its white shin
ing smoothness and cleanliness is a lure. The
victim steps in it utterly helpless, stripped of
every weapon of offense and defense. Even
the seemingly innocent cake of soap in his hand
contributes to his later hurts. Man's down
sittings and uprisings have been duly noted by
another writer. It is his slippings, his tumb
lings, his whirlings and his bumpings in the
treacherous and dangerous bathtub of today of
which we would warn. Once let the bather lose
his equilibrium, even while seated flat on the
bottom of the tub, and no man knoweth what
may happen. It may be a fractured skull, a
cracked shin 'bone, a slivered elbow, or any one
of a dozen painful blows. In the twinkling of
an eye a man, sitting on the plact designed by
Providence for htm to sit, with soap in one hand
and a washrag in the other, may find himself
resting on his twisted neck and bruised shoul
ders, with his legs waving an S. O. S. signal in
the air above him.
There is no exaggeration in these remarks.
On the contrary, they are moderation itself. The
rage for shiny surfaces has made of the bath
tub a lurking monster. Enamel and gloss have
given it a multitude of hazards. Approch it with
caution. Use it in fear and trembling. One
slip and all safety is lost. The old-fashioned
zinc-lined tub was a dirty, unsightly thing, but
with all that it was not an enemy. One could
have a sure foothold on its bottorn; yea, even a
trustworthy seathold. But not in the mo'dern
tab. It is a peril the instant one steps into it.
Could it not be reformed and dehorned?
Would it not 'be possible to equip it with cork
handles which one might grasp in an emergency
and cling to for safety?
A Line 0' Type or Two
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An Unfortunate Drink.
Henry L. Stoddard in the New York Evening
Mail says Andy Carnegie sent Harrison, McKin
ley and Roosevelt each a bottle of his favorite
Scotch whisky from Skibo castle during their
several campaigns, for good luck.
" He may have sent it to Harrison, usually
referred to by Tom Reed as "the dsh-faced un
mentionable at the other end of the avenue,"
but if so we doubt the cordiality of its reception.
We happened to know a handsome statesman
who had been an able state judge before he
broke into congress, where he acquired a desire
to sit on a federal woolsack. A vacancy oo
cured in his district, and many influential po
litical friends entirely surrounded President Har
rison, who signified his willingness to appoint
him if pleased with himjin a personal interview.
It happened that :the; congressman, a man of
Imposing personality, thoughtlessly swallowed
a fragrant nipf whisky at 4 famous resort just
off Pennsylvania Avenue before calling at the
White House. President Harrison greeted him
warmly, shook his hand, and invited him to be
seated. Then the frost particles began to form,
and in a very few moments the caller left in a
chill.- He was not appointed, the president ex
plaining later that he would not appoint a drink
ing man to a judgship. He had been offended
by the odor of whisky.
Six years .later McKinley was in the White
House, and the victim of an untimely nip
reached the summit of his ambition a seat on
the district "bench of the Federal court. A few
years ago he died from a rebel bullet carried
many years in his breast. In all his long and
honorable professional and political career he
never was noticeably under the influence of
liquor. His rejection by Harrison did not help
the latter in his losing campaign of 1892.
A Lonesome County.
A revelation of unoccupied soil reminiscent
of the far west of 60 years ago comes from the
census department in a report on Cochrane
county, Texast This county, with 869 square
miles of area two-thirds that of the state of
Rhode Island has a population of 67 people, or
one to every 13, square miles. Truly a lonely
stretch of territory awaiting the urge of in
habitants. ' '
Of course, there is a reason for this scarcity
of human kind in formation, soil and climatic
conditions, but in time it will in all probability
be put to gtjd use whtn equipped with trans
portation facilities.
n A Gold Discovery.
Engineers have found gold in making exca
vations in New York City, but there's no ex
citement over it. Millions have found gold on
the surface in that city, and many more millions
have dropped it there to be picked up by others.
The truth is, gold may be had anywhere.
Labor, sweat, energy, talent, patience, and a
score of other physical and mental attributes
may be transmuted into a store of the precious
metal by anybody who has them and is able-' to
employ them intelligently.
The, New York Post has decided to alight in
the Cox camp- ThTsxwill relieve Harding of
considerable worry as t'to a possible incubus.
; Germany is now potting out porcelain money,
but it has nothing on the "wooden" money put
out by some other European countries.
. Reports from Europe saythe ouija board has
Increased insanity; in this country it hat merely
located the "nuts.".
The final fetter in Cox's name irresistibly re
minds seme folks of the issue he is trying to
force. -
Buttermilk, it is said, contains 3 per cent of
alcohol. Where is Volstead?
Fifteen-cent sugar at retail is predicted in
New York tltis fall, v
Tennessee refused to reconsider, so it is near
ly all over now. .
Poland is talking business to the bolshevild.
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"I said in my-hast, atl men are liars." quoted
the ancient one; and, as the Scotch gentleman
observed, if he were saying it today he would
say it in leisure particularly if he were con
sidering the news from Russia. But some facts
com through. Thus, we learn something about
the bolsheviki at first hand through the Bolsh
newspapers, wnicn. Artnur kum writes, ne is
able to get old of in Reval.
These are pretty dull, because they are made
op chiefly of bulletins front the various fronts,
and especially because theyl contain no "Voice
of the" People" departments Vox does not pop
in the Moscow journals. Soviet Russia is all
front and no back. Dispatches are received
from the "Hunger Front," from the "Bloodless
Front," and, of course, from divers wrinkled
tronts.
As for suffrage, which havheen assured, we
may echo the words of a suffrage leader whom
a Madison journal quoted, "You must say one
thing for women, they are almost honest."
. VERT COPASETIC.
(From the London Times.)
Good position French lady, cooks her
self, speaks English, beautiful climate; ex
change of money favorable; good references.
Dejardin, 18, Port Oayole, Boulogne.
A curious reader wonders-why our newspa
pers quote "Reds." while the Russian paper?
do not. But the habit, we believe, is confined
to the writers of headlines, who find the quotes
useful in filling a line. Words are either too
short or two long for the headliners.
"CW Duo Padroni."
Sir: In a nlneteen-llne elegy on Reedy
in the Mirror, Edgar Lee Master mentions him
self . thirteen ttmos. Here's fearing that Edgar
is temperamentally unfitted to prove the excep
tion to the rule that no mon can serve 2 m.
STONE PHIZ.
A sign near Wilton, Conn., anrtouriccs,
"Green Ladies' Tea Room." How do they get
that way? Is it that they drink green tea ex
clusively? SOMEWHAT AT SEA. i
(George Barr McCutcheon, "West Wind Drift")
Out of touch with the world were they
for months aye, even years and no man
knew whither or whench they sailed nor
whence they came.
It must be the pressure of other affairs that
precludes the English people from passing reso
lutions in favor of independence for the Fili
pinos and subscribing for bonds of the Fili
pino Republic.
Political Mystery.
Sir: Wife says she understands that Debs is
a candidate because he is a martyr. "But why
is Christenspn?" she asks. Can you explain?
I can't. She want to vote understanding.
Help! , ASH.
Cupid is burbanking in New Jersey. Andrew
Cheritree and Hazel Lemmon were wedded in
Somerville on Wednesday. .
"QUICK. WAT80N, THE CRACKED ICE!" j
("Prom the Madison Democrat.)
If the Singer mystery is to be solved
there must be found a reason either for
suicide or for murder. Determine that fact,
and the rest will not be eo sufficient.
"Refined elderly lady desires home with pri
vate family; Protestant; very little special at
tention necessary." Classified ads.
- Perhaps she will be satisfied with coffee in
bed and the morning paper.
They Are Wearing Bandanas This Season.
(From the Olenwood, la., Tribune.)
The wild man of Montgomery county has
been seen again. This time he wore a ban
dana handkerchief 'over his face and threw
a small boy into a pond of water and then
escaped.
A Gotham critic mentions " a party of ten
derfeet from New York." , Don't you prefer the
plural form "tenderfoots?"
ALMOST A WRECK.
Sir: The machine ran through a fence, over
an embankment, and turned turtle. Bus was
busted to bits, passengers badly muflsed up.
Cops hauled owner and driver from the mens,
and held him on a charge of take it from the
Boston Herald wrecklesa driving.
POM SAT. ;
Speaking of headliners, surely the weekly
prize went to the arist who pulled this: "Flays
Leak."
i Tbe Second Post.
(An Alabama gentleman reports.)
Camp sacra tailor, Capt P. D. Stokes per
sonnel, adjutant, sir to comply with milintery
order 1 must without failue go over this morn
ing and get my last knopolation shot. Please
except1 this as my report. Tours wishfully,
JESSIE HAYES.
Shorter than the reply, "No but I'll try to
make it do,", is F. P. A.'s come-back to the in
quiry, "Is it' hot enough for you." Frank re
turns a simple "No." And when Central says
"Excuseitplease," he also say "No." Laconic
cuss.
1 SERVICE JOKE.
Sir: Lamped in a Minneapolis restaurant
window: "Welcome, K. P." and "Dishwashers
Wanted." Said a passing A. E. F. veteran: "I
wonder why they put two signs up." W. H. C.
The passions of the Orient have been greatly
exaggerated. A movie house bill: "The Right
to Love. With Mae Murray and David Powell
Throbbing with the Unbridled Passions of the
Orient. Temperature never above 70 degrees."
Correspondence From Japan.
Tokyo. July li. Old Joe Ballantine, accupy
lng the chair of Sulphitlc Philosophy at the
American Embassy, explains the raison d'erte
of the celluloid collar. Its glare blinds the critl
cal observer's scrutiny of a neck, which has been
denied hebdomadal ablution. , SIB.
"Just visioned an ad of roll-top stenographer's
desk," reports W. S. "Pompodour, would you
say?" Or Marcel.
THB RESISTLESS MARCH OF PROGRESS.
(From the Elgin I)Iew.)
H. H. Brey Is having a new window put
In his garage. This makes the second win
dow this year for Brey's garage.
Again, one must admire the restraint of Dor
othy Dalton, heroine of the advertisement:
"Dorothy Dalton. Guilty of Love. Tempera
ture never above 70 degrees."
Problem of Conduct.
(From the British Weekly.)
Mrs.' Eastwood, a sensitive artist,, is
kept awake night after night by the weep
ing of her neighbor's baby. The neighbor,
Mrs. Blakeney, is a very self-satisfied lady.
One day meeting Mrs. Eastwood In the road,
she says, "Isn't baby sweet? And such a
darling; she never cries. I'm sure you never
hear her." What should Mrs. Eastwood say?
She might reply, with English wit, "A re
markable baby, more easily conceived than de
scribed. NO FRESH THINGS NEED APPLY.
(From the Iowa City Press.)
Wanted A middle-aged woman for
companion for an old lady. Address W. J. B.
"Baker Upholds League of Nations."
"Like Teneriff or Atlas, unremoved." B. L. T.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
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tiaa mat aravantiaa af dlaaaaa, w
mittad ta Dr. Crui hy mirm of
Tha Baa, will bo aaawarad proalljr,
Mct to araatr llmitattoni, arhare
a atenaad, a4aVaM4 eaurelae la ea
cleaaal Dr. Evaftt will not Biaae
diagnoals er praacrlha for Individual
dlaaaMa. Addraai lattara to car af
Tha Baa. -Copyright,
118, by Dr. W. A. Evan.
. Inquiring to Know.
In Rouraania, a correspondent says, the
American shoe is practically the only article to
be found in the shops, and the shoes sell at
from $4 to $8, or an average of $6 cheaper than
In the United States. Now. how would you ac
count for that? Boston Herald.
Asia is Boiling.
Taken together with the rapidly growing
Arab resistance to the French in Syria, the dis
patch from Indus of heavy reinforcements for
the British army in Mesopotamia shows that
Asia is boiling ominously. Springfield Repub-ican.
SOME SUMMER RECIPES.
Dr. S. W. Irving gives hi poison
Ivy remedy in the Journal, Amer
ican Medical association. Iti Is
Formalin, t part;t carbolic acid, 10
part; water, enough to make 100
parts. To this he adds enough
methylene blue to make a blue mix
ture, which no person will take in
ternally by mistake. This I ap
plied freely once; after that rather
sparingly. Theoretically, this rem.
edy eheuld lessen itching and pain
and do little else. Of course, the
eruption tends to heal of itself. The
objection to the remedy Is the dan
kpt of it. Carbolic acid to to the
okin nerves what morphine is to the
general nerves, and like morphine
it can do great harm. It. is highly
poisonous, producing acute Bright'
disease, and applied too freely to
an absorbing skin surface can cause
serious trouble. ..
According to Edward Speyer of
Oxford university the application, of
ammonia water to the stings of cer
tain insects doe no good 'except to
satisfy the mind. The sting of the
wasp is alkaline. When a wasps
sting is pulled from the Insect and
soaked for a short time in acid it
can be driven deep into the skin
without causing any symptoms.
The wasp eats meat and this may
be the reason its sting is alkaline.
The common idea that wasps suck
prusslcacld from laurel leaves and
cherry leaves and that this poison
is responsible for the harm done by
the sting has not been sustained by
chemical examinations. Since a
wasp sting is alkaline, vinegar, onion
juice, tomato juice or other weak
acid should make an effective appli
cation. ' When the sting is in the
mouth or on the lips, gargle and
wash with diluted vinegar.
The use of ammonia or soda does
more harm than good. There is no
objection to the use of ammonia
on bee sting. The bee poison is an
acid. The ammonia or soda may not
be able to get to the poison, but
whatever it reaches it neutralizes,
at least so far as the acidity is con
cerned. Ant stings are acid, and am
monia and soda water should prove
helpful.
To repel mosquitoes, use the Larry
St. John mixture. Equal parts of
oi! of cedar, oil Of tar, oil of citronel
la, and olive oil. This is a smeary,
greasy mixture which will stay put
m , i rr-i. v. v.
Ject to being smeared up can "use
oil of citronella, 1 oz.; spirits of
camphor, 1 oz.;; oil of cedar, y2 oz.
An old gentleman who lives in a
mosquito country wrote me his
method. He has three long narrow
bags filled with gum camphor. One
of those he fastens around his head
and the other two around his wrists
before he goes to bed. This method
is not offensive or objectionable. 1
To prevent red bug, wash the feM
and legs with soap and water each
nicht. Grease all red bug bites with
ealted butter or other salted grease.
Ask an Ex-Soldier.
J. D. F. F. writes: "I am 1R years
old and work in a store. Since I
have begun work I have had hardly
any exercise, as I work from 7 a.
m. to 7 p. m. and live near my
work. As a result I am badly run
down, my muscles are soft and my
flesh is soggy. Could you give me
some remedy, i as setting up exer
cises? I simply will have to do
something or I will lose mjj health."
REPLY.
If you want to try setting up exer
cises have aome ex-soldier put , you
through setting up exercises. To
get good from these exercises you
should do them daily. This not one
civilian In 10,000 will do. I advise
you to play tennis for 30 minutes a
day. Or to get a bicycle and ride
five to 10 minutes a day or to walk
two mile a day.
Might Have Operation.
R. M. C. write: "Would you kind
ly let me know what I can do for
vericoRe veins. I am 16 yeare of
age and have varicose veins. I have
had two elastic stock Ipgs, from
which I got some help. Now I
would like to know what can I do
if my leg hurts? J have a very
bad pain in my knee and do not
know what to do to stop it.
REPLY,
If you do not get relief from wear
ing elastic stocking, elastic bandages
or tight ordinary stockings and
your discomfort is considerable, you
should have the veins operated on.
Name Him.
A New York paper proudly announces that
"the biggest cheese in the country is on exhibi
tion in that city." Why not print his name?
Detroit Free Press. s '
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Expose Book to Sunlight.
Worried writes: "Ts it dangerous
to handle a book after Its being tn
the hands of a consumptive? Do
the germs live in the book? Can the
book be disinfected and how? Can
the book safely be put in a book
case with other book? ,
REPLY.
Tubercle bacilli driVd In a book
die rather promptly. There is prac
tically no danger, provided the
books are decently clean. To be cer
tain open the books and expose
them directly to sunlight for a day
or two.
Washing Not Injurious.
A. F. E. writes: "1. I wash my
hair every 10 or 14 days. Is this
too often? 2. After being washed
tnr f,iir nr fivn dvs mv hair be-
comes very oily. Is there any rem
edy for this?"
REPLY.
1. I do not think so. 2. If you
will grease your scalp slightly after
washing it the grease glands will
not secrete so profusely.
Eyebrows Will Regrow.
Mrs.-L. S. T. write: "Will one's
eyelashes and eyebrows grow again
after being burned off?" '
REPLY.
Ye. I assume that the skin has
not been deeply burned.
A Case of Explosives.
Magistrate What is the charge?
Policeman Intoxication, your,
your honor.
Magistrate (to prisoner) Whats
your name?
Prisoner Gunn. sir.
Magistrate Well, Gunn, I'll dis
charge you this time, but you
mustn't get loaded again. Tid Bits.
DREAM SHIPS. '
If every nltht at six o'clock,
As punctual aa tha poetman't knock.
Our dream-ihlpft from tha dreamland aea
Sailed back upon a homeward breesa.
Bearing- piled high in every hold
Tha treaeurera that our dreame foretold,
Booka and aoldlera. dolli and gum.
And chocolatea and currant buna!
How happy would be. every faeel
Thla world would aeem a different place!
And yet, If, laden stern to atem.
They never failed at lx p. m.
To wander back to me and you.
And each and every wish came true.
And m'er a vesnel came to barm,
The thing in time would lose ita charm,
And wonder light and glad surprise
WouM fade away from children's eyes.
And we might even sit and long
For something awful to go wrong.
Tf every night at six o'clock
Those rlrrpm-sMp all railed back to dock.
P. C. Faimer in Tha Spectator.
A Suggested Remedy
For Shortage of
Farm Help
Newspapers through6ut the cotln
try recently have been calling atten
tion to the fact that within a very
short time we may look for famine
prices on wheat, corn, potatoes and
all other staples Of lite: that the
farm will fail to yield unless some
thing drastic is accomplished imme
diately in the wfly ofA producing an
effective factor that will put a stop
page to the exodus of the country
youth citywards. "The question of
what la to be done? is fundamental
In its simplicity, but astoundlngly
difficult to answer," states a Chicago
daily.
Prof. T. C. Atkeson of the Na
tional Grange is authority 'for the
statement that only 1 per cent of
the boy who left the farm of this
country to join in its war service
have returned to again take up pro
duction from the soil. The other
95 per cent, according to nis re
search and investigation, have chos
en as a means of their livelihood the
Industrial and commercial life which
the city offers.
- -It was upon these men, who were
available at one time at planting and
harvest time, that the farmer de
pended for the making and gather
ing of his crops. Without them
there can be no planting of seed
therefore the impossibility of result
ing ood products. "What Is to be
done?" is truly a question which de
mands the attention of the best
minds of the country;
While serving In , the.' American
army for over two year, both in this
country and overseas, .the writer
came into contact with hundreds of
boys who,, until they enlisted In the
service of their country, had never j
before left Jfheir home town. Visit
ing many tf the larger cities In
America and Europe, it was not long
before they realized that the larger
cities offered them many things tn
the way of amusement and recrea
tion, places of entertainment to go
to In the evening something en
tirely lacking in their own home
towns. In fact, they, frequently re
marked that Immediately upon their
discharge from the service it was
their intention to establish them
selves In the larger cities and there
tcke advantage of the greater oppor
tunities open to them. As a conse
quence, when they returned and the
glory of their reoeption and home
coming had worn away, fhey sought
the larger communities and have
since settled permanently there.
It is definitely agreed and accept
ed that a certain amount of exer
cise and recreation is essential in
furnishing the necessary relaxation
after, a strenuous day at the office
or factory. We have establishments
where such may be secured in the
larger cities. Why Is something not
done along thi line for people in
the smaller cities, towns and vil
lages, giving the farm youth a place
to go In the evening other than the
crossroads' general store? His daily
work is far more strenuous than
that of his . city brethren, and it
would seem that for this reason he
is proportionately more in need of
a medium, a "safety valve," to re
lieve the tension and ease things up
a bit. Perhaps If such a medium
be established, farm hands would
be more plentiful, at least more so
than they have been during the past
few years.
John M. McLeon of Columbus. V.,i
has wisely said: "nay is tne sareiy-
valve of the nation." The officials
of our larger corporations are re
alizing more and more each day the
necessity of recreation for their em
ployes. Many of these men or Dig
business have installed devices in
their plants where the employes can
play at basket ball, indoor golf, bil
liards, bowling, gymnastics, etc. Why
not a community center wherein
these soorts and games may be en
joyed by the farmer, his family and
his help? It is someming mar. is
well worth study. The situation
faced by the farmers of the country
is a critical one, demanding earnest
thoueht. It is of so serious a char
acter that any movement that may
alleviate the distress cansed oy a
lack of farm labor must Impress it
self upon the thinking men as some
thing to be considered. Content
ment with one's environment is one
of the chief factors m making for
increased production, be it of the
farm or the factory. The establish-
mpnt of recreation centers might
furnish the very mean to establish
and develop this contentment If
Biich were to be the case a long step
forward would have been taken in
answering the perplexing and all
important question of "What is to
be done?" C. FORREST LUBY.
Chicago, 111.
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"Struck a Siinu."
Opialia. Aug. J". To the Editor
ot 'The Hee: The "snag" seems to be
wholly of Mr. It. li.- Howell's crea
tion, as it is a mutter of general
and long-standing" knowledge that
during the many years In which the
gas .plant wasj, owned and operated
by the Omaha, Gas company, no
such snaggy impediment . was en
countered by that company. And the
Omaha Oas company had several
more high-salaried officers on Its
list than Mr. Howell, now has on his
gas plant staff, and yet the Omaha
Gas company managed to make a
good living for itself without find
ing it necessary to raise its rates
aqd add a 50 cent service charge, as
Mr. Howell seems to have found
necessary. ,
We wonder how Mr. Howell fig-.-
ures. What method of bookkeep
ing does he employ that he should
feel: Justified in raising the gas rates
and -adding a 50-cent service charge
to boot, when he has fewer "million-dollar"
officials on his staff
than the Omaha Gas company em
ployed, has no city tax of thou
sands of dollars to pay, and certain
ly has no sane reason for boosting
the former gas rates to their present
unreasonable and unwarranted
height?
It is disheartening enough to havj
this added burden attached to our
monthly gas bills,, but it makes us
froth at the mouth to have Mr.
Howell think; for one minute that
he is putting anything' over on us.
If the Metropolitan Water board
were incurring enough more ex
pense each month, in the operation
of the gas plant, to justify this re
cent rate increase, we might see
some sense to the arrangement; but
as it is, every citizen with his eyes
and ears open knows that the Met
ropolitan Water board has consider
ably less expense to worry about
than had the Omaha Gas company,
and, by all the laws of good arith
metic, should be able to make a
living wage without extorting such
unwarranted charges from the gas
consnmers.
O, Death, where is thy sting?
"FROM MISSOURI."
Warns Against Plckpot-kets.
Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 20. To The
Editor of The Bee: I simply say my
pocketbook ' was stolen and while it
did not contain as much as my Han
scorn park neighbor, his being
J44.00 mine only $2S.0. My sympa
thetic friends suy "sir, you ought to
have a guardian." and to appease
my friends I have ordered my tailor
to place a special pocket inside of
my pants leg that will require the
removal of the whole leg to get away
with my pocketbook. NoW this is
twice in six months I have been
".rolled" rand it Is becoming tire
some. I am a little leary that our
city journals are not very well posted
as to the amount of wealth f left
through this channel, or at least
they keep very mute in, divulging
or exposing same. Han'scom park
lines have- contributed over $2,000
to this class of gentry in the past
few, months to say sgiothing of Ben
son and depot lines, and it has be
come so cmrtun people pay little
attention t6 it. Waiving all doubts,
our visitors need protection along
this line during the carnival.
JAMES HALE.
nations and work for the corpora- V
tions. I admit, however, that Amert- C f
ca is a second mother for those of I ,
my race. Nevertheless Ireland is V f
U'hnrn Vi..w Iw.lnni What is tnn
Emerald isle without the Irish?
There is absolutely no excuse for
anyone leaving unless under circum
stances, to avoid the prison or
scaffold. Then if one of that clas
of patriots escape, America Is sure
of a good "hyphensted citizen," be
cause the better the Irishman the
better the American. i a truth that f
will be recognized and appreciated
with the advance of knowledge.
Jesse S. Kinder and kind to the con-
trary notwithstanding. The Irishman
who isjndifferont to the asslnatlon
of Ireland is a danger and a menace
to the perpetuity of our American
institutions. The women pickets who
are apltatlng the culling of that tre
mendous loan of $6,233,870,000 sre
good Irish-American citrens. The
lads and lassies leaving Ireland at
the present time are slackers, de
serters of the worst kind. They are
equal to many of those who left
in days of yore whose descendants
today are unconcerned about Ire
land. They are neither fish, flesh nor
a good red herring.
JERRY HOWARD.
Some Discussions.
Serihncr. Neb.. Aug. 19. To The
Editor of Trro Bee: Which way is
the length and width of Nebraska?
That is, is the lencth running north
and south, or east and west? How
many miles from tne nortnern
bpundary to the southern, and also
the milesaTfrom. eastern . to western
boundary? Which do you" consider
the length and width of California?
Is the length and width measured
the same direction In every state, or
is the longest way always considered
the length? What is the; area of
lake Michigan? What is the area
of Nebraska? MRS. J. H. B. .
Answer The longest dimension of
a plane figure is always Its length
and the, shortest Its width. The
length of Nebraska from east to
west lis 420 miles: its breadth Is
from north to 'south and Is; 208
miles; Its area is 77,510: square
California's length Is from
to south, and on a line run
ning through the center of the state .
is 750 miles; its mean breadth, from '
east to west, is 200 miles: its area
is 155,980 square miles, or a little
more than double that of Nebraska;
lake Michigan is 300 miles longi
with a mean breadth of 75 miles!
its area is 22,450 square miles; Its
mean depth is 870 feet
miles;
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ODD AND INTERESTING.
Pressing trigger grips on the han
dles causes a new horse-drawn dirt
scraper for grading to dump its load.
Gas producing plants using peat
fuel are being operated in England,
Ireland, Sweden, Italy, Russia and
Germany.
A Boston woman Is the Inventor
of a space saving couch under which
are a closet and ' drawers to store
many articles.
The wives of many English fisher
men keep a black cat in the house
in the belief that doing so Insures
their husband's safety at sea.
Several German chemists are en
deavoring to find economical
processes for the recovery of com
bustible material from coal ashes.
Napoleon's handwriting was so il
legible that his letters from Ger
many to Josephine were at first
taken for rough maps of the seat
of war.
The walrus- furnishes about 1,600
pounas or meat, i.vuv puuqua ui un
and oou pounas oi learner, ana me
while whale furnishes much more.
The total French production of
iron ore during the year 1919 is esti
mated to have been 9,429,689 metric
tons (one metric ton equals 2,204.6 ,
pounds). Of this amount, si. i per
cent, or 8,606,000 tons, was pro
duced in the Lorraine basing.
Jerry Writes On Ireland.
'Omaha, Neb., Aug. 19. To The
Editor of The Bee: In today's issue
appeared an article criticising the
writer for advocating the emancipa
tion of Ireland. Mr. Kinder says
in his letter,' among other things,
that he is'"getting disgusted With the
Irish-American hyphen." As an
adopted citizen who became such
without any mental reservation
whatsoever, f have no apology to
make for calling attention to ire
land's claim forfreedom. My plea
Is that England has no more right
to be in Ireland than Germany had
in Belgtuhv - My sympathy Is with
every class and country struggling
for freedom. '
According to, tHe philosophy ' of
the decision of the State RAilway
commission on. the street car con
troversy, "an , a venule of 10 men
asking for jobs," I maintain my ad
vice to the Irish to remain at home
i timely. I am being criticised on
account of this patriotic and be
nevolent advise by those who want
them here to vote for the league ot
Helped the Red Cross.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 18. To The
Editor of The Bee: On July 1, 1920,
the writer registered as state direc
tor (senior organiration) of the
American Red Cross, and on the
15th of this month, registered as
state director of the Junior Red
Cross. I found it necessary to give
up my active ,connection with the
American Red Cross on account of
business reasons, and I want to take
this opportunity to thank your pa
per, the members of the editorial
staff and others directly or indirect
ly connected with the publishing
phase of the work, for the most
splendid and hearty co-operation
which you have always given the
American Red Cross, as well as to
the writer.
; It is such co-operation as this that
made it possible for the American
Red Cross to. do the tremendous
work that was carried on in the
state of Nebraska. As you undoubt
edly know, Nebraska gave better
than $3,500,000. , to the American
Red Cross alone, and had the high
est percentage of school children'
enrolled In thei junior organization
of any state in the union.'
, I merely quote these figures In
proof of my contention that such a
record was largely brought about by
the splendid co-operation of your
paper. , V I W. TRESTER.
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Old Coin Prices Wanted.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. tO.-rTo The
Editor of The Beet Will soAne kind
readers give me a little information'
on old coin -and their worth? I
have United States 1-cent piecesi v
year 1852 and. 1856: United States V
3-cent piece, year 1852. Also many I
foreign coins. Any Information will
De greatly appreciatea. nease an
swer through the Bee letter box.
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
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