THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY; DECE3 MF.ER 192. ThlOmaha Bee , DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COM TAN Y, KELSON B. UrOIKE, Publisher. - MEMBERS of THE. ASSOCIATED PRESS TM tvitaei ftHt. of wilt Tl tlx n t msmbar. n - rlmil iutll to Ut uw for publication of til neut diituteltM rrlt(etl W II M tnt nthfrwlM cmllttd in th psntr. tnd ilia tb lonal ofwt publlihe.1 heroin. All rifbts of publlcstlon ot our uwial , V dispatches an) also renertwt BEE TELEPHONES ; Prhats Branch Eiohanre. Ask for Tl 1 finI V.tlis Iftsaruuaut ur Permn Wtntrd. 1 yier IUUU n - .... . For Nlk c" A,fer 10 p- M- ' - Mitorlsl Departmmu .......... Trier ini'01 ' VlrSlS"0 i'''fi''M't Tjifr loom! : , : &drertisln lxnxnmii .......... Trier 1()oiil ,f OFFICES OF THE BEE . . lUIn Offlrs- 17th and Ftmaa , ' Council Bluff! 15 Ueotl Ht. I Soulli 8ida CIS N 81. Out-of-Town Office! 18 fifth At. I (VislllLtftnd 1311 U Ht. Sieger BUtf. I I'trH Franc 430 Rue St. flouort -,J cialc and discriminate in the matter of bcver 4 I ..... i.f .i.. t .... i . . i i .i ngcs ii-uMf inc camel cuirreii anu nccupiea wic tent. ! ji New Tori t , , Chicago The Bees Platform 1. New Union PaiMagvr Station. 2. Continued improvement of the Ne braska Highway, including the pave ment of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. I ft FOOD, FAMINE AND NEBRASKA. One of the anomalies of nature has arisen : j to bring confusion into Nebraska. The fertile t iields of our state, favored by an unusual sea- ... , nn rf oHtiKitijk ,it .,;.. U I .. A f.., , UIUUIU iui in Is crop of such proportions as transcends the adjective "bountiful," and yet that very ptenty !; holds an element of difficulty. Prices for farm products have shrunk far below th safety line ; and the farmers face actual loss on all they send A ' to market. Consequently from all parts of the ji; state come murmuring9 and mingled with these iJjare threats of destroying or wasting the crop, j Is this course the wise one? f Our president just now adds his appeal to . that of others for relief to be furnished the starving people in the Near East. To them i. Americans have already contributed $41,000,000, f. and at least a million of them live because of he generosity of the people of this land. Now Jjjjthe appeal is for another $23,000,000 that these y. people may be carried through another winter of amine into a possible year of harvest. While we have becri turning our eyes to the ; Niar East, interested in the suffering there and ;-. in central Europe, we have forgbtten the greater1 ; calamity that has overtaken anotnef people, tn i; the Near East a million are hungry; in China i literally tens of millions are starving) the vic !$ tims of utter famine and destitution are dying - daily by thousands. While consortiums are being arranged to finance the further existence r of an inadequate and inefficient government, little or nothing is being done for the people, who ', accept death as inevitable or who vainly try to avert it by eating weeds, dry leaves or anything : they can masticate. Have we ho genius national or otherwise ji who tan arrange to get the starving millions of Syria, Armenia and China into touch with the grain tfiat is said to be wasting in Nebraska's bverrlowihg bins, cribs and granaries, or is etahding unharvested iri the fields? This chal i. , ietige to ouf civilization is direct. If we are the leaders bl the world we should find a way t td answer the1 call of -hungry babies, dyijiff i: mothers, desperate fathers, and see to it that ho i'l grain of wheat or ear of corn parishes unused iif. while famine stalks unchecked through the world I elsewhere. it. - , Perils of Too-Sudden Democracy. c 11 Japan were a democracy, tvar would be V mudi more probable than it really Is, accbrd- ing to the vie brought back from the Orient t, by a retired business mart ofOmaha. The peo- pie there are rtpsjrted to have been; stirred to a high pitch by the newspapers, and are bit ter over the Califojatia attitude toward Jap- anese. The oligarchy of statesmen who coh- irol Japanese affairs, however, realizes that it would be folly to engage in conflict with Ameri- ca. Not only is the natioh'9 treasury too low i1ti finance waAik operations, but the Chinese ? and Koreans would present a formidable prob- lem once Japan withdrew its attention from i Shantung and its other spheres of influence on V the continent of Asia. : The theory 'that the Common people of a ;i nation are naturally more pacific than their i rulers, and are essentially opposed to hostilities ,. ia which they would bear the burdens and stand ,i: the losses appears to be upset by this situation. j;,All proposals to defer declaration of war un- t: til the people hold a referendum are based on the theory that this would prevent most wars. I Perhaps It would, but In circumstances such i as exist in Japan, where the people have been ; wrought tip to a frenzy of jingoism by the ! press, the result wouttl be far from meeting that l! expectation. , The small governing class of Japan has sources of information and actual knowledge - oi the actual situation that cannot be under i'. stood by the people as a mass. If intelligence V were more widely spread in the islands, it is possible that the people would noj be so prone ' to seek action, but with conditions' asthcy are, i it perhaps is ,4 fortunate" thing that Japan is not yet fully democratized. f "Jake" Not a Beverage. ; Our supreme court has added another little ' nugget of wisdom to the accumulating pile that I has grown out of our experience with prohibi "; tion. This time it has decided that jarhaica ginger is not a beverage. We are inclined to agree with the court. Having no experience with ;; the peculiar concoction, knowing it only by ': hearsay and reputation, we are of the opinion ! that it will never serve as a substitute for any i - of the dinner wines that once graced the menu i card, nor is it likely that any who ever felt the -. genial glow inspired by rye or bourbon will find I in the drug store product known colloquially as . "jake" that which they looked for when they j lifted the decanter and poured forth a libation of mellow whisky. Jamaica -ginger may serve ' to give the '"kick" so many purblind and mis-;- guided amateur tipplers seem to seek; in the ' ; case at court it appeared to have done so; for the defendant in error was found unconscious 'I on the floor with a bottle of the mixture in his hand, but the tippler who merely sought intoxi i, cation never knew the joy of wine or the com i tort of strong' drink. The court's decision may J. or may not make the enforcement of prohibi v'Vtion easier, but it will not encounter a great - dial of, opposition among those who did apprc- Let's Pull Together. The Bee is not disposed to join the quarrel being Waged by its two contemporaries in Omaha as to which receives the larger advertis ing patronage. It doesij't presume that its readers are especially interested in tabulations of statistics on a question which after all con cerns few but the newspapers themselves. It has an idea that Omaha is tired of newspaper quarrels. The Bee, just now, feels anything but quarrel some. Its new ownership and management has just completed ten months of striving to serve its readers and advertisers, and it is very appre ciative of the good will which has been manifest toward it a good will which gave The Bee a gain of 3,248 lines of advertising in a month when one ' contemporary lost 138,376 and the other 131,698 lines as compared with a year ago. The Bee considers its own prosperity and success bdtind lip -inseparably with that of Omaha and Nebraska. Just now it imagines that that can be served best by courageous and united effort, all together, to solve the many problems which face us" Let's pull together and make "Onward, Omaha!" a reality. New World View of the League. The clash in the assembly of the League of Nations, precipitated by the resignation of the representative of the republic of Argentina, arises out of the conflict between the ideals of the new world and those of the old. Voting with Argentina for the proposal to alter .some of the articles of the covenant was Paraguay, and Canada. New Zealand and Australia are also said to lean toward the revision. Senator Knox, together with Borah, Moses and other irreconcilables, are quoted as viewing this situation in the light of a break-up of the league. Lord Robert Cecil, member of the British Parliament from Oxford and representa tive of South Africa in the league assembly, de clares that existence of the league is unmenaced, even should a few other nations resign. From this distance, however, it appears that the least that can happen is that the dictatorship of the great powers over the functions of the inter national organization must be modified if even the pretensejof harmony and usefulness is to be preserved? The fact is that Argentina got in the way of the big powers' steam roller. Pueyrredon's proposals included ohe "for the election of the council by the assembly. This would have shaken the hold of England, France and Italy oil world politics, since as things now stand, they are supreme in the controlling body of the league. The other amendments called for an in ternational tribunal to haVe compulsory jurisdic tion over disputes, for admission of all sovereign states td the league and for admission of dele gates from small states which are not entitled to full membership. Opponents of any changes in the covenant moved to refer all amendments to a committee and take no action on them tthtil 1921. Although it has been generally maintained that all action of the assembly must be by unanimous vote, President Hymans of the league ruled that a unanimous vote was not necessary in case of procedure, and disregarded the adverse baNot of the South American rtation. Throughout the meeting in Geneva thee has been unending conflict between the smsfll and exclusive league council and the democratically organized assembly. Efforts to correct certain evils of the mandatory system and to eliminate Article X likewise, were without effect, as were those of the Scandinavian nations for other re forms. On the one hand is a rather general feeling that the powers have neglected the feelings and wishes of the smaller nations, and on the other is the claim that ''the great Latin-American nation acted too precipitately. However, the judgment of the government of Argentina coin cides' with that so recently expressed by the American people, that there are manifest dangers and inequities in the covenant that must be cor rected. With theTXlnited States and Argentina, the two greatest nations of the new world,, agreed in their attitude toward the league of nations, either a change of heart must come over the directing minds of the league, or its collapse will be threatened. Governor on the Right Track. "In many counsels lies wisdom," a proverb trite, perhaps, but as true today as when first uttered. Governor McKclvie realizes this, it seems, for he has announced a series of con ferences by which he hopes to get a concentrated notion 'of public opinion in his state, as to its heeds and by what means the welfare of its citizens may be better secured. The list of or ganizations included in his invitation' takes in .about every activity or interest in the state, and with proper attendance should result in a free discussion from all angles of the problems of government. It i,Nof course, presumed that finally the governor will make up his mind in the light of the advice he has been given, but without prejudice to-any; that he will not allow the conflict of interest between certain of the groups to disturb the balance authority must maintain towards all the citizens, and that he will so co-ordinate the suggestions made as to bring something like harmony to all. If he can succeed in doing this, he will exemplify wisdom in its highest expression. His plan deserves suc cess, for it is good. A Line 0' Type or Two Hew to the Line, let the qulfis fall where they may. A Ipcal pi-omotor talks of an apartment house, in which the tenants will h nennitted to pay for and own the rooriis they occupy. They are permitted to pay for theMn now. Payrolls and registered mail are no lunger looked upon as preferred risks by the insurance companies. Possibly the burglar who discovered his victim's money beneath ,a pillow was a base, ball player. When the socialists can' hot agree as to the Soviets, it Is a good time for outsiders to remain outsiders. Ponzl will not be permitted to wear silk shirts in prison, which ought to console ln's victims. x Wonder how the thieves that cleaned up $1,750 in 24 hours regard the excess profits tax? The parity between a dollar and a square meal is slowly being revived. They're off again at Washington,' " 1 To Laura Itliicklmrii. (Upon learning thatf I am tn see her at the liookfellows' luncheon.) Oh Laura, is the moment come When 1 at last shall lamp The fai'e Unit launched sh many a pome? Art violet? Or vamp? I've languished, yearned for many a year, I've wooed you in the Line, llut you stayed 'distant and austere. You never would be mine: Owe more I ask; 'tis not too late: Wilt tend my hearth-tire's spark? I'll he to you a faithtul mate. Your own true love. lE'i'E RAHK, NOW that we all know it was neither Soc rates nor Epictetus who learned Greek at 81 (because, you see, being Greeks they did not have to study the language), you may like to know sometliiiiR about Julitts Caesar. He was, narrates a higll schflol paper, "the ltoblest of English kings. He learned Latin late in life in order to translate an ecclesiastical work into the vernaculary of the common people." WE are reminded by our learned friend W. F. Y., tJjat-Socrates began at 64 to study Eng lish, but had to give it up as a bad job. "The fact," he says, "is interestingly set forth in Monteliori's 'Eccentricities of Genius'." AIN'T EDUCATION WONDERFUL! (From the Journal Eduentional Rewearch.) Whenever the test result does not agree with the school record of the child, further study of the case is insisted upon to see if jhe cause of the difference can be discovered. ATD now it is under the single standard that Mr. Bryan, the w. k. wet blanket, is rally ing the unco guid. Hill could be elected pres ident under the single standard of the L. M. V. O. - ' Agnes or Mark? Sir: The case for the Keats Memorial ia even stronger than you have put it. A part of Endymion and Hyperion -and the Eve of St. Agnes were written there. The famous tree is a mulberry-and not a plum. In the eighteenth century England tried planting the mulberry for silK culture, but only four or , five of the trees- survived, and the one at Lawn Bank is one of the noblest. MRS. W. MR. IRAMER is another speech-making prohibition agent whd needs to be reminded that all we want from him is prohibition and damned little of that. .. TtiE TOONERVILLE TROLLEY. Sir: In Freeport. where they have 13-min- ute service, the car, with seats comfortably filled, pulled up to tho crossing and the motor-1 man stuck his head out the window and yelled, 1 "Wait for the next car and you 11 get a seat," and then turned on the juice. J. P. W. Ilhetorlc and Tea. (Scene A "Rhetoric Tea." All present are university "instructors in rhetoric.") Riq (taking a cookie) What do you think of Mencken? 2nd Instructor Mencken? Oh, he strikes me as a poseur (sips tea) ... a smart aleck. Riq How much of him have you read? ' 2il Instructor Oh, not much; a couple of essays. Itiq Anyone here -read "The Cream of the Jest" ? Three Instructors Who's it by? 3rd Instructress Let mo think . . . Cowell? 2nd Instructor Ah . . . Ca-Bell! Riq Read it? 2nd Instructor No, but I'm trying to get hold of "Jurgen." Riq What do you meaa by "smart aleck"? 2nd Instructor Oh, what I don't like in mod ern literature is the tendency to' be Smart. Riq What do you mean by "smart"? 2nd Instructor Well I dun't know; 1 guess I'm a Victorian. 4th Instructress The trouble 13 that the nat uralist writers of today arejseeking forbidden paths. Riq Forbidden by Whom? 5th Instructor I -must goi (Exit.) 3rd Instructress They're eccentric, -flying away from instead of toward the oentral hub of the normal, the classic. They seek the mor bid particular instead of the universal truth. Riq What is the universal truth? 3rd Instructress I can't explain it to you. It's like tp eillcacy of prayer. Riq It never got me anything. 3rd Inst. You see you're in the outer dark ness.1 6th Instructor It seems to me that the mod ernists are all the time trying to startle and irritate you. I don't think any of the contem porary stuff is worth reading. Riq What do you think of Dunsany? 3rd Instructress Oh, I don't think much of him. 2nd Instructor He's not much. Chorus. Oh, no! Riq (taking another cookie) But Dunsany is l classicist' 4th instructress (after an awkward pause) I'd like another cup of tea, if you don't mind. RIQUAR1US. IT is predicted by the president of North western university that Chicago will be the edu cational center of the United States; in spite of the board of education. The li. E. S. X. Sir: If the Sabbatat-ians are merely trying to make life miserable for most people and virtue odious they are going at things in the right way. But if they are animated by a desire for better morals they are, as usual, going at things in the wrong way. If a quiet, restful Sunday is aimed at, if the Sabbatarians wish us to stay at home, play with tho babies,, go to church and get drunk in the bAck yard in the. afternoon on home brew, the quickest way to arrive at that is to eliminate Saturday night. Eet them legislate to have Saturday afternoon run till 10 p. m., With all business establish ments open, and Sunday morning bet?in at 10.01 on what was, before legislation, Saturday night, and have everyone In bed and nrtt allowed to get up till 9 the next morning, and most of the cobwebs of crime and Iniquity of Sunday would be done away with. With Saturday night ellm- inated, we would, moat of us, be sulliciently sober the next morning to enjoy ourselves ration ally all day SimVlav. I'm for a Lenguo to Elim inate Saturday Night. W. F. Y. TO the inspired compositor and proofreader of the York, Neb., News-Times hevis General Den undo. Desperate Remedies. (From the Manistee News-Advocate.) My wife, Mrs. John F. Wells has left my bed and home without any just cause. 1 will not become responsible for any debts contracted bv her after the above date. JOHN F. WELLS. this is to cerAfy that I have this day severed my relationship with John F. Wells, my husband, for the sole reason that I did not want the responsibility ot a home on my hands, and for no other reason whatsoever, for he has always been a kind and loving and devoted husband to me at all times and provided well for me and done all in his poWer to make life pleasant for me, and I have enjoyed our married life very murli tmttl' three weeks ago when I became de spondent and would not become reconciled. Signed, Mrs. J. F. Wells. "SAVE," suggests the Joe Bceson company. "$10 to $20 oil cut prices hi other stores..' Thanks for the hinh Which are the other How to Keep Well Br DR. W A. EVANS Qtieitiont concerning hygiene, tanltallon and prevention ot diete, auhmiltrd lo Dr. Evans by readers ot The Bee, will be answered personally, subject to f roper limitation, where a stamped, addresses envelop is enclosed. Dr. vans will not make diagnosis or prescribe (or Individual diseases. Address letters In care of The Bee. Copyright, 1920. by Dr. W. A. Evans. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. I Stella "TIKI vu chu inr ix'ip wneii m- hltUi.il vf.n In th.i .lrl(? MiivUflli- S: I ly. 1 nhoi:M pnv not. He dliln'f"neeil any help. Ho.itoii (lluhe. T. B. YARDSTICK FOR CITIES. At tho end of the three years or iginally set as the period of Btudy Dr. D. H. Armstrong reported thAt the death rate from consumption in Framlngham, Mas., had declined about one-third. It was 121 at tho start, while at the end' of three years it, was 11 Eighty-one deaths from consunip tion per 100,000 living Is a very low death rate. About 23 years ago Chicago had a typhoid death rate twieo that high, and now the rate has been around one for several years. Is it too much to hope for that 25 years from now Framing ham may have a consumption rate in the neighborhood of one? Armstrong reports that his phy sicians are finding less consumption now, and especially loss neglected consumption. This leans him to hope that the decrease in consump tion will continue. While the experiment was founded upon a suggestion which lleiser brought from Victoria, Australia, that consumption might be brought under cohtrol in a few years, ami while this iromlse is not being met in all its fullness1, there has been great progress. The lessons learned at Frarningham suggest lo Dr. Arm strong a Framlngham yardstick with which other communities may measure themselves. Here are some of the features of that yardstick as applied to a city of 100,000 popula tion: How many cases of consumption aro there? In Framlngham 1 per cent of the population has active tuberculosis any city "of 100,000 1,000 cases. How many cases should be under care? In Frarningham for every death there should be nine to 10 cases under care; In a city of 100, 000 population with a tuberculosis death rate of 100 per annum there should be 900 to 1,000 cases under the care of physicians either at home or in institutions such as hos pitals and sanitarlams, , What are the minimum needs for beds in sanitaria and hospitals? In Frarningham . one to two beds for each death per year. In a com munity of '100,000 population with 100 deaths from consumption a year there should be 100 to 200 beds for consumptives. What proportion of cases of con sumption should be given hospital or sanitarium care? In Frarning ham about 33 1-3 per cent. In a city of 100,00 about 333 cases. What will be the cost of all health work on a comprehensive plan, in cluding tuberculosis work? In Frarn ingham over $2 per captia. In a city of 100,000 about $200,000 a year. , What results can bo expected? In Frarningham a reduction of one third in the tuberculosis death rate waa achieved in three years. A community of 100,000 6hould lower KNG MANUEL LOST HIS THRONE ToTltrXSE. OnEWoMM' vJWrXT would ou3)0? "Dresherized" Clothes! Know what that means? Well, "Dresherized" clothes means clothes that have been cleaned, pressed, dyed, altered, steamed, repaired or re modeled in Dresher's wondrous establishment. "Dresherized" Clothes look, feel and wear like new so you see the per son who believes in "Dresherization" is a pretty wise sort of a per son after all, for "Dresh erizing" doesn't cost much. If it sounds good to you, Phone Tyler 0345. DRESHER BROTHERS Cleaners 2211-17 Farnam Street stores? "OOTT MIT UNS." S"ir: The following item is from un auction catalogue of scarce English coins: "Commonwealth, 1H49, 20 shilling piece. Rhield of St. George within wreath, 'Th Com monwealth of England.' Rev. shields of St. George and Ireland Joined together, XX above, UOD WITH VS." a Do not tho Germanytand convicted of rank plagiarism? NUMMUS. HIS SriTTER WAS UNIHTTABLE. (From the Elgin Courier.) He was graduated from Hanover high sc hool and received his college education at Notre Dame, where he won fame as a pitch er for the Notre Dame foot ball team. THERE was so mnch bowing and scraping on the streets of Chicago yesterday that it was hard to get about;.- Who would not be polite for m li. L.. T. i Will Place a Columbia Gralonola In 'your home for Xmas. All styles to select from, $32.50 to $250.00. Latest record hits on sale. " . SchmoIIer & Mueller Piano Company New Location, 1514-16-18 Dodge Street '- Phone Douglas 1623 I I MM Its general death rate as tfell as its tuberculosis rate. 1 Not Harmful as I'mids. X. Y. 7.. writes: "1. Is it harm ful to eat meat during pregnancy? 2. Can one eat meat during the first months of pregnancy? 3. Is chicken, fish, young veal or lamb also barred, or would it be all right to eat some of them? 4. is it ab solutely necessary to have tho urine examined? 6. During what period of pregnancy should a woman Rtart to have her kripe tested and how often?" REPLY. No. Yes. v. They are all right. Absolutely necessary, no. Ad visable, yes. 6. Have one analysis made in the early monlhs. After the fifth month examinations should bo made periodically. 1. 2t 3. 4. If Hnivar.l ?urcMi-.U In lln iiltempl to nmko IIB hluil-nts h'iniI-. ci-rrivt KnirlUli how will anybody be hMo to undei btim J tullilntt llbeut? M.c Kr Nioy are 'l'li'triiii. - "I hour Hie government U ftolnB a law which Bill bo if ri'iil bv What I' It- ., I ,, , , "'reiy iv.ui will 'bo allowc-il to small i"-r ''lit of bin eurnlngs inny coiiKlil'r as his own t-ropsriy Take Gas Have Tlieiri Ihillcd. VI. O. M. writes. 'What is the best method for having dno teeth ex tracted for a yo'ing mart 32 years oldv who has had a heart murmur slnc he was 21? At present he Is suffering from neurathenla. Like all ndrvous people, he dreads the dentist.- He has some teeth that need fixing and thinks they may have direct bearing on Ilia present condition." UgTLY. He should take gas and have them out. .Metal Poison May Cause It. E. W. writes: "What is the cause of shooting pains from shoulder to finger tips? They are so bad, they wake me up and keep me awake for hours. They never bother me in daytime, although I can feel them in my finger joints. They never bothered me before last month. What can I do? Both arms are af fected, sometimes the left arm the Worse. I am mining. Might that be the cause of it? 1 have had lead poison and quicksilver poison sev eral times." REPLY. In all probability you have neu ritis. There are different causes for neuritis. An examination is required to tell the cause in your case. Me tallic poisoning could be the causa Have that Investigated. Are You Your Own Tailor? Joe B. Kedfield If you make your own coats, it is prob able that you can plan your own' adver tising just as successfully. But if you prefer to have both your clothes and your advertising tailored by an experienced craftsman the K-B serv ice "department is yours to command. Planning, copywriting, illustrating, printing, addressing, mailing "From the desire to sell clear to the cash register." K-B Printing Company Redfield & Millilcen Owners Doglas at 10th Tyler 0364 1 Harvey Milliken m "YOU ARE RIGHT! 9 f Declared a prominent business man in com menting on our first business editorial, "Quit Kicking," published last Friday. "There is not the slightest doubt the easy money of the last four years has spoiled' us. f, Sales men have been order takers iot salesmen. It was not a question of making a sale, but of consenting to take an order. The auto mobile business, for instance, became a great and successful business because of the genius and magnificent sale? ability of the men engaged in it, but for tlje last few years we waited in line and begged penuis sion to place an order. Thank the Lord, we are again at the place where it will be neces sary to brush up the sales talk, develop con vincing arguments, and go otiUafter. busi ness. In other woi'ds, we must all -go b:-ck to work." I am quoting the above remarks for the rea son they are typical of the comment we have on every hand, and show the situation is recognized as basicly sound and that cur quarrel is with ourselves, not conditions. Pyramiding could not go on forever, and we all knew it. Yet instead of being willing ttj accept the situation, we have tried to prove that two and two does not make four. As Ward Burgess said Thursday night: "Everything is here just where it was."" All we need is red-blooded, intelligent, honest-to-God, not-afraid-of-work, Optimism. When we get over our afraid-in-the-daik cowardice and begin to look our temporary losses squarely in the eye without a nervous collapse, we will be surprised to discover we have put in motion the wheels for a splendid and almost instantaneous'business revival. Right now we all realize we have been afraid of a stuffed club. Right now we are awakening to the fact that business is good and getting better. Right now we are dis covering the secret of true success is WORK that spirit which prompts us to get out into the highways and byways, beat the bushes and look for business as we did in the good old days when hard work spelled success. The man or firm who wants business bad enough to go out after it will be surprised at the splendid volume to be found. Don't forget ! Dame Fortune is a woman the Leap Years are over she is through courting us we must now get busy and do some tall court ing ourselves. And for the Love of Mike, "Why Not?" President. L. V. NICHOLAS OIL CO. "Business Is Good, ThanJ( You. n I'll. ri-ta:: lilcli