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4 THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 921. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE NELSON PUBLISHING B. UPDIKE. COMPANY. Publisher. MEMBERS OF fHE ASSOCIATED PRESS TIM Am.kim4 rim. ot wmek The Hm is a member, w n c!iiiIti miltlrd u ibt am tot publication of all hh dlaoeleAae ciwiilM la It of not otherwise emitted la this pr. anil elan ine Inal news runliahed herein. AU rtihts o publlcatioo at out wecial disiialcliu art aim mm id. I BEE TELEPHONES Prtral Itranoli Exebanre. Aik for Tvlt (Wi Ul Penutaumt or I'tnot Wanted. JTeW IWW For Ni(bt Call Altar 10 P. M.I Editorial Department Clreulatloa itouarunent Adwrlillu Department OFFICES Couacil duffs New York Cnicato OF THE BEE Main Utile tnit and Famaa IS bcoti ttt I Duma Bid ,Out-o(-Tewa OlficMi IS KifU Am WuMnAon Trier iPOOt . Trier 10OU Ijlel 10OVI MUJ II it 1111 0 St. Hteiat Bid. ' Parle Vram 119 Bat to. Han are Jte flee' Platform !. New Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of the vNe break. Highways, ' including the pave ment of Main Tboroufhfaret leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from Uie Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. N : SELF-IMPOSED THRIFT. About this time six years ago America began . to feel the effects of "war prosperity." Employ- mcnt was, plentiful, wages began to mount, and ; an era of "silk shirt" living commenced. Motley I came easy, and it went easy, but business was good and new jobTawaited the worker long before he was through with the old, and such , an expanse of good times never was known as Americans enjoyed. When the pinch of war , hit our own land, it did not bring a reduction ; in pay, but did send the cost of living shooting iip so fast it made folks dizzy to watch it Only salaried people and those of fixed incomes were adversely affected, and some of these found con siderable difficulty in" stretching their dollars to bridge the gap between income and outgo. , After the armistice, swept, on by a wave of pseudo-prosperity, living costs went heights undreamed of, an orgy of spending encouraging a scale of prices that looks fantastic when, com pared with the days left behind in 1914. r .. - But with the war came something else. De- mands of patriotism brought something of a con-, i ccption of thrift; when 21,000,000 people buy $18,000,000,000 of government bond9, and another group buys almost $l,500,00fr,000 of war savings stamps, the conclusion is warranted that all the "easy" money did not go for sheer extravagance. ; Proof to the .contrary is available. The latest 1 report shows that almost a billion of the war savings stamps issue is still in the hands of the original purchasers, and these represent the lesser investors in government securities. How much of the larger issues of bonds remain in posses sion of the buyers no one can say; it is known that many of, the purchasers of the $50 and $100 denominations have disposed 6i them at the pre- vailing discount and spent the money, "yet there I is also reason for thinking that a far greater number (of Jhe buyers in small lots still hold their little bonds, and that the money represented 'liy thcirT may be considered as belonging to the, " Met savings cf the people. v The impulse-! not' end there. Savings and I , Ipan societies, savings banks, insurance com ' panics, and fcll similar institutions report great increases in the totals of their business, all of which represent savings. The impulse to ac cumulate has' received a further impetus since ' the readjustment commenced early last summer, Tand with the" rising value of money thrift is talc i ing on a new aspect. The riotof spending is I oVer. . '. ' It is well to distinguish between thrift and parsimony. Business will be Ndisturbed through tao little spending 'qite as seriously as it was upset-by the destruction of its standards which came with the buying wave of war times. Pru dence should regulate this, and a just balance be established between needs and means, in order ' that no serious derangement will come !n the intake of thr wave of self-imposed thrift that t moves the country's producers today. Optimism and the Immediate Future. ', An interesting notejs sounded by Sir Robert ; ,S, Home, president of the British Board of 'Trade, who "urges adoption of spirit of cal Citlated constructive' optimism to meet the world's e:.ti--ig commercial and financial depression." , lie Contends that the stupid, fatalistic acccp- tance of the fact that things are black are keep i ing them black- We agree with hifn, but insifct his discovery is-not original. Many other ob- Servers had noted the condition and had txf ' pressed the hope that the remedy would be ip5 j plied iTthe same way. However, Sir Robert goes a bit further. Heuggesls that the United States i wipe out the debt owed by England, and that ' in turn England' wipe out the debt owed it by t'other nations on account of the war. We doubt ; if this will be w,ell received. Several tiroes in the last two years both England and France have .specifically and officiallv declared against retnis ! sicn of any part of the debt they owe the United ; States. That may be passed Sir Robert's state f"menf 'that Germany is dumping steel into Eng 1 land at prices below British cost of production I is far more interesting than his comment on the public. debt. It bears out what has been said f many times, that despite political upheavals and t diplomatic maneuverings, the Germans are ac f lively at work. They may be a long time re i covering tjw place in the world's trade lost throughthe war, but they are not wasting val uable time. Such industries as they can revive Sgre going at top speed. When the same tan be Taid of other of the central European nations, a N considerable step towards restoration will have been taken. "y;;v". Federal Reserve Bank Profits. ,; A proposal that has been discussed with Mr. Harding ooks to the establishing of a central federal bank, with, the existing regional reserve "banks as branches. The purpose, naturally, ft to provide closer control as well as better co " ordination of the operations of these banks, through which the credit of the country is'con 'yerted into money by means of notes Jwued against assets, which finally are discounted notes. An interesting sidelight on this debate .is afforded by the fact that the federal reserve banking system as at present operated has far ..overrun its original design. Not Intended as a ? profit-making institution, but planned merely to -afford a reliable safeguard against money panics, lhas come to show a tremendous earning ca pacity. The New York regional bank reports for the year 1920 a profit of 203 per cent on its paid-up capital; its earnings in 1919 were 137 per tent For last yf ar it will pay to thegovern-( nient $39,000,000 as a corporation taxi The Min neapolis federal reserve bank reports earnings for 1920 of mdre than 100 per cent. These figures support the belief that ihe banks have been very busy, also that they have operated on a con-, servative basis, and further that some concession might be made, to borrowers without putting in danger the future of the institutions. We wonder what John Skelton Williams will say when he reads these reports. You remember how he tore into the western banks a few years ago because of the high interest rates and inordinate profits they were exacting. . A Line 0 Type or Two HcwNo the Line, let the quip fall where they may. Sounds Good, But Will They? Grave and reverend senators of the United States, debating the projected celebration of the passing of Wilson and coming of Harding and that should be, fittingly celebrated -talk about curbing the gougers resident in the District of Columbia who prey onjhe sojourner Nowhere injhe world is the, gentle art of skinning the visitor practiced nibre deftly pp assiduously than in Washington these days. It began about the time the war started, when the nation's capital was the Mecca of all the people, and "vvhen its capacity for caring for visitors was sorely taxed and overtaxed. Whether it was the humblest of self-serve places or the most exclusive of the aristocratic hostelries, the spirit was-the same, and the effect, too. Nowhere did the Hoover slogan take quicker hold or deeper root than. in Washington, D. C. x Prices were doubled and portions halved as a contribution to saving food towards winning the wir. In fact, the eating places of Washington probably contributed in this way trlore than any other in the country, not excepting New"York. The senate now warns them that the war is over; that visitors are not invited to come thither on or about jMarch 4 merely to 'make i holiday for a lot of innkeepers and luncbj-stand pirates, and that dire and TTfniornhle?pi,palt''es will beis:tejJ orr those who deliberately hold up the nation's guests. All of which is reminiscent of the talk heard in 1918, when the landlord scandal at Washington ex ceeded that of any other city before or.sinceJ' Congress did nothing then but talk, and prbably will let it go at that now. """"""N aaennaMatwaanaanmennaaaaeaS Signfficant of American Spirit One little incident in connection with the ad venture of the na,yal balloofiisls Reserves greater weight than has so far been given it. The first detailed report of their fanding in the Hudson Bay woods said the first thing that happened after the adventdrers vha'd extricated themselves from the balloon and Were safely on tlje ground. Lieutenant Hinton returned "gracious , thanks" for their preservation. No act could have be come them more. At home the wives of Lieu tenants Hinton and Farrell had nightly prayed for their safely, and during the weary days when experts had convinced themselves the balloon and its voyagers were forever gone, these women never waver ed in tfjeir faith, but ' voiced their trust in humble prayer. Storm-tossed and beaten by ice and snow, the men themselves kept heart, and gallantly battled out their drea'dful expe rience, and thenfwiien safely escaped from the perils of the. air, even though losr in a frozen wilderness, they expressed to God acknowledge ment of HiY mercjfand Care. Here is the true American spirit: Firm reliance on divine provi dence, with pluck to ; persevere and overcome difficulty and danger alike. Scoffers may smile r the act, and the fool who has said in his heart there is no God may account for the isue of the event io his own way, but the mass of our people, devout and honest in their belief, vvjll find in the incident -additional strength for the faith that is in them. Verily, "righteousness exlteth a nation." ' ABE LINCOLN was finally persuaded to get a new hat for his inauguration and Hon. Cal Coolidge has consented to buy him a new made up tie for the big day. A PEDOMETER test shows -that a house wife walks two miles while preparing three meals. But father walks twice as far doing a round of golf, and doesn't malce any fuss about it. Xevcr, My Dear. Str: Following your example, I immediately began "Mansfield l'ark. Hereafter I shall pre sent copies to all elderly persons who look down their noses and say (as William Lyon Phelps does In hia remarks on Marshall, that too much mod?m fiction is concerned with unpleasant characters whom one would not care to have as friends! Honestly, did you ever read of more greed, snobbishness, petty ambition, false mod esty, laziness, caste-worship, neuroticism and self-delusion, between two covers? FJTILLA RI A. WAS there ever a character rtiore delightful ly detestable than Mrs. Norris? Was there ever another character presented, so alive and breath ing, in so few strokes? Jane Austen had no need of psychoanalysis. BARGAIN MONDAY JIAVE YOUR LEG e SAWED OFF. . ' (From the Lawrenceville Republican.) If I wish to as the merchants are doing work at a special discount oil certain days it's only my own business and no one's else, unless you wish to profit, by it. Dr. Lambert. - HOW often have we journeyed on the map to James Bay, computing the number of days it would take us to cover that long stretch ol wilderness." Bulbil's no trip at all in ailalloon. AFFIDAVITS FURNISHED IF DESIRED. Sir: One bottle of Gordon plus one' of French and one Italian for a demonstration of "one foot on the bow of a canoe and the other on a log, chopping through a barrier in the stream. " ' C. D. C. WE'VE watched it done more than once. The log, we may add, was not floating, but was one of the barrier; -but if you or we attempted the feat we should be overboard in short order. And h"3ve you ever seen an Indian, with a sixty pound canoe for bonnet, leaping, gazelle-like, from boulder to boulder over a rpugh portage! THE FORSAKEN FEST. Along the lanes of Alstead ' I hear the robin's call, And there, like snow, the blossoms Of pear and cherry fall; -And there is heard the music . Of brooks that hasten by, -rAnd there the bee is busy And there, in thought, am I. , Alas! no lane of Alstead Shall see my face again, For he who worshiped beauty Has gone to strive with men . Has gone to dwell in cities And reap the city's wheat, N The gold that buys delusion And bitter bread to eat The feast remains forsaken The bloBsom on the bough, The robin's merry whistle, The boy behind his plow, The brook with all its music, ne numming or the bee. How to Keep Well By DR. W A. E ANS -; Quaatlona concernlnr hygiene, eanitatloa aad prevention el dlaeaee, submitted to Dr. Evana by reader ot The Bee, will bo anawered pereonally, euhject to proper limitation, wher a (tamped, addreaaad envelope la encloeed. Dr Evana will not make diagnoal or preacrib for individual diseaaaa. Addreaa lettera In care ol Tho Beo. Copyright, 1920. by Dr. W. A, Evana. , , Are only dreams of Edea American Citizenship Cornea Higher. One of the lessons taught by tre war was the value of American citizenship. lt was eagerly sought by some who had neglected the boon in days of softness, and found too Jafe that they could not secure it. To others it was denied because of their unworthiness. Even now th courts arewinnowlng out the applicants for the honor as never before, and the discrimination exercised is adding to the luster of the great possession. Womfcri as well as men are coming in for critical consideration, now that rtq dis tinction of sex is drawn in the franchise, which is the crown of citizenship. Heretofore alien 'women became titizens when their husbands did, or when they married a citizen; if a proposed law goes through, and it should, these women will be given the right tovote only when they have proceeded after, jhe .manner and form pre scribed for foreign-born males. Native-norn citizen women who expatriate themselves by wedding with alien's will be required to repatriate as if they were aiien-born. Children will ' no longer follow the condition of their parents and achieve citizenship by ihe act of thier father, but must t;ke out (iapers for themselves. These radical modifications of tiie law may strike some as putting hardship on aliens, but the careful thinker will realize the justice of the plan. Men are prone to value a thing forwliit it costs them, and this is why somheld American citi rensh;p so lightly it was too easily attained. Privileges accorded under no other government go- with the condition, that of sovereignty being one, and these are not to be achieved without some payment of devotion and service hereafter. While the British jingoes cry out in warning to John Bull that his navy is smaller than Uncle Sam's, our own are claiming that the American rUvy is smaller than Brifain's.4and the question will never be Jettled to their -mutual satisfaction until an actual test is made. I' hev nrnhahlw ot J vy MIUMJ John Spargo and Henry Arthur Jones have told what they think of H. G. Wells, and Mr. Wells has told what he thinks of them. This may account for the open winter.. , . ; t .1 Archaeology would become very popular h every digger could be assured of finding a gallon jug of 50-year-old essence of joy. Governor Miller has made a hit with the tax- K-payers of New York by cutting off a lot of. political jobs. Good example. If the suggestion to observe the first anni versary of prohibition is adopted, a lot of people will hang out crepe. , figures as to the size of he British navy are like the estimates of the wheat crop, subject to variation. Lenten Days. These are Lenten days for the faithful. Even' the congressional seed is said to be insufficient to go around. Knoxville .Sentinel r Whose gates are barred to me. LAURA BLACKBURN. "WHAT," inquired the Pr R.,1 with a sus picion of asperity, "does this Ballymooney party mean by saying that we played hob with his Latin?" "robably nothing at all," said we; "however, let's have a look at his copy." So the P. R. dug it up. "Much add about nothing," said we. "He wrote 'clamavi' and you let it ride 'clamari.' The feller ought to buy a type writer, he's so fussy." A GOOD HOME IS RATHER TQ BE CHOSEN .j THAN GREAT RICHES. (From the Lima, O., News.) A widow lady desires position as house keeper in a well to do widower's home. A good home more desired than wages. Ad , dress C. H. B. THE Fair must have an extensive correspond-1 ence. a letter aaaressed iJianche IJates, Fam ous Mrs. Fair Co., Chicago, 111., was stamped by the P. O.: "Not the Fair, Stye and Adams." Companion Volume to Who's Brew. Sir: As a lover of the true democracy you doubtless enjoyed the inspired words of the bal loonists' Xenophon: "Upon reaching terra firma the first utterance of Lieutenant Hinton to the aged Indian trapper was: 'To the Al mighty we extend our most gracious thanks for our existence.' The dog also came in for his share of praise." But what I really started to ask you was: May I not lend you, for a few days, my latest copy of Who's Hootch in Milwaukee? D'ARTAGNAN. "AND even, in the wee sma' hours . . ." The Trib. , . "Why," whys Stanwood, "do they all quote it wee sma' hours'?" We nnlicsifatinffl r, TL -I . ... ----;..e,,r H-. iney always ao ana will. TRACE. . Sir: Is there, or isn't there, a bit of the jjocular in this advice which Mrs. Bess Streeter Aldrlch, a ladyNauthor of Elmwood, Neb., gives to prospective writers? "Have four children and love them all. Codk to please your husband. Keep your eyes and your heart open. Really live and love life. Make yourself feel sympathetic for everyone around you." . GENEVIEVE. "U. S. to Probe Smuggling In of Cork May or." Headline. A corkscrew for this case. LOVE UNREQUITED. Like knights of old on. chargers gay, ThO fiept rlnildn wnn th. nallll tn. Importunate, they throng her wav: bhe, heeding not, is gone too soon. Their jilalrtive Blghs are breezes" light Which faintly rustle leaves and grass And grieving, wander through the night: The flowers shiver as they pass. IRIS. "WOMEN'S costumes to-day are' the mcst s?ne,n history, and moving in the right direc tion. Ernest Thompson Seton, Naturalist An advanced naturalist. . THE SECOND POST, (Received, by a Denver paper company.) Gentlemen: I want to know watt is the mether with wour I'aper-Mlll the ort to sent me sum paper by this time. You send me 6 thousent 16x18 self-seeling Bread-rappers rith now; be-for you lay this letter dowen. I cant sett here wlth-out paper an you Fellowes in Denver smoken the Best of Cigars; so let me heare from you watt the best way to dou, to buy the Paper-mill rith now, or' a littel lather yours truly. J TAKE KEER O YOURSELF. (From the Olney Mail.) Wishing all my friends and customers a Happy New Year, I also wish to announce that I will for the next 2 weeks be confined ( to the Oiney Sanitarium where I will under go an operation. Respectfully E. Pech. "THIS sale," advertises a candid clothier, lasts only so long as the goods last, and that won t be very long." Old Enough. t. 1 kei my dinner partner what scene had been taken out of the Follies this season, and he replied "The obscene." Is this old stuff? Just want to check him up. m. D. EVERYBODY CAME IN A FORD. HFrom the Milwaukee Sentinel.) Miss Evelyn Shallow, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Shallow, and Raymond Brldger, both of Little River, were married recently at Oconto. ADD light occupations: To be lord-mayor of Cork. B. L. T. V L . Our Chief Ailment A large proportion of our trouble is caused by too much( bone in the head and not enough jn the back. Columbia (S. C.) Record. tapan and California, Ehl Some nations should not only adopt disarma ment, but silencers for their jingoes. Indian apolis Star. ' - THE IRONY OF IRON TONICS. There are many kinds of anemia, some of which, quoting a famous medical teacher of fifty years ago, 'tend to get well, others tend to die, whilst Ktill others go on to the chronic form of tne disorder." ; There is only one medicine taking habit which is more widespread than the take-a-little-tonlc-hablt and that is the laxative pill habit "I am a lit tle run down. I think Ljwlll 'take a little iron," or "I am aTittle pale," ot "my color is a little bad. I expect I need a little iron." These are com monly heard statements. It took a lot at campaigning to get rid of the stomach-tonlc-taking cus torn. At that I am Inclined to think the exposures of the large amount of alcohol contained in the old-time stomach tonics was the largest fac tor in the reform. Hmv much agita tion will be' required to overcome the custom of taking iron tonics? When a person is anemic the first question which should be. asked is: What is the cause? If the cause is staying too much indoors, the proper remedy is more sunlight more skating, rowing, swimming, walking, would do away with much of the use of iron tonics. If the cause In constipation , the remedy is to change the diet, If the' cause Is periodic hemor rhages the remedy is to relieve that If the cause is hookworm the remedy is to get rid of the worm. If malaria, cure the disease. If th anemia is of a kind which iron will not help there is no use taking that remedy. Let us say that, finally, the proof shows the trouble to be a single sec ondary anemin. Whipple, Hoover, ty of good food is the verv best form "and Robscheit hare shown that plen- or iron wnicn can be taken. At the very head of their list stood liver. Lean beef was a close second and heart third. These meals were eten cooked. v Is there anything to be gained by drinking blood or eating dried blood? This they answer in the negative. How about beef tea and meat ex tracts? Without beneficial eTects. ' Bread and milk, cracker meat, rice, potatoes and milk? All fairly good if given in sufficient quantities. Milk is not an iron food and children feed too. much on it to get anemia, but it contains a moderate amount if iron and. taken with enough bread, rice, or potatoes, It builds up the blood. A sugar diet was worse than fast ing. Iron tonics of the inorganic iron type were without beneficial. effect in the forms of anemia Whip ple, Hooper and Itobscelt were working with. . Paralysis and ApoplcxV A. W. B. writes: 'What are the causes of paralysis and apoplexy? "What is the distinction between the two? "Ar.e these diseases ever perma nently cured? "What treatment has been found beneficial? j- "Does the patient ' always get a second attack? - "Has the severity of the first stroke any bearing on the prob ability of a recurrence?" REPLY. ' , The paValysis which Is limited to one arm,' one leg, one side Of the face, or all combined is generally the result f apoplexy. Apoplexy results from a break in one of the blood vessels of the brain or a clot forming in such a vessel or one car ried to such a vessel. Both para lyslH and apoplexy are loosely used words referring to this one-sided paralysis caused as noted. In the proper sense apoplexy is not cured. However, the paralyzed member sometimes gets strong enough for all practical purposes. It is after treatment you have in mind. Graduated use of the paralyzed limb, practice, massage, passive motion, and electricity are serviceable. The blood vessel which was diseased enough to break in the first place is quite, apt to break again. The nature of the first at tack gives no indication of the severity of later attacks. Among underlying causes are venereal ' dis eases, lead poisoning, heavy meat eating, constipation, high blood pressure. :, Several Varieties of Hiccoughs. Mrs. W. M. H. writes: "I have had two or three spells of hiccoughs every day for a year or more. How can I get rid of it? What causes it? I am 52 years old." "' REPLY. , Hiccoughing results from a spas modic contraction of. the breath ing muscles. Among the causes are Esophagus and some conditions of stomach trouble, trouble with the esophagues and some conditions of the nerves. There are scores of succes- rul procedures for simple hiccough. Among these are pulling the tongue hard and pressing hard on the nose, drinking water. For more difficult cases benzyl benzoate is given. Some persisting cases call for investigation because of conditions of which hic cough is a symptom. Wl W : -m j WV. eV. Restitution as PunlslimVnt Omaha, Jan. 3. To the Editor of The Bee; The present diseussion of the suppression of crime together with the proposal that the indetermi nate sentence law be repealed is most timely in the light of conditions not only in Omaha but throughout the United States.' All of the leading newspapers and many of the officers of the law and students oferimln ology and social conditions ae ex pressing themselves on the subject In various ways and many are the sug gestions ottered. The discussions may lead to suppression of crime, but the logical and just punishment of criminals is the real solution of the problem. x Restitution should lie at the bottom of all attempts to punish crime and to reform criminals. Restitution is the key-note of Christian reformation. It is at the root of tho law of Moses. Only in comparatively recent years has pul ing sentimentality combined with the idea of the paramount Interest of the sovereign destroyed the idea of restitution as the principal element of the punishment of crime under the laws of the Anglo-Saxon and their ancestors. The foundation of punishment under the English com mon law was restitution. Let the thief restore that which he has stolen. Let the murderer sup port the family he has made father less. Let the man guilty of mayhem pay the damage he has worked upon his victim. When our, laws require these things before the criminal be paroled or pardoned then will the young men and beys be more in clined to turn from ways which lead to nrison. There is nothing in the constitu tion of Nebraska which will prevent the enactment pf a law by the pres ent legislature Covering this matter. The convict can be employed upon roads or other public work until he has made restitution to his victim and after he has made restitution he will bo in a healthier state, of mind for the work of reformation. With such a law on thev statute books the professional criminal will fight shy of the 'state of Nebraska, which is really ono of tho principal things to bo dsirpd. - ' ' il. H. CLAIBORNE. "Let the People Rule." j Omaha, Jan. f . To the Editor of The Bee: The Bee's Letter Box this .evening contains an article by Roy M. Karrop, written January 1, when he enjoyed a f-ill holiday no doubt, and had lota of ti-n to write his tirade against tho city manager plan. Also appearing in The Bee this evening in an item of news fro.n Al liance, Neb., captioned "City Man ager 'TPlan Adopted at Election in Alliance," which, carried by aN ma jority of 52 votes out of a total Xt C98 cast at the special election. Am wondering if the 375 voters in Alliance who sanctioned the city manager plan relish being termed "un-American" aa the last paragraph of Mr. Harrop's letter, by inference, so terms thfem, and also all others who favor the city manager plan of governing towns and cities? Considering , tho incessant wran gling, turmoil and almost fist fights at nearly all gatherings of our pres ent governing ( ?) and salary-drawing commissioners, it would seem that most sane persons would welcome the chance to effect any kind of a change in the manner of running our cltv affairs. This "Let the people rule" sloganN which 'Mr. Harrop has inserted in his New Year's effusion is very similar to our present council "a big joke." I voted for six of our present commissioners (may the Lord forgive met' as the majority of n as- i FORDS - Mighty Uncertain in the Snow A Unlet they have Worm Steering Gears SPRAGUE TIRE CO. Tyler 3032 18th and Cuming voters did, believing that we would "let the people rule," but develop ments showed, (and are still show ing a regular seven-ring circus at times in the council chamber) that the people knew very little if any thing at all about "ruling;" in fact no more or no less than the seven "learned and wise" city fathers. There, "let the people rule," like the originator thereof, W. J ryan, I believe. Is a "big joke." Suggest that R. M. H. gather a little data, etc., on the , clty manager plan, acd then probably his next article will repudiate his recent epistle. ANONYMOUS. Wasting Lights at Cour ITouso Omaha, Jan." 6. To the Editor of The Bee: It might be worth while In theso days of frenzied efforts to "reduce, deflate, and economize and save" the country's, state's, city's money to call at the Douglas county court house on some bright sun shiny day and count tho number of electric lights that blaze away in the waste rooms and corridors in the south and west Bide of that much- mooted building. I was there today at high noon when the sunlight simply dazzled by Its brilliance, and counted some thing over 60- lamps blazing away all for nothing, in a desperate at tempt to keep peace with the sun. Whoever the individual is who is charged with the care of the build ing he ought to be rewarded with a good kick properly placed, in ex change for service of this kind. And while no fair-minded citizen would expect you to take up through the columns of your newspaper the report of every petty complaint that might be registered within a muni cipality, a little warning to tne re publican official now coming into office, along the lines indicated, mleht serve a good purpose, and at the same time work toward 'the county's welfare. W. E. S. THE SPICE OF LIFE. "I'm a llttl stiff from lacroase." "Oh. Wisconsin?" Lamnoon ' Wnlkar ''Huv an acctil-nt?M Rider "No, thanks. Just had one." Puppet. A nhvalclnh claims to have restored two patients to sanity by pulling their tot. When they see the bill thsy may go craay ea-aln. Pittsburgh Sun. Suaie "Papa, what? makea a man al ways give n woman a diamond tngago- ment ring?" Her Fatner rno woman." cainuurgo. Scotsman. . "Max has sent me an Interesting book. Relativity.' by Einstein. Have you read '''' T am valllnr for It to be filmed." Luatlge Blatter (Berlin). Minister "Would you rare to loin In th new missionary movement?" Mlsa Ala Mode "l m.' craay 10 iry n. In it anything Ilka tha fox-trot?' ChaparraL ' Efficient Bxnert "I am very grati fied to aeo how many new men you havo taken on slnco I installed my aystem." 'Yes. I nired 'em to talie care ol tne syetem." Judge. ' Qufck Action. Paid a teacher of much erudition. I deplore the poor workman 'a condition. ' When he learned what they earned, Mia nrofoualon ho aourricd. And became a high-paid mechanician. Tho American Legion weeKiy 4 MUCH IN LITTLE. Tho salo of liquors and light wines la now prohibited in SebnHtopol, nc cording to a recent issue of the Latest News. Tubing and molding of sovpra forma nre made from flat Strips of metal at hih speed with aNmachlne Invented in Ohio. Australia seems to have an lnox haustible supply of marble tha' la found there in many colors in audi' tion to puro white. With an average annual produo tion of $60,000,000 for several y"trs, tho world la gradually InrreaHing tho number of diamonds thut are mined each year. Russian railway stations are usu ally about two miles from the town they serve this as a precaution against fire caused Dy sparks from the locomotives. The Brazilian Rovernnfent will transform an agricultural experi ment station into a poniicultural sta tion as a practice school for stu dents and a model for farmers. To pack the contents of a filled silo an inventor has patented a can vas tank which, when flllod with water, settles down on the cnsilago and forms an alr-tUht seal. The Sixteenth precinct of tho Tenth ward of Kansas City, Mo., claims tho honor of having the most efficient .republican organization. The precinct registered 2,958 and every one voted G. O. P. i My favorite libvie is a close-up of myself eating POST TOASTIES Superior Corn Flakes .Give Your Furnace A Treat . 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