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THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL.
The appearance of House Roll No. 1, by
Druesedow of Douglas county, lifts the curtain
on another act of a drama which "has been,
continuous before the Nebraska legislature for
many terms. Yet because there are many new
members in the lower house and because this
bill does not. do what many assume it does a
word of explanation may be of service.
The bill proposes to give the Metropolitan
.Water District of Omaha power to submit to
the voters Hhe question of whether or not bonds
, shall be issued to construct a municipally
owned electric fighting plant. ' On its face it
' woftld imply that such action is needed in ordei
to permit the city to have its own electric
.lighting service. But the truth is that the city
already has power to acquire the existing plant,
as it did the gas plant, or it may build its own
independent and competing , establishment, , 4 . -
The present law provides that the' city coitf
mission may submit the issue to the voters at
any time. ; The present law would authorize
the Water board to conduct the election. That
is the only essential change. In either case 4he
Water board would bflild or manage the plant
In either case the voters have the power to tn
force their will. t ' " ,
Legislators who are j called uponV (to vote
upon this question should understand that the
principle of municipal ownership ..is not in
volved. The people of, Omaha have the power
in their own hands whenever they care td atef
cise it They elect the city commission just as
they do the Water board and they can make
one responsive to their wish as readily as they,
can the other. No good reason has yet been
advanced for asking members of the state legist
lature to devote their time to a bill which merely
transfers h5 'authority. r 1 '.',. yr ' ' V fx't
' ! ; A Test of the War SpWt V - u- ; :
v The calm manner in which Americans seenv,
to be taking the killing of "an American rlaval
officer by a Japanese sentry , at Vladivostok.
Siberia, ought to be reassuring to those who have
feared for some months a breach between the
two nations. 'It , is, true that, the Japanese who
are patrolling this Russian port have no busi
ness there, and that the killing of Lieut Warren
H. Langtoa i utterly Unjustifiable. Yet' jto
overheated appeal to American honor to resent
this affront in 4 way 'to awe the Orient has
found currency, jy- ,. . . -v, " :,
Many, w'arf' have beea started on grounds
not less tenable than this. ' It is not ,80 much '
the deed in itself as' the injury" to national pride,
that " sometimes Y resulti Jhe ' , death of an
Austrian arch-duke ' was preliminary Jo the
world wan T- '
The' action of Germany and Austria in de
manding the abrogation of sovereignty from
Serbia in this instance made peace impossible
without accepting national dishonor. Questions
that affect the honor or 'pride of nations . have
aroused wars just as has the more practical de
sire for territory or other material conquests. ;
Nations fear above all thing's the Jpss ; pf.
prestige, but thus far, the case of the killing of
the American naval officer has been handled in
such way that neither nation can' feel insulted
It is after all. a real test. If either Japan V
the United. States contemplated gomg to yar
in the future, the opportunity, that how opens
tip for -; breaking off relations is. probably the
best that could be, found. The fact that 'thu
far neither. government has "shown anything but
the finesF courtesy and consideration for ' the
other gives' '.hope of peaceful and unbrokep
intercourse. , , ' '
X Using Home Products. ' 4 ';
A housewife who rece'ntly Ordered v some
canned corn from her grocer chanced to glance
at the name orthe "canning factory,' that put i
t up and wa4. surprised to find that it came, not
from the fields of the middle west, bt ;, from.
New England. If was good corn, but not more
tester or succulent . than that grown right in
Nebraska. Ehe wa quick to reason that Maine
did not raise any niore cors than its own popula
tion could consume, and that , while she was
cooking ccorn on which' freight had been paid
half way across the continent, m some New
England kitchen another woman was using corn
trom' Nebraska . '
It was of wasteful methods of distribution
snch as this that the, farmers spoke in their re
cent meetings , at Lioeoln. ' Native apples are
" shipped out and apples from Washington and
nrnn ahiooed in. raw materials are sent east
and brought back a thousand miles m the shape
of finished goods, all to the ultimate expense
of the, consumers, and certainly not , to;, the ad
antage7of the producers. " .
Using home products is a practice that on the
face of it promises real economy. - A real step
toward this sensible habit is being taken by the
play stores that have been established in almost
40 Omaha schooli Counters and shelve there
are loaded with a" variety of products manufac
tured in this city, and the children are, while
learning something of the methods of buying
and selling, familiarizing themselves with home
products. School days are over for many of
us, but it is not too late to learn that things
made in Omaha or grown in Nebraska are just
as good as similar ones, brought from 6verseas
or from the ends of the continent,-and-that
eventually the building up of home industries
will result in cheaper living costs..-
Keadv to Redeem a Promise.
When Mr. Harding promised the world last
summer that he would try to evolve a substi
tute for the League of Nations, the hoot of
derision from the advocates of the Wilson plan
was tremendous. However,, it is now accepted
that the scepticism of the president's partisans
was not warranted. A plan has been formulated,
at least in hs main outlines, on which eminent
Americans agree, and which will be offered the
world by the next president of the," United
States. Jacob Gould Schurman, former presi
dent of Cornell university, a recognized author
ity on international affairs, and a diplomatist of
experience, spent some hours with the incoming
executive at Marion last week, and went away
convinced not only of the" feasibility of the plan,
but of its workability. Dr. Schurman sums up
the plan under four general headings, thus:
First The codification of internationl law
fn' order that innumerable clouded and dis
, puted precedents, treaty provisions and un
written understandings may be clarified in
the interests of peace and humane relationship
among the nations.
Second The establishment of a world
court before which can be taken and adjudi
cated such disputes among nations as do not
' touch national honor and which otherwise are
-'justiciable. ",'
Third The organization of a work! con
ference which would be able, in a spirit of
conciliation, to arrange disputes among na-
tions that are beyond the reach of codified
international law., ; fr
Fourth The advocacy by the United
States of a program of disarmament
Dr. Schurman, thinks. MrJ.; Harding will not
announce his plan until' sometime after he has
taken Office,' because' of the changing condi
tion in Europe, . wftich - make it inexpedient
to lay down a fixed pojicy immediately. How
eve, it is certain' that no trivial matter wjll de
lay the statement '.of, America's, atitude towards
the world. Congress, is "preparing a resolution
Which will empower , the president to call a
conference on disarmament, and this will proba
bly be presented to Mri" Harding soon after he
has-taken office as p'resfdint. Mr. Wilson has
signified his purpose of allowing all such mat
ters to be deferred -until his successor is in
augurated; - Nothing will be jeopardized by such
action, because it is almost certain that the time
between now and March 4 will be occupied by
Europeans in maneuvers for advantage, such as
have been going on for months ove there. If
is our moral influence that counts, we are told,
and if this B true, the1 fact that such an invita
tion will be sent to the powers by the United
States may hive much the same effect as if it
were actually dispatched, at least so far as the
preparatory steps' are concerned. . '
What i of real importance is that the Hard
ing program lias been well digested, and that
it doef meet the approval of men of ability and I
experience jtray.ajivc mmtu nnu aii iuuiwiu
its proposer. it'il be otterea totne woria as
the sincere expression of an earnest desire on
part of the people of America to establish a
jrorld in which: there is to beVtio more war.'
The idealism ot woodrow wnson win lose
nothing .through being .worked over by the
practical mind of Warren G. Harding. '
A Line 0' Type or Two
Haw ta Ua Una, at tha quip fall vhara thay may.
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The idea that anyone who failed in .other
work could take up farming and do well long
ago -was exploded, -but there are still many'
people wno minic K'possroie ior uuicrs iu su
back to the .land with little capital if only they
have some expert knowledge or eal industrious
ness.;' vl, ' ' iS: , -'''' -' '-.''J, ",v4ft "
How much does h take, to set :qp farming?
Investigation , serried on in Saline ,C0unty, Mis
souri, by the state '" agricultural college indicates'
that capital is just as important in. theuraf dis
tricts' a ra. the cities Fewi'men, it was found,
could own land and farm with less than $5,000,
Those1 having from' $S,000 to . $20,000 found ;it
advisable to own some land but to irent most of
that ,ithich they farmed. - The first tall oiir their
resoutes is for ' proper eqaipment,with what
ever is left after that to be invested in land. . ''
When fa'rmers have capital oT-from ' $20,000 J
to $40,000, then it was found they were 4ble to
owq all the land they tilled, jr Those with more
than $40,f30O usually rented out some of their1
land. Just as in every other business, there are
farmers with similar amounts of, capital whose
profits jrary, widely. . Skill in feeding cattle, in .
cutting down losses'1 from hog disease, and ef
ficiency vin methods and equipment p(ltsflphe
farmer in the successful class," while lack ' of
some of these qualities might leave his neighbor
profitless ? At 1919 crop prices, with land Values
as they ere fa 1914,. the labor ;incomea of, the
more successful of these farmers. , should have,
been practically doubledit is'estimated. How
ever, at 1919 valuation of land and crops, returns
were, less than in 1914, 'and in the present year
not "even the most luccessful, jtre said to have
lucceeiled in,; making interest on .-their invest-5
ment alone, ;to say nothing of the labor return.
i:,Nw'Yorlt police, who found ,a' family of
six starving todeath in I tenement, might report '
this td some relief agency, over, in England that
is interested in alleviating misery and suffering
in foreign? lands,'-' : '" '"'i .v ..
' ' Mary Garden, as director of ' the Chicago
Grand Opera association: probably will be able
to supply aU the temperament needed by the
company, '''n . ' "'. . , ...ft.
4 Those who object to Mr. Harding smoking
should hav voted for a lady president-rbut
then J they , probably would have asked her to'
renounce rouge ana powaer. p
By the time congress finds a remedy for the
nation's present affliction the disease probably
will have cured itself. ' "V
' ' 7 l s Dlckena Characters.
Ir eems surorisinK that - the names of
DickensVcharacters, odd though .they were,
should be found in real life, for it was from life
that many of them were taken. Some, as is
known, were copied trom tne names ot signs
over business places, but that was not the
novelist's only -source of selection. John Fors
tcr, his biographer; found among his papers a
carefully drawn list of names, with the sources
from-which .ho obtained them. Some of the
names are .too extravagant for anything but
reality: Jolly Stick, Bill Marigold, George Muz
zle, William Whv, Robert Gospel, Robbin Srnb
ban, Sarah GoldstacK Catherine Two. Sophia
Doomsdav, Rosetta Liusfand Sallv Cimblett.
Chicago Tournal.
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, Classical Who's Who. .
' Prince Paris was the loving- swain
That caused the fall ot Troy, .
And gave his name to such a place
As Paris. Illinois. OR PAH.
MR. CHESTERTON has no plans, but
thinks he will get as far west as Chicago. His
movements are as uncertain as his flying inn
keeper's.' ,f '"." j , ,;(-..
ENGLISH humor, says Chesterton, is casual,
and often finds vent in comic songs', and he
quotes one told him by a Glasglow man coming
overs a : ,. ' , ... . ...
, Father's got the sack from the waterworks
For smoking- of his old cherry briar;
s Father's got the sack from ,the waterworks,
because ne mignt set tne woriu on nre.
, r WHAT DO TOU MEAN 8RRIOU8T
(From the Ark Temple Bulletin.) v
. Bro. Henry Whittaker, one of the oldest
members of Ark Lodge, met with a serious acci
dent several days ago while' erossing the street
after his day's work. The funeral was held last
Monday afternoon.
"A SIMPLE and inexpensive inauguratl pa
rade miprht be made,, uo somewhat as follows:
Marion Fife and Drum Corps; the Homespun
Guards; float bearng school children pasting
thirft stamps; Ford containing Hon. Warren
Harding and women folks; Ford containing Hon.
Cal Coolidge and women folks; the Jayville
Silver Cornet Band; etc. .
Not Knocking Anybody.
, (From the London Nation.)
This is the government of England, To
get it! in its right perspective, you have to
think of all the canonized muddlers of the
past, and putting past and present together,
pray for the relief that would come from the
return of the worst of them.
:N0, THERE ARE SpC OR EIGHT OTHERS.
Sir: If you relish an o. f. greeting now and
then take a balloon trln to the 'North Pole and 1
have Hearst's International News service, meet
you when you mush back. The I. N. S. corre
spondent reported that he met the adventurers
and was first to hand them packets of letters
from wives, motherss and sweethearts. Even the
"Chaperone" couldn't put on more speed than
that. Is James Whittaker the only newspaper
man in the United States or Canada who knows
that it is properly written 'the Hudson, Bay
Company?" , ,''K' , A .'-,
.TWO Englishmen are'settinsr but a book on
the record pf the conscientious objector in the.
war. we must have us a copy in lull morocco,
i THERE WITH THE SNAPPT, COME-BACK.
(From the Watertown, S. D., Public Opinion.)
Notice I will not be responsible tor, any
debts or checks given by my wife, -
' . Robert Cooley.
r Notice Robert Cooley leavjng my bed and
, board. I am not responsible for any of his old
debts.; ; -, Hattie Cooley. ...
,v' r - Muse (hie) cal Note. ;
Sir: Saturdaynlehtinar. as is mv wont, at the
Philadelphia Orchestra concert, and .drinking
in the heady strains of the luscious' C-minor
smyphony, I was reminded of your fondness
for Brahms; and thinking of you, I recalled that
you sometimes give helpful advance notices to
deserving musical artists visiting vour (world's
fair city. . This, in turn reminded me to remind
you that the Loretto Alumnae have engaged me
to render pieces of my own composition at St
Bernard's Hall, South Chicago, Wed. eve., Jan.
19. "On this occasion I shall offer an' entirel
new number, to be peptonized ' by Percy Grain
ger, if I can locate him in time. - The recurrent
theme is, you might say, passlonato' con barli
brio. Note how the oarenthetioal eiaculaffons
body forth the all-pervading exaltation, the pure
v. ill. luyvcuicui. xt. la utllou -
COMING 'HOME FROM THE WAKE.
,-,-' V (Old Style.) ,
Cuculain: "Let ye be careful(hic) Mac,,
th" way .ya're -hie) drtvin' th' car (hie), or :
yen nave us mic ta tn- .ditch." .,
vCormac: "Me? (hie) Sure I thought, ihio) '
you was drlvin'." - & ' TOM DALY.
PUBLICATION of. the Jutland papers, has
stilled " the - controversy over Jellicoe's manage
ment of the British fleet. He played safe, to hte
grreat relief of Americans," who realized that all
yie neet neeaeo to do was to exist. ... . ,
.r ' -C SOME 'CLASS".' ; .S .,
t ; i ( From.Detroit Saturday Night ) ' , -',
We are one publication west of New Tork .
who feel ' a, great interest in the review of
. books, .first, from the" Standpoint of our read
ers, everyone of whom are a class. . ' .
I'Str ; v Atlas, How 'True-! ; .-'.I;'
' " (G. B, Street, in The Nineteenth Century.)
- ; The prophecy that the experiences of the
war would tend to break down,distinctions of
class has been- Justified On the whole, but
apart 'from -that We have been growing frx
long so like one another on the whole,, but
superiority - tend to absurdity, only- the very
old-fashioned keep them up. The monotony
of communism Is never likely to be ours. One .
(, man is more -powerful, one richer, one has i
-better brains, and their fellows treat them
,' accordingly. - But more "social position" is
vnot a matter about. Whicfc many reasonable
people are still concerned w .: -J., ,U
V CONSIDERING iriternational ' relation? : to-"
day, one realizes that the years J914-'18 Were an.
era ot good-teeiing. ; r . . r
VOUSAVEZ MIS DANS LB MILLE.;f :
Sir:, My mind seems to run on the affairs
of Hinton, Farrell & Co. lately, but the scribes,
in reporting the letter's soliloquy after his left
to the former's Jaw, have it thus: "It was evt
tfent from what he told the, newspaper men that
he considered Bis 25 years of service as1 a mem
ber of the navy imputed and his conduct as a
gentleman Insulted." .- s . , ...
i Can it be, I ask myself, that he also consld-'
ered his . uniform expunged? In that cas
twould seem that his mental '. counterpoise were
in perilous Juxtaposition to the suicidal and. that
every effort should be made to foreclose such a
denounement, n'est-ce pas? -D'ARTAGNAN. .
H' Why Keailcrn-Oo Wild, . . 1 '
, Sir: Trying to lick into shape a Story of an
advertisers', convention - I ran across this from
one of' my reporters: ,"The program then, dis-1
bursed with pleasing musical numbers." You
.say it for me. ;,:-v. V"--; . . ... G. D. '
tNEENAH; Wis, is "hot a 'large, city, but
things are done here on"a ajnsiderable scale
This week a r."big gigantic shoe sale" is' going
on. wA-rt-- - '... ;.? -
A PLEASANT TImB' BEING HAD. " f
(F?om the Litchfield, Conn., Enquirer; f
y.V Henry and Fred Clock were over from New
; Britain and ' spent the week-end with their ''
How to Kelep Well
. By DR. W A EVANS 'W
Quaitiona concaminf hrfieii, saniutloa 'and prevention etdiaaaM, aabmlttad
ta Dr. Evan by raadcra at Tha Baa. will ba answered parsonally, eubject to
E roper limitation, where a stamped, nddreteed envelope ta enclosed. Dr.
vans will oat Wake diacaoeia or prescribe ior Individual diseases. Address
, letters in care oi Tha Bee. , . ' .
Copyright. 11)20. by Dr. W. A. Evana.
. ABOUT SMALLPOX. ,
Several years ago this cplumn pre
dicted an outbreak of smallpox at
Niagara Falls during the following
winter. The epidemic arrived on
schedule time and the state board of
health found it necessary to step in.
take -charge of Niagara Falls and
vaccinate practically the entire town.
. During the last year when small
pox was raging in southern Ontario,
Niagara Falls, relatively seoure
against the disease yet surrounded by
infected communities, must nave
been grateful to this column for the
service rendered them several years
ago; , .
For months, we have repeatedly
carried articles, on. smallpox because
it was evident that the disease was
to be unusualhr prevalent this winter.
Since the smallpox season holds on
until July 1 there remains consider
able time to repeat these warnings.
Many letters are being received
asking us as to the efficacy Of vacci
nation. The charges of inefficiency
made by the various healing cults
lined up in the antl-vacclnation so
cieties apparently are gettins more of
a hearing than any of their other
wild and wooly statements.
To bearin with let us, understand
that one successful vaccination' does
not euarantee lifelong immunity to
smallpox. There are some people who
are made immune for life, but no
one is Justified In assuming that he
belongs in that group.t
, Research indicates that the danger
of smallnox becomes fairly consider
able five years after successful vacci
nation. However, in health depart
ment practice it is assumed that one
is fairly safe for seven yars after
successful vaccination. When the
vaccination is unsuccessful, there be
ing not vesicle or ulcer due'' to pus
c6cc. the so called vaccination con
fers no immunity.
Let us also understand that small
pox vaccine' easily becomes Inert. If
kept too lonsr or tob hot or In a place
that ; is too light .'or exposed, to the
air it quickly becomes Inert- -
They have Just gone through art
epidemic at'Glasfclow, among, thoe
good, hard headed old Scotch people
wire need to sret bumried occasionally
in order to learrt a thing or two. They
eared for 477 people with smallpox
in their hosDital. v "
. Of these 128 were children under
15, of whom 99 were unvacclnated
and 30 were vaccinated in infancy.
Of the 30 vaccinatedlin infancy none
died. Of the 128 never vaccinated
32. or 33 per cent; died. Of the en
tire 477, .364 were vacetwated in in
fancy .and of them. 64. or 15 per
oent, died. One hundred and seven
were never vaccinated and of these
38.. or 35 per cent, died. No -nurse,
physician or other attendant wtorking
in the smallpox hospital contracted
th disease. . !
The Glasglowreport is no tetter
than that from Chicago. The ChicAgo
vaccination. creed-sayt: ' a ,l-
"Not one of the 2.702 'cases of
samllpox discovered ;in Chicago .in
the last 18 years was found to have
been vaccinated as defined in f.he
creed. The four articles of the creed
make, plain what is meant by suc
cessful vaccination." , ;
' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Clock in Litch.
naln. - l ' -- .......
' '. Stung! i riv:.-
Sir: The aimond-eyea waiter cams to Wy
table, in the Chinese- Restaurant,-, and asked
"Sherry?" To which I glibly replied. "Sure!
Til have some.'' "Will you step to. the 'phone;
please, sir," he then requested. -Right awav I
suspected a trap, but after some hesitation, took
UR the-'phone. "Is this Mr. Cherry?" SIM NIC.
We. rather fancy this sign, which a reader
reports from Jamaica: "Abraham, Jeweler. Not
Connected with any other 'Abraham." s- i
' '); WILL IT NOT. INDEED.;
Sirs , The announcempnt that C M. Shiver
is advertising manager of the Superior Under
wear Company may retard sales in January, but
what a splendid argument it will be in July!
- :.y -V'AN IOWA OASIS.' .-".v-C-
- i (From the AlWa Republican.) j
MrsC. Double of Avery was visiting in
Albia this week. -t, -
ADD Small Town Stuff: the impending in-
It Her Koop on Playinj?. ;h '
vS..-..E." S. writes: ''About a month
ago" my little gfrl 9 years old came
from school with a Severe cold. . The
doctor on examining her found her.
cold did not amount" to anything,
but while examinin her chest : for,
the cold discovered that she has
leakage of the heart."- He thought f
she had been born with it. She is
the picture of health and always has
been. She puts on boxing gloves
and boxes with the boys, jumrjs
ropes and runs and "plays Jost like
any normal child, and never complains.-
When about 4 months old
she had pneumonia and when about
6 years old she had measles and at
7 she had influenza. ' '
, 1. ; Could . any: of tjrese diseases
cause leakage of the heart? -
. 2, She also has infection of the
middle ear. The doctor raid ' he
thought it was of long standing and
said the ear drum is perforated, and
he wiped blood and pus out of the
ear. He could not find anything
wrong with her tonslls.What could
cause the ear trouble? ..
3. I have heard that I could ex
pect lots of trouttlo when she reaches
the age of maturity with leakage of
the heart Is that true? Also that
she has a heart that will wear out
and that she will never live to be
Over 40. -Is that true? -
4. Her cheeks are always red.
Does that show signs of health, or
is it caused from condition of her
heart? v'
5. Can it be cured?
6. What kind of exercise should
she take? The doctor told me to
let, her box, Jump rope and rough it
Just as before. What do you thlnK
about it? 't.
REPLY.
1. The organic heart trouble
could have , been caused by either
pneumonia,' measles or influenza, or
it could be congenital. ,.-"
. 2.' 'Either of the diseases noted or
by an ordinary sore throat.
3. If she lives properly her heart
may never wear out, and she may
live to be 100. A leaky heart must
work harder than a sound one, but
any survive the extra -Work for a
rang time. ' ' "
4. It is a sign of health.
5i Not in the sense that the valve
will stop leaking, , M
6, The doctor's advice was good.
Do not make an invalid of her. Let
no one frighten her with stories
about 'people with heart disease
dropping dead. Let' her keep up
her active play. Have a, doctor ex
amine her twice a year aud advise
as to her habits. Go to the library
and read Bishop's book on the heart.
That's Often Kxplnined ,' '
. P. O.A. -writes; "1. What is the
itch and. how does it get. a start in
a community of eleanly people?
"2. Is there any real cure for it?
If bo, what? V
"3. If once cured can. it be gotten
again from clothing or bedclothing
not sterilized?" - .-
j r - reply.
1. There are many varltles of itch.
What is generally meant when we
aay the itch is a skin disease due to
a parasite. -t . '" 1 ,;
2. Yes. We. publlshXa-successful
method several times a. year.
3. Yes. - V - , ..
.Yes. '";. - , ,
X, Y. Z. writes: "If a woman mar
ries at 44 will-there be any chance
of her having children?",
.':.. t reply. "
" Yes. ; - ---
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Revitalize your worn-out ex
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take Onranle Ironi not netallia iron which
people Dually take, bat pore orranic iron
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Look for the letter M. I. on err tablet
gold by all druggists.
jForKed Blood. Strength and Endurance
Puy of Chy Firemen. ., .
" ' To "The .Editor of The Bee:
For the past two weeks, there has
been as usual, more or less squab
bling in the Council Chamber in re
gard to the raise in firemen's wages.
The general public, through the
press, have rcceivod the council's side
of the question, so I beg of you Just
enough of your valuable space, to
give them the viewpoint of a fire
man's wife. I have often wondered
Just how many of our city officials
would care to try to live, and raise
and educate children on S150 per.
But alas, they think they are above
that and have It coming to them.
' How nianyS people know that a
fireman on day duty, leaves his home
by 6 in the morning and does not
return till 7 at night, with no noon
hour. At night leaves by 6:15 till
7:30. or 7:45 the following morning.
This matter of hoars is the smallest
part to be considered. How many
know that the fellows are not fur
bished a telephone or newspaper, but
chip in to pay for this themselves.
' How many know he must furnish
two summer uniforms, one winter,
helmet, rubber coat, boots, etc., as
well as bedspread, sheets, pillow
cases, blankets and sham?
How many know that 11.75 per
month is deducted for his Insurance
and SI for the Relief association.
After considering these few points,
has it ever occurred to the public
'if! general, how these fejlows get
soaked'fo the skin and the number of
suits of underwear they must have
In order to halfway safeguard their
health, "for probably people haven't
stopped to think if a man gets sick,
his pay stops except for a small per
cent from the Relief association. Of
course, rubber boots slipping ud and
down never wear out socks, either,
so after everything is considered, I
suppose it does seem .foolish for a
fireman to want $150 to squander.
If every man would ask himself,
"could I live and educate children
on $150 per month?" I doubt whether
many would pass the, remarks I
heard passed on a street car by two
"West Farnamites" the other day.
which sounded something like this:
" "The poor ignorant boobs, what do
they expect f'or Just a loafing Job?"
Little did they know their com
ment fell on the ears of a firseman's
wife, but should either of these men
see this, I wish they would appoint
themselves a - committee 'to stay in"
any downtown engine-house for 72
hours, night and day ahd follow the
boys around, and then see at the end
OX
of that time If the fellows pay en
velope rained down from heaven for
simply looking pleasant. I rather be
lieve they would toto themselves back
to ine west rarnara aismci ana
keep real still.
Another, phnBe of the question.
You who have ; time, trot around
to various hospitals and see how
nmnv InlnrAri ifftllnua vml'il find A
plenty, I think. How many peopla
have even given Chief Newhouso,
who was inlnred at the Kohmoller
& Mueller fire a thought, since
reading the account of same? How
many know he still lies in the hospi
tal after twelve long weeks, disabled
and deprived of the comforts of his
home and famljy?'' Kut according
to some people, what of .it, he is
only a city fireman.
Its Just the old story of putting
yourself in the other fellow's place.
People as a rule pass an engine
house, in perhaps three minutes. If
they p;used six times in one day that
would amount to 18 minutes. If the
boys are rending or playing cards,
they Judge them in 18 minutes for
their whole twelve hours. Now, Is it
fair?
Are they asking too murh in ask
ing for a $10 raise?
To you men Who think they are,
try being a fireman onco and see.
And 'ere I close. Just a few words
to Mr. Zfmman. You have surely
treated your men white. There fs'nt
a man on the department that
wouldn't fight tr you any time, and
as a fireman's wife, I want to thank
you for what your efforts have
meant, not only to the fellows them
selves, but their families. You surely
have proven yourself to be a man
not wholly for yourself, hut willing
to help the "under dawg."
Folks, Just think it over. Are the
boys asking too much?
COMMON (MRS.) FIREMAN.
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One Grade of Wool Is Scarce.
The man in the street tells us that
there isn't' any such thing as an
all-wool suit any more. s We hate
to believe him, but it is mighty hard
to furnish evidence to the contrary.
Wall street .sheared all our lambs
and we are even", running out of
goats. Los Angeles Times.
Work; Wages: Wealth.
The Roxbury serving maid who
cot $500,000 from her mistress' will
BUUU1U U9 .tt.II MIBpilCLUUU WUII1CI1
who want work. Bu.t to women who
only want wages no inspiration ap
peals. 'Brooklyn Eagle.
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-v L Very Convenient. ' : T .
; An Eldorado little girl, walking past' the
county jail the other day and noting the garage
provided for the use of the sheriff and. his
deputies, said, "Isn't it nice to have a garage all
fixed up so men can leave their cars in it when
they .fo to jail? Kansas City Star. .i
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( Nations Like People.
Jud Tunkins says nations , are a good deal
like individuals, each hoping everybody else is
going to 'be as unselfish and confiding as pos-siblc-yWashington
Star. f
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' No Heart . '
A profiteer was shot the other nay in the
left breast, t But the bullet did not penetrate
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