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The Omaha Bee
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Uaioa Pauengar Static.
2. Contiatiaal impraTamaat of Ik Na.
braika Highways, iaclifdiag tha para
, maat of Main Thoroagkfaraa Jaadiag
into Omaha wtb a Brick Sarfac.
3. A thort, lew-rat Waterway frm tha
Cprn Bait to tk Atlantic Oeeaa.
4. Horn Rul Ckartr fr Omaka, with
City Manager farm f Cerarameat.
; , Abraham Lincolas Birtfylay: ' "
One hundred and, twelve yean, ago" today, in
'hopeless poverty and surrounded by such condi
tions as make his survival elm a. miracle, was
born a man- Child destined, to become the grdat-
t of Americans.; Only the manger at BethieV
ham surpasses the birthplace of Abraham Lin
coln in Acupoint of lowliness from whence the
path li& directly tipwaf to sublime heights. : It
is, not sacrilege. in the least to set that noble
American as second oh!y! to the Nazarene in his
service to humanity. The one taught God's en
during truths and preached the gospel of love
ami service; the .other exemplified that gospel
in all his ways, and while the teachlngs'of Jestis
sIliHC .with the radiance of revealed religion,
those'ibf Lincoln irp tallowed because of the
effective application they make of that religion
to 4lie ordinary affairs of life.
? It may be that this is the reason Lincoln
stands pre-eminent as an American. - Our coun
try has bad orators more gifted, statesman more
able', philosophers more profound,' and warriors
more eminent than him, yet. in. thai heart of the
people all around the1 world no other NAmerican
nameis enshrined as holy as that of Abraham
Lincoln. Washington well deserves the
panegyric, "first in w,ar, first in peace,", but it
may well be doubted if be, remains today first
in the hearts of. his countrymen; Lincoln's ap
peal was and is to the masses. Not because he'
had" any oi the quality of the 'demagogue; no
man more honest, more, courageous when once,
he had determined the right, course, ever served
the public. Abraham Lincoln could sense ; the
right, could feel the right," and then could imparUj
. f a . e ' . . - "1
10 inose aDOut ,mm tnat sense and reeling whiclt
enabled him to1 establish the right as far as hu-.
manly possible. ' .
The natidn well, may pause for moment
today to pay its tribute to the, memory of him
who served it so. well. Eloquent lips, will pour
f.'. t L r l.: ? : t
iu. in giuwiug praise 4or mm, nis own immoriai
words will be recited again and- again, and.
everywhere he will be referred to frith loving
reverence as an apostle of human Jiberty,' a,
stanch- adherent to the cause of justice, and an;
exponent of those eternal principles - on which
liberty and justice are founded. Yet riot one of
these admiring'speakers wifl touch the springs'
that responded to the voice of the great man,
who forgot his own griefs ' to sympathize v. Klj,
those, of a nation, who pressed forward in the
right, as -Gotf gave him to see the right; dedicat
ing himself unreservedly 1 ......
to tbe great task remaining before tis that
from these honored dead , we take increased k
dci'otion to that cause for which they gave the.
last full measure of devotion-that we here'
highly resolve that these dead s.hall -not have
' died in vain that this nation under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom and that
'government of the people, by the people, and
for. the people shall not perish from the earth.
Lincoln's words' should flamt in American
hearts today as fhey have W ho time since he
uttered thtim. Our land is in no greater danger,
maybe, tfian" it has been oa'many occasions, yet'
its security js made the more; certain" when its'
people recall 4heif duty as' shown them -by that
Wonderful mahcstincd as he' was to fall not so
loiig attcr he 'uttered; those sentiments, so stai
pty exprCssedVanfl yet embodying; as no other
phrase do, Ac call to patriots. Government of
the; people, , by the, people and for the people,
which had iendurcd Jour score and seven .years
Avlfcn Llntpbi spoke has now, continued seven
score and five years., and soong as itSTCitizens
are watchful and jealous i of their'own liberties,
so long wiltthis nation, "dedicated to the propo
sition that' alt men are created equal," continue
to bfess the world and revere the name of Abra
ham Liivcokj. . ' - "'.
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, Proclaimed From the Hilltops.
city laid out on the prairie can not ktiow
itself as one can that is set on the hills. There
is a monotony, 4t lack c individuality, about
placeY such.vas "Chicagoyunrelieved by hills fe
ckrab and valleys, to descend,-where only by
ascending t?o t&e top of some tall building can
one. begin to realize the magnificent array and
extent- of human achievement lying in all di
rections; . 't ' , p . .
; x One of the beauties $f Omaha is its hilhness.
sFrom some of the drives the view extends clear
across the Missouri river and far into Iowa. The-range-of
low .hills that 'finally shuts .off the prog
ress et vision, covered with snow, grows in
imagination into mountains, and the small lakes
complete a lovely picture. - V V, V . ," '
But it. is not only a matter of .beauty. One
looking down upon the civy from one o its many
high points has impressed upon hint "the pres
ence 'of S that goes to mike up'this city The
homes o$ thousands 'of fellow citizen lie there
below, Vi-ith ; the tall buildings where they Ind,
their "means of livelihood, in the background.
HowrmTch they all and we have in common,
nd how little, in conflict, comes to mindKrom
this vantage poinj, the city ceases to be a. mere
anonymous conglomeration of people. The sym
metry of the streets, the strategic location of
the street car lines, the tree-filled parks, and'the
smoke of, a passing train,' alt speak of a human
plan and tbe relationship of each habitant with
all thex others, and the ultimate and necessary
connection ' between the city and the 'outside
world. A. ( ;' 1 ' .. r. V:;
. Down the'w lie Omaha a wonderfully beau-
tiful city, whether glistening with snow, or col- .
ored with the green of the springtime. And each
of us is a partner in this achievement. This is
the message of the hilltops, and not to be heard
so clearly when one stays jlown below.
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Vill Jill Come Tumbling After?
In announcing thaf prices of steel are to re
main unchanged, Elbert H. Gary' probably
A Line 0' Type or Two
Hw t tka Liaa, kt Ika nnir (all watra ikty may
MUCH has been written about Mr. Balfour
the last. twelvemonth; and Mr.x Balfour him
self has published a book, a copy of which ve
are awaiting with more or less unpatience. Mr.
peaking more from hope than conviction. AtBalfour; is not .considered a success'as- a states
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oiner times me juuge nas inrormea ine worm
that tbe United States Steel corporation docs
cot enjoy a -monopoly vand is influenced by
market condious, just as is any other business
organization' This is probably true," and jf the
general price level islo be reached at a lower
point, steel will come tumbling down in propor
tion to coll, feimber, food and all other products.'
Only if tfie present selling prices 'of steel are
higher than they ought to be or if wages are too
high, can prices be lowered beneath those fixed
in . March, 1919, Judge Gary , declares. That
there still may b; a way out through stimulating
production is the contention of the comptroller
of the; United States treasury, John Skelton
man, because he has' always considered politics
merely a game; and Frank Harris once wrote
that if A. B. had had to work- for a living he
might have risen ta original thought whatever
that may imply. .
WHAT we'have always marveled at, is Bil
four's capacity for mental detaehmentt In tie
first year of the war he found 'time to deliver,
extempore, the Gifford lecture?, and in" the next
year he published "Theism and Humanism.". It
is said, of course, that Ije had a great gift for
getting or. allowing other people to do his work
m Jke wf'Tounn and the admiralty; but that
docs hot entirely explain his brimming mind,
"THERE is a fine old man." as 'one of our
readerstTeportcd his Irish gardener as saying of
A. B.. "Did you know Mr. Balfour?" he was
"Ditf I. know "him?" was the reply,
Hovf to Keep . Well
-i ' By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions caacarnlng kyfiaaa, aaaita
tian'and artvantiaa at diaaaaa, aua
' ralttid ta Dr. Evana ky raadara af
, Tha Baa, kM aa anawarad aaraaaally,
aubjacl ta proper limitation, whara a
atamptW, - adaraaaed - aavalap la aa
claaad. Dr. Evana will' net malto
diataeaii ar praaoriba. iar IndivMuat
dlaaaaaa. Adoraaa lattara in car f
,Tha Baa." - .
Copyright, 1021. by Dr. W. A. Evana.
Williams; in his recent report.' Mr. .Wilttams. J Siuv-fiJc Jm intIa,ichestet
declares: ' . -; y ? .
By closing down mills and mines the out
put ot steel and iron, following the armistice,
was reduced approximately one-fourth for the
purpose of enabling manufacturers and miners
toobtain. because of the insistent and, per
emptory nemand for coal and iron, the
exorbitant profits realized during the war. in
stead of the more moderate profits which they'
would have Jo accept if the maximum output
had been maintained. v
1 . While the profits of steel manufacturers
and coal operators were swollen, the country
, . f 1 1 r . .
Decame poorer irom lactc oi prouucnou,
brought about by the unnecessary closing down
of mills' and mines and the incidental idleness
of labor. As steel and iron are so largely
at the very foundation of industrial activity
and business development: it is essential that
the prices of these fundamental products
.Should Come, down to a fair, just and normal
basis if we are again to attain the prosperity
for which we hope.
In face of this statement of a particular coiidi
tion, the comptroller -finds -every reason to
anticipate an early resumption-of prosperity.
This confident view could not be taken if any
one of the great basic industries were tohold
its product-at a price out of proportion to the
general level. If prices of goods and of labor
are to remain somewhere near the height of 1919.
Judge Gar may be able to make good his inten
tions, but otherwise time will prove him wrong.
Printing Offices as Manufactories,
While sympathizing with the general purport
of the supreme court's' decision in regard to the
female labor law, we can not I accept . its view
that a newspaper printing office, is not a manu
facturing establishment. . If the changing of raw
material into a finished and Rateable product is
not a manutactunng operation, -we are at a loss
for a correct definhion. That the prime pur
pose o a newspaper is to dispense news ind
general information of a useful character tan:
not be disputed. News, however, is of an m-
tangible nature, and is so dealrVith, even by the
courts. Its collection and distribution, however,
is a legitimate business, carried on under the
protection of the law and generally recognized
as one of the' great necessities of civilized ex
istence.. The second function of a newspaper,
that of affording publicity for the mformation
of readers as to where to purchase goods and
the lil.is so intimately connected with its main
purpose that ifs difficult io'draw a' line between
what is advertising" .pure and simple ar.dwhat is
legitimate news. Yet both of these are a service
that the public can nc dispense with,' To pre
pare -the' taper for thenuse' of 'the. patron is a
manufacturing process per: se, and.no amount of
"sophistry'' can alter, that fact A newspaper is a
magnificent blend of mental and mechanciat effort.-
We accept the: implied compliment con
tained in the opinion presented by Judge Ffans
burg, but would feel more certain the cor
reefhess of his conclusion as to the law if he
had ipund another of several good reasons for
permitting the employment of wdmen'at night
work under conditiops that do not militate
against personal health or public safety.-
One Judge: Two Paymasters.
- The attorney general oi the United Stales;
gives his opinion to the effect that" nothing in
the law prevents a federal judge frdm drawing a
salary from anotfter'employer. This has especial
reference to Kenesaw Mountain Landiswho has
accepted the. position of monitor ,for professional
base ball, at a salary several times higher than
that he receives as a federal district judge.
'Nothing in the constitution forbids the fed
eral judge from taking other employment; the"
framed of the venerable fundamental law of the
,United State . could Inot "conceive that' such a
condition ever would exist. Itvdid not occur to
them that ome,tune .in thrhistory of our coun
try such an institution as professional, base ball
w:ould spring up, or that its promoters would
find the heed of having an honored name con
nected with their businesTin order to 'assure the
public of its probity. . Vet everything mustave'
a (first time, and Judge Landia. now appears be
fore, the1 world as, the first federal judge to re
ceive pay checks from two employers, one the
public and the other a combination that is trying
to restore itself to a place in 'public confidence.
Why should the public wonder at the multi-T
plicity of laws, designed, -to regulate every act
of life, even to' the minutest' detail, when' it is
necessary to enact a law to prevent a judge
from trying to serve two paymasters?
The average farm ' wife's work is worth
$4,004 a year, according to Mis Margatel
Fedde, - the University ofVNebraska domestic
science expert, buf. it will do no woman aijy
good to look in her husband's pockets fof i:;
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. A S-yeaiold boy commits suicide, one f years
old becomes bandit, and a "boy of 11 is ac
cused if murder. Can't it be impressed -.upon
Children that these crimes are not to be c
mitted until they are grown? - r . -
"AW, C'MON N TAKE A CHANCE."
. (From the Jfuhlenberg, If y., "Record. 'i I
Tou will find what your money Is worth by
trading with Roarlt, and you will find what
the goods are worth Sn their use. -
"JUST as every attic has a past," advertises
the; American Radiator Company," , e cveiT
cellar has a future." ' Que dites-vous de ca.
Watson? ,
Interlude.
Sir: . Mid-year examinations are"over, and
speaking o the r. r. to galosh how tliey
treaded it! Ask.Riq, he krows. I. have fled to
the city, 'and, reading on the-mezzanine ot Hotel
i nave tried to rorget. Qut now and then
memory is a' pestilent minx, and I lay aside my
book, "A Just and Seasonable Reprehension 61
Naked Bceasts and Shoulders, Written By a
Grave and Learned Papist and Translated By
Edward Cooke Esquire, Master of Arts. With a
i'rbface By Mr. Richard Baxter. Printed in
oonaon xor jonn iawin at 'xne Three Roses inNl"t ' " " fwuu i
I.udgate. Street, 1678." .to p. a. r., as AmaryllS babstinence since cure had been five
- HAZARDOUS WORK.
In Hunter's studies of the'death
rate among' under average risks in
sured In-a large number pt lhauri
ance compafties It was found ' that
13 occupations were.. hazardous.
inose In hazardous occupations
were railroad .men. .. liquor ; dealers.
eieciricai wwrKers, ractory workers,
chauffeurs, and workers .connected
with automobiles, miners and those
connected with mines, steel workers,
police and fire department employes,
ship and dock builders, theatrical
and moving picture employes, la
borers and longshoremen, bulldinr
tiiiu ouier, construction worKers.
The other,. 11 occuDations could
I not be very, hazardous, since 25- per
i cent oi tne entire number were en-
gaged in occupations having to do
xwith the manufacture and' sale of
liquors. Hunter says that prohibi
tion has almost, though not altogeth
er, eliminated this hazard. Ex
perience showed that those who ad
mitted taking two or. more drinks a
day steadily, but said- they did not
get drunk, had a mortality rate 85
per cent above the normal.
Those who admitted one drink a
day had a rate 18 per cent above the
normal. Those who got occasional
drinks had an extra mortality of .40 I
n i a jer ceni. inose wno tormeny
got on drunks, but-had been on the
water wagon for five years, had an
extra mortality of 45 per cent.
Those who had taken the cure and
were total abstainers at the time of
insurance had an extra mortality
of 70 per cent. If the period of
The Chinese who are 'protesting against 'a
foreign loan to their country must realize .what
sometimes happens when a mortgage is' plas
tered on the old home ptece. , . " .
k The lasi word nfneutrlity is spoken by
Switzerland, "which refuses o ajlow the. troops
of the League, of Nations to cross its territory.
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Those German airplanes used in the United
States mail service act as if they iJnew that the
treaty of peace has not yet been s:gned
' annanBaBBW . .... f-
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If America should ever go to war with En'
land a new crowd of hyphen hunters would have
its turn. . v, . , ,
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does when she p. a. m.: shehas been dtng it
er masce ror an nour aj thef head of the main
staircase to my left. During the late unpleasant
ness I was indiscreet enough to ask for an
original estimate of some of the results of Edgar
Allan Poe's prodding ot his cortical cells nd
neuronic filaments, as - Mr. Huneker neatly
embalms it. "The Fall. of the House of "Usher,"
wrote Lucille (who like Lillums'-hftle friend
toddles in the loudest flapping pair4on the cam
pus), "is interesting but not .altogether convinc
ing. There is hardly any action untir-'the end,
and we do not really learn anything from this
story as a whole. It is too unreal.- We must not
judge Poe too severely, however, because his life
was not .wholly rational, and c course it is true
that Jjis works .have appealed to some, of the
European critics. Compared with Harold Bell
Wright and Zane Grey he strikes me as frankly
yn-American, ' but I am glad that I have been
introduced to him in this course.' Will Pan
exchange confidences? 1 P. D. Sv
THE decision of the Rabbinnical association
to use non-alcoholic vwine will be heard with
dismay by those enthusiasts who recently joined
the church. , t,
PLEASE INCLUDE OURS.
(From th Danville Commercial-News.)
The entertainment c'om,mittee . of the
Woman's club will give a card and thimble
party, at, the club rooms Friday-afternoon.
All members are requested to telephone regrets
before Tuesday evening to Mrs. W. H.. Heath.
RHODE5 ISLAND'S state .college reports
that at last a fertilizer has been compiled that
will kill weeds. - We may' believe the story after
tesfs haye been made on a dirt tennis vcourt. -
AVE have received a song intitulled, "Hail
Milwaukee!" , X ... - . :
"Hail to Milwaukee! The walls of thy .homes
Soeak in the laniruaare of structural Doems."'-
Vhich was as far as we sang. . . ; " ' , .' .
THE SKEPTICAL, ATTORNEY, 4
. (From the Canton Ledger.)
Bert-Skelton alleges that in his absence
from home someone entered the, place and
ransacked his belongings ' Upon, his-arrival
home some shirts he had owned for' eight years
were missing.. The assistant f.tate'3 attorney,
seemed to doubt that within the past eight
years , Bert, had ever owned more than the ,
shirt which he is now wearing. .
THERE are just as srood fish in the sea as
ever were hauled out of it; and there are as good
canaries in the Hartz: mountains as ever came
out of them. Therefore is the soul'ofDnjardin
, ; . '
A Boon for Baldpat,es. "
Tour neighbor mediqo discourses on
Baldness as f 'twere a curabli mishap, forget
ting that a frosty pow a elf-grown headstone--
is due to too frequent contact vith Time's scythe;
or to matramoniai misaaventure. .However,
"What Time hath scanted men in hair he hath
given, them in wit," according to the,. Syraeusan
Dromio, while a skillful divorce-shyster makes
more capital out ot her rolling-pin than he can
find in a handful of hanks of hair! "There's no
time for a man to recover his hair, that hath
grown bald by nature," continues- Dromio dis
consolately; still , the . ensemble may be aided
without recourse to toupee or periwig, thanks to
a "Bald-headed Man' Combj" which it was my
good fortune- to discover, in a wholly disinter
ested way, for the other fellow's bpneflt. If the
central row of bristles of a hairbrush, with, the
handle retained, and an ivory peg inserted in
lieu of the alternating bunches of brlstles.Lbe
constructed, voila is the "combj" All the Vitty
(synonymous with baldheaded)iman does is dex
terously to titillate his remaining ' filamentous
structures with this instrument, .and he is re
warded by meandering hairs, provided he pos
sesses a baker's dozen or more, each distinct
from its fellows, spider-like for summertime, a
thatch for colder days. -
JALFKlfiJJ BUJb'', .
AS the GaTy Times announces is both iii'the
headlines and in the story below them, e thus't
believe that the crime billow, there is Jeallv due'
to the "lack of unemployment." :T.i , &
RECLAIMING AN INTELLECTUAL SWAMPY
(From the Lowell, Ind., "Tribune. ,v -v '
George B... Bailey went- to ' Jndianapolis
Thursday to attend a meeting cf the commit
tee on drainage of the legislature. .
" Y"THIvvague bodice joins the skir at the hip
line with an embroidery stitch." Le Bon. Ton.
The modernized gee-string, offersTNT.
' ' It It Took There, TtW
' Sir: If - a good Episcopalian waited until
Ash Wednesday to be vaccinated and then zeal
ously gave up dancing for Lent, WOULD it be
poetfe' license to call it "the long arm t,f coinci
dence?"! . ; -. GENfJVIEVE.
"THE company maintains a complete stafJE
of engineers who are imminently qualifiAl.""'
Engineering World. Would you take a clUncc?
'."THE funeral was-held Tuesday aftenoon
and was eagerly attended." Mt. Horeh Times,
r. Whereupon the editor cut the telephone wire.
"PASS the "salmon and sermons."
B. L. T.
serene.
Sir;
years, the extra mortality was 85
per "cent. AH in all, it takes a
drinker -a long time to become a
good risk after liquor becomes un
obtainable, or at least aome SOJr
40 insurance companies are of thit
opinion. , . '
It le difficult to standardize the
rate of insurance of persona who
have had syphilis. ' If upon, investi
gation of the history the examiner
finds that the subject has had
thorough treatment-for two years
and- that during this time there have
been no symptoms, the extra pre
mium of i 40 to 50 per cent is
charged. If treatment has not been
thorough the extra- charge, ranges
bejween 60 and 100 per centA-Since
syphilitica who have neglected them
sejvea are so liable to develop
locomotor ataxia and paresis late in
life, -no disability insurance is sold
tp persons who have had syphilis.
Appendictis. Where . there has
been a successful operation for ap
pendicitis! no additional mortality is
expected., provided the appendix has
Deen- removed. . wnen mere is, a
history of repeated attacks and the
indications are that more are to fol
low, the New York Life will not in
sure or Will charge a considerable
excess premium. If the last attack
occurred 20 months before the in
surance was issued the company
charges $-5 a. thousand extra, but if
at the end of two years of insurance"
there have been no further attacJfs
the extra, rate will be no longer col
lected. ' - .
The insurance companies hav'e not
found ulcer of the stomach a very
.setious condition. They have found.
it safe to make the extra premium
not very large.' If the ulcer had
been cured for four years .they made,
a small extra charge for three year.
Ulcer of the duotlenum hvon about
the same basis. -
Cancer. Can cancer be cured by
operation? The' experience . of the
Insurance companies - answer thia
question fn the aflrmativer If three
years have elapsed since operation
and 'there is no . evidence of rtur
of the. disease and the applicant is
in good health otherwise, he cav get
insuraneeat a moderate excess rate,
A bont-Durtless Glands.
F. M. writes: "1. Does the thyroid,
gland,, or any of the other ductless'
glands, have any effect on the growth
f a person's hair?.
"2. Would . thyroid extract, if
taken by a person who is fast be
coming balcLstop the hair from fall
ing out or promote its regrowtn?
"3. What is keratin? I have-ead
of a preparation called keratin,
said to hayTeen discovered by some
German professor, which promfitea
iair growth." . - ,
REPLTi v''
1. The ductless, ' glands have a
vreat deal to do with the growth of .1
hair.: Jhe thyroids, gonads and pitu
Itaries have each been proved to af
fect 'the growth of hair.
2. I do not think so.
' 3." . Keratin is the horny material
made out of skin cells and forming
the principal part of hair, nails,
corns and cajluses. It is rich in sul-
Building Costa uft Wages.
Omaha, Feb. 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: We are hearing a great
deal(about the.hlgli cost of labor as
associated with tho' building And
housing problem. , Material dealers,
etc., are crying cut wages and re
duce costs so .building can proceed.
Whose buildings? Material men
say they have cut prices to pre-war
level so far as freight rates will al
low. Granted. But why not? They
sold their- pre-war stock at war
prices and are well able to tike a
counter-balanced loss. Just why;
tney snouiaipass tne dvck to. tne
wag earner 'is beyond me. . True,
the wage .earner gets nearly double
his pre-war Va'ge, but is paying
double and in some' cases more than
double for everything, he eats, wears
and uses. Everyone will agree that
wage were the last thing to go up
and are not now up, to where they
should be, as prices in living tyive
doubled and more while wages In
some, cases- hava doubled, but .aver
age only about 90 per cent' more
than 1914 sc.hed.Ule. -
Let s apply tne nammer wnere in
greatest need is. Get living prices
back to normal and wages will coni
back to normal, but let the read
justment' take, place , as abnormal
conditions occurred, living costs
first. We don't hear of any material
men or business going broke because
of no jobs or no business, but how
about the wage earner? The high
est paid ' building mechanic gets
11.25 per" hour when he works, be
it one day per week or oneday per
month. If you pay more than that
you are paying tne employer me
extra amount as percentage.
I H. H. COV ERT,
Secretary Structural Iron Workers'
Local No.. 21, Omaha, Neb. "
erected by Chicago and St. Louis
contractors: a lot of ice-making ma
chinery , from' Akron, O., being in
stalled ,ln a 'retail store building,
and retailers carrying lines of man
ufactured shirts of the- same grade
and quality made by Omaha fac
tories. , . -.A
word to "the wise Is sufficient.
Omaha -. working, men spend their
money 'hi, Omaha. It i only those
who can r.aCCord the higher priced
goods Who attend the displays at
the Fontenelle, . while Omaha factories-
pay, ware which" are spent
in Omaha. Let us b consistent and
air stand -up for 'Omaha industries
and trade. H. H. CLAIBORNE.
. Municipal Court Fay Roll.
Omaha. Feb.i g. To the Editor of
The Bee: I beg the use of your
columns to enter protest against
bill Introduced by Senator John W.
Cooper to boost the Balary of the
clerk of-the municipal court for' the
following' reasons: He now draws
$1,800 a,, year. An assistant is
provided to; do. the work at 11,200
per year making a total of SS.000
per annum foa keeping tho records
of this court, and any high school
boy or girl oould do all the work in
the office and would be glad to do
it for the clerk's salary alone. There
is not a patron of this court but
knows that the assistant does most
of the filing, all the typing, answers
telephone and figures costs in all
cases. So now, senator, I will offer
an amendment to your fp. Give
the assistant clerk the )m mid a
salary of $1,500. and safe $1,500
per year to the taxpayers tt Oniutii,
I am giving you, nenator. tfie benefit
of tho doubt and believe this wan
introduced by request andlas a tax
payer I request you to tliiw salary
boosts In low gear for tl
ONWARD St DOW
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SWiWAUD
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Oiik of IIoImIicvIhui'i
Strikers in Russia will get one
to five years in prison kind . their
families be forced to staWe.; Why
there should be any strl:e under
a so-called workingmon govern
'inent is something for the olshevints
to explain. St. Paul Pioirer Press.
And HccklcH. Toi
"Is this the land of the free?"
. 'Tddubt iUT said Mr, llbbles.
"Yes?"
"But after sampling none of the
'home brew' people drink. I'm con
vinced it's the home of tl brave."
Birmingham Age-Hcraldj ,
What Do You KiW
About
The Pars
Principal Streets, Omaha
t Saturday
Between 12 ant "2
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Patronize Honic Industry.
Omaha, Feb. 9k To the Editor of
The Bee: I was pleased to see the
protest of the Omaha retailers be
cause of Omaha "people buying
goods outside of -the city and plac
ing orders with traveling salesmen,
but as I walked down town, the
other day, I noticed buildings being
phur., I hope no one has stolen this
name for a patented "product. rrTTias
been irt use before you and I were
horn. ' ,- '" - J--' .
.Removing Birthmarks.,
Mrs". W. W. W. writes: "Iu reply
to Mrs. A. L. whoso baby has a dls
Hguringi birthmark. 1 would like tcJ
state that-' my baby had a similar
mark under her ear. We took her to
a specialist and had it treated. with
carbon dioxide snow and afterwards
vlth injections of alcohol, Now
there ia just a white scar .whieh
seems to be slowly diminishing in
size. The child is - 7 years old
This treatment requires no anesthetic-
Mrs. A. L.'s baby should be ai
tended to at once, for every time the
child cries more blood is forced
mto the spot, causing it to1 swell and
Spread.", ;
GREAT MASS MEEtll
FOR MEN ONLY
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RABBI F. W. COHN
GREAT, ADDRESS OPJ, -
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SUNDAY, FEB. 13TH, 3:30
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. Appropriate Music. ' ,
The new chaplain very much" wanted To
amuse as well as instruct his men and, accord
inglyr on one occasion,, arranged for anillus
trated lecture on - Bible scenes and incidents.
One saman who possessed a phonograph was
detailed to discourse appropriate music between
pictures., ' The first of these represented Adam
and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The "sailor
cudgeled his brains and ran through the list1, but
he could think, of no music exactly appropriate
tothe picture. "Please, play up!" whJspercoVthe
chaplain. Then an inspiration came to the sea-
man and to the consternation of the chaplain
and the delight of the audience, the phonograph
ground out, "There's Only One Girl ' in the
"World for Me H Harper's Magazine. ,
V; : The "Drys" of Bombay. V ; i
MoJiammedans in Bombay have started an
anti-drinking campaign to reform their co
Telitflonists. , They , are picketing the liquor
shops,-, and the A .Moslems found t coming
out. nave ineir laces Diacxenea ana are marcnea
through the streets. One man' found drunk was
decked with a '.'garland" of old shoes and was
taken round the? citv bv an escort bcatjng empty
oiLltHs.-aond lail. ,
Inside Story of
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Train
Robbery
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Next Sunday's
Chicago Herald
and Examiner
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Today I wis-. sitting in the hcaiiUful Rrny anil
gold lobby of HoteKVliltcinb, nenr enough 16
hear thia conversaTlon. , Mr. New Yorker: "The
accommodations here . nre cxcx-llent." . Mr.
: Southerner: "For comfort ftild good mouls,
riotet Whitcomb is on a par with tho finest, old
Souchcrn home." MAh, but It has dhe cliarni
and gaiety, tlie umllea and, welcome , of Parts,"
the Frenchman said. You ;, I atop nt a
hotel that Is highly recommended. . v
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its first filling station.
It was the first one. west of Chicago
and was 'situated at Twenty-fourth
'and Hickory Streets at the north end
of the viaduct. We filled your car
from a. five-gallon milk can in those
days. . A
Wishing to give better service, we ,
huilt the second station at Seven
teenth and Jackson jStreets. using a
curb pump worked by hand. This
started the filling station develop
ment in the middlewest. Many a time
x our good friends were lined up a
block and a half away waiting their'
turn. , '
We, acquired other sites and devel
oped the idea that a station could be
a thing, of beauty instead of an ee
sore of grim utility. , From . a - mytal
sheeting, five foot hut, we graduated
to our beautiful properties of today.
-They efficiently represent the dom?
pany and our belief that the moije we
. do for the Public, the more they do
for us.
"We know our efforts, to give more
than dollar for dollar value, are ap-
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