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i hl: UMAH A. SAIUKDA. MitfKUAK' 'Hi, iyjl. The Omaha Bee DAILY ( MORNING ) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE I-LBUSHEKO COMPANY, ":' NELSON B. UPDIKE. Fobllihar. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TM AuMi'ltiotl Vmt. of WHICH Tin In Ii a Bifaker, li tt rlu.mlT enUUeil to Ui um for publication of (II nlwi 4;ftn(rh 'mlittil to ll or not eilwrirtw rrauitrd In tktt Mpw, ud tito tie inal ixibllihtd htrwn. All rliliu of publicttiou of our iieclii il inu'liw ere ties mened. BEE TELEPHONES Prtuto Branch Hechinte, Aik for Tv1r 1 Odd ilia Ditrtnmt or Prnoa Weated. avvv Far Nltat Call After 10 P. M.i F.diterlel Deturtmeni .- Trier 1500L . Imulallon Department T.lr lOOIfj Adiertiilni Uturtnwiit - Tjler 1008L I OFFICES OF THE BEE Ulla OfSce: ltth n(l Ptrnim Cuuncll Dluffi 16 Buott St. I loutli Bide, railliM Dork itore - Out-ef-Tewn OMcaa: , Vt York !M riftb Ate. I Weihtnrton r.llO tt Clileaee x BIO. I I'irll, rtnc, 420 JIU 8t. SOnoi The Bee' Platform 1. Nw Union Patianger Station. . - "2. Continue)! improvement of tho Na braaka Highways, including the) nava rnont f Main Thorough fnroa loading into Omaha with Brick Surface. f i J. A abort, lowrato Watarway from tho ' Corn Bait to tho Atlantic Ocaan. 4, Homo Rulo Charter for Omaha, with " City Manager form of GoTarnmaaL, .. Mr. Lansing and the President. If it finally be established, and credence may well be given the tile, that Mr. Lansing was so unceremoniously kicked out of the Wilsouian cabinet because he had the temerity" to insist upon' what he conceived to be his duty as an American, lie will deserve even, greater credit t haii he has so far been given, and that is con siderable. - Public interest in a singular chapter of Amer ican, lu'story is renewed by the story that Mr. Lansing sent a real ultimatum to Mexico in con nection with the arrest of W. d. Jenkins, United .States consul at Puebla. It was in December, 1919, at a time when, as it has since transpiitd, the president of the United States was physically incapable of attending to the duties of his office. Ho was a victim oi cerebral embolism, which in plain English means he had suffered t paralytic stroke, due to ajblood clot on the brain. His recovery was uncertain, his condition such as gave .warrant to the assertion by Homer Cum miags at"San Francisco that death hovered over i hair sickbed at the White House. The -government of the United States was without a head, and had been for many weeks. In order to prevent the whole system from falling into chaos, Robert Lansing', then secre tary of state, and in' line to be president of the United States should the president and the vie, president for any reason default in service, assembled the cabinet for consultations.. Who can think that he had any idea other than to sctve his country and to preserve for his chief government uninterrupted? Somebody had to ake this responsibility, u Of course, messages .ere going out from the White House, osten- ibly from the sick room,, to which none were admitted save the president's w:ife, his, private secretary and his physicians.' - ,nd when Lansing laredr address the Car raitta government in plain terms on a question involving the honor and dignity of the United States to resent an affront that took the form first of tlic kidnaping , and robbery and .then of the incarceration of one of its .officials he was .smitten by a thunderbolt from thatsick room! . tThc world was , shocked, and the most charitable' construction put on the incident was thai it but exhibited the petulance of a sick man, who'lhus exhibited resentment at the assumpi tion of authority exhibited by the secretary of state; in-assembling the cabinet officers for con ference. Now it appears, according to a story told Vith all circumstances, that Lansing had jvcStTincd to assert the dignity of the nation.. How could he conceive that even a sick man would be inclined to ignore an insult so open and.so flagrant "Watchful waiting" had once, sent trce to occupy the port of Vera Cruz, to demand a salute to the flag, which' was never, given; had made a vain parade of the National, Guard along the border; had recalled Pershing . from, the pursuit of Pancho Villa, and had read 'with no sign of deep indignation a roll of more than "300 Americans who, were murdered in Mexico after March 4; 1913. -This might have: warned Lansing, but he could not, apparently, brook the deliberate action of- the Carranza government in arresting .an accredited reore-' scntative of the State department and his subse quent treatment as a prisoner. Lansing is said to have threatened war; a lot of Americans would have backed him up, had the facts been known then. The incident de serves to be kept in mind, for it is one of tho least creditable of all the record of the adminis tration that is soon, to be closed. The declara tion of the Baltimore platform, that Americans in their legitimate business would be protected wherever thev mieht be. trot no harder iolt than this. , -: ' in danger oi bringing about more harm J nan good. ' " "" "Ilonc.t nature's rule" may not always h.uc results that meet the approbation of those vho have made up their minds as to what is needed, but it has brought about a pretty, fair quality of manhood and womanhood, and probably pvill be safe to follow "yet for some time. - , Save the Nonpartisan Law. The Bee is glad to second the World-Herald's editorial plea against the repeal of Ne braska's nonpartisan election law. by which judges, of state and county courts, t state aijd county school superintendents and university regents are elected without regard to party affiliation or the straight party vote. tA bill to wipe out this system House Roll SlO-ri's now before the lower legislative house. It strould be killed": The Bee has no sympathy with the sugges tion that the nonpartisan "election system be ex tended to include other state officers. It' believes in government, by a system which gives some degree of party responsibility, for only by that can uniformity of action be gained in the dif ferent branches of government. It believes, how ever, that this rule does not apply to judicial and school officers. The duty of the judge is to decide between right and wrong. It is not his duty to determine public policy or the means of carrying it out. The judge should be free to act without regard to special interest, political or otherwise. , - The same thing is true of school officers. Their problems are political only on rare occasions and in minor degree. Their work is professional and technical, subject to test by standards utterly apart from those of political faith or expediency., The nonpartisan election of judges has been effective in Nebraska for more than a decade. For the most part it has proved satisfactory. It has not aroused public criticism in any noticeable degree. In this period The political pendulum has swept from one side to the other in Nebraska. There have been years when almost, every state official has been a democrat; there have beenl others, as now, when the democratic party has been almost nonexistent, insofar. as representa tion in the state executive offices has been con cerned. Had the judges ' and ; school officials been subject to partisan election in, this period, men who had givcrr faithful and competent serv ice to the public would have been swept out by a political landslide, the causes of which' had t o foundation -whatsoever in the administration of their particular offices. This would hav oper ated sometimes to the advantage of democrats, sometimes to that of republicans. IBut in both cases it would have operated to the disadvantage of the public, whose interest in the sanctity and fairness of courts and schools transccnas ?ts interest in almost any other group of public ..offices. . A Line 0' Type or Two Hew to' tho Line, let tho quiee fill where they may T X4"THE Tobins of our educational systems," v.ori'imuuicates W. 1". Y. "overlook the fact that it is not general usage that determines what is tt shall be correct, but the general usage of she people who know.".. Don't 'worry, Old dtyir. After all, a child is educated at home. It is "there that he learns that it is not considered ele gant to say. "it don't," or to wipe bis nose on his sleeve. Another CrUtln Avoided, t I'roni the Japan Advertiser.) Mr. Splros Conatanttnidl, Greek Chutae d'Affaires, announced yesterday morning' thai he would not give a vocal recital at the Ameri can School in Japan. LACK of space (as Noah remarked when he elose'd his bookings) prevents us printing the entire pome, addressed to the Paeilic Coast Journal on Nursing, but one stanza will give you the flaver: O. Nurses' Journal, edited in The Golden State of the West. Other journals we acknowledge Good, but thou we call best. Many interesting articles beneath thy cover bright, W'c peruse to our edification and delight. "HANGS self to wife's door after she gets divorce," informs a headline. Now this was, in the 'worst possible taste as was also the conduct of the Champaign butcher and the professor's wife. This pair, the professor alleges, did their love-making in an icebox which the butcher had fitted tip as a drawing-room. We believe? that even the frenzied lovers of J'The Red Lily wonld have drawn the line at an icebox. v A PAPER CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT IT PRINTS, CFrom the Columbia, Ky., News;) If the robbery goes to court the facta .'may , be brought out, and until such proceedings are had this paper does not care to make a statement, as-all kinds of rumors are afloat. GEN. WOOD'S advice is good, but, like most advice, wasted. Many are interested in spriatl ing propaganda, but hardly anybody is interested in checking it. -, t , THK THOUSAND AND OXE APTERXOO.VS. XIV. Story of the Housebreaker. George Barrington Wild, gentleman of the road,- was Indebted for his name to his father's enthusiasm for the picturesque scoundrels of th,o eighteenth century, whose recorded exploits occupied five -feet of self-room in his library. Seen through the haze of romance which en velops tha-t far off time. George Barrington, Jack fiheppard, and other heroes of the heath lost that frightful mien which tho-. poet mentions, to be hated needs but to be seen. One of these scoundrels (whose name I have forgotten) made a peculiar appeal; he lived as quietly and soberly, as a suburbanite, and went to his work of house breaking . after nightfall as unemotionally as, a plumber.. Now the elder Wild was an honest. God-fearing citizen, and he was greatly uis-. tressed and scandalized when his son disclosed a talent for picking pockets. He promptly dls-ownedV-rrtm, never considering that the name he had wished upon him might have been an in- nuence aeiermining Uis career. For when a Bunn. turns to baking Squms to medicine, a Sriort VtOTV7 .7P I Oregon 'Will Have No Eugenics. . Governor Olcott of Oregon has listed as dis approval a bill passed by the legislature, having lor its purpose the making obligatory of physical examination prior" to contraction of marriage. The." measure required that women as well as nien submit to the examination. It is probable TV. a. wimM AfAfiBiArl n m Vt1ltt a -J flt Vlifc Of else, that ed the governor to set it aside. The thought of requiring; 1 an innocent maiden to imuoA on' i'K ttfafirVtmn i rennffnint ta all ron- u.tw.-igw - I - ceptions of decency. Society may have a right to protect itself against certain expected condi tions, but such protection should be limited within what is the generally accepted notion of propriety, and this stops short of-suspecting a , oung -woman from a good home about to com nirtinatrimony of harboring something that may develop into a menace. '' vMany minds also revolt at the thought of breeding men and women on the basis of prize. animals. The institution of marriage rests m the" first pJce on the 'orderly perpetuation of W race. It. provides the rational way of ful filling the yiivint command, of following jiie greatest xnd highest impulse of nature, that of procreation. , The state of matrimony is , an honorable one, anil, as ,the tittal says, should not be lightly entfred into, but 'the way thither should not be bloclrfd by any fool laws of the Eight Year Change in Mr. Wilson. ' President Wilson is not a man to ask for sympathy, but the, contrast between his ap pearance on entering -the White House eight year's ago and now is positively shocking. Two rphotographs, the late one having been taken at a recent cabinet meeting, have been widely printed ,in the newspapers, and are sura to evoke a feeling of pity. Eight years do not usually make ,such a change in a man who starts them out keen of eye and virile of body, as was Wood-, , row Wilson in his first campaign. . . Well may it be asked if the cares of the chief , executive of the United States have not grown beyond the power of nan to bear them. Of our cx-prcsidents only William Howard Taft still lives. His health may be attributed to the fact that the burdens of state sat easily on, him and that he did not attempt the. wide activity of some of our. other executives. Under Roosevelt and Wilson vast extensions in. the duties of the executive were made.. In his service to the na tion as he understood it, Mr. Wilson has re duced himself to' the condition of an inv-ajid. That in some cases the people did not either de mand or approve his enlargement of powers does not prevent their natural feeling of sorrow at his j crippled condition. Mr. Harding upon assuming 1 office will be confronted with the, same tempta tion to exceed human limitations. The nation, however,' does not ask or expect any such sacri fice of its executive, profitless alike to public wel fare and personal well being. v - A Fifty-Cent Mayor. The mayor of an Illinois town who has ven- tured to ask that his pay be increased from 50 tfents a year to $8 a week no doubt will be re garded by some honest burghers as -attempting to make a raid on the treasury. The old Ameri can idea was that public office made up in honor what it lacked in remuneration. Thus it wa3 in 1809, after 44 years of public service, Thomas Jefferson went out of the White House so, se riously impoverished that he was not sure of be:ng allowed to leave Washington without arrest by his creditors. A loan from a bank in Virginia relieved him temporarily, , but lie remained in poor circumstances for the rest of his life. As a rule, public officers are better paid now than ever befofe. In villages such as this 'oite, where the mayor is asking for $408 a year, the requirements of the office do not prevent other work, but still it is contrary to what is just to expect xthc duties to be performed with only a nominal pecuniary return. It sometimes appear , that where the rewards of office are so small in money, the effect, is to bar any but uen of wealth from entering on official careers. A clear example of this is to be found in the diplomatic service, where our ambassadors are expected to uphold the dignity of their position by expend ing many times the amount of their govcrnpien tal salary. Chase to life insurance, and a Gruoo to inn- Kconie fully prepared to make the necessary arrangements for making her Mrs. George. . After, he kissed he he stepped back and exclaimed: "Another dress, Midgie?'"' , "What do you think of it?" she de manded, holding her arms out from her sides apd pirouetting gracefully for his inspection. -. "Wonderful. - ,Gcc, dresses are high, aren't they?" "(i "You don't think it's' too short, do you?" ' - ' 'I was talking (about prices," he admitted. . "I've a darling hat, too. Wait until I gat it." -. George viewed- it with mingled -emotions of admiration and misgiv- keeping, it is not surprising that a youth named George Barrington Wild should develop a taste for cutting purses and halting lone pedestrians in the short hours of the morningx Young Wild was ambitious. His motto was 'Onward and Upward,' which to him meant ascending porches. M aims too low who aims beneath the second story", for there lie the jewel caskets and the other prizes oi the profession. He had yet to climb his first porch, but he had selected a promising mansion in a fashionable quarter, und awaited only favorable meteorological condi-; tions for the performnce of the task. On tho morning when Mr. Weatherwax had the ill luck to encounter him he had definitely resolved to abandon highway rwbbery, and he was strength ened in his resolution by the thinness of the im porter's purse. The pink shirt, however, pleased him, as he had a pretty taste in haberdashery, and he was attired in this garment when he set forth upon his first worthy adventure. It was a perfect night for ; housebreaking. The east wind was high and cold, with a Haw of rain in it, but the temperature was not low enough to produce numbness in the ringers. Mi': Wild was as careful of his hands as ,a pianiot, and his touch was much more delicate and re fined than that of too. many pianists. Upon the sensitiveness of his tactile surfaces depended his liberty, and his life as well, for although he carried a large pistel hekept it unloaded as a matter of policy. ' . WHEN one's mind is tired, not so much from exercises within as from assaults from 'without, ah excellent restorative is a book like Mr. Bal four's Essays Speculative and Political," just off Comrade Doran's presses. Two hours'v com munion with a first-rate intelligence . sets one up again. TE CONSIDERATE ED. (From the Lancaster, Ky., Record.) Should the names be given it would make interesting reading, but owing to the prom inence of some of the people involved, and it . being their first offense, the names are with held for this time. "YOU remember,"' writes a lady reader in California,, "the, astronomer predicted that 1921 would be a good year for triplets." And she incloses the record of the marriage of Olive Goodicr of Paradise and Jack Triplett of Marys vill - ' Art for Art's Sake. My Dad can get his stories in any magazine; Their checks provide our clothing -, And Lizzie's gasoline. But Art for Art's sake holds him; ' He deems it joy divine "To open ur the paper And find he's made the Line. DODK. THE news from Florida continues to fulfill Hon. Gift Pinchot's prediction, that the new administration will nnt be a miA-ninn nlTnlr . i ou dont know anything more imwtiUN im CLKKK KJ5G18TPRBD .about ,e, n0W thall vou alway8 . . . -... have. V nir: a certain Drana is Known to the trade as LelgVs trousers-press. Friend wife asked for it in a department store. Tho clerk had a slit-ht peculiarity of speech. "Leigh's?" heMsued. "No," said she. , It. M. P. THE REVELATION By RUTH LOGAN George made enough money to live ou comfortably. "Hie ueal room for which he paid his landlady by the week, however, did not spell comfort to George. He wanted a home of his own. More than that ae wanted Madjjc, that adorable Tittle bit of extravagant feminity who fitted in so entirely with his scheme of happiness and didn't 'at all fit in with his bank book. From a conversation between .Madge and the girl she roomed with, George, gathered the astonish ing information that the things she wore beneath her tricolcrtes and georgettes and satins were sent to the dry cleaner rather , than to a laundress, because Madge wore frocks no longer thair those adver tised in the daily papers, he Couldn't help knowing that the lisle Stock ings had no place in' her wardrobe. Consequently George put aside all thought "of matrimony and de voted the early part oi the eve ning to thinking exclusively ' of Madge. And the longer he -thought of her the more he wanted a home until at last he cot up out of 'his deep arm chair and deeper study J and into, a top coat and started to ward .Madge's flat. Elma, her room-mate, had gone to the movies but , before George was admitted he was compelled to stand in the lower vestibule and talk 'through the tube. "You must have an awful cold," George shouted. "No, I haven't. T've justjvashed my hair and I'm trying to tyit it yp in front .of this little mirror over the call tube. I, had a mouth full of hairpins." George's heart did a triple beat. Here was an encouraging thing. He had no Idea Madge would shampoo lies own hair. "Vou . darling! I'm. coming right up. - , "You won't vet in if you do. Jjust wait a minute." Evidently the hair pins had found their place between her Jfps. At last he got in. Madge let him kiss her. For months slid had felt it to be merely a matter of time until he should ask her to marry him." He had already admitted that he loved her. As a matter, of fact George had How to Keep iWell By DR. W. A. EVANS QiiMtienl concerning hyin, cunltation and prvntian of ditratt, aubtnitttd to Dr. Evan by rtadara of The Bee. will be anewarad paraoaally, aubject to proper limitation, where a atamped addreaaod anvelopa la encloeed. Dr Evans will not make diafnoaia or preacrlba ior individual diaeaeea. Addreaa lettera in cara ot The Bee. Copytlahtmi, by Dr. W. A. Evans ing. "You. must have had a raise." "No, . Same number of rocks but I'm good manager." It came to George bitterly that she could manage to put- him on , . the rocks; in no time at all. The' light went out of, his eyes. He failed conspicuously to lean over and kiss her bs he was accustomed to do, at intervals during an evening spent without the chapcroiiage of Eltew. He talked of nothing, in particular and Madge helped him, a lump in her throat and weiglrMat her. heart. "Play something and let's try that step we learned last, week." - She mOved languidly toward the victrola and put on a record. His arms went about her and she caught his step easily. But she Caught something else the fringe' of the rug and uttered a little cry. "It's sprained," she sobbed. "I'm so sorr" faltered George. "Sit down, honey, and let mo take off your pump." . "SS. don't dare take it off." Ter ror gleamed in her eyes. ' " ' "That's utter nonsense and' J'm going to take it oftV'.And he did. Then from his place on the floor he li'fted his eyes to. hers land said "Midgie, will you marry me?" '- "Yes, of course. Ouch 1. George, dear, you're killing' me. $ Don't touch that ankle. I- think, it's broken. Why didn't ..you ask me months ago?"i, "Well how was I to' know-, -wliat sort of a girl you wye." r A burst of rage escaped her lips. "You can't talk ' that wayto inc. i Why not let the Yaps decide whether they want their inland to become a cable station for America or Jipan. True, there may not be any native Yaps on Yap, but that lack can easily be supplied. They are numerous elsewhere. Admiral Tirpitz advises that the 'United' States needs an immense navy to protect its v commerce. Isn't that jast what he told the kaiser Germany needed? Strange no one has suggested a return to the sod lipuse style of architecture to meet the housing shortage. Yet they say those were the good old days. sor If Lowden hat become secretary of the navy, t just disapproved by the governor of Oregon, j would he have named the ships like his Pull mans, or the Pullmans like the ships? If need be.' the marriage of incompetents may be prevented; restriclioi set about the coming together of defective, yet even these may defy ny statute that can be framed, short of perfect isolation, while the regulatory measure is always The thief who stole an overcoat from a cloth ing store has an abiding faith in the grojnd hog's (calhcr prediction. , MEALS at he Virginia Cafe ill Madison, S. D are "40 cents and up." Or, as they are sometimes called "transient meals." V Trade Adieus. . Sir: After I had entertained a -saleslady all evening and had said good-night at her abode, she murmured, "Thnkel Will that be all?" I - ; CH. 8. -.' "'HENRY FORD is poverty stricken intel lectually, morally, and spiritually." Comrade Spargo. n i , , . HINT for Briggs: "Wonder what Henry Ford thinks about."'' - ; B L. T. - ' The Picture Rage. ; Mankind has alwa3 loved pictures. Rates, without a written language, ha,ve left bchindv them rude carvings and murals to attest the fact. When an industry arose that appealed to this ancient appetite with pictures that mocd, it .did not have to wait long to sec whether it would die or 'flourish. A dozen years ago the motion picture business, as we noW krtow. it, did not exist. Today the American public upr ports 16,500 moving picture theaters, makes' 5,000,000,000 visits to them a year and spends $750,000,000 annually for this amusement. The Nation's Business. Tip From Stock Breeders. F. K, M. sends us the following: "If a mo torist runs down a pig it is sure to be a blooded Berkshire. ' Every chicken slaughtered is a pedigreed bjrd worth $40 or $50. A yellow barn yard cur is a wire-haired fox terrier. A calf is always of Alderney or Guernsey blood in fact, nothing seems to improve live stock like cross ing it with an automobile." Boston Transcript. , New Words.. y New words- appear now and thenT The old time real estate agent is now a "realtor." and the one-time undertaker is- a "mortican." The other day a hobo came in to get a dime and said he was a-JeisTtrist. And so it goes Hous ton Post m not a niece of metal to be tested with acid. You may , ko. That's the sort of a girl I am. Get your things on and go!" : "Oh!". gasped George, "you don't iindeTs.tand me. What I meant to say was howdid I inow you could live oJ what 1 make. A- neW dress every week and a new hat " t v. "George," she was shrieking .now, "don't touch my ankle. It's swell ing I know, Doti't tell me it ought to be bandaged. I know tha already. I narlc that dress ouf of two old ones and I bain lit that hat frame fo- 98 cents, and the leathers were Elma's. I can't put ny weight on that. foot. , I simply wou't'try to stand up. Take your hand off iny, arm. I'm going Jp: lie on -this dav-ci-prrt ' lor weeks if this keeps on hrrinig like thrs. What made you change your mind tonight and ask me'to marry you?"-- '.' "This." said; George, touching the slipperless foot tenderly., "Good Lord! I never dreamed you darned your stockings." MUCH IN LITTLE. In 48 years Alanka has produced $500,000,000 in gold, fish, furs, cop per and other products)-' Ten-year observations' of thunder 'storms show that Tampa, Tin., holds the retyrd for freouencyv with 94-1 in that period,, A double-action spring instead of n motor operates a new phonograph that Splays ntandard record, yet weighs only four pounds. According to Le Matin of October JO, it is estimated that the deficit of the French, railways during the past year will exceed 2,000,000,000 francs. ' A New Orleans man make a live lihood by selling lizards, which are uh(1 in various parts of the country in 'hothouses, where they keep the place Ti'eea-of insects. The litards nrofft-Jdlit Jn the" s-.irroumling coun try. nd because of their delicate na ' . SIMPLE "COLD" TREATMENTS. . Mont physieikhs ave agreed that colds, coryxAs, pneumonias and brori chitis are cut from the' same cloth. One reason for thq continued high pneumonia l-atus in thee years, when all other diseuae rates are so -low, 'it! the customary neglect of the com mon cold.whlch the physicians call corysas. . if people wquUI Jake care of the coryzas ther would be fewer pneumonias to vex Ihem. , Again, most physicians are 'agreed that cold medicines' taken 'internally do no good. Commonly a purgative is prescribed, probably on the theory that t is g&od on -general principles. If the patient is one who feels that he is not getting his money's worth, if he is not taking medicine, a few doses of quinine or . some sulicylutu or headache -emedy may be given. Perhaps these latter do give a little ease,; but theyurobubly do no good The old-fashioned remery was Dov er's powders or opium or. ipecac Maybe here, too, the achosand pains were lessened,..but the price paliUfoi a little ease wafl far too ureal. Peo ple are 'not plnying with opium as they once did. . ' Uut thci'e is 9, hanulesK Jocal rem edy which does no harm, which has always been popular with the lay people. lt"isi menthol, or irs flrst cousin, peppermint.- Dr. II. McOul gan has recently offered a scientific explanation of tne (benefit which sprays and inhalatioifeKof menthol and essence of peppermint give in corvzas and colds in the air tubes. These remedies are not astringents and they do, not , increase the dis charge. Then how do they act? Some of the discomfort is due to the thick, sficky mucus and pus-hlch cover thfi membrances and clog the tube N- v Dr. McGuigan demonstrated that much of this was foam. He made foams of water and soap,' blood, sa liva and other substances, which foam readily. He then showed that menthol and peppermint, cut these foams in a most effective manner. From this ho concludes that inhale ing them or spraying them into te air passages in coryzas and bron chitis gives relief by cutting the foams. To do this effectively the drug must" he 111 the form of vapor, a spray, or the gas given off from menthol or peppermint cones. Since there; is a 2 per cent' increase in viscosity for every degree tall in temperature, lie advises the use of warm spray si or vapors. you think that the thyroid is the cause of my decrease in weight, or can it be due to some other cause?" RE PI A. It is natural for goiter to get worse and then better periodically. People with goiter generally arc under weight. Loss in weight is one symptom of goiter. Bcller He Examined. . S. M. writes: "Sometimes, not al icays, I have a temperature of 99 2-3 In the afternoon and my pulse is libout 96. I become tired after a little extra work. 'What would this Indicate?" ' r ip or v Tt might indicate tuberculosis Have an examination. On the Other Hand- to pre thl Ind ws as Ulat th 'rt 10lj Break. But Seem to Mend. j K. A. C. writes: "I have just read your article about peoplawith blue ! 111 the whites f their eye, and was very-much, interested, as that condi tion happens to run in our family, and always has befn more or less of a puzzle to us and .the different doctors we met. The trait goes back as far. as we know four generations. My. father's mother had the blue whites, and shortly affer her mar riage was thrown from a horse afid her back was broken, but she lived to be 95 years old. She had three boys, my father being the only one to inherit thi blue whiten. His bones were brittle, but neither he nor his mother was. deaf. He had 11 childreen, four dyin? in infancy. Of the seven living, two boys and two girts (one being myself) in herit the blue whites. Each of US have had a number of broken bones and each of us is deaf. My sister has two children. The boy has the blue whites and has had a number of -broken bone; . Although he ia only IS years 'oTfi,1 He. is getting very, deaf. - Of my four children one girl, aged 17 years', and. a boy. who will be 21 irj-.a few' weeks, inherit the blue whites nnd eaeh have had a number of broken bones. 1 So far their hearing seems to be all risrht." . t'sual.tof floiter Case. J R. writes!. "Jn regard to. thy roid gland trpuble, H , wanti to ask you it it has a tendency, to become worse1- in spring and fall..' I have had the trouble -for four- years and at times my . throat seems practi cally well, an 9 I am not so nervous, but the trouble seems to recur. Does a person lose weight steadily with this trouble? This fall and winter I have noticed 'a steady decrease in weight,, the ?lirett time since having trouble with', my throat. The swell ing is not nearly so noticable . as at former times, but Rdo not under stand why I hould lose weight. I am a girlof 20. a feet 2 .inches in height, ami weigh 103 pounds. Do lllllllillllllllllllM 2tf liiqriest type ; oPyesterday may" riot be the highesf type oP today, die matchless IUUj old standards irv piano -malvinq are i transcended -a negf and supreme stand" ard ofrone Beautv takes theirplace. t ArilitishiqhesK praised, as well as highest priced. " '. Juat the Bett Evil Lagonda Piano for the Price and guarantee that aaaures complete satisfaction. Low in price, caay in terms and durabil ity lupreme caah or terma. 1513 Doug. Street New Stock Sheet Miuic! Now! A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. l roni the New loik Time. Governor LoV.-den has ' declined .Mr, Harding's offer of the Navy department.' He doubtless has goocH private reasons, such as the need of looking after his personal, affairs. Bit one public kreason which he has chosen to give looks queer. The governor says .that he does, not want, to he secretary of the navy, because he has had no "training in naval affairs." This is to strike at one of our oldest and most cherished traditions. What landsman ' ever before had a doubt that he was able to preside over the navy? From diaiia landsman-secretary who stonished when he discovered the confounded ship had been made hollow down to v the North Carolina editor who is the latest to occupy tiie position, we have ' likd a loug line of secretaries of the navy who were little accustomed to the smell of , salt water.' WHEN THECABINET ' DISBANDS. From 1 li r Waelilnjton Mar. In private lilc again, Mr. Wilson, it is understood, will continue his interest ill politics, and if his strength justifies, resume his activi ties. Will the members of his offi cial family, who arc retiring with him, copy his example? Mr. Colby likes politics, and plays the game with such ?est he has been republican, bull mooscr and demo crat all within ctght years. Mr. Houston was not rated ?s a politician when called to the cabinet table, but not improbably during his service there has acquired a taste tor the game. yiX. Palmer has been in politics for years, and it isdif ficult to imagine j him going on the shelf at thid time I of life. j Mr. Burleson answers to the de- , scription of a "born politician." He probably could not exist if -denied; an opportunity to help make "the wheels go round." And Texas will afford him a char.ee. Mr. Baker will return to Ohio, where politics ii always in the air. Mr. Mini well Is N'tiinliiHlcil. " Omaha, Feb. i'S.To the Kdilr of The Hee: .Heading the news of your paper on the. 22d, giving thts mimes of Provident-elect Harding's cabinet. I feel f'.s a republican thai I can have a choice, too, whether it in carried out or not. In our city, 1 have seen only un man inentloneed as postmaster. I 11111 surprised that we have so few capable in tho eves of the politician to fill this very important place. V have a splendid mail there in Mr. Daniel, and the little investigation 1 made the employes all feem to think a great deal of him. You know what that means when men are treated rmht, and no discrimination on the account of creed or race you get )U0 per '-nit service. I have in 1 Mind a gentlemitii that, would Lie iiloiiH' the same lines and one whom the -nalnrlty of the post office employes know. That is none other than Franklin Shotwell. I am not connected with the postofflee, but I would like to bee the men treated beltev, Uitm they were under Mr. Burleson. I have had mjiiic bus iness with Mr. Shotwell and have sent friends to him on business ami he ndvisses (he. 11 ami does no to their best interest, without, their paying one cent. Mr. Shotwell is square, truthful slid honest, and If tile Chamber of Commerce wants to make the post Office what it should be. they can do no bettor than turn their atten tion to this lnnn, ttmt ij liked by every citizen 1 have spoken to. . . OEORGli ELLIS. Mr. Daniels returns to North Cai olina, where for years lie has been a political farce, ami where. he still controls an influential1 democratic newspaper. Mr. Alexander will find Mis.-ouri somewhat 'changed. "The overturn last year in favor of the repu&lican may make it difficult for him to rc tafce his old place in congress. Mr. Meredith will find Iowa re-ling under a plurality of 400,000 for Harding, with the dirt farmers of flic state nearly all gathered into the re publican fold. Lastly, William B. Wilson will again take up residence in Pennsyl vania, .where detfoeras have never baiT a chance, and where the republi cans la?t year pave Mr. Harding a plurality approaching 750,000. Q. R. S. PLAYER ROLLS &.lcspe(fo. 1513 Douglas Street The Art and Music Store r BB HOB SB B5) SB E5K EE CSB EH I 1 I i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NINE YEARS AGO mark Vfgzr JT 1 "BUSINESS IS COOP THANK YOlf " Iv i I i I I I I 1 I I I I I we filled yoW car with gasolene from a five-gallon milk can. This wasted your time. It was slow and inef ficient. ) ! Then we installed the first curb Dump filling station in the middle west. This was much better but proved in convenient for you. 1 So many cus tomers called that traffic was blocked. We then installed a couple of hand pumps on our own property and in vited you to use our speedier service. s we grew we installed better methods and the hand pump of the ''grant and grind" period gave way before the up-to-date electric pumps. 4 They are accurate and give full gal lonage. They do not tire nor fail to givea full pump stroke. It takes but thirty seconds to put ten gallqns of Blitzen or Vulcan gasolene in your car. L V. NICHOLAS OIL CO. e 1 B 1 1 1 Preaidcnt. La. a. a. Our Electric Pumps Insure Accuracy Your Protection anaOurs B I J Phone Douglas 2793 toMlejejaVtwrOffla OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY aaHVHS naua rAKS . COMMfitciAi Primers-Lithographers Steel 0 ie Ehbossew - lOOSC.lCAr. Devices ture they must be taken by hand V- i, . J f f.
