1HU ti&U: UA1AHA. MONDAY. MARCH 7, 1921.
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The Bee's Platform '
1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued Improvement of the Ne
braska Highways, including the pave
ment of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
Nebraska's State University.
One source of proper pride for Nebraskans
is the state's educational system. We have
boasted of our state that it is possible for a child
to go from the kindergarten to doctor of phil
osophy in successive grades free of cost, so far
as tuition is concerned. Up to where university
training actually begins, schooling is without
cost other than is borne l)y the taxpayers, and
. .'I . t . - V. r .. 1 t i i . v . . r s
mini mc uuy ui &ui uas icacneu ine age oi 10
it is compulsory. ' The emphasis thus laid on
education is a sign of the value placed by the
people of the state on intellectual growth and
mental development.
After the common schools, which come near
est to the masses, the state university holds
highest place in public estimation, and properly
.vo. for here the young folks of the state are
. afforded opportunity for the high and more com--r4etc
training that better fits them for the gen
eral duties of life, for professional employment
in any of the learned groups of science, and
rounds out the course of training they set out
upon as children. In its half century of activity
the University of Nebraska has developed many
brilliant students, who have studied under able
instructors. Its record is a notable one, and de
serves the liberal support that has been given it.
Yet the University of Nebraska can not do
its work as it should if it be hampered in any
of its activities. How it touches on the life of
the state is shown by the many things it does
besides carrying classes through prescribed
courses. Every one of its several colleges is con
tinually in request by one or another of the com
munities throughout the state, seeking advice on
special topics, and so its benefits are continuous
and widespread. An unfortunate disposition is
manifest in the legislature to effect some"
economies at the expense of the university. This
ought to be the other way. Needs of the great
institution are continually expanding, and should
be liberally met, in order that it may carefully
and satisfactorily do the work for which it is
designed. '
The University of Wisconsin has one instruc
tor for each eight students enrolled; at Minne
sota the proportion is 1 to 11, and the same is
true at Iowa, while at Nebraska it is 1 to 24, the
lowest ratio of instructors to students in any of
11 great state universities of the middle west,
while Nebraska's student-body is sixth in the list.
At Nebraska we have one instructor in the
science of government to each 1.393 students.
Can the legislature afford to skimp the appro
priation, for education, even to accomplish the
much-to-be-desired economy? Some other place
ought tJ be found to pare expenditures, and the
great state school at Lincoln ought to have suf
ficient funds wherewith to accomplish its great
public service, unhindered by parsimony as it
has been untainted by extravagance.
The Vice President.
( Americans are accustomed to look with some
thing of disdain" on ffce office of vice president
of the United States. Ambitious politicians have
many times declined to accept nomination to the
place, alleging that its incumbent is "embalmed"
politically when he takes the oath. Yet it has
proved several times to be most important. Pres
idents have died in officeand the'vice president
has succeeded, with notable historical effect.
Tyler succeeded Harrison but a month after "Old
Tippecanoe" had taken office. Johnson suc
ceeded Lincoln within six weeks after he had
begun, his second term; Garfield was president
less than seven months, when he died and Arthur
took the office, and McKinley had less than seven
Jnonths of his second term behind him when the
assassin struck him down and Roosevelt suc
ceeded. It is easy to recall how reluctant Theo
dore Roosevelt was to accept the nomination at
Philadelphia, although fate determined it should
lead him to greatness and(enduring fame. Tyler,
Johnson and Arthur are all remembered well as
presidents. "Tom" Marshall1 in retiring and
"Cal" Coolidge coming in gave to (the senate
addresses that must serve to remind the reader
that the office of vice president of the United
States really is an important one. The man wio
fills it honorably and with due dignity has
served his country well, regardless of the lightly
aimed gibes that are now and then directed
against the place.
Europe and the Inaugural.
The inaugural address of President Harding
is received with disappointment in Europe. This
is easy to understand, for, accustomed as they
have become in Paris, London and Berlin to
hearing that American affairs are inseparably
bound up with old world politics, they are sur
prised to learn that an American president can
iind domestic material sufficient for his needs
when framing a policy. They might have been
prepared for this, however, as ample warning
had been given during the campaign. Our pres
ident was elected because he promised his coun
trymen that he would give more attention to
domestic and less to foreign problems.
It is not indifference, nor a purpose to aban
don Europe to its fate, nor yet any recession
from those principles for which we fought A
decent regard for America requires that we with
draw, not into "splendid isolation," but from
intimate entanglement with affairs that only con
cern us indirectly. -
President Harding is an intense national-
i.-t. and he rightly believes his countrymen are
devoted to a policy of nationalism, just as his
predecessor mistakenly undertook to set the
people on the road to internationalism. Eng
land, France and Germany are as intensely mj
tional today as ever, and show no sign of ac
cepting the altruistic principles laid down by
Woodrow Wilson. With everything to lose and
nothing to gain, the LTnited States will venture
further into the mess at its own peril.
Horlor binds us as firmly as ever to aidin
achieving human progress, but decency for
bids us to meddle in matters where settlement
may be achieved without interference from us,
while duty demands that we protect the home
land always. Europe' knows that the might of
the American people will be exerted on the side
of righteousness and justice, and therefore wiil
trust this land, assured that its government wiil
abandon no friend and shirk no duty.
Real Test for the Monroe Doctrine.
A brief news item from Washington says
Secretary Hughes will have his first really im
portant employment in untangling the Costa
Rica-Fanania muddle. Here is another illustra
tion of what a great fire a small matter may
kindle. Three years ago a "war" between Pan
ama and Costa Rica would hardly have received
notice, even with Honduras, Guatemala and
Nicaragua thrown iu. Its progress would have
been watched by the United States, and when
ever it threatened to slop over and involve any
international question, a gentle intervention
would have checked it. That was before either
Costa Rica or Panama had become members of
the League of Nations.
Each df the belligerents is a member of the
league, however, and its secretary is proceeding
under Article XI, which provides:
Any war or threat of war, whether imme
diately affecting' any of the members of the
league or not. is herebv declared a matter of
ooncern to the whole league, and the league
shall take any action that may be deemed wise
and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations.
Secretary General Sir Eric Drummond is
therefore preparing to take up the inquiry into
the causes of the quarrel between these small
Central American republics, under the covenant
of the League of Nations. Ha will encounter
very early the terms of Article XXI, which sets
out: ,
Nothing in this covenant shall be deemed
to affect the validity of international engage
ments such as treaties of arbitration or regional
understandings like the Monroe doctrine for
securing the maintenance of peace.
President Wilson, at San Francisco in Sep
tember, 1919, said: "This- is the first time in the
history of international diplomacy that any great
government has acknowledged the validity of
the Monroe Doctrine." On the ISth of December
1915, addressing a joint session of congress, Mr.
Wilson said:
Our concern for the independence and pros
perity of the states of Central and South
America is not altered. We retain unabated
the spirit that has inspired us throughout the
whole life of our government and which was so
frankly put into words by President Monroe.
We still mean always to make a common cause
of national independence and political liberty
in America. )
In the light of this, M'r. Hughes will have the
duty of warning the League of Nations to keep
hands off a purely American matter. Sir Eric
Drummond may feel impelled to move under
Article XI, but he is clearly restrained by Article
XXI, which Mr. Wilson says recognizes and
assents to the Monroe Doctrine, which he so
definitely pledged himself to stand by, and which
the Harding administration is not likely to depart
from. i
Each new day brings forth additional proof
of the wisdom displayed by our country in hold
ing aloof from the entanglements of the League
of Nations.
A Blow at "Paternalism."
For proposals of new governmental activities
to be called "paternalistic" is quite the usual
thing, although not always quite so devastating
at once. Honest and conservative citizens at
times have been heard to break forth with the
ejaculation, "If that is socialism, then I'm a so
cialist," when some desirable piece of legislation
is attacked because it menaces private privilege.
The epithet of "radical" has beeo abused by too
generous usuage until it now signifies little more
than that the person using it is opposed to the
thing or man discussed. i
In Vermont tin's modern failing lias been car
ried to the limit of absurdity by a state board of
control to which was assigned the task of cut
ting down public expenditures. With economy
as the watchword, the honorable board has
handed in a long report to the legislature in
which it advocates the elimination of all "pater
nalistic" functions, as indicated in the following
paragraph:
The repeal of all laws that support activi
ties that are paternalistic in their nature, as
forestry, agricultural fairs, boards of examin
ers and regulation, associations that promote
the special interests of dairy, horticultural,
maple sugar, poultry producers, experiment
stations, firemen's relief fund, geologist, free
public library, investigation of water resources,
teachers' retirement fund, topographic surveys
and many functions ofthe agricultural depart
ment like bovine tuberculosis, market agencies,
creamery inspection, cow testing associations
and dairy manufacturing specialists. There
might well be included in this class the large
appropriations made to the institutions of
higher learning that are not a part of the pub
lic school system.
This is going back to the days of the stage
coach with a vengeance. After a state has come
to depend on the practice of co-operation with its
people, to withdraw from the field would almost
amount to an invitation to anarchy in which it
was every man for himself and the devil take
the hindmost. The changing world has gone far
since the day when Herbert Spencer condemned
public libraries as pauperizing the people, and
the public has come to feel that the state h?s
some duties to the public more than collecting
taxes, making laws for it and putting it in jail.
It is not surprising to find the same board
recommending that the appropriation for good
roads be cut in half, and the only matter for
wonder is that it did not advocate the doing
away with the public schools, for surely there is
nothing more "paternalistic" than they.
A Line 0' Type or Two
Haw to the Line, let the quips fall where they, may
In Washington the republicans have taken
the cabinet portfolios and the democrats the
portmanteaus.
Josephus Daniel's newspaper ought to pork
up now, seeing it has gone over to the opposition.
The weather man is subject to a certain
amount of justifiable suspicion right now.
If it should seem to Mr. Wilson that the ju
bilation concerns more his going than Mr. Hard
ing's coming, he may console himself with the
reflection that it nearly always has been that
way.
WHILE men must leave the future (o Di
vine Providence, as Lord Yerulam in a flash
of insight observed, it is a sweetly solemn
thought that we are giving three cheers today
for a president who will not disappoint us.
Sir: Speaking of special revelations, we move
that the Book of Tobln be added to the apocry
phal books. PAN.
THERE are precedents for everything, and
so there must be precedents for Judge Landis'
arbitrational side-line. Boy, fetch us the biogra
phy of Justice Marshall!
ZEROIC NATATION.
(From the Oskaloosa Herald.)
A class In swimming for the married folks
has been organized, to swim on Fridays from S
to 9 o'clock. A married man or wife are not al
lowed in alone. The class was organized for
married couples. It is understood that a mar
ried man is not permitted to go in swimming
on this night without his wife nor wiil she
bo permitted in swimming without her hus
band. TIME travels in divers paces with divers
persons. There are some, like the late Mr.
Zirgler, who have time to manage a large busi
ness, maintain two or more domestic estab
lishments, razz, jazz, get drunk and fight; while
others of us cannot find time in the four and
twenty hours to do half the things we wish to
achieve. Although your orator , has nothing to
do but "write a few headlines and go home,"
as old Bill Byrne says, night overtakes him
with half his chores undone. Time gallops
withal. .
Bright Sayings of Afternoon CalWrs.
Sir: Overheard the Missus asking friend who
made afternoon call whether she had seen "Shav
ings." "No," said friend, "bu't I saw 'Kindling
when it was here, and it was real good." J. K.
AMONG the fascinating details of the late
Mr'. Ziegler's double life we see no mention of
his underwear. Did he. perchance, affect those
"double-life union suits?"
"JACKSON Underwear Foundry Resumes."
Cleveland Press.
A suitable wear for gentlemen who seek the
society of ladies given to gin and hysteria.
MAIS OUI, MADAME!
Sir: Two men were speakinsr of the illness of
an acauaintance. "What seems to be the matter?"
said one. "Oh," said the other, "he's got that
there, you know, spinengeetic." Wouldn't Ana
tola France approve of addinv that to the Eng
lish language? JAY AYK.
WE lamp by our favorite odious contempor
ary, the Hcrammer, that Prof. Rudolph Altrocchi
teaches "romance, languages and literature." As
the Prof recently married a poet, who is better
equipped to teach romance? v
THE WONDERFUL ONES ARE.
Sir: My friend was describing her cousin's
huaband, finally saying, "He's just wonderful but
he's married." E VANSTON.
ONLY good wishes attend Mr. Wilson's de
parture. "Now he belongs to the ages."
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Questions concerning hygiene, sanita
tion and prevention of disease, sub
mitted to Dr. Evsns by readers ol
The Bee, will bs answered personally,
subject to proper limitation, where a
stamped, addressed envelope is en
closed. Dr. Evsns will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual
diaeases. Address letters in care of
The Bee. .
Copyright. 1921. by Dr. W. A. Evsns.
T HKTHOUSA N I A X I)
ONE AFTERNOONS.
XXIII.
'Even this icy bath,' continued the house
breaker, did not restore mv senses, of which the
fall had deprived me. When I returned to con
sciousness, or consciousness returned to me
I do not attempt to say which, as I make no
pretense in such matters I was in the engine
room of a steamer, and a man with a large black
mustache was pouring whisky down my gullet.
It was disclosed that this worthy person had
gone to the sidp of the steamer to throw some
rubbish into the river, and seeing a form drift
ing by had seized a boathook and hauled me
alongside, but for which I must surely have per
ished. Your obvious criticism is that I was born
to be hanged, but I greatly doubt it. as I am
averse to all crimes of violence. If you will in
spect the pistol which was lately taken from me
you will observe that it is uncharged. Like most
sayings, "Dead men tell no tales" is false; dead
men are the veriest chatterers. But to pursue my
story. My good Samaritan lent me a shirt and
trousers while my elothing dried in the engine
room, and 1 was so careless in removing my
wet garments as to spill from my pockets certain
implements which betokened my profession.VBut
he courteously refrained from comment, and we
parted on the best of terms. Although I pressed
a sum of money on him he declined It, but he
asked that I give him the pink shirt I had worn,
in exchange for one of his. He had taken a fan
cy to it, as had I, but I was too grateful to re
fuse his request, and so erladtv acceded to it. And
here, gentlemen, my story ends.'
The police captain asked Mr. Wild if he re
membered the name of the steamer, but the
housebreaker had made no note of it. At this
moment a youth was shown in who had been
inquiring for my brother, and Valentine was re
minded that before leaving his hotel he had ad
vised the clerk that he was expecting an im
portant telegram, and requested that it be dis
patched to the police station. The bearer was a
bellhop. My brother took one glance at the youth
and then fell upon him. 'My shirt!' he cried,
and dragged the trembling youth before the po
lice captain.
(Here the fair Saidee deemed it advisable to
make 'another pause in her narrative, which the
worthy Wczecr again protested was the most in
genious tale that ever had passed mortal lips.
Houssain had no notion of putting a period to
it; and so, on the following afternoon, and on
subsequent days, the First Stenographer pro
ceeded without interruption.)
It may not be generally understood that that
large sum exacted of Germany includes the
interest for a long term of years.
President- Harding's "tickler" is full enough
at the start.
The first dandelion is also here.
"Bee Your Pardon."
Sir: I cackle daily, into the matutinal coffee
cup, over your Vertical Vacuity, but the "Cut
Prices in Tombstones!" failed to get a rise out of
me. O Tampa! O Mawruss! Also sic itur ad asira,
as the elesant P. D. S. would say: thoueh I
had long ago given up the expectation, for you
never publish my stuff. Also, my studio does not
even bear a modest name plate, let alone the
horror you make me guilty of. So unless . . .
I will turn the matter over to my attorneys.
HUGH A. PRICE.
Monumental Architect and Sculptor.
WE believe our correspondent Jay Aye could
improve on at least one of these Wordsworthia:i
lines:
"But let me not entirely overlook
The pleasure gathered from the rudiments
Of geometric science."
FORCE, FORCE TO THE UTMOST.
Sir: I see that "Detective Sergeants Charles
Welling, Max Smith, Richard Piper, Charles ICs
sig and William Shea of the bureau arrested Miss
Catherine J. McDonald, comely modiste of Bos
ton." There must have been, also, the usual cor
don of police ready to charge with swinging
clubs should the lady prove to be somewhat in
tractable. What was it again that Sergt., Alvin
T. York done alone and unaided ? GERONIMO.
THE favorite poets of hard-boiled sentimen
talists of the Mrs. Orthwein type are Kipling and
Robert Serviss. Red-blood stuff.
This Should Hold Henry.
(From the Miles City Star.
responsible for me. I washed eight years, for
him and gave him every penny I made. I had
credit before I had him and will have credit
aterwards. Mrs. Mary Sehulteii.
"WANTEDto trade, gander for goose." Oih
kosh Northwestern.
What's the matter? What's the matter? What's
the matter?
JE LE CROIS B1EN!
(From the Lancaster (Cal.) Ledger-Gazette.)
Miss Vivian Osburn of Bakersfiold spent
the week-end with Mr. Teddy Rich. Mr. Rich is
all smiles this week, eh, Teddy? 1
ENTER the Elephant, trumpeting in the in
dex. EXIT the Donk with Donk Quixote. B. L. T.
Not What They Want.
It is announced that the world's savings, K
equally divided, would give every man, woman
and child $13.58. But it isn't an equal division
that the average advocate of equal division really
wants. New Orleans Times-Picavune,
SCIENCE THE ICONOCLAST.
Somebody, it may have been the
ground hog, or it may have been the
Weather prophet, but somebody said
this would bo an early spring. As
suming this to be true, the sap is
now beginning to run and the hiber
nating male of the human species is
preparing to go a-courting. A few
words of warning may come in han
dy for certain almost defenseless
members of my fraternity.
The women of one physical and
mental type are prone to sweep men
of a certain typo oft their feet. The
type of woman referred to has large
eyes with lars;o pupils. Her face is
very expressive and her color comes
and goes. Sha is apt to be quick,
mentally responsive and altogether
attractive..
Dr. Meyerson says: "Witness the
charm of the neuropathic eye with
its widely dilated pupil, that chang
es with each emotion, the mobile
face, delicate with a play of color,
red and white, that is charming to
look at, but which the grim physi
cian calls vasomotor instability. The
fascinating woman is frequently of
this type. About her there is nothing
neutral. She is either lovely or a
freak."
The vasomotor nerves are those
which distribute the blood to dif
ferent parts 'of the body. The vaso
motor nerve system is rather close
ly bound up with the ductless gland
and both trnse are rather closely
connected with those qualities called
emotionalism and temperamental
ism. A woman with a neuropathic
eye, with a mobile face and com
plexion changing easily may be a
very fascinating woman and fine for
courtship, but she may prove dif
ficult to live with.
Boys, when you are tempted to
fall in love with a woman whose
tye has a cat-iike pupil, ask the
lady if she uses belladonna. If sho
says no, think twice before you pro
pose. An then, too. boys, look out for
the girl with the doll baby face
the beautifully rounded, placid,
peachblow face. Sho is mighty apt
to! be a moron.-Her face-tells noth
ing because it has nothing to tell,
but if you have listened to Judge
Olson, the very fact that her face
tells nothing will tell you that she
is mentally deficient. She may be
easy to live with, because morons
that are not also dementia precox
subjects are placid and easy-going.
But she may not be able to contrib
ute to the partnership and some of
her children will be feeble-minded.
Judge Olson will tell you' that
many women of this type come into
his court, v
Some of them have dementia pre
cox and . so are temperamental, and
temperamental people are prone to
land in all sorts of courts. Some
are in his court because they are
loose morally. Basically, morons are
no more liable to be driven to ex
tremes by the sex urge than other
people, or they are even less driven
than the average.
But women of this group get in
trouble because they are physically
attractive and they have not sense
enough to keep themselves out of
trouble. All in all, the doll baby
type is liable to be a nit-wit and
the order of the defenseless need
to be on their guard.
Eat Simple Food.
Mrs. W. C. V. writes: "I am preg
nant and the only discomfort I have
suffered is heartburn. Can you tell
me anyway to relieve it?"
REPLY. .
Slemons advises pregnant women
to eat very little fat during preg
nancy. They should eat less than
they usually do and what they eat
should be simple. A liberal allow
ance of bread, cereal, potatoes, and
vegetables preceded by a glass of
rich milk, taken just before meal
time, he says, will prevent heart
burn. .
I roiu Ugh tins Mun.
Genoa, Neb., March 2. To the
Editor .of The. Bee: Every former
ex-service man should consider the
remarks mado by Senator Thomas
of Colorado on the bonus bill an
insult (when ho said, "it would have
Lbeen just as well for the Bodies to
rule America as it wouia iur
serviee yanks to ask a reasonable
lift from the goernment.") to help
them out of the hole in which they
found themuelves after being dis
charged from service. It's a dirty
rotten lie from the lips which speak;
that we are making our patriotism a
monetary proposition by asking a
bonus; he stated justice should de
feat the bill. I say if Justice is con
sidered, then the bonus bill will pass
on its merits. Senator Thomas should
be impeached for making the state
ment, which is pro-German, when
he placed German militarism ,on par
with our victory in France, at the
sacrifice of thousands of my bud
dies who fell over there, because we
dare ask a fair compensation, not
because we want to use our service
record as an argument but because
it is just and right that we should
have had this help long ago. Sen
ator. Thomas (Dem.) has no record
to show thp.t he ever did one
thing for Colorado or the nation but
use his silver-tongued oratory in
slurring people in righteous causes.
I am an ex-service man and
proud of it. I'll fight for my coun
try anytime, any place, bonus or no
bonus. I am like Burns, a long as
I am able to look over a rifle barrel
I'll defend Old Glory.
V. A. BRADSHAW.
No Cause for Alarm.
Mrs. L. S. writes: "Of late my hus
band has night sweats, although
sleeping in a cold room. He is 30
years old and seems to be in robust
health. Therefore he will not see
a doctor."
REPLY.
You have no reason to be alarm
ed. Ventilate i his bedroom, keep
the temperature lower, use less bed
ding. Beyond this do nothing. Night
sweating is r.o more harmful than
day sweating and lots of folks
would be healthier were they to
sweat more.
Cases are Diffwcnt.
Mrs. N. R. B. writes: "1. Can dis
tress from gallstones be relieved
without an operation?
"2. If so, how?
"3. Does exercising after an attack
from gallstones cause the pain to
return ?"
REPLY.
1 and 2. There is nothing you
oan do which will help much. At
that most cases of gallstones cause
no symptoms. Other cases which
have attacks for months and years
become comfortable, and free from
attacks without taking any treat
ment or after taking any one of a
fcore of treatments.
The most popular
infant food
when natures
supply fails.
Since 1857.
EAGLE BRAND
Condensed Milk
OX
Osteopathy and Surgery.
Omaha, March 5. To the Editor
of The Bee: The Nebraska section
of the First Clinical and Scientific
session of the American College of
Surgery, together with Its public
meetings for the laity, has been
watched with much interest by the
osteopathic physicians,, and we com
mend as most worthy all such ef
forts to educate the public in mat
ters of vital common interest, and
to protect against charlatanism by
making clear the methods of un
scrupulous physicians and the means
of differentiation.
The encouragement this gives to
honest physicians and institutions of
every .school in the attainment of
higher) standards is not the least of
the values of such a campaign.
However, it is to be deplored that
there remains enough of ignorance
and prejudice among our most hon
orable arid valuable professional
leaders that it is possible to mis
represent (even though unintention
ally) the real facts" regarding the
ability or professional attitude of
the osteopathic phvsician regarding
the treatment of infectious or malig
nant maladies. Information could
be given tha public without adding
the sting of injustice or unfriendli
ness toward a qualified fellow-practitioner.
,
The public was told this week that
no one having a questionable or
cancerous growth should allow it to
be manipulated by an osteopath.
The speaker forgot that it would
be unfair to leave the impression
that the osteopath might treat such
a growth loeallj . and not state to
the public the fat that any licensed
progressive osteopath would no
more manipulate a questionable
growth than he would manipulate
a tubercular infection, and that no
osteopathic college allows such
treatment. 1
Granted that some osteopaths
may - have treated cases unwisely,
and that osteopathic colleges may
not always have been as good as
they are now, but for every case of
criticism of the "D. O." or his school
a parallel can be found among the
"M. D.'s" and their institutions, and
exactly the same and greater care
has been given to weeding out un-
desirables and strengthening school
systems for osteopathy as for allo
pathy. No professional man has any ex
cuse for not knowing t lie standard
and curriculum of the osteopathic
college, yet many will offer authori
tative advice without knowing that
the seven standardized colleges of
osteopathy are ns well equipped in
every detail of hospital and labora
tory facilities, and ulwnys have of
fered as complete and efficient a
course of training outside of Mntevln
Mediea as the best allopathic schools.
Hence, the osteopathic physician Is
as well qualified to decide question
able diagnoses as his allopathic
brother, and Ills failure to do so is
his' own fault rather than that of
his school. The surgeons of osteo
pathic schools rank among the best
of the country and we court exam
ination of our records.
The eyes of the thinking world
have opened to the 'fact that as
surely as each human is three-fold,
mental, mechanical and chemical.
there is need for three systems of
healing: mental, mechanical and
chemical; and while the path of
each is broad and must overlap,
they must also harmonize.
A little moio charity on both sides
will broaden the mental capacity
and usefulness of all.
DR. JENNIE M. LAIRD.
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' Omaha. March 4. To the Editor
of The Bee: At this time when so
much criticism is being offered of
the prohibition law, it may be well
for those who have seen its good
workings to say a word in its be
half. My own acquaintance among
those who wore the victims of hard
drinking was. very limited, but T
personally know of three homes in
Omaha that have been, without ex
aggeration, changed from hell to
heaven by prohibition. If the law
brought no other good results in
the United States, the happiness
brought to those three families
would be sufficient to make it en
tirely worth while.
The domestic results are not the
only good accomplished either.
These three men, who were former
ly shiftless, irresponsible, dead
weights on society, are now indus
trious, efficient, useful members of
society. To this extent, in my lim
ited knowledge, has prohibition
made good to offset the ravages of
war in our industrial system.
Who knows of others?
M. E. TI.
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WHAT DO YOU SAY?
"Is Christianity
a Failure?"
Hear These Men Answer It.
ROBT. R. BROWN of Chicago
(Dist. Supt. Christian and
Missionary Alliance)
and
REV. CHRIS. EICKER of
India
(20 Year an Alliance Mis
sionary in India)
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Binney
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March 6th, 3 and 7:30
Subject, 3.00: "Is Christ
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Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
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By H. I. KING.
Singing Before Breakfast.
He was a gloomy killjoy who
first said, "Sing before you eat, try
before you sleep." The superstition
is purely psychological in origin.
Jane gets up in the morning and
comes down singing to breakfast.
Before bedtime something lias gone
wrong and Jane is in tears. Then
somebody savs "And she was so
happy this morning; I heard her sing
ing all the way down stairs.
This contrast between Jane's state
of mind in the early morning and
her state of mind at night makes an
imprescion, naturally, upon the whole
family brings into high relief the
fact that she sang before breakfast
on the day of her sorrow. There i
at once a suggestion of cause and
effect.
The many hundreds of times, per
haps that Jane lias sung before
breakfast and things have gone
smoothly with her all day are not
remembered. Why should they be?
There was, upon those occasions,
no violent contrast between her state
in the morning and her state in the
evening to impress them upon the
mind.. We make our psychological
superstitions out of (Coincidences, for
we are impressed by coincidences and
contrasts while ordinary routine
leaves our imaginations untouched.
Copyright, 1921. hy Tbn McClure News
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showing women the possibilities $i
their organizations, gave the real
impetus to the formation of societies
of women for various purposes.
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