THE BEE: OMAHA, SATUJRDAY, MAKCH 19, 1921.
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on woman labor, as in the textile trade, com
munities exist with a surplus of women.
According to the census of 1910. Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Maryland, North Carolina and the
District of Columbia were thus affected. Ne
braska as a whole then had an excess of 60,000
males, and in Wyoming, the women were out- 4
numbered nearly two to one.
No need in this happy land to live in spinstcr
hood. The injunction of Horace Greeley nay
well be brought down to date to road: Conic
west, young woman, come west."
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The Bee's Platform
1. Nw Union Passenger Station.
I 2. Continued improvement of the Ne
ll braaka. Hiffhware. inclutlina? the nava.
went of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
3. A short, Iow.rate Waterway from the
Cora Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Homo Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form ef Gorerameat,
Self-Determination in Application.
j The hole Secretary Hughes has dispatched to
Vanama is indicative of a firmer attitude of the
piiited States towards the lesser American re
publics. Having accepted responsibility forthem
jind):r the Monroe doctrine, guaranteeing their
:nt6grity and assuring them of independence and
Security, that note is a warning that they ere
.iilsqto' be held to accountability by the United
- plates. When one of them enters into a "solema
j-iigagement, it will be expected to fulfill that to
he letter. Treaties and agreements are not scraps
i paper in the estimation of the United States,
j This new form of self-determination will not
te especially palatable to a certain 1 type of
)oliliyan, who has flourished for several years
, oiith of the Rio Grande. Not only in Mexico,
fuit all the way down to Puntas Arenas it has
ecn popular to flout Uncle Sam. No jieed to
look for the cause of this; the anti-American prop
Uganda has been carefully fostered and widely
ipicad by. nations pretending a great friendship .
or the United States, but secretly and for sinis-
,er purposes undermining our relations with
jthcr American governments. Many signs of.
he effect of the campaign -so insidiously carried'
m have been noticed lately, especially in the
nanners of the Central American republics.
therefore the notice served on Panama may be
hecepted as intended for the reading- of all..
The United States has never undertaken to
interfere with the external relations of any other
American republic, save so far as was heeded to
equire it to carry out its agreements with other
Jiationi in good faith, or to protect it from ag
gression. When we have intervened in the in
ernal politics of these turbulent and unsettled
lationi, it has been solely in the interest of good
jrder and thjfwelfare of the people. At no time
las our paternalism towards them taken on any .
Aspect of aggrandizement, or attempt aft profit.
Ve have sought to maintain friendly relations,
j.ith all, to foster trade and commerce with them,
nd to establish a mutual respect and confidence
hat is for the good of all. If the leaders cf
, bought in Latin America prefer to listen to the
jiircn long of European agitators, we can not '
jielp it, but we can hold them in check when it.
':omes to making this country . ridiculous through
preaking of pledges for the carrying out ol
Which our national faith is pledged under -the
Monroe Doctrine.
That is what the governments to the south of
(ts may read in the note to Panama. It is not
jlie gauntlet of steel under the' glove of velvet,
n the contrary, it is merely the restraining""
iand of a big brother, kindly holding back the
ittle fellow who would rush headlong into
'danger.
Embarrassments of Gold.
Tht plight of Midas, whose touch turned ail
hings to gold, even his food, has its modern in
stance in the prejent situation of the United
Itates. The gold of the world has flowed into
our lgnd, and yet with scarcely more benefit
han when the ancient king's Very food changed
nto the precious metal.-
Financial experts agree that it would be un
"ortunate for our debtors overseas to endeavor
;o pay their debts here b,y draining themselves
"urther of their gold, so that they could not pur
;hase our goodsj At the same time, it is with
extreme reluctance that the prospect of being.
)aid in goods is regarded. In the same way the
jllies,' while pressing Germany for reparation,
jo not relish payment in manufactured articles,
tvhich to their own mind would cause further
Unemployment at home.
j The way out for America, according to its
jtuviscie, ia tu iiuaiiic vuamcas auu bjvki mucin
abroad, thus using our surplus to start Europe
'pack toward a position of self-support and at
he same time avoiding being buried in the golden
U a.a -re
uooa tnat Miaas learnea to iear.
Compared with its purchasing power before
he war, the American dollar is said now. to be
vorth about 65 cents. . According to the con
ventional theory, the more gold is available, the
est it is worth, and by sending some of it
1 ibroad, the dollar will rise again. This much is
:ertain, that no one can eat gold, and that real
vealth consists only in the things that can be
:onsumed by humanity or used in the process cf
production. Coins are but counters, making
radc easier than barter, although business, now
s ever, really consists of the exchange of one
irticle for another.
( A Jill for Every Jack,
i Among the other attractive characteristics of
Dmaha may be included that it is a likely place
"or matrimony., The opportunity to become a
.vit'e is better here than in many other laris of
he United States, according to the new census,
jvhich shows the number of malts exceeds that
jf females by 6,306. The total of actual or po
tential husbands is set at 98,954, and that ot the
Sther aex is found to be 92,648. . -
Since ten years ago the percentage of women
lias gained slightly, although, actually, Omalu
gained more men in a decade than it did women.
What -the complete census will show for the
vhole country' is noto be guessed, although 'n
910 there was a surplus of almost 2,OCo,000 men
.nd boys. . .
Omaha is what is sometimes called a he-town.
Cot all our cities- can thus be characterized, for
Lloyd George and His Cabinet.
The retirement from the British imperial
cabinet of Bonar Law is accepted as an indication
of the existence of a political crisis oi
first magnitude by the London Times. It
is barely possible that back of this my
be discerned the wish of Northcliilc,
whose desires and ambitions frequently have
stood as parents to his thought; NorJhclifTe is
not and never Jias been friendly to Lloyd George.
As far back as 1909, when the little Welshman
then chancellor of the exchequer in the first
Asquith cabinet, wsnt to the cfuntry with his
budget, Northcliffe, not yet elevated to the peer
age, pursued him with all the power of his great
newspapers, but Lloyd George was endorsed by
the people. In 1915, when Lloyd George un
horsed Herbert Asquith and formed his fust
coalition cabinet, the result was partially du: Ito
the terrific bombardment of the war office by
the Northcliffe papers, and for a moment it
seemed as if a rapprochement had been effected
between the two greatest forces in British politi
cal life. - - '
When that cabinet was formed it contained
the names of two men whose presence astonished
the world outside, those of Bonar Law and Ed
ward. Carson. Law at least, might have been
taken as a concession to Northcliffe, but cerr
tainly did not typify the ideals of the premier.
He was accepted, as it was understood that the
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the United Kingdom all the elements of national"
life, then undergoing ji terrible tension. In the
events that have ensued since the Armistice
Bonar Law has not been especially prominent,
although he has given such support as he might
to the government ttv the efforts at reconstruc
tion. He is regarded as an ultra conservative,
and when Sir Robert Cecil broke with Lloyd
George and made his ineffectual atttempt at con
solidating the opposition, it was a foregone cor.
clus1on that Bonar Law soon would follow.
The coalition cabinet may be doomed; it
would be singular if it did survive much longer.
But in the realignment of political iorces it is
quite as likely that Lloyd George will again
emerge triumphant as that the elements repre
sented by Northcliffe will control Conservatism
is not dead in England, but the reactionary tory
type will scarcely be permitted to regain as
cendancy at once.. A progressive spirit is prev
alent there, and the, line between the classes
and the masses is becoming more and more tint
of a shadow, its outline appearing sharply only
among the 'elect who are unmoved by anything
short of "actual extermination. '
Bonar Law's resignation froni the cabinet
may precipitate a real politic?! crisis, but Lloyd
George does not appear to be in real danger be
cause of that alone.
Ontario Farmers Not Rubes
Teach British Cabinet a Trick in
Real Politics
Uncle $am's African Nephew.
In the gorgeous uniform of his office, w ith a
bird of- paradise plume in his cocked hat, tho
president of Liberia has landed in America, seek
ing a loan' from the government of $5,000,000.
Concerning the soundness of such investment
of public funds no- one. at this distance can pro
nounce;, it is probable that . some, proffer of a
naval base on the coast of Africa will be ad
vanced to the authorities-; Since 1901 the Libsr
ians have been eager for the United States to
establish a coaling station otvthair shores, be
lieving" that invasion or amalgamation with other
African lands would be insured against if there
were an American base thcri. A warship was
sent to investigate at one time, but for diplomatic
or other reasons, found there was no available
site.
The one spot in Africa that Europe has not
touched is Liberia. Cheated and bulldozed within
an inch of its life, this little republic may yet
give a favorable, answer to the query; Can the
negro stand alone? Its' independence it owrs
to the fact that it has always been a protege of
the United Stages. Freed American slaves con
stituted thja independent republic on the green
shores of West Africa in 1847. Before that, in
the administration of President Monroe, after
whom their capital, Monrovia, is named, the first
settlement had been made. By a treaty signed
during the Civil war, the United States under
took to preserve the constitutional form of gov
ernment and its independent existence.
The nation is about half the size of Nebraska,
and its trade was ruined by the war. Affection
for American's said to be very striking there, and
has at various times been heightened by the ap
pearance of German warships bearing demands
for indemnity and suggestions for annexation, and
by French and British encroachments as well.
Under President Taft the State department fur
nished an expert to act as customs receiver, and
altogether, relations have been more intimate
than most Americans realize, with this distant
black republic, "
Thomas M. Orr.
Omaha's list of worth while men is short
another name, that of Thomas M. Orr, who has
jvst surrendered to the conqueror of all men.
He was a name to hundreds of thousands who
had business with the Union Pacific railroad, but
wai known only to a few. Qujetly pursuing a
chosen path of usefulness, he found himself long
ago removed from direct personal contact with"
the world, yet daily wielding more of influence
because of the growth of the great institution of
which he was a part. In the Union Pacific or
ganization he had become so nearly indispensable
that when he withdrew at the time of the re
organization under Harriman he was soon calle-i.
As assistant to the president, he was not only
intimately acquainted with the workings of the
road, but he possessed an inexhaustible fund of
detailed information concerning the business, and
so was a great factor in its operation and its
relations with the world. Those who knew
"Tom" Orr well loved him because of the many
manly attributes that endeared him to. ki
friends, while those who knew of him only in a
business way were impressed with his fidelity to
the company and the accuracy of his knowledge.
Forty-four lyears of genuine usefulness might
have warranted his retirement, yet he died in the
harness, just because he was useful. He leaves
the world richer because of the example he s?t,
poorer because he has gone.
By John R. Bone in the Boston Transcript.
A member of a disappointed urban deputa
tion to Ontario's farmer government the other
day exclaimed disparagingly: "What do you
expect, they're only a bunch of farmers any
way?" Subsequently an important Ontario citi
zen inj.de fontrite apoiogy for that thoughtless
slighting remark.
For this "bunch of farmers" is getting on in
the world and is obliged to take insults from no
body. So far-reaching has its influence become
that last week it accomplished -the defeat oX a
member of the British cabinet, no less a person
age than Sir Arthur Gritfiths-Boscawen, newly
appointed minister of agriculture, and to keep
him in the government Lloyd George may be
obliged to raise him to a peerage, for which he
has social qualities, and make him a member of
the House of Lords.
It is an omen for President Harding that he
cannot afford to disregard, particularly as the
issue which drove the Ontario farmer into British
politics had its origin in the United States.
When Mr'. Fordney, a neighbor from Miei
gan, threatened by a stroke of the pen to cut off
Canada's market for $50,000,000 worth of animals
a year, and when simultaneously Henry Ford
threatened to produce cowless milk, Canadian
live stock dealers got distinctly nervous. The
first thing to do was to find another market for
their beeves.
There was a time, thirty years ago, when
Canadian cattle could be shipped on the hoof to
Britain. And then it was charged that Canadian
cattle were affected by foot and mouth diseases
or pleuro-pneumonia or some such thing, and the
British minister of the dav slapped on an em
bargo which has not been lifted to this day. Re
peated representations from Canada that there
was not and never has been disease among Cana
dian cattle maJe no Impression on-the govern
ment of England and the social fastnesses of the
landed proprietors. Every representation to the
government was referred to the agricultural ex
perts and the agricultural experts being inter
ested parties always replied that the proposal
was inadvisable. No industry in any protec
tionist country "was ever protected as Completely
as has been the cattle growing industry of free
trade Britain.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS -Question!
conccminf hyfitna, anitalion and prevention of dlnaio, aubmittcd
to Dr. Evans by readers of The Bee, will be answered personally, subject to
proper limitation, where a stamped addressed envelope Is enclosed. Dr Evans
will net make diafnosl or proscribe lor Individual disesscs. Address letters
in care ef The Bee. '
Copyright, 1921, Ij Dr. W. A. Evans
All these representations from Canada went
through the "regular channels.", First a resolu
tion would be referred to the Canadian minister
of agriculture, then to the Canadian government,
next to his excellency the governor general, then
overseas to the colonial office in London, then
to the British cabinet, next to the British minis
ter of agriculture and then "this way out."
Ontario's "bunch of farmers" government,
rendered anxious by Mr. Fordney's threatened
embargo, decided to make one more effort to get
into the British market. They took one look at
the "regular channels" and that was enough. In
stead they sent their own minister of agricultute
direct ioLondon.
Manning Doherfv, minister of agriculture, in
an agriculturists' cabinet is an interesting figured
At official dinners and other functions it is often
remarked that he made the best speech of the
evening, and it is always remarked that he is the
best dressed man in the hall. He is on the sunny
side of 45, clean shaven and bright as a new
dollar. He knows his way about in most any
kind of company.
When he went to England, however, lie found
that neither he nor his government had any
standing whatever. The imperial authorities
might deal with Dominion governments, but go'
ernmcnls of provinces were certainly not recog
nizable. "Regular'channels" must be maintained.
If Manning Doherty's course at the Agricul
tural college didn't teach him the meaning of
"infradig" the imperial officials taught it to rtim
when he went to. them representing merely a:
provincial cabinet.
Then Manning Doherty. did' what' many an
other man in perplexity has done before hied
himself to a newspaper office. A short while ago
he might have found London newspaper offices
as impenetrable a brick wall as Downing street
officialdom, byt the office he happened into, that
of the Daily Express, is owned by a fellow Cana
dian, Lord Bcaverbrook. .
- Beaverbook took up the fight. Iri a month
Manning Doherty, through his irregular chan
nels, made more stir about the cattle embargo
than" the regular channels had ever dreamed' of in
thirty years. And when a- new British minister
of agriculture sought re-election Manning Do
herty's friend fought hinv-not merely on the
ground that his embargo policy was unfriendly
to Canada, but also because it was keeping up
the price of meat to the British laboring man.
And Sir Arthur Griffiths-Boscawen, thanks to
Manning Doherty and Lord Beaverbrook and,
the unemployed and perhaps hungry working
man of Dudley, .went down to defeat.
The fight was not yet over.' Manning Do
herty has returned to England to continue it.
Many Canadians think there is something of im
pertinence about this mixing in British affairs,
but if he gets that cattle embargo removed it
will be another bright feather in the cap of On
tario's "bunch of farmers."
Lord Beaverbrook, it is said, would like to be
Canadian high commissioner in London, a post
that has not been filled since Strathcona died.
But he can hadly have been prompted by that
ambition m taking up the cattle embargo fight
because the Ontario government has no influence
in the appointment. It is more likely Beaver
brook was among other things responding as a
Canadian to the call of the blood. .
Removal of the British embargo would render
Canadian live stock raisers independent of the
United States market. It would probably also
result in an embargo against United States cattle
entering Canada,- for when Canada formerly
shipped to England a condition of the privilege
was that a 90-day quarantine had to be imposed
against the United States. This is a step Canada
will be loathe to take and it will probably only
be taken if it appears that the new Washington
tariff regulations are actually inimical to Canada.
Some British experts are advising the Cana
dian farmers not to bother about the live cattle
export trade, but to- get into the chilled meat
business. They say there is no reason why they
should not successfully compete w ith the Chicago
packing houses and eventually oust them from
Europe.
. London, March 12. A conference convened
by the city corporation and presided over by the
lord mayor was held in the Guildhall and voted,
72 to 44, for the removal of the embargo on
Canadian store cattle. The conference consisted
of representatives of agriculture and commercial
bodies, and among these were six Canadians.
The first consignment of cattle from the
United States since 1913 arrived in the Mersey
Wednesday on board the steamer Welshman,
The consignment consisted of 200 head.
Waste of Wood.
And we waste wood from the time the tree
is cut until the finished product is put on the
market.- Logging operations in the woods are
enormously wasteful. Losses in the seasoning
of wood in this country are estimated at $50,000,
000 annually. The use preserving processes
on ties, poles, posts, piling, mine timber, shin
gles, lumber and Other wood exposed to the
weather woutd save the country about $75,000,000
a year. The annual loss from fire in this coun
try is about $200,000,000 a year. A large part of
this, is in wooden structures, and a. large part of
it could be avoided by the use of firi-retarding
paints and Compounds and fire-resisting con
struction. With, the country facing a paper
shortage, which is rapidly putting books
beyond the reach of all but the well-to-do, 55
per cent of the- wood fed into the pulp digesters
is now lost in the waste sulphite liquors.
These are only some of the problems which
the wood using industries face. All of these
wastes are. in some degree unavoidable. The
ways of avoiding most of them are already
known in theory and have been demonstrated
experimentally. What is needed is further ex
periment to perfect and standardize methods and
to put them on a commercial basis. This is the
real constructive work of industry. Anaconda
Standard.
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TIME OF GREATEST GROWTH.
We are now Just entering the sea
son .of rapid growth. Slallery-Hau-sen,
a Danish scientist, has shown
that between the latter part of
Jlarch and the first of August chil
dren grow with maximum rapidity.
Prom the first of August to the last
of November growth la almost at a
standstill. Between November and
.March the rate of growth Is twice
as arVr.t as it is during" tho sum
mer period of pause.
Using 2 as) representing tho rate
of growth in summer-autumn. 4 ex
presses the rate fop winter-spring,
and 5 for the period between March
and August.
This seasonal variation in growth
is doubtless dependent in some
measure on the food. It has been
proved that the milk from rows fed
on spring vegetation contain more
of certain- vitamines than milk at
other seasons; also that the milk
of mothers eating fresh spring vege
tables is likewise richly endowed.
If it is true of milk, why is it not
true of other foods? Every mother
should bear in mind that spring is
the season of growth and do what
she can to promote the physical well
being of her children.
This suggestion carries with It
several corollaries. If mothers un
derstood better that children are not
expected to grow much during the
few months following the first of
August they might be content to feed
less during the hot weather.
Another fact worth emembering
is that for some-reason this spring
season of maximum growth is the
season of maximum prevalence of
contagion. Frecautions which have
proved ample for safety in the
earlier part of the year will not suf
fice during the spring.
There is a form of eye trouble
which is closely related to nutrition.
McCollum found that by feeding
young rats a ration wholly free from
butter fat the animals not only
stopped growing and failed to bear
young, but they developed ulcers
of the eye. The name of this eye
disease is xeroprhalmia. In it the
shiny white coat tf the eyeball
seems to dry up, turn gray and be
come wrinkled. Next there appenvs
on it yellowish white dots like
paraffin wax point. At this stage
the eyeballs and lids are not red.
Later there may be redness of the
lids and balls, ulcers of the cornea,
and profuse shedding of tears.
European children have had a
good deal of this eye disease result
ing in blindness ii recent ysears. Tt
is found in greatly emaciated chil
dren and in those having prolonged
severe bowel derangements. It has
been noticed that while there is
very little of this disease during the
balance of the year, it become fair
ly frequent in the spring. Starting
in March, it is more prevalent in
Aoril and reaches its maximum In
May, after which it decreases.
Dancing Helps Child.
Art ! anxious mother ' writes:
"About six months ago 1 sent my 12-year-old
daughter to a school for
Taxpayer Answer? Taxpayer.
Omaha. March 17. To the Editor
of The Bee: About the most pusil
lanimous peck I have Been taken at
the Public Utilities board was the
complaint from "A Taxpayer" in the
Letter Box of The Bee of last eve
ning. "Allow me," said the writer,
"the space for inquiry of the Metro
politan Water District Gas Plant de
partment. As a taxpayer I -want to
know when authority was granted to
advertise automobile tires in such a
conspicuous manner?"
This pertinent question arises In
the fact that 1n the window of the
municipal gas store on Howard
street , several automobile tirea
are shown an advertisements of the
automobile show. ' just as they are
found in the windows of other stores)
on either side of the gas store on
that street, and almost every other
street.
Evidently the writer of the com
plaint does not realize that the auto
mobile show is something of a cont
Immunity enterprise, and ho certainly
discloses siignt conception of the
fact that the gas store and plant,
like the water plant and ice plant,
are community enterprises in which
every citizen and taxpayer is a stock
holder. ALSO TAXPAYER.
Gilt Edge,
A Country club housewife hired a
darkey to carry three tons of coal
from rhe curb to the basement the
other day. A little later the housewife
discovered that she had no money ex
cept a 5 bill. Calling the darkoy,
who was about half through with the
Job, ehe asked him if he could change
the bill so that he could get his pay;
"No'm," he replied. "I cain't. But I
c'n get it changed over at the groe'ry
sto'e." The woman hesitated, trying
to deride whether to take a chance
"Don' you worry. Missus," the dar
key assured her. "I'll come back
wid de change. An' justito show you
it's all right. I'll go after it right now
md leave this other ton of coal I
ln't carried in yet out in the street
is s'curity. Kansas City Star.
I'etcr I'nn's House.
1 New Haven has within sight of
Derby avenue, on the road to Tale
Field, a four-room house perched on
the branches of a huge oak about
25 feet from the ground, with a lad
der leading up to it. It is occupied
by a number of bpys who with the
help of their fathers, built it for fun.
South Africa Prosperous.
The year 1919 was one of undimin
ished prosperity for the Union of
Bouth Africa. Highly remunerative
pricea ruled for all classes of pro
duce, and these to a large extent. If
not wholly, counterbalanced the loss
es suffered by the farmers through
the severe drouth experienced the
latter part of the year.
A Bit o 9 Cheer
Each Day o 9 the Yeat
By John Kendrick Bangs.
A PROMISE.
Just for Today
As on you run your way
Do all you can amid the rough and
rubble
Completely tc forget
Your 'own regret,
And bear a bit of t'other fellow's
trouble.
T promise you that you
If this course you pursue
Will find that bit of kindly self
denial .
Upon the road
Will cut at least in half the pressing
load
Ot your own trial.
(Copyright, 12I. hy the MrClure Newi
aier Syndicate.)
dancing. She then was frail and
welched 7.i nouuds. Her instructor
Is 63 years old and gets about like
a boy of 20; he was my instructor
when I was a child. Can dancing
harm the child in any way? Many
of my friends think me cruel and
ill-ad vised. .Any information from
you will be greatly appreciated and
considered final."
REPLY.
I can see no reason to think danc
ing will hurt, the child. It is an ex
cellent as 11 as pleasurable exer
cise and should benefit her.
Infection Chief Cause.
A reader writes: "1. What Is
Bright' s disease?
"2. AVhat causes it and is ..iere
a cure?
"3. Why is it necessary for a
physical examination to procure
work at the postoffice?
"4. What are the first symptoms
of consumption?
"5. Is tuberculosis the same?
"6. Does the subject always
cough with, pains in the chest?"
REPLY.
1. Blight's disease is inflamma
tion of the kidney.
2. There are different kinds of
Bright's disease and different causes.
The most frequent cause is infec
tion. Many cases are cured.
3. Many employments, from being
a soldier down, now require a phy
sical examination on entrance. It
is for the good of the service and of
the men therein.
4. Among the early symptoms are
cough, fever, slight loss of flesh, fa
tigue, slight pallor, spitting of blood.
5. Yes.
6. Not always.
' Contain No Strychnia.
C. M. J. writes:- "Do Blaud's.pills
contain arsenic or strychnia? Are
they harmful or beneficial?"
REPLY.
Ordinary Blaud's pills contain
neither strychnia nor arsenic. They
are not harmful. If you want to
take an iron medicine take Blaud's
pills.
Needs Light Exercise.
M. L. writes: "The seven weeks'
illness of a member of my family
has been diagonsed as sleeping sick
ness. Should the patient during con
valescence be forced to exert herself
physically when the mind seema in
capable of giving the impetus to any
action?"
REPLY.
The patient should be moderately
stimulated. Some exercise will prove
helpful. But do not have her
everdo.
Several Reasons Possible.
W. J. C. writes: "Several days
ago I wrote you a letter for advice,
but have not seen your answer.
Please tell me why."
REPLY. .
T do not know why your letter
was not answered. It may have
been because it was unsigned and
not accompanied by stamped, ad
dressed envelope. It may be that
the question called for a diagnosis
or treatment or the subject was ot
no general interest.
Curing u Birth Murk.
Miss W. writes us that she knows
Of a case in which a port wipe col
ored birth mark was cured by treat
mentwith a Kromayer lamp. The
color,- gradually faded, leaving no
scar. I.This method Is very success
ful in ; treating this kind of birth
mark. Other varieties are better
treated by radium, and atill others
by carbonic snow. .
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i For Real j
; Bargains j
in Used
Sewing j
I Machines i
Our Free Legal Aid
Tha Baa will f ive fenawtre, fraa of cott,
ta auck lal quaittans aa era tub.
mitU te it editer, subject to
reasonable lenith el reply.
MICKELS
Lead
j -for Saturday j
we offer
l A Singer, used but in
first class shape; light 1
I oak case with CJOC AA I
I five drawers.. PtJ.UU
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I Nev Home, one of old I
I standards. This ma- i
I chine is a five-drawer I
? late moaei ana in A-i
condi-
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f tion .....
$22.00
I Real discounts on many
WHFTES returned from
rent and shop worn ma- I
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I here early. ' ?
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Pay for Thoto Services.
Question: A Is a professional pho
tographer, P., a young married man.
H ordered four dosen photographs
at $10 a dosen from A. A made
three sittings of B and three of his
wife. also, six negatives, 5x7. and si
proofs. B. after having the proofs
lor about two days advised A that
his wife did not like them, but prom
ised to come back for another sitting.
Neither B nor his wife have ever
come. Aftec- some time A sent a
bill to B in the amouht pf 9 for the
six sittings and six proofs, and his
work and expenses thereon. B did
not reply and A Bent a second letter
asking for payment. B then came
to A and said he would pay the bill
if A would surrender the six nega
tives to him." A refuses to do this
and B refuses to pay tt.
Please tell mo if 1J has a right to
have the negatives which are all
technically very good, and whether
B may be compelled to pay,rhe $9
($1.60 each), without surrendering
the negatives to him. I would also
be obliged if you could tell me the
middle price of this work.
Answer: In the absence of con
tract or agreement with B to the
contrary, A would be entitled to re
cover the reasonable value of the
services rendered for the six sit
tings, the six negatives and the six
proofs.
We are unable to advise you what
the reasonable value of this work is.
but the bill of $9 which you rendered
seems to us to be reasonable. It is
our understanding that It is the prac
tice among photographers to, retain
negatives of picture which they
make, and In the absence of an un
derstanding to the contrary, A
would be entitled to keep these and
still collect the $9.
Upper Silesia Is Cut Off
From World During Plebiscite
Berlin..Marrh 18 CRv The An.
dated Press.) The 'interallied pleb
iscite commission has ordered a sus
pension of telegraphic and telephon
ic communication with Upper Silesia
from Satnrdav in Afondav A nlph.
iscite will be held in Upper Silesia
aunday to determine whether Po
land or Germany shall have sover
eignty over the district.
Press telegrams are exempted
from the commission's order, but
will be'subiect to the aDoroval of the
authorities in Silesia. The sale of
wines and other spirits probably will
be prohibited during the same period.
Submarine Is Floated
Westerly. R. I.. March 13. The
submarine N-2, which ran on Watch
Hill reef yesterday, was floated early
today and taken in tow for the New
London submarine base. It was
apparently undamaged.
v THE FEAST OF REASON.
Our OniMlin hue bed an
She finin.l It haril l take,
llfr mind U Hill all yuckerccl UK
flha he a cerebral m.he.-
A feaet wee eorvrd t th Kontentlle
On Monday leet. at four;
The coet cf It wae a thouaand bm k
Soma think It was worth mut h more.
There was no rovktaU of flattery
To eerv ae an apve!uer;
(He didn't hand bouuueta to our mldrtl.
west , ,
He will next tlm, If he s wieer.)
Th menial vlndn were bile of truth
That were uneuf ar-coated.
We gaped that audi ordinary commoi.
Shou'ldb" eerved hy a chef ao noted.
'Twae flnlahed off without deaeert
Tho' eoina auepurt f it
Alonft with the other vlltlee eerved
But failed to set tt epotted.
That roetly meal hae left In ita wake
Much mental Indication ;
Our evatem waa unprepared tor It,
Of that there la no queetlon.
Som hint that Ci. 'k. C. la a nut,
Home think ne'e a high-brow Plui!
Some aay he's a Joke, and laugh and
laugh.
But it may be tho Inugh'a on ua.
HAYOI.I. NE TRKLB.
A Vose-
"Small Grand"
i
This designed in
strument is built
especially for
those desiring a
Grand Piano with
but a limited
amount of space.
Q. R. S.
PLAYER
ROLLS
IS! 3 Douglas Street
The Art and Music Store
A Vose "Small ,
Grand" fits very
comfortably in a
small apartment
or study room.
Our payment
plan is sure to
appeal to you.
1513 Douglas Street
New Stock Sheet Music
The best salesmen Bee Want Ads.
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Second Wind!
The Business Morgue is filled with
"first wind" successes; with business
men who could fight only when the
battle went their way; with those
-who could not take the punishment
of body blows long enough to get
their "second wind" and so be stand
ing at the finish.
The business man is a contender for
the championship in the squared
circle of success. Business successes
battle with a full knowledge of the
game; with keen, alert senses; with
the sheer grit and will to smash on
until the deep breathing of "second
wind" comes and carries them over
'into the opponent's corner with a
finish blow.
Those who throw the sponge into the
circle or through plain yellowness re
fuse to stagger to their feet before the
count of ten, who give up before they
are beaten,- deserve their failures.
"Second wind" in business is given
to those who have the ability, the
spirit, to fight even when knocked to
their knees; to those who say, "I can,"
even after th,ek" bodies have said,
"Let's-quit;" to those who can smile
even as they return for further pun
ishment. To them is given "second wind."
"Second wind" goes only to real
fighters.
Think it over.
President.
L. V. NICHOLAS OIL CO.
"Business Is Good, Thank You"
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