THE. fccti: 'OMAHA. MONDAY, MARCH 21; 1921.
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Program for the Coming Congress.
- President Harding has. i( is understood, dis
agreed with Messrs. Penrose and Fordney as 10
the program for ihe coming session t congress.
'Mr. Fordney wa inclined to press the passage
' of the tariff act that was vetoed by President
Wilson as the first important business; Senator
Penrose agreeing with this proposal, as having
been adopted at a conference of republicans. The
president fell in readily enough with the anti
dumping measures, and certain other features'
planned to provide for immediate relief, but he
was not inclined to agree to a general tariff re
vision in advance of repeal of the excess profits
tax and. a reconstruction of the revenue law.
Mr. Harding is committed to an overhauling
of the Underwood tariff and a readjustment of
duties, to the end that the principle of protec
tion will once more be incorporated in the duties
on imports. But he is equally devoted to the
task of giving general business relief by altering
some of the present oppressive features of the
revenue law.' If he holds to this poiitt, the first
great undertaking of the ways and means com-
, mittee will be to bring out a revenue measure, ir.
. dependent of the tariff. Nothing has transpired
since the closing of congress to suggest whether
the sales tax will be substituted for the excess
profits tax.'but the. president's position makes it
nretty clear that the war expedient will be aban
Qoncd and something nipre satisfactory set in its
Tlace. ')
' Secretary Mellon has conferred with the'
president as well as with the leaders in congress,
and is giving much thought to the problems of
the treasury. . While H is probable he will recom
mend the funding of the floating loan,, it is not,
' likely now that he will ask to have a new general
issue of bonds to supplant all that are outstand
ing. His chief aim. is to get the government on a
cash basis as quickly as possible, to the end that
the revenue may be administered with 1 greater
facility and much of the existing confusion done
' away with.
yThis makes it .clear that Jhe session which is
now set to begin on Aprilll; will have as its
-chief business revenue legislation, With the tariff
In second place. With the tax system readjusted,
general business should be encouraged, anJ
through its revival will 'come relief to alt. While
the program is not laid down as hard and fast,
btrt stands subject, to further consideration, it
points in the general direction of restoration of
prosperity t the land and a resumption of the
i activity so sadly interfered with by the war nd
Mh confusion attending the readjustment. - -
.v! Relief for Stock ,Men.
To join the other hopeful signs of the timts
come the announcement of lower freight rates
on live stock. The suspension' by the railroads
' of the 35 per cent increase for this sort of traffic
is. proposed to extend only from April 1 to July
'IS, but it it natural to hope that before the time
limit expires, readjustment will be so far ad-
'' vanced that charges will not have to be raised
again.
j As in all other branches of agriculture, the
present transportation rates have laid heavy bur
dens on the live stock growers." The lightening
of this burden will give opportunity for , re
stocking the ranges and pastures of Nebraska
arid other western states by shipping in cattle from
the south. It will also allow freer movement of
animals to the packing centers. As the farmers
pay the freight on their products, it is reason
able to expect that the reduction will be to their
prott,' and neither to the direct advantage or
disadvantage of consumers.' r
It perhaps would beThgratitude,, in view of
this f avor, to look for further concessions in
railroad rates. Lumber, coal, and everything
that is shipped is laboring under the high charge
of transportation. Al financial writer has'tolj
the story of a carload of oranges shipped "from
Florida to New York on Which the freight con
sumed $1,000 out of the total selling price of
$1,600. Down in Texas farmers are selling cab
bages for $6 a ton and the cost of shipping them
to Omaha and Kansas City is said to be $22.
That delivery charge should beso out of propor
tion with the proceeds of production is far from
equitable. -
; Industry could not but be strangled by a
continuance pi such, conditions. It is apparent
now that the freight increase defeated its own
purpose, and instead of bringing more money
to the systems, actually' lost them income be
cause of the discouragement of shipping. . One
of the first things the, United States needs in
order to get back to its normal condition of com
mercial health is a cut all along the line m rail
road rates.
When the baby hd whooping cough it was be
cause .we allowed the north wind to blow, and
when' it' had colic it was because we allowed
dope fiends 'to exhaust the, supply of paregoric
at the drug stores. But now the mayoralty por
tion of our earthly pilgrimage is over. We arc
defeated. Glory be!"
Those who are chosen may find compensa
tion in the trust imposed upon them by the peo
ple, but" those who lose out need not be without
consolation.
Blessings of Defeat . t.
; , With, so-many candidates for city commis
sionerships filingjor the spring election, some
are bound to lose out They can content them-
; selves then with the thought that' they, made
their proffer of public service and be-thankful
that it was refused. The mayor of a South
; Carolina town, defeated for re-election, has ex
5 "pressed in fitting way the philosophic way to
v regard defeat. ,
. "They heaped all the troubles of the universe
,, upon our weary bald pate-yand then they lifted
all our burdens by beating us at'fhe election
I Glory be," he said in a farewell proclamation.
"We have ' been blamed for stopped sewers,
Mocked streets, heavenly showers, poor tele
N phone service and the present price of cotton.
Pensions for Presidents. ,
The . notion of pensioning ex-presidenls has
again been brought to the' fore, by an eastern
newspaper, and is finding both support ni
opposition in Washington, Senator Calder has
expressed himself in favor of a yearly allowance
of $10,000. "Everything should be done to in
sure our former chief executives for all time the
comforts and happiness of .after life ,thatr their
labors and duties deserve," he declares, and he
is not to be suspected of indulging in irony whin
he adds in the next breath, "I do not feel, how
ever, that the pension should be great,"
. To the ordinary "'cituEen, unacquainted with
official life, it will not be "readily apparent why
a president or any other officeholder who is paid
a living wage; shouM be'entitled to be supported
by the taxpayers for the remainder of his life
after leaving office. Nothing that could be done
through financial means could make the presi
dency more attractive than it is now. Nor
would the insurance of. a comfortable pension
upon retirement influence any man to give tip
hope for a second term. On the point of com
fort, it may be asserted without fear of contra
diction that any man big" enough to attain the
presidency in these days is big enough to be
self-supporting. '
There is a distinct tendency in America to
gage everything by dollars, and this proposal to
pension former presidents is a clear example
of the paucity of understanding that honor, repu
tation and appreciation are veryreal compensa
tions for public service. If particular instances
of impoverishment in retiring executives occur,
it would be possible to make legislative acts fit
the emergency, but to award a pension to men
who have no need of'it does not elevate tYeir
positions, but spatters it with the eternal dollar
mark, j 1 . ,
Insulated From New Shocks.
Eetter times are ' dawning overseas, accord
ing to the opinion expressed by Charles M.
Schwab 3on his return from a visit to Europe.
This is a business man's view, based apparently
on purely industrial conditions. The people are
wearied faf turmoil anjd eager to settle down to
the pursuits of peace. 'Factories are going and
a graduji improverhent in economic conditions
is . apparent. , .
.Thattis one side, btft quite plainly Mr. Schwab
does nottake into consideration the interference
of politics and diplomacy with the natural ten
dency of. the people to buckle down to- useful
and 'productive work. While the workmen ?nd
business men hold fast to the conviction - that
wljat is to be erqoyed must be earned, the states
men still are stumbling after the phantom of
something for nothing.
Sir Philip Gibbs, an English writer who Is
in close touch with international affairs, on the
same day that Mr. Schwab announces Europe's
recovery, makes the plain statement that it will
only be matter of time before there would be
another great European war.
"The world hasn't moved forward as a result
of -the recent conflict." he said. , "It is exactly
where it-was in, 1914.".. The Franco-Polish and
other alliances, to his mind, "mean solelv that
fhY continent is choosing sides for, another big
fight." : .
If this be so, it is fortunate .indeed that Amer
ica has recovered some of the spirit of pplitic.il
aloofness, from -the. schemes , of the contending
foreign statesmen. (Industrially and commer
cially, and oven charitably, we are co-operating
with the. constructive forces of Europe. Finance
corporations are' formed ere to give backing to
manufacture, and trade in (these foreign lands.
But when it comes to the matter of taking pjrt
in the political adventures outlined by the
groups in control of 'the governments, the United
States has' insulated itself, much to the relief
of our own population, and to the ultimate ben
fft of Europe; as well. - . v
Talaat Pasha's Crime.
When an Armenian student shot and killed
Talaat . Pasha last, week in Berlin, it was an
expression of a rational desire for vengeance on
the bloodiest criminal of modern times. Indeed,
it would be hard to match him in history. As
one of th triumvirate who controlled tke destiny
of Turkey during the great world war, Talaat
Pasha is responsible for the efforts to exterminate
the Armenians. It -was his deliberate and ad
mitted purpose to wipe out that unfortunatcrace.'
To Ambassador Morenthau he said, when taxed
with the crime:.' .
"It-is no use for you to argue." We have
already disposed - of three-quarters of -the
Armenians. The hatred between the Arme-"
, nians and the Turks is -now so intense that v;e '
have got to finish with them." i '
Hatred his i motive, unspeakable ' cruelty , his
method, Talaat 'was unmoved by any .influence
outside his own group,' which was with him to
the. end.' He achieved' something that stands
alone in its'singular horror in all the "bloody
history of the world.. ' A , pistol shot coili end
his life, but no power of man can undo the harm
he did, nor wipe out the dreadful-tale of nii.-ierr
anH suffering he caused. He represented the
spirit of Young Turkey, its genius, if such a
movement may be said to have. such. These
things ought not to be forgottenf nor should
thcx be minimized now that the" LeaMi 'of
Nations is contemplating a revision ? the treaty
of ra.e that its terms may be made more accept
able to tie Turk. .
As we understand this scheme of character
reading, you can look at m man's shoes and tell
whether or not he is shaved, or you can look at
his face and discover wheth,err .his "shoes .arc.
polished" or not. t
rThe government is not going to allow the
draft evaders to forget it, but ordinary curiosity
will not impel many to read through the 150,000
names.-
The trouble with statistics such as those on
. ' . .
employment, is that no two. statisticians wr.
agree eilher as to the result or the explanation.
V '
This is the season of appointment, and of dis
appointment as welt ' - "'.'
I . : , y . ' '
Moral.Jorce is most excellent when supple
mented by police force. '
Drinkwatefs 'Mary Stuart'
Tragedy of a Crcal Capacity for
Love is Ths Pay. ...
rfTa,
In considering "Mary Stuart," a play by John
Drinkwater. but lately produced at a New York
theater and only now presented in book form to
the reviewer, it may be well to disclaim any in
tent to quarrel with the author because or the
scheme or scope of his work. When ;.i Omaha
lately Mr. Drinkwater said to. a small group who
lunched together with him. as guest that he was
leaving history to the historians, and would deal
with Mary as a woman, not as agreat political
figure. He lias held to his determination, in
dulging himself only-in the way of touchipg cm
a single episode in the life of that woman oi
many sorrows, dressing with a poet's fancy
David Riccio, Darnley and Bothwell, setting each
in a.c)earr light that exposes the weakness of each
and enhances the sense of perplexity that surrounds-
fhft queen and directs the sympathy
towards; her. '.Th's is a proper element of good
dramatic construction, and as such commends
the skill :oif the writer.
;Franldy, Mr, Drinkwater uses Mary Stuart
to illuminate his idea of the power of Love, th
great animating impulse that vitalizes the life
and stimulates the fecundity, not of emotion, out
of ambition and achievement. Love is not only
the fire that warms into activity the generative
force that lies dormant in the individual, but
creates-, and exalts the desire to accomplish not
merely the end of love itself, but all the poten
tial good that is latent in the life so stimulated
by this moving spirit that it becomes a blessing
and a service-to the world. The thesis is not a
new onef it has been a favorite with poets for
ages, finding its exemplification in personifica
tions familiar through history or in the creations
that are brought forth to illustrate the argument
and visualize the logic by which the central idea
is sustained.
' Thus Ibsen, in "Hedda Cabler," in "A Doll's
House," and in "Rosmersholm," argues well and
even with more telling effect than does Drink
water in support of his postulate. Shaw vaguely
hints at the thought in "Candida," while Pinero
and Jones have held to the negative side in many
of their plays, notably "The Second Mm. Tan
queray," "Iris" and "The Liars," and Moody
saw the vision from even another point in "The
Great-Divide," which he named far more appro
priately "The Sabean Woman." Many others
have also considered the subject, which is not
only inexhaustible, but always fresh, because it
is an ever-present and all-enfolding element of,
human experience.
' Drinkwater finds in Mary a woman, capable
of a great love, but so disappointed as to have
lost hope In the scene that introduces his cen
tral figure, a sort of prologue, he has his phil
osopher say: . - . "
Have you ever reflected on the strangeness
of that Edinburgh story the confusion of it,
growing and growing through the years? His
tory never so entangled itself. All the wit
nesses lied, and nearly alt who have considered
it have been concerned in confirming this word
in refuting that. And at the center of it, ob-
scured by our argument, is the one glowing
reality, a passionate woman. Beside that, th:
rest is nothing, but we forget.
. These women such women can some
times love so well that no man's nature ran
contain all they have to give. There are men
like that, too. And.it is not a light love. The
. light lover has many, and rapidly shifting aims.,
but never two' loyalties at once. But thejie
others may love once, or twice, or often, but
chanfrelessly. They do not love unworthily
it is lamentable when they love unworthy men,."
And there is th central thought.- Mary"
longed for-the outlet of her great capacity for
love, and found, as this thinker of Drinkwater
phrases it. "nothing better coming to-her than a
scented pimp, a callow, fool and a bully. They
should have been three great princes, masters of
men." Riccio is, weak, effeminate, a coward;
Darnley, -selfish, arrogant, ignorant and .Both
well, masterful, but insincere and incapable of
real greatness. Mary realized how she was lost
between the"hi. She knew each for what he wa3,
and had no hope from either. Let her tell ft:
,'' . Riccio, Darnley, Bothwell. You
must not breathe a word of Bothwell, Beaton.
That must not be known But they make a
poor,1 shabby company. Riccio sings, yes,
ravishingly. And no more. Darnley can not
sing eveii, and he's my husband. Just a petu-
lancer-one can not even be sorry for it. Hoiv.
he hates Riccio I .wish David were better
worth hating. That would be something. And
. Bothwell wants to take me with a swagger,
ir? a good swagger, but that's tthe end of it.
;yl think he will take me yet, the odds against
him are pitiful enough. But it's a barren stock
of lovers, Beaton. I 'who could have made
the greatest greater.
Even in such a mood did Hedda Tesmer solve
her riddle with a pistol shot. 'Wedded to George,
w'ho spent his honeymoon hours delving into
musty tomes, , seeking data for an essay on the
social life-of a dead and gone race, she "was
sought as a, plaything by Judge Bracken, whose
utter egotism confirmed him in the thought that
the "spirited Hedda would welcome the relief lie
could give in surcease from a husband as dry
and sapless as the theme of his research. And
Eilert Lovborg, who lacked the force to claim
what 'might have been for him the supreme
moment and the doorway to eternal triumph.
Poof Hedda Gablerl She, too. had a barren
stock of lovers. ' And 'Rebecca. West found that
her great love led to the swift, cold waters of
the mountain torrent, not to the cleansing flame
of poignaht sacrifice. . So have many others fared
the same way. A few have found the greatness
they sought, the opportunity and .the outlet,-but
that's another story. ""'.'-'''
' Cold, pragmatic philosophy makes no allow
ance for these natures, male or female. . Conven
tion provides a straight and narrow path for all
to walk, yet many turn aside, yielding to the
promptings that will not be stilled, nor conform
to. rigid .regulation. These furnish -poets and
dramatists with themes, and afford even the
sober historian occasion for reflections that re
lieve the occasional tedium of his discourse. Mary
felt the impending- doom that 'was to be hers,
and f& the ambassador of Elizabeth she says:
t defend m-self. That is all. Though
defence is nothing. You might let ourcousin
know, in some light moment, perhaps, that
Mar'Stuart thought thus that if she could
have"found peace arfd not have been'destroyed
, - i i , .
py disc ana nine lovers, sne wouia nave mcti
and instructed the surest wits of England, and
- havi; delighted in the match; but that, being
tired.'she said it was no matter. Enough, then,
but this. Cunning has no pleasure when the
heart is breaking. If I ask myv cousin to ap-
poinfa day, she will not do it.
Her husband singing ribald songs beneath her
window, plotting the murder of Riccio. and that
worthy ready to start for France under an ar
rangement made by Bothwell, Mary discusses
whh.tJi-amDassador of her powerful cousin the
fate she feels is to be hers. And this is the qual
ity of ; the .Drinkwater play; it is unrelieved by
anyight, no ray of wit or humor illumines the
settled aspect of the tragedy. Hopeless md
"helpless the queen awaits the moving of her fate
to its culmination. One brief scene of swift and
searing passion between her and Bothwell gives
a tinge of lurid color to the gloom that over
hangs it all, but no way out is shown vfor Mary,
Queen! of Scots, who was less than martyr and
more than womamj" Drinkwater's fragment treats
of her more tenderly, perhaps, than some of the
more pretentious dramas founded on her career;
at least he tries to show the woman,' not the
queen, the longings of great love, not the capri
cious .follies of a mere woman. and the sad
thought of fiow much is lost because her nature
could not find its proper vent. '
But he has not brought forth another
Abraham Lincoln. Mary Muart wtjl lyre in1
listory and romance because, as was said of
another Mary: "She has loved much, therefore
much will be forgiven her. f rediction with re
gard to a modern, play is always precarious, yet
it may be ventured that in "Mary Stuart" the
library has gained something, even though the
Stage may not be much profited therebv.
' . McC.
"Mary Stuart," a play Ty John Drinkwater;
11.25; Houghton, Mifflin & Co., publishers.
New York and Boston.
A Fable in Two Parts and One Moral
By laaac itoMbarc In Boaton Traaaerlpt.
One upon a time there was a
Business Man and he- wasn't a
tired one, either; no real business
man is tired, for it is his business
to avoid just auch an evidence of
Inefficiency. Rather did this Busi
ness Man brim with an excess of
vitality that vented itself in a deep,
almost inexpressible scorn for the
fools and mountebanks who called
themselves poets nnd artists. Per
haps in his youth this Man of Af
faiito bad cherished some silly am
bttfon hlmsolf, and was row laugh
ing at tils own -Juvenile folly; per
hapsas some said, this was his way
of calling the grapes sour. At any
rate,' one night when he had re-
turned -from an exceptionally good
day's,work he began to inveigh more
hotlj than ever against the trivial
souls who fritter away their exist
ence in pursuit of what they
labelled "art." ' ', ,
"They clutter the earthi with their
presence!" he cried. "If it weren't'
for them more business-' would bo
done than ever. So many wild no
tions would disappear with them.
Folks would have more time to .de
vote to sensible things, and the
world would smell sweet." He
seized his evening paper and began
to read avidly. .
Perhaps he had held it too near
the open fireplace. For hi a mo
ment . the paper was dissolving in
smoke, and out of the smoke rose
a fairy form,' slowly taking shape
Urom the flames.
"Fervent wisnes. sne spoke, "are
their own fulfilment. I am the ful
fillment of yours. From this mo
ment. If you desire, every trace of ar
tistic triviality will disappear from
the earth, and your world will be
a perfect mirror of your : wishes.
Not a poet w-ill disturb the peace of
your home; not any soul with petty
hopes and aims will live to utter a
note of disharmony in., your- uni
verse." ,
"Done!" shrieked the Business,
Man,- automatically reaching for
contract.
But since the handwriting of
fairies Is invisible and contracts
made with them are not recognized
by our prosaio, courts, the Man of
Affairs must be content with a ver
bal agreement. Yea, he would en
dure the logical consequence of his
acceptance. Whereupon the fairy
disappeared, and his newspaper be
came whole again in his hands.
whjeh greeted his eyes on the i next
morning. To be sure, the papers
seemed a trifle dull there were no
Illustrations just plain news. That
was a welcome change, he tried to
convince himself. But that eve
ning he began to feel, as he sat be
fore the fireplace that the fairy had
Italcen Just a wee bit of an advantage
jover him. Let's see. He' would go
It a show for a change. His eyes
glittered in anticipation of a night's
innocent revejry.
To his intense amazement every
play house in town had closed. The
managers were on hand, so were the
scene shifters, but not a musician or
actor was to be found. All the
was to i
have his
mortal b
ninp, he
Man of Affairs. "I'm a business
man I know when I've had enough.
I apologize to every artist I ever in
sulted. I'll irlv an artist's ball to
morrow evening. vvny, tneros
nothing I won't-"
But the fairy had disappeared, and
the mirror revealed his familiar face
onco again. . Dashing to the tele
phone, he ummoned his favorite
theater to hold a few seats for him,
and soon was off.
Once upon a time about this
cam time there was a Poet who
sat in his lonely garret and curscu
the. world for its ungodly dvotion.
to the Lord of Business. Until: at
last he made up his mind to, com
mit suicide in a way that would
hold the attention of tile world if
hut for a day, and perhapB lead it.
to a. sense of its loss. ' lie . would
make a, pyre of his rejected manu
scripts and He down upon the burn
ing heap, cremating himself in his
owp fiery verses. ThisT would" be
an excellent symbol, he told him
self, of his own noble ,llfe. which
had been sacrificed upon the altar
of poesy. He had already applied
the match, when lo, a fairy bearing
a striking resemblance to the one
who had visited our Business Man
leaped forth from the smouldering
lines of-his' favorite poem and
cried: '
A moment, oh Poet. Since you
have made up your mind to die, live i
but a day more, to please me. And
if you truly love that day, I will
grant you a long lifetime of it That
day shall give you a world such as
jou nave Deen crying jur a worm
in which business plays no part and
in which poetry holds exclusive
power. Is it, a bargain?"
"By Parnassus, it is!" sang the
poet, and , sank forthwith Into a
.atA..l ni.n.U.. I
Ho to ' Keep "Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Quaatlan cuaearninr hygiana, aanitatlon and pravantien of tflaaaaa, aubmittwl
ta Or. Evana by raaaara of Tka Baa, will ba anawarad paraenally, aubjact to
prapar limitation, whera a atampad addraaaad anvalspa la aactoaad. Dr Evans
will eat maka dlagnaala or praacriba for Individual dlaaaaav Addraaa .letters
in cara at Tha Bae.
Copyrliht, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans
His first thought upon awakening
was to dash to the printers and
his poems made Into an 1m-
book. No ears were run-
owever. "Pah!" Another
strike!" he cursed, as he set out to
the place onfoot. But as he walked,
Lit dawned upon him that something
was wrong. 'J ne etreets were tinea
with strolling poets, and from every
housetop camei the strains of song.:
It was deafening. Worse still, at
the door to the printer's he found
a howling mob, waving manuscripts
In the song-laden air. But no prin
ter was there; no paper was being
manufactured, ink w-as a commodity
more precious than blood, &ni no
coal was being mfnv! with which to
provide the mechanical brawn .that
ran the presses. !
"The fairy has tricked, me!" he
said to himscjf, forgetting to rhyme
that thought. "She has fulfilled
her promise altogether too literally.
She has no poetry in her-F
! And whom should he meet In his
garret mat mgnt nut tne seirsame
fairy, who had come post-haste
from the Business Man's mirror.
She noticed his poetic tears at once.
"WhatT Crying baby so soon?
Why, your wishes have only taken
the first baby- step toward fulfill
ment. A world really without busl-
scenery.had crumbled to dust; the-f noss and mechanical efficiency and
very theaters h;J turned Into the
semblance of filthy barns. "See
here, fairy." he exclaimed, involun
tarily, "this Is more than our bar
gain called for!" But there, was no
fairy near to hear him. w
The pictun-s on his walMiad seem
ingly melted back into the original
smear of their various colors; his
piano had shriveled away until only
a sickly, harp-shaped frame was left.
As he Went from room to room and
noted the fstartling changes he sud
denly stopped In front of a mirror.
Good Lord! Was this he! Where
had his youth flown? His face
was covered "with weeks' and weeks'
growth of beard: his suit of clothes
looked ' llke strips of animal skin
hastily thrown across his naked
ness. "Oh, fairs'. I say! This isn't play
ing the game fair," he jcrled. v
, Lord, he could never go to" busi
ness like this. The whole enter-'
prize' would
Out of sjie mirror came' walking
the fairy.
"What? Crying baby so soon?
Why, your wishes have only taken
the first baby step toward fulfill
ment. A world really without art
and poetry, and the men and women-
who devote themselves .to it,
would become. as "
"Not another word," begged . the
:
the men and women who devote
themselves to it, would become
"Hold!" entreated! the man of
rhymes. "Last night I was ready
to die, because there was no poetry
in the world. None but mine. But
today, ' what a host of poets there
were! Arid now I feel like dying be
cause there are so many! No" and
this magnanimously, as if doing
the universe a vast favor "I will
live. Yes, live, forjsuch fairies as
you," he added, for he had a touch
of the 18th century Jn him, and
must te gallant with a lady.
. He wrote a. poem to the resurree
tlon of bis ?oul and then, surprised
to find the price of an admission in
his erstwhile -empty purse, made for
the nearest playhouse, where . the
production was Just coarse fibred
enough to serve ns agreeable con
trast to the delicately modulated
preciosity of .his usual thoughts.
And when a' chorus of 40 svelte
muses began to sing fleshly hymns
to fleshless ideals, he felt peculiarly
at home.- Here was earth, here was
heaven, in a sweet blend.
And strangely enough, the strang
er next to him none other than our
Business Man was thinking pretty
much the same thoKight.
Moral: It 'takes more than one
kind of people to make a wprld.
OX
B. L. T.
Omaha, March 19. To the Editor
of The Bee: Those three initials
will live long in the memory of a
good many people, Jspclaliy those
hailing from Chicago and now resid
ing in good old Omaha. White
Omahans had the privilege of read
ing a few "Line o' Type or Two,"
Chlcagoans read them for years, and
they never wearied of the rich humor
contained in those lines. '
There was something about B. L.
T. that drew people to him. I know
ma'ny times I tried to "make the
Line" never with success. When I
was 10 years old, t remember the
first thing I used to read in the Chi
cago Tribune B. L. T.'s line.
The world, big as It Ms, loses one
of the best humorists It ever had
B. L. T. i His Line was his life, and
he put every ounce into it he could
muster up. There may be more
humorists, but there never will be
another B. L. T. W. C.KERR.
2424 A Street. South Side.
Disagrees with Rabbi Cohn.
toes Moines, March 16. To the
Editor of The Bee:- I note with
much regret in the recent Issu? of
The Bee that Ratfbi Cohn does not
want any members of his congrega
tion to attend Chesterton's lectures.
This would be like the ostrich hiding
his head in the sand at the approach
of danger. Intolerance is unbecom
ing to any man, and yet the world is
filled with hatolerant men. From
ignorant Henry Ford to intelligent
Chesterton, if all men agreed in their
opinions, it would be a sweet world,
but it would be a mighty dull and
uninteresting world.
Chesterton does not represent the
British mind any more than Henry
Ford represents the American mind.
Neither is human or Christian, and
the intelligent mind takes them
both at their face value. There al
ways were Pharaohs, Haitians, Rus
sian czars to keep your people to
gether, and as a brother theologian,
dear rabbi, I wish to -refer you to the
Old Testament, Ecclesiastes, chapter
28, verse 15, "The whisperer and the
double tongue is accursed. - For he
hath troubled many that were at
peate.", Verse 26, "Its continuance
shall not be for a long time; but it
shall posaoss the ways of the unjust,
and the Just shall not be burned with
Its flame." A people from whose
chosen seed the very Savior origi
nates must not fear a thousand
Chestertons or Fords.
- J. ENGLEMAN.
A Voice for Chestorton.
Sutton,. Neb., March 18. To the
Editor of The Bee: Gilbert K,
Chesterton must have stepped on
some people's corns, judging from
the letters that have poured into the
newspapers. We country people
were not , privileged "to know Just
what was the cause for all the
clamor his lecture occasioned. The
Bee's editorial gives us the only
glimpse behind the eurtain. It is
this: G. K. Chesterton, among
others', maintains that the reward of
labor has decreased steadily since
the fourteenth century. It is one of
the big items to remind workers
what large wages they are receiving
as compared with B0 or 75 years ago.
McMasters" in his history tells us
that in 1830 carpenters received
$1.25 for a 18-hour day's work. But
for this he could buy 25 pounds of
beef. At $8 a day, a carpenter now
can buy from 20 to 25 pounds; so
there has been no corresponding In
crease in the purchasing power of
labor since that time. On the con
trary, there has been a potential de
crease. Why? Through the aid of
labor saving appliances the carpen
ter produces as much in one or two
hours as 80 years ago in 10. That
is liot all. Cattle now are matured
in about half the time and attain
nearly , twice the Weight. Moreover,
corn and other feed is now produced
in much less time than formerly. In
1760 the average weight of cattle in
Smithfleld, England, was S70 pounds.
If Mr. 'Chesterton talked on these
lines his lecture was invaluable, not
withstanding some of . his auditors
snored. A. G. GROH.
THE SPICE OF LIFE.
A dah winter now and thn la
reHahed by tha coal-yard men. Boston
Transcript. "
Uncle Sum haa the credit for wlnnlnc
the war If you underatand exactly what'a
meant by "credit" Flint (Mich.) Journal.
Jon pa "I want to do something blc
and clean before I die."
Bonee "Wash an elephant" Purple
Cow. ,
An engineer looks forwaM ts the tlipe
when apeclally conatrtrtl pasaenger
earrylng airplanes will moke,hourly trips
to Ireland. . All we can aay "s that any-'
body can have our seat. Punch (London.)
Mother "Who ever taught roa to use
that dreadful word?"
Tommy ."Santa Claue, mamma."
Mother "Santa Claua?"
Tommy "Tea, mamma, when ha fll
over a chair In my bedroom on Christmas
eve." Life.
"Say, liuddyi ' do you remember when
we, were over there, they used to tell ua
that when we got back nothing would be
too good for uaT"
"Sure, what about It?"
"Well, they told the truth." Tha Amer
ican Legion Weekly. -
"Aren't people outer T" queries R. J. M.
"A married friend buttonholed me this
morning and poured Into my ear a choice
bit of acandal. 'But don't let It go any
further. Bob.' ha ended,
" 'No, certainly not,' I said. 'But haw
did yoa happen to hear It?'
" Oh, tha wife, of course.' ha answered.
'Shea just like all women can't keep a
secret'. ' Boeton "Tranacrlpt.
"Tou did me a favor ten years ago,"
said the atranger, . ."and I have never for
gotten It."
"Ah." replied , the good man with a
grateful expression on hla face; "and yoa
have come back to repay met"
"Not exactly," replied the atranger.
"I've Just got Into town and need an.
other favor, and I thought; of you right
awaj-."Detrolt Free Press,
REAL SLEEPING SICKNESS.
. Dr. H. V. Smith of the public
health service, having been detailed
to study lethargic encephalitis, has
gathered the largest volume of data
about this disease In this country.
The disease was written about In
Europe in 1712. The present wave
seems to have started in Vienna in
1817. By early 1918 it was in Franco.
Up to June 0, 1918, 238 cases had
been reported in Great Britain. The
first reported' American case oc
curred in New York city September
4. 19tt. By, November it was in
Texas, Xoulsiana and Illinois. The
number of reported cases rapidly in
creased, reaching a maximum of over
60 in March,-1 919, after ywhlcn it
rapidly Increased in prevalence.
The number of cases reported be
tween September, 191S, and July,
1919, was 255. Of this number 88
were in Illinois. The niflhber found
reported in the Public Health Pervlee
Weekly Reports July 1, 1919, to Feb
ruary 12. 1921, was 679. The num
ber of cases in Detroit in 1920 Vas
116; in Chicago, 118. ' 1
Dr. Smith investigated 222 of the
cases reported prior to June, 1919.
He came to the conclusion that 137
were cases of t.he disease and 39 were
other diseases, such-as meningitis,
infantile paralysis,, cerebral syphilis,
apoplexy, hysteria, and alcoholism.
More than two-thirds of the cases
recovered; 29 per cent died. Slightly
less than half the cases gave a his
tory of a preceding attack of in
fluenza. At that it prevailed more
among people who had Influenza
than among those who had not.
Sixty per cent of the cases-- were
males.
' While persons of all ages were af
fected, it was frequent in children
about 10, most prevalent at the age
of 40-BS, and least prevalent between
10 and 19.
The symptoms were very variable.
Headache was a symptom In 87 per
cent of the cases, lassitude in 84 per
cent; fever, 100 to 102 in 98.5
per cent; great weakness in 93 per
cent; vomiting in half the cases; con
stipation in all of them; sweating In
one-Jhlrd; swimming of the head In
three-fourths, also pains in the
muscles.
The symptoms with which most of
the cases started was blurred vision.
though many persons said they had
headache for a day or two, then dis--turbed
vision for a few days, and
then the manifest onset of the dis
ease. Eighty-three per cent saw double,
77 per cent developed squint. In
four-fifths of the squint cases the eye
turned outv in one-fifth it crossed.
There was drooping of the lids in 95
per cent of the cases.
Para'lysis of some muscle or other
was present in nearly all the cases.
Dr. Smith says In every suspected
case the spinal fluid should be drawn
and examined. Failure to do this
was responsible for several mistakes.
' As a rule this is the way the dis
ease begins. Several days of fatigue,
sleepiness, headache, dizziness, blur
ring of vision, double vision, then
the stage ef onset, with vomiting,
low fever, lethargy, or sleepiness, on
the one hand, or mental excitement
on the other, paralysis and coma.
Following this is the period of con
valescence, which in most cases is
brief, but which may be prolonged
for months. The disease Is not very
contagious, if it is contagious at all.
In this study an investigation of
900. persons in the families of these
about -200 cases and all exposed to-,
the disease showed not one second-!
ary case. .
The treatment consists of good
medical care and, nursing, meeting
symptoms as they arise and making
the patient as comfortable as pos
sible until the disease had run Its'
course. Cared fortji this simple,
common sense way, two-thirds of
them recover. ...
have only missed two Issues of the
paper but have not noticed the treat
ment. My .child, 15 years old, is
troubled with tapeworm and wasj
given one spoon of male fern, waited
three hours, then one more dose;
then a big dose of oil and a few
drops of turpentine. That was over
a year ago, and I And the treatment
was not successful, as wo thought,
as he still has one. 1 am very much
worried, as ''a fvlend of mine saya
they are dangerous." '
REPLY.
We cannot answer all the anony
mous lettrrs received. In fact, we
can only use a small proportion of
them. Thn staple remedy for tape
worm is ma,lf fern. ' It is somewhat
dangerous. Suoreya in using it de
pends on clearing the tract of mucus,
since that -suliHtanve effectively pro
tects the lit-iid of the worm. Do not
be frightened by your friend's state
ments Tapeworm is not dangerous.
Action Now Not N'woiwnry.
G. S. writes: "About 20 yenrs ago
I suffered acutely w ith what the doc
tors then called bilious colic. 1 tina,l
ly quit having it until about a yi-ar
ago, when I had another spell. The
young doctor I had with me at that
time Bald I had gallstones. I have
not teen troubled since. What is best
to do and Is an operation necessary
to remove the trouble? Is swh an
operation dangerous? Am 46 years
old." "
x v ' REPLY.
You have gallstones In air prob
ability. You may not have another
attack for 20 years. Should attacks
become too frequent-or too trouble
some have an operation. There is
no other cure. - V
, Friends Often Mistaken.
Worried Mother writes: "Last
October i wrote to you asking, about
the treatment for tapeworm, and
Depends on t'onillllohH.
F. P. H. writes: "Jt is sntd by one
Bui-eeon that after removal of pros-
patients live; by another that the
losses are very few. Will you give
me your opinion based on experience
or observation?"
' REPLY. .
The average post-operative mor
tality rate ranges around 6 to 10 por
cent. In other wordH, froaii 90 to
95 per cent of tho cases recover from
the operation. Of course, favorable
cases have practically no death rate:
while advanced, long neglected cases
fiave a death rate high enough to
bring the average to the figure
quoted.
' Tea Taken; IVp Needed.
C. Y. writes: "More fluid is need
ed in the system. Take a drink of
cambric tea, hot, or even a drink of
water. That cures me. and I have
been troubled very much, with yawn
ing." REPLY. "
What a yawner needs is pep. There
is littr-i pep in hot water tea.
The allies might hire some of our
expert barfdits to collect that money
from the Germans. .They can get it
If there is any money in' the coun
try. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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