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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THB BEE PUBUSRCJQ COMPANY, NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS n AmwUI4 free, of wblch The Bm Is a member, is as tlusiTele entitled ta tbe m tot pnMtcstioa o til uni disnstuhes credited la It of otherwise credits la ttiii trr. ud also tbe publlibed kerem. all rifbu of publlcetloa of ouc nxoIU tftentkaaes ra ales ressned. BEE TELEPHONES Print Brtnr Euhest. Aik foi Tirl 1 AAA rr Nlt Calls After 10 P. M.t Wltorm Densitinenl Trior 10O0L (iH-nUtloo Pipertment Trier IftOI!. adterueUia Deptrtnient ........... Tilw 10OSI - OFFICES OF THE BEE Uln Office: 17th snil rtrnsm CouaeU Bluff! 15 Boott 8t I Squill 81(1. rtUUllw Dent Store Out-al-Towa Offices: N York u riftii in i WMbiniton '-mi o m Celeste Btetot Bids. 1 Far!. France, IHBueSt. Bouor TAe Platform 1. Nw Union Pastengar Station. 2. Continued improvement of tho Ne braska Highways, including tha pare- mant of Main Thoroughfares loading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A ahort, low-rate Waterway from tho Corn Bait to tho Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home RuU Charter for Omaha, with . City Manager form of Government. Viviani's Mission to America. The coming of Rene Viviani, former premier of France and acknowledged leader of European thought, who is about to pay a visit to President Harding, is awaited with much pardonable curiosity by Americans. Advance notices have generally been to the effect that he will discuss with the president certain details of the Treaty of Versailles and the covenant of the League of Nations contained therein, seeking for points of agreement. Statesmen no longer make a secret of the fact that France and England are ready to forego Article X and submit to material modifications of other provisions, if by doing so they can secure American adherence to the cov enant. However, Mr. Harding has said very plainly he will have none' of it. This leads directly to a more interesting ob ject of the Viviani quest. Depending on the Treaty of Versailles was another convention not submitted to the senate by Mr. Wilson, enfold ing the tripartite agreement by which the secur ity of France is insured against German invasion. For the mbment this is of far more value to France than anything contained in the League of Nations, or the Treaty of Versailles", for that matter. Assured agairist encroachment, with peace guaranteed by the defensive presence of the world's greatest powers, the French people could set about the reconstruction of their na tional life with greater zest. Even the reparar tion features of the treaty are secondary to this. Therefore it does not seem unreasonable to ex pect that M. Viviani will give some of his effort to inducing President Harding to consider France w being just a little more than a good friend of the United States. Relying on the public utterances of the presi dent, we are inclined to believe that Mr. Harding will move cautiously with regard to any form of external alliance. However his sympathies may be enlisted, he will very likely be governed in this hjr his habit of considering America first. Mr. Wilson acted at a time when he was unduly exalted in spirit at least, and felt the impulse to give the French, both moral and material en couragement. No reason for withdrawal of either tppean, yet the situation has been ap preciably changed and second thought will recommend prudence, That the British statesmen are ready to ac cept a modified covenant is made very plain. Such a position was signified to Washington as. long ago as November, 1919, when it was ad mitted in London that Mr. Wilson had failed to note the constitutional limitations, that bound, him. It was the president and not Lloyd George who refused to give, sanction to the Lodge amendments, The. attention given the Colby note on Mesopotamia is a fair indication of the attitude of Great Britain. Surface signs point to an early and complete understanding between the Harding administra-, tion and the rest of the world. The president is moving slowly, but with more of possible suc cess in sight than came to the impulsive effort of his predecessor to set up a standard, of idealized internationalism. , The United States will not' again forfeit its leading place to champion a dream, no matter how attractive. Harding's Trust in Women. Among the remarks seldom heard any more is the ancient one concerning the inability of a woman to keep a secret. In countless business . offices the trusted private secretary is a woman. Violations of business confidence are few and far between. Although their work may be most interesting and exacting, the girls seem to dis miss it from , their minds upon leaving their desks and to live as it were a double life, one of business and the other the pleasant social one that used to be thought of as the normal role of woman. . . President Harding is a man who firmly be lieve that women can ktep secrets state secrets as well as any other kind- Although it has been the custom to employ men stenogra phers at the White House, two young women nOtake the president's, dictation. ' Some of the most important matters of administration go through their hands. . No one who has worked in an office with thjs class of cool, competent typists will feel that the president has made any mistake. Women are as safe in confidential capacities as men, and in some cases, it may be said, are less subject to temptation to discuss the affairs which they handle. . " Where Taxes Go. It seems that down in Washington there is what is, called the United States Bureau of Efficiency, with Herbert D. Brown as its chief. Just what are the duties of this office is not clear. It is probable it has nothing to do with the ex penditure of money, but at least it claims to know where public funds g. Here is its statement on thevway each dollar of taxation will he spent: For past wars (pensions, interest on public debt,.etc., including expense of federal control of railroads) 68 cents. For present defense (army and navy) 20 cents. For salaries of the president, vice president, congressmen, judges and all other federal office, holders, cost of harbor improvements, good roads, education and all other peacetime activi ties 12 cents. , ' Certain melancholy facjts become apparent by contemplation of this estimate. For one thing, 63 per cent of our national income is mortgaged by the past, with no means of curtailment ex cept in the natural expiration of pensions. Twenty per cent of the income goes for the maintenance and increase of armament, making a total of 88 per cent devoted to this rather unproductive but still necessary function. All internal improve ments and all federal salaries amount only to 12 per cent. ' Any national program of economy which aims only at reducing from the 12 per cent item does not offer a great deal of relief. Even were the impossible accomplished and this 12 per cent cut in half, the saving wouW ap proximate $250,000,000, and this would be far from bringing down expenditures to the level of before the war. The 20 per cent represented by armament is the only other opportunity. If public opinion backs military and naval retrenchment, or if the great nations are able to agree on a plan for limitation of arniament, some further hope is possible, but still most of the people's money is already spent for the wars of the past. Settling the Electric Light Question. When the expected again happened, and the city council declined to grant the Nebraska Power company an increase in rates, another step was taken towards the settlement of a much-vexed question. An ordinance offered by Commissioner Ure proposed the submission of a bond issue to the voters and, if they approve, the devotion of the proceeds to the establish ment of a municipal lighting plant under control of the Metropolitan Water district. By this step, the advocates of municipal com petition in the electric lighting business under take at last to proceed in an orderly fashion; For years the city commission has had the power to submit the question to the people and the people have had the power to initiate action if the commission did not follow popular opinion. That power has not ,been exercised. Instead, advocates of municipal ownership have claimed it insufficient and, for reasons not always clear, have sought new legislation. It now develops, as The Bee contended in the legislative fight over House Roll No. 1, that there is a way to bring the question to a head under existing law. The surest way to settle it, once and for all tinfe, is to' submit it to the voters, jit is their right to decide whether or not they want two competing electric light' plants, specifically in this case whether they want to start a midget municipal plant to wage guerilla warfare on the existing private plant. Three years ago the ownership of the gas plant was involved in the city campaign, at least incidentally, because the question was brought' before the voters at that time and candidates for city office declared their position on the issue. It is a matter of conjecture as to whether or not the primary purpose of the present action is to raise a similar issue for political purpose in the forthcoming election. But, be that as it may, the fact is that the people have a right to decide questions of major importance in the con duct of their own business. It will be well to learn their temper 'on this vital matter of the electric lighting plant. Children and Parents and Rules. - An interesting and in many ways illuminating discussion, is going on between the parents and tutors of the city schools in regard to the in dividual duties and, responsibilities, rights, privileges and mutual relations devolving or ex isting between the parents, the tutors and the children. This has taken a wide scope, and, while as yet no definite conclusion has been reached as to any of the points involved, considerable head way may be noted; One point on which ap proach is nearest to agreement has to do with the division of time between work and play. Parents as well as tutors are finding out that laying down hard and fast rules for Ihe govern ment of children, especially those who have reached high school age, is not easy. A sugges tion from the superintendent that parents must be circumspect is timely, but the intimation that the grownups should not keep late hours be cause this is forbidden 4he youngsters is not so well taken. In this, as in many other details of the relationship, there should be two rules, one for the adult, the other for the immature. Beyond this lies confusion. Parents are, happily, coming to realize once more that they are primarily re sponsible for their children, and .most cheerfully accept that condition. Some may go extremes one way, some the other, being over-indulgent or strict beyond reason, but this does not alter, the case. Many things are not only permissible but propeV for. the parent that are forbidden ( the child. This notion should be instilled into' the growing mind, to the end that trouble can be avoided when an emergency arises, as it surely will. . ' The problem of the hobledehoy is always a fresh one, its solution depending on individual treatment, testing. the sapience- as well as the patience of the parent, but always better left to J home handling. N Why Yap Is Important Value of the Liltle Island fq World Cable System. Why doesn't the ex-kaiser quit sawing wood and plant a garden? He might, have great luck with a few sauerkraut' seeds and Wienerwurst sets if some One- would only put the hoe in Hohenzollern. It is pleasant to read that government ex penses decreased $1,250,000,000 in the last eight months, until it is discovered that even then the annual expenditures run above $4,000,000,000.. The Japanese explorer who is heading for the Antarctic in search of coal fields and deposits of precious minerals is willing for others to take the glory. i - President Obregon of Mexico is said no longer to have his foes shot at sunrise, but then, there are 23 pther hours every day. Another super-dreadnaught will take the water today, if the world wants to know what Uncle Sam is doing for his navy. Rum-running js rapidly getting into the same class as foot ball, in the matter of sporting chances of getting killed. ' ' v ' Now is the time to instruct the little children in how to tell the birds from the wild flbwer. Most opinions are like the old clothes that mother cuts down to fit the children. Mr. Harding's date book includes some names of distinguished foreigners. Hip pockets are also said to be the pick pocket's delight The Harding cabinet looks like a real labor board in action. American opposition to Japanese mandatories in the Far East is not confined to the island of Yap but, as indicated on February 21, 1921, in the note of former Secretary of State Colby to the League of Nations, to all of the islands in the Faci'lic ocean north of the equator which for merly belonged to Germany. These "gems of the oriental seas," of which Yap is one, ag gregate 127 and ate comprised in four groups, namely the Carolines with 62, the Marshall with 32, the Marianne (or Ladrone) with 25, and the Pelew with eight. They form a kind of strategic seim-circle around the Philippines. While chief interest in the discussions of the Allied Communications conference, which began in Washington on October 8. 1920, to determine the allocation of these islands, has centered in Yap by reason of its importance as a cable sta tion, the problem of Yap is overshadowed by the larger international aspect of the control of all the 127 islands. The contention of the United States Department oC State has been that Yap should be "internationalized." The Allied Com munications conference, attended by representa tives of the five allied powers, becoming dead locked in February. 1921, the questions were referred to the foreign relations committee of the United States senate. Date of the resump tion of the conference has not been announced. Opposition to Japan's mandate over Yap, ex pressed by Mr. Colby to the president and mem bers of the council of the League of Nations, in cluded he declaration that Yap "constituted an indispensable part of any scheme or practical arrangement of cable communication in the Pacific and that its free and unhampered use should not be hampered or controlled by any one power." Under the mandatory, agreed to by France and England, '"full power of adminis tration and legislation" over Yap was vested in the Tokio government and Yap was to be con sidered "an integral part of the empire of Japan." Another objection by the United States is that it sees in the Yap situation the possibility of a foreign nation exercising a censorship over its communications to Europe and Asia. The fact that the former German operated u e "m Shanghai, China, which passes through Yap, was taken over bv Japan and its oriental terminus removed to Tokio, was an other occasion for tli Amwirm nrAi.ct trol over Yap by japan was granted by the Paris peace conference on May 7, 1919, when it was decided that fhe mandate for the Pacific islands north of the equator formerly belonging to Ger many should be awarded to the Tokio govern ment and the mandate for those south of the equator to Australia and New Zealand. It is not generally known that the island of lap was originally called Gua'p or Wap, a cognomen given by Spanish navigators, who dis covered it m ,the 16th century. Until 1885 Yap, like all the other of the Carolines, was owned by Spam. Germany at this time cast covetous eyes upon Yap, realizing that it was-well sit f?r communication with Japan, China, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies and New liuinea, and that it was a convenient station on the trans-Pacific route via Honolulu to San Francisco. - Suiting action to desire the German gunboat litis, in that year, raised the German flag on i an and other islanrlc T ...., -j excitement in Madrid and an appeal was made j J ' L,-B". w'lI me result mat the Dope de- SldCQ in favor nt .nanlch I... years later, after the Spanish-American war. 1 c prolines, including Yap and the Pelew and all of the Marianne (Ladrone) islands fXCent (iliam t (.Armin,, a- M 1Aft AAA rr-i TTe,-i ca V j ' . "-5 - 1 vt.iuu.uuu. me - juih. o Hum zap. The t . . v " . . ?f viuam as caDie bases is shown by the -fact that today an all- S,UC, T ?D1C runs trom ban Francisco via from Guam another cable, the southern part under American control, the northern under Japanese, goes direct to Yokahoma. The former vierman cable runs from Guam to Yap. whence one line joes on to Shanghai, and another from Yap to Menado, jn the Dutch East Indies. The yap-Uiiam cable, it is said, was of great servi-e to Americans as it gave thenr an alternative n, .Guam-Manila cable . for communication with China. 1 . When the great war b(??an Japanese naval ?,"d..th drone.y Pelew and Caroline island, including ap, and held them until Japan was made, their mandatory. Germany in ac cepting the Treaty of Versailles, renounced her cables in the Far East in favor of the allied and associated powers, and the final allocation of them amongthe powers is the object of the In ternational Communications conference, which is to be resumed in Washington at an early date; Aside from its tactical advantage in the Pa cific, the island which has caused such an in ternational diplomatic stir, is not much of a pos session. It has a population of 7,000 or 8,000 Malays. A volcanic pile which many years ago poked its nose out of the ocean's depths, Yap at intervals since has been visited by earthquakes and other upheavals of nature. The latest seismic disturbance was in December, 1920 when !hWinfir a';t?rl" of, rea intensity, severe" Shocks were felt for three or four days ' Too Negative Youth An extraordinary amoflht of "concern," in the yuaker sense, seems to'be felt just now about the younger generation. Its literary and artistic standards, its moral and social views, its political opinions are endlessly discussed. The last num ber of The Bookman, for example, has several articles on the young enthusiasts, the young in. tellectuals and so on. And the point stressed is that youth is in revolt. Everything that the elders approves it rejects. It doesn't like their novels, their poetry, their criticism,: their painting, their morals, their politics. The characteristic attitude of the young is thus represented as a tremendous negative. There is no great novelty in this. Frosty Conservatives today cannot forget that they were nfm'n8 radicals in their hot and rebellious youth. Mark Pattison used to say that Oxford students always revolted against their teachers, with the result that opinion in the university completely changed every thirty, yearsthe rebel undir graduates coming back to be professors only in their turn to be rebelled against. Youth is'lways iconoclastic, but would appear to be more ab sorbingly so today than before, if we are tp be lieve the alarmed mentors. Young men and women are trying to make a jolly smash of what has been established. They don't seem to be building much of anything on the' ruins they would make. ! Here is where the charce comes, according to a veteran English critic, for greatly daring boys or girls. Let them boldly proclaim to the world what they likel We know to surfeit what they don't like. The sensation would be to find out what suits them. If they are satisfied with poems on a battered tin can on a garbage heap, or on a dead fish floating in the gutter, let them make that important fact known. Grant that the old is repulsive; show us the attractive new. The rising generation ought to be able to rise to the height of the great modern canon of criticism: "I know what I like." Then it could tell others what that is. New York Times. A Butterfly'i Wing. When a butterfly's wing is laid for a consid erable length of time on a photographic plate, in a dark room, a clear image of the wing makes its appearance on the plate when the Tatter is developed. In general the images are of the positive character, the dark parts of the wing coming out most strongly, while white portions make no impression at all on the plate. It is the scales of the wing which exert the photo graphic influence, since when these are removed the wing fails to record itself on the plate. The removed scales, however, are found to register on a slate. Indianapolis New How to Keep Well By Dftfw, A. EVANS ' QuMtiona cunctralnf hyfltnt, sanitation and prevention of dle, ubmltud to Dr. Evan by reader at The Bee, will be aniwered personally, lubject to proper limitation, where a (tamped addreseed envelope i enclosed. Dr Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe fer individual disease. Addresa letter la car ot Tbe Be. Copyright, 1921, by Or. W. A. Evans DISLOCATION OF JOINTS When we speak of bones belnif knocked out or Joint we mean th.it the head of one bone hns been defi nitely displaced from the socket In which It works. When one bone normally sliding over another lias slid too far the term generally used is Bupluxatlon. The bones that -set out of their sockets most frequently are those of the upper leg and upper arm and the lower Jawbone. The sockets from which they es rape are the hip joint, the shoulder Joint, and the Jaw Joint. The first two of these are deep round sockets in which the head of the limb fits snugly. The head of the bone is held by a strong ligament which runs from the center of the head to the center of tbe socket. Around the socket is a capsule which helps to hold the bones in position. Also act ing as a binder are the nets of strone muscles anU their ligaments. The pressure of the air is another force which operates to hold the bones where they belong. As a piece of mechanism the Joint is nearly perfect. Nevertheless, force can pull the head out of the socket, stretch or, break the' ligament of the Joint, tear the capsule, displace the muscles and ligament, find land the head of the bone outside the socket lying on the nearby hone and caught under some bony ridge or heavy tendon or muscle. A skillful surgeon, knowing: the location of every structure in the neighborhood, will pry the displaced head from its new location and by twist of the wrist without using much force will land it back in its proper place. The subject fels such instantaneous relief that he will have a tendency to forget that dislocation is necessarily attended by breaking or overstretching of the ligament, tearing of the capsule, and displace ment of tendons. Not Infrequently the hurtling head or the force which caused it to hurtle Injures nerve trunks, and occasional ly tears blood vessels. When a dis location has been reduced the Joint must be nursed until the injury ,tq the Joint and its neighbors has been repaired. It sometimes happens that neglected joints are lamed for months or years after the damaging experience of a dislocation. The lower jaw fits into a shallow tars. The. socket la a shallow onvl and the ligaments which hold it in place are not strong. In consequence not much force is reaulred to dislo cate this Joint. In fact, there are people who can throw their jaws out of Joint by a strenuous yawn. A joint which slips out easily gener ally slips in easily also. Dislocation of the Jaw joint is easily reduced and after reduction it is found that there has not been much tearing or over stretching. , The finger Joints belong to the hinge rather than the ball and sock et type. In these Joints the bones glide over each other, being held in position by tendons and ligaments. Every base ball playing small boy knows how easily the fingers are knocked out of Joint. He likewise knows how easily the displaced bones are slipped back into place. To get a finger knocked out of Joint is re- Concerning Colonel Harvey. From the Philadelphia) Iieds-er. The disposition of his editorial brethren is to be. light and frolic some with Colonel George Brinton MoClellan Harvey, reputed to be the residuary legatee of ,the embassy to the court of St. James. As "kidding" goes in this country, it has been deli cately, "and inoffensively done. Nevertheless, Colo"nel Harvey has been extensively "kidded." He has even been "Joshed," which is the lowest and most elemental form of the verb to "kid." Somf Openly pro fess to believe the impending ap pointment a bad one. Nobody has had the temerity or the franknese to say exactly what, if anything, is wrong with Colonel Harvey. Sedu-. lous attempt has been madb to create the impression that President Hard ing is sending a welter against a. heavyweight; but that is as far aa Colonel Harvey's detractors have gone with it. Probably the real objection to Colonel Harvey is that he is an edi tor. Editors stand none too well at best. To those whose opinions clashed with his own Colonel Harvey has been a particularly offensive member of the fraternity. A master in the art of weaving the stinging phrase and a past professor at the trick of swinging .the written sopo rific, Colonel Harvey has consistently punched a wicked and voluble type writer. He probably has the finest private collection of epidermis in the world. It includes samples, cut in person by Colonel Harvey, from the exterior of nearly every publio servant who has exposed himself during the period of Colonel Harvey's trusteeship. Wherever Colonel Har vey has gone politically, and he has been a great traveler, he has left be hind htm a long list of minor casual ties, consisting of cuts, abrasions, su perficial contusions and stinging wales. The rule in this country is that one cannot lambast a popular hero without paying for it In a simi lar issue of coin. ' Nevertheless and notwithstanding, Colonel Harvey . Is sitting on the world. He Is about to taste blood. The rim of the cup is poised upon his lips. When President Wilson kicked the colonel downstairs and out into the street he did not fall upon the jagged stones which marked the gut ter line. He maintained his equilib rium, if not his dignity. And who shall say Colonel Harvey will not make a great ambassador? He Is to the manner born.. He is the intellectual type. He can pick the proper utensil from the array of silverware, and he will not wear a top hat coincidental with- a sack coat. Certainly, he strove hard and earnestly for Mr. Harding, which is more than can be said for those who are now "kiddinef" him. And this is President Harding's party. An earnest, careful, thoughtful, man, it is extremely unlikely that he will dele gate authority to anyone likely to spill the refreshments. gurded as a matter of no great con sequence. And yet the hands of some ball players are monuments toHtifylng to the fact that knocking even a finger out of Joint Is no trif ling matter. The thing can be over done. The frequent trauma causes the heads of the bones to enlarge and the fingers to become permanently knobbed and crooked. Just Natural Reaction. M. L. G. writes: "Seven years, ago my mother had a stroke of apoplexy which left her slightly handicapped, although . she was physically able to perform her regular duties. Two months ago Bhe died suddenly of heurt failure. The mental shock gave me a physical reaction. Kor several days my left arm and limb were numb. I urn 29 years old. Do you v think there is any possibility of my having a stroke of apoplexy?" REPLY. You are not In danger of apoplexy. Under the influence of profound emotion numbness or most any other symptom can develop. Have Henrt Tested. M. K. writes: "1. What can I do for a very dry skin? .2. My heart beats more than normal. What should I do to mako it regular? . 3. I have no color in my face. Is this the cause of my heart? How can. I get color? I am 16 1-2 years, old, weigh 142 pounds, and my height is 5 feet 9 inches. Am I normal, REPLY, 1. Grease it. 2. If you smoke, stop it. If you have goiter, have it attended to. 3. Have a phiyslclan examine your heart and make blood tests for anemia. 4. Yes. Probably 'slight Infection. M. T. writes: "What can be the cause of a constant cracking noise of the joints of the knees, elbows and shoulders with practically every bending of these joints? This has been noticeable for the last two or three months, starting at first in thri knees. There is no pain. Would you advise seeing a doctor? REPLY. It is thought to be due to a very mild, low grade, and almost unim portant infection absorbing from the ntestlnal tract, the nose, tnroat, o elsewhere. This condition does not lead to anything serious, It la not necessary to see a physician. Some day no person will consider himself In prime condition unless he is sup ple in all his joints at 60, but at the present time our .standards of health are much lower than that. , Depends on tho Disease. Mrs. N. V. writes: "How many days cart a person live with a tem perature ranging from 10 to 104 degrees?" REPLY. i A tamperature of 102 to 10S de grees indicates a considerable degree of infection. How long such Infec tion can be withstood depends on the type of infection and hot on the heat of the body. Write to Wasltfngton. Mrs. B. AV. writes: "Where can I obtain a book or books telling how to care for a woman before and after confinement?" REPLY. " Send to the Childrens Bureau, Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. for Pre-Natal Care of buy Slemons, Bandler, or Paddock. CENTER SHOTS. U. S. Drops 500. Cases Headline Great Scott, where? Buffalo Ex press. . When a man dances with a girl and dosn't step on her toes he knows) she s graceful. El Paso Herald. Among the things which many a man has to give up in Lent is the price o a new hat for his wife.- Flint (Mich. Journal. 'Tis said a good Cry now and. then helps a woman. It also helps her to control her husband. Toledo Blade. V A Rumanian prince has married a Greek princess; more trouble ahead In the Balkans. Norfolk Ledger Dis patch. The allied invasion aoross' the Rhine is not likely to be very gory. The aim is to get blood out of the German turnip. -Minneapolis Trib une. ' There must be a catch in it some where. Even if beer prescriptions are permanent, negotiable and in heritable, probably they will be tax able, Cleveland News. The beer ruling has Its appealing side, even to temperance folk. The people are drinking too muchwhis ky. Syracuse Post Standard. TO A TADPOLE. Little tadpole eploshin' round In the waters of the globe. Don't you know the time has come To put on your official coat? . Scoffers say you're but a fish, Tho' you're spotted anil bo-tailed, And no scales possess: that you Tried to be a frog but failed. Meadowlarks sre in tbe flild, Bluebirds carol sweet and clear, And the cardinal from a tree Jublilates that spring; la here; Rohtn from the teeming earth Pulls the worm, "like epaghst' " And It's now high time that you Prove you are a frog, my pet. Now the dictionary tells I All about your pedigree: Noah Webster knew by heart The record of your ancestry: But you'll have ti do your part If you're not a fish please prove it If that tnil of yours misleads. Do as frogs have done remove it. Little tadpole, are we dense? And are you wise like'O. K. C ? Caring not one small two-pence What dull critics think of thee; ' Satisfied to make a stir In the watera ot the glebe Till our patience stretches out To the length of that of Job? Round the green mnse in the globe Blithely do I hear you swish; Take time, dear, keep your legs In your pockets, if you wish; Well I know the time will come When you'll prove you're not a Joke, When you'll ewallow skin and tall And announoe It with a croak. Dewey Torbuet, ..lil:l!!liii;liili,litli:luijniii!i li!l!iijnl';'it::i:.;ili.:'tNlHi:iliiiil!llr.::il':l,il:i.;l, Ji;. JiJ.il';.:li!:il Cunt .Tikis Out - ' : ' You Will Find the Following Special Dishes at Hotel Rome Cafeteria Every Sunday Roast or Broiled Chicken, firaised Ham and Spinach. " ' Every Monday Individual Chicken Pot Pie. Every Tuesday Boiled Pickled Beef Tongue and Spinach. Every Wednesday Corned Beef, and Cabbage. Every Thursday American Pot Roast with Noodles. Every Friday Baked Halibut, Creole Sauce. ' Every Saturday Chipped Beef with Cream. Always Open. ROME MILLER Mb Telephone Girls' Pay. Wymore, Neb., March 21. To the Editor of Tho Bee: Until recently I have been employed with the tele phone company. A short time ago a new chief op erator was appointed, who promptly laid me off to reduce the force, leav ing my name on the payroll, and put her sister to work, using my name for the hours worked by her. sending the time in under my name, and when the check came made out to me she endorsed it, signing my name, and cashed It. Isn't that a violation of the law? Could I bring some action in this case ? MISS FRANKIE STEWART. Answer: If the facts are as you state them, then a great injustice has been, done you and a law violated as well. You should take the matter up with the officers ot the telephone company first, however, for they are certainly Interested Jn seeing that justice is. done. Complains of Restaurant Prices. Omaha, March 23. To the Editor of The Bee: Do you know that for profiteering restaurants Omaha stands first. The writer, who goes from coast to coast twice eacn year, had a sample of get-rleh-qulck rea taurantoer this noon at a cafe on Farnam street, being, charged 35 cents for a bowl of milk and four slices of bread, which ordinarily costs 20 cents in any city in the country, said bowl not holding over one-half pint of milk. Truly for the protec tion of the "strangers' within the gates," as well as the local residents, there should be some protection from these unscrupulous profiteers, who apparently do not know the armi stice is signed yet. Incidentally, it Isn't very good advertislnp for your home town. A TRAVELER. iuiiliiluliillil;4lliiiuini;iliiiliiiil:i:il;il;:i.inl;il..inlujiij;il:.liiliiliil!:li.lili!l:!l;ii!i;!l;itii;uiiii Unravelled Germany. In spite of Dr. Simons' reference to a United Germany, the Hohen zollerns will not escape the impres sion that a once Important element of its political life has become hope lessly separated. Washington Star. THE SPICE OF LIFE. "It was a esse of love at first sight when I met Billy." "Then why didn't you marry hlmt" "I met him again so often." The Bul letin (Sydney). "Well, my boy, any coll debts?" "Nothing, sir, but what with diligence, economy, and stern self-denial you will be able to pay." Jester. Wife (pleadingly) "I'm afraid, Jack, you do not love me any more anyway, not si well as you uted to." Husband "Why?" Wife "Because you alwaya lot me get up to light the fire now." Husband "Nonsense, my )ov! Tour getting up to light the fire makes me love you all the more." Quoted by the Watch. man-Examiner, The detail had just arrived near the front lines when the eaptain looked around and notices a private, hatleaa and coatless. "Where' the. ret of yaur uniform?" he demanded. "Back where we came from." "Oo back and get it" The private vanished and later reap eared, correctly uniformed, but without lis rifle. , ,. "Where's ir fun?" "Left tt back wher we came from." "Listen! bellowed the captain, -you're a fine soldier. What wer you In civilian life?'' "Plumber's assistant." Tha American Legion Weekly. Common Sense By J. J. MUNDY. That Old Friend. Some friend of your family vt friend of vour former years has nitt with reverses and because of old agi or inahlity to work lias had to go to Ail institution of public care, and be cause of thjs you have ceased to pay anv attention to liini. Vou slibw a most uuchristianlike spirit. ' . Hours and hours at a time this .unfortunate person thinks of bright er days in the past. He remembers those he supposed were his friends and morbidly com pares their successes with his ap parent failure, perhaps through no fault of his own. .. What a lot of sunshine and picas tire you might bring to the life of this man if vou would write to him or call on him occasionally. It is a little thing for you to do, but think how much courage and help it would be to the one shut away from active outside life. ..Just because your friend or ac quaintance has failed in some par ticular is no reason why you should poll away from him. Help him up aud incidentally you will be a better man for it, you will find a big reflection in your own life from the light you cast on others. (Copyright, 1951.- International Feature Mervice, Inc.) French Chamber Discusses Indebtedness of America Paris, March 23. (By the Associated-Press.) The question whether America bad ever repaid the advances made to it by Louis XVI of France during the American revolution, raised recently by a writer in the newspaper L'Eclair, was brought tip up the senate during last night's de bate on the i budget by Sen ator Handin Dei Williams, rcoresent- Aviator Establishes New Record for Parachute Leap Champaign. 111., March 23. Lieut. Arthur G. Hamilton established a wrrlrl's record for narachute leaping at Charfute field this afternoon, when he dropped 24,400 feet. NEW STOCK SHEET MUSIC JlisapeXfib. 1513 Douglas Street. The Art and Music Store. Enjoy The Playing of Famous Artists With Your Gulbransen ffi 1920, O. 6. Co. Nationally priced Suburban modal . , Country Seat modal ' ..... .. , .White House model $495 $600 $700 Of all instruments, the ' Gulbransen gives you the double pleasure of listen ing and performing. ' Anyone can play for you or you can enjoy the fascination of personally producing music yourself. We ask you to give our Easy Payment Plan Consideration 1513 Douglas Street The Art and Music Store Bringing Up Father i Of course, no Omaha house- wife uses the same tactics as Maggie in dealing with father, but you exert a splendid influence for good over him, nevertheless One thing that you can suggest will be a fine thing, not only for father and yourself, but for all the family, and that is that he open a . savings account for you in the Savings Department of the First. You will keep it growing by reg ular weekly deposits out of your , allowance, and soon it will grow up and be a most useful assistant in meeting financial needs. lav w 1 T m . 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