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The Bee's Platform
1 Naw Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued improvement of the Ne
braska Highways, including the para,
mant of Main Tkorougkfaraa loading
into Omaha with a Brick Surfaca.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the
Corn Belt to tk Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of GoTornment.
, .Wages, Prices and Welfare.
The dispatch from Washington, anticipating
tliat labor leaders will look askance at the out
come .of the packing house wage dispute, may
rest on good foundation, although on thef surface
it appears to be but a well-aimed conjecture.
On the merits of the case, however, there is not
room for" much difference in thought.' If we are
to have a general price reduction, wages also
must come down.. We can not deflate one-half
of the tire and not the other. And deflation is in
progress. The alternative is a return to the
period of inflation, with "everything a-gotn up
and nothin' comin' down." Labor as a whole got
the short end of the bargain when prices began
to soar. A few crafts secured what to them
seemed commensurate gains, but the bulk of the
workers were at a disadvantage and suffered ac
cordingly. Some moderate concessions have been
4ade from the peaks attained by commodities
and some recession from similar upward projec
tions in the wage schedule, but neither has as
yet come back to anything like a level.
Business is suffering at present because of a
"buyers' strike," and people are not buying
cluefly because they are in doubt as to the future.
They look for lower prices, and some are ap
prehensive as to employment and wages. In
Omaha the busiest clerks are those who keep
record of the savings of the wage earners, money
going into temporary retirement, at least, while
retail trade is consequently restricted. Unem
ployment has followed the cessation of buying,
for production is halted when consumption,
slackens. The 'vicious circle works backward as
well as forward. .
Workers in groups have been rejecting
proposed wage cuts; employers profess to
be confident that sufficient help may later
be j secured from among the idle to meet
all needs at a substantial reduction below
"prevailing scales. .This is probably true.
Retailers are very certain the values they have set
on their wares are reasonable, and in this they
are justified. The reports from the Department1
of Labor show a steady and consistent decline
in the cost of living. On this rests the insistence
that wages follow. The converse is that profits
also should decline. This is answered by , the
fact that profits necessarily must decline as prices
recede, if the ratio remains the Same.
The Bee sees no reason to alter the opinion
already expressed that in the conferences being
held is contained the promise of understanding.
Turmoil and dispute are not to be deplored,' if out
of the muss emerges a settlement. When all
realize that the downward turn meant that all
are alike affected, then the seemingly inevitable
may be accepted with more of resignation. The
. boom times are over, and we are now coming p
an era when bargains will rest on the basis of
'fairly measured values and not on the expecta
tion of ovdr-night miracles.
suffrage will put more women in office. Miss
Alice Robertson may not long remain the single
representative of her sex in the house. The con
trast between this business-like Oklahoma
woman and the descendant of a long line of New
England aristocrats (one of Mrs. Gardner's an
cestors, George Cabot, sat in the senate 125 years
ago) would be striking. It would be interesting
to aee if these two would stand together as
women, or go their separate ways as advocates
of entirely different ideas.
Debs and the Department of Justice.
A natural inference to be drawn from the
maneuvering of Attorney Genera! Daugherty s
that he is approaching a decision as to the ulti
mate disposition of Eugene V. Debs. The im
prisoned radical k one of the problems left over
by the retiring Wilson administration, and as
such he presents some interesting complications.
Debs was sentenced to ten years penal servitude
for sedition; that the sentence was just is not to
be gainsaid, for Debs himself admitted as much
by indirection, when he declined to retract any
thing he had said and only promised to repeat it
if liberated. However the crisis is passed, and
it is thought by a great many people that our
government is too solidly founded to be seriously
menaced in time of peace by one or many agi
tators of the Debs type, therefore little harm is
anticipated should he be liberated. He has served
almost two years of his ter-year term, and may
be considered an object for clemency.
We ee nothing remarkable in the fact that
he traveled unattended from Atlanta to Wash
ington and return. In all his variegated career
no charge has ever bn substantiated involving
the personal , honor of Debs. Criticism against
him has always been against his radical views.
So his journeying was but what might be right
fully expected from an honest man. Mr. Daugii
erty is reticent as to what took place at the in
terview, and it is expected the prisoner will also
bt, at least until after the whole matter has been
presented to the president. We trust, however,
that no proffer of freedom was made contingent
on recantation of his views. No matter how
wrong he may be, his adherence to the righr
should not be secured under duress. Those who
know Debs will feel very 'sure he would not alter
his, position to gain respite from prison.
Debs will be no less and no more a
demigod to his followers in jail or out, and it Is
conceivable that he can do little more damage
than he already has accomplished. The United
LStates government does not vindictively pursue
a political offender, therefore tt is possible tniyi
one may be 'set at liberty soon.
"Old Grog" Once a Hero
How the Drink Kept Alive
Name of Gallant Sailor
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Moving Picture Censorship.
Objection to the proposed censorship 01 mov
ing pictures does not rest, as has been alleged,
on a 'disinclination to further the cause of good
morals. On the contrary, opposition to the plan
has, the highest of authority and support in good
morals and ethically as well. That the choice
'between the good and the bad, the worthy and
the vicious, should be made is undeniable, and h
is, equally true that there is lamentable scope for
sdeh choice. The question is whether this is to
be left, as in the vast, to the individual, or if it
is. to be numbered among the functions of the
government and the state be empowered with,
- aiaking the selection. v
- Our government wisely draws a line between
:hurch and state. It is the highest attribute of
American citizenship that no restriction is put
on the right to worship God. If the conscience
is to he trusted in this, which is really the most
vital element of religion, may not some latitude
be allowed in other directions? Does' not the
power to determine in the matter of amusement
carry also some vestige of power to designate
i form of worship? When the state begins to
:ake hold of this matter, it is getting onto unsafe
ground. r
Copimon consent has fairly marked a bound
ary beyond which it is' not possible to go with
" out giving general offense. If it is necessary to
draw the line a little closer, to narrow the circle
of " individual choice, . will not the result be
achieved more effectively by the process of edu
cating the public to think of the thing as desir
able, rather than to Jay down a hard and fast
rule and insist on conformity to it?
"t is admitted that the moving picture pro
moters have offended good taste and frequently
have gone very close to the verge of decency,
and that much of positive harm has come because
of this, but even that doe not justify the dan
gerous experiment of establishing a board of
censors whose function is repugnant to the Amer
DmI nf lihertv. Why not trust the people
.to pick their pictures for themselves?
If Congress Had Two Women.
Massachusetts is speculating on the possibil
ity of having a Lady Astor of its own in con
gress. The; widow of the late Congressman
Augustus P. Gardner, who is Senator Lodge's
daughter, is said to have .developed political
aspirations. If Representative Luffkin resigns to
become collector of the port of Boston, Mrs.
Gardner would hav a free field in a strong re
publican district.
There can be no question but what woman
Combination Versus Competition.
Removal of anti-trust restrictions are advo
cated in the final report of the federal war in
dustries board of which Bernard M. Baruch was
chairman. As things are now, although com
binations and monopolies in restraint of trade are
forbidden by law within the nation, provision for
the operation of export combines and trusts has
been made by congress to facilitate foreign trade.
Mr. Baruch, alleging great public benefit in the
way of prices and production as a result of war
time co-operation of membersof industrial
groups, claims that the government peace time
policy of enforced isolation and competition is
not for the public good. t
Opinions differ on the extent of competition
in America. Back in 1905, Charles G. Dawes,
who lias lately made a name for directness of
speech, declared: "The United States consular
rtports state that there were 385 cartels or agree
ments in restraint of trade in existence in Ger
many, where they are encouraged in behalf of
the general public and have no political opposi
tion. I believe it no exaggeration to state that in
the United States we have five cartels to every
one in Germany. When the agreements among
loeal retailers, district wholesalers, local and
district manufacturers, publishers, labor unions,
contractors, employers and employes are consid
ered, existing' as they do, throughout almost the
entire country, some reasonable in their nature
and some unreasonable, an idea may Je gained
of how far the business interests of this country
Jiave already adopted the new order of co-opera
tion as against the old one of unrestricted com
petition." '
From this it would appear that Mr. Baruch's
suggestion amounts to little more than legal
recognition of trade practices already rather
prevalent. Americans have mighty prejudices
against the lessening of competition, and yet the
results of all the years of trust busting have not
been much. It may be that co-operation vis, in
the natural process of evolution, replacing the.
destructive features of competition. At all events,
the proposal of the expiring war industries board
is not for unrestricted combination, but calls for
federal supervision. This seems to be the trend
of the times, but Mr. Baruch is rushing things a
bit to point to the tra of war prices and war
profits for justification of his plan".
It's hard to understand all this Russian news.
One day we are told that red armies are massing
to attack Poland and the next we hear of a
peace treaty by which Russia promise 60,000,000
gold rubles to the same country, and all the
time Russia is said to be broke. .'' What's the
answer."
The latest entry for the questionable honor
of having first evolved the league of nations idea
is Tennyson, who dipped into the future in
"Locksley Hall," but as far as that is concerned
it might be claimed with equal authority that he
therein invented wireless telegraphy and aviation.
Even the map of the United States is getting
restless. Proposals are now heard for a new
state of Lincoln made out of part of Idaho, for
a new state of Superior up in the lake iron dis
trict, and now Alabama is trying to buy nine
western counties of Florida.
Rene Viviani no doubt, as the French claim,
merely intends to pay his respects to President
Harding, but before he takes up his hat and
leaves the White House, it is barely possible that
he will start a conversation beginning, "By the
way" '
Meredith Nicholson is usually thought of as a
best seller among the novelists, but in purchas
ing a car at the Omaha Auto Show he appeared
in the opposite role.
A Philadelphia tutor disarmed a highwayman
by hitting him with a Latin grammar. Those
who recall the rule for the ablative will readily
believe this. - " "
More than $100,000,000 is said to have been
collected in license fees on automobiles and their
drivers last year. This ought to build more good
roads than they wore out. ,
(From the New York Sunday Times.)
"Grog", writes Col. G. C. Thorpe of the
marine corps, "was a gallant hero befoM it was
a drink." There has been no more entertaining
sketch in naval institute proceedings for a long'
time than the colonel's all too brief article which
associates the sailor's name for spirits with the
iame of Admiral Edward Vernon, contemporary
of bir Clowdisley ahovell, bir George Kooke and
other hardv sea fighters of the old breed. Was
it not Sir Clowdisley Shovell who, a mere boy,
swam with dispatches in his mouth under the
fire of the Dutch in the Battle of Solebay? .Any
good dictionary derives grog from the nickname
given to Vernon, who wore a grogram or boat
(cloak when he paced the deck of his flagship in
the Porto Bello expedition, but how few know
what a row there was in the fleet when the ad
miral watered the ration to the vast improve
ment of discipline 1 Colonel Thorps does not tell
the whole story when he says:
Shortly after the surrender of Porto Bello
the admiral introduced West Indian rum
aboard -ship and had a mixture of rum and
wate served as a ration to the crews. It was
intended as a preventive against fevers that,
had decimated so many European expeditions
to the West Indies. When the sailors of the
flagship Burford first tasted the new drink they
found it most palatable, and as the enthusiasm
of victory still ran high they named their fa
vorite beverage after their favorite com
mander. Prof. John Knox Laughton of King's col
lege, London, himself a sea dog of the Crimean
and China wars, and writer of blood-stirrers like
"Sea Fights and Adventures" and "Twelve Sail
ors," had another version. In a study of Vernon
Prof. Laughton tells us that it was the practice
in the fleet in the West Indian waters to serve
heat to the men a little before noon a measure
of brandy, rum or arrack. The West Indian
rum was often new and vile. Men who con
trived to increase the ration got out of hand
and there was much drunkenness. Ashore they
ran amuck to the scandal of the fleet:
On August 4, 1740, Vernon addressed a
general order to" the captains and iurgeons of
his Squadron and fouqdit to be their unani-
mous opinion that "tlv?pernicious ettstom of
the seamen drinking their allowance of rum in
drams, and often at Once, is attended with
many fatal effects;" it impaired their health,
ruined their morals, and made them slaves to
every brutish passion. It was also the unani
mous opinion . that the best remedy was to mix
; the rum with water, and this was accordingly
ordered. .
To each half pint of rum a quart of water was
added, and the ration was served at 11 in the
forenoon and 5 in the afternoon. "The seamen,"
says, Prof. Laughton, "did not altogether "ap
prove of the curtailment of their privileges, and
called the official mixture 'grog,' which is said
to have been Vernon's nickname in the squad
ron." Discipline and efficiency improved im
mensely, and the admiralty adopted the ad
miral's watered rum on every station. Forty
years later Dr. Thomas Trotter, surgeon of the
fleet and author strangely enough, considering
his rollicking verses of "An Essay, Medical,
Philostophicaland Chemical, on Drunkenness and
Its Effects onahe Human Body," described Neo
tune as ordering his crew to
'' Bid Vernon mix a draught for me'
. To toast his native land.
Colonel Thorpe, dwelling in a vigorous para
graph upon Vernon's boast in Parliament that he
could take Porto Bello, "the great Spanish
stronghold in Panama," with a squadron of six
ships, observes that "the government retaliated
upon its critic" by making him commander of an
expedition. It is true that the impression has
been that the government was glad to get rid or
an enemy in Parliament who as always pitching
into its naval policy and calling a spade a spade
in bluff sailor fashion; but Laughton points out
that "Vernon was not only an officer of longer
service and more active experience than any
other then available," but a prime favorite with
Sir Charles Wager, first lord of the admiralty,
and with Norris, admiral of the fleet. If any
man could capture Porto Bello with a small
squadron it was the doughty Vernon, who feared
neither man nor devil. He caught the Spaniards
unprepared, as they have usually been in the
west Indies when the 'insolent foe" appeared..
Most ot tnetr uu sruns were dismounted and the
xforts were littered with neglected equipment.
sailors and marines scrambled through the em
brasures and chased the somnolent Spaniards
out, with light casualties to themselves. But
'what a ringing of bells, what festivities, what
wild joy there was in London, as a hundred and
fifty years later there was on Mafeking night!
Human nature has not changed. Medals were
struck, crude and ugly, with Vernon's rugged
face upon them and the bombastic legend: "He
took Porto Bello with six ships." Go where
you would in England after that. Vernon's head
swung and creaked from signboards outside thai
urns. idicr uic auuurai was 10 go into eclipse
for failing in association with the incompetent
General Wentworth to take Cartagena, and for
making a fiasco with the same dullard and time
waster to add Cuba to the king's realms. It was
the old and ever new story of cross-purposes be
tween the army and navy. The admiral did not
deserve the cloud that fell upon his reputation.
Afterward he lost the king's favor completely by
writing pamphlets damning the ministry. Never
theless his life had been one of honorable achieve
ment and great deserts, and "Old Grog" was
loved by Jack. So he has a. monument in the
north transept of Westminster Abbey.
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LESSONS FROM LI-PO.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Qutttiom cuacarninc hyfiene, taniution and prevention ai ditrtto, tubmittrd
to Dr. Evan by rtadare al The Bee, will br anawond peraonally, aubject to
proper limitation, where a stamped addreaaed tnvelcoo la encloaed. Dr Evans
will not make dlacnosis or prescribe tor iudivldutl diseasea. Addrata lattera
' ia care ot The Bee.
Copyright. 1921, by Sr. W. A. Evans
In China, centuries ago,
There liver a. poet named Li-Po,
Who, when well primed with Chinese wine,
Wrote verses that were judged divine. .
"The Banished Angel" was the name
By which Li-Po was known to fame
(The Chinese are more flattering, far.
Than Occidental peoples are!).
At night, Li-Po just loved to float
In a fantastic Chinese boat,- 1
And make a complicated din
Upon a Chinese mandolin.
The moonglade on the Hoang-ho
Gave keen enjoyment to Li-Po,
And many quatrains he'd indite
Expressive of his deep delight.
Alas, fair Luna proved his fate,
So Chinese works of reference state;
To kiss her image in the wave,
He leaned and found a watery grave!
.
' ; Ye bards, these morals briefly note:
Eschew the cup and trim the boat;
And treat romance with circumspection;
And, oh, steer clear of all reflection.
G. S. B. in the New York Tribune Conning
Tower.
, Franklin's Sayings.
A few of Franklin's sayings that are con
ducive to good thinking and good living are:
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom
with a good one.
The same man cannot be both friend and
flatterer.
The things which hurt instruct.
We are not so sensible of the greatest health
as of the least sickness. -
He that won't be counselled can't be helped.
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure,
when he is really selling himself a slave to it.
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
Many dishes, many diseases; many medicines,
few cures.
Reading makes a full man; meditation a pro
found man; discourse a clear man. Boston Post.
Speed.
A little acorn never grows to be a big oak as
fast a timber profits grew during the war. De
troit -News. . 1
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THE NERVOUS HEART.
Few unpleasant sensations are
more disturbing than those which
originate in the region of the heart.
One of the outstanding features of
angina pectorjs is an expression of
anxiety. This is seen in people who
have read nothing about angina and
know nothing ot what it forbodes.
In fact, they do not even know what
the trouble is. Instinctively we know
how Important the heart Is to life
and how necessary for well being Is
Its quiet, regular, unnoticed beam
ing. When an irregularity in rhythm la
felt or the beats are hard enough or
weak enough to attract attention,
uneasiness and sometimes panic re
sults. -
Out of this possibility grows much
unnecessary anxiety. Especially are
adolescents likely to become anxious
because they feel the pulse in the pit
of the stomach or notice the apex
beat between the ribs near the left
nipple.
Aside from the purely imaginary
ills, the rhythm of the heart can be
disturbed by mental processes. A
man can make his heart act up to
a certain extent by thinking and
worrying about heart trouble. But'
this ia not what I have in mind In
this story about the nervous heart.
Until a few years ago when a per
son was found with a very rapid
pulse or a very irregular one, it was
said he had been using too much
tobacco or too much coffee, or that
he had goiter or myocarditis. If
nono of these causes was present,
it was said the cause could not be
found. What was more Important, it
was said nothing could be done.
Naturally this limitation was not
satisfying. A man who feels his pulse
beating 200 a minute and senses it to
be irregular in rhythm and force of
beats is greatly alarmed. All the
more if the attacks of palpitation
come on suddenly.
Now a good deal is known about
It and a good deal can be done. Some
of this is within the reabh of the
family practitioner and some of it
can beVarried out by the patient
himself.
The rapid heart of goiter does not
come on in paroxysms. It can be re
lieved by the application of an Ice
bag to tire chest and neck. A per
son with a goiter which causes rap
id heart should receive good medical
and surgical care without delay.
The rapid heart of tobacco poison
ing means that the drug must be
given up.
Outside of these there are five va
rieties of paroxysmal rapid heart
known as heart block, 'paroxysmal
auricular tachycardia, auricular flut
ter, auricular fibrillation, and ventri
cular tachycardia. Tho important
part of this story from the practical
standpoint is the copditions are of
different significance, some being
far more dangerous" than others,
While some require very delicate,
elaborate instruments for diagnosis,
some are revealed by simple, easily
made tests.
For instance, in the paroxysmal
auricular tachycardia, the heart sud
denly begins fluttering, palpitating,
pounding, thumping. When the pulse
is counted it may be 250. The rythm
is regular. Dr. S. R. Levine says In
the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal that ih about half the cases
these attacks can be stopped at once
by taking a deep breath and hold
ing it, by firm pressure on the eye
balls, or by firm compression of the
large artery at tire side of the neck.
These procedures are not helpful in
other jorms of "palpitation.
Dr. Levlne's article relates to what
the family physician as distinguished
from the heart specialist with the
latter's equipment of electrical in
struments can do in differentiating
and treating the various varieties
of palpitation.
Use Sugar Sparingly.
lUps F. N. S. writes: "Is there any
cure for boils? This is the third suc
cessive winter that I have been
troubled with them in February and
March. I have tried taking 'yeast
cake, but it does not help."
REPLY.
Eat sparingly of sugar and foods
made with sugar, also bread and
foods made from wheat flour or any
other cereal. Have your urine test
ed for sugar. Keep your skin clean.
Do not wear anything which scratch
es or Irritates I
quickly down on the wart. After a
few weeks repeat and the wart will
disappear. Here is another painless
treatment: Take a piece of paper,
roll it up and dip it in a bottle of
muriatic acid. Apply to the wart. Re
peat after a few days. After two
weeks tho wart can be lifted out
with the fingers. Keep the wound
clean and nature will do tho rest.
OX
Other Ways to Kill Warts.
W. W. T. writes: "The writer has
tried your treatment for warts giv
en in "your column, but would like
to suggest the following: Take a
large darning needle, hold it over a
gas jet until heated white, then press
The Spring Garden
Fronrthe Bffffimore American.)
The war garden may be no longer
necessary, but the impetus given
during war times to the raising of
vegetables had other uses besides
emergency service, and It were
greatly to be regretted if the love
of working the soil', which was thus
aroused, were allowed to weaken and
die out with the passing need. The
practical knowledge and skill ac
quired by those who turned uglyl
backyards and vacant lots into fer
tile food supplies, even on a small
scale, are too valuable to be suf
fered to lie idle and rust with disuse.
The pleasure of going into one's
own tiny city farm and plucking
one's own fresh vegetables is one
worth working for itself, aside from
other considerations. And one of
the greatest of these latter Is the
gain In health which work in the
open air brings with it past the
power of any tbnio to bestow. -
As this is the time for beginning
gardens, a word or two may be
timely in reminding the plant and
flower-loving part of the public not
to go back in the good work, but
to let the war garden continue to
develop Into the peace garden, and
where the love of beauty is stronger
tnan the desire for utility, to let
the flower garden supersede the
vegetable plot. Gardening of any
kind is an excellent taste to Incul
cate In the young, and the school
children proved what they could do
in this line when facilities were af
forded them to cultivate the. soil
and raise vegetables and flowers
themselves. It is an occupation
which can work oft childish energy
and restlessness with much more
profit thair-other ways more or less
michievous, which are bound to sug
gest themselves where this energy
lacks expression. Tho backyard
improvement movement, which be
gan some years ago, ought to be
urged still more, for there is no
little plot of ground, however'pooiv
the home to which It is attached,
which cannot be made to have Its
bareness bloom with beauty, and this
In turn is bound to have its effect
on home and public life generally.
For the love of beauty is a big
factor In the development of char
acter, and no better Instinct could
be encouraged in a child, as the love
will inspire the production. The
spring garden whatever its scope
or results, is an asset to-the home
not to be neglected in the listing of
,iis values.
You Huvo liifjht Notion.
W. C. K. writes: "This is the time
for all good men to start their hay
fever treatment: last year I used
your calcium chloride prescription
with good results, but am wonder
ing if calcium lactate would not be
a little easier to take. Will you
kindly publish the formula, as t
want to start as soon as possible?
Many thanks."
REPLY.
You are right. Now is the time to
start a hay fever fight. He desensi
tized if possible. Calcium lactate is
less objectionable than calcium chlo
ride. Dissolve 4 ounces of crystals in
a pint of water. Take a teaspoonful
three times a day.
About Hives and Tumors.
Mrs. W. Writes: "1. What is the
cause of hives and the remedy?
"2. What is the cause of fatty tu
mors and are they especially harmful
to the general health? Can they be
cured? I have had them for 5 years
at least. They do not? seem to hurt
me, but those on the arms are un
sightly. Aro they inherited?"
REPLY.
1. In most cases eating some food
which is poisonous to you.
2. The cause of fatty tumor is
not known. No other variety of tu
morals so benign. They can be re
moved if it is thought advisable.
-' Cscs ShH to Stop Itch.
-V. A. writes: "There seem to be
ro.iniany complaints of winter Itch
(hit I offer a simple remedy which
I use for it. The remedy Is slmp'ly
a handful of Bahama sea salt dis
solved in a pint of warm water.
Bathe the parts of the body where,
necessary and let the brine dry on
the skin. App?y night and morn
ng." Little Known Disease.
A. W. G. writes: "What is Hodg-
kin's disease and. what is the general
cause for it?"
REPLY.
The principal sign of Hodgkln's
disease" is a very general enlarge
ment of the lymph glands which
cannot be otherwise explained. It
Is somewhat related to a form of
sarcoma. The cause is not known,
though some capable scientists think
It is a bacterial disease duo to an
organism soniewhat resembling the
diphtheria bacillus.
Diabetes Causes Numbness.
Mrs. C. C. writes: Ms i mustard
seed good to take if ono has poor
circulation? One foot and one hand
are numb. I have diabetes and have
had gangrene. My left foot was
amputated a year ago.
REPLY.
f do not think mustard seed will
bo of any service in relieving your
numbness. A person with diabetes
severe enough to cause gangrene
should follow directions closely. It
is possible that your numbness is
caused by thediabetes.
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Use. Formalin Vapor.
A. L. B. writes: "1. Is there any
way to fumigate feather beds, pilr
lows and quilts and make them safe
after a t. b. patient has used them?"
REPLY.,
If you want to fumigate use vapor
from formalin. Put them in a tight
ly covered space and evaporate one
pint of formalin for each 1,000 cubic
feet of space. 'Or. if possible heat
them In a sterilizer. . This is better
than fumigating. Or sun them for
several days. The third method will
make them safe.
How to Baffle Burglars.
Omaha, March 25. To the Editor
of the Ueo: I see by The Bee Mia.
Ferdinand Lehman tolls girls and
women how to fight off burglars an
prowlers. I'd like to' see more of that
in the papers. This town of ours Is
overrun with burglars and lawless
persons and the sooner tho citizens
all join together to tako up the cud
gels against them tne sooner me
city will bo rid of them.
It's a conceded' fact that the Oma
ha police department is Inefficient,
.lust let the women get together and
learn how to place a neat little boot
in a burglar s "tummy" anu mo our
glais will soon learn that Omaha
isn't a safS pasture, for them any.
more. x
Give us some more of that stuff.
I like to see the fighting spirit.
That's what wins and that's what
will clean up this city.
ARTHUR C. TROUTY.
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Abolish the Welfare Board.
Omaha, March 24. To the Editor
of The Bee: In view of the fact that
Omaha, now is facing (ac
cording to tho Committee of 5,000)
its moral Armageddon, in that a new
set of city commissioners is about to
be chosen, I believe that it is the
duty of every public spirited voter
of this city to carefully scan the the
records of the present commission,
a majority 'of whom had the finan
cial and moral backing of tins self
same committee, four years ago, that
being prior to the prevalent wartime
inflation, when memberships prog
ressed by tens.
As a part and parcel of this "re
form" administration, Omaha had its
.morals governed by a bigoted and
"snoopy" board of long-haired wel
fare workers,-whose principal duty,
as far as I have been able to ascer
tain, has been to attempt to regulate
everybody's business but their own.
Tho moral welfare of a community
must bo 'taken care of.. This is one
of the primary premises of govern
ment. .Of this I can have no dou&t.
but conducting the welfare of a com
munity, which is a necessity, can
become obnoxious when carried to
extremes. This, I believe, has been
the result of the work of the es
teemed members of the so-called
Welfare Board of Omaha. Perpetual
meddling and attempted regulation
of the moral welfare of a citizenry,
both by rules and legislation, seems
to constitute the greater share of the
work of this board. Instead of ac
complishing Its result. I believe the
work of the welfare board- has suf
fered as a result of this continual
meddling, and I for one will cast my
vote for a member of the city com
mission who has" manhood -enough
to make tho abolishment of the Wel
fare Board one of the principal
planks of his platform, and I do not
believe that I will be the only one
thus to cast my ballot.
"WELFARE SPONSOR."
policies and branded as an organic
zation in favor of mob rule.
I challenge Rabbi Colm or any
other Jewish or African luminary to
cite any specifio instance since the
duvs immediately following the civil
war. when the Ku Klux Klan has
violated any statute on American law
books The Klan stands for Amer
ica for Americans, sanctity of the
home, absolute separation of the
church and state. What better prin
ciples could red-blooded Americans
advocate? Any man who might at
tack the Klan these modern day
merely displays his ignorance.
GKORGE WASHING LEE.
Thew a Ilung-Staricr.
Mr. Palmer is regarfied by pro
hibition forces is having y'thrown
a mvnkey-wrench Into thewachln
ery." For the purposes of accurau
Rimilo it might be fitting to omit
"monkey-wrench" Riid substitute
"bung-starter." Washington Star.
Where Can Ono Buy Somo Seeds?
Now and then an Oregon man ex
periments, invents and perfects anil
gets well' paid for his efforts. A
Clackamas grower who perfected a
seedless tomato has sold his right
for J 10,000. Portland Oregonlan.
Stands for tho Klan.
Omaha, March 23. To the Editor
of The Bee: What has become of the
Ku Klux Klan in Omaha? Rabbi
Cohn was roasting tho Klan at ne
gro meetings every night here for
a while and to hear him, one would
think the clan was in full force
here, but as yet I have seen no signs
of it. '
The Klan has b'een attacked for its
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