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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1921 TheOmaha Bee daily (.mokninu) evening sunday THE BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY1. "MKUON & UMHKE. Publiaher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ttia euxriattd l'rn. i which The Hae la a membar. It ax ilunU niilUnl ia lea uaa for I'uMolloo of til amt diMUHM jrwjitnl tu it or n4 ofnanriaa i-rwjitrd m thia pa pat, and eie& tlie Imal .ubl.al brin. All nibi of publication of out ewolal llapau-sa in alto leaanad bEE TELEPHONES PHftte Branch ttchanje. Ala fnf TrlK 1 flfWi lb Uapanoirot w t'anwn Warned. 'J'" vw For Nlfht Call Altar 10 P. M.i tMltarlal Dtpart.nant :ir ulaliMi prpirnntnt adrartiiltif lartiiiitt - Council BlufTa Tort laicaav OFFICES OF THE BEE al n OHi't: Uth and rimim 19 Scott M. I tomb, aide Out-el-T ma Officeas m riftn f. etiwer BlU. Waahlntlon Vftt. Kraw-t. 420 But 81 Uooora Tylar Wtl. Tjlar ImL Trlar loflfll 2J1S N St. 1JII 0 St Staffs owes something lilte $7,000,000,000, more than double the amount due the United States for war loans to France. The State and Treasury departments at Washington have now made a search of the rec ords without finding any unpaid bills of this kind. The profound discovery of f. Bernard may have been a hoax, but in the eagerness with which it was received by his countrymen may be read the thrifty hope of wiping out th war loan without either repudiation or actual payment. The Bee's Platform 1. New Union Paaaenger Station. 2 Ne- Continued improvement of the break Highways, including the pave ment of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. Home' Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager .form of Government. First Aid for the Farmer, The ..'really oicounigiiig tcatiu'c" ot'v the no gram as beiiig outlined for the scs'sion of con gress soon to a.-cinble is that consideration is to be given first to the plight oi the farmers. This will take the form of a revival of the Fordney tariff bill, vetoed by ('resident Wilson, which measure will lie taken io at once, and its early passage may he expected. President 11. inline undoubtedly will approve it, and whatever of benefit may flow from it will be for the direct advantage of the agricultural industry. The measure will have opposition, particu larly' from eastern interests, who are committed to a revision of the tariff along such, lines as will tend to encourage foreign trade. A singular development is noted here. When the doctrine of the protective tariff was adopted by the re publican party as part of its creed, the opposi tion went among the farmers preaching that the law was all for the manufacturer at the expense of the grower of food crops. Opponents of pro tection now seek to array the manufacturer against the farmer, on a reversal of position. The position taken is not fair, and those who are en deavoring to arouse a sectional feeling over the tariff are doing the, country a bad service. What is aimed at now has been all along the object of protection as popularly understood. Preservation of the home market to home producers is the greatest thing the American government can achieve. Foreign trade is desirable, but it should not be attained at the expense of so important a tning as our larmmg interests. The middle west is for the Fordney tariff bill. The south wants it, and wherever in the east dairying and other allied industries are carried op. there is a request for it. Cattle raisers and sheefl men are for it, and the fruit growers have their share in it. It cuts olT competition that threatens the food producers. It may appear anomalous that in a land that but lately was looked to to, feed the world, and which did win the war by saving food, a situation would develop where those food producers' would be made the chief sufferers from the result of their own ef forts, but this has come to pass, and it is to remedy the situation in some degree that the Fordney bill fs intended. , Scientific revision of the tariff may follow later. The Underwood law is to be completely and thoroughly overhauled as part of the general, plan to work out a satisfactory system of revenue, but the Fordney bill is an emergency measure, designed to give relief to the farmers of the land, and as such deserves to have the earliest con sideration. When a little help is given to the home folks, then we may take up the other task of straightening out the world muddle, but we t. . . 1 , I . ... V,ttA frtf .-t.-Amiefir tannines first. - larnessing Science and Industry. No recent invention appeals to the imagina tion with the force of the reported discovery of a metal lighter than steel and yet strong and tough. The' Germans bit upon' this secret alloy during the war and used the composition for the frarnework of their Zeppelins, but no other na tion was able to produce it until now the prob lem has been solved by jesearches conducted in a steel mul at Pittsburgh. ' The first thought of the average man is that this might, enable the weight of automobiles to be cut down, with the consequent saving in power and gasoline. Railroad men may wonder if it can be used to lighten the weight of their equipment. In thousands of ways a decrease in the Weight of metal machine parts would be of immense advantage. The immediate effect con cerns only the giant dirigible balloon which is being built for the government, but it is more thau possible that the prpduct will have itts peace time uses greater than those of war. The prog ress of aviation is not entirely a military matter, and if by the use of this light metal dirigible balloons are able to be improved, this single item would assure the value of the discovery. The Germans, driven by the necessity which is proverbially t the mother of invention, first found this alloy, lmt great credit is nevertheless due the American' scientists who found it for themselves. Research of this nature until late years was neglected in the United States, while Germany devoted the greatest attention to har nessing science to its industries. Now in a number of technical schools the great manufac turing corporations are paying tor the education of chemists and engineers and financing their experiments in order to be sure of keeping abreast of the .rest-if the world in just such things as this. Billion Eat Billion. ' The jingle of B. L. T., written at the close of the war, in which be remarked, "We've paid our debt to LaFayette " and inquired who else we owed, is called into doubt by the latest sensation in France, where, one Jean Barnard claimsto have discovered that America never reimbursed the French nation for aid and loans made during the Revolutionary war. M. Bernard also claims that part of the purchase price of Louisiana also has not been paid, and these claims have even been discussed m the French Chamber of Deputies.' By compounding the interest on these items. Paris -newspaper estimates that, the United j Square Pegs in Round Holes. Employers often are heard to lament the lack of really good men to fill positions of responsi bility, but that does not prove that there is any real deficiency of talent in the world. Rather must it be taken as evidence of a lack of system which prevents the right man getting in touch with the right job. v Chance, which plays a great part. even in the vital matter of love and marriage, functions even more freely in the choice of human occupa tions. On the verge of college, most young men tre uncertain whether they shall turn to the study of law, engineering, medicine, teaching or what other vocation, and their decision is more than likely to be purely accidental. Almost everyone grows up without ever really looking inside of himself, not recognizing the points of weakness and those of strength. Special talent for art, muic or scholarship may be d tected, but beyond this is a region seldom ex-; plored. The factors of memory, will, quickness of understanding, sureness of touch, or acutencss of any one of the senses are seldom taken into account. Such qualities as these might make for success in some special line, or fo failure iii an other. In the same way young people going into the cmplovment market know little of the require ments of any job. The attention is centered on the superficial aspects, such as its cleanliness, the hours, the treatment received from the boss, rnd the like. The possibilities of reward in the event of success may be considered, but whether one is' fitted to discharge the duties with pleasure and efficiency is seldom or never pondered. Spe cial capabilities remain undiscovered and perhaps the job becomes one of drudgery, even ending hi discharge, whereas if the person concerned should have stumbled into a place for which he was particularly fitted, both the industry and the in dividual would have benefited. Much is heard about conservation of natural resources, but there is need also for conservation of Iwjman resources. One who is thrown out of a position as unfit, stands small chance of gain ing opportunity to start anew without being handicapped by the thought of failure. One of tht biggest problems of life is how to avoid being a square peg in a round hole. ' Dark Age Methods in Georgia. A tale that smacks of the medieval comes to ui from Georgia. .There a farmer, accused of an offense against the law, calmly proceeds to re move alt evidence against him by murdering the witnesses. If this had taken place anywhere be tween the eighth and the fifteenth centuries, it would have excited . little wonder. Such Houtgs were not uncommon then, but that the record of twentieth-century America can be so stained shocks even the mind attuned to strange things. Possibly some good may be extracted from the affair. Consideration of the crime itself must lead to closer attention to the lesser crime. Wholesale murder -will undoubtedly be dealt with sternly by the law, and maybe that same law may be brought to deal more sternly with the peonage proposition. One of the greatest of all the problems of the south has been that of labdY, and laws that deal with it have been generally framed on a basis that gives the ieast of thought to the worker and lays greatest stress on the necessity fat- securing a certain amount of work, from every individual. Harsh laws define vagrancy, and con viction on such a charge is followed by enforced labor, the contract system prevailing yet in some localities; It was so that the negro might be kept from idleness that these measures were at first adopted, but they have proven a source of profit, and have been extended until the white man suffers from them as well as the black.- On the other hand, the peonage laws were set up to give the man not under sentence of va grancy and willing to work some protection from the oppression the greedy were wont to visit oh the ignorant. Out of the present instance may well come such a discussion as will effect the sit uation in the south to where more humane and worthy methods will be adopted for handling the labor problem down there. Quest for the Odorless Pig. Esthetes of Lansing Mich., stimulated by Henry Ford's mechanical cow, are now casting about to locate an odorless pig. They are a thrifty lot tip there, and want to use the garbage collected to produce pork by feeding it to pigs in a municipal piggery. Bmythe odorl No need to tell certain Omaha folks about that. Similar experiments carried on here have come to a sudden end, merely because the residents could not abide the smell that came yelling up from the piggery, although we have not yet generally adapted that word for local service. We would like to suggest to the Lansingites that they are going about the quest from the wrong end. What they should seek is the odor less garbage; the pig in general is not an un savory animal. Take him as he tj reared in Ne braska, under the clean sky,. the happy denizen of broad meadows or carefully devised "hog lots," and his porcine presence is more an in spiration than a menace. If he suggests odor at all. it is that of crackling bacon or sputtering ham, sizzling sausage or savory chop, a fragrance that not only ravishes the sense of smell but delights the whole soul of man with such prom ise of gustatory joy as only can be experienced by the hungry-man when he senses the presence of the dainty, delectable food through its herald ing smell. However," if the fastidious Michiganders feel they can be satisfied, only by the deodorized pig, we suggest to thetn'they do not carry their ex periment too far, or they may deprive themselves of the purpose of their quest. Otherways'to dispose of the accumulations of household refuse may be found (Omaha still needs information on this point), and pigs may be raised successfully and never taste the garbage gathered by a city, but no way is known of depriving a pig sty cf the scent imparted to it by the persistent use of sour swill. The Omaha man who explained that his mash was for the use of a sick pig perhaps referred to one of those poor, sightless ones that find so much comfort in the moonshine. Germany1 s Industrial Leader Brief Sketch of H ugo Stinnes Biggest of All Teutons Today London, March 28. Hugo Staines, gen eralissimo of German industry, recently accuscJ of plotting a strike of several hundred thousand workers in the Ruhr district to make more diffi cult the- Allied occupation of Dusscldorf, Duis burg and Ruhroot, is referred to by the Rerlin correspondent of the Times as "an earnest and dangerous patriot." Stinnes, a multi-millionaire member of the Reichstag, has put through some of the greatest financial deals of his career since the armistice. He has been called a "relentlessly efficient, human calculating machine." It has been said that he would sacrifice every mark of his enormous fortune to bring back the monarchy. Mine owner and coal merchant, ship owner, landed proprietor, head of a great chain of news papers, proprietor of the very finest hotel in Berlin, trader in oils, paper, hides, jute, peat and manufactured wares of many kinds, Stinnes, the Times correspondent says, is today the wealthiest, most influential, best known, and at the same time the least well known man in Ger- manv." Publicity and notoriety are alien to him, it is Stated, and he prefers to remain behind the cur tains in the Reichstag, permitting his henchmen and lieutenants to do the talking while he pulls the strings. "There is nothing in his appearance to betray the man of genius," says the correspondent. "Just 50 years old, of medium height and sturdily built, with black hair and beard that show tip strongly against a rather sallow complexion, Hugo Stinnes is an inconspicuous figure as he slips in and out of the Adlon hotel, his bowler hat tilted slightly on one side, his hand in his pocket, and one or two secretaries following hard on the heels of their chief m his well worn black coat and black tie. He stops to speak to no one. He has no time for small talk in the lounge with other guests. He is a relentlessly efficient, cool, human, calculating machine." The foundations of the Stinnes fortune were .'aid by the present Stinnes' grandfather and in creased by his father. The youth was sent to a gymnasium and later worked as a miner and at tended the School of Mines in Berlin. Embark ing in business for himself ?.t the age of 23, his remarkable career began. He went with success into the coal and iron trade, becoming a promi nent ' figure- among the magnates of Rhenish Westphalia, and branched out into the develop ment of tramways and electric power in the coal fields. But his "real great spring, to fortune," says the Times, "came with the great war." "His fortune before the war was estimated at 40,000,000 golden marks. What it is now he probably could not say himself possibly 1,000, 000,000 marks." Newspapers now owned by Stinnes are said to number at least sixty. "People are eagerly asking with what ulti mate object all this colossal wealth is being in cessantly piled- up," says the Times corre spondent. "Does his present association with and financing of the Yolkspartie mean that Stinnes is preparing to bring back the monarchy?" "Stinnes," concludes the correspondent, referring to the alleged truculent conduct of the financier at the Brussels Financial conference, "has measured himself once with the Allies and received a severe snubbing. He is not likely to risk a second similar rebuff. Nor is he likely to forget. Let the Allies in their turn remember that, witness his unconciliating manner of the conference table, heis an. earnest and dangerous patriot." , j How to Keep Well Br OR. W. A. EVANS Quaatlont cvncernlnf hygiene, sanitation and pravantien el dlaaaaa, aubmlttrd te Dr. Evaaa by readers et Tha Bar, will be anawared personally, aubjact to pro par limitation, wbtra a stamped addreaasd snvalcee is encloaed. Dr Evsns will not make diagnosis or praacribe lor individual dieaaeee. Address letters' in care el Tha Baa. ' Copyright, ID 21, by Dr. W. A. Evans Alleged "fantastic salaries'' demanded by Ger man film stars has caused film producers so much concern' that a move has been made toward limit ing their pay. The moving picture companies, in making this announcement, gave out a list of salaries w hich they' believe exorbitant; . The salaries of a few women reached 800.00Q marks yearly, it is said, although the usual pay' for first-class work is about 3,500 marks' daily while employed. It is customary to hire even well known performers by "the piece." Those tinder regular contracts are paid from 7,000 to 30.000 marks a month. Unknown players are paid as low as 150 marks a day. German, burglars face a new obstacle in the strongbox which a Berlin inventor has iust placed on the market. The portable steel box is equipped with an alarm which can be set before the lid is closed, When the box is lifted or moved ever so slightly 'the alarm sounds and can be. stopped "only by nnlocking the box and adjusting the mechanism which controls the buzzer. Hotel guests are buying the strongbox and placing it against their doors at night, or setting it on luggage which they wish to protect. The boxes are produced in various sizes and with alarms varying in strength from an ordinary buzzer to a. fire alarm gong. Paris March 28.-To mark the place where the German advance in the spring of 1918 was stopped it is proposed to erect pyramids along the entire front beearing the inscription: "Here was arrested the rush of the barbarians." The number of pyramids and the places where they are to be erected will shortly be de termined by Marshal Petain. Taxing Vocational Students Now the 100,000 ex-soldiers in the United States w ho 'are taking vocational training are in formed that they must pay an income tax on the maintenance compensation they receive from the government while under instruction. This is not all they must pay. A tax is even demanded on the tuition the government pays for them at edu cational institutions and on the books, materials and. appliances furnished thera free of charge. Of course, congress has passed no law utilizing such an extraordinary source oi revenue. The con-, grcss which exempted its own members from spc-. cial war taxation, until the war was virtually over would hardly invite the comparisons which a law of this sort would inakcjitcvitable. That the tax gatherer is sent in pursuit of the vocational stu dents is due to the fact that the bureaus at Wash ington have been legislating again. The most remarkable feature of this attempt to raise revenue from the government's students, which comes about by reason of a ruling by- the internal revenue commissioner, is the assumption that the books, tools and other educational facili ties "become the property of the recipients." But the voucher which the student is compelled o give when he obtains these necessary things specifically sets forth that they are "the property of the Vocational Training board," are subject to the orders Of that board and must be returned when training is discontinued. The entire ruling seems ungenerous, arbitrary and unwarranted. If a desperately wounded ex-soldier requires hos pital treatment with the continuous attention of night and day nurses, would the entire sum rep resenting the cost of his care be credited to him as income and taxed.-1 Some degree of disability incurred in the service is necessary to eligibility as a vocational training student, They are as much wards of the government as hospital patients: vocational training supplements hospital treatment. The ordinary citizen is not taxed cn gifts made him. Why should these men be tax'd on gifts fronivthe government? Why, particu larly, shouU they be taxed on the $3,000,000 worth of books already furnished them when the books are only borrowed? St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Chinese Revere Print To destroy a newspaper, even though it is week old, shows, in the opinions of the Chinese, a gross lack of character; to crumple a printed advertisement shows the haste of unreason; to toss a book carelesslv on the floor shows a ten dency toward violence; to tear a printed page shows that you are mentally deficient. It is a sad commentary on the quality of much of our reading that we of the western world, where illiteracy -is rare, have so little reverence for the printed naec. Chieaeo lournal. 11 BEWARE SCAPHOID N SCAPULA. The palm readers tell me that one oui'siion patrons want to Know about is the length of the life lino. "How long wilt X live?" is a question that the phronoloRlst is called on to ans wer. Life is a groat adventure and death is ranked as ''the great advent ure." Some men Rlory in adventure while others cling to the beaten path. Hut all, bold and timid, some openly, some covertly, are anxious to pull back the curtain a little and steal a look into the future. Witnccs the wave of spiritualism that is weeping over the land just now. In the Osier Memorial volume I find a contribution by Dr. W. W, Graves of St. Louis which lays down a sign of longevity or its opposite which has more scientific foundation than the life line of the palm, the knots in the skull or the Images in a crystal. Do you remember Katisha and her wonderful shoulder blade? Had Ka tisha been around Dr. Graves he might have robbed her famous bone of its romance and he might even have gone further and predicted long lifo for its possessor. The shoulder blado, known to the osteologists as the scapula, is the heavy triangular bone lying on the upper part of the back of the ribs. One corner of the triangle co-operates with two other bones to make the shoulder joint. The edge of the scapula which runs north and south lies not far from the backbone and nearly parallel with it. In stooped shoulders the chest is barreled and the fiat shoulder blads slips forward on the sharply curved ribs. In such people the shoulder blades stand out so that thy are sometimes called "winged scapula." It is easy to feel the backbone edge of the shoulder blade in such people it is not even aimcuit in flat-backed, heavily muscled people. Now for the sign. In a vigorous, strong person this backbone edge of the shoulder blade is arched toward the backbone. In people without much vitality this edge Is straight or it curves in the other direction the concavity points toward the back bone. The sign of weak constitution and, therefore, of tendency toward short life is the "scaphoid scapula." The name sounds troublesome and maybe the description also is, but how about the life, line of the palm or the knots on the skull? The expert skill of the palmist, the phrenologist and the fortune- teller sometimes commands diamonds, au- lomoDiies ana liveried servants. Dp. Graves bases his opinions on the fol lowing observations: Old people who have success, fully weathered the storm of life were found to have convex edged scapulas. In children the scaphoid scap ula was frequently found. A very large part of the sick ly children had scaphoid sesp ulns, Children with certain Inheri ted diseases and defects general ly had scaphoid scapulas. Dr. Craves hits had some iveople under observation for more than a dozen years and he observes that the scaphoids have a greater average tendency o succumb to the vicis situdes of life. Even the most shel terer life is full of adventure. The venturesome have more hazards. Dr. Graves' point of view is that the scaphoid scapula shows Inferior physical constitution and that those who have it succumb to the hazards of life on an average at a consider ably greater ratio than do the mem bers of other groups. Can Kop l"p Lessons. B. C. M. writes: "I have a daug ter 16H years old, who is attending the university. She takes vocal les sons. She has a goiter. I lust noticed it last fall. It is small, but we are worried. Can I treat it in any way? Should she stop singing?" REPLY. A small anatomical goiter In a schoolgirl is not necessarily a matter of moment. Advise with your physi cian as to giving her small dosoa of Iodide for a while each spring. There is no reason for discontinuing either her vocal or regular lessons. Be cer tain to teach her poise, equanimity and control. i OX The Mental Age (From the Boston Transcript.) In the midst of many troubles comes what would be a new source or anxiety and alarm, were some current ideas concerning human mentality to be taken at their face valtio. It is well known that dur ing the war the men in the American army were subject to a variety of mental tests. Since then tabulations based on the results of these tests have been made for the mimosa of showing the mental ages of the American population, The conclu sions that some of the students of me statistics araw ironi them are enough to convince the' pessimistio that human progress must come to a standstill. Volumes have been written about the government's psychological ex periments with the men of the army. One of the commentators announces that the tests indicate that 70 per cent of the people of the United States have a mental age or less than 15 years. He wants to know if we can hope to have a suc cessful democracy where the aver age mentality is 13. Ha reveals in figures by means of which the great number of men described as posess ing C-mlnus intellects are compared with the select few who form tho band after the letter A. It would be very depressing were It hot for the fact that wo are all familiar with what those montally 1 o-year-old boys did 'on the battle fields of France;' It is not forgotten that tho speed with, which those psychological infants, taken from civil life, were transformed Into soldiers amassed, the world. When sensilble folk are told that the Amer ican people, or 70 per cent of them, will never grow up, and that this sad prediction is based on army tests, the sensible folk are likely to receive the news with derision. They are not alarmed about the per petuity of American institutions. They know that the government at Washington will Rtill live long after the gloomy deductions from the fig ures made by the psychologists have been forgotten. Thousands of Bundles of Spring Cleaning Work Are Due to Arrive at This Plant About Now And do you realize how you could help to relievo this. congestion by send ing in your cleaning work a little before you actu ally need it? Even a few days, a day, or even a few hours' lee way helps greatly when the annual spring rush is on. Thanks. Phone Tyler 0343 or "South 0050" if you are a South Sider. DRESHER BROTHERS Cleaners Dyers 2211-17 Farnam St. Exact Nature Unknown. Mrs. A. M. T. writes: "1. What Is Raynaud's disease and is it fatal? 2. Please tell me about carbuncle of the urethra? Is it an unusual dis ease, does it terminate In cancer, is there a cure and does standing or straining at stool cause it, or what does cause it?" REPLY. 1. In typical Raynaud's the tip of a finger, toe, nose or car will become almost bloodless, then gangrenous and finally will slough. In mild cases during the attacks, the affected member becomes blue or white and the circulation Is very poor. The mildest cases are related to cold feet, chilblains, etc. The exact nature of the disease is not understood. 2. Carbuncle of the urethra is not an infrequent condition. It seldom' terminates in cancer or any other serious condition. All such cases get well under treatment. Some cancers of the urethra resemble carbuncle Showdown la, ( ailed. binahn, March 27 To the Editor of The Bee: Who is this fellow. "Welfare Sponsor." who raps the Welfare board? Is he afraid to sign his name and come out with his complaints into tho open like a real man? Hts argument is no good. He has no argument in fact, for he jltes no specific instance where tho Board has failed, while many ensOs where it has done good can be enumerated. I believe this fellow. " Welfare Sponsor," is really a midnight prowler who wants to go to underworld places where he can do those terri ble dances to his heart's content, drink all th moonshine lie wants to, and cut all tho capers that a fel low with his peanut-brain craves. Otherwise, ho would come out in the open and sign his name to the letter he wrote you. Let's hear from him again, only make him tell who he is and just what he means when ho says the Wclfaro board is no good. I'm for law- and order. What's ho for? ROUERT W. DANIELS. Kor the Fags. Omaha, March 26. To the Editor Of the Bee: And now, tho dear souls want to take our cigarets away from us. Wei!, when they draft a bill against cigarets, why don't they draw up a sister hill against skirts that reach but to the knee and have a hard time doing thrit, silken luvo that gives tho leg the anpernii'-o i f hoirg i bare, dresses that droop in front, al-j most to the wa!st-Hne? The war is over for tho tako of , argument, slthough no ponoo treaty has been signed but during that, time millions of men lonmed the sweet pleasure ef a cool oljr.vot j smoke: and they don't propose to ! lose that pleasure now. While the boys wore overseas, they oozed the dry law through, hut ' there's going to be some dh'ltculty in passing an anti-eigaret law. Why make all these laws. Jus? ; to force young Americans to be come lawbreakers? America may be dry. but many a youngster who would have boon afraid to go into a saloon until h : had reached the. ago when hp didn't , care much for hard Honor, reaches ; easrerly and craftily for the moon- j shine. And every time those Hip-h ; school boys take a drink "from the hip" they got a little holder, snap their fingers n little nuleker a: fuels Sam, and pretty soon they're on the hifih rend. And as sure ns Rhnntln if tloB anti-eigaret law gains momentum uniong Ihe dear sisters who bans: onto l'ussj foot Johnson's skirts and won't let go tho apron strings or dear Lucy Page Giispipe, there'll he monlaw-bi caking and this crime wave that's canning so much worry among leading police officials of the country will develop into a veritable typhoon. Lay off tho clgaret It's doing mighty little luirin the way It Is iinw, but Just restrict clttarets, and there will be lots more harm done. ONE WHO KNOWS. Intoi'i-Motl III Ringer. Omaha. March 25. To the Edl tor ef The Dee: Whnt about Mr. Ringer? Wo inn?e for reply. of cmrse, Mr. Ringer, at least to tho naked c ye, appenrs a bit balmy in the bran, sn to speak, and the wheels in his attic revolve upon one subject licker: but who Jo you pick to succeed him? Look tho list over carefully, boys. Give it tho north, south, east and west. Is there n candidate who Is likely to do better? We'd like to know and we've given it up. PERPLEXED. Sees the Issue Plain. Omaha, March 27. To the Edi tor of The Doe: Rally round tho flsg. boys, rally onoo again, for now is the time lor nil good men to come to tho aid of their city. The city campaign is on and the Issue has been made ns plain as day, for ir-n't .Judgo Sutton, loading the forces of right, and United States Marshal Dahlman opposing hint. It's down to a case now of standing- by or ganized government! as 1t has been fi r Uie- past two years, or. falling hack into the grasp of the old Third ward gang. Mow is it that United States Mar shal! James C. Dahlman may rtin for a public office and still hold his Job. Isn't there some kind of a restriction to that?' Seems funny to me there hasn't been a little morn said about that. And while I'rL writing to you, I want you to know that none of the women in my neigh borhood will ever vote for him. MR3. V 1 ' 1 IIIUli i 3. H. O. H. ; Your Opportunity to Buy Carpets Is Now at BOWEN'S The splendid line of yard Carpet goods now being shown at BOWEN'S at the new and much LOWER PRICE presents a wonderful opportunity to get just the quality and pattern in Carpets you have been looking for. From the lower-, priced Brussels and Vel vets to the all-wool wor sted Wiltons, in all the popular patterns, colors and shades in fact, here' you will find suitable Carpets for any room in the Home, as well as Cat pets for Halls, Lodges, Churches, etc. This is your opportunity. , Advertisement iflli' Invest in the .6 - ' " ---flrnjiiaii No. 22 "Render unto Caeser that which is Caeser's." - The government must be supported. A citizen who evades the payment of legiti mate taxes is unpatriotic, to say the least. Home Builders' Shares and Bonds are tax-free in Ne braska, because the taxes ar paid by the corporation or mortgagor. These securities are not listable on the tax duplicate. To avoid paying taxes on your surplus, invest jt in Home Builders' securities be fore April 1. Real Estate Mortgage Securities and eJniinutertd by ' i iNcoaaeaafia CC SHIMER. Pra.ident C. A. ROHRBOUCH. SaaT; Auet Ovtt f 1.400,000 Call and talk the matter over American Security Co., DoJf. at 18th Douglas SO 13 I reea.1 I ' Omakm - 1 Exclusive Service in Undertaking - For Poor and Rich rs&.v wmmm Blended mth this profes sional ability and depend able business policy is a genuine recognition of ihe meaning of sorrow. his our effort that in com ing Jo the Hoffmann Funeral Home sorrore shall NOT be intensified. There is a quality to the service rendered by the Hoffmann Fu neral Home that characterizes it as unique in Omaha and dis tinct from the commonplace. It is this individuality that prompts persons , of wealth to choose us and encourages the poor to know that here all will be provided in the time of need. More important than the ample physical equipment of this es tablishment which is well known there is an atmosphere of truth and frankness that brings people here. Our confi dence in our ability to perform begets confidence in those we would serve. Our accomplishments of yester day are the criterion of our ca pabilities for tomorrow. Dodge at 24th Street Phons Douglas 3901