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4 'iHhl HEK: OMAHA. .UUMJAl. AFKiL 11. lt21. TheOmaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY Tim DEE PUBLISHING COM 1' ANY. NKLSON B. tPDIKB. Publiaher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tut Aiiirl Pint, cf rblcti Toe Dm ii a memoir, II ea rlmliele vniiiM 10 Ue um tot iiuhlu-iilou of til new airnatcnea vrwlitetl to it or not otheraiie emitted tn this paper, tad ale, we lral nm piiMiiheil Herein. 4U t'lttn of pucilcttios of our pacta! tllnT'ticbf art alio reserted Tyler 1000 BEE TELEPHONES I'rlnli BrtncU fcchtnje, A all for the perarttnent oc Pewit Wnted. For Nlhl Calif After 10 P. M.I IM'tirta! peptrtment Trim lOOnl. r'n-ulerieii nepirtmont Trier liirttL advutialni Department ijt 10081 OFFICES OF THE BEE Main Office: 17th and Famam founcil Bluffs 19 Scott Ht I South Bide, rallllps Dart. Itor Out-of-Town Offictet SSfl fifth tee, t Waanlnatoo 1311 a Bt Steatr Bid, Tana. Frtnce, 410 Butot. Honor ' N Tnrlt 77ie i9?e' Platform 1. Nw Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of the Ne braska Highways, including the pa.v ment of Main Thoroughfare! leading into Omaha with Brick Surface. 3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. a u D..I- c ... g rt L -. iioiu nun vnarivr ivr vniHf wua j City Manager form of Gorernment. Back to the Farm for Jobs. According to the Department of Agricul ture, the greatest supply of farm labor knowu in years is now available. Consequently, agri cultural operations may be carried on during the coming season with less of the uncertainty that lias attended crop raising for several seasons. Men will be on hand for the jobs. This is not a re markable situation, denoting as it does only that the farm workers who sought the city a few months ago have conic to the end of the rain bow. Whether they found a pot of gold or not is scarccJy in question, although the evidence s .against. the notion that they did discover any fi'rcat wealth.- ' ,' ' What 'they did' find out, though, should be of much value to them, for they would have been satisfied in no other way. They found out that toil in a factory is quite as arduous and as tedious as on a farm. While the hours are shorter when measured on the clock dial, they are longer by-experience. The factory worker sees nothing but the work just under his nose. He is within walls, covered by a roof, usually behind dusty windows, and only a favored few in range of them. He hears no song of bird, notes no budding of tree or blossoming of flower. It is his machine and 'not nature that works the miracle of creation. Everything about him is artificial. ' The plowman has a task of drudgery, to be sure, but it is drudgery relieved by all the va riety of the great outdoors. Life surrounds him on all hands, in the trees, he skies, the fields, the flowers, the birds, the clouds, the tiny animals that "flee wt' micklc brattle," ail contribute to give him cause to forget the ardor of his toil and keep alivfe his interest iV a world that is unknown to the man who is housed in a fac tory. He is impressed with the mystery of life and the majesty oi the Creator, and daily wit nesses the wonders of animate nature, V."Vjcs on the farm may not bo so high as those nvid in the factory, but at the end of the week the farm worker is generally as well off as t':c town toiler, for the small ,pay is not swallowed up in demands for board and lodging, for laundry work and street car fares, for movie tickets and other little details that interfere with accumulation. And not at all negligible is the fact that the factory hand goes to. the job rain or shine, while now and then the farm hand gets a day off because conditions will not let him work in the open. All in all, those who fled from the farm to the city have found that "distance lends enchantment to the view," and that the glitter of life under the bright lights is mighty dim when the sun shines on it. I " Efficient in Work and in Life. Americans live better than the people of any other land, and that they are not satisfied is not entirely to their discredit so long as they go rationally about bettering the general and par ticular condition. Look, at it either ."way you will, that Americans are better off because they are more productive than other people, or that they are more productive because they have more healthful and efficient living conditions which give them strength for their task, the im portance both of maintaining the output and improving social factors is not to be missed. According to the United States bureau of "mines, the average production for each under ground worker employed in the coal shafts here in 1918 was 1,134 tons. Our closest competitor in this field is, as might be expected, in another region where conditions of life and labor are easier than in older parts of the world, -New South Wales, with an average, of 814 tons. The smallest individual output is in Japan, with an average of 155 tons to the man. Underfed, un derpaid and overworked, the Japanese miner produces one-seventh as much as does each miner in America. It would be interesting to have similar com parisons for other industries. Hasty con clusions that the longer hours people work the more they produce, or that the lower the wages, tli lmvr will h irfA nrrirtri rnsle m!.ft k borne out if the facts were available. Need of a Navy Something that seemed hardly suspected by a people only now recovering, from eight years' of bombast and high flown professions has been revealed by Admiral William S. Sims. This is not the first time hat he has been just a little more outspoken than his associates, es witness his declarations of . friendship for the allied nations before America entered the war, and his brushes with the then secretary of the navy, Josephus Daniels. It is not surprising, in view of this character, that the admiral should announce before a meeting in Boston that the navy is for one purpose: to fight. The man who says that we need a large navy to do our share in policing the seas of the world is not to be believed,' the admiral makes plain. By implication at least lie does away with the theory that naval armament is designed solely to main tain peace, evidently reasoning from the human analogy wherein men or boys, hopelessly out matched, yet losing their temper or their fear through resentment, tackle their larger and stronger antagonists. Cruises of the world by our great fleets, ceremonial visits to South Ameri can neighbors-or to Japan arc not the primary purpose of tjie navy. Those great armor-clad L vessels are not even designed as a means ci support for officers and seamen, or as modes of transportation for public officials. The purpose of a navy is to fight and to win. Admiral Sims has contributed by his frankness a new note in American affairs. The size of the navy should depend entirely on the prospective relationships of the country with other lands, he points out. If we are to keep a finger in European and Asiatic complications, we will need a large navy to enforce our opin ions. From this starting point both advocates if disarmament and disarmament must set forth. Further Debate on the Mandates. The note from Secretary Hughes to the Allies on the subject of Yap has, as might have been expected, stirred up considerable debate. From Paris and London come expressions to the effect that the note may very likely reopen the whole question of mandates. This, it is hinted, rests on the disposition of Japan. England having hinted to the mikado's government that it may well afford to consent to the further discussion of the Caroline Islands, which include Yap, it is expected that the reply will lead to a revision or at least a reconsideration of the acts by which the former German overseas holdings were dis posed of. Assertions, that President Wilson tacitly con sented to the award of Yap to the Japanese de mand that the records be opened for inspection. Mr. Wilson says he did not, and the American cases rests on that. One of the unpleasant fea tures of the affair is the existence of a secret agreement by which England and France agreed to give Japan all the German-held islands in the P'acific north of the equator. This bargain had been made long before our government en tered the war, but did not come to the surface until events at Paris forced its disclosure. To argue now that the United States is bound by a secret treaty of the existence of which we had no knowledge, is to beg the question. Whatever the arrangement between the Allies and Japan, the disposition of the former German posses sions cannot be made without consent of the United States. The treaty of Versailles provides for this, and it is clear that the rVesent admin istration intends to insist on its rights. It is not a hard bargain our president seeks to drive. We ask only that Yap be international ized, so that no one government can control so important a point. If to insist on this means to undo a considerable part of the work accom plished at Paris, then Yap may allow both Eng land and France to get away from certain as signments that are not so attractive in posses sion as they were in anticipation. But Yap will not go to Japan. Putting the Sky to Work. Down in Oklahoma is a man of inquiring mind who writes to a scientific magazine for an Opinion on whether or not he could run his auto mobile on compressed air. A great deal of gaso line is produced in Oklahoma's oil fields, but there is a great deal of atmosphere obtainable at considerably less cost, and this motorist has been i pondering over how far a bottle of air com pressed to 1,000 pounds per square inch would drive his car. Pneumatic pressure is used for a lot of things other than filling tires. People paint houses by air sprays, cut stone, run machine shops, load tanks, pump water and chemicals, blow glass, run windmills, sail ships and win political cam paigns by this means. If only the same power could be applied to automobiles, this Oklahoman perceived, oil wells could be pulled up and filling stations turned into relics of a bygone era. The scientist who replied to his question was quite sure that motor cars could run on air; a bottle of the size specified would produce one horse power for six minutes if the air was sent through the engine. At the end of that time it would be up to the motorist to get himself a new supply. However, there is this hope conferred: By put ting a turbine on the back axle, the reply states, considerable more power could be obtained, and by a system of induced currents of air, the vol ume might be vastly increased. If we understand this correctly, the breeze stirred up by the move ment of a car is said to offer possibilities r, power. That is, the faster one travels, the more air pressure he can obtain, with the result that his speed can constantly be increased. Perpetual motion and getting power from ocean waves and tides fades into unimportance beside this scheme and, aided by one of those Oklahoma vinds. the air-driven flivver offers an attractive possibility. Peace by Resolution Road to Xormak't Opened Bij President's Firm Stand From the Boston Transcript. Developments of the la-t few days rc-cnioive with evidence in plenty the intelligent conclu sion of the last few months that there will be no undue delay in the adoption by the new con gress and the approval by the new president of a resolution of peace between Germany and the United States a resolution in substance the same as that adopted by the retiring congress and adopted by the retiring president. Xearly a week ago Stephen Lauzauiie, the alert. and accom plished editor of the Matin, who accompanied the Viviani mission to Washington, cabled to iiis paper the following succinct statement of the situation as he found ft: The American senate will vote the Knox motion (the Knox resolution) tor separate peace with ticrmany. Neither President Harding nor Secretary of State Hughes will ever ratify the Versailles peace treaty or the League of Nations. The sooner the French people place them selves before this reality, however hard it may be, the better for France. After the cabinet meeting yesterday the Presi dent received the Washington correspondents and informed them plainly and finally: (1) Tint he would not submit to the senate the treaty of Versailles cither in its present form or in any other form: (1) that the United States is not going to ratify the treaty of Versailles, with or without reservations, with or without amend ments; and (.?) that the United States is not go ing to enter the League of Nations, set up by that treaty, unconditionally or conditionally. He reminded them that he had voted as a senator for the adoption of the Knox resolution, that as the republican nominee for president he had said to the American people, "I promise you formal and effective peace so quickly as a republican con gress can pass its declaration for a republican executive to sign," and that he saw no. reason to change his attitude. He disclaimed any inten tion of acting "precipitately" in foreign affairs and expressed a characteristic preference for the path of prudence. All of which reveals the presi dent at his best. All of which goes to prove that nothing is further from his mind than trifling with the stern mandate of "the great and solemn referendum" of November, last, either by resort ing to procrastination in the fulfilment of the paramount pledge of his campaign, or by flirting for support with the honeytugling covenanters of the press and platform, some of whom are persisting in their attempt to distort the true! meaning ot tlie president s remarks by suggesting that in preferring the path of prudence to a pre cipitous route in foreign relations Mr. Harding is trying to find a way to wiggle out of his prom ise to sign a resolution of peace as soon as the new congress sends it to the White House. But actions speak louder than words. Follow ing a long conference yesterday between the pres ident, Senator Knox and Representative Porter, who will introduce the Knox resolution in their respective houses when the congress convenes next week, it was announced that the resolution, as approved by the president, would be so intro duced with his approval. The fact that the reso lution cannot be adopted as soon as the senate assembles is due to an agreement that the Co lombian treaty shall be disposed of as the first work of the extra session. By the time that treaty is out of the way the senate will doubtless have its business in such shape that it can begin con sideration of the Knox resolution, debate it and put it upon its passage in open and orderly fash ion. And what is true of the senate is equally true of the house. OX Omalui litis Hcsrrie Officvrs Organ- i man is J toy X. Towlc, commissioner Nebraska As a Dairy State. This is not going to be a presentation of fig ures. It is merely to ask again a question that has been asked many times: Why does not Ne braska take higher rank as a dairy state? Omaha produces more pounds of butter than any other city in the world, but that does not give the state .precedence. New York is first in rank w hen all dairy products are considered, but Minnesota leads in butter production. Wisconsin comes sec ond and Iowa third. Neither of these states has any advantage over Nebraska in the way of nat ural facilities. We have grass and grain and running water. What is needed is cows to turn this into milk. Our farmers have been devoted to the creation of raw food materials in the form of wheat, corn, potatoes and the like, with hogs and cattle as a second line of endeavor. Why not extend this latter a little, and put the milk cow to work? On January 1, 1921, Wisconsin had 1,828,000 milk cows; Minnesota had 1,395, 000; Iowa had 1,252,000 and Nebraska had 560, 000. If the dairy industry were not profitable, it would not be so extensively followed in the en terprising states that are leaders in dairying. Is it not reasonable to think that Nebraska can profit by the example of these through add ing another branch of endeavor, increase the wealth and prosperity of the state accordingly? . Viviani speaking in French to' an American Chamber of Commerce may have stirred the imagination but hardly could be expected to have conveved more real information than did Sarah Bernhardt when she drew applause for counting to 100 in her most dramtic tones. Mrs. Elwcll, who protests that she is not especially interested in the detection and prose cution of the persons who slew her husband, does not consider the public's inherent right to have a new sensation everv week. If Charlie Chaplin gets married again, the ceremony should be revised to require the bride to swear to love, honor and be amused. Spain is massing troops to quell the Moroc cans, and if it can't whip them, there's always, the League of Nations that can be called on. hether the Knox resolution shall include the enunciation of future policv contained in para graph 5 is naturally a debatable question. If we believed that the declaration in that paragraph that a threat 'to the peace of the world would in the future be regarded as a matter of concern to the United States. Mere limited in its reference a threat aimed only at the rations with which we are still at war we would be against the in clusion of paragraph 5 in the resolution. For the Knox resolution is not for an occasion, but or the future, which is fraught with many possi bilities. The lineup against civilization may not be the same in 2017 that it wr.s in 1917. In terms the resolution, including paragraph 5, is properly as general as the Washington policy, of which it is a logical development, and as that policy's corollary, the Monrce Doctrine. The internreta tion placed upon paragraph 5 in the following clear statement just issued by Senator New of Indiana, squares with the interpretation upon which our support of that paragraph has been predicated from the day Senator Knox conferred with Sen ator Harding at Marion last winter and sub mitted his resolution in substantially the same form that it will be concurrently introduced next week : The attitude of the United States i equiva lent to a declaration of a new world policy that has its parallel in the Monroe Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine related to the countries of this continent. The proposed declaration defines the future attitude of the United States with reference to the preservation of the peace of the world by whomever threatened. It is di rected toward the preservation of civilization. It declares no direct alliance and countenances none, but it is notice to the world that the United States, determining for itself when and how it shall interpose, will stand ready to do its full part for the preservation of world peace wherever and by whomever assailed. In 1814 Napoleon sought to subjugate Eur ope and to conquer the world, and all but succeeded in doing so. A century later it was the German kaiser. Who can say but that a similar attempt mav be made by some new emperor or kaiser in some other nation's be half a century hence? But the policy to be defined is general in its application, just as the Monroe Doctrine was general, even though both had their origin because of specific acts. ' The development of policy enunciated in, para graph 5 of. the Knox resolution does for the Washington policy precisely what Roosevelt did for the Monroe Doctrineit takes cognizance of the responsibilities imposed by its privileges. In other words, Roosevelt enunciated the. principle that the United States could not hope to enjov the protection of the Monroe Doctrine without shouldering its responsibilities. The Knox resolu tion, in paragraph 5. enunciates the principle that it would be of little avail for the United States to eschew "entangling alliances" without being prepared at all times to shoulde- its responsibili ties as a member of the family of free nations, whenever the peace of the entire household is put in jeopardy. It is indeed "the covenant of conscience' which Mr. Harding, in his speech of acceptance last July, declared to be better than any "written compact which surrenders our freedom of action and gives to a military alliance the right to proclaim America's -fluty to the world." The Knox resolution would return the United States to peace. It would leave the United States free to act at all times, under the com pulsion of the national conscience, and in dis charge of the nati6nal obligation in respect of the peace of the world. Until this resolution is adopted and in effect, "normalcy" will not be the state of our foreign relations; and until these re turn to normal the other nations must look in vain to us for leadership. Peace by resolution is the road to normalcy. Iut Ion. Omaha, April K. To the Kill tor of The Bee: Fearing that the gov ernment would Ret seriously out of touch with the Officers Reserve corps .mid that much, of the good that the body of men might do is in danger of being1 left undone, there has re cently been organized hero in Oma ha the Reserve Officers Corps Asso ciation of Nebraska. It was noticed by many prominent reserve officers in the state that the army was pitying little attention to the reserve body and that it was ab solutely losing contact with many of them through change in address and many other causes. Likewise in these times when, duo to the nat ural public reaction from the war and all things military, tho army suffers from lack of attention, it was believed that the failure to band to gether sueh a uniquely public-spirited group as the men who have placed their services at the call of the government, would be the neg lect of a great opportunity. Consequently tho Iteserve Officers Corps association was formed some time ago and they are now well on the way to 100 per cent membership. Moil in this organization arc kept constantly in touch with tho activi ties and general orders of the various brunches of the army, especially ns relating to the reserve corps. As the organization has grown, more and more opportunities to use its influence to good public advan tage have developed. For instance, it is now engaged in keeping the strength of the officers reserve sorps up to tho present number by pre. venting resignations through the cir culation of Washington's official worn mai prior to June 30, no reserve oflicer will be called to go in to two weeks training unless he signifies that he is willing to go. Tho association has nledered its support to the regular army, the Na tional guard, and the American Le gion and is receiving their whole, hearted co-operation in return. The staff officers at the headquarters of tho Seventh Corps area, located in Fort Crook, have signified their will ingness to help the. organization in any way that they can. If highness of purpose is any gauge by which success may be measured, the Reserve Officers' Corps association is destined to be come one of Nebraska's most valu able organizations: The next meeting of the associa tion will be held on Tuesday eveninr, April 12. at 8 o'clock, at tho Cham ber of Commerce. They have been fortunate enough to secure MaJ. Dr. E. C. Henry to speak on "American ization." and Colonel Upton, chief -of-staff of the Seventh army corps has promised an officer to sueak on a subject of vital interest to all. There will be music and an interesting eve ning is promised. All members and reserve officers who are not mem bers are requested to attend. MEMBER. Nothing New in New York. When D'Annunzio was asked whether he v6uld consider a vaudeville engagement in New York, he cabled back, according to a New York report, that he "would consider anything which gave him a new experience in life." This, in view of his Fiume experience, practcally amounts to a rejection of the New York offer. Kansas City Star. A Grand Young Woman. It might not be the best choice of words to call Sarah Bernhardt the grand old woman of France. But she is 76 years old and a great grandmother, has only one leg and is about to fly from Paris to London to take the part of a 25-year-old love-stricken youth in her new play. Sarah is a wonder. Springfield Reoublican. "(iet Bcrgdoll." Burwell, Neb., April 6. To tho Editor of The Bee: Good for you two ex-service men whose letters appeared in The Bee of Tuesday, April 5. Ycur sentiments are right, 100 per cent American and r.o sym pathy for slackers. Should the United States demand Bergdoll? Yes: in Justice to the boys who gave their all, and the ex-soldier, that slacker should be put where he and all tho rest of his black and yellow breed belongs. There are those among us today who would have us extend the hand of friendship to Germany and for give and forget; bear in mind that Germany alone was responsible for the war. and should bo made to pay in full the allied demands for repa ration; never to the end of time can tho true American people take tn friendship the bloodstained hand of Germany. AVe must not break faith vitb those who sleep in "Flanders fields" nor with our true friends and allies." It is a rotten shame that people calling themselves Americans, wilt cast aside our own soldiers, wounded and gassed in their country's service, whilo cuttle, badly needed here are given to the huns, and money just as badly needed is send to a band of slackers in Ireland, that they may make war against a friendly nation. American Legion men stay by the brave, loyal stand you have taken. for we are back of you. and may the Legion posts soon extend over all our land. Let our slogan be "Lest AVe Forget, Lest We Forget." S. O. 9. Defense of Hiali School I-'rats. Omaha, April 7. To the Editor or The Bee: My defense of the higti school fraternity comes, not from being a member of a high school fraternity, but from close observa tion in a town in which there were two high schools. In one of the schools two national fraternities flourished, in the other there was no semblance of a secret order. Eta Bita Fie, I think that gives me legs to stand on in my defense. You give yourself away. Eta Bita Pie, when you say. you were a member of a national high school fraternity and then in your recent letter you state that being a member of this fraternity you feel capable of ar guing against high school fraterni ties generally. What kind of a frat did you belong to? I shouldn't think they would want to claim you after your letter of April 1. Ilia your fraternity promote snobbish ness; did your fraternity tend tf teach you to disregard your parents' rules; did your fraternity tend to. ward fast living; did your fraternity tend toward lawlessness; did your fraternity tend toward serious mis conduct? If it did I must say that your fraternity was not up to stand ard. In any defense of high school fraternities I had reference to fra ternities that really amount to some, thing fraternities thaj promote nov only gcod-fellowship, but righteous living. C' 0. H. Kndorses Roy Towle. Omaha. April 8. To the. Editor or The. i.ee Almost any personJ wno lias lived in a really up-to-date western city is struck on entering Omaha by the appearance of the streets, the prevalence of sooty smoke and the lack of civic attrac tions such as boulevards, parks In which municipal band concerts are given, etc. That such conditions in a city tend to drive away home seekers and give a bad impression to transient visi tors long ago has been realized by such cities as. Denver, Salt Lake and Minneapolis. In Denver, for instance, about. 1." years ago Mayor Robert Speer started a city-wide plan for spick and span streets, grading and a sys tem of boulevards. He encountered hlnr opposition and was reviled for burdening tho citizens with heavy taxes. Today these same people who condemned him revere the memory of Robert Speer, for the cleanliness of the Queen City anif her attractive boulevards and parks have been largely responsible for boosting the value of property then worth hundreds to thousands of dollars and for raising the city to the metropolitan class In population. While the writer cannot endorse the slate nf the Committee of 5,000 as a whole, regarding a number ot them as moss-backs, there is one on the list to whom he wishes to call attention as representative of tho kind of stuff that can make Omaha into a peppy, uu-to-date city. That of publie improvements, an official with a true, clear vision uf the om i-lui as tho date City should be. a city with beautiful parks and boule vards and clean streets. Those who arc putting out all of this Onward Omaha talk could make their efforts seem far less like hot air by getting back of a campaign to make this city decently clean from a civic standpoint. Tho time is not far distant when work on boulevards and other civic. projects may be undertaken. Wages and materials are sure to roach nor mal levels within the year. Let's get together and stand a little tac tion, if necessary, to advance Omahst about 10 years by putting our city abreast of other wide-awake west ern metropolises. Let's scrape the moss off of our commissioners' backs, get them to enforce the smoke ordinance's and keep our city stre.:ts clean. Let's get behind proj ects of the kind Roy N. Towle be, lieves in and put them through. These moves will bring actual cash returns. Wo have as pretty a sur roundnng territory as any city in tho west and our climate is one of the healthiest in the country. Let's put Omaha In her proper place as an ideal middle western city. NF.W CITIZEN'. 'Hi'iiilor I nto Cacsiii'." Omaha. April X. To tho Editor of The I'.ee: A veritable carrying of coals to Newcastle was the pub lication of the following In a Kirk vllle, (Mo.) daily newspaper: "Try This on Your Hiccoughs. 'TIs a Very Simple J'ltm." "Paris, Feb! L- Tho olficial meth od for preventing or stopping the hiccoughs has been announced by the Medical Society of French Hos pitals. "It Is the simplest thing in the world. Even a child can operate it. Here, is what there is to it as put out. by the famous French doctors: "Place the index finger on the left subclavicular hollow several frac tions of an inch above the middle clavicle. Then press carefully the fifth eervieular nerve, whereupon the hiccoughing will cease." "Tc this bad appeared in Juno it could have been thought to bo cele brating tho 47th anniversary of its discovery by Dr. A. T. Still, father of osteopathy. Excitement over this had not died down when appeared in the columns of tho St. Louis Glode-1 democrat a picture in which Dr. Copeland of New York City is conspieuoi1. and under it the fol lowing: "Tho Medical Sociely or French Hospitals has found that hic coughs may be stopped by pressing the index finger firmly on the fifth eervieular nerve on tho neck. The trick is to find the nerve. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, commissioner of health of Now York City, is shown illus trating the method." Students of physiology know that hiccoughs are caused by a spasm of the diaphragm; that the dia phragm is a large breathing muscle forming the floor of the chest; that every muscle 'action depends upon the stimulation of the nerve which supplies that muscle; and that pres sure on a nerve may modify or even inhibit the passage of the nerve cur rent. For nearly ,"0 years the osteopath has been "pressing" the fifth nerve in the neck to stop hiccoughs. Standing the patient on the head is successfully used by some. Hun dreds of other rational pressures are made to adjust pathological rhythms. If mechanical adjustments were practiced only by a quiet individual his methods might not be known the world over, but when they are tho fundamentals of a school of medi cine legalized in every state and practiced in every city and many for eign countries, it "gets on our nerve," to see a man occupying the distinguished position of health com missioner for tho word's greatest city to exploit a "discovery" which discovery of not. but osteopathic text for the past 30 years. Whether, these, wise (?) men are asleep or only pretending we don't know, but we are sure the D. O. would bo "pinched" if he would write a prescription for internal drugs, whether he heralded it as a. discovery or not but osteopathic medicine is common property. Really we do not believe this un fair attitude is found amongst the truly cultured M. D.'s, but for those seeking adventures we would say that these same osteopathic texts eon. tain many things which are waiting the disenverer in the shape of a med ical explorer. JENNIE M. LAIRD, B. S., V. O. How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS QurttioiK ronrnnltic hyfin, tanltation and prvntion of dittate. submittal! to Dr. Evant by readera of The Pre, will ha antwrrad rcnonnllv. auhjrct to proper limitation, where a stamped addreaaed envelope ia ancloaed. Dr Evana will not make riiagnosia or prescribe ior Individual diaaaaea. Addrraa letters in care of The Bee. Copyright. 192 1. lr Dr. W. A. Evana HAVING SMALLPOX. Mrs. II . was taken ick with n fever and a headache and backache, which were the achlest aches she had ever indulged in. Her illness was a lesson in anatomy to her. She ached in parts she never knew of before. It seemed as if her legs were a mile long and ached every inch of the mile. Her back ached throughout all of both its latitude and longitude. And her head kept it company. The fever was not so very high. She had had malaria more than once and in that disease tho fever wa higher and the aching less. She had m idea what caused her trouble. It was not malaria. She did not sweat and the symptoms did not in termit. It was not a cold or pneu monia. There were no chest symp. toms. U was not rheumatism the joints were not involved. It was not measles. She had no hacking cough and her eyes were not red. It .was not toiifilltis or diphtheria. Her throat was not sore. She did not know what she had nor did she care very much, she ached so hard. On the third day she began to get easy. By the evening which started the fourth day she was feeling fine, Her aches had disappeared, her fever was gone, and her appetite had re turned. She felt so well she and her husband got in the flivver ami went downtown for a swell dinner at a restaurant. After dinner they went for a long ride into the coun try. They rode more than 50 miles, came homo healthily tired, went to bed, and caught up on sleep. Then morning came and with it a smallpox eruption. Where did she get it? Nobody knows. She knows no more about it than did some of the peoplo who caught it from her in tho res staurant that night, in all probabil ity. Vaccinated? No. Never vacci nated. Somehow just never had it done. Mr. H. was vaccinated at once, wore a shield, and got up a pretty arm, suffered a lot with that arm, believed he had rather have small pox than a vaccinated arm. With this Mrs. H. did not. agree. She bad been through smallpox and it was no theory with her. She remembered those aching members. Not only does tho patient suffer more, but some of them die, and then there are others to be thought of. A caso ot smallpox upsets lots of people and costs a lot of money to tho town and the neighbors as well as the family. None of this is rue of vaccination. Of course, to boast of one's ail ments is an inalienable right. Mrs. H. was willing to allow Mr. H. the privilege of talking about his arm. but he must not say it was worse than smallpox. This is a typical history of mild smallpox. father's sister's son's daugher. Ob viously this relationship makes the young lady my econd oouln. Wo are both robust and strong In health. The writer is 36, tho lady I'l. What are the chief dangers in n man-lag of this character. I mean from a health standpoint? Are any precau tions necessary? The lady in iucs. tion is an alien. REPLY. The young lady is your first cousin Hiiro removed. I do not think there is any law against your marriage. Whether or not It would be advisable from the genetics standpoint would depend on whether vou or the younsj I lady has any Inheritable defects or ! ,1 lu.. I W...J .,e' i,,ln.l .Udnnaitlnn ,1. bouv. On these points you furnish no information. How to t;t Pamphlet. Mrs. F. G. H. writes: "A short time ago an article appeared in your column saying that a booklet on cars of consumption would be sent fop 10 cents. How can 1 get It? REPLY. It was written by Dr. Miner anft printed in the Journal of Outdoor Life, 31 Fourth avenue. New York City. This magazine reprinted the article and sells it as cost. Kther t'ono for Hiccoughs. I. H. W. writes: "Since there is an epidemic of hiccough will you publish this remedy? I was curei. of a three-day spell of hiccoughing by a physician giving me a few whiffs ot ether gas on a cone." Soonis Scarcely Knouffli. Dolly writes: "Every night befors retiring- I take one tablespoonful of olive oil. Following this I take on tablespoonful of wine. Do you think this is a good tonic and, if so, am I taking enough"" REPLY. Olive oil is a very good fat food. If you need more fut take it. How ever, 'a, tablespoonful is not much. It if- r.ot a tonic except as all goo foods arc tonics As far as the win is com eriird. that does not help any. Hut then one tablespoonful Is not enough. Hur address will not be supplied to any one. It's Probably Hay Fever. F. N. writes: "I have been a suf-1 ferer with asthma for many years and have tried nil remedies I have ever seen mentioned, but without avail. Lately I have heard of a se rum treatment which has been tried with a certain amount of success. T hope you can give me some in formation about it. This treatment is administered by injection at a certain time of the year before at tacks come on, and the first few in jections act as a preventive, and after two or three years the cure Is supposed to be complete." REPLY'. T judge you are interested in hay fe.-er rather than in ordinary bron chial asthma. Bronchial asthma 1s' not much of a seasonal .disease. Or course, hay fever is. The desensitiz ing treatment or serum treatment of hay fever is moderately success ful, but it Is quite troublesome. It must be begun some time in advance of the hay fever season. The first step is a skin test to determine the cause. The next is the use of the "serum." This requires time. To ( lilldrcii's Bureau. Mrs. W. writes: "To whom do T write at Washington, D. C, for fre booklet on prenatal care?" REPLY. Children's Bureau, Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. Better Wear Glasses. Wanda writes: "What causes the eyes to become bloodshot? I find this to be the case whenever I attend a movie show or am in some place where the lights are very bright, such places as a ballroom, restaurant, etc. I have rest glasses that I wear only down at business, is there any cure? If so, what?" REPLY. Eye strain. You need to wear glasses regularly. You may need colored glasses when In overilumln ated places. , Are Both Mentally Sound? A. B. L. A. writes: "If you say tho word I will shortly marry my Artist Materials e-T 1513 Doug. Street The Art and Music Store C'uti-li tlm Poisoner. Osceola, Neb.. April 7. To the Editor of The Bee: What is Un law in Nebraska for parties poison ing dogs without giving any warn ing. Some one in Osceola Is scatter ing poison all over the city. Eleven dogs already have died, some valu able ones. We have been informed that noth. ing could be done. If so what ad vantage have citizens in paving any tax. SUBSCRIBER. Answer: If any of the dogs pois oned were listed for taxation, the poisoner can be prosecuted as if h had destroyed any other domestic animal. Untaxed dogs are not so protected. It is possible that the poisoner can bo prosecuted for cruelty to animals. A Commendation. Gothenburg, Neb.. April 6. To the Editor of The Bee: Wish to com mend your editorial, ';The Occupa tional Divide." There are, indeed, altogether too many "Groups filled with selfishness, with hate, with fear and tho unbending determina tion to advance some special inter est of themselves or their associ ates." There is much food for thought, for serious meditation, and for action in that entire article, in these trying days of reconstruction, of unrest and the clashing of va rious interests. It seems to me that now, perhaps more so than ever before thero Is need for the spirit and tho character of "Tho Man of Galilee" to dominate the lives and actions of the people of the world over, realizing that the other fellow has ambitions, rights and privilages which we are reason ably bound to' take into considera tion in order that this nation of ours may indeed be a "more perfect union," living, standing together, and working in harmony each for all and all for each. I think that President Wilson did a splendid thing when he vetoed the Fordney tariff bill if we need any tariff legislation It oueht to be care- fully considered with relation to Justice to all the interests of all our people, .and also In accordance with the financial and e-onomic condl ditfons of that part of the world with which we have business transactions giving them a chance with us to straighten out and untangle ths chaotic conditions now existing. Yours truly, YA N KEE. "Who ca0 1 wild a ' ?r I e", wH I'1'0- Eva,. ""-?'""' of conp. . "w"ienj rvn,. t n..i . l" for your consw 1 p,an a Yell Wsto. o 'rite for -' Oo.a ..efulv .;, ' man Ik . f ri e J . "en of ion Some New .Motions. The special session of congress will be called for April 11. This con gress will have some new ideas re garding the demands of public opini on when it assembles. Buff a To Express. Tlmt Good Oltl Aatniospheiv. Former President Taft called at the White House to sniff again the Republican atmosphere In that storcid structure. Chicago News. Vnn Pacific astern s-N I I