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1. Naw Uaioa Passenger Statiea.
S. Continued inprXsTamaat of the Ne
braka Highways, including the -!
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into Omaha with Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rat Waterway fres the
Cora Belt to the Atlantic Ocaaa.
4. Homo RuU Ckartor for Oasahs, witk
City Manager form of Goraranaat.
House Roll No. 1 Again.
-:A$ not infrequently happens in legislative
bodies, an issue fought out and settled in the
sober judgment of early session days has bobbed
up again in the lower house of the Nebraska leg
islature, with frantic appeals for a new decision.'
House Roll No. 1, by which the Omaha Water
board would be given "paramount authority"
over municipal electric light plant matters, to the
exclusion of the. city commission and without
power of initiative by the people, is again being
pressed for passage,' this time under" the title of
Senate File No. 249.
No reason has developed, since the rejection
of House Roll No. 1, to justify a reversal of 'opin
ion by the legislators who defeated the original
bill by a vote of nearly two to one. On the
contrary,' the argument against the bills that
the people, through the city commission already
have more power than would be in their hands
under the new proposal has been vindicated by
action of the city commissioners in using this
power, to force an adjustment with the
Nebraska Power company. The commis
sion has refused to increase rates and is arrang
ing now to reduce rates to the ordinary con
sumersome 40,000 of the company's patrons
by per cent.' The city commissioners are
seeking re-election and it is beyond as
sumption that they would act contrary to public
opinion right on the eve of election. Human
nature doesn't act that way and the commis
sioners know, as do the' legislators, that public
opinion insofar as it has ,been expressed is for
fait electric, rates.. but is not for. a competing
electric plant for the benefit of political interests
when rates can be regulated by other means."
Members of the legislature, who gave their
time and thought to House Roll No. 1, may well
question the good faith of the lobby back of Sen
ate ' File, 249., This bill, a duplicate of House
Roll No. 1, was introduced early in the session,
was never pressed, but was allowed to lie dormant
even for weeks after House Boll No. 1 was de
feated. Then, near the close of the session, amid,
a rush of legislation, it was resurrected and rail
roaded through the senate without hearing by
committee and without any time for the consid
eration of amendments offered by its supporters
v the very hour it came up for debate and vote. .
Paved foad to Fort Crook.
i An eleventh-hour move has "been made in the
legislature which holds out a promise that the
improved highway to Fort Crook will be made
possible. Representative Byrum has an amend
ment to Senate File No. 180, under which one
county may improve a highway lying within the
borders of another i the comity originating the
plan bears the-expensed This, simply means that
Dobglas county. -will be asked to assume the
cost of building the road to Fort Crook.
- jThat the improvement is. needed is beyond
argument. When the military post down, there
was established back in the early 90s, it was
with the" full ' understanding , that a .highway
'would be furnished to Connect it with the city.
One of the earliest paving projects put through
in Omaha was to give access to Fort Omaha.
A similar road to Fort Crook has been needed
from the first, but never furnished. Now that
the military importance of the post has been en
hanced its value to 'the city is increased as well,
and the need for better means of communication
,is the more imperative. .
"This is quite aside from the project s for a
"scenic" drive, although that i:i itself is a matter
deserving support. No prettier road leads out
of Omaha than the so-called ridge road running
down to Bellcyue and Fort Crook. Seldom can
there be found scenery more attractive than
lines this route. Its improvement is inevitable,
and if it can be made a part of the general,
scheme for the relief of the army post, so much
the better. , ,,: , .,. "
-; .Omaha is vitally concerned in the Fort Crook
project. Sarpy county has made "plain that it
will not meet the expense. Some justice sup
ports this position. Such a road would be al
most exclusively for the benefit of the federal
government and the city," only the farmers in the
northeast part of Sarpy, county getting much
good from ft. For this reason, Omaha having
already expended a considerable sum in building
paved roads to the Sarpy county line, can afford
"to go farther and construct the highway to Fort
, 'Crook., . ;-"''-,. : .-. .-, V.
r v ! An Incident "Without a Moral.
'. Sara Cardinella was the "master-mind" of a
Chicago murder gang. He drew the plans and
specifications for assassinations assigned his
bravos to their respective parts .and urged them
on to flay. Many victims fell at his command;
many other paid blood tribute that they might be
spared. It was a prosperous business. In time
the' toils of the, law drew close around Cardin
ella, and he was held helpless in prison. Shrewd
and able lawyers, skilled in twisting facts and
distorting truth, exhausted all their ingenuity in
his behalf. Every quibble, every known form of
evasion, was, tried in order that the arch villian
might evade his just doom. Even he took part
in the play, and on the day before his death
raised the interesting point that he was sentenced
under the daylight saving law, and to was en
titled to one hour more of life, than would be al
lotted him under the central standard schedule. Lf the west We hope that Senator Kenyon will
One hootlrore of life he pleaded for, this man
who had so ruthlessly passed sentence of death
on others, and for his substitutes to carry out
This hour was denied him. When his time came
he had to be carried to the gallows, his cowardly
sou! having failed when the supreme test came.
There is no moral in this incident It is but
another added to the proofs already pued moun
tain high of the utter lack of moral courage in
men who engage in wholesale murder.
Art on the Silver Screen
Possibilities or Service of Moving
Pictures Not Exhausted.
Railroad Labor Adjustments.
. Announcing the abrogation ot ... w ar-time
agreements covering the terms of employment
of railroad, labor other than that engaged in.
train service, the labor board lays down a set of
principles which, if adhcre.I to) will more than
compensate for any advantage one or the oth;r
side may have had under the arrangement about
to terminate. The so-called nation-wide agree
ment was made when the railroads were being
cperaed as a unit by the government; if such
iuied control had bfen .'nfintained, then t'.'C
eo:i r.uation of the single wage negotiation would
hare been possible. With the roads returned
to their owners and separate operation insisted
upon, under strict regulation by the government,
it was inevitable that the liition-wide arrange
nerit, arbitrarily net up undi. emergency condi
tions should also terminate. ,
In recognizing the right of the men to or
ganize, to be represented in conferences by rep
resentatives of their own selection, together with
the, principles of collective bargaining and the
eight-hour day, the board has set up conditions
vastly improved over those of the prewar time.
On some lines then the practice was common,
but-on most the men were without organization,
and at a decided disadvantage. The decision of
the labor board, therefore, while apparently de
priving the men of a strong position, really es
tablishes them in a better one.
What the men have lost is the support of the
federal government in their efforts to establish
and maintain organization. What they have
gained is the right to organize, recognized by
the government agency and upheld in the princi
ples laid down for control of future conferences,
as regarde to bargains for employment. The com
plaint of the president of the Machinists Inter
national union, that not enough officers can be
had to carry on the business of the several dis
tricts, is not well founded.1 Prior to the war it
was possible to discharge all such dealings with
out material inconvenience to cither side.'
Economic and not political power will con-'
trol, as it should. The men wilt have the op-;
portunily of actifig together, with bargains rest
ing on conditions as they vary in districts, not as
to what prevails over the whole nation. This
recognizes the principle proposed nine years agp
by the republicans for apportioning the control
of the roads under the Interstate. Commerce
commission. It is vital, and the sooner it is gen
erally applied the better it will be for all hands.
Realizing that great clamor will be raised
against the decision of the board, we venture the
prediction that in the end the labor unions will,
under p-udeht management, find themselves in a.
stronger position than if they still retained the
federal government as chief, organizer and walk
ing delegate. Success for a trades union, as for
any other business, is only to be permanently se-'
cured through wisdom in action, along safe lines
of constructive Effort.
Triumph for Reason in England. ''
Perhaps the most notable victory organized !
labor has won in years is that just reported i
from England.. The railway and transport unions
have refused to support the mine workers in, an
unreasonable demand." Relying on their numeri
cal strength, rather; than on. the justice of their
cause, the miners have sought to force an issue.
They depended on the other two great divisions
of the "triple alliance to aid them. When of
fered a basis for settlement that would probably
lead to a permanent understanding, the miners
declined to accept it. proposing only uncondi
tional surrender to their demands. Their con
federates declined to join them in this position.
Here is evidence that great bodies ot men,
powerful, in their influence because of their rela
tion to basic industries, are amenable' to reason,
and unwilling to jeopardize national safety in,
orderthat injustice may prevail. It is more than
that, even, forvit indicates that the labor unions
of Great Britain, numerically the' strongest id
the world,, are now receding from the socialistic,
program, and that they will be more and more
inclined to deal with their problems from an
economic rather than a political viewpoint.
Lloyd George met the issue fairly, holding the
government squarely and firmly in the position
of readiness to give a square deal to both aides,'
but refusing to be a party to any settlement that
smacked of revolution. Good sense has seem
ingly prevailed. . The miners' strike as such will
be ended in time, the men will get such wages
as the industry can pay, based on full consider
ation of all points involved, and the projected na
tionalization of the fuel industry in the United
Kingdom is probably postponed for future ac
tion. The end may not come immediately, as
the unsettled condition of all affairs over there
will not permit an immediate adjustment, : but
the great danger point is safely passed.
, Start on St Lawrence Waterway.
, Introduction of a resolution by Senator
Kenyon of Iowa marks the opening of the cam
paign in the senate for the Great Lakes-St. Law
rence waterway. Senator Kenyon called atten
tion to the interest of the Iowa farmers in the
project, and in doing so spoke for every fanner
in the upper Mississippi valley. Access to mar
ket is the determining factor between profit and
loss in agriculture, just as it is in every great
industrial undertaking! Whee the seaboard is
brought nearer to the farm, then the price of all
the farm produces is .increased, just because the
cost of hauling it to market is lowered. '
This is the elemental argument in favorf
the proposed deep water canal from the lake
ports to the Atlantic. Our government financed
the building of the Panama canal that the cast
and west coasts of the United States might be
brought closer together, and the trade routes of
the world shortened. It is a tremendous factor
in commerce, but the farmers of the greatest food
raising empire in the world get almost no good
from it, for their farms are still so far away from
tidewater. When ocean-going freight carriers
can dock at Duluth, Milwaukee or Chicago, the
wheat and 6ther exportable foodstuffs' that grow
anywhere between the Alleghanies and the Rock
ies will get a direct benefit, for the rail haul will
be shortened just that much and the grain will
be handled more directly between the farm and
its final market '
. The Bee has consistently advocated this great
enterprise, considering it one ef the prime needs
Interest in moving pictures has been increased
considerably during the last few months because
of the efforts to establish a state board of cen
sors, who would control the cinema exhibitions.
It may relieve both sides to the, controversy for
the discussion became controversial as well as
acrimonious to read this from the art critic of
the Boston Transcript concerning the possibili
ties of the "movies," and what the future may
hold:
; Persons of broad-minded understanding ef
pictorial art, who see the standard moving pic
tures, can not fail to be impressed, from time to
time, by the truly artistic groupings and composi
tions of the scenes which flash on the screen for
a moment, and then are gone, merging into some
other phase of the drama, or supplanted by other
scenes. Some of these pictures are so impres
sive in their composition and wealth of detail,
that the spectator would be pleased to study
them longer; to observe the skill with which the
groupings are made; the care and taste with
which the models are posed and costumed. The
picture is impressive in its evident aim for accur
acy of detail, althouah it is to be exoosed for a
very brief time; and the spectator must allo-.v
that the scenario is an art. after all. in the com
position, even it the reproduction is mechanical.
Mnce moving pictures first began to attract
by their dramatic effects, the makers of them
have advanced far in their work of preparation.
Often the spoken drama presents scenes in which
the properties ace out of harmony in many ways.
Such a condition is not tolerated in. the groat
productions of the moving pictures. Details
must be correct. Infinite care is taken that there
shall be no error in setting, drapery, furniture or
costumes; although it is probable that the major
ity of the persons who may see the film are not
intelligently critical of such details; this is no
excuse for slipshod methods. The research de
partment of a studio is tireless in its efforts for
accuracy, and the sources of supply of the im
mense variety of information needed are drawn
on from all possible directions, till the library of
a modern studio is equal to that of a great institu
tion of learning.
In this respect the work .of the studio cor
responds to the study of an artist who is about
to picture some important historical or allegori
cal event. Deep research and careful study of
all the conditions of the life of the period is abso
lutely necessary if the result is to be convincing
and to stand the test of criticism. The great
mural paintings which decorate the walls of not
able buildings throughout the land are the result
of tireless study by the artist that the details shall
be correct and consistent
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS .
Quaalioai caacaraiaf hygiaaa, taaltatiaa and pravantion af ditaaac, aubmlMad
ta Dr. Evaaa by raadara af Tha Baa, will ha aaawar4 ptraonally, aubjact ta
reaar limitation, wbara a atamaaal addraaaaal anvalapa la ancloatd. Dr Evana
will nat maka atiagaaala or praaeriba lor individual diaeaaca. Addraaa lattara
ia cara at Tha Baa.
Copyright, 194H, by Dr. W. A. Evana
CROSS-EXAMINING NATURE.
Sir Francis Galton was responsible
for Galton's law of inheritance,
which is as follows:
A person owes one-half of an his
ancestral Influences to his two par
ents, or one-quarter, 25 per'cent. to
each parent; one-quarter to his four
grandparents, or one-sixteenth to
each, or (.25 per cent: one-eighth to
hi eight great-grandparents, or one-sixty-fourth
to each, or 1.5625 per
cent to each.
)r, stating it differently, there !
one chance in four that a child will
have his mother's eyes; one chance
in sixteen that he will have, let us
say, his grandmother's eyes; and one
chance in sixty-four that he will
have his maternal grandmother's
mother's eyes.
When we consider all the features
taken together the question seems
complicated.
aLter views are to the effect that
inheritance is far more complex than
Galton's law would Indicate. The
human being develops from two cells,
one male and one female, but these
in turn are each composed of 12
parts, 24 in all, and Inheritance de
pends on how these 12 parts on each
side combine with each other.
Every now and then we find a
child that has some characteristic
of a grandparent, say, its maternal
grandmother, although that char
acteristic is not found in either of
its parents or in any of its brothers
and sisters.
The mathematical probability of
any such happening If. H. Laughlin
has worked out by algebraic formula
and methods. Any man of mathe
matical bent can turn to articles by
Laughlin in the Joumel of Heredity
and in Genetics and learn how to
calculate the chance that his pros
pective child will inherit the beam
in the eye found in the maternal
great-grandparent of the girl he saw
in church lqst Sunday and whom he
is thinking of taking for a moonlight
ride in April object, matrimony.
For instance, if a defect was in the
girl's mother's mother, there are
4,095 chances in 4,096 that the girl
has not a vestige of the quality in
what are called her chromosomes,
and. therefore, cannot pass It on to
her children, even if 8he wishes.
keep his resolution alive before, the seaajte. .
The preparation of the moving-picture, which
is to be seen a few times, and then laid aside in
order to satisfy the demands of a captious public
for. "something new," is the result of as careful
study and conscientious preparation. Only, in
keeping with the spirit of the times, no cost is
spared in order to secure the correct information,
in the shortest possible time. For example: a
certain production required the setting of the
ancient Norse Viking neriod. The manner of
leave-taking by the Viking and his lady; the
costumes of the princioals; the Viking's ship
and his companions, all had to be reproduced
faithfully, and in order to assure this the research
department of the studio purchased at a cost of
$70 a set of volumes on Old Norse Mythology,
w;hich was a standard work, and beyond criti
cism. This i$ but a single incident in the many
for the preparation of a consistent picture.
Since such care, is exercised in staging the
scenes, and the results are so gratifying and con
vincing, it is desirable that some attempt should
be made to secure more permanent results than
-the mere momentary exposure of the film. Many
scenes in the irreat and historical pictures arc
.worthy of being enlarged and kept among the
treat pictures of modern times. Such a series
of pictures as that representing the career of
Jeanne d Arc. produced and screened some time
ago, contained many scenes worthy to he classed
among the great photographs of the time. The
work of the historical nainter tnav be lessenmar.
and if that is so, the peed of preserving the work
-ot the historical photographer is imperative.
Aside from the illustrations of current literature,
there is little demand for historical paintings;
but there is a great and growing need of histori
cal pictures for educational institutions, where
the imagination of the youth is in need of stimu
lation, and the important scenes of the moving
picture films of today otter Wide possibilities tor
meeting this demand. No question is ever raised
as to the sincerity of the pictures of great events
of many centuries ago, even though depicted by
the artists of today, who base their ability for
correct drawing on archaeological and historical
research. In the same way there is no reason
for any question as to the sincerity of the effort
of the moing picture artist who presents his
'quasi-historical scene by the use of human beings
of today in the guises of the ancients. The re
sults of -the latter artist are as convincing ns
those of the painter on canvas, and so the photo
graph, mechanical though it be, is the work of
the great Spirit of Light, the agent of a Great
Creator,' and his work, though brought by man
to the screen and to paper, is not to be despised.
It is evident that there is a great opportunity
for the makers of the notable moving-pictures to
further perpetuate their best scenes by enlarge
ments of the film picture, that they may be
printed as other large photographs, and prepared
for framing for wall display. Finished as photo
graphs ordinarily are, or further intensified by
careful coloring, such reproductions of the im
pressive and artistic scenes from the "silver
screen" will give most gratifying results, and
introduce a hew. form of pictorial-historical art
that will be instructive as well as decorative.
Many reproduction's in enlarged sizes of current
moving pictures appear each week in the supple
ments Of Sunday papers, showing how possible
it is to reproduce the minute pictures of the reel,
in almost any size? and when the size of the
picture as projected on the screen is remembered,
the limits of possibilities : are not recorded.
The walls- of homes and educational institu
tions are decorated with large photographic
prints of the Roman Forum, the Parthenon, the
Sphinx," etc., all of which are right and proper,
hut there is room and need for reproductions of
the. historic scenes presented by the reputable
screen-artists, in similar form, that incidents and
events hitherto impossible, may belooked upon,
reproduced with convincing accuracy. ' The edu
cational value of such pictures cannot be over
estimated, for geography, history, literature, art
and human nature in' its many phases may be
depicted, and invaluable lessons taught, to a
civilization which is growing rapidly and too
superficially in- its education, to be able to fill
properly the places which have been filled with
value to civilization and progress. The moving
picture has an influence on the screen too often
detrimental to civilization and progress. Can
not the best scenes be retained for a second and
more frequent view, that their influence may in
some measure "offset the disastrous influences of
the rapidly moving scenes?
, Since the sincerity of the moving picture artist
is established, and his ambition is for still better
results, he is entitled to recognition for his art,
and his artistic efforts..
Recently the picture rights of "Ben Hur"
have been bought for $1,000,000. At such a valu
ation, it is impossible that the pictures to be
made will be anything but the most sincere
efforts with convincing results, which will chal
lenge criticism; and be contributions to historic
picturing, entitled to mere than temporary view
ing. . .'..-,
It is possible that the educational and artistic
service of the moving picture has just begun.
"On the Bouwerie."
i ix bare tooted young women took part in a
"ritual dance" Sunday at the Protestant Episco
pal church of St Marks-in-the-Bouwrie in New
York, and the dance i said to have been "marked
by religious spirit." "They say such things and
hey. do such tjjjngs on the Bouwerie!" -Spring-Vield
Republican .,- .
ChemistryPreserver
or Destroyer?
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
How easy it is, and how prone we
are, to take things for granted! It
is a not uncommon American fault,
and yet, how natural that it should
be so. It is a by-product of the times
in which we live times of mar
velous progress in the world of
science and invention. Here and
there a gifted mind produces some
thing which is a three-day wonder to
the common run of mankind; as a
telephone, a gas engine, an airplane,
in the mechanical world; a thing
which flashes before our astonished
vision, and shortly becomes a com
monplace. AVe are all the benefi
ciaries of such genius, and yet, be
cause its product becomes an every
day facility, we resume our ways
Of taking things for granted. -
Perhaps , it is thla tendency, this
fruitfulness of the times, that makes
us blind to other achievements equal
ly .great, yet more easily a producer
of the commonplace. Perhaps, too,
this is the reason why we fail to
show better appreciation of the fact
that we are living now in a creative
age, in which we must depend more
and more upon creative effort than
in the days when we could And in
nature all that we needed- the days
when man did not need to supple
ment the products of nature alone.
It is to this tendency of man that
attention has been directed by two
agencies. One is a fairly new book,
"Creative Chemistry," written in re.
freshingly attractive style and with
fine clarity of expression by Br. Ed
win K. Slosson, lately literary editor
of The Independent and now head
of the Science service, an agency for
the popularizing of scientific en
deavor and its fruits. Dr. Slosson
sets forth in his book a great nunir
ber of the achievements of the chem
ists of all lands. . He shows what
has come to supplement nature and
to make life safer and better. He
shows, too, the part the chemist has
played in arming a people, both, of
fensively and defensively. One of
his most fascinating chapters deals
with the discovery and development
of coal tar dyes and allied products
among which, for instance, is the
commonplace called indigo, and an
artificial dye on which a German
chemical firm . was willing (to spend
15,000,000 and 17 years of research.
Yet it is now a commonplace to ns
heedless folk though it probably
won't be after readinsr of Dr. Slos
son's work. He dwells at length
upon the enormous commercial pos
sibilities which chemical research
has opened, especially in Germany,
and he demonstrates acceptably to
many readers that the German built
his plans for world dominion largely
on the supremacy which he was win
ning through his chemical domina
tion. In all fields in agriculture,
in medicine, in industry of whatever
sort, Germany was making a mighty
bid for world control, direct or in;
direct, but- nevertheless effective,
Clearly Dr. Slosson points out by in
ference how potent that chemical
control might remain, in spite of
war's defeat. It is a menace which
hangs .over the head of the world
peoples.
1 The other agency that directs at
tention to the chemist's power,
whether it be in considerate or un
scrupulous hands, is the Chemical
Foundation, an organization of the
leading American industries which
has taken over, with the co-operation
of the United States government, the
German chemical patents in Amer
lea. It ia this company, organized
not for profit but for the fostering
of American industry and the en
couragement of chemical research
auch as made Germany powerful,
which urges that the United States
restrict for a term of years all chem
ical imports from Germany. It pro
poses to license use of the patents
it has acquired, to any good Amer
lean who will and can use them to
America's betterment. The head of
the Chemical Foundation. Francis P.
Garvan, .former alien property cus
todian, sounds the call to Americans
to waken to the menace that is
Germany a menace which imperil
America's i n d u s t r i es, America's
health, Americas safety and secur
ity against attack and greater hor
rors of war than were Germany's
weapons in the war which halted
but did not kill the German purpose.
Out of both the Slosson book and
the Chemical Foundation call to the
arms of scince ought to come
greater regard for the uses of
science, and so more widespread
helpfulness in fostering research, in
enhancing the developments which
must come from such research. We
are a heedle people at times or
we used to be. The shock of war,
and the summons by men-who best
have learned its lessons, may change
all this. That rests with u with
all of ns. It does not aeem that we
'can fail to heed lite call.
A very interesting study along this
line is that of Davenport on the color
of the skin and of the eyes and of
kinking of the hair in crosses be
tween whites and blacks. In Jama
lea among other classes they have
what they call "pass for whites " and
"fixed whites." When two individ
uals of the fixed white class marry
the children, are all white. When
two grades of the vpass for whites"
marry some of their children are
dark.
. Davenport says that when a grade
with less than 10 per cent negr
blood marries a person of the same
grade or with less nero blood, the
offspring are always white. If there
Is more than 10 per cent in either
or both parents some of the children
are likelv to be dark.
The yellow color of mulatoes is
due to yellow pigment in tne skui
of blacks as well as of grades, but
covered un bv the black pigment
in the skin of the former. The shade
of the skin of the negro is light at
birth, turns dark at once on ex
posure tlight. and gets progressive
ly darker until the age of puberty
and after that becomes lighter. ;
i The color of the eye is a quality
apart from the color of the skim
likewise the kink of the hair. Two
parents, neither of whom have kinky
hair, cannot expect to have children
with kinky hair. There are several
conclusions resulting from Daven
port's study.
Loughlin, however, after giving the
various mathematical formulae for
determining the possibility or prob
ability of a given interitance, tells us
that there are certan factors which
cannot be mathematically rated.
Among those are the phenomena
known as mutants or sports. There
alwavs is the possibility that a Sam
uel Ezeschew-ski will be born in a
family where there is no chess or
mathematical genius, or an Abraham
Lincoln in a family of people all or
dinary, and for these phenomena
there is no mathematical law.
Gaining AVciglit Too Fast.
Mrs. W. S. writes: "My baby
weighed 6 pounds at Birth and
weia-ha 15-oounda at 6 months. I
feed him sweetened condensed milk.
I have heard this makes fat babies.
hut not strong onee. Would you
please advise me as to a suitble diet
for him?" ' - -
REPLY.
: Tour baby is gaining in weight too
rapidly. Sweetened condensed rnnn
contains too much sugar. Us ad
vantage is that it keeps well. The
best food for a 5-months bid baby
is mother's milk. Second best comes
pasteurized fresh milk diluted with
an equal ' quantity of water. Since
he doubtless has a sweet tooth you
may have to add about three-fourths
ounce of sugar to each 20 ounces of
milk. Give him some fruit" juices
or tomato juice each day.
Can Have Some Custard.
A' reader writes: "What should
I feed my HO months old baby be
sides cow's milk and cereal? Is he
too -;young to feed mashed potato
and custard?. He likes them both
so much, but I don't know whether
t should let him have them."
REPLY.
' A1: 10-months old baby can take
some nmshed potato and custard. He
should have fruit Juices, "pot liefcer,"
strained vegetable soups and cereals.
Permit him to gnaw on meat bones
and hard bread cuts. Of course milk
is the keystone. ,
'i Long Neglected Care.
Jo A. C. writes: "I suffered more
than 40 years with an ingrown toe
nail. I went to a doctor to nave it
kcuioui ana ne preBcnoeu luuine tu
oe put underneath' the edge ot the
nail into the infected part, effecting
a cure which is worth so much to
me J wish everyone who suffers
similarly to know the remedy."
; REPLY. "
How much better it would have
been had you started wearing broad
toed shoes 40 years before.
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For a Boy
Full of Pep
The boy that is a rough-and-tumble
boy always
on the go never still a
minute, is the kind of a
boy we all like. But how
that boy treats his shoes
is a shame. It takes
shoes better made of the
best material to stand
the knocks. Such shoes
. are
TEEL
HOD
HOES
for boys. They will out
wear two pairs of boys
ordinary shoes and the
' style is right up to the
minute. The boys like
'em. We take as much
care in fitting the boy
as we do the man. Brin
your boy, in for Steel
Shods Saturday.
B.7. si-, $4.00
UK" "' $3.50
DREXEL
SHOE CO.
1419 Farnam St.
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"Below the Border."
Omaha, Xebr., April 10 To the
Editor of The Bee: I have often
and always with deep interest, read
your editorials, and find hearty ap
proval of many of them. However,
please permit me to express my
disapproval" of the editorial of Fri
day, the 8th inst., entitled "Below
the Border."
You take issue with those Ameri
can citizens, resident in Mexico, w ho
have opposed the payment of in
come taxes to the American treas
ury, and go on to say, "They ap
parently wish to retain all their ad
vantages of American military and
diplomatic support without paying
any premium on such insurance."
Really, Mr. Editor, the so-called
and supposed military and diplo
matic support of the United States
for its citizens, especially those resi
dent in Mexico and other Latin
American countries, has been an
"insurance" of the kind that, should
it be practiced by Insurance com
panies in the United States, would
speedily place their officers' and
agents behind the bars as'frauds and
crooks and for getting money under
false pretenses. Insurance, indeed!
When it has been necessary for
American citizens to protect them
selves by their own wits, or by pay
ment of graft-money to Latin Amer
ican officials; when American diplo
matic representatives have repeated
ly told them. "We ca.n do nothing
for you; you must got out of the
country, abandon your property and
your employes or get killed;" it is
not difficult to understand that such
"Insurance" is not even a "scrap of
paper;" it is a tragedy of the grim
mest sort, for all those eoncerned
in it.
The writer knows of several
Americans who, refused protection
by their diplomatic representatives,
have found it with those of Great
Britain or France; and he knows of
some who were compelled to pretend
themselves French in. order to re
ceive courtesies from the Mexicans.
Thousands of Americans were told
to get out of Mexico, by the United
States authorities; their property
has been abandoned and destroyed;
their friends persecuted and killed;
the efforts of many years of the
severest kind of work, "hardships
and sacrifices lost: and without
funds, weighted with years, and with
no hopes of being able to recuper
ate their fortunes, can it be thought
that such Americans should have re
spect for American "military and
diplomatic insurance." which has
for many years been the joke, of
the most ignorant peon, who has
even learned to call the American
citizen a dog?
There is no defense or the policy
of the United States government
which could even,' hope to be ac
cepted in a justice ot the peace
court; its policy has been weak, va
cillating and contemptibleAmerican
citizens have had no real, effective
protection for themselves, their
families, or their property, sin(e the
administration of Roosevelt, and
they cannot be censured for refusing
to pay for an "insurance" which
does not insure, and which. On the
contrary, is repudiated when pay- j
ment is called for! The word
"American" has become a by-word.
a reproach in. Latin America. And
I hasten to explain that this condi-!
tion of affairs has not been caused
by the individuals themselves, as
some of the antiquated old-lady
senators have stated in Washing
ton, and which statements even
the un-lamented ' Wilson has been
known to have believed and given
expression.
No, Mr. Kdltor, Americans do not
feel joyous in anticipation of pay
ing income taxes to the United
States government, when they have
made their money in spile of all that
the American government could do
against them f and when they have
been considered practically as "men
without a country." forced to blush
with shame for the government to
which they once looked with pride
as the leader among nations.
You terminate your editorial with
these words: "To expect, then, to
have the backing of the govern
ment and at the same time to avoid
taxation Is effrontery of the worst
sort." To which I will say, in con
clusion that as there has been no
backing, no taxes are due.
GRINGO.
Two of a Kind.
"Why don't you get busy?" salo
the man to the foolkiller. "I could
give you a list of names. Take
Flubdub, for Instance."
"Flubdub just sent me over to
have a look at you." Kansas City
Journal.
In Finance. ,
"Jones got caught by the drafv
again."
"Whaddayou mean? Hes been in
civvies a year."
"He indorsed a bum check."
Legion Weckry-
l supremacy Kave rust
caused discriminating
ariidts to prefer tKe-
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a,s tfU world's firmest
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INTEGRITY!
Integrity carries a wealth of meaning
possessed by few word& It implies
all that, is mighty in human affairs.
It means completeness, purity, sound
ness. It is a composition of constancy,
fairness,, merit, honesty, excellence,
self-control, dignity. In the business
- . world it means quality products, ful
fillment of contracts, square dealing.
One may be a master of thrift, win
- wealth and power, have unflagging
industry, be clothed in the habili
ments of respectability,- even of
distinctionand yet be mean, treach
' erous and corrupt. Those who go
straight and clean musthave integrity.
- The L. V. Nicholas Oil Company
prides itself on: its square dealing, its
quality products, its fulfillment of
contracts. It knows that its integrity
has had much to do with its success
and the friendship of the public.
- V Integrity is wholly a matter of spirit
and business life cries this aloud to
its followers: .
"Young men, get! Get industry into
your heads and muscles; get thrift
into your habits; but with all your
getting, get integrity into your spirit
if you would adorn your career with
all that makes life worth while!"
Think it over.
President
L V. NICHOLAS OIL CO.
"Business Is Good, Than You
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