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The Bee's Platform
1. Nw Union Pmmiw Statioa.
2. Continued improvement of th Ne
braska Highways, including tha pare
mant of Main Thoroughfare leading
into Omaha with Brick Surface.
3. A short, lowrato Watarwajr from tha
Cora Bait to tha Atlantic Ocean.
4. Homa Rule) Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Gorernment,
Atterbury Rocks the Boat,
Alongside the warning from union leaders
to the railroad men, cautioning them against
"runaway" strikes, the Pennsylvania railroad
management serves notice on all and singular
that it intends to deal with its own labor in its
own way. Decisions from the, wage board or
the I. C C. on the terms of employment will
not be heeded, further than is for the conveni
ence of the company, and then only because it
is convenient and not as a recognition of the
right of the government or any of its agencies
to prescribe what may or may not be done by
the Pennsylvania in the matter of dealing with
its employes. Especially does the great corpora
tion decline to deal with any of its men as mem
bers of a brotherhood, union or any other form
of association, save as provided by the manage
ment.
Months ago General Atterbury complained
that Mr. McAdoo had unionized the Pennsyl
vania; this complaint is reiterated now by the
chief of motive power of the lines, who says
that government control brought overnight
what the unions desired. These assertions War
rant the assumption that the objection on part
of the management is to the union; that rules,
and regulations are to be made, wage schedule
fixed and all the various details relating to em
ployment adjusted in the office of the manager,
and then handed down to the men for accept
ance, the alternative being dismissal from the
service.
The Pennsylvania company may be the most
liberal of employers, its workers among the for
tunates who are well paid and well treated; this
point is not in dispute, and need not be debated.
What is of concern is that all, or nearly all, the
other lines of the country are co-operating with
the government in an effort to restore prosperity
to the transportation industry. Wages have
been reduced while rates remain unchanged; the
trifling favor" of another half-billion of cash is
about to 1e provided from the national treasury
-to rescue the lines from bankruptcy, and all
hands are striving to bring about the resump
tlnn f arfivi'fv Mvf Onrral Atterburv. who
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persists in his crusade against the unions. This
attitude is not especially reassuring. General
Atterbury may break the brotherhoods on the
Pennsylvania, as "Tom" Scott did 44 years' ago,
and in doing so he may achieve another result
that attended the Scott experience, that of a
strike , that involved practically every line of
railroad in the United States. :
.The country needs industrial harmony just
now, and the course of the Pennsylvania com
pany is not contributing anything to that end.
It may be highly desirable to have that road
operated without, unions of any kind among
its employes, but at the moment it will be better
for the whole country if General Atterbury and
his associates cease rocking the boat. .
Stoking the Solar Furnace. .
' It is art interesting picture Prof. T. J. J.
See presents for the contemplation of a world
that is hot enough without further cause for
excitement. He shows us how the sun is being
stoked by Saturn and Jupiter, until it resembles
the Babylonian furnace which was prepared for
m -a r J It I
the reception ot ihaaracn, wesnacn ana ncca
nego. The meteoric fuel which, according to
astronomers, falls into the sun in an amount
equal in mass to that of the moon each cen
tury, is accelerated by the approaching conjunc
tion of; the two great planets, whose majesty
.causes undue commotion in intersteltar space,
and there you have it. Sun spots be jiggered,
and the old-time notion that solar heat came
from contraction of the solar mass be blowed.
Just as the furnaces here on earth are kept up
to serviceable heat, so are those of Old Sol,
and We may note a further analogy. Even as
the inefficient or overworked fireman is inclined
to cram the firebox too full of fuel, and thus en
gender toe great a degree of heat, so do the
celestial firemen, by a union of effort, build too
big a blaze and scorch the earth unnecessarily.
Having assimilated this thought, the class may
turn its attention to wondering what will hap
r,.n ,fcn f he imolv of meteors runs short, and
the sun is required to look elsewhere for fuel,
even as the 'motor industry is now spying
around for a substitute for gasoline.
A Stake in the Land.
For more than a century there have been
complaints that too many immigrants to Amer
ica crowded into the cities instead of settling on
farms. The census report which shows a de
cline of 88,502 foreign-born farmers in the last
ten years clearly indicates the failure of of
ficial and unofficial agencies to cope with the
problem of obtaining a stake in the land for
these newcomers. It costs money to buy a
farml and even renting requires more capital
.than is available to immigrants, whose funds on
landing in America average less than $100.
When land was cheap, immigration from the
north of Europe was attracted to the rural dis
tricts. Now that it is high, a different class of
Europeans is filling the steerage, and efforts to
enter agriculture are less persistent, in addition
to being surrounded with more difficulty. In
face of this condition the increase of 3.7 per cent
in the number of negro farmers is fit subject for
admiration. There are now 926,257 negro farm
ers, although less is heard about them than
about .the. $.89? Japanese farmeri oyer whom so
much stir is raised. Native white farmers, nunv
bering 4,917,305 in 1920, compose 85 per cent of
the nation's agricultural population, and foreign
born whites niimber only 581,054. Undoubtedly
a stronger dilution of immigrants and negroes
on the land could be made serviceable, both to
farm and city.
Armistice for Ireland.
A respite for the Irish is gained through the
agreement reached between the royal authority
and the representatives of Sinn Fein, by which the
acts of violence that have disturbed the island are
to be suspended. No time is fixed for the expira
tion of the truce, and all will hope it never ends.
What basis may be adopted for the final settle
ment will come out of the conferences now pro
gressing, between the Irish leaders and the Bri
tish government. Dominion home rule seems
to be most that is likely to be granted; autonomy
in all home matters, with the parliaments of the
north and south dealing with affairs that properly
belong to the divisions they represent, and gen
eral Irish affairs directed by a council which shall
have limited veto power over the acts of the two
parliaments and control of the general exche
quer. Something short of this may be adopted,
but the compromise between the republicans and
the unionists to be durable should have the
broadest possible foundation. With a measure
of home rule such as is granted the overseas
dominions of the empire, and the retention of
the island as an integral part of the empire, Ire
land will have progressed to a point of inde
pendence that is fairly satisfactory to Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Some
distinct advantages are discernible in this, for
both England and Ireland, and these may bulk
big enough to offset any sacrifice the republicans
are making in foregoing their program for abso
lute separation. If the Irish people are finally
agreed among themselves, and the British gov
ernment finds it easy to grant what is asked, a
most happyt issue is at hand.
Smugglers Bargains.
Whatever satisfaction may have been obtain
ed by the recovery of several hundred dollars
from sellers of bogus sealskins, still the fact
that they were fleeced must still rankle in the
hearts of those Omahans who paid out good
money for cat fur and rabbit skins. The story
of deserting from the British navy and of having
smuggled rare goods of many kinds, from cloth
to Japanese knickknacks is almost as old as
that of the Spanish prisoner.
Yet the five confidence men in sailor uni
forms are said to boast of having taken in $20,
000 during a short stay in Omaha. They merely
took advantage of the hope that rises eternal in
the most hardened human breast of getting
something for nothing or much for little. Who
is not touched by the suggestion that he is be
ing let in on the inside of a good thing? Even
business men seem to have been taken in by this
swindle in furs, and the jolly tars, when seen
in Grand Island, boasted of having worked two
office buildings here in addition to the stock
yards and automobile row.
It is hardly to be believed that the purchasers
of these fake sealskins and silver fox furs con
tributed to the income of the pretended smug
glers because of their devotion to the democratic
principle of free trade and opposition to the
tariff. It was simply a case of putting one over,
but the next time any of the victims want to
purchase furs, he will go to a' reputable store
where he can conduct his dealings in something
more than a whisper, and be sure of. getting,
if not a special concession, a square deal.
Adjournment, Not Settlement.
Agreement between the house and senate
on the naval appropriation bill means that at
present certain things that are very necessary'
will not be done. It may be prudent to post
pone the action, but the future will demand
the carrying out of certain plans that are now
put over. ' We are not coming immediately into
a condition where the navy will be done away
with; for the matter of that, the bill contains
ample provisions for the support of a navy of
considerable dimensions. What it has done is
to ignore the pressing needs of that navy for
proper maintenance. On the Pacific coast from
the Panama canal to Puget Sound there is no
dock that will accommodate a first-class battle
ship. At. Balboa and at Bremerton accommoda
tions are afforded the mighty vessels of the Pa
cific fleet, but nowhere in between," and the dis
tance separating these ports is greater than from
New York to Liverpool. Whether the navy yard
goes to Alameda a very proper place for it
or to some other California city, one will have
to be provided. ,This need was made apparent,
long before the war; it is not an outgrowth of
the war, but experience has emphasized the
necessity of making adequate provision. Need
for saving money exists now, and always has,
but prudence and wisdom alike endorse expedi
ture that means economy in the long run.
What is true of the naval base is true of some
other items that have been cut out. The agree
ment on the appropriation bill has only put off
a settlement.
Five hundred Korean revolutionists are re
ported to have been killed in a clash with Japan
ese troops. The world's sympathy inclines to
ward all people fighting for political independ
ence, though it sometimes is difficult to believe
that exploitation by one's own countrymen gives
any greater industrial freedom than does ex
ploitation by a foreign power.
The campaign to remove the obstacles to a
resumption of building appears to have resulted
in laying as much blame on material 'dealers as
on labor. San Francisco is the latest scene of
arrests under the anti-trust act.
Announcement that two-thirds of the men in
a western camp desire to quit the army indi
cates that Secretary of War Weeks will not have
the difficulty deflating .his forces that he antici
pated. '
That convention in New Orleans which called
for a protective tariff on southern products indi
cates a conversion to republican ideas that must
affright the democratic party.
That new gun that shoots a five-ton projectile
300 miles will be useful in war if they can only
induce the soldiers to stand back that far.
The demand of Kansas for lower freight rates
on hay and grain is echoed from every corner of
the agricultural west.
Bobbed hair may be healthful, but who ever
knew of a woman adopting a style on that ac
count? .
Nebraska s Appropriation
Senator Hanner Explains Why
So Much Money Is Set Aside.
(From the Nebraska Republican.)
Senator Harry Hanner of Butler county,
writing in the People's Banner of David City
recently, intelligently explains some of the
causes for increased taxes, among whicn was
the changing of the fiscal year date, throwing
three months extra onto the biennium; th
raising of salaries ordered by the people through
the adoption of the constitution; the $2,000,000
appropriated for the belief of disabled soldiers,
sailors and nurses, and various other increases
enacted through demand of the people, ben
ator Hanner s letter follows:
David City. Neb. To the 'Editor of th
People's Banner: One of the most vital ques
tions in the minds of the people today is taxa
tion, and through conversation I find many peo
pie are laboring under misapprehensions as to
true conditions of the state s budget.
"Without question the laws and work done
by the 40th session of the Nebraska legislature
must in many respects surfer criticism. Some
perhaps just and some unjust.
"But relative . to the state's aoDropriation le
us but briefly review some recent history of
Nebraska, and see if the legislature is wholly
responsible for the appropriations totalling near
ly $30,000,000. Not long prior to the conven
war of the 40th legislature of Nebraska the con
stitutional amendments were voted upon and
made part of the constitution of the great state
of Nebraska. These constitutional amendments,
provided for raises in salary for the heads of the
departments. The people by their direct vote
are responsible for this raise and not the Iegis
lature. Now the heads having been raised, nat
urally the deputies whose responsibilities are
nearly equal and labors more would demand a
raise. Of course the legislature made the en
actment for the raise, but the people are re
sponsible, for through their acceptance of the
constitutional amendments they provided for the
basic raise. -
"Relative to the new state tax commissioner,
this was also a creation by the direct vote of
the people, and now consuming $32,080 for its
existence, and put into operation by the legis
lature.
, "The 40th session of the Nebraska legislature
had many new problems in the way of finance,
Laboring on the finance committee for some 40
days I believe that my figures will show that ap
propriations for the states expenditures are
very little in excess of the last biennium. But
now since the close of the war abnormal condi
tions have caused our appropriations to soar
and reach a record mark. As many people be
lieve the sum was appropriated for 24 months,
but instead was appropriated for 27. Now you
wonder why? A bill enacted into law changed
the termination of the fiscal year to June 31. This
was done to put the land tax in the state treas
ury to avoid the necessity of issuing state war
rants where funds were not available. Hence
27 months instead of 24. Here we can shorten
up our appropriations for the biennium approx
imately one and one-half millions.
"Also now let us consider some items caused
by the recent war. There was a $2,000,000 ap
propriation act for relief of disabled soldiers,
sailors and nurses, $50,000 of which goes to their
immediate relief; $950,000 is held in trust fund
by the state, the interest from which goes for
their relief. Can anyone criticise the- legislature
for this? No. There is justification in this and
well appropriated, for the disabled must be cared
tor and are deservme of the cost of care.
Next in consideration is an item of $326,780
for vocational training, or the training of dis
abled for some trade so they may be not de
pendent. Third, the memorial gymnasium, a
building to be erected in memory of our world
war veterans of Nebraska, to the living and the
ones in the great beyond, the sum of $250,000
to be met with $3o0,000 by popular subscription,
This was purely a business proposition getting
a $600,000 building, and cost $250,000 to the tax
payer. If it had not been passed by this legisla
ture chances are the next legislature would have
expended the whole $600,000 or $700,000, as was
contemplated at first, fourth, one item is $125.
000 for pavement of the Fort Crook road lead
ing into Omaha. This is a federal fort, and
through war time and prior the tonnage hauled
by trucks was considerable. The character of
the road makes it often impassable. This ex
penditure was caused by the federal government
putting up $150,000 to be met with a like amount
trom the state, barpy county outline ud $25,000.
makes $300,000, the estimated price. It was do
this or lose the fort, which is valuable to Ne
braska, being headquarters for several states.
Hith, a great many world war veterans are
in the institutions for care, thus causing some
extra expense. Civil war veterans, and Scan
jsh-Amencan veterans are fast nlline the homes
arid needing more care, making necessary more
expenditures. And these must be cared for by
all means.
"Now. an item of $158,384 for reimbursement
of Lincoln citizens who rebuilt the cattle barn
at the fair grounds where the old one was de
stroyed by fire.
These are all expenditures of an abnormal
condition and must be met. Unlucky for the
taxpayer. though, they had to be met at the pres
ent time. So now we can easily figure that the
state government is not costing only a trifle
more than last biennium. The excess can be
accounted for by raise in salaries provided for
by constitutional amendments. Also a rapidly
: I..: i . i i , .
KiuwniK vupuiauon in our cnamaDie ana nenai
institutions, bo. we can sav approximately $500.
000 is due to the direct vote of the people by
raising salaries inrougn aaopuon oi constitution
al amendments.
'In conclusion, while we are lookins for low
er taxes in face of the fact of a rapidly crowinsr
population in our institutions, a bigger and a bet
ter state university, and more reformatories be
ing erected, we are very unfortunately looking
in vain tor a few years. So we must conclude
in tace of all evidence not to look for a lower
tax but gradual increase. Very truly yours,
HARRY HANNER.
Our Steel in India
A cnnirsict riinntnor infr. civ tud frKrr
- USA ilUIV. VVVlllllg
ior axies ior tne inaian state railways was of
fered for TjrOOOSal.e anrl tatrrn hv th Ini.riran
bidders, whose figures were 30 per cent less than
inose oi r-ngiisn linns. Now, what are the pro
tectionists going to do with that? It knocks the
foundation Out from linrlcr their urtinln nrotonrlsri
system; but they will pay no attention to that
and they will go on piling up duties "to protect
American labor from the competition of the
pauper labor of Europe," while the manufac
turers use the high duties to enable them to get
high prices at home so that they can take low
-Prices, when nprncaro Tf !c ......
that the American labor employed in making
jnese axies is mucn better paid than the British
labor employed in the same sort of work. .And
vet the American KM a
the British bids, and for the first time the Indian
state railways have placed a contract outside of
the empire. Philadelphia Record.
Fate of Prohibition.
Prohibition alrpariv has m,f
. J - " a uautiuu-l
strain unon the rrsnprt -fnr t,u T ; a
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by at least a very large minority of the people
mi improper invasion oi private right In
flame this feelinor hv an vrcciir irA rnn.
sive application and results will be serious. No
giuup oi ianaucs ana sen-seeking agitators
should be nermittH tn Krins th; -,;.-.....
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upon the American people. Chicago Tribune.
A Pessimistic Optimist.
Still, bv the time htimanitv rt the n. ,11
, ' ... ' 6 una an
smelted. It Will have found nthrr wovs tn
its hatred, wreak its vengeance, indulge its
seinsnness ana give rein to its predatory in
stinct. We are nntimictir. hit th .nm n(
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Adam arg a tough lot, Houston Post.
Disarmament and The Bee.
umana, July 9. To the Editor
or une nee: The World-Herald. In
dlscu88ingr the recent International
prize fight la Jersey City, concludes
us oDservations by calling" attention
to tha fact that this is indeed a
nara wona, in which two and two
always make four, and the battle,
first defining your terms accurately
and comprehensively, Is to the
strong: ana tne race to the swift."
in wortny democratic orran.
which has labored long: and hard to
niscreait the stand of this paper on
tne question of limitation of arma
ments, thus voices the basis of The
Bee's contentions in that important
matter.
The Bee lonjrs for disarmament.
and will go to any length to bring it
about. It believes that by disarma
ment, and only by disarmament, the
peace of the world can be assured.
Unfortunately, however, the only
feasible disarmament proposal is one
which includes all the nations of the
world. For any one nation, no mat
ter how powerful, to limit its own
armaments while the other nations
continue to construct large navies
and equip armies of unprecedented
strrngth, would he suicidal.
The Bee Joins Vice President Coo-
lidge, in his statement to the New
York World a few days ago, wherein
he said that "the army and navy
are two of the greatest burdens of
this nature now faced by the people
of the United States." Liko Patrick
Henry, however, we know of no way
to Judge the future but by the past,
and history has been very unkind
indeed to those nations which have
not provided military establishments
in keeping with their international
importance.
Limitation of armaments is per
haps the one thing most desired in
all the world. No sane man opposes
it. Neither does any sensible man
desire to rob the United States of
the only means it has of maintaining
its prestige among the great powers
of the world.
Because this is "a hard world, in
which two and two always make
four, and the battle, first defining
your- terms accurately and compre
hensively, is to the strong, and the
race to the swift," The Bee stands
steadfast in the belief that this coun
try must remain as strong as the
strongest, and as fleet, as the swiftest.
And when international disarma
ment becomes a fact, as it eventually
will. The Omaha Bee will be among
Its most enthusiastic sunoortrs. ,
OPERATOR.
Negro's Situation in South.
Omaha. July 8. To the Editor of
The Bee: A recent writer in The
Bee thinks that we ought to have a
esii.a1 in Bs-alnRt- thn intermar
riage of whites and blacks, and sug
gested that something akin to this
thought may have inspired the or
ganization of the Ku Klux Klan. But
unfortunately for the idea, the great
number or nair wnite negroes in m
south indicates that there is no great
antipathy on the part of the white
men to "mixing." though, likely
they would not wish to marry the
mothers of their "mixed" children.
When the writer was in Palm
Beach recently a negro was pro
voked to say something in seir-ae-fense
and was shot down for "talk
ing back." The murderer would not
even have been arrested had it not
been that the tourist employer or tne
tiavrn lamnfinnn ir Kail was lm
maAatov aopnted and t.ha hero
anttlia. isfrtA Irlllincr ruimmfl SI. RA
cial lion or would have but for the
fat f l-i a f rtAtryn nTinntlncr iff an rom -
mon. An old negro, commenting on
tne anair saia: xne wnue man unii
do whatever he pleases witn ou
-urivaa anri Aaiis-hfora and sweet
hearts, but if the negro man objects
he is snot. Tne n.u iviux lnumiaaiw
our people so they will yield more
rea ditv tn the white man." Evidently
the old negro had it about right.
what la needed in tne lana or tne
Ku Klux is civilization. But how
oniicVitanment tn tn nenetrats the
skulls only two generations from
slavery is yet an unsoivea promem.
If the "moral standard" erected for
tViA tict-rn man in the eolith Was also
the test of the white man's conduct
it is quite likely large numDera or
Knights of KuKlux would be shot
or burnt at the stake.
Xi. D. RAT-Llr r.
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
Question concerning hyiicno, anitatfon and prevention of dUeato, submitted
to Dr. Evan by reader of Th Bee, will be answered personally, subject to
proper limitation, where a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Dr Evens
will not make diagnosis or prescribe (or individual diseeses. Address letters
in care ol The Bee.
Copyright. 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evsns
of
Brine Them to Omaha.
Omaha, July 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: Is omana snaaing it
is the Welcome mat turned upside
down on our floor stoop
kfik wo talrlncr full advantage of
the opportunities offered by the after
war reconstruction .'
Or, in our own smug seir-satisrac
fin are we overlooking opportuni
ea lfnorklnr at our doors only to
be refused admittance.'
Des Moines has been host to i
evirtnar' national meetinz and a na
tional convention of school teachers
in the past 30 days.
Kansas f!itv has likewise been en
tertaining delegates from all states
in the union assembled at conven
-Hnne
Minneannlia and Denver have also
been sending out word of their prog
ress through the meaium oi attend
ant at gatherings or national lm
nnrtannA
i' - - - - - ... .
The Northern Baptists in selecting
lnratirnn for tneir annual meeting
passed up Omaha with slight con
sideration on the ground that the
MuniciDal auditorium was inade
quately fitted for a meeting of that
kind. Des Moines has- invited the
world Christian Endeavor conference
there, and is pushing its claims as
convention center.
An effort is being made to bring
tTnlted SStatea mint to Omaha, but
Vnrt Omaha was allowed to be dis
banded. Army officers continually
tell of unsatisfactory conditions at
Fort Crook and no remedy is offered
enlist their support in Keeping
Seventn Area army neaaqunr
tat.., Vinro
Are we pulling "small town" stutt
is Omaha maintaining tne eiana
l whlnh it wants the world to
mw la Omaha, rirotrress?
Let us watch our step and be sure
ore s-reeHnir nrnaDects In tne un
building of a real Greater Omaha
ann nnt ahaktnar hands with our
aalvea and liatenins' to the echo of
our own voices telling of tne great
ness of the Gateway to the Golden
est. WATCHER,
CENTER SHOTS.
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George M. Cohan has made his
farewell to the stage. So. we recall,
did Adelina Pattl. Providence Journal.
The crossing signs might be effec
tively amended to read: "Stop, look
and live." Boston Herald.
One thing we know, and that is
that eating yeast is beneficial to the
yeast cake companies. Burlington
News.
"Paris Studying Reparation Snarls"
headline. They sounded more like
yelps to us. Flint (Mich.) Journal.
KEEP BABIES COOL.
When the weather is excessively
hot the babies must be kept cool if
they are to keep healthy. The
mothers who live In the crowded
sections know this fairly well. That
is the reason so many of them take
their babies to the roof these hot
nights. A flat roof may not be the
coolest place in the world, but it is
a good deal cooler even during the
day than a close room under the
roof.
Several Investigations have, been
made of the temperatures of rooms
In thin walled hauses and these all
show that the conditions are killing
so far as babies are concerned.
There is further proof in the mul
titudes of thinly clad children seen
on the streets that the mothers
know. Perhaps we will be wise
enough to dress children in the "al
together" during the hottest days
of summer. Somehow the negro
woman of the south hits it off about
right when she turns her young
ones out for the day naked, except
for a thatch of reddish sunburned
wool, and she thinks her child
dressed up when he wears a cotton
slip. About the proper garb for a
baby in the continental United
States in July and August is a diaper
and a simple light Blip. Perhaps it
is best, as some claim, to add a light
abdominal binder to this costume if
the baby lives in Porto Rico or
Panama.
The matter of heat regulation for
children should extend to the diet. A
mother is not Justified in crowding
her baby's stomach during hot
weather. The eating of food makes
some heat, its dlgesttion makes more
and the use to which it is put makes
more still.
While a cool temperature is an ad
vantage for a well baby, it is a life
saver for a sick one. Many institu
tions recognize this. In Rochester,
N. T.. they went out to the lake for
a location for the baby hospital. Ba
bies in New York City are taken
on boats. In Chicago the Daily
News built its baby sanitarium in a
park on the lake front. The illus
trations could be multiplied many
fetid.
Though I do not know where it is
or where they are. I am sure that
somewhere there are baby hospitals
where the wards are cooled by brine
pipes in the walls or other refrigerat
ing devices. We grown people re
fuse to patronize restaurants and
theaters where this provision for our
comfort has not been made, it
stands to reason that somebody
somewhere has built a hospital for
sick babies where this method of
saving lives has been put in opera
tion.
If the place where the sick baby
is has no air cooling device and no i
bijne pipes, something can be ac
complished by the use of electric
fans and wet sheets. An electric fan
throwing air against a wet sheet
hung near the crib is fine for a
sick baby.
Keeping the baby's food cold is
Just as important, A home-made
Icebox costs practically nothing.
Health departments give away leaf
lets telling how to make such iceboxes.
Kje Strain and Fatigue.
E. R. writes: "For more than
20 years I suffered from insomnia.
No matter how exhausted I was
upon retiring, I would lie awake
often for two to four houra during
the night. During my student days
wnen I studied late into the night
this was especially true. I had no
difficulty in reading, and though I
had frequent acute eye break
downs, In which I could only retire
to a dark room for one to four days,
oculists told me I had no eye trouble
acute enough to warrant glasses.
"About eight years ago I began to
rail in strength and endurance,
though otherwise In good health and
actually gaining in weight. Any
exertion with my hands or the walk
of a block or two would bring on the
most acule exhaustion so acute
that I would have difficulty in keep
ing my feet. The samo thing was
true about riding in a car. and driv
ing my own car a few miles meant
exhaustion. To drive my car to my
farm 25 miles out of town and back
meant exhaustion for four or five
days, in addition to sleepless nights,
Of course I consulted doctors, but
my physical condition was so good
as to make most of them doubt my
statements, I think, putting me down
as a crank or hypochondriac. They
grudgingly gave me prescriptions for
bromide and other sleeping potions,
telling me at the same time of the
risk I ran in taking them. To my
queries as to what caused my sleep
lessness and ever present exhaustion
they said it was 'Just nervousness,'
btu were unable to suggest what
might cause the nervousness.
"One of my old-time eye attacks
caused me at this time to go to an
oculist, and I was given a prescrip
tion for bifocal glasses. So little im
portance did I attribute to this pre
scription that I carried it in my
pocket for three months, during all
of which time I suffered with ex
haustion and insommnla.. One day
I took the prescription out of my
pocket and, looking at it, decided
to have it filled, and did so. The
next day I had occasion to drive
my car 50 miles. I wore the glasses.
That night I felt no weariness. The
next day I felt no fatigue. I called ,
my wife's attention to it, and as a 1
test drove another 60 miles and then
walked a long distance no fatigue.
During the intervening years I have .
been ajJifferent man. When I begin
to lie awake at night and get tired
easily, which is every year or so. I
go to the oculist and have my lenses
changed."
reticulosis Whnt It Is.
E. S. writes: "Kindly advise the
cause (1) and effects (21 of the dls
ease called "pediculosis." (3) What
is a cure for this disease?"
REPLY.
1. Lice and lice eggs. J. (a) Ty
phus, (b) Opportunity for self-com-niunlon.
S. Kerosene, hot vinegar,
heated cloth, barber's clippers.
Iiiquor Not the Cause.
E. G. writes: "1. What is the cause
of locomotor ataxia? A man 40 years
old developed a slight ease following
a severe and stubborn attack of
gout . .
"2. He had his shoulder broken
about two years ago. That affected
tha nerves of that shoulder and
arm. Could this be a result of those
nerves? He has been a heavy drinker
a number of years, but has not been
drinking for the last year." .
REPLY.
1. Syphilis.
2. Neither gout nor fracture of
the shoulder causes locomotor
ataxia.
Need More Starcb, Sugar.
C. A. E. writes: "I have been preg
nant two months and subject to
dally vomiting spells. Could you pre
scribe any diets that would be agree
able to my stomach, during this pe
riod?" REPLY.
Eat a half dozen crackers dry
while' still in bed. Eat cereal crack
ers between breakfast and lunch, be
tween lunch and supper, and at
bedtime. Keep your system sup
plied with ample starch and sugar.
Quit Kidding Yourself.
G. G. writes: "I am a boy of 18.
I cannot sleep nights. I have dreams
continually. I am very restless. Can
you tell re what to do? Is it good
to eat before going to sleep? Is it
good to read before goin to sleep?
Is a lot of water good for the
health?"
REPLY.
You are greatly in need of poise.
Gaining poise and self-control Is a
matter of training. Unless you train
yourself properly- you are in for
'trouble.
1. Yes, a glass of warm milk tak
en Just before bedtime promotes
sleep.
2. No.
3. Depends on what you mean by
a lot. Some people drink too much
water, others too little.
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The trouble with most motorists is
that they interpret the speedometer
as an incentive rather than a de
terrent. Cincinnati Commercial-
Trlbuna.
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people are "pepping up" in Colorado, in
a temperature that makes life reallq worth
u?hile. Mountain air, too not merelq cool,
but bracing; full of ozone. Just notice
the follou?ing temperatures at Colorado
Springs fairlq representative of all Colo
rado tourist territory.
Juli) 3rd
Juhj 4th
Julij 5th
Maximum
74
69
71
Minimum
44
49
42
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It may be cool here todaq, or tomotrou?; it will
t be cool in Colorado all summer long. And qou
can go straight through direct to either Denuer
or Colorado Springs, on the ;
From Omaha Union Station at U:55 p.m. eperq dan;
or, if qou prefer ah earlier departure, there is the
Colorado Express
dailu from Union Station at 2:00 p. m.
Both trains run direct to Denper and Colorado
Springs.
Attractipe tourist fares all summer.
Ccrafori and Courfesu at tuna
fellow travelers on the Hoclc Island
Telephone, rite or call and let us plan qour Colorado trip. Illus
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