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THE BEE: OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1921. 3? The Omah a Bee DaILY (MORNING) EVENING-SUNDaK THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. MEMBER Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TM AiMO'sted Pnmu of oalea The Bee 1e e mm,, a) i rltulMl taiiot to the bm for publleatloa e all difpatcBae ruir4 to u ar a oUwk.m credited la tin rP. and alas ma local am akliekaa' berate, all titbit of vuUlcaUoa of our apetiet eUpeuaa ait alto neened. BEE TELEPHONES Mtitt Rranrk Kukance. Aak lor Ikt Otvwtmtot ar Pereoo Waatet AT Untie 1000 Far NUM Call Aftar 10 p. m.t Editorial Deeeitaeni ....... AT laatM 1(11 or Iff I OFFICES OF THE BEE iiAtn Office! lTth aee rimin 15 Bootl at I tout Bid, D33 SoeSo IMS ft Ctuaei! Slufli Ne Tork Caiaatt Otit-ol-Tewo Offices! tM rifle) It i WeiMagtea - 1S11 O It Steaer Blda. I Parle, trtat. i-Q Rot SL Booort The Bee's Platform 1. Now Uaioa Faasesgar Statioa. 2. Coallauod improTemeat of tha Ne braska Highways, including to rnont of Maia Thoroughfares leading ialo Omaha with Brick Surface. 3. A short, lowrata Waterway from the Cora Bolt to tho Atlantic Oceaa. 4. Homo Rulo Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. Discount Rate and Business. Rumors that the Federal Reserve bank is on ifre point of lowering its discount rate are listed among the encouraging signs. Such action would remove a lot of pressure, and might en able the movement of some traffic that is now jammed for want of ready cash. Also, it would have the effect of permitting some who ire sinking under a load of obligation taken on when prospects were brighter1 to salvage some portion of what looks now like a total loss. If , the deflation originally brought about by the limitation of credit was intended to lower prices and check speculation, it has produced the effect "expected. Two years ago the Federal . Reserve Board, .'had resolved on such a course, had issued the premonitory warning, and was ready to enforce its control, when, for reasons best understood at Washington, the plan was abandoned, and, in spite of tht recommendation that borrowing for speculative commitment cease, within Six months credit currency to the amount of just under a billion dollars was added to the already . enormous amount of "money" afloat in the United States. This brought about the peaks of 1920 prices, with the unlooked-for result that solvent business concerns were involved with the bubbles that were being blown, and a busi ness situation created that has made the defla tion process, painful and difficult. Last fall the brakes were put on, and what followed need hot be recounted here., , Artificially expanded credit and enforced de- ; flation are alike dangerous. The one leads to a point predicted by The Bee long ago, where prices exceed the ability of the buyer to pur chase; the other as inevitably tends to give the vutivi oat a aavi autng Ve U J wuiVltiiig M1V ULUtVi to make settlement in dear money. It was to avoid either of these situations that the Federal "i'tnwwwv -yaW r jn aset cjj-: if hey, the underlying basis of which is the f credit of the borrower, it was fondly hoped this. Aaairl A tt. ii4tf with tininno I 1 1 1 e ha. cause of the control it affords over the volume ; of currency. To some degree the system has met expectations, but since the extraordinary treasury transactions incident to the war ex , erted a direct influence on the whole business fabric, the operations of the bank overshot the mark on the one hand and fell rather shotf on v the other. ' If a little softening in the bank rate at this - time' will have, the effect of stabilizing prices, ami it ahnnlrt at UAf check-the - decline.: it is possible that the action will go a long way to wards relieving, the demoralization that is trace able directly to the mistaken policy of 1919 arid the drastic remedy since applied. A prewar price ; level is not especially desirable at a time when production is the great need; nor is it fair to de mand that debts contracted in the latter half of 1919 be discharged on the' basis of money at the 1914 price.., . . Unrest at a Minimum. It U a strange thing, but in flush times there is more unrest than during periods of depres sion. Thus, while some may have been alarmed over the unruly actions of members of the I. YV. W, in going to and coming from, the harvest. fields, the head of the government, agents de: clares that there is nothing to fear from the organization and that the less attention paid to it, the sooner it will die. All things looked possible when business was booming, and the theory that any one could make a success at business looked attractive. The I. W. W., with its proposal for the man agement of industry by the workers in it, and a ! division of the profits between them was not without its appeal. Now that soft times have . passed, management of industry on such plan would too often mean a division of losses in stead of gains, and the glamor , disappears. The conclusion is inescapable that depres- T sion, while it may result from a faulty system, is not the product of any one class. All people are in the same boat, whether employer, em ploye, capitalist or what. And together we will come out of it, the recovery being quicker through the co-operation of all, and slower . l . ! - d. T J 1 15 . inrougn quarrcis ociwccn viciss anu via. xc- fore there is much talk of dividing up there nust be plenty to divide. Sunshine in the Fields. Farm profits are coming back, an Iowa agricultural magazine announces. Billions of dollars of real wealth are being taken from the soil in the harvest season which is now under way. While the crop is not as large as that of last year, according to early estimates, yet it will be sufficient to feed the world. . Drouth has produced a light crop in some parts of Europe, but thus far America has been fortunate. ; . Costs of production have been lowered this year and the farmers have 4heir attention on methods of producing grain and live stock most economically. If the cost of raising a bushel of wheat is lowered by 5 cents,, that amounts to an equivalent increase in price. .More study is also being given problems of marketing. Lowered costs of handling will give the farm ers a better deal. A reduction in freight rates, establishment of cheap jaater routes and the advantages of co-operative effort are factors that are driving the gloom from the fields, al though they are possibilities of the future rather than of the immediate present. It is estimated that the family whose bread winner is out of work consumes only one-third as much food, wearing" apparel and other useful articles as when he has a job. The farmers have done their duty by providing the raw materials of life, and it is up to other industries to resume operations, showing the same faith in the future that agriculture has done. Ulster Contumacy a World Menace. The world is little concerned in the private quarrels of tho Ulsterites with Sinn Fein; but the world is deeply interested in the Irish ques tion, for peace can not be wholly established so long as the difficulty between England and Ire land remains unsettled. Americans have fondly hoped that in one or another of the many at tempts made to adjust these differences a solu tion would be reached, and quite as much dis appointed that one after another the sugges tions have failed because an Irish faction has refused to recede from its self-determined pro gram. . , So the attitude assumed now by Sir James Craig is as much of a shock as was that of Sir Edward Carson in 1914, when he armed Ulster to rebel if an attempt was made to enforce the home rule law then passed by Parliament. Similarly regret was expressed when the con ference presided over by Sir Horace Plunkett came to nothing because of the recalcitrance of Sinn Fein. Now that a reasonable prospect for peace is in sight, little patience will follow the faction that disrupts the conference. Ulster has nothing at stake that is vital or paramount. It is conceivable that Roman Catholic and Protestant may dwell side by side in Ireland as they do in other parts of the world. Also, it is not outside the realm of possibility that Belfast may be as prosperous with a South Ireland Parliament sitting at Dub lin as though all its interests were bound up in the union it is so loath to break. A factional dispute should not be permitted to menace the world; if Sinn Fein can make concessions, and it is fair to presume that such have been made, Ulsterites surely can. Disput ing Irishmen ehould stop their bickering long enough to sense the world opinion, and they will then learn that the Kilkenny cats are not regarded as models on which to form a course for human action. Shipping Board Bookkeeping. Accounting methods adopted by the United States Shipping board are likely to become a fruitful source of dispute. At the very begin ning of this agency's career there came up a difference of opinion as to how certain details should be handled, and this has persisted. While the war was on a serious controversy arose, be cause the members of the board could not agree, and at various times since the armistice rows over points of policy have attracted public at tention, until newspaper readers are fairly well fed up on the subject. Therefore Chairman Lasker's asservation of great . loss incurred under the management of the late, board is not likely to attract the notice perhaps it deserves. According to his own statement, the matter is largely one of bookkeeping. By reconstruc tion' ot accounts no na's prouueeer r l;eintnui.uV' exhibit of loss, and alleges' that congress was purposely misled by his predecessors. We have no purpose to defend Admiral Benson or his as sociates in anything 1 they did; they will be. ca pable of that, and quick enough to do it. It would be comforting, though, to be assured by someone that an end had come to pouring money into the ocean. If xhe Shipping board is to justify its existence, it will do so by regu lating its affairs so that its end will be in sight. Americans are not willing that our nation's merchant marine shall again vanish; they are willing to charge off the books a lot of money that was spent for ships which were never used, just as they note the. loss of unused shells and other great stores of munitions, part of the war cost. But they do want the' newly born mer chant marine preserved, to grow as it should, and -without the enormous cost that has at tended the operations, of the Shipping board since the war closed. Chairman Lasker can do" no greater service than to bring nearer the time when the ships will cease to be'a source of loss instead of benefit. Holland Seeks an Invitation. Relying on a record of some centuries as a colonizer in the Far East, Holland feels that an oversight is made in not sending an invitation to Amsterdam for the Harding conference. Therefore, hope is expressed by Dutch leaders that this may be remedied and that some one will be at the table to speak for the Netherlands. Such aspirations are natural enough, because of Dutch interest in any question that may af fect their overseas possessions. Unless a change be made because of the objections that are being raised by Japan, it is scarcely probable that Holland will be admitted ' to the council. In the first place, the same considerations that preserved Dutch neutrality during the war will save Dutch interests in the Far East Holland is not menaced by any plan to which the United States will be a party. Matters that are ex pected to be considered at the Washington con ference are those in which the Dutch are only remotely concerned, save as they affect the peace of the world at large. Should the scope of the agreement be enlarged to include the associa tion of nations, and it easily may be, all will be invited to come in. Having weathered the stress of war, with so little of actual loss as was ex perienced by her people, Holland need have no misgivings as to the purpose of the Harding conference. Japan and the Conference Conditions Laid Down at Tokio May Not Meet Approval of Powers. Vfis&oe. (From the Boston Transcript.) Favorable replies from the five powers ap proached make it certain that the Washington conference will be held. The tiime will next be agreed upon, and in this matter the disposi tion of the Washington government may well be to subordinate its own preference to the convenience of the other five powers. President Harding has expressed the wish that the con ference might hold its initial session Armistice day. There are sentimental reasons for the se lection of that date which would naturally make a wide appeal. But the convenience of the principal allied and associated powers and of China must first be consulted. The general purpose of the conference and the place and the time having been agreed upon, Secretary Hughes must then set about the diffi cult and delicate case of obtaining from the powers an agreement upon the agenda for the conference. "A common understanding with respect to principles and policy in the Far East" was clearly stipulated in the president's initial representations to the five powers invited as one of the great objectives of the conference, .for the reason that to the question of limitation of armaments Pacific and Far Eastern problems bear a close relation. But the agenda for the conference must in its terms be much more spe cific, and it is here that the conditional ac ceptance of Japan will call for skilful treatment at the hands of Secretary Hughes. He must be well aware that the invitation of China to par ticipate in the proposed .conference was in it self a hard blow to Japanese imperialism, for the reason that Japan has pursued toward China a course that a less tolerant and patient people than the Chinese would have regarded long ago as calling for drastic action. With the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy sitting with China in a confer ence of independent powers, Japan might easily fear to find herself isolated in so far as her own demand for special interest in the Far ,East was involved. The Japanese manoeuver will doubt less try. to make her participation in the confer ence on the Far East conditional upon the recognition of certain claims that she has put forth in respect of her Far Eastern position which have yet to be agreed to by the great powers of China. The unconditional and com" plete acceptances of all the other powers invited gives ground for the hope that their moral sup port may be had for the efforts of the United States to convince Japan that it is folly to ex pect any international agreement that would re sult in the curtailment of American armaments unless and until the problems of the Pacific and the Far East that. affect the security of the United States and, therefore, the peace of the world are made the subject of some sort of in ternational understanding based upon recog nized principles of the law and justice of na tions. It is not unlikely that the Japanese gov ernment has been misled regarding American purposes by the Japanese propagandists throughout the United States and by the fool ish utteerances of a small but talkative group of pro-Japanese Americans, into the belief that ours is a nation of pacifists so steeped in selfish materialism as to be willing to let Japan work her will in the Pacific and dominate the Far East regardless either of American interests or the welfare of the world. It is possible that the invitation to discuss disarmament has been misinterpreted by Japan, as an evidence that the United States was alarmed at the rapidity and completeness with which the Japanese govern ment is apparently preparing for war, and that, thus alarmed, the American people would be willing to turn over the policing of the Atlantic to the British navy and the policing of the Pa cific to the Japanese navy, upon whatever terms Great Britain, and Japan might fix. If Japan has been thus deceived Or misled, the Japanese are really not much to blame. It is the Ameri can hyphenates who are aidinar and abetting yT'79M.f..orC'reraH9 ,.H-ho ae. chiefly Jo blame. I oucir is not we state 01 mina pi ine piain pcopie of America; they detest war, but they believe that war is not the "worst of evils; they are as ready today as ever to make, a peaceable' de fense of their rights until they are forced to re sort to more drastic measures. If Japan yields to wise advice and friendly influence we shall soon hear that her acceptance has been made unconditional and that the as sistance of her ablest statesmen is at the dis posal of Secretary Hughes in formulating the agenda for the conference. Now is the time for Japan to dissipate the suspicion of her whole foreign policy that has taken such strong hold not only of the United States and China, but of several of the other powers to be represented at the Washington conference. Now is the time for Japan to prove the sincerity of her expres sion! in favor of a limitation of armaments by bringing her Far Eastern policy into' line with the principles of international law and justice. .. The open door in the Far East must remain open, and the administrative entity of China must be secured, if the peace, of the Pacific is to be maintained and the limitation of arma ments made possible.. . Townleyism in Manila Henry Ford is now reported to be trying to buy the Wabash railroad, to add to his present line, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton and give him access to St. Louis. Inasmuch as he has made a profit, cut rates and increased wages on his other line, Mr. Ford may be expected to attempt to show railroad men something new if he gets control of more mileage. A "powerful" animal took possession of Jawn D.'s golf links, which should remind him of one of the early day refineries. While congress is in the army reducing mood, we suggest that it tackle the army of unemployed. The Shipping Board carj page. . . . j always make' .'.first Most people have supposed that nowhere under the American flag is there a bank in existence like the Bank of North Dakota, which operates wtihout any reserve, and' goes on doing business as best it canv after it can not pay its debts, but the like of it has been found in the Philippine islands. The Philippine gov ernment took 20,000.000 pesos of stock in the Philippine National bank, just as the state of North Dakota under Townley domination, took $2,000,000 of stock in his institution. The Philip pine bank loaned money to the limit of its re sources on long time paper, just as was done in North Dakota. The Philippine government also deposited 50,000,000 pesos in the govern ment bank. The New York Times , describes the situation in saying that "if the government withdraws its deposits the bank can not grant commercial credits, and if the bank finances trade it can not cash the government drafts.' The Filipinos, like the Nonpartisan leaguers, took no account of payday and never dreamed of sugar, tobacco, hemp and other commodities possibly falling in price. Under the Wilson administration, the Philip pine natives were given entire control of their local government, Americans previously em ployed there being sent home. Having had lit tle or no experience in self-government, the polyglot mixture of white men, brown, men and other colors made a mess of things in a financial way. They were exactly on a par in such knowledge with the socialistic dreamers and agitators that Townley imported to advise and rule the people of North Dakota. St. Paul Pio neer Press. Where to Find Husbands. . A young lady in search of a husband, par ticularly if she lived in Massachusetts, where there are only 96 and a fraction men to every 100 women, would do well to consult the census bu reau. Then she would learn that in Nevada men outnumber women by nearly half; that is, she would have a better chance by one and a half times (theoretically) of getting a life part ner in the Sagebrush state. In Georgia, how ever, there seems to be just about the right number of each sex to go around; the average for the whole, country, according to Washing ton figures, is 104 men to every 100 women. ' Literary Digest. v Farm Prices and Others. Minden, Neb., July 18. To the Editor of The Bee: July 6 I was In Minden and saw & farmer Belt his eggs for 18 certts a dozen. That night I reached Lincoln and the next morning at breakfast in the cafe In me unco in notei i ordered my Dreaitrast, wnicn included two boiled eggs, which cost me when the bill was presented 10 cents each, or 20 cents ror ine two eggs. The as tounding difference between 18 cents a dozen at Minden and $1.20 a dozen to the consumer at Lincoln was so great that I can not now pass It by without a protest, and at the same time 1 can not helo but as sociate the difference In these prices with another fact, which, aa attorney for one of the parties, came to my attention In the city of Minden about lour weeks ago. It Is to be observed that the eggs aid not require any special prepara tion before reaching Lincoln, there to be sold to tho consumer. There could be very little loss in spoiled or broken eggs because all eggs are now candled, and tho distance from Minden to Lincoln being less than 150 miles, the freight, and break age Items are negligible. That something Is wrong In our system of distribution, which per mits a profit of $1 on one dozen of eggs between the producer and the consumer is certainly demonstrated beyond any dispute. The farmer re ceives 18 cents and the consumer pays $1.20 for the same product without any work or expense be tween the two except the freight or express. This may be accounted for by the incident which occurred in Minden about four weeks ago. C. O. Blnd erup opened a cream station in which he paid to the farmers the wholesale price of all eggs, cream and poultry in trade checks upon the merchants in the city of Min den, doing no cam business what ever. These trade checks were re deemed by him at a discount from the merchants, which, discount was his profit for handling the goods. There were four other cream sta tions in Minden. ' He sold all his stuff to a creamery corporation lo cated In Omaha, and it paid no more nor less than they would have done had he been buying, on the cash basis. . He had not been buying the eggs for more than a week when a rep recentatlve of another creamery cor poration of Omaha called upon him and lnsistedthat he must pay no more to the farmers than the agreed retail price. This he refused to do. In a few days another represent ative of another house called and Insisted upon the same observance. Again he refused. Both the representatives including the local creamery stations gave Mr. Binderup to understand that unless he came down on his price for eggs to the price fixed by the trust that he would be put out of business. A representative of a corporation of Omaha to whom he sold his eggs called within a few days and insisted that he pay no more than the other creamery stations in the city of Min den, and a failure so to do that the creamery corporation of Omaha could not, because of the orders of the trust, and would not continue to do business with Mr. Binderup. Accordingly it became necessary for Mr. Binderup to close his place of business and the price of eggs to the farmers immediately went down to the former low level. This was done with knowledge of the local author ities and the attorney general's office has had its attention called to the matter, but thus far no effort what ver1iarfreeTi-:"de &y any one to stop the practice. , The farmer continues to leceiii 18 to 20 cents per dozen for eggs, while the consumer pays $1.20 a dozen at the table. I am not afraid to call the names of any of the parties Involved, and if any of them, feel aggrieved I am now at Minden and will remain at Minden to meet any issues on the above statement that they may want to make. Is there any wonder that we hear rumblings of discontent among the farmers in the face of such gross injustice as this situation presents? If other farm products are treated on the same plane the time has come when bath the federal and state gov-1 einments ought to wake up and do something to relieve the situation. Prospective .senatorial candidates, Including the governor, had better spend their time enforcing the laws against combinations and .trusts which will yield a substantial profit to the farmers rather than to hold out some new tangled wireless mar ket report, -which will in v no way heln matters. - P ? O. K. ANDERBBRT. CENTER SHOTS. la It a new Capt. Kidd or Just somebody, kidding T , Harrlsburg Telegraph. At last the Philippines have been truly Americanized. They are in debt.--Flint (Mich.) Journal. Perspiring reporters would take it as a favor if some of our civic or ganizations would ! adopt a resolu tion putting an end to crime during the summer months, M eraphli News-Scimitar. In making up Uncle Sam's family budget. Gen. Dawes will be Just the one to dam the flood of national ex penditures. Newark (N. J.) News. There are two kinds of cops: Those who use their clubs promptly and freely, and those who -are not afraid. Baltimore Sun. The one" feature of the dry laws that isn't iHniated is that which pre vents liquor being given away. Dayton News. , The birthright of every American citizen is his right to claim that he alone personifies 100 per cent Amer icanism. AshevilleTimes. While they are coining all those silver dollars in Washington they might slip a few Into general circu lation so the country will know what they really look like.- Detroit Free Press. Dry Jury May Be "Wet." Dry-law juries in the future may be wet. Justice H. V. Borst, in the criminal branch of the supreme court, permitted a dry jury to smell and taste the wet evidence, and the jury was out an hour and a half. When it returned it was in such good humor that it acquitted the defendant, charged, with possessing liquor. New York .Tribune; fARL H. BURKCT h. k BURKET & son EaUBlUlit4 187S FUNERAL DIRECTORS Philippine Object Lesson (From tha New York Trltana.) The fruits of the Wilson policy of self-effacement in the Philippines are now being gathered. Under Governor General Harrison Ameri can control was attenuated to pant in all departments of . the insular government Mr. Harrison apolo gized continually for having to oc cupy the governor general's palace and publicly regretted that when he left Manila he could not carry away with him the last vestige of Ameri can sovereignty. General Wood now reports that the Insular government is on the verge of insolvency. As a remedy congress Is to be asked to increase the debt limit from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000. The Manila treasury hasn't funds with which to buy ex change to meet current running ex penses in the United States. Up to Harrison's time the island's finances were sound. The Philippine bank, a government subsidiary, was pros perous and conservatively managed. A few years ao a native, Gen. Venacion Concepcion, was Installed as general manager. Ho was a political appointee , and proceeded to tie up the bank's funds in risky local investments. The bank is said to have lost $2,000,000 backing hemp speculators and to have $16,000,000 of frozen credit in sugar and cocoanut oil concerns. The Shanghai agency is reported to have lost $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 in ex change speculation. The insular treasury deposited its current funds and a part of its gold standard reserve in the Philippine bank. The government's credit has been over strained by the bank's . mismanage ment. The native politicians have Just decided to send another mission to the United States to ask for inde pendence. But the case for inde pendence, never convincing, has been wrecked by the developments under .the Harrison administration. Native control has been followed by a lowering everywhere of adminis trative standards. The admirable reglnme established by President Taft has been - disrupted. What government would be under inde pendence has been painfully fore cast. In domestio affairs there would be a relapse, to factional dissensions and intermittent revolutions to J spoliation and poverty. The Islands would also become a center ot for eign intrigue and a victim to inter vention. The .Filipinos don't realize how fundamentally well off they are under American protection. Their real chance of development and security lies in their making the most of the advantages of their political relations with the United States. How to Keep Well By OR. W. A. EVANS Quaationa caneamlnf hyciant, aanUatloo and pravantwn of diataat, aubmfttad to Dr. Evans by raaoars of Tha Baa, will ba anawarad ptraonally. ubjaet to prapar llnltatian, wkare lUnpaa addrsaaad anvalop ia ancloaad. Dr Evana will aet make diaf noals or praacrlbe for individual diataaaa. Addreaa latttra la tare of Tho Boo. ... . Copyright. 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evana LIVING WITH BRIGHT'S ' DISEASE. From time to time correspond ents tell me of having cured Bright's disease. Many of them think they have discovered some panacea for the disease. A lot ot them developed into a disease that is about bad as Bright's they become food fad dists. As a matter of fact, the average case of Bright's disease gets well of Itself if grossly wrong habits are made right It was about 24 years ago that Osier wrote that it was sometimes an advantage for a mid dle aged man to have Bright's, and to find It out, because it leads him to correct his grossly wrong habits. In telling his story he told of sev eral men whom he had condenmed to death with Bright's 10 to SO years before, but who, at the time the story was told, were active and effi cient members of society. So we see that a grown man need not throw up tho spunge when he finds that ho has Bright's. Many mothers have been made mlserablo by learning that their children had developed Bright's disease When physicians began making urinalyses systematically, when chil dren had diseases not directly con nected with the kidneys, they found a fair proportion with acute Bright's. This trouble came on in the simplest disorders, such as colds and coughs. In a group of 70 children in the Children's hospital in Boston, in 20 the cause was found to be tonsillitis, scarlet fever was responsible for eight, measles for two, earaches for five, pneumonia for three, and tur pentine given as a worm medicine for one. Naturally when mothers are told that their children have developed Bright's disease as the result of a cold or a case of diphtheria or a sore throat, they are greatly alarmed. In this field, as in so manv others, the cure for the discomforts occasioned by little Information is more infor mation. In this study of 70 cases of Bright's in. the Boston Children's hospital, made by R. F. , James, a follow-up . investigation" was made four years afterwards. - "All are liv ing under normal conditions, on. or dinary diet, and In every case the urine was found to be negative," James says. In at least two of the cases the children .had had severe attacks of infections, one of pneu monia and one of influenza, without causing the Bright's disease to start up anew. One of these cases was well 10 years after tho original aW tack and the other 14 years after wards. Of the nearly 70 cases of acui Bright's only about 10 developed chronlo Bright's. The cases of acuto Bright's with dropsy did not do so well as the others. This study shows plainly that. Bright's disease in childhood is not such a bad disease. Given proper rare, it should be recovered from. The chances are that recovery will be -complet. ' Such children should grow up to be vigorous, strong, healthy men and women. THE SPICE OF LIFE. "Haa Bobbla ben tatln betwaen "Bobbla baa no between meal.' -Ufa. "Tour husband must enjoy hia home.'f 'H doea. Katiaclally when I want hlW 1. to take ma out." Sydney Bulletin. Jack Didn't you tee ma downtown yeiterday? I aaw you twice. Jacqueline I never notire people in that condition. Columbia Jester. MAN WHO KNEW IT ALL. There wm at man who fancied By driving: good and fast, lie would got his car across tha track Before the train got past. He would miss the engine by an Inch. He would make the train crew sort, There was a man who fancied this; He Isn't any more. Bill Jonea la on tho repair track, He fancied he could do A little work beneath the car Without hla flag of blue, Well, yes, he did it many times, In aplte of rules or warning, One day the engine hit the car; Bill's wife ia now In mourning. Jim waa a nimble kid. He lived near by the track; He jumped each train aa it went up And off aa It came back. Tou couldn't warn Jim, anyway Jim thought that he knew beat. Bald he was In no danger, Hla tombstone reads, "At Best." Rock Island Magazine. 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