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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1921. The Omah a Bee DAILY (MUKN1NC) EVENING SUNDAY fHG BKE PUBLI8HINO COMPACT NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TtM AMocitad Pnta. ol wftlofc Tb Res U pnartMr. la e eltuitolr oaUUod Is U aw for paMlrstloa of til esw dispatafcoe eiwlUea to It or not otbrrwiM credited In this rwr. and also Um Incal nm publl.titd Heroin. All riht at eubUcatleo of ear eeeeta) elratehor are also memd. BEE TELEPHONES I'lirsre Branca Eichinie. for AT lintir 1 fWVl tht DwrUMDt or I'ertoo Wonted. " 1 "IIC alVU For Night Call Aft.tr 10 p. m.l Eliterlal DtcMment AT lutle MM or 1041 OFFICES OF THE BEE Min nff'": llth aud Paroam Council Bluffs 19 Boon Ht Soots Bid. 4931 Bomtft Ml t. Out-ol-Towa Office) Now Tors !M Plftta An. Wminoo 1311 O St. Cfeleico dtenr Hide Pirli Kronce. 43) But SL Honor The Bee's Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of th Na bratka Highways, including the pave ment of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A abort, low-rate Waterway from the) Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. Hides, Skins, Leather and Shoes. t Xo item in the tariff, not excepting the em bargo on dyes, has aroused Mich a chorus of op position in the eastern papers as did the 15 per cent advalorrm tax proposed on hides and skins. The Boston Transcript, printed in the heart of the shoe-making industry, the New York Times, and a host of lesser lights, ap proach hysteria in discussing the action of the house. "The New England manufacturers don't want it, as Mr. Tairuc of Massachusetts told the house," says the Times, in its querulous consideration of the item. "A duty," it goes on, referring to hides, "means higher prices for leather in shoes." What, we would like to inquire, is the pro portional relation between hides and leather, or shoes? During all the time of the war hides was- the one great commodity that did not take a shoot upward; no product of the farm has been so cheap as hides. Something, however, happened between the steer's back and the farmer's foot that never will be explained to the satisfaction of ths victim. A Custer rnnntv farmer sent a . steer's hide to Lincoln last spring, and received .15 cents' net for it, after charges had been paid. Perhaps some Nthv England shoemaker can convince him that the $12 pair of shoes he used to kick over the re turn for that hide was priced right. As a matter of fact, it was made clear long ago to shoe buyers that the price of hides had no relation to the price of shoes. Xor is it true that packers T,ac fixed the price of hides. It is true that they have accu mulated large stocks of hides and pelts, and that they are the largest known dealers in them; but it is remarkable that, if they control the price as alleged, they would hold it so low when all goods made from leather are so high. Packers say they figure the value of the hide in the price paid for the farmer's steer. If the tariff will increase the selling price of the hide, the man who raised the animal from whose back ,theJ)irle was taken may reasonably expect to get a l'ttlc more for his share in the general transaction. i The shoe-making industry is prosperous, we will admit, but the business of raising meat ani mals and food products in general is not. New England manufacturers are buying their raw materials at a low figure and selling their fin,' ished wares at the highest point in history. None will mistake their intelligent self-interest in protesting again.-t a duty on hides, which will give them a continued supply of leather at a moderate cost. But they must not affect to be surprised if the sank sort of intellectual process moves the western farmer to seek some im provement in the return he gets for his efforts. If is difficult to understand how any addi tion to the cost of hides can operate to send shoe prices higher. Fifteen per cent advalorcm on a cow-hide will spread out pretty thin on the shoes that 'come out of a skin, and justly should have no reflection in the selling price of the footgear. At any rate, the men who produce the hides are entitled to ns much consideration as those who make the shoes. Make It a Real Play Spot. Lack of recreational facilities is one great I handicap of mot western cities. In the lakes that, lie at its doors Omaha has possibilities for outing places that might well be envied by Kan sas City and other towns between Minneapolis and Denver. It is cncourag'ng that Park Commissioner Hummel is again at work on plans for making Carter lake a real source of pleasure and benefit to the people of the city. Three hundred acres of land adjoining this body of water arc owned by the city, but long have stood unimproved except for the rather unsatisfactory bathing beach. , A wooded park, shady drives, a pavilion, a new sandy beach and pool, convenient picnic grounds and other recreational features ought to be the aim of the community for Carter Lake park. The purchase of .sonic six acres and the removal of the unsightly ice houses are an nounced as preliminaries to the realization of this ideal. Go ahead, Mr. Hummel, the city is with you. Touring Europe by Air. With the exception of the praiseworthy en couragement to aviation given by the Tostoffke department, the United States is behind, or to put it more graphically, beneath, some other nations in the development of commercial fly ing. Newspaper readers may have noticed re cently JL cablegram from Paris telling how some one desiring to come to New York missed his ship it the dock, but caught it far out on the ocean by seaplane. Regular passenger traffic it carried on by air between Paris and the coast and rainy interior points, and even across the channel to England. In Berlin airplane flights to all parts of Ger many ' are advertised and tourists as well as natives are patronizing these lines. Although riding long distances through the skies is a poor method of sightseeing, many Americans are said to have found pleasure in taking the air trip above Berlin, which is offered at the low charge of ISO marks, or about $2.50. Regular achedules are laid out for the 120 airplanes owned by one corporation, and a time table recently issued shows a map of air route extending to all the principal cities, spreading like network over the country. Both in "Ger many and France passengers, express and newspapers are carried by air, and in both cases the receipts are insufficient to pay the costs of operation. A government subsidy is given in both nations, but even with that some of the lines are said to be run at a loss. This method, while still largely a fad, in time quite probably will become a standard means of getting about. While no movement to subsidize private aviation companies has been active in the United States, still through the air mail the government is going to great expense which, though efforts have been made at justi fication on the ground of improving the postal service, is mainly to be defended as pioneer work in commercial aviation. Ninety Years in Transportation. Meandering slowly westward, as many an other weary and outworn thing has done, the DeWitt Clinton, America's first home-made locomotive, is on its way to Chicago, riding on a flat car. It was the wonder and the pride of the New World, that far-off day when it made the trip from Schenectady to Albany, buzzing along part of the distance as fast as 12 miles per hour. The train on which this famous locomo tive is making its way to Chicago is drawn by another famous engine, the "999," once holder of the world's speed record. These relics are to he used in connection with an exhibition of transportation methods. They will not only recall where we started, and show how far we have come in the science of getting things moved from one place to an other, but they may serve to remind the world of some other things that have happened. When the DeWitt Clinton was exciting the wonder of all hands, a great many things now common were but dreams. So, too, when the "999" was whizzing the Empire State Express across New York each day. The world has traveled along at a speed that would make the once won derful flyer's best pace seem slow. What was then a blessing has now come to be a burden. Industry was developed, the great empire of the central west was developed, and man's way of life waS altered by the railroad, which has helped make history in these 90 years that have passed since the DeWitt Clinton first chugged along the rails; but what was then a blessing and a help has come to be a burden. Improvements have not brought the relief ex pected. Transportation charges weigh heavily on every community, slow down every indus try, have checked enterprise and brought stagnation. None wants to return to the meth ods of the past, but all hope the men in charge of the railroads may find some way of redeem ing the promise that looked so bright when these old engines were new. Unless that can be done, the exhibition at Chicago is likely to produce only regret. Cheering Signs in Trade. Encouraging factors exist here and there in business, but the most encouraging thing about this is that people are beginning to look for them rather than to look only at the dark side. How many have realized that more wheat from American farms was sold abroad this year than ever before? Is it not also a promising omen that the European market is learning the uses of corn and absorbed more in the last twelve months than ever before? -The lowered prices which explain the broadening demand,- resulted in a smaller showing in dollars, thus conceal ing from general knowledge the fact of the heavy export movement of foodstuffs. The building industry in America, despite all handicaps, also is more lively than the. gen eral impression. According to Bradstreet's statistics, the building permits in 155 cities in June amounted to $140,753,849, an increase of more than $15,000,000 over the same month of 1920, and $4,000,000 larger than the building permits for May, 1921. This is declared to be the fifth largest monthly total there is any record of. It appears all the more remarkable when it is considered that costs of construction have decreased since a year ago, which Would indicate that the increase in actual building operations is larger than is measured in dollars. For the first week in July the net earnings of fifteen railroads showed an increase of al most $44,000,000. A dispatch from Chicago an nounces that the earnings of the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul railroad in June were suf ficient for the first time in six months to pay all operating expenses, leaving a net profit to apply on bonds. The president of the com pany hails this as the turning point in the finan cial affairs of the railroad systems of the na tion. It may also be seen as bringing closer the reduction of burdensome rates. So it is in three great lines of industry. Whatever mav have been the fundamental cause of the business depression, one of the ob stacles to recovery will be the human inclina tion to look for the worst. America's resoucei are as large- as ever, and opportunities are plen tiful With the financial and commercial ice jam now evidencing signs of breaking up, given faith and industry, prosperity ought scon to be brought back. General Pelaez, having put down the revolt at Tampico, charges that E. L. Doheny and William Green, oil men, were back of the upris ing of General Hcrerra in hopes of forcing in tervention. If this is true, it illustrates anew that backward nations are never exploited with out the help of some of their own citizens. John D.'s physician says his patient will live to 100, but it seems that he is taking no chances with being caught unawares by the inheritance tax laws, having given most of his property to his children and retaining only 1,000 shares in the company he founded. Thirteen hundred cars of wheat a day are reported to be moving out of Nebraska, and only about 300 of them through Omaha. This needs to be looked into. In view of the fact that General Foch speaks English fluently he is in no especial danger of being "silenced" by the law, should he come to Omaha, . What, may we ask, would "T. R." have said to a dozen limousines, two chefs and a big auto truck load of supplies on a "roughing" trip? A real ue has been found for the navy. It is needed to enforce the dry law. "Main Street" was not such an imaginative work titer all Lake-toOcean Waterway Savings in Freight Costs That May Result From the Proposed Flan. This fourth article on the St. Lawrence waterway development detaila certain of the savings possible to middle western states by the use of water routes in place of railroads for transportation of farm and other product to market. By VICTOR B. SMITH. Shipping by water has two possible advan tages as compared with shipping by railroad. It may be cheaper; it may avoid delays in con gested terminals. If the Great Lakes-to-Ocean water highway, to be made possible by the im provement of the St. Lawrence river is to prove its worth as a shipping route, it must meet these tests. If it does meet them, if it promises lower freight rates from Great Lakes ports to Europe or to the Atlantic seaboard, with equal or shorter shipping time, then it gives hope of increased prices for the products of western states , which are now embarrassed by high trans portation costs. The most exhaustive investigation of this question has been made by Roy S. MacElwee and Alfred H. Ritter, economists who rank as specialists in transportation problems. They engaged in their study with open minds, seek ing only the conclusions which the facts might justify. The facts here presented are drawn from their report, which covers in all nearly 300 printed pages. After presenting tables as to distances by water and by rail between principal cities, these' economists report: The above shows that the rail distance be tween San Francisco and New York is 3,191 miles and the water distance by way of the Panama canal is 6,059 miles, the former being 53 per cent of the latter. The tolls on vessels passing through the canal have averaged about 50 cents per ton of cargo, but the rail roads have been unable to compete with the water route. Rates by rail have been as much as 200 to 300 per cent of the water rates and the rail traffic has been largely eon fined to high-class goods on which the saving of interest on capital invested justifies the use of the quicker but more expensive route. The distance from Seattle to New York by rail is 3,136 miles, while the distance by water is 6,954 miles, the rail distance being 45 per cent of the water distance. Large quan tities of grain and flour are carried from Seat tle, Tacoma and Portland to New York and also the United Kingdom, Scandinavian and Mediterranean ports. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, a total of 120 vessels carried grain eastward through the Panama canal. In the past goods have been carried from the Pacific coast to New York by vessel and sent long distances inland for less cost than the same goods could be sent direct by rail from the Pacific coast The Great Lakes-' St. Lawrence waterway will extend the bene fits of cheap transportation to the Trans Mississippi territory, which has been placed at a serious disadvantage by the influence of the Panama canal. From Chicago to New York is a distance of 912 miles by rail and 2.926 miles by water. There can be no reasonable doubt that high-' class freight can be carried between these points by water at less cost than by rail. The present rail rate on fresh meat from Chicago to New York is 93J4 cents per hundred pounds, or $18.70 a ton. It is carried from New York to Liverpool, a distance of 3,578 statute miles, for $1 per hundred pounds, or $20 per ton, and the vessels made handsome profits at this rate. It could be carried by the St. Lawrence to New York for 75 cents per hundred pounds and afford, the vessel a large profit on the business. From Duluth to Boston is a distance of 1.513 miles by rail and 2,775 miles by water. From Cleveland to Boston the distances are f82 miles by rail and 1,964 miles by water. Wool, hides, salt, copper, iron, steel, etc. could be carried to Boston and vicinity by water at a large saving as compared with the, ran rates, ine relation ot tne ran to tne water haul between Duluth and Boston is more fa vorable to the use of the waterway than is the relation of rail to water haul on the Panama canal route between the Pacific and the Atlantic. Further, Messrs. MacElwee and Ritter state Present rates show costs per ton from Chicago to Liverpool (by rail to New York and sea to Liverpool) of $32.60 on agricul tural implements, $51.50 on clothing, $14.60 on grain and $39.30 on meats. The rate on grain from upper lake ports to New York by Jake and rail is approximately W2 cents per bushel, or 31.8 cents per hundred pounds, in cluding elevator charges at Buffalo. The lake rate to Buffalo is about 4 cents per bushel, and if the St. Lawrence were open to lake and ocean vessels the rate for carrying grain as far as Montreal would be about 7 cents per bushel, on present costs. It would therefore be entirely feasible to get the grain as far as Montreal, a distance of 3,207 statute miles from Liverpool, at a sav ing of 8 to 12 cents per bushel, as compared with getting it to New York, 3,578 miles from Liverpool. Since the cost of transferring grain to ocean carrier at Montreal would not exceed 1 cent per bushel, there is clearly an opportunity for a net saving of 6 to 10 cents per bushel, utilizing the lake vessel as far as Montreal. As shown elsewhere, however, the greatest economies will result from shipping direct in ocean vessels carrying well balanced cargoes consisting of proper proportions of grain and high-class freight. Comparing the present rail and ocean rates from Chicago to the United Kingdom with ocean rates from gulf ports, which are as sumed to be equivalent to the probable lake rate, it will be seen that a very great saving will be effected by the proposed waterway. On agricultural implements a saving of 45 cents a hundred is indicated, on meat 75 cents a hundred and on clothing probably $1 a hun dred.. Grain is carried from gulf ports for 60 cents a hundred while the rate through New York from Chicago is 73 cents a hundred, indicating a possible saving of 13 cents a hundred. Steel from Gary to the United Kingdom via New York takes a rate of $1.12 a hundred. It can be shipped from gulf ports for 64 cents a hundred and a similar rate would probably be feasible direct from Gary by vessel. (Tomorrow's article will continue this dis cussion of freight rate savings.) "Pop!" Goes Another Paclfistic Bomb. Assertion that wars are made more often than not to put money in the pockets of muni tions makers has long been a favorite with the pacifist who would seize on any straw to excuse himself from doing his duty as a soldier. We all heard the howl, when the world war was on, that it was a war for the "powder profiteers." But now who goes on record as in favor of limi tation of armaments? Du Pont, powder. Gary, steel. Talbot, airplanes. Mason, chemicals. Maxim, the inventor of war weapons. And pop goes another of the pacifist bombs. Worcester Telegram. Cheering News About Lobsters. Word comes from Maine and elsewhere on the edge of New England that the season's catch of lobster has been gigantic. Trainloads of lobsters, upward of 1,500,000 pounds, are in transit for New York and other big cities. New York Herald. The Wheat Held On to Its Beard. The crop news is almost universally good. However, an ill report comes from Texas, where a recent hurrican blew the 'whiskers off the corn crop, and seriously discouraged it. Seat tle rpswnwiiigencer, How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS Questions concerning hygiene, sanita tion and prevention of disease, sub mitted to Dr. Evan by readers of The Bee, will be answered personally, subject te proper limitation, whore a stamped, addressed envelope la en closed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnosis or prescribe for individual diseases. Address letters in care of The Bee. Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evans. SICK ROOM PSYCHOLOGY. "If only they would send us nurses who knew how to get at us," ex claimed a woman of the Mission dis trict in San Francisco. Thereupon Miss Higgins sat down and wrote a book. She called it "The Psychology of Nursing." In it she explains why people have such queer ways and say such queer things. Sickness makes some people broad, charitable, and unselfish. It makes the majority selfish, narrow and self-centered. Miss Higgins tells why certain types of people react mentally and emotionally in certain ways. With the understanding of the conduct of the sick, the well should be able to meet situations and adapt surroundings to the best advantage. The nurse who sits beside the sick bed can discharge her duties a good deal better if she understands the underlying reasons for conduct. It may be worth a good deal to the patient to know that his nurse is on to him; that she is a practical psychologist, able to size him up for just what he is, to understand thor oughly how to value his complaints; that her estimate of him is scientific as well as detached. Miss Higgins has a group of girls from different sections of the coun try, differently educated and differ ently brought up, enter a training school at the same time. They see patients differently and estimate them differently, of course, because they themselves are different. This way of doing things makes an open ing for the study by the nurse of her own psychology, and this opportuni ty is not neglected. I was interested in some state ments of the different ways the nurse viewed things and estimated her patient's symptoms when she, the nurse, was menstruating. The type of mind of the nurse affects her type of reaction to menstruation. And from this book I turned to Michael Pavls' "Immigrant Health and the Community," and I heard again the cry of the Mission district woman: "If only they would send us nurses who knew how to get at us." Only the cry of the Immigrant Is for doctors, hospitals, dispensaries, and a lot of other institutions and in dividuals, as well as nurses, "who know how to get at us." Davis has done a fine piece of reportorial work. When we read of the immigrant's hunger for food to which he is accustomed, for words whose meaning he knows, for un derstanding, if not sympathy, we can understand why his death rate and sickness rate are higher than that of people born in this country. Then perhaps, we find the answer, the only effective answer, to Michael Davis' broadening of the exclamation of the Mission district woman in a third book, Miss Pope's "Textbook of Simple Nursing Procedure for High Schools." Much of the visiting service to Im migrants, and to natives as well, and. much of the nursing of all sorts, is not such as to determine the skilled service which the trained nurse of today can render. It is s waste of her time to keep her at such work. That which can be taught through the public schools gets at the people through their children. Continue: Using Glasses. B. writes: "I am a boy between the aces of 18 and 17 years. I have worn glasses for the last five years on account of nearsightedness. How can I cure my sight to normalcy? I do not wish to wear glasses any more, but if I must to be cured will wear them." REPLY. -Nothing you can do will material ly change your eyes. Continue wear ing properly fitted glasses. If you are nearsighted the tendency will be for vour eyes to become more nor mal as you grow older, and in time you may be able to see well without glasses. Age may cure you, though you cannot cure yourseir. (let Detailed Advioe. G. D. S. writes: "Will you kindly outline a rule or course of diet for a diabetic patient?' REPLY. Diabetics should not eat any food containing sugar or bread or any food in making whlcn any starcn containing flour is used, or any cereal. This Is merely suggestion. Tt, he successful in living a long and useful life you must have a plan of living which you must carry out in ereat detail. Sucn a plan cannoi De laid down in a brief letter. Have a physician examine you and instruct you in how to live. Report to him periodically. To aid you in follow ing directions get one of the small books for the laity on diabetes. There are several trustworthy books of this character. OX Cause of Legs Swelling. Mrs. J. L. W. writes: "1. What Is the cause of the legs swelling during the latter nart of pregnancy? "2. Would just a trace of sugar in the urine cause this? I am dieting for the sugar. "3. What should I do to prevent It?" REPLY. 1. Among the causes are Bright's disease and pressure on the large blood Vessels in the pelvis. 2. No. 3. For swelling due to pressure keep off your feet. For swelling due to Bright's, diet. To Save the Game Birds. The country is large enough to be able to afford grants of safe quarters in perpetuity for the wild fowl that are born to an unequal contest in which the shotgun always wins. New York World. Qualification for Postmasters. Examinations to fill numerous postmasterships being scheduled for next month, candidates will be busy trying out their ability to read postal cards at sight. Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. No Ixnger "Sight Unseen." Anyway, no young fellow of today can hold out at some future time that he got his bride "sight unseen." Marion Star. For tlio Xorval Language Law. Oxford. Neb., July 23. To the Editor of The Bee: The American Legion of Nebraska signifies its in tention of taking a hand in defense of the Reld-Norval law which is be ing attacked by the German Luther an synod of Missouri. The Legion is rlpht and should be commended by every loyal citizen In the state. There is nothing in this law but Justice and a square deal to the school children. It in no way conflicts with religion or its teaching in church schools. It does not abridge the right of parents who choose to send their children to church schools; it does, however, prescribe that teachers in such schools shall have equal qualifica tions with teachers in the public schools and that the American lan guage shall be used. Why not? Is not that fair and just to the children who are sent to those schools? It certainly is better than sending them to teachers whose only qualification was that they spoke a foreign tongue and that they were obsessed with the idea that religion could not be taught in other than the German language and that it should take the place of the English language in our schools. The law allows perfect freedom of language In Sunday schools and church service and only requires that children exempted from the public schools shall not be deprived of equal rights in the church schools. The parties fighting the Reid-Norval law are the same that desperately foustht the repeal of the Mockett law. They fought the repeal of letting foreigners vote on equality with American citizens. They were the instigators and fought to retain the law that robbed the taxpayers of the state to enrich the foreign language press. Lutherans as well, if not more than others, will receive great benefits from strict en forcement of this law. The foreign language press, which is backing this fight with all the means, political strategy and religious propaganda at their command, realize that this law while a splendid thing for church school students will sooner or later destroy their strangla hold on the politics of the state, hence their fight. A. C. RANKIN. Ireland Must Be Free. Sacred Heart Rectory, Omaha, July 23. To the Editor of The Bee: In the interests of peace and justice for the long-suffering Irish people, you will have the courtesy to grant a little space, to put the facts of the Irish cause before the interested American people. To clear the at mosphere from the befogging smoke-screen of British propaganda, so cleverly being spread in the American press, let me state: 1. President De Valera and his Irish government could not if they would, and would not, if they could, accept anything as a settlement of Irish rights short of an undivided independent Ireland. They cannot accept any form of foreign control within the British empire. If they did, they would betray the mandate given them and the Irish people would repudiate Mr. De Valera and his cabinet and elect others in their place. Ireland has been robbed of her independence as a nation by the brute force of England and until the latter makes restitution for this robbery there can be no peace. Britain has proved to demonstration, by seven centuries of misrule, rob bery and' wrong that she is utterly unable to govern Ireland Justly. To accept any modification of her con trol at this time would be only giv ing a new lease on life to the cen turied feud between the two nations and fostering its continuance.. It would be perpetuating Ireland as a vasal nation of England, paying im- perial taxation. 2. There will be peace and friend ship between Ireland and England only when the invader undoes the wrong of centuries and withdraws from Irish soil. The Irish race at home and abroad have struck for good against the claims of the usurp ing tyranny of England. And in the present tentative peace conference Mr. Do Valera is feeling out, in a prudent diplomatic way, Mr. Lloyd George to find out if he is sincere. The Irish leader has the best of reasons to fear he is not sincere, but on the contrary, is only playing one of his treacherous tricks to deceive the world and defeat tho ends of Justice. If the logical force of circum stances compels Mr. Lloyd tleorgc to recognize at this time the in alienable rights of Ireland to be free, then there will be peace the peace of justice between two neighboring peoples who ought to he friends in stead of enemies. But if the premier of perfidious Albion tries to trick Ireland into the so-called dominion rule or any other form o! British domination, then the Irish people at home will resume their age-long fight for freedom, as best they can. And the Irish race abroad, in every land where tyranny has drivett them, are resting on their oars and ready again to throw themselves with all their vigor into an international campaign to make the world too hot for the British empire and force her to do Justice to their cradle land. Thejrish nation will have no form of British rule, dominion or other wise. The Irish want lri.sh rule, and they mean to have it. Their case might as well be settled om-o for all according to the principle for which the world war was fought self-determination. KEV. P. J. JUDGE. Wliero to Begin. The Washington conference will find that the first thing that needs to be disarmed is suspicion. Washing ton Post. MADE TO BE PAINTED. "She' made to be painted!" That's per fectly true! Her poae Is perfection, a model her face. And does not each line now I put It to you Of her figure show really an exqulsito grace? Crowding the Horse Off Stage but nymph In She' not - statuesque, repose, A Psyche, maybe, is what I should say; Her lips, you will notice are red as tho rose. And her eyes just the color of shim mering day. But, just look again, and, when all's done and said, A. trifle of Nature you'll see, Is just missed The lips to be loved sre a (rifle, too red, Yes, she's made to be painted, but not to be kissed. Cartoons Magazine. (Prom the Washington Star.) When the motor car passed the stage of experiment and from a snorting, halting, choking, bumping, often-stalling contraption becamo a smooth, fairly dependable and com paratively swift and silent means of transport It was freely declared that the horse was doomed to pass. Tho "horseless age" was about to oprn. But that has not happened. The horse is still with us, though not as much in evidence as formerly. In deed, the horse is passing, especially in the cities, and the day may come when it will be a novelty, even a curiosity. Certainly that day Is ad vanced by the tremendous produc tion now maintained by the largest and most proliflo of this country's motor car factories Indeed, the largest in the world. From that great incubator at De troit from which already over 5,000,000 of the lowest priced cars on the world market have come are now issuing machines at the rate, for July to date, of 4.30G a day. During the month of June 108,962 cars were produced, and during the second quarter of the present year 301.796 cars. During the corresponding ouarfer of last year the production was "only" 220,878. On one day in June, the 23d, the highest point of productivity was reached, when 4,454 complete cars were turned out of tho shops ready for business. How can the horse stand such competition? It is against all equine nature. Not even if there is a dif ferential in favor of oats against gasoline can the horse game possibly win in the face of this remarkable productivity. And this is only one of the American factories. True, it is tho most fecund of all and its out put is the cheapest of all. But it is not the only factor that Is driving the horse off the streets, and even threatening them on the farms. Whether this makes for a better civilization or a happier world is a question for other consideration. For the present it is interesting to note that at the immediate rate this one 6hop is turning out "horseless car riages" to the extent of more than a million a year. Mount Everest Next. With the north and south poles safely tucked away In man's belt, it is fitting that a new expedition should be launched to conquer the heights of Mount Everest. Boston Transcript. Misery Jfo. 14. Wall, the rain beat me te It, thought I'd got camp pitched and supper ever before it came but now my name la rjerorJae sure naff. I figured when I started, as did "ntataah." "lets rough tt Tefa gat back to mother nay choc" woodsy eaorp fire, sleep on the ground, be real prime-evil a twirr. Ponarl nothing to it. Get tne fresh atr. travel around, that's fine, but Bleep comfortably and be reason ably sore your cooking apparatus will Work If yon aleep goad and ean eat te satisfy that raveooas ap petite, you'll sure enjoy that auto too? or camping trip. I could have bad a real eraick, comfortable meal now Inside my tent. In the downpour, If I'd only bees smart enough to buy one ot those American air pressure 2 -burner stores at IS M HOWARD OMAHA Watch for the Baa at Tearing lint's Adieuhiisa, MINNESOTA'S Lake Resorts are cool, delightful, nicely located, well appointed attractive sylvan retreats for overheated, overworked,' or just recreation seeking humanit No hay feverfine boating and and-" Northern Facinc Train Service which simply means the best there is. Out booklet "Min nesota Lakes" ia replete wins infor mation, hotel rates etc rtoel Bead lor It. F. A. ACKER. Geo. Agt. IIS Railway Excbaige Bid. Kansas crrr, ko. A. M. CLE LAND Paee. Traffic Mgr. SAINT PAUL. tUHHrSATA ' 1 A, r iSifi J5 fishing -jf jH t II Fine, All-Steel Train In daily service between KANSAS CITY AND LITTLE ROCK with through sleeping car between Omaha and Hot Springs Every travel comfort and convenience is pro vided on this fine, all-steel equippid train drawing-room sleeping cars dining car chair cars and comfortable day coaches service to please all classes of patrons. Beautiful riverside ride leaving Omaha and into Kansas City. Good roadbed all the way. via the Missouri Pacific Lv. Omahs 8 :0S a.m. Phone DO uglas 2793 IW iwif )Av Oflrlct' OMAHA PRINTING COMPANY If- 71 mk Meet. n ras II 'v i iOOtswiar0cvtect Lv. Lincoln 7:20 a.m. Lv. Union 9:35 a.m. Lv. Atchison .... 2:05 pjn. Lv. Leavenworth.. 2:55 p.m. Ar. Kansas City. 3:45 p.m. Lv. Kansas City.. 4:00 p.m. Lv. Independence. 8:53 p.m. Lv. 'Coffeyville ... 9:30p.m. Lv. Claremore ...11:01 pjn. Lv. Wagoner .... 1 1 :43 p.m. Lv. Sallisaw ..... 1:15a.m. Ar. Ft. Smith 2:00 am. Ar. Little Rock... 7:23a.m. Omaha-Hot Springs sleeper arrives Hot Springs 10:00 a.m. Lay-over sleeper for Ft Smith may be occupied m Ft. Smith until 7:00 a. m. For complete information apply to City Ticket Office, 1416 Dodge St. Phone DO uglas 1648 Or Union Station Ticket Office Phone DOuglaa SS70 Omaha, Neb. H ssMt;B Si I a. Mini III mil I III MIIJrTTTWRrtWTWfTTesoMSBSseBaBBBBBBm
