.THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1921.
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The Beefs Platform
1. Naw Uaioa Paaaaogar Station.
2. CoatiauaJ improTBBt of tka N
braaka Hifhwar. iocluaiing lb paa
at of Mala Tborougbf araa laading
lata Omaha with a Brick Surfaea.
3. A ahart, low-rat Watarwap from tha.
Cara Bait to tha Atlaatio Oeaaa.
4. Horn Rula ChaHar for Omaha, with
City Managar form of UOTararoant.
Foreign Delegatei Facing Facts.
If the people of the United States ire weary
of war, what must be the feeling! of those peo
ples whose lands have been deluged by the
dreadful wave that merely washed our shores?
If our national life is disturbed as an effect of
the World War, what of France, and Italy and
England and Germany? Conceding that the
peopte there are as capable of sensation as our
selves, that their aspirations are in line with
ours, and that they react to the same influences,
then we must also concede sincerity to their
representatives who are here to attend the con
ference at Washington.
' Aristide Briand tells us France longs for
peace. This may be taken as established,
i France was bled white by the war. Already its
statesmen had taken alarm at the evidences of
'decay, signalized by a decreasing birth rate, and
were undertaking to stimulate the national life
Into warmer health when the awful calamity
overwhelmed them. Emerging from the war vic
torious but devastated, France finds its problems
ccentuated. Not only the declining birth rate,
but a mounting death curve, incident to the re
laxation of efforts to control disease, must be
faced. While great progress has been made in
the way of restoring the fought-over sections of
France, and industrial and economic conditions
re coming back to health, regeneration of the
nation is a question of years, and France must
have peace in order to recover.
Ambassador Ricci, speaking for Italy, says
his country seeks only peace, and is' willing to
come out in the open with all its aims at the
conference. This may be believed, for Italy has
suffered in a degree only slightly less than did
its allies in victory. Italy finds as one result
of the war a greatly extended territory, but
mourns the loss of 500,000 dead and three" times
that many wounded soldiers. No phase of life
in the kingdom went unscathed through the war.
So Italy's real devotion to the object of the con
ference may be accepted without question. ,
Japan presents the one discordant note among
the big five. Giving less, and expecting more,
than either of the other hations, its program
does not completely harmonize with projects of
the others, and will surely be subject, to ma
terial revision. Japan can not hope to set up
and maintain supremacy in Asia unless its policy
be modified so it will run along with the gen
eral thought of the world's leaders.
. The United States and England have given
every possible assurance of sincerity in the un
dertaking, and the established integrity of these
great nations is the hope of the world. Foreign
delegates are coming to Washington, hugging no
delusions, but animated by a hope that is all but
conviction that their labors will not be in . vain,
and that from that conference' will go forth a
message to mankind as welcome as that voiced
by the angel to the shepherds nineteen cen
turies ago.
j A Sermon by Marshal Foch.
Peace on earth and good will to man have
: teen companion thoughts through the ages.
One does not expect a sermon from the lips of
I a military hero, yet Marshal Foch of France has
j preached briefly but eloquently on this text.
"Good will must be in the bottom of the
heart; without it is only a sham peace," were
j his words in Chicago while discussing the dis-
armament conference. "Peace has been prom
j fsed from the first night of Christianity only to
! men of good will," he declared.
This veteran of the world's greatest war
knows' that neither the expense nor the suffer
ings and perils of war hold men or nations back.
No sacrifice, physical, mental or moral, is too
great to be made when the home is in danger.
While the burden of taxation and the loss of life
may cause the world to long for peace, yet this is
not to be' obtained and kept for any such ma
terial reason.
The opposition to war that counts most is,
s Marshal Foch says, spiritual. Hate among
peoples, a national sentiment that approves un
fair aims, undue suspicion of the motives of
others, and all the attributes which fall under
the head of international ill will, these are the
enemies of world peace. The tremendous inter
est aroused in the churches over the conference
in Washington is a hopeful portent, for the prob
lem must be settled on a moral plane.
on the witness stand. They ought also to bring
hrrt a city manager from some such place as
Dayton, to tell of the actual working of the
plan in larger communities.
, Omaha wants all the information possible
about this, for it is the next Step in organising
the city for progress.
Lighter Tax on Little Fellows.
Over the opposition of the democratic group,
Joined by a trio of republicans, the senate passed
the measure for revision of the revenue law, and
it will probably go to conference today for the
purpose of harmonizing the views of the two
houses and so completing the bill. Chief of al
legations made by the opposition is that this bill
will lessen the burden of taxation to the rich
and increase it to the poor. Directly the op
posite effect is certain to follow. Some reduction
of tax on the larger incomes is admitted, but by
far the greater proportion of the ultimate $750,
000,000 of reduction will be taken from the backs
of the little fellows.
The senate increases the exemption on in
comes for heads of families under $5,000 to
$2,500, with allowance of $200 for each de
pendent. The father of a family of five must,
therefore, have an income in excess of $3,500
before he will pay a cent of income tax, In
the year 1919 it was closely estimated that 23,
500,000 family groups in the United States had
an aggregate annual income of $52,850,000,000.
Of these 21,375,000 family groups had income be
tween $1,000 and $2,000, or an aggregate of $40,
615,000,000; 1,375,000 families had incomes of be
tween $2,000 and $3,000, an aggregate of $3,850,
000,000; 246,950 famliy groups had incomes be
tween $3,000 and $4,000, an aggregate of $938,
454,000; and 144,050 families had annual incomes
of between $4,000 and $5,000, an aggregate of
$677,035,000. This entire group of 23,141,000
families is benefited by the increased exemptiqn
noted. On the 1919 basis, more than $46,000,
000,000 of $52,000,000,000 of family income is
beneficially affected. No sign of increasing the
load on the small income while taking it from
the greater may be noted in this.
Abolishment of the excess profits tax, and of
many forms of the nuisance taxes is compen
sated for by increase in the levy on corpora
tions, while a special provision is made to tax
gifts, and thus seize revenue that has escaped by
reason of division of estates under the guise of
gifts a direct application of the tax to huge
wealth. In other ways levies on large fortunes
are increased. What the final form of the bill
will be can not be told, but as it stands it fairly
well conforms to the fundamental principle of
putting the tax on those better able to bear it.
I Bring a City Manager Here.
It is announced that the city manager plan is
' to be foremoct in the discussion of the Nebraska
League of Municipalities here this winter. Omaha
has been interested in this improved method
of municipal government for a long time. No
leader, however, has come forward to crystalize
this passive interest into action. The numerous
civic and business organizations, which might
do so much to bring this about, have remained
engaged in other matters, most of them of more
f Jess personal nature.
J Out at the other side of the state Alliance
has a city manager, and is more than satisfied
; with the innovation. Dozens of larger cities
throughout the nation are also governed in this
' way. When these Nebraska mayors and city of
fccials meet in Omaha, they ought to put Alliance
Nebraska' Voting Strength.
When Nebraska wen to the polls a year
ago and cast 382,753 votes for president,' all
felt as if the state was getting up there to where
it deserved some notice. That many votes is
impressive, and ought to command attention
even in a Tammany election. Now comes along
the census man and tells us that 303,000 citizens
of Nebraska who were entitled to vote disfran
chised themselves; at least, they did not vote.
He does not put it exactly that way, but points
out that the census returns for the year 1920
show that in Nebraska lived 686,387 persons of
voting age. Of these 327,558 were women, and
358,789 were men. (
A few years ago expert politicians were wont
to estimate the total vote of the state within a
few thousand, and the wildest guesses never set
the total at much over 275,000. A little study
of these figures will show some angles of the
problem the future vote chaser has to face.
First of all, and most impressive, is the indif
ference to the duties of citizenship thus dis
closed. Almost every other voter in Nebraska
neglected to cast a ballot in the great presiden
tial race of 1920. Only about 30 per cent took
sufficient interest in the constitution to vote
on it. If the women were as eager for the bal
lot as they had been represented, and each had
voted, as she should have done, they would
have furnished almost the total vote for presi
dent, and 100,000 more than were counted on
the constitution.
Next year's campaign in Nebraska will be
a warm one, with much of local importance to
be determined, and we hope the voters will turn
out in such numbers as will give us a total
more nearly representing the actual strength of
the state than last year's figures show. ,
Another Great Industry.
A distinction of which Chicago will not boast
is that its rate on insurance against theft is
higher than that of any other city in America
and that means the world. The statement is
even made that 10,000 persons in Chicago follow
crime as a business. They are said to have their
conferences, agreements and special legal coun
sel. v
, It is to be feared, however, that robbery will
never become firmly established as an industry.
For one thing, it can not advertise. For an
other, the supply of larceny, both petty and
grand, always is in excess of the demand. There
are so many uncertainties about it that even the
most skilled pickpocket never knows, when he
kisses his wife and children goodby upon setting
out on his day's toil, whether he will return at
nightall or five years hence.
The fact that honest folk are able to get in
surance against robbery at any price indicates
that the crime industry still contains some ele
ments of risk, and that there is a gambler's
chance that one will not be robbed. The situa
tion is, for all that, very bad, and many will
think that it results from the breakdown of
municipal government more than any one thing.
It has not been long since Chicago police officers
were accused of dealing in contraband alcohol,
an avocation which would align them with the
criminal classes rather than with the honest citi
zens. Something is wrong in Chicago, but no
one seems to care.
A ten-million-dollar heiress says she does not
dread fortune hunters. Perhaps not, but she
will probably end by wedding one.
The German government still is looking for
that missing 700,000,000 marks. Somebody may
have bought a meal with the money.
Marshal Foch is not averse to parades, but
when he went to church on Sunday he went as a
worshiper, not a spectacle.
- "Dead or alive" doesn't seem to worry the
bandits. .
The Husking Bee
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ARMISTICE DAY.
1921.
How well I remember a world in the blues,
'Twas deeply impressed on my mind,
When across the wide country there flashed the
glad news
That an armistice note had been signed;
The World War was over! Was over and won!
This great nation shook with the noie
As we honored and praised each American son
And awaited return of our boys.
But many a mother-heart beat with the pain
Of a wound that has left a deep scar
For many a mother has waited in vain;
Her reward is a gold service star.
And on Armistice Day, lest we should forget
The pain that a lost son compels,
Let us see that those bright, golden stars never
set
In the realm where memory dwells.
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PHILO-SOPHY. .
Honor for the dead and a square deal for the
living.
The usual combination where you find a
hard heart you will probably find a soft head.
Where a fool brags a wise man merely ad
mits. We don't wonder at old Mother Earth sitting
up and rubbing her eyes and wonder what 'ese
mortals are heading into. An airplane that is
rated at 90 miles is classed as "one of the slower
ships."
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These sudden changes of temperature and a
deceptive sun luring one out without one's over
coat, are what drive one to patronizing the Smith
Bros., Trade and Mark.
Anyway, a singer ought to be able to reach
a high note when he has a soar throat.
Installment store ad: "Let Us Feather Your
Nest." Sure. How much down?
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We used to celebrate until we were sick.
Now we have to be sick first before we can
celebrate.
When a man is sick
It does appear
He craves the kick ,
Of medicinal beer I
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WISE MAID. .
Local coalman reports the loss of his tele
phone operator. Guy called up and ordered two
tons of coal,, j. 1. t. Girl traced the call, so we
are informed, and married the guy, and now she
is helping him consume th,e coal.
Can't blame the girl, though. Any guy who
can order two tons of coal at one fell swoop
must have money to burn.
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HE KNEW.
The kindergarten teacher was telling the chil
dren the story of
The Queen .of Hearts
She made some tarts,
All on a summer's day;
4 The Knave of Hearts .
He stole those tarts
And hid them quite away.
Looking around on the rapt little faces up
turned to her, she asked, impressively: "And
where do you think he hid them?"
Up went David's hand quick as a flash.
'" "In his tummy I" was the reply that con
vulsed the room, ' A. D. G.
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SO MUCH AT STEAK, TOO.
'And now. the Packing Workers are prepar
ing to strike. Which will make it hard for a
high liver to bring home the bacon. Although
we-realize it is no use to beef about it, we can't
help but remark when we meat with such a sit
uation that we never sausage a condition of af
fairs. Hot Dogl
It must be in the air or something. Even
the eight-day clocks are striking.
For shorter hours, probably.
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FAIR ENOUGH.
Reciprocity is good,
There is no use to talk
The doctor pays a visit
And the visit pays the doc.
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FATHER, TOO, MAYBE. .
The days will be growing shorter from now
until nearly Christmas. No, Mr. Paucity, we
didn't say dads days, dazel
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- Christmas merchandise is beginning to show
up in the ads, but we really can't do much of
anything about if until we get that Thanksgiving
turkey out of the way.
OI YEZ.
"Do your Christmas shopping early"
Is very good advice,
. And simple, too, to follow
If one only has the price,
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An old maid and one step makes her a step
mother. .
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WINK AND YOU GET ONE. .
See where there is a movement on foot to
prohibit prohibition jokes. If this works out
like prohibition we humorists may be able to
bootleg 'em and raise the price.
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PRIDE.
I proudly masticate my food,
I do so 'cause I chews, .
And with profoundest gratitude
I gaze upon my shoes;
'I don my underwear and sox,
My nobby suit of clothes .
My tie, so bright it fairly talks,
Likewise my shirt and hose;
I'm proud of everything I use;
So are my wife and ma
You ask me why I so enthuse,
It's Made in Omaha I
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A DEAD ONE.
The person who can't find anything to inter
est him on the eighth floor of the Brandeis build
ing this week can probably find what he needs
down at the Casket and Shroud factory,
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About the only place they dance the old
square dances now is at small shindigs where
there aren't enough dancers to go around,
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When a man is buried in thought he is usually
dead to the world.
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ISNT IT THE TRUTH?
Solomon was wise, they say,
As wisdom used to go,
But still there wasn't, in his day,
So very much to know,
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AFTER-THOUGHT: Pride goeth before a
new fall hat. PHILO.
How to Keep Well
By DSL W A- EVANS
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Copimbt, till. Of Dr. W. A. Evaaa.
tWe had a fine Indian summer at that.
Humor Says: ."All for One."
Doug and Mary will sell their California
home and lire half of each year in Paris here
after. Now look at what being "D'Artagnan"
bs dost to the fellow! Cleveland Flaia Dealer.
PUTTING EMOTIONS IN
HARNESS.
Congrnisn Qlanton, repri
manded by tits houa of rprenia
Uvm, walked out of the t-hamhrr
through tha wrong door, and, faint
Ine, fell unconaoloua In tha hullway.
In all probability ha la In good physi
cal health and has a heart that Is
organically sound. -
This In what happened; Ha waa
under tha Influence of profound
motion. This caused hla nervoua
cantcru, directly or Indirectly, pro
foundly to change the working of his
heart That orgrin pumped so feebly
that very little blood reached his
brain. Ills center of rmmcloiianesa
stopped worklnK. a did hi bruin
center, controlling1 hla muscle, and
particularly thoao which hold the
body in the standlnir position. He
fall to the floor. Those who rushed
up no doubt found him unconsvlou.
limp, "pule aa a sheet." breathlesu
and without pulse.
when he fell to the floor two
thtntcs happened. When he became
uncoiiRclou hi emotions stopped
working. There was a pause in
thoae worries, fenrs, anxieties, and
other emotional vacarle, and lit
nerve center necessary for contin
uance of life lind a chance to re
cuperate somewhat In the second
place, as he lay prostrate It was
easier for the feebly acting; heart
to put enough blood Into the brain
to keep the machine going.
Here was a striking, illustration of
what a violent emotion can do a
power for Rood or harm which we
are prone to overlook.
The very great things of the world
are done by men and women acting"
under tho Influence of emotional im
pulse. The supreme accomplish
ments, the doing of tha lmposalble.
these are the result of the emotional
whip.
On the other hand, emotions un
trained, uncontrolled, and lawless
bring more misery into the world
than all else combined. Not only
misery and unhappiness, but ineffi
ciency and incapacity, with their
train of poverty and failure, are
largely dependent upon lack of emo
tional training or control, or what
ever you want to call it.
In Chicago this winter an effort
is being: made in a few of the schools
to find out something about the
vagaries of conduct of tho peculiar,
odd and "difficult children." Not
thoae due to feeblemindedness or to
physical defect, but those who. are
reasonably normal otherwise, . but
whose behavior or personality soems
to threaten their happiness and to
make them fit poorly into society.
Most of such children, and grown
people, for that matter, who belong
to the group indicated are sick
somehow or other rfn their emotions.
Perhaps this study may teach us
something and somehow help tho
children. We need to know; that
much is certain.
Nor do we know very much about
how the emotions act. We say they
Increase or decrease the amount of
suprarenal gland secretion. We say
that people with too much thyroid
secretion are overemotional and dif
ficult to live with. But the physiol
ogy of the question needs a great
der of study.
but we can be reasonably certain
of this much emotions can do us
harm or good,. according as we con
trol them or let them control us.
According as we train and use them
sensibly, on the one hand, or let
them run us, on the other.
Taking Temperature.
It. S. T. writes: "1. What causes
a thermometer to register higher in
the rectum than under the tongue?
"2. Is it natural to have a tem
perature of 99-100 degrees in the
afternoon about 10 days before men
struation?" REPLY.
1. The temperature is a little
higher in the former region. The
record is generally more accurate.
2. No.
When All People Agree.
People disagree about everything
excepting that prices of things they
have to sell are too low and the
prices of things they must buy are
too high. Atchison Globe.
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Includes Standard Makes af
Pianos and Players
REFIN1SHED GUARANTEED
They are so fine in quality ant
so low-in price that you can ir
12 months' time turn them back
as part payment on new instru
ments.
Hospe Walnut, $215
Almost New Piano Case. .
Hospe Player, $410
Mahogany Used as Demonstra
torWorth $650.
Everett Ebony, $85
Old but in good playing
condition.
Hamilton Mahogany,
$235
Regular Price, New, $575.00.
A Bargain.
Seybold, $210
Oak Case.
Very Little Used.
Hobart M. Cable, $225
Polished Mahogany.
Fine Condition.
Victor, $175
French Walnut Finish.
Singer, $140
Refinished Case. .
A Practice Piano.
Don't pass up this opportunity.
Buy a piano now. Terms as low
as $10.00 down, balance $5.00
per month.
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duea al prrlrad la MuloM M araapt
tlawa or eiilaioaa ai4 by aorra.
IKiadaula la llaa Lailar Kail.
South tilde Sidewalks.
Omaha. Nov. 7. To the Editor of
Tha Ka! Ill 1920 the filv ciiinniU-
aioners of thla city pnased an ordi
nance firaTing vroiirriy
along Twanty-fourth street to re
place their brick-bat walks with
cement walks from V street to Q
alrret. A few property owners. In
cluding O. II. Brewei have since
that lima replaced the brick-bat
walks with nice cement wnlka. while
a number have taken up their brick
bat walks and relaid them, and all of
them are worse than before being
taken up. Juat last week the brick
walks along one buslneaa block have
been taken up and reluid In much
worse shape than before, and to
muke It worse about two Inches of
snnd has been put all over the walks,
which la so fine on shoes and so
nice to walk over.
The worst part or it is. tnai a
part of the walks relaid are owned
V... . nliu nfflrlnl. If rltv Ollli'lalS will
not obey the city ordinances, how
can other people oe expeciau iu u
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Tk. tvalba llnnl TwentV-fOUrth
street are worse than the walks in
almost any village in tne smie ana
It is a disgrace to tne cuy inai u. ia
that way. The walks on Twenty
third street down here are much
ahead of the walks on Twenty
fourth street.
It is not fair that a part lay cement
walks and others do not do it. The
owners of the properties that have
brick walks before them are well
able to put dewn cement walks. It
would Increase tho value ot their
property and make Twenty-fourth
street look more like the part of a
city. If the owners of these prop
erties walked as mucn as l ao tney
would kick on the brick-bat walks
along Twenty-fourth street.
FRANK A. AQNEW.
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