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South ld 49i S. !4lb St, New York 2 Kiftb A v.. .hinton 1111 0 81. Chlro IMS Wrlgly BWg faris. Franca 42 Ru Ft. Honor The Bee's Platform 1. Naw Union Passonger Station. 2. Continued improemnt of tka Ne braska Highway, including tha paa r.tnt with a Brick Surfaca of Main Thoroughfare loading into Omaha. 3. A short, low-rata Waterway from tha Corn Belt to tha Atlantic Ocaaa. 4. Home r.uli Charter for Omaha, with City Manager f orm of Government. Four Great Nations Accept. No surprise accompanied the frank and fair address of Rt lion. Arthur James Balfour, who heads the British delegation at Washington. He left no misunderstanding when he said that the proposal made by Secretary Hughes on "behalf of America ir the shape of a naval program for the three great powers involved was accepted by Great Britain in principle and in spirit. Baron Kato, for Japan, made it just as clear that his government also accepts the principle, and more than hi can not be asked of either at this time. Prance and Italy likewise agree with the princi ple involved but propose modifications of the plan for its application. The English situation was fairly illustrated by Mr. Balfour, when he asked Americans to think of their Pacific coast as lying 10,000 miles over- sea from the heart of the nation, and recall the fact that England is a small and over-populated island, dependent on the outside world for its existence. Jts responsible statesmen must have time to consider in detail the effect of the plan and to definitely locate the points at which it touches, their national safety. Similarly, Japan lias much to ponder and decide before finally going into a bargain. When the' magnitude, as well as the mag nanimity of the proposal is fairly comprehended, its acceptance! in fact as" well as in principle will be more easily approached. Until the astonish ment tha accompanied its announcement has iied dcVri,4t can not be viewed in its full pro portIoris.lko,is it fair to expect that it will be accepted in, its Entirety, for the other nations will probablyJp'ffer 'sow reasonable modifications,, resting on their particular situation, always of a nature .Jtat'ifoes not destroy'the vital germ of the concepts ; , " KiwVtjris of all the countries are now , busy at theJroblems presented, and will in due time pentihe concrete results of their exam inationshtt is aime(J at- n what will doubt less be thejfnal decision, will be the reduction of naval armament to the lowest point consistent with natidnilj security. Just 3tdft?t96 most encouraging sign that yet has bea noted in the quest for world peace is the w1liijness,"of the leading powers , to har monious! wof out the program. France and Italyre'jejrJo be heard on the subject of land armameVtrfltr- England and. Japan are busy working with the United States to find the solu "tion toheMral question. W and neirr a blow have been trurk, but evil might ti well have Increi.rd and perhaps have overcome, had not the spirit o( tve rlsstinj justice animated the ful of men,, who bared their breasts against the cannon that freedom might be iadrrd the birthright and heritage of all. Cannon set in public parks art reminders of what it Is well not to forget. Our institutions wert not established or fostered by soft words alone, nor is their existence perpetuated by ex- prenions of kindly intentions. Only a nation tlut is ready to defend its liberty deserves the boon. If we are to emerge into a warless world, speed the day, yet even when peace is universal, let us not forget the way by which we traveled to the goal. What Are Railroads For? Before the transportation situation can be cleared up, certain fundamental questions must be decided. Primarily the problem is one of the purpose for which trains are run. There is as yet no agreement as to whether the network of, railroad lines whirh covers the country should be used as a seine to haul in profits for the stockholders or to facilitate business and com munication by hauling freight and passengers. Judge D. If. Cowan, counsel for the National Live Stock Shippers league, has been arguing on this subject before the Interstate Commerce com mission. The theory of the transportation act he attacks as wrong because the return to carriers has been made the important factor in determin ing the reasonableness of rates. In reply to a question by Senator Watson of Indiana, Judge Cowaji thus defined a reasonable rate: "Under present conditions, it is the high est rate the traffic will bear and at the same time permit the free shipment of products to market, so as to allow normal sale and consumption. The question of revenue at this time is secondary." He made another suggestion: that the revenue of the railroads should be fixed, not on the basis of immediate returns, but on that of revenues over a series of years. This suggestion that the transportation system is attempting to secure quick profits instead of looking toward the fu ture for normal and steady gains, is worth gen eral conideration. In the long run, lines run with the idea of service will pay a profit to their owners. The railroads will prosper as business and industry prosper. To set up the aim of maintaining railroad incomes while every other line of trade is depressed is without economic sense or social justice.' This spokesman of the shippers asserts that the rights, not only of the shippers, but of the public, were ignored in the advance of rates of 25 to 40 per cent in July, 1920. He declares furthermore that t!;e Interstate Commerce com mission was intended as a buffer between the railroads and the shippers and people, but that this function has been forgotten. These are thoughts that are spreading over the land. ' The railroads stand accused in the public mind of greed, and they are laying up another such store of wrath as fell upon ' th'em thirtyi years ago. Ew0ic Survey "'of Nebraska. GownoeIcKcIvie has projected an inquiry into cwnoraie (conditions -in Nebraska, the ob ject bnrHe'-determine why certain war prtce peakifrjfLVfnd why some unexpectedly deep valleygtyYeben eroded by the rush of receding financiattefSr Whatever the rjason, the sharp inequalitics"Tt '"prices are most notable. Certain things are held at high' and others equally neces sary are forced to go at immoderately low prices. Some'feasonimust exist for this, and it is to determine that reason, if possible, that the in quiry is tq be made. What may follow then must diperi4 ton the nature of disclosures de veloped bv'the investigation, y it be discov ered that artificial control is responsible for the situation, or any part of it, the laws, of the state provide ample remedy. These have to a large degree been lost sight of in the general up heaval, yet they still are applicable to any case that merits their being called into requisition, he inquiry will commence in Lincoln on Mon daynxt,' is 16 extend to Omaha, Grand Island, and other points in the state if need be, and is intended o be "thorough. The governor should drive his probe deep enough to get at bottom facts, and let the public know if unfair methods are being used, or. if there is sound reason to support some' things the people are not able to understand. y i; j ; Cannon in City Parks. One of the most effective bits of stage man agement 4 ever presented occurs in the third act of, "Alabama." The scene is at the ruined gate to the old Georgia patroon's estate. He tells the . northern ,man of the struggle there, and points to the dismantled cannon still lodged in the iokea masonry' as a mute monument to the Lost Cause. rThe northern man, who has fought for the Union, quietly lifts the vines that have grown over .ilie gun, and shows that a bird has built its ,nest in the cannon's mouth. This allegory may well be studied by the little group of enthusiastic students of art who formed a socfetx, in" Chicago and fulminated a demand for the, b nishtpent of cannons from all parks, because thjf. ire reminders of past wars. These, and alkpfief like minded, will do well to re tnembe'T.hat the cannon so exhibited are not mbWos of brute force, brutally directed, but are ' monuments to valor righteously employed in the cause" of human liberty, of justice, and of mercy to mankind as well. All the good that has come into tPe world might have blessed humanity The State as a Godmother. "The greatest mother in Nebraska," is what Miss Katharine Worley calls the state board of control. Seventeen institutions are under its direction, these ranging in character from shel ters for the . blind and those otherwise afflicted, mentally or physically, to a rescue home lor girls, reformatories for boys and first offenders, and the state prison. ' ' One might go through these salvage yards of society and feel that the human race is going to seed. And yet, on looking deeper, the very fact that the public is taking care of these derelicts gives hope and cheer.. "The state is not a cruel stepmother, driving these ugly, duck lings out-of-doors, thinking only of how to be rid of them. Rather is it a godmother, solicitous for the health and morals of its children. A great deal of money is spent each year for the upkeep of these agencies of relief, yet never has any citizen arisen to advocate doing away with them or even curtailing their opera tion. The cost, however, is bound to lead to ef forts to destroy the sources. Through the schools and the public health service the state is striving to prevent these human bankruptcies. While more and more attention is being given to removing the causes which produce this pitiable need, yet the cruel law of the survival of the fittest has fewer advocates each year. The theory on which these institutions must work is that of fitting the largest number to' survive. It is recognized now that something more than shut ting them out of sight is required. In other ages and other civilizations the unfit were ex posed to extinction, with the idea of strengthen ing the race. And yet these races went down. Pity for the weak makes the world stronger. In many cases, however, it is too slow in coming, and might do much more good if bestowed in careful, intelligent manner in advance of the last desperate need. The Wellsian View Old World on Its Way to Total Destruction, It Seemi. It doesn't make much difference to anyone except Italy whether the Jugo Slavs annex Al bania or not, but all sorts of questions of trade and military strategy are bound up in the move. For all that, the natural arrangement would be to let the Jugo Slavs have their J)ay window on the sea. They might cause more trouble if de nied this land than if given it." Omaha ranks fourth in the percentage . of home owners,-which means a great deal more in actual human values than most other . boasts. After all, the quantity of population counts for less than .the" quality, and an average of -well-being is better than the extremes of wealth and poverty which mark so many older and larger -cities. 4' . ' . King Alexander of Jugo-Slavia is reported to be in love with a princess who refuses to leave Paris for Belgrade, Question for the class in ro mantics: If he really loved her, wouldn't he give up his throne? Question from the tough minded cynics: If he gave up his crown, would he have any attraction for a princess? At that, those cigar stand coupons which the French delegates tried to spend are worth as much as some of the European currency. Just when it begins to look as if the world was regaining its senses the New York police go, out and arrest Mrs. Sanger again. The decrease in quotations of armament shares indicates that the world knows Uncle Sam means just what he says. Would that naval holiday be a wet celebration? (From the Boston Transcript.) Mr. H. G. Wells' views of the world's alteriu. tive to the attainment of a good and permanent peace at the result of the Washington conference is essentially the view of a socialistic doctrinaire who believes that the world must either be made over rebuilt from the ground up or must re lapse into desert or barbarism. He sees but two courses. One of these is a permanent elimination of the possibility of future wars by .1 wonder-working factitious agreement among the nations. The other is wreck, collapse, ruin with London and ew lork where Babylon and Carthage are now, and the owl and the bittern shrieking amidst their ruins. And he seems to -think that the latter alternative is the more likely, for the reason that the mind of man, being essentially trivial, purilc. shallow, refuses to see the solemnity and vitality of the crisis that confronts us all. Mankind, on the road of history, always sits down and whistles jigs to its milestones, and will always do so, That is the superficial Weilsian view and there is something in it. Demos rules the world now, and the difference between Emperor Demos and Emperor Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned, may be undiscoverable. The two fellows are much alike. - But while this may turn out to be quite so, the wise will pause and reflect that after all somebody has something to say about the run ning of the world besides Demos and Nero. We plain people, who are their subjects, may look about and find some comfort in the fact that there is, and always has been, some healing and directing force in the world that corrects the trivial errors of men and keeps them at their wholesome task of feeding their little ones and on the whole advancing the world's comfort. In reading history we are familiar, indeed, with the decline of societies and the downfall of states. But when, even in the midst of the ruin of empires, has there not been some society that was rising, some people who were prospering, some land that looked forward and struggled onward, some country that was redressing the balance ot wreck and decay ? Home goes under but France, Germany, Spain. England, rise gloriously in her place. There is always about so much happiness in the world. There is al ways progress. Always somewhere the sun shines on .hearts, and warm fields, and ripens the grain. It is really a beneficient dispensa tion of Providence that the marbles of the ruined temples of the dead are built into the dwellings of the living. Mr. Wells sees the hand of ruin already laid upon London. It is just now a city of dis couragementsin many ways an abode of gloom, In New York, on the contrary, he finds abound ing life and vitality; and he makes the mistaken assumption that the despair of America, under present conditions or wars ravages and the fear of future wars, is only a little behind that of Europe. New rork, he says, is but our gate way toward Europe. But is is much more than that, as Mr. Wells would know if he knew more of America, and were not so wholly guided by his prepossessions. Not only has America es caped the destruction of Europe, but she has as yet only "opened the door of her own possi bilities, lne business ot America is no more a reflection of the business of Europe, although it sutlers a check as the result of Europe s desola tion. The vitality of our cities, the production of our fields and mines, continue. Europe, too, will recover, but America does not need re covery or recuperation so much as she needs realization. She has at her command an unlim- ted prosperity, and it is her prosperity that will save Europe. , As for the menace of war what wars, what rumors of wars, what loss and ravage of war has the world not safely passed through already! After all there is a divinity that, shapes our ends. Civilization will come through its ordeal. How to Keep Well r OR. W A. EVANS Quotient coanrnlni hyflaa, aaaitatlaa ana" Bravantlaa at 4laa, .uamltt.tt ta vr, tvim y raaaar l in Baa. mm a an. war a Baraanally, auacl la par llaillaUan, wkar a tae near a a v. lop. la cl4 Pr. rill aal aiaa a alaaaaaa) ar araacrla tar laa'tvat, tfiaaaa. A44nu I.I tar. la car el Taa B.a. Copyrnht, lII, by Dr. W. A. fctana, , arapar Evan afcv 7 Triumph of Common Man . The historic visit of General Pershing to lay the Congressional Medal of Honor on the tomb of The Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey on Monday, coinciding as it does with the poig nancy of the unemployment problem, serves to remind us that the great war, more than any other war in history, meant the triumph of the common man and of his right to live. That is the most ironic feature of the war,, for the whole purpose of its begetters was to trample the com mon man into a mere fraction among massed battalions and to blot the little nation out of existence. -' '., Exactly the reverse has taken place, for it is the poorest, the most unknown men, in the per sons of the unemployed, who are absorbing the attention of statesmen, while the presence of the Sinn Fein ambassadors at Downing Street stands for the triumph of clamant nationality, however much we may deplore it. How different it all was at Nelson's death, which we are recalling today. So far from re membering all the men in his fleet at Trafalgar, it would be difficult to recall the names of all the crew on board the Victory when he died Hardy, we know, and some of his captains, but what of the ratings? The truth, of course, is that the common man has made up his mind that if he is to be commandeered for war the community must pay for it, if only in memory of h.im; for while it was the superman who was to rule the world, it is the unknown soldier who has touched our imagination. The Unknown Warrior rests in the Abbey and in the Pantheon, beside Napoleon himself, while the memory of those who were known are graven in imperish able stone on every country road, in every sort of sanctuary from Land's End to John o' Groat's. Xhe practical bearing on actual politics is far reaching. London Graphic, October 22. UNUSUAL CHILD TYPES. Vr. Marvvy Hut Ion, an axperlencatl Krffllnh nifdlfat examiner of arhool children, dearrlbetl w vera I type of ni'itrly normal clilMren that ha has otirerved. He la able to recosnlse a rlilld aa belonging to noma on of thoNa Ibmm' every now and then The flrat typo dem-rllied ho rail the hypopltuliB, meaning thnt Ihfy have lean pituitary icmnd MPtretlon than they need. A boy of this type waa well grown for hla age. obe, rather heavier thun the average. He was rather aleepy In hi hablta, ap pearance, and a general demeanor, hut he made good proxreita In achool. He entered on the changea 00 caiiloned by puberty about one year late. Ills nex organ were immature for hla age. He waa dlflpoeed to be aloof an regards his awtoclnteii and seemed wholly uninterested In mem ber of the female sex. ills mother hud very large hamla and feet and plainly was of an acromegaly of giantism type. In later yeara this boy developed Into a normal, manly, broad shouldered, virile parent. . , . Caeea of this type are to be dls UngulKhed from the obese feeble minded. Several children of this type, had had attacks of pneumonia. The pituitary Is an Important iluctlesa gland located in the head cavity. The children of the atiprarenal type are small, wiry, and very active. They are often eectually precocious. Among this group are the occasion ally found juvenile Don Juana. , Children with a form of congen ital tumor developing near the kll ney and called hypernephromas have the same kind of precocious interest In the female of the species. The adrenal is a ductless- gland lo cated in the region of the kidney. A third type reeogniied by Sut ton, and, in fact, rather frequently noted by the school teachers, are those with too much thyroid. The children of this group are emotion ally sensitive and unstable. They learn easily and quickly. Their minds and bodies are alert and on edge. About the time of puberty an enlargement of the thyroid can be noted. The thyroid is a ductless gland located in the neck. A fourth Is composed of the child ren with too little thyroid. They are slow mentally and quite deficient in emotions and enthusiasms. They do not get excited. Some have thick skins and coarse straight hair. In some the lips and tongue are thick. A fifth group are those of the the Mongol type. . The children of this group have eyes that slant like the eyes of an oriental. Not in frequently a little fold of skin is noted at the inner corner of the eye. In many cases the children of this type are not bright. A striking peculiarity of theirs is their habit of sitting flat on the floor with their feet under them . tailor fashion. Killing Kat Any. C. O. f. write: "Taking warning from your Iftlern to lite dnitger vt tarrying ton much rxre lHugi:e I have recently ri'dm-fd my weiaht forty pound and am Mill on ill. t. Tha remilt are entirely beitrflt'Ut and satlMfaitory. and after all not so hard to attain. I really am under obligation to you for bringing this mutter to wind forcefully enough lo make in realise thnt all any fat per mit) nee (In to do I to eat leaa than ho or ahe actually reunlrra for a time and then rnnflita diet to thing that Katlxfy. but do not put tha fat bark on. Tht Is what 1 wluli 10 nxk about now: Would you kindly nend ma a lint f thone thing 1 may now eat In moderate quantity w ithout putting on weight, and plra men tion also thON things that every 1st person should leave alone." ItEl'LV. You ran eat aa freely a you wlh all kinds of freah fruit, all kinds of watery vegetables, nil kind of un thlckened soup. You tan eut in fair- amounts all kinds of meat, lean and fat, all kinds of milk and milk foods. You can ent in atn.nll (luantltlits bread ami other food made from Tlour, and cereal. Koods to be avoided all kinds of ran dies, sweets, sweet dessert, and foods containing large amount of sugar, and syrup. Majority Says Kerosene, Mrs. K. E. F. writes: "I am a regular reader of your column and derive much benefit from It, but why do you always advise kerosene for lice? The use of kerosene makes for a good thick head of hair, but is of absolutely no use in the eradication of these pests. Why not advise larkspur lotion? That will oertalnly do the business, as I have found from experience." REPLY. Studies have been made by various governments and many research students. They find that larkspur is somewhat efficacious, but with out exception the reports say kero sene is better. Trapping Escaping Snores. J. D. writes: "To prevent snor ing, take a strip of sheet rubber (not too thin) to go over the head and be tied under the chin. It should be three or four Inches wide where it passes over the head, tapering toward the ends, where it is an inch or less. The ends have holes for the insertion of tape." That's Excellent Habit. Girl writes: "I am 16 years old I eat an orange. Do you think that ought to be healthy food, or is there too much acid in it? v REPLY. I? is good for you. . Keep It up. 173 Miles an Hour Queer Champions of Soldiers It is significant that some senators who .are taking a leading part in the use of a soldier bonus to gain the retention of excess profits taxes and who, in doing so, are loudly declaiming upon the glorious record of our armies and on the undy ing national gratitude they deserve, are the very ones who did all they could to prevent our sol diers from gaining that glorious record, and, if not all they could, then more than they should to belittle, hamper and hinder our government in the desperate steps necessary to uphold our na tional honor and to prosecute the war. Not even is lacking the spectacle of La Follette, who nar rowly escaped the penalty for utterances near to treason, posing as the champion of the American soldier. ,. - - At the very time the delegates to the Ameri can Legion convention were renewing their declarations for "adjusted compensation," their praises were being sounded in the senate by men who, if they did not actually back Germany, failed to back their own country and its soldiers. It should be said that this is not the fault of the soldiers or of the legion. It arises solely from the fact that the obstructionists in war have be come for the time the obstructionists in the effort to reduce the burden of war taxation. The legion is not choosing such champions even though it may not escape them in its suggestion of making the tonus a political question. Springfield Union. How About Georgia, Mr. Watson? Senator Watson of Georgia is horrified by former soldiers yarns of hangings in France without the formality of a trial and sentence by court-martial. Was the senator ever so aghast over Georgia's lynching record? Springfield (From the Boston Transcript.) Five times around a closed course of 30 miles, for a total of 150 miles, In 62 minutes and 9 2-10 seconds, was the record which won Pilot Bert Acosta the second annual Pulit zer race at Omaha, , It was the premier event of the aero meet of the International Aero congress which just ended.' - Flying at the rate of 173 miles an hour for 150 miles. Is the fastest traveling any human being has done for any such distance. The world's speed record for a short dash is 205 miles an hour, held by Sadi Lecomte, the noted French aviator. - Thousands of spectators saw Acosta win from a field of five other racers. The contest was so close that the second plane finished less than two minutes behind the first, and only nine minutes separated the four who finished. Of the other two one landed safely after the third lap, brought down by motor trouble, and Col. H. E. Hartney. who came close to winning the race last year, was injured when his plane was forced down .by a faulty gasoline pump. The Pulitzer race is rightly rated as one of the outstanding events in aeronautics of the year 1921. - Al though few Rlanes competed, due to the absence ot a large numDer or army and navy planes, which made last year's event so mem6rable. the race has nevertheless accompusnea the purpose for which the trophy was offered; it has encouraged the development of the fastest airplanes yet credited to the ingenuity of man. All of the planes which finished made better time than the winner of last year's race. This proves con clusively that progress has been made during the year, that more has been learned about airplanes and engine construction and to just this extent we are nearer the goal -of perfection In airplane efficiency. Al though racing at 173 miles an hour is as yet highly danger6us, and not to be commended to the ordinary traveler, this speed contest serves the same purpose in aeronautics that automobile racing served in. the development of the present-day automobile. The race provides a practical laboratory test from which manufacturers and designers learn much. - Great credit is due to the design ers and builders of the planes par ticipating in the 1921 race and the hats of their'countrymen are ore to the courageous pilots who flew those planes. With the national welcome to Bert Aoosta as he speed king of America, goes the hope that Colonel Hartney, who has done so much In war and peace to develop aeronau tics, will rapidly recover from his injuries. When New England awak ens to the necessity of landing fields it may be possible for New England era to witness a future Pulitzer air plane race through our own Yankee skies. Mrs. Wintringham, M. P. (From the British Weekly.) Mrs. Wintringham's return to parliament Is viewed with hearty good will by all parties. She is a native of the late Mr. David Long bottom and was engaged in the scholastic profession at Keighley for some years before her removal to Grimsby to take up a position aa head mistress. In Grimsby she met her husband, the late Mr. T. Win tringham, M. P., and after her mar riage became a member, of the Grimsby education committee. She was connected with many associa tions of various kinds, and was par ticularly active during the war. A local correspondent says that probably the good work she did in Louth at the time of the flood there contributed greatly to her victory. She came from a gifted family of brothers and sisters, and was splen didly trained to. public life; During the election the party barriers were completely broken down. Radleal rectors with labor sympathies rallied to her support in the villages, and one of them helped to poll over 80 per cent of the votes in one of the villages where labor was strongest. Keen socialists supported her be cause of her efforts to revive rural interests in the villages. It is fur ther said that the laborers who voted for labor found that their wives had voted for Mrs. Wintring ham, while many conservatives could not get their wives to vote against a woman. Mrs. Wintringham had prepared two speeches for the end one for victory, the other for defeat. As she pulled the latter out of her pocket and tore it up in the pres ence of the crowd, the cheering could be heard in the streets below. Abolishing Fairies A Lazy Man. A storekeeper noted for his lazi ness was sitting reading one day when a would-be customer entered. "I want a pair o shoe laces," she said. "I am very sorry, madam," said the indolent man, "but would you mind coming again when I am standing up?" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. . Swallowed His Ullcctlon. As the Sunday school teacher en tered, she saw leaving in great haste a little girl and her smaller brother. "Why, Mary, you aren't going away?" ahe exclaimed in surprise. "Pleathe. Mith Anne, we've got to go," was the distressed reply. "Jimmy thwallowed hlth collection." What l'nemployntcnt Hasn't Done. Unemployment has never yet caused any general auction of peo ple willing to cook. wash, iron and do the upstairs work. Washington Star.- What little Hypocrites! Nine hundred thousand New 1'ork children went to school yesterday. Three of the boys were said to be smiling. New York Herald. - (From the St. Paul Fioneer Presa.) Fairies have been abolished In Russia by order of the soviet com missioner of education. The old. old stories cannot be told again, and the quaint folk-lore of all races and ages, the heritage of I childhood everywhere, is banned. Realizing the need of substitutes the commissioner has invited au thors to write new tales for Rus sian youngsters under certain re strictions. - These must be devoid of I all elements of superstition and must contain no mention of angels, fairies and the like. Kings and princes must be described as oppres-1 sors of the masses, not as heroes. and the same applies to haughty I queens ana golden-haired princesses. All mythological or religious sub jects also must be avoided. In place of all this it is suggested that the children be interested in the future of mankind, the achievements of science and industry and descrip tions of the life of the "tolling masses." , What a travesty indeed is this! The issuance of such an order per haps is the most illuminating expo sition of sovietism which ha as yet come forth. What would we Americans think if the government should by decree abolish fairies? The administration would bel laughed out of office. And what would a fairy tale be without kings, queens, princes and princesses cast In the roles of heroes and heroines? Could we well elimi nate Oberon. Titania, Mab and Puck without dealing a death blow to these good old stories? Imagination cannot be legislated out of existence even by a soviet commissioner, and we venture to say that the children of Russia will continue to hear of fairy kings and queens and their adorable, sprightly follower even though the govern ment orders otherwise. lilts lia offara Ha roluwua rival? I lu rNitfa aai rar la irw mnr publia uiiMK-n, II rrrMa lliat klWn b VMMH.ibl brlrf. H4 atar a tkoaiia, ll a I Mi llMa Ih.ll III SIM r tka Mrllrr H-aniiMtp Mrfc tatrr, ams an-aaaarlly for nukllralhw, kul that lb saitur mr kausr nh Nam ria la daaliaa. 1 aa tWa aVwa ao swims' I varior mr aa-tapl tUwa r atlnlia airaaaat aarra apundaal la Ida l.sllar Rail, Wonl for tilr)'" t litilr. fiinnha. Neb., Nov. 14. 7t the I-.dllor of Tho Hee: Your naner thm inoriilnv speak of how, upon M n it I VM I, (ilpsy Minith waa greet ed by but few hsra In Omaha. Am.ln -It apeuks of tho great fare well, and a to how o many went down to the depot to wlli him IJod peed. Mr, Kdlinr, ashltf from the mrmoile of lllpsy Rintth and of the wonderful iitpPtiitK which had just tioed. .1 wonder how many wer there who thotiahl were aa mine a I climbed tin, stairs of the old I'nlon I'ltolllij depot and stood mi the, viaduct waiting for the atreet car. A cold wind waa blowing a touch of the winter, a It were, from the western plitlns and th summits of the Rockies, I thought of tha great rnolr and How nobly they hud dona their part. lint of these young people here round about me. and what of their future? What a wonderful ihlna la youth, especially ao when your energies- are airacted In the right way. Home amongst you may noon be called before the Muster of whom you have so gladly sung. 8ome may live 10 an ou age. lrso, may the memorlea of this night and of the meeting always remain. Home of you may stay In Omaha. Some may, ere twelve montns pass, be mllca away. Hut no matter where you go. may Ood be with you. and al ways may your lives be as good, as pure and aa sweet as tho son eg wnicu you nave sung. CLAUD F. ELLISON. CENTER SHOTS. Known hero to "unknown hero:" "How do you do it?" Peoria Tran script. We are paying, also, too much to wet oup whistle. Columbia (8. C.) Record. 4 The unemployed might be set to work to- And normalcy. Greenville (8. C.) Plcrmont. , Scientists tell us the sea Is grow ing more salty, a measure of pro tection, rr:o doubt, against the fresh thlnga that inhabit the beaches. Seattle Times. All-night movies might solve the housing shortage problem. Flint (Mich.) Journal. After a while we will degenerate into a nation of hopkeepers. Ashe ville Times. Count Laszlo Szechenyi lias re fused appointment as Hungarian ambassador to the United States, and the United Typothetae are plan ning a vote of thanks. Detroit News. SAID TO BK FUNNY. "Ara )uit on ihis InvrailaaliHl ram nilllMt' ' I Hlllik aa." "Whal I la in.sliatiHf T" "liunsn." ''Wall, lai play ,uL.r until tha ihatrmaa remss. i.,i. hall kniiw." l-uisiil caurnr. ,1 auras t, fpuvlit'l Man t III ss, saw lam, oilh Ha mutalHIII of lamiar, I' I11I111II n,.mi. U4 , ipilrM, ramliiil eu u( Mamas? 1 ' Ha 1 a H-nr-- r:-iir ny, data Ik llilt'i! t riatpiaa llll.lla. 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