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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Paataniar Station.
2. Continued improvement of the Ne
braake Highway,, including the pave
mant with a Brick Surface of Main
. Thoroughfare leading into Omaha.
3. A akort, low-rata Waterway from tba
Corn Bait to the Atlantic Ocaan.
4. Homo Rula Cbartar for Omaha, witk
City Managar form of Government.
The Pope and the Peace.
It may not be amiss to couple two of the
great events of modern history, for it is at least
fortuitous they should have occurred on the same
day the signing of the treaties at Washington
and the election of a pope at Rome. ' How much
these hold for the future good of mankind only
may be slightly conjectured. The fondest hope is
justified, the mildest fear is disarmed in the
present aspect.
Nine great nations have solemnly convenanted
with one another and with all others to 4o cer
tain things that remove obstacles Jo tranquility,
to subdue causes for irritation, and to co-operate
as far as possible in a general effort to promote
harmony, concord and a universal spirit of help
fulness throughout the world. No force of arms
is pledged behind these agreements, no commit
ment or obligation that does not rest on the self
respecting honor of the nation entering the com
pact. As the agreements have been reached at
no sacrifice of national dignity, no cost to na
tional sovereignty, and with full preservation to
national aspirations, it is not difficult to believe
that each nation will find the keeping of the bar
gains an easy matter.
With such an achievement among the civil
governments of the world, a new pope is called
upon to ascend the throne from which successors
to Peter have directed the affairs of the great
church of which each in his turn has been" the
recognized visible head. He is fortunate in this,
forasmuch as His immediate predecessor found a
world engulfed in bloody and all but universal
war, the new pope finds it eagerly striving for
peace. The sign is propitious. It has been fore
told of him that he will be a pontiff of "fearless
faith." The church, Catholic and non-Catholic,
has a great part to play in the consolidation and
extension of the new era, and a pope so' blessed
in his advent as the present may have a wonder
ful influence on the course of events. Should
his fearless faith lead him along the lines which
tend to bring men closer together in all their re
lations, he will have realized his opportunity.
Some may attach much significance to the
fact that in these events the great capitals of
Washington and Rome are connected, as they
ever must be, for they represent ideas and ideals,
principles on which government is founded and
from which human happiness or human discon
tent proceeds. Rome, , with almost thirty cen
turies of history, Washington with barely one
and a quarter, are the beacons that point the
way for humanity.
Pius XI, Pontifex Maximus.
It is a fact worthy of note that the newly
elected pope had been a cardinal for less than
two-thirds of a year when he was chosen by his
colleagues to be head of the church. This ought
to be an earnest of the qualifications of Pius XI,
the title chosen by Cardinal Achille Ratti, who
was archbishop of Milan prior to his elevation.
He is reported to be liberal in his leanings, be
cause of his long association with the people of
a great industrial center. However this may be,
it is accepted that he is skilled in the ways that
a successful administration of his high office
must follow. He attained the red hat because
of the manner in which he acquitted himself as
nuncio to Poland, during the critical days of the
formation of the republic and the establishment
of its government, delicate ecclesiastical duties
then being carried out by him after a manner
that won for him the esteem of the pope and the
regard of the other cardinals. On the greater
stage of world affairs he will be given an op
portunity to display the talents he employed so
notably in connection with Poland. While not
torn by war, the world is far from tranquility,
the disturbances incident to the transition from
one great epoch to another presenting problems
grave and acute that call for the best ability of
all who are placed high in authority. Pius XI
has a wonderful world to benefit by his admin
istration of the affairs that are in his hands.
, Cost of Raising Wheat
The esteemed New York Evening Post falls
into the common error of predicating an editorial
argument on the cost of producing wheat. It
has treated one of the farmer's problems in an
eruditeTashion, the only weakness in its fabric
being the assumption that the unit cost of raising
wheat is $1.50 per bushel which, the Post says,
is the accepted estimate. Accepted for the pur
pose of the editorial argument, which falls with
out the $1.50 factor. One of the unfortunate
phases of the fanner's problem is that his unit
costs can not be exactly determined. A portion
of his work is controlled by definite processes,
the factors of which are known, and the cost
of each easily ascertained. Then he comes to the
great uncertainty on which the final answer must
rest. Preparation of the seed bed, value of land,
tax, expense tf harvesting, storage and mar.
krting, alt these way be accurately calculated.
Hut no una can say in advance what the ra
son's climate will be, can foretell the rain or the
luntbinvoa hich the crop mut depend for
growth, can know it the chinch bug or other
pt will take much or little toll, and so on until
the yield will vary by so many buahele to the
ere that the unit cot on one field la vsIucIcm
for the field adjoining. It was this that ltd the
experts to report to Secretary Houston the im
possibility of setting an arbitrary figure to repre
sent the cost of a bushel of wheat. Alo, it i
this that makes farming operations the greatest,
the most delightful or the most exasperating of
all gambles.
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Road Building to Co Ahead.
Calamity howlers, who have welled to a
chorus of great volume and dissonance in Ne
braaka, may notice among the din they have
created a small sweet sound that will encourage
the true progressives. The legislature- continued
the provision for road building, and now from
Lincoln comet the statement that twenty ap
plications are on file for state-aid bridges to be
constructed during the lummer. Highways will
continue to be Improved, ttreami will be spanned
by permanent itructures, and any politics that
may be extracted from the program will be as
signed to those schemers who hope to slip into
public office through senseless criticism of a con
structive program.
More Careful Construction.
Subsequent to the noachian deluge, and while
yet the children of men had but one speech, the
plain of Shinar was the scene of the most am
bitious building operation ever undertaken. It
contemplated a tower that would reach to
heaven, but "they had bricks for stone, and slime
for mortar." The confusion of tongues was
scarcely needed to frustrate that plan, for the
mud bricks, held together by slime, soon suc
cumbed to the elements, and the Tower of Babel
dissolved. Contrast this with the work of
Cheops and the other Egyptian monarchs, who
wrought in the syenite of the Nile. The
Pantheon, the Acropolis, the Colosseum, the
Temple of Solomon, any of these might yet be
standing, were it not 'for man's bent to destroy.
Yet today, with materials and methods that ought
to be improved by experience, buildings col
lapse, bridges give way, and dire disaster over
whelms innocent victims. '
Granite is as durable today as ever it was in
history; steel is of better quality, and other ma
terials employed in building operations are tested
to a factor of safety usually far beyond require
ments. Therefore, a modern structure should be
as durable as those erected before the Christian
era. Sad experience challenges this statement
The collapse of a bridge in Pennsylvania a few
months ago led to an investigation which has
developed that more than 6,000 bridges in that
state are in such process of decay that within
ten years all will have to be replaced. Now ex
perts are setting about to find out what was
wrong with the theater in Washington. In ad
vance they are agreed on a defect, but whether
in construction or material is not yet determined.
' The lesson in this, if at all, is that the human
factor in building is still of great importance.
Failure of design or substance is usually trace
able to the man. And man's baser nature is
responsible for his lack of devotion to the cause
of others.
Dangers of City Streets. ? j
An Omaha home is darkened today, because
a little boy was crushed under a motor car. He
was playing in the street, riding his wheel
coaster, and through some blunder went under
a passing auto. Eye witnesses do not put the
blame on the driver. Responsibility for the ac
cident may never be fixed. The incident holds
something more. This little boy was not known
to any of the other boys who were playing
about; he did not seem to belong in that neigh
borhood. Venturesome and not given to taking
much care, as boys of his age are apt to be, he,
had left home to get a little fun out of the bright
February day, whose mild aspect lured many to
outdoors. His coaster carried him farther than
he thought, till it landed him in strange sur
roundings. It may be this fact bewildered him,
and when he was suddenly confronted by dan
ger, he made the mistake of turning his moving
wagon the wrong way and crashed to his death.
This is but speculative. It holds no consolation
for the parents who mourn a child lost Yet
other parents should read in it a lesson to be
applied. City streets are dangerous playgrounds,
especially those of Omaha, any one of which is
used indiscriminately by light cars and trucks,
all moving at a high rate of speed. Drivers are
not all careless, and it is unfair to think that any
would willfully , jeopardize the life of a child
through thoughtless handling of a motor. Safety
requires that children be taught not to use the
streets for play. If the city has not enough ac
cessible play grounds, steps should be taken to
provide more. In the meantime, instruction can
not be given too often or too emphatically to
youngsters as regards the perils of city streets.
The country is going to the deminition bow
wows, but hope is held out by the chairman of
the democratic congressional committee. If the
old thing only holds together until November,
the democrats will rescue us.
The Union Pacific is going into cahoots with
the Southern Pacific in the purchase of equip
ment, in spite of the declaration of the supreme
court that they are competing lines.
The Los Angeles colony is seeing to it that
Will H. Hays will have employment as well as a
salary when he goes into the movie business.
When the fanners start forming million dollar
corporations to loan money to other farmers the
situation seems to be improving.
A lot of foreign statesmen are starting for
home feeling much better than they did when
they landed.
How would it be to bring about a peace con
ference between the police court and the police
force?
The Washington conference certainly spoiled
Shanghai as a talking point
A Foundation of Peace
Work Done at Washington
Sustains Hope of Humanity
The College of Cardinals doesn't bother itself
a great deal over seniority. .
Omaha's need for a passenger station grows.
(Prom the Philadelphia Ledger.)
Unless humanity's agreements are stuffed
with empty words and treaties are "scrap u(
paper.' the five-power naval treaty adopted by
the conference the other day marks the begin
in n if of a long prate in the lacinc it Mis
very great part of the tremendous burden of
militarism, and no part ol the earth rau remain
unaffected by it adoption and approval.
For at let liftem years, or until midnight
of December Jl, lJo, the navies of the wot 14
must remain "irorrn" within the stern IiiuiU
tions of the S 5 J I.75 l.7S ratio. Within i
months after approval by the powers a great
fleet of sixty-eiiiht capital ships mint be sunk
at sea or ripped to junk in their harbors. For at
least fifteen years there will be an end of rumors
about super-naval guns, super-ahips, Impenetra
ble armor plates and all the rest of the propa
ganda of naval militarism. The alarmist's dy
it done. '
For fifteen years not a spadeful of dirt may
be turned toward further fortifications over a
vast area of the North Pacific. Not a pound of
steel or concrete, not a single gun, may be added
to existing defenses. Hawaii will stand as our
most advanced great picket force in the Pacific
Japan may not reach down toward us in the
'hilippinea or threaten us to the north toward
the Aleuts. The choen theater of that war to
be staged between North America and Asia
the North Pacific will be untroubled. We must
stand exactly where we are today when New
Year't day of 1937 dawns.
To those who have followed day by day the
work of the conference there is little of the un
expected in the naval treaty. The limitations
proposed by Secretary Hughe In the beginning
stood to the end. They have been bent in minor
details, but they are unbroken. The original
ratios and outlines stand.
Each of the contracting power is to know ex
actly what the others are doing. Secrecy in
naval affairs ha been wiped away. No capital
ship may exist of more than 35,000 tons, nor may
it carry larger guns than sixtcen-inch. Just so
many capital ships and airplane carriers may he
afloat and no more. No plane carrier may dis
place more than 33,000 tons or carry guns larger
than eight-inch, -nor may it have more than ten
of such, weapons. No warship,, other than capi
tal and carrier vessels, may exceed a size of
10,000 tons. This would seem to dispose of the
threatened supcr-super-submarine and its oft
hinted sixteen-inch rifles.
The prohibitions go on and on through the
treaty's pages.' Illegal ships may not be con
structed by any contracting power for a non
contracting power. Drastic rules are laid down
for scrapping the doomed ships.
So far as the treaty's drafters can foresee,
they have found and stopped the 'loopholes of
evasion. The spirit of publicity and nonsecrecy
that runs through the agreement must do the
rest If the treaty is evoded, it must be evaded
in spirit and in letter and with malice afore
thought The drafters have done their human
best to give the world an honest and far-reaching
move that will ease its burdens and give sur
cease from war.
This treaty meets the reasonable expectations
of the world and will allay world suspicions. It
excels any other achievement of the conference
in its influence for peace. Had the powers as
sembled in Washington done nothing else this
would have justified the arms parley and made
sure its place as one of the landmarks of history.
The conference proposed to raise a structure
of peace on three foundation stones. One of
these, the four-power treaty of the Pacific, has
been shaped and is ready. The second, the naval
treaty, has been fashioned. The third stone, in
the shape of Chinese and far eastern agreements,
nears its final shape. The great peace plans of
the United States are in the shadow of their final
goal , ' ,
Deflating the Theater
We are passing through a readjustment
period in the theater. The war prices have gone.
The public is selecting once more, after the
period when any show could come to a theater,
set a $2.50 top and get crowded houses. Good
shows are still patronized, but singularly enough
the houses are topheavy. No more enjoyable
or interesting development is there than the re
ported return of the "gallery god" to the theater.
He was reported to have gone to the movies;
perhaps he moved downstairs through the war,
but now he is found back in his seats in the
upper gallery at the good plays or the melo
dramas. The melodramas, too, are coming back,
billed frankly as melodrama, and are doing good
business. But the day when any company or
any star could get by with anything and charge
war prices has gone.
The public reserves its right to examine and
judge what it pays to buy in the show line. If
it doesn't likg the goods offered, it stays away.
The managers wring their hands, they weep
glycerine tears because what they pleasantly
nominate "the suckers" don't form queues in
front of their box offices, but the public, a public
which reserves its right to discriminate, and pick
and choose, is uninfluenced by the lamentations.
Given good shows, with casts as advertised,
at reasonable prices, and it will go to them. The
truth is the theater is in the transition stage from
inflation back to sound and normal conditions.
Until it returns to the latter, there will be wail
ing and gnashing of teeth by the managers.
Worcester Telegram.
Workers and Talkers.
United States senators are divided roughly
into two classes; those who accomplish results
and those who talk a good deal. The late Boies
Penrose belonged to the former group. So did
Crane, Aldrich, Piatt and Hanna old guard sena
tors now passed to their reward. If anyone steps
into the shoes of Penrose he will be a man of
few words and prodigious labors.
The senate galleries often sat breathless while
some senator would berate the Pennsylvanian for
the sins of standpatism, but Penrose himself
sat as unperturbed as a sphinx. Not even a
facial expression would betray a sign of emo
tion. Penrose might and might not reply. If
he did his remarks were short and to the point,
and sometimes his critics wished he had kept
his peace.
We shall always have plenty of orators in
the senate, but the real results will be accom
plished by the workers rather than the talkers.
The public likes, to hear fine speaking on the
stump and the passing years seem not to change
people much in this respect. The work of the
senate, however, is not done by the La Follettes,
the Reeds and the Pat Harrisons. They fill
the Record, but the quiet men get the business
done. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Constitution.
The fathers would not be able to understand
the fiction that the constitution today is the same
constitution which they wrote. They would
marvel at what the president's office has be
come; they would be amazed at how congres
sional government works; they would not know
at first what to make of the party system; they
would not have imagined the development of
the modern newspaper. But most of all they
would be surprised at those who continue to be
lieve, and insist everyone else shall believe, that
a system of government which has grown and
changed so radically is a fixed and immutable
system of government New York .World.
Playing Different Games.
While Secretary Mellon is an economist, he
should remember his colleagues are politicians.
Daily Financial America.
- Not the Staff of Life.
Washington Post: You may put whisky into
a walking stick, but that doesn't make it a staff
of life. Washington Press.
How to Keep Wei!
By PR. W A EVANS.
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HOPE FOR WASTED MUSCLES
Wbut la Iho outltMik for a rlillj
iul Una tu-l liifniililit naratvala.
f.illowud tiy eonaidrratilo wuktlng tif
What can te dune to Improve the
outlook T
Tlioae ara queationa whlrh A good
many penpio are IlllrrfamU III,
Hoiiib rlaltlren hV(. tintcrlor noil
omyrliHa. or au-callvd Infantile
larai)aia. ii in. ill nuvititf any
imralyma. 8oihb liava paralynta that
la followoit by waatln.
Jr. It. W. Lovftt of tha Harvard
Infuntlla imralyaUi romuilmilon at
lamina to anawer tha two qtieatlona
In lht flrnt pHrauraph of Ihia alary,
naaiiiB- m anawer on ISO rttaca
aeiit undtir otiaorvatlon for thrte or
mora year, ana, In Nome Inatancea,
oprraien on.
Tho chanee that neck muscle
will return to normal volume and
utreneth la excellent. Dr. I-ovelfa
aintenifnt la: "Nearly all neck mim
i' lea returned to normal diirlnsr the
threa yaara." Thin w true of 75
per cent of the back muaolea. Only
one-half of the abdominal muscle
showed Improvement and only one-
mira reiiH-nea to normal, in fact.
me record or the abdominal mim
clea waa the womt of any except
mac or trie muacica or tha leir be
low tne Knee.
Tho return fo normal In the arm
mucle ranged from S3 per cent In
the cane of the deltoid the muscle
a woman ue when she put up her
nair to ss per cent In the caae of
tne muNclP which onen tha hand.
The return to normal perccntnire
waa lowcut tn the lea; muticlrs. The
great muwlo of the buttock had
rate of 83 per cent; the muscles
which bend the foot upward only
nun a rate of 12 per cent.
The reason for the poor showing
maae ny tne leg: miincies, and par
ticularly those of the lower leir. la
that they are overueed, used until
OverfntlKued.
In fact, overune can cause a mus
cle to ko backward to lose power
and volume rather than gain It
The rate of improvement was
greatest in tne nrst year artor the
acute attack, stnd It 'gradually les
sened after that. One reason, but
not the only one, for the slowing up
of the rate of gain was the tendency
of people to neglect treatment and
to overuse weak muscles as time
went on.
In the case, of the wasted arms
nearly one-fifth lost during the third
year and a little more than a third
showed gain.
In the lower leg nearly one-half
showed loss and less than one-fifth
showed gain In the third year of
Lovett s observations.
Among the more Important causes
of loss were deformity, stretching
and fatigue, and poor care at home.
Some of the loss was due to op
eration. In these cases the time
since operation had not been long
enough to permit the new muscle
controls to do the work as well as
was done under the old.
Given a little more time, and the
operated cases can be expected to
gain very markedly. In fact, Dr.
Lovett holds that earlier operation
Is the hope of a great many of these
cases, especially those In which de
formity has developed or Is seen to
be inevitable.
The stretching of certain muscles.
which results from deformity, Is a
powerful factor In bringing about
loss of muscle power and further
wasting.
The final conclusion is: "inami
lty to walk would be an infrequent
and extraordinary result of Infantile
paralysis and practically . always
preventable, except in cases of se
vere paralysis or both arms ana Dotn
legs."
Children's Speech Defects.
B. L. writes: "Dr. Evans.
"Dear Madam: I have been a
constant reader of your column and
have found your advice to be or
great value. My son, who is 5 years
of age, began speaking at age of 3.
It takes him almost five minutes to
say one word. He seems to be un
able to get his breath. His hear-
ine Is O. K. .
"I've been advised ny pnysicians
to have his tonsils taken out, but
this did not help. We also had his
tongue picked, and we were told
that ia one month's time his speech
would Improve, but it is already two
months after the operation and he
talks as bad aa before.
"He Is a very healthy child."
REPLYi
Thanks . for addressing me as
madam. Just for that I am going
to answer you and pass over lots of
letters in the same pile.
Children with i speech defects
must be trained to speak slowly and
calmly. An Intelligent mother
should be able to teach her 5-year-old
child habits of calm and quiet,
and when she does, the speech de
fect will disappear.
In some cities the health depart
ment of education has a speech
training bureau. Your city has.
Consult It Read some book such
as lanton's "Nervous Basis for
Speech Defects in Children," pub
lished by' the Century company.
' Soreness, or Smallpox? .
Railroad Clerk writes: "1. Why
Is it that vaccination causes the pa
tient so often to become sick, have
fever, etc., and why is there such
great soreness In the arm or leg
where the vaccination was made?
'2. Is there not some medicine
we can take to purify the blood
that would take the place of vaccines?"
REPLY.
1. It Is necessary that there
should be fever and soreness In or
der to beget In one the defense
against the severe contagious dis
ease smallpox.
2. No. There Is no evidence
that smallpox Is due to impure
blood or that there Is any medicine
which will purify the blood.
" Not Kidney Trouble.
J. G. L. writes: "Do you think
that having to get tip for one relief
each night is any reason for suspect
ing kidney trouble? I drink lots
of water and have to seek relief
quite often, but am gaining In
weight."
REPLY.
No.
Why Doesn't Maine Buy It?
If you have any use for a per
fectly good battleship you can get
one cheap now. The Maine, which
cost $2,000,000, will bring only
48,666 from the junk man. Lewis
ton Journal.
Costly Shooting at tho Moon.
Columbus' trip to the new world
cost 17,200. Merely to send a rocket
to the moon Is reckoned well up In
the hundreds of thousands. St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
W1U Hays' Gun Order Won.
Notice there have been few postal
robberies aince Will Hays armed the
(service. St Louis Globe-Democrat
SYlJqt pY'Tj ME TALES
LJHE TALE OF
PONY
A&!NKLPELS
. . CHAPTER XV.
Stepping High,
TiiiMchrrls wat feeling quite im
portunt. Something that Farmer
Green had said to Johnnie in hi
hearing made hint hold hi head
higher than he usually did and step
holier, too.
"You teem very proud today," the
old home Ebenerer said to him.
"When Johnnie Green led you back
from the watering; trough. 1 noticed
that you were strutting in quite
lordly fjhion. You made me think
of Turkey 1'roudfoot"
MAhl" Twinklcheels exclaimed.
"I've just heard some news. I'm go
ing to the blacksmiths today to be
shod. You know I've never worn
any shoes. And I've always wanted
some.
Old r.bencxer smiled down at
Twinklehecl.
"Well, we r he said. "I don't
blame you for feeling a bit proud.
remember the day I got my first
set of shoes. You see. I was young
once myself.
the old horse seemed, to feel like
talking. Twinklcheels was glad of
that. lor he felt that he must chat
ter about the new shoes he was go-
inir to have or burst.
'Of course, said" Twinklcheels.
most folks are shod before they re
as old as I am. 1 in 5. but I ve
spent a good deal of my time in the
pasture, and I don't often travel over
hard roads. How old were you when
you first visited the blacksmith s
shop."
Lbcnezer shut his eyes for a mo
ment or two. And Iwinkleheels
feared he was going to sleep. But he
was only thinking hard.
"1 must have been about two
months old." Ebenezer declared.
"Goodness!" cried Twinklcheels. "I
didn't suppose colts of that age ever
wore shoes.
"They don t. Ebenezer replied.
"You didn't ask me when I had my
first shoes. You asked me when
first visited a smithy. At the age of
two months I jogged alongside my
mother when she went to be shod,
I must have been about 3 years old
when the blacksmim nailed my first
shoes to mv feet
1 wmkleheels gave Ebenezer an un
easy glance.
"Does it hurt, he asked, "when
they drive the nails into your hoof?"
Oh, nor Lbcnezer assured him.
To be sure, a careless blacksmith
could prick you. But Farmer Green
always takes us to the best one he can
find."
"To tell the truth," Twinklcheels
confessed. "I'm a bit timid about go
ing to the smithv. I don t know
what to do when I get there. I don't
know which foot to hold uo first."
"Don't worry about that!' said old
Ebenezer. "They'll tell you every
thing. Tust pay attention and obey
orders and you won't have any trou
ble."
Twinkleheels tharked Ebenezer.
"It's pleasant." he said, "to have a
kind, wise horse like you in the next
stall There are some matters that
shouldn't care to mention to the
bays. They're almost sure to laugh
at me if I ask them a question.
The old horse Ebenezer nodded his
head.
"They're voung and somewhat
flighty," he admitted. "You know,
thev even ran awav last summer.
You'll be better off if you don't seek
their advice about things.
'I wish vou were going to the
blacksmith's shop with me," Twinkle-
heels told Ebenezer wistfully.
"Somehow I'd feel better about being
shod if vou were there.
"I shouldn't be surorised if I
went along with you," Ebenezer told
him. "I cast a shoe yesterday. And
the three that I have left are well
worn." .
And sure enough. Inside a half
hour Farmer Green harnessed Eben
ezer to an open buggy. Johnnie
Green brought Twinkleheels out of
the barn bv his halter. led him up
behind the buggy, and jumped in and
sat beside his father.
Then they started off.
"We're going to the village to get
some new shoes, iwinKieneeis
called to old dog Spot. Why don t
you come too?"
"I would." Soot barked, "but I al
ways follow right behind the buggy;
and you've gone and taken my place."
(Copyright, 1922. by Metropolitan News
paper ervica.j
.ommon oense
By J. J. MUNDY.
How Do You Listen to Scandal?
When scandalous or unpleasing
stories are told to you, do you first
consider the source or do you .be-
ieve them first and investigate
after.
Some persons are so gullible that
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in their hearing.
Others are so glad to get some
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. ... , r.
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(Copyright, Hit International Feature
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Parents' Problems
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Children are conventional and oft
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jret, she may feel a awkward in
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auvkktinkment.
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RHEUMATISM
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