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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1898)
! THE COURIER. will influence a patriotic politician to cept the streets and alleys and lhe disavow his English connection. We back yards reeking and untidy, have troubles of our own and the There are no parks for the little peo transplanted Irishman need not expect pie too young and poor to ride miles that we will ever interfere in the un- in street cars where the city has pleasant and everlasting family row segregated land and planted flowers between Ireland and England. They and grass and trees for everyono to must light it out or sulk it out in one enjoy who can. It has been found island or the other. The British that a park increases the value of the colonial policy is adapted to the needs surrounding property and the upuses of each colony Canada and Australia of the well to-do surround them. Of IMIMMIMIIMIIIIMIMHII1IMIIMIIIMIIMIHIIIIMMI IMMimH lack few autonomous characteristics. Scotland and Ireland bear almost the relation of states to the central gov ernment and Egypt and the African colonies still have a military govern ment. Our hesitation in interfering with the barbarous Spanish govern- course the very poor must live in the cheapest places and the cheapest lo calities smell so bad in summer time and are so overcrowded and so ugly that criminologists say that baby criminals, born from mothers protest ing against such ugliness make war on ment of one of the continental islands society in one Tvay or another as soon of North America ought lo be a sig- as they arc strong enough. nificant indication to the Irish who think they can prevent a cordial entente between us and the kingdom of eternal day. Whatever be the motives of Eng- If the property owners in crowded districts would consent to a tax for the purpose of buying land enough to scatter small parks or breathing spaces throughout the squalid parts of a city CARRIAGES BICYCLES We Have the Finest Carriage Repository in the State. We are exclusive agents for the best line of goods in America: "H MMIMMMMIMI.IIMMIMIIMMIIIIMH MIIMMII ties K i Columbus, O. CARRIAGES SURREYS PHAETONS TRAPS BUGGIES CONCORDS SPEEDIN ( MM! I I Mill I f land's present friendliness and how- their property would Lecome more ever unjustly she treated us in the valuable, for the tone of the neighbor days of our youth, Uncle Sam is not jn hood would be better, because a position to reject the advances of healthier, and life boys and girls who the ruler of the seas. Incase of war are shut off from all beauty and i n con with Spain (written April 11,1898) sequence become criminals would have friendly ports in the British Isles, some of the aids to growth that have with the privilege of coaling might made so many country boys into noble make all the difference between defeat men and women, and victory. The United states, in In the meantime, while these sani view of such favors and many other tary measures of self preservation contingencies, should pay the damages have not yet been learned by a people adjudged against this government in who will only admit that there must favor of England many years ago. The be room for traffic even if a few ignor haggling, recalcitrant policy pursued ant and bewildered foreigners are bv the state department is undignified squeezed into an impossible space, 1 MMIIMMIIMIIIIIMIMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIII.MIimMMIIMMM I and deserves the European criticism which it has received freely enough. The country goes into the war with a hastily assembled navy and a small land force, reinforced by militia and y. Syracuse, i N.Y. STANHOPES BUGGIES BANNER AGONS SPEEDING CARTS H K Y SPIDER PHAETONS STANHOPES BROUGHAMS NOVELTIES n IMMIMMIMMMMIIIIIIMMIIIfMMMIIIIHeiMM these attempts to ameliorate the un natural condition of the children of the poor are steadily accomplishing good results. , , Miss Sadie American, of 'Ohira. his attention to a statement which oc- t needs all the friends diplomacy can chairman of the committee on vaca- curred in his paper March M, in regard ituccusauiuv .,,- . to a translation of one of Heine s Dooms. mii-o wou&cuooi5,saysin xiieuommonsuiai . ......... . . jt the womens clubs of that city have The edltor m that "ue ot the PPer The City Improvement association taken up the matter this year. Rep- ea.fhe following originaI con. has already affected a marked differ- resentatives from the twenty-three tributed by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton de ence in the appearance of the city, women's clubs are each striving to se- Peyst9r, shows that richly endowed Tbe plan of thesociety is to engage an cure as much money as possiblefor the SMtSmffUSS auxiliary in every block thus arrang- vacation schools this summer. It Sncommon, an J which Ifcordially c?m! ing for a ramification, practically co- costs about $2.50 for each child for the mend to those of our friends who write incident with the city limits. The in- sixweeks. The educators of the city verses and who contemplate favoring us , .i.i,,-ir, nmiicimr thn are in farnr of t.lin wlinnte In W with the fruit of their dalliance with nucua ui me ow.n.y .- "o . children to a love of order and neat- York the board of education has niMis. 5h one of the most desirable ends adopted them into the public school Columbus, O. MMimiMMMimiMiMinin inn mi mm TRIBUNES DEERES MOLINE SPECIALS Mill MMMinilHIIIinillUHinilll nil J IMM I Billmeyer & Sadler, 202-206 South Eleventh St., kincoln, Nebr. ARBUTUS. it is striving to accomplish. Speaking system. Private kindergartens pre- of ramification too, nothing and no- ceded public kindergartens by many bodv can equal the children at that years. It will probably be so in this The effect of their silent disapproval case, though the need for the manual upon careless parents is also of great training school for girls and boys who importance. What the honorable have reached the age of most rapid Sterling Morton has done for trees in development and acquisition is greater the west the City Improvement asso- than that of the toddlers who receive ciation hopes to do with those small the firstsympathetic attention of their running plants, the children. The lives in the kindergaiten. Hustled societv will have to wait perhaps a from the hot overcrowded rooms by good many years for the result of their tired and slatternly women the boys well directed efforts, but when it have no place to play. The traffic of comes a bronze monument will not be the streets and the sidewalk must not handsome enough to express the ap- oe inierrerea witn and tliere are po- the muse." By comparing the "original poem," line by line with Heine's poem, it can reodily be seen that it was a literal translation (with the exception of a few glaring mistakes) and not an original poem, each: I quote below the first stanza of preciation of those who come after us. licemen everewhere who make all the trouble they can for the boys who are The deplorable condition of the only asserting their inalienable right children of the poor in thelarge cities, to play and the pursuit of mischief, especially in summer time when the But Miss American says: "Our laws schools are closed, induced the Society are formed to protect property rather for Improving the Condition of the than character. 2fo matter how tcmnt Poor in 1894 to institute what is called ing an empty lot, the boys must not "vacation schools" where the children go into it to play ball if the owner ob aro taught music and various manual jects; neither may they play ball on occupations. Two years ago the the street for fear they may break movement was started in Chicago, someone's window or head." This The pupils numbered three hundred plan to give the boys and girls some and sixty, while almost four thousand thing to do and somewhere to go who applied for admission, on account where they are wanted might be tried of the lack of accommodation, were in Lincoln under the auspices of the turned away. women's clubs in their own vacation. In the crowded tenement districts where families of from four to ten live To the Editor of The Courier: in one or two rooms in which all the I beg leave to answer through the forms of housekeeping which involve columns of your paper an editorial cooking, washing and carried on, there is no ironing, are room for tbe children outdoors to play. There is no room either for the children, ex- which appeared in the Omaha Excelsior of April 9. in which the Excelsior took occasion to publish a letter of mine which I bad written him respectfully calling 'The Rhine Witch" I know not what it signifies, That I am so sorrowful, A fable of old timcf so terrifies Leaves my heart so thoughtful ! "Die Lordex.'' Ich weas nkht was soil es hrdeuten, Dass kh so traurig bin: Em Maerchen aus alten Zeiten Das fcommt mir nkht aus dem Sinn. The editor admits that he has re ceived a number of letters similar to mine in which his attention has been called to the earae statement, but in stead of admitting hie mistake he makes an attempt to defend himself by resort ing to irony in which he manifests a truculent mood throughout his article. In referring to my letter he says: "In conclusion, although the Excel sior, from motives of prudence as well as politeness would by no means be under stood as calling its erne ite correspondent a solemn ass, it recognizes the right ot individual opinion to form conclusions suited to the peculiar exigencies of the case." While the editor is too polite to call me an use, I shall likewise be too polite to call him an ox, but simply remipd him ot an old adage of which he has probab'y heard, if he never heard of Heine's "Die Lorelei" until Mrs. de Pey ster's translation was majle, "A live ass is better than a dead ox " Frank E. Osborit. Lincoln, Nebr. Along the woods' brown edge The wind goes wandering To find the first pink pledge Toe hint of spring. The withered leaves around, She scatters every one, And gives to wintry ground A glimpse of sun. And to the woodland dumb And desolate so long She calk the birds to come With happy song. Then the arbutus! This The pledge, the hint she sought The Mush, the breath, the kiss Spring's very thought ! April Spinner's. Dolliver These 3trong-minded new women are always gadding about en their wheels. They never stay at home. Henpeck Yes; that's one good thing about 'em. "He seems to be a hopeless drunkard.' "Not quite. He hopes to get drunk again." U00K s vm v. ry.n SM-f SHARPER' f Magazine HARPER'SJ I Bazaar J WARPER'S I Weekly i or any $4 ( Magazine ( SH SB With:- THE COURIER One Year for $4.
