Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 18, 1916, Page 4

OMAHA DAILY BEE DED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER ICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR BEE PUBLISHING OOMPANY. PROPRIETOR _ "Entered at Omaha postoffice s second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Carrier By Mall th, per. 0 and Sunday.... without Sunday. Bee v . day only. ..., . and Sun Bee. years i . $10.00 d notice of change of a‘dnu or irregularity in de- to Omaha Bee, Cireulation Department. REMITTANCE. it by draft, express or postal order. Only2-cent stamps mn payment of small sceou Personal checks. on and eastern exchange, mot accepted. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Buil South Omaha—2818 N Councll Bluffs—14 Ne Lineoln—526 Little Bull Chi 818_Peop New York—Room 8t. Lovis—503 New Bank of Com: Washington—T726 Fourtesnth street, N. CORRESPONDENCE. communiestions relsting to news and editorial to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. AUGUST CIRCULATION 55,755 Doily—Sunday 51,048 - npnlfiln Williaras, circulation manager of The Bee 1blish! being duly sworn, says that the ecircula’ lor _the moa{h of August. 1916, was 65 daily, 7nd 81,048 lnnd,-l. PWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subseribed in before me 8d day of ning ing my presence and eworn to RORERT HUNTER, Notary Publie. " Subscribers leaving the city tempo arily ' should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as required. " The chief duty of recent Greek premiers ls to up the job and back away. The outcome of the Maine election strikes lemocratic officeholder about as happily as the cent touch. S— medical professor down east asserts that the of kissing a girl can be gotten by strok- n cat's back. Wonder what girlie smashed that'medic with a mitten? *With bed and board time, Scranton's collection of industrial knockers lend fitting significance to the order's initials, 1. . W.—“I Won't Worry." i S—— brand of preparedness sanctioned by con- feguards the country from hot air raids, the coming eight weeks attacks may be for from every quarter. spectacle of Wall street accusi street of rolling loaded dice throws a rift ty into the speculative world and backs ng odds on the presidential race range "} 10 to 6_on Hughes in New York to even ney at Seattle, with no Wilson money in sight. vote gauges the political drift with Philadelphia man walked all the way to fork City in twenty-four hours “for the of regaining his mental poise.” If Phila- will not supply the right brand it stands the home trade. b Se— German coup at Kaval throws a flash and humor on the side lines of slaugh- g up an inoffensive Greek army of beyond the reach of home impresses e—— bakers insist that bread consumers save $25,000,000 a year if they would pass loaves and invest in tenners. But con- such unassertive goats they hardly to take disinterested advice. S——— e of 10,000 persons a year have been trespassing on railroad rights-of- country in the last ten years, This home the safety lesson while , lacks the lingering efficiency whil | eeee— warning honks of financial papers fail the headlong rush tb Wall street, such is fascination of the game, “On every check,” Financial World, “that can be counted Jecy ‘profits should be written: ‘Dan. " The shoals lie just ahead'!” ——— ‘Would You Have Done? Philadelphia _parrot cry, “What would seems to be the only answer capable of offering to Mr, Hughes’ scath- : u have e demo- ment of the vacillations and blunders administration. To refuse to meet ns of the republican candidates, to re- any defense of the dpolleln and meas- are under attack, and to attempt to re- pglt'!o‘:u of ul:‘nlnm and ;Mendeu h‘: now in progress, is too mucl of confession and avoidance to pass Hughes to make he has criticised, and this he emphasis and force. He is dealing hing concrete. He has made it plain he counts that he would not have intervened int affairs of Mexico even to the point vas| at Vera Cruz and then pretended that i had “preserved the peace” he would not have it weapons and ammunition in the hands of : enemies of law and order such as la; he would not have been content with the and fu‘gile results of the government's effort to “strict accountability” those guilty of of helpless American citizens—women t" dren—on the high seas, and he certainly d not have been a party to the humiliating tender of congress and the executive to the bgant demand of the railway brotherhoods, a precedent that is likely to be far more to the nation than anything the brother- could have done had “they fulfilled their - And, finally, Mr. Hughes would not have one of the fundemental principles of n government merely as a bid for vof T mflorgroe gl f ion and leadership it will be “him to decide upon the detll’il of action. ral poli been set forth with a and precision that are beyond criticism, all his hm character l:nrh rem}lute i erence to hi rinci- oliical action and his_brilliant record m l.l: muu:g::{ office nle lh suffi- tee. can people that he ability, conscience and tapacity to the ge of whatever responsibilities may be laid ident Wilson's policies and before, the n&E}. and e voters of the ill not dlnrtodm :l:“tm‘in he democrats in_ lieu of direct fadictmen brought against the e THE BEE: OMAHA, Twixt Devil and Deep Sea. Our democratic friends, who are twixt the devil and the deep sea in their efforts to corral “wet” votes for their governorship candidate in Nebraska and at the same time to appeal to the “moral issue” for “dry” votes for their candidate in Towa, are really entitled to sympathy., Know- ing that on national issues they are lost in both these states, like drowning men grasping at straws, they are stirring up purely local ques- tions that leave them between two fires in these directly adjacent states. The democratic candidate for governor in Ne- braska was nominated as a “wet” and the demo- cratic candidate for governor in lowa was nomi- nated as a “dry.” It may be said that the reverse is likewise true of the competing republican candi- dates, but the difference is that the republicans are waging their campaign on general issues, while the democrats, in these two states, are de- pendent on breaking into the opposition on the “wet” and “dry” question. If our democratic friends have a “moral issue” in Iowa, what have they in Nebraska? Sororities and Scholastic Standing. A report from Dean Engberg of the Univer- sity of Nebraska, published during the last week, affords some interesting facts as to the scholas- tic standing of the several societies, secret and non-secret, existing among the students at Ne- braska, No opportunity for general comparison exists, for the reason that information as to the non-society students is not given. However, the compilation by the dean shows that the girls are far ahead of the boys in the point of excellence as determined by the individual grades of the members. The conclusion must be that the girls are the more industrious and studious, and that they apply themselves more understandingly to the work in hand. This conclusion is not altogether warranted, though, if the investigation is pursued a little fur- ther. More boys than girls are found in the college devoted to the teaching of the higher and more technica! subjects, in which generally high markings are Seldom attained, no matter how energetically the student may apply himself. An- other fact that must be given its full weight is that the girl has more completely “found her- self” at the college age than has her brother. She is then more capable of assimilating the knowl- edge on which scholarship is to be tested. This point is well understood by educators, and ex- plains why in after life the male usually outstrips the female in research and ‘the acquisition of deeper and broader learning. It is creditable to the sorority girls at our great, state school that they have kept their grades so uniformly high. In this they will dis- arm much of the criticism launched against them, and which generally rests on the proposition that life in the sorority house is inimical to habits of study, The fact that the second semester of the years under consideration showed an advance suggests that boys and girls felt encouraged to do better work. Consolation on a Sliding Scale. Chairman McCormick and his assistant, Sen- ator Walsh, in charge of democratic headquar- ters, are making high marks for themselves as long-distance optimists. Just now they pretend to find much consolation in the overwhelming defeat encountered in Maine, where the democrats have been routed entirely. They figure that be- cause the republican majority was not bigger the democrats are going to win. This consolation would have been theirs, no matter what the re- publican lead might have been. It is not difficult to fix a sliding scale for consolation, for the standard can be set at any point. The democrats in Maine lost two United States senators, the governor, four congressmen and contrel of the state legislature, originally gained by them by the very condition that made Wilson president. This condition no longer exists, in Maine nor in the country, the first and best proof of the com- plete reunion of republicans being found in the upset of democratic predictions by the voters. Plan of a Wise Judge. The judge of a police court in Los Angelea has directed that certain juvenile offenders commit to memory the traffic laws of the community as a penalty for infraction. This idea might be adopted and extended in Omaha, If some of the careless users of the public thoroughfares were made more familiar with the laws, it is quite pos- sible they would be more circumapect in going about. Street traffic is continually increasing in the city, and the downtown thoroughfares are already presenting serious problems, Much as- sistance can be given in the adjustment of the difficulty now experienced if all who use the streets will accustom themselves to careful ob- servance of traffic rules. The practice would avert many accidents, do away with jams to a large extent, and generally facilitate movement along the crowded streets. The regulations for traffic in Omaha are simple, are not unreasonable, and ought to be much better observed. Concrete Boat Building. When the apostle caused the axe head to float, after it had fallen into deep water, he per- formed a miracle, but the man who built the first iron ship was only pioneering the way for the steel monsters that now race up and down across the waters, Now nian's need has reached a point where some material of lesser cost must be sub- stituted for the expensive steel and even more ex- pensive wood, and he has turned to stone. Nor- way announces the successful launching of a ves- sel built of concrete, claiming the distinction of having produced the first of stone boats. This assertion is promptly challenged on behali Amer- ica, the bureau of navigation coming forward with the information that four years ago a Baltimore concern launched two concrete barges, one of which is still employed in its original service. This point will be determined later; for the pres- ent the intereat is in the “poured” ship and its possibilities. P A skyscraper owner advised his associates at the recent national convention that the aerial tramway is a coming necessity of high office life. This prophet of the high spots forsees aerial limousines transferring tenants from tall towers to tall towers, relicving them of the risks of sur- face navigation on crowded streets. Then will arrive the real joyride unmarred by the signal arms of the traffic cop. T Hats off to the “human pulmotor” of Qregon, The act lacked the dash upually associated with heroic deeds, but the risk was present and the courage to take it. A life saved constitutes a happy reward, l Nebraskg Historical Parade I John Lee Webs! Chairman General Celebration Committee. The historical parade in Omaha Thursday afternoon, October 5, as a part of Nebraska's Semi-Centennial celebration, will be a wonderful street pageant, the like of which never has been seen and may never again be seen by the people of Nebraska. The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben have utilized Gus Renze, who is a genius, to work out the details of a most extraordinary production. This grand pageant will represent the history of this country from the geological period, and the tropical age to the age of the icebergs, and from thence to the American desert, and from that to the beautiful state of Nebraska. It will represent this country from the days of the primitive Indian and the millions of roam- ing buffalo to Coronado’s discovery nearly a cen- tury before the Pilgrims’ landed on the coast of New England down to the days of the Louisiana purchase, thence to the days of the pioneers, and thence down to the period of prosperity and ac- cumulated wealth of the twentieth century. That early geological period will be represent- ed by a float exhibiting fleeing wolves and a vast mastadon endeavoring to escape from a moun- tain of ice. If anyone shall ask why we go back to that early period, or why we are in- terested in that early period, we could well an- swer that the transformation from the tropical age and the ice age to the American desert is less remagkable in fact than the transformation which took place ypon the American desert within a century to the marvelous state of Nebraska as we see it today with all its splendor and wealth and prosperity. The primitive inhabitants will be represented by a marching group of Mandan Indians dresse in semi-aztec garb to represent as far as it can be ascertained these primitive inhabitants, some of whose remains have been found among the hills and cliffs of eastern Nebraska. The first white man’s visitation will be rep- resented by a marching group with the intrepid Coronado at the head, followed by his thirty S?anilh cavaliers, dressed in the colors and garbs of the Spanish nobility of the sixteenth century. The history of the United States without the Louisiana purchase and the exploring expedition of discovery by Lewis and Clark would be but half written. &ne of the most interesting floats will represent the treaty which was signed in Paris in 1803. On that float will appear Napoleon, Talleyrand and Marbois, and the American com- missioners, Livingston and Monroe, made picturesque and beautiful by the golden crown and lilies of France. Ygst There will follow a picturesque representation of Lewis and Clark, under the commission of Thomas Jefferson, ascending the Missouri river, their council at Calhoun, and thence pursuing their journey along the rivers, through the vallcgs and across the mountains, until they planted the American flag on the northwest Pacific coast. That picturesque bit of history was more mo- mentous in its conception, far-reaching in its grasp, and produced greater results than most of us conceive. Who can say if that expedition had failed that the area of the Louisiana purchase would ever have gone beyond the crest of the Rocky mountains, or that Great Britain would not have acquired all the northwest territory, in- cluding the states [of Washington and Oregon, or that the Spaniards might not have had control of California and New Mexico, Idaho and Ari- zona, or that the Burr conspiracy might not have actually ripened into a new southwestern re- public. d The street pageant will also contain a march- ing group, representing the Mallet brothers, with their cavalcade of men and merchandise on pack mules, crossing the state on their way to the Spanish settlements in Mexico, who christened the Platte river and were the advance couriers of the spirit of future commerce, Another group will represent Licutenant Pike and his body of discoverers who planted the flag on the crests of the Rocky mountains in Colorado. John,C. Fremont and his military escort will be pre- sented in another group. Then will come, in marching order, General Atkinson with his cavalrymen and infantrymen on their way to es- tablish the military post at Calhoun, dressed in the highly colored military uniforms of that day. These will be followed by representations of the pioneers; a picturesque presentation of the drouth eriod, and of the grasshopper scourge to the eautiful transformation, which converted a tree- less prairie waste into a land of beautiful for- g;ll—Arbor day—to the credit of J. Sterling orton. There will be General John M. Thayer with the First Nebraska regiment, representing the Sons of Nebraska, who were willing to shed their blood in battle for the preservation of the union into which the territory was soon to spring into statehood, and General Thayer should become its first United States senator. And so on the his- toric story will proceed, representing agricul- ture, horticulture and animal industries, until we reach the present period of unlimited prosperity uniting the history of the state with tge history of the nation as “one and inseperable.” y The importance of these ?lowinn. picturesque presentations in pageantry of the hitsory of the past up to the present. grandeur of this state cannot be overstated. In our opinion they will make a stronger impression on the minds of all who witness them than the reading of books, and will create a new and enthusiastic interest in the study of our history and revive a new spirit of state pride, of loyalty to our institutions and re- tf\e:v a spirit of genuine confidence and hope in our uture. l People and Events I Did you ever hear a grievance like this? A California man divorced his wife because she pre- ferred working for wages rather than manage his home and help spend his salary of $250 per month. The Helenhouses of Chicago, Pete and Lib, carried their troubles to court and told the judge separation was the route to peace. The judge, having heard the tale, decided their home sur- passed the name and signed the decree of sepa- ration. A St. Louis youth of 17, caught with a “bor- rowed limousine,” owned up to having stolen twenty automobiles in a month. Although a aovice in the business, he regards the automo- bile “the easiest and most profitable swipe on the road.” _ The minimum wage for women workers in Kansas is $6 a week, except for novices and be- inners, who get as much as $3 a week. Accord- ng to‘t.ine State Welfare commission there is little opposition to minimum wage rules and nine-hour day for women. A bounced hat boy in a New York lobster palace is fighting in the courts for the job. The enterprising youngster pleads that hiding the hats to swell the tips is a legitimate part of the holdup business practiced at the tables, and that the boss cannot come into court with clean hands. The boss will have his say later. John H. Tyson of Riverside, Conn,, is a speed champion in more ways than one. He has figured in automobile mix-ups too numerous for imjuun* and shows equal speed as a matri- monial Sprinter. Thougl oan 25 years old, he has two divorced wives to his credit and re- cently annexed the third wife with a midnight ceremony. The old Adam grips the name of John A Kuzywassewski of Clnug:.n In happier days John operated a private k and employed a charming cashier to handle the money. Mrs. John kicked on the arrangements, caused the cashier’s bounce and business dropped like a sinker l;& t_l'!e'hllk;.u k“.lly wilf.eh :ld tohbllme ffir everyth e r expl when caught with the remnant of the bank's cash far from MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916. [TODAY Thought Nugget for the Day. Not heaven itself upon the past has power; But what has been, has been, and 1 have had my hour. —John Dryden. One Year Ago Today in the War. Vilna was evacuated by the Rus- sians and occupled the following day by the Germans. Russians repelled on Strypa river in Galicia and fell back to the Sereth. Austrians defeated and in retreat from Volhynian triangle of fortresses. Entente allies presented joint note to Bulgaria, asking her to take a def- inite stand. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. The next issue of the American Wheelman will contain a sketch of Omaha bicyclers, description of the streets and thoroughfares of Omaha that are so much appreciated by the wheelmen. The article is from the pen of Lucfen Stephens. The Bohemian Catholics have aban- doned their frame structure on South Thirteenth and are erecting a new church to cost about $8,000 at Four- teenth and Lane. C. T. Bouffier, M. Sachs and A. Heller of Adler & Heller of this city, all liguor men, have gone on a grand hunt, to continue about a week. Edward E. Powers of Boston, Mass., is In the city and has made the ascent of the tall smelting works chimney, climbing clear to the top and perching on the sides of the aperture. At Madam Steen's exhibition of mind rendlnf at the exposition build- ing the following gentlemen were chosen from the audience to see that no deception was practiced: F. W. Gray, Thomas Swobe, G. W. Ambrose, J. J. Jewett, Willlam Coburn and J. E. Boyd. The remains of Mrs. Mary Dickover were forwarded to Indianapolis for interment. ~They were accompanied to the depot by the following pall bearers: 8. 8. Burchtield, J. B. Cox, Samuel Emerson, Thomas Burns and Bird Schotte. Judge Berka has left to attend the conclave of the Knights Templar at St. Louis, and because of his absence there was nothing of a legal nature transacted In his court. This day in History. 1709-Samuel Johnson, one of Eng- land’s greatest men of letters, born at Litchfield, England. Died in Lon- don, December 13, 1784, 1779—Judge Joseph Story, one of the first Americans to attain interna- tional distinction as an authority on law, born at Marblehead, Mass. Died a; Cambridge, Mass., September 10, 1846, 1810—Chile declared its independ- ence of Spain, 1846—An American army of 6,000 men advanced upon Monterey. 1849—Rupture of diplomatic rela- tions between Turkey and Russia and Austria. 1897—The war between Turkey and Greece was ended with the signing of a peace treaty at Constantinople. 1898—Varina Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis, died at Narragan- sett Pler, R. I. Born in the executive mansion of the southern confederacy at Richmond, June 27, 1864, The Day We Celebrate. Joseph Oberfelder, lawyer, mer- chant and United States commission- er, leading citizen of Cheyenne county, admits he is 58 today. He was born In New York, but has lived in Sidney for nearly forty years, going there when it was the south end of the famous Sidney-Deadwood trail. Loyal 8. Mole, clerk in the Omaha postoffice, is just 58 years of age. He was born in” Picketville, N. Y, and has been in the postal service since 88. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, United States genator from Nebraska, is §67 today, having been born here in Omaha, September 18, 1859. His father was United States senator before him, elected, however, as a republican, the present senator having become a democrat. He graduated in law from the University of Mithigan, but gave up the practice to go into the news- paper business. John H. Clarke, the new associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, born at Lisbon, O, fifty-nine years ago today. Marquis of Blandford, eldest son of the Duchess of Marlborough (Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt), now fighting at the front, born in London, nineteen years ago today. Henry Stockbridge, judge of the Maryland ¢ourt of appeais and chair- man of the legal education section ot the Amrican Bar association, born at Baltimore, sixty years ago today. Peter G. Gerry, choice of the Rhode Island democrats for United States senator, born In New York City, thirty-seven years ago today. Right Rev. Paul P. Rhodle, Cath- olic bishop of Green Bay, Wis, born in Prussian Poland, forty-five years ago today. Henry Churchill King, president of Oberlin _coliege, born at Hilisdale, Mich. fifty-eight years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The elghteenth annual convention of the Natiwnal Assvciation of Retal Druggists will begin its sessions today at_lndianapolis, What is expected to be the largest dalry show of the year will be opened at Kansas City today under the aus- pices of the Southwestern Dairy as- sociation, The National Assoclation of Secre- taries of State, organized last year at Cincinnati, will meet at Topeka today for its first annual convention. Masons of highest degree from all the northern states will assemble at Pittsburgh today for the annual su- preme council meeting of the Scot- tish Rite, The annual session of the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Udd Fellows, one of the largest conventions of the year, will open to- day at Chattanooga. At the annual convention of the Natonal Association of Certified Pub- lic Accountants' ‘meeting today n New York City, reports wll} be pre- sented showing a growth of interest in the profession and an establush- ment of several new laws governng the public accounting fleld. San Francisco today begins a home- coming week celebration that will include among its features an elab- orate electrical pageant entitied “The Path of GoWd.” Grand Forks, N. D, is to entertain the annual meeting of the Norwegian- Danish Prenb.'%oclnlon of America during the two Qays beginning today. Leading metal-producing concerns in all parts of the country are to be represented at the forty-fifth annual meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, to be held this week In Arizona, with sessions di- vided among principal mining centers. ThePees LeSHer, Adamson Bill Knocks Two-Cent Fare. Omaha, Sept. 14.—To the Editor of The Bee: One would suppose that after the recent shameless surrender at Washington the democrats would be afraid to bring up the question of federal railroad control again during this campaign; but here is the World- Herald shouting that the republicans mean to maltreat the State Ralilroad commission. And onjy two weeks ago the democrats drove the Adamson bill through congress and gave the state commission what may well prove to be its death blow! And Senator Hitch- cock was there and helped do it. The World-Herald accuses Mr. Hughes of throwing the New York 2- cent law into his waste basket. It does not mention that when Mr. Wil- son signed the Adamson bill he threw every 2-cent law ever passed in any state in the union into the waste basket. Governor Hughes vetoed the 2-cent law because he honestly be- lieved in investigation before legisla- tion, and he did it In the teeth of powerful opposition. President Wil- son signed the Adamson bill to avoid standing up and fighting for what he had openly declared to be the only fair solution of the problem—arbitration of the whole question. His only ex- cuse for surrendering the principle of arbitration * was that the rallroad brotherhoods had forced him into a position in which he had absclutely no alternative. 1 do not think that Americans like to hear that a small group of men (one-half of one per cent of the citizens) have the power to put the president of the United States in a position in which he has “absolutely no alternative.” I do not believe Mr. Wilson was in any such po- gition, but he surrendered just the same, and expressed his regret that congress had not gone a step further and put into the bill a clause empow- ering the Federal Railroad commls- sion to grant higher rates and there- by abolish all the state 2-cent rates. What does it matter anyhow? Every- one knows that If the Adamson law stands it means one of two things: 1. The end of all 2-cent rates and the granting of higher rates by the Federal commission, or 2. The fore- ing of all the railroads of the country /into bankruptey. Yes, Mr. Hughes has thrown the Adamson eight-hour law into the waste basket. Because he belleves congress acted under duress and with eyes blindfolded. Because he does not approve of making a political foot ball of a problem that vitally affects every man, woman and child in the coun- try. GEORGE E. HYDE, EDITORIAL SIFTINGS. Washington Post: After all is sald and done, the best way to find hidden treasure in the ground is with a pair of mules and a plow. St. Louls Republic: Prosperity has reached such a point in New York City that wealthy chauffeurs proudly refuse to elope with their employers’ daughters any longer. Philadelphia Ledger: The wholesalers blame the farmer for the high price of food and the farmer blames the weather. In this case the ultimate criminal is be- yond the reach of the consumers’ wrath. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: It is mot an eight-hour law. It does not limit hours of labor at all. It merely makes an auto- matic 25 per cent increase of the wages of trainmen, by act of congress, without any Investigation. Chicago Herald: The acceptance of the Lincoln homestead by the government is only another illustration of the familiar fact that if ‘somebody will get out and do what the government itself ought to have done, the government is generally graciously will- ing to stand for it. Baltimore American: In looking sround for uplift comparisons no Democratic spell- binder has had the nerve to compare Wood- row Wilson with Grover Cleveland. Cleve- land kept us out of war all right, but not by rushing armies to back up meaningless bluffs. And Cleveland did not believe the government, of which he was executive, was so weak that it could only handle a strike threat by yielding to it. Brooklyn Eesgle: Arrived in Harrisburg from the country in answer to the first call for troops in the civil war, without money, and finding no preparation made for volunteers, one patriotle youngster curled . up in his blanket and slept on the stone steps of the state house. A little more than forty years afterward, still a patriot, but a youngster no more, Samuel W. Pen- nypacker entered the same building to be insugurated governor of the second state in the union. Former Governor Pennypack. er's death closey a career distinctly dra- matle and distinctly American. - LECTRIC LIGHT SUNNY GEMS. “Say, congress has made an e\ght-hour out of the twenty-four hours, basn't boys, what a chance to make a t of the rest of 'em.”~—Baltimore American, Dorothy, 4 years old, had never seen & rainbow and her first one was of unusual brilllance and beauty. She guzed at it en- tranced moment, then turning to her mother, sald: “Oh, mamma, it's God's sash.” ton Transcript. ““There's one thing I will say for that fel- low whose mistakes cause so much trouble.” “What 1s 1t?" “He do t claim that his Intentions were good, anyhow.''—Detroit Free Press. Percy—Sometimes I think that if ¥ should dle no one would miss me! Ethel—Pa might! You're all the exercise he gets but golf.—Houston Chronicle. “I'd like to sh your wife.” My wife s out.” “I'l leave it on approval” “You're taking a long chance, old man, My wite never quite approves anything.'— Louisville Courler-Journal. Patience—1 hear Will has been hurt again in his car? Patrice—Yes, he haa. “7".:rhu'- about his sixth accident, “The {deal Where did he get that chauf- feur of his?" “His doctor recommended him."—Yon- kers Statesman. this patent cleaner to fsn't DEAR MR. KABIEBLE, oW MUCH OF MY MONEY SHOVY X GIVE THE WIFE DURING ‘THE WEEK ? SR WHERE Do You ger Footpad—Hand over your money. Victim—S8orry, my friend, but I'm Jjust back from my vacation and-— old man! So'm ¥, or I this —Boston Transcript. “The movies certainly give you the worth of your money. “How now?" “Saw a milllon-dollar film advertised the other day, udmisslon § cents. Can you beat that?"—Kansas City Journsl “Why did you break the engagement?” ““Well, my flancee got to Imitating of these movie 8. She thought it cute to ghoot m iIft kiss under the ear, —Baltimore Am n. ‘‘Can you direct me to where I'll fin ®ood plumber—one who never leaves ‘M: tools behind, does an hour's work in exactly :‘I‘::‘);Hmlnu(u. and never leaves a leak after i yes, sir, T can tell where you'll find wWhere is he “In our local cemetery.” — Baltimore American. “I suppose you have to go to a great deal of expense to get thrills?* “Not always,” sald the movie producer. “Not i you study your audiences." “For Instance?" ““Well, if tho heroine gets grease on a palr of white gloves the women spectators will become Just as excited as they would over the blowing up of a bridge.”—Loulsville Courler-Journal. THE HIGHER PLAN. The atormy st Which over wrong conditions rise, Where self-deatroying lightning fllea The heavens Irfinite reveal ‘The soclology fdeal As well as practically real; The spheres are rolled diurnally, Year in, year out, eternally, In unity, supernally. The forces two—centripetal; It's opposite, centrifugal— Are over equilibrial. . One of these powers, our nelghbor's right, Holds ours in place, and checks the plight Of mad ambition’s tangent flight. The many globes do not agree In size or sneed or brilllancy, But all are from oppression free. Each has an orbit of its own, Treapassing on the path of none, While all collectively are one. On this foundatio: nece.wrought, al’ Discloses, in this principle, The tablets of the Higher Wiil, You longing pnuglo. near and far, Behold the Truth in ev'ry star; Let blas not your reagon mar. You all are seers, for 'That is true Which gave a mind to each of you Without regard to sex or hue. Look up bayond the thund'ring awe And see the promise Moses saw— I'he equipolse of soclal law. You may foreboding clouds disperse, And read In lines and Incurves terse The statute‘of the universe. Omaha. 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