Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1916, Page 20

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE 4 FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. e Fntered st Omaba postotfics as sccond-class matter. TERMS OF sussBEmFfion. y Carrier By Mail per mon! per year Daily and Sunday ...6be :gg Daily without Sul Evening and Sunday. ,z' Evening without Sunday. .26e . ‘-02 d Sunday Bee only...... .20e . 2.0 § Daily and Sunday Bee, three yvears in advance, $10.00. Send notice of change of address or irregularity in de- g livery to Omaha Bee, Circulstion Department. 3 REMITTANCE. ; Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only 2-cent stamps , taken in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, 1 except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Building. p 2318 N street. 14 North Main streef Lincoln—526 Little Building. 5 Chicago—818 People’s Gus Building. New York—Room 803, 286 Fifth avenue. 3 St is—508 New Bank of Commerce. -1 Washington—726 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Address communications relating to news and editorial f matter to Omaha Bee, Editorisl Department. OCTQBER CIRCULATION 53,818 Daily—Sunday 50,252 Dwight Williams, circulation manager of The Bee { Publishing company, being duly swom, says that the average circu for the month of October, 1916, was 58,818 daily, and 50,252 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed in my nee and sworn to before me | this 4th day of Novemix 16, W. OARLSON, Notery Public. == s —————— : Only eighteen more early Christmas shopping days! Now watch December top the yeLr's record on the speedway. | More light and less haze on this competitive plant mirage would be highly desirable. —_—— The seau:m is at hand when youngsters bloom with the wisdom of being “as good as they can D An ‘electric light rate reduction {n hand beats ‘a relervgj{ of )‘\(b; air will-o'-the-wisps in the bushes, — ’ So Iong-n‘Adminl,lnpn Beresford remains |1 in good voice, the Allies may safely dispense with an alaruf,feloqk! LR Besides other considerations pressing for carly shopping, there is the important one of getting a decent pick of the goods. g —— e e There is no impropriety in hinting out loud that Omaha’s Christmas stocking can be stretched to accommodate a new'union station. L ‘ SRR ——— fad One way to make Omaha shine brighter ln\ the galaxy of pushing cities is to vote to let a {hounnd more electrie street lamps shine for us. C———— A | Building operations justify the claim that by Omaha is building on’the bigger and broader + foundations befitting the metropolis of the corn 7 belt. ] The reported l‘eli(lt:{h: of the gfiiqerl of a New York reginrent on the border goes'fo show that men sometimes blundef-in choosing a:voca- ~ tion. R ' ‘ Only fifteen lives sacrificed zan the foot ball gridiron this scason, If the “safe and sane” idea makes much more progress, that game, too, will ' be as harmless as a wrestling match. Campaign, literature from Mexican sources picture Senor Carranza running for president on a whiskered platform, The lessons of neighbor- hood history appear to have halted at the Rio Grande. v } Be a good fellow! Be a big brother! Help some deserving but unforfunate family to Christ- mas cheer through The Bee's jlan; Any good way to “brighten your corner,” but be sure to brightegg it, Al contemporary calls it “our prohibition medi- cine,” which looks like a mean insinuation that 148 after the deadline date most of it wilf come over the prescription counter to relieve an alarming increase of sickness, ? Y, e— 5 =] It is understood, of course, that the enthusiasm of the Allies for the safety of small nations does not cover'the case of the Hellenes. Grecian un- responsiveness to the allied spirit forces recourse to the gentle art of pumping the lead. 1 — If democratic tyranny perpetrates the foul job of muzzling free speech in congress, the victims are assured a hospitible welcome to the curb- stone tribunes of Omaha. Here; no shackles impede the action of windjammers and freedom is free tq shrick while the pressure on the boiler holds out. Friend and foe alike get the subsea shot, i\ Even Sweden, the chicf pro-German among neu- tralg, is not spared. Th: sheer folly of ruthless- ness on the seas is indicated ‘in the protest of Sweden' against sinking its ships that were not even carrying contraband. It is nogorious that Sweden is one of Germany's few back dobrs for supplies, yet friendly intercourse affords little protection. Music in Public Schools. Again The Bee renews the suggestion tenta- tively put forth a year ago, that music be given a more definite standing in' our public schools, At present it has something of a place, but is neither, flesh, fowl nor good red herring. As taught it doesn't go beyond the rudiments, though perhaps the instruction is sufficient for the grade in which it is given. But when the pupil has advanced far enough to have developed a taste for music, and shows-a diligence in pursuit of its | study, this devétion might be encouraged to the extent of giving a credit for properly supervised ~ work in the ‘art. The expense attached to this is merely the pay of ap inspector, who will con- duct the Mi_mion at stated intervals and make reports on the proficiency of the student. Responsibility for the selection of tutor, of course, or of method, need not be assumed by the school management direétly, About all that is re- quired is to give assent to the substitution of music for some orne of the recognized “electives,” and credit the pipil with work done in this study, Méb is as important and as engrossing ‘many of the others set before him to choose om. The general cause of cultere certainly lose nothing, and might gain much, were | plan. to be adopted - jaid 1y, ) b Wil e Just a Dust-Throwing Campaign. To date, the campaign made by those who have put the taxpayers to the needless expense of a special referendum election, has consisted of nothing but dust throwing. No6 one has said that the street lighting contract approved by the mayor and council is not advantageous-to the city in giving us, as it does, 1,000 more street lamps without extra cost, but efforts have directed only to befog the' issue. Because the contract runs five years, although with a specific clause for termination should the city buy the present lighting plant sooner, people are told it would be an obstacle to public owner- ship. Yet to the question whether 4t is proposed to construct another plant, the answer is that no dual system is thought of unless the owners of the existing plant refuse a fair offer to buy, and the obvious fact that construction of a competing municipal plant is absolutely impossible within five years is wholly ignored. | “Now you see it and now you don't! Who can tell where the little ball is?” is the lure of the three-shell monte man, In this case we hear much talk about 3-cent light furnished by a mu- nicipal plant in Cleveland, but no satisfying in- formation as to what a municipal lighting plant in Omaha would do for us. Cleveland has a 4-cent water rate as against Omaha’s latest 17% cents. Would Omaha get its light current by the same multiple of Cleveland’s 3-cent rate? If we had a municipal light plant would we charge extension of lines and new construction to abut- ting property owners? Would we make the con- sumer pay for his meter? Would we hold the landlord for his tenant’s light bill? If it took Omaha ten years to buy the waterworks, how long will it take to have a municipal lizht'i,ng plant in operation? If the waterworks cost Omaha twice the, original estimate on appraise- ment valuation, what will it cost to build a com- peting light plant at present and prospective high prices of metal and materials? If municipal own- ership were really involved, would we not be entitled to answers to these questions? The truth is, as already pointed out, these questions are not pertinent because the attempted injection of municipal .ownership raises a false issue; for accepting the contract neither brings municipal ownership nearer nor puts it farther| off. The question is purely whether Omaha wants to adopt a modern street lighting system on terms lower than enjoyed by any other similarly situated city or whether it wants to remain in darkness simply to humor a whim. Labor’s Share Increasing. Wages generally are being increased through- out the United States, following on a general lifting of the price level, Under the circum- stances the movement is not unexpected, but it has not been accompanied by strikes or other disturbances customary in connection with’ extensive wage increase. Large associations of employers have voluntarily advanced the pay of their workmen as a matter of justice. It is true that in no instance has the rise in pay equaled the added cost of living, but the move is helpful so far as it goes, for it aids the worker in solving his most pressing problem, and will in this way avert possible disturbance. Industrial conditions, too, are such as'warrant the expectation of much ‘steadier employment ,than usually is provided. Even the so-called seaspnal trades have found their busy seasons extended far beyond their nor- mal time, and workers who expect to be idle at stated periods are still employed at full time, Some industries set up the complaint that labor is so prosperous as to become self-indulgent and disinclined to work as many hours as the piled-up %order books demand, The decided contrast be- “tween the situation of labor at present and that of two years ago is gratifying. — Playing to the Galleries. The unburdening of Speaker Champ Clark to~ the effect that our lawmakers would accomplish their work better and more quickly if the invita. tion to play to the gallerjes were cut off by ex- cluding spectators and abolishing the Congres- sional Record reminds us that this malady is not iconfined to the halls of congress. In giving out this very interview Champ invites the suspicion that he, himself, is playing to the gallery for a bit of free publicity and a little cheap applause, and yet there is more truth than poetry at the bottom of his outburst. The desire to get a hand from a listening audi- ence or from the larger audience reached through public press is one of the propelling forcep that move the world. Nowhere is the play and by-play s0 clearly seen as in newspaper circles which the gallery players constantly try to enter to promote their personal ends. Orators have no monopoly whatever in this field for there is just as much gallery-play in social maneuvering, in charity stunts, in uplift enterprises, in business and finan- cial arenas, in the church and in the courts, in the trades union and in the lodge room—almost everywhere that people seek to cultivate atten- tion by artifice or posing—but that is an all-essen- tial factor in modern life. Take away the oppor- tunity for gallery play and you would not recognize this mundane sphere. Stop the practice alto- gether and existence would be nothing but a humdrum and the chronicle of daily doings would become as unsatifying as a bread-and-water diet. —_— Helping Boys to Be Boys. How many of the men who are taking such \ a deep.interest in the boys of today recall with clear vision their own boyhood? It is necessary to do this, or their efforts are likely to be mis- directed. The normal boy is not only possessed of the germ of tremendous possibilities, as the polen&ll man of the future, but he is also a com- pound of contradictions, a storehouse of nfergy. and his untutored mind is bent to experimentation as sparks fly upward. He must have an outlet, and if this is denied him one way, he will find it in another. And this is why such a movement as the Boy Scouts is of service, Here an effort has been made to unite in a practical way the training, that is useful with the oppprtunity for reasonable display of animal spirits; tendencies that might become destructive are turned to serv- ice, and the boy is helped to be a boy while being taught things good for him to know when he comes to manhood. His mind and his body are brought into co-ordinated activity, he finds'latent faculties awakened, and dormant powers brought to life and development. Discipline' of word and act train§ him to control of thought and impulse, and without hindrance of natural desires he is shown how fun,may be had in ways that harm none and may help many. One of the best things Omaha men have achieved in rogent times has been to make certain that for three years at least Omaha boys will get a chance to be boys and at the same time learn how to, be men. aors, By Victor Rosewater RATHER peculiar question was put up to me by a well known business man who called this last week. His mission was to ask an opinion as to how a letter should be properly addressed, whether the “Mr.” or “Hon.” should be placed in front of the name when followed on the same line by some other title or designation. Offhand, 1 ex- pressed a preference for keeping the prefix “Hon. or “Mr.” or “Dr.” or “Judge,” as the case might be, and putting the title or designation, such as “Member of Congress,” “Attorney-at-Law” or “Secretary of the Board” in a second and separate line. But to learn what other people do in this respect, I ran hastily over the accumulation of letters on my desk and examined the addresses. It was not surprising to find a variety of cus- tom, but most them conformed to the suggestion T had already made. One or two used the suffix “Esq.” instead of the prefix “Mr.” but the notable dissent appeared in a letter coming from the office of the simplified spelling board in New York, which carried the “Mr” in front of my name and the word “Editor” after it, all on the same line. The friend who was making the inquiry had nothing to do but accept the situation and seek further light. The inquiry only showed that in addressing our letters we have no generally accepted rule. Another not unsimilar point came up the other day when my little boy asked me how [ would abbreviate the word “Nebraska” And when 1 countered by propounding the same question to him, he said he had written it at school “Neb.” but the teacher had marked it “wrong,” and had told him he must write it “Nebr.” Now, in the interest of cconomy of letters and simplified spelling, most of us, I believe, omit the “r,” yet our schools are teaching the children that h abbreviation is wrong, explaining that the “r’’is necessary to distinguish Nebraska from Nevada, especially in the event of poor handwriting. -1 sought to verify that, too, by examining the postmarks on my letters and find that the “Nebr.” conforms to postoffice regulations. I venture the guess, just the same, that neither the schools nor the postoffice can successfully retain the “r” in our date lines and addresses. Yesterday, December 2, was again the anni- versary of the breaking of ground here in Omaha for the building of the first transcontinental rail- way to be known as the Union Pacific. That was in the year 1863 and it was a gala occasion for all the inhabitants of the then struggling town. Omaha went wild again in celebrating the com- pletion of the road by the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Point in May, 1869, and, though we neglected to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the ground-breaking, we ought to get in on the semi-centennial celebration of the completion. I have adverted to this before in this column and mention it again because Utah expects congressional recognition for a celebra- tion at Salt Lake and we we ought to insist on making it a dual or triple event with simultaneous exercises at Omaha and perhaps at San Fran- cisco, as well at Salt Lake City, just as originally occurred. 1f thag purpose is to be pursued, how- ever, no great amount of time is to be lost in making it known. \ . From Herbert S. Houston, who is chairman on the Committee of Information of the “League to Enforce Peace,” of which T am also a mem- ‘ber, has written me a suggestive letter, evoked by my recent article captioned “Is ‘Universal Peace a Dream?” In this letter, from which I feel at liberty to quote, he says: /. “No, indeed, universal peace is not a dream, That is an interesting question you raised,in the admirable editorial 'you had in ./ The Bee which I have read with much interest.; But most assuredly when regponsible statesmen such as Viscount Grey, speaking ‘for England, Von Bethmann Hollweg, speaking for Ger- many, and Briand, speaking for France, send messages endorsing the principles on which the Lehgue to Enforce Peace rests, then what at first appears to be a dream looks like a real- ity. You saw, of course, that at our great League to Enforce Peace dinner, presided over by ex-President Taft, last Friday night in New York, we had messages from these three countries. And the whole dinner was most cheering and hopeful in indicating broad support both at home and abroad for the policy of the league, Mr, Jacob Schiff struck a rather doubt- ful note in suggesting that something be done to end the present war. Of course that is not within the province of the league. It is seeking to develop a program to be adopted after this war is gver and it has always taken the stand that it is in.no sense a stop-the-war movement.” Mr. Houston was here in Omaha about a year o as president of the National Association of d Clubs and was entertained by our local Ad club and he is now enlisted for the whole peace campaign. , Love of Animals I like all animals except the skunk and him I respect. I like all birds except the rooster and I would like him, too, if he did not get . up so early. I like all insects who can be men- tioned in polite company and though I do not really like reptiles I am sorry for them. Theirs is the hard fate of being obliged to go through life with ugly, repulsive bodies. Many of them are, serhaps, gentle and well meaning if we would only give them a chance to show it. I used to think it a pity that nature did not give our fellow creatures of the animal king- dom the power of speech. Their talk would robably be more interesting than ours. And it would make us treat them better, But per- haps it is just as well as it is. Men would teach them to liec and swear and they might get to telling tiresome stories and circulagna gossip. A dog fight would be a great deal worse than it is if the dogs could call each other names while they were fighting. Yes, on the whole it is just as well that they can talk only in story books and fables. (Frederick W. Opper in his Twentieth Century Edition . of Acsop’s ) - People and Ewvents Bloodhounds in Missouri ran down six men, but failed to get the right scent of the right criminal. The failure of Missouri hound dogs throws on local cops the painful task of marking up another crime mystery. Down on the Sante Fe system a special disin- fecting and bathing train is fumigating bunk cars and scrabbing the hides of Mexican section hands, It is the greatest cleanup pulled off in the south- west since Billy the Kid turned his toes to the stars. The wettest spot in “Illinois, Benbow City, built around an oil factory, has gone dry volun- tarily. The whole townsite and all its belongings, chiefly twenty-three saloons, has been taken over by the Standard Oil company and the tanks and the name wiped off the map. A pet buck bucked John F. Stanley of Au- burn, Me, and smashed three of his ribs and then charged on Mrs, Stanley, who escaped seri- ous injury through the attack of a collie dog, which backed up the buck, Subsequently, local artillery finished the bucking buck. A New York lawyer of 55, with a lucrative practice, inherited property valued at $35,000, which gave him a passing view of easy street. But he could not let well enough alone, He got visions of big money in the Wall street game, dipped in for all he had, lost it and then finished | his run ‘with a pistol Thought Nugget for the Day. He who has put forth his total strength in fit actions has the richest return of wisdom.—Ralph Waldo Emerson, One Year Ago Today in the War. Serbians evacuated Monastir, their Jast stronghold. British fell back frdm advanced po- sition near Bulgar frontier. Germans concentrated at Rustchuk to meet reported Russian invasion of Bulgaria. United States asked recall of Cap- tain Boy-Ed and Captain von Papen, attaches of the German embassy at Washington. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. A cabinet group of the three re maining charter members of the Al mannen lodge No. 8, I. 0. 0. F., placed in the hall of the order. The members are Henry Grebe, John T. Paulsen and William Doll. Miss Marion Lowell, the gifted elo- st who made such a hit at the Ixposition building, contemplates lo- cating in Omaha. Henry Gerke, the well known ex- pressman, has received well merited praise from two prominent citizens He never leaves his team, either the one on the corner of Twelfth and Harney or the one on, Thirteenth and , one moment without a blanket. “Dutch” Henry seems to be a brick. Thomas J. Russell, one of the teach- ers in Creighton college, has resigned and gone to St. Louis, where he as- sumes charge of one of the classes in 8t. Louis university. A serious coasting accident marred the evening's enjoyment of a merry party on Willow avenue and injured Miss Edith Campbell very seriously. She was taken to her home on Sixth avenue and Dr, Lacy called in haste. The C., M. & St. P. has received its calendars for the next year, which will be distributed among the patrons of the road. They are beautifully lithographed in colors, each calendar comprising four cards, on each card being three months, 8. H. Calhoun, revenue collector, told a reporter that he had just be- gun to collate facts to show the in- adequacy of his present quarters in the postoffice building with a view to securing improvement, possibly the crection of a new building on the lot immediately west of the present struc- ture. This Day in History, 1751—George Cabot, first secretary of the navy, born at Salem, Mass. Died in Boston, April 18, 1823. 1765—Gilbert Stuart, famous for his portraits of Washington, born at Nar- ragansett, R. I Died in Boston, July 27, 1828. 1777—First newspaper in Jersey published at Burlington. 1818—Illinois admitted to the union. 1838—Territory of Florida, in con- vention at St. Joseph, formed a state constitution. 1864-—Confederates under General Hood advanced on Nashville. 1867—French flag formally lowered in Rome. " 1882—The,sentence of death passed on Arabi Pacha, leader of the Egyp- tian rebels, was commuted to banish- ment for life. 1887—M. Sadi Carnot ‘elected presi- dent of the Freneh republic. 1890—Dedication of the State Sol- diers’ home at Tilton, N: H. 1891—Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island discussed project for union as one province. 1894—Robert Louis Stevenson, fa- Lor hig care ol tus horses. New mous novelist, died in Samoa. Born in Edinburgh in 1850. The Day We Celebrate. Robert Lee Herdman is 52. He was born in Jerseyville, Ill, and grad- uated from the law department of the University of Kansa: Omaha in 1890. “Lee” was clerk of the supreme court for four years and also police commissioner for ‘Omaha for a little while. ‘W. H. McKay, secretary of the Cole- McKay Company, funeral' directors] was born in Tipton county, Indiana. He worked his way up in various occu- pations, learning by night study the profession he has been pursuing for fifteen years. Newton D. Baker, secretary of war in the Wilson cabinet, born at Mar- tinsburg, W. Va., forty-five years ago today. Dr. George H. Denny, president of the University of Alabama, born in Hanover county, Virginia, forty-six years ago. § William J. Bowser, late premier of British Columbja, born at Rexton, N. B., forty-nine years ago today. John H. Morehead, governor of Ne- brasgka,- born in Lucas county, Iawo, fifty-five years ago today. He lives at Falls City, when He is at home. Charles C. McChord, member of the Interstate + Commerce commission, born at Springfield, Ky., ¥ifty-seven years ago today. Laurence Gilbert, formerly of the Boston Braves, now with the Kansas City American association base ball team, born in New Orleans, twenty- five years ago today. Storyette of the Day. A man of 60 who had been a grumbler all his life and had long on the slightest provocation, not long ago called in a young physician who had gained a considerable reputation. He was telling the doctor what he thought was the trouble with him, When the doctor ventured to disagree with the diagnosis. “I beg your pardon,” said the pa- tient in a haughty way. “It isn't for a voung doctor like you to disagree with an experienced invalid like me.” And he sought another physician.— New York Times. NEBRASKA EDITORS. H. A. Moore has sold the Dubois Press to O. M. Backus and son. Editor A. G. Williams of the Stockville Fuber was elected clerk of Frontier county. J. W. Hammond, editor of the Cambridge Clarion, was elected senator from the Twen- ty-first distriet, 0. B. Miller, editor of the Osmund Re- publican, was elected clerk of the district court of Pierce county. Karl L. Spence, editor of the Franklin County News, paid an election bet by rolling & peanut for a block with a crow bar. Editor R. A. Wisner of he Bayard Tran- seript is publishing his paper from its new home in a modern brick building. He has added a mew newspaper press and two job presses to his equipment. Harvey E. Willis and Walter V. Overman have leased the Sherman County Times from C. F. Beushausen. The senior member of the new firm has been manager of the paper for the last seventeen months. W. H. Carson, former editor and pub-' lisher of the Syracuse Journal, died a few days ago at Colorado Springs, where he had gone in search of health. The body was taken to his former home at Gibbon for burial locating in | made a practice of changing doctors | | | the Feather river, IN THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY The first dredge boat for ‘gold was on| near Oroville, Cal., in 1878, It has been found that the soap-nut tree which grows in India and also in Algiers | will thrive in Florida. The consumption of wood in Canada for the manufacture of pulp has increased al- | most three-fold in the last eight years. The amount of life insurance in force in the United States is nearly three times that in all the countries of Europe combined. The value of candy products manufac- tured in the United States has increased more than 100 per cent in the last ten years. A hotel now building in New York City will have a private telephone service as ex- tensive as that in the whole kingdom of Greece. Some large industrial plants have adopted a method of clearing their chimney stacks from soot with the aid of a charge of gun- powder. It is estimated that the leaf tobaceo erop in Wisconsin this year will bring to the farmers $2,000,000 more than any crop of former year: ! The largest number of manufacturing establishments are in New York, Pennsyl- vania, Illinois, Ohio and Massachusetts, in the order named. Some of the concrete tanks now building in the Oklahoma field for the storage of petroleum will have a capacity of 160,000 barrels of crude oil. Among the earliest experiments in beet sugar culture and beet sugar manufacture in the United States were those made by the Mormons in 1852. The high price of linseed oil has set the | chemists experimenting with a view to find- | ing a satisfactory substitute in the making of paints and varnishes. The Grand Trunk railway of Canada re- cently observed the sixtieth anniversary of the inauguration of railroad communication between Montreal and Toronto. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES. The street cars of Munich are conducted by women and there are 426 of them en- gaged in this work. The women wear natty uniforms, are alert and polite, and are said to be giving great satisfaction. They are paid $1.10 for six hours' work. Molly Elliott Seawell, the author, who died recently, requested that no eulogy be said over her. The most of her estate was be- queathed to the Sisters of Charity of the Catholic Church of Virginia, to be expended as a memorial to her mother and sister, to ‘take the form of a small hospital, preferably in Gloucester, Va. While Bulgarians are fighting so hard it is interesting for women to remember that in that country are raised 20,000 acres of roses from which the celebrated attar of roses is distilled. Only half as much was distilled this year as last, on account of the war, which means of course, that the pre- cious stuff will be much more expensive. | Germany makes an attar out of coal tar. Mrs. Russell Sage, with all her other good qualities, knows how to cook. At any rate, the New York Woman's exchange has a recipe for waffles named for her, and it also owns a waffle'iron 150 years old upon which waffles are still made. This is the recipe! One quart of flour, one pint of cream, six eggs, two tablesponsful of sugar and a pinch of salt and any housekeeper will agree that they ought to be good. Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw of Wellesley has given $10,000 to the college to be employed as an endowment for the course in consti- tutional government. The course has spe- cial reference to the development and ac- tual working of the American political sys- tem, and may be regarded as a preparation for the time when women will vote, for if women are to have the ballot they must be prepared to know, something about govern- ment, Courses in both state and national government will be given. Four Westmoreland county (Pa.) young women, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith, of Ruffsdale, -have established a new agricultursl record for the yield and profits to be derived.from a two-acre plot of cab- bage. Early last spring Smith turned the two-acre plot over o his daughters, telling them to make any use of it they desired. The girls, after closely scanning the market reports for weeks, decided to grow eab- bages. They set out about 18,000 plants. ‘When the time arrived to cut cabbage the scarcity of the vegetabe and sky-high sauerkraut quotations made the realization of $2,400 for the two acres merely a matter of patience and good salesmanship. “Pa, what does it mean when it says that a man has arrived at years of discre- tion 2" & “It means, my son, that he's too young to dle and too old to have any fun."—New York Times. Patience: ‘“There was a time in her life she could have married nearly anybody she pleased.” . Patrice: *And yet she never married “Never. You see she couldn't please any- bod. Yonkers Statesman. “How's the sale of 1liniment of yours, good for man or beast?" “Sales have dropped off under present con- ditions. I am now working on an anti- freeze preparation, good for man or auto- mobile.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. DEAR MR . KABIBBLE,, MY HUSBAND BERTS ME TERR\BLY = SHOULD X DIVORCE HIM? MRS, VERENICKEW SR N0 —AS LONG AS YOU REMAW MARRTED Yo HIM, I¥ WILL PREVENY HiM FROM BENYING UP SOME OTHER PODR WOMAN — THINK OF HER! Willls—Just think of it! Those Spanish hidalgos would go 3,000 miles on a galleon! Glllis—Nonsense. You can't believe half you read about those foreign cars.—Life. Mrs, Kawler—I hear that your cousin Robert is not well, Mrs. Blunderby—No; the poor man had an attack of nervous protestation and he's gone away to vituperate.—Boston Tran- seript. Kathryn—Of course, this story about Kate is just between uvs two. Kitye—Sure! And between us two It ought to get a pretty wide circulation.—Puck. THE CHILDREN'S ISLE. Frances Medhurst, in Harper's Magazine. There is an isle, 80 legends say, Set far and far from any land, Where roses bud and bloom for aye, Upon whose blossom-haunted strand The dear, dead bables run and play Or wander idly band in hand. Remate across the seas it les, This little isle so fair and far, Wherein the souls of butterflies The playmates of the children are, While sweetest songs imparadies Its waving woods from bar to bar. The strains of long dead nightingales Whose music here on earth is dumb Make magical the hills and vales As over deeps no man may plumb, Borne softly on the sable salls Of ships of stars, the babjes come. Across those stfll and haunted seas No mortal keel may hope to steer, For none but ghostly argosies To that enchanted isle draws near. In dreams alone its mysteries . To longing mother's eyes are clear. The Nmpid laughter time has stilled, The tiny hands that clutch and cling— \None but the heart that these have thrilled Can guess the healing balm they bring. Thrice blessed she whom God hath willed To glimpse the bables pleasuring. What beacons flare to guide the bark To that far isle, no man may say, No_pliot's chart, no leadsman’s mark Has mapped those lonely leagues of spray. Alone of all that thread the dark The soul of children know the way. | Prescription Service . The value of your prescription is assured by careful and correct compounding. We give prescrip- tions the most expert attention, which means that they are filled strictly in accordance with the doctor's directions. After The Show The popularity of our hot drinks on cold days almost equals that of our cold drinks on hot days. A cop of our hot choeolate 15 a treat you'll especially enjoy after the show. SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRUG COMPANY Four Good Drug Stores. T R ~ XMAS' SHOPPER- BUY PROTECTION EARLY -BEFORE (T IS TOO LATE. QING DOUGLAS (17 V. T.YATES, SECRETARY/ NO CHARGE FOR EXPLANATION W.A,FRASER, PRESIDENT, Contractor Works Outdoors In All Kinds of Weather . il i | I MR. P. 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