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JANUARY CIRCULATION.
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mailed to tbem. Address wilt be
diassied na often as raqneated.
Mr. Morgan ovidently was not as
flick an the market
Young Turks and old Turks look
alike to the Balkans.
The Mozloan dogs of war are still
running about unlicensed.
"Death is a groat asset to heroes,'
Bays an eminent woman. But who
wants to be a horoT
It pays to bo patient in Nebraska,
where tho needed moisture always
corned at tho right tlra.o.
On tho theory that thero Is an end
to everything, Kansas City may yet
see tho finish of its Hyde trials.
The kind of revolutions that hare
wrought great national purposes is
not tho kind Mexico has been ha v.
ins.
Among tho rights thus far granted
to "woman is tho right to .work
longer hours for shorter pay than
man.
The American glass barons are
said to b"o all cut up over tho ag
gressiveness of the Japaneso glass
industry.
Judging from the "rocord prices
for art masterpieces," little Jeff is
not the only distinguished American
trapped by European sharpers.
Report say the Oould road has
naked help in trying' to wrest rail
advantages from its Harrlman com
petitors. It will need tho help, too,
Young Vincent Astor, who has
gono to farming, belongs to a family
that, having put Its hand to tho
plow, never turns backuntil har
Test time.
"A llttlo grain of conscience mado
him sour." Was Tennyson refer
ring to the impassioned editor who
acts as apologist for the Water
board boss?
Chase Osbom, former governor of
Michigan, appears in the current newa
rb Charles E. Osborn, and! yet he wan
one of the famous seven. St. Louis Re
public. Off-hand, name the other six.
Try to be calm, for you will very
likely have to wait until a week from
Tuesday to get Mr. Wilson's
authoritative announcement of his
cabinet.
The right system Is to send tho bandits
to the penitentiary and listen to the sob
squad afterward. Den Moines Capital.
"Without waiting for additional de
tails we are pleased to exclaim,
hear, hear!
The Water board finds .itself able
to invest $400,000 in school board
warrants. Why not consider tho
matter of reducing water rates to
the consumers?
With 1U "'office manager" sitting
in the senate, while Its general man
ager and two of IU members spend
their waking hours in tho lobby, tho
Omaha Water board is certainly well
represented at Lincoln. And the
consumers are paying the bills.
Omaha is still being used as an
awful example in order to intluenco
action by the legislature. t might
he well for the members to inquire
just what is back of all those attacks
on Omaha's good name, no matter
from whence they emanate.
Maladroit micrepresentatlojis are
being circulated for the deliberate
purpose of bolstering up the scheme
of the water-logged statesman to
perpetuate himself in the position
for which he so long connived. Some
day the water consumers of Omaha
who pay the freight w,lll wake up
and discover how badly they have
been buncoed by this wonderful
"statesman and patriot,"
The Tlaal Washington.
The American's conception of
Washington ns a poslthe, virile char
acter, Intensely human In faults tin
well as virtues, linn saved Ms lintue
from the blight of such sentimental
nonsense as Maon Weoms' cherry
iriiu luiiio. uooa noya nro nil riRiu, i
but goody-goody boys nro not, nnd,
tho world does not caro to have its
admirable picture of tho real Wash
ington marred by such n defect. His
tory relates that Weems, an itinerant
parson with a somewhat rendy pen,
fertile imagination and a natural
business instinct, wroto the cherry
tree yarn, with others,- in a. book on
the life of Washington and peddled
it with prodigious prorits, both in
this country and Europe But no stu
dent of history gives a serious
thought ' to the credibility of the
yarn.
If we are looking fory human-In
terest features In the life of Qeorgo
Washington we may find them in
ovory chapter. If boys want a sub
stitute for this hatchet tale, let them
read of young Washington as a
member of tho volunteer fire depart
ment at Alexandria, or of Washing'
ton, tho nthleto, in many lines of
which ho excelled other boys nnd.
youths of his day. Ho was a fast nnd
long-distance runner, and, it seems,
oven a better Jumpci A few years
ago an authority In tho realm of
sporta published tho statement that
Washington at 20 yearB of age es
tablished a record at tho running
broad jump which stood unbeaten
until early in tho '80s. For tho ac
curacy of this we cannot vouch, but
Washington's splendid athletic pow
ers easily justify tho belief that ho
might haVe done such a thing. At
any rate, as human interest, it
ranks far ahead of tho Wooms story
A Vioious Bill.
The bill creating a metropolitan
water district for Omaha, which
passed tho senate without a dissent
ing voto nnd is now before tho
houso, is ono of tho most vicious In
its posstblo offecte ever presented to
tho Nebraska legislature, "Its sig
nificance so far ns Omnha is con
cerned has been frunkly stated iu an
analytical revlow published in Tho
Boo on yesterday. This revlow (was
mado by an efylnont Omaha lawyer,
whose long bxperlonco and high
standing at tho bar entitle his opinion
to moro than ordinary consideration,
and ho unqualifiedly comlomnB tho
proposed law as bad in its every
aspect.
The question Is, will tho legisla
ture of Nebraska again visit on tho
people of Omaha, at tho behest of a
self-ieeklng Individual, a law that
means not only great additional bur
dens to the citizens, but which aims
directly to destroy tho right of eblf
govornment so far as tho administra
tion of a. great Institution, bought
and paid Tor by tho people, Is con-
corned?
In other words, will tho legislature
assist In extending aiyl perpetuating
tho calamity that was visited upon
Omaha ten years ago when "tho Im
mediate and compulsory purchoso"
bill was enacted Into law?
Plain, DenTagogy.
Those legislators who lmaglno they
can hide their own shortcomings be
hind demagogic harangues at the
newspapers aro llko tho ostrich
thrusting its head, in tho sand to
conceal itself from view. Men with
nothing to hide will not resort to
tho subterfuge, Inviting public con
tumely by their conspicuous absurd
ity. Tho newspapers of Nebraskn havo
come In for a good deal of tills abuse
at Lincoln this wlntor; they and
their editors havo boen condomnod
as grafters nnd, parasites and laws
havo been proposed for tho purpose
of pitting thorn nt the mercy of the
poimviaiiB.f
It Is difficult to reconcile state
ments of this kind with common in
telligence. Ignorance or deliberate
mendacity must account for thorn. In
the' first place the newspapers of Ne
braska, the country weekltes and
dallies, as well as thpso of tho larger
cities, are conducted by business men
with their own Interests tjed up with
those of their communities. Thoy aro
not grafters, at all, and their bust
ness is not graft. If it. were, perhaps
.It might bring larger financial re
turns than It does. No industry and
no set of Individuals are doing quito
so much for the material and moral
welfare of the state as tho newspa
pers and their publishers, and hon
est, Intelligent people appreciate that.
It is axiomatic, with .respect to the.
country editor, that ho Is the invet
erate servant of his community, giv
ing far more than he can hope to get.
It is outrageous, for small-bore poli
ticians to attempt to screen them
selves from just popular crltlsm, as
a consequence of their - unfaithful
ness, behind this patient, patriotic
man, who, nine time out of ten, has
given tho fina) boost that landed the
politician in his job.
The senate has mado one good
movo in passing the bill to prevent
fee-splitting by doctors. This law Is
directly In tho tnterest of public wel
fare. It should go through the
house without opposition.
"I have the honor to Inform you
that I have overthrown this govern
raent, writes General Huerta to
President Taft, adding. In words to
that effect, "and. by the eternal dogs
of war, I'm boss now, seel"
Looking BarWflrrl
lUiisDitiOmalia
!
COMPILED YROM PER MUSS
y Airn
Tlintna If. Clark and wife, formerly
Miss nibble Rllcy of this olty, sister of
Andrew Hllpy, nro guests of Frank Del
lone. They nre on their way from their
homo In Pennsylvania to visit In Colo
rado. Tho finder of a small memorandum
book with a red leather cover will be
rewarded by leaving It at J. H. Mc-
Shane'sj livery, . Harney street between
THIrtccnth and Fourteenth streets.
Colonel Champion 8. Chase met with a
serious accident by falling through a.
sldewnlk hole in front of the Caldwell
block on Douglas street, He feels that ho
had a lucky escape.
The banks were all closed and the
postofflre observed Sunday hours In
honor of the birthday of the Father of
His Country.
The Academy of Music Is now in the
hands of S. N. Mello. If anybody can
lead it back to the legitimate field It
will bo "Steve."
A pleasant cnndy-pull. arranged by the
Misses Nettle and May Oould, took place
last night nt the Oould mansion, corner
Nineteenth nnd Cnss.
A. Orulckshank. the popular drd goods
man, left for the cast to lay n spring
stock.
The gutters were overflowing today,
the thaw being the biggest of the month.
A threatened strike lit the telephone
offlco has been averted.
Twenty Vonrs Atn
A parade In the afternoon and speak
Ing at Kxposltlon hall marked the city's
publlo celebration of Washington's birth
day. A. D. Churchill was chairman of
tho evening at the hall, where John I
Webster. John M. Thurston and Chan
cellor Crelghton of the University of Ne
braska were the principal speakers.
Charles B. Winter, a young man with
somewhat of a reputation bb "tho boy
orator of tho state." spoke upon the duty
of young men; Annie Lowry, a beautiful
llttlo girl of 10 years, recited "Barbara
Freltschc," and Miss Mnmlo Allen ren
dered a violin solo.
In tho announcement of President
Cleveland's cabinet, Omahans felt nn
interest, for J. Sterling Morton of Ne
braska was rnadn secretary of agricul
ture. The cabinet was: Secretary of
state, Walter Q. Gresham, Indiana; treas
ury, .folm O. Carlisle, Kentucky; war.
Daniel K Ijimont, New York; navy,
Hilary A. Herbert, Alabama; Interior,
Hoke Rnilth, Georgia; agriculture, J.
Sterling Morton, Nebraska; postmaster
general. Wilson S. Hesil
,..... v... . " "
" " ' Jiiciiary uiney, Mas-
sarhusetts.
Chief Snavey received a letter from Hot
Springs, Ark., saying that Captain Cor
mack had arrived safely and begun to
show Improvement nt once In his weak
enod physical condition.
Will Lawler. tho late popular manager
of the Men Musee, camo to town for a
call on old friends, going from here In
n few days to Cleveland. O., to upon up
in April,
N. P. Fell, business manager of The
Bee. returned from a business trip to
New York.
hen Years Ago-
Omaha ministers-several of them
IM cached on George Washington. It belnff
his birthday anniversary. Rev. John M.
Ross nt Centrat United Presbyterian, had
for his text "Tho Making of Washing,
ton;" Rev. D. K. TlndeJl at Trinity
Methodist, "Lessons from the Life of
Oeorgo Washington;" Rev. Robert Kerr
Kccles. Immanuel Baptist, "February Z
Us Memories and Lessons."
Dr. Robert M. Stono read a paper on
"Cremation" beforo .the Omaha Phil
osophical society. In Which ho said the
living suffered harm ns a result of earth
burials. He thought the tlmo would onm
I when cremation would bo generally prac
ticed, with the recognition that the uin
with its ashes made sacred the home.
Iltstiop Hcannell in a Lenten pastoral
letter to Catholics admonished them as
to their duties, deplored the plight of
social conditions and that so many per
sons were relying solely on Intellectual
education and excluding the spiritual.
Governor Mickey addressed n larpe
body of men at KounUo Memorial t.u
theran church on "Christian Cttlienshlp,"
the address being given under the aus
pices of tho Young Men's Christian as
sociation. After the meeting the gov
ernor shook hands at tho chancel with
several hundred men, Including Mayor
Moorcs, who was there to hear tllm.
A meeting during the week Was an
nounced of the congregation of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church, looking to tho
severance of relations with tho pastor.
Rev. XL M. Stevenson, D. D., who had
accepted ft Place with Bellevue college.
People Talked About
"England's gTeat Jurist," Lord Mo
Naughton, whose death nt S3 Is an
nounced, was an Irishman born.
Qlrl friends of Miss Helen Taft In
Washlneton have given to the president's
daughter a gold mesh bag studded wltki
amethysts as a farewell memento.
Governor West's mlxup with a re
porter in the Oregon state capltol Is un
dergoing an Investigation by newspaper
men. The rules of the guild forbid throw
ing, governors on the mat.
Reauty on snowshoen In the person of
Mlsa Eveline Bustlllos, a pretty 18-year-old
girl, carried tbe first mall In ten
flays between Strawberry Valley, Yuba,
county, nnd La Porte, Cat., a distance of
twenty-five miles.
Don Pedro Route, a Colombian, has
invented a typewriter capable of writing
syllables' Instead ot single letters. This
Is accomplished by a system which
makes It possible to. strike five letters at
onco with a successive Impression v In
proper order.
Young William Uclgler, the Davenport
(la.) man taken under the sheltering
wing of his bachelor uncla of baking
powder fame, la up against the problem
of handling an annua Income, of JJO0,000,
The Zelgler estate left to the foster son
now nmounts to Jt6.00O.0oiX
The New York clgarmaktr who has
five wives goes- to Sing Sing for about
eight years. If this sn't tempering-
justice with mercy, we don't know what
It is. The law rarely lifts so many re
sponsibilities rrom the shoulders or a
working man.
Miss Rosamond Hull, whose engage
ment to Harold F. Morse ot Ulnghamton.
N. Y.. has been announced, will wear
told necklace until the wedding day as
a sign of membership In the famou.s Gold
Necklace club. The society Is composed
of fourteen girls of Plttsfteld. who
bought the chain In 1901, and Mlsa Hull
li the eighth to don the lnslrnla.
Washington's
Maxims and
Precepts
The company on Which 'flu Improve
most wilt be least expensive to-you.
I shall never attempt to palliate rnv own
foibles by exposing th error of another.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that
little spark of celestial fire called confi
dence. It is a maxim with me not to ask what,
under similar circumstances, I would not
grant.
Bo courteous to all, but Intimate with
few.and-Ut-those few-be well tried be
fore you give them your confidence.
Common danger brought the states Into
confederacy, and on thir union our safety
ntid' Import Ance depend;
Nothing would n:ve mn more real satis,
faction than to knoW the sentiments
which are entertained of men by the puh
lie, whether they be fdvofable or other
wise.
It Is easy to make acquaintances, but
difficult to shake off, however Irksome
and Unprofitable they are found, after we
have once Committed ourselves to them.
My chief reason for supposing thn West
India .trails detrimental to Us was that
rum, tho principal product received from
thence, Is the bane of morals and the
parent of idleness. v
Wlihout virtue and without Integrity,
the finest talents and the- most brilliant
accomplishments can never gain respect
mid conciliate the esteem of the truly
valuable part of mankind.
Iu my estimation, more permanent and
genuine hiuiplness, Is to- be found in th
seqUMtered walks of conntlblAl life than
in the giddy rounds of.protttlftcUous pleas
tire or the more tumultuous And Imposing
scenes of successful, mrlbltlon.
All officers, noncommissioned officers
and soldiers are positively forbid plav
Ing cards or other games of chance. At
this time of public distress men may find
enough' to do In the service of their God
and their country, without abandoning
thetnselves to vice and Immorality.
The army Is the mere agent of the
civil power. Out of camp they have n'i
other authority than other citizens; and
their offenses ngalrist the laws are O
bo examined, not by a military officer,
but by a magistrate. They are not ex
empt from arrests and indictments for
violations of the laws.
Twice Told Tales
A Transfer.
"Among the tenements that lay within
my Jurisdiction when I first took up mis
sion Work on the eaat side." says a New
York young woman. "Was one to clean
out which would havo called, forth the
best efforts of the renovator of the Au
gean stables. And the families In this
tenement Wefe almost as hopeless as the
tenement Itself.
."On one occasion I felt distinctly en
couraged, however, since. 1 observed that
the face of one youngster was actually
clean.
"'William,' said I, 'your face is fairly
clean; -but how did you get such dirty
hands?'
'" 'Washln' me face,' said William."
Judge.
' "" V- T"'.
A. Costly Virtsr
Uncle Joe' Cannon, apropos of Washing
ton's birthday, said In Danville:
'Washington was veracious. Vcrneiiv.
I suppose, worked better In thoso days.
It's a virtue now that often costs Its
owner dear.,
A Danville man howled downstnim
from his den the other night:
" 'Who the dash-blank-asterisk went
and broke my new meerihftum pipe?' "
"Llttlo Willie, mindful of the approach
of February 22, shouted back In cheery
tones:
'"I done It pop. I cannot lie."
"'YOU can't, eh T' " roared the father.
rushing, downstairs, strap In hand.
' 'Will, you won't bo able to sit. cither
when I'm through with you, begosh!' "
A TlRht lMnce.
Colgate Hoyt, jr., at a dinner In New
York, told a story about Washington.
"When Colonel Lee," he said, "was get
ting Up a subscription for. a monument to
the Pater Patriae, he cAllcd on a certain
rich man.
UUt tho rich man refused to subscribe.
1 'No.- sir iald he. 'I see no necessity
for' a monument to Washington. Ills
fame' is' Uridylng, sir. He Is enshrined in
the hekrts of all his countrymen.'
'la'n' enshrined In your heart?" asked
Colohet Lee.
" 'He Is, sir
' 'Theh all I have to say replied the
colonel, 'Is that he Is in a tlltht place.' "
"Guilt 'is Personal"
lit. Louis Globe-Democrat: The opinion
that the Sherman antUtHUt law Is loaded
is getting to ue wiaespreau.
ItidlAnapollB News: The verdict In the
pash register case I Most righteous, as
lV the buhlshment inflicted. "The pen
alties I Impose," said Judge Holllster.
''must stand out as a warning to those
who would-try to vlotat the law in till
minhex." That they will have that ef
fect cln hot Jbf doubted.
Philadelphia Record: "The government.
is atfong enough to protect Its people,
raid jiidfce Holllster th sentencing the
convicted defendants In the cash regis
ter case yesterday, "whether this pro
tection, extends to the transportation of
dynamite across the land for the pur-
Da of blowing up bridges or to th
n'g of hands upon men who seek to
stifle competition by' Illegal methods."
Chicago Record-Herald: Guilt is per
sonal, and where the guilt can be estab
lished by facts that Impress average
men convictions can now be secured and
reckleik monopolists sent to Jail. The
comiuunlly Insists on' fair play and de
cency In corporate methods. It knows
that the criminal clauses of the Shermao
aot are not leveled at mere size or at
purely theoretical and technical defenses.
Qhl.c&gQ ftewt: The Judge had beforf
h,lm the responsible heads of a great con
cern possessing a compeUtlon depart,
merit charged with the the duty of kill
ing, .oft competition, not of promoting It
That concern made a fne and desirahl
product, capable ot being sold widely o i
Its merits, but it chose to conduct a
"morgue" rather than meet rivals In
the open,, field of business, "You men."
said Judge Holllster. "belong to the walk
of life, which should set thfc example. Yet
you have Wst the opportunity that was
liven to you by the methods which ypu
pursued. In your desire for gain you for
got everything else."
In Other Lands
Militarism In (irrmnny.
Sharp exchango of bitter words by
'speakers In the Prussian Diet nnd In the
Oerman Reichstag are not calculated to
oil the parliamentary highway for the
ministerial military bill. The objections
of the Reichstag to the persistent en
forcement of tho odious expropriation
law In Posen. which resulted In a voto
of censure of the ministry, provoked
great bitterness of speech In the Diet,
which resents the "Interference" of the
former body In Prussian affairs. Tho
proposed government bill Increasing the
standing arjrry to 6u0,000 men nnd restor
ing the three-year term .of service, will
afford opportunities for embarrassing a
ministry leaning more to the narrow
Prussian system than to tho broader
policies of the empire. A bigger nrmy
necessitates new taxation, and moro
taxes Insures more trouble. The Berlin
organ of the Center party, the Germanla,
expresses nstonlshment nt the extent of
tho new demands JIS.OOO.COO or more and
wonders how the government hopes to
find the money. The situation is ex
tremely obscure, but it looks as If Herr
von Bethmann Hollweg, who h.is been
staving off trouble even since tho Reich
stag elections a year ago, will now hav'e
to faco the facts of tho situation and
either come to terms of some sort with
tho Center party or prepare for a fresh
appeal to the country.
s
Snffrnirrttr Outlawry.
Militant suffragettes nre marching on
In Knglnnd, accumulating Jail sentences,
but not much actual progress In public
favor. The Inspiring Idea of the Pank
hurst following is that an Englishman
must bo scared to death or his skull
mortised to ndmlt the light before he
will concede to woman equal rights with
man. Smashing windows, destroying
flowers, pourlns acids Into letter boxes,
throwing bricks nt public officials, cori
stltute tho program for frightening John
Bull Into a submissive mood. The dyna
miting of Chnncellor Lloyd George's
home Is the latest development of the
allocking outlawry. Punishment .meted
out by the courts Is useless as a correc
tive. A Jail sentence is esteemed a, badge
of sacrifice for the cause. But public In
dignation Is rising to the p6lnt of vigor
ous retaliation. When Mrs. Pankhurst
and her followers visited Croydon re
cently, the people, whose letter mail
had been destroyed with acids, attacked
the militants and gave them a dose of
the medicine they administer to Inof
fensive men. Only for police Interference
the militant outlaws would have been
stripped of their clothes.
Crrtnn ItlKhta Ilmtorrri.
Once more Crete and the Cretans are
ft part of the Greek nation, to which
they rightfully belong by tics of Ian-
guage, history nnd race. The Balkan war
destroyed the ties heretofore linking the
powers to the destinies or Turkey, con
cequently there was little regret on the
part of Groat Britain, France, Italy and
Russia when on Saturday last they re
linquished control assumed for Turkey's
sake and evacuated the Island. The
flags of the powers, which have flown
since 1SS8, as well as that of Turkey, were
hauled down and the Grecian flag "run up
amid popular rejoicing. Crete Is one
of the blrjhplaces( of Grecian civilization
and the scat of a civilization far older
than -the Greek.
nispenslnir IlniMlnrx.
"I swenr by all that 1b holy my sole
am on earth lij to make everybody
hrippy!" exclaimed tho swindler Kukll,
when sentenced In a Berlin court last
nionth. Kukll's plan of dispensing hap
piness, consisted of selling chances In a
mythical "J4O.00O.O0O estate In Chicago, left
by a Russian revolutionary exile." An
attractive presence, gentlemanly bearing.
And suavity of tongue mode him an Ir
resistible salesman. "Why, he has such
a smooth tongue," said one witness, "that
did you listen to him he could make you
th(nk the colors of the Judge's yellow,
bench there was red!" Eighteen months
at hard labor was the nmooth crook's
reward for selling. In Berlin advance in
stallments of hot air happiness.
Elcotornl Reform In Ilnnirnry.
Agitation for electoral reform in Hun
gary, despite aggressive resistance for
years past, has now reached the legis
lative stage. Prime Minister" Ludaes has
Introduced a reform bill which proposes
to Increase the number of voters by S00,
009, an Increase equivalent to 75 per cent
of the present number. The franchise l
given to men with secondary-school leav
ing certificates nt the nge of 24,
and to all other electors at 30. Industrial
workmen must show that they have been
in permanent employment for two years
and agricultural laborers for five years,
Illiterates receive the franchise only when
they pay fl 13s. and 4d. in taxes or own
Seventeen acres. Polling is by secret
ballot In large towns and by public bal
lot In agricultural districts.
The Cause In gyreden.
me surrragists or uweaen are reaching
out and capturing offldlal rewards for
past labors for the emancipation ot
women. At the recent election of town
councillors, eighteen women were victor
ious, giving them a total of sixty-two in
these offices. Nina of the eighteen
women elected are presidents of woman
suffrage associations and the others hold
minor offices. "Tills must be reckoned
a good beginning," writes an advocate
of the cause at Stockholm, 'It being only
the second election since the women have
been eligible as town councillors. It cer
tainly Is no easy thing for the women to
get a. foothold In this new department
as It must not be easy for the men, who
have hitherto reigned alone, to make
room for the women."
Legislative Freaks
A pure mule law Is proposed In Mis
souri. A New York assemblyman rises to
heights of patriotism by offering a bill
creating v tho office of official hand
shaker at a salary of 15.000 a year and
1369 a year for traveling expense. Shake,
pardl
Should tho bill of a Massachusetts
statesman go through, dll proposals for
marriage must b made In writing In the
Bay state.
A Minnesota lawmaker wants to penal
ize as a felony the offering of Induce
ments for a "servant" to change house
holds.
To help out the sorely pestered girls of
St. Louis a legle'atlve gallant proposes
a state corps of expert flirts to cajole
the mashers and chase them Into feeble
minded asylums.
GRINS AND GROANS.
Don't you think it would be a good
thing If our legislators were limited to
one term?"
"It would depend on where the term
was to be served." Chicago Record-Herald.
"lts pretty rough on a woman who hag
children."
"Hon- now?"
"She can't go to any of these Interest
ing mothers" meetings." Washington
Herald.
"There Is one queer thing about nn em
broiderer of letters and monograms."
"What is that?"
"No matter how many she does, the
latest Is nlways an initial venture." Bal
timore American.
"Has this town an antl-smoko ordl
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tor. "Not yet."
"But what nre you waiting for?"
"We-calculate It might be a good thing
to first get some smoke." St. Louis Re-
pumic.
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Nero fiddle while Rome burned?"
"Well," replied his father, "you know
Nero was not .a regular musician. I sup.
poso that big flro afforded him his onlj
opportunity .to play In public without
showing a union card." tvaahlngton Star,
"I .see the women, are going to wear
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