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' . . 4"!ubcrllers leaving rht ctt .U-mporarlly
. sUoalc ha e TUa Um mailed to thorn. Ad
- wm wui u cnan(i as oura aa nHueaiei.
"Nick" Lougwcrth Is one member of the
family who can come buck.
' 'rVflla may' yet have to fight ualn for the
1f4jd ot that, dear Mexico. .
H ttu (he, people of the state avo grown
weary, of the Omaha home-knockers.
f 'One might euppotto that the foot' and tuoutli
disease bad spread to the democratic donkeyi
. . Jlount Vesuvius want to show that it can.
g et Into action aa well as the other explosive big
(UDS. ' ' .'' ."' '.''"' ." '
""That woman county treasurer-elect Iri Kari
fass.ls not the only one who expects to hold the
purse strings.
1 . ..Y : " ll-.lL.--
, f Jhoraas A. Edison, working from sixteen to
eighteen hours a day, must be the big noise with
the. walking delegate.
Teachers one week and base ball magnates
the next! Just a few phases of the fifty-seven
varieties of life In Omaha.
National prohibition-Is how promised us in
five years. Still, boys, that's no good excuse foe
trying to drink it all at' once.'
True, Nebraska progressives have polled
enough votes to keep their place on the ballot
., as a third party, but what's the use?
i j.T.-R. ,1s "writlpg , a series of articles on
"Things we should learn from the war," but he
means the war of bullets, not of ballots.
" The" Kearney Hub thinks The Bee Is unduly
distressed over the over-worked election boards.
Tlja Hub mn was, never compelled to serve as
a Judge or clerk In an Omaha election booth.
f , It will take a few more official white and
scarlet papers to determine the Issue between
Turkey and Russia as, to who started the last
. rumpus.
- Under all. the circumstances, we take it the
Question of reducing stockyards charges for
handling and feedlng'c&ttla. will go Into tempor
ary abeyance. . i
? ; At 'that, Secretary Bryan Is In position to
give a better account, of results In his home state
than any other member of the cabinet, Including
President Wilson.' .'.'
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Not, so ' sure but an eastern newspaper
may be right la suggesting that the famous Chl
pese. diplomat, the Hon. Dham Lai. must' be In
charge of the war censorship of Europe. -
But for the fact that giving .to the cause of
peafe help along his plan of dying poor, Mr
Carnegie plight , be tempted, aa he looks upon
Eurrfpe,' to wish that he had his money back.
r . ' ..-j.
Perhaps it was l worth, while after , all to
prove by actual test that our water works will
continue to be successfully operated - with or
Ht without the personal supervision of any one
particular man.:
.. A. 'candidate who loses out on the merits of
hit own contest has no right to complain, but It
fa no wonder 'a candidate feels sore when con
vinced that. bis defeat Is due merely to inability
to carry the dead weights loading down the
. ticket. . v '
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The democratic Jollification was a grand utpourtne.
Those who contributed oratory Included , James E.
Boyd. Dr. Qeorje U Millar. A. J. Poppleton. James
M. Wool worth and (ieoree W. Doane.
( Bt, PhUomena's academy has been opened undr
: imnicaiaif ei.rtr or y-atner ir.Lonnof.
t Tha Arlon Boctat club baa been' formed with Jd
Met. Jr... pre,sldnt; Maa.Bavht. vica president, and
rrank nge, secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Peter Wllrof the firm of Wllg Westberg oa
t South Tenth street, haa xclt4 tna envy of all his
rivals by the addition of soioethlnf thry have, never
awn peiorw, cooiuunar oi a orana new baiy boy. .'
D. II. Mercer of Brownvllle, one of the rlalnv youna;
men of the state, la In the city attending Uidted Mates
court. 1
. J. i. Roche and wife of Fort Worth, ITea,. wtjo
alcShane. left for their home. j
Captain John Q. Buurke, who served here oa Gen
eral Crook's staff, bits published a volume on 'Trie
Curious KWIeTluus Life of the Moquls of: Artsontu"
and particuUrly of tha famous snake dance, whkli
he Is aald to tie the first white man who eves witnessed
aim aescriacd It.
Is it a Military Deadlock?
Tliourh it may bo but the lull before another
mighty Htorm of battle, the present apparent
deadlock in. hostilities Is significant at any rate.
The scenes Koetn to be ohifting In the theater of
war. if our reports are correct, the kalaer Is
sending troops from Belgium to Germany, where
HuMian encroachments are more menacing; his
army Is stMdonly changed from the offensive to
the defensive and he has called his leaders Into
council to determine upon new plans and
methods.
While affording no basis for speculation as
to relative gains and losses to date. It would
naturally follow that the old plans had not
proved entirely natlsfactory. No declnlve battle
has yet been fought, but how long a crucial blow
can be staved off Is open to question. The
, mighty German, war machine Is evidently pre
paring to concentrate for another attack. With
the ponderous Russians presHlng down from the
east and the allies fighting more doggedly on
the west, the Oerman forces may he expected
soon to renew operations In still more strenuous
fashion.
According to the latent Paris advices, the
last attack niade with twelve German army corps
failed of Its purpose and thus brought about
the present deadlock which experts take to be
but '"a prelude of a further effort to which all
the forces that the' Germans ran raiso will be
concentrated," Much as wc might wish for one
finally decliiivo action, the chances are that It
will tuke more than one victory or defeat to
force ntgdtiatlons for a nottlement
Put the "Dip" Factories Out of Business.
Another effort is to be made at the coining
leglsKitiire to' ecu re the enactment of an effec
tivo measure for the abatement of tho couitnc
fcelllng evil, which, aci-irdlng to all reporin. is
growing instead of diminishing. Whcr. the sub
ject was up before, The Bee gave Its hearty sup
port to thti movement, and .e hope that It will
tneot with better success this time. We are sup
posed to have laws un our statuto books prohib
iting the selling of noxious hablt-formlng drugs,
but presumably they are not adequate, for in
spite of numerous attempts to put the "dip"
factories out of business they find legal tech
nicalities through which they succeed In escap
ing. If Nebraska wants to hold Its rank among
progressive states, our law-makers will have to
tackle this problem, and attempt a solution
which, fortunately, Is not so hard, because other
states have made good headway towards stop
ping the cocaine traffic. N ,
Base Ball Solonj.
For a few days Omaha will be the center of
the base ball word In the entertainment of the
National Association of Base Ball clubs, which
has brought here magnates, managers and solons
of the game from all quarters. The biggest men
oi the diamond have come to thresh out their
biggest problems. It may well be doubted if a
bigger problem ever confrontod base ball than
this crisis of today. It would be especially
gratifying if the problem might be solved, or at
least If a basis of solution might be reached, at
this Oniaha convention, wh'ch would then be
come truly epochal In the history of the game.
A wise man said a long while ago, "money
is the root of all evil." He did not say money,
itself, waa evil, but he meant that its abuse wan
evil. That Is the chief trouble with base ball
today the' abuse of Its commercial side an
absolutely essential side, at that. 1 Base ball as
an Institution never amounted to much until It
was put upon a sound business basis. But the
mischief came in failing to realise that In that
very citadel of power lurked a menace.
Money In the form of huge gate receipts,
money paid as fancy salaries to players, money
paid for release of players there Is the root of
the evil. The Invasion of the outlaws la but
the occasion, not the cause, of all' this present
woe. The Federal league may be the logic of
events, but If the doctors of base ball bad prop
erly diagnosed their case two or three years
ago they would have found that tho remedy
could not safely be delayed until now. The pa
tient's condition now' demands prompt and
drastic action. All friends of the game will
hope that with clear-headed reason that action
may come at this Omaha meeting. '
But, incidentally, whether it doea or not, per
mit us to say that every delegate to this meet
ing Is more than welcome to Omaha, as he' will '
realize1 fully before he leaves.
. Tower of ' a Womgu'g Idea.'
While waiting for the Christmas 8hlp to sail
with Its burden of good cheer and comfort for
the little folks of Europe, let us take time to re
member that It was a woman who first thought'
of this great enterprise. The woman is known
to the public as Lillian Bell. She wrote her Idea
to the editor of the Chicago Herald, Jamea
Keeley, who Instantly recognised Ita far-reaching
value and sponsored It. He In turn com
mended It to The Bee and other leading news
papers In cities all over the land, who adopted It
and with their co-operation we are' about to
send, In the name of the children of peaceful
America, approximately 4,000,000 Christmas
gifts, valued at IS.OOO.OPO to the 'children of
war-devastated Europe.
It Is not strange that it took a woman's
mother heart to conceive such a plan, though,
aa we see, all have mother bearta when it comes
to such a mission of mercy and gladness. The
prompt and generous response to the Invitation
for gifts Is an Index too unerring to be misunder
stood. This example of the brotherhood of man
ought to make the coming Christmas the most
Joyous for us all, even though our hearts are
heavy with the awful sorrow of the war.
Saved by the European War.
The democrats retain control of congress,
not because, but In aplte of, what they have done
.for the country during the two years they have
been In power. . It Is certain now, beyond a pos
sibility of doubt, that bad the election taken
jiUco ninety days sooner. It would have been a
democratic rout with a political upheaval un
paralleled In the history of the republic. All
the' letters which the president could have
written to- Floor Leader Underwood, extolllag
the democratic record of leglblatlon, and all the
commendatory messages he might have pub
lished, boosting faithful supporters and plead
ing for their ro-eUclion, would have been futile.
The whcjly unexpected outbreak of the
European ' war la alone! what saved the deruo
rats from tho chastening rod that was In pickle
for them, and gave new lease of life, to other
wise discredited leadership.
The Aatamw ( lenaap.
OMAHA, Nov. I. To the Editor of The
lue: The smoke of burning leaves and
rubbish Is one of the unpleasant features
of the passing autumn. Everybody la
giad when the trash la burned and the
smoke gone. Rut the nuisance Is a
necessary one and can be minimized only
by getting It off han.) as rapidly as
poaslliln. The thing to do Is for all. hands
to st busy at the annual job of cleaning
up nature's debris. Street Commissioner
Ryder announces that aa his 'funds for
such work are low. It will help very
much If the people w-lll do their part
toward helping his department In this re
spect. If every one will see that his own
premises are put In good order there will
be less for the city to do. The importance
of getting the leaves and other trash
out of the way before the anow falls
need not be argued. It la simply a mat
ter of experience. Modern sanitation, to
say nothing of clvlo pride, demands a
thorough and prompt houaecleanlng tn
every city at this season. X.X.
A Protest.
OMAHA, Nov. . To the Editor of The
Bee; In your (Saturday evening laaue ap
pears tho following under a New York
date:
When ha goes to congress Meyer Lon
don, soclallat rc-presentat.ve-e,leot, will'
try to have a law passed by which no
workiimn will l allowed to marry a
working girl unless she hs n union card.
Ixindon made this announcement at a
mass meeting of the Wi.Ito Uoods Worl;
ers' L'nion.
Racialist! that I have met as a rule In
sist that organised labor has uuuo all
within' Hit power for the working class
and that unions must adopt socialism In
order to make further prosress. Instead
of permitting socialism to stand or fall
on its merits with members of organised
labor, so-called socialists attempt to drive
unionists Into their ranks by boring from
within unions, hence the slowness to
accept socialism Socialist loae no op
portunity to discredit organised tabor, and
the utterance of Meyer London Is really
hut another effort to place union labor
in a ridiculous light before the public.
It would have been Jus; aa easy for
Mr. London to have required the work
ing girl to be a socialist before marrying
a working man. but this would not have
answered the aoctajlatlo purpose of dis
crediting unions.
If It were thoroughly Investigated, I am
tilto sure that all the ridloulous and
discreditable things dona In the name of
unions emlnate from Just such a source
ss the above-mentioned remark. C.
Another rkrlatnme Fxtsid. v .
NEW YORK, Nov. . To the Editor at
The Bee: The co-operation or our fel
low countrymen Is aaked to alleviate the
sufferings of countless thousands of Bi'. -lans
during the coming winter. It la a
tremendous task. The dollar Christmas 1
fund, of which I am treasurer and which
la barked by many well known pub'.lc
men. la working with other organisations
to avert starvation which threatens so
many.
There are many ways in whloh you
can help to avert the agony of suffer
ing which confronts helpless Belgians
during the coming winter. You can aend
a donation to our fund or you can apply
to our secretary, Terey Bullen, B8 Broad
way, N. Y.. for a Collecting card. He
will be glad to Issue same to any re
sponsible person enclosing personal ref
erences. Churches, chapels, elubs and so-,
ctetlea can assist by Writing for our col
lecting list. . Entertainment committees
and places of recreation may render great
help by sending ua the proceeds of bene
fit performances. In all - these ways
friends everywhere are assisting nobly.
All the money received will be cabled to
Europe before December 30.
HENRY CLEWS,
Treasurer Dollar Christmas Fund, IS
Broadway Street, New York. '
Haw War May Be Worth While.
KAISERHOr RANCH. Blaine County,
Nebraska, Nov. .ro tha Editor of Tho
Bee: I am writing you to congratulate
you upon tha editorial In The Bee rel
ative to the European . war, , entitled,
"The Survival of the Fittest."
You say,' "Come what may, .why Is It
not reasonable to believe that the ulti
mate net result of this hideous human
slaughter will be a new. Europe repre
senting tha heat of the old as embodied
In those Idoals which demand a higher
abltrament than those of force." This
is the broadest, sanest, moat sensible,
and withal the most hopeful utterance I
have read upon the terrible conflict now
being waged by tha civilised countries of
tha eastern world. Every war in which
the human raeo has been engaged must
be Justified or condemned by lts.net re-pAilts-not
because thla or that race, Slav,
or Greek, or Roman, or Teuton, or white,
or black, or yellow baa triumphed or
been vanquished. Much hs been spoken
and w-rttten by tha atudent, aa well as
tha untoarned, about the causa of tha
war. Writers and thinkers have sought
to lay the blame on the Oermans, the
Russians, or the English first one. and
then tha other, according to the point of
View or bias of tha writer. May we not
waive all these questions aside an ir
relevant and immaterial T What good
can bo accomplished by fixing tha blame,
s'nee no penalty ean bo enforced, against
tha guilty culprit, and there la no power
In tha world to administer punishment?
The human race ts not materially) Inter
ested In who caused tha war, or who
shall triumph In the end. except as the
triumph shall have a bearing on tha final
adjustment. Tho war la upon ua with
all Ha awful tragedy and woo. There la
no force 'n the world to stay It. But the
end will come It may be soon It may be
In the distant future but soma day these
warring peoples will furl their flags and
return to pursuits of peace. It the result
shall be a European federation, wherein
each European country ahall become a
unit, governed ' and controlled, not by
battalions or armored cruisers and
dreadnaughta, but tha higher ideals by
which the most cultured of the human
race order and control their conduct In
private lira, thla war shall be worth
while all It will coat. F. M. CT'RRIE.
Signs of Progress
A rancher haa applied for rental of 130
acres) of tha Pike national forest, Colo
rado, to be uaod In connection with pri
vate land for raising eft as a cummer,
clal Ventura.
Far Its buildings all .over the country,
Ita warships, army posts and lighthouses,
tha United Btatea government every year
buys anough coal to niaka a pile a mile
square and ten feet high.
A mink farm has kn started near
Prichard. Idaho,. In tha Goeur d'Aleo
national forest, and simitar experiments
are under ay in the national sovlogical
park in Wasltluston, D. C.
Lessons of the Election
t'oaaervatlre Reectlon.
Pprtnfcfleld (Mess.) Keputillcan (Ind.).
The result of the elections. In the broadest sense, was
a triumph for conservatism over radicalism tha .first
one of any Importance since President McKlnley tit
re-elected In V9. It had been In tlie air for a year
or more. Finally, the conditions hecarhe 'Ideal for a
reaction. In addition to the undoubted business de
pression, due to a variety of causes, the great world
war cast Its dark and chilling shadow upon all the
forcea that make for tinsettlement and change. In
times like these reform withers. The popular Instinct
Is to "sit tight." conserve w lint is and make the best
of what is established and tested by time. The world
today has no desire for Innovation and experimenta
tion, becaure a large part of It is In flames and the
remaining part Is thinking of Ita fire ext'ngulshcrs.
Mruns; Opposition.
Indianapolis Rews (nd.)
It would have been unfortunate had the administra
tion party lost control of congress. But It Is ;!
that the democrats must face a strong opposition in
the next congress, not only for the democrats, but for
all the people. For the next two years we may ex
pect to see less extravagance, less party politics, and
more conscientious attention to the splendid program
which the administration outlined on entering office.
As with the national government, so with the local, al
though the situation In Marlon county is somewhat
different. The rebuke la stinging, if the democratic
party In Indiana possesses leadera of the necessary
forethought and honesty It will at onee hasten to undo
what it has done and to use such offices as It retains
to build and not to destroy.
Kutore of Republican Party.
Chicago Herald (ind.)
If the regular republican leaders go on the theory
that their successes mean a demand for a, return to
the old party of things, they will make a mistake and
throw away a great opportunity. They will proba
bly galvanize .the waulng progressive party into now
life. They will provide it with a familiar Issue to
which the country powerfully reacted In 1912 and to
which it will always leact to a greater or less extent.
On the other hand. If the republicans realize that
the progressive revolt was based on a sentiment that
haa come to stay, whether the party stays or not;
If they interpret the results of the election aa a will
ingness on the part of most of the progressives to
come back to their old party provided that party does
not go back to the old order of things; If they reso
lutely keep the wisdom of compromise and concilia
tion in view during the next two years, they may gj
far toward restoring party unity and effectiveness In
11.
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Barlal of tho Ball Mooae,
Boston Transcript (rep.)
Tha burial of the Bui) Moose party, however, does
not dispose, as many people would like to think, of
the Influence in politics of ita founder. Three course
remain open to Colonel Roosevelt. He can run for
president on the prohibition ticket In 1918, Join the
democrats that year In their' effort to re-elect Mr.
Wilson or return to the republican party and assist
Its forward-looking rank and file In ridding the party
of the leadership of Penrose and the few surviving
reactionaries who by the landslide are again returned
to power. Bitter as la the feeling among republicans
against the colonel for his course during the last two
or three years, there are many who refuse to let
what he haa done since he left tha white house Im
pair their admiration for his accomplishments during
tue seven years of his presidency.
If the colonel ts sincere In his belief that the "peace
at any price" propaganda ts a curse to the country, ho
will face the facts of yesterday's election' and lend a
hand to the republicans in their effort to draft a new
leader for 1914 who will voice the disapproval of "the
plain people of the land" against the relegation of
our navy to fourth or fifth place and the reduction
of our standing army in tha United States to less
than the number of New York's National Guard. The
colonel la reading aright the lessons of Europe's war.
Tha republicans propose to drive home these lessons
to the country during, the. next two, years. ;, Here 1
a chance for the colonel to help. If he so desires,
not aa a candidate for office, but as the patriotic
American that he la.
rtepablleaa BevlTal. ,
New York Post (Ind.). -Of
deeper and more substantia Interest Is the mes
sage of tha election on the future of the republican
and the progressive parties If. Indeed, the latter may
be said to have a future at all. Rut In that raeeeegt.
too, there Is nothing In the least surprising. The two
party system Is deeply rooted In our Institutions and
habits, though It is not impossible for an historbi
American party to be obliterated, a new one rising
upon Ita rulna. This was the case when "the Irre
prerslble conflict-' between slavery and freedom, be
tween union and secession, took on such a character
as to make the whig party an anachronism and o
give rise to the republican. Tha progressives of 1912
hugged to their bosoms the Idea that they were as
sisting at the birth of a new party, owing its origin
to a moral impulse as profound as that which gave
rise to tha republican party alxty years ago, and des
tined to do to the republicans what the republicans
had done to the whlgs. Nothing could exceed the
contempt with which their leaders spoke of the or
ganisation to which they had so long been attached,
and which had almost continuously controlled the gov
ernment of the country for halt a century, It was
a mere corpse with the semblance ef life, and all that
remained waa to get It decently burled. But here It
is today, about aa strong as ever, whl'e the progres
sives In all parts of the country ahow up aa a mere
scattered remnant That they may cut somewhat
more of a figure In the presidential election two years
hence Is poasible, but that they will have to br reck
oned with aa one of the major parties la practically
out of tha question. . ;
People and Events
The next day It didn't snow. The heart of the
weather maa throbs for the unfortunate occasionally.
The esteemed Adeline Pattl. Idol of the musical
world half a century ago. now at the age of TJ sung
at g benefit concert In London recently and waa
wildly cheered by 1,000 people. '
Some sad-eyed crooks pretending to be famished
exiles from the war tone have unloaded on New York
jewelers sample bricks of "platinum" which proved
to be plain tin. Bogus brick artists need not go out
side of the metropolis for business.
General Carransa, General Villa and the rest of
the Mexican warrlora, no matter how much they strug
gle to regain the limelight, are hopelessly submerged
by the warriors of Europe. Asia and Africa, and must
be content with a remote seat In the back pages.
Tha New York Legal Aid aoclety. one of the moat
beneficial helps for the poor of the great city, haa
handled during ita existence SO.S74 cases In and out
of court at a coat of SSI7.9C, an average coat of 11.11
per case. As Its name Indicates, the society's object
is to aid Poor people who are unable, awing to the
coat, of going Into court to secure redress for wrung
imposed on them...
A New York moving picture film outfit, having
picked "a red-headed and freckle-feeed boy" out ef a
big bunch with hair of different colors, prompted the
president of the company to set forth reaaoog for tha
selection which should causa blondes and brunettes
to alt up and sob awhile. "I have observed," says this
president, "that a red-headed and freckle-fgeed boy
Is never stuck oa himself and spends to time before
the looking glaaa or trying to Impress girls '' p.l.
aurora tops, what do you know about that? '
Perhaps the event has no connect low with tba elef.
tlon. hut the action of the excise commissioners of the
District of Columbia la refusir.g to renew the llceneu
of 111 saloons 4n Washington. Just aa a large bunch
of democrats have boon retired from congress, looks
mighty suspMoua If not wholly amusing, Thera wlll
be SM licensed saloons, however, and this number ex
perts consider ample for raduoed democratic needi.
Of course, tha republicans do not need liquid' Jay tn
theirs, but certain sociable court rales must be ob
served occasionally.
1AUGHIN0 OAS.
"I told you to hesr' rVcrythlng o.ulottv
for my sake, llarol'l, and yet you got
furious when H orilerrU you from the
rouee isst nisni.
H
help
lean
"But, you must admit, Tet. T could not
lp but feel put out." Balt'moie Anior-
"I'm surprise! to see you associating
Ith Wombat."
Why?'
"A few yenrr bnclt you were calling
Mm a raecxl."
"Oh, that was dttrin a political cam
paign." Pittsburgh Post.
"What Is In the tnsll from daughter?"
asked mnthr, eagerly.
"A thousand kisses, ' answered father,
grimly, 'and sixteen hanrtkorchlMfs. two
waists and four hatches of lilibntis frr
you to. wash and mend." Ksnsus City
Journal.
Flngleton He looked to mo like a man
who hss loved snd lost.
Henpcckkt He looks to me more like
a matt whp has loved and won. Puck.
"I tell you," said the earnest patriot,
"o man haa to he a hero to leave hit lfu
r.nd msrch to war."
"Well." replied Mr. Meekton, thought
fully, "maybe ties a se'f-Ha.-rlflelng hero;
rnd then, ago In. maybe It's a kind of
relief to look forward to "lng scared a
iicw way, Wnshlngton ttar.
"Don't you he'leve that the war censor
I a good thing?
"I suppose so; hut what this country
needs is a married man appointed to
censor bargain advertisement " Hous
ton Post
"The European porter doesn't paste a
souvenir label on your trunk any more."
"NoT"
"No; you have your choice of two
bullets, a piece of bombshell or frag
ment cf shrapnel." Louisville Courier
Journal. . .
Bubble I saw you kissing sister again
last night.
Castleton Well. I'm not going to pay
you a quarter this time. . Ten cents Is
enough.
Bobble That's the tendency In these
days, to cut out the mid.lle maa and let
ttie goods go strsicht from the producer
to the consumer without charge Life.
spell
"Then, you don't know how to
Ihe word?"
"No."
"Neither do I. What shall I do?'
"When in "oubt make a blnrr iouls
vllle CourierwJournal.
CONCEIT.
George Cohan.
I'm the best pnl that I ever had.
I like to he with me;
I like to sit and tell myself
Things confidentially. ,
I often sit and ask mc
If I shoudn t or I should.
And I find that my advice to me
Is always pretty gwd.
I never got acquainted with ,
Myself till here of late;
And I find myself a bully chum,
I treat me simply great.
I talk with me and walk with me,
And show me right and wrong;
I never knw how well myself
And I could get along.
I never' try to cheat me;
I'm as truthful as can be,
No matter whnt may come or go,
I'm on the square with me.
It's great to know yourself, and have
A pal that's all your own;
To be such company for yourself,
' You're never left alone.
You'll try to dodge the masses,
And you'll find the fjowds a Joke,
Tf you only treat yourtelf as well
As you trent other folk.
I've made a study of myself.
Compared with me the lot.
And I've finally concluded
I'm the best friend I've got.
Just get' together with yourself
And trust yourself with you,
And you'll be surprised how well your
self Will like you If you do.
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