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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
ARCTIC

washington Post: The course from the
pole to the lecture platform is well charted,
anyhow.
Philadelphia Record: There was an over
flow of blubber in Cooks rhetoric, and
PeRry's fairly oozes with IL.
Minneapolis Journals: DR.. Cook Is attend
ing banquets, but Commander Peary seems
to be furnishing his own blubber.
st. Paul P-ioneer-Press II Is explained
how Cook and Peary kept from freezing to
death in the North pole country. They
were thinking Of each other.
st. Louis Republic: We will stand for
this discussion up to the time they begin
putting an Eskimo quartet on the vaude-
Vile stage singing the Luscious Gumdrop''
song.
Sioux City Journals: on the face Of the
returns two white men and three Eskimos
have seen the place where the pole ought
to be. Why not give first honors to the
Eskimos7
Chicago Tribune: Everything still indi-
Gates that when DR.. Cook returns to the
United states he will be welcomed with all
the honors due TO an explorer who found
what he went after.
Cleveland Leader: One certainty about
the polar controversy is that the Eskimos,
who were well paid by both explorers and
suffered no very terrible hardships with
either, will be glad to see more American
parties come their way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
CHANGING TONE OF CRITICS.
A Hammer for Peary, a bouquet for
Cook.

Cook.
Dees Moines Register and Leader
Whatever may be the final judgment as
10 Cook, there is less disposition daily
to glory in the achievement of Peary. Not
only was the commander altogether too
hastS to dlsorodit his rival, but the subse-
quent developments are dlsquieting to his
friends?
While the explorations OF Cook have
been a purely private enterprise, Peary
has been spending his time in the arc
tic regions on eaves Of absence from his
naval duties, and other men who were
entitled to promotion have been held back
while called upon to do his work. His
last leave OF absence was severely crit
eised when It was granted.
Instead Of giving out his news as would
be expected of a naval officer acting in
an official capacity. PeGry has at
tempted to make a fortune out Of infor-
nation gained as a representative OF the
government, and Il Is now announced that
he will send in a belated resignation from
the navy because he can make much more
money on the lecture platform.
There Is a growing hope everywhere
that Cool Will be able 20 fully estab-
lish his claim, He has not held 10 a pub
Tic salary and he has acted as @ gentleman
and a scholar since his return.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
Taft's First Speech.


Most men In high position would
make more noise over a perfunctory
greeting than the president Of the
United States makes in the first ut
terance OF his tour, though the simple,
unaffected, semi-confidentlal manner,
so plain that the address might be
taken by the careless as an incident Of
the evening. accompanied a series
Of commandingly important state
ments. 1t is a masterpiece Of tactful
and comprehensive Communication
from a chief executive to public opin-
ion.
The quiet boldness with which he
eulogizes the abilities and purposes Of
Senator Aldrich is even magnetic. The
u~npretentious introduction of the sub
ject places himself in the attitude Of
one Of open mind who tells of the
great legislators who are preparing to
deal with a momentous subject. II
am told" he said, that Mr.. Aldrich
will swing around the circle, in the
present fall, and will lecture In many
of the cities Of the middle west on the
defects and needs Of our monetary sys-
tenn" Then follows an estimate of the
fitness and good faith which should
smooth the path of the senator and
holp in all quarters toward a fair
study of the currency question. In its
mode Of presentation this announce
ment is in some respects the most
striking passage Of his first address.
Anybody who takes exception must be
seeking for selfish reasons to make
trouble.
II there Is a touch Of acerbity In
his direct reference to a state executive
It was justified by his impatient feel
ing toward Governor Johnson's effort
to array the west against the east. I'VE
are all In the same business boat" In
that homely, but searching phrase the
president centers the fact. As he says,
the prosperity of one section adds to
the prosperity Of the other and bust
ness disaster In section is but the
forerunner of business depression and
disaster in another. 1t is the greatest
and truest policy a president could
declare for th& whole nation over
which he presides. A political attempt
to make 4 cleavage between New Eng
land and the east on one side and the
west on the other will be found so ut
terly hopeless as to confound those
who attempt It. On this subject 1t
is well that Mr.. Taft should speak with
rugged honesty at the outset. He will
find, though he knows It already, that
every section OF the west is ready to
applaud this policy. He can rest as
sured that II any faction of any party
raises an issue Of ~sectionalism and
stirs a feeling Of sectional hatred the
people will sustain him with a storm Of
approval. We are, to quote him once
more, on the eve of another great bus
mess expansion. Nothing revolutionary,
nothing disturbing to Legitimate bust
ness is needed, but we must set the
marks clear IN the statutes by which
the lines may be drawn and the pro-
per. legitimate paths laid down and
must have 1t understood that this law
is for all and Is to be enforced even
against the most powerful.
II that is the Taft policy, and It is,
this administration will be appreciated
and approved by the people throughout
the length and breadth of the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Mans natural range of thought be-
gins with the Law that any given in
dividual wants something to eat. The
country will feed Mr.. Taft with pos
sum in Georgia, quail in Texas, fried
chicken in Virginia, f~rijoles on the
Rio Grande, onion soup in New Or
leans, venison in West Virginia, reed
birds in the Carolinas. grapes In Call.
fornia and corned blue fish around the
Chesapeake. How few know that the
president is dieting and needs all the
rest he a obtain. Joy-making should
be tempered with inside information
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
a SHINING
NebrnskR's Plan for Free Circulating
Libraries.

Libraries.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Nebraska is wide awake in the matter OF
providing its people with books, Free
circulating libraries In every school district
will soon be in order. because of a law
which compels each district to set aside
annually the sum OF 10 cents per pupil OF
school age for the upbuilding OF a library.
This will yield from SO a year TO an
amount several times as large in the VIII
lagos, and in the smaller cities Of the state,
up TO the point where there are 5000 or
more pupils when the compulsory feature
fails to operate. In addition to the small
libraries that will thus be built up in the
rural districts and small towns, the state
travelling library commission is working
in cooperation with the school authorities
and will send collections of books around
the circuits of schools desiring them 10
supplement the home library. In order that
the state and county school authorities
may get a right start in library building,
both In the choice Of desirable books ana
in instructions TO the pupils as to how to
use them, the county school Institutes are
devoting attention to expert instruction
concerning libraries,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
BREEZY TRIPLES.

what disposition is made Of the chill
dren of the couple?
They viii spend six months with the
servants Of each parent"-Puck.
Tapes-But II you can't pay me, your
tailor, why don't you restrict yourself in
Bounder-Oh, l am doing that very thing,
my dear fellow. I haven't paid any bills
for more than a year.-Life.
why do they cali 'em lawyers briefs.
par Are they so short7'
mo, my son, but by the time they get
through with them, the lawyers clients
are."-Baltimore American.
-salesman-shirt, sir. VIII you have a
negligee or a stiff bosomF'
Customer-Negligee, l guess. The doctor
said / must avoid starchy things.-Boston
Transcript.
visitor-Can you read the past1
Fortune Teller-Certainlyi that's my BUSH
Visitor-Then L wish you'd tell me what
Z was my wife told me to get for her,
Boston Globe.
II notice that a local minister has been
preaching about reporters"
Yes. It's a sort OF pulpit habit now to
take up current evtls."--PhiladelphiR
Ledger.
you had rheumatism IN your right leg
for years and were cured of It in an In
by being accidentally mixed up in a
train wreck. Ny right leg is a cork leg
now."-Chicago Tribune.
Green-Poor Hllo is in hard luck. He has
one arm in a sling, a black eve, two
teeth missing and a mortgage on his home.
Brown-You don't say. How LONG has
he had the auto ?-Chicago News.
Prosecuting Attorney-Your honor, tho
bull pup has gone and chawed up tha court
Bible.
Judge-Well, make the witness kiss the
bull pup, then. We can't adjourn court
for a week just to hunt up a new Bible
San Antonio EXPRESS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
A Futile Compromise.

1t has not yet appeared that the
declaration of principles by the Sara
toga conference has only followers be-
yond the small band who made it. The
Brooklyn Eagle, whose steadfast policy
is to declare itself a democrat and
regularly oppose Bryan. is "agin" the
formulation and would put It on the
level OF the traditional claptrap of con-
vention platforms.
The Esglo insists that II is the or
gan of the uncrazed democracy and is
in common honesty compelled to dis
sent from the two Saratoga declara-
lions for an income tax and the cleo.
ton Of United States senator's BY the
people. II credits them to the Ne
braska school of politics and therefore
vinegar to the teeth Of the Eagle. The
platform is not radically conservative
More plausibly It might be classed as
~consarvatively radical, and the radical
meat of the broth Is too highly sea.
soned to be palatable. The Bryanite
planks would be acceptable to William
r. Hearst. They have no place In the
platform of Empire state conserva.
tives.
For a week now this Saratoga dec,
laration has been exhibited around the
country. AS a barter among democrat!
1t might be a last resort at the end O.
a fight. AS the prospectus of a new
light dispensation It is a total failure
Nobody will have 1t. When a oohfer
ence Of Tilden and Cleveland demo
Gratis gets from the Brooklyn Eagl,
no reward, but laughter, It ceases t
struggle for breath. The truth abou
Il is that It p~rofessed to be a rejuve
nation of the democratic spirit anc
turned out to be obviously a compro
mise among the ~insincerities of wear,
politicians.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

While there is some anxiety over the
currency, the cloud that is ~thickening
most darkly over the waters is the
report of so cent butter. And the in
soluble problem is to combine that re-
port with the fact that buttermilk is
two-glssses-for-five and three If you
ask for Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Naval officials show that sailors are
saving their money. Good habits
among sailors, like scientific training,
undermine the romance of u imagi-
nation. 1t is as disappointing as the
Courier-JournaIs recent dissertation
on the marvellous results from a quart
Of buttermilk a day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Some patriotic citizen can, without
tact, hurt the interests of great COM
monwealths. A Texas traveller is
spreading a report that anybody can
get rich in Texas If he will work. The
intimation is not popular in Mexico or
Arkansas, neighboring and friendly
territory.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

OF course, Judge Sullivan's confess
sion of corporate affiliations" is all
that is needed to verify the oath he
took hat he "afiliates" with the pop
ulist party.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

These letters of consuls urging cour-
tesy in dealing with Spanish-Ameri-
cans win bear fruit. II 1t Is good with
the Latin countries, it is good every
where. The consular reports should
be read to the children.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
BeIated Tribute to Seward.
Roston Herald

A statue Of William H. Seward now
adorn@ $he city OF Seattle. Some day there
will be one in Sitka. seward had only
a slight foregleam Of what he was getting
for this country from Russia when he
bought Alaska, but even tha was as a ray
Of light compared with the ignorance and
Indifference Of most Americans.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Prince Bonaparte thinks a board of
arbitration on the North pole is de
sirable for all interests. It should In
clude the inquiry. How often does
an arctic explorer take a bath" In
all the adventures Of daring there is no
mention Of a bath tub. At 80 degrees
below, the question may possibly be
dismissed as irrelevant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Seeing Holland incosnito vas a re-
lief to the Kaiser, An American presi-
dent cannot walk across the street
without a hundred boys and twenty
reporters. The first president who gets
an ~incognito rule at work will be the
first to enjoy life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

In Cincinnati public officials appeal
to women not 10 slosh water in bath
tubs over the floor. II wastes the
water supply and spOils the buildings.
The women regard the appeal with
contempt as Officious ignorance. what
is water In q bath tub for; to be
drunk?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
Tips for south Pole ChasePs.
fillmore American

Now 1t appears that Peary also had no
white man with him in his final dash,
and that the controversy between the two
explorers is u question of individual
veracity. The discoverer of the South pole
ought to provide himself with a corps OF
competent witnesses and a notary public,
so affidavits can be taken on the spot.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Idaho is to have $4,000 more acres
opened under the Carey act. The
northwest mountain states were a long
time getting heavy enough for their
senatorial representation, but they
are now in urn throwing suspicious
g~lanoes at Rhode Island, Delaware and
West Virginia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

It's the middle OF September and
the intellectual drama predictions have
not been verified. The chorus ladies
in red stockings n the comedians
with wax fronts on their faces still
crowd the bill boards.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Peary's lone Eskimo aus put twice
as much strain OF his veracity as Cooks
two, According to Mrs. Peary. all thvee
would swear for a gum drop that the
pole was so feet high and painted red,
white and blue.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

II is to be noted that one OF the nom
partisan democratic candidates for SUI
preme Judge is being very appropri-
ateiy Introduced around Omaha by
Hon. Constantine ], smyth, the last
nonpartisan democratic attorney gem
eral.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Following the departure OF a mon
arch Of finance. our secret longing for
a King may be gr0tified with a trlum-
virate, Rockefeller. Morgan and the
biggest OF the Hartman men. who
ever he is. are ouddling down or acting
like 1t. Whittier are we drifting.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
Here are two extracts from our ami.
able democratic contemporary.

able democratic contemporary;
TT all amounts to just this" said one of
the governors, "Vic Rosewater has a bunch
Of political friends that he wants to force
on the invitation list against the good
sense OF the board of governors. But for
one Will never stand for extending invita-
lions to anyone not a member OF Ak-Sar-
Ben, and I anticipate that Mr.. Victor Rose
water will find that he is not running the
knights OF Ak-Sar-Ben for political pur-
poses"-World-Herald September s.
The fact that Governor shallenberger
was not invited to take part in the recep-
ton uhe banquet to President Taft has
oceasioned some local comment, and the
question has been posed frequently as to
whether politics controlled the Ak-Sar-Ben
committee, and If that political color had
anything 10 do with the brush and palette
of Victor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Sep
tember Is.
Get together.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
Coming to the Front.
Chica1o Racord-uar.ld

EEENWoD ~
The HALEY comet, after being invisible
for seventy-four years, has been sighted
by a Heidelberg professor, but people who
do not possess telescopes will not be able
to see it next spFing. 1t is sad to think OF
the many famous ones who will have been
forgotten before the plain people get a
look at the comet.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

We have no hesitation in saying
that We would rather see a new sky
scraper building in Omaha than gaze
upon the North Pole in latitude 90,
longitude $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

One Of the French casual watchers
on the ramparts recommends an inves-
tigation Of Cook and Peary on the
calculation that under the conditions
at the North pole the chances are 100
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Now here is a brand new question.
Why do not the dramas Of stephen
Phillips draw as well as those Of
George Conan? It takes thought to
answer, but a surmise is that the
reason somewhat resembles the
which turks behind a cup-shaped hat
and a wsistless frock.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

st. Louis Globe-Democrat
It was inevitable that Mr.. Morgan should
get the credit for holding the country up
by the tail again. Either Mr.. Morgan Is
o man we can't afford to lose or he has a
number of excellent press agents.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
workInK the Favorlte enme.
WASHINGTON Posi-.

W~dsHIHBIOH TOsL
BY its reception OF the death Of e. H.
Hartman, Wall street again shows that
the fooling of most of the people all the
time is In it's repertoire.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Our overworked congressman from
this district will probably get around
to It soon to tell IS how he recorded
his vote on the tariff bill while he was
In Europe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

If the Eagles do not make the local
weather man an honorary life member
they will be showing the %proverbial
ipgratitude of republics.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

The only wonder is how Mayor Jim
succeeds 60 we'll in keeping his pro-
hibition debates and addresses of well
come from getting worse mixed up.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Poker is all right in a club, but
wrong down a cellar. Nobody knows
why, but it is the law as interpreted
by certain courts. Are we again In the
hands of the privileged classes2
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

If Senator Aldrich is going to
Swing around the CIRCLE" by all
means let us have him come to Omaha
so we a see what he looks like and
hear hat siren voice.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Subscribers leaving the ssfv tenn
DOrariIy should have The Bee
mailed TO them. Address will be
changed a. often az r~e0uesSed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Uncle Joe Cannon is not ready to re-
tire. To tell the truth, nobody really
expects the IDLY old gentleman. to re-
tire while his health is good.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

to 1 that any man would be wrong.
But the point is. who was the man
who was first when he thought he
Was7
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

It's the best kind of free advertising
for McClure's Magazine,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Standing rule in the WorldsHeraAd
office: If anything goes amiss, blame
1t on the editor of The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
Jobs Hunting the Man.
Cleveland Leader.

The great fact OF the fall OF 1903. for mil
lions OF workers, is that the Job once more
seeks the man more than the man hunts
for the lob.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

A Russian steel trust had to go out
of business. You have to understand
these little things.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County So.
George b. Tzachuck, treasurer OF rms
Bee Publishing Company, Seing GUY
sworn, says that me actual NUMBER OF
full and complete copies OF The Dalyi
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month OF August, 1902 Wss
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

This Is the all important question
with many women. They have
tried a myriad of things recon-
mended for this purpose. all with
out success, and then they worry
and grow thinner.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
paJ1SE Extract

will put an end to such worries.
Rich In the nourishing properties Of
use is sure to produce flesh and
round out the curves of beauty.
IAsist Upon Il Being PabSe o
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

"what disposition is made Of the chill
dren Of the coupler
They will spend six months with the
servants Of each parent. Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16

Entered at omaha postofnee as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-16
HHE OMAHA DAILY BEE

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
INDIAN HEAD. MD.

Miss Viola Forbes and Mrs John Ma
honey OF Norfolk Va. are visiting the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Garner.
Charles Richards and John and Charles
cronk have gone on hunting trip to
Prince William county. Va.
J. III. Murray of the chemical laboratory
spent part of the week at his home, in
Paulsboro. n. j.
Edwin Smith. jr. visited friends In
Rockville this week
Harry Schultz OF the naval proving
ground paid a visit 10 his home, at An
napolis. during the past week
Burton w. De Loss of Washington. re-
Gently appointed stenographer in the
chemical laboratory. has resigned TO &C
cept a position in Washington.
GGace Chapter. No. II, OF the Order OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

Mrs. Robert Eden Peyton OF Fauquier
county Is the guest Of Judge and Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

the Eastern Star, gave dance at the
Masonic Hall, Indian Head Thursday.
Among those present were Miss Forbes
of Norfolk Miss Underwood OF Accokeek
and Misses Gardiner. Reeder. Evans,
Hise, Bolman Coxon, Knott of Indian
Head and Mrs. Mahoney of Norfolk and
Mesdames Carpenter, Posey, Evans,
Brown. Hardy, Rainsford. Knott, Guest
and Curtiss. all of Indian Head and
Messrs. Cashell. Eccleston, Beall. Smyth.
Dement,, CLANCY. Bollman. Robert and
Irving Posey. Hunter. Schultz. Shure,
Lacey, Cruickshanks. Ward. Knott. Wolf,
Murray. Shiller and Adams. Refresh
nlPntS We're served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

s. 3. Witt, and will remain in Richmond
for the Peyton-Armistead wedding next
week. Prof. and Mrs. Edmund Harrison
of Louisville Ky. are visiting their
daughters Mrs. Dana Rucker and Mrs.
Howard HoEe, i'm Richmond. Mrs. John
l.. Euoank of Warm Springs is spending
about two weeks here before going to
Daytona, Fla. where she has taken
cottage for the winter. Miss Florence
Talbot is visiting Miss Hobson at How
ards Neck, Goochland. Mrs. Heath of
California and her daughter. Miss Con-
stance Heath. have taken 30 West
Franklin street for the winter. Miss
Heath will make her debut here.
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A Brief.
From the Nautilus.


De Maupassant has beautifully illustrat-
ed the evils of fretting in his classic
little story. "A Piece of String A
Norman peasant on his way to market
picks up a piece of string. An enemy
of his sees the act. but is too far away
to distinguish what il is he has found.
Later IL transpires that a pocketbook has
been lost on the road. The enemy of
the peasant accuses him of having found
it, The Justice finally allows the man
to go. for lack of more definite proof of
guilt, but all his neighbors and friends
still believe him guilty. tie talks inces-
sanity to convince them of his innocence,
but always without success. Within a
year he has fretted himself to death And
all for what purpose or to what effect
A little use of will would have turned
his thought into healthy channels of ac-
complishment and a serene old age would
have been his lot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07
Not Room Enough.

From Lippincoit's
While riding on an electric car. during
his first visit to the city. a farmer passed
the yard of a monument company, where
gravestones and monuments were dis
played. Turning to his host, he remarked
in an awe-stricken voice. They dew bury
'em close in the city, don't theyf'
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VISIT THE
Uptown Hair
Dressing Parlors
For White Patrons.

Expert colored operators In charge. Hairdrcss-
Ing. Shampoong. Scalp Treatment. Chropody
and Manicuring and Massage given at patrons
residence. Electric treatment and all kinds OF
hair and toilet goods. Phone calls promptly
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