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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
Labor in Demand.

Those who possess a real knowledge
of business foresee in the distance a
labor famine, which will be more
acute as the stratum reaches a higher
degree of expert ability. In the metal
working towns of Massachusetts, New
York and Pennsylvania this famine
has already shown signs of taking the
place of the surplus apparent In the
last two years.
At all times the labor market is
nearer to the scarcity line than is
commonly believed. A small proper
ton of unemployed produces a marked
effect on general business and a re-
vival of industry hardly begins before
the demand absorbs the whole existing
supply of the competent.
During the worst period of the
panic of 1898 a student of sociology
at Princeton made a journey afoot in
different parts of the country to see
how many men able and willing to
work were unemployed. His report
was that there were more Jobs than
men everywhere. 1t is likely that in
America that is nearly always the
case. So, when the jobs multiply the
short supply of competent men soon
begins to pinch the shops in which a
high degree of skill is required. If
the belief common to all intelligent
men that the coming era of business
is to be one Of extraordinary and un-
p%recedented prosperity, the cry of the
shops for men will be almost distress
full. The pressure of retailers to re.
plenish their stocks, upon ma%nufactur.
ers whose policy is to carry no Jul
plus, will urn apprentices rapidly into
journeymen, or would if there were
any longer a general trade distinction
of that kind, and green boys into
workmen. Before the fall brings COO,
weather there will be a labor short
age. 1t will not operate in the west
with as much force as in the factory
districts of the east, but will be felt IL
some degree everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Any person developing a thirst In Ala
bama Is privileged to set up with it.
Mrs. Annie Besant says our air is clair
voyant Now you know what's drawing
the Juice.
The way Omaha players sweat during a
game tends to create a suspicion that they
are playing for the pennant.
Pictures Of the young emperor Of China
are now in circulation. He looks as II he
had Just come out Of an executive session
with his mother.
The failure Of Cuba to welcome the
American peanut confirms the growing sus-
plcion that the islanders are untitled for
self-government.
A big fat dinner and vocal bouquets to
match was the tribute Philadelphia hosiery
makers paid to Senator Penrose for putting
money in their socks.
The fountain pen ~justifies its existence in
a mans pocket. Down in New York one
of them stopped a cute little bullet from
a pearl-handled pistol fired by a woman.
The discovery Of the faint Of royal blood
In the geneology of Henry G~assaway Davis
is a hard blow for Miss Elklns' grandpa
Henry is too old to Withstand an operation.
1t is announced that Edison's cement
houses will soon be on the market
Progressive department stores can afford
to put them on the bargain counter for the
privilege of supplying the furnishings.
All fields of activity are clover fields for
Chicago's progressive women. One ener-
getic member of the sex put in circulation
500 spurious checks in the last three
months, scooping in between 5000 and &c.
900 In real money. The police have not
had q glimpse of her picture hat.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

which are as classic as the Aeneid. He
had the gift Of perfect melody and the
kindred gift Of sympathy with the es-
sentials of human nature. He could
swiftly condense an episode into a
golden phrase" With that gift he
won a vogue and charmed a genera
ton. II the middle class of literature
could not get much out Of Tithonus. IL
could get all there was out of Break,
break, break" the May queen, the
Six Hundred, Locksley Hall and the
more obvious prayers and sermons of
In Memorium.
1t is an honor to art that an Amer
lean teacher and an American college
show the genuine spirit of classic
learning by dwelling on the wonder
full height and depth of the quality in
Tennyson.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
Fame.

In protesting against the threatened
order to remove two Of the three in
itials with which the designer trade
marked the new Lincoln penny, the
outlook declares that, despite the al
legged precedent, the artist deserves
far more than the recognition which
these few letters so inconspicuously
placed offers him." and, it adds, "as
a people we are none too eager to give
artistic achievement its due; unless
some more weighty reason of state
can be adduced let the initials re-
main"
Incidentally from this discussion we
have learned that all our present sill
yer coinage bears only one letter Of
the designers name, but exceptions
have been made to this rule, II rule it
is, by permitting the $40 gold piece
to bear the initials in full, intertwined
in a monogram of its designer. the
late Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and the
new s. gold piece to carry three let
ters, the initials of the designer, Bella
L. Pratt.
The natural inference is that by In
d~entation of our coins with symbolic
letters of the alphabet we fix forever
a niche for the designer in the popu-
lar hall of fame. Accepting this
hypothesis, it goes without saying that
the designer of the new Lincoln penny,
who put the initials, "V. P. b." on the
edge of the reverse side. will be more
famous than the more pretentious
Saint-Gaudens. because the 1-cent
piece is sure to circulate faster and
more widely than the $40 gold piece.
The opportunity spread out in front
Of the artist commissioned to design
a coin of small value must be far
greater than hat given by the privi-
lege of designing the big denomina-
ton pieces.
Speaking of fame acquired through
circulation of our coins, do any OF our
readers know whose fame the little
letter IN" on the silver dollar indeli-
bly, records? G
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
M BOILED DOWN.


They are loyal to truth who live Il.
The gushing preacher often leaves a
desert.
Success is an unreliable evidence of
righteousness.
The rough places are never smoothed
by soft soap.
He who makes no friends has his great
est foe in himself.
You cannot tell much about the goal of
a life by its speed.
He can never be a power with men who
can feel no pity for men.
He who has no heroes is fundamentally
deficient In reverence.
1t does not take much millinery to shut
heaven from our eyes.
A mans morality always depends on the
meaning he sees in life.
II you would know the giving Of hap
piness try the happiness Of giving.
Some folks are never sure of the love
of God unless they are sitting on plenty
Of thorns.
1t may be the only way to get a good
look at heaven is to take a square look
and n human one at the alleys of our
cities.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
Civil Service Limitations.

That there are limits to the applica-
ton Of the civil service Idea is the les
son which Chicago's experience In fill
ing the vacant headship Of its big pub
lie library is teaching. Imbued with
the idea that the proper test Of merit
would be by competitive examination,
the trustees in charge Of the institu-
ton issued a broadcast invitation for
all qualified and educationally-pre-
pared librarians, looking for a job
carrying a fat salary, to report and
answer a set Of questions to be pro-
pounded. At last accounts only five
applicants had signi1ed their desire to
submit to this test of merit, and, as
one Chicago paper puts 1t, "if the
trustees succeed in obtaining for
librarian a nan thoroughly trustwor-
thy and helpful It will be, in all likeli-
hood, not because Of the much-her-
aided examination. but in spite OF It."
II a nan wants the services of a
physician he does not usually invite
competitive bids. II he needs a law
yer in an important case he does not
ordinarily apply to the bar examina-
ton committee. There r some posi-
lions where the personal equation is
the all-important element, and this is
particularly true where the service re-
quired involves professional advice or
devolves executive control. The rule
Of promotion is based on merit, but
on merit administered by observed ex-
perience, and not on a question-and-
answer paper. Civil service examina-
tions are all right for library cata-
loguers and counter attendants, and
possibly for department superintend-
ents, but a civil service examination
for a head librarian looks like stretch
ing the limit to the ragged edge.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Pnllauelpnla inquirer.
II is difficult to understand why the
change In the design of the 1-cent pieces
was ordered. The head OF the American
Indian really meant something. 1t had the
prestige of age, 1t carried the story of the
early days of the country, when settlers
had to fight for their homes. There was
no demand for a change. AS a matter OF
fact, there is no sense in the change. II
utterly without excuse. The nation veneer
ate Lincoln, but it will strike most persons
we should think, as a pretty poor tribute &c
him that out Of all our coins we have Sc
.lected the picayune cent-piece to carry his
head. The coin. as 1t has made its appear
ance from the mint, does not look like q
coin at all. 1t resembles a medal, and a
measly-looking little medal at that-the
cheap little medal that used to be given
away with bags of popcorn.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

registration is a clumsy, dilatory
process, which is evidently disagree
able to the oficial and encouraged by
nobody. The customer generally has
to wait for the official and force the
business on reluctant hands. In the
larger Offices the registry department
is too often in an obscure corner and
feebly conducted. Letter registration
is not in effect a government monop-
oily, like the mail business, but a COM
banking business. If It does not really
compete with them 1t would as we'll
be suspended. 1t would be at least
In interesting experiment II the regis
tration department Of a p~ostoflce
we're energetically pushed as II 1t were
a business of high Importance, at
tractively presented to customers with
information, aids and conspicuous
guides to attention, with l~abor-saving
blanks and convenient devices. In the
common experience of business rails
ing fees causes volume and net profits
to shrink where the element of com
petition operates to produce an eff
feet. 1t is likely that relatively there
is not in country districts as much
registration as there was twenty-five
years ago. That fact, II It is a fact,
does not point to higher fees, but
rather to a more popular and bust
nesslike way Of conducting the enter
prise.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
DOMESTIC

Nroct-Uhen we're you married.
Dyer-Iust about six checkbooks ago.
Puck.
Ress-Thats a quaint ring you're wearing.
Is Il an heirloom?
Tess-Well. IL dates from the CoHlu'sl-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Does your son profit by your 2Sa, example M ,ct
marriedg'-Boston Transcript
"Awfully rude of him to throw a kiss
Yes. my dear. those are things which
always ought to be delivered IN person.
illustrated Bits.
Papa, what is q pioneer?'
Heaven and eartn! Itere l have beenJ
sending this child TO private school sh%'
doesn't know that a pioneer Is q person
that plays the pianor'-Cleveland Leader.
HE dances beautifully" said the summer
girl, but he hadn't been here a week be-
fore he was engaged TO be married
"Ahl' replied Miss Cayennei he two
steps better than he side-steps.
ton Star.
Boss Wife-So this is the new office boy7
I suppose you behave like a little gentle
man. especially IL there are ladies' PRESENT.
willie-You bet. II they're homely ones
boss takes 'em in and l show 'em out; and
IL they're good looking / show EN- in and
boss takes 'em out.-Judge.
us he a good artist?"
She glanced at him with petulant dis
datn. X is a clever artist" she an
swered %pitingly; mo artists are good
Life.
And that young man kissed yST on the
hand?" said the father.
20, 1 didn't have TO, papa said the girl
he's going to ask you for thatI"-Yonkers
Statesman.
'TWhy do no many women rest their chins
on their hands when they are trying to
think?'
IL hold their mouths shut so that they
won't disturb themselves" Cleveland
Leader.
~Pa-pa-where' the shoe horn, quick!'
IT don't know. What do you want the
shoe horn for2'
Mas got stuck half way in her new
dress and can't get 1t on or
City Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
THE SUNDAY SAINT.

w. D. Nesblt in Chicago Post.
His Sundays are always his quietly meek
lays,
His halo is sprouting with visible speed
He'd truly be perfect If there were no week
To set him backsliding-he would, yes,
indeed.
You see, there are business deals every
Piled up since on Saturday he dropped
But nevertheless he is sanity on Sunday,
For then his high hat and his frock coat
he wears.
On Sunday his smile is both gracious and
kindly,
His gait is as stately as Micah's Of old
(And Micah walked stately, calm and re-
signedly,
Rejecting on problems of grace, we are
told.
But Monday and Tuesday he moves in
quick dashes,
And oft uses language that bears a wee
faint
However, in comelIest sackcloth and ashes
On Sunday you'n see he is all OF a saint,
Six days are enough for a man to be sinful,
To grind and TO grasp for the very last
cThe hand-organ monkey don't work for a
tinful,
But takes a day off. when the money is
spent.
SO why should we plot and do planning and
labor
Without any rest for spiritual foodO
On Sundays he prays and is bland to his
neighboT
And gives an example Of how to be good.
Though Wednesday and Thursday and Fri
day he scrambles
To win In the fight for the gold that will
clink,
On Sunday he rests and contentedly ambles
Along with the flock for spiritual drink.
/ wonder sometimes II away up In heaven
They fix the reward for which all OF us
seek
So that he may stay there but one day IN
seven
And hustle the birthstone the rest OF the
j week
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
Majesty of the Law Upheld.
Baltimore American.

II has been decided in Washington that
boys who plays marbles "for keeps are
gamblers in the meaning of the law and
liable to arrest and punishment for so helm
Gus an ~offense. 1t is cheering to the law-
abiding of the nation to know that in its
capital the gambling laws are so strictly
enforced. though as the particular boys in
question were released with a lecture,
there is grave doubt about the ]propriety
Of letting loose such dangerous criminals
on the community.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

There are scientists who hold that
when water power electricity is prop
erly developed a coal mine will not be
worth operating. The coal business,
however, will last long enough to
create fortunes in Alaska and Alberta.
The owners will be philosophical about
the water power, If they are not scien-
tifc prophets.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

An aeroplane can carry fuel for
1000 miles and stay in the air twenty
FIVE hours. None ever has done this,
but the capacity is proven. A New
York and Chicago air line is predicted
for next spring. The only drawback
is that the luxuries OF travel do not
appear in the pamphlets.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Mr.. Bryan is so busy denouncing
the tariff that he has no time to put
in a good word for the extension Of
the free list to imports from the
Philippines, for whose down-trodden
and oppressed people he has so often
volunteered to speak. Mr.. Bryan's
sympathy for the Filipinos is densest
Just before a presidential election.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
Practical Philanthropy.
Kansas City Times.

NUIINUb NIIY IIIIItHs
Mrs. Russell Sage has set aside a large
sum Of money for the construction of homes
for worhngmen which are to be let at the
smallest possible rental. OF all the big
American milllonaires Russell Sage made
the least pretensions to philanthropy
Nevertheless his great fortune is being ex.
pended in a way TO do more good than al
Of the free libraries and colleges that the
trust haronS can build.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

If there are philanthropists who are
looking for ways to occupy their leis-
ure it may interest them to know that
the late Colonel Pope employed 100
clerks at once in his good roads cor
respondence. 1t is useful to learn
what a real live propaganda costs in
money, nc. to mention the brains and
courage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

st. Louis has lost a score Of people
from heat p~rostration. Yet there are
indictments who complain Of heat in
Omaha. Some people still 1--we who
cannot recognize a blessing or a streak
Of good luck.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Wyoming is not a state which has
done much talking, but Its people have
$500 per capita, a rate that beats
New York or Boston In most neishbor-
hoods. Wyoming is enough a part Of
Nebraska to have prosperity all the
IsAE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

The high birth rate of North st.
Louis leads to a public celebration.
Such an event deserves a celebration
and needs no certificate as to sex. ace
or color.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

DR.. Ferrero says that the weakness
OF America is that its people never
learned to save Ferrero evidently
does not know the fruit and peanut
business circles in tho United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

In spite of an occasional note Of
hippancy in the press. America likes
the duke OF the AbruEzL He courted
like a soldier and a gentleman, went
when the time came and tackled
in the mountains Of Asia as hard a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Republican Chairman Lyon Of
Texas is a~nxiously scanning the cen
sus appointments and Directing to the
injustice of giving Texas spoils to dem
ocrats. Colonel Lyon does have a
right to grumble over a republican
victory which pays rewards to Texas
democrats. The colonel might ask,
What for? and get no satisfactory
anawar
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Chicago nurses at Henrotin hospi-
tai backed down from their demands
for social liberty. II looks like a
Quick victory for the doctors, but II
you only heard what the nurses said
you might be willing TO call It a draw,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
An Industrial Cinch.
Boston Transcript

Torpedoes are among the most expensive
agencies of modern warfare. Every time
one is exploded 5000 is blow up. The
United States has recently contracted for
100 torpedoes at 5000 apiece, which is
about the price it has paid for several
years past. There being no commercial
demand for torpedoes which consequently
are not carried in stock ahead of orders
to any great extent, the manufacturer
have little difficulty in maintaining the
rataB
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

That smash of 1907 made the pub
lies head ache and its teeth rattle. In
spite of tempting chances and the un-
doubted approach of a boom, nothing
has yet brought the public back to the
stock market Prices are all right,
but the real purchaser is slow with his
cash.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

The Chicago Tribune editorializes
on The Future Of the Foot" We are
all willing to learn sitting at the foot
of the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Minister WI he's again been re-
called. When he gets back to the
iowery kingdom he will, presumably,
give free rein TO his interrogation
points.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

An authority on social usage says;
No prospective bride can safely make use
OF her intended husbands initials until
after the marriage ceremony has been per-
formed.
No, and not always then.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

II It were only known at the time
that Henry Gassaway Davis was
tainted with royalty in hts family.
Judge Parker. Weighted with his vice
presidential load, might have been
showed under still deeper.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

1t is a conjecture that all Of this
turmoil about water power sites is a
preparation for the report of Senator
Tom Carriers committee next winter.
The subject is just beginning to grow.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOraFily shOuIa have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often AZ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
Different Rules of Marking.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

A has been erected on the spot
where Count Zeppelin landed. Earlier
aeronauts, and those who come later, will
have to be contented with the dent in the
ground where they struck.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Bob" Womack. d%iscoverer of Grip
pie Greek. lost s2So,OOo.OOo, but from
the reported length of it Robert must
have had his share Of fun.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Chicago university has quietly
dropped 100 undesirable students"
The U. of c. understands at least one
dependable way of educating the
youth OF the northwest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

No new dude uniforms for the @. A.
r. This is official and will stand. The
old clothes that recall 1858 are as
eternal as the continental long vest of
George Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

German courts have decided that
beer is not Pilsener unless made in
Pilsen. 1t cannot make any place
famous but Pilsen. Milwaukee and
st. Louis are safe.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

If Chicago is having trouble in It's
search for a new chief Of police.
there's our own Mayor "Jim,' who
once had ambitions in that direction.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

game as thai Of the ex-president in
Africa. The young man is not n
of us, but we are proud of him and
look on his $4,000 feet climb as partly
American
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15
srArrMrNr or CIRCULATION.

bTATEMENT OF CALCULATIONS
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, S.:
George b.. Tzschuck, treasurer OF The
Bee Publishing Company. being July sworn,
says that the actual number OF tull ana
complete copies OF The Daily morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF July. 1919. was as tonoWB:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Luckily congress adjourned at least
in time to save the tail-end OF the
c~hautauQua season.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

The irst prerequisite Of the coming
1910 census is a census Of the census
takers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

GEORGE b. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn 10
before me this I'd day of August, 1909:
(SeaD NJ. +. WALkER,
Notary Fublic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Papa, what is a pioneerY'
sending this child to private school and
spending money on her for a year and she
doesn't know that a pioneer Is a person
mat plays the pianov'-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

Entered at omaha postofncs as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

HE dances beautifully" said the summer
girl but he hadn't been here a week be-
fore he was engaged to be married"
"Ahl' replied Miss Cayenne; he two
ton Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

And nj young man kissed you on the
lips? Why didn't YOU offer him your
hand?" said the father.
30. 1 didn't have TO, papa" said the girli
hes going to ask you for thatI'-HonkeTs
Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

rs he a good artistY'
She glanced at him with petulant dis
dain. He is a clever artist" she an
swered p~itingly; mo artists are good
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

'"why do 70 many women rest their chins
on their hands when they are trying to
think?'
ITO hold their mouths shut so that they
won't disturb themselves" Cleveland
Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

"Pa-pa-where's the shoe horn, quick!,
II don't know. What do you want the
shoe horn for2'
Mas got stuck half way in her new
dress and can't get it on or =
City Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-15

VICTOR RosEwATER EDITOR.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
PUZZLE:
Find the Chaperon

One of these women is a
married woman Of nearly 40.
The Others are misses OF
IS to 20 years younger.
Can you tell Which is
the oldest, the chaperon ,
The chaperon looks nearly q
her charges, and can mingle '
folks without a difference in ages
cause she has retained her comp
Cosmetics did not do it-a
Pompeian Massage Cream is v
much for you. 1t drives away
crow s-feet"; gives a clear,
angles and drives away double-
New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
PRIZES FOR YOUR WITS

FIRST prize II $40 cash, ana IS other prizes OF SOC
Jars of Pompeian Massage Cream will he awarded
TO the writer's Of the best shOTt letter. describing
the discussion aroused IN families and among
friends hy this "Chaperon" advertisement Show
this advertisement 10 as many people possible.
Tell Us the number Of votes given each woman for
ChapeT0n- Also give few arguments you over
heard Make your letter neWsy about ?ompeian.
bot truthful Leuers-typewritt-n u possible
must be Of 100 words or less. more. No ques-
tions answered On this contest. tHoScveT. coupon
will have prompt attention II enclosed Only prize
winners viii hear from us Letters must reach
us by March sth.