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Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
The Fntnre of nnr Army

The policy which will determine the
future of our army is again becoming
live issue, and we will before long
have to decide once more whether to
adhere to our traditional notion of a
standing army maintained simply as
a nucleus for expansion in time Of war
or to discard that idea for something
that looks better.
General Fred Grant is quoted as
saying that the United States will have
to come in time to some plan of con-
scription or enforced military service
such as prevails in continental Europe,
and he points out its advantages as an
agency of education as well as of mill
itary discipline. General Grant, how
ever, puts the adoption of compulsory
enlistment far into the future, even
while expressing the conviction that
we are bound to come to t. On the
other hand, General Leonard Wood,
who, as chief-of-staff, is now active
head of the army, is recommending
the increase OF the regulars up to the
full legal quota and coordination with
the National Guard so as to give the
government immediate recourse to an
army strength of uniformly drilled
and seasoned soldiers equal to both
combined.
The plan proposed by General Wood
appeals to us as much more feasible
and less at variance with our past his
tory than that of General Grant.
While every patriotic citizen wants the
nation to be fully prepared for defense
against Entertainments from abroad
and to maintain order at home, few
Of US are yet ready to admit the neces-
sity of making the United States an
overstOcked arsenal merely to initiate
certain foreign countries. Most of us
prefer to hope that the universal ten
dency will be toward disarmament on
land. as we'll as on sea, and that our
policy of maintaining the smallest reg
ular army consistent with safety may
be adopted by other nations converted
by our more peaceable example.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.


AS a resort Of weather that makes living
worth while, the Missouri valley has 'em all
beaten 60 frazzle."
Five hundred dollars for trip ON an
aeroplane affords practical demonstration
OF making money ny.
People afflicted with the chronic Crouch
are invited g Dayton, o., where warning
undertakers offer special bargains for
dead ones"
Prodding the idling throng with hatpins
labeled DO Your Christmas shopping
Now is a shopgr idea with considerable
point TO It.
Fate cuts strange capers now and then.
The boot which lifted Chicago count from
father-in-law's payroll landed him on a
Chicago stage with a salary attached
The movement TO confer on Pres dent Diaz
an honorary membership in the Down-aud-
out club has seriously affected the health
OF the movers who are moving out OF range.
BY series OF brilliant Thought vibra-
tons the former Omahan, Virgil o. Strick-
Ter, clinched his grip on snug salary as
leader Of Mother Eddy's host i'm New York.
Early in its career New York city got
the habit of burning hard coal and thus
escaped smoke clouds. Now the community
Is vigorously protecting the precious helit-
age from smoking automobiles More power
to the municipal elbow!
The most charitable man in Cincinnati
has gone the way Of all things earthly.
lie possessed one Of the precious stovepipo
hats vintage Of the 6Os. in town, and
cheerfully loaned it for frolic or funeral.
Surely the world loses much when large
souls such as his unfur their wings in
flight.
During performance of the old reliable.
Zen Nights in a Bar Room" i'm a Penn
sylvania town, the papier mache bottle
which the angry son shies at his soused
lather proved to be real glass and caught
'he ola man between the eyes. A doctor
patched up the scars while the soloIst
pumped soulful pathos into the melody.
Father, Dear Father. Come Home Win
Me Now"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

tai principle OF being a newspaper
Being educative, they should be Of
such character that children, as we'll
as adults, could read them without i'm
pairing their moral sensibilities. Here
comes in the obligation OF the news
paper to see to II that what it prints
is fit to be read in the school room or
at the Preside. or course, many
events of news character and impor-
lance transpire which in themselves
are indelicate, but II is even possible,
where it is necessary to chronicle
them, to present them in such form
as to minimize their responsiveness.
No newspaper is warranted in mag
nifying vice, though 1t is lamentably
true that many prefer to emphasize
and sensationalize just this kind of
matter. When this is the case the
moral obligation divides itself between
the immoral paper and the person
patronizing it.
The newspaper forms such a vital
element in the public life that it
should aim high both in moral and in
tellectual tone in order to WELD a
wholesome influence.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

persons. Nor will It do TO plead the
injustice Of picking out a few individ-
uals for punishment on the theory
that they are dummies, acting under
corporate orders DR.. wilson's pre-
scription is, IF you will put one or
two conspicuous dummies in the peni-
Tertiary, there will be no more dunn
mics for hire"
DR.. Wilson appeals to lawyers Ito
see to It that no mans powers exceed
his legal and personal responsible
ties" This is along the line that
President Taft has also been working
in his efforts at reform of the Judi
ciary and simplification Of judicial
procedure. When the rank and file
of lawyers come to heed this appeal
the problem of fitting the law to cor
porations and vice versa will be far
less arduous
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
LIES POETRY AND PROSE.

L. ~ Kendall in the Record Herald.
God wrote In prose when He began Great
ing;
And then lie made poem for mans
And woman lived, sweet, enhancing
And that is why the pages Of nfe's story
Are written both in poetry and prose;
Some dun with pain; some shining as
But why It's thus the Father only
knows.
Life cannot be, it seems, all warmth and
laughter
We must encounter chilling winds and
A sweet. Inspiring poem follows after
Perhaps TO know the beauties OF the
We needs must see the winter come and
Nor would We think the mountain crest
sublime.
But for the humble valley far below,
The epics Of the season, too, are written
At times in prose and then in lifting
lines;
How summer by the hand of time was
smitten
There is no life by grief or discord sad
dened
That does not have it's touch of lyric
time;
A page is turned, the weary eyes are
gladdened
To see life's story rounding into rhyme.
In many a cup the NORWOOD is not
tasted;
In many a rose the thorn is never
found;
But oftentimes a precious chance Is wasted
To hearken to life's harmony Of sound.
Sometimes, somehow, perhaps we shall
know better
How best to mitigate all earthly woes.
When We have learned lies lesson to the
letter
There will not be thorn beside the rose
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
Church Chimes.

The old church chimes are rapidly
passing with the tall steeple and many
other distinctive features of a more
characteristic period of piety, -or'od
when the church and the church-goer
stood out more markedly from the rest
Of the world than they do today.
Whether their apparent distinction
was a real one as compared with the
present or not we do not pretend to
say, but somehow in their effacement
by the stern customs of a more prag-
matte age something seems to be lost.
Perhaps It would not do to have the
old spiral steeple today, but somehow
1t seemed to point the way upward.
Perhaps it would not do to have
chimes pealing out their anthems of
praise from every edifce today, but
somehow they seemed to attune the
minds and hearts of men to the spirit
of cheerful reverence that made wor-
ship more natural.
Often when one pauses amid the din
and whir OF modern progress to in
Quire the reason why of so many
changes no one can give a satisfactory
answer. We imagine It is so in this
case of the chimes and lofty steeple,
more in the former even than the
latter. Architectural symmetry might
suffer with tan spires. They might
never conform to the modern styles
on which church buildings are now
constructed. OF course, it cannot be
denied that some improvement has
been made in the modern styles of
architecture, though it is not general.
But as for the chimes, which a few
churches still decline to give up, it
seems modern ways could AFFORD to
make a concession to the past for their
retention, or rather their restoration.
They had function to perform. They
called people to worship on the Sab
bath or on feast days throughout the
year, Just as the old bell in the tower
of tho rural church told men when the
hour Of "meetin' had come and
tolled out their years at death.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

Land shows. such as given in Chi
cago and Pittsburg and soon to be
given in Omaha, are chiefly educa-
tional in their purpose and influence.
They are commercial only indirectly.
The essential motive back of them is
to show people something of the re-
sources of the land in the west of
which most of them know compare
lively little. IL seems to us this is the
most practical way of getting people
interested in the land, the most eff
fective way Of promoting and expedit-
ing settlement, which can be adopted.
People will visit one of these shows
who would not be reached by any
other agency of this propaganda and
most of them are open to conviction
on the land question. Here they can
not only hear of what has been done
and of what may be done on western
land, but they can see for themselves
what is done and with the lectures
of scientific men, students of the stu
alton, to supplement the exhibits, they
may get first-hand the fullest informa-
ton.
AS a rule our people who live in
cities, particularly those who never
get much beyond the limits of the
larger cities, know practically nothing
of the undeveloped resources and the
amazing opportunities Of this empire
of the west. Many who want to make
change and have the means to make
it, lack the confidence which comes
only from knowledge of how to go
about taking the first step. For such,
these land shows are the very best
kind of educational institutions. They
should, therefore, receive the earnest
cooperation of the public. The big
gest interest in this country today is
right out here in the west where the
immortal work of empire building is
going on. 1t is too bad that more
people who need such opportunities
as are here offered have not before
availed themselves of them.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
TolstOi's Love.

Men radically differ in their attempt
to appraise Tolstoism. This perhaps
is inevitable because OF the strange
contradictory nature of the man and
his peculiar philosophy, which so
many found to be unreasonable. But
as a man of sincere convictions about
moral and social subjects, who exerted
himself to live what he preached, the
world generally agrees. That it de-
MES him TO have been the prophet of
a new dispensatiOn, the head OF a cult
that was to possess the world" is no
III commentary on his simple virtues,
but rather his stability of character,
for be changed his views too often to
hand down any fixed form OF living
philosophy. II is his genius in litera-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
UP TO THE MANAGERS.
Let Them show that Railroad Opera
tiOn 10 Up-tO-Date.
Kansas CITY Star

Let Them show that Railroad Opera.
tiOn IL Up-tO-Date,
Kansas City Star
Certainly 1t will be an extraordinary out
come of this great rate case, If the attOr-
ney representing the shippers should sue
coed in pointing out a way whereby the
railroad companies may increase their net
earnings by reducing the cost Of operation,
rather than by advancing their freight
rates. In view OF the vast business OF the
railroads, the high salaries they pay for
their executive officers, and the detailed
accounts they keep showing the cost per
ton per mile OF hauling freight, the ex-
pense per mile for running and keeping in
repair their cars and engines and all the
other numerous unit costs OF transporta-
ton, It is natural TO assume that they have
carried the art OF accounting and manage
ment as near to perfection as has been
done in any other line OF business.
But the evidence presented to the com
missioners in the last few days. at Wash
ington, prompted Commissioner Prouty to
say to the attorney for the shippers: you
have proved your case 80 far as the gen
eral proposition is concerned" meaning
that immense savings can be effected by
the adoption OF scientific management OF
corporations. Now II remains for the rail-
road managers TO show whether they have
been behind the times in this important
matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Boston Transcripts Favorable express
sions regarding Catholics from Methodist
bishop arc not as uncommon 1s some PER
sons believe, especially when the bishop IS
such a d-hlooded person as I'd Hughes.
once Of Maiden, a native Of Iowa, and edit
Gated en- Ohio. All in an the Methodist
church has no stronger man than he.
Boston American: 4 Boston minister says
that mothers should be pensioned and not
allowed to work On factories and other hard
employment This theory win meet with
even more cncrEctiC opposition than do
votes for women. There is strong advocacy
I'm the latter case Tor women TO rcmaip In
their homes but the advocacy vcakcns
when II comes to the advocates paying
taxes TO keep women there.
London Chronicle: 4 smokers pavilion"
attached to church Is somewhat OF a
novelty in the British dominion. A recent
visitor TO Ealgooric the famous Western
Australia gold field. made and proclaimed
this discovery. II seems that in the early
years OF the gold field there were many
digEers dwelling I'm tents who never bur
dencd themselves with Sunday clothes and
consequently never bothered about going
to church. Anxious to attract this class tho
minister OF the Conversational church fitted
up an open air enclosure IN which the men
could listen TO the services ia free and
easy fashion, without being embarrassed
with the formalities OF indoor worship. A
large arChwsy was opened up in the side
of the church facing the enclosure and the
pulpit was so placed that the preacher
could be heard by both congregations The
idea was successful, and the smokers
pavilion" Cthe occupants Of the open air
enclosure exercised the privilege Of smok-
ing during the sernion) became a popular
resort
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
soon, nut NOT roo SOON.
Seasoned Thoughts on Christmo,
Tendencies.


Tendencies.
Indianapolis News
Inc general postoffiCe makes an appeaI
Tor christmas givers to mail their pack
ages early so as to lessen the day
before crush. Last year a similar effort
was made, the advice being given that
parcels could be labeled mot 70 he
opened till Christmas" But many wrote
this on the inside OF the bundle II being
round by the department. letter mail was
charged and so there was confusion. de-
lay and satisfaction. If the caution be
observed to put this request on the OUT
side Of the package along with the ad-
dress II will go as mailed Storekeepers
too have annually urged early buyinR
And for this there is good reason because
there are likely to be smaller crowds and
more leisure for all concerned so IL might
be said that there is good reason In the
request Of the postoffice about mailing
early. But It must strike a fresh sensi
billy that there is something a bit cold
FLOODED in sending a Christmas re-
membrance some days before with the
caution about not opening II (Which is
seldom Observed). In other words is not
the whole tendency to take the edge off
the time? 1t seems so on reflection:
seems as II we were making an end of
the means.
A general result has been to push for
ward the day. Christmas is really coming
10 be observed so long before the date
that by that time there is nothing left
but FRAGILE The edge is gone, the
sweetness evaporated. 1t is indicative of
the restless spirit of change that seems
still to possess us. We get out the
model long before the date in more
things than motor cars and bicycles II
Is really ferocious. We are like the dog
that bolts all Of his meat at once and
goes hungry for the rest Of the allotted
time.
Let us shop early as a matter Of prem
aration and comfort, and let us send our
gifts In due season. But a gift too late
is better than one too early. II Is not the
gift but the giving. II is not what one
does, but what one thinks. To think of
another at the gracious season, to mani
fest the thought In some small way. some
gift for token, is beautiful. 1t seasons
and tones life and makes the way lighter
and brighter. But to be gone" on the
subject, to feel that the giving of things
is the purpose and that we should hustle"
for fear that we shall not get the gift
In on the tick of the time is gross
perversion. Sanity and moderation have
their place and office here as in all things
Let us give and be glad But let us not
be over-anXious about the gift. The good
thought for which It stands will not lose
its flavor soon. II ever. Perhaps good
thoughts never die. And that is one of
the blessings of Christmas time
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
Overriding the Parole system.

The system Of paroling prisoners
convicted OF crime has been adopted
in most OF our states and also by the
federal government, and there is no
question as to its merit and wisdom II
carefully administered. But neither
is there any question but that the
parole system may be overdOne and
that the careless. and indiscriminate
paroling OF dangerous prisoners may
lead TO abuses more than offsetting the
benefits.
Just now the Chicago Examiner is
doing praiseworthy work in directing
public attention to evils growing out
Of the looseness of the parole system
in Illinois, where cases have recently
come up proving prisoners enjoying
successive paroles to have been turned
out merely to take up their careers OF
crime where left OF. It reminds us
that the chief object in imprisoning
criminals is to protect society, and
while the reformation of the criminal
himself is a desirable thing, It is sec
ondary to the main purpose, which is
too frequently defeated by the parole
act
The justification Of the parole sys-
tenn lies in its application to first
offenders who give evidence that they
are not hardened criminals and would
take advantage of the opportunity to
reform and earn an honest living.
Most OF the parole laws limit their
benefits to first offenders, yet are
broken down through the difficulty of
ascertaining whether the prisoner is
really a first offender or has had long
experience in crime. Our prison rec
ords are so defective that prison Off
cials can seldom tell whether a pris-
oner has been incarcerated elsewhere,
and it is to the interest of the convict
to conceal a discreditable record.
There is still this difficulty, too, that
the first punishment does not neces-
sarily mean the first offense, so that
many a hardened criminal can qualify
unuSI the Tel LIS "a INC poAoAO A""
simply because he has skilfully and
successfully avoided the penalty for
previous misdeeds.
In Illinois, and we have every reason
to believe, also, in Nebraska, the
parole law has been cunningly used
as a device to nullify the sentence of
the court A former warden of the
Nebraska penitentiary proceeded on
the bad theory that it was his duty to
get rid of his prisoners as soon as pos
sible and went to all sorts OF lengths
to help them secure paroles, some of
them on most fiimsy pretenses of COM
plying with the law. Paroled prison
ers are supposed to continue under
prison surveillance, to be responsible
to the employer in whose service they
are put, and to report periodically by
letter; but 1t is notorious that these
requirements are seldom met, and that
once out of the penitentiary on parole
is as good as a pardon or discharge. )
Worked up by the crimes and muir
ders OF paroled prisoners, the Chicago
Examiner is demanding radical re-
vision of the parole law. If paroles
are to be granted at all it wants the
power of parole limited to prisoners
whose applications are approved by
the court in which the crime is tried
and the burden of proof put upon the
applicant to show that he is not an
habitual criminal This demand
seems to US reasonable and equally
applicable to Nebraska as to Illinois.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
Our Birthday Book.
november az, 1919.

Robert r. Livingston, jurist and states
man. known as Chancellor Livingston
was born November q, III, and died in
1913 He was one Of committee appointed
by the continental congress to draw the
Declaration OF independence, and as Amer
lean minister to France negotiated the
purchase OF the Louisiana territory.
Jesse Root, Judge Of the supreme court
Of Nebraska is just 50 years old today
He Is a native Of Illinois and represented
the Cass county district IN the state SEN
ate, being appointed TO the bench by Gov
ernor Sheldon.
Clinton Bronze, Of Bronze, EHck &
Bronze, attorueys-at-law. was born No
vember q, 1854. at Norfolk. He graduated
in law from Creighton university and has
just been appointed assistant city attorney
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIEs.

rs there anything alarming about Jink's
Wife's actions
Something very alarming"
what is it2'
''She sets the clock to wake him at
in the morning baltimore American.
"Why do you argue with your wife2
Don't you know II doesn't do you bit Of
goOd?'
sure do But l amt got such mean
disposition as 70 deprive her Of the
pleasure. Cleveland Leader
80 your husband is dead. Mrs Jolly?
am sure l am sorry for your loss"
There amt no loss, ma'am, We got his
insurance, Chicago Tribune.
one Girl-Why do you insist on marrying
Lighter? He isn't to be trusted.
The Other Girl-Why. I'd trust him with
my life.
but / mean that he is not to be trusted
with anything valuable-that is--er-er"--
Kansas City Journal.
Mrs Quackenboss-Am yo daughtah
happily mard Sister Sagg?
Mrs. Sagg-She sho' Is, Dress goodness.
she's done got a husband OATS skeered to
death of her!-Woman's Home Companion.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

Some American lawyers, who deal
principally in technicalities, would
have to learn all over again to prac-
tice in those English courts, where
justice comes rushing in on you before
you know it. There must be a differ
ence in trying to get justice and trying
to beat 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
An Editors snenkIng Desire.
Atchison Globe.

We don't care anything about nude fig
ures or addressed art, but we have a sneak
ing desire to see how fat woman looks
when she IS without a corset. The fatter
a woman the tighter she draws her corset.
We don't know anything about such things,
but we have notion that some Of these
fat women flatten out all over the floor
when they unloosen their corsets at night.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

Des Moines papers are printing the
picture of magnificent new twelve
story hotel to make which materialize
public-spirited citizens are earnestly
laboring. The building and furnish
ings are estimated to call for an in
vestment of $75O,OOO. If Des Moines
succeeds in this laudable enterprise it
will be up to Omaha to move for new
100000 hotel and to keep at it un-
til this most long-felt need is supplied.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

A little settlement of people in Yer
mont had no church, and as there were
not enough of any one denomination
to support an organization they
formed a union church, matchmaking
half a dozen creeds and sects. That
is church unity up to date, and it is
doubtful if three persons in the con-
gregation can tell the difference from
Sunday to Sunday in the doctrine their
pastor breaches and what they thought
was the only doctrine they could
espouse
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27
Relief for Lame Ducks.

Now Senator Carter is suggested for the
supreme court Carter is soon to lose his
toga owing to the fact that the people Of
Montana were undnd enough to elect a
democratic assembly. But isn't the supreme
court rather a high roosting place for
lame ducks?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

Mayor Gaynor says, "All good is OF
slow growth" Is that left-handed
compliment to these recent mushroom
democratic conquerors
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

The young woman in Wisconsin
whose fance failed to show UP at the
altar married one Of the guests who
offered himself a substitute, or, as it
may later appear. as a sacrifice.