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and see who should be king" said the
driver.
ITO go back a little" he added. you
may not have heard that It IL because
OF the same battles between the birds
and the beasts that the bat only flies
at night.
you see. It was this way: Whom the
kite. who was the recruiting sergeant
for the birds, came after the bat 10
join the living forces, the bat clnimed
ne was an animal because he had fur
and the look OF a mouse, and he
wouldn't crlpt with the birds. Then.
when the beasts sent the badger after
the bat for him TO report for military
duty. the bat said, Go along wild YOU
I'm a bird! Look AZ mo wings and SEQ
me roosting in the trees!'
SO, after the battles both birds and
beasts hGntcd the bat for being a de-
serter, and so 1t Is he can only 60
abroad after night, when both beasts
and birds are asleep.
''But it's about how ,he wren became
King OF the Birds, ! am Ito toll YOU.
They an met. md Il was decided after
a great argument among them that
the bird That flow highcs, should be
TIE King. So mp they all ncw, miles
and miles mp, and the clr'c golng tho
highest. o. most into the sun, TN ne l.,
spent with the strain ~ It and the hin
air and can go no higher. Then up
jumps the wren, w''o has hc,n hldlng
on the eagles back an the time, and
flies g hundred yards higher M. shout
ing, Tn the highest, I'm King"
The evening world., 1910-12-01
The ship ana the Ropes.

To tie Editor ~ The Evening wnrli,
In reply to 'R. r." who asks hat
are me main ropes OF a full-rigEed
ship. I desire 10 state that there h
nothing in the regulations governing
the naval service concerning his qIcs-
tons. As TO the term main r09cs"
there u no such thing on any kind OF
a full-rigged shtp, "Halyards" OF the
different yards are usually rope"
tho,AAi they are also termed running
rigging" "tacks" and sheets" Other
running rigging cor istS Of small linked
ohAins. running through a shave or
pulley" IN the end Of the yard TO
stretch the CLOVIS OF the sails IN
''shesting home" His query may be n
variation OF an old ~catchword OF the
nayet service: How many ropes does
a fuii-rigged ship need?" None II she's
"FULL-RIGGED" nothing missing,
Such gear as are termed ropes" are az
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impudence the wrens ave hereabouts.
for they think they are all decindints
OF the royal family"
Did you see it?" asked Mr.. White.
the other male New Yorker.
NO. sir, / did not replied the
driver. but my great grandfather's
great grandfather did. 1t was In his
time, before the fortihcations around
Blarney Castle was torn down by order
Of King William"
Have you any relatives In Killarney
hy the name of Minnchan?' asked Mr.
Jarr.
THE Haleys is related to the Mime
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hans of Kerry. Yes, sir. But why do
you ask" replied the driver.
"Oh. | thought l noted a family re-
semblance-in the tales you tell" said
Mr.. Jarr.
Pm sure It was all very interest
ing, n | know It was all true" said
Mrs. Jarr.
S do l." said Mrs. White to the
driver. 'and | thank you very much"
Not at all. ladies'" replied the
driver. touching his hat. TITS a pleas
ure to tell you the things that hap
pened he%rcabouts. And the place is
fun of fairies. too. And I can show
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Faur Pas.

TO you remember mat "bredk' you made
In talking The other dog?
4~ DO you remember the thing you said
IN that horribIg foolish tCdyg
DO you remember mat poem you lcrOte
IN mat dead ana forgotten spring.
And ShuddCr, tChoRcrcr you hear them quote
The silly and Snccharine thingi
DO you remember the girl you thought
YOH loved, Ichen the days ,ccrs stCeetf
and do you thank Fate that you cere not caught,
Whenever you chance 10 meeY
DO you remember your toeddin0 day,
And eper, perhaps, regret ~
10 you remember-oh, STOP, I say,
And let q chop FORGET 1T!
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Blarncy ca ! G
wliio the driver
enlightened them
as regards the
c m = OF the
wren to be King
OF tho Birds.
Twas after the
great battles be-
tween the birds
and the beasts. In
the old m g y,
" a : q err that
the birds decided
tn hold n meeting
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Sport.

<vu VEIL. Bil." said Dawson, as he met
Holloway on the avenue, did you
w set any good hunting ny In Manner -
Fine, said Holloway.
'Uov did that new dog wilkins gave you
work T. asksd Dawson.
splendid" aid Holloway. Fact IL, u It
hadn't been for him we woulin't have haA any
hunting a, all. He ran away At the first shot.
and we spsnt four days looking for him. liar.
psr's Weakly.
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These brothers.
who were school
mates OF Giannetto,
have prosecuted him
since childhood. Neri
has takei from him
Ginevra. a woman
of light character.
whom he loved.
Cowardice delays
Giannotto's revenge.
He lets Il dare not
wait upon II would
through years OF Ill
treatment. But when
he Is asked how the
latest outrage La
Benl''-has affected
him, he laug h =
Historically:
Il have chosen
for my own a beau
tiful erch a mt r e s $
who must be wooed
with laughter. /
have dedicated my
self to-Vengeance'"
Gia n n etto en-
deavors to make
friends with Neri at
a banquet where
G a briel and his
brother and Ginevra
are present. Clan
netto reveals to Neri
tAat Gabriel also
loves Girevra. The
younger rot h r
acknowledges i 3
love and goes into
exile to FORGET II.
with Gabriel out
OF the way. he in
duces Neri to be-
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A plate Of hot spaghetti, long and thin,
A bottle of red Uine, a riolin,
A temperdmcntal maiden taking ART
To dine elscphere-Oh, Were IL not a sinf
A dish OF Stocet chop Suey. serUod Jy Lee,
A bOwl Of yd-komdin, a pot Of tea,
A smiling Oriental gliding round
Well-tedStiRg thus is good enough for me!
whether expensive, or the simple fare,
Whether the right girl or the uroHg, be there,
Dining most anyUhere, in old NeW YOrk,
Is Paradise eHOU-dnd some to spare,
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-lIE Jars. In company OF a lady
and gentleman from New YORK.
L weio bowling along from Cork to
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Nj. Belmont is right. 1t ought to be presumed that r. knows
nothing about that, nor about any other corruption fund. And the
same presumption runs to the credit of every other man. All citizens
should be presumed to be innocent, and all legislators and other poll
tcians presumed to be honest.
But, alas! sad experience has taught in cities and States, and in the
coutsns of the nation itself, that prescriptions of absolute innocence
are as vain as assumptions Of total deprayity. Who would ever have
presumed the things that have been proved Of men above suspicion
in this city and in Albany?
Mr.. Belmont should excuse the committee; it was appointed Meth.
er TO presume nor to assume, hut to investigate.
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So far as the Chief of Police is concerned, the retort is imperti
mont and irrelevant. It is not his duty to clean streets. But if tho
application of the question be made to the whole Chicago community
sndto all other such communities, it is not lacking in pcrhnence any
more than in pertness.
= Why should not city authorities clean the streets and attend tc
other plain duties before undertaking to exercise censorship over the
higher achievements of art and Of music?
To keep a city decent, well ordered, clean and safe; to see thai
its sewers are flushed, its streets swept, its slums suppressed ant
its homes secured-that would be better than stopping "Salome'
Chicago should try it.
The evening world., 1910-12-01
By Roy l.. McCardell.

Copyright, 1910. by the Press Publishing Co.
THE New York Norld.D
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THE PROBLEM OF PRESSURE.

1t has the appearance of a safe promise. But how much pressure
will il take to be "enough? ~
This is not an infant issue. 1t was a healthy baby, alive and
kicking away back in the days when John Wanamaker was Postmaster
General. 1t is growing a big boy now. 1t could have been pushed
through TO the goal at any time under Cleveland or Mckinley or
Roosevelt, if there had been pressure enough.
Pressure means something more than a number of men talking
about a thing. IT means strength and energy combined and applied
with such vim and vigor, such unity and such concentration, that it
makes a force too resstless to be bafncd. We wish tho Postal Progress
League well. More strength to it.!
The evening world., 1910-12-01
THE DIVA AND THE CHIEF.

BECAUSE the Chicago police forbade a second per-
SOL Torrance of "Salome' in that city. and because the
II X Chief said Miss Mary Gardens dance was like "a
I'm cat wallowing in a catnip patch" the gifted Diva
RS rctorts: "This police person is unntelligent. He
50 tries TO clean opera. Why doesn't he clean his
streets?"
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owe Songs Of i. !. s
). ;;s;.;5] A h e
The Bacheloraiyat.
BV Helen Rowland


STEAMING lobster NepbHrg, rightly done,
n A bottle Of chdmpdgne-Gnd Thou, Spect One,
Beside me, flirting in a picture hat
Wore oultbi1o ,uore nerfecf meath tho ~
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G IN THE GOURD.

~ TEDERAL officials are said 10 have proof that the
N-.HzSNf Sugar Trust would long ago have raised the price
EA of sugar in this country had it not been for a fear
EI-"-GA of imports from Germany. At the meeting of the
W Antrlmpcrial League in Boston the secretary re-
~ ported that, while renters Of small tracts Of sugar
lands in the Philippines have to pay $1.30 a year rental, a large tract
of such lands was sold to the IIavemcyer syndicate for thirty-two cents
an acre.
The two items present an instructive contrast. The Republican
Administration has sold outright to the Sugar Trust big tracts of Phil
ippne land at less than one-fourth the annual rental value, and moth
ing but fear Of foreign competition has prevented the trust from i'm
posing upon the domestic market the exactions of monopoly.
An old Southern song said: "When the sugars in a gourd it
ia hard TO get out" The refrain was: The way to get it out
is TO roll the tourd about" The Sugar Trust needs rolling: persistent,
continuous. severe, rough, hard, tirelcss, impatient, rcsolutc rolling.
The evening world., 1910-12-01
Mr.. DIGNITY.

u L BELMONT said TO the Legislative com
- = m,ttec that was asking him some questions about a
JSS. suspected race track corruption fund 81 am called
20 here to testify about something that it ought to be
I presumed I would know nothing about; nor
~ do l."
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at the command OF two brothers. Nerl and Gabriel Chiarananiesl Il
immersed three times in the Arno and struck several times with a
The evening world., 1910-12-01

play Of La Befa" is little known in America.
Yet 1t contains one Of the most effective mas
y I'D I have appeared-that Of Giannetto. The time
- Renaissance, when the family of Medici. merchant
ruled over that supposed republic with a despoti
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
PRESIDENT AND PATRONAGE.
Relations to COnsressmen Respecting
Appointments.
The Outlook, New York.

The Outlook. New York.
When, last week, reports we're published
in q number Of newspapers that President
Taft contemplated using federal patronage
to punish those republicans in ongress
who were in revolt against the house or
ganization led by Speaker Cannon, the
most thoughtful readers Of the newspapers
must have regarded those reports with in
credulity. In the first place, the presi-
dent has shown through years OF his public
life SO high a tanda Of dIslDterested
public service that no one of intelligence
could credit a report that he would use his
appointing power In any arbitrary way
without regard to the fitness of the APP
pointee. In the second place, those who
are known to be Insurgents against the
oligarchical group headed by Speaker Can
non are not enemies Of Mr.. Taft's admin
istration or opponents of his policy. On
the contrary. whether wisely or not. they
have acted uniformly with a view OF car
rying out the very policies for which Mr..
Taft is known to stand. 1t Is therefore no
surprise of the careful IA that i'm
mediately upon these reports there followed
what seems to be an authoritative state
ment OF the situation from the presidents
point OF view. This, in substance, may be
stated as follows: Under the constitution
the president has the owe of making
appointments to some federal positions, as.
for example, pcstmasterships. 1t is neces-
sary, Of course for the president to take
counsel on such appointments. and it has
been customary for him TO call In con-
gressmen who are likely to know local
traditions and to receive their suggestions
and advice. 1t is not, however, incumbent
upon the president to do so, and It can
hardly be expected that he would cali for
UGH advice from men who are evidently
out Of sympathy with his plans and pur-
poses, 1t is thus that the president states
his position. No reasonable person, we
conceive. can for q moment take exception
to this view.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
PEnMIssIYE ACCIDENTS.
DO Managers Really Wink nj Disco
Incidence OF Signals.
pltfahnrn nlannArh


The inquiry into the collision in New
York state In which Spencer Trask, the
banker, was killed. indicates what was
suspected at the time. that the accident
was caused by disregard OF the precautions
installed 20 prevent such disasters. Al
though the air was clear. the track straight
and block slgnslsd a following fast freight
crashed into a passenger train ~ a stand
stii. The evidence Of the engineer Is that
Notwithstanding the installment OF the
signal system Il was in effect nulllficd by
being made permissive rather than prohibit
tive. In other words. signals might be
passed at the discretion Of the engineer.
This system, ne said, in effect enabled the
company to operate more trains on a given
stretch OF track.
The investigation Is still I'm progress. hut
this evidence states very clearly q practice
that must produce accidents. No matter
how excellent the signal system may he
or nov complete It's Installation its value
must be measured by the Individual dlscre-
ton OF the engineers IL they are permitted
90 run past a signal when they him they
can do so safely. The main idea OF the
automatic block was TO eliminate as much
az, possible The element Of human faill-
bility, yet IL Is again injected. with the
usual results. The best precautions posi-
bic must be rendered useless when modified
to permit the very thing they were de-
signed 70 prevent
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
Vitality of Cities.

Man, the great ipitator of nature,
closely copies his teacher in the repair
ing Of ravages, as is illustrated graphi-
cally In the restoration OF cities that
have suffered destruction. Our own
centers of population are a ready re-
minder Of this fact, the great fires of
Boston, Chicago and Baltimore having
served as a basis for the rebuilding of
more stable and stately structures, and
the case of San Francisco being a
latter-day marvel OF the vitality of
cities. We are prone to consider that
these phoenix-like recoyeries are due to
American spirit, but occasionally we
are reminded by the old world that the
principle is universal. Messina, to
point to a recent instance, has Just re-
opened its ancient university, a signifi'
cant mark of confidence in the future
in spite of the wrecks or the past, and
one Of the indications that the old
sieillan port is again aggressively
sharing In the worlds commerce.
Truth Is, cities are hard to Kill
slothfuiness of public spirit, lack Of
municipal pride and push, will permit
them to stagnate and flicker away into
oblivion, victims of dry rot; but the
municipality that is aggressive and
progressive. survives every physical at
tack and gains strength and characteI
and growth OF population and pros
perity, not only despite but also becaus'
OF the antagonism Of the elements. Mes
sina is a fine example Of this trait. tt
original excuse for existence, a port o.
call and shipment directly in the patti
OF a shortcut trade route, serves a
well today, and the despoiled survivor
OF the terrible earthquake, nothing
daunted, have fiocked back TO theIl
ruins and are rehAblitating the houses
and their fortunes. while ships pi.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
Back tn Nature.

New York, witnessing the apparent
success of Chicago's open-air schools in
the dead of winter. is following suit,
and has arranged to equip pupils Of
tuberculosis tendency with garments,
foot-warmers and other bodily COM
forts while studying and reciting their
lessons out Of doors. The Chicago en-
thusiasts report that the innovation is
enjoyed by the children and that their
health conditions are manifestly i'm
proved, so much so that medical at
tendance grows less and less, while
children who habitually lost much time
because of staying at home to be
nursed for throat and kindred troubles
are now able to attend all sessions.
The experiment is in too early a
stage to warrant any serious conclu-
sion, yet 1t is gaining advocates among
those who have long urged mankind
to get back to nature in his manner of
living. Some types of school rooms
are VIGOROUSLY hotbeds of disease, and
are the first source of germ propaga.
ton attacked in time of epidemic. Yet
1t remains to be seen whether adequate
ventilation and sanitation may not
prove as effective as the more robust
measures prescribed by the open-air
system. Many children cannot with.
stand such vigorous reform, and there
is grave question whether the raw and
smoke-charged mid-winter air of the
cities is as good for the lungs as the
atmosphere that has had its chill and
dampness removed by the scientific
methods Of the modern house. Even
rugged adults sometimes are choked
and rendered Ill by the conditions out
Of doors.
However, the success of the expert
ments now SO a%mbitiously launched
would tend to solve not only some Of
the perplexing problems Of health, but
also add to u general economical
knowledge. Who can say that this is
not a beginning Of the abandonment Of
much of the indoor coddling to which
we have made ourselves accustomed
Perhaps man is On his way towart
eurtailing some Of the expensiveness Of
living by these steps back to nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
Insurgency.

The World-Herald makes bOld to say
that there are hundreds OF thousands Of
Insurgents all over this land, who are In
urEents not because they are soreheads OF
demagogues, or Cannon baiters, but insur-
gents. because they are opposed to the
measures which Mr.. Taft, as the leader Of
his party. IL advocating. These Insurgents
represent the only insurgency that has any
vitality, the only insurgency that is worth
considering w ld-Herald.
The democratic World-Herald's def
milton OF republican insurgency is
doubtless what the democrats would
like to have accepted as the test, be-
cause the only hope of democratic sue
cess lies in a~rraigning a considerable
body Of republicans against the repub-
No other reason for insurgency will
satisfy the democrats, because personal
antagonisms may be removed and
minor differences of opinion ear be but
transitory. The democratic organs
have, therefore, been doing their best
to lure so-called insurgents" on to the
point where they must line up with the
democrats against the legislative pro-
gram recommended by the president,
and against republican policies gen
orally.
1t goes without saying that the lead
ers Of the so-called insurgents at Wash
ington insistently deny that this is the
reason for, or the purpose Of, their in
surgency, and declare that they are
fighting only against what they regard
as a despotic system of rules governing
the deliberations of the house. When
men get into a fight they usually seize
whatever weapons are at hand, which
may account for the Pinchot diversion.
The contest for political ascendancy,
however, must continue to be between
the republican party. represented by
President Taft end his policies on one
side and on the other side the demo
cratic party, trying to stop the wheels
Of progress and embarrass the admins
tration in a desperate hope of improv-
ing democratic chances for the presi-
Dental election Of 1912.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17

Authorized affirmation Of the be-
trothal Of Princess Victoria Patricia,
daughter of the duke of Connaught,
to King Manuel of Portugal m as
another proof of the inveterate match
making ability Of King Edward Of
England, whose niece is the bride
elect. Thus does another daughter Of
England march heroically forth to
wear a crown, heroieally because the
throne of Portugal is n of those set
on the brink Of a crater, and the spouse
of a monarch 80 parlously placed
knows from the outset that the vol
canic eruption may at any moment
terminate her ascendancy.
Once before English royalty es-
poused Portuguese, when Charles ii
welded Princess Catherine of Bra
anza, whose dowry included the pos
sessions Of Tangier and Bombay, but
as the union was childless, the blood
of the two nations has never been
fused. The welding of this new ALI
ance necessitates a removal Of the bar
of religious difference, as was accom-
plished in the case of Alfonso's bride,
but such arrangements are only incl
dents in the lives of the creatures
serving as pawns in the game of hui
man destiny.
These marriages Of English girls to
foreign potentates extend the power
full influence of the British throne
among the nations Of Europe. Ed
wards daughter Maud is queen of
Norway's king, while two of his nieces
are consorts, respectively, of the rulers
of Roumania and Spain. His sister
was the mother of Kaiser Wilhelm.
And another link in the chain of ma
lions is his own marriage to a princess
of the royal blood of Denmark. Man
uel's bride will be the fourth of the
recent English Victorias to wear a
crown, for that was the name of the
wife of Frederick III, a fact which
seems to have been popularity lost
sight of in the current agitation over
Germany's naval program.
Like many another shrewd mon
arch, Edward has utilized the women
of his royal family to serve the policies
of the scepter. and Victoria Patricis
but goes forth on such a venture as
has thus far been successfully sus-
tanned by Victoria of Spain, whose vol
cano almost engulfed her at the begin
ming. In the royal sport of ruling
dynasties, 1t seems to be a case OF
woman is only a woman, while 6
throne is always a throne.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17

His Parting Prcachment to former
CLERKS.

$50
Clerks.
Springfield CMass) Republican.
Mr.. Pinchot's sincerity is everywhere con-
oeded and his great services universally
praised. but his conduct as an sdministra-
tive officer continues to excite bewilder-
menL. The doctrine that he preached to
bis former clerks, when saying farewell
to them. points straight 10 administrative
anarchy. He Is reported as telling them
never 70 forget that they are the SER
wants Of the people Of the Unified states,
responsible to them and to them alone"
stay by the work. he admonished them,
Never allow yourselves TO forget that
your are serving a much geater master
than the Department OF Agriculture or
even the administration" In plain words
this is the doctrine OF INSTRUMENTATION.
II It were followed consistently into prac-
tive by the thousands of bureau chiefs
and clerks In Washington, II would be
impossible to run the government. Ad-
ministrative efficiency would be RUNE
by the lack of administrative discipline
and harmony, and there could be no worse
chaos thar $1,000 clerks appealing to the
country" over the heads Of cabinet minis
tiers and the chief magistrate himself,
WHENEVER Ahg VI them iVt Nhoe "N 50
eminent work was not being managed In
accordance with correct principles. The
truth is that only by a curious develop
ment OF megalomania can a government
clerk maintain that he is responsible not
to his superior officer in the bureau. but
to the people OF the United States. 1t
is Mr.. Taft who was elected president
that is responsible to the people, and his
administrative subordinates are resoon-
sible to him. IL they disapprove Of his
policies, they should resign in case they
wish to conduct a popular agitation ON the
issue. But for them to remain In office
and assume that they are Responsible TO
the people alone rather than to the APP
p~olntlve power, involves so prsposterous q
situation that It may as well be dismissed
with a smile.