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Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Chicago Record Herald A Chicago
preacher has been offered a salary Of 81, 200
year. and the free use of a parsonage IL
he will take charge OF a New York church
People who are fond of making compari-
sons between the salaries of preachers and
base ball players must remember that the
preachers are provided with no opportuni-
ties to participate in the profits of cham
pionship contests at the end OF the regular
season. '-' go ..
New York World: In speaking of Cardinal
Gibbons as great citizen and patriot It is
not necessary 10 Identity ,his name with
some one Of the reforms. or principles ne
has Upheld. OF these there are many but
the debt that the country owes to him is
that in a. vigorous vet tolerant way he has
insisted upon the duties Of citizenship as
the paramount obligation OF all alike and
has made the moral,ideals Of the church
coincide with the practical ends Of demo-
cratic government.
Boston Transcript: Protestants are too.
much inclined to feel that the Roman,Cath-
olic clergy, and particularly the hierarchy,
know nothing or care nothing. about Protes-
tant writer's or.spealsers But silas McBee,
editor OF the Churchman, who has been
Holy Land in connection with the move
ment for united ehristendom, reports his
reception by Cardinal Merry del Val at
Rome, in last weeks issue Of the Church.
man. While discussing Bishop Bonomelli's
letter and its effect at Edinburgh and
since" he says, II mentioned what DR..
Alexander Whyte had said of il and de-
scribed the wonderfully catholic prayer
with which DR., Whyte had opened the con-
ference At the mention OF DIR. Whyte's
name, Cardinal Merry del Val exclaimed
with in tense feeling, .'Oh, but he's a, rare
man! His writings are beautiful. This
was not the only occasion on which /
wondered how little Christians knew OF
each other. How many non Romans, or
Romans, for that matter. have imagined
the, cardinal secretary Of state reading and
approaching the writings of the great
Scotch Presbyterian Or, from the other
side, how many Anglicans and Protestants
are familiar with the wonderful writings
Of this Scotch statesman and saint?" Echo
answers, How many?"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
People and Events


Phewi and then some
In consignlng to a tin roof for a siesta
Of three hours the fellow who asked. lis
it hot enough for your" the magistrate
fitted the punishment to the crime.
An auto which got beyond control Of
its manager in New Jersey. tried to get
into two roadhouses before it's wild career
was checked. Prof. solomon's theory that
mechanical devices, like human machines.
acquire the habit, gets a belated boost in
Jersey.
British Ambassador Bryce prunounces
Washington the most beautiful capital
of its kind the world has ever seen" II
there is anything In Washington the am.
bassador desires as souvenir he. has
but to indicate hts pleasure, Native
boosters Will deliver the package
Back in Pittsburg the prosecution has
lowered the flag 10 the council gratters.
The manifestations OF loot and OF tainted
money in high and low circles is such
that confession OF guilt is regarded
by jurymen as a symptom of insanity. The
Smoky City thus lines up with San Fran
cisco and Chicago.
lnquisitive marriage clerks were prop
erly rebuked by California bride-to be,
who insisted that her answer. Il am
over A,' was sufficiently explicit az to
age to satisfy the curiosity OF a horifd
man. But II didn't. wheroupon she de-
clued TO patronize more gcntlemaniy
clerk Ia some other county. .
According to a ST. Louis doctor, II your
skull is fractured, the tickling OF your
ankle VIII cause your big toe to stick up
ike wart on bungalow II your up
per story is merely cracked" the effort
to connect the right big toe with your
mouth will prove 1t. Medical science pulls
OH wonders regardless of the weather
Fathers day is coming and preparations
Tor the event overshadow ordinary house
hold plans. Much tperplexity as to the
proper manner OF celebrating may be
avoided by sticking closely to the old re-
hable remedy that mother used to make
reed the brute!" For specially good
Fathers, an extra helping of shortcake and
all Sunday off ...
As becomes an esteemed leader OF the
showmes, Ambassador Dick Kerens Of
missouri, Is making good" at the court
OF Vienna. Recently he gave "a court ban
on small SCALE" at the embassy. and
scored social and diplomatic triumph.
The deft touch of Missouri art entered
into the decorative scheme "A particu-
larry striking feature,H- says the cafip.
was the red, white and blue livery of
the embassy servants" ST. Louis and
the rest of Missouri derive their chief
comfort these summary days. from &C
counts OF Ambassador Kerens picturesque
social activities.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
The Ideal in High Finance.

To Percival Roberts, jr., a director
in the United States Steel corporation,
we are indebted for the true view of
Mr.. j. P. Morgan and the right con-
ception of high finance. In testifying
before the house steel investigating
committee Mr.. Roberts said:
Whatever he CMr. Morgan) may accom-
plish for the good Of the government and
unfolding the business interests of the
country, he does by reason of his quail
ties and his ideals 1t is not because of
his personality and name. 1t is the ideal
which he represents that makes the coun-
try what IT is.
1t is gratifying to know that the
man who makes the country what it
is" acts not from selfish, sordid
standpoint, but from an ideal. We
may congratulate ourselves that, in
dustrially at least, we as people have
about reached the ideal in life. There
is something so calm and satisfying
about Mr.. Roberts explanation that
one wonders why he chose to delay it
so long. Into it sink all the cynicism
and asperities toward "the system"
Stripped of his vast, vulgar money.
power, we see the real ]. Pierpont
Morgan, the man of0ideas5 absorbing
obstreperous interlopers .afor the good
of the government and to uphold
the business interests of the country"
Our view of him. as an Industrial
Colossus Of Rhodes loses all its animus
and he stands revealed as the nations
.benefactor, lost in, the solitude of this
one thought of philanthropy.
Ideal, Webster says, carries the
thought of unreal, fanciful. OF
course. there is nothing unreal or fan
ciful about high finance or big BUSH
ness.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
The Scholar in Politics.

In no department or American life
should there be more room and op-
portunity for the, scholar than In poll
tics, Notwithstanding the disposition
to dwell on the derisive expression,
the scholar in politics" Why should
not scholar be successful there as in
any other line of private or public
service? AS a matter OF fact, why
should he not be more successful, all
things being equal, than. the. man who
Is not scholar2 Is politics so sim
pie a calling as not to demand trained
intellects? Why should not a man
with a mind trained to. think syste-
matically succeed in politics. as we'll as
he succeeds in any other profession or
business?,
The American people could not
make bigger mistake than to imagine
that politics is beneath the scholar
or the scholar above politics And
they have never, as. whole, made
the mistake. They elect many men
to office who could by no means be
classed as scholars and that is all
right but on the other hand,
scholar is not and never has been
exceptional in our political life. If
he had been, perhaps we would not
be quite as we'll off today as We are.
Some OF the most conspicuous pub
lie men today are scholars I'm politics
The list is entirely too long to name,
but to say nothing OF President Taft
and Ex-President Roosevelt, we may
pass on to such men as Governor VIII
son, OF New Jersey, Senator. Burton,
Of Ohio. senator Lodge OF Massaehu-
setts. Congressman Mccall OF the
same state. Speaker CLARK of Missouri,
all essentially scholars.
These are men of virility and power;
they are leaders,. scholars should be
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
The Dav of Brevitv

This is the day Of brevity.r People
demand action, simple and direct. He
who meets this demand is likely best
to succeed. 1t is a demand common
to most every phase of American life,
notably, so, in business. The little
notices on the wall OF a busy man s
office admOhitory OF the value of
time bespeak that. The shortened
w9rkday proves it. The employer
and empleye' are one Sop''the proposi-
Lion. nal ~ " . seas TS'71@,' t:5' J.
The newspapers and magazines, re-
Elective. OF so much that Is character
istic of the times; mirror this. fact.
News articles and ,editofia1s In the
daily press are briefer than they used
to be. There is little space today. for
the extended homily in the the edi-
htorial columns. The photographer is
in his ascendency. SO with the maya
zines, even the technical and scien-
tific articles and the fiction are not
as lengthy as formerly. II is scarcely
necessary to stop and argue why all
this is, 30. Diversity Of, interests
and activities lie all the argument
necessary. This spirit. of brevity is
manifesting itself in the pulpit as
well as in the press and business.
Sermons are usually. from twenty to
thirty minutes in length instead of
from one to two hours. People simply
would not sit and listen to dis
course such as the old-time minister
preached. Even lawyers have learned
that logic and wisdom do not depend
on 'all-day arguments.
The tendency toward brevity is up
ward in its influence. It helps to
make us more alert, quick-witted
people. And so long as we continue
1t without sacrificing thoroughness
1t will be helpful. gt
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
BLASTS ia FROM RAMis HORN.

Many a man who boasts OF his honesty
In business robs God without blush.
nsil'i the right place is n better thing
than telegraph pole in the wrong place. ll
Tho sounding brass and tinkling cynbsi
business Is stHi being theoretically pushed.
The man who rules himself is certain 90
become cornmander-in-chief to somebody
else
No man would be willing to live I'm sin for
an hour if he were not stone blind to the
truth.
Without acquaintance with others we
would live and die without knowing our
selves ...
Il is only when We, do our best for God
that we give him chance to do his best
Tor u.s. s..
The devn is not mucA concerned about
what We are doins when all men speak
well OF us.
There IL sUmethng wrong with the mau's
head who sows -Wid oats and expects 10
get a crop OF wheat. IS. $3.50. b.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
MARRIAGE LAWS NEED REFORM
Nebraska Professor Advocates Bold
and Drastic Changes.
Chicago Record-Herald.)

Prof Howard of the University OF
Nebraska, the author of a standard work
on the history and evolution Of marriage
customs, advocates in the current issue
Of the American journal Of Sociology
bold and drastic changes in our marriage
laws. Some of his views have been made
familiar by the Science" of eugenics and
by the movement for social hygiene 9th
ers are relatively new-like the proposal
for endowment OF motherhood by the state.
which Wells has exploited in his recent
politico-social novel.
It is unnecessary to pass offhand on the
merits OF Prof Towards program
as a whole. There is no disputing the
statement. that we have too many ''friv-
oious or mercenary magistrates and fleet
parsons" too many get-mArried- quick re-
sorts, where few questions are asked and
dignity and propriety are thrown to the
winds Here in Chicago the Stacey mar
riage mill just peremptoniy closed has
given us a vivid illustration OF the free
and-easy way in which officials and mag
istrates treat the marriage relation and
the privilege OF performing the ceremony
, 1t may be observed. further, that as to
some things the tendency is in the dlrec-
ton pointed to by Prof Howard In
certain states the common law, marriage
a source OF fraud and abuse-has been
abolished or greatly restricted A better
license system is being introduced; health
anc age standards are being cautiously
prescribed. .
Internationally education and study will
gradually prepare the ground for further
changes. The moralist, happily. is now
cooperating with the scientist. and the
complex problem isrst last receiving seri-
GUS and profound consideration. The law
maker will have hts part to play. but It
is wise TO proceed slowly in the matter
OF endowment, compulsory inspection. etc
Public sentiment is the only thing which
'vitaiizes statutes. and the sociologist
knows better than anyone else how futile
II not dangerous II is 70 jump at ideals
and leave average ppinion far behind. !,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
ALL THE DOCTORS FAULT.
Mark Kronen in Puck.

Mark kronen in Puck.
l am strictly on a diet-for the doctor
-. made IL plain.
That my stomach was rebelling at 1.-the
gastTenomic strain T..
which my palate put upon IL Q am prone
to eat with zest
lot Of fancy dishes which won't easily
digesO. -
The doctor told me sharply that mustn't
Il. eat so much T,,...' =. - =.
That I'd have 40 cult the rabbits and the
- cakes and pies and, SUCH, -,o--
And he figured out diet which was GER
With BY broken-down conditional was
merelS-toast and teal >. -.
Yet my stomach isn't better, and suffer
just the same.
And think the doctors faking-spite of
:, all his fees and fame;
I've been truly very faithful to his. dietary
WISH
Though I've varied It a nttre with some
steak and chops and fish -. y
with some nicely fried potatoes and some
g; npughnnts fresh and hot, ~.
And a; flne old English pudding that was
smoking from the pot go
Yet my chronic! indigestion. is as bad as It
And I've lost all faith in diets such as
- simple toast and tea! .. 100.
In fact. think. II harmful for last night:
nearly died! ..-~,-
My pangs were something terrible. l
moaRed and groaned and crledl
l had the fereGst nightmaTe'that mortal p
Yet toast and tea was all ate-except
clam or two.
A link or so q sausage and a glass or two
A nicely roasted pigeon, and lobster
- that was fine. .'r-.rs -
Now l know the other items never yet
have troubled me, 90
And IL couldn't be the lobster so It must
~ have been the teal! % '.., ~. -.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
Carrie Nation


, 1t has been said that 'Since the
days of Peter the Hermit there has
been no crusader more earnest, more
Jealous or more courageous" than
Mrs. Carrie Nation. Perhaps not,
But thereris great difference between
the achievements of Peter the Hermit
and Mrs. Nation; as great as the diff
ference in the times in which they
lived Mrs. Nation, however sincere
and courageous was behind her time,
and with all her fiery passion for the
extinction of demon rum, her death
leaves 1t free from the marks Of any
effective blows from her Ratchet. She
could not help but impress people with
her contempt for drink, but her
method defeated her purpose and she
leaves no example for saner advocates
of,temperance reform to follow. Hers
was the kind of passion that consumed
more than it produced, and 1t is not
very doubtful that she, herself, paid
the penalty of her Incorporate zeal. ..
Much as restraint needs to be
thrown. about the evil Of intemper-
ance, there is more. effective way of
doing it than the one Mrs. Nation en-
ployed. Reforms of all kinds that
succeed depend upon a propaganda
that reaches the soberer qualities of
the mind. Great issues today must
appeal to reason, not alone to emo
ton. The most conspicuous thing
about Mrs. Nations career is the facil-
ity with which a poor woman in the
obscurity of a small Kansas town
achieved to international notoriety,
and yet at whose death even her
friends have to pity more than ap-
prove her and her plan Of reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
House Cleaning

Our local bar association, through a
specially appointed committee, is try
ing to keep from admission to prac-
tice a would-be lawyer charged with
fraud and extortion. II the charges
are true, and the applicant unfit for
admission, this move is praiseworthy,
but this step would be still more COM
mandatory if part of a larger move
ment to purge the bar of undesirables
already admitted. The estimation in
which the bar is held by the public
would be greatly heightened II reput-
able and capable lawyers did not have
to share the odtum brought on them
by the shysters, blackmallers and ad-
venturers who disgrace the profess
sion. We do not recall that our local
or state bar associations have ever
expelled anyone for unprofessional
conduct, although the need of a thor
ough house cleaning has been more
than once pointed out and even ad-
mitted by those on the inside.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11

press turned the spotlight mercilessly
upon them.
No, the way to suppress crime and
punish criminals is not to muzzle the
press, az the ferefsthers. who wrote
the constitution prophetically real
lied. In most instances where at
tempts Of this sort have been made
to abridge the freedom of the press,
they have originated with the very
ones who would suffer we're the power
of untrammeled newspapers turned
against their nefarious practices. No
decent interest has anything to fear,
and this country has everything to ex-
pect, from fair publicity by a clean,
able, responsible press.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11

The old question whether crime is
fostered or discouraged by publicity
is revived in the passage by the Illinois
legislature of bill prohibiting news
papers from publishing the details of
crime or attempted crime. OF course,
exaggeraton of the hideous aspect Of
crime, capitalizing salacious scandals,
as is paraded by a certain class of
newspapers, is indefensible, but that
is very different from publishing
truthful, Straightforward accounts of
wrongdoing. To prohibit the latter
is not to help suppress crime, but to
AFFORD the criminal the very shelter
and protection he most desires. 1t
must always be remembered that in
arguing this question the man who
violates law is always on the side Of
concealment. Like the bats in a dark
cave, he cannot withstand the search
light.
There is need for a reformed code
of ethics among yellow newspapers,
but because of that, who will say
that suppression of the details of a
bank robbery, for example, would
tend to prevent another such plum
der? Or, who is simple enough to
believe that silence by the press as
to graft in high finance or corruption
in 'official life would put ban on
rascality and In bringing the culprits
to justice? 1t is doubtful If the
gigantic insurance frauds in New
York, whose exposure shook this
country like a eataclysm, would ever
have been stopped had not a fearless
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
Echo of the Mexican Revolution.

When the Mexican financiers fig
tired up the total cost of their late war
$40 900, 900, they evidently did not
allow for Httle extras that might creep
into the expenses such as the, indem-
nifty of $6,OO0,0OO demanded by China
for the extinguishment of 800 subjects
of Queen An at Torreon. This de-
mand comes now as one Of the echoes
of the war, which must strike rather
harshly upon the ears of those in
power. ~ 30.
There may be little of the irony
of fate in this demand from China.
The stories will be recalled that Mex
leo was giving harbor to lot of Japs
and Chinese near the border, which
might enable them to come over the
line surreptitiously and now these
same refugees have become the source
of perplexities, to the already troubled
republic The demand will doubtless
have to be met in some way or an
other, for the killing of the Chinese
seems to have been wanton. Not only
does China demand money indemnity,
but punishment of the guilty, apology
for the insult and constitutional guar
antics of protection to all Chinese sub
jects in the republic hereafter.
This is no more than any other ma
ton would ask under similar provoca-
ton. Yet only a few years ago the
United States turned back. to China
an indemnity for the Boxer. uprisings
and later refused to accept money
balm for prosecutions of American
missionaries. But no such conditions
as actuated us then exist between
China and Mexico, hence dissimilar
motives will naturally impel China's
action,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
Dramatist of the old Bowery.
New York sun.

Tony Hart, Ned Harrigan, Johnny Wild
and the rest Of those brave companies that
delighted New York which now seems
almost as remote as Babylon-what hours
OF hearty and innocent enjoyment they
gave us oldsters, less sophisticated, no
doubt, than the later generation! Harrl-
gan, made an honest and not unsuccessful
effort to bufld a genuine Manhattan drama.
He had a faithful It is not too much to
say an affectionate, public. A little for
gotten amid to many noiser names I'll Tor
year or two an eternity I'm New York,
hts ueath is to many of us as that of an
old friend.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11

The Outlook denominates as cruelty
to congressman" the scheme to bring
the Congressional Record into accord
ance with fact by barring the nota-
ton applause" or laughter" as a
privilege inherent in the members
right to revise his copy OF course,
no one wants to inflict any cruelty"
on our congressman. but then, neither
should our congressman insist on such
cruelty to their constituents.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11
DefyinE the Lightning.
Boston Transcript.

The senate committee chosen to investi-
gate the Lorimer case is evenly divided SC
far as predispositions go, but we rather as
sumo that they will be unanimous against
the senator He ought to have taken
friendly advice. to resign rendered him when
he was. "exculpated" by the committee
some months ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11

The Philadelphia Inquirer asks,
What has. become. OF the old-fash-
toned man who thought it disgrace
to die rich?". He is bssking in the
cool shade of Skibo Just now. 3,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11

On his return from his western trip
Governor Wilson expressed himself as
particularly gratified with the fine
reception accorded him and his pub
lie addresses. The New Jersey gov
ernor is entitled to feel pleased, but
he should not forget the sad expert
ence of another distinguished demo-
crat who got so much applause and so
few votes.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11


can a married man acquire happinessY'
sure! You don't think that bachelors
are the only ones that die do you?'--ro-
ledo Blade. e..
Belief asked Jack TO send me some
thlng personally appropriate on my birth
DAY IN the way q a plant or flower ana
what do you think he sent? % B. b
Nell don't know. What did he sendY
Belle-lIe sent rubber plant, the horrid
lng.-Baltlmore American. o..
Some women believe everything man
Yes replied MIR. Meekton. ,Before L
married Henrietta | told her l would be
her slave for life, and her trusting nature
refuses to accept amy Comprdmise.''lL
rs a sham battle always followed by q.
festive celebration?r' r
u don't know. why do you askY'' $50 o.,
Because where there is a sham, battle
there ought in the fitness Of things 10 be
some shdm pain - Buffalo Express. -
:, First Farmer,-,Tb; big mon always git to
Tn top don't they2 ., -.
Second Farmer Yep. Same's tn big
strawberries In farmers crate. -
Gibbs-1 wasn't going to take any vaca-,
tion this summer, but the boss insisted.
Dib9s-lou don't say! How long vaca-s
Gibbs-;As long as it takes me to find an
other job.-Boston Transcript.
Maud,s husband, when she. asked him
IL he love her when she old buntly
told her no."
He's cruel-hearted monster" 3d.
Don't jump at conclusions. You see she
Is IL and he's 70, so when she is old he'll .
be deau." philadelphia RECORD.
are others! '
She-I know there are. l accepted one
OF them this afternoon. indianapolis News %
Maria Mr.. Dorkins, said with a note
OF exultation in his voice 81 turned a
trade today that netted me a clean 81 900"
H mph!' calculated his spouse in her
lottiest you-make- me tired manner; ~
went out today to hunt up a first class
cook and got her, John-I got herr,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11

The United States supreme court
has taken the initiative to revise its
own rules Of equity practice with a
view to simplifying them and cutting
out what is obsolete or purely tech
nical. Some of our state courts might
take the hint and bring their rules Of
procedure up to date in conformity
with twentieth century requirements.