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Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

and a man named Aristodemus was sent
up 90 Olympus with a petition 20 Jupiter
that he would be pleased to make the
consequences OF all bad actions follow
Immediately upon their commission,
II have long thought" said Jupiter,
that change was needed But ! can
bring II about without interfering with
the laws OF nature. Instead OF bringing
the consequences OF your iniquities really
any nearer / will so stimulate that con
science OF man that he will see those
consequences Just as II they were right
at hand"
Accordingly the father OF the gods
granted the petition by giving TO men
telescope consciences. The effect was
startling. II a man was tempted 10 cheat
his neighbor, or 10 perform any other
unrighteous act, his conscience brought
the far off punishment so near that It
appeared directly before him In all It's
terror He felt as II he were on the
verge OF a preeipioe overhanging an awful
gulf. into which single step In the direc-
ton which h4 inclination urged would
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

ing 70 live so close to the economic
cushion.
Depressed and repressed men are not
the kind that we care TO hear expound
the truth as Il seems 10 them. Conse-
quently, there is a great tendency IN East
Aurora, as all over the United states,
10 give the preacher absent treatment.
Sunday is a day OF recreation. when
we create anew the life that is within
us in order TO meet the duties Of the
coming week.
When things get too bad they cure
themselves, and It now looks as II a move
on the part OF church utility in East Au-
rora was opportune and feasible.
For the first time in the history OF the
village the matter is being seriously con
templated and discussed.
The Catholic priest IN East Aurora,
feeling the trend OF the times, seems 70
be in the vanguard, His parochlal school
not only teaches the three RS" but aims
especially TO evolve girls and boys TO
where they can earn their own living.
That Is 20 say, the curriculum 10 devised
for efficlsney-for qualities. not facts.
In this school there Is a business course
that is quite abreast OF the best business
college. Hygiene Is taught and santa
EN- enforced In the free and generous
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

MOON AND MARS ON JANUARY l.
sic, 5:3T. The latest sunrise of year, 7:54,
occurs on the 3d. The sun Is getting con-
tinually slower every day according to
our clocks, from minutes on the LIST to
10 minutes on the last of the month, the
standard times of noon being l2:H and
1891. On the 21st the sun enters Aquarius
Mercury Is morning star, but too far
south to be seen, although It is "a degrees
away from the sun on the 18th.
Venus and Jupiter also are morning
stars. They have a conjunction on the
9th at about p. M, not visible in
Omaha, when Venus will be about three
lunar diameters north of Jupiter.
Mars and Saturn will be in most favor
able positions in the evening sky. Mars
has already started to move eastward,
but Saturn will not do so until the 18th,
Mars comes to the meridian on the 18th
at s;2s p. m. and Saturn at 7:S5.
The moon is full on the 4th, in last
quarter on the 18th, new on the 18th and
in first quarter on the 9th. It is perigee,
that is, nearest the earth, on the 4th,
when 1t appears largest, and In Rpogee,
or tarthest away. on the nth, II Is in
conjunction with Jupiter and Venus on
the 18th, with Saturn on the 9th and
Mars on the list and 2sth.
The chief event Of the month will be
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

Ing astonishing success. and he says II
Ia because he does not have the fear OF
the patient 60 fight-very interesting
very.r
Eyes SIR" said the trained nurse.
"Qulte So" said |. and when the great
scientist had gone and left US TO quiet
the little child he had frightened almost
into hyBterics-the trained nurse and ]
looked at each other.
The trained nurse didn't say a word
Very scientific man, the doctor" said l.
Very" said the trained nurse.
I'm 70 glad to hear" said ]. that
the scientists are finding 'soientifi-
cally' OF course, no other way would do
at all-that you can . are people into
conditions that all the medicine In the
world won't get them out of---aren't your
"of course, a plain, everyday doctor.
with little children and women depending
upon him for their very lives, would never
see such thing, even II It happened
right under his very eyes-unless IT was
scientifically demonstrated"
The trained nurse sighed and pretended
not 10 hear-thats etiquette. What
should we do without etiquette?
And when the little frightened child
Nn' HaNn 4 RVcn HuiA NJ hlit oHiF nthltu
nearly to death, was quiet, / went away
alone--to think II over.
What on earth Is the matter-with the
average doctor, anyhow. that he can't
see with his scientific" eyes what any
ignorant old woman with loving heart
in her breast can glimpse In the winSlng
OF an eye?
Don't frighten me. Doctor" begged
10
TO the operating table. I'm not afraid OF
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01
By Tad

being killed, I'm just afraid OF being
scared"
Il won't brighten YOU" said the doctor,
and he laughed and put that hysterloal,
high strung woman on an operating table
right under n great reflector where she
couldn't help seeing the doctors getting
their hideous bandages and their terri
Tying knives ready-and when tho
woman's husband ventured to ask tho
doctors very politely II II wouldn't have
been possible for them 10 get their instru-
ments ready somewhere except right be-
fore the Mortified eyes OF the patient.
they laughed and said he was as unreas-
enable as his wife.
The woman died-of shock-the doctors
said.
I'vo always believed they scared her to
death. OF course doctors who are worth
their salt do not blunder In this way.
But I've stood by the bedside of n sick
child In q hospital and heard the doctors
begin TO discuss with the nurse all the
frlghtful details of some operation he
intended 10 perform on that very child.
and had that very doctor try to get me
sent away from the hospital because I.
wouldn't let him go ON talking that.
way before the terrified patient
I'm glad that sort OF thing isn't going
to be scientific any more. II II were. OF
course we'd have TO go right on standing
IL. Whenever / hear about a patient,
who doesn't rally" l wonder just how
much the patient had to rally from-and.
what It was that killed her-the disease,
the operation or the doctor,
wish every doctor In the world had
to climb up on an operating table once
every two or three months and listen to
his colleagues telling each other just
how they are going to cut him up. IL
would do him and his patients all good.
'Sclentificl" What's tho matter with
little plain common sense and a little
plain common sympathy, and a little
plain understanding of plain human ma
ture--I wonder IL that wouldn't be ''scien-
tific," too2
believe some one ought to establish
chair OF common sense In every medical
college in the world, put a professor OF
human nature In IL and make every
graduate i'm medicine learn, whether he
wanted TO or not, that there is some-
thing 20 a human being besides the blood
pressure and the temperatures they're SO
fond Of telling us about every time they
get chance
Believe in doctors?
or course / do-when they'll let me.
/ wish they wouldn't make It quite SO
hard TO do II sometimes.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01
Village Churches
BY EBERT HUBBARD.

use of fresh water, sunshine, pure air.
exercise and a cleanly, cheerful tenn
perate mode of living. Oral hygiene is a
speciality.
The criticism by sectarians that our
public schools are not progressive Is a
new one.
1t really looks as II the people get any
thing that they are willing 10 pay for
and that they really want, although It
does not always come in the way we ex-
pent.
Churches change as the times change
Self-preservation demands that they
shall. Churches never will be abolished.
In fact they should not be, and, more
over, they cannot be. Their tendency is
to become social. economic and pedagogIc
as the people progress.
have a pew in the Catholic church,
although many people imagine that am
an atheist. But Father George says that
my trouble is that believe too much.
The pew rent is $40 year, and it comes
due every six weeks, but the money tina,
Father George collects is wisely used for
the benefit of the whole town When
Father George wants my Chalmers thirty
six, it is his without asking. lie rides
only when going on a useful and neces-
sary errand.
Names, badges and labels count for
little. Self-styled liberals may be cold,
cruel and without sympathy. seetartans
may be a hundred times better than the
creed. Everything in the world Is be-
coming something else-even dogmatlsm.
Copyright, 1911, by International News
Service.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01
The Telescope Conscience
by GARRETT p. sERVIss.

hurl him beyond redemption. Men who
entertained wicked designs sometimes
imagined themselves scared by fire that
seemed to roar IN their very faces.
Jupiter, opening one OF the trap doors In
the floor of his Olympian palace, looked
down upon the earth and was greatly en-
tertained. lie called the other gods TO see
the spectacle.
Look at men now" he said. IL have
given them telescope consciences, and
they are reformed by their own fears"
But you are trenching on my preroga-
tives." objected Mercury. you have
spoiled all my thieves and liars"
Plutus, the god OF wealth, also made a
great cutlery. How am / to make any,
man rich II this is TO continue?" he de-
manded. There can be no Croesuses II
such consclences are to prevail"
Venus, too. was not much pleased,
while Mars fumed with rage. How do
you expect me 10 make heroes" asked
tho god OF war, If men are afraid to
attack their neighbors?'
In short. Jupiter was assailed with
such a storm OF objections and complaints
that he clapped his hands over his ears
to shut them out. But Just then. hap
pening to look down again. he saw Aris-
todemus coming up in all haste through
the air. and smile broke over his face.
Men themselves" he murmured softly,
ARE going 10 save me from the disgrace
OF yielding 10 the protests of these in
satiable gods"
And he was right. No sooner had Aris-
todemus, out OF breath, arrived al olym-
pus than he threw himself at Jupiter's
feet. and in the name OF mankind begged
that the troublesome telescopes should be
removed from the eyes of their con-,
sciences.
VERY well" said Jupiter, glad TO re-
store peace In his household so eheaply,
let II be sol but remember, Aristodemus.
that the consequences are there, Just the
same. and they win not seem 30 far away
when mems vision has been elsAESa ~
the hand Of DEATH ~
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

really has u great
deal to do with
the recovery. He's
been making some
very interesting ex-
pertments In his
hospital. lie takes
people there for OPP
srations and doesn't
let them know a
thing about II.
Keeps them a week
or so just getting
them in good con-
dillon. and on the
morning OF the
real work he Just
gives them a hy-
podermic-and OPP
crates.
"He'a been Inv
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01
Maggie, Bring the Ashes!

ne SMALL nnE GUY WAL<EO OUT
AHO SPURTEp Twas STAtIOIrIG- on
NE CORNER WHGN a. FEuoW
CANE UP AMP HlTeHGD MS AoSIE
10 NE Ne SAIp I LOOKED NELL
posted AFTER LoJIIG T4AT JOB
tNENT TO a RE5rAuRANT AHp
oPoERGp HALF a CHICKEN,
AFTER WAU7N & 20 MINUTES
lASkeD M MAJ TER NNHGEG me
HALF CHICKEN MAS ne SAD
RUNNtNG AROUND The YAEo
IAe COOS WONT stLLITnLL
AoMEoNG DRYERS me onAER
ttnt, Ju1T DteA DAe JtA6-f
MANA GER NELpEo.
" a STONE IS IRON IS a
TABLE CLOTH
MAGGIE BRING me ASHES
PA Just .upPEp on ms SHiRT:
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

After many ages
mankind became 50
rascally I'm its deal
irgs that men did
not dare 20 trust
one another. The
promise OF future
awards and punish
ments ceased to
have any effect be-
cause the conse-
quences Of mems
acts were 80 far
off that their con-
sciences could not
see them with suf-
ficient clearness 10
be sure that they
existed at all. The
situation became at
last unbeaTable.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

HG.6REEI PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO
pRAHCH, ANCIENT ORDER or
DAFF4OJL Nuts. GiVES UD ME
DOPE or AS 5OCIETH me-
NnoTTOIS WI+'PE HOPES MAJ
COME ArIo BURGLAR) MAE 60
out DAFF4OILS 60 OK FoREER q.
LOpGE On.
RtSAT HArIO 10 NE HEAD LEFT
ttAr4o 70 Dke KNEE, STooP
FORWARD, LIcr DtG FLOOR II
DOSTT. TAKE OFF LEFT St+oE.
SCRATCH DRClc OF MEEK AHo SAH.
QUICKLY TIE FoLLoWiH G.
PASSWORD, But. GUT, SUT JUT NOr
pJELIP p5ELP, pJEuP D|slP.
GEM g..
WILLIAM, TAkE HOO&
FEET OUT OF The oVEN.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

Virginia Harmed says:
IT have lost forty pounds by safe and
simple means,
First by living IN the country,
Second, by walking briskly for an
hour and a half every day,
Third. by wearing a rubber garment
that covers me from neck 70 ankle when
exercise,
Fourth. by heavy cold shower baths
after exercise"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

Asiatic n l , = or y
These men are
familiar with the
map of Palestine,
but sublimely inno-
cent of Alaska.
Our pastors are
paid. on an aver
age. S7o0 a year.
Most of them have
families to support.
While the price
OF living has ad-
vanced. the salaries
of preachers have
not kept pace with
the high cost Of
Twin g. T h e 5 e
preachers are all
dly, excellent
men. but most of
them are depressed
on account % uay-
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

The sun is going north and the days
are becoming longer, being hours 10
minutes long on the LIST, hours %
minutes on the 18th and hours IS min
utes on the 3lst. The sun rises on these
Gates at 1853, $50, 7:S9 and sets at tEo3,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01
Effect of Mind on the Body
by WINIFRED BLACK.

YES" said the great scientist seriously
Yes, there's a doctor in the west. a
very scientific man, who has discovered
that the state OF mind of the patient
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

There Is a legend OF Jupiter which the
ancients failed to record IN their my
thology perhaps because they were
a shamed Of it's upshot,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

Miss Anna ], Hamilton, daan OF women
OF Kentucky state university. was lately
elected member Of the Lexington
sehhOl board.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

In East Aurora. a village Of less than
three thousand people, we have nine men
whose time is largely devoted to teach
ing the people legendary and mythical
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01
By Tad
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10 LIKE A ROOM p,pEp me UREp
1RAUELfE 6 MAN.. WELL SAID
The CLERK NE ONLY HAVE geo.
Il TT LoNS HE-RG ArSo SoU ARE
6 ST TAIL" 7ltHTS AL Pt6HT-
PlpED Our H9lO- 400 TWO
FEET TO IT NNHerI / CLIMB M
"wEu- CONTINUED nIG cLERE
90 700 PREFER 70 JLEEp
HsNp FAST OR FEET FINT'
WELL P'PEO IKE OTHER 70
Ike 10 Go TO SLEEP Az OVER
At TAE JANE TIME " I GOULD
HEH!". YELLED me REIADR-
MAN.iF The cA5eHER OLA
THERTRE StS N NE eox oFe,ce
WHERE DOES The EXIT?
KsMEMoER DARLINGTON FuUMoRE
lWIu Sign cor nv RGART IS
LEAVING me EDeNHeRG.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

WELL I COT A JOB At LAST
ONE CihcH TOO. lIM
A SVeSTlTUTG LETTER
ca RHtER | WON'T GET
TO WoR Az TIT " Am -
THEN I 60 OFT ANp
COLLECT p ROUTE -
E ~
Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-01

WHEN ! SET DACk /
IA kE OFT A 6 HOUR
RUN FOR SPECtAG
De ENEPN LEVGhJ.
ntEh TAKE Up q
LATE COLLECTION WHICH
IS COOP FOR u HoUNS
The Washington bee., 1912-01-20

rather than oppose it. Because we
do not know and often hear of the
frightful things of mob rule, of
lynchings and disregard for the su-
premacv of the laws of our country
by those who are inhamed by race
hate and strong drink, and because
the perpetrators of mob violence are
often set free, we say that the cards
are being more tightly drawn, that
our lives are less secure than III other
days, and that our friends are for
saking us. But this Is sad mistake.
God knows that we are weak and
faulty, and it seems that he allows
the fires of wrath to blaze and the
pillows of hate to pass over that the
dross may be all the more consumed
and the gold refined. God never for
sakes his people, but the trouble Is
that the people fOrsakc God
Rev. DR.. l. n Ross, Of Washing
ton, preached in the afternoon. The
congregation is now trying to raise
$4,000 within the next three months.
The 4. NJ. L. Bishops Council will
meet in the church the week begin
ming February IS. .....
The Washington bee., 1912-01-20

Bunyea. Major Charles r. Douglass
was unanimously reelected command
er OF Douglass Post.
The corps officers were installed by
Mrs. Julia Mason Layton, past oitI-
Ger of both National and Department
Staff. The following officers were
inducted into office: President, Mrs.
Flizier Davis; Senior Vice, Mrs. En-
ma Pope Thompson; Junior Wee,
Mrs NJ Mahoney; Secretary, Mrs. I.
+. Butcher; Treasurer. Mrs. A. L. De
Vaul: Chaplain, Mrs. Z. Burrell; Con-
ductor, Mrs. NJ. Hutchins; Guard,
Miss +. Rozier; Patriotic Instructor,
Miss A. V. ThompkinS; Press Core
spondent, Mrs Julia Mason Layton;
Asst. Conductor. Mrs. NJ. Eglin; Asst
Guard, Mrs NJ L. Johnson; Musician,
Miss ]. B. Collier; Color-bearers, Mrs.
NJ. Griffin, K. Brooks, \. Taylor and
Miss B. Wilkes.
A very pleasing musical program
| followed, in which Mr and Mrs JOS
eph II. Douglass charmed all with the
excellent renditions on violin and
piano. The Department President,
I Mrs. A. keeler, and Mrs, Montz' oI
Sheridan Corps, were present ..
The corps members presented the
retiring president, Mrs. 4. Chase, with
| a gold recognition pin. Miss NJ. Jor-
/ dan. in fitting terms. presented 1t. A
collation. was the last, but not least
on the program.
The Washington bee., 1912-01-20
Young Mems Protective League.

At the annual meeting OF the
Young Mems Protective League, held
Tuesday evening, Jan 9, 1912, after
reading the annual reports of the pres
ident. secretary and treasurer, which
showed a membership of five hun
dred and seventy members. and
total bank account of S7,2I2.85. The
League is one of the most influential
benevolent organization IN the Dis
trict Its membership comprises men
Of the race of every distinction; doc
tors. teachers, carpenters, clerks, etc
Mr.. w Stephen Fuller, eX-presldent,
installed the newly elected officers,
and in an excellent address admon-
ished each Of them as to the duties OF
their respective offices. The follow
ing are the officers.
President-Aldridge T. Lewis, IIOS
10Th St n. w.
First Vice-President-James /.
Turner. 25o7 p St. n w.
Second Vice-President - Edward
Holland. 1892 Goth St. n w.
Financial Secretary-A. /. AleNan-
der, 2I45 Ward Pl. n. W.
Asst. Financial Secy.-Alphonzo
Woodson, 2347 18th St. \. w.
Recording SeCretary-James b.
Smith. 1913 Fla. Ave. \, w
Asst. Rec. Secy-Nathaniel RuftIn,
Lexington Hotel, 2Ist and / Sts. \.
w
Treasurer-Daniel Freeman. 1885
I4th St n. W,
Sergeant-at-Arms-W H. Hamil-
ton. 23TT II St. n. w.
Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms-Chas. H
Shorter, 2ooG nth St, n w.
Chaplain-Rev, Joseph H. Lee, 232e
| f St. y. w.
Board of Directors George L
Walton. Chairman; w. Z. Sandford
vice-chairman; Harry A. Goodrich
secretary: Arthur +. Boston. Hiram
Ball John r Robinson. Elton Fl
Jackson, William II. Johnson, Fred
erick Sabbs.
The Washington bee., 1912-01-20
Mu- -So-Lit Club.

At the regular meeting OF the
Mu-So-Lit Club last Friday evening
the following officers were elected:
President, Robert 4. Pelham: Vice
President, {. J. Pickett; Recording
Secretary, Alfred Ii. Lewis; Core
spending Secretary. r w. Thomp-
son; Financial Secretary, w. II.
Haynes; and Treasurer, Dr. {. Sum
ner Wormley.
The club at once took up the prop
osition OF quarters for a permanent
home, and committee was appointed
to look after the matter and report
at a future meeting The member
ship of the club, now numbering Is,
is to be raised in February TO one
hundred The enthusiasm was great,
and many expressions OF approval
were heard as to the future OF the
work of the club under the new ad-
mnistration.
The Washington bee., 1912-01-20
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BALTIMORE NEWS.
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BALTIMORE, Md, Jan. IO.-The
first anniversary of the occupancy OF
the 100000 home of Bethel A. NJ. +.
Church, Druid Hill Avenue and Lam
vale street, was observed Sunday,
with special services. The pastor
Rev. DIR. d. G. Hill, preached III the
morning. His sermon was a recapIt-
ulatiOn OF the progress that the race
has made since emancipation.
Il think that it is generally con
ceded by all fair-minded people who
have carefully studied the past and
present life OF our people, that our
growth since emancipation has been
extraordinary The annals OF human
history do not show a people whose
progress has been as marvellous a.,
has that of the American black man
After citing statistics to show what
progress the race has made along all
lines since the abolition OF slavery ne
said:
Thus we stand at the open door
way of the twentieth century-the
wonder OF progress. Race friction mas
been intense, and even now IS acute
but the happy results that have been
accruing are so beneficial that We are
rather inclined to invite resistance
The Washington bee., 1912-01-20
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PARAMOUNT HEIGHTS.
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There has been effected, through
| the Maryland State Board of Educa-
ton and the Honorable Frederick
oasScer, the county superintendent OF
education, an arrangement whereby
the colored schools in Prince George 5
County, including the Fairmount
heights school, will be supervised or
visited from time to time by Mr.. 7.
l. Williams, vice principal OF the
Maryland Normal school to intro
duce and have taught daily a system
OF industrial training In connection
with the other instruction provided
by law. This extension of the school
system IS in obedience to a general
law OF the State appropriating special
funds tor industrial training in all
the white and Colored schools where
an average of thirty pupils exist, to-
gether with certain other conditions.
The contractor is progressing nicely
with the Paramount Heights school
building.
Mrs. II. A. c. Barnes, the widow
OF Rev. Joshua Barnes, the founder of
the FalrmOunt Heights NJ. Z. Church,
died Wednesday morning, Jan 10,
1912. IN full triumph of the faith.
The EpWOrth League G; the NJ. L.
Church here held an interesting meet
ing Jan. II The attendance was
grand. The following took and active
part IN the services, other than sing
ing: Rev. w H. Howard, Mr.. Chas.
E. Payne, Mr.. James F. Armstrong,
Mr., w. II. Addison, Mr. Thomas
Slater, Mrs Fannie Addison, Mr..
John w Medley, Miss Isabella Rob
ingsOn, and Miss Berdell BOozer.
Many were added to the roll of the
League.
Mrs. Queen V. Coalman and Miss
Victoria Floyd, who are visiting rela-
tives and friends in Florida, send
! greetings to their friends in Fair
, mount Heights and Washington, D. c.
The funeral services of Mrs. Hat
tie A. c. Barnes, who departed this
| life Jan. 10, 1912, were held at tho
| NJ Z. Church, Saturday, Jan. IS, at :
| o'clock, with Rev. Clair officiating
He was assisted by the following
Rev. DR.. 5. H. Brown, pastor of Eb
enezer NJ. Z. Church; Rev Tyler
pastor of Jones Chapel NJ Z
Church; Rev, J. H. Bowen, pastor O
Haven NJ. f. Church, and Rev. w
| II. Howard, pastor OF Fairmoun
Heights NJ. Z. Church. The pail
bearers were: Messrs. James F. Arm
strong, F Coalman, w. A Brooks
! and John W. Medley.