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Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

Keats, Shelley Browning, appropriate to
any occasion, her mental storchouse will
suggest a eharnel house IL there is also
tucked away on its shelves a memory OF
the indiscretlon Of any man. the folly
Of any friend. the sin Of any woman.
II is not enough. girls to learn TO rn.s
member. II IS worth more to learn to
torget.
r1f you sec n tall fellow ahead OF
crowd,
A leader OF men marching fearless and
proud
And you know Of a tale whose mere
telling aloud
Would cause his proud head TO In an
Euish be bowed.
It's pretty good plan to forget it.
u you know Of a skeleton hidden
away
u a closeI. and guarded and kept from
the day
IN the dark. and whose showing. whose
sudden display
Would cause grief and anguish and life
Its prt,iy good plan to forget it.
IF yo1 know of a thing that viii darken
the Joy
OF a u,ah Or a woman. a girl or a
boy,
That viii blot out Joy or in the Ieas,
A fellow. or cause any sIadness 70
cluy.
Its a pretty good plan to forget it
The key to success in business is the
judicious and persistent use Of newspaper
advertising.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01
The Great Draft
BY REV. THOMAS n. GREGORY.

states. Split In two as It was by the seq
cession OF the southern members OF the
union. the half Of the country that re-
malned under the old flag put into the,
field the military might that eclipses tho /,
battle array of any other nation that ever
went 10 war
on the other hand. the SOUTH In success.
fully standing up against this amazingly
great battle front for 30 long. won the
fame which mono are more willing TO
grant them than are their one-tlme antagz,
onists.
In the south In 1851 there were 100000
white men III to bear arms. out Of which
number $4,000 went into the fight and
the coon held their own against the
sSt9,Ooo for four years. winning on the
battlefield far oftener than they lost. and /.
quitting, finally. not because they were
whipped but because they were lite
orally worn out and exhausted by the att
triton Of the unequal conflict.
or the fight that the southerners put
up the north is today as proud as this
south itself in fact. II has ceased 10 be
sectional pride. The men who helped 10
make the names of Lee and Jackson Inn
mortal were Americans, blood brothers OF
the men whose sorely tried courage stood
the test without flinching. kept 10 their
work through victory and through defeat.
until they finally prevailed, saving the
nation, which was ever afterward to be
the proud and happy home Of the eon-
quered and the conquerors, OF the Ameri-
cans who fought with Lee and Jackson
and tho Americans who fought with Grant
and Hancock.
We may be sure that in the heart OF the
great and good man who called for the
memorable draft Of 1864, there lurked no
malice CT III VIII. and sure we are. again.
that II he were here today he would be
immensely harry at tho sight OF the
grand harmony now everywhere prevail
Ing among the American people.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

I'm five feet one and a half in my stocking feet
and little over five-feet-three in heels / weigh
hundred and twenty-three pounds when I've got
my this years muff along with me. | can stop
in the saddle from G in the morning til 10 at
night and not wobble when land like when you
come in from an all-day toss on the old gray sea
in a twenty-eght-foot cruiser with a trapped en-
CINE in NJ You know how you walk at an angle
then and sag at the knees. and your body lifts
and falls-regular. in time with the tide. l
don't ever have to count white lambs going over
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

What that draft meant may be partially
understood by stopping to reflect that the
mighty Roman empire never at any one
time had 10000 men In tho field. with all
their worldwide operations. reaching
from the Danube to the sandy wastes
Of the great Sahara. and from the PHI
lars Of Hercules TO the frontiers Of India,
the Caesars did not have as many soldiers
as President Lincoln ordered in that one
draft
This fact will serve to give some sort
Of idea OF the bisness Of the civil war
especially II taken in connection with the
further fact that the 5000 called for in
the draft Of February. 1854 represents
hut a small part Of the total force Of the
Union side, which. including all enlist
msnts from start to finish. aggregated
?S55.lS0.
II Is quite safe to say that no other
people ever presented such warlike front
rs that which was presented by the north
10 the south In the war between the
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01
Third-Tuck the covers in over the feet of the
bed if it's low enough. It's good back and leg
stretching exercise.
Copyright, 1872 National News AssOcil
stretching exercise.

brown cookies mot little ones, big ones) on a
particular shelf In the pantry for when came
home from school like raging lion seeking
whom 1t may devour." My, look at all the Is
from here back
Nobody thinks that artists can do very much
else but Just go arting along making spooky-
looking things on paper and having a tempera-
ment-but they can. They do anything in
the world but add and put things back where
they belong and not turn over the ink bottle.
They can-when they" happen to be a lady
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

draws your little body all out. Anyway. tucking
is good work. for you have to either squat on
your heels or twist yourself to do It. II you make
-ah-bout a half-dozen beds and go after them
good, work with your body loose and not try to
save on the reaching and bending. by that time
you'll need to tumble in on one of them for a
little breath" Tear 1t all up and glory In it,
Somebody else can make It over again. But
anyhow. It's good exercise to make Just your
little own one II you cannot go half Dozen
Nell Brinkley ... ..
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

Fan saw & show him this. Ne & Mister
Waldo was in the Philippines together. Pa
sed.
You dosnt say so? sed the policeman. I
am glad Mister Waldo got back safely to
America As for you. keep moving.
But look at this card, Pa ssd.
But look at this nite-stick. sed the po-
Ieeceman. Now you move on.
But have my family with me, sed Pa.
Thay viii follow you, ! guess, sed the
policeman. tho / am sure doant know
why. Now move on!
So Pa & Ma & me moved on & we
dldent see the royal duke g. his family.
was giadder. beekaus we went to . res
terant & had a fine dinner.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

Wife, sed Pa to Ma mite beefoar last.
let us go down TO the stashun wen the
royal train Gums in & see sum royalty.
I do not want 10 be one of a vulgar
crowd OF site-seers. sed Ma, & have my
toes stepped on by a crowd of ruffisns.
You certingly rib up sum crate evenings
for me. sed Ma. Why doant you ask me
IA go up town to that littel dinner party
to wich We was invited to?
doant want to- sed Pa. I am sick OF
Choking la Maryland & that is all
thare brunette cook can maik up wen
thare Is company. Clicking & hot pOne
bred. sed Pa. have went thare so often
q ee-ten that hot pone that / am full of
conmeaI. Pa sed. Git them on the phone
& say that am in vary bad shape & we
cannot go.
Witch way shall tell them that you are
in vary bad shape, sed Ma, mentally or
fIzzikally?
Fizzikally. of course. sed Pa. Ny head
is clear as bell.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

Maybe it is like the Liberty Bell, sed
Ma & that was cracked. YOU know. But
l will call up. II you are sure that you
can show US this royal party. So Ma
called up.
Then We went down to the stashun ware
the royal train was going to cum in.
Mercy, sed Ma. the minnit We got off al
the stashun. Did YOU ever see such a
crowd? How in the wurld can We evver
git neer enuff to see anything?
That will be all rite. sed Pa. have
my poleeee card & that will let Us thru.
know all them honest Irish poleeeemen,
sed Pa.
Poor Irish policemen, sed Ma, first
they cain oayer heer to get away from
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

It's fine to be on Easy Street; it is pleas
ant place;
But if you re going to Easy Street, you'll
find you're in a race.
You can't sit back and shirk your work
and look at those who've won,
But bid good-by to laziness and just Jump
in and run.
You must jump in and fight and work,
nor care for one defeat;
For if you take things easy you won't reach
Easy Street.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

a Young man the house when Il wasn't
the house he Wanted.-ChlcagO News.
A man knows more at p than he may
be able 10 forget at %.
The theory that misery loves company
accounts for some marriages.
Force a man to eat his own words and
he will soon lose his appetite.
Many a woman with a vaultiHg social
ambition keeps her husband on the jump.
A widow seldom credits a man with
having good judgment unless he PROPOSES
10 her.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01
Pithy Philosophy

II VOC would be a leader you must set
the pace.
When truth gets busy, fiction is apt 70
feel ashamed OF itself.
One way To discount a woman's aTEu-
meut Is TO agree with her.
Aaa sometimes the girls lAlhsr foIDidS
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

W. Nilt uulltlln
boards, that Presl-
ident Lincoln had
that day ordered a
draft for 10000
more men!
We arc just be-
ginning, after the
lapse Of half a CEN
fury, to perceive the
tremendous slgnIfl-
canoe Of that an-
nouncement and OF
tho colossal char
acter of the
struggle 10 which
IA raferral
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01
BY HAL COLEMAN.

It's line to be on Easy Street, free from
misfortune's goad,
But the road that leads TO Easy Street is
long, hard road.
Don't mind the burden that you bear; be
true of hand and heart;
Whether you reach the goal or not, don't
play loafer's part.
Don't waste time in envy. and never say
you're beat,
For if you take things easy, you won't
reach Easy Street.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

"" February 4, 1884.
Forty-eight years ago today people
north and south were opening their eyes
Il wonder and amazement at the an
iouncement, conspleuously displayed upon
III tha H,,Ir..i.s
Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-01

The key to success In business Is the
judicious and persistent use Of Newspaper
advertising.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
INCREASE SHOWN
In STONE OUTPUT
Its Use More Than Doubled
in Decade.

The use Of stone more than doubled
In the decade between 1900 and 1910. sc-
cordinE TO Ernest F. Burchard. OF the
United States Geological Survey, in an
advance chapter upon the production OF
stone in Mineral Resources. 1870" just
issued as a separate bulletin.
stone quarries Of the United States dur
ing 1910 was the largest in the history OF
the industry. The output for 1910 shows
an increase over that OF 1853 of s5.155SS5,
or more than Z per cent. The increase in
stone production OF sll the principal sorts
has been notable during the last few
years, as shown by the following state
ment, all the classes having heavily in
creased except bluestone:
Value OF different kinds OF stone pro-
duced IN the United States. l9OO-l9l0:
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
RooanE contract. CompIctea.

The warren-Ehret Company has COM
pleted roofing contracts for the follow
ing buildings: Five stores at Seven
teenth and Fl streets northwest, public
school, at Fourteenth and FarraEut
streets northwest; st. Adams Cathe-
dral apartment house at I70s New York
avenue. Capital Traction car shop, at
s222 NJ street northwest; Capital Traction
powerhouse. ut Thirty-second and weter
streets; the Woodward and Southern Of
nee buildings. cold storage warehouse
for the Washington Market Company, at
Eleventh and Z streets southwest, and
for the Palais Royal and Raleigh Hotel.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
BUILDERS EXCHANGE EXHIBIT BUILDING.
PLUMBING TRADE IS BRISK.
Warner & RItteahouse WORKING on
Many Big Contracts.

Warner & Rittenhouse report a number
OF large plumbing and heating contracts
now in course OF completion. They are
Installing the plumbing for the naval
hospitals at Chelsea, Mass: Portsmouth,
n. H.. and Newport. r. l., for the f. NJ.
Noel Construction Company. OF Balti-
more. They are installing plumbing and
heating In the Lynchburg CVa) post-of-
fee for E. NJ. * A. l.. Pennock, of Phila-
delphia, and for the hospital at Fort II.
G. Wright New York.
Plumbing contracts are reported for
the District cleaning stables, for the
Davis Construction Company; for the
John Ormond Wilson Normal School, at
Eleventh and Harvard streets northwest.
which Allan T. Hovison IL building. and
for the Nyman residence, at Sixteenth
and r streets. which is being built by
the Boyle-Robertson Construction Com
psny.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
SSs7O.m NTH,Tl

Totals. ...........NbSO,IU S6S1S,IN Ss.5O,e4
Pennsylvania was the greatest stone
producer in 1910. with an output valued
at the quaFries OF SS.s2l.a55; New York
was second, with s6.41o,6ss; Vermont
third. $50 d. .574: Ohio fourth, S5,T5 $50:
Indiana fifth. $4.4763S2; California sixth.
81. ~ 81; Illinois seventh. s3,s53,425, and
Massachusetts, eighth, $SOl3.515. Twenty
four States produced stone to the value
OF Sl.OO0,O00 or more.
For use in road-making lS.0S5.lT0 short
tons OF crushed stone was produced, val
ued at $Il,sl1. .24s slight decrease in both
quantity and value compared with the
figures OF 1909. For use in making con-
crete the production OF crushed stone in
1909 and 1910 was 1l.0Ol.6il tons (yalue
S7.Oll.l5Ol and l5,S6I,94o tons value $751;
O9sl. respectively.
The subject is reported in considerable
detail by States for all classes Of stone
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
prapery Business Brisk.

The George Pitt Company is doing
drapery, decorating. and upholstery
work upon four jobs-drapery in the
KeinieIn residence. at 1Tl7 Massachusetts,
avenue northwest; drapery and decorat-
ing in the Glennan residence. at Chevy
Chase: painting for the Sunday school
room Of the Dutch Reformed Church, at
Fifteenth and o streets northwest. and
drapery, and upholstering
for the residence Of DR.. Ryan Dever-
eux, in Bradley lane. Chevy Chase.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
WIN FurnI.h Lumber Material.

W. T. GaliIher & Bro. report two con-
tracts. They are furnishing lumber and
mill work for william Murphy for six
houses in South Carolina avenue between
Kentucky avenue and Thirteenth street
They are also furnishing lumber for
building contractors offices at the build
ing for the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing for ]. Henry Miller, the con-
tractor
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
TO INSTALL DEMONSTRATION.
Standard Company to show Auto
matte Dumb-waIter.

The Standard Plunger Elevator Com
pany, which recently opened a branch
ONCE at the Builders and Manufacturers
Exchange. is planning to install for pub
lie demonstration a new automatic dumb
waiter. such as IL has just installed in
the new building of the Palais Royal
The car Is sent to any desired floor by
pressing a button only. The mechanism
is entirely automatic, and even the doors
to the shaft cannot be opened until the
car has reached and stopped at the floor.
There is a separate button for each floor,
making the operation entirely simple.
These machines have been made for as
many as thirty landings, but they are
used extensively In American and foreign
navy vessels for hoisting ammunition.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
Local Iron BusIne.a GOOD.

Fred s. Gichner reports that he has
received an order for the iron work upon
ive stores for Jacob Schwartz at Second
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast;
for iron back porches for DR.. George w
Boyd, at IN Second street northeast. and
for ventilating apparatus for the dairfes
and milk room at the Soldiers Home.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
Work on club Building Progressing

Frank L. Wagner reports that satisfac-
tory progress is being made on the con-
struction OF the new Army and Navy
Club building at the northeast corner OF
and seventeenth streets northwest, and
that the building will be turned over TO
the club within contract time. When
completed the building will have cost
Ss50,0oe. The exterior new is nearly fin
ished and good idea Of the complete
building can be had.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
Gtchner GETS Out-of-toun Joh.

Two large copper contracts are report
ed by Ernest Gichner for out-of-town
Jobs. He is doing the copper work for
St James Episcopal Church at War
renton and for a new $4,000 residence for
Nelson Fell, also Of Warrenton.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
Get. 100000 stone contrnct.

The Miller-Kopp Stone Company has
secured a contract for $4,000 worth OF
stone work for Cardinal Gibbons Memo
rial Hall at the Catholic University.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
Mooney BurIdinE five stores.

w. E. Mooney is building I'VE stores
at Second street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, for Jacob Schwartz. The
stores were designed by Architect A.
Goenner.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
Eirm. in New BuIIdIne.

Harding & Cpman. architects; F. T.
Nesbit & Co.. the Standard Engineering
Company, and the Mott Iron Works have
moved their oniees TO the new woodward
building.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
WIN Furni.h Lumber aIateriaI.

The National Pure Roofing Company
reports the closing OF a contract with
NJ. w. HERMAN, builder, for Natco bol-
low tile walls for the hone Of DR.. c. w
De Vries in Woodley road near Wisconsin
avenue. Work win be started to-day.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
The Board of Directors
offhs

The bodTd OF DnectoEs
offhe
Builders and Manufacturers
Exchange
wishes you
Very Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
OFFICERS:
Samuel ]. Prescott. president
W. T. Galliher. first vice presi-
dent.
Charles A. Langley, second vice
president.
E. c. Graham. third vice presi-
dent.
John r. Galloway, treasurer.
DIRECTORS:
Thomas w. Smith.
Joseph Richardson.
Samuel Ross.
walter D. Nolan.
Samuel S. Shedd.
Frank L. Wagner.
Henry Hull.
J. A. Pierpont.
Thomas H. Melton.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02

Arrangements have been completed for
special meeting of the Builders and
Manufacturer Exchange to be held at
the exchange rooms Monday evening at
o'clock. Attractive notices, with New
Years greetings, were sent to members
OF the exchange on Saturday by Presi-
dent Samuel J. Prescott.
The meeting is stated to be for the
purpose Of reviewing the work Of the exs
change for the past six months, ''and for
such other business as may properly
come before it, but Il is expected that
the meeting will be marked more by the
adoption Of progressive plans for the new
year than for any expression Of retro
spectiVe views.
Plan Aggressive Policy.
The officers and directors Of the organi-
zation have determined upon a more ag-
gressive policy for the upbuilding of the
exchange than has ever characterized 1t
in the past. 1t is said TO be their pur-
pose to make the Builders and Manufac-
turers' Exchange at Washington one Of
the largest and best known organizations
Of the kind in the country
To this end steps have already been
taken which give considerable encour-
agement. Perry p. Patrick, the new man.
ager, is known to be in negotiation with
a number of prospective exhibitors who
are expected TO install exhibits at an
early date. These and other plans for
making the exchange and the exhibit OF
larger significance and Importance are
expected to form a part Of the evening s
discussion
Music. entertainment. and refreshments
are also promised, according TO the no.
tice sent TO members.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
J. A. Pferpont Recoverinr.

~. A. Pierpont was out again yesterday
Tafter an illness OF two weeks
The Washington herald., 1912-01-02
AGGRESSIVE POLICY
is BUILDERS PLAN
Sentiment of Exchange Is
ProgressiVeness.
SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY

omcers and Directors of orERni-
nation Determined to Build Up
Association and Make Ii One of
the Largest and Best known
in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-07
OBJECTS TO TREsPASSING.
Lincoln Park Citizens Criticize the
East washInEton Body,

Resolutions criticising the East Wash
ington Citizens Association for fnfripr-
ing upon their territory, and advocating
propositions which do not meet with the
approval OF the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association, were passed by the last named
organization at its monthly meeting last
night at Ingram Memorial Church, Tenth
and Massachusetts avenue northeast.
c. E. Riordon. secretary of the asso-
ciation, introduced a resolution, which
was passed, requesting the proper au-
thorities to have removed, "the peniten-
tiary looking barrier which gives a jail-
like appearance to the Botanic Garden"
The project to utilize the water power
OF Great Falls was advocated in a reso-
luton presented by A. Hunt. A bill an
$4,000 to be used in the pre-
liminary steps OF the work has been
passed by the House.
Support Of the various civic organiza-
tions, TO agitate the subject of the re-
moval Of cemeteries from within the
city, was urged in a resolution presented
by C.. A. Vanderip.
The action of the District Commission
ers in their efforts to obtain legislation
for a garbage reduction plant at Occo-
guam met with the approval OF the asso-
citation.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-07
OVerfatness Condemned .

Fat, or even fattish. women readers
who want to be in the mode this year
must understand that the demand is for
lines, not curves, and govern themselves
accordingly.
That means OFF with the fat. 1t has
become a duty. Many are trying exer-
else or dieting! but II Is certain they
win find these methods too slow, and
undesirable. The cheapest and safest
way to get in form for the Dlrectoire
mode Is by means of Marmola Prescrip-
ton Tablets Any druggist (or the Mar
mola Co., ST Farmer Bldg, Detroit.
Mich.) viii give you a large sized case
Of these elegant little fat reducers. con-
tanning a good. generous supply, for sew
enty-hve cents, and even this quantity
should be enough to make a decided I'M
preston on your excess fat Many have
lost as much as q pound day.
These Marmola Prescription Tablets
may be used with impunity and likewise
perfect confidence. for. being made strict
ly in accordance with the famous Mar
mola Prescription, they are. of course,
quite harmless They are rather bene-.
heial than otherwise, IN fact, never dis
turbing the stomach OF causing q wrink-
ling Of the flesh 49,