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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
Classifying Housewives.

Once more there comes the familiar protest
against the census disposing OF housewives as
having mo occupation" 2 thing we are re-
minded, against which thoughtful women have
demonstrated since the original counting OF
noses in this country. Thus far. however. this
righteous indignation OF our good women
whoever they are that are protesting-has been
more or less Of desultory character, assuming
no concerted, wel-amed action Hence It has
come, as all such sporadic and unorganized eff
forts, to naught But no, not to naught for here
is Mrs. Flora Mcdonald Thompson OF Washing
ton and Paris. woman whose international
identity gives humanity-wide' sweep to her
sympathies and possibly her influence-here
comes Mrs. Thompson indignant through and
through, declaring that this injustice must
cease: that the housewives OF our fair land must
no longer be cassed by our federal census as
loafeTs, which is the meaning given to mo oc-
cupatlon."
And she goes on to recount the multfarious
duties of the housewife, with which we are all
more or less familiar; of the never-ending ma
ture of her work; of its demands upon her pa
thence, love- time and strength. No normal per-
son will attempt to minimize this. But now,
after all, what real difference does it make how
the census classifies the mother and the wife
the queen OF the home What has she suffered
these years by the failure OF the census to give
her different status? And where is the great
army OF wives and mothers doing the protest
ing? Even II the census attempted 10 be lust
to them in classifying them, 1t would be mpos-
sible. 1t would not hurt, OF course TO record
them as housewives, but neither can that noblest
OF spheres be injured II the classification should
be delayed yet little while No one will ques-
ton Mrs Thompson's ability to work up an
agitation, though, for that can be done about
almost anything nowadays
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
Tn. Indispensable Human Factor.

Miss Ida Tarbell is quoted as saying that
The secret OF eliminating accidents is one-third
safety devices and two-thirds organization and
education" In other words, the human ele-
ment is indispensable to the success OF the most
ingenius mechanical device All Of this is IA
mi!lsr experience nevertheless bears repeating.
The best laid safe and sane plans OF men and
mice gang aft aglee. This is true, the Chi
cago Herald says mot only in the special case
Miss Tarbel has in mind. 1t is true Of every
device in politics. business, banking, commerce
and social reform" Which is, after all the best
application to make OF It.
Many cities and states have learned by bitter
experience that model laws, methods and de-
vices come to naught, nearly so, without the
proper human element back of them. Commits
sion forms OF city government, the commissioner
ships in various political relations, the city man
ager plan and all the other reforms and projects
devised are as good, in the end, as the personnel
back Of them and no better. The fault is in
trusting too much to these legislative cure-alls.
Folks forget that the very device which, in the
hands of a good man, will accomplish excellent
results, will correspondingly, cause just as
much or more, mischief If entrusted to bad
men. Surely the outstanding lesson OF our po-
litcal experience in city state and nation is that
the human element is the most important OF all /;
that it Is, in truth, the indispensable factor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
ODD BITS OF LIFE.

Henry Beilstein Of 81. Louis, Mo. wrote
Miss Freds Schatt 1900 love letters before
she consented to become Mrs. Beiistein
All were illustrated with pen and ink
sketches and were written in verse.
Hundreds of people gathered the other
day in Rome. Ga. TO witness the unusual
incident OF son baptizing his father
THE occasion was the baptism OF l. +.
Mathis. aged &c, by his son, Elder u
Mathis
I Colonel Elbrdge }. Copp has in his
possession a curious meteoTite picked W
by his brother near Londonderry, n. N,
The stone il about as large as a musk.
melon. very heavy for It's size and rough
on every side except where it was flat
tened and smoothed by violent contact
with the earth.
Jacob Eisenhut. a farmer living near
Alta Vista. Kan. is the possessor OF an
old shirt that he bought more than forty
years ago IN switzerland The shirt is
Of soft material. cream colored. ana al.
though Il has been woTl much Il il still
good and is worn considerably by Mr.
Eisenhut. Eisenhut wore this shirt on
his wedding day
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
TABLoIDS OF SCIENCE.

Tho skin Of the otter is capable OF
difficult to detect it from that OF the seal.
Platinum has advanced in price so rap
idly in recent years that gold is being
used to alloy it, TO lessen the cost of cleo
trical apparatus in which it is necessary.
The heart of an average man makes
about one 30O0th of volt OF electricity
at every beat and an instrument sensitive
enough to measure 1t has been invented.
The ancients credited the raven with
unusual longevity, but modern investiga-
ton shows that 1t is not warranted. The
bird rarely lives more than seventy years.
\ Japanese army surgeon has invented
a machine run by electricity that grinds
as many beans into flour in forty min
utes as a man can grind by hand in a
day.
Two Italian chemists have perfected a
process for depositing metals of any
character permanently upon almost any
insoluble surface by electricity. zine lead
and tin being used as easily as silver
nickel or copper.
Many rare minerals exist in Tasmania
and lately a new addition has been made
70 the list by the discovery OF molybden-
molyhdenum steel. to which it gives spe-
cial hardness and toushness. As the
present price OF this mineral is about
$3.50 a ton the discovery should prove OF
considerable value.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
More American Influence.

Another call comes from the republic OF
China to the republic OF the United States for
more American influence. The Chinese have
tried 1t in the missionary. the commercial drum
mer and his wares. the great open door" policy,
the specialist in finance government and educa-
ton. SO now in asking the National Assoca-
tion OF Manufacturers to nominate commercial
adviser to the Chinese republic, President Yuan
shi Kai proceeds like maR who knew exactly
what he wanted.
No great elaboration should be needed to
get the Americans TO see the fun. far-flung
meaning OF all this. 1t is simply that we are
steadily expanding and deepening the in
fluence OF Our institutions in this land,
but lately cleared of the prmeval forest
OF ancient pagan monarchy. II this seems
banal TO any of MS. let us note that DR.. Hunter
Corbett, the venerable missionary is still living
to relate the story of the peril he encountered
In entering his field OF labor in China some
hfty years ago. More than that. only decade
ago American missionaries were being massa-
cred In the great Shan Tung province And
there is still fresh in mind the atrocities OF the
Boxer uprising.
Other hostile outbreaks may come and go,
but the savage enti-oecdental spirit viii not be
the prime motive back OF them. Fifty years.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
MUFFLED KNOCKS.

The fad for anlslet and garter watches
died swift death Maybe the hands
tickled the dear things
Weather forecasters and doctors can
get paid for guessing. But the rest Of
us have to he accurate.
The sort Of girl who is chummy with
her mother usually manages to take care
of herself without the assistance of a
chapeTone.
When a man has wife and three
grown daughters he can't see why his
wife wants to spend good money on q
phnograph.
When a man gets home late and his
dinner is cold. he knows that his wife
will make it warm for him. You can
play this both ways.
More material for the great American
novel A California woman wants di-
vorce because she is her husband s
fourth wife and he insists upon calling
her by his first wite's name.
Let us be fair II man didn't hog all
his change for his personal comforts
and went $3.50 with his wife, the joke
about her frlsking his pockets at might
would soon die for want Of nourishment
Father wants a divorce when mother
has hash for dinner But IL mother puts
some dope in the hash and calls it some
French name that sounds like a cabaret
dish, father compliments her on her high
brow cooking.
When they do get the vote, and
woman candidate for office invites her
constituents to a feed at her expense,
could a reporter be arrested for announc-
ing the fact that the candidate was fixing
her supporters?
When two men are extremely polite to
each other 1t Is a sign that they don't
like each other. But when they say
Hello, you emery old pup" and "Eow's
yourself, you porch-climbing old horse
thief!" they are good friends. Cincinnati
Enquirer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
People and Events

Experts contend that the mighty chest
Boston has acquired couldn't be dcnted
by the shells which shattered the forts
OF Antwerp
II a vote OF the people Of Belgium could
be had on the question, it Is fairly certain
majority would agree with what Cen
eral sherman said about war
The attention OF tho weather man Is re-
specially but firmly called 10 the fact
that his reputation as a maker OF Indian
summer is yet TO be established.
Texas is not at all anxious 10 swell the
worlds flow OF tears. but the state has
5000 carloads Of onions ripe for the mar
ket. and the growers need the money.
we might ss we'll frankly acknowl-
edge" says the Philadelphia Ledger.
that we were defeated not by luck but
by the better team" Straight goods Let
it go at that
A railroad in South America IL said to
be earning money at the rate Of 100000 a.
mile, and pays "A per cent on its common
stock A photograph Of the ratio the
company charges would be a vaiuab bic
addition TO the museum OF an American
traffic manager
American millionaires who own castles
In England are cheerily turning their pos
sessions into war hospitals, but there IL
no sign Of desire to swear off allegiance
TO their own country. IN times like the
present, the United States looks mighty
good to the tufthunter abroad.
The British war office skaters another
Illusion by admitting that the graphic dis
patches from the British front were not
written by General Sir John French but
by Colonel swinton. All the fluctuations
showered ON Sir John as a reporter are
herewith switched to Colonel swinton
May his tribe increase"
The once famous Calumet club. Chi
Cages pioneer social organization, goes
iUto the discard November l. How have
the mighty TALENT Among the charter
members OF the club we're Marshall Field.
George NJ. Pullman, p. D. Armour, Levi
Letter n X. Fairbanks and F. w
Peck-al gathered in the great beyond
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
AROUND THE CITIES.

Boston LAYS heavy taxing hand on all
advertising sgns on buildings and
fences.
salt Lake ministers have organized a
movement for the abolition OF Sunday
funerals
Philadelphia has 9,5eS factories. employ
ing 35S,21S persons, and paying SO $50 $50
in salaries and wages.
Minneapolis is coming 10 the front as
an art center A new museum of the
Institute of Arts viii be opened in De-
cember.
During the year ending June so, 1914,
the elevated railroads of New York City
carried Sl1,47s,56S passengers and the sub
way JAG, 41S,lo2 passengers.
Paterson, n. -, has opened an EXPOSE
ton OF local Industries, the chief feature
of which is the largest display of silks
ever seen in this country.
Boise, Idaho, reports the biggest prune
crop ever gathered in that vicinity is
ready for shipment. Six hundred cars
will be needed to move the crop.
Houston, Tex. reports satisfactory re-
suits from It's two-year-old policy OF re-
duced taxation of buildings. Rentals
have been lowered and the building of
homes stimulated.
Springfield, Mass, boasts OF the latest
novelty in social service activity. II is
called the Grandmothers' club, and its
chief requirement for membership is a
status OF grandmotherhood.
oklahoma City is moving for the es-
tablishment OF a cotton MILL and cotton
growers are invited to trade cotton for
stock i'm the enterprise. Leading BUSH
ness men arc backing it heavily.
st. Louis is about to make another at
tempt to vote bonds for the completion
OF the municipal bridge over the Mis-
sissippi. The bridge proper is in place.
but the means to acquire right of way
on land has been denied by voters
Kansas City kickers are jumping on
city officials because they turned few
extra dollars by, hiring the city's sprink-
ling cars to a local brewery to trans
port beer. The Kick has two mainsprings
ono against beer, the other against CIV
ing the city the money.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
dBe BeesGa
sZeM2sRoaI
Lei The Nrr.pnpcrs Get Together

Let the Newspapers Get TOaether.
OMAHA oct Ito tie Editor of The
Bee: I note with pleasure mat the three
Omaha daily papers are united on GER
tain number Of good candidates for the
school board to he elected this fall.
Now &c has occurred TO me, why cannot
this same feeling between the three papers
be manifested in regard to other csndi-
dates. for instance candidates for the
legislature and other county Offices?
The newspapers TO 4 large extent arc
the moulders Of public opinion and if
the three Omaha daily papers would in
vestigste the ability Of the different can
didates and agree on those they consider
best and advise tho public TO this effect
and support them for election in my
opinion this would be a great thing.
What difference does It make in city
politics, county politics. and ! might say
state, politics. whether a candidate Is
republican. q democrat. a progressive or
a socialist, II he has the ability to I'm
the office hc is striving for and is an
honest, conscientious man.
II "Jonn Jones" is labeled a republican
but is honest. fearless and has the abil-
ity TO fiji the office he is running for
why could not the World-Hcrald and the
News support him q we'll as Tho Bee?
And II John Smith is labeled demo-
crst and Is q man of good qualities. ami
is capable Of filling the office for which
he is running, why cannot The Bee and
News support him forN election? II the
nonpartissn principle applies to the
School board, why can IL not apply to
our city commissioners and other city
offices and also county offices? Instead
Of having a democratic, a republican or
a progressive party In city ard county
politics, let us have one Omaha party
for city offices and one Douglas county
party for county offices Let the news
papers get together, pick out the best
men who desire 10 run for offices, and
let them lay their findings and opinions
before their readers through the newspa-
pers.
| think il Is Just as important to news
papers 10 have good, clean men in city
and county offices because they natu
rally derive some benefit from a clean
economical administration. as does the
public, and we ought all to have the well
fare Of Omaha and Douglas county at
heart.
II this principle would work out in city
TO state politics, because | cannot see
what the national politics has to do with
out city and county affairs, and to a Ger
tain extent in state affairs.
q. II. MALCHIEN
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
The Bow and the Man.

There is no such thing as the boy prob
LEM much as folks talk about IT," said Fred
s. Goodman of New York. a Young Mems Chris
tian association expert, in addressing an Omaha
audience. "The problem is entirely in the kind
of leadership the boy gets, and that rests not
with the boy, but the man"
Mr.. Goodman insists on a mans influence
for the boy, especially from IA years of age on
and the man ought TO he his father. For the
boy, he says, instlnctively classfies himself then
as man and will respond sensltivelyNo man 8
leadership. TO illustrate. he cites this incident
When the steamer The Republic was rammed by
another ship some five years ago and imperllled
and the transfer of passengers was under way
with the rule of the sea. "women and children
first" in force father standing near the edge
OF the deck, bade his wife, little daughter and
son Of IA goodbye and stepped back. Pres
emily the boy kissed his mother and sister and
went 10 take his place beside his father In
stinctively he classified himself, preferring to
die with his father as a man than escape with
his mother and sister as child.
How typical this boy was no one knows, but
the moral is plain. The father who succeeds
in establishing and maintaining a close, conf
Dental companionship between himself and his
son has. as we all know. taken vital step to-
ward meeting his responsibility. From then on
1t is largely up TO him what his boy becomes
depending the kind OF leadership the boy
gets
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
OCTOBER.

Alfred Thorne in st. Louis Globe-Demo
Crat.
'Tis October, blithe October, tbs the mel
low time of year,
And the autumn smiles i'm beauty at the
winter drawing near.
The maple leaf Is crimson and the wood.
bne's flaming right,
And the harvest moon with glory fill.
the brisk October night
'Tis October, rare October, and the apple
bOughs are red.
Where the springtime bioomed in frag-
rance in the blossoms overhead.
The harvest home is singing where the
teeming earth has blessed,
And the woodland ways arc wondrous I'm
autumn splendor dressed.
It's October, hale October, all the air is
crisp and sweet.
And the breeze in darklng shadows runs
and ripples i'm the wheat
There's sharper. brighter sparkle on
the rivers crystal stream
And q frosty glitter twnEles in the even
ing starlight CLEAN.
lis October, fair October, tbs the mellow
time o year,
Wien we give kindly Father praise for
earths abundant cheer:
When with happy hearts we gather round
the hearthfire burning bright,
Thenking God for home and dear ones in
land OF love and light.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
Worthy Servants.

The story Is told of poor woman who works
twelve hours day in this country and with a
mite that 1t takes to keep a person in some OF
the oriental countries. supports woman mis-
sionary. Thus she proudly tells her friends how
she works twenty-four hours a day--her money
working for her in the distant land
Something of this same feeling of just pride
may be the part of those American children
sending their gifts to the less fortunate children
OF war-smitten Europe when they awake on
Christmas morning. The cheer that the Amer
lean boy and girl get from their own well-filled
stockings will be but half OF their share OF
Santa Claus cheer the other and quite the bet
ter half will be working for them to make glad
the hearts OF thousands OF little folks in those
otherwise cherries homes of the dreary lands
across the sea.
Let us hope that this terrible war will be
over before another Christmas time and If 1t is
these American children who participate in this
grand enterprise will always have one special
Joy out OF the good Yuletide season to feel good
over and tell to other children in the years to
come. But, of course, these young givers OF
good things are not going to be actuated in
their giving by selfish spirit, at all nor one
that seeks but to cheer the heart OF the donor.
The right spirit, We are sure will prevail for the
very enterprise, itself, will inspire it,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES

Mistress-Br Bridget. it always seems to
me that the cranldcst mistresses get the
best cooks.
Cook-Ah. go on wild yer blarncy!-
Boston Transcript,
80 you've brought ny husband homo
in this condition at o clock in the morn
ing screamed the lady at the window
to the conveying party.
Yes. madam" they agreed. The bun
is at the gate.'-New York Press.
Ethel-Oh Jack. be careful tonight
Papss brought home a bulldog
Jack-Thats all right, The dog used
to belong to me and I got the dealer To-
sell him TO your father. Buffalo EA-
press.
She told Percival never to speak to
her again and he said, oh, very we'll"
and left her
And they don't speak,"
oh, yes, they do. She saw to that
She went Immediately and secured -
sltuation as telephones operator 49,
Tn certain he loves me- said tho
suburban girl.
How that"
1T is a four-milc walk to town II,
misses the last car about twice wcc,;.
but he still keeps calling. "-Pi.tsbnrgI
Post
Theodore. do you know, between Il FOR,
and fortress?
Mr.. Henpecli-T should imagine lJr2-
ress. my love, would be harder 10 ST.,
cnCe.-LOndon opinion
How do Won know Mrs. Blinks is af
bad as she is panted?'
My husband is Il druggist and sells
rouge and powder. Boston Transcript.
Hicks-IIave you joined this buy bale
of-Cotton movement"
Wicks-No. sir. What I had TO join was
the buy-a-load-of-coal movement.--In-
dianapolis News.
THAT rich Mrs. Stiggins doesn't speak
to me now. Yet she used to he my nest
door neighbor-and they were awfully
common"
We'll. there are some things money
can't do"
WHAT"
Make old-time neishhors forget the
early DAYS"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
MUSINGS OF A CYNIC.

We should forgive out enemies. csj'c-
cisuy II they have us down
4 new broom sweeps clean but only
when It has some pover behind it,
About the only thing in this life that
n man can win in a walk is e game OF
Golf.
The world is brishtar because DO man
can have happiness ana hc -'in-y
with IT,
No man is thoroughly accomplished i'm
less he has 81 ability To- mind his owl
business
some people arc constantly siriu2
themselves away. and others are always
being sold
rhc higher education general, dam
onstratcs that The more We know. the
less we believe
The only people who can afford to
sheer at lyck ate those who never cS-
poet to have any.
Some people can throw bouquets at
themselves ai1 then succeed in hang
ing to the florist
Some Of us are so accustomed to look
ing out for number ono that we get posi-
q, ely near sghted
II isn't always politencss that prompts
the divorce lawyer TO say to the min
lister, After you. sr."
We are told that Eve was made from
Adams rib. but some of us really have
an idea Adam lost his backbone.
Courtship demonstrates that a young
mans arm soes to waist more fre-
quently than his opportunities do
Old sse shouldn't deter us from Keep
ing up with the fashions, We are never
too old to acquire the latest wrinkle
New YoFk Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18
1'x4M1tK&41s4U lo
~ ciNls %0ky,e ss GsvsM4

A pleasant surprise party was given las, .,,.,,,.
az the residence OF Thomas Price on sherman svenu
20 honor OF AR. and Mrs. Frank Roberts forners,,
Miss Lizzie Edwards. recently married
The contract for grading down the court bo,.. ,,.
has been let TO James Duffy az i65s cent yard Inc
dirt TO so 20 the county. and the work 10 becor
pleted IN thirty days o. II. Down has the contrast
Tor grading Farnam street west ~ the city limits
for fourteen cents yard
number OF the older employees OF the Union Pa
ehic shops went to the home OF s. H. H. CLARK 10
congratulate him on his forty-eghth birthday Co,n-
Gilman Anderson made speech which was Responded
20 by Mr. Clark
Rev Dr. Harfeld delivered his inaugural sermon al
Mtre."
Soiofed republicans held mass meeting In Lyle :
block }. Williams called the gathering 20 order
y y clenlass presided. A H. willis served as score
taFy anr DR. ". II. O. Stevenson was endorsed Tor
representative
~ Gladstone has returned to Omaha after "a
iNo months absenc-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18

twenty, ten, seem but so many days now in the
span OF China's development. Incredibly swift
is its progress today toward the goal Of actual
representative government The best evidence
Of this is these very appeals for additional ex-
perts, not only in the science of government, but
the ways OF industry and commerce as we'll.
And every such appeal forms new link In the
chain Of cause and effect binding constantly
closer together the destiniss OF these two great
nations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-18

How all-pervading the war subject is may be
gathered from the fact that military topics have
broken into every literary magazine and period
zeal that we know Of with possibly one exeep-
tlOn, The war is the one big universal human
interest story that affects directly, or indirectly
everX living person. and generations yet to come.