Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-09
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OMAHA. Jan. S.-To the Editor of The
Bee; In time gone by newspapers were
newspapers only. Nowadays some OF
them are whole libraries of information.
as the more enterprising ones employ
scores CT eminent writer's and thinkers,
who write on hundreds of different
topics. wonder IL the general public
appreciates that they are being gradu-
ally educated by these newspapers, and
that In spite of themselves. 1 will name
a few of these writer's.
Madam Dix" handles immortality with
out gloves. She rips men and women
open, inspects and dissects their inner
organs, cleans out their livers and plugs
up their Ieaky hearts, patching them up
and putting them together so firmly that
Judge Sutton will not be able to pry
them apart with a crowbar.
"Dooly's" sympathy for the lean, over
worked after-dinner orators is worth
reading. and ought not be shifted at
Madam Wilcox's" philosophy. which
reaches from hedes to heaven, is won
derful, indeed. No wonder. though. as
she says that she got started by someone
thousand years ago and has since
lived great many lives, and expects to
live great many more before her cycle
Is complete, which will likely be when
her poems are heard before the throne.
Lady Duff Gordon" is a great au-
thority on ladies' fashions. She will
likely soon revive the old-fashioned
bpeechcloth; as It is now, the waists are
cut down to the wishbone and the skirts
are a half inch below the knee, but il
is healthy they say. admitting air to
front as well as the rear. Stilt-like
heels, under the middle of the shoes make
one feel proud as a rooster walking on
hts toes
Hubbard" tells us about some OF the
greatest men that ever lived, what they
did and what they taught, emitting, per
haps purposely, King David ana Solo
mon: yes, and well. as according to their
moral reputation they would not in our
time be fit TO rule over Ram Cat alley.
Queen of Sheba knelt before this man
solomon and worshiped him. and so to-
day some women take pleasure in throw
ing their shackles into the laps OF the
mostly beastly Of men.
'Serviss" tells us all about astronomy.
Our globe, he says. is mere pinhead,
compared with millions OF globes tum-
bling themselves in endless space. The
inhabitants of Mars have for thousands
of years signaled us by wireless without
we being able to catch on, and no won
der, as the human in comparison 90 the
Mars giants is like DrA Connelrs milk,
bacteria. Of which there is more than
ten thousand million in a pint bottle.
Yes, even Mars Irrigation canals are
greater than our Rock county ditch.
Gregory gives us now and then bits
OF past history which is interesting and
tends 20 enlighten US In the broadcast
sense OF the word.
Madame Fairfax" insists that women
should have right OF selection and
privilege OF proposing marriage to man.
II would be better as It is not given all
men 70 understand the crossbars Of a
gu-gu-eyed hint. hence. she Is right ON
the general principle. It was so in the
0estnning and Is stin so with animals.
IL Is the miss of the animal kingdom
that proposes. and for that reason there
are no old maids among them. An ami
NAL IA snale) taught the trick 10 the
first woman. SAYING. now. Miss Eve. 81