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Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

tbs friends said that Halliday
Fl had a dressing-gown. Halli-
day knew that the dressing
gown had him.
il was a panoramic dressing
gown, and Halliday bought It in a
tide of prosperity which flowed in
on Monday, and ebbed disastrous
ly ere Wednesday morning arrived.
Out OF the wreck came the dress
ing-gown, brilliant red and few
other colors, with gold collar and
cuffs, and gold ornamentations
stuck on, wherever there was room.
Halliday bought IL because he was
an author. Any book will tell you
that no author can do any good
unless he has a dressing-gown.
He held a sort of At-home with 1t,
and all his friends came to the pri-
vate view of the gorgeous thing.
They were properly awestruck, and
went away, wondering II they were
color blind.
Its original cost was s25. When he
got IL ON he found that ideas for
work would not come.
The proper thing to do in dress
Ing-gown was to lie on the bed. and
think of wonderful things he would
write next day, or to sit in a long
chair and smoke or to stand In
front OF the FIRE with his hands in
his pockets. and see how II looked
near the feet.
Halliday simply could not work
in It; dressing aowned work was
mast
vanishing point.
He got desperate. but tho dress
ing-gown beat him. He would come
home, put It on, and sit down to
work. write two lines, scratch them
out, and then pull the easy-chair
toward him and reach mechanically
for a pipe. When he woke up. he
would go to bed. using the dressing
gown as an extra blanket, which
was the only thing II should ever
have been used for.
And the dressing gown got scorn-
full OF his efforts. Once he was GER
tain he heard II laugh aloud at him.
His regular work at the Daily Orb
office suffered terribly, and his edi-
tor began to say rude words
about IT.
II was fast driving him out OF
house and home. when HallidAy's
rich aunt wrote that she was COM
ing up for Christmas, and expected
to be taken round.
"I'u have to put her on" said
Halliday TO the man on the same
floor. I'm broke; haven't got a
cent. It's hard luck. for she al
ways buys me a decent present OF
some sort, especially Christmas
time"
How can you be broke when you
are wearing a thing like thatT'
A CLEAN OF hope came to Halli-
day. and he saw the dressing-gown
beaten at last.
Good idea" he shouted. I'll pawn
the Yretehed thing, and At the same
time get rid OF Il for ever"
BY great good luck he obtained
SIS on IL. and astonishsd the pawn
broker by tearing up the ticket in
his face.
understand" he said, TIN not
coming back for that Sell II, burn
II. do what you like with IL; I've
done with it,"
He FEELS YOUNGER.
He walked out ten years younger
That night--in his shirt sleeves
he wrote a whole chapter of his
hook and an article on the general
Aastardliness of drsssing-goWns.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

slouched off after him down to the
river.
Arrived on the bank, Halliday
laid the parcel down The brown
paper fell in little, and the thing
distinctly moaned, giving Halliday
a pang of pity. 1t was hard lines,
after all. even for the colored hor-
ror. to leave a warm brown paper
bed for the cold tomb of the sullen
river.
AN OUTCAsT TOUCHES HIM.
At that moment the outcast
touched his arm. Halliday sprang
back almost to the roadway, think
ing that the dressing gown had be-
gun TO assault him. And the two
men looked steadily at the knobbly
thing.
"Ahl" said the wise outcast. II
guess as you were at something
'orrible. What is ii, guv-nor? A
babyY"
"of course notr cried Halliday
and turned to took at the stranger,
They were near a lamp post. and
IL was hardly face that Halliday
saw. 1t was a kind of gargoyle,
framed in a border line of black,
stubby beard.
None of that" said he. "rve
been through II myself and know
This Is a p'lice case, II strikes mel
Whats your nameT said Halli-
day quickly.
Bill; and I'm a good workman,
but starvin', through no fault OF
my ownw He started on glib
Look here, Mr.. Bill That's a
dressing-gown there, and I'll make
you present OF IT," He united
the string. See for yourselfw
What did you say II was?"
gasped Bill, and he began to rub his
hands. Looks like a piece of liv-
in fre. on my word"
"a dressing gown. Are you TAX
ing III"
what shall I do with it?" asked
suspicious Bill.
How do / know" cried an
guished Halliday. FRY II II you
like! VIII you take it," His voice
was a prayer.
you never stole IL or nothin'-
no kid? Gospel oath7"
Gospel OATH" returned Halliday.
Cautious Bill spat on a filthy nm
ger, and drew It across a red
scarfed throat Send / live, send
| die, cut my throat IL I'm telling
lie?" queried he.
"All that and more" Halliday imi-
tated him faithfully. do you
want it?'
"Donep said Bill. and snatohed
II.
He spread open the covering for
a wider view of the gift. The dawn
breaking over the river postponed
itself for a minute, retiring abashed
till once again the brown paper
closed on this glorious rival.
ITS yours" said Halliday, and,
again a free man, unclaimed and
independent, walked home singing.
The struggle was over now. but he
wondered idly what Mr. Bill would
do with II.
On the following Friday morning
an urgent note from his editor lay
on Halliday's desk at the office. II
was an unkind note. ana limited at
a quick dismissal. Obeying the
summons, he went, wrapped In fear
and trembling. into the great man
room.
"oh, it's you. is itY' said that auto
crat. well. I just want 10 tell you
/ don't mind you're going out to get
good special stories for Us. but III
have no man on my stan playing
fool tricks for his own amusement,
and, possibly, bringing the paper
into ridicule. II that's your idea OF
reporting. you'd better quit"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
What You Owe
Your Servant
When She "Quits"

planned in a PAM
phlet issued by
the Legal Aid
Society Of New
York, an institu-
ton which lends
legal assistance
to those who
are too poor to
pay more than a
nominal sum for
It.
The only way
to protect your
self against the
unreliable SER
want girl who
Is apt to leave
you just when
Won need her
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

= yVTTHEN your servant leaves
M you high and dry" in the
w middle OF q month, do you
have to pay her half a months
waEesr
Phis depends entirely upon what
WAS said at the time you hired
her. Ii you employed the girl for
definite period. then the law is
she must work for that full period
or can collect nothing. II, on the
other hand. the hiring was for an
indefinite period. then she may
leave at any time and will, never
theless, be entitled to compensa-
lion for the time she actually
worked.
This, however, only brings US TO
the mex. question: When is a
airing for definite" period and
when Cor an Indefinite" one? In
nine cases out Of ten, all that is
said upon the subject at the
time OF hiring is something
like this:
"How much do you expect to
get, Mary?"
Twenty dollars month,
ma'am."
very we'll, Mary. you can take
off your hat and coat and get busy
on the dishes"
According to the courts, this is
not a hiring for a definite time,
but simply a hiring at a definite
rate--$20 per month. Under it
Mary may leave at any time with
out notice and with or without just
grounds for dissatisfaction, and
you will have to pay her for every
day she worked.
These points are clearly ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
Very Fishy.

once knew an angler who was
always Dragging about his catches.
in fact, IL was his sole" pleasure.
lie was n little shrimp" OF a man,
with not much "mussel" to speak
Of He considered himself dab"
AT fishing knew his yarns were
all cod" and when he began to
"fiounder" / pulled him of his
perch" put him in his "plaice,"
and told him not to carp" at my
remarks; but he swallowed the
bait" took his hook" and I have
not seen him nor had as much as a
Zine" from him since.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
Expressing His Feelings.

Like a windmill in a fit the poor
golfer waved his arms. Like a
Channel steamer full of bad sailors
he rolled his eyes. Like a maddened
donkey beset by flies on a swelter-
ing day he kicked his legs. Three
caddies looked on with interest ILL
concealed.
"rl bet it's a toothache," said
the hrst.
"Pll bet it's st. Vitus dance"
said the second
a third caddie passing along was
quietly asked his opinion. He burst
into hearty laughter.
Yer needn't speak 80 low" cried
;ho youngster. He wouldn't hear
yer II We was to FIRE OFF a battery
o. guns. lie amt got nuffink the
matter with i'm. He's Just deaf and
dumb, and that's rs only way o.
Eivin' vent to his feelings"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
The Growing Triumph.

Little Norman and his two play
fellows were boAsting about their
parents and their belongings.
my father" said Norman, 'is
going 70 build a fine house with a
steeple on IT," That's nothingw
exclaimed Willie scornfully. MY
father has just built a house with a
fagpole on IT," Conrad. who had
been listening intently, was silent
for a moment. then burst out tri-
umphantly. "Oh, that's nothing! Ny
father is going TO build a house
with a mortgage on it!"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
MNewThn8sEyeyW6manOu8 toKnow -

fore the expiration of the period
for which she was hired7
Generally speaking, any conduct
upon the part of the servant which
makes her unit to perform prop
erly the work for which he was
engaged justifies the employer in
discharging her. Such conduct in
cludes incompetence; habitual
neglect Of duty. whether due to
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

wages during the time OF employ.
ment; failure to supply suitable
and reasonable lodgings and food:
infection Of physical violence OF
assault on the servant; the con.
tinued use by the employer of vio-
lent language without cause: the
employment by the employer OF
other servants whose habits are
vicious or dangerous to the health
or morals OF the servant.
But a servant has no right to
leave for reprimands and fault
finding which are not grossly un.
reasonable or violent, or because
she is requested to perform unrea-
sonable services-which, OF course,
she need not perform--nor because
of disagreements with other ser
wants.
The negligent servant who is
constantly breaking china and
glassware would probably grow
more careful II more housewives
resorted to their legal right to
deduct from the servants wages
the amount OF loss thus caused.
The deduction for breakage should
be made at the end OF the month
during which the employer learned
OF its occurrence, for, IL wages are
paid with knowledge OF the break
age. the employer is deemed to
have condoned the offense.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

pensation even for the time she
has actually worked. But IL you
give her Just cause to leave, she
is entitled to wages for the time
she has worked. and she may af-
terward collect for so much of the
remainder of the period as she lost
before obtaining other employ
ment.
Some OF the causes which JUS
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
A Great Grief.

There was to be tea party. and
the guests were already arriving.
Mother was in despair. Little While
was. bowling Wildly in the nursery,
CRYING as IL his heart was broken.
Running into the room, she snatched
the wailing BOY to her and asked what
was the matter Before the nurse
,ould reply Willie burst out:
soh, mummy, she's been ana g-gons
ana ourled my hair. and-boo hool-
1 wanted a e-e-crack down the Ltddls
i've f-f-f-father!'
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
A Refreshing Drink.

DID pinch OF salt to half glass half OF rich
milk
and scant grating OF nutmeg
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
Flavoring with Corn Cobs.

making succotash the the add little cold
water Il making possible Then place cobs
kettle with
suit will be
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
To Make Your Nails Shine.

excellent liquid polish for the nails
- supEuric acid
make four Dip the nails this
a channels
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

For warts and Corns.

MANY physicians recommend remedy containing the following III
" drains each OF choral hydrate
dram of salCylc Apply
camels hair
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

tify a servant in leaving sum
marily are failure to pay wages
when due; arbitrary reduction OF
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13
A Sympathetic Ink.

FAKE lime lemon Juice with
heat the alcohol writing
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-13

ny Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20
Prospering in South Dakota.

There was quite shipment of live
stock from the yards in this city Satur-
day. Rathbun & Beachy shipped three
cars of cattle to South St. Paul. One
load they bought from H. 0. Wickre,
thirty head, for which they paid him
81, 1872 20 in the yard.
Rathbun & Beachy were offered 81. 80
per bushel Tuesday for the ), 00O-bushel
flax crop they just completed threshing
on their ranch on the reservation. They
are holding it for 81. 50 per bushel, and
they will get it, too, as it is fine, large,
plump bright seed and tests 80 per cent.
1t is undoubtedly the finest and cleanest
flax this country has ever produced and
will be in great demand at seeding time
next spring. Reporter and Farmer,
Webster, S. D.
The Mr.. Beachy mentioned above is
Eph A. BeachY, formerly of Grantsville,
who went west to grow up with the
country some years ago and appears to
be growing rich through his industry
and hustlng ability. He is a son of the
late Aaron Beachy and has number of
brothers still living at Grantsville and
vicinity. Republican, Meyersdale, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20
AUSTRIA COMMANDS AoRlArIc.

Rome.-The reduction of Montene
gro will enable Austria not only to
command the Adriatic but also theat-
en- the flank of any any -dvance from
Saloniki and prevent any effective
move by the Entente forces through
Albania.
Cettinje, capital of Montenegro, was
evacuated by all government officials
who removed the archives to an un-
known place.
Mount Lovcen fell after five days
of uninterrupted bombardment by the
Austrian squadron in Cattaro harbor,
the harbor forts and lighter Austrian
artillery, brought up to close range.
Cettinje stands on an elevation 1000
feet above the sea, completely domf
mated by Mount Lovcen, which Is
nearly 1000 feet higher. In their re-
tirement the Montenegrins were IN
able to destroy or remove their heavi-
est guns, which presumably are al
ready being trained on Cettinje.
For Italy the new Austrian success
mas q LlOSl Sci doPCNS' ~ AS-AS'
narrow Italian peninsula is peculiarly
vulnerable to an attack from the sea-
Any really great Austrian naval base
in the magnificent hrbor of Cattaro
would have been impossible without
Lovcen. but under the new circum'
stances Austrian possession OF Cattaro
is almost as great menace to Italy
as the German conquest OF calais
would have been to Great Britain
The great Russian drive on the
Bessarabian front has been renewed
and the Muscovites made six attacks
on the Austrian positions with big
forces of men.
The campaign of the Russians to
reach the Balkans recently was halted
by drop in temperature to 20 de-
grees below zero on the battle line.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

In addition to blowing up the rail-.
road bridges at DemIr-Hissar and
kiilndir, In the northern Greece, the
Entente forces also destroyed three
small bridges between klIindir and
Dorian.
The Russians renewed their heavy Of.
fensive in east GaIicia and on the
Bessarablan frontier with the blood.
est fighting of many months but
gained no ground, Berlin declared.
King Nicholas of Montenegro, with his
valiant but small army almost Who'll.
iy surrounded, officially denied ru.
nors Of truce with the Austrian
invaders.
Kaiser Wilhelm has congratulated the
Turkish Sultan on the victory over
the Allies at the Dardanelles.
In the Austro-ItaIian theatre the ItaI-
ians are keeping up their offensive
and have come to grips with the
Austrians at several places.
Despite the complete evacuation of
oaIlipoli Peninsula by the Allies,
naval attacks against the Turkish
positions continue, assisted by aero.
plane raids on both sides.
In response to an inquiry, Dr.. Won
Bethmann-HoIIweg, the Imperial
Chancellor, stated that the Kaiser
takes walks in the palace gardens.
Another decisive stage in the Bal.
kan situation has been reached.
Montenegro now follows Serbia In
being, virtually absorbed by the In.
Vadlng forces. Austria and Mont.
enegro have come to an armistioe.
Russian troops stormed and oooup,ed
Sadasora, the key to czernowitz.
and now menace the latter CITY
which is the capital of Bukowina.
Despite precautions taken by the
British Admiralty, German SUBJ
marines are still operating in Hri-
fish waters off the coast of Ireland.
Greece protested against the occupa-
ton of the Island of Corfu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20
Sporting

George L. Lyon, "a, OF Durham, n.
c., amateur champion trap shooter,
died in Albuquerque, N. NJ. of tuber-
culosis.
Steve Yerkes, former second base
man of the Pittsburgh Feds, has been
purchased by the Cubs. The price Is
said to be $4,000.
Atlantic City is the latest town to
fall before the wrestling wave which
seems to be sweeping over the coun-
try.
Johnny Overton of Yale, the inter
collegiate cross-country champion, will
be among the stars who will compete
in the annual games of Brooklyn Col
lege.
The Louisville American Associa-
ton Baseball Clubs proposed train
ing trip to Florida has been called
off. 1t was decided to train in Ten
nessee, probably near Nashville.
The sale of the Boston Braves by
Jim Gaffney to Percy Houghton, the
famous coach of Harvard football
teams, came as the big sumner of the
Winter League.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20
General

About LOO employees of the Corn
Products Refining Co., at Argo, H.,
will receive an increase of 10 per cent
IN wages.
A blizzard is sweeping Kansas.
Temperatures are below zero
The Duke of Connaught is suffering
from an attack of grip at Ottawa,
Canada.
The French liner Lafayette, whose
passengers received notices before
they embarked warning them that the
vessel was marked for destruction, ar
rived safely in New York from Dor.
deaux.
According to the will of Gen. G. NJ
Dodge, his widow, who lives in River
side Drive, New York, and her two
daughters, are chief benefciaries Of
his estate, which is estimated to be
$1,000,000
About 200 South and Central Am
erican delegates to the Pan-American
Scientific Congress, left Washington
on tour of eastern cities.
A dispatch from Oakland, Cal,
states that the Standard Shipbuilding
Corporation will invest $25,OO0,OOO in
a shipbuildng plant to be established
there.
Masonic Hall at Newark was dam
aged by fire to the extent of $4,000.
Governor Ferguson of Texas sent
telegram to President Wilson urging
him not to intervene in Mexico as
result of the murder of Americans
fhere.
DR.. Roy D. Mcclure, resident sur
geon at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti-
more, accepted the position of surgeon
in-chief at the Henry Ford Hospital,
Detroit.
Two persons were killed and sew
eral injured when a Chicago bound
Northernwestern passenger train
struck another train near Milwaukee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20
FOREIGN

Heavy storms on the coast of Hol-
land are seriously delaying telegraphic
communications.
The weekly statement of the Bank
of France shows increases of 9,099, 900
francs in gold and of $4,000 francs
in silver.
The Argentine Government has be-
gun a campaign to increase trade be-
between United States and Argentine.
Senior Don Eduardo Suarez-Mujica.
Gillian Ambassador to the United
States, resigned.
The coronation of Yuan Shi Kai as
Emperor of China will take place Feb
ruary IL.
The Bank of England bought G1,-
037, 900 of bar gold. and earmarked
9400,000 in sovereigns for Egypt.
The Duke of Connaught, governor
general of Canada, opened the Cana
dian parliament.
David Currie, Canadian newspaper
man, died at Montreal. He was 80
years old.
No American mails have been re-
ceived at Copenhagen rince Jan. 8,
and 1t is believed Great Britain is
OBTAINING them.
DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg, Prus
sian Prince Minister, opened the new
session of the Prussian Diet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20

favorable circumstances, they amount
to plague. Eighteen thousand acres
of alfalfa worth $3.50, 900 were laid low
in two winters Q906-08) in a section of
Nevada Nurserymen near Rochester.
N. Y, sustained losses from meadow
mice amounting to fully 500, 600 during
the winter of 1901-02.
The lesson ought to be patent. Shoot
the three nOxious species and the
rare individuals of other species that
find their way to the barn yard, but as
for the rest they had better be given
the spare bedroom than scared away.
Under no circumstances offer
bounty. Pennsylvania did it once and
repented IN year and a half, after
spending 100000 in bounties and suf-
fering from resultant rodent plague and
immediate loss set at $4,000,O0O. For
every dollar saved in poultry she had
thrown away $2l05.
In Maryland, hawks and owls receive
protection nowhere. They may be shot,
their nests and eggs destroyed with
impunity. County Commissioners can
lay bounties on their heads. Off and on
this has been done, but when Frederick
repealed such a provision IN 1914,
Allegany, Montgomery and Prince
Georges were apparently left alone in
setting price on hawks, and Allegany
adds boot owls. In the case of the
former they are just 80 years behind
the times, and while the great horned
owl Ii. e., boot OWL does enough damage
to deserve death perhaps despite the
great execution he effects among
rodents, there is no excuse for bounty,
since the inevitable result always is
that large numbers of innocents also
fall by mistake. AlleganY, which de-
serves the greatest credld for prohibit
ing the slaughter of doves, should go
one step further in clearing the record,
and Montgomery and Prince Georges
follow suit.
NJ. LLEWELLYN RANEY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20
Wa Shin6f

1t would take at least 100000 men
ed up. This was the viewpoint held
by members OF the Army General
STAFF.
Miss Jane Adams conferred with
President Wilson at the White House.
Senator Tillman's proposal to estab-
lish a Government armor plate fac
tory was approved by President VIII
son.
President Wilson is standing firmly
against any move toward Intervention
In Mexico until the Carranza Govern
ment has had the fullest possible OPP
portunity to meet the State Depart
ments demands.
Two pronounced earthquake shocks
were recorded on the Georgetown
University seismograph.
Striking changes are occurring in
the Democratic position regarding a
tariff commission.
Women peace advocates laid their
plans before congress.
Proposed increases in class and COM
modify rates by mail and lake routes
between New England and middle At
iantic states points and the west were
found unjustified by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
President Wilson told Bishop Wal.
tiers, president of the National Negro
Democratic League, that he would not
appoint a negro as Recorder of Deeds
for the District.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-20

Rome.-Kermanshck the so-caled
capital of Persia, mas been occupied
by the Turks.
The city is important commercial
ly, famous for its rrgs and carpets
and surrounded by a fertile wheat
country.
Unofficial dispatches from Berlin in
announcing the Turk 9h move said
the Ottoman forces were warmly vel
coined by the population.
A naval encounter is reported in
the Adriatic Sea and an Austrian
cruiser OF the Novara type has been
sunk by the French submarine Fou-
cault, operating with the Italian fleet.
This is the first time recently that
any of the warships of the Allies have
been reported in those waters.
Austria has four scout cruisers of
the Novara type, the others being the
Helgoland saba and Admiral Shaun.
They have a displacement of 1884
tons and carry in their armament two
1S-inch torpedo tubes and nine 3d.
inch guns.
With the flag of the Dual Monarchy
flying over Cettinje the Austro-Hun-
garians are moving rapidly southwark
toward the fortified port of Antivari,
driving before them by force of num-
bers the soldiers of King Nicholas.
Montenegro is now encompassed on
all sides, except in the south, by the
invaders, and across the southern bor-
der in Albania, should they be driven
there. they will have to fight the AL
bantam tribesmen.