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Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
Child Labor Law Held Up.

The decision OF the federal court in North
Carolina temporarily holds UP the Heating Owen
child labor law passed by congress Iast winter
and which would have become effective this
month The plea on which the Judge rests his
action in issuing the restraining order is that the
question of parental right is involved, the reator
| having alleged that he would be deprived of the
| services and earnings of two sons who are now
| Under the age contemplated by the law. This
point is one of the most familiar of all arguments
against regulation of child labor, in fact it in
wolves the theory every objector to any law re-
Sorts that of interference with the natural rights
of the individual. The question of public policy
is also concerned.
Is 1t wiser to put limit on the employment
OF children, and so prevent their exploitation or
should they be left to the drection.of parents who
may or may not haEe their best interest at heart?
1t is fact proven by experience that society must
often intervene between the child and the parent
in order that the immature fife may have an op-
portunity to develop. That society is justified in
this course is not open to argument. Society
must protect itself against the possibility of chill
drei growing up without proper training, physi-
ealy, mentally and morally stunted, and incapable
OF assuming the full duties of citizenship For this
reason good public policy requires that society
have the power as we'll as the right to prevent
careless or selfish parents from forcing children
into position from which they will be unable t6
extricate themselves. ..r 49,.
Child labor laws, both state and federal, have
been conceived in high spirit of justice to ALL
and especially of fairness to those who otherwise
are helpless. The federal law was made necessary
by the fact that it impossible to secure state
action in the south and in certain of the eastern
states where great textile industries hold sway.
For many years the employment of children in
the big cotton mills of the country has been re-
proach. II was not to be expected that the EN-
ployers who had turned the lives of little ones into
dividends would readily submit to the check to
be placed upon them by law, but the force of So
ciety that won the fight in congress against the
opposition of southern democracy and northern
reactionaries will not now give up. Child labor
as such must be eliminated from our industry pro-
gram.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
Nebraska's Baby Crop.

Down at Lincoln this week we are to have our
regular annual competitive exhibition of babies,
with all the customary Accomplishments. For Ne
braska as for all the rest of the country. the most
important crop is the baby, and attention be-
slowed on him is never misplaced In these ex-
hibitions babies are offered by proud parents, not
so much in the spirit of vainglory as in the search
for information. Fathers and mothers are deeply
concerned in the wellbeing of their offspring and
anxious to know just how to care for them, what
to do in emergency and reasonable regimen for
the upbringing OF the child at least until the perls
peculiar to infancy are passed This knowledge
is afforded them by experts, who have given
especial study to the requirement of the baby.
and who are qualified to instruct as to the care
that should be given the little ones. Omaha has
been intensely interested in this for long time.
in common with other cities of the country, and
one effect may be noted in the steadily decreasing
infant mortality rates. The little ones get bet
ter chance for life now, and humanity is gamer
thereby. Just as the baby show spreads this use
ful knowledge and helps fathers and mothers to
better understanding of the needs of their chill
dren, it is deserving of the support of all His
highness, the baby, rules the home, and in his
welfare all are concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
Culinary Science.

God gives food and the devil sends cooks"
runs the old proverb. just at present there is an
extraordinary demand for both, with the supply
of food, short as it is, little bit ahead Of the
cooking brigade Our sudden plunge into unac-
customed depths of military activities has brought
us face TO face with the fact that we have not
paid sufficient attention to the development of
skilled cooks. Painful and costly experience has
shown US our deficiency in this regard, and the
great importance Of supplying the need. Food of
any kind is too precious TO be entrusted to the
minstrations OF an amateur whose experiments
may or may not result happily, therefore il is
proposed by boniface Of prophetic vision that
chair OF culinary science be established in our
universities II is not sufficient that the domestic
science course be coptinued. What is needed is
something broader and deeper, cooks not planned
to turn out pattes and puffs or any of the various
other fanciful creations that fill the dreams of
Gordon bleu, but men and women of good judg-
ment who can take haunch OF beef, a carcass
OF mutton or a side of pork and bring it from
the cleansing and purifying fires fit for human
consumption. meantime giving needed attention
to the spuds and other esculent vegetables re-
CURED to garnish the board on where the meat is
served Such plan will have immediate support
rom the multitude who are by circumstances re.
lured to get their sustenance where they NAV.
Fortunate indeed is he who can have eatables OF
iAs kind that mother used to make.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
Meeting the U-Boat Problem.

While the means by which the U-boat is to
be neutralized has not yet.appeared, or at least
has not been disclosed to the public, naval authori
ties have been active along lines that give some
measure of security to merchant vessels. Re-
ports from Washington are to the effect that
fewer than one in fifty of conveyed vessels is
subject to submarine attack. The presence of
the easily managed type of naval craft referred
to under the comprehensive name of DESTROYER
exerts decidedly deterrent effect on the subnra
rine. Commanders of the U-boats realize their
great disadvantage in dealing with armed craft
especially those more powerful and speedy than
their own. The submarine is terror only to
the unarmed and helpless merchantmen. 1t is
essentially weapon to be used against the de-
fenseess. Conveying cargo carriers in their jour
ney along the Atlantic is expensive in sense,
but is effective as to providing them with more
assurance of safety, and therefore is really one
OF the greatest economies so far practiced in
the war. As days go by the futility of the policy
OF ruthlessness at sea is made more absolute.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
Nebraska's State Fair.

The Nebraska state fair, in progress at Lin.
coin this week, is little more than mere exhibit
ton OF animal, vegetable and mechanical tri-
unphs. 1t is in reality an exposition, of the ad-
vance OF an intelligent people along the path OF
civilization, of their application of wel-directed ef-
forts to the arts OF peace the industrious pursuit
OF which leads to national greatness. As we in
crease in material wealth we also move forward
in intellectual and spiritual growth and the value
OF our contributions to the general sum of ciyi.
zation's achievements is correspondence greater
year by year. Therefore the state fair. at which
our producers meet to compare results, to ex-
change ideas and contrast methods, is of steadily
growing importance as factor in the life of the
state.
That this is appreciated blythe people is shown
by the interest taken in the fair. Liberal provi-
sion has been made in the erection of permanent
buildings for the housing of exhibits, of parades
and plazas on which to display animals and ma.
chinery, and the comfort of visitors is also we'll
looked to- that the time spent at the fair may be
both pleasant and profitable. This years exhibit
is OF especial significance, for it comes at crit-
cal time in our national life, when particularly the
and the cattle grower needs to be
encouraged and stimulated to greater effort in
production. These must feel the impulse to
strive as they never have before, to make the ut
most endeavor to increase the yield OF the soil,
the herds and the focks, that famine may be held
backs Regardless Of other activities throughout
the world, the American farmer is yet carrying
the tremendous responsibility of seeing that the
world does not suffer from hunger
That the normal purpose of the state fair will
have an influence in exciting this impulse must
be recognized and when it is emphasized, as it
will be on this occasion, the effect can hardly be
doubted
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
People and Events

Printers luck sticks to the favored craft like
bark to beech tree. One of the family some
what out OF sorts, tipped over the railing of
Brooklyn bridge and made hole in the water
100 feet below. Result,,a jolt and wet duds moth
ing more. ia.
Hats off to Larue county Kentucky, It's quota
OF l32 men for the national army is full. Equally
signihcant is the fact that only 1872 men were ex-
amined and passed, as none claimed exemption
The county is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
and there his patriotic spirit abides.
Some, of the emissaries of Wihelf, Won
Thompson OF Chicago blew into the nearby town
of Gary, Ind, with a message" of the pacihst
order. The mayor of Gary was on the job in
stantly and the emssaries couldn't hire a hall to
deliver the message" Besides, they got hunch
that treason talk thereabouts led directly to the
jail
People who nurse a crouch and take it to
boards of health should follow the Philadelphia
method and present incontestable evidence. In
the case cited the crouch had to do with an OBJ
noxious dog kennel. Relief being denied the ag-
grieved party wrote to the Philadelphia health
board: Enclosed you will find proof OF my state
ments"-th proof beng colony of frisky aeas.
Assembled fashion makers in Chicago cheered
as never before, as waves OF vocal patriotism
smote them at the banquet board. The message
vas delivered by former Governor Vessey of
South Dakota. "1f you have Liberty bond"
said the ex-governor, don't hoard it, but spend
1t on fashionable gown for your wife" Chorus
OF the fashion makers and the missus: Them is
my sentiments"
Coal producers are showing" official Missou-
rians carrying on searching quiz. The fellows
who get all we can" candidly admit they need
the money to meet the righ cost of production,
increased depreciation and mental wear and tear.
Owing to the increased hazards of the business
due to war, the operators admit marking up de-
probation charges from 10 to Is cents a ton Some
war speed, thatl
Girls are girls" great social truth is again
affirmed by mere mana New York janitor, no
less. The sooner women grasp it the sooner will
domestic peace engage permanent quarters in
janitordom. Girls .are girls" said this philoso-
pher, completing his text, "and you have to pay
more attention to them than you do to men,"
There you are Following the rule in practice lost
the janitor his job as manager of an apartment
house, simply because Mrs Janitor failed to COM
prehend the exacting nature of the duties per-
tanning to the job. Even so the great truth re-
mains undimmed. Girls are girls ...
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
SIGNS OF PROGRESS.

There are 1S9,955 motor cars in Kansas.
town Of cement buildings is being con-
structed in Montana.
In order to make bathtubs stand level on
uneven floors. adjustable feet for the tubs
have been invented.
new pocket to protect valuables being
carried about is designed to be attached to
the lining of shoes.
new telephone receiver is so small that
1t can be inserted into the ear instead of
being held against it,
One of the latest inventions is a sort of
halter that keeps sleeper's mouth closed
and thus prevents snoring.
1t is said by scientists that Mesopotamia
may, by the application of modern agricul.
ture. be made into another garden of Eden.
An inventor living at Troy. N. Y, has
patented laundry machine that irons an
entire shirt over cOnieal roller at single
operation.
An electrically operated coin-in- -the-slot
machine, which cleans the sides and soles
Of persons shoes, has been invented in
Switzerland.
Efforts are being made in China to re-
vive the ancient Chinese art Of porcelain
manufacture, which has fallen seriously be-
hind in recent years.
The savings banks of the state Of Cali
tornia contain deposits amounting to s6ol,-
1888, which gives everyone in the state
man. woman and child. s2lo.SS.
A new automombile tire asserted to be
bullet, nail and glass proof. is now being
subjected to experiments in Australia. 1t is
made Of coir fiber instead of rubber.
An italian officer who was wounded in
the Trentinc has Just brought legal action
to obtain decision as to the rightful owner.
ship Of bullet extracted from his body.
South African farmers are planting larger
areas in sisaI than they have done in the
past, recognizing that the cost of operation
decreases as the size of the plantation is en-
larg
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.

He-But, darling, why were you so sure
that had never proposed to any other girl"
She-Because, you wonderful boy, you
were not married.-Boston Transcript.
THE weather Is always topic OF conver
satlon"
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne. And most
of US talk about 1t as II 1t had been created
for our individual pleasure or discomfort. -
Washington Star.
"I always told you he was fair weather
friend"
II guess that's right. AS soon as he heard
I was under a cloud he came after an UNI.
brella 1 once borrowed from him."-Louis-
Vile Courier Journal.
where did Jones get that medal he
wearsP He's never been In the army"
ut was given him by the Village I'M
provement association for eating mushrooms
he gathered himself."-Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
AROUND THE CITIES.

st. Joseph plant landed IA contract to
supply metal lampposts for use around the
Catskill acqueduct of New York City.
Topeka proposes to make city policemen
and fremen units in the Home Guards and
put them through regulation army drills.
More work and no wage boost attached
st. Joseph faces an epidemic of typhoid
fever. Thirteen cases were reported in the
last two weeks. Investigation leads the
doctors to think city water is responsible.
Boil 1t.
Solons Of Kansas City may think the
easiest way out of the natural gas squabble
is to take over the local distributing con-
cern, and are moving in that direction. The
concern, like Barkis, is willing.
Chicago board of health sounds a warn
ming against typhoid fsger. which has run
up score of sixty-seveh deaths since Au-
gust /. Most Of the deaths among children
were due to negligence of parents in calling
medical aid promptly.
Traffic accidents in New York city show
an increasing toll of life. The number of
killed during Mss was twenty -one, June for
ty-four and July fifty-four, while the num-
Der of injured in the same period rose from
1S0 to 1866. Remedies are eagerly sought,
lbut the slaughter goes on.
The initial estimate Of New York City's
budget for 1918 calls for $232, ,00O, 900. Sal
aries carry the major portion of the boost.
I'm war times" comments the Brooklyn
Eagle, Eve must pay war prices, for in this
climate the economy of the patient Hindu is
not practicable"
Preach peace, or this church goes up in
smoker were the words of warning pinned
to the remnants of an American flag torn
from the wall at the back Of the altar of
the Prospect Park Methodist Episcopal
church of Minneapolis, last Tuesday night. |
No trace Of the cowardly miscreants has
been found.
Out in Salt Lake City George Lawrence,
q, buttermilk bartender, bumped his head |
against the pavement in alighting from !
street car and was tagged dead" on the |
morgue slab. But George caught his second |
breath. jumped from the slab and fought |
his way to enter the air. Drunk again."
murmured the morgue artist. You're on"
whispered George as he wobbled away.
A Chicago man intimated publicly that the
swell restaurants of the town have the hold
up man beaten fifty ways. AS sample in
stance of unblushing reach the aggrieved
party mentions a holdup for 80 cents for
an ear Of boiled sweet corn, a toothsome
delicacy which sold on the local markets the
same day for 20 cents the dozen iears That's
my Experimentation Of your
ro;u
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
HYMN TO GREATER AMERICA.
Composed and Copyrighted, 1917, by Charlie,
j. North.
IAN raearyaa

Composed ana Copyrighted, 1917, by Charlie
j. North
(Ail rights reserved)
From the crests of thy frozen mountains
To the sands of thy tropic sea:
In our many tongues and voices,
We are raising our hymn to thee.
The stars with their glory immortal,
Shine out from the measureless blue
To gild thy flag with the story,
OF all that Is brave and true.
The goldenrod blooms In thy valleys,
And the sage brush roots In thy plains
The pine looks out from thy mountains,
In the sunshine and SHOWS and rains
In wisdom. thy men grow braver,
In beauty, thy women grow strong,
Thy children are learning ever,
The battle Of right with wrong.
As the springs run down to the rivers,
And the rivers flow down to the sea;
So the lives of thy sons and daughters
Flow down in their strength to thee,
When the clouds Of danger gather,
They will rally to guard thy path,
Like the rushing Of mighty waters,
And the storm in its whirling wrath
We can see in thy waving emblem
The symbol of all that is free.
And We lift 1t high in the heavens, ,
Where all in the world oan see.
We pray that in mercy and goodness,
Its colors shall stay unfurled,
Till thy radiant dream of justice
Is the vision of all the world,
Buffalo, N. Y. August Q, 1917.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
MS Melcher has put in a partition

and some new Improvements in his
drug store in South Omaha.
W. r. Stewart. jr.; A S. Stewart and
d. W. Stewart havesincorporated un-
der the name Of the Western Oil and
Tank line with capital stock of
S35, 1000.
The joint committee of the Board of
Trade, council and veteran firemen met
in Chief Galligan's office to prepare
for the reception Of the visiting New
YORK firemen. Messrs. Kennedy.
Simpson and Banner were appointed
q committee to provide hacks to ac-
commodate the women of the party.
Euclid Martin has been elected first
vice president to the Board of Trade.
vice Carl A. Fried, deceased; H. Fl.
Meday has been elected director and
c. NB. Havens, member Of the freight
bureau committee.
Miss Ida Peterson was married to
Frank George. city clerk for Paxton
& Gallagher, by Rev. J. E. House. The
young couple will live on the corner
of Sixteenth and Davenport.
DR.. G. W.aBorestler of Lancaster. O..
has fitted up elegant Office apartments
IN the Barker block, Fifteenth and
Farnam, .
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

IT wonder what the author meant whs
talked about silence that speaks"
IT guess he meant what you don't hear
when deaf-and-dumb people talk"-Balti~
more American.
Clerk--I would like to have more salary,
sir, as I am going to get married.
Employer-Sorry, but I'll have to reduces
1t. 1 am going to get married myself.--San
Francisco Chronicle.
"These almonds look good, but aren't they
rather high?"
"These are genulHs paper-shell almonds.
madam, and you krfvw how paper products
have gone up.'-Boston Transcript.
Hambeth--r start out on the circuit this
season with easing prospects.
Maceet-Yes, see 1t stated that ell the
eggs of the country are going into storage
Brownings Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Paci6st spouters have themselves to blame for
being squelched in various quarters. The pre-
tense Of conscientious objections to war" is too
transparent to hide the golden push of German
propaganda,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

German editors says the president does not
understand the. German attitude. 1t is not be-
cause he did not have sufficient experience with
the isaiserbund's policies.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

When the shock Of the surgical cut yields to
patriotic treatment it may be found that the price
hxers Of wheat weighed all sides Of the question
and wrought the greatest good for the greatest
number
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Our local contribution to the forces "Some-
where in France" is to be increased by the addi-
ton Of society leader and popular preacher
II anything more is needed, let us know Omaha
is ready to fill any requisitions that may be made
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
Storyette of the Day.

Storyette OF the Day.
A minister home from the trenches
has been recounting his experience
among the Scotch regiments, and one
of the interesting stories he tells of q
wounded Jock whom he found rather
depressed, and on being asked whether
he would like to dictate letter home.
he assented. Thereupon the minister
brought a table with writing materials
to his bedside. However, he found
Jock tongue-tied and unable to begin,
so much so that the parson said, after
a while:
Come along, now, I'm in a hurry.
We must make start"
What will 1 say?"
No reply.
win I begin, My dear wife,"
Aye" said Jock, pit that doom.
!That'll amuse her."-London Tit Bits
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
-TODNY]
One Year Ago To-day in the War.

One Year Ago Today In the War.
Roumanians took Orsova, on the
Danube.
British and French demanded Of
Greece the control of the postal and
telegraph systems.
Zeppelin raiders on London beaten
off, one hostile aircraft being brought
down in flames.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

little more harmony of statement would m,
terially improve the appearance Of food d.
partment figures
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

move to Tark up freight rates on coal here.
abouts tags itself as barren of foresight Or bust.
ness shrewdness.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Still it may be remarked that extortins confess
sions is hopeless task unless there is something
to confess.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Nebraska will buy rather than sell wheat this
winter, consequently the fixed price is of local
interest from the other side Of the question
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Early candidates, timorously beating the bush
hereabouts, have discovered only that the public
mind is centered on something else. .%.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Every days events makes more clear the fact
that decrowning Nicholas Romanoff was minor
part of the Job.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

The knel Of doom sounded for whisky making
during the war is another way Of emphasizing
Peoria's right to Be known as "The Still City,"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Omaha has not entered many babies in the
competition at Lincoln, but that is not because
are not interested. II is rather to give the rest
of the state chance. The Omaha baby is super
excellent.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Bread makers who are talking about turnin
their plants over to the government may hav
their bluff called before the winter is out.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02
This Day In History.


17Ss-The Treasury department was
organized, with Alexander Hamilton
as secretary.
179S-Thomas H. Hicks, governor of
Maryland at the outbreak of the civil
war, born near East Newmarket, Md.
Died in Washington, D. c., February
13, 1865.
1S17-General Lewis Benedict
union civil war commander. born at
Albany, N. Y. Killed at battle of Pleas
ant Hill, La, April 9, 1864.
lS43-Queen Victoria and Prince
Albert arrived at Trepont on a visit to
the king and queen of France.
lS50---An assembly Of the German
confederation met at Frankfort in re-
sponse to call issued by Austria.
1S64-General Hood, blowing up his
magazines and destroying his stores.
evacuated Atlanta.
1SS4-Henry B. Anthony, for more
than thirty years United States senator
from Rhode Island, died. Born at
Coventry, r. l., April 1, 1916.
1914-Alies held the line of the
Seine, the Marne and the Meuse above
Verdun.
1915-Grodno, the last of the great
Russian fortresses on the frontier, was
captured by the Germans.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

real farmer says he will soon be million
aire il dollar corn holds on. II this Is true, Ne.
braska will yet become state of rnillionares.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Despite claims and promises to the contrary
reduced cost Of living holds its grip as fascinat
ing mirage.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Doing your bh' too frequently translates il
self into getting your bit"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-09-02

Confessions are always in order, but some
times fail to produce convictions.