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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Germans Not Deceiving Themselves.

Excerpts from German newspaper editorials,
allowed to pass by the censor, might fool the
unwary, but the Germans are not given to deceiv-
ing themselves. The Prussian war machine leaves
nothing to chance and makes no allowance for
mistakes. Americans may depend upon it that
the kaisers war council knows exactly what the
United States is capable of doing in connection
with the 1t is not credible that the possibili-
ties Of our ultimate full participation as belliger-
ent have not had the closest of critical consdera-
ton by the great war lords of Germany. Since
the collapse of the Dernberg campaign in 1914
Berlin has been we'll aware of what might hap
pen, and it is equally certain that the resources of
the United States in every particular are COM
pletely tabulated in the archives there. There
fore we may feel assured that the bombastic ut
terances Of Narmy-controed newspapers do not
represent the actual sentiments of the real leaders
of German destiny. Whatever else may be said
of the Prussan machine, it is directed by cool
intellects, whose calculations have the support Of
accurate knowledge of all material and most Of
the psychological conditions affecting its problem
Appreciation of this will help US in our own prep
aratons
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Who Is to Blame for shortage7

Farmers and stock raisers are being scolded
and cctured because of the shortage in meat sup
ply, much OF it due to the sale OF young animals
The condition is not novel, for it has been called
10 public attention by the newspapers OF the
country time after time for the last ten years or
longer. Nor is the farmer alone to blame. In
the same issue of The Bee that carried warning
note from Washington and plea for the protec-
ton Of future supply by preservation OF the young
animals now was printed note from the market
to the effect that "fed lambs" had sold for the
record price of $l740 per hundredweight. This
ought to give clue as TO where some OF the
blame for shortage in meat supply should rest.
A tender morse indeed, is the chop from a we'll
fed lamb, and one that only the wealthy can have
at the price OF $17.40 for the animation the hoof.
And in that lamb is sacrificed its progeny for
ever What is true Of lamb extends to beef, pork,
poultry, every form of flesh food The young
and immature animals have been sold largely be-
cause gourmands were willing to pay extravagant
prices for the tidbits thus afforded Farmers are
but human, and it is putting pretty stiff pressure
on their patriotism to ask them to carry an animal
on high-priced feed to maturity and then sell it
for less than it would bring as baby" So long
as "Lucullus dimes with Lucullus" this danger will
threaten. Caterers can help lot by removing
from their bills Of fare the viands that are OBJ
tainable only at risk of nations food sources
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Advertising LOVERS
Selling Cost
Bu Clinton T.. Oliper

The universal hardship of the present day is
the rising cost OF living. So many and so great
have been these rises that few people stop to rea
lie that there have been any exceptions to the
general rule; Whatever exceptions there have
been they all belong to the class represented by
advertised and trade-marked goods.
The old idea that the cost Of advertising raises
prices dies hard. But the modern business man
knows better. Selling goods is costly business
no matter what the goods or what the selling
methods. But anything that creates demand on
large scale makes selling easier and therefore is
bound to reduce the cost and make possible keep
ing down the price.
Evidence is better than argument; facts are
better than theories and here are few OF the
things that can be pointed to to prove that adver-
Using has and will reduce the price Of an article:
A camera manufacturer made camera twenty
eight years ago that took IN Inch picture and
sold for $25-today he makes better camera for
$40, and he did it by ADVERTISING
When the manufacturer Of famous breakfast
food began advertising, his goods sold for Is
cents package Today the package is so per
that.
Twenty years ago nationally advertised shaw.
ing stick was sold in cheap leatherette covered
box Today stick containing 20 per cent more
soap is sold at the same price in handsome
nickel box
Then consider the case Of the automobile
best advertised product OF them all-and compare
the $4,000 and $4,000 car of ten years ago with
equally good cars Of today selling for fraction
Of the money.
Advertising that has created depand on q
larger scale has always permitted better quality
or greater quantity at the same price or lower
! price for the same article and all Of this in The
face of steady advance in cost OF labor and raw
materials ~
"a triumph Of economical marketing" is til,
only possible verdict in the face Of these facts.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
@Aee5m
&Aw6GN

Somewhere in Nebraska, April 30
TO the Editor of The Bee: De
mortuis nil, nisi bonum," literally:
concerning the dead nothing, unless
good: automatically: speak only good
of the dead. That is to say History
should be falsifed for the beneflt OF
.Jeffreys and Judas 1scariot.
Francis Joseph Hapsburg was born
at Vienna Austria, August Is, 1881,
the eldest son Of Archduke Francis.
In tS4S his uncle, Ferdinand !, abdl-
Gated and his father relfnquished his
right to the throne. The boy or IL
became emperor Of Austria and KING
of Hungary. In his coronation speech
at Buda Pesth. he attempted to speak
in Hungarian and made coarse blun-
der, unfit to put on paper. The erect
of this mistake was to intensity the
rebellion of the Huns, They were DIS
gusted at a prince so ignorant or inc
language, of people he expected 10
govern. This mistake was doubtless
a lesson, for Francis Joseph died the
best linguist Of any crowned head OF
Europe. He could speak every Ian
guage and every dialect Of his poly
glot empire Every Wednesday was
given to hearing the complaints OF
any of his subjects People could
register ahead; and when the turn
came, the emperor would listen while
Frau Hans Schmidt told how Peterkin
Altsteins hens damaged her garden.
His majesty would listen with appar-
ent intensity: would give her some
advice-which a. drayman could nave
given-and hand her a piece OF money
small to him, but large to her; and the
poor woman would depart to tell 10O
other women of the interview to which
she had looked forward and would
thereafter recall as the event OF her
life Thus his majesty kept the peo-
pie of his misgoverned realm eftec-
lively doped.
But the earth never groaned under
a more thorough scOundrel. Until ad-
vancing years made chastity physi-
cal necessity, Francis Josephs lechery
was a stencil in the nostrils Of decency.
A book might be written entitled:
1.-THE Harlots Of History" There we
would find the names of Helen, Cleo
patra, Phryne, Messalina, Catherine II,
Pompadour-th French woman who
gave her name to the peculiar method
of dressing the hair-and Frau
Schratt. There can be no doubt Of
the nature of the relations between
Francis Joseph and this woman. She
was the daughter of merchant Of
Vienna. She became an actress. 1t
is the old story and need not be re-
lated. She had a husband; Francis
Joseph had wife Frau Schratt was
the emperor's kitchen cabinet sole. In
his dotage he leaned on her as Louis
XIV leaned on Pompadour. Frau
Schratt hated Serbia because Serbians
had killed her brother: and stimulated
what shall describe in my next letter.
DEP HFTDE
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Send the Boys to the Country.

High school boys can be of great service in
the fields throughout the summer vacation. Their
assistance in the production of food crops, how
eyer, will not be the greatest benefit to flow from
such experience The average boy in the city has
no opportunity to learn lot of things it would
be good for him to know. Six weeks on farm
will give him a grasp on some knowledge Of
fundamentals that will serve him we'll, no matter
where he may be put later The country boy has
decided advantage in this regard, for he spends
some time in the city each year and gets first
hand knowledge Of life outside his routine. The
city boy seldom has chance to gather inside
information about things as they grow, and
vacation spent on the farm will broaden his out
look as well as blister his hands and tan his
cheeks. Sunburn endured in the harvest field is
no more serious than when accumulated at the
swimming hole or on the tennis court, while
closer mutual acquaintance between the city and
the country will be mutually beneficial
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Health Board Hampered by Neglect


Public health in Nebraska will in some degree
be 'jeopardized by the neglect of the legislature
In the haste and confusion that attended the
passage of the appropriation bills some impor-
tant items were overlooked and among them one
that means much to the health board. When the
Fox bill for recognizing the health department
of the state government vas up it met with con-
siderable opposition, because it legislated out of
Office some doctors who had held on for years.
The bill had such support, however, as prevented
its being sidetracked, but an examination Of the
records of. the Legislature now shows the new
law will be limited in its operation because of
the failure of the legislature to make provision
to pay one of the executive officers provided for
The epidemiologist who will be in control when
epidemic threatens, will get his~wages, but the
bacteriologist, on whose work all the other opera
tons Of the board depend, is left out and must
serve without pay unless the governor can find
way to compensate him. This is one of the most
sggravating of number of blunders and errors
in the record so far brought to light and is also
one likely to have important effect on the state.
Too much "watchfulness" along certain lines and
not enough of care given to the real work of the
sessions is a charge that is being proven against
the legislators.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
\ Wastes Conquvor

"A penny saved is two pence clear" said
Benjamin Franklin in his Necessary Hints to
Those That Would Be Rich"
This bottom principle of thrift has direct
application in these days to the supreme question
of food conservation An ounce OF food saved is
two ounces clear
Perception of what the world shortage in food
may mean to each individual of us, is Just begin
ming to come home to the American people The
economists with their wide view of the situation
have been preaching to deaf ears and it needed
the awakening clarion of war itsef>to make US
listen.
Expedients for Tending hardship from our
selves and disaster from our allies all fall into
two classes-those for increasing our food pro-
duction. and those for making the food we have
go farther by eliminating all waste. Each is of
vital Importance, but the second is a thing that
is within the reach of every individual, and is
therefore susceptible of>bringing about tremen-
>dous results in the aggregate.
In the main the problem Of producing more
food from the soil is masculine job; while the
problem of cutting out waste OF food is feminine
task.
In the average urban household the man is the
Garner, the woman the buyer; the man is the pro-
WIDER the woman is the purveyor; the man fur
nishes the income. the woman lays out the share
OF it allotted to maintenance OF the household
1t is the housewife, then, that is best situated
to study the outgo and to Danish waste therefrom
In her buying she may exhibit rare wisdom, or
the reverse. In her utilization of what She buys
she may show prudent thrift, or permit the
garbage can to absorb an undue percentage of
disable food.
On the women of America, therefore, falls the
important and patriotic task of making the coun-
try's food supplies go farther and do more than
has been their wont in this wasteful land
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
HERE AND THERE.

The last battle of the revolution was
fought near Charleston. s. c., on August 81,
1882.
The Order Of the Iron Cross was instituted
by King Frederick William of Prussia in the
year 1912.
The first declaration Of war in America
was made by Boston against the Dutch COL
onists in the year 1872.
The first American man. war was built
at Portsmouth. N. H., in 1881, under the SUI
perintendency of John Paul Jones.
The union flag was first unfurled in the
camp Of the Continental army at Cambridge,
Mass, on New Years day of 177s.
The first fertilization in New York or
vicinity was built by the Dutch on the south
ern extremity of Manhattan island in 1914.
It is estimated that the steel used in max
ing shells for the present war would be more
than sufficient to construct all the big steel
framed buildings in the United States.
One of the important functions of the Blu
reau Of Navigation of the United States navy
is to supply all of the vessels of war with
maps, I charts. chronometers, barometers,
flags, ,sigf,al-lights, etc.
The first American forts to use classmates
were Castle Williams and the sister forts
built in 1907 to guard the sea entrance to
New York.
After the South African war the British
government contracted for forty miles of
ribbon for the South African war medals.
Based on these figures it is safe to say that
several hundred miles Of ribbon will be re-
Quired for the British troops at the end Of
the present appalling struggle
The first permanent coast defenses in the
United States were designed and constructed
by General Joseph Gilbert Totten,fa native
of New Haven. who served for many years
as chief engineer of the United States army.
The artificial arm devised for the soldiers
MANNED in the European war Is miracle of
mechanism. With 1t a man can carry a cane
or umbrella or hold . book. He can use
knife and fork quite dexterously, write a
legible hand, hold base ball bat or bill
lard cue, hammer or an AK. and pick up a
pin.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
People and Events

An indiscreet member of the Quaker fraternity
attempted to spring pacifst speech in Phila-
delphia theater where federal marines and sailors
were assembled. He did not get very far with
his disloyal remarks and was saved from physical
injury by an involuntary exit Safety in war time
emphasizes the familiar motto: IF you can't
boost, don't knock"
The story OF the San Francisco girl who seeks
divorce because her husband concealed his
wooden leg during their counting days is still
going the rounds, evoking cruel jeers from mas
culine scoffers. Really the deceived one deserves
sympathy with heart in it. The range of vision
in counting times, under ordinary conditions, is
exceeding narrow, according to experts. In San
Francisco, where fogs bloom luxuriantly, the area
OF low visibility doesn't afford ghost Of chance
OF glimpsing wooden leg. The awakening is
renl
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Dewey Day and Today.

In eighteen hundred ninety-eight
And on the first Of May
Dewey with his-gallant feet
Sailed down Manila Bay.
He halted not for mines or bombs
There at the dawn of day
Beneath the shelter of our flag,
He opened up the fray.
As he megaphoned to Gridley:
When you're ready blaze away.
Then they turned loose their dogs Of
war
And quickly won the day.
And now again the die is cast,
And we are in the fight
To claim our right upon the seas,
For justice, truth and right.
And may some leaders, heaven sent,
Some Dewey. Grant or Lee,
Be found to lead our armies on,
And those that sail the sea.
Till all the people east or west
OF high or low degree
Will know the Stars and Stripes still
stands
For law and liberty.
Then every race Of men on earth
Oppressed by Turk or Hun,
Will see aioft the Star Of Hope
Placed there by Washington
H. o. MORSE.
RushVille, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Were starting a circulating library FOR
the use of the inmates" said the prison
visitor. rs there any particular book you'd
like to make use Off"
why, yes replied the convict. "If
could only use 1t right away Id like to have
a railroad guide,"-Puck.
What people don't know won't hurt
them"
rs that so?" What about the man who
didn't know the gun was loaded ?"-Detrct
Free Press,
Jones-And who are the o'Briens ances-
tors?
O'Brien-Whats that?
Jones-1 mean, whom do the Brlens
spring froma
oBrien-The o'Briens spring from no
one; they spring at them-Dalias News.
First Credit Man-How abovt Jones Of
Pigville Center?
Second Credit Mantle always pays cash,
80 we don't know how honest he is!--Bos-
ton Globe.
Hubby"
Yes yes yes?'
Before we were married you used to
send me flowers and sweets"
II should be brute to discontinue that
custom. Tonight It will be cauliflower and
sweet atoes"-Loulsvilie Courier Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Single Men Enough for Army.

Should the federal authorities finally deter
mine to form the first line army Of unmarried
men, enough Of these may be found to more than
fill the requirements. Announcement is made that
the first call under the selective draft contem-
plates the registration of seven million men of
military age. This figure falls well below the
total of unmarried men OF military age returned
by the census of 1910, which gave 7226,62O single
men between the ages of 20 and "A. Of these
3,4S2l6l were 20 to "a, 2,76797s were from rs
to "a and l026 SOP from IS to a. II the young
men between Is and 20 be added the total will
be brought up to over ten million Thus it is
easily possible that the first army Of million men
be formed from the ranks of the celibates. 1t is
not required that men Of family be Disseminated
against on that account nor is it likely they will
be, but the need for their taking up the burden
of active army life at the very outset is-not so
urgent that the service of the country would ser-
ously suffer were the first forces sent out to be
composed entirely Of bachelors This fact is
likely to be considered by the authorities in max
ing up the muster rolls and there will be plenty of
work and plenty of time, too, for the married
men, who need not feel sighted if they should be
left at home on the first call.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.

III pEihi" ht"NN EtBos
The wages Of the plumbers Of the
city have been raised by the Master
Plumbers'N association Of Omaha,
about 10 per cent.
The following took part in the pro-
gram of the Literary and Scientific
club: Charles F. Kempfer, Prof.
French, l.. IT, Baer, Fred Nye, Hon.
John j. Points, Judge Louis Berka,
Julius S. Cooley and r. d. A, Wade.
Lifeboat Lodge No. $780, Independ-
ent Order of Good Templars installed
new officers for the ensuing term as
follows: Chief templar. j. NJ. Lowe;
vice 'templar, Miss Emma Keatly; re-
cording secretary, T. b. Barnes; as
slstant secretary, Bert c. Miner: fl
nancial secretary, Miss Kate DeBolt;
treasurer, Thomas Golden; chaplain,
Mrs. q. A. Miner; marshal, Theodore
Cramer; deputy marshal, Miss Anna
Fry; r. s., Miss Edith p. Miner; l..
S., Miss Nettie Kulp; guard, Byron
Davis, and sentinel, Bert Pratt.
The plans for the new Swift pack
ing house to be located in South
Omaha, are nearly completed. 1t will
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
GRINS AND ORGANS.

Postal rates between the United States
TN say that you have host of ficuds "
But l don't know that l really have q
host of friends
Have you two real friends in the worId?"
Yes"
That's host."-Louisvlle Courier
Journal.
She-Why do 'yoy want me 10 keep quiz
when I go fishing with you while | know
you let Miss Pert talk as much as she
likes?
He-WeN, she does talk; but then she
makes only biting remarks. Baltimore
American.
reduced from cents to cents"
II always like TO take advantage of ba -
gain" said Mrs. Flubdub, 'but unfortunately
1 don't know soul N the Danish West
Indies to whom could write. "-Louisvile
Courier-Journa
The head OF boarding school noticed one
of the boys, wiping his knife on the table,
cloth, and pounced upon him.
is that what you do at homer" he asked
Indignantly
"Oh, no. answered the youngster coolly;
I'VE have clean knives. Boston Transcript.
'Th>Ze is one bad thing" remarked the
manager, gloomily, about these muzzling
ordinances"
What is that?" asked his star.
That their operations are not extended
to the critics Of the dog towns."-Baltimors
American,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Urgent appeals for table economy carry a
message of gloom to fat men. There is serious
danger that the public will heed them. In that
event, the swell front, long esteemed a symbol Of
gastronomic dignity and power. will lose social
standing and tag the bearer as patriot for grub
only. Safety lies in working off the fat
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

In recent speech at Breslau, DR.. Dernburg,
OF unhappy memory, interpreted the signs Of the
times in these words: 1.-THE new Germany is
here and requires its house. Let us build It. Do
not let us delay" Wonder Il the doctor can nego-
tate building permit,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Experts advise pushing building projects with
all the vigor Of peace prosperity Delay means
loss of time with little prospect of Offset in low
cred material prices. Full steam ahead" is the
true motto for enterprise at all times. -
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Alternate riffs Of sunshine and gloom radiate
from Washington to Sycamore HILL suggesting
the proprety of remaining the Potomac the River
OF Doubt
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Financiers Of German plots in this country
showed themselves to have been amazingly easy
victims for con men. If Phineas Barnum were
alive no doubt he would stretch his celebrated
census to cover the thrush of alien suckers in the
last two wears
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Politicians and platform makers, who, in years
past, monopolized the art of viewing with
alarm" are hopeiessly outclassed nowadays
Every man pulsing with message seems to think
patriotism calls for the delivery Of scare Cheer
up and forget it.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Signs of the times visible at several cross
roads remind patriots In active service that girls
will hold down their jobs during absence. This
fact, II nothing more lends realistic touch to
the going-away song: 1.-THE Gii Left Behind
Metn
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

Nebraska automobile licenses issued in four
months past number 1890. On the basis Of the
census estimate of population in June, 1915, this
means one power car for every eleven persons, a
ratio surpassed by only two states--Cafornia
and Iowa
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

An eastern railroad company, which holds a
seat in the councils Of anthracite barons recently
passed wage raise to the miners and took occa-
sion to applaud its generosity. Now the raise
toboggans to the consumer while the barons
chuckle about the ease of putting things over.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

In addition to local expert advice on increas
ing the supply of hogs, acquisitions on the ex
perience of congressional pork committees woult
help some.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

One Year Ago Today In the War.
Germans launched new great Of
fensive at Verdun.
Allied transport with 500 Russians
reported sunk,
Countess Markievicz sentenced TO
death for part in Irish revolt, but
sentence committed to life, imprison-
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07
Patriotism IN Poetrg


(Air, Battle Hymn of the Republic.)
The Kaiser said to Uncle Sam. Dear
sir, get off the seas,
For IL you don't my submarines will
bring you to your knees"
Just guess again." said Uncle Sam,
my friend, for IL you please,
Well Just keep sailing on"
CHORUS:
Glory, glory, halleluiah; glory, glory
hallelujah; glory, glory, halle
lujah, we'll just keep sailing on
Your Uncle Samuel is q man that's
very hard to bluff;
Though we'll along in years they'll
find that he is mighty tough,
And when he mixes in a scrap he
never cries enough"
But just keeps sailing on.
In 81 and '9S he showed what he
could do;
He never undertakes thing but
what he puts it through;
He always shows his colors, they are
Red and White and Blue,
And just keeps sailing on.
We're mighty proud Of Uncle Sam,
we know he's on the square,
And IL the Kaiser starts a scrap, why
Uncle doesn't care,
For when the smoke has cleared away,
our flag will still be there,
And we'll be sailing on.
CHORUS:
Glory, glory, hallelujah; glory, glory,
hallelujah; glory, glory, halle
lujah, we'll Just keep sailing on.
C. G. REYNOLDS.
Griswold, Ia.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

The request for s2s,0OoOOo appropriation for
a f6od survey visions cheerful outlook for the
agricultural pie counter.