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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
BY JOHN H. KEARNES.

Democracy is having its day in
Omaha and the day OF democracy is
very refreshing.
1t is creating genial atmosphere
OF brotherhood and sisterhood and
making the whole city feel sense Of
kinship.
Artificial barriers created OF caste
OF unconscious growth are being lev
eled and Judy OGrady and the col
oncl's lady, as we'll as master and man,
are finding the cultivation of each
others good will and friendship is
matter worth while.
The great crisis of the war has
dwarfed all the petty distinctions that
have heretofore peryaded society and
his given birth to spirit OF sacrifice
and consecrated s1vice that leaves
human nature in the primitive condi-
ton Of being naked and unashamed.
All Distinctions Fade.
In the workrooms OF the Red Cross
the devoted women foregather from
homes OF wealth and culture and
homes OF humble respectability. As
tney work with busy hands over
sweaters and socks, surgical bandages
aud hospital pads the common mis-
sion Of mercy begets individual SYM
pathy and intimate intercourse. Dis
tinction fades and democracy pre-
walls.
"Billy had the Group last night"
cuniides Mrs. Rich to her co-worker,
Mrs. Humble, who has large family
and small savings account. THE at
tack alarmed me very much aud | am
still worried"
Don't worry" counscls Mrs. Hum
bic. I've raised large family and
my children all have had croupO ]
anont their chests and throats with
melted lard and turpentinc and give
them a draught of onion syrup and
they come out OF it.
Onion Syrup and War Bread.
Mrs. Rich is interested and gets
from Mrs. Humble arecipe for making
the infallble onion syrup. Mrs Rich
also has vague memory that this
old fashioned remedy was in use i'll
her family when she was young.
War bread is another topic OF COM
mon interest and Mrs. Rich says
she would like TO return to the old
fashioned custom of having her own
bread baked because much of the
bakers bread hard to digest and ]
The family. She has experimental
some but with poor results, there
seemed to be something wrong with
the yeast.
i make fine bread says Mrs
Humble. Il use an old-fashioned
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
BUNDLE BEE BURSTS
FORTH IN A { ERM0N
ON REAL PATRIOTISM
Pertinent and Practical Advice
is Given by Learned Editor
by which All Who Read
May Profit.

Don't look with suspicion on
man named Baumgaertnerdorf.
His mothers maiden name may
have been Macintosh. Jones or
Menier. And your mothers
maiden name may have been
Schnigglchausenheim.
Don't get hysterical when we
win a battle and don't get dis
couraged when our enemies
win a battle. Just remain calm
In the knowledge that we'll win
the last one. n
Don't get "cocky" when you
lend money to the government
or give q few dollars to the Y.
NJ, c. A. or X. c. IL the kais-
er were to win he would take
all you have and not even thank
you.
Deeds speak louder than
words. You can say Damn
them boches' till you're black
In the face and II won't help
this country as much as II you
buy Just one Liberty bond.
Even II you give all your
money above living expense your
sacrifice" Is as nothing COM
pared with that of the men
who are enduring hardships. alb
senee from home and danger in
the active service. So don't
brag about yourself.
You can heip your country
more by Joining the army or
navy than by wearing seven Red
Cross buttons, three Liberty
loan buttons and by refusing to
eat Genthan fried potatoes dur
Ing the war.
II is better to purchase war
savings stamps every week
land keep them) than to say
ito hell with the kaiser" 1894
times.
No matter how loudly you
sing the national anthem. II
won't make up for the sugar
you are boarding.
Remember, you can't lick the
kaiser by knocking down his
effigy with baseballs at the
amusement park.
Go ahead and set married II
like TO the strains Of Mendels-
sohn's wedding march. That
won't help the Huns any. Then
give your bride q good sized
Liberty bond for q present.
That won't help the Huns eth.
or. (Besides. Mendelssohn
lived most Of his life In Eng
land.l
Smashing all the German
stems In America won't help
your country as much as saving
one pound OF wheat a week.
In short. be sensible, calm,
courageous. do what those In au-
thority tell you to do. Don't
be silly-patriottc, hysterica
about unimportant things, I'M
practical and rattle Drained.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
In the Dust

..Mogy Bernstein declares that he
could relate many thrilling expert
ences which have occurred during his
Life, but the most important of these,
he explained, was a ride he had on
Thursday afternoon infa racing auto
mobile on the dirt track at Benson.
They told me l made half mile in
IS seconds, but I believe it was less
than that" he said. Il don't believe
that the machine was on the earth
half of the time. I don't believe that
| would make an automobile racer.
but for those who enjoy it, I guess
there is nothing like it, except posi-
bly, aerial navigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
ANSWER,

Editor Bundle Bee, Dear Sir:
Last Thursday l put a Scent
stamp on postcard addressed
to my son In Sausage Center,
ny. Not till I had mailed 1t did
] realize that l had put on l
cent too much postage. How can
get this back? write to the
Bureau of overcharge, Postal
department, and take up the
matter with them. Upon sub
mission Of proof accompanied by
affidavit, refund may be made.
--Ed.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
EDITOR OF BUMBlE
BEE PROVES TO Be
A SKlLLFUL GOLFER
Surprises Those Who See Him
Knock tho Ball. Makes q
Higher Score Than
Chick Evans. v

We were recently inveigled.
after weeks Of brow beating. In
to playing a game Of golf. We
protested that we had no use
for such silly game. We
stated emphatically and cate
gorically that we could put In
our time better than in hitting
balls and then walking after
them and hitting them some
moro.
Then. our resistance broken
down, In moment OF weak
ness, We went out to the links
and played a game.
Dye know. it's quite fascinat-
ing. And then there's the ex-
cellent exercise II gives one.
That 10 an Important item. We
are quite expert already. We
went around the course Of IS
holes In just i2s, par being rs.
We are also making nice
progress with the language. We
know what "bogie" means and
all those terms.
In our latest game we bogied
off (golf term) and holed out
for the next hole with q fine
stroke which. unfortunately.
landed in the tall grass, which
the ground keeper had neglected
to NOW. Well. this didn't stop
us. We took our smashie stick
and In three strokes were out of
the grass and on the green,
within 100 yards OF the. hole.
Taking our address and stanc-
ing the ball (golt terms) we
struck 1t terrific whack that
sent II bounding along the field,
There seemed to be considerable
wind blowing as the ball went
southwest and landed within
about 90 yards Of the hole.
Thus, gradually. by skillful
playing and proper selection Of
clubs. which we have mastered
perfectly. we approached the
hole, getting closer with every
shot until we landed In the hole.
After arriving on the green We
drove In to the hole in less
than nine shots.
: "If the opponents ball lie on
the lip Of the hole, the player,
after holing out. may knock the
ball away, claiming the hole II
holing at the like, and the half
II holing at the odd."--Extract
from golf rules.
S-Even our caddie expressed
surprise at our shots sometimes.
He is a quiet fellow, but we
could see by his smile that he
considered US an extraordinary
hand at the game.
The caddie told US he cad
died for Chick Evans recently.
but said 1t was more fun to
caddie for US.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
'RrTHMETIC.

II $4,000 Hun prisoners taken
by the allies recently were lined
up. four abreast and with ranks
six feet apart they would make,
a line nsarly five miles long. The
line would extend from Sixteenth
and Faruam streets north 10
Ames avenue, west on Ames ave-
nue. 10 Twenty-fourth, north to
Fort. west to Fort Omaha and
north to Florence. Quite a nice
little bunch, to subtract from the
kaiser's effcctiyes.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
SOnneMenOry

Ed. Wolverton, Omaha insurance
man, gets many a thrill from his
ability to remember names and faces.
He has sold insurance all over the
west. In the last year he sold nearly
100000 of life insurance.
He estimates that he remembers the
names and faces of 100000 people.
1t is quite thrilling to meet man
whom he hasn't seen for five years
and only met casually for a few mo-
ments, and to say to this man:
How do you do, Mr.. Squizenbend-
er. | haven't seen you since that day
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
An Observing Frenchman.

Besides being good, fighters, the
French are keen witted and observ-
ing. In Normandy there is sign
up at the entrance of field: Horses
taken to grass. Reasonable rates.
Horses with long tails, l franc day.
Horses with short tails, SO centimes
day"
On being asked why he made this
strange distinction. the farmer ex-
planned that a horse with a short tail
is so worried by flies that he hasn't
time to Craze, while a horse with a
long tail can flick off the flies and
eat grass at the same time.-Boston
TranScriDt
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
PUBLlKKITY.

The kaiser and Mrs. Kaiser
Of Berlin seem to be getting
scared. They are coming down
off their naughty perches.
Last week their press agent told
the dear deluded people how
the kaiser viewed the battle
from a high tower where he
could almost hear the thunder
Of the big guns, so close to the
battlefront was the brave fell
low. Mrs. Kaiser came back
from visiting the hospitals,
weeping and In mourning (not
however, for any of her own
precious six sons VINO have
been preserved from wounds
and death by the simple expedi-
ent Of safety first.") The press
agency Of this imperial pair is
getting almost as good as that
Of Dug" Fairbanks.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
PAEANS.

When the Germans started
their recent driveon the Marne
they must have had the reverse
lever pushed over. The kaiser
was reported sick and his wife
wept as she went through the
hospitals Of the Rhine towns.
Also, we had nice rain here
where the food Is growing. And
II Hindenburg isn't dead, he
probably wishes he was. Alto
gether, It was a pgetty good two
weeks, eh, what?
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
SACRIFICE.

Two street car advertisements
stood side by side. 1--WE have
made our sacrifices for war;"
bleated one ad. telling how the
concern had given up 25 per
cent of Its usual sugar consump-
tlon at the command of the
food administration, The other
ad was a Raemakers cartoon
showing a man and child weep
Ing beside the bed where lay the
dead body Of a woman. This
picture was entitled "Kultur."
And we had a feeling OF revul-
sion for that other ad and all
commodities which try to
camouflage behind similar sac
rlfices."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04

one of kin "over there" This one
common interest creates an all per-
vading bond of sympathy.
The uniform of our country, and the
uniform of the Red Cross possesses
a new significance. Both are the uni
forms of democracy and those who
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
PAPER.

Speaking OF paper shortage
and wartime conservation. we
purchased pair of garters
tpardon) the other day. They
we're mounted artistically on a
card. The gard was contained
in an ornamental box which had
q label pasted on the top and
on the sides. This was not sur
ficient wrapping and they were
delivered into our hands in a
large paper bag Of about half a
gallon capacity.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
rrns0NAI..

MRS. VERNON aud MISS vER-
NON tformerIy Mrs. Henry
Krauss and Miss Phyllis Mar
1orie krauss) inform their
friends and all whom II may
concern that by Deeds Poll
both dated 9Th June. 1918, and
enrolled In the Central Office
OF Supreme Court. they have
renounced the use OF the sur
name OF krauss and have AS
SUMED and ADOPTED the
SURNAME Of VERNON. Mo-
tlce has been duly adver-
tlsed In the 'London Ga
lette, ,'---Iaondon ..Times."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
NYATSO.

You can always tell whether
person is from city or a small
town by observing how he
speaks OF trains. II he says
he came up on No. ." you
know he's from a small town.
II he says he got In at S:45"
you know he's city man.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04

lin May, 1912, in the Brown Palace
hotel in Denver. How did that little
mining deal come out, that you were
telling me about them"
Wolveston says he makes no spe-
cial effort to remember the names and
faces. He has no system of mnemon-
les. 1t is just a natural gift.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.

In accordance with our policy
Of letting the public know any
important changes made In the
staff Of The Bumblc Bee. We
wish 10 anBeunce that Sheexs
Hummer has been engaged TO
take charge Of our Womsn's
department and lieexa Sucker
will write n special sporting
rolumn for The Bumble Bee.
a. Stingcr continues rs cditor-
in-chief
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
DEMOCRACY.

A little item in the weekly
paper which we get from our
I'D home town, back east. men,
ions that the late Lieutenant
quentin Roosevelt was trained
in the flying camp In France
over which Colonel Carl NEpatz
has charge. Colonel Spatz Is
the son OF the editor of this
weekly paper and he iss2s years
sid. This is a democratic war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
POPLAR.

Gingham dresses have become
quite popular now that the price
has gone soarin'
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
NEWS.

The Omaha Arany Nyusat has
been consolidated with the Nyu-
gait ujsag, a new paper In st.
Paul, MINI
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-04
THE wEEKLy BuMBLE BEE

A. STlNGER, EDITOR.
Communications on any topic
.eceiyed. without postage or
signature. None returned.
NO ADS ATt ANY PRICE
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-10

let your neighbors know you haven't for- gotten Belgium and and our boys
 vtlo remain overseas
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
TRADE BRIEFS

Mirror glass Is needed I'm Peru.
Wrist watches are wanted In British
East Africa.
Suit hangers and trousers presses
are wanted I'm New Zealand.
Cottonseed oil and other vegetable
oils are In demand in Canada.
There is market In Colombia for
general merchandise suitable for de-
partment stores. These supplies will
he purchased by n man who will visit
this country In the near future.
Norwegian experimenters report that
whale fat has been successfully substi-
tuted for other fats in the manufacture
Of margarine.
Due to the high price of butter. there
Is demand for oleomargarine in New
fOundland. A list of importers in ST.
Johns has been sent to the bureau Of
foreign and domestic commerce, 1874
Customhouse, this city.
A group Of electric lamps to be fast.
ened to the back Of one hand and take
current from dry battery strapped to
the wrist has been invented for work.
ers about machinery or for signaling
On railroads or from automobiles,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12

BILLY. age thirteen: ChOpping wood
for l hour and 30 minutes and giving
money to Liberty loan fund"
Helen, aged twelve: One and one
fourth hours knitting one sock. One
half hour making newspaper candles"
Who will say Leigh, Billy and Helen
are not Woodworking patriots?
Every morning the school sends a
parcel of knitted work. pillows for the
wounded and other much-needed arti-
Giles to the Red Cross headquarters.
Students of fashionable girls
school in Connecticut have pledged
themselves not to use sugar, or eat
bon bons while the war lasts.
A series of pamphlets containing war
lessons which will instruct the school
children I'm the aims and needs of the
United States is to be distributed by
the government. The first will deal
with types of social organization. BY
the experience of the war 1t will be
shown how interdependent are men,
bers of a modern social group. The
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Food-After the War.

Whatever other blessings peace may
bring 1t will not bring instant relief to
the masses who are now distressed by
food shortage and its natural conse-
quence. high prices. There will be as
many mouths to feed when the armies
are demObilized as there are now. It
is true that the fare Of the soldiers in
most European countries Is more lib
eral than that of the civil population,
but no statesman will take comfort In
the prospect Of masses Of disbanded
soldiers reduced to the level of civil
undernourishment. And besides the
civil populations that are now endur.
ing semi-starvatiOn uncomplainingly,
recognizing that no relief can be ex-
pected while the energies of their gov.
eminent are engrossed by war, will be
far less patient when peace returns
More food. not less. will be required
In peace.-The New Republic.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
The Kitchen In War TIme.

The private kitchen has got to 20.
1t is scarcely possible to doubt that
now. With gas and fuel at their pres
ent prices, and likely to mount stead
lily higher, the great majority, as winter
advances, will certainly be driven to
living In one room. The economy eff.
fected by that simple measure will be
enormous, and 1t entails no very Sc.
rious hardship. given a satisfactory ar.
rangement Of the cooking problem.
That problem could be practically
solved tomorrow by the voluntary sur.
render. even In a very limited degree,
Of the domestic isolation in which the
British family lives. II every two
households agree to dine together only,
1t would be more than half solved. It
is matter In which the merits of
voluntary system over any compulsory
arrangement are more obvious even
than usual. But If the public cOntin-
ues to set its face Obstinately against
1t. the compulsion will certainly come.
London News.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
Are AvIators Born?

There was a time when it was held
that a man must be especially born for
aerOnautic duties" writes Henry
WOodhouse, vice president of the
Aerial League of America. in Every
body's.
Experience had brought out the
fact that the average young man
can make an excellent aviator. Cap
tain Guynemer. Major Bishop, Cap
tain William Thaw. Captain Ball of
the Lafayette escadrille, and practical
ly all the famous aviators were not
men who impressed anybody with be-
ing different from other young men.
''Of the thousands of allied aviators
there are probably not 500 men who
had seen more than q few months Of
military service before joining the air
service. Most Of them had never seen
any military service.
I'm planning an organization for
the selection and training Of aviatOrs,
the aircraft board and signal corps of
the United States have had to prepare
to deal entirely with men who had
never seen military service, as other
countries have DONE"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
said last AUGUST:

1.-The urgent demands for the produc-
ton and proper distribution of food
and other resources has made us aware
of the close dependence of individual
on individual and nation on nation.
The effort to keep up social and indus
trial organizations, in spite Of the with
drawal Of men for the army, has been
revealed to the extent to which modern
life has become complex and special
lied.
These and other lessons of the war
must be learned quickly if we are intel
ligently and successfully to defend our
institutions. When the war is over We
must apply the wisdom which we have
acquired in purging and enObling the
life Of the world.
I'm these vital tasks Of acquiring q
broader view of human possibilities
the common school must have a large
part. urge teachers and other school
officers to increase materially the time
and attention devoted to instruction
bearing directly on problems Of COM
munity and national life"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
The Ex.Czsrina-

I rub my eyes when read that the
czarina is deeply scheming, intri-
guante who had ambiguous relations
with Rasputin and aimed at the sue
cess Of Germany over the country she
had adopted by marriage as her own.
1t Is only necessary to cast my men,
DRY back to the time when I was Just
entering womanhOOd and Princess
Alexandra Alix was a girl some ten
years my Junior. Certainly 1 knew
the shy, reserved simple child well
enough to realize that she had not
the mental development for any form
Of intrigue. Residence at Bucking-
ham palace under the keen critical
eye Of an august grandmother. an
eye that nothing could possibly es-
cape. did not make for striking indi-
viduality, nor did the quiet SIMPLE
ity Of the German home. and the prin-
cess grew up beneath the double bur-
den of surveillance and etiquette
sharing the quiet intellectual life Of
an adored mother. Yet she had q Ger.
tain measure of high spirits. loved
tennis and dancing. and having tuned
her life to play Its small part In the
great household orchestra, seemed.
happy enough.-The Bookmah:---
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-04-12
AMUSING PIECE OF NERVE"
How Cool Inpudence Of Young British
Naval Officers Relieved Ten
sion of Situation.

In Facing the Hindenburg Line"
by Burris A. Jenkins. may be found
number of incidents in which naval
men prove their GOODNESS and herOism.
Nobody knows all the stories of COOL
ness and herOism among the naval
men, says the author. We shall not
learn them till the war Is over, but
here is one that perhaps the censOrs
will allow to go by. 1t was told by
medical officer who was aboard the
F'rancOnia when she was sunk acting
as transport.
1--WE had five or six naval officers
aboard. They were sitting in the
smoking rOOm-remember the smoking
lounge in the old FrancOnia? 1t was
very long. as long as this dining room
and twice as broad. They had just
ordered whisky sOdas. Suddenly there
was an explosion and the steel floor
of the smoking room just buckled up
and burst apart in the middle of the
ship. One of those officers called the
steward and said:
Il ask you to witness, steward, that
we have paid for these whisky sOdas
and have not had time to drink them
''Then the rascals went below, got
on their lifebelts. came back again,
asked the steward for big sheet Of
foolscap. wrote out long, we, the
undersigned setting forth that they
had ordered six whisky sOdas, for
which they had paid nine shillings,
with sixpence tip, and had not been
allowed to drink them. Thereupon they
entered claim against the British
government for the nine shillings and
sixpence. with accrued interest from
date. Then they walked i'm body up
to the bridge and handed it to the skip
per. The old man told me afterward
he never was so grateful to anybody
as to these cool young devils for the
steadying and bucking up influence Of
their impudence."