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The Clio messenger., 1919-05-08
Elizabeth Ford
BY WALLACE IRWIN

IN We carried her the sea- did,
l And taught her to hep, hep. hep
Ia cute little jimmy, all noisy and tinny
E5S But full of American pep
e Recruited into the corps she
~ She of her accord
9g We flew at her spanker the globe and the anchor
9 And named her Elizabeth Ford
y Cute little 'Lizabeth Dear little 'Lizabeth,
~ Bonnie Elizabeth Fordl
z She was short and squat but her nc nose was was sot
~ For the Hndenburg ne-Oh Lordi
s1 She hated Hun like a son-ofgun,
16 The Kaiser she plumb abhorred,
5ES5 Did chunky Elizabeth, Hunky Elizabeth,
IS Spunky Elizabeth Ford
56 We took her along on our hike we did,
5E6 And a wonderful boat she.
S She carry physicians. food and munitions
g Generals water or tea
Hg She could climb bank like a 6rsrate tank
Tg And deliver the goods aboard
3N When touch steel kellies to Semper Fidels
IN Remember Elizabeth Ford
1g Cute little 'Lizabeth Dear little Lzabeth
2g Bonnie Elizabeth Ford.
81 She took her rests in machine gun nests
l1 And on bullet swept roads she chored.
S Where the Devil Hounds the first the grounds
IS Of a section of France restored-
fg Why, there Elizabeth, Chunky Elizabeth,
~ Spunky Elizabeth Ford.
IS But twas on the day at those murder woods
S Which the Yankees pronounce Beloo
i We to knock silly the hopes of Prince Willie
Hg And turn EN- around d. O.
g We prayed for munitions and cleared our throats
IN With a waterless click-Good Lordi-
56 When of a crater, with bent radiator
56 Climbed faithful Elizabeth Fordl
~ Cute little Lizabeth, Dear little 'Lizabeth,
IN Bonnie Elizabeth Ford
556 With a cylinder skip she had made the trip.
S Water and cartridge stored.
lS With her hood a wreck and a broken neck
R She cracked like a rotten board,
Hg Hunxy Elizabeth, Chunky Elizabeth
}@ Spunky Elizabeth Ford
G When they towed her out of town next day
H Said Corporal Bill. Look thereI
1lg know of one hero who shouldn't draw
}1 When they passn' the Croix de Guene.
g1 Who fed the guns that's startin' the Huns
55hh Plum back to Canal du Norda"
S So his cross-and he 1.-THE tied to the bonnet
Is Of faithful Elizabeth Ford
5N Cute little Lizabeth, Dear little 'Lizabeh,
56 Bonnie Elizabeth Fordl
Where shrapnel has mauled her ovehauled her
~ Her wheels and her geers restored.
Hg Her records clean, she a Marine
39 And we re sending the Dutch War Lord
IN by Elizabeth, Chunky Elizabeth,
56 Spunky Elizabeth Ford.
& & McCrady & Miller
The Clio messenger., 1919-05-08
Reu. Talmage
on Savings
Banks-=

Il cannot imagine any more
unfair or meaner thing than
for a man to get his sins par
doned at the last minute, and
then go to Heaven and live in
a mansion, and go riding about
in a golden chariot over the
golden streets while his wife
and children, whom he might
have provided for, are begging
cold victuals at the basement
door of an earthly city. 1t
seems to me that there ought
to be a poorhouse somewhere
on the outskirts of Heaven
where those guilty of such i'm
providence should be kept for
a while on soup and gristle.
instead of sitting down at the
Kings banquet. 1t is said
that the church is a divine in
stitution. and I believe it.
Just as certainly are the saw
ings banks divine institutions"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
Put up or Shut In for Mexico.

The latest from Washington to the Car
rama government is more nearly a genuine
utimatum than any of the long series that pre-
coded it. It is couched in plain terms, and
fatty tells the Mexicans that the next move is
theirs. The United States declines to be en-
meshed in web of words over matter As
vital as the Imprisonment of an American citi-
zen, who also happens to be representative
of its State department He must be liberated,
or real reason given for holding him. This is
yet a long way from declaration of war or
an intimation of armed Intervention, but if Car
rama insists on holding Consul jenkins pris-
oner, the situation will become Immediately
serious. Americans have shown wonderful for
bearance towards Mexico for nearly decade,
trying to allow the inhabitants of that coun-
try to adjust their own affairs. Because of the
inability of Mexicans to set up and maintain a
stable, responsible government, some hundreds
Of Americans have been murdered, millions Of
dollars in property has been looted or de-
stroyed and unspeakable outrages endured by
our citizens. And the end of the reckoning is
nearly at hand. If Mexicans can not govern
themselves, we may be forced to show them
how il is done
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
The Ellss Island Soviet

Few men seek happy home on Ellis Island
It is port Of passage. But the soviet estab-
lished there through the kindness of Uncle Sam
has the fairest Of fields for pleasurable exist
ence.
Anarchy 10 irresponsible; and who so ire
sponsible as these soviets? Food is brought
to them; they can eat or demonstrate by a
hunger strike, as caprice decides. Friends may
visit them and try to poke revolvers and bottles
through the netting that furnishes grievance
against society. And what an opportunity for
work. Outside wild talk is handicapped. On
the island, one can cry Down with the govern
mentw to his hearts content, neither doing nor
suffering harm; the government does not down
He can offer to cut the heart out of visiting
statesman without being pressed for results;
detention is his albi If beset by ennui it is
correct to swim ashore.
Russian reds were once called nhists; these
are nihilsts as to names. How is deportng
official to know whether red is an American
citizen and immune, or what his record is, or
where he comes from, if he will not answer to
his name? Even if the case for deportation is
clear, Serge or Gregor should worry! Russia is
hiockaded and Washington has yet to find a
feasible dumping ground for Bolshevia.
A perfect, hawless systeml Unless congress
does something-and it never does-or officials
think Of something-and they never do--why
should the Ellis Island soviet be perpetually
endowed with q congenial membership, classy
club house committee to swear at and long
waiting list?-New York World
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02

}s-inch hole through it edgewise, 2
inches from one end. Make a pro-
peller from piece of it cut as
shown and give it pitch by slightly
twisting one end toward you and
the other end away. Put hole
through the exact center of it and
fasten it with nail to the end of
the body (A).
1.-THE main wings (B and b, each
6xl5 inches, may be made of pieces
Of tin or Of ribs and frames with
cloth stretched tightly over them.
Fasten the wings together with
struts C. and c., six inches long,
at each corner. When they are fin
ished, thrust the body (A) through
between them and tack the exact
middle of the lower wing to the bot
tom edge of A. The rear wing
should be piece of tin about 6xl0.
The rudder is also of tin, ox6 inches.
Some testing may be necessary in
the sizes of D and E to get the
right balance and action, for no two
planes will weigh or balance just
alike.
"Fasten the finished airplane TO
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
DEALING With Mer1co

The attitude of chronic hostility to the
United States maintained by President Car
rama has often carried him to the verge of
what, were almost any other country than this
concerned, would be war. Whether it is plain
pig-headednesS or deliberate policy of trying
to incite the spirit of nationalism among the
people as support of his government, it rests
for its success entirely upon the traditional for
bearance, good nature and horror of war of the
American people. Fortunate indeed for the
Carranza administration or any other Mexican
government pursuing like policy that it is
the United States and not almost any other ma
ton possessing military power, which borders
that country. This good luck for Mexico is not
solely because we so long and patiently with
hold our hand from war, but as we'll because we
stand between misgoverned Mexico and other
nations not of such patient habit.
Mexico has been omitted from the list of
nations invited to become signatories of the
Versailles treaty and thus members of the
League Of Nations This omission was made
because its government is not considered by
the other nations as responsible one. High
sounding declarations of principle and forms OF
government do not make either democracy
or government so representative of the people
so dependable that it may be considered a
responsible member of the great world league
However potientt as the United States is and
10th to use military force, our citizens must be
protected and our interests and rights re-
spected Probably the Carranza government
will stop short of forcing us into actual war or
intervention by such explanations and modif-
cations of conduct as may be necessary barely
to accomplish that purpose such as the release
of Consul Jenkins without altering its attitude
of contemptuous hostility. This is more likely
to be the case because Of the failure of Mexico
to procure arms and ammunition sufficient for
the prosecution of war. Firmness in dealing
with Mexico now is rendered the more neces-
sary and the more difficult because of the vacil-
lating policy of the past few years. 1t has left
of our dead line Of patience, which is therefore
the more likely to be overstepped.--St. Louis
Globe Democrat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
MORAL ASPECT OF THE STRIKE.

Omaha people are submitting with COM
mendable patience to the rigid exactions OF the
fuel administration The gentlemen who are in
charge have acted with what they believe is due
regard for public interests and safety, and the
accomplishing assent given by the public is in
dicative Of an excellent community spirit 1t
is unfortunate that Omaha should be in perhaps
the worst predicament of any of the larger
cities, but we know that proportionately all are
suffering in a similar way and for the same
reason.
This hardship has been brought on the ma
ton by peculiar process of reasoning on part
OF men who are looking at all the world
through spectacles of their own devising. 1t
is singular indeed, that men who profess to
be opposed to physical warfare, and who few
years ago had notion of making war impossi-
Bile by refusing to dig coal to be used in mill
tary or naval operations, should so cheerfully
engage in an economic war of such extent and
so filled with potential and actual destruction
as that now being carried on. Innocent people
are suffering, women and children are threat
ened with cold and starvation, miners wives
and babies sharing alike with those of other
workmen who are idle because of fuel shortage.
Horrors of the war are duplicated; perhaps
not in the dreadful carnage of battle field but
none the less poignant and personal in the
silent misery of homes where larder and coal
bin alike are empty. A man stabbed to death
in charge is no more loss to the world than
babe frozen or starved because of an OBJ
stinate, senseless strike.
A conflict whose basis is immoral can not
bring permanent success to any In this case
two obstinate, willful sets of men, each acting
from selfish motives, have precipitated dread
full condition of an otherwise prosperous coun-
try and both of these should be made in some
way to pay for the disaster they are responsible
for
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
Michigan Election Middle.

After due allowances are made for the par
tisan political aspect of the Michigan election
muddle, justice requires that the matter be thor
oughly ventilated. So far the proceedings have
not had the surface appearance of fairness.
When the voters of Michigan declined to accept
Henry Ford as United States senator, even re-
jecting the very earnest recommendation Of the
president that the great manufacturer be
elected, the democrats started the howl of
fraud, bribery, corruption and generally kicked
up big cloud of dust The case was taken up
in 4 senate committee, controlled by democrats,
but was finally dropped and the seat awarded
to Truman H. Newberry, whose greatest Of
Tense Is that he happens to be republican.
The Department of Justice took up the trail and
now blazons forth to the world the announce
ment of dragnet indictment, in which 135 citi-
zens of Michigan are accused of corrupting the
voters of the state.
With this to start on, the campaign of 1920
10 fairly under way for the administration,
which hopes to prop up its tottering fortunes
by general accusation of crookedness against
the republicans. So far as the republican party
is concerned, it has stood forever for fair bal
lot and free count. From Tammany and
Boston in the north to the pocket boroughs"
Of the south, ito effort has continually been to
secure for the honest voter unrestricted oppor-
tunity to make his choice At the polls.
A seat in the senate is Of immense value to
the president and his party just now. 1t would
give the White House full control of legislation,
and permit resumption Of the dictatorial prac-
tice built up since 1918. To the republicans
more than that Is at stake. The fundamentals
Of the party's life are involved. Nothing should
be omitted or neglected that will bring out the
truth in connection with the Michigan case
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
MUCH IN LITTLE.

Captain Fryatt's steamship Brus-
sells has been offered to the Belgian
government by the British govern
ment
Orders for tho construction OF
new passenger airships Of the Be-
densee type have been placed by the
German Aerial company.
M. Piou, deputy, and Nine. Piou
were attacked by burglars in their
mansion at Cadiras, Gironde, both
being seriously injured.
To quickly clean a rifle European
inventor has patented a hxush that
can be mounted in place OF q bullet
on a cartridge and fired from 1t.
In a new electrically operated
ironing machine a flatiron is me-
chemically moved over board, but
its course Is directed by hand
lever.
A new bathroom accessory holds
a tumbler in an inverted position to
drain quickly and also serves as a
ventilated shield for tooth brushes.
There is a vast difference between
Paderewskrs salary as Polish
premier and his former earnings as
professional pianist. When at the
height of his popularity as q pianist
he was paid at the rate Of SIS a
minute.
A Chinaman who wears his spec
tacles in the presence Of guest or
a social superior Is held to be as
rude as in this country We consider
man who fails to remove his hat
when meeting women OF his
acquaintance.
A large number Of Japanese OBJ
tain a livelihood by catching fire
flies. These insects are used as or
naments at social festivities. Some
times they are kept Gagged, some
times released in swarms In the
presence Of guests.
In the 18th century there was a
curious law in England whereby
street. pedlers were forbidden to sell
plums and apples, for the reason
that servants and apprentices were
unable to resist the sight of them
and were constantly tempted to steal
their employers money in order to
enjoy the costly delicacies.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
e. -I2hzze folks Corner 3

the post co with a spike through
the hole first bored in A. Use an
iron nut for bearing.
at should act like this; Without
wind, the tail droops and swings
idly. A puff of wind brings il up to
attention. head into the wind, body
level, propeller spinning. If it does
not respond thus, experiment with
the sizes OF d and L. using card
board in your tests, until you have
found the correct sizes for your
machine. Be sure the swivel hole is
large enough to allow free play and
to allow the tail to droop when
there is no wind"
Next week: "A Burnt, Wood Book
Stand"
Boys and Girls Newspaper Service. Copy
right, 1919. by J. IL. Millar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02

and over stitches.
The box pattern is made by com
bining diamond patches in threes Sc
as to make the geometric box figure
Then sew the boxes together as you
did the diamonds.
The quilt, plain lining first, then a
layer of cotton batting, and last, the
patched top, is fastened to quilting
frames. Then invite your girl friends
to an oldfashioned quilting bee, with
biscuits, pie, and doughnuts for sup
per!
A Chintz Comfortable.
II you can use a sewing machine,
you can make q soft, dainty quilt
for your own room to match the
curtains. Stitch chintz in a gay pat
tern so as to make a large, bag
shaped covering the right size for
your bed. Then stitch it on the ma
chine up and down its length, leav-
ing a space of about six inches be-
tween the rows. Gather all the soft
old material that you can find for
stuffing it, cotton, old stockings, old
linen, scraps of silk, or rawlings of
yarn. An old sweater, raveled, is
splendid.
Fill the spaces in the quilt be-
tween the rows of stitching with
this material, and finish it by bind
ing the edges with plain cambria
or ribbon to contrast with the col
ore of the chintz.
Next week: "Home Made Christ
mas Gifts.'o
Boys and Girls Newspaper Service.
Copyright, 1918, by J. n. Millar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
What About the Homeless?

Somebody may gain heeting fame by de.
vising plan to take care Of the homless men
and women while every form of amusement is
shut down. We have some thousands of these
in Omaha, who are domiciled at rooming
houses or hotels, eat at restaurants, and spend
a considerable part of their leisure time at the
theaters or similar places. With working hours
shortened these find their leisure time in
creased and with all places where they might
comfortable spend part of it shut down. they
are in an unpleasant predicament. It may be
that they will find some sort of relief in loahng
around their lodgings, getting acquainted with
one another, employing the time as best they
may in various ways. But the dislocation of
their routine of life is more serious than will
be that of the workers who have homes to go
TO. Nobody seems to have thought of them
when the regulations were made, but they are
entitled to some consideration.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
@Aee5NmM
AASr9aX
Opposed to the League.

North Platte, Neb., Nov. 2S.--To
the Editor Of The Bee: With your
kind permission l wish to state a
few facts and make few friendly
suggestions which / think Is not
amiss at the present time. dis
tinctly remember reading in the
press about two months ago that
| there were none opposed to the
adoption Of the so-called league of
nations, only those who did not un-
derstand the English language or
/ could not read. That is about the
substance as ] now remember. and
/, it was spoken by a person who
! should be an undoubted authority.
| Then. again, about four or five
weeks ago, came the statement by
that only those who were anarchists,
socialists, /. w. WIS or bolshevists,
were opposed to the adoption Of the
| league as set forth by our honorable
president, and now we see strong
! indications that there will be a
great effort made to punish all those
turbulent fellows under the fore
/ going headlong, who seem deter
mined to follow the example Of our
rebel forefathers who sought JUS
| tice from English rule and thought
the most effective way was to throw
the tea overheard in Boston harbor
and for such an act our dearly be-
| loved English masters would either
shoot or hang the bolshevik rebels
! To my mind the present is ac-
| tuaIly serious as II the first state
! ment that the opponents Of the
| league don't understand the Eng
(, lish language is correct, and the sec
| ond accusation that because of their
| antagonism to the league they are
anarchists or socialists or bolshevists
| or !. w. WIS, these conditions clearly
place them in the incompetent and
| criminal class, worthy of no consid-
! Grafton under our present democratic
laws; and as there is now a move on
lffoot to exthinguish such characters,
/ beg leave to move that each and
all of the daring senators who, beT
cause of their disobedience Of COM
mands in voting for and declaring
the American people capable OF con-
Quoting their own affairs contrary
to directions, and dared to dot their
hereby condemned and sentenced to
deportation amongst the European
diplomats representing the big four,
there to hobnob for from six to IL
months, and should they in that time
repent of their error and bring back
satisfactory proof as to their sin
cere sorrow and solemnly declare
they are now prepared to acknowl-
edge that the American people can
be best governed from abroad and
that they themselves did not then
understand the English language,
they be restored to citizenship with
the reservation that If ever again
a like crime be committed by them,
they will be disfranchised for all
time. WILLIAM LY MAN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
Making Your Own Bed Quilt.

Snow flying, frost pinching. and
coal scarcel Who cares! The very
best thing for your health is to sleep
with your windows open, and the heat
turned off. You will enjoy it if you
have plenty of covers. Why not make
your own bed quilt9
The Patched Quilt.
The diamond and the box patterns
are the most attractive to use and
they will be the closest imitation of
the old-fashioncd quilt, so scarce
now, and so valuable. The diamond
patch is made by first cutting a paper
pattern Of geometric diamond fig
ure the size that you wish. Then cut
your cloth by this pattern in patches
Of contrasting color. Plain blue and
white or checked gingham in blue
and white, and pink and white will
be pretty Sew the diamonds togeth-
er on tn. wrong side with small over
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
IOD AY
The Day We Celebrate.

Nelson B. Updike president of the Updike
Grain company of Omaha and the Updike Com
mission company of Chicago, born in 1871.
Dr.. Philip Sher, practicing physician, born
in 1874.
Linn P. Campbell with the Byron Reed
company, real estate, born in 1889.
Louis c. Nash of Burgess-Nash company,
born in Omaha in 1880.
w. F. Negele, Thompson-Belden company,
born in Walnut, O., in 1866.
Frederick E. Farnsworth general secretary
of the American Bankers association, born in
Detroit 81 years ago.
Carolina White, celebrated operate So
praio, born at Dorchester Mass, 80 years ago.
Louis c. Champion, representative in con-
gress of the Seventh Michigan district born in
Lapeer county, Michigan, "A years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
The members of the Union Pacific fast mail
expedition returned from IA days trip through
the west and northwest. Mr.. R. J.. Clancy of
The Bee was one of the party.
Mrs. Bennett gave delightful kensington
tea.
According to the report of Postmaster Gal
lagher, the postage receipts for the month of
November amounted to $4,000, considerable
increase over the receipts for the same period
the preceding year.
"A Chip of the Old Block" was playing at
the Grand opera house All standing room was
sold and 800 people turned away
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02

Robert Lansing still retains the faculty Of
using the English language so as to set out
plainly what the United States expects Of for
eign governments who are inclined to triAe
with the rights Of Americans The greatest
trouble has been that the rest Of the admins
tration does not always back up the secretary
Of state
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02

New Yorks "handsomest couple" is about
to secure dissolution of matrimonial partner
ship. Handsome is as handsome does" still
holds good.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02
Flying Weather Vane.

BY GRANT NJ. HYDE. n
Tell me How to build an air.
plane, Uncle Bob-a toy one that
will fly"
That isn't easy, sonny, but I'll
tell you an easy way to make one
that will appear to fly when the
wind blows. Well call it a flying
weather vane.
Make the main body of piece of
white pine, lx2xlS inches. Bore a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02

Secretary Bakers experience in the war Of
fee has taught him something. He processes to
believe that American institutions have no
cause to fear anything from an American army.
This is considerable progress from the pacihst
attitude he held four years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-02

Efforts to raise the pay Of college profess
sors is having effect Prizehghter Dempsey re-
fused to go on for less than 100000 4 bout