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! which are frequent, sometimes three
a week. A Russian year has more
than $50 holidays.
public places and certain locali-
ties are very unsanitary. Sewerage
systems are practically unknown
and water cannot be used for
drinking without being sterilized
and it is unobtainable in public
places. Wearing apparel of the bet
ter materials is worn exclusively by
the favored few. The peasants wear
castotf clothing, patched with diff
terent-colored materials, their limbs
frequently wrapped in gunny-sack
fabric as substitutes for shoes and
stockings.
Modern conveniences are linz
tied. When I was in Vladivostok
there we're about 10 automobiles and
10 street cars, and the city electric
lights gave poor service, and some
times none at all. The cars and
Kerensky's currency is used, and
farther west the bolshevik currency
is hono:ed. There are numerous
counterfeit notes in circulation. Rail-
road trains are operated at about 10
miles per hour, and without sched-
ules. Time seems to be small con-
sideration to the people in Siberia.
A train will be held several hours at
station without any known reason.
These trains run through hundreds
of miles Of fertile valley lands that
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

and show the women of their world
little more courtesy, reverence
and devotion. A girl admires fine,
manly man as much as ever.
Most Becoming Clothes.
"Not all the women dress i'll
decently. If women dress sensibly
their clothes have never been so
becoming as they are today.
"Why is it no women founded
sects OF Christendom? Because in
olden days she was looked down
upon as an inferior and did not have
chance to develop her mentality.
We must admit there are some in
feriors in our sex as there are in
every plane of life, but to the aver
age girl, her ideals and achievements
We should take off our hats
"She has never been so independ-
ent, sensible, healthy and happy. She
is wonderful for she'i is becoming
thinker" A. READER"
A Tribute to "A. K"
"Women do not belong to the
weaker sex. In just so far as moral
courage is greater than physical
courage and spiritual strength
greater than physical strength,
woman is greater than man.
What father could bear the phys
;cal strain Of motherhood and at the
same time bear the agony of fear for
darling son exposed to all the
evils Of mo Mans Land" as so
many of our mothers have done
through some of the darkest hours
of the war.
"Becausu woman feels her phys
ical weakness, she is driven to God
for strength of all kinds and He
never fails any individual who
throws the burden upon Him.
"But the individual who trusts in
his or her own strength is leaning
on broken reed. You SAY that
young men used to worship women?
DID they?
mot the kind of women that they
are associating with most today.
Their mothers would have locked
tnem IN the attic ana given THEM
bread and milk until they grew
strong enough to prefer decent COM
panionship. T.
"Our young men are just as ready
to worship the same kind OF wom-
an they worshiped 20 years ago
whenever they pass the occasional
pedestal upon which she is perched.
Not so occasional either.
There are thousands Of true blue
women, universal mothers, who
grieve so greatly over the tendency
of the times that they must sing
hymns and pray to keep their hearts
from breaking.
ga. X God bless him, whoever
he is, has shown that he can appre-
ciate the spirit OF motherhood and
can help others to appreciate it,
perhaps thinking Of his own mother.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

The withdrawal OF American and
Japanese troops from Siberia re-
Gently has been a subject OF con-
siderable comment in the press dis
patches. 1t will be recalled that the
American troops were sent to this
far-away land during 1918 to aid the
Russians in the organization of their
defenses against the bolshevik
forces and to back up the Czecho-
Slovak army.
A recent dispatch from Toxic
read: ",rhe council is reported to
have indorsed the cabinet decision
not to interfere further in the in
tcrnal affairs Of Siberia and to ad-
here strictly to the governments
declaration made when it entered
into its agreement with America in
1918"
Had Three Governments.
The situation in Siberia during
1918 was confused, there being three
anti-bolshevik governments, all pro-
Tossing friendship with the allies
and cooperating with the tCzecho-
Slovak army, at that time estimated
to be 100000 strong. One OF these
so-called government headquarters
in Siberia was located in Nladivos-
tok, another at Omsk and the third
at Harbin.
Just what the situation will be
when the American and japanese
troops shall have been withdrawn
seems to be matter Of conjecture.
A recent news report from Wash
ington stated:
General Semenoff with $4,000
Cossack irregulars will be left to
face the steady eastward advance
OF the bolshevik forces"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

Dir. Frank c. Secor, 1908 Sahler
street, is watching the shifting
scenes i'll Siberia with considerable
interest, for he recently returned
from that country, where he served
with the American forces as lieu
tenant. Aside from his military ex-
perience, he, gained much interest
ing knowledge OF everyday affairs
OF these people, who were on the
ragged edge OF existence when
he was there. The doctor took
many photographs while in Siberia
and has loaned a few for the
benefit of Bee readers.
A picture is reproduced herewith
of Major Kalimkotf, who COM
manded a battalion of Cossacks at
Khabarovsk, which is about 700
miles from Vladivostok, on the ST.
berian railroad. Kalimkoff was un-
der General Semenoff and was Of
the old Cossack guards. He prac-
ticed such cruelties at Khabarovsk
and vicinity that even his own men
mutinied and he was forced to leave
between two days" with a personal
guard of about SO of his men.
Killed Entire Orchestra.
"There was large Austrian
prison camp at Khabarovsk and |
remember that an Austrian orches-
ira frequently came into the town
to play for the people. They were
fine musicians" said DR.. Secor. ut
was charged that Kalimkoff forced
every member of that orchestra to
walk gangplank overlooking the
river and all were shot. He killed
many innocent people on the charge
that they were bolshevists. AS the
commanding officer in khabarovsk.
Kalimkoff was supported by the
Americans and Japanese until his
acts became intolerable. He was
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

atrocious. He was in command OF
about 800 Cossacks who inutined
when their pay had lapsed for three
or four months and their rations
consisted of soup three times a day.
The mutineers went to the Ameri-
cans for protection"
The doctor related that when he
was in Siberia there were about
10000 American troops between
Nladivostok and Khabarovsk, and
Approximately 25,00O Japanese. The
bolshevists bad a stronghold 81
miles from Khabarovsk, i'll the
mountains.
Omahan Tells Story.
DR.. Secor told the following little
story in connection with his expert
ences and observations while III
Siberia:
"Vladivostok, Siberia, is the base
OF supply for the American expe-
dictionary forces as we'll as for the
allied armies in the far east. The
city is cosmopolitan. with a popu-
lation OF about 10000 representing
nearly every nation in the world.
1t is situated OH the best natural
harbor of its kind. transports being
able to dock within 80 feet from the
shore at any point OF the harbor.
1t is we'll fortified and considered
impregnable from a military stand
point. This was confirmed during
the RussoJapanese war. In that
time the Japanese cruisers laid i'll
waiting outside Of the harbor for
months without an opportunity to
attack the city.
'Nladivostok is congested with
refugees, peasants, beggars and the
so-called aristocratic Russians who
were fortunate in escaping the
ravages Of the bolsheviki. Law
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

should produce vast quantities of
wheat. The land is titled mostly by
the Manchurians. .....
Slaughter of Innocents.
"Khabarovsk, city of about 40
900 people. where | was stationed, is
situated at the junction of the Amor
and Ussurri rivers, and is about 700
miles northwest of Vladivostok.
This city was in the path of the re-
treating bolsheviki and was captured
by the Japanese, Cossack and Amer
ican armies. 1t was at this place
where kalimkoff, the notorious
narauder, proved to havesbolshevik
ideas, by killing his innocent prison.
ers without trial. He would line
his victims to meet their fate at the
hands of firing squad. His actions
were brought to a stop by our COM
mander, which caused comments
among the Russians in the vicinity,
and also among the Japanese army.
kalimkotf's soldiers finally mutinied,
killing some of his staff officers.
They raiied his ammunition stores
and carried away most of his sup
plies, Kalimkoff fleeing from the city
with a few of his men.
The people of this vicinity con-
sidered themselves more fortunate
because they were under the protec-
ton of the Americans and Japanese.
The more peaceful element went
about their daily work industriously,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

is teeming with activities of which
ne comprehends little of their intent
or volition. The whole world has
become one individual unit.
Mint of Reading.
Superficial and unwholesome at
fractions are everywhere to allure
him and hold forth stronger induce
ments to his plastic nature than a
congested home of three rooms, or
a mansion where he must play
alone.
Even many Of the most sincere
and devoted parents neither under
stand the psychology of child ma
ture nor the materials and books
that are best for his development.
What must be done if we are to
bring out of this complex, confused
situation, the citizens of tomorrow,
men and women who will carry on
a greater warfare than one with
bayonet and machine gun? Never
has such wisdom, stability, sagacity
and nobility been displayed as the
next decade will demand.
The recent war has urged upon
US the vital need OF more and better
education. But what is education.
Certainly not just the three Rs
Wherein can they develop stability,
sagacity, keen judgment, broad
vision? They are but the crude
tools. Education is life-life as full
and rich every day for the 3-year-
old as the youth 16 years old.
Work Has Only Begun.
"Just as the gardener daily ex-
ercises all his wisdomin the nurture
of the tiniest Seeding if he would
produce the choicest bloom at ma
turity so must we bend all our
efforts now toward the right nur-
ture Of tomorrow's citizens. We
must develop strong, sane leaders:
we must give every inhabitant of
our country a broad education, train
him in sound independent thinking,
supply a clean, wholesome moral
atmosphere in which he can live and
make our country 100 per cent
American.
This is the task of the whole
community, not of a selected group
upon whom all the burdens can be
unloaded. 1t means that we must
have intelligent, clean, noble par
enthood; it means that we must
have communities 100 per cent faith
full to the demands of child welfare;
it means that we must have the
craeam of today's intellect to nurture
our tomorrow's cities in that great
est of all our institutions-the melt
ing-pot of our country, the public
school.
Wonderful progress has been
made in the past decade, but the
work has only begun. We are just
learning the true meaning of edu-
cation, and the true mission OF the
public school. Thousands of faith
full, earnest workers have grasped
this vision and quietly, but surely,
are playing an unmeasurable part in
the great reconstruction of civiliza-
ton. 1t remains with each individual
community to say how we'll her
youth OF today shall be prepared for
tonorrow's citizeus..
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
Americanism Depends Upon
Liberal Child Education
Communities Must Be Faithful to Demands of Child
Welfare, Declares Primary Supervisor of Council
Bluffs Schools-Burden Must Not Be Unloaded
Upon Selected Group

Problems confronting boards OF
education and school teachers, and
the future outlook of education, are
discussed by Edith Whitcomb, pri-
mary supervisor of the Council
Bluffs schools, because of her be-
lief that the average citizen has
but very superficial knowledge
of the conditions in the schools
, of his community.
-"One hears continually today OF
the crying need for education" says
Miss Whitcomb. More schools,
better equipment, special instruc-
tors, are being demanded every
where until the casual onlooker
wonders what has caused all this
agitation and why the school of
his day does not suffice for the new
generation. The answer to these
questions lies in a survey of the
place in our social, political. eco
nomic and religious life during the
last two decades. Most Of these
sweeping changes fell within the
span of those now living, and
history does not record a revolu-
ton SO extensive and complete.
''In the days of our grandmothers,
the home was the center of all forms
of industrial occupation. Clothing
was not only made in the home
but often the raw material was
produced on the farm. Lumber,
furniture, lights, foods, ETC., were
products of the home or vicinity
and the entire industrial process of
production stood revealed to the
children.
Each Home a Unit.
Population was largely scattered
and there was comparatively little
intercourse with the outside world.
Adequate methods of transportation
and communication were very lim-
tied, books and newspapers were
scarce, and each home was primar-
lily an independent unit wherein ex-
perience and observation were ex-
cellent teachers. There remained for
the public schools only instruction
in the three RS, reading, writing
and arithmetic, responsibility
easily assumed by any person suf-
fciently versatile in those three
subjects, be he minister, lawyer or
farmer. The school years was short
and the school period covered only
few years.
What a contrast to the complex
daily life of the children of 1910
the citizens of tomorrow. A large
per cent of them live in our cities.
elbow to elbow with hundreds of
other future citizens" of all colors,
creeds, nationalities and ideals.
(Who knows that the playmate next
door is not secretly taught to revere
the red flag of anarchy instead of
the Stars and Stripes?) Home ac-
tivities have been reduced to the
minimum by inventions and manu-
featuring enterprises until the mod
ern child knows almost nothing of
his daily dependence on the world
outside.
His clothes come from the store,
drinking water from the faucet,
lights from the turning of button
in the wall. His whole environment
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
Cza1or -Kah'wTeW
CoSSACh OFFICER SIBERIA

and order are maintained by the
military representatives of the al
lies. Food is limited, but can be
obtained, providing the people are
willing to pay eXorbitant prices.
Chinese pheasants, 81 to So each;
pork chops, s.; two eggs, IS cents.
The lower class OF people satisfy
their hunger with bread and tea,
which can be obtained at reasonable
prices. A large loaf OF bread costs
10 to IS cents.
Flatten Tin Cans.
''The dwellings of the poor are
built Of logs and covered with bat
tered tin cans picked out of refuse
heaps. These houses have one or
two rooms and shelter families of
eight to 10 children. Others that
are more helpless are contented to
live in caves. Work is considered
a folly and they exert themselves
only to subsist. Many pretend to
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
a2ESeGeE:: ! ll!olmaA,

although the misery and suffering to
which they had been subjected was
depicted on their faces.
Il spent three months with the
Austro-Hungarian prisoners, of
which we had charge. More than
5000 of these victims were in con-
hnement there for FIVE years. They
related stories of almost unbelicva-
bic misery. The Russians sent them
back of the lines and finally they fell
into the hands of the bolsheviki.
Then they were recaptured by the
Russians, who finally turned the
half-starved and poodly-elad victims
over to US"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

Out jump defenders of the gentler
sex! And yet, careful perusal OF the
expressions of these defenders, Will
reveal an insinuation that they too,
realize the tendency of modern wom-
an to slip" away from her oldtime,
secluded life, where she was protect.
ed by modesty and high walls OF
convention, into broader and freer
life, where she declares herself on
an equal footing with man.
Women have invaded public life.
They have left the home for all lines
of business and professions, and i'll
making this step, they cannot help
but slip" ever so little, from the
old worn paths of nicely, known to
their forebears.
At least, such proves TO be the
general "between-the-line" opinion
of the majority of writer's to the
"Arc Our Women Slipping" forum.
Times Have Changed.
, II think that the Standard OF con-
duct of the majority OF our women
is being greatly lowered. In fact to
my estimation it has been lowered
more in the past 20 years than it has
been in the last two centuries.
"In the olden days the majority
of women were contented to be a
good mother and housewife. Their
husbands wooed and won them with
a bunch of lilies and an occasional
box Of candy. A wedding in those
days was great event.
To-day the bird with cash brings
home the game. The women demand
jewelry, frills and foppery. This is
more than q man of ordinary means
can meet. Particularly since the war
the conduct of the majority has been
lowered. .e
Demand Equal Footing.
"Women want to be on an equal
footing with men. They want to
do a mans work, they want to vote,
they want to smoke, they are willing
to take the responsibility of men. No
wonder they are slipping. Becoming
pals with their brothers in stores,
factories, mills. steel plants, and
other manual labor. where they are
not supposed to be found. They
should be at home where they be-
long and not upon the streets the
greater part of the hours of the
day.
II do not blame women entirely,
but the friction caused by women
becoming pals with their brothers
in the industries is bound to bring
evil. Few are the women that one
sees plainly dressed without the
frills, paint and powder. The school
girls of today are likewise tempted
by the powder and paint. A pretty,
innocent looking girl is a thing OF
the past.
To-day women are more interest
ed if the affairs of the nation than
in the care of their children. The
women attend parties and clubs.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

while the nurse stays at home will,
the children. The washboard and
ironing board is a thing of til: rast
Now the family washing is sent TO
the laundry and the "old man" with
his "$25 per week" is the family
bank. The husband canno, afford
the frills that his wife Graves. What
happens
Beauty of Face and Form.
"The wife goes out and works in
an Office or factory to earn the
money that will buy her the unnec-
essary luxuries that she looks for
ward to. Here at work she becomes
acquainted with men, just friends.
Is she slipping
"Women's styles are continually
changing with every season. Mems
styles have been practically the
same for centuries. What is the
cause OF this? In the recent past
woman's low-heelcd and round toe
shoes and slippers were in style.
But why did they go out of style!
These are the only proper shoes for
women to wear.
after church they go to a show
with men and stay up until all hours.
They give church parties where sug-
gestive dancing is allowed. I hardly
think our forefathers were misguid-
ed, if they were, the cases are few.
Women are both angels and four
fiushers.' The new freedom bestowed
upon women is harming them, but
are they aware or do they turn a
deaf ear? Beauty of face and form
seems to prevail over beauty of soul.
81. E. GEVENS."
Shocked and Astonished.
Being one of "our women OF to-
day" and having thought great
deal about the question l take up
the cudgels in defense of my sex.
II have been shocked and as
tonished at some OF the conversa-
tions ! have overheard between
young girls and boys and among
young girls, but I think that is, the
fault of heir parents and their
home training. The parents of to-
day are too lax. A little of the old
discipline would do lot of good.
Becoming "Pals" Helps.
Becoming pals with their broth
ers does not undermine their morals.
1t is good for them for in becoming
pals to their brothers, they learn
not to become silly, empty headed
flirts with other boys.
"a, boy likes and respects girl
who can be a pal to him. If they
are made of the right stuff they
can withstand the sterner teinpta-
tions.
Our woman Of today is growing
mentally bigger and reaching out
for greater things. She demands a
broader horizon than the woman OF
yesterday.
"Let the men mend their ways
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be beggars. Inc so-cail, aristo-
cratic Russian will dress lavishly,
attend the exclusive entertainment
the cabaret-which opens at 2 a.
M, or retires and sleeps till noon,
opens his place of business at l
p. m, closes it at 4 p. m, and at
tends a social affair at 6 p. nl., which
consists of II to 14-course dinner,
and he consumes three to four
hours while eating andsdrinking.
"All stores are closed on holidays,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

cred institution, the sanctity Of the
home and freside.
"The lodge, club, and above all,
the indecent dance hall, are unhap-
PLY, but too truly, taking the place
of the happy home.
SARAH r. MILLIGASS,
"Scribner, Neb."
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
By WILLIAM F. RIGGE.

The present month enjoys the
privilege, which is rare for Febru-
airy, of having five Sundays. This
happens once every 28 years when
the first day falls on a Sunday, and
the year is leap year. This oc-
Cured only three times during the
last century, in 1924, 1852 and 1880,
and will happen only three times
during the present century, in 1920,
1948 and 1876. The long interval
of 40 years from 1880 to 1920 is due
to the fact that 1900 was not a leap
year, so that the ordinary solarcycle
of % years had to be readjusted.
A second distinction is that, un-
less our summer time is again re-
sisciated, the sun is slower this
month than at any other time dur
ing the year, being SO minutes slow
Of our clocks from the first to the
22d, as is shown in the moon col
umn. We may be able at times to
turn this fact to good advantage by
calling it midnight when Our time
pieces show IL or 1888 just as we
like. On the 10Th the sun enters
Pisces, the Fish, the last sign of
the Zodiac. d.
The planets, Jupiter, Saturn and
Mars, are coming into better posi-
tons every night. On the 18th,
Jupiter rises at 4:35 p. in., Saturn at
$50 and Mars at 1887 p. m. Venus
is the morning star, and rises on
the 18th at S:33 a. m. 1t is pretty
far south of east. Technically,
Jupiter becomes an evening star on
the second, and Saturn on the 9th,
because on those days, respectively,
they rise when the sun sets, and
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
III. G.. SOMMERS,
Grand Island, Neb.'
Attacks Dance Halls.

"The prevailing immodest cos
tunes adopted by the women of to-
day are certainly lowering their
standards of morality, Christian in
fluence, and may not be far wrong
in saying. purity of character.
Our divorce records are a dis
grace to Our country. What is the
cause OF the increasing number Of
unhappy marriages?
One reason is because the wives
and young mothers of the present
generation fail to preserve as a sa-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
Omahan Tells Of Thrilling Personal Experiences With
Brutal Cossack Command During Siberian Occupation
Entire Austrian Band Compelled to
Walk Plank---I --Innocents Line Up ,-
Against Wall and Shot by Dozens

)r Frank Secor Of Omaha Eyewitness Atrocities Of Major Kamko
Khaborovsk 700 Miles From Vadvostok Side to Siberian
Life Arisocra-He Rises Noo Opens Store
From % Goes Dinner and Eats From TO- Dresses Lavshy and At
Cabaret A. M Then Back Home Sleep Until NooEvery
body Lazy and Nobody Works When There Anything to Eat On
Holiday, With $50 Holidays Every Year Three Per Week
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
Vanilla Extract Not an
intoxicating Beverage

Larned, Kan, Jan. 3l.-Accord-
ing to a ruling here vanilla extract
is not Intoxicating, and its sale as
beverage is within the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01
Lower Standard of Morality Noticed
Among Modern Women by Many
Eager to Defend Feminine Failings

Originality NeeddShoud Be Good Mixers Without
Being Sanford Pays High Tribute A. KS Heart Beats
Seriously Mothers More Interested in
Than Of HomeDenonce Desire Be Equal Footing