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Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Does Human Mature Changer

The conviction is being driven home that
the greatest bar to progress and improvement
is simply and utterly sinful human nature Re-
formers who are motivated by reason and in
telligence rather than emotionalism are coming
to recognize the truth that the mere passing of
a law can not establish a new custom. Such
success, for example, as the prohibitory legisla-
ton has had is attributable to the change Of
habit and regard of great numbers of the Ameri-
can people toward the use of alcohol which pre-
ceded the enactment of law.
In the noteworthy institute of politics which
is meeting at Williams college, James Bryce
has applied the same reasoning to the question
OF international peace. "The prospect Of i'm
proving the relations of states and peoples to
one another" he observed there, depends on
the possibility of improving human nature it
sell" Those who speak with the voice of despair
or in the spirit of letting we'll enough alone
rather than from knowledge of the history Of
mankind declare that human nature does not
change.
Human nature as a whole is on higher
moral level than at any other period in history.
Modern invention has brought all nations into
closer connection and knowledge. Suspicion
anu HdIeu OI IoIelSHeIS lS surely ucCIcdSlIlS uI-
der the development of travel commerce and
immigration. Today Americans are preparing
to feed the starving in Russia, as they also have
fed the children Of their late enemies in Austria
and Germany. In primitive times much of the
intercourse between different tribes was by
means of silent trade by which one set of
men would set down a pile Of goods on their
borders and retire while their neighbors came
up and left supplies of another kind in return.
How different is the scene today where the ma
tions which lately warred with Germany have
commercial missions there and through their
bankers are extending loans to their late foes.
Human nature change, has changed, and
must change still more before world peace can
be possible Out of the misery of these times
is developing a sympathetic interest in other
peoples problems that is distinctly promising
Without the growth of this spirit all the efforts
to obtain disarmament and conciliation will fail
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Juggling With Words.

When the supreme council reassembled in
Paris Monday it had before it as chief business
the settlement OF the Upper Silesian muddle.
To this end they look to the United States to
afford some means of approach to a solution.
To get the right perspective we should keep al
ways in mind that Upper Silesia is rich in coal
and iron and other minerals, and therefore is
highly desirable as possession. When Poland
was brought up from the depths, the region in
dispute was made part of the resuscitated king
dom. Germany protested so violently against
this that the Peace Conference decided to refer
the matter to the inhabitants for settlement, and
a plebiscite was arranged, the vote to be taken
by townships. When the ballots were counted,
it was found that 704,5lo had voted for Ger
many; for Poland, Hl,s23
This would seem to be conclusive, but it is
not A commission had been formed to divide
the country on the line of the vote, taking into
account the wishes Of the inhabitants as shown
by the vote and geographical and economic"
conditions of the region. All the trouble has
arisen over the Interpretation to be placed on
geographical and economic" 1t is phrase Al
most as unhappy in its application as Mr.. Will
sons ethnic and historical formula for de-
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Sensational Divorces.

Geraldine Farrar and Lou Tellegen threaten
to hire press agents to spread scandal about
each other in connection with their matrimonial
disagreement. A little reticence would be more
seemly than the stripping bare of all the in
cidents leading to the suit for separation filed
by the husband.
Those who have heard the one sing and those
who have seen the other act are willing to know
them only through the exercise of their talents
and are not altogether eager to learn Of their
private peccadilloes. Divorces are not yet
awarded by popular ballot, and the appeal to
public opinion which was made in the Still
man case is of no particular avail Sooner or
later the people are going to resent being
dragged into every family squabble in which
the contestants are of note. A sensation is said
to be promised by Mr.. Tellegen, but he is likely
to find that it is to be mainly the sensation of
disgust which he will arouse
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Publicity for the Conference.

Will the Washington conference sit in the
open, with nothing concealed, or will it be held
in reasonable privacy, where the intimate and
exclusive thoughts of the conferees may be
freely expressed, with full knowledge that i'm
mature or unwse publication will not mar the
symmetry of the agreement that is to eventully
emerge from the council chamber?
"Pitiless publicity" has an attractive sound,
and has been highly recommended as panacea
for all the political ills. When Mr.. Wilson went
to Paris, he was the protagonist of publicity, de-
voted to open covenants openly arrived at"
Early in his experience there he discovered the
desirability of some measure of privacy, and. ii
Mr.. Lansing and Colonel House are to be de-
pended upon, the president OF the United States
become the most astute and secretive of
diplomats present,
If the conference sessions are open, it means
the presence OF at least half dozen news
paper correspondents and reporters for each of
the delegates. Every word, however inconse-
quential, will be recorded and spread broadcast
throughout the world; every action, however
trivial, will be interpreted by one or the other
Of the experts" in the press gallery according
to his own views, sympathies or prejudices 1t
compels the statement that newspaper CORE
spondents have proved their human fraility on
several notable occasions
Few can look upon half-fnshed thing and
Judge it fairly. In the conflict of opinion that
will inevitably arise in these discussions at
Washington, heated remarks may be made that
would set the teeth OF nations on edge. There
may be times when agreement seems mpossi-
bic and abandonment of efforts impends. Such
incidents would be meat for agitators, jingoes
and the yellow press. National feeling might
be aroused which could not easily be stemmed
by subsequent cooling off Of their spokesmen.
When one man calls another liar, the chances
for reconciliation are much better if none
knows of it save themselves than if the ugly
word would be passed on stage before 10000
people.
Each nation is ruled by men who are sub
ject to popular control. Let these statesmen
confer and draw up their program then let the
people Judge if it be we'll DONE Let them have
the final authority.
Such is the plan followed by the United
States. American treaties are drawn up by the
executive and then subjected to ratification or
rejection by the senate. There is no treaty to
which the United States is party which is not
open and public That the power of ratifca-
ton is potent and can be used to kill an OBJ
noxous treaty has been evidenced in the treat
ment accorded President Wilson work at Paris.
Those who advocate publicity of every stage
of treaty-making either lack judgment or seek
to ernbarrass and cast suspicion in advance
upon the Forthcoming international congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
High Cost of Marriage

A sharp decline in the number of marriages
which occurred at the end of last year shows
how severely the financial position reacts on So
cial life. The number of persons married dur
ing the last quarter of the year was 36,0o8
fewer than in the previous quarter and 1884
fewer than in the fourth quarter of 1919. The
year 1919, the last of the boom" years follow
ing the war; showed large number of mar
riages, and it seemed that 1920 would do the
same until the break in trade occurred The in
cidence of taxation, unemployment and the ex-
cessive cost of everything have made marriage
very difficult. The birth rate for the first quar-
ter of 1921 was 22.6 per thousand Of population,
the lowest for any first quarter since the estab-
lishment of civil registration excepting the first
quarters of the war years, 19l6-lol9
We are beginning to find that excessive tax
alton kills more than industry-home life and
child life. The death rate is also the lowest
ever recorded in the first quarter of the year,
being 1879 per thousand of population. For
comparison. the rates in the first quarters of the
following years were: 1914, 16; 1915, 201; 1917,
1913; 1918, 1854; 1919 2l.2; 1920, l4.7. Influenza
accounted for rs per cent of the mortality. The
infant mortality per thousand births was 10l,
being II per thousand below the average in the
preceding first ten quarters.-London Corrc-
spondence American Medical Association
Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09

marking the boundaries in the Balkans How
the settlement will be made must rest on the
meaning given these words.
Germany and Poland are already at arms
over the possession of the region; France has
threatened armed intervention, and has all but
broken with England over the point at issue.
Polands strength is vital to the French policy
of placing ring" around Germany. Ambas-
sador Harvey may be able to give a definition
of the disputed phrase, but the probabilities are
that more than simple diplomacy will be re-
quired to restore tranquility to the disturbed
area
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
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crease on such items as housekeep-
ing supplies, engineering supplies
and other like charges.
In addition, the hotel man In
1921 is paying more than ever FOR
taxes. gas, electric current, music,
telephone service and insurance.
These are some Of the reasons
which prevent the lowering of rates
for rooms to any considerable eX-
tent at present.
Comparison of present menu
prices with those of a few months
ago will show that hotels have re-
duced food prices in keeping with
the reduced cost of food materials.
So far as reduction Of room
rates is concerned. the hotels find
themselves in the same position as
the railroads. with which position
the public is thoroughly familiar
namely. with practically a passen-
ger and freight charge of double
their prewar tariff they are unable
to make profit owing to heir high
operating costs and decreased vol
ume of business-indeed. the rail-
roads are in a better position than
the hotels because they did not have
the most profitable department of
their business taken from them as
did the hotels by prohibition.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Sam Browne Prices.

When Sam Browne made the first Sam
Browne belt it probably cost him shilling or
so for the straps and buckles. When our over
seas officers were given permission to adopt the
nifty harness the belts retailed at $780, The
A. E. F. demand advanced this price to SIS. But
the end of the war, with Sam Brownies forbid
den at home, saw the belts go begging at that
figure. According to the law of supply and
demand they would speedily have reverted to
valise fittings. Yet when General Pershing or
dered their adoption miracle occurred The
price scared to SIS That, again, is the i'm
mutable law of supply and demand. Yet the
War department proposes to furnish the belts
hereafter at ST. What has happened to the well
known law?-Portland Oregonian
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
SWAT FLIES, SAVE BABIES.

II we can keep the flies away from
the babies for the next month
good many lives will be saved.
Ohio's health department says ir
a certain investigation the United
States public health service found
that four -fifths Of the diarrhea In
children was due to flies.
This Is exactly what they found
They found S94 sick days due tc
diarrhea among children In a GER.
tain place. Flies were very abun-
dant. without changing anything
else, fly campaign was conducted
and the area was converted into q
tlyless region. In the same period
Of time as that covered in the first
study there were only 273 sick days
due to diarrhea among children.
In New York City a similar COM
parative study showed a record that
was just as detrimental to the repu-
tation Of the fly.
Under DR.. Levy, the Richmond,
Va, health department made a
greater record for saving babies
lives. Their plan consisted in:
a. Preventing the breeding of flies.
b. S cr e n n g flies away from
babies.
c. Having all soiled baby diapers
put at once into covered cans
and soaked In antiseptic solu-
tions.
Baby specialists are not In agree
ment as to how the responsibility
for baby diarrhea is to be divided.
They all say heat, flies, bacteria,
poor milk and improper feeding
are factors, but when they come to
rank these factors the disagreement
is apparent
In recent meeting a Chicago
baby specialist said ne did not think
the bacteria of diarrhea was much
Of a factor in his city.
II he is correct, then soiled dia-
pers, flies and contagion are Of q
secondary importance there. But on
the other hand, DR.. Levy holds that
in his city, in a campaign to keep
babies alive and we'll In summer
time, work against flies and soiled
diapers outranks everything else.
1t is possible that both of these
authorities are right. In Chicago
flies are not very troublesome. Per-
haps they are nearing the time when
they will have a flyless town.
Scott says that in Wyoming flies
do not live through the winter. They
would have a flyless state were 1t
not for the flies brought into the
state in the spring by through
trains.
Maybe that is true. It may be
true Of Chicago and all the far
northern parts Of the United States.
II SO, the railroad people may be-
come interested and stop sowing the
fly seed in the spring, whereupon the
far north might become fyless.
But while the fly sharks and baby
specialists are fighting their fights,
the wise policy for the mother,
wherever she is, is to see that the
flies do not get at her baby and its
food.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Homeless Diplomats
Crrom the Phi,adelphia Ledser)

1t Is sort Of tragic jest among
American ambassadors. ministers
and diplomatic stats generally that
Americas foreign representatives
are always a homeless lot. Birds
have their nests and foxes have
their holes, but the men who serve
the United States in foreign lands
must lay their heads IN rented quar-
ters and in hotels.
lust now Ambassador Herrick II
wandering around Paris looking for
a house. At present he is housed
with his son in tiny home In lit
tie Partisan suburb. The place has
but two bedrooms and the Herricks
must get out in less han three
months.
Ambassador Herrtck Is willing to
pay out his entire salary, and even
more, for house rentals, but there
are no houses to be had The same
situation in regard to housing our
diplomatic representatives and their
offices exists in most OF the other
world capitals.
The government OF the United
States has appropriated $l50.000 for
the purchase and furnishing OF
home for the American ambassador
to France and for the offices OF the
American embassy. Denmark would
be ashamed OF such a showing. 1t
would not take care of Bulgarian
or Rumanian requirements, Not q
flfth-class nation Of the world
would try to get along on such an
expenditure.
In Berlin couple Of years ago
1t would have been easy to buy for
the United States government splen-
did, adequate buildings for the am
bassadorial residence and for the
embassy. That chance was allowed
to pass. The situation Of the Amer
lean representatives in Berlin is
about as bad as Mr.. Herrick has
found them in Paris.
The United States is big enough
and its foreign interests are GER
tainly great enough for us to get
away from this cheap and poverty
stricken way of taking care Of the
men who do our work in foreign
lands.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
One Note of Cheer.

In June, 1914, the total deposits in the state
banks of South Carolina aggregated $780,
95201.
On June 80 Of this year the deposits in the
state banks Of South Carolina totaed $780,
3o192
The hard fact is that for all our kicking we
are just about twice as we'll off in this state
as we were seven years ago on the world wars
Charleston News and Courier.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
The governor of the federal +

The governor of the federal reserve system
sees red and starts after a witness with clenched
fists; this is only one Of number of recent
scenes of this sort. If our statesmen really wish
to settle national problems by force, there will
be several good openings for pugilists this fall.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09

Mrs. j. C. B. writes: will you
please tell me something about
twilight sleep?' Is it injurious to
mother or babe and does one COM
pletely lose consciousness?
REPLY.
1t is reasonably safe for both par
ties when administered in a hospital
where physicians and nurses have
had some experience in using 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09

Naturally the pride OF the south would result
in a denial of the prevalence of pellagra there.
Some people would rather die of disease than
admit they had it.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09

If Europe is really worried about having
100000 more women than men, it might try
the experiment of letting the surplus fight the
next war.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
CENTER SHOTS.

Saving civilization is much like
saving money. The desires of the
present seem so much more impor-
tant than security OF the future
Birmingham (Ala.) News.
Threaten to throw reds into In
dian ocean for revolutionary acts on
Australian ship" Why not the Red
sea buffalo Express.
The sea serpent has been con-
spicuous by his absence from the
shore resorts this summer. From
all accounts, he is able to amuse
himself sufficiently outside the three
mile limit-New York Evening Post.
For the general good of the COM
monwealth, the Ten Commandments
should be put into the state consti-
tuition Of Illinois.-Portland Ore
gonian.
Here's a government bulletin on
how to keep the cellar dry. But is
there any better plan than calling in
your thirsty frlends?-Little Rock
(Ark.) Gazette.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Why the British Objections

British officials object to Washington as the
site for the disarmament conference because of
rs humidity. Or maybe its aridity.-Toronto
Mail and Empire.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
You Don't Tell Enough.

M. E. v. writes that her baby was
O fine specimen at birth. He weighed
Sh pounds. At the fifth week he
started to go down gradually. He
continued to lose weight until he
weighed only 4 pounds. Finally he
just seemed to take a turn for the
better. She began feeding him con-
densed milk. BY the time he was
year old he was normal in size and
weight. He is years old and a
fne healthy boy, except that he is
high strung. She thinks now that
he had pyloric stenosis and asks:
Il. Could I have moved the OBJ
structing tumor accidentally in
handling him?
"2. AS tumors are hereditary in
our family do you suppose he in
herited one?"
." REPLY.
You give no symptoms by which
an opinion could be formed as to
whether your child had pylorio
stenosis. You speak of nothing ex-
cept progressive loss of weight,
great hunger and irritability. Other
could cause those symptoms. How
ever, pylOTIC Sl6IlOSlS IL SOltlctlIutS
recovered from without operation
anw without special treatment.
I. Pyloric stenosis Is not tumor
III any proper sense. 1t is an over
growth of muscle especially at the
right end of the stomach. This
muscle is easily thrown into spas
modic contraction. The answer
therefore Is no.
M
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
What VIII Maid Of Athens Saw?

New York surgeons have restored
q lacerated heart to normal, show
ing that the breach Of promise law
yers can't have all that business
Washington Post
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
What Makes the Waves Wild1

But are the wild, wild waves any wilder
than the wild, wild women in the wild, wild
bathing suits?-Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
AcidOsis in Children.

Daily Reader writes: please ex-
plain symptoms and cause OF acidosis
in a child Of and If there is dam
ger of after effects"
REPLY.
Children with acidosis have fever,
nervousness, delirium, convulsions,
sometimes. 1t is what was once
called congestive stomach fever and
by other names. There is no general
agreement as to the cause. Probably
an improperly balanced diet is one
cause. There is no danger Of after
effects. AS rule, a child that has
had one attack is likely to have
others.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09

Senator Cummins may be doubtful about
cutting railroad rates, but a poll of his con-
stituents might not disclose such misgivings.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Only Eject Is Mental.

Mrs. r. w. r. writes: what
benefit. If any, Is derived from violet
ray treatment of a person in the in
cipient stages of tuberculosis
REPLY.
None, except as they would boost
mentally. Consumptives like to feel
that something Is being done.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
The Bees Platform
1. New Union Passenger Station.

I. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continusd Improvement of the Ne.
braska Highways, including the pave.
nsnt of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with Brick Surface.
3. A short, low-rats Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha. with
City Manager form Of Government.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Our Hides Arc wen Tanned.

The Is per cent tax on cowhides
ought not to render the cows des-
perate. They ought to consider
how the hides Of the American citi-
zens are taxed.--Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Fighting Mosquitoes.

N. L. writes: "Please give me a
remedy for mosquito bites, also
something to keep them from Bit
ing"
REPLY.
1. Ammonia water.
2. Oil of citronella, 1 ounce;
spirits OF camphor, / ounce; Oil Of
cedar, one-half ounce.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
Five Pounds Under Weight.

c. NJ. F. writes: please tell me
if drinking buttermilk daily with
my luncheon will increase my
weight? I am As years old, feet S
inches tall without shoes), and
weigh 139 pounds. Should it be less?
/ have small frame. Have
weighed 155 pounds and do not want
to repeat"
REPLY.
/. The tendency will be that way,
though much will depend on the
other items on your daily food card.
2. You are about five pounds un-
Ger weight.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-09
How to Keep Well
BY DR.. W. A EVANS

By DIX. W. y. EVANS
Questions concerning hygiene. santa
tion and prevention Of disease. sub
n,ittsd to DR.. Evans by readers OF
The Bee. win Be answered personally,
subject to proper limitation. where .
stamped, addressed envelope 10 en-
closed. DR.. Evans will not make
diagnosis or prescribe for individual
diseases. Address letters In care OF
The Bee.
Copyright. 1921, By Dr.. W. A. Evans.
The Belding banner-news., 1921-11-30

could have individual care. and the
others gained. Another time a nat
ural born trouble maker disturbed the
harmony among the others with the
same i'll effect.
You can't worry and get we'll; ease
of body and ease of mind are essen
tial.
But we must not lose sight either
OF the before and the after part
The work is largely educational.
tuberculosis will be whipped finally
and fully when the public knows
that early discovery means the saw
ing of the life and at the same time
preventing the further spread of the
disease.
To be sure that the life is saved
there must be follow up work after
the patient has left the hosp tai. to
see that the conditions which permit
ted the disease to gain foot hold in
the first place are not permitted to
bring on relapse.
And what is good for the sick is
equally good for the well; that which
will cure disease will prevent it.
We should always remember that
The Belding banner-news., 1921-11-30

Invest as many pennies in Christ
mas seals during December as you
will in postage stamps and you may
feel assured that your act is assisting
the state and your own community in
the prevention and control Of tuber-
culosis". declares DR.. r. NJ. Olin, Mich
igan commissioner OF health, in en-
dorsing the Michigan tuberculosis as
sociation's annual seal sale.
Unlike many organizations which
go to the public for popular support.
says DR.. Olin, this association has a
positive record OF accomplishment In
lowering the tuberculosis death rate
and alleviating misery and suffering
to which it can point Buying Christ
mas seals is not giving money: 1t 10
an investment in health, and lives,
and happiness"