Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-05
-ALine O Type or Two
Hew to the Line, lot the aups fsll where they may
A WISH.
May 'Twenty-One
Have days Of fun,
OF dull days have not any;
For wit and cheer
A WISH.
The livelong year

MIR. HENN1NG reports an accumulating
sentiment in favor OF inaugurating administra-
tions III January. What's the rush? Our form OF
government fastens an administration on us for
four years, and makes no provision for shaking it
of until its bitter end. The months between cleo
ton and Inauguration constitute the only relief
the nation gets. Why trife with our luck?
YE ED DROPS A GENTLE HINT.
(From the Person Ia< Progress)
John Roll of Correctionvile has inAented
oil burner and we hope 1t Is a success to
the extent he can realize at least $225 for
running an advertisement in his>paper two
yearsago and since that time failed to honor
statements. r...'
SAYS the Princess Anastasia, "The fact that
my husband is prince is against him." 1t always
was and it speaks folios OF praise for the gentle
man that he was able to overcome the American
woman's adherence of titles He must be an ir-
rcsistible cuss.
Mrs. Dill Is Still Brlning EN-.
Sir: Yesterday the board in front of our
fum station said Two Reel Comedy-the
Border" AS soon as the hand that keeps the
world Informed stops cussin' because he had to
dig up that six-pont star border mat, we'd like
to conjecture that the scene was laid in Texas.
One day we saw sign in a Plymouth Ind,
grocery store: "Dilrs Pickles zoe doz." J. X. a..
EMBARRASSED by the riches Of modern
literature at our elbow, we took refuge in Jane
again at its freshness They who hold that Mark
Twain was not humorist, or that he was at
best an incomplete humorist, have an argument
in his lack of appreciation Of Jane Austen.
ONE of the most delightful things about the
author of Mansfield Park" that we have seen
Jane Austen" by Miss Austen Leigh. each OF
the novels" she says. gives description, close.
y interviewer with the story and concerned with
its principal characters, of error committed, con-
vction following, and improvement effected, all
OF which may be summed up in the word Re-
pentance'."
ALMOST as good Is Miss Austen -Leigh's
contradiction of the statement that sermons
wearied Jane, She quotes the authors own
words: II am very fond of Sherlock's Sermons,
/ and prefer them to almost any" What lot OF
amusement she must have had, shooting relatives
and friends through the hat!
The Empress Eugenie y
(Dr. Ethel Smyth in Blackwood's.}
'Is your husband jealous?" she once asked
mot at all. said my sister, English hu'
NO" replied the Empress, "they always
| think it's all right, but it generally isn't"
PLEASING is the news that the White
House tennis court is being overhauled and that
! the Tennis Cabinet may be restored The
| grounds are there, and the back-stops and the
| benches. All that is needed is Roosevelt.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS. WATSON?
Cad in the South Bend Tribune.)
We. like every other clothing store in the
| city, were loaded to the guards" with
| merchandise for which we paid too much
money Many worried hours had been spent
in vain effort to unload without too -
great loss-the wholesale markets were
Offering us new W. u1 sWay ob below low
because We were loaded lalready-what to
do was problem.
| Then along came the fire.
RUSSIAN gold is worthless in this country
| because the n,ints refuse to buy or convert it.
| This should enormously please the Soviet
| government which aims to make all money
| worthless.
WE WILL TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH
THE PROPS. AND MGRS.
= Sir: Each day the boss requires that excise
and file your valued column; the clipping always
| just misses the day and date. Though a mere
Inadequate girl. I ask II there is any objection
| to shifting either the Line or the date to q
mutually more contiguous juxtaposition, If you
see what mean? Or might the heading be SO
embellished that an approximate chronological
PERHAPS Chicago is not yet the Athens
Of the world, but it seems to be progressing
! rapidly along the Appian way."-The w. 6. N
A bit cryptic .+
y A February Roundel. a.
(Hitherto unpublished poem by swinburne,
found by T. J; Wise among the poets papers.)
| THE hollow darkness holds the light at bay
Cloud against cloud. reluctant yet makes
| head
Hour against hour wing.broken, yet makes way
Time hath no music in his darkling tread,
The wind no heart to wall. the sun no sway.
/ Ere night with starry shadow swathes hel
dead. The heavy day.
THE mystery Of De Walera's whereabout
may be due to clever disguise. He may be dis
| guised as an 1rishnlan.
THE BONNEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
(From the Mapleton. Mimi. .Enterprise.)
| The Borchert boys Max, Frank, and Bill
although members Of the fire department
| failed to hear any alarm and slept the sleep
of the just until about half past six the next
morning when several Of the boys went to
their home and made them get out of bed
1t was up to them to go down to the scene
after the rest of the companys equipment,
The boys say that the next time there is
fire they are going to get to 1t early.
| RECEIVED by a house furnishing concerl
in this city: ut is impossible to make any pay
ment on my account yet as my wife has no
been working for three months and 1 had sick
ness in the family"
4 We Shan't Be Here, but Good Luck!
Sir: have never been able to make the Line
but have read the paper for twenty years.
then will have my picture In 1t, with a bo,
| head reading,
Celebrates Golden Anniversary"
Tempus step on the gas BILL.
THE Hotel Kaddatz, in Fergus, Falls, Mmn
boasts that is the longest hotel in the world.
This sets up in us feverish desire to know
which is the widest.
CLASSICAL WHO'S WHO.
\ Ulysses was gadabout
| He sailed the sea for years.
| Wild womens wiles he neatly foiled
With cotton in his ears. D. N. w.
Mr. HARDING need not strain after Jeffer
sonian simplicity. Mr.. Coolidge has enough t.
supply both of them.
ALSO CONSIDERABLE MAN ABOUT TOWN
Sir: win the fact that am member of