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Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-13
A Silly Song
; BY A CUCKOO BIRD

Jim Dodge he says that drinking is
a habit we should shun, that it
brings on prematurely the sinking
OF life's sun. He says that drinking
liquor will make you beat your wife
and slumber in the potter's field
when you depart this life. Jim sure
lambasts the liquor; but take a tip
from me, he breaches best just after
he's been upon a. spree. and l can't
keep from thinking II Iwere in- his
shoes, I'd either quit my preachin'
or lay off Of the booze.
Copyright, 1929
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-13
Can1isoles

OF SIIk
That wond,- wearing glove
silk in flesh color. Made in
attractive designs and dainti-
ly trimmed with lace. The
former selling price was
$3.50. Thursday, ca. S1.95
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-13
Ratine

A French importation, a ma
terial wonderfully popular at
present. With a limited sup
ply on hand we offer the
wanted shades, 80 in. wide,
Thursday. per yard, $1.5O
Omaha daily bee., 1922-04-13

Nebraska clB; ". J. coad and l.,
III. EaThaTl, both oi Omaha,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Child Labor Must End.

The federal supreme court, in considering the
constitutionaity of the anti-child labor law. had
to settle again the old question: Does the end
justify the means?" The court said, "No."
The overworked and undereducated children
CT certain "backwoods" states cried out for re-
lief. Little tots of 8 and 10 and ", bent over
machines or carrying burdens in dark holes
under the earth's surface, found their state gov
ernments no guardians of their right to develop
mature physical and mental strength. The states
would not act and could not be coerced The
federal government appeared to be the only re-
course and public opinion supported action by it.
Against this motive stood the natural inclina-
ton to avoid the giving of new powers to the
federal government. There are practical as well
as theoretical and traditional reasons for main,
tanning all possible sovereignty in the state gov
ernments. Stretching the constitution to give
added responsibility and authority to Washing
ton, at the expense of the forty-eight common
wealths, is tendency fraught with danger.
In the child labor legislation, The two ideas
clashed. Congress decided with the children.
The supreme court decides in favor of maintain
ing the constitutional barrier Yet some way
should be found to enforce reasonable restric-
ton Of child labor
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Price Of Gasoline.

When the government issues a sta,emen, an
nouneng or predicting an unusually large pro-
duelion of some farm commodity. the market
price Immediately adjusts itself in accord with
the increased supply. This Is according TO the
well known economic law OF supply and demand.
before which all res,iye farmers are called upon
10 fall down and worship.
Why should this natural law not work the
same IN the case OF gasollnei According TO the
statistics OF the federal bureau OF mines there is
more gasoline aud oil IN storage a, the presen,
time than ever before. In the face OF this over
supply the price OF gasoline has been hois,ed
steadily. The fac, that the increase is so timed
as 10 coincide with the automobile tourist season
makes il doubly unpopular. ], is no wonder tina,
the United States senate has ordered an inyesti-
CATION
According 10 the "Credi, Forecast OF the
American Security Credit company OF St. Louis:
"The advance was not caused by any shortage
present or prospective, but to help the oil com-
panies carry their cnormous crude holdings.
Abou, the only thing that makes an advance
possible is the fact that the big companies hold
i,eary all the gasoline
Ii such is the truth. this Is nothing better than
a subtle form OF highway robbery. More surely
than the robber barons who used to lie in wait
for travellers. these oil concerns lcvying toll
on all those who motor The manufacturers will
in, time be hit by the backlash OF this I'M
scrupulous act.
There is less hope in the ability OF our law
makers to regulate this situation than there is in
the invention OF some cheaper motor fuel.
Mother Necessity is calling for the development
CT some inexpensive way to turn Nebraska corn
into power
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
From State and Nation
Amerieaa Opportunities.

tlea tle ohis sss ys~sasL
In the biography OF Henry Ford which be-
gins In the May issue OF Meciure's Magazine
q biography. by the way, which 10 worth read
ing through every word OF II for its snne in
spifational American auaiites-thers appears
this paragraph of splendid encouragement TO ef'
fort Of all kinds.
We have only started on the development
OF our eountfy=-we have not as yet with all
our talk OF wonderful progress done more
than scratch the surface, The progress has
been wonderful enough, but, when We COM
pare what We have done with what there is
10 do then our past accomplishments are
nothing, When We consider that more power
IL used merely In plowing the soil than is
used in aibthe Industrial establishments of the
country put together, an inkilng comes Of how
much opportunity there Is ahead,
Most successful men are inclined 10 talk
only OF the past and OF what they have done
with tho big opportunities that were offered q
generation ago. As consequence, young peo-
pie are likely TO get the false idea that all the
good things were picked up long ago by tho pio.
neers In industry and that there Is nothing left
today but the small pickngs and hard eompeti-
ton OF followers. But when a man like Henry
Ford, man whose years OF hard work and sue
cess have not dimmed his vision, reminds us
that the development OF the country has only
just begun there Ia direct incentive 10 work
which viii add some new achievement TO this
glorious country Of ours, one thinks with i'm.
patience of tho present problem OF nnemploy.
ment IN the light of all the vast labors which
will be needed in our national development,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Receiiverships.

The science of taking care Of sick business
concerns has not kept pace with that of curing
the ills Of human beings. Twice within month
a high federal court has set aside the receiver
ship under which local corporations were being
managed, has voided the acts of those in charge
and has turned affairs over to other managers
Debts adjusted or on the way to adjustment are
reopened, expenses Of settlement are multiplied
and the whole situation is little short Of chaotic.
These particular orders may be proper and
necessary. The point is that the system is
wrong which requires OF permits such delays
and such reversals Of policy. The lay1nan gave
Up long ago all hope Of understanding the in
tricacies Of the administration Of law; the diff
hculty is that they seem past the understanding
Of most lawyers as well, and that through no
certain fault or incompetence Of the lawyers As
time has gone by, the uncertainties of the law
become more instead Of less evident. The ex-
.pense Of litigation mounts correspondingly In
the case Of receiverships, not infrequenty the
cost Of receiving wipes out the receipts
Moses was the original law giver There is a
job cut out for second Moses.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
LADY Astor and Her Hosts.

Speaking at Chicago. Lady Astor tells us
that she was warned not to mention certain sub
iects, the alternative being exposure to possible
bombing She courageously ignored the threat,
saving she dreaded dynamite far less than
apathy. One would expect such reply from an
American woman whose native spunk has been
well tempered in the fires of British politics.
However, Lady Astor need have no more dread
of bombs because Of her views in Chicago than
she would have at home. 1t is perhaps, true that
she is in somewhat more of danger here than
there, for unfortunately just now America har-
bors scattered group Of rattle-pates whose idea
OF liberty is bomb hastily SHE'D after night
fall at the domicle OF some one who has offended
the tosser. Such argument has convinced no.
body, has not as yet established the terror"
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17

From the Los Ansslss Times
NJ Marcel Provost who Is regarded az
Frances authority on la femme-a sort of
French W. l.. George'Arnold Bennett combina-
tion. who knows more about women than women
know about themselves-has been diseoursing
upon the French jeune nlle. She too Il ap-
pears has been thoroughly emancipated. And
when one considers that before the war no
country hedged her young girls about with
sterner protection than France, where the
chaperon reign supreme. where girls were never
left alone In the company OF young men. never
played games with them, only danced with them
under the eye Of their elders never had a say
in the choosing of their husbands, often had no
voice In the choice Of their own clothes. the
emancipation OF the napper In that country is
little short OF a social revolution.
This emancipation OF the Jeune file was
brought about by the example of the very capa-
bic young English and American girls who
flooded France during the war. II was these
foreign girls who were driving the automobiles,
running the canteens, managing the Red Cross
stores and only toward the end were the French
girls allowed the same social independence
and even then with serious misgvings Anxious
French mammas did everything In their power
not to expose their girls to this dreadful taint
of independence introduced by the young for
eigners. But 1t was contagious, and they could
not escape Now II NJ. Provost is to be believed.
there isn't a single oldfashioned girl left in all
France.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Curbs for Crime.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
A committee Of the American Bar associa-
ton, appointed last year to investigate crime
conditions in large cities, has prepared a ten
tative statement for presentation to the associa-
tion at it's meeting In San Francisco in August.
For one thing. it is found that crime increases
or decreases in the proportion that punishment
is swift and certain. 1t has been found that in
Chicago for instance the crime of murder has
decreased by 81 per cent result of speeding
up trials Of criminals. This matter of speeding
up justice perhaps is one that the bar assoca-
ton itself can exert the greatest influence upon.
Another matter about which there is no
doubt, which the committee report makes promi-
nent, is the necessity for more strict regulation
of the sale of firearms 1t is pertnenty
marked that crimes OF violence in large cities
will not be reduced to normal until the gunman
is done away WITH Texas and Missouri have
solved the problem and the solution OF 1t else
where may require the prohibition, under lmita-
ton, Of the manufacture and sale Of revolvers
and cartridges Other suggestions refer to the
sloppy sentimentality in the handling Of insan-
ity pleas" and advocate the imprisonment for
life Of professional" criminals.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Ration of Candy Eaters.
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post
One Of the remarkable results Of prohibition
is the growth OF the candy business since the
enactment Of the eighteenth amendment. There
was invested in this business in 1914 the sum of
$170,s45.000. There Is now invested $500000,-
900. a tremendous jump in values. Perhaps 1t
is this demand that keeps candy prices SO high,
in the face of the great drop in sugar.
There is no nation in the world that con-
sumes so great a quantity of these sweets as do
the people of the United States With popu-
lation now estimated at 100000, it means
that over four dollars worth Of candy is made
annually for every man, woman and child in
the country. The theorists hold that this grow.
ing consumption is owing to a craving for some
sort Of substitute for alcoholic beverages.
This presents a problem for the psychologist and
psychologist to work out. The fact Is, SEEM
ingly. that the water wagon has become con-
.fectionery wagon, and that hundreds of thou
sands Of unwilling riders find some solace in
bonbons and chocolate creams, who, In the pre-
prohibition days, may not even have known the
taste Of these delectables.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Nebraska's New Capitol.



The new capitol Of the state Of Nebraska,
soon to be erected at Lincoln from the designs
of Mr.. Goodhue Of New York. would be an as
tonishing structure anywhere in the United
States Its main feature is a tower SO lofty and
SO ornate that the low, plain Offices of state
which stretch in a square about it seem merely
to be feeders for it.
The jubilant Nebraskans are already so en-
thusiastic over what they call Mr. Goodhue's
new note in architecture that it seems heartess
cruelty to disagree with them even for mo-
ment. Yet dispassionate critics in the east are
sure to feel that the irresistible quality of this
new note is the fact that 1t rises 400 feet into
the air. 1t must have seemed deliciously metro
politan to the committee Of choosers to have a
skyscraping capitol, but with all the will in the
world to be sympathetic, what on earth has the
skyscraping form to do with a hall for state
legislature?
Skyscrapers in the congested areas Of great
cities are an economic necessity and. born as
they have been Of necessity they have forced our
architects to brilliant achievements, Of which
New York more than most cities is prone to
boast; but how is the believer in the ultimate
val-of-good-taste to be convinced that the
necessities of this crowded city are those of
prairie state?
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Cosapisins of s.as Sla,es.

Omaha. May is,-ra the Editor Of
The Beei The third reduction" iR
gas rates Is now announced By the
Water board, but apparently users
Of sb.eent prepaid meters shall not
participate Ia this reduction, This
10 a gross injustice 20 several thou.
sand gas consumers who ~ their
economic condition cannot make
deposit sufficient 90 pay for several
months gas In advance,
have appeared before The board
protesting against q continuance OF
this unfsirnsss. but without obtain.
Ing any promise OF redress, Owing
TO the quality OF gas being reduced
fully 10 per cent. we are now pay
ing about Si.55 per 1000 eubit feet,
as against ti,sS 10 the old gas com.
pany. We are also paying additional
taxes TO cover the loss Of taxes By
the city taking over the gas plant,
all In order that candidate for the
United States senate may make
showing OF AN immense surplus
which he terms a saving 10 the peo.
pie. on which showing he intends 20
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Wool and Wyoming.

The interests OF producers and consumers do
not ordinarily meet as closely as they do in leg
islation such as that proposed in the "Truth-in-
Fabric BILL" which is now before congress. It
is to the advantage Of purchasers Of goods and
garments that they know exactly what they are
getting.
Wyoming is great wool producing state. It
is, however, without any textile mills, and its
citizens clothe themselves in eastern made cloth.
Wyoming sells pure wool, and it desires to buy
goods made Of the same quality. It has the inn
preston that by purchasing adulterated goods it
is destroying its own market.
Thus. the city Of Rawlins has passed an ordi-
nance requiring fabrics and apparel containing
wool or purporting to contain wool to be labeled
in one OF three ways The state itself has enacted
similar statute Under this a label must state
plainly: can virgin WOOL" sNot less than =
percent virgin WOOL" or 'No virgin wool" The
terms "all WOOL and pure wool" may apply to
all wool shoddy, but virgin wool is that used in
fabric for the first time. Shoddy, il perhaps is
unnecessary to explain, is wool, that has previ-
cusly been spun into goods.
If one wishes to obtain wool clothing, it is
fair that he should be enabled to be certain OF
what he is getting. Ii one has no objection to
shoddy. and wishes cheap garment. there is no
interference with that either. Manufacturers
may find some objection to such provisions, bu,
neither the sheepman nor the man in the stree,
will lose.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Hughes Did Not Close Door.

Statesmen a, Genoa express surprise that the
invitation to the United States TO attend con-
ference at The Hague was answered so promptly
from Washington. These same statesmen were
similarly surprised when they found the United
States ready with a program at the opening of
the Washington conference. It is merely lan-
other manifestation OF the American way OF
doing business. Secretary Hughes is a post
graduate Of the school OF shirt-seeve diplomacy.
He informed the European statesmen in plain
words why the United States would not 60 to
Genoa. and for the same reasons declines TO 60 to
The Hague. .....
What Europe seems to have forgotten is that
no wound will be healed by talking about it, nor
will prosperity be restored to any European ma
ton by the processes Of old-fashioned diplomacy.
When the representatives of the several nations
can meet put their cards on the table, as was
done at Washington, and come to an agreement
resting on justice and not on political ex-
pediency. then start will have been made in
the direction OF permanent settlement. This
will require some sacrifice on part of ALL but the
result ought to be worth it, assuming that such
4 course will bring peace.
As long as national pride and prejudice stand
in the way, with return to the old balance Of
power system, conferences at The Hague or else
where will bring no lasting good. England.
France Italy, Germany and Russia must get to-
gether. and not stand in opposing groups. This
means the Russians will have to abandon some
part of their communistic program, that Ger
many will have to acknowledge responsibility for
damage done during the war and make settle
ment for il, that France will have to learn to
trust to sense Of international justice and not
rely exclusively on its armed force, that England
and Italy will recognize that intelligent self-inter
est is sometimes best served by helping others.
and finally, that all the nations cease chickering's
over boundaries and the other matters that can
be adjourned, and take up seriously pressing and
vital problems Of an economic nature, the adjust
ment of which is vastly important to all.
The Hughes note which disturbed Genoa yes
terday is not intended to close the door. The
United States still is sympathetieally interested
and inclined to help, but insists that politics be
adjourned until the more urgent business is at
tended to. When Europc's people turn to work
again, and set about TO restore something like
industrial and commercial stability, with COM
muncation unhampcrcd, and armies disbanded,
then they viii not call in vain at Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17

nor restrained free speech. Lady As'or may
voice her views with the iFaukness that has
marked her course since she catered public life,
and Americans will listen TO them, II Is no,
guaranteed that We will take her advice, al
though much OF ], might be with prof, applied to
our political and social life But she will not be
in any especial jeopardy because OF her utter
anees; Il she be made the obieet OF bombers
activity. il will be because she is Lady Aslor,
person OF prominence, and therefore fair game
ior the skulklng assassins who work as direct
aeiionisis"
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
YOUR ABDOMINAL BRAIN.

Ever since your article In January
OF the solar plesus came out" writes
G, D.. II have been watching for the
next one"
REPLY.
Some day We will know a lot about
the sympathetic nervous system. Of
which the solar plexus, or eoeliac
axis. is a part.
This part OF the nervous system
has charge of the distribution OF
blood to different parts OF the body;
with blushing and turning pale; with
cold feet and burning OF the ears.
OF food and its absorption; with nu-
triton. with heart beat; breathing.
and with the generative functions.
Its work has TO do with comfort
and ease. and with well being In gem
eral. II follows that II has much 10
do with discomfort. disease, and the
conditions of the body which are tho
opposite OF well being,
Some day We may know how TO
treat such diseases OF tho nervous
system as cold feet. Rnynaud's dis
ease and many others.
But now We can only find stray
bits OF information relative to the
disorders OF the sympathetic system
and their treatment here and there.
In the American Medical Journal
find one on mignines OF he coeliac
axis. or solar plexus. by DIR. W. A.
Brams ...-
Migraine is a species Of headache
that has many pcculiarities. Occa-
sionally II involves one side OF the
head only. and then the name MI
gtaine is In no sense a misfit. More
frequently 1t involves all the head.
II In accompanied by confusion Of
thought. disturbance Of vision. some
dizziness and some nausea. Most OF
the cases of so-called sick headache
are cases II migraine.
II migraine' Is a disorder of the
brain. why should there not be cases
II migraine OF the abdomen. due to
disorder in the abdominal brain
the coeliac axis !?
That is exactly what DIR. Brams
writes about. He reports tbout 20
cases observed in Berlin medical
clinic.
In these cases there was no eyi-
dence OF stomach trouble OF any OF
the usual varieties. No ulcer and no
cancer. No evidence of disease OF the
gall bladder or pancreas. No evil
dence of locomotor ataxia with gas
trio crisis. No evidence of angina
pectoris with pain referred to the
stomach region.
In these cases, as in other kinds OF
migraine, the attacks came on after
intervals OF several weeks. there
being no symptoms Of any kind dur
ing the intervals. In fact the attacks
Of migraine, as in the case with head
migraine, seemed to clear the atmos-
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
Hugging Job Too Close.
From the Rock Island Argus.


man was heard to boast that he had been
on the same job for fifteen years without any
vacation. There is something wrong with a
man like that. Why should any one take pride
in attaining a record for stupidity? II man
has no other interest in life, aside from his job,
value on the job. When man treats his job
as an endurance test and is proud of long no.
vacation period the chances are that it is the
only thing he can be proud of. Moreover he
to take a vacation lest his employer should find
out how little he is needed. AS rule. the man
who has an inflated idea of his own indspensa-
bility is the one who can be most easily spared.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
1xeA9eeS:....zsA5T4m

land in the United States senate, la
ssmueh as the entire income ~ the
gas plant must come out OF The
pockets of the consumers. essfy dol
lar ~ The Immense surplus seeutnus
lated last Year represents Just thsl
much oysTnharge,
hut please tell as tmeanlng those
who ef necessity must still continue
% use ssreent prepaid gss metssst
what are we sains Ia do about IL
JOHN y, oNERBAf,
1919 South Sixteenth street,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17
influence of Women Workers.

OF women who work, there are in this state
1135,948. There will be, as it is
some expression Of gloom over the statement
that the only occupational group falling off is
that of domestic and personal service.
Today we are quite used to seeing sisters step
ping into the jobs once reserved to their broth
ers. What comes to us first, upon the contem-
plation of figures, is the thought of the new
power that exists in this great feminine corps
of laoorers and the spread of consequent in
huence.-New York World.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17

The Red Cross, faced with budget calling
for expenditures of 100000 with an income Of
only s3,0OO,000, has withdrawn from European
relief work. John Barton Payne, the chairman,
also favors .he abandonment Of the Atlantic and
Lake divisions in America The abandonment
Of many peace-time activities such as dental
clinics, clinics for babies health service centers
and child welfare work would be loss, but the
only way to economic is by sacrifice
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-17

phere and ENs the subject . feeling
OF well being,
In other cases there will he little
or no hesdehe Al any time. the pain
In the pit OF the stomach substituting
for u,
What lies behind misrains nobody
knows. but il il accepted that the
brain feels the effse, OF the unknown
cause,
In mixrainous stomach the eoeiiac
axis. which 10 about what 10 meant
by solar piexus. feels the cause.