TI1K EEE: OMAHA. MOMMY. SEl'TEMHEll 12. 1921.
SLEEP Y.rTjMETA LES
THE TALE OF
,0LD DOG
THE GUMPS K
ice n in cocoas
MY WIFE'S GONE TO THE COUNTRY
Drawn tor The Bee by Sidney Smith.
Cotrrihl I ; I Chlrm fnbuv Cumpsni
mi ivnoav set
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions '
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FT ART HUR SCOTT BA1EYI
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY.
Whit Red Did.
Old dog Spot was trotting down
the road from the mill pond, carry"
Ing a bundle of somebody's clothes
in hit mouth. When lie heard fran
tic shout from the water, where
Johnnie -Orrrn and hU friend were
iwimmintr. he quickened hit pace.
One of the iwimmeri wa Known
as "Kt." And it was a favorite
(rick of hi to tie hard I noti in oth
er hoys' garments while the owners
of them were in the pond. Usually
he wet the knots, because wetting
them made them hardrr to untie.
On this day somebody had turned
the tables on Ked. Somebody had'
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bit 'l Hf lVlillU VfU IMkfkflJ
tree on the bank and had knotted
Ked's clothes tightly. That was
why old Spot found a bundle um'erj
me tree, an uea up anu reaay to cor-
ry oit.
It was no wonder that the boys
began to yell when tncy saw Spot
pick up those clothes and cat rly
trot away with them. It was no
wonder that they swam to the bank
and scrambled up to the big hick
ory to find out whose clothes were
missing.
When they saw that Red was the
uniucKy one cvrryoouy cisc urgun
to whoop and laugh.
Rut not Red! lie let out
frightened scream and started to
fol'ow old dog Spot.
To the great delight of his com
panions, the rattle of a wagon and
(saiffs?) U,e) uvsrl rl Oliver;?
(fecr o W - y -r V; zl a
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On this day somebody had turned
the tables on Red
the thud of a horse's feet sounded
from up to the road. And since
some one must soon drive over the
bridf e which crossed ." right above
the dam. Red scurried back again
and dived into the pond into which
Johnnie Green and the. others had
already plunged. Red rose to the '
surface, spluttering. And finding
that he could touch bottom with his
feet, he stood with his carroty head.
out of. water, watching for the wag
on.. " ..' '
It soon came into view, out of the
woo;'s. and the horse that drew it
thundered upon the bridge. The
horse was old Ebenezer, amj Farmer
Green; was, driving hiro. -'""' " '.'
"Hi!" Red shouted. "Mop! Wait
minute 1' ;
Jo'.nnie Green's father pulled
Ebenezer to a. halt.
"What's going on here?", he in
quired. ' : ' " .
"Spot took my clothes," Red ex
pla'ned. ;-."He's run down the road
with thera. Get them- for.me
p!e?.se!" -, i.....
Hoots and catcails from the Other
bo-" followed Red's soeech, which
was a wonderfully ' polite one for
him: . - '
" Tilt?. 1 . v . , f; ; '
"If I Tind , any i clothes along the
road I'll pick them up and put them
jn the wagon. And if you're here
' when I come back I'll give them to
you."
'He'll be herel" Johnnie Green
shouted. "Red'll wait for you."
"If vpu hurry, maybe you xan
catch Spot," ."Red called to Farmer
Green as he drove off. "I can't
stay here all,; day." K, . . '
"You'll .have to." the boys Jeered.
"Maybe you'll have to wait here
till dark," Johnnie Green suggested.
"I won't 1" Red replied, as he swam
towards the bank. "Your dog took
my clothes." he cried as he ran up
to the big hickory. "And I'm going
to take yours." ' "'
It was Johnnie's turn to yell then,
He was on, the further side of the
mill pond. And lonsr before he could
. cross it Red had snatched up John
nie's clothes from the shade of the
hickory and dodged into the bushes
with them.
Ss (Copyright, 19St. by the Metropolitan
Service.)
More Truth Than Poetry I
By JAMFS t MONTAGU '
BABY, BYE
Baby, bye,
Here's a fly,
Fairly smeared with bacilli,
Which he will
'Round him spill
Making babies ill.
Germs of colic, germs of "flu"
He' will scatter over you.
Small he is,
But, gee whizz t
What the brute can do!
Baby, bye,
Here's a fly,
Crafty hearted, slick and sly.
He don't care
How or where
He pollutes the air.
If he lights upon your chin
Better call the doctor in,
Lest you quake
When you wake
With a tummy ache.
Baby, bye.
Here's a fly; .'
See his cold, malignant eye;
Be discreet.
Keep his feet
Out of what you eat..
You'd as safely let him park
Near your person as a shark.
Should he tread
On your head,
Swat the rascal dead.
HOLDING A HUSBAND
Adtl Carriton's New Phase of
"Revelations of a Wife"
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The Unasked Advice Motner Gra-i unpretentious car, but within a week
r . &s "VAX jew-
Coi
mmon oense
Mr.
By J. J. MUNDY.
Forget the Past
, Middle-Aged Man,
: 'r EASILY" SATISFIED ', -
1 The curious thing about Congressmen is that they never ask to have
their terms shortened for gpod behavior. ; ;
; IMPOSSIBLE '
- What a fine thing it would be if we could build a battleship so quickly
that it wouldn't be out of date bv the time it is ready for launching?..
RARE, HOWEVER
. :-. Now and then we hear of an important public-office that hasn't at
some time or other been held by William H. Tafr. ; ,,
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jis early as the first century, A. D.
A free translation follows:
"You use, without a blush, false
teeth and hair; but, Laelia, your
squint's beyond repair." '
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ham Gave Madge.
I had no time to answer Mrs. Dur
kec'a comment that I was "making
the mistake of my life in having that
girl back again," for we reached our
house as she finished speaking, and
the occupants of the big car, just
alighted, swept us into their delight
ed encomiums ot the grounds, tne
house, its decorations everything
concerning our new purchase.
But her words lingered with me
for days, though curiously enough,
the warning against Grace Draper
did not affect me nearly as much as
did the seemingly inadvertent state
ment, "Ldith is behaving badly
enough, goodness knows." That
fitted in so closely with the suspicion
which had"swayed nie during Dicky's
absence, that I could think cl nothing
else.
Dicky'g Plan.
Her meaning was made . clear
enough to me, however, before many
days passed, and it dwarfed in my
mind even the bizarre situation of
having Grace Draper practically an
inmate of our home. We had moved
into the remodeled Daccy farmhouse
upon the day following the arrival of
the Durkees, and Dicky aiid'I had
insisted upon Robert Savarin's com
ing with us. This left Mrs. Ticer's
rooms vacant, and while I, .myself,
had thought of the feasibility of hav
ing Grace Draper stay there, it gave
me a distinct shock to have Dicky
broach the subject to me.
"I say, old top," he said breezilj
to me upon the third day following
the arrival of the Durkee ' party at
Shelter Island, "what do your think of
having Gracie board at Mrs. Ticer's
while she is posing for me? You see,
my arrangements with her naturally
call for her expenses while she's
down here, but I don't exactly see
the necessity of maintaining her at a
Summer hotel. Then, too, tfUting her
over here each day is a nuisance. So
how about Ticer's "
"I think it a most admirable ar
rangement," I replied sedately, with
no hint of the turmoil within me..
I welcomed - her, wondering the
while at something inscrutable in
her eyes besides the very roalsuffer
ing which was mirrored there. I
wondered if she surmised, as I did,
that the real reason for his wishing
her transfer to the Ticer farmhouse
was his disinclination to kve Grace
Draper know how much time he
was spending with Edith Fair-fax,
he had brought home a smart new
touring car, a purchase he had been
threatening to make for a long time,
but which I guessed Edith's arrival
had hastened.
Junior Adorei Grace.
I shall not scon forget the first
time 1 aaw it. Dicky drove it into
the yard with a flourish, calling
loudly to me. And when I had an
swered the call he jumped from the
seat, chanting the old-time chorus,
"Jump on the wagon and we'll take
a ride." I felt the muscles of my
throat constrict as there came to me
the conviction that he had bought
the car solely for Edith Fairfax's
entertainment, and my reply Was
carefully cordial, but a distinct re-
""It's beautiful." I said, "but I
don't feel quite up to a drive this
morning."
"Oh, very well, suit yourself."
Dicky's tone was that of a man
mortally offended. How about it
irace? Eh! mother? Bring the
kid."
Mother Graham, from the living
room, and Grace Draper from the
transformed corncnb studio which
she had slipped into taking care of,
and in which she spent most of her
time had come to the tront of the
house, drawn by Dicky's extrava
gant shouts. Junior stood between
them, dancing at the idea of going
in the car, but with both tiny hands
pulling insistently at Grace Draper's
dress. Oddly enough, he had taken
a violent fancy to her upon her first
appearance, was continually running
to the studio to watch her work and
prattle to her, a proceeding which
enraged his grandmother. I was
not surprised, therefore, when
Dicky's mother, with a violent sniff
and a look that could have killed,
directed toward Grace Draper, said
loftily: I - '..
"No, thank you, I don t care to
drive."
"And I couldn't possibly go,"
Grace chimed in. "I'm cleaning the
studio, and everything will blow to.
the four winds if I . don't, get ba.ck
Pardon me.
She whisked around the corner
and, to my great surprise, Junior,
with one doubtful look at his. father
and the new car, .turned his back
upon us and toddled after her. Of
course, a car was no novelty to him,
while, rummaging in the studio , was,
but I knew that the child s action
the car and shot- out into the road,
and a litttr eddy of ' dust was the
only reminder that he had been
there.
I waited, rather tremulously, for
Mother Graham's anger to explode.
She had been furious when she first
learned of Grace Draper's coming
back into our lives, and Dicky had
left to me the task of explaining to
her the emergency in his work
which confronted him, and his ab
solute need of the girl's services. I
had succeeded in convincing her, and
to do Mother Graham justice she
was generally courteous, even in the
face of Juniors detection, .isut tne
episode of the car had been too
much for her, and as I was the only
one left within sound of her voice
I became the scapegoat.
"Weil, Margaret!" she said, with
crisp cruelty. "With one of your
husband's old flames walking off
with your child, and another waiting
for him to call with that new car, it
strikes me yon would better come
off that high horse of yours and do
something."
(Continued Tomorrow.)
WHY-
Why Are Some Places of Amuse
ment Called "Cabarets?"
Brought into prominence of late
years because of the large nvmbers
of hotels, roadhouses and rcsta'irants
which advertise "dancing cabarets,"
or "jazz cabarets," or have used the
term as being indicative of a place
where one can secure food and
amusement at the same time, "cab
aret" has come to be regarded as a
recent addition to the English lan
guage a word which, from its form
and pronunciation, is evidently
French.
As a matter of fact, the term was
For under-the nretense of "seeinc had added the last straw to Dicky's
old Alf," Dicky made almost daily load of wrath. He wasted no words i
trips to Shelter Island, at first in my ' upon any of us, but simply turned'
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widely used in England dnrii g the
16th century as a synonym frr tav
ern. There was nothing musical
about the cabarets of this period and
the. only amusement they afforded
was that which the travelers furnish
ed. While used by Hramhall in one
of his works published in K'55, it
passed out of the language soon after
that time and did not return again
until about the middle of the 18th
century. At this time, however, its
stay was brief and its popularity
limited and, not until the ih'ncing
craze struck the world a few years
ago, was it resurrected in its pres
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ing that, if a hotel advertised a
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least an orchestra, it would be ac
cused of fraud while, as a matter
of several centuries of custom, it
would be within its rights in so
tfoing.
(Copyright, 1951, by Wheeler Syndicate.)
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INNER-CIRCLE
CANDIES'
Rats.
The popular saying "Kats dewrt a
sinking ship," imperfectly descrilte
the superstition to which It is sup
posed to give eNprcion. The belief
of sailors and of many who are' not
sailors is that when a ship is in port
and the rats suddenly swarm a. ho re,
forsaking it, that ship, in til proba
bility, will K down on her net
voyaRC. Many a ship has been held
for long weeks io port wanting a
crew, ihe old crew having relueit
to rchhip because the nts had bren
seen leaving the vessel as it lay at the
dork. '
A common explanation of the
superstition is that i has a found
ation in a physical fuct. A ship in
bad repair unscawortby is damp
down below and the rats desert to
dryer quarters ashore. And a leaky
ship is, of course, most likely to go
down if she encounters heavy
weather.
Hut sailors scout this explanation
.ind will tell you that well-found
ships are as likely to go down as any
others if the rats desert them which
is not so, of course. The common
explanation of the supo-s'ition, un
t'omantic and unclassirai as it is. is
undoubtedly the true one But that
innate proclivity for superstition
which pertains to all mankind in
general and sailors in particular, pre
fers to see a serious omen in the de
sertion of a ship by its rat inhabi
tants rather than a plain, prosaic inti
mation that the "old hooker" needs
calking.
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1. Where is the first birthday
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2. 'What was the name of the
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3. What was the name of Eli's
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5. - W ho was high priest at the
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6. Who was Mnason of Cyprus?
ANSWERS. '
, 1. See Genesis xl. 20.
2. Bartimeus. Mark x. 46-52.
3.. Phinehas. 1 Samuel I 3.
, 4. ' Lahmi.
5. Caiaphas.
6. See Acts xxi. 16. .
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