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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1921)
THE BEE: . OMAHA. KK1UAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1921. 9 mm rHEN E s i CHATTER VI. Henrietta Complains. lltrre wis another member of farmer Greens (lock, besidn Hen rietta Ken, that was proud. Nobody needed to look twice at the Kooiter to tell that he had an excellent opin ion of h nudf. He had a way of Ohl I can-t do thatl" b exclaimed. walking about the farm yard that said quite plainly that he believed himself to be a person of great im portance. And it "was true that things wont according to his ideas, anion? the flock. He was always spoken of as "the Kooster. ror although tnere were other roosters in the flock, they were both younger and smaller than he and he would never permit anybody to call them in his hearing any thinir but cockerels. These cockerels usually took great pains to keep out of the Rooster's way. If they were careless, and. he caught them napping, he was more than likely to make matters .unpleas ant for them. He knew how to make their feathers fly. Now, Henrietta Hen thought that the Rooster behaved in a most silly fashion. She said it pained her to see him prancing about, with his two long, arched tail feathers nod ding as he walked. The truth was, Henrietta could not endure it to have any one more elegantly dressed than she. And there was no denying that the Rooster's finery outshone every body else's. ' Why, he wore a xomb on his head that was even bigger than Henrietta's! And he had spurs, too, for his legs, which he liked to use on cockerels. .; But what Henrietta Hen disliked most about the Rooster was the way he crowed each morning. It wasn't so much the kind of crowing that he indulged in; it was rather the early hour he chose for it that annoyed Henrietta. He always began his cockle-doodle-doo while it was yet dark. Then everybody in the hen house had to wake up, whether he wanted to or not. And Henrietta Hen did wish the Rooster would keep still at least till daylight came. She often remarked that it was per fectly ridiculous for any one from a fine family as she was to get up at such an unearthly hour. , She said it. was a; wonder she kept her- good looks, just on account of the Roost er's crowing. "Why don't you ask him to wait until it's light, before he begins to crow?" Polly Plymouth Rock asked Henrietta Hen one day. "I'll do it I" cried Henrietta. Right then she called to one of the cocker els, who was' near by. "Just skip across the yard and ask the Rooster " she began. The cockerel broke right in upon her message: "Ohl I can't do thatl" he ex- WHY- Do Rivera Curve and Twist? Anyone who has followed even the smallest stream knows by ex perience that, instead of running straight and true toward the place where, it empties into a larger body of water, it curves and twists and winds here and there, sometimes ap pearing almost to. reverse its real direction. While we are accustomed to think of this as a vagary of the stream itself, the reason for this winding lies in the formation of the land through which the brook or river makes its course. Like every thing else in nature, water seeks the line of least resistance and, if it meets a mass of rock or a particu larly hard formation through which it can not easily make its way, it goes around this and is thus tempor irily thrown off its proper course. Impelled by the attraction of gravity, water naturally seeks to at tain the lowest possible level the sea; except in rare cases where lakes are below sea-level but ordi narily this gravitation is not suffi ciently strong to. induce the stream to make any but the easiest route. In the case of mountain torrents, however, the sheer drops over the sides , of the hills and through the Bullies, enable the, water to attain its destination by passing over the rockv formations which, in the course of time, are worn away and become the beds of good-sized riv ers. In short, water runs Down ward all the time and it is the ob stacles in its path which cause it to turn aside momentarily, though eventually it will attain its objective. (Coprrlsht, HJl. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Where It Started Sealing Deeds. Before the use of carved seals, deeds were sealed with wax which the conveyor marked by- biting with the side teeth. The impression of the tooth in the wax made the document a formal conveyance. As to what happened when a toothless person wished to make a conveyance history is silent. (Coprritht, lilt. By The Whelr Sy dlcate. Inc) "Baby Face" in Custody Paul Davis, alias "Baby Face," was arrested by federal narcotic agents yesterday at 920 Capitol avenue, for illegal possession of drugs. Paul's targe, round, boyish countenance earned htm the sobriquet, according to federal men. claimed. "I've never font up to the Kootter and spoken to him. If 1 did, he'd be sure to fight me." "Just tell him that I sent you." said Henrietta. And the made tht cockerel listen to her menage. But he wouldn't bt persuaded, fie told Henrietta that the Rooster would be sure to jump at him the moment he opened his mouth. "Besides," he added, "it wouldn't do any good, anyhow. The Rooster can't wait until after daylight before he be gins to crow." 'We can't, eh?" Henrietta Hen spoke up somewhat sharply. "I'd like to know the reason why I" And fixing her gaie sternly upon the Rooster, she marched straight across the farmyard towards him, to find out. (Oprrlfkt, MI, fcr Metropolitan Km. paper Merries.) Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. I. XINO. Bees and Luck. It is unlucky to have a swarm of bees come to you. This superstition is general in the United States, Can ada and in Europe, and can be traced back without difficulty to a period over 200 years before the Christian era among the Romans, while there is evidence that it can claim a like antiquity among the Germans. Tacitus tells of the consternation among the Romans in the consulship of Manius Acilius when a swarm of bees settled upon the cupola of the capitol. It was regarded as a prod igy of evil omen. Among both the cultivated Romans and the wild Germans when a swarm of bees settled upon a house it was thought to be a sign that that house would soon be consumed by fire or that some disaster would happen to its inmates. And the Romans evident ly considered, also, it is inferred from Tacitus, that the settling of a swarm of bees upon a public building like the capitol, forboded disaster to the state. Just why the Romans and the Germans should consider the settling of a swarm of bees upon a house an omen of evil is not so clear. It is known that they were accustomed to divine by the flight of bees as the Roman Augurs divined by the flight of birds, and these bee auguries doubtless became in time reduced to a rigid formula in which the settling of a swarm upon a house had its fix ed place. Jit any rate the American farmer of today who shakes his head forbodingly when a strange swarm of bees settles under the eves-of his barn, or on a tree in his orchard, is a lineal descendant in superstition of the toga-clad Roman, who viewed with alarm the bees settling on the capitol in the consulship of Acilius. (Copyright, 1921, by the McClure News paper syndicate.) Jack and Jill "Jack, drsr." aid Jill, as she dabbed her not with her power puff, "1 simply can't bear to go to that danct after all. Telephone the Briggs' and tell them I'm sick. Jack turned toward her, astonished. ''Sick? What do you mr sick? You didn't say so betort. Now I've shoe-horned myself into my dress suit and everything. We must go." "No, I've drudged at the cleaning all day, and look a perfect fright. Don't you see how housework has aged me?" "You look about two days older than when we got married." "Why, Jack, you are an unsympa thetic old brute," Jill peered at herself in the glass. She was on the verge of tears and pitied herself from the bottom of her heart "I found a gray hair today, Jack. And see my wrinkles I" "Fiddlesticksl You never looked prettier in your life I" Jill turned upon him and now the sluice-gates were raised. She sobbed as she pointed an accusing finger at him. "You cruel mean thing. You haven't a kind word to say to mel Whenever I look wretched you pick out that day to tell me I am the pic ture of health. . . You don't love me, or you'd see how hideous I look when I feel this badly." Tack looked at her dumbfounded. But you'd always looked good to me, dear, no matter if you were old and ugly." he began. "That's because I love you! You know that." "I know the truth." Jill sniffled. "You've told it to me for the first time just now. You flatter me, be cause you think me a silly little woman. Jack, I can face frankness." "But you don't look old or tired either. I'lf have a hard time keeping enough dances for myself tonight, if we go to that club affair," he per sisted. "There you go, just like all men. Maybe it's because you are afraid it might cost a doctor bill, if you ad mitted I looked sick. Or maybe it's just to keep me flattered so that I IS IT n of leesni tSr. THBttnM to watch the health of thefirl most carefully is when ah is entering young woman hood. Much depends upon tbe Draper funcUonUw of the organs of elimination. Let no false modesty interfere with it If on detest the alls ntest tend ency to constipation, by signs hilloaaneaa. headache or rest- ass check it with a tsaspoonful Caldwell's Syrup fepain. DR. CALDWELL'S SYRUP PEPSIN THE FAMILY LAXATIVE D. Caldwell's Byron Pepsin Is a compound of Egyptian Senna and other staple laxative herbs with pep sin. It works gently, is free from griping, and contains no narcotics. Bottles can be had at any drug atore, and the cost is only about a cent a dose. Just try it I HALF-OUNCE BOTTLE FREE Few swafM csiuapsiwa, mm H m as rut rtmkt a Uuux at ikii momtM fatm awl you a Half Oime Trial BortU of mi OF CHARGE ekat yen ww Mt a) haody ens mmtd. Simply and mtr msw and oJdnu K Dt.W.jS. CsUwclLsu Wtuhmgm St, MannctUs, Ubneu. Wriu mt cottar. wouldn't suspect you of liking some other girl." Jill was so aggrieved that Jack felt actually guilty of some great crime. He determined to face the facts, coat what it may, "Jill, dearest," and he pulled a long face, "I can see a change. Your dear little face Is drawn and wan. It ages you. You need a good rest at some quiet country place and we must cut out these gaieties for a while." Jill looked up at him sharply, but Jack appeared most serious. "Yes, you've lost weight. That dress doesn't fit as well as it used to you're so much thinner." Jill looked at her dainty reflection in tbe glass. "Yes. little woman, you were right I have been heedless and selfish in not observing the changes. I feel so well that I seem ten years younger than I did a year ago. Just to-day one of the stenographers in the of fice told me so. Well, let's stay home and go to bed early a good rest will drive away those tired lines." "You old fault-finder," snapped Jill, as she snatched up her silk opera coat "I do not look thin. I'm not too old to enjoy thirty dances to night You talk as it 1 were scare crow. It's sympathy, not insults that I wanted. You don't look a day younger than I do. So there! I'm going over to that dance right now, and some one cle will tell nie I look nice." "Very well." sighed Jack., 'But for an old, wornout, sick, middle-aged lady like you I think it best to sit out the dances, dear." Jill caught the twinkle in his eye, and held up her lips close to his. "I don't really look so badly as I thought, do I. Jack, dear?" But he didn't answer in words. (Copyright Kit. Thompson feature Service. Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today B MILDRED MARSHALL, The king of gems, the ruby, wields extraordinary power today, since it is both lb ulismsnic and natal stone. I'nder the circumstances, it be comes almott a pari of its wearer nd exrrri.es extraordinary influence upon him. According to the ancients, the life of the stone is bound up with the life of the wearer; it sparkles when he is gay; nid forth red glares when he is angry, and loses its radi ance when he is sorrowful, Since the ruby is the gem of success and the symbol of wealth, it is believed to br ng hots gills to one who cher ishes it The srarlrt salvia Is todays for tunate flower. (iVrrrlfht. till. WfcMter Syadlrau, Ins I Parents' Problems Does it improve a child's hair to keep it cut short? There are varieties of opinion about this. Some persons think that cutting a child's hair makes it "grow in thicker;" others think that the cutting "takes out the curt con sult a hair-dresser or the barber. Home Builders, Inc. is an Omaha institution and builds and finances business homes. Every dollar paid to it for construction service or in vested in its shares and bonds goes to build up Omaha. Invest your surplus money in Home Builders' Resale 6 Pre f erred Shares and First Mort gage Bonds secured by business buildings built by Home Builders. Tax-free. For expert counsel on construc tion of large or small buildings, see W. Boyd Jones, Mgr. Con struction Department, Home Builders, Inc. Assets over $1,500,000.00. American Security Company Dodge at 18th St Douglas 5013 Our ad, run Oct. 27, should have read "Resale Preferred Shares'' instead of Preferred Shares. Th word resale was emitted by overslfht. The Bankers Reserve Life Company Established 1897 Omaha, Nebraska V An Old Financial Institution Accumulated Assets, $ 1 1,500,000.00 Bonds --(Government, County, Municipal, School) - $7,329,196,71 First Mortgages and Loans 3,389,055.57. Cash in Banks and other Items 738,440.82 Reserve Fund - - - $9,195,326.00 Capital, Surplus and other Items - - - - - - 2,261,367.10 Business in Force, Over $ 80,000,000.00 We Solicit Your Business The Bankers Reserve Life Company ' HOME OFFICE Omaha, Neb. R. L. Robison, President W. G. Preston, Vice-Pres. R. C. Wagner, Sec-Trea. Excellent Openings for Experienced Men PAUL B. BURLEIGH, Cen, Aft. A. S. BORCLUM, Associate. A 10-year-old boy hits the nail on the head I am a little boy 10 years old and am In ths Third B at the Saratoga school. I think the reason people should buy Omaha Made Goods is this; To malt Omaha prosperous, and ' fet the boat for your money. 6024 North 24th St. ROBERT PARK That is the big thought this association has been endeavoring to "get over" to the people of Omaha ever since this campaign began. Buy Omaha-and-Nebraska-Made Goods to make Omaha pros perousand to GET THE BEST FOR YOUR MONEY. That's the big idea. There is no question that the city will be made more pros perous if all Omaha people will buy Omaha-and-Nebraska-Made Goods. A bigger demand on the factories means bigger payrolls and "payrolls promote prosperity." Now we are asking you to buy Omaha-and-Nebraska-Made Goods only when you find, by test, that you get as much, or more, for your money when you buy them as you do when buy ing competing products. Please remember that. 14-lsVtVat 111 OMAHA Why not TRY OMAHA-MADE GOODS Look at the window displays in all retail stores November 7 to 12, show ing what goods are made in Omaha and don't forget to visit the Omaha-and - Nebraska - Made Goods Show, eighth floor of Brandeis Store, every day next week from noon until 9 o'clock in the evening. Free, of course and mighty interesting. Omaha Manufacturers Association Launching for Friday a Sensational Sale of 500 DRESSES Beyond the shadow of a doubt here is the Greatest Dress Event of the present year Values are almost unbelievable See them Friday and you will marvel that we can offer such wonderful values at this low price. Youwill find here clever interpretations of the newest fall modes. Our Mr. Beddeo, in last week's trip to New York, was fortunate in "securing the entire on hand stock of a leading i manufacturer at a price that is remark ably low. ' . Dresses for every purpose, beau tiful beaded and embroidered Dresses, navy and all the wanted colora. These Dresses are worth two. three and even four times this startling Sale Price TJ All sizes from IS to 44, with plenty of the larger sizes. Tricolines Canlon Crepes Crepe de Chines Yalamas Crepe Back Satins Ceorgettes Poiret Tnills Satins Buy on Payments . Tour credit is good during this wonderful sale of Dresses at $14. Ready cash is not a necessity at this sale. - These Frocks are distin guished for their better style fashionings and ornamenta tions and embellishments; beads, braids, buttons, silk stitchery, embroidery that originates from Spain and with it all is the new and wanted Paris silhouette that gives the long blouse effect 1417 Douglas Street Smart Cape Models, Youth ful Basque Effects, Wide Sleeves, Nev French Neck lines, , Peter Pan Collars; Many New Stitching Con ceits; Jade Rings, Felt or Leather Trimmings Extra It j on can secure a better value In Dresses within a pe riod of one week from date of this sale, we shall return pvraheee price the srarment. the of a