10-A
Mental Tests to
Be Giv en Poison
Pen" Note Author
Pfriiiitn Following Eiamina
lion to Determine- Whether
or Not Nfhratkan to
R HrlJ.
ChifUO, May 27 On decision
following psychopathic "imim
lien ttUy will depend whether Ku
gent Bryant, author nf several "poi
son p letters l Mrs. A. H. Shot
wilt of a wealthy confectioner,
il return lo hi fhrr, Judae Wil
bur F. Hryant of tUnmiton, Neb.,
or be h'd lr grand Jury investiga
tion in Chicago.
"Don't worry, Pad. wy conscience
i clear," Mid young Bryant when
his Uiher arrived here IaM night
jroin Nebraka,
Tht father said he believed Hi
son's anient were the retult o( shock
from hit war experiences.
ugt Pryant. former ditrtet at
torney and member of the Nebraska
supreme court commission, wm noli
fnd of hit son's arrest Thursday and
started immediately for Chicago, al
though ha it 71 years old and wai
bardly able to ttand the journey.
He had not eaten mice Thursday
noon, hut he refused to move from
hit rat in the police nation for fear
that he might loe a chance tl "doing
inmething for hit boy."
"If he did do these thing I would
Ittnbute it to postwar piychotit," he
laid. "He e wounded in the war
nd hit jaw fractured, during the
battle of the Argonne."
Germans Accept Terms
. of Reparations, Report
Tari. Mav 27.-(By A. P.) Re
ports from Berlin that the German
government had accepted the allied
reparation! proposition were quali
fied by fcart in reparation. circlei
that the propositions bad been ac
cented only at a basil for discus
ion. while the determination of the
commission it that they constituted
the last word.'
The position of the commission it
that if the propositions are not ac
cepted entirely, the discussion will
be closed and the entire reparations
question turned over to the allied
governments.
The crucial point in the negotia
tions tt the question of paper money.
The finance minister, Hermes, agreed
with the commission that no more
paper be issued for internal require
ment, and that for exterior pay
ments, including reparations, only a
part might be raised in this way, in
case of necessity, and only for the
ensuing year, in the proportion of
two-fifths paper and three-fifths
loans or increased taxes. After the
end of the year, Germany would
issue no more new paper at all, it
was agreed.
Rail Board Criticised
(or Not Cutting Wages
Omaha Ita Laaafd Wlr.
Washington. &fay 26. Failure of
the railroad labor board to reduce
wages of railway employes is respon
aible for labor difficulties tin other
lines of industry, Lawrence D. Ty-
ton of Knoxville, Tenn., president ot
the American Cotton Manufacturers
association, declared today in an ad
dress at its annual convention. The
association is made up of southern
manufacturers of cotton goods. .
"Railroad labor is still about the
hishest paid labor in the country,"
said Mr. Tyson: "In view of the fact
that the government sanctions the
wages allowed by the labor board, it
is not to be expected that workers
in other industries will accept less.
Therefore, until the wages of rail
way employes are made commensu
rate with those paid in other indus
tries, strikes may be expected."
Mr. Tyson declared that labor
leaders- have followed a ; mistaken
course in opposing Wage reductions.
Central American Business
Conditions Improving
. Washington, May . 27. Brighter
economic skies in Central America
were seen last night by the commer
cial department in a special survey
'of the trade situation in that region.
Conditions there during the first
quarter of this year, the department
said, have been showing an improve
ment over those of the latter part
of last year, and it is believed that
the trend is upward.
t i- . r: . - t i :
l n vusia xuca. gciiciai uuMucss waa
reported in a healthy condition.
Recognition of the new adminis
tration in Guatemala by the United
States, the department asserted, has
had a beneficial effect on trade in
. that country and further improve
ment is anticipated.
Milwaukee Rail Station
at Canton, S. D., Robbed
Canton, S. D., May 27. Two
masked men entered the Milwaukee
railroad station here last night forced
two telegraph operators to lie on
the floor, and fled with three bags
of first-class mail and $77 in cash.
THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY 29. X
Up the Nile on Which Cleopatra
Rode, but Not the Same Style
Miss Rees Follows Route
of Egypt's Famous Queen
and Becomes Adept at
Donkey Riding.
Ha baa Itnw talia tw IUm SaM ml
raiaa ta IB aaa WMrfciaa a tail lira!
Hat la I aira. Tale Ma. H attas aaM la.
tiauMe SHallS at awarf mm Ik Mia.)
By HENRIETTA M. SEES.
The main reason I succumbed to
tbit interesting journey to various
partt of the globe was because of the
Nile trip, tot three weckt we were
to float upon this mystic river, be
comma acquainted with Fgypt.
"which it the Nile." The whole trip
sounded so restful, so peftefut and to
alluring that I simply couldnt re
it it.
Cleopatra of fld floated upon this
woild-iamout river in her sumptu
ous dahabeah fanned by slaves and
attended by a devoted Mark Antony.
I, too, would float upon the Nile, un.
fanned, perhapt, and minut a Mark
Antony, but in a "palatial vessel" to
quote the advertising booklet, "and
we do not hesitate to tty that on no
other river in the world can a voyage
be taken with greater or more stud
ied luxury than on the Nile under
our arrangementi." That was a
ttrong statement, and defied even an
cient traditions.
.The booklet goes on to speak of
the great charm of the trip as the
'absence of all worries and anxi
eties, ''a minimum of wear and
tear." It 'tpeakt of the "powerful
spell of the land of the Pharaohs,"
its "matchless climate," and "the
"restorative effects of its peaceful
air."
It tells of all the temples that lie
between easy reach of the banks of
the Nile, and of the life on the great
pleasure boats, where the passengers
are like guests on a floating hotel.
The advertisements were all right,
and delightfully truthful the match
less climate, peaceful air and the
powerful spell were all there; al.o
the palatial vessel and the studied
luxury for the boat was all one
anticipated, with brass beds in
every room instead of berths, beau
tiful salons, and everythvig else ac
cordingly. But the statements were
general statements like a snapshot
in which much of the detail color
and contrast is lacking.
Here Comes Reality.
From all this advance material I
developed the idea that I would
loll in a comfortable deck chair, like
the pictures in advertisements, and
calmly view beautiful scenery as I
glided by it. Or, I would dilly
dally in the native bazars of the
small towns, or, after a "pleasant"
donkey ride, walk leisurely through
an ancient temple or tomb, feeling
like a character in "Aida," and as
similating archeology in homeo
pathic doses.
, But, alas, for my fond fancies of
laziness and ease there wasn't much
time to indulge in !' them. A few
shameless, spoiled, soft, slothful per
sons hid from our dragoman a few
times and freaked out of visiting a
temple or a tomb. But I only
sighed for shattered ideals and went
into donkey riding and tomb in
spection as a principal occupation,
and developing a taste that made me
want to take the whole trip over
again. But I rather Jost my fellow
feeling with the former queen.
Maybe Cleopatra dashed out of her
dahabeah at the ringing of a gong,
not forgetting her "monuments
ticket" and into a wildly excited mob
of donkey boys and darkeys every
time the boat stopped. Maybe she
hastily mounted one of the many
beasts pushed up , to her, before she
was trampled by them. Maybe she
rode 20 minutes or an hour or more
each way, through villages (where
every one even babies in arms called
"backheesh"). over desert roads or
up rocky cliffs in the bright sunshine
until she came to the temples or
tombs. . She may have because it
was an act of pity on her part, and
she belonged to that creed because
it is recorded that she had much to
do with the decoration f one tem
ple, where she herself Ts engraved,
in her sylph-like days. She may
have because "that was the way the
ladies rode" if the ladies ever got a
chance to ride, then as well as now
(unless they ride in a springiest cart)
but I would be willing to bet that
she didn't. It was a more strenuous
lite than I anticipated, or than I
ever connected with the luxurious
Cleopatra. - s
Among Those Present. ,
But I must tell you something of
our crowd. There were a number of
middteaged couples, nice, comfort
able people whose children were in
school or married, and who Were free
to see the world, jand game enough
to do it. There were four wide
awake older women whom I mentally
named.. Tish, Aggie and company.
There were some few of our friends
on the Adriatic including some young
people. There were two Egyptian
princes, nephews of the sultan, about
18 and 20 years of age, and as fair
looking, well educated and well man
nered vounisr men as one could hope
to meet Their skill in talking many
; Road Conditions
OtoaUlM by th Omaha Aula Clab.)
Lincoln hlghwly. aat: Roads talr to
good. Rouah in atrtchs to Minhtll
town. No rpArt (rem Caaar . Raalda or
Wt tht. morninr.
Lincoln highway, eat: Road, fair to
good to Qrand Island.
O. L. D. highway: Road fair to good.
Highland Cutoff: Road, rough.
Cnrnhuakar highway: Roads fair to
good.
O St not road: Fair ta good; muddy la
atrttches. ,
Omaha-Tula highway: Roads muddy.
Om.ha-Top.ka highway: Roads muddy.
Goorgo Washington highway: 'Roads
lair to gooa. '
Black Hills trail: Roads rough, littl
muddy In atrotchos.
Rlvor to River read: Roads muddy ta
Sti.tchas to Dos Motn.a. . ...
King of Trail- north: Rosda muddy ta
about It mllas north of Missouri VaJlay,
than good.
King of Trails, south: Roads muddy.
Cu.tar Battlsflald highway. Roads
muddy to about miles out from Omaha,
thru good through ta Sioux "alls and
South Dakota. No rain reported tn South
"cVirago-Omaha Bhortltna: Roads muddy
almwt eTerywhtr. Cars 'traToUng with
. chain. , " .
Meridian highway: Roads muddy
through southern snd central Nebraaka.
Kod northern Nebra.ica good
I O. A. Bhortline: Ro.da muddy.
Plus Grass road: Muddy.
Weather reported cloudy sverywhero,
ith predictions for unsettled with show
er. Cars coming through from Tery
direetien nosfc but tuinf ahaina arar meat
highways. , j
different Ungtugri quite abounded
me there wat the toung giil who
had nudged hi'roglyphirt for a itw
months and who carefully corrected
)our flighty comment; the compl.
cent, clever, contented I ngli.hman
ho ind it wit dreadtut the way the
American! tpoil their women, and
that the tour wat topping; two
couplet of newly-wedt one wat at
i)t running into behind a pillar in
a temple or glimpsing in a dark cor
ner of a tomb, the wealthy widows
(two or three), the caustic .Vetch
man, the nervy EngtUh couple, and
omen.
Ana it tut not ievt. tnere wat
Mahmoiid Ahmed, our genial, good
humored dragoman, or guide, who
attended to it that we should 'e
everything. He wat gloriou in iik
and broadcloth raiment. He had
been to the World't fair in Ihicaito
and hit. Lanirt nd gentlemen, this
wa-a a-a-y, if you pltae" let ut to
all the interesting tights cf upper
and lower Egypt, Before each ad
venture he made a speech at meal
time, telling ut what we would tee
and doting with the tame three re
marks, the first about "backsheesh"
to the donkey boyt; the second,
"Monuments tickets very much
wanted;" the third, "Galloping
donkeyt not allowed."
I foolishly fancied thit wat to
save the donkeyt. but toon learned
it wat to protect the company in case
of accident.
. "Speeding" in Egypt
The butinett of donkey riding
ttarted out the first afternoon. Most
of the donkeys were so little one felt
st though one ought to carry them
instead of vice versa. My first
donkey was named "Yankee Doo
doo" him very fine donkey." He
had an odd little run, which I
thought was because of his short
steps, and his walk was a crawl. I
started at the hcd of our cavalcade,
but soon found myself the very last
one. I looked back at one time
when he was running and d scovered
his cause of speed was not from
within, but from without that here
1 was riding over the roads of Eevnt
with my donkey hoy running behind
v.itn notn hands pushing the donkey.
All went well at the beginning of
inn nrst riae (with the largest men
on the smallest donkeys, manv of
tnem with good luck strings of gay
oeaas and sietgh bells around their
necks, i. e. the donkeys). Then a
certain charming lady, when her
mount stumbled and fell, calmly
wok a header over him into the dirt.
The donkey boy caught her head
and kept it from the road, but just
then the donkey rose beneath her,
and she maintained a most undieni-
fied posture, displaying an assortment
ot lingerie. Mie was not hurt, but
her husband was considerably
snockeo.
Most nonkey drivers talk some
English and the trend of their re
marks is usually about some "back
sheesh to buy clover for Oshkosh (or
whatever the donkey's name).or a
little extra backsheesh "fromt.your
nana to mine " tor good iuck. The
good luck was all for the boy and
not you, and it is sad to state
that although backsheesh was often
given for clover for Oshkosh Osh
kosh seldom got the clover, r
Many people took falls from their
donkeys. One of our immaculate
Egyptian princes had a great spill in
a luckless part of the toad, the
donkey rolling over him. He arose,
immaculate no longer, calmly picked
up his tarbouche and continued the
trip. A tall, lanky man went over
the head of his donkey and 'stood
in the road in front, for all the world
like the clown in a circus.
Now a Donkey Expert.
I rode donkeys until I was lame,
and rode them until I was over the
lameness. I Tode in high, carpeted
saddles that tilted backward and that
were loose, arfd when the stirrup
were tied on with cord, and in one
heavenly place I rode in an English
saddle. I rode fuzzy donkeys and
shorn ones and those which were
shaved in beautiful patterns on legs
and back. Most of them were somno
lent, but one aminal I rode was
fiery beast. Merry Widow him
very fine donkey." He galloped
through the crooked winding streets
of a native village he nearly brushed
me off on the corner of a mud house
he ran into a boy with a basket
of bread on his head uosettinsr both
he caught my foot in the stirrup of
another mount, and nearly pulled
me in two before I could get him
stopped or the man could get- his
donkey speeded up enough to extri
cate me." ....
He got 'so far. ahead that in one
place we took a wrong road and for
about half an hour I rode on the
desert, the only European in sight.
I here were several gamooses or
Egyptian cattle, a train of hay-laden
camels and one Egyptian mounted on
a camel, who rode disinterestedly by.
I never rode one donkey over which
I had the slightest control, most of
them merely walked, going to sleep
as soon as one got on. After the first
ride about half the people on - the
boat complained of the hives, and
regarded their- diet until they dis
covered that wh.t iua'4 the 'him"
wat brown and crawled anl ltpe4.
and could only vt iiiutucrcil py
drowning,
Wonderful Tmnl and Tombs.
Hut the templet and tombt, a4
the rauuioite tcmery of the Nde
were worth giving uu nuny a com-
forublc (Ink chair to fe. t'l course,
one ran are scrnrry anywhere, but
only m 1 nu t are thrre such mag
nilk-mt relict o a iiiarvcumt cm
luation, 14 long aiiO that one can
hardlv eotuprehrnJ it. I didn't re-
ah that all of thete were not only
carved, but decorated in color, and
it is remarkable that tracet of thre
colort are fnun'd everywhere, and in
many nlaiet in almo.t nerlect con
dition. In the tnmbt of the kings
in the we.tcrn suburb of old Thehr.
now lighted by electric light, the
rarvimr and naiminui ininltt have
been done last week. In the midtt of
alt thi coW and grandeur, deep, dee
down' in the drmht of a tnlid cm!
one king still tlrrpi in hit gorgeous
carved tan-onhaiu. Jut a it wat
found (except, perhapt. lor tne giat
too). He tt still waiting for the
remrrection and the phvtical call to
a future life. Hut to the ifit in a
niche, with no coffins, their mute
bodice expressing their helpless fate,
there lie three people who were kitted
In order to attend the king on hit un
known journey.
Itryans at Lincoln
Lincoln. Mav 27. J. Bryan
arrived here today to remain until
tomorrow ntaht. on lut way eatl
from Los Aneelrt. He and Mrs.
Bryan made the 1,500-mile trip from
San Antonio. Tex., to the southern
California city by automobile. Mr,
Bryan said Mrs. Bryan enjoyed the
trip and was benefited by it.
LmtMinritt Firm Kwt'fi
P)iiifht of Profit Tax
The Imperial Invf.tmeni rHiiny
un a flrtuon fw rori
WoivlrougH eter44y ai.l inter
nal Knenu loUrctor A. I. Allen.
Allen ird a floln l ot l.o
.gaint I he .ompaiiy. U. ). tonurii.
who it the mam Mixkhoiurr in me
company, a I'M e.uie nouung con
crn, reil thai w in tocri oi
windng up ut stun and nt in
hutute.t ir pcntiM, Judge Wood-
rough agreed with mm.
Iowa Youlli Guards
Pal Until Death
Froirn Boli of Heroic Kx
Yank ami .,udtly" Found
on Ridge. .
Rock Rier, Vo, Mav 17.-The
froien bod.et of Jack Weseott of
L'rbana. la . and XUnon P. Young
of Pasadena, 1st, e service men
lost in the hluurd ol Mav 10, were
fmind yrdaday on a wind twept
ridge, a few hundred vardt trom the
ramp they had been trying to reach.
Vcolt' raincoat, laid carefully
over Young's body, told of hit e(.
torn to save hit comrade's life. The
mrn at'iuienl'v had wandered in a
Circle in the blii'trd.
Wrscott and Young were em
ployed at heep h'rdera by the
Two-Bar outfit. The iorm came
n while they were away from camp.
Searchers who found the bodies
heliev that Young wai the firtt to
sink et.hau.ted Into the tnow an4
that Wetcott refused to der hit
"buddy." vinf hu own coat and
Uter falling himself, overcome by
the cold.
Pre aebc r Score. U. S. Film
Umloii, May 27. "America r
hihits the sale of drink; I would to
Uod they would put a prohibition on
some of the films they send over
here," declares the Kev. C Entor
Walters of the London Mission.
ft
What Yeast
Foam Tablets
are for
lots of appetite
indigestion .
lack of physical
strength and energy
under weight
pimples boils
malnutrition
run-down conditions
( Wn
1 it Yltawl run ww I
1 is 3 TABtn l
w a eitwga 1
Northwestern Yeast Company, Chicago
Hakert of ike famout bokrnf ytatu, Yeast Foam and Magic Ytatt
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Why Yeast
Foam Tablets
are best
Th only pure whole yeast
tn eaay-to-Uka tablet form
They contain do drugi or
other uifredseots. .
They (Jo not form gaj nor
cauao belching .
They arc the only pare
whole yet suitable for
children; they do not canae
ferrnentatjon
Each lot is totted to insure
high and uniform yitatnia
potency.
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
PAINTS & VARNISHES
Wholesale u Retail
Barker Bros. Paint Co.
Deuf. 4TS0 lSOe't Farnem St.
Buy During
Value-Giving Living
Room Furniture Sale
This Week
HUDSON
Has a New Motor
IPairaMm
BEST IN FLAVORx
Xfor baking purposes
Ills sr VMB saaa ar . a
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COMPANY
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Warehoused and
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Omaha, Neb.
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, You and your friends are cordially invited to visit
Forest Lawn Cemtery at this season of the year. - '
The profuse floral decorations, the brilliant hues of
blooming shrubs and plants, the magnificent forest
. . trees with countless song birds, the broad expanse of .
',. undulating landscape, ' all conspire to enhance the,,
charm of the natural attractions o'f Forest Lawn.
. The mosaic chapel will be open for inspection this aft- . .
ernoon and on Memorial Day. ; t
See the beautiful display of plants for use in the ceme
tery now on sale in the new greenhouses.
TAKE NORTHBOUND ELECTRIC CARS '
Forest Lawn
Cemetery Association
Offices at the Cemtery and 720 Brandeis Theater Building
Take a Ride in the
New HUDSON
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"My new MAYTAG
washer enables me to
finish the washing
hours earlier!"
"It gives me far more time
for other very necessary
housework, .it eliminates the
dread, the fuss and worry
that invariably attended my
wash ' days when I. used the
old iwash tub, scrub ; board
methods. ;.,.
ymmr
Here you have the last worii
in the development of the
electrical washer. The small,
convenient cast aluminum
body, the agitator is placed in
the bottom, allowing for either
large or small washings.
There are times when it is
necessary to wash, perhans, a
: Waist, or other small piece,
voull find the MAYTAG
WASHER a friend in need.
And such' terms why, you need pay but $5 and th'e MAYTAG
is delivered to your home. Then certainly the monthly payments
of $5 will never be missed. Stop in tomorrow and let us demon
strate the MAYTAG the best the market affords.
Farnam at 15th
ATlantic3100
2314 M Street:
MA rket 1500
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