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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1940)
Easing the Blow A young widow commissioned a monumental mason to inscribe on her husband's tombstone: “My sorrow is mere than I can bear.” Before the work was finished the widow married again, and the ma son asked her if she still wanted the inscription. “Yes,” she replied, “but just add the word ‘alone’ at the end.” Arctic Night The film firtnlucer uas rat ing to his associates nhout a new actress he had just discovered. “Yon leave her to me, fellows," he enthused, “and in ttco years I’ll make her a slur over.night!” At the Start Miss Smith was spending a week-end on a farm. "This cow gives 15 quarts of milk a day,” the farmer’s wife informed her. "And this one?” asked Miss Smith, pointing to another cow. "That one gives only six quarts.” “Oh, I see—a beginner!” The elderly maiden aunt re ceived a letter from her 10-year old niece: "Dear Aunt Martha, Thank you for your nice present. I have always wanted a pin-cush ion, but not very much.” Clang! Clang! The old lady was having her for tune told. "This is Capricorn,” said the seer. "Do you understand the symbols?” "Oh, no,” said the old lady, "but my son does. He plays in a jazz band!” Wing It! - At the end of the first week away from home on a new job, the young husband wrote to his wife: “Made foreman—feather in my cap.” After the second week he wrote: ‘‘Made manager—another feather in my cap.” But after the third week he wired: “Sacked—send money.” His wife telegraphed back: “Use feathers. Fly home.” Pull the Trigger on Constipation, and Pepsin-izeAcidStomachToo When constipation brings on acid indi gestion. bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, sour taste, and bad breath, your stomach is probably loaded up with cer tain undigested food and your bowelsdon’t move. So you need both Pepsin to help break up fast that rich undigested food in your stomach, and Laxative Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels. So be sure your laxative also contains Pepsin. Take Dr. Caldwell's Laxative, because its Syrup Pepsin helps you gain that won derful stomach com fort, while the Laxative Senna moves your bowels. Tests prove the powerof Pepsin todissolvc those lumps of undigested protein food which may linger in your stomach, to cause belching, gast ric acidity and nausea. This is how pepsin izing your stomach helps relieve it of such distress. At the same time this medicine wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your bowels to relieve your constipation. So see how much better you feel by taking the laxative that also puts Pepsin to work on that stomach discomfort, too. Even fin icky children love to taste this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Caldwell’s Lax ative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin at your druggist today! Doubtful Living He who lives for no one does not necessarily live for himself.— Seneca. r ADVISES YOUNG GIRLS ENTERING WOMANHOOD Thousands of young girls entering wom anhood have found a "real friend" in Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound to help them go "smiling thru" restless, moody, nervous spells, and relieve cramps, headache, backache and embarrassing fainting spells due to female functional irregularities. Famous for over ^60 yeara. WORTH TRYING! ^ WNU—U 19—40 * WATCH I tkeSfvuiols You can depend on the spe ;;; cial sales the merchants of our town announce in the \ columnsof this paper.They mean money saving to our readers. It always pays to I patronize the merchants | who advertise. They are not afraid of their mer chandise or their prices. Are Birds 'People'? All You Have to Do Is Watch Them at Work or at Play; Then „ You'll Be Convinced Some of Them Are! : E8 _____ -- By ATIIELLNE WATSON ! (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) ARE birds “people”? Why I not? For they work like i ^ real people and they fill almost as many profes sions. “The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker” of the world of men become “the butcher, the weaver, the busy street-cleaner” in the bird realm. Birdland is a verita ble Greenwich Village, for BLUE JAV butchers nest next to actors, carpenters, acrobats, divers and singers. But who are these butchers and street cleaners? Do they exist? Yes, there really are birds which are aptly called by these names. The northern shrike and the log gerhead shrike are called “butch er birds” because they impale their prey on thorns and barbed wire fences or hang them away in the cleft of a tree limb to be eaten later. The northern shrike looks like a masked bandit as it swoops down upon its victims, for it has a strip of black feathers extending from the eyes to the back of the head like a black mask. It flies low over the ground spotting its victims—grasshop pers, beetles, mice, snakes or even small birds. Then it turns, climbs upward before it hurtles down to the ground again in one last cruel pounce. You may be sure that little Jenny Wren does NOT sing, “O, ma-raa, it’s the butcher boy for me,” for all of the small birds are filled with fear and run for cover when they hear the heavy rapid flapping of the shrike's wings. It is a curious fact that during the mating season the shrike is a very sweet singer, seemingly trying to whitewash the cruder side of its nature dur ing the period of wooing. And the street cleaner? Why, he’s the noisy urchin of the bird family who chatters and quarrels on your roof every day—the Eng lish sparrow. He's a bold, selfish fellow with uncouth manners for he will crowd uninvited into a well-behaved robin’s or bluebird’s nest and drive away the real own er. He’ll take possession of the house you built for Sir Christo pher and Mistress Jenny Wren but in return he’ll do one good deed, at least. English sparrows are city scavengers and they’ll do a thorough job of street cleaning | in front of your house or in an alley nearby. Baltimore Oriole, the Weaver. , The weaver? That's the Bulti ; more oriole, a weaver by trade. Madame Oriole is a skillful arti j san. She fashions a warp of strings fastened firmly around the forked branches of a tree. DOWNY WOODPECKER Through this she weaves plant fibers, horsehair, string and strips of bark to make a nest shaped like a pocket-like bag. Baby ori oles are lulled to sleep by each gentle breeze in their hammock in the tree-tops. Orioles are very fond of bright colors and they are not always too scrupulous about property rights in their eagerness to gather 1 material for a nest. A neighbor of mine was seated on the porch i sorting scraps of yarn left over from a crocheted afghan. Noon came and she left the yarn in a box while she prepared lunch. When she returned the yarn had disappeared as if by magic. A month later her small son discov ered the thief. High in the branches of an elm tree a mother oriole sat proudly on a colorful nest decorated with the stolen yarn! The humming bird is an artist as well as a weaver for its nest is a thing of delicacy and beauty. The entire nest is about the size of a walnut. It is made of plant down and dried flower petals and held together by silvery spider’s web covered with bits of moss. This dainty creation resembles a baby’s silver-lined thimble. There’s an industrious fellow among birds who is an excellent carpenter. Nature has given the woodpecker family the tools of the carpenter’s trade. Their strong beaks are shaped like chisels so they can easily bore into a tree trunk. Their long cylinder shaped tongues end in a hard tip, barbed on both sides which can be pushed out underneath the bark of trees. Their legs are short and stout, their claws strong and sharp. Their stiff tail feath ers end in sharp spines which can be pushed against the bark of trees to hold them upright a a they hammer away at the trunk. Equipped with these tools it is no trick at all to drill a neat, round hole in a tree and make a >. ■* : “..v.. AS ys^MSi... . .vi KOSE-BKEASTED GROSBEAK snug warm nest. In digging out these retreats, the woodpeckers go in horizontally to the center and then turn downward in an en larged tunnel until the finished nest is the shape of a long, deep pear. The sawdust which falls while the drilling is going on makes a soft lining for the nest. The Missus Dissents. The woodpecker is a meticulous worker. It selects the site of its home with care. If the first at tempt at excavation proves un satisfactory, the bird abandons it and tries again. I watched a red-hended woodpecker hammer ing away one day at the dry limb of an apple tree. His mate, who was perched on a limb nearby, surveyed the work of her bril MEADOWLARK liant-headed spouse with a criti cal eye. Suddenly she darted near with a loud whining "char-r-r-” and for a few seconds the air was filled with their angry cries. He evidently had the better of the argument for she flicked away with her brown feathers ruffled indignantly. I cannot vouch for the fact that she had pointed out a flaw in his work, but I do know that an hour later the red-head was chiseling away a few inches down the limb. After drilling in for two inches he seemed to change his mind and flew away in the same direc tion his mate had taken. When I examined the holes, I discovered that the limb was too badly de cayed and a chip had come out, making a hole in the outer wall. In the second cavity the work man had again come too near the surface and scarcely more than the bark remained as protection from the weather. No doubt, the woodpecker's flaming head drooped with shame when his tri umphant wife had her chance to chirp "I told you so!” He's a ‘Swing’ Addict. Singing is, of course, the most popular profession among birds. The song sparrow is a "swing” addict. Their usual song opens with three high-pitched notes fol lowed by complicated warbling trills but no two song sparrows sing exactly the same song. mm m- ^ AMERICAN CROW The meadowlark thrills you with a clear, sweet "spring-o-the year, spring-o-the-year” until he notices that he has a human lis tener. Then he will impolitely turn his back upon you to hide his conspicuous yellow breast from your prying eyes. The rose-breasted grosbeak is the Beau Brummell of the song birds but he is the soul of chiv alry to his mate for he uses his rich whistling carol to entertain her during the nesting season. He is an example of what the well-dressed young bird is wear ing for he has a handsome sum mer coat of black and rose. In winter he favors a duller suit of brown and rose. Just as human singers special ize in certain fields of entertain ment, such as radio, opera or vaudeville, so do the bird musi cians develop their talents along one line. The mocking bird is the king of mimics. He not only imi tates the voice of other songsters but improves tfpon the sound which he imitates. Charlie McCarthy of Birdland. The scarlet tanager and the wood thrush are both ventrilo quists for they can “throw” their voices. I discovered this trick once when a sleepy-looking little owl in a mulberry tree apparently greeted me with a sharp “chip churr, chip-churr.” Then there was a flash of scarlet in a tree nearby and I fgund that a saucy tanager had used the owl as his Charlie McCarthy. The blue jay has a cruder sense of humor and uses his pow er of mimicking to frighten small birds by imitating the scream of the red-shouldered hawk. This is in keeping with his role as the bad boy of birdland, a rogue and a bully who steals from other nests and “picks on” smaller birds. Not all bird musicians choose a vocal career. The downy wood pecker prefers instrumental mu sic. He’s the drummer boy, the Gene Krupa of the bird world. For a drum he may use the stub of a dry limb about the size of one’s wrist. The ideal “drum” has an outer shell that is hard and resonant with a heart de cayed and gone. The clumsy crow turns buffoon to entertain his fellow birds. He tumbles, hops, skips and turns somersaults as skillfully as any circus clown. High-Diving Champion. The belted kingfisher chooses water instead of land to exercise his athletic skill. He lives along ponds, lakes, rivers and small creeks for he depends entirely upon fish for food. He hovers over the water until he spies a flash of fins beneath the surface, then plunges after his prey with the accuracy of the butcher bird. It is one of the fundamental in stincts, mother love, which makes the bob white turn actress. If an intruder comes too close to her LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE nest this clever bird pretends to be lame until she has lured her sympathetic follower far from her young. Are birds people? I was never quite convinced until I found a catbird’s nest in our orchard one spring. Held fast to the outside wall by interwoven twigs was a scrap of newspaper containing part of a poem. The title of the poem was a mute appeal “Don’t Kill the Birds!” Colorful Rainy Day Outfits Are Stylized to Perfection I!y CIIERIE NICHOLAS ’ TV/I EMBER “way back when” a ■*■*'■* rainy day was the signal to don your most melancholy looking wearing apparel—dingiest hat that the rain couldn’t spoil, a coat with but the single thought of protection regardless of looks, and “don’t for get your rubbers,” the good old fashioned clumsy kind that gave you an inferiority complex every time you wore them? Thanks to the resourcefulness of present-day fashionists no longer do figures of gloom clad in somber garb canopied with ponderous um brellas that obscured the view and had an exasperating way of collid ing with every kindred umbrella it met, stolidly wend their way through wind, rain and weather. To day rain-in-the-air is the bugle call to us moderns to dress up in the most cheerful, colorful, pleasing-to the-eye outfits creators of rainy day fashions have dared to devise. Gay-with-color and smartly styl ized rainy day ensembles are abso lutely essential in a properly ap pointed wardrobe, according to the progressive Twentieth century way of thinking. Utilitarian, of course, is the basic theme, but it is utility served with a smile in terms of cheer and eye-catching attractiveness. The dainty colorful transparent coats with protective headpieces to match that you can fold up in an envelope have a charm about them that adds witchery to any rainy day scene. Umbrellas are so lovely they nearly outrival parasols. Then there are the practical types of rainy day ensembles made of ma terials that are reversible—gab ardine on one side and tweed on the other—grand for intensive wear. Speaking of looking your prettiest on a rainy day, the young woman pictured to the left in the illustra tion goes stepping in a hooded coat of white oilskin which has raglan sleeves and fitted waistline. She wears white galoshes to match. She does not really need an umbrella but if she should carry one just for effect we are quite sure she would be choosing one of those delectable types made of transparent white oil silk patterned in a design that looks exactly as if actual chalk-white lace had been applied. In reality the lace magic is achieved in an allover motif printed in opaque white. Gayety on a gloomy, rainy day and all because her raincoat is as cheery as a streak of sunshine ap plies to the attractively outfitted girl centered in the picture. The coat has raglan sleeves to fit over any garment and a zippered front clos ing. A cotton numerical print fab ric in striking colors fashions it. The big news about the rainproof fabric of which it is made is that it has been treated with a new syn thetic which scientists call koroseal, which not only makes it impervious to water, but also renders it spot proof and fire resistant. The ma terial is also processed so that it does not become stiff or crack with age. Thus does modern genius con tinue its wonders to perform. Note her boots, they are the latest. They are amazingly light weight, and easy to slip on. Solve the hateful mud spot on hosiery annoyance perfectly. No clothes worries during spring and summer’s inevitable showers awaits the young miss standing to the right in the group, for her new raincoat is also made of a material treated scientifically as above de scribed so that it will victoriously defy the onslaughts of the elements, no matter how fierce the wind or rain. This coat is fashion-right in every sense of the word. It boasts a very new blouse-top silhouette with full skirt giving the wearer a trim figure by the use of shirring at the waistline. If she so chooses she can pull the parka hood up over her hat for protection. The comfortable bishop sleeves will fit over a woolen coat or a summer frock. (Released tty Western Newspaper Union.) Dressmaker Suit .... This charming dressmaker suit with its flattering lapels and cuffs of ruffled white pique is made of san drella. a lightweight closely woven material of virgin wool. The style represents one of the newest fashion developments of the season. The crisp texture of the fabric resists wrinkles and the stress of hard wear. She wears her straw breton in latest approved far-back-on-head fashion. Animals Pattern New French Prints Balenciaga chooses flying ducks to pattern new spring prints, Bruyere shows elephants and Schiaparelli, more eclectic, takes the doves, the penguins, the deer and the fish. Another series of prints uses mod ern objects such as garden tables and chairs, drawn in such a fash ion that they look almost like lace patterns over a plain ground, %vood en shoes, castles (chosen by Balen ciaga), children’s faces (on Du charne fabrics), dancing figures . . . many of these in almost miniature sizes. Fingertip Gloves New Fashion Fad A quarter of an inch at the end i I of your nails starts a new style in gloves. They’re designed with extra extensions to take care of those long glamorous nails. The gloves are three-dimensional, the four chette in contrasting colors to match the shade of your fingertips. The glove is flattering to any hands— long finger nails or no—because it gives them such a long tapering line. _ Curved Metal Heels Hollow metal curved in graceful scrolls is used for heels on some of the spring shoes from Paris. The metal, of course, is flexible and al lows you to walk with a springy movement. 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