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    THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA. SEPTEMBER 10. 19
Spirit Objects
to Posthumous
Honors Planned
Ititn for Dead Cliinne Statra.
man Held Up Pending
Invrttigution of
Sfancf.
Ttkifi, Srjil. 9 I'Unt far ot
humou honors (or u Tinavl-anK,
who dird tit Canton in June at the
nirmrnt of hi vimlkatiun by the
Irani government through the It mi
ffing to him aam o( the premiership,
whuh he returned in IVI7 rather than
sin the manlat disiomnt iarlia
mr nt. have been hrlj in abeyance
omiiik to an unusual incident that oc
curreij rrrently in Hongkong, where'
in the tpirit of one of China't great'
rat statesmen exhibited great dil-
pleasure at the very thought of it.
'1 he Chinese are. of course, a auper
tiiioui penple, and no time was
loil in tending a report of the affair
to rckm. he incident occurred at
a "I i rlu" held at the home of a
Mr. tina in Hongkong. A fu chi, it
may be remarked, it a tort of ouija
board that outdatrt the yet-yet fad
by tevrral centwrirt. It it well
tnnwn anions hit inniatet that Dr.
Wu was keenly interested in the re
lation! between tint and the spirit
world, and at the time of hit death
he had been devoting much of hit
Kisure to a ttudy of the retearchet
of Sir Arthur Lonan Doyle. Mr.
Hiia it an old friend with whom
lie often had discussed the question
Attempt to Communicate.
It wat decided to endeavor to try
to communicate with Wu ling
Fang through the "fu chi," which it
a large plate about which tix or eight
persons may be teated. The plate It
covered with a coating of fine tand,
and the questioner holdt a pen shap
ed Kick in hit hand, that the unteen
force may direct the writing upon the
natid. At the tilting in Canton the
H-year-old ton of Mr. Hiia held the
pen, while the questions were ad
dressed by hit father. Here it the
conversation at reported by the parti
cipants to the Chinete press:
"Where are you now, tpir.t of Wu
Ting-Fang?"
"I am free in the tpirit world."
"Are you on your way to heaven
yet?"
"I cannot tell."
"I there any way you can be
ture ?"
"You Can Help."
"I cannot answer your quettion.
Things are far different in this
world."
'Would you like to hasten there?"
"Yet, and yon can help me if you
will."
'I and my entire family will pray
to you before Buddha."
"If to, I thall be graeful."
.'How it the situation in Canton?"
"I would not care to tay anything
about it."
"Where it Dr. Sun Yat-sen?"
"He hat not yet left Canton."
"What funeral honort should be
accorded you?"
' "Your qcstion is impertinent, my
old and revered frieuoVV. , -. ,. . -Then,
with dramatic suddenness
while Mr. Ilsia wat endeavoring to
explain that no offense wat meant,
the writing ttick was tnatched from
the boy't hand by an unseen 'force
and thrown violently upon the plate
of tand. .All efforts to recall the
spirit failed.
No More Clanging Gong and Breakneck Dash for Them;
In Parks They Dream of Honor Shared in Days Gone By
American Legion Notes
Women Change
With Styles, Says
Fashion Creator
Complete motoriration of the
Omaha Are department aeveral
yean ago removed the fire horse
from the field of fire fighting and
placed it in a sphere of tentimental
remrmbrance.
The fire horse of other dayt shared
the honort that are bestowed upon
the men who expose themtelvet to
many dangert in protecting property
and life. There wat in the spectacle
of fire hortet dashing through the
thoroughfares a dramatic appeal that
it lacking in the prrsrnt-day motor
driven apparatus. These brave ani
nult tented their responsibilities and
thry put every ounce of strength
into the task. There wat a camarad
erie between the men and their
horsei.
Most of the firemen today ave a
tender regard for their equine friendt
who rushed from their stalls at the
tap of the gong to placet under their
harness and through noonday heat or
midnight ttorm were alwayt ready to
go. These horsei cost from $225 to
$J00 each and were eagerly sought by
others when released from the fire
department tcrvice. Some are now
owned by the city park department,
tome by local firnit and individuals
and othert are on farms near Omaha.
Jerry Hat Hittory.
Jerry it the name of a noble ateed
in the service of the city at Elmwood
park. Dick, Billy and Tom also are
former fire horsei now at Elmwood.
Jerry has a history. He it 22, accord
ing to recordt in Chief Salter's of
fice. He wat purchased by the city
December 22, 1906, for $250 and was
transferred to the park department
August 25, 1917. He entered the fire
department at the age of 6 and re
sponded to fire alarms for 11 years,
an unusual tcrvice for a fire horse.
Jerry wat an unusual fire horse. He
never had a grouch when there wai
work to' be dune. The weather was Upper row, left: Dick and Frank, formerly drew No. 1 firo englnt, now
never too hot nor too cold for him. hauling coat wagon. Upper center: Dick, at he appeared at Elmwood
He wat the first out of the Hall and park without a cart. Upper right: Tom and Fred, cutting alfalfa at Car-
under the hanging harness. The fire- ter Lakt park.
men knew him ai a friend. Lower left: Billy and Tom hitched to grata cutter at Elmwood park.
"Jerry wat the best puller we had Lower right: Jerry, 22, veteran of them alL
in hit lav." laid Martin I. iJineen. I
norseieii equipmeni wun
assistant chief. "I remember one oc
casion when N'o. 11 's were ttuck in
the mud in North Omaha and when
Jerry moved, the apparatus moved.
Frequently when going to a fire we
had to hold Jerry back. He wanted to
make the run in nothing flat. He wat
Jerry on the job and every ounce a
fire horte. Hit first name wat
'ipeed'." -
Ruminates Over Old Dayt.
At Elmwood park the other after
noon Jerry wat found in the feed lot
with Dick. Billy and Tom were out
at work with a mower. On his after
noon off Jeiry wat nibbling hay and
ruminating over the days when he
was the pride of the fire department.
The tound of the tiren ot approach
ing fire apparatui caused him to
sniff the air and raise hit ears. He
looked over the fence and viewed the
Grandma's Bashful Boy !
"Fashion createa the woman 1"
So sayt Paul Iribe. erstwhile fash
ion dictator of Paris and now Cecil
B. DcMille't art director. For more
lhan a decade and a half the French
artist designed gowns for the famous
ilressmakers of the capital of France.
His i ,iinion of the power of fashion,
i summed u;i in this one phrase:
"Fashion creates the woman."
"Today the popular feminine type
is the flapper bobbed hair, short
skirted and not over medium
height," Mr. Iribe points out. "Five
yean ago the popular type was the
tall, sinuous and stately woman.
"Fashion alone is responsible for
the change. There are just as many
tall women in the world today as
there were five years ago, but, thanks
to fashion, they are out of sight.
What becomes of them is one of the
mvsteries of the world of fashion.
Their shorter sisters have grabbed all
of the limelight. The tall girl is in
an eclipse.
"Take milady's feet as an exam
ple. Again a miracle has been ef
fected. Just a few years ago the
feminine foot of the world of fash
ion was long, slender and pointed.
Today it is short and hi mil -lord.
The short vamp shoe has ct'ficted '
the change. I he feet ate the same
lust as the women are the same, but
fashion has created something alto
gether different and new.
"Hefore the advent of the motion
picture fashion changed very much
more slowly. It took longer (or a
change in style lo travel from the
originator to the ultimate copyist.
Today the motion picture carries the
dictates of fashion directly to everv
women who i interested in the mini
mum time hether fashion will
change more frequently whether we
shall have 'new women' oltencr than
before rriiuni lo be seen. Cer
tainly we already have mure rf the
jotmlar tyt-e than we htd before the
invention of the motion pictuie."
Mr. Iribe h abandoned his fit.fi.
ion work for h iot with Para
mount and lent B DtMdte. He ill
trt. ft wk in Mr. OeM !!'
Uirit protiut.n, "MaiuUuKhter,'
flon to be !oi at the Sirit t-e-altr
In hi m-wcr wu?k he it in a
im'jk'ii i.i dI ffc the eil.t t tf the
'rn rot ..tniUr tustofiia.
Lntnm on Thtasophy
ar tv. tattsft a coon
tea Aattla ,
Mt.nUy, II. Hp i
"Tk"pfcv an4 U Khg.
oi t'tii. '
T-Iy, . 17, lift w.,
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( hittiun f.'h,if " f
la Mt " Aw4-m
it Ma it
I .' 4' tin
rt ant,- ixvutn
Hit old-fashioned grandmother- had raised him through the croup,
measles and whooping cough, and felt slighted when he dodged the mumps.
At 19 he was meek, modest and retiring. The boldest thing he had ever
done was to sing out loud in church. His whole life had been ruled by fear.
This is "Grandma's Boy" as Harold Lloyd presents him in the opening
scenes of his newest comedy, which is the chief attraction at the Sun theater.
oncoming
wistful eyet. He wanted to tay that
he believed he could make one more
long run with the fire engine belching
forth tmoke and cindert in itt wake.
Dick, hit companion in the lot, had a
touch of rheumatism last week.
The old fire hortet in the parkt are
well cared for and their hourt of work
are not long. Tom, Fred and George
are the namct of the horsei at
Carter Lake park where the city has
a tract of alfalfa Tom, a large white
animal, usually followt Fred and
Geor around, being allowed thii
privilege on account of his age and
long fire service On an afternoon
last week, however, Tom was feeling
frisky and George was indisposed, to
the former was put in harness for
half a day. Old Tom isn't able to
do a full day't work. Many times
he made short runs and long runs to
the scenes of conflagrations. Once
in a while, even in these days, Tom
does a 50-yard sprint through the
Carter Park acreage, as if to show
that he is not a hasbcen, but he is
quickly winded. He has made hit
last run. In his day Tom could
show a clean pair of heels. He is
nearing 20 years of age.
Still Mates.
Dick and Frank, a fine pair of
blacks, were mates when they pulled
the engine for company No. 1. They
are mates today in the service of a
coal company at Thirteenth and
Nicholas streets. They seem re
signed to the fate of hauling heavy
loads of coal, rather a grim demotion
from the more spectacular work of
rushing with a pulsating fire engine..
Another team of former fire Jjorses
is owned by a man who lives at
Twelfth and Center streets and uses
the animals for hauling materials in
a wagon.
Peter Brodegaard, West Dodge
street dairyman, has a fire horse on
his farm.
Chief Charles Salter now dashes
with alacrity to fires in a high-powered
red automobile, but he has not
forgotten his old faithful Joe, the
horse that went like the wind for
many years. In those days the
chief rode in a buggy. It is not dif
ficult for the Omahan to remember
the clatter of Joe's hoois on the pave
ment. Joe was retained in the fire
department until February 9, 1916,
when transferred to the park de
partment. Later he was taken to the
farm of Dr. C. C. Hall, where he
died.
Mary Pick ford
to Immortalize
Dorothy Vernon
Meetings scheduled:
I Post executive committee. legion
hradquartrri, at 8 Tuesday niuht.
lixerulivt committee, legion auxil
iary, Memorial hall, at 7; JO Tuesday
night.
legion auxiliary. Memorial hall, at
8 Tuesday night,
total vouure. 40 8, on call of cor
respondent. Kustrll G. Hughet Rifle club at
12 JO each Saturday, preliminary to
going to rang at 1 latttmoutb, Pol
mruibrrt invited.
Fifty legionnaires of Douglas Coun
ty post art expected t attend ttate
convention at York September l,
19 and 20.
In accordance with a plan of Doug
lat county post. American Legion,
to help dependenti of ex-trrvire mm
to obtain a higher education, a schol
arship, to be known as the Legion
Nursrt' scholarship, will be given to
a resident of Nebraska wtioe father
or brother was in the service during
the world war, and who it financially
unable to pursue thit course of ttudy
unaided.
Thit scholarship, amounting to
$3" HJ, payable in monthly allowances,
will be financed by Rose E. Buman
division (nurses) of the Douglas
county post,
1 he applicant chosen must meet
the requirements of the University
of Nebraska school of nursing, in
which the scholarship is given.
All applications and communica
tions must be addressed to the post
adjutant at the court house. Omaha,
from whom blank forms of applica
tion for admission may be obtained.
lhe school requires that applicants
be betwren 19 and 35.
4rpl'cantt mutt present creden
tials of graduation from an accredit
ed high school with a full four-year
'curriculum or equivalent hourt of
credit from oinrr appro eg iinon.
The local unit's hospitthration
committee, Mrs William Meiilen.
chairman, vite. the lollowmg terv
ice men in Omaha hospital lat
week:
J'aMon Memorial II. Ackerman
tnd V. Paddock of Omaha.
St. Joseph Jamet C'lcliand. Hum
boldt. Nrb : t laud ( roier. Man.
gum, Okl ; Mr Cunningham, Omaha.
I Uikton Charles Ogle, Omaha.
Wise Memorial Carl Johnson,
Git n wood, la.: W. K. Finmeit and
Clinton Gilbo, Omaha.
I ruit, candy, nuol.'es and maga
riurt were distributed.
The I.rgiun auxiliary is now one
of the laigkt oiganiaatmnt in the
state, having 190 units and a member
ship oi more lhan 6.000. A large part
of its work it in looking after the tick
and ilitabb'd rx-tervice men and their
families. Boies are tent regularly
to all men in hospitals in District No.
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall"
is to be Mary Pickford't next star
ring picture. At least, every indica
tion points to that now. She has al
ready purchased the rights to the
Charles Major novel, according to
word from the Pickford-Fairbanks
studios.
As the story it a departure from
her customary photoplays, Miss
Pickford intends to give it very es
pecial attention. She will not there
fore, begin work on it for some
weeks. Her plan is to take a vaca
tion immediately after the completion
of "Tess of the Storm Country."
"Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall"
will, of course, make a costume pic
ture. It is laid in the Elizabethan
period. Consequently all the details
of the production will require un
usual care. s
It is now practically certain that
Douglas Fairbanks will produce
"Monsieur Beaucaire" as his next
picture, this being an adaptation ot
the Booth Tarkington story.
Both the Pickford and the Fair
banks pictures will probably be
started before the close of the year.
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WILLIAM PW
pRCSurs
JOHN C?LBER7
Marie Mikova
PIAMT
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Mildred and Dorothy
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Marshall Sedan hat added For! J
Sfrrlmt and l uciht Kicktrn to tut ,
Ct of "The Siranger'i lUmjurt." J
Penrhyn Stanlawt and company, ;
headed by Hebe Daniels, are at San
Francisco, waking eaterkirt (of ,
"Singed Wings."
Principal picluret have arranged
Willi Uvnig luminiiigt to produce a
tenet of three daiures, the firtr
to be -Chicago Sal," by Harvey
Gates.
"Thirty nays," starring1 Wallace ,
Rrid. it in production under the di- ,
rcctirn of Urnrs ( rure, whose raet .,
includes Wanda llawley. Cyril ,
Lhadwiik. Ilerchcl Mayall, (tr--men
Philips, Helen Dunbar, Kalll .
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Happy Home
TO maintain a happy home the housewife must keep in good
health. Her duties are many and various, and it seems as
if every other member of the family depended very much on her.
" Where is my hat ? " erics the boy.
" What did you do with my coat? " asks the daughter.
" I can't find any handkerchiefs," yells the husband.
The housewife is usually the advisor and general manager
of the family.
Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound helps women to
maintain a happy home by Keeping them in good health.
Lsrwill, Ind."My back was so bad
' I could not do mr washing. I was
aluats tin-d out and bad rut ambition,
wa 'nrrvoue and diy and ewrytlilnii
avrint'd to urry me and 1 had awful
paine in mv ritflit till. I Ml badly
a'xut lur vrart and r.xild nt d my
woik at it elioiild have born dune. I taw
l.vdi K. I'lnknani'S Vrgi'tli) ( (,niuuiij
arrrtiwd i nmh and K did m many
""l'l S," that I briran ti take it my-K-lt.
I am fwhag ln hw ami evarvune
tvilt ma that they a-rr eaar me i..Vm
i wall I live nR a farm, d'i all any
fk. an I Ke IHrr i)' aula Id takA
rare ut, I am r'uniKndug tKi nri.
riM l.i ntv frim la an 1 tnuw It ilt,blp
them.' Mr, liiawiar lai.urt, IX. It Nu,
3, Ik I, Um.il, U4.
Cincinnati, O "I tufferel for a year
with iirrrimt troubb-s and irregular
itiara brforo I touk l.ydia K. I'inkhani't
Vmwtable l'iniiiounl. My bark Pallud
all the time and I wa unlit for bme
work, I was worn out if I f.xikrd a,
meal, and unable to do Biy waahiiift.
My irl frirmle and niv trr t.iid me
If I wtnil.1 take tiir Vtvtalde Com
.ntnd and l.iver ViiU I would b re
liwnl. After taking t llrt hollle I
(.It tu-tter, krt n tkln tha va
table (laupoiinj and r I am the
ttwitwr (,f a Riontix ul I by, I i
lat l kiallhy and I am ture I eouM
netrr bate r trn.-l aim it it ta.i But twa
f your Yea-tAttle tViminHiad -Miw,
t Main rvi. r, 111 W. L.twily trt,
t"i iaall, tl,
Thoutarul of woman ow Lheir hcedlh to
Lydia E. Pinkham's
)fedetatle Compound
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