Nebraska Newspapers

    Improvements at
Many Gas Plant
Impress Visitors
Continental Club Members
Shown Over Place, With
Running Comment, by
Engineer Robison.
Member# of the Continental club
were given inside information of the
manufacture of carburetted water
gaa Friday noon at the municipal
gas plant. Twentieth and Center
streeta, where C. D. Rlblson, operat
ing engineer of the metropolitan
Utilities district, piloted the visitors
through the big plant*
Luncheon was served in the offices
and then an Inspection trip was made
through the various departments with
a running talk by Mr. Robison.
The heat of 2.600 degrees obtained
in the generators was one of the
objects of particular interest. The
guesta were shown the "blow-off”
which operates in cycles of three
minutes for generating gas and three
minutes for the blow-off.
Club members, who felt they were
part owners in this $5,000,000 plant,
viewed with Interest the generators,
carburetters, relief holders, con
densers for removing tar, purifiers
for removing sulphur, latfge meters,
storage holders and the large mains
which carry the gas through many
miles of pipes to thousands of con
sumers.
The visitors were impressed by the
recent improvements of the plant and
by the cleanliness maintained.
Court Orders $400,000 for '
Omaha Bank Depositors
District Judge Fitzgerald took cog
nizance Friday of the unsatisfied
claims of depositors in the defunct
American State bank and issued an
order on the State guaranty fund for
$400,000 to supplement money in pos
sesion of the receivers, realized from
a liquidation of the bank’s assets, to
satisfy claims totaling $902,802.55.
, Subsequent claims are barred from
payment until further order of the
court.
Adele Garrison
My Marriage Problems
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The Way Madge end Katherine
Swiftly Met.
The news from Grace Draper’s Ups
that Harry Underwood himself was
the Big Tangerine, coupled with the
knowledge of his perfidy, to which I
had listened uneeen by either him
or the woman in whose power I was,
gave me the feeling of having been
suddenly drawn down Into swirling
ocean waves.
Once I had that experience In real
ity, when—In the first year of my
marriage and of my acquaintance with
Grace Draper—she had clutched my
foot one day when we were swimming
and had drawn me underneath the
water In a mad attempt to drown
me. Then not yet hardened to mur
der. she had brought me to the sur
face again after a hard battle.
That she had regretted her weakness
as she termed It, many times, I knew,
and I had no misgivings as to her
course now that she had me In her
power. But to know that my only
hope of rescue, Harry Underwood’s
intervention with the Big Tangerine,
ot whom he had spoken ao confidently,
had been but a mockery, this well
nigh blotted out consciousness from
me.
It was only the blind struggle for
life till the last breath which brought
mo up from the abyss of unconscious
ness which yearned for me, and gave
me strength to listen longer.
“It is nothing to you,” Harry Un
derwood was saying, “what the Big
Tangerine does or does not do. But
do you imagine”—there was sudden
ferocity in his voice—“that I have
waited years for the chance to tame
that proud, sneering, little devil, to
pay her hack for affronts you know
nothing of, and then let you snatch
the opportunity away from me? Not
iff a million years! Give me the key
to that room, this Instant, and don’t
you dare to show your face there
until I come back again! I can't wait
to go up there now.”
“I will not give you the key,” Grace
Draper returned steadily, “and I am
going to headquarters with your in
terference and with the real name
of the nurse you brought in here yes
terday. I don’t know what you’re
trying to do—”
“Perhaps the same stunt you’re
planning,” the man replied, slowly,
significantly. “For the last time, will
you hard over that key and keep
away from that room until I give you
permission? Or will you compel me
to inform the Prince of a few other
keya which are in your possession, the
little fact that the Inner Presence—
“You devil," Grace Draper aald
faintly.
"I thought you’d see reason," he
said after a second. “But keep up
your spirits,” he added with a return
to his old bantering manner. “Per
haps neither of us will be compelled
to use our emergency plana If I get
back with the old man all right, the
whole program ought to go through
with a bang, and you can have what's
left of both the nurse and the dame
behind this key for a rag rug. So
long!”
“Who Is Itf”
I heard his footsteps across the
floor of the room below and when
the door had closed a tearing, hys
terical but low-muttered curse from
Grace Draper’s lips. Then I carefully
laid the rug over the Jagged hole
again and noiselessly crammed one of
the pillows around the radiator pipe
to deaden any sound of my move
ments.
With the desperation of a trapped
rat I meant to make an effort to get
out of my prison room.
Linda lay deep in drunken slumber.
Grace Draper would not come near
me until Harry Underwood's return.
If I made any attempt at all, I
must not wait.
Hidden in the lining of my mani
cure case were a couple of finely-tem
pered tools which Lillian had given
me in the days of our government
work for Just such a predicament as
the one in which I found myself. With
infinite caution I rose from the couch
and took the tiny but powerful things
from the case.
Then I went swiftly to the bath
room. rejoicing in Linda's stertorous
breathing, and feverishly began to
remove the screws of the lock which
held the door separating the bath
room from the next room. Fortunate
ly, the lock was a new one, and the
screws were not rusty, so I made com
paratively little noise, and it was but
a few moments before the lock was
loose.
I slipped the bolt which reinforced
the lock on my side, pressed cau
tiously against the door and realized
there was a similar bolt upon the
other side. I wondered how loud a
call I dared risk, when I heard a
tense whisper through the keyhole.
“Who is It?”
When I answered "Madge!” there
Burgess Bedtime
_Stories
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Johny Chuck Proves Ho I* « True
Squirrel.
This fact la true, so mark It wall
In time of dancer blood will tell.
—Old Mother Nature.
Looking around isn’t the safest
business In the world, especially tor
those who have been in the habit of
seldom going far from their own
doorsteps. Johnny Chuck and Polly
Chuck, as you know, are not fast run
ners. They are not built for running.
That is why usually they are not
found far from the safety of their
home.
With a yelp of pleasure lie started
straight for them.
But spring fever and a desire for
change had set them to wandering
about, looking for a place to build
a new home. They felt as if every
step they took was an adventure, and
in a way It was. Many times they
were so far from a place of safety
that had they been surprised by
Reddy Fox or Old Man Coyote or
some other enemy there would have
been nothing for them to do but
fight. To have trusted to their rather
short legs would have been useless.
More than once they saw an enemy
in the distance. Then they did the
very wisest thing they could have
done, which was to flatten them
selves out on the ground and keep
perfectly still. Always they were on
the watch. While really they were
was a grasp of amazement, the holt slid
bark and Katherine Blckett waa In my
arms.
adventuring, they didn’t Intend to
take any foolish chances.
But even the most watchful are
sometimes surprised. It happened so
with Johnny and Polly Chuck. They
were over near an old stone wall mak
ing a breakfast of some young clover
which they had found. It was the
first clover they had found this
spring, and it tasted so good that
they forgot everything else. They
forgot to watch out. Tes, sir, they
forgot to watch out.
Now it happened that Bowser the
Hound had taken it into his head
to go looking about that morning.
Perhaps Bowser had a little of the
spring fever in his blood, too. Any
way, he came trotting along on the
other side of that stone wall. Just
by chance he jumped up on that wall
and looked over It just as he was
opposite where Johnny and Polly
C'huck were enjoying their breakfast.
He saw them right away. With *
yelp of pleasure he started straight
for them.
That yelp was the first warning
that the two Chucks had that danger
was anywhere near. Now there was
just one place of possible safety, and
that was the old stone wall. At the
sound of Bowser's voice Johnny
started for that wall In one direction
nnd Polly started for it in another.
For just a second or two Bowser was
uncertain which one to chase. Then
he started after Johnny Chuck.
Polly Chuck reached the old stone
wall at a place where there was just
room enough for her to squeeze in
between two stones and down under
the wall. There she was safe. But
Johnny Chuck was not so lucky.
When he reached the stone wall he
Wbnd no hole big enough for him
to squeeze into. He ran along a
short distance, but still there was
no hole. By this time Bowser was
nlmost at his heels.
What could Johnny do? I’ll tell
you what he did. Just In front of
him, growing close-beslde that wall
was a tree. Johnny headed straight
for that tree. When he reached it
he scrambled up into It. Tes, sir. he
did just that. He was rather clumsy
about it, but he got up there Just the
same. When he w-as well out of
reach of Bowser he sat down in a
crouch and glared down at Bowser.
Johnny had never climbed a tree be
fore, but then he had never had to.
it was the Squirrel blood in him that
had made it possible. Toy see, Johnny
Chuck belongs to the Squirrel fam
! ily, although few people seem to
know it.
Our Children
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By ANGELO PAT1U.
Growing Up to It.
"Yesterday waa Donald's birthday,"
said Aunt Martha complacently, "and
I bought him a good book. Books
are about tha best thing to buy for
a child, I think, don't you?"
"Yes, indeed. If the child reads, I
do.”
"Well, of course if he hasn't the
books he can't read them," said
sensible Aunt Martha. "That’s why I
say, give them good books!"
"What book did you buy Don
ald?"
“O. I bought him a fine copy of
'David Copperfield.’ A lovely one with
good binding and new Illustrations. I
believe in getting good books.”
Aunt Marie looked uneasy. "But
Donald can't read ‘Copperfield.’ ”
"Who? Donald? O, no, of course
not. Not now! But he'll grow up to
it. He's only beginning to read. He
does remarkably well for a little fel
low of 7. But a good book keeps and
some day he will enjoy it,’ and Aunt
Martha pocked on blissfully.
Aunt Marie Jerked her thread and
broke it. Aunt Marie waa impatient
at times. She didn’t believe in buy
ing things for children to grow up to,
especially books. But some folks do.
Why not buy the child the book
that he is ready for now? It is very
difficult to buy a book for a child,
because few of them are really writ
ten for children. Most of them are
written to the memory of childhood.
They are emotionalized memories, a
relief for the weary-minded adult.
One makes the mistake of buying a
book for a child that one used to be
rather than for the child who needs
one today!
But that is no excusa for buying
a masterpiece of literature that is to
be enjoyed later in life, and present
ing to an infant with the calm in
junction that he hurry and grow up
to it. There are books for child
minds, although ft requires search
to uncover them. People don't search.
They set about buying a book for a
child much as a lady matches samples
of silks.
“Give me a book for a 7-year-old
boy.”
"Seven years?" saya the clerk.
“Let’s give 'seven years’ Stevenson's
'Child's Garden.'" So easy. Just
match up his years and his book.
It might be better to match up his
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MR*b DEBATE will too HAVE BEEN
YOU DO ME A FAVOUR ^>0 LIBERAL to
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tastes, hia development, the books he
haa already enjoyed. The “Child’s
Garden" may be just the thing. Then
again it may not. It may be he is
better prepared to enjoy "Rhymes
for Kindly Children.”
Certainly one ought not to buy him
a masterpiece of literature that he
must lay aside. He is going to re
member that book qp the embodiment
of disappointed hope. He has prob
ably been cheated out of it for good.
Of course it ia hard to find the
right book for the right child but
there is no excuse for buying a book
for him to grow up to. There is too
much In this world for him to grow
up to now. He needs something that
fits today.
(Copyright, 1(23.)
Uncle Sam Says
School Gardens.
This booklet which Is Issued by the
Federal Bureau of Plant Industry is
designed especially for school garden
work. It gives plans for vegetable
and flower gardens, contains labora
tory exercises, and illustrations of all
the necessary steps in the various
emthods of garden work, including
propagating and grafting.
Readers of The Omaha Bee may
obtain a copy of this booklet free
as long as the free edition lasts by
writing to the Division of Publica
tions, Department of Agriculture.
Washington, D. C., asking for "F. B.
218."
Battalion Fire Chief Is
Overcome hy Smoke at Fire
Fire in the American Shoe Re
pair, under the Central Market, at
Sixteenth and Douglas, caused consid
erable commotion at noon Friday. It
was caused, it is believed, fnWn a
spark off a nail in filing leather
off the heel of a shoe in the process
of repair.
Battalion Chief Ernest Xewhouse
fainted when overcome by heat and
smoke, cutting a gash over his eye.
Ribbon is used for binding the
jackets of some of the new sport
suits.
A1>VEET1*EMKNT.
SPRING
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WEAK AND RUN DOWN
During the trying days of Spring a
cold quickly develops into pnuemonia.
To drive off the rold and build new
resisting power no better tonic food
medicine ran be used than Father
John's Medicine, because the pure,
nourishing elements of which it is
made rebuild health and strength.
In use more than sixty-seven years,
—Father John's Medicine is guaran
teed free from alcohol or any danger
ous drugs. The wholesome, strength
building food which it contains is
easily taken up by the system and it
give the very resisting power so
greatly needed at this time.
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