Nebraska Newspapers

    \utoists Bilked
of Hujre Sums for
Fake “Insurance”
I
I'olirim of Chicago Firm
W illiout Reatling
Joker Clause.
Rr \ j. i.oria/.
tnU*>r«a| Mprviie Staff ( orrmpuiMlnit.
Ghicago, April 11.—Those who run
iiimy read, but those who run automo
biles often don’t.
That is why they are being victim
bfd by the thousands to the tune of
$•*9.40 hpiece for automobile indemni
ty policies that do not indemnify and
say so frankly in type.
These were the revelations made
today by George Edgar Turner, na
1 tonally known casualty insurance at
torney, who is co-operating with fed
eral authorities here in the gathering
of evidence against automobile "in
surance” swindlers.
"Recent indictment of four officials
of the Metropolitan Automobile Serv
ice corporation by the federal grand
jury on charges of using the mails to
defraud,” declared Mr. Turner, "re
vealed that between 30,000 and 35,
automobile owners in (Chicago alone
purchased their contracts. These were
marked on the face: ‘Not a policy of
insurance or indemnity.* They paid
$1,200,000 for ‘contracts’ that are
merely a proof that the public, even
though 11 drive* automobiles, is as
gullible ns it was in the days of I*.
T. Harnum.
Policies Not Read.
“It’s all because the American pub
lic has taken its insurance so much
a* a matter of habit that they do not
read the policies offered.’
Mr. Turner added that insurance
departments of many stales, among
them Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New
Jersey, New York. Wisconsin. Ken
tucky, Massachusetts, are keeping
similar "motor service corporations”
under surveillance.
; William F. Waugh, first assistant
* district attorney, is in charge of the
, prosecution of the Metropolitan offi
* rials, one of which threatened to In
volve a federal official here.
Prospects “Stampeded.”
The wording of the contracts, it is
l charged, was such as to lead the gulli
* ble auto owner to believe that he was
* being protected against what might
J happen to him and his car. while In
* ;t small type, the notice was added
« that "legal services would be fur
nished if the company’* attorney were
* retained directly.”
This. It was pointed out, really
fneant that the company would give
Its contract holders the services of
Its attorney If the contract holder
i paid for them, not gratis, as many
* were led to believe.
t High pressure salesmen were train
J e,l m "stampede” prospects Into buy
i ho "insuram . ■
SLAYER SUSPECT
TRIES SUICIDE
M'»ntinned From l*ngp One.)
• * th 1 in c hiensrn, lie Is fighting
*i his life,
Insurance carried in his name
« ‘totaled $1,500. All policies named the
'ULviber as beneficiary.
Mae Cunningham, 17, who is the
fhry* .surviving girl in the family.
J «aid that her mother had been ailing
* -end hysterica] at times after they
moved to Gary.
Worked Self to Frenzy.
"She used to chase us around with
a butcher knife." >he said. "That
was wh°n sh' got fits. 1'anally,
, she'd roll ;ps»* after ^ having worked
) lor-If into f iv* nzy.
< "She didn't go t . i-liurch very much
* Ijern.
\ ' "She had a Bible, w hich she used
* int » her room. Slo* would
* lock the door and read It for hours
.it n time.
"Dave and T have always believed
she was a little odd and funny, but
tbought It wan because she was sick
and ailing."
Mrs. Deslie K. Bauer, who lived
, ^ipxt door to the family at Gary, told
\ of visits to her home by Mrs. Cun
nlneham and David jr.
« "They visited often, and Mrs. Cun*
J *n Ingham would sit for horns bemoan
J log the fate that had overtaken the
* family,” said Mrs. Bauer. "She
*
» would say; ’Oh, my poor Walter.
\ Why do we have to suffer like this?' "j
ITALIAN TAKES
TARDY REVENGE
By International News gerviee.
Geneva, April 11.—Declaring that
lie had waited J8 years and traveled
1 .’,000 miles to achieve his purpose,
■ Luca Hyy., 60 year-old Italian, gave
. himself u|» to the Lugano police after
shooting hia brother.
Boy. declared that Ms brother had
rubbed him of his inheritance when a
-young man, forced him to emigrate,
and had then married his fiancee, lie
learned of this shortly after his ar
rival in Australia, and immediately
began to sivp up monev for his jour*
ney of revenge.
Boy arrived and walked straight to
lb* shop owned by his brother, and
without, a word drew a revolvei and
shot him.
LARCENY CASE
IS DISMISSED
The rase against Krnest Smith,
‘ h M ”rd w iih the then of 1100 from
Ms stepfather, W. C. Boyer, Council
Bluffs business man, was dismissed In
municipal court Saturday, when the
defendant appeared at ihe clerks
office and paid the costs. Smith has
‘been held at the county Jail since his
release from the Independence hos
Bilal, where, he had been sent by the
county board of Insanity. Commis
sioner Smith was at the hospital on
^kir. h 18, when the larceny warrant
I was Issued against him.
OVER 69 YEARS pF SUCCESS ,
Mile. Curie to Succeed Mother
___— .... . .. -.—f
Palis, April 11.—The work of Mme.
Curie, world famous scientist and
discoverer of radium, will not die
with her.
Mile. Irene Curie, beautiful daugh
ter of the maclame. has consecrated
her life to her mother's work, and is
now preparing herself to aid and con
tinue the researches begun hv the
greatest living woman scientist.
Mile. Curie has the scientific bent,
as might he expected, since both her
parents are famous for their work in
laboratories. She recently was award
ed the degree of doctor of science by
the Sorbonne. France’s greatest uni
versity, and at the ceremonies atten
dant on the conferring of the degree,
delivered a lecture on alpha rays and
polonium, clearly demonstrating her
grasp of scientific principles.
Well Laid Plans
of Robber Team
Prove Fruitless
Police Brlior Bandit Pair
Thought South Omaha De
partment Store Owner
darning I)a>"s Receipts.
Two highwaymen, who apparently
carefully laid out their plans <>f cam
paign Saturday night, are wiser hut
little richer this morning.
Here's the way it. happened.
Phillip Greenberg, 3d? I South
Twenty sixth street, owner of Phillip s
Department store. South Omaha, was
on his way home with his wife anti
son, Louis, when two men got out of
a car on Twenty sixth street between
A and B streets.
“Hands up!’’ ordered on* of the
men, as he produced a pistol.
Mr. Greenberg dropped a bundle of
clothes he was carrying and stretched
his hands skyward. Iritis dropped a
handbag containing some silverware
and did likewise.
The holdups . grabbed the clothing
and the handbag, hopped into their
car and aped away.
Police, called t«» Investigate. b*
believe that the rubbers had figured
that Greenberg was carrving in tin
handbag the Saturday receipts of his
store.
MARRIAGE EASY
FOR CHILDREN
By International News Vrrlre.
New York, April 11.—The great
epee with which it is possible for
minor children to secure a marriage
license and to have the marriage cere
mony performed almost anywhere In
the United States is revealed in a
statement, mad* public today by the
Russell Sage Foundation, which re
cently completed a. nation wide study
of child marriages.
The foundation’s representative*
visited some 90 cities and found In
nearly all of them that children un
der IB years of age have little dilli
culty in obtaining marriage licenses
by the simple process of signing affi
davits declaring that they are five,
six or seven years older than they
really hip.
They found that marring* license
offices in many state* r-Muire only one
of the two applicants for a license to
apply in person, and nt certain offices
in JO states neither the bride nor the
groom had to appeal before the 1:
cense issuer.
MABELLE COREY
HURT IN CRASH
Paris, April 11. Mrs. Mabel! (• i I
man Corey, formerly the wife of WII
Ham K. Uorcy, one* president of ih*
I nited States Steel corporation, suf
fried a serious accident recently near
Idjon while returning from the
Riviera. When alighting from her
automobile she tripped and fell bead
long down a steep embankment Into
a mass of barbed wire. She received
numerpus wounds and was picked up
unconscious and taken to the Idjon
hospital. Later she was removed t*>
Paris and has been ordered to temnln
In bed for several weeks.
Apple Won’t Keep
An^ry Women Away
I.lnroln. Kiik., April II. Kv,n the
modem Kve Is tempted by an apple.
Three thousand Lnglixli Kve* would
like to pull the hair of U. Mooney
of Hood River, Ore.
Mooney inserted a letter off* ring
marriage In n box of apples. Tie
applas came to Lincoln and some
9.000 girls heard the news, which was
published locally, and replied.
Now comes the sad news that
Mooney was only joking, ns he has a
wife and family.
finessing at what’s the matter
with a man or a looter isn’t the
proper way to Ximl out
Author Upholds
City Uirls; Hits
Mfredilli INiirhoUon lft*re to
Attend Funeral Seniees of
Luther Kountze, His
\\ife s Brother.
Meredith Nicholson, noted author,
who name to Omaha Saturday from
his home state. Indiana, didn’t lose
any time in going to the front for
I he eit ls who are born and reared
within earshot of the noise and tur
moil of a busy metropolis.
Mr. Nicholson didn't have much
time to devote to the so called flap
pers. because he believes that ape and
all that goes with it has been over
played in the press, but he did have
a word to say for the city girls.
“flood girls can he found just ss
readily in the city as in the country,”
the author declared.
Mr. Nicholson has his own ideas
about the Kit Klux Klnn.
Maybe they think we are a bunch
of boobs." suit! the man who wrote
“The House of a Thousand Handle*.
“Alaybe we arc. Hut l*m still against
them although they have about 3aOf
(H)0 members in the stale now
Mr. Nic holson came to Omaha to
attend the funeral of his wife's broth
er. Luther kount/e, financier, who
die*! last Thursday. After the fun
eral Monday he will remain here for
several days visiting with friends.
BLACKBIRD CAUSE
OF SPIRIT KNOCKS
Malden, Mass. April 11— Straige
scratching noises coming from under
the floors of a dwelling house here
threatened to upset the peace of the
household.
At fleet Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R.
Wilton tind Mr. and Mrs. Fred King,
occupants of the apnrtmcnt house,
were mildly curious when they lizard
the strange noises. When the scratch
ing continued for several days, how
ever, nerves began to fray.
King decided to brave the unknown
“fpook” and ripped up several floor
boa i ds.
Out popped a big blackbird, blink
ing his jelly eyes ns though Oa/.ed
by the sudden return to sunlight.
How the bird got under the floor
• ould not be explained.
W. H. SMITH NAMED
TO PREPARE LAWS
Lincoln, April 11 -Secrelary of
Stale Pool finlay Announced th* Ap
polnlinent of \\. H. Smith, former
vIrIp tsi x rommlsHloner. 1o prepare
the new IftKiNlHtivp Iiiwa for publica
tion. The HPcrctnry of state in em
powered In pay what he regard* prop
♦ i for the work of preparing the en
iictmcntA for piibllcatlon.
Mother of Mrs. O, K. Berg
Dies Following Stroke
Mr®. LouIm A. SHIe<k, mother of
Mr«. O. K. Herg, died at 8 Satiirda>
night at the homo of her daughter,
115 South Twenty-eighth avenue,
following a stroke of pai'alyal* which
4he Hiiffered hint Thursday. Mr. Her®
I* president of the Herg Clothing Co.
Mr®. Selleck. widow of the late
Churl** Selleck, had lived In Omaha
l*i year*. The Helleck® formely lived
In Ulalr and were well known
Ihroiichniit WaehlriRton cotinly.
Cleans Carpets and Ru|i
1 hay can ha mad* to look Ilk* now kt
going nvtr tha entire surface with
4.at bona Kamovas ail <*r«aa* Spot a,
nhirh gather dual and invite farm®.
CARPQNA
Cleaning Fluid
Removes Grease Spots
\\ Injury to Pnbrar or Color
Shepherd s ^ ife
Comes to His Aid.
Gives New Clue
IVJIk of 1 n identified Man
\\ ho Was al Mrs. M*‘( din*
tock's Drallilifd. W ho
“Seemed Half (,ra/.\.'’
By I ill versa I Si*r< Ire.
Chicago, April 11- Mrs. Julie Shep
herd, again rising to the defense of
her husband, “William D. Shepherd,
formally charged with the murder of
their millionaire ward, “Billy" Mc
Clintock, today repeated her charges
that “the Shepherds are being cruci
fied on a'cross of gold."
“Somebody wants a slice of the Mc
Clintock wealth which Dr. Shepherd
inherited under Billy's will and the
destruction of the Shepherds is the
only way they can get it," she said.
In support of her denial that Shep
herd might have poisoned Mrs. Mc
Clintock, as has been more than
hinted by authorities, Mrs. Shepherd
cited the following:
Mrs. McClintock was ill In Chicago
in the winter of 1908 1909 before she
went to Texas to recuperate and was
a guest in the Shepherd home.
That she recovered considerably In
Texas and returned to Chicago only
! because her presence was necessary
| to settle the estate of her husband,
killed two years previously In an
automobile accident.
Shepherd Not There.
i
That she died three weeks after she
left Texas and that Mrs. Shepherd j
arirved just an hour before and Shep-1
herd did not come until after the fu
neral.
That Shepherd, as Mrs. McClln
tock's representative in Texas, had
more to gain by her living than by
her death because he did not know
then that his wife was to be one of
Billy McClintock s guardians.
’ The authorities, if they think Mrs.
McClintock’s death was murder, would
do well to investigate someone else
beside the Shepherds," Mrs. Shep
herd continued. “When I arrived at
the bedside of the dying woman her
physician, Dr. Krusemarck, took me
aside and said: ‘You are Mrs. Mc
Clintock’s best friend. There are
strange goings-on here. Watch that
man who has been in the house dur
ing all her illness. lie is running
around half-crazy. The sweat is pour
ing off ills fare and he is very much
excited.’ "
Mis. Shepherd refused to name the
man she meant at tills time.
EASTER SERVICES
CROWD CHURCHES
(Continil.il From Png. On..)
Cross," i HtitHfa ' l>v MbcRiidune, was
sting at vesper services. A, sacred
concert In the evening at North
Presbyterian church Included the can
tata, "Resurrection." The Dundee
Presbyterian church also held vesper
services. During the Sunday school
session at Immanuel I,utheran church
the various classes rescinded to 10)1
tea appropriate of Raster. At Han
scorn Park Methodist church an
Raster cantata composed hv Walter
B. Graham, director of the choir, was
by a group of soloists, assisted by the
choir.
Dudley Buck's rantata. "Christ the
Victor," was sung in the evening a*
Firs*. Christian church. A musical
feature of the morning service was a
soprano solo by Mrs. R. R. Frery.
with harp, violin snd cello obligato.
The evening musical program at Cal
vary Baptist church included organ
selections, string quartet and vocal
numbers.
6,600 at < It ni t It In Hastings.
The first service at St. Mary Magda
'ehe church was held at # a. ui. Rally
morning masses were held at oilier
Catholic churches.
“Immortality" was the name of an
Raster pageant presented Sunday
night at the First t'nilarian rhurch.
This was written snd directed hv
Mark livings. Hazel Smith Kldredgc
and Kloise West McNichols played or
gan numbers Incidental to the theme.
Hastings, Neb., April 12.—Conserve
live estimate* show that between
6.000 and 7,000 persons attended
Raster services in Hastings churches
this morning, practically every one of
the city's 15 houses of worship being
filled to capacity. More than 260 pet
sons were received Into membership
during the services
Approximately 3,500 attended Sun
day sc hool.
/■ ... .v
/Vo One Knows What It's
All About, but 5JH)0
Faction Meets Monday
V_
A aperfal matins of the Com
mittee of r.,000 will be held Monday
noon at the V. M <?. A. No mem
ber of the rommlttee rotild br
found able to furniah Information
Saturday night aa to the purpoae
of the meeting.
Kred I>. Wead. chairman of the
committee, .Saturday night aaid
that be waa merely Inat noted to
'•nil the meeting. It* refused to
Nty who asked him to rail the
gathet in if.
"I refuse to answer any quen
tiona/’ Mr. Wead aaid.
* Will It be an open or ;i ring'd
meet Ins ?" Mr. Wend wa* asked.
“f don't know that, and l>e«dde*
^refuae to answer,” lie replied.
cfende{Jlami/,GoldenBmib
Parked for fur / - ' Fr,,b •*
HTTTTirf-T -Your Groin ■
in ron.. cadd... Ju*» “*k Ur
.nd pack.,.. , t—'* b* "•"*
of various »«« ,b*
| / |«nuin«!
y •
i_ _ j r lit
Dickinson Plans
to Introduce I\cw
Farm Aid Measure
Iowa Representative to Pro
pose Kstalilidiineiit of
Federal Agriculture
(ioinmission.
Des Moines. la., April 11. Kstab
Ushvnent of a federal farm advisory
(•►until and a federal farm commis
s.on to aid the development of co
operative marketing and the dispoal
lion of the domestic surplus of agri
cultural commodities is the keystone
nf the new farm relief bill to be in
troduced in tiie next congress by Hep
resentative Dickinson, republican, of
low a.
The measure has been submitted to
the agricultural council in Chicago.
The advisory council would be largely
organizational and at the end of the
year would nominate to the president
IS prospective members for the fed
eral farm commission from whom
seven utlimately would he chosen.
One each would be chosen for par
ticular knowledge of livestock, grains,
dairying, poultry: cotton, tobacco and
fruits and vegetables.
Th*d JommJssion would have power
to investigate subjects to aid the
farmer and to protect farm market
ing co-operative organizations against
nacle discriminations.
Through Investigations, the com
mission would he required to keep ad
vised of the domestic and world prices
of basic agricultural commodities and
the existence of an exportable sur
plus of any such commodity. If at
any time the commission found that
'l surplus above domestic require
ments exists or that, the domestic
price is “materially lower" than the
world price, it could determine “upon
an operation period.”
During the operation period the
commission is authorized to stimulate
exportation by assisting disposition of
the commodity and by supervising
payments, (out of an equalization fee
established by the act), of losses re
sulting from exportation sal# of a
product at a price less than the
domestic price.
FORD PURCHASES
FACTORY IN PARIS
Detroit, Mich., April 11.— Reports
iVom Paris that the Kurd Motor com
pany had acquired property for the
establishment of a. 150-car capacity
issembly plant were confirmed bv
Halsel H. Kurd, president of the com
pany. today.
The Paris property consists of 16
acres and contains the buildings of
the oxvllie factory, a plant devoted
formerly to the manufacture of oxy
Hthie products. It is located on the
banks of the Seine and is ai>ni)t fl\e
miles from the heart of the city, Mr.
Kord said, adding:
“We will at once begin making addi
tions and necessary alterations to
meet our assembly requirements.
“Production at the new plant prob
ably will start about August 1 and
will provide fnr the assembly of 15(1
cars and trucks a day, according to
our present plans."
Girl Dancer FoundWith Throat Cut,
as End of Thrill Search in "Tan** Cafes
Fast Indian Servant Held a<
of London H»*a 11 ly ;
Bizarre i
London. April 11.—That Grace
Hlakaller, beautiful 16 • year * old
<1» ruing instructor, paid the su
preme penalty because she meddled
with the raw stuff of age-old racial
antagonism, was Indicated In the
newest turn of the West Knd's
murder sensation tonight.
Found at her mother s door with
her throat cut. with her dying
words the girl gave one clue to pa*
slons behind the crime.
"An Indian hoy did It," she
gasped.
Tonight, aa a result of searching
the byways of Txmdon a night life,
police had unearthed the fact that
racial difference* seemed to have
some strange attraction for the
young dancer.
Whits pupils of the dancing
school In which she was employed
nre known to have been jealous of
favoritism toward pupils of other
races during instruction hours.
She frequented cafes used by
< t»l.wed persons, police declare.
Into this grange tangle In some
way not yet clear—or st any event
not made dear to the public—
Ki nest Rhodes. IS, Hast Indian ser
cant of an actor, became Involved.
He was seen near the home of the
girl s mother, is now under arrest,
iml will l»e taken Into court on
M«>ndav. A letter received b\ Grace
Hlakaller fmms a link in Scotland
Varcl's ch.tin of evidence, and is a
factor In the decision to hold the
youth. Its contents are a closely
guarded secret.
For five years, or since she was II
vears old. the girl hud made her
home with a Captain l«angmand.
Incoming hi* ward In r#s|*onse to
the dying wish of her father, whose
friend Lmgmand had been. The
Roosevelt’s Two Sons on First Lap
of limiting Trip in ^il<L of India
Thrudorr ami krrmit Sail f«»r knglaml. oil I hrr*ho1d of
Door to Ad\rnliirr; Harr (iamr to Hr Sought in
l nrxplorrd Himalava«.
I<> lOlilWK MM'II.
I nlu-riHl Vnirr stuff t nrrp«i|iiiiiilfnf.
New* York, April 11.—Living up
to the traditions of an Illustrious
sue. two Jtoosevelts, Theodore and
Kerinit, sailed today on a great ad
venture.
The hoarded t lie Leviathan on
the first lap of a journey that will
take them eventually to the silent
and snowy crags of the Tian Shan
range in the heart of the Himal
ayas, where miles aio measured
vertically and silence eats up sound.
There, with Siberia to the north
and Mongolia to the east. In the
land that Kipling immortalized,
they will hunt big game, including
the elusive avis poll, the great
sheep of Marco Polo, whose fan
tastic horns sometimes measure
five feet front tip to tip.
And in that mystic region they
may find a 1st) the ibex, the mark
hot*, the goa, the goltered gazelle,
ami the yatkand stag. Though
file capture of the rare ovis poll is
the main goal, the hunters will be
on the lookout for every queer and
unpronounceable animal named in
tiie dictionary.
.Many Thrills Ahead.
Through nameless dangers and
thrills out of that land that ha*
known of few humans, these two
men with Dr. Charles K. Cherrie,
noted hunter find explorer, and two
score coolies, hope to bring their
prizes in about six months.
The ovis poll, if he is raptured,
ilong with his weird brothers, will
find a. final resting place in the
Field museum of natural history.
in Chicago. The party Is the
.lames Simpson Roosevelt Kielt! mu
seum expedition, financed hy .lames
Simpson of Marshall Field & Co.,
of Chicago.
In the country of Kim. given to
the civilized world !hr«Hlgh the
writings of Kipling. lurk many
dangers fi,|- the* white men and
their native guides.
No Alt. Kverest climber ever
faced greater difficulties than the
two Roosevelts are prepared for.
Theodore Is Tenderfoot.
The first real objective is Gilgat,
the very last hamlet where mail
penetrates only in the warm sea
son. There is the last bungalow
and the last white man, a British
army officer. And this outpost is
only half way to Tian Shan, where
the ovis poll hides.
Next to Dr. Cherrie. a veteran
of 38 expeditions, Kermit is the
seasoned hunter of the party. lie
went with his father on many a
big hunt. But Theodore is con
fessedly a tenderfoot. Dr. ('herrie
will meet them at Srlnigar, tin
capital of Kashmir.
Said Theodore today:
"We're anxious to see what our
cougar hounds will do when they
are turned loose. When they meet
the longhaired tiger, there ought
to be some excitement. I’m glad
Dr. Cherrie has them with him.
They're very hard to manage.'*
Mrs. Kdith Kermit Roosevelt
will say adieu 1o her sons in Paris,
giving them a last vital contact
with the spirit and achievements
of their father.
r-n
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
By THORNTON W. Bl KUKSS.
For seeing eyes here is a test -
The building of a robin'* nest
Old Mother Nature.
The Shaping of % Nest.
Welcome anil Mrs. Robin had re
turned early to the Old Orchard and
were already at work 'on their neat
before many of their feathered friends
had arrived from the Sunny South,
where they had spent the whiter.
Peter Rabbit had been one of the*
first to greet Welcome and Mrs.
Robin, and frequently in the early
mor ning he slipped over to t fl* Old
Orchard for a gossipy chat with them
So Peter was one of the first to
know when they started nest build*
ing. Kven before they had begun ac
tual building he knew that, they were
getting ready. He knew the signs.
They didn't have much time for gos
sip. There was a great deal of looking
about. Welcome Robin wa« continual*
ly being called here and there by
Mrs. Robin to look at this place and
that. And when at last they decided
on a pl;ne to build Peter was rather
disgusted. It wag in the lowest ernte h
of on** of the apple rees and only
a few feet above the ground.
“Now, what was the use of al)
Scotland Yard Prohe* Death
\ ietim* Kondne for
{lamed.
■'■plain ha*1 departed f.n an ll.otri
visit, and ({rare had gutte tu spend
a few dav* with her mother. Imng
niand l» ill. and has refused to die
rnss the rase.
that looking about?" muttered Peter
to himself. "They didn't have to hun’
to find that place. It was right unde:
their bills from the time they arrived
And what a place for people with
perfectly good wings to build! Why.
Farmer Brown's boy can tea. h I ha'
nest without getting off the ground
It Is a good thing that it i« so neai
Farmer Brown's house, though ,f i
were In Welcome Robin's plane 1
wotdd lie worried to death for fear
Black Pussy the Cat would d*it it
1n tile night. Weil, it is no busines
of mine where they build their nest.
But if von hail been around to see
Peter Itahhil had been one of the first
to greet welcome to Mrs. Robin.
how often Peter found an excuse to
visit that part of the old Orchard
you might have suspected that it was
some of his business. The truth is
Peter was much interested in the
building of that nest. Always it had
seemed to Peter a very wonderful
thing that birds with only bill and
daws to work with can build such
wonderful nests. Indeed, it is wonder
ful. There me no familiar things
more wonderful in all the great world.
From where Peter sat. close :o the
old stone wall, he could look up and
watch t lie builders at work. At first
there wasn't much to see. But gradu
ally the walls of that nest began to
rise—w ills of mud. Peter never will
for gel how surprised he was lie fust
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time he saw Mr* Hnhin getting mu*!.
What she could want of mud he
couldn't think If wasn’t until pone
time later that ho learned that eh*
need It fur the inner wall nf her nest,
covering it with straw and mar**
dead grass on the outside and fine
grass on the inside.
j was the e ha fling of that nest. I jo
j would see Mrs. Hnhin add a hit of
I mud and then settle down in that
j nest so that just her black head
was above the edge of If and her
breast was down in against the li -
ner w all. Then she would woi k
around hack and forth, seeming to
push with her breast.
After lie had watched her do this
many times it was all very clear «»
Peter. "She is shaping her nest who
I her breast,” thought he. "Of course.
That is how she gets It na nice and
round. She pushes that mud into the
wall with her breast, dust see her
work! It is a worn lei* to me that sh*
manages to keep looking so trim and
uioe when she uses her breast no
such rough work. I must ask h* i*
about it the first chance I get
And so n was that Peter went horn*
Mir. that Mrs. Kobln shaped her h> ••
wholly with her breast. Hadn't lm
with his own eyes seen her do it? lie
thought he had, anyway.
(Copyright. IS:'* )
The next story: "Peter Puis His
Tongue to Use."
CARTOONIST’S WIFE
FOUND DEAD IN TUB
Chicago. April 11.—Mrs. Sidney
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1 in her apartment here.
'I'he body was submerged when
; found, but physicians said they he*
; lieved death had been caused by hea:t
I
i si< lan who wo« attending her s. ■
I sine* an attack of influenza sever 1
! weeks ago.
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