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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 27, 1907)
2 THE OMAHA RUNT) AT BEE: OCTOBER 27, 1907. D Curious Adventures of John, Mary and Beauty BY 1DWAIB tOWIRID. (Continued.) O THE surprise of Mry and ' 1 I John, when they reached the I I entrance of the theater they nearn a caiier urging the peo ple to come In. reminding them that each would receive a piece df money. They asked the count about this and he explained that all who entered, except those, like their party, occupying- boxes where they cfluld be seen, but not tee, were paid to attend when a new piece, waa per. formed. In that way people got money to pay for admission to theater where old and entertaining plays were on. The count was amaxed to hear that ad mission was charged to new plays In the country of the guests. "You people must be made of money," he said, "or be of a simple and trusting nature to pay to see a play before they know that It Is entertaining. We allow admission to be charged only after a play hoe been Judged and commended. Surely Judges should be paid." Boxes where the quality sat were well filled, but It took much eloquence and higher prices to (111 the ordinary seats. Then the curtain went up. John fell asleep before the first act was over, but Mary was kept awake wondering how the actresses could change their gowns and hats so often without the stage manager calling out, "well my dear, are you ever going to be ready?" It was some time before one could tell whether or not the play would score. The favoring turn came when the heroine made her great speerh. This caused such a storm of excitement that Mary had the official censor send her a copy, which Is given below: The horo had Just left the stsgo after saying, "well, so long," In a shivering gasp denoting a ps;-chlc thrill. The heroine began her speech far up stage, with her back te the audience, but soon turned, found the spotlight and finished bending over the orchestra. She spoke thus: Ah! as when the soul, gnawed by the re- morseless tooth of doubt. Grilled In the fires of earthly desires, seeks freedom: Or. soaring rloudwlse. as when comes the Truth of Time. Grlaley. prim, glorious Then let It go: Or, even as this hateful lie called dulls The rosey promise of Incarnate cause, Even thus will the victim of existence triumph and defeat! For a moment the audlonce was stunned by the beauty and grandeur of this speech, but when It also realised Its pitiless truth a roar went up which woke John In time to put a dime In the chocolate slot machine before the curtain was down. Mary did sot quite understand, but Instead of asking about It she consulted the next day's pa pers. One told her that the gTeat speech was vldently a passionate appeal for the libera tion of enthralled woman; a second, that It was a veiled attack on stand pettlsm fthls critic demanded the suppression of the play as endangering foreign relations), while the third crltlo asserted that the Ipeech was nothing less than a demagogic bid for 2-cent fares and S-cent beer. John, hear-In all the fuss about the speech, asked hie frlenda Gobemouche What he thought of It "Why," replied the well Informed person, "that speech was never written by the blacksmith; It waa what he aald when, he hammered his thumb on the anvil. He can't read or write, and his little girl was taking the play from his dictation and supposed his language when he hammered his thumb was part of the play." "The literary section of the Woman's club meets this afternoon to discuss the tx best sellers," said Aunt Sue to Mary. "You must come with me because Miss Hoppe Is to do a symbol danoe expressive of the mysticism of Utile Bo Peep. Then cambrlo tea will be served while the club listens to a paper on The Value of the I I'erlod at the Ends of Sentences.' " "This is the age of progress." said the first speaker, "but I have never progressed I far enough to understand why there are always six best sellers. Why not five or ! even? "Some say it Is caused by sun spots, ' somo by the highest number of spots on dice. I have tried to anticipate tho six best sellers in my book purchases, but I : never hit 'more than two out of six. How Is one to know? "I remember one best seller whose ! heroine was not the loveliest and most fascinating creature on earth, whose hero waa not the strangest and most Impertur able. Who'd buy such a book and take chance of getting a best seller?" "You shouldn't buy 'em," said Beauty. "I'll make a law against reading 'em. Haven't the people who write poor books a right to live? Huh! I'll see to It that a law Is passed which will make readers buy poor books or none at all. I'm for the poor author. Here are writers running about monopolising the market, and 1 won't stand it." ' "But, your serenity." said the lady presi dent, humbly, "nobody has to write books." I "Yes they have." snapped Beauty. "I have to. don't IT" "But," persisted the president, mildly, I "pnople who can't sell their books oughtn't I to write. They should design cutouts for the comic papere. Readers have rights." I "That's the talk of an unmitigated scoundrel!" exclaimed Beauty. "People write books because It's a pleasure. Are the poor to be deprived of pleasure T Not while I am on the throne. Tell the book ; stores that next month the six poorest j books are to be the best sellers or I'll take away their licenses to do business." "Whee!" shouted Oobemouohe, poking Ms , head In at the window. "That's the stuff; j Give It to 'em hot and plenty, your se ! renlty, and the people will stand with you shoulder to shoulder, back to back, and elbow to elbow." Then he nimbly dodged Into the street, barely missing an article on the spirituality of O. B. Shaw. Beauty followed. "I'm going home."' she sa'ld. "to get my j Teddy Bear: I know he'd love this fight." "Little Eo-peep," said the dancer, before ) she began to dance, "la one of our most profound world poem a Is man a palpable ! entity or a frost? "What did little Bo-peep do when she lost : her sheep? Did she go about writing letters to the papers and kicking about her stroke ' handicap and the condition of the putting greens? No! i "She let them alone. There's the secret i of success. Let things alone and they'll I come home when all the other places are closed. "Does not this prove that we are Im ponderable? If my mere words do not convince you wait until you have seen my dano. "But where Is she?" asked Mary, for the dancer disappeared behind a curtain. "Oh, her dance Is out of sight," explained Aunt Sue. "You must visualise It while saying nine times nine backward. If that doesn't eorue out all right you don't get soy cam brio tea." But tea was sot served! the meeting was broken up by the intrusion of the Count calHng loudly for John. "The Street's in a panic!" he yelled. '(-nTpe, P'r J"hn, you must do something for the market or we'll all be ruined." ' vvi.ai i.ave 1 got to do with It?" asked John, who was hanging around for tea. "You are Minister of Finance. Help! Help!" "I'm not!" declared John. "I've rot only nickel to my name, and I need 10 cents more for a ticket to the bleachers this afternoon." "Oh, yes. Johnnie," said Beauty, who was trying to toss her Toddy Bear so that It would hang from the chandelier. "You're Minister, fast enough. I appointed you last night In my dreams. Get busy, Johnnie, or I'll Investigate you." John hurried to the street with the Count and found a terrible state of things. A number of the Cabinet had cornered a', the marbles In the country at a cent' a hun dred and expected to sell them at 10 cents a hundred and buy grandstand seats for the afternoon game. But a piratical rascal had discovered how marbles were made and was turning them out of a hot air furnace so fast that the price had stumped to a figure where those who had figged the market couldn't sell their holdings for enough to get a peek through a knothole at the game. And Casey was going to pitch for the home team. It was too provoking! "What can I do to relelve the situation?" asked John, aghast. "Open the treasury so that money will become more plentiful, then the price of marble will go up so that we oan have boxes for the game," cried the count. "But," protested John, "if ihe price of mnrblcs goes up so will the price of other things base ball seats for Instance." "Look here!" exclaimed the Count, sternly. "If you want to keep your Job as minister of finance you Just chuck that political economy prattle. .Open the safe!" Before John could take the padlock off the treasury rain began to fall and a sign was hung up, "No game." 'There." moaned the count, "I neved was so vexed in all my life. Not even rain checks saved from the ruin! The worst thing about It Is that there are no, widows and orphans." "I should say that was the best thing," said John, who was tender hearted. "No It ain't," iisponded the count, gloomily. "If we had widows and orphans the papers could say that they stood all the loss. That would save our faces. I never want to see another marble. Let's play tag until It's timo for cabinet meet ing." "What shall I do with all this money?" asked John, for the vault was now open and money was runlng all over the lot. "Give it to me!" cried Gobemouche, the man In the street, eagerly. "No you don't," commanded the count. "Never let that fellow get a cent If you can help It. "We tried that once; gave him a roll aa big around aa a barrel, and what In ever did he do with It? My word! he didn't have It long enough to buy an automobile before he was playing the races. "Then the bookmakers who won the money from him lost it to that rascal who Is now making marbles, and we did have a deuce of a time getting it back Into the street again. "The cabinet will come to order. The first business before us Is the bill to regu late the artillery. I move we adjourn." "Hold on!" cried the minister of War. "I guess I've got a right to say something. Her Serenity Is getting too fresh. She sends me orders that the cabinet is to In struct Parliament that unless it arms tho artillery with bows and arrows she won't attend the next review." "What of It?" demanded the count. Im patiently. "What of It!" repeated the minister of war, Indignantly. "If her Serenity does not attend the publto won't attend; and If we are not backed by public opinion how do we get our appropriation? You are a fine old count, you are!" "Why not bows and arrows?" demanded Gobemouche, who had come In through the fireplace. "If an enemy should attack us and find us armed with bows and arrows they'd fall dead with surprise. That's betttor than waatlng powder and shot on 'em. How do you think I'd do for vaudo vllle? If a man's a roan for a' that what is he for dinner? That's a hot roast, eh?" Gobemouche dodged the Ink well the count threw at him, looked out of the win dow and shouted, "Sun's out! Game at 4:30!" This important news of course broke up the council, tor which John was glad, being in doubt on how to vote on Ilia artillery bill. He knew, there was no artillery to arm. He spoke of this to Gobemouche as they hurried to the ball game. "I can explain that," said Gobemouche, 'in less time than It will take to tell It. In the even years we have au artillery force, but no arms, In the odd years arms, but no forces. If we ever got 'em both to gother a certain person would want to do something with 'em and we'd have to go to war. So the older statesmen adopted the plan I've explained and we have the bless ings of peace cinched." At tills moment a practice ball was knocked over the fence, Gobemouche cauht It neatly and waa let In through the gate, leaving John waiting for soma one to coma along and take Win In. He waited but a ahort time before a most peculiar person came along, and not only took hhu Into the game but into his confidence. (To Be Continued.) tin -.a Let ilartman "Feather Your Nest" Now and Prollt By These isssxaas plendid Valines XEXZZS PROGRESS IN CANCER SURGERY nemarkable Operation of Ilemovlna; His Orauaa Performed with Success. What is described by physicians as a re- 1 niarkable surgical operation tor cancer was perrormed at tho Hahnemann hospital, New York City, with apparent success. The pa tient was Mrs. Gvorgu Ulydenburg, wife of George Blydepburg, a wealthy contractor of Bay Shore, Long Island. Mrs. Blydcr.burg entered the hospital two weeks alter several physicians had been consulted, all of whom refused to un dertake the operation, fearing fatal results. Mrs. Blvdenburg mas suffering from a can cerous growth of the abdominal organs. Dr. Walter G. Crump, after an X-iay ex amination, found that her death waa only a question of a tew days unless something was done and decided to perform the op eration at once. He sent for Dr. Georgo King, the patient's family physician. The operation was wit nessed by ten physicians, several from out of town, one being a woman from Scnne nectady, and Dr. Judson Sanders of Reading, Pa., professor of obstetrics. The operation lasted for nearly three hours. In 1 that time six organs were removed. In cluding the upper portion of the bladder, tue vermiform appendix, ten Inches of the Ulum and the ascending colon. Accordlug to tbc physicians, operations on these individual organs have been performed, but never In a combination of aix. 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If patients would only consult Mrs. Blyd. nburs s condition has so Itn n0Vki 6 B,and" from the Woml- The third day aftor the operation Mrs. K'ne; suld that It apnoared now that the phylclans early, and If physicians In gin- proved that she has asked for solids to h veesels. any lujurj' to which Blydenburg Bhowid great Improvement, time wss not far dhuant when almost eral would spprec-lste that It only takes eat. She Is shout 60 years old and was in would have been certain death. Through- the news of the operation soon spread any excepting the vital organs can be a few weeks to develop into a hopeless good health until a year ajjo If she out the process the patient was under throughout the medical fraternity ad removed without danger of d-ath. "Tilt, ease, then cancer would, with other run. covers, the physlrlans say her case will h snestheties. Before the operation she many physlcisus called al the bOHpltal mortality of canrer whiUi is so availing." ditions, take lis propr place as to mor- a matter of Importance to medical hl.tn.v bad a pulse of eighty, and after it only to bee the patient said the physiciun, "is the mortality cf tallty," -Jsew York Tribune. ioiy.