HAPPENINGS IN
THE JAGIC CITY
Henry Allen of Wichita Will
! Deliver Two Addresses
1 on South Side.
MERCHANTS VISIT SARPY
Henry Allen, former candidate for
governor of Kansas on the progres
sive ticket and editor of a Wichita
newspaper, will speak twice on the
South Side tomorrow noon under the
auspices of the South Side Republican
and the Young Men's Hughes and
Fairbanks clubs. Arrangements for
the two meetings were completed yes--terday
afternoon at the Douglas
county republican headquarters, rep
resentatives of the two South Side
clubs conferring with Harry Byrne,
president of the McKinley club, who
has charge of the arrangements dur
ing Mr. Allen's stay in Omaha, and
Chairman Frank Howell of the
county committee.
Posters announcing the two meet
ings and the big Fairbanks meeting
of Tuesday were ordered printed and
will be distributed among packing
house workmen and stock yards em
ployes early Monday morning. Mr.
Allen will speak first at 12 o'clock at
the west end M the Q street viaduct
at Twenty-seventh and Q streets and
' next at 1 ojclock in the lobby of the
Exchange building.
Henry Murphy and P. J. Martin of
the South Side, Republican club wilt
accompany the speaker at the first
Henry Beat and Karl Lee of the
meeting at the packing house, while
1 Hughes and Fairbanks club Will re
ceive the speaker at the Exchange
building. Mr. Allen will arrive on the
12:10 Rock Island train and will be
met at the South Side station by
Chairman Howell and Harry Byrne.
A reception committee of ten will also
meet the speaker. The committees
are: Republican club, Henry Murphy,
Joe Koutsky, P. J. Martin and James
Chizek; Hughes and Fairbanks club,
Henry Beal, John Schultr, Walter
Galloway, Max Targecewski and Guy
Kiddoo. '
Mr. Allen will speak on issuts of
the campaign, defending the party and
perhaps assailing the Wilson adminis
tration, v
f ' To Viiit Sarpjr County.'
Merchants of the city in fifty cars
will start on a unique automobile ex
cursion Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.
Members of a new club that has been
organized for the purpose of becom
ing better acquainted with Sarpy
. county farmers will invade the county
on an alt-day visit, the object being
to secure as much farnier-to-mer'chant
trade as possible.
The party will make eleven towns
during the day and expects to lunch
at Meadow lakes. The towns to be
visited are; Bellevue, Avery, La
Platte, Fort Crook, Papillion, Rich
field, Springfield, Gretna, Chatco,
Millard and Ralston. "We don't ex
pect to equal the annual northwest
stockmen's excursion, but we hope to
-do a lot of good for local merchant
men," John Flynn, one Of the South
Side's leading business men, remarked
yesterday in speaking of the affair. r
Lobeck Ready with Promisei.
Congressman C. .O. Lobecl opened
Ins campaign irf the " . " Side Friday
evening with an ad . to a meeting
of government veteri. ..'.atis stationed
on the South Side.held In the Work
men temple. The candidate presented
a 4ji1I that it is said will benefit gov
ernment employes,
"That was merely Lobeck'i way of
starting things promising something
that he had up for passage just be
fore congress quit work," said Presi
dent Martin of the South Side Repub
lican club. , ' -,
. Prepare for Armour Dance.
Preparations for a biir Armour of
. fice opening dance, which will be held
in the new building at Thirtieth and
Q atreets. are the talk of the yards
at present General Manager R. C.i
Howe has given out few details of
the affair yet, but it will undoubtedly
be one of the biggest social functions
here in years. - The new office build
, Ing is now all completed- The inside
wait decoration have yet to dry be
fore it is ready for occupancy.
At the stock yards Traffic Man
ager Shellberg, who has charge of the
arrangements of the National Swine
show, which will be held in Omaha
October 2 to 7, ia a mighty busy man.
Yesterday he met with President W.
M. McFadden of the National Swine
Growers' association and several
other hog men of the country. His
work is cut out day and night until
the Ak-Sar-Bed week is over.
Galloway It Named.
Walter Galloway was appointed
secretary of the Young Men's Hughes
and Fairbanks club to take the place
of the retiring secretary, John Schultz.
Young Galloway is an office man at
the Armour packing plant office. He
is one of the best known young; men
on the South Side. He enters in the
work of the campaign with unlimited
enthusiasm.
Twenty-five membera of the club
will attend the big rally of republicans
at the Rome hotel Monday evening,
to be held under the auspices of the
' McKinley club.
Juniort to Have Frolic.
"Be sure and have your bathing
suits with you." Such was the order
sent around to tuniors bv an an
nouncement slip at the South High
school Friday morning. The juniors
were to have a hike and outdoor jubi
lee at Carter lake.
Most of the party returned home
long before dark. It was too frigid to
permit a comfortable stay outdoors
beside a big bonfire on the Young
Men s Christian association grounds,
much less to go swimming or bath
ing in the-lake.
Swedish Baptist Conference.
Members of the Swedish Baptist
. church will hold an all-week get-to
gether conference tins week at the
church, Twenty-second and K streets.
Rev. Mr. Forsander of the Council
Bluffs Swedish Baptist church will
Breach nightly sermons. Special
music, including choir singing, will
be had at each service. Meetings'will
open at 8 o clock.
i Magic City Gossip.
ft. ItMd, wife of Folic Mailstrate Har
Rs, ! suit In the sama critical con
dition she has been ths last three' days. Her
recovery la doubtful.
The Ladles' Aid society of the West Side
Interdenominational church will nold a pie
social Friday evening ab ini onuroa, twenty,
ninth and Q atreets.
The Ladis' Aid society of the AnclenH
Orue- of Hibernians win entertain wednee-
day evenlnr at the home of Mrs. P. k. Cald
well. Thirty-sixth and R streets.
The woman of St. Agnes' parish will give
a card party Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock aharp at the McCrann hall. Twenty
fourth and O streets. Eight prises will be
given.
Hugh Mcculloch, well known local attor
ney, who recently married sttse Louise
Schlndel. Is back at his dek after a two
weeks' honeymoon In the west. He reports
a splendid trip.
President Martin of the South Side Repub
lican club will call a meeting of his club In
the earlier part of the week. Plans for
two or three brg republican rallies during
the campaign will be laid.
The South Side Story Tellers league will
resume Its activities for the season at the
South High school Wednesday afternoon at
3:15 o'clock. The regular work of the year
will be Inauguratsd at that time.
The meeting of the alumni foot ball men
was not held last evening as scheduled. The
men will get together one day this week.
The South Hlgh-Alumnl game Is scheduled
for Saturday on the Luxue park field.
Th South Centrsl school house, Just fin
ished by the Omaha Board of Kdurathm.
has been occupied by students of the old
schools. Th school Is not only the newest,
but Is the most modern In the city.
Ed Smith, colored, who was caught mak
ing away with the pocketbook of Henry
King, 40t South Twenty-sixth street, Fri
day night, was bound over to the district
court under SI. 000 bond yesterday morning
by Judge Heed.
QDIEmBlLl'NG
BEAUTIFUL FLOATS
Industrial Pageant Will Por
tray Prettily Omaha's Va
ried Lines of Business.
CANCELS FLOWER PARADE
Thirty-five floats and groups are
ready to enter the industrial parade
the week of the Ak-Sar-Ben festivi
ties. This parade occurs the after-"
noon of October 3. -
The committee in charge is espe
cially anxious that every one of Oma
ha's industries take advantage of this
opportunity to come out with a float,
or a group of some kind to represent
their industry, and thus make this one
of the big features of the week's
festivities.
This is an opportunity for the va
rious manufacturing concerns to blos
som out and (hstllay something in an
artistic way that typifies their line
of business. - The industrial parade
this year is a new feature of parade
weelc. . There is to be no floral pa
rade, as there has been during the
last several years, and the industrial
parade is to take the place of it.
These floats are not assembled in
one place, as are the floats for the
historical parade and the electrical
parade. They are not being built by
any one buildiilg organization, for
Gus Renze is extremely busy with his
forty-nine other floats for the other
two parades. s
Hut everywhere, in the manufactur
ing plants in Omaha the work of-
DUiiaing ana uecuratuiK nuia
preparing costumes to tit those who
will man them, is going on.
Thus every concern is building its
own float, or having it built by some
artisan .who can give his time to it.
On the day of the industrial parade
these productions will come gliding
out of their quarters in factories ini
a dozen different parts of the city,
will form in line at 'the appointed
places, and, accompanied by numer
ous bands, will move down the streets
of Omaha in artistic grandeur. ,,
MayvNeed Another Deputy
To Handle Inquest Cases
"In case the supreme court of Ne
braska upholds the validity of the
law passed by the last legislature
placing the duty of the coroners of
the ninety-three counties in the hands
of the county attorneys, it lis planned
to ask lawmakers to amend the law
so as to eliminate the expense of hold
ing invests. The holding ot these
investigations should be left to the
judgment of the county attorney,'
said Ueputy Attorney addou yester
day in discussing the outcome of the
suit filed against Election , Commis
sioner Moorhead by Coroner Crosby
of Douglas county demanding that
his name be placed on the ballot at
the fall election. Attorney Abbott
appeared before the supreme court in
defense of the law. The decision of
the court will be handed down during
the coming week.
"This business ot noioing inquests
when they are not required is simply
another means of grabbing fees. In
case the duties of the office devolve
unnn the countv attorney another
deputy wilt be required, but plans can
be made to lessen the burden of
costs upon the taxpayers by elimina
tion of unnecessary moves now be
ing taken by coroners," concluded Mr.
Abbott.
Chsarea Normal.
Th new year nromlies to b the very
best In to hlslpry o( ths school. President
Blllott's scholarship, experience and en
thusiasm mak him , leader who will de
velop ths school and extend Ha Influence
In northwest Nsbraska. R. C. King, new
registrar, hi an sxperlenced school man.
Sanford Clemons of Alliance, head of the
department of manual training, leader of
the orchestra, and athletle director, comes
front the Alliance High school. Ulss Edna
Work, recently assigned to in wora 01
preceptress at the dormitory and adviaor
to glrlsi hss had three yeara' experience
as assistant principal of the Hastings nign
school, she has hd graduate work at the
University OS Chicago ana at uoiunioia. su
perintendent Bostder of Lodge Pole. Neb., Is
th newly appointed principal of the modal
high school.
Th laOUliy ana nuumii e. ih
renw old acquaintances at in isawe
county fair lest week. A number of the
faculty assisted as Judges of the displays
In various lines.
The foot ball sound was out for prao-
tlco Monday tor the first time. Plans and
arrangements are oeing mane tor tnree
games with teams in neuraeaa aim ovu.u
Dakota probably Alliance, Rapid City and
11,. HnVlnn
item, w. T. storkdale soent thro weeks
doing Institute work during the vacation.
He was engaged at Ruehvllle, Nellgh, and
at the Klmosll county Institute.
Mrs. Kathryn McLean, who spent th
summer term at Columbia, aooopted a posi
tion as dean of women at ths Ohio Wlyan
university.
Hies Rthsl nelsell spent th summer at
Columbia doing advanced work In dotuaatlo
srieni'O, alter wnicn sno use a rip uowi.
ih. at. Ijtwrence and In Canada, aire, mil-
n.,,i jAinni the entire summer vaoatlon study.
w here Prof. Phllpott, Miss Steckleberg, Mies
Kramer and Mr. t'lark Joined her at the
end of summer srhool at Chadron.
The new on'heetra has organised and Is
preparing to furnish music for the various
.hnil affairs which 'will take place during
the year. Sixteen membera responded to the
invitation to join at tne outset, -ine uiee
club of forty members haa also been organ-'
ixed.
The faoulty reception to new members will
be given at the home of Dean W. T. Block
dole on Friday evening ot thla woWt. The
reception will b Informal as usual, but de
lightful, as all parties of , th Chadron
faoulty are,
The Test.
"What sssuranc have 1 that you do not
wish to marry m merely for my money T"
demanded the heiress.
Tne linpeounlous suitor drew himself up
pnudly.
"Money Is nothing to me,' h sheared. "
shall be happy (n the prospect of never earn
ing a cent In my lit so long as 1 have
you." .
And, having put him to th test, sh was
supremely eontent.- Philadelphia ljdger.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success
THE BEE:
New- Fall
The modistesNdf Paris are showing
signs of activity, and there is already
much talk abot the first hat moduels
for autumn. The leading houses were
ready early in August with their
winter hats for the American buyers,
who arrived in advance of the regular
season.
"While it is perhaps early for the
millinery openitrgs," the buyer for a
leading New York importer said, "I
have bought a number of hats for the
autumn and find a decided change in
the styles, but there is as yet no one
type of hat that one can predict as
the popular model. The canotiers,
DOUGLAS PIONEERS
AT SECOND PICNIC
. 1
Basket Lunches, Singing, Ora
tory and Old-Time Stories -Regale
Veterans.
DEVOUTLY SINO "AMERICA"
The Douglas county pioneers held
their annual picnic six weeks, or so
ago and the function was such a pro
nounced success that they decided to
hold a second one. For this purpose
they selected yesterday as the date
and Hanscom park as the place. ' The
weather man was with them and put
up a brand of weather that was just
right for mid-fall outing.
The pioneers commenced to gather
in Hanscom park shortly after noon
and an hour later when the basket
lunch was spread, there were about
1UU men and women present. Alter
the lunch, an hour, or so was taken up
with visiting and living over the days
of fifty years ago, recounting in
cidents that occurred when Omaha
and Nebraska wore swaddling clothes.
Woman in Charge.
A little after 2 o'cloflt the pioneers
gathered around the Bandstand and
President Kierstead. who was called
away on business, turned the manage
ment of the affair over to r. J. tree
don. He insisting that the annual
picnic having been managed by the
men, gallantly introduced Mrs. Mary
Cormack and clothed her with the au
thority of chairman.
In accepting the honor, Mrs. Lor-
mack delivered a neat little speech,
telling what the pioneers had done in
the way ot coming trom eastern
homes fifty and sixty years ago and
settling here In a country that at that
time was the home of the Indians, the
buffalo and the wild beasts.
Starting the program of the after
noon, a quartet made up ot J. , r.
btaley, D. M. Haverley, E. W. John
son and W. H. Russell, all nioneers.
sang "America," the audience joining
in the chorus and standing with bared
heads.
Mrs. P. McLaughlin recited. Any
place in the United States is good
enough for me," but laid particular
stress that Omaha is the place.
I. J. Hudson, wno is writing a his
tory of Omaha and Douglas county
when introduced, insisted that he was
not advertising his publication and
told the people that while he was not
a pioneer of Nebraska, he was a pio
neer of another state.
The nuartet sang "Down With Old
John Barleycorn," after which A. S.
Churchill, a candidate for the district
bench and not a. pioneer was intro
duced. Mr. Churchill kept away trom
politics and detailed the fact that
while he was not a Nebraska pioneer,
he was a pioneer ot Wisconsin and
when a child, received his first lessons
in reading and writing in a log school
house in the woods of the Badger
state. -
. ' Veteran Quartet.
The quartet sang "Tenting Tonight
on the Old Camp Ground," and then
Mrs. McLaughlin recited, "How
much the temperance cause has doire
for John and me."
Mose P. O'Brien closed the speak
ing part of the program by commend
ing the pioneers on what they accom
plished in making Nebraska the best
state in the union, after which the
Suartet sang th "Battle Cry of Free
om." While the picnic was not largely at
tended, it was enjoyed greatly by
those who were in attendance and
was considered a success.
Bellevu College.
Rehearsal will be held every Thursday
for ths chorus which Miss Ross GansOo.
head of the vocal department, Is organising.
win tietnertngion, neaa or tne violin de
partment, will meet every Wednesday with
the new orchestra which he has organised.
Tne v rignt company, now on tour on a
winter chautaun.ua circuit, will give a per
formance of- three plays In the college gym
nasium Friday evening for the benefit of
the foot ball team.
The time for breakfast has been put back
to T o'clock again after a week's experi
ment of ringing the bell at T:15. Ten min
utes' grace will be allowed as heretofore.
The decorating of the first floor of Rankin
hall, th presidents mansion, will not be
finished until October 1. Preeldent and Mrs.
Kerrare meanwhile living on th second
floor.
New-qulpment la being Installed In the
home economics headquarters In Lowrle hU.
Th laboratories hav been refurnished and
reflnlshed. Rlectrto stoves and an electric
range are now being put In.
The new equipment and apparatus ordered
for the gymnasium has not yet arrived. It
la expected this week.
Over BOO students and guests attsnded the
moet successful reception ever given to new
students last Friday evening. A large num
ber of aluninl was preseut.
OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 25, 1916.
Hats Straight From Paris
which are much-liked in America, are
not shown now at all. . The cloche
shapes, too, have entirely disappeared.
In fact, most of the drooping designs
have been replaced by those of direct
ly opposite lines. One house, for ex
ample, is showing shapes with the
large brims turned away from the
face in every conceivable form. The
beret hat, which is shown, every
where, and which is, already being
so extensively worn, is sure to endure 1
for early autumn. In all the houses
that I have seen so far there is a
marked tendency toward high effects.
"The warm August days called
forth surprising quantities of velvet
It Costs Much to Shoe Milady
Charmingly, Admits the Dealer
Shoe Leather Takes Jump and
. Father Has to Step Lively
to Keep Daughter Up- .
to-Date.
By A. R.GROH.
"It's simply TER-rible how much
shoes cost this fall," she said. "Why,
I can't get ANY-thing decent under
$8 or $10."
: So, as she is a very lovely and
charming girl (about 25 to 30 years
old and good looking and always
dresses'well, though she isn't one of
these girls that throw away their
money foolishly and put it all in
clothes, you know), well, I decided to
go ana see what I could do about
shoes costing so much.
The shoe man was very nice. He
explained everything.
You see, girls, it s like this. The
Russian tan leathers and some of the
black kids that is, black kid leathers,
you understand are imported. Natur
ally they have gone up. It's the war,
you know.
Then there's the matter-of dyes.
The dyes came from Germany. They
have gone-Vay, 'way up, too, On ac
count Of the war. " ?
So, if you have set your heart on a
pair of bright red shoej with white
tops or a pair of grass-green shoes
with brown tops or a pair of mouse
colored shoes or a pair of bronze
pumps or a pair of bright yellow mo
tor boots and if you feel that the sun
won't shine and the birds won't sing
and that joy will perish from your
young life unless you can have the
particular s shoes that your heart
craves, why.-of course, you must pay
the extra cost of the colors.
Then there's the bead work and the
fancy tops of all kinds and the pleated
uppers and the embroidered tops and
all that fancy business. ,
Snappy Burlesque
; Show Opens for the
Week at Gayety
Far above the average is this week's
show which opened last night at the
Gayety. It it "The Hip, Hip Hooray
Girls," and it goes with a hip; hip,
hooray from the very start
The gifts are- extra good looking
and their costumes are simply stun
ning. The stage settings are also of
the first order. If you want something
good in burlesque, this is it.
After the first act comes an olio of
three good numbers, including Jessie
Southerland and her diving belles,
some young women of decidedly
pleasing form, who do various fancy
dives into a great tank of water ar
tistically set on the stage amid beau
tiful scenery and with a real waterfall
splashing into it.
There is to be a diving contest,
open to all men and boys, Thursday
night, and on Friday night for women.
Two trophy cups are offered as prizes
each evening. Monday, noon at 12:45
o'clock Miss Southerland will make a
spectacular dive from the Douglas'
street bridge into the Missouri river.
' The performance concludes with a
musical farce entitled "Triple Beds,"
having to do with a tnixup in the bed
rooms of a country hotel.
Omaha Company to Build
Blackstone in Kansas City
A million-dollar apartment hotel is
to be built in Kansas City for a com
pany incorporated there for the pur
pose, the architectural work and con
struction to be done by the Bankers'
Realty Investment -company of
Omaha. .
-This apartment hotel is also to be
known as the Blackstone, even as
the Blackstone, built by this samt.
company in Omaha on West Farnam
street The Kansas City company
contemplates a service similar to that
the Omaha Blackstone is to give. The
Kansas City structure is to front on
Linwood boulevard.
Kansas City's finest and most ex
clusive apartment house, the St.
Regis, is directly across the street
from the site of the new Blackstone.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success. , - , ,
hats. At the Ambassadeurs, at the
tea hour, straw suddenly disappeared.
One saw velvet everywhere. A Louis
XVI hat of dark blue velvet, worn
the other afternoon at this famous
restaurant, attracted much attention.
The draped crown, which was much
higher in the back than ,in front,
melted into a brim of crin lace that
fell over the eyes in a fashion decided
ly becoming and alluring.
"Many mourning hats are large
simple toques having an edging of
tulle that falls below the eyes. The
long crepe veil is arranged well to
ward the back in such a way that
the fullness spreads out at each side."
All this costs money. And it's go
ing to cost more money. The shoe
man explained that if he were to try
to duplicate his present stock of fancy
shoes today he would have to pay
from 50 cents tb $2 a pair more than
he paid a few months ago.
The shoe windows are regular riots
of colors and designs these days. They
look more like millinery windows.
Here are black shoes with white
tops, bronze shoes with tan tops, tan
shoes with mouse-color tops, shoes
made of buckskin in "delicate shades
of grey and brown," shoes with open
work toes decorated with steel beads,
silver 'hoes, gold shoes, green shoes
with wnite tops, red shoes with white
tops, shoes with scrollwork and
swastikas along the holes, black
shoes with pinkish-grey tops, shoes
with plaid tops, black shoes with
white and red polka dots on the up
pers, shoes with beads on the heels,
buff shoes, blue shoes, yellow shoes,
champaign shoes, cerise shoes, purple
shoes, shoes with pearl buttons, brown
shoes with white tops and white heels,
white shoes with silver tips, black
shoes with gold trimmings, shoes,
shoes, shoes, shoes.
Of, course, girls, you wouldn't think
of wearing ordinary black or tan calf
skin shoes like you wore a few years
ago. Why, you'd as soon think of
wearing cotton hose, wouldn't you?
And it's all right so, too. We're
"for" you, we men are. You, always
look so charming that, really, a few
dollars more or less on the cost of
your clothes oughtn't to cut much
figure.
The prices ARE TER-rible. But
f - iiv .u ; ".I -..,,"
11 you tan t get nui-tiiuis u,,..
under $8. whv. then, go aheatl and
pay $8.
It is worth many eight dollars-es to
have you happy and looking so charm
ing. Of course, if you liave to operate
on father or hubby to get the money
well, we can only hope that the opera
tion will be successful.
Can't Support Self
And Child, Gives Babe
Away and Takes Life
Finding the struggle to support her
self and her 5-months-old child futile,
Mrs. Winifred Smith, aged l4, gave
the infant away and then ended her
troubles last night by swallowing car
bolic acid in a dingy room of a lodg
ing house at 2213 Douglas street.
When Police Surgeon Myers was
called the girl had been suffering from
the poison for nearly half an hour,
and his efforts were without avail.
Friends of the young girl say her
husband, who is a cook, left her sev
eral months ago and she has been try
ing to support herself and child ever
since. Last Wednesday she took the
baby to a woman at Fifty-second and
Martha and gave it into her keeping.
Coroner Crosby is trying to locate
her husband and relatives, but the task
is proving to be a difficult oner as
the girl made but few close friends,
and to these spoke but little about
herself. '
Sam Webber Is Killed
in World-Herald Building
Wheels of a truck loaded with
bundles of newspapers caught in the
starting device of a freight elevator
in the World-Herald building last
night, and when the lifting device rose
Sam Webber, 35, janitor, was thrown
headlong into the shaft from the sec
ond floor. He was killed instantly.
Webber is survived by a widow and
three children who live at 1411 North
Twenty-fifth street.
The body was found by other em
ploye in the building, terribly man
gled by the fall. , .
Try Jap Rom .otulV
When the Animals Speak
The Whale Set Up as a King
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
,j There was a great meeting of fishes
at a place in tne racitic ocean, ine
whale had demanded to be treatetl as
the king of the sea. ,
"I am the biggest," he said; "I 'eat
the most, I travel the farthest, I have
seen all the oceans, I can lie on top
of them and watch the ships, and re
gard the sun at my leisure, and where
ever I go room is made for me. I
am majestic in look and in motion. I
ought to be your king, and I proclaim
myself such."
None of the conferees ventured to
dispute the whale's claim until a huge
carcharodon shark pushed his way to
the front of .the assembly. Out of
the presence of the whale-the shark
would have seemed truly majestic, for
he was no less than forty feet in
length, but the great cetacean, which
attained double that length and was'
bulky in proportion, dwafted him by
comparison.
"Would you make yourself king
over me?" asked the shark, with a
ferocious grin, as he circled roundNn
front of the whale. "Do you really
feel big enough to swallow me? Come,
now, I'd like to see you try it I You
are an upstart, a parvenu. Who were
your ancestors? Where do you be
gin? You are no fish, anyway. The
salmon told me that. He said, you
were a mammal, which, I take it, is
something like a man. You boast of
your size, but you are merely over
grown. "If anybody is to be king, I am
the one.
I am a true fish, and look at my
descent. There was a time," (he
meant the Tertiary age, but he was no
geologist), "when my forefathers were
bigger than you. But bigness is noth
ing wtihout other qualities. My race
has put off useless size, we have
dropped more than half our length,
but we have gained in speed and in
fighting power. Look out how you
try to lord it over me I"
"Let 'em fight it out,",cried a little
sardine, and immediately the cry was
taken up by the crowd, and the coral
lined caverns beneatli them echoed
with their excited voices, while their
fins flashed in the shafts of sunlight,
for they were""near the surface and in
waters of exquisite clearness.
The shark was eager to take up the
challenge, but the whale seemed a
little loth to stake his chances on a
battle with so alert an antagonist.
However, when his fiery rival opened
the fray by nipping him in ljis huge
round side, the great whale swung
into action with surprising quickness.
He tried to' deal the shark a smashing
blow with his tail, but that weapon
was less effective under water than
it would have been on the surface, and
the shark glided away with a mocking
laugh and nipped the whale again in
the side.
,"I dare you to come out on the sur
face," said the whale, who wanted to
employ the full swing of his mighty
tail, with which he had sent more
than one boat loaded with whale fish
ers to the bottom, but the shark was
too wary.
"What should i come out on the
surface for?" he asked. "This is a
fight for the rule of the sea. Go up
yourself and fight ships. If you want
a kingdom you might take that of the
air. If you win it, send down a few
of its present rulers for me to sup
on."
Taking advantage of the exposure
that the whale had made of its
broad belly in rising to the surface,
the shark gave his huge antagonist a
dig that, if his mouth had been wider,
might have settled the contest in his
favor. But at this moment a new per
sonage made his appearance on the
scene. There was a flash and a rush,
followed by a sudden crimsoning of
the water, and the vast body of the
whale lurched over to one side, and
its painful, struggling movements
showed that a deadly blow had been
dealt to it. - t
Without an instant's pause the new
comer turned upon the shark and
transfixed it with a lance as long and
keen as a two-handed sword. All the
spectators recoiled in alarm, and some
fled at the top of their speed. The
champion who had produced this un
expected turn of the battle, apparently
satisfied with what he had done,
ceased his darting motions, and, as
suming an unmistakable air of com
radeship) drew near those that re
mained watching, anil sajd:
"I understand that this is a tourna
ment for the kingship of the seiT Very
well, you know me, most of you, and
I put in my claim. Js there anyone
here whcvwill try conclusions with a
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through the bottom of a ship."
Many of the onlookers, who had
never happened to meet a swordfisb x
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rible reputation of the creature, silent'
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"I thank you, and I decline," said
the salmon. "I could give you no bet
ter proof of the wisdom which yon.
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