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"Bireainnutanidl Adventures"
By DADDY "The Five Tramps"
A ComplaU, New Adtentun Zmh Week. Betfnnlnf Mondij and Ending Stturdaj
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CHAPTER VI. I
The Dwarf That Wasn't j
(Peggy, while trying to help Lonuome
Hoar, is captured by flva tramp. Wttb
thu aid of Billy Belgium and tha birds
h escapes They are attacked by four j
if tbe trampi. when the Giant of the 1
Woods appears on the scene.)
TH E Giant of the Woods looked so
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had to laugh. Ordinarily the Giant
would tower away above the bushes,
he was so tall, but now he was
crouched low behind the undergrowth
and loked like a bieheaded dwarf.
The tramps evidently thought he
was what he looked a stunted
midget, for they roared with laughter
when he said: loirll have to thrash
me. too."
"We'll thrash you all right,"
boasted Tags. This fight is going
to be short and snappy, four burly
tramps against a girl, a boy, a circus
freak and a man. I'll finish the dwarf
first."
He leaped forward and reached for
the Giant's collar. But that collar
suddenly raised high into the air as
the Ciiant shot ud to his tull heieht.
Tags let out a wild yell of fear as the
supposed midget grew into a monster,
He tried to dodge back, but the Giant's
hand clutched his neck. In an instant
Tags was turned upside down, and
the Giant had him by the foot. Then
the Giant began to whirl, swinging
the tramp around in a circle. Harder
and harder he whirled, giving Tags
a merry-go-round ride that the latter
didn't enjoy a bit
"Ouch! Ooohl Quit, please, good
Mr. Giant 1" shrieked Tags.
"Come on and thrash the circus
freak," thundered the Giant. "I'm
iust aching to be thrashed by a chap
like you."
"Help, help!" shrieked Tags. "Come
on, you cowards, pitch into him!"
' The three companions of Tags
looked at one another and then at
the Giant. But the Giant didn't wait
for them to attack. He made a quick
rush, whirling Tags toward them as
if he were a huge club.
The tramps, with a howl of fright,
turned to run away, only to be up
set by Billy Belgium, who dived into
the legs of Hal the Fat like a foot
ball player making a tackle. Lone
some Bear and Raggedy Jim immedi
ately sat on Hal the Fat and Laugh
ing Jake, while Billy Belgium held a
clubbed gun over Bertie the Boozer.
"Short and snappy," howled the
Giant. "That's what you wanted, Mr.
Tramp, and here's where you get the
snap.' With that lie let go lags
foot, the tramp flew out, and for the
second time that evening took an
unwelcome bath but this time in a pool
of black mud.
Up he came, sputtering and fuming.
1 "Quit that!" he shouted. "Two
baths in one night is cruelty to
tramps."
"You'll have to have a third one to
get rid of that mud. Come out while
I throw you in again," chuckled the
Giant.
His "Paramount Right as Father"
Did Not Work in One Instance
"I surrender!" wailed Tags,
know when J. ve got enough.
Judge Owl, again enjoying a front
seat, hooted his glee at the tramps'
discomfiture.
"Crlckety, crlckety crack.
The tramp took a bath ker-sraack.
If he ever gets clean
Ila'll know better, I wean.
Than to dive like that on "his back."
Tags just glared at Judge Owl, but
he didn't dare throw anything. He
climbed out of the river and the Giant
looked the tramps over.
Well, what are we going to do
with you chaps?"
'I want a job, sir,' spoke up Rag
gedy Jim.
'We can use a chap like you on the
farm during the fall," said the Giant.
And by winter I II have the lazi
ness all worked out of me so I can
enlist in the army."
And what about this fellow?
asked the Giant, turning to Bertie
the Boozer.
"Bertie is a good sort and will go
straight if he leaves liquor alone,"
said Jim.
"We 11 give him a chance on the
farm, too," said the Giant. "And I
tell you farm life is fine. I used to
be a lazy good-for-nothing until the
Good Fairy here" he turned to
Peggy "reformed me. Now I'm
helping to win the war by growing
food for soldiers; I'm making more
money than I ever did; I'm buying
War Saving Stamps and Liberty
Bonds, so I'll have something in my
old age; and I'm having the best time
I ever had in my life. Work will
make any man happy."
"Not me," said Tags.
"I'll die first," added Laughing
Jake.
"I wasn't built for work," finished
Ha! the Fat.
"I told you they were Huns!" said
By Beatrice Fairfax.
The war has given women their
big chance. It has disproved most
of the libels that the reactionaries
have been repeating about them.
And now that women have grasped
their tremendous responsibilities
tilling the soil, working in munition
plants, handling traffic on street rail
roads it is almost incredible that
only two years have elapsed since
Justice Shearn handed down his mo
mentous decision regarding the rights
of women to their children.
He said that "The right of a
mother to the custody of her chil
dren is at least equal to that of a
father."
The occasion of this decision was
a suit of a clergyman who sought
to take the last remaining child from
his wife on the grounds of "His para
mount right as a father."
The reverend gentleman had based
Lillian Russell Made Ser
jeant in Marines
Lillian Russell, the actress, who is
Mrs. Alexander Moore, wife of a
Pittsburgh newspaper publisher, has
been given the rank of sergeant in the
United states marines. Mrs. Moore
was honored as a special recognition
of her work in recruiting for the ma
rine corps. She is the first woman to
receive the honor.
Advice to the Lovelorn
Vocational Schools.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee
I have been a reader of your letters
and answers for some time and
thought I'd write you for the name of
tbe Girls' Industrial school at Kansas
City, the street number and any par.
ticulars you may know. V. F.
You probably rofer to one of the
vocational high schools In Kansas
City. What is called a girls' indus
trial school is usually understood to
be a home for delinquent girls, and I
am sure you are not looking for such
a place. There are two vocational
high schools in Kansas City, the Man
nal Training Hlfh school and the
Polytechnic High school. They teach
such branches as cooking, sewing,
salesmanship, millinery, woodwork,
business courses and other practical
work. Tou would have to pay a
small tuition, not being a Kansas City
girl, but It would be very little. For
information In regard to these schools
address Superintendent of School
Board, Kansas City, Mo., stating Just
what information you wish in regard
to them.
Wonts to Join Red Cross.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
Will you turn o er my application to
Mrs. W. E. Martin, as I would like to
Join the Red Cross motor corps. I
am a soldier's wife, have no children
and am 26 years old. As I know a
little about driving cars. I would now
like to go, so please let me know at
once. Mrs. Pearl Van Ness, Bloom
field. Neb.
The application was sent to Mrs.
Martin, in charge of the Omaha chap
ter corps.
Lots of Questions.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
What kind of a girl does the average
boy like? What will be the styles in
winter coats and shoes this year?
How much should girls 14 or 15
weigh? What does It signify when
someone winks at you? Will you
please tell us the addresses of two sol
dier boys? Chums.
the average boy likes a Jolly girl
who is not silly; a girl who Is always
ready for a good time, but uses com
mon sense and discretion in having it
He also likes a girl who wears neat
clothes and looks nice A girl wltl
some "class to her." as he says. Read
our Polly the Shopper's column to
keep up with the styles. The coats
will be' long, preferably full length,
either loose or belted, with large col
lars and many buttons. Shoeswlll
not be as high as the last few years.
Brown will be the best color, though
black and gray are good. Cloth tops
will be much worn. Louis anJ Cu
ban heels are both good. The weight
depends on height, not on age. When
a man winks at you it signifies that he
is ill bred and should be disregarded
entirely. I cannot give you the ad
dresses of soldiei boys. Girls is
young as you should not correspond
with soldier boys unless you kow
thero personally. However, if you want
to writs nice, sisterly little letters, the
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Young Men's Christian association
could probably give you names of
boys who would be glad to receive
them.
How to Meet Lady.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee: It
appears to me you are the center of
attraction for the lovelorn. Well,
am in a sad predicament. My love
affairs may seem foolish to you, but
you are there to answer all inquiries
I presume. I am a stranger in your
city. I admit thero are some fine
looking ladies in your town and I love
almost every one I meet I am ask
ing you what are the respectable laws
in your city to meet the refined la
dies? It seems as if money is con
cerned in all meetings. I mean, if you
have the money you can meet the
lady. My experience teaches me that
Last Saturday night I chanced to meet
a lady that I have often seen. I was
determined to form her acquaintance,
but how should I proceed? Saturday
evening, she being alone, I picked up
courage and asked her for her com
pany. I meant no harm, but for an.
swer she slapped me In the face. I
Jokingly told my friends about It and
it nappened that one of my friends
knew the lady, she having told him
about it, not knowing he knew me.
isow, as rate would have It she wants
to meet me with a smile. I draw roy
alties from an oil field of from $300
to $600 a week. From all appear
ances money would form our ac
quaintance, but I refuse to meet her
now. Have I anything to apologize
for? Please do not use my full name,
as I have relatives here. W. J. B.
If you have relatives, and friends,
you should have no difficulty In meet
ing their friends if you are the kind
"f man they are wililng to have their
friends know. There would be no
excuse for your accosting people on
the street when you could easily meet
them In a proper manner. I fear
your letter Is not si.icere, but merely
written to see what we will say to you
The Municipal Service Commission
of New York City announces that
among the steps being taken" to fill
the vacancies in the police, fire and
street-sweeping department is the em
ployment of women street sweepers
in tne outlying districts.
Sister Cecilia, a Sister of Charity, of
ureensDurg, Pa., is a sister of LharleS
M. Schwab, the head of the United
states Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Peggy. "You can't reason with
them."
' "No, but there's one thing they can
understand that's force," said the
Giant "It's fight or work in this
country now, and we have a nice
work farm down the road for just
such chaps as you. They've made me
an officer to take in all loafers, so
you'll have to help save the country
whether you want to or not." And
away he marched them to the work
farm.
"Can't I help save it, too?" asked
Lonesome Bear.
"You can act as watchdog on the
farm," suggested Billy Belgium.
"That's a dandy idea," declared
Lonesome Bear. "Now that I know
how to handle tramps, I'll never be
afraid of them again. I'll earn a real
home and I'll dance with Princess
Peggy for the Red Cross, too, be
cause I want to want to want"
Everything had gone blurry before
Peggy's eyes. She felt dizzy and
confused. Then, suddenly her vision
cleared and she sat up straight. She
was back home in the hammock, and
in the house the supper bell was
tinkling.
"My, we zot Lonesome Bear fixed
up just in time!" she cried, as she
ran in to join the waiting family.
"And, I'm glad those five tramos are
settled where they'll do no more
harm!"
(In her next adventure Pegry has a
strange and delightful experience behind
the scenes In a circus.)
his claim on a decision of Black
stone's, rendered in 1842, that: "The
very being and legal existence of a
woman is suspended during mar
riage, is consolidated in that of her
husband,"
In handing down his decision, two
years ago, Justice Shearn said that
the world had moved since 1842
And moved it had. But during the
past year, or since we have declared
war, it has torn along with breath
less speod, leaving outworn preju
dices to flutter in space like dead
leaves.
Justice Shearn, in disposing of the
"paramount riht" claim, said that:
"The only basis for the father's al
leged superior right is his obliga
tion to support his children." The
basis "disappears when one consid
ers what the mother gives to her
children in suffering, self-sacrifice and
devotion."
Since then the war has compelled
women to be both father and mother
to their children. In their heroic
efforts to release their husbands for
war service, and at the same time
to keep the home going for their
children, the women of to-dav have
shown unprecedented fortitude.
Looking back over th firsf vcar
of the war, the new fields of indus
try for women lie in the munitinn
lactones, street cars and subways,
elevator operatives, farming in all
its branches, messenger service, and
in some parts of the country as
teamsters, chauffeurs and lumberjacks.
This would seem to dispose of that
venerable fallacy that all women were
more or less invalids, and if they
should happen to walk a couple of
blocks to a ballot box on election day
to deposit a ballot dire results to their
health were apt to follow.
No More Sacred Sphere.
We hear no more from the reac
tionaries of woman's sacred sphere
being the home. On the contrary,
we are urged. "If you have a spark
of conscience or patriotism, get to
work; go out and do your bit."
A recent investigation as to con
ditions, wages, etc., of women em
ployed on the surface railroads in
New York City brought out the fact
that a number of them had asked
for "night runs," as it left the day
free for other occupations, and wom
en conductors with children pleaded
that they preferred the night runs,
so that they might look after their
children, cook and wash tor them dur
ing the day.
It is to be hoped that the enthu
siasm of the woman recruit, in these
new fields of endeavor, and her de
sire not to be found wanting, may
not carry her too far on the road to
martyrdom. That she may learn to
temper industry with prudence and
work with rest.
And what of our heroic sisters in
France, working in munition factories
all day and taking fifteen minutes off
at regular intervals to nurse their
babiesl
For, curiously enough, the creche,
or day nursery, seems to be part of
every munition plant in France. The
trench woman, formerly the symbol
of everything that was dainty, finish
ed, feminine, has become a grimy
demon of work, as she labors 10 and
11 hours daily, forging shells for the
destruction of the boche.
Without the unflagging industry of
the French' women, our armies could
never have stopped the headlong rush
of the Hun. All honor to their en
durance and skill I
A friend of mine who lately made a
tour of inspection of the various
French munitions plants told me some
thrilling things of these daughters of
France, who perform their tasks with
an all-in-the-day's-work efficiency :hat
is beautiful to see.
They are from all grades of society
women of the nobility, . j have
lost fathers, brother and husband
and who have a preference for this
herculean work that demands so much
it leaves no time for heartache or
thinking.
A Trying Ordeal.
There they work, shoulder to
shoulder with strapping peasant om
en or the shopkeeping woraf of
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larger towns. And they orkl
elegant purling and knitting in the
grateful out-of-doors, but the veritab!-
labors of the Cyclops. They handle
the great ingots of molten steel that
come belching out of in:andescent
furnaces. Streaming with sweat, burn
ed. grimy, these French women toil in
the breath of roaring blast furnaces.
Slaves never worked harde.. C
only in sl.irt and trousers, eeling
steel cars on motor trucks to the
furnaces, where the metal is
for shells.
Many of these women are married
and manv are widows. For such as
have babies there is a creche where
the little ones are beautifully cared
for while their mothers are working
for France. There are doctors and
nurses everything possible to give
the future Gallic citizen his chance
in the world.
When the mother drops out from
the roaring hell of the munition
plant, to nurse her baby, she rests
for a little while, has some light re
freshment then goes back. In spite
of everything. I am assured that the
children look surprisingly healthy.
The older babies and those whose
mothers are unable to nurse them are
bottle fed, and the larger ones have s
most carefully balanced ration for
their diet
"The woman' right to the child is
at least equal to that of the father."
We are all grateful to Justice Shearn
for this decision. And the judgment
of Blackstone, "That the very being
and legal existence of a woman is
suspended during marriage, is consol
idated in that of her husband," seems
very far off indeed. In the meantime,
w arc all proud of being women.
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Simple Simon's 5ighs.
Complete the letters of Simon's sign they will spell the name
of a civil war general. Answer to previous puzzle Baseball
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1 Live in Today, nor dream
the Future's pain;
X Live in Today there may bs
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r Today's delights thou mayst
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