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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1920)
16 THE 1 BEEr OMAHA, WiD.NK!SDA MAKliH HI, ltf20. For Boys and Girls 6i$oys tottake Handicraft- Some Novtl Bird Houses. .'- , ORANT It, HTDE. Tell us hour to build some bird bouses that -re - different, Unde Bot something that the other fcl ' lows haven't built" ', "If you know what bird houses should be lite, Sonny," came the prompt reply, 4 you ought' to be able - to see ideas in any pile of boxes or tin cans. The birds don't care about the beauty of their hqmes.,, They ; seek safety and shelter, All that a : bird house netdrbe is merely a box ' pna can-that is wreather-proof. It - should . have a . perch.-. The door should ; be from ltf to 1 inches across, depending on the size of the tird'yd wish to attract It must be out of reach -bjf cats and other enemies of birds. ' Mere are some Woodcraft for Outdoor Dont Sleep on Wet Ground. v : FRANCIS BOLT 'WHEKLEB. ; "I hope we won't catch cold !" ex claimed Lucy, a. trifle nervously, "maybe it wonf rain any more, but the ground's just sopping 1" Chunk his f name was Chester, but everyone called him "Chunk" grinned cheerfully at his sister. "Don't worry, Sis," he said, "you won't catch cold. I've got the Merit Badge for Camping in my Boy Scout troop. Why, I'd be disgraced if you caught coldl Couldn't let that hap pen." - "But the ground's sopping,", she repeated, not far from tears. v "Jt won't be when I get through with it," declared Chunk. . - . And he set to work to build a roar ing fire on the best level piece of ,w2r (Mm designs' that will start .you on the track of novel ideas: -. "The bird apartment house (Fig. 1 X is made of several flat boxes (say 18 inches square and 6 inches .high) set dn top of a pole and covered with roor". Each box should have our doors and should be divided ntOi four apartments, as shown. The boxes may be set squarely, on top of each other, c diagonally to pro vide perches. . v" V ' "The-bird tower tFig.' 2) is made of several tin cans, set on top of each other with an old funnel for a roof. Boil the cans to remove the labels and to clean them. Cut each j door so that .tne tin nap mat is cur C may be bent out for a perch. Boards v may be placed between, to fasten tne J cans together, or upright sticks out- - idi mav he iised. ,:' , - "Th bird cabin (Fig.,3) consists M . several tin cans, cleaned, and . , with doors' and perches, set end to ' end on a flat board. Cleats on either - side wilt hold them in place, and a .' couple- of boards will make, a roof, r, -A keg-o'-bird nest (Fig. 4) is made of art old nail keg, divided inside into four nests each with 'its . - 1. I J . A U . . with sides cut down to 3 inches and : placed upside down, makes the roof. 1 ., am,nmw iiiupthwi ideay Remefnber, though, whatever you put it Out of reach of cats." . , ""!' (Tomorrow; The April Fool Girl.) , ' - Municipal Milk 0. K. J. V.Chtrek; city milk inspector, reported that tests made this week of milkr and cream sold at the municipal-milk stations, showed the percentage of the butter content in milk and cream to be above the legal requirement. " , Given Sentence Stay.- v . . -.yew York March 30. A stay of- sentence, today was granted to Harry Winitsky. executive secretary jni h rnmmunist oartv here, who was sentenced vesterday to . from jfiveao 10 years in state prison for ennynaj anaxefly i)ry Oobdi Ken Meet In Friaco -'' New YorV March' 30. The Na tional Retail Drygoods . association Vilf hold its spring convention -in San Francisco,' it was announced today.- The dates wilt-be either in late May or early' June. Twtntv prom inent British . merchants will be present'' - ground he could find that was raised a trifle. In half an, hour he had a blaze so hot that it was hard to get near enough to stoke it . "It's jolly and warm," Lucy ad mitted, "my things are' all dry now. But it'll be cold on the ground, just the same. Where, are you going to put the tent Chunk?" "Right there," he answered point ing to the middle of the fire. - "It'll burnl"- . . : : "Not much it won't" affirmed Chunk, and proceeded to" lay the wood tor another fire, x , "What's that for?" " W.Vfc fir "Isn't that big "blaze enough?" Have Root PrM.--Adv. - : Print " It Beacon AMVRBHCMTtS. "irlBESS . .. .. i a mnM. . vA9 A twm?ANY . . . . fJETTt BENNETT JTODiYL J- HITCHCOCK Im HW LUwt. mat H-pHt Musical Rw niri of thm Laafhiac wua a Flnt Tina in Omaha. IIITCHY K00191S ,9 KITsZZ -Hltchy" awa Charm of 40 UnJr TO "OMAHA "5 rUN CENTER' Ditty Mat. 15-IS-S0e Erni., 25-80-7SC 91 CimtrtM. SthtlHMIat .BM . Burlcaqua With That Fnaar r Uttla Ho-no, nil M Trias BUM Tht Bter-fc lltt.rt. Seisin Th3 GOLDEN CROOK C:!!y ftrlmgtcn lamly CraoMtM 21 VrnT'vniME MATINEE WEEK DAYS an. ua, Si Wk.: Bow BntoU't "Iodon BjIIm '4 Daly Mattaaa Mm. a sV - ir.iu nil a a im ua v TmiiiL l a . man ant 1 Ever t Evanlnv. ALEXANDER CAM! tDITH CLirFOSB: -TMt RAINBOW COCKTAIL"! Khaf BfK.1 taai Hwi: BMHaffl MlkMa Imi Ttata at tta ftay; KlnfttM. WHY?-- do stars twinkle? (Copjrlfht, b TThaaUr ya- dlaata, Ina.) ' . The , "stars are . really suns which are continually throw ing off . light, precisely as our sun . is throwing it off. This light passes through different layers of air and vapor before it reaches our eyes. These layers, being of different thickness or density, make the light, of the star appear to flicker or twinkle,, just as a motion - picture film which is run too slowly flickers. The light is reduced in intensity by one layer of air and increased by the next, with the result that it appears to shiver a condition which we have described by the word "twinkle." - Dust in the air causes this twinkling to appear greater, to be magnified or accentuated. Dust also gives rise to rain, as each particle of it forms the nu cleus for a rain drop. This, then, is the scientific foundation for the old weather proverb that When the stars begin to twinkle, soon the earth will be a-psrinkle." Tomorrow's Question WHY do we close our eyes when we sleep? . , ; . LOCY FITCH TOXINS . Brick Yard Loses Residents in the vicinity of Mar tha street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-fourth streets, ,were sus tained by a majority of the city council yesterday when they pro tested -against the proposed estab lishment of a brick yard by the Smith Brick company in their nefgh borhood. Mayor Smith and Com missioner Towl voted for' the brick yard. "I'm going to let that ' one out. You'll see.". Before very long the big fire be gan to die down and Chunk, cutting a stick with a crotch to it, pulled away the smouldering logs that re mained, lighting the new fire with them. - "Now," he said, "we'll put the tent on the spot where the fire was. It'll be warm and as dry as a bone." , It was, and when Lucy awakened in the morning, she declared that she had slept as cosily as in her own bed at home. As for a cold, , she didn't even have a snuffle! 4 (Tomorrow: . The Principles of Fencing.) . Dutch Twins at Market - A large woman with a big basket on her arm came along to the small stall where Kit and Kat were sitting. "Bless my heart!" she said. "Are you twins?' '. " ' "Yes, ma'am,"., said Kit and Kat. And Kat said. "WeVe S years old." "O my soul!" said the large wo man. "So your are! What are your names?". " , . ' "Christopher and Katrina, but they call us Kit and Kat for short'.' It was Kat who said this. And Kit said: "When we are four feet and a half high, we are going to be. called Christopher and Katrina." "Welt, well, welll" said the large woman. "So you are! Now, my name is Vrouw Van der Kloot. Are you helping father?" "Yes," said the twins. - "We're going to help him sell things." ' "Then you may sell me a cabbage and 10 onions," said Vrouw Van der Kloot " v Fr. Vedder's eyes twinkled, and he smoked his pipe. Kit got a cabbage for the Vrouw. s "You can get 10 onions." he said to Kat. You see, really Kit Couldn't count 10, and be sure of it. And so he asked Kat to do it. .Kat wasn't afraid. She took out a little pile of onions in a measure and said to Vrouw Van der Kloot: "Is that 10?" . . ' Then Vrouw Van der Kloot count ed them with Kat, very carefully. There were 11, and so she gave back one. Then she gave Kat the money for the onions and Kit the money for the cabbage. . Father Vedder said: . "Now, Kit and Kat, by and by, when you get hungry Ttprain, you can go over to Vrouw Van der Kloot's stall and buy - something from her. She. keeps the sweetie shoo." "Oh! Oh!" cried Kit and Kat "We're hungry yetl Can't we go now?" "No. not now,'' said father. "We must do some wort first" The twins helped Father Vedder long time,f-They learned to count :10 and to-do several other things. Then their father gave them the money for the cabbage and the 10 onions they had sold "to Vrouw Van der Kloot, and said: "You may walk around the market and look in all the stalls and buy the thing, you like best that costs just two cents. Then come back here to me.' - i . . ' Kit and Kat set forth on their travels to see the world. They each held the money tightlyshut in one hand, and with the other they held on to each other; "The world is very large," said Kit and Kat Rlghti Reserved by Houghton Mifflin Co. What Da: You Know? (Han't chaara f mak your wK uik . Jw Tha will paMlah aerlca of ' (lamtioaa, aapar by Naperlatrnaeet J. n. jMTenuce 91 ina pabli arhaala. They . eaver thin which ye, ahaald know. Tba flnt anplcto Hit of eorroet anawen received will ba re warded by fl. The amwora and the mm at tba winner wUI ba poMhhed an the day Indicated belew. lie eare ta five roar mm and addreaa. In full. Addreee "Question Editor," Omaha Bee.) By J. H. BEVERIDGE. 1. What'American " writer wrote a poem in protest against the de struction of Old Ironsides?,., 2. Who were the minute 'men? , 3. What great statesman was most closely associated with . the idea of "squatter sovereignty"? 4. Who made the first boat suc cessfully driven by steam? '- . 5. Who first stepped on Plymouth Rock from the May flower? (Answers published Saturday) SATURDAY'S ANSWERS. ' 1. The Victoria Cross. 2. No. " ' 3. The Medal'of Honor, the Dis tinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal. 4. Chihuahua. 5. ' Four times. , Winners: None answered cor rectly. . ; 1 Carriers Take Action To Improve Freight Car Supply in U. SI Washington, March 30. Con certed action to improve the freight car, supply, especially coal carrying equipment,' has been taken by all railroads. The movement, which is fostered by the American Railroad association, is intended primarily to aid in coal production, but officials said it served also, and in an im portant way, to relocate cars oft home lines "from which they were diverted aud widely scattered, our; inir federal control. ; W. C. Kendall, chairman of the car service commission of the rail road association, sent telegrams, to all lines directing them to return coal cars promptly to mines from which they can be loaded for -destinations on their home roads.' The western systems particularly were instructed to rush eastern-owed cars to their home lines because in the east the effects of the coal strike have been most felt. ; Theatrical Manager Dies. San Francisco, March 30. MeJville M. -Marx, SS years old, known throughout the country as a partner in the theatrical firm of Gottlob & Marx, is dead here. He is survived by a widow and two children. Omaha Joins Campaign- for National Headquarters Participation of the Omaha Cham ber of Commerce in a nation-wide campaign for national headquarters for - business interests and a per manent home for the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washing ton came to a head yesterday at a general meeting of the members, at which John N. Van der vnes, held secretary of the national chamber, snoke. Preliminary work has beeif under way for some time,' under the direc tion of a committee headed by u C. George, who is also a director of the United States Chamber of Com merce. , i The present plan is to build an imposing structure to serve as a capitol for American business, on a site directly across Lafayette square from the White House. - PHOIO-PIATS. PHOTO-PLAYS. PHOTO-FLATS. PHOTO-PLATS. 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Beeryeuthorli want outright tab lor 1 . am or by eey I , (ret they effered m UwaeytetMJ.: I PneUcmH r .i -TOWSS.Siaei - IN time if van he ceneM iibhUM diaooiitiwi YOU d tril Tea that tS.SiaeUtl thet eey fello hi goeag to H that yea eer ere goief I MltarthBttS.ttltafli. Th.1 authere in AaMrice ahoee lik Wranae the took lew prieel fil,. riihta ol their work. Wl Tk. Soul Child Mt round al hi liata he found that enerall have much left to etU. Sooucl ai.ul mt lut. I wet atting I ear with a real produerr. with a 1 fhirk old nothine about ae euil e royalty baaia. I - "' ' etiwn and with him. With aU 1 .k "Whndoweeatt" 0(1 lkitweeatataU. Thatiawhatal w wm diieardira precedent 1 1 entering into a new field which k. .M.U. adventure m the m my producer w a man ef each nei teat the autnor anouioi uv' i Km. 1 Hhed tha daum m the autl " fj.iU nntraeL. Such thinem make 0 mdw Mlow. later en e ckeo i , "aupervlae- will lead an author tor of two Latin woroa wnm mw a, mmmm hie ewe aw got to overlook a loleftlunge. But 1 WkMleotof the train at Lee Aagi erne eight feet linear. At the ration I n.A Pages lfV,flfi Postv ; Clue ruk YM1 e--. , . . 7 ete" t' t you are working with the t yod stand at a comer ef e , clear to tne laruer eage. n a hook and describe that fcblic could get an Idee of the lut if you should est up e bh, the width ol your new Ismail and indistinct. The k the pair ef lovers on the Late tnat tnrougn tne i you move your camera Khe bench. Now you set i, but you do not ate the to scenario writing. t 1 You have got to have .. tin emobona. The rest lr camera at different-. r Is simply descripuon Ih of which hst got to ft audience. Sisteen motion. Sornttimoj . eomatimet amaller. llythe feces. Soan- latul picture, e lace u use e uttie color ,nd then. You do please and sooth. f your camera sett Vbly you fall beck , writer and I a corner of the i bench. The ever egeia, the , the scenario land each point . otto"" - ex- k. iitttoo l wp ,Vo ' IdiftVentarta. t you make a latbtbegint Ines one alter I why. then i two em keen Jerkily. Vritttn for I think eny Vuthorwbe standard taaetol kit of the I TJT t -:V,a t.;tv-- playing I a continuity. r.ousand rieet. Wall sated e to est the lest Mt of luiet out of nuiHK wliatllielieveaaewianoeaDyaiviniiNK. Men tad ereellence. I em toint to win on Oat or go broke on it 1 am sure I doe't know which. ...V- it- PHOTO-FLATS. PHOTO-PLATS. TV llM Wrjjjjj a Jffi, v tk lit icMvfMrt ca&reii I f- y) J ' M tm? ikraiiijy amMfie ted krPfi -andMaahattan A K fek'.ag 6i tnfirtuanilybcocoftJi ft ' ' j-. 3 uroridfuMncforcitu tprmd t SQ0G9 VCYfYu 7 St ' Tree Big Stars! ? DusTin FARnon LOUISE GLAUT.l ENID MADKEY in ' virile dramatic masterpiece of Alaskan ' adventure and romance "THE IRON STRAIN" A Thomas H. Inee) PreJuctioB You're sure to like it! The Great Air Robbery Hamilton Theater TODAY"" The phokvplaq that boosts Omaha and didn't cost any of its citizens a single cent it r Figfeinq fa oh Jeahirinq uaroune uocKnan s srnring sionj c of the western sheep countru II I urr II plus the funniest comedij Omaha has seen in manu, manu moons Larrij Semon itl "' Qroceru Clerk Wednesdai Thursddij ;;4 VtJ