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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1920.
Short.
XL
Music Hath Charms
By SAM HELLMAN.
Soothing the savage beast is only
one of a great variety of stunts that
music is capable of. It can harm
as well as charm; it can arouse you
from your sleep or lull yotf into
slumber; it can make you propose or
start a divorce action; it can even
make youWike this story. Try read
ing it while a little needle is scratch
ing something sobby out of a round
rubber disc.
Alice Higgins was m music at
the Peerless department store. She
was not only in it, butamong it,
around it, against it and over it.
Alice's piece de resistance was sell
ing phonographs in the basement
$3 phonographs on which 10-cent
records were played, 15 cents when
they had "The Holy City" on one
side and ''Pretty Baby" on the
other. -
The big idea in selling a $5 pho
nograph is to prove to prospective
customers that it can play music, so
Alice s main job was demonstrat
ing. Alice had once liked music.
Before coming to the store she had
been known to weep over "The Ro
sary" and once was almost tempted
to send a mash note to the six-a-day
baritone in the movie who sang
1UI trie bands of the Desert Grow
Cold."
Xhe third day Alice was on the job
she played 234 records, ranging from
mens rugue in p Minor to It
you Knock the L Out of Kellev.
Sure He'll Knock the L Out of
You." Owing to the strained Ger
man-American relations probably.
Bath didn't go very good, but the
Ivr.c about the not-too-proud-to-tight
Kellv sold big.
- "Pretty soft," commented her
friend Sadie Sheehan.in Candies'; as
she went by Music one afternoon.
"Nothing to do but listen to swell
music all day." '
"Soft; is it," retorted Alice. "I
have to listen to all of this stuff all
day. How wpr.ld you like to have
to cat all the candy you sell?"
Just then a customer approached.
"J want to buy one of them rec
ord," she said.
"Yes, ma'am; what one?"
I don't know. Play them and
I'll pick it out."
"Ve have hundreds," said Sadie,
"what kind of music do you like?"
"I like them classial things those
pieces by Clwpimj or that fellow
Irving from Berlin." :
Alice, after playing several scores
of records, finally wrapped up for the
customer a dialogue between two
Irishmen on the high cost of living.
As daya went by Alice's nerves
got as jumpy as the phonograph
needle' when it reached the end of
the thread on the record. She
placed. cotton in her ears but even
this did not keep out the screech'
jind whine of the phonograph. Her
distaste for canned music soon
spread to the simon pure. She went
to the 5-cent movies because they
couldn't afford an orchestra.
She even walked home from the
store. The street car wheels gritted
.
on the tracks just like the opening
bars of "Back Home in Tennessee"
on the record. Alice tried to get
transferred ) in the store, but there
wai no other position vacant
'You'll get used to it." soothed the
superintendent, "AH the girls were
that way at first." (
One Saturday night Alice sat on
the front step of her boarding house
with her fingers over her ears. In
side in the living room the star
V boarder .was pounding the ivories
on the 1860 model piano.
- "It is bad, isn't it?" said a-laughing
voice beside her. It was Jen
kins, the new boarder, who had only
joined the groaning board a few
days betore.
"Don't you like music?" asked
Alice.
"Can't say I do," said Jenkins.
"Not that kind, anyhow. Apparently
' vou don't tare much for music your
self." ,
"I tiate it," cried Alice. "I don't
want to hear any more the rest if
my lite. ' ,
"Listen," said Jenkins, "I -know a
good movie a couple of blocks away
where they haven't any of them
noisy orchestras. Will you go with
me? j . - ' -
Alice Was willing. It was lone-
somsitting on the steps of a Sat
urday night with fingers over her
' ears. : t. .
. The movies house was a preten
tious looking building and pictures
by some of the eminent stars of the
deaf-mute school of drama were an
nounced for that evening".'
"It looks invitinng," remarked
Alice. i
"It's a good place," said Jenkins.
' , "I come here all the time since they
cut out the orchestra and put in "
"What?," asked Alice, halting
suddenly.
"A big phonograph," rontinued
Jenkins. It certainly majces great
music."
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1 What auto has an air cooled
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2. Vhere is the Pierce-Arrow car
irtanvtactured? "
3. What is the mast expensive car
invAmerica?
" 4. What is the most expensive car
in England?
S. What two cities are terminals
for the Lincoln highway?
(Answer Published Saturday.)
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, 4. What precious stone, aside
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THE GUMPS-
WHAT vo vou Think of
THAT HOOK? V5 GOT EVEK.YTSH1H6
FltOtl A SEAWEED TO A UAcE UKWItf
HAKES NOD IFPrERENCE ' '
HOW THEYftE BROUGHT 0 ,
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men vecxim r Jj
Irish Twins Sail for America.
At last the train rattled info " a
great station. There was so much
nfjise from puffing engines and rum
bling trucks and shouting men, that
the twins could only take hold of
their mother's hands and keep close
behind their father as he followed
Michael, with Grannie clanging to
him, to another train. Then there
were more flying fields, and a city
and more fields still, until they
reached Queenstown. -
lhe next thing they knew they
were walking across a gangpianK
and on to a boat. The twins had
never seen anything larger than a
rowboat before, and this one looked
very big to them, though it was only
lighter: The lighter was to carry
luggage and passengers from the
dock to the great steamer lying out
side the harbor in the deep water of
the main channel.
When ,thev were all safely on
hnaH the litrhter. and Michael had
counted their Bundles to be sure they
had not lost anything, the twins ana
their father and mother, with Mich
More Truth
' By AMES JMONTAGUE ;
NOTHING IS WASTED IN THIS WORLD
When dramas failed and failed, and , failed,
And so ad infinitum,
I used to think that something ailed
The chaps that tried to writ 'em.
"Don't those guys know that they are thick:
I asked, with grim derision,
"Why don't they go and swing a pick
That needs no brains or vision."
But I am not so lofty now,
My confidence is shaken,
" And I am willing to avow
That I $vas quite mistaken,
For when, wtih disapproving mien, f
made these bitter strictures,
I had not viewed upon the screen '
A lot of moving pictures.
I now know where the failures go
If rude first-nighters guy 'em;
They're, written for a movie show,
And film-men ffght to buy 'em.
The drama that the critics spurn
With judgmentibased on reason,
Upon the screen pill often earn
A fortune in a season.
No more I scoff at folks who write
The plays whose doom is certain,
As soon as they turn down the light
And raise the painted curtain.
The crafty author steels his heart
To hissing and to booing,
For though he may not write for art
He knows what he is doing.
pIMilimii A
; V THE LION'S SHARE '
A few educators are eliminating grammar from the public schools,
but most of that work is being carried on by the pupils.
.V". TOUGH!
, We read with a feeling of relief that the national debt has been
lowered by 176,404,453. And then, turning over the page, our normalcy
was restored by discovering that there still remains $24,222,911,013 to
belaid.
- - - - . .' . IF POSSIBLE
When France has made Germany deliver that coal, perhaps she will
come over here and make our coal barons deliver a little to us-
tMERE'S THE
UP Foe THOSE
OH BUY COJ-OR. BI6 FlH
FH AteE JVT LK HUMAN
EK6S
ael and Grannie, stood by the deck
rail and looked back at the dock. It
was crowded with people running to
and fro. There were groups of other
emigrants like themselves, surround'
ed y great piles of luggage wait
ing ot the next lighter, for one boat
could not carry all who wanted to
go.
There were many-good-bys being
said and many tears falling, and in
the midst of all the noise and con
fusion the sailors wpre loading tons
of barrels and bags and boxes and
trunks on board the ship.
There was no friend to see them
off, but when they saw people cry
ing all about them tire twins cried
a little, too, for sympathy, and even
Mr. McQueen's eyes were red along
the rims.
At last the gangplanks were
drawn in and the cables thrown off.
The screws began to churn the green
water into white foam and the boat
moved slowly out of the harbor.
The twins and their father and
mother, with Grannie and Michael,
stood bv the rail for a long time
and watched the crowd on the pier
until it grew smaller and smaller, and
at last disappeared entirely from
sight around a bend in the channel.
Thev stood there until the lighter
reached the great ship that was wait
ing to take them across the water to
a new world.
And when at last they were safely
on board and the lighters had gone
back empty into the harbor they
stpod on the wide deck of the ship,
with their faces turned toward Ire
land until all they could see of it in
the gathering dusk was a strip of
dark blue against the eastern sky,
with little lights in cottage windows
winlctintr from it like tiny stars.
Then they turned their faces to
ward the bright western sky.
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A tri-weekly passenger and freight
airplane service mat. uccu nau
hshed between London and Amster
dam, requires about one-sixth the
time of the regular railroad ahd
seeamboat schedule, -
Than Poetry
THE FISH STYLE
"BABY JOSTPaiNTEP
VAM iSH-N0YHIM6
TMEV FLU FOR.
HOLDING A
' Adele Garrison's
Revelations
Why Did Major Grantland Drive
His Car Backward?
Whether he was afraid I would
be nervous or for some other rea
son, Major Qrantland drove his car
slowly on the way out of Aberdeen.
For the first time I began to won
der about the rest of the party.
"I didn't see the Dirkees," I said
to Dicky. "Where did they go?"
"They got away just before we
staged that carrying-heroine-off-the-train-stunt,"
Dicky replied
leasingly. "You see, I knew and
Edith and Leila confirmed my
knowledge that if their elderly
southern relative ever realized you
were ill she'd fly over here and make
you a flaxseed poultice and give you
some boneset tea before she left the
station, to say nothing of insisting
upon taking you, home with her.
From what the girls say of her she
is terrific- in her insistent hospital
ity. So Alfred and the girls fixed
up some story about Mrs. Durkee
having a headache and needing at
tention, and they are flying home
ward, accompanied by auntie's
smelling salts and camphor. Ed-ith
and Lelia say she never stirs from
home without a good-sized mediant
cabinet ,csncealed in her gown."
The Closed Car Passes.
I laughed involuntarily at his non
sense, but the query which had an
noyed me many times before came
freshly to my mind. Why did he
always make that ridiculous little
pause before the name of Edith
Fairfax? Was it because he alwavb
thought of her first when the two
sisters were under discussion, began
to speak her name first, and then
involuntarily paused because he
feared I might notice it and caueht
himself and went on for the same
reason? No doubt I would have
gone, on' tormenting myself in
definitely if my attention had not
been distracted by the sudden blow
ing of an auto horn back of us, the
signal that a car" behind us wished
to pass.
To my surprise for I knew that
if this car was like the others owned
by Major Grantland there "were few
in the world which could pass it it
its owner wished to keep it ahead,
and he usually did so wish he drew
the car to one side of the road, and
the closed Car which we had seen at
the station flew by us.
The officer: reduced his speed at
once until we were almost crawling.
As the car ahead disappeared
around one of the curves of the
winding road Major Grantland
spoke tersely:
"Look out for anything corning
behind, Graham, I'm going to back.
He threw the big machine into re
verse, and with his head turned to
ward the road behind, him hegan to
run the car back as dexterously and
almost as swiftly as . he had beeii
guiding it in the other direction. I
saw that Dicky was intently watch
ing out of the rear window for any
gleam of light which would signal
the approach of a car back of us,
so I felt reasonably assured that no
accident would happen frorri this
most unusuaf proceeding.
'A Lame Excuse.
The wildest surmises ran through
my brain. Why was Major Grant
land doing this bizarre and danger
ous thing? The only solution which
came to me was that he wished to
avoid the other car, expected it to
turn back . to vlook for him, and
wished to present his front lights
WHY?-
Is the Stars and Stripes the
American Flag?
(Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
Practically all American his
tories record the fact that on
June 14, 1777, the continental
congress passed a resolution to
the effect that: "The flag of the
thirteen United States (shall) be
13 stripes, alternate red and
white; that the union be 13 stars,
while in a blue field, representing
a, new constellation."
So much is known, but the rest
of the early hfstory 0f the flag-1-the
reason for the selection of
the stars and stripes and the
identity of the maker of the first
flag of this kind h's shrouded in
mystery. The majority of author
ities declare that the stars and
stripes idea was selected by the
continental congress., because of
the fact that Washington's coat'1
of arms contained both of these
insignia, but this is by no means
certain. The only definite state
merit that we have on the sub
ject is the resolution by congress
and the fact that the flag was
first carried in battle at the
Brandywine on September 11,
1777. The rest is almost as vague
as the Betsy Ross, legend, found
ed on the fact that Elizabeth Ross
made flags for the navy previous
to the act of congress referred to
above. But there is no evidence
to prove that she made the first
flag with the 13 stars and stripes.
(Tomorrow Whv Docs Coal
' Burn?)
SHOW OF 1920
There's ah artificial. reoe
"YHaY wovld make a real
tROC ASrVhEX OF HMSEU-
1 ,JUST SET THIS ONE FOR.
THE" SMAR.T FIStf
WHEN I THrow HiK SOVDS.
AP HIT" A UlY ?OHt ho
FOOL. PISH HAS GOT ACHAHCE
ONE OF THOSE EPUCATEO
COLLEGE FSH
VlLV6flAI3 HH
HUSBAND
New Phase of
oj a Wife
to it to mislead them in the dis
tance until he .could get to anothsr
road. But this seemed so far fetched
an explanation that I laughed to my
self at myself. But I could think
ofno other.
We had run back perhaps a quar
ter of a mile and had rounded three
curves when Major Grantland said
in staccato fashion to Dicky: ,
"Road swings in at the left, there,
eh?" .
"Yes, right by that big tree,"
Dicky replied.
"Good." In another second he had
pulled the big car around, switched
to normal driving again, and e
were speeding down another road at
a pace whicji I knew outdistanced
anything coming behind us.
"Hope you Weren't frightened,
Mrs. Graham," Major Grantland
threw over his shoulder. "I saw I
had missed the road, and I always
AMUSEMENTS.
Opening of the Season
Four Nights
Thurs. Aug. 1 9
Beginning
NWATINEE SATURDAY
The Chicago Company,
Intact, From the Blackstone
Theater, Presenting
MDTTH TArWKjfoftS
With tha aama exceptional cast;
Gregory Kelly Grace Filkina "
Robert Adama Ruth Gordon
Byron Beaeley Betty Murray
Guy D'Ennery Clara Blandick
Junes T. Ford Joe Wallace
Direction of George C. Tyler
PRICES: Nights First floor,
$2.00 and ' $2.50; Balcony,
$1.00 and $1.50.
Matinee First Floor, $1.50
and $2.00
SEATS NOW SELLING
PHOTO-PIAIS.
j"o Vir
Right M
Now W
A GENTLEMAN
WHO CAN FIGHT!
, GEORGES
(E.ARrjNTIE
"The
Wonder
Man"
C.J tZ.e-
to .i
Drawn for
j f AND
l f f l
uzm aw
drive backward whenever I can, I
might need it sometimes, and it's
good practice."
It was the lamest of excuses, but
I. of course, had no other course
than to pretend to accept it.
"I was not frightened in the least,"
I said a bit untruthfully, "and I envy
you the skill you have just ex
hibited." "If you could only make that fliv
ver or yours stand on its hind legs
like hat, eh. old dear?" Dicky in
terposed teasingly, but his mother,
who I knew had been literally hold
ing her breath during the backward
flight; interrupted him:
"If I ever hear of either one of
you drivfiig a car like that," she said
scathingly, "I'll I'll take Junior
awajr from both of you."
x (Continued tomorrow.)
Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Gran-den
Co. Adv.
AMUSEMENTS.
.FOUR NIGHTS.
COMMENCING
THURS., AUG. 26
Matlnae Saturday Seati Teaierraw
THE REVUE INIMITABLE
Evening!. 50c te $2.50; Mat.. SOe te 12.00
LASTTIMES TODAY
TYPHOON COOLING SYSTEM
"A TELEPHONE TANGLE"
With Joe Bennett, tha Original
Aba Kablbble '
CLIFFORD & BOTHWELL
Songs, Plana and Painting
BENDER & MEEHAN
Gymnastic Cyrationa
REDMAN & WELLS
In Songs, Dancea and Funny Sayinga
Photoplay Attraction
Wm. Fox Presents
Gladys Brockwell
in
"Rose of Nome"
Billy Armstrong
Comedy
Pathe Weekly
PHOTO-PLAYS.
APOLLO
The Coolest Theater
in the City I
CORINNE GRIFFITH
in "BAB'S CANDIDATE"
Also a Special Comedy
Attend
the
Matinee
P
Hallroom
Boys
Comedy:
"Breaking
Into
Society'!
i k y j rv i
it
The Bee by Sidney Smith.
WHEN
SEE THIS BABY
UKE A PRIMA
THAT'LL GET THOse
-DOOR JOHNNIES "
THEY'LL MAKE A
OOMPFOfc
THS ONE
THEY LL AY
THERE GOES
A flV TO
! A HAQUEAPE
ALL
Parents? Problems
2. What course should be fol
lowed with a girl of 14 who wishes
to go on the stage?
Explain to her that' a good all-
around education is the best prepara
tion. Tell her that it is wise to think
about several vocations before decid
ing finally upon any one and that
AMUSEMENTS.
ANNOUNCING
tha ra-opening of the famous
HOTEL LOYAL CAFE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH
Merchant Luncheon, 65 Cents
11:30 to 2 P. M.
Extensive improvements anct-alterations
are now completed.
The same high class service that char
acterized this place in the past.
Phone Douglaa 2008 for reservation.
5 I a
Hamer a Kriel Ca.
PHOTO-PLAYS.
m
FarnarA at 24th
Today and Thursday
Sweet, Dainty, Winsome
MARY
MILES
MINTER
as the adorable little
Cinderella of the sea in
"Peggy Rebels"
l aV4. .af aVWA.t)1 f ft fc A T ."aafT . 4 V M T rW J a 1 1 -
NOW
- "ONE
HOUR
BEFORE
DAWN"
it
Grips, Holds, Mystifies
Also
33
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
in
"THE
IMMIGRANT"
H.amRNER
Oive Hour
Before
she has plenty of time still. Read
Shakespeare with her.
U. THE GUY
I'M THE GUY who forgets to
post the letters his wife gives him
to mail.
I stick 'em in my pocket and that's
the uid of it. They're not ray let
ters, so whv should I try to remem
ber them ?
And they're not addressed to me,
so why shouU 1 care whether they
reaob.Mheir destination or not?
Anyway, she'll fiid 'em soraetim
when she goes through my pockets
before sending my suit to the tailor
to be pressed. So what's the differ
nee? She can mail 'em herself then.
Half the time they aren't stamped.
and if I didn't forget them I'd have.
to bother to hunt up a drug store to
buy stamps, and then stick 'em on.
It's a nuisance. Forgetting 'em
makes it a whole lot easier for me.
And then, too, after awhile, may
be, she won't ask me to post any ,
more of 'em for her. '
So I should worry!
(Copyright, 1910. Thompson Feature
Service.)
Water fowls and other migratory
birds are to be trapped, marked with
K-g bands, released and traced by
PHOTO-PLAYS.
Modern,
UalF-Rorse
Matt-nan,
SHsOwoW 7CO Aetcf&m you.
Kobai VQiamberfc
Greaiaet Hovt
7eRGllTir.G
CUitfJCE"
A hijjk lift romance
of McvYorli vorld
of pleasure, eel in.
fo V o of luxury.
DOROTHY
DALTON
;n Guilty
of Love'
A Sunshine Comedy.
"Through the
, Keyhole"
dawn
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