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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1920)
14 THE GUMPS SO VOW TAKEM VP GOLF EH? A WONDERFUL 6AM A B(3 '200 pound ,6W with a shape ON HtM like. TH COAST CP MNE. viotT PANY Vwt?oWS- A OVE.R 'nEN VEA. OLD VtO WT4 A COBO Ot WOOD AND A yon 0 intort IN it ano 6oes out and knocks a utut alu ove.e the. UNiveest ruvrs Vw T tvii-, v CALL BIG DITCH WILL ; DRAIN GROUNDS OF AK-SAR-BEN ; Huge Shovel Operated 24 Hours a Day to Prevent Flooding of Creek. J wcnty-toiir hours a Mv a 1)1R till" "walking drag-lino'' shovel of Callahan-VYalkcr Construction com pany is tearing into the rarth in the building of the drainage ditch of the Little 1'apillion drainage dis trict. Two men, working in 12-hour shifts each, have been operating the shovel for six weeks. By December i 8 it is expected their work will be completed. ,i n 11 x -ti x The ditch will take up the waters of the Little 1'apillion creek at a point 300 feet north of Eighty-first and Cass streets and carry them to Sixty-first and L streets, thus straightening and deepening the creek. 'J 'he general course will be along the Chicago it Northwestern v tracks to the Missouri Pacific : crossing, whence it will follow the Missouri Pacific to L street. "The datch will care for the flood waters and will provide for sub drainage in the district. It will be about 20 feet deep. Ak-Sar-Ben and the United States air mail fields both will be benefited. County roads and rail roads running through the district will be freed from perennial flood ings and washouts while farming in the area will be helped through the absence of flood waters that have hitherto delayed working the soil. , The Ak-Sar-Ben association was largely instrumental in organizing the drainage district, which was I drawn up under state laws and in cludes all owners of property in side the flooded area. The Nelson' Engineering company li l til traiti9rr ?icHl and ritv Commissioner Roy N. Towl was consulting engineer. Wife Says Husband Wanted Chicken" Call Him "Daddy" " Referring to a young widow whose name she will divulge, if so ordered by the court, and with whom she says her husband went automobile riding and declared he wanted a chicken to sit on his knee and call him "Daddy," petition for divorce on grounds of cruelty was filed yes terday by Mrs. August A. C. Ander son against Nels J. Anderson, pioneer Omaha contractor and poli tician, and now head, of the city sewerage department. She asks $25,000 permanent ali mony. They have been married 35 years. .Anderson is 66 years old. Resume Construction of Medical Arts Building Construction of the Medical Arts building which was halted tempor arily after ground was broken May 1, has been resumed following ad justment of difficulties involving tuc Hayden store wall, appointment of an advisory committee, and resump tion of the sale of stock, it was an nounced last flight by Tom Quinlan. Members o the advisftry com mittee chosen are Harry Wolf, W. A.' Piel, L. Scheibel, John Madden and Ehvood Riggs. r UPDQKE We Specialize in the Careful Handling of Orders for Grain and Provisions FOR FUTURE DELIVERY IN " All Important Markets .WE ARE MEMBERS OF- Chlcaf Board ol Tra4 Milwaukee Chamber ol Commerce Minneapolis Chamber ol Commerce i . Omaha Grain ,WE OPERATE . CHICAGO. OMAHA, NEB. LINCOLN, NEB. HASTINGS. NEB. SIOUX CITY, HOLDRE.GE. ATLANTIC IA. All ol thee offices are connected We are operating large up-to-date terminal elevators in the Omaha and Milwaukee markets and are in position to handle ' your shipments in the best possible manner i. e., Cleaning, Transferring, Storing, etc. It vill pay yo to get in touch with one of our office whon wanting to BUY or SELL any kind of grain. WE SOLICIT YOUR Consignments of All Kinds of Grain to OMAHA, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE and SIOUX CITY Every Car Receives Careful Personal Attention imnsHnaamsamw . BBSaaama, BBBBBneBBBWSBBwammn MMnnnBBBniSBBnaB wessmHeHSwaHO weasssHsmmmmmmBamieBv . ' i The Updike Grain Company THE RELIABLE CONSIGNMENT HOUSE , QtrriMG EXERCISE VqJ DON T NEP OVE- THPFf clubs and tmfv Biscuit Company Worker Asks Separate Maintenance Xo more docs Lena Sesto, 22 .ears old, 4215 Patrick avenue, coll ider her Tony, AO years old. the hero in her life; in fact, not even her husband. Yesterday Lena filed suit in dis trict court for separate main tenance, alleging cruelty and non snpport. The days that Tony, tow ering tall and strong, courted lr, then a mere cjiild 15 years old, have merged into domestic wrangles, Lena avers. Lena and Tonv were married on November 14. 1908. by jRev. J. W. .Stenson, pastor of St. fMiiloiucna's church. Lena works as a packer at the 'ten Biscuit company. Vir-itn-c rin! tr Mrttnr i ioi ivi v) i iwvm iu iiiuivi Display of Hansen Company Visitors to the mid-season motor salon of the J. H. Hansen Cadillac company were so numerous the first night of the exhibition the officials of the firm expressed gratification yesterday. With the permission of the purchasers one car of each Ca dillac enclosed type is being exhib ited at the salon. Charges Husband Deserted. Less than a nlonth after he had been made a citizen of the United States, Aaron Larab, 1044 Ellison avenue, deserted his wife and six children, Mrs. Minnie Larab charged in a complaint filed yesterday. WHY?- Why Are Birthdays Celebrated? (Copyright. J920, by th Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) That the celebration of the day of one's birth is. a very ancient practice but, at the same time, one which was frowned upon by the early Christians, is apparent from teh writing of Origen, who states that "Phanoah celebrated his birthday with a feast, as did Hercfd; but the saints not only neglect to mark the day of their birth with festivity but curse this day, after the example of Job and Jeremiah and David." This attitude toward birthdays was, of course, due to the fact that life to the Christians of Origeu's time meant nothing but continual persecution and that they re garded death as the true deliver ance from their trials and trou bles. Thus the great majority of "saint's days" are celebrated, not on the birthday of the saint in question, but on the day of his death. In fact it was not until the' fourth century that the date of the birth of Christ was fixed by the church, though Good Friday was clearly defined with reference to the Hebrew passover. After the church had sanc tioned the celebration of the birthday of Christ though no one knows whether this actually occurred on December 25 the old practfse of feasting and re joicing ripon the birthdays of friends and relatives commenced to be revived. As Christianity emerged from the age of martyr dom, this ancient custom began to be more and more general, until it spread over practically the entire civilized wrld. SERVICE St. Loui Merchants Exchange Kansas City Board of Trad Sioux City Board ol Trade Exchange OFFICES AT ILL. rrNKVA. NEB. IA. DES MOINES, IA. NEB. MILWAUKEE. WIS. HAMBURG. IA. with each other by privato wires. OLD TIMER - MEAT'S A 0D MAN'S GAME. YOU'CE ABOUT YWP A6E To YfcKEL "THATT UP IMAGINE YOV LOOK Ve.fc.V VJELU 1 HNCKE.QOCKER-S -YOU LOOK LIKE AM NHE TUGt QU5WH OP WITM A 5POT m it More Truth By JAMES J. THERE'S A REASON .wails the fact that poeta no longer write love poetry. In bygone days, when bards wore bays And twanged their lyres in bowers shady, With toilful pains they fashioned strains In praise of some exalted lady. But girls are queer, and though sincere The poets' love, and soft their rhythm Though still we quote the lines they wrote, They never won a lady with 'em. A maid would smile and blush the w hile The gentle lyrist sang about her, And in her eyes the tears would rise To think he could not live without her. But when the lay had died away In rippling echoes, low and mellow, Her handkerchief would quench her grief And she would wed some othef fellow. As years rolled round and poets found That there was very little doing In breaking hearts by rhythmic arts, Of winning skirts by lyric wooing, They ceased to write about the blight That lay on hearts forlorn and lonely, And every time they penned rhyme They wrote for filthy lucre only. They now have means and limousines, And city homes and country places, With hours on end that they can spend Attending base ball games and races, And maids high born no longer scorn The balladist with sneers satiric. In courting Janes this truth obtains: The cash is mightier than the lyric! t SIMPLY STiTPrisinnifo vrrJ??" b-yhv Vl0T, s?pply we have been lon underestimating the acreage occupied by bonded warehouses. . , ANYTHING BUT It isn t a joy ride any more, with gas at 35 cents. THEY DO IT ANYWAY raise their ratesneCeSSary government to authorize the hotels to (Copyright, 1920, by The Bell, Syndicate, Inc.) HOLDING A Adele Garrison's Revelations The Way Madge Effectually Dis tracted Dicky's Thoughts. Dicky opened his eyes wide and stared at me in amazement for a second after I had unexpectedly voiced my objection to the nick name "Maje," which he persisted in giving Major Grantland. Then his brows contracted to a frown," and there was a flash of resentment in his eyes. But his voice held only cool raillery. "B'ess its dear little heart, didn't it like nice nickname for its gloomy friend?" he cooed in the detestable imitation of "baby talk," in which he indulges himself whenever he wishes to tease me most cffectuallv. "Well, she never shall hear that naughty word, so she shan't!" We'll fink up somesing nice and respect ful right now." He put his hand to his forehead and closed his eyes in a ludicrous imitation of a person engaged in deep meditation. I was divided be tween disgust at myself for my ill advised protest, and anger at Dicky. There was in my mind also a lively dread of whatever he might be plan ning. I had a wholesome fear of his pranks of speech and action, for I knew him to be ujterly ruthless in carrying out any mad idea he might set his mind upon. "1 have it." he said at last, re moving his hand from his brow, and I saw that the frown had left his face, and that the resentment he had felt had been momentarily, swal lowed up by malicious glee in the idea which had come to him. We shall always speak of the deah ma jah hereafter in terms commen surate with his rank and character. Ncvah, nevah shall his sacred moni ker pass me lips except thus Dicky Renames the Major. "'His honor, the Major Hugh Grantland, B. C. G!"' He stopped and eyed me impishly. "Wouldn't you like to know why B. C. G., instead of the traditional K. C. B.?" I had had time to reflect over my own folly in referring in any man ner to Major Grantland after I had experienced Dicky's absurb jealous ly of him, and had cast about for the quickest way of diverting his pique at my unlucky little speech. I de cided that an answering spirit of raillery might serve my purpose best. So I puckered up my face in what I fondly hoped was a fair imi tation of a minstrel "end man" and twisted my speech to the barbarous accents they affect. "I'll bite. Mistah Joacs. Why THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2G. ON GOLF VlQW LICN CAN SNEAK VJP ON A FOV , 63 VMKl-sVHEX WE ISN'T" LOOKING -00 CAN POOL THE Rem IN A SL.INO ALL- pay SHONETA COUPLE Or PMOHEX PVCKS OUT TO MA THC SIGAL. DVCKS YHINK AP: TUTH pvLL A DOUBLE fcAfcEl- SHOT (iuN On 'HH -- You'VE SPHNY VOUV?. LIFH OUT VtefeE. nAXma IT TOU-5H POfc. The ANKALS ftVROS ANO PVSH YOJ KNOW TWS SAME. BCKWAr?ES ' NOW' SOFJ" OT. WMEH PoGL VQV2- E Than Poetry MONTAGUE HUSBAND New Phase of of a Wife does yoh attach B. C. G. to Majah Orantland s distinguished cog-no-men?" . Dicky flashed me a quick, startled glance, then grinned appreciately. I knew that I had disarmed him, that he was no longer angry at me, but 1 was not prepared for the answer he gave me. "Because B. C. G. stands for R;- gest Chump Going," he said sweetly, our i want your sacred word of nonor never to reveal the secret ot those initials. I shall , never use them when the dear boy is present m the flesh." Dicky Misses Something.' A flash of hot, searing anger, which astonished me, passed over me. atjhe belittling phrase applied to the man who had done us both such signal services. But with a mighty effort of will power I was enable to keep every vestige of it concealed. My common sense told me that Dicky, having relieved his mind by concocting the phrase and repeating it in my hearing, in all probability would never refer to it again, especially after the way I had taken his caustic jest. "I'll promise anything you like," I said carelessly, "if you'll use your influence with your mother to let me out of here. She has declared that I mustn't leave this bed for two days, and must have all my meals carried up, and all that sort of thing. I shall go mad, I know I shall, if I can't get out and explore those woods over there." He looked at me speculatively and sympathetically. I saw that my fuse had succeeded, that he had put the incident of Major Grantland's nick name as far from his mind as he be lieved it to be remote from mine "It's a blasted shame," he said. "But mothers a pretty good nurse, you know, and she's evidently got it into her head that you're in rather a bad way. I'll tell you, there must be some pretty good physicians around here there always are in these resort towns and I'll have one run in today to look at you. Then if he says, you're in no danger of another nervous collapse you can beat it pronto." After my first involuntary protest I accepted his plan as a good one. I didn't want to overdo, and I knew my doughty mother-in-law would accept nothing less than a physi cian's verdict But all thought of that subject was banished by the sight of Dicky who had been dress ing all the time he talked fumbling in. his overcoat pocket, the same one Drawn 0AiE. ONE OF TVIOSEL Y COMUS TO GOLP" 1 WANT TQ YELL. YO) SGME.TVUN6 - PmCATOH YWEfcET At2.e PLENTY OF J-ITTLE CAT5DIE.6 WALKING AROUND KlAKiNG M.OfET THAN XOU Xtt OLP MAM'S GAME.) VVViO AE.E "TViE CWKIPION- ? TALK- AGOOY SOf-AE-YHrNG, You know aqovt from which had dropped the piece of that torn telegram. (Continued Tomorrow.) What Do You Know? (Here's n rhanee to make jour nit north money. Kadi tiny The Bee will IMibllfth A Nerie of queNtions, prepared iiy Superintendent J. II. lieveridge of the IMililin NrlinolH. They rover thing which jiiii should know. - The first complete tint of rnrrect annners received will be reward ed by l. The unswers and the name of the winner will be published on the duy Indicated below, lie sure t give your views and address In full. Address "Quoa lion lCdltor." Omaha Iter.) By J. H. BEVERIDGE. 1. What is the capital of Maine? 2. Who is mayor of New York City? 3. Which of the Teutonic allies of the recent war first surrendered. 4. When was Lincoln's Gettysburg speech delivered and on what occa sion? i 5. What state is known as the "Blue Hen State?" . (Answers Published Monday.) MONDAY'S ANSWERS. 1. What does F. O. B. stand for? Free on board. 2. Explain the meaning of P. B. X. operator. Private branch ex change operator. 3. What organization is referred to in the abbreviation A. F. of L.? American Federation of Labor. 4. What organization does D. A. R. stand for? Daughters of the American Revolution. 5. What college degree docs B. A. stand for? Bachelor of arts. Winner: Ruth Ncef, 2419 Pierce street, Omaha, Neb. All the linings and other in terior arrangements of a new trunk are made of a waterproof material that can be washed to keep cloth ing placed in it clean. "OMAHAjS FUN CENTER" QfntstjttA Nltu: 250 ,o "29 '3f5r Dally Mat.: lie te 75o The Rainbow Division of Burlesque cooper-s "VICTORY BELLES" With Eddie Dale and ScotUe FriedeD Mu:icJ.'rrj?n,..!1'Glr3 'N Ev'rylhinj Ladies' Uime Matinee tvery Week Day Sat. Mat. and Week: The Roseland Girls BASE BALL park OMAHA vs. WICHITA August 26-27-28-29 Game Called at 3:30 P. M. FRIDAY LADIES' DAY Two Games Sunday First Game Called at 2:15 P. M. Box Seats on Sale Barkalow Bros. Cigar Store, 16th and Farnam. PHOTO-PLAYS, , , 1 UI-GlTUVMVlI II . ilill nrJ-IM r, t rj, aaaaiaaaaaaHB. M I I -as asasasaiassaiaf asaa MILANO DUO 1 1 -- - rDl Musical Entertainers I'FIAl'f iMii DUEL & WOODWARD I "UW j yrTYH EATR E Comedy Singini and Music H TONIGHT and Friday, Saturday, Sunday FARNELL A FLORENCE I V I Uf V Matinee Saturday In "Just Particularly Careless" I Evtnlnoi. 500 te $2.50: Mat., 90s Is IJ.00 r.- , . , B cATHnnnv l-:SK--- ' ""i-.ifr: -&rL TT" I wH I u II El til S Bern!"" Wih if 'fl in ' I MflT First Starring Picture of Ro"rd. fL'"'' ' Le Te fe "Lire Vts Hick" f F$yx falmFj ' THOMAS. fflfyji, f&&Kj!MMi& TjN .. From the play b, Edwrd Ppl. Til isllXi 'sTnri iS til I TmTm 1 I fVAy- 1 ' chap who becanie a dream prince to a U 1 It IMllir ''lliOH "ts'tis rX'ST '3hA7f vC-i litlla homelu girl. And then the little I l fl 7;' B"u, ay "LjeliiE r&vV s'r' rew UP an found out he wasn't her I MHaHH V" RraHS ill 1Cat iclude. LiIaLee,K.thIy - ) V I lffl"""" tf-1 M H.Xtfnf William., Caon Fergu.cn, .&B-g V j n AAL ThM' K,l0ff Matlnes Daily. 2:15 Every Night. :I5 NOW I IV 1 VOf aCCl THE BARR TWINS: J03IE HEATHER; , - U J . I '"Ml JRVA X Jd& GREEN a PARKER: BERT BAKER 4 CO.: . R fdifj ' XI T?lXiiT Sandy Shaw; Herman A Shirley: Ward a DA II I A D Pf 6 TD A El H Alitl 7 AVCT--- S. nsisrXim&sii rAUL AKIildlKOflUd 8 - AlfOT; 1 Saturday and Sunday. Night. 15c. 25e. Me. I JtfVffvJt. S 7 A V: Vvv 75c and $1.00: seme st SI.25 Sat, snd Sun. Sta2eSuCCeSS I , . df Skw H 1920. for The Bee by Sidney Smith. KIND OP- GOVS AT DOUGH IM iVJEtK; IN A MONTH U. S. Army Racing Balloon Lands 65 Miles From Omaha U. S. army balloon christened Tuesday afternon at Fort Omaha for participation in the international races next month, landed at 5:30 p. ni. at Craig, Neb.. 65 miles from Omaha on its maiden flight im mediately following the christening ceremonies. In the basket were A. Leo Stevens, Lieut. R. F. Thompson, Harry Les ter, C. M. Mariclc, P. L. Prom and J. M. Doud. A smaller gas bag rc leasad from the fort immediately after the U, S. Xo. 1, and piloted by Serg. Ben Starkey, landed at Kennard, Neb., 75 inilcs from Omaha. Passes Through Omaha. Col. William Hay ward with hs wife passed through Omaha ves terday on their way home to New York from Lake Louise and Yellow stone National park. They were traveling in their special car, Ely sium, over the Burlington. AMUSEMENTS. 3 NEW SHOW TODAY CAESAR RIVOLI "The Man of 100 Roles" in comedy act, "A Scandal in a Restaurant" ice I vl;i r s r i mit Jtmi vwtffYT LARRY SEMON "S vrtxCfS WL In "The Stare Hand" 7 )S v.VUtw'sSl 86IMil Annette KELLARMAil WHATWOMEII LOVE' wgg Itero AMlSKME.NrS. Tints At 20th ft Paul Sts. Tuesday, August RINGUNG BROS. BARNUM&BAILEY CENTRALIZINC IN ONE GREAT CIRCUS COLOSSAL THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S TWO MOST FAMOUS SHOWS I GIGANTIC . ZOO J3 V GIRAFFES 1 I ELEPHANT ACT LlV JL DOWNTOWN SALE OF RESERVED SEATS AND ADMISSION TICKETS CIRCUS DAY AT MYERS-DILLON DRUG STORE, 1609 FARNAM STREET. PIIOTO-PLAVS. IN AU'XVMftlltTll TBI KOOft Now Playing ROBERT WARWICK WANDA HAWLEY, ANN LITTLE, EILEEN PERCY and MONTE BLUE in that magnificent classic of western pioneer, day "TOLD THE HILLS" 'dhjiJ OTV l r (dnm mount drlcmft GidlUV Farnam st 24th , LAST TIMES TODAY "Once to Every Man" First showing; in Omaha Also the U. S. War Dept. battle pictures that are absolutely official FLASHES FROM ACTION 6? AMUSEMENTS. A 4 v I Prices (War Tax Included) Adults, 75c; Children, 50c enra cms MYWA0S of mm IMPORTATION ENTIRELY NEW TO AMERICA rnoTO-ri.AYS. i j ? 5 A Hank Mann Comedy Feature, "Broken Bubbles" Laughs Galore! Jesse L. Lasky Presents William De Mille's Production of , - 'ri "The Prince Chap" -7 Lakeview Park A mirthquake of several distinct shocks An avalanche of fun i TONIGHT ' MASKED BALL Hundreds of ayors and prizes. APOLLO AM, TODAY AND Coolest Theater In the City FRIDAY Wm. Desmond in "A Broadway Cawk' News and Comedy Try The Bee Want V; I .Mi 1 7 .-. i i y0 - J