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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNUSUA Y, OCTOBER 13, 1920.
Lad Freed From
Alleged Slavery
Of Stepfather
Guardian Appointed for
Youth Who, Witnesses
Testified, Was In
humanly Treated.
Creston, la., Oct. 12. (Special.
Herold Wenkler, 21, today is a
free lad, free to spend the money he
makes and free to do as he pleases
for the hrst time in Ins me.
The county court Saturday
ordered him released irom the con
trol of Richard . Wenkler, a JJnion
county farmer, who is the young
man's stepfather, after a dozen wit
nesses testified to inhuman treat
ment accorded young Wenkler by
his elder.
He was ptaced in the hands of
W. G. Elstman, Creston book binder,
who immediately took the young
man to his home and will keep him
there until work is found for him on
a farm.
Elstman was appointed his guar
dian,-
Young Wenkler was found to be
feeble minded at the hearing Satur
day, according h E. L. Carroll,
county attorney, and yet testimony
, showed that he was a capable farm
' hand.
.That led to th appointment, of a
cuardianshio by the court with
nawer of the sruardian to plac
, voung Wenkler in the hands of a
iarmer. ,
. "I can't believe I'm going to get
niv own money to Spend and won't
have anyone around to scare me to
death any more," young Wenkler
aid when told that he was released
from the control of his stepiather,
Riveras Dragged For
1 Body of Man; Killed
Self Over Divorce
Chicaaro. Oct. 12. Police are drag'
ging the Chicago river for the body
of frank V. Nustrom, a1 wen
known hotel keeper and his wile has
directed her attorney to withdraw
her suit for divorce.
Nustrom had made several inef
fectual attempts at a reconciliation
with his wife, and finally wrote his
attorney that if he could not live
with his wife, he did not care to
live at all, and would 'plunge from
. the bridge into the river and give
her all the freedom she desired.
Tarts of his letter read:
1 "I cannot Hand it any longer and
I must make this note to you short.
You will find my body in the river
near the Adams street bridge from
which I shall plunge.
' "I want to live with my dear, lov
ing wife, and "if 1 cannot do that I
cannot live any longer. I cannot
sleep. I cannot eatv or work be
cause I am so worried and I walk
. the streets day and night.
' i "Tel ,my wife I hope she does
not have any luck with the property
I worked so hard to accumulate. I
hope she and her sister go to the
' "same place I am headed for. Good
byc" '
Four Become Sick After
Restaurant Meal; One Dies
Chicago Trlbnne-Omahii Bee Iiued Wire.
' jKsbury Park, N.' J., Oct. 12.
Four members of an automobile
party who ate in . a Wain street
restaurant late Saturday night, were
immediately taken ill. George jGray
.Smith, 45 years old, of Manhattan,
died this morning. . The death cer
tificate issued by . S. Bennett, coun-1
ty physician, attributed the cause of
death to "probable arsenical poison
ing." Two othet; members of the party,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Grant, of
Whitesville near here narrowly es
caped death but arc believed to have
been saved by the administration of
-an. arsenic antidote.
Smair Girl Wins Suit.
., j Against Street Car Co.
In a damage suit of $50,000
brought by Attorney John O. Yeser
for Gladys E. Moran. S, daughter
. of Clarence Morari, ag: 'nst the Oma
ha and Council Bluffs Street Car Co.,
the jury returned a verdict for $8,
S0O against the street car company
in District Judge Goss' court yes
. terday mormng.
WHY?-
Are people Bald?
The human scalp is a tissue (
composed of three layers--a
horny outer layer, made . up of
longitudinal elastic fibres; tne1
"maJphighian" or secondary i
layer, composed of circular;
fibers, and the third or "papil-1
lary" layer composed of a very
delicate membraneous substance.
Through these three layers of
scalp tissue run the hairs, and at
the base of them are the blubs
whicn supply the nutriment for
the hair itself. Each of these
bulbs resembles a microscopic
onion, and, like the plant blubs,
each of them has to receive nutri-a
ment in order that the hair the
plant which springs from the blub
may grow.
The microbe which causes
baldness lodges at the root of
the hair and lives upon the min
ute fat cells which nourish the
hair-bulb, gradually consuming
these and causing the papilla or
bulb to lose its productive energy.
The formation of new hair ceases,
the connection between the hair
and the hair-bulb is broken, and
a slight pull causes it to fall out.
It is for this reason that oilv
shampoos are recommended for
persons whose hair is becoming
sparse. The oil supplies the miss
ing nutriment for the papillas
and, unless the bulb has entirely
lost its facility for producing hair,
the growth is stimulated.
In the case of men, baldns?
is frequently k due to another
cause. The wearing of hat?
which are too tight cuts off a
certain amount lof the blood-supply
of the hair-bulbs, and thesa
literally starve to death, just as
any other part of the body would
starve if the circulation were im
peded. .--'
(Copyright, 1IJ, by Tha Whaaltr
Syndicate, Ine.) ,
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More Truth
-By JAMES J.
WHAT WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT?
I sat on a bench in the shadowy park 1
As the twilight was slowly dissolving in dark,
And listened a while with an envious sigh , '
To the low murmured talk of a couple near by.
From the trees overhead came the chirp of the birds
That drowned, for the moment, their half-whispered words,"
And then of a sudden the twittering ceased
And I found they -were talking of raisins and yeast. ' ; '
Raisins and yeast was the' whole of their song, 1
. And the wretches discussed 'em the whole evening long.
I sat in a club, where a judge of the sort
' That wears a bald head and presides at a court
Was earnestly talking to some one I saw
Was also a person who gave out the law.
The confab grew warm, the speeches grew 4oud,
One judge was indignant; the other was cowed.
I fancied him caught in some serious fault
. Till I foundthey were talking of sugar and malt.
Sugar and malt was the whole -of their chat,. . ,
' And 'twas plain that they both had the subject down pat; 1 ''
I sat on the porch of a summer hotel J
While the sea lapped the beach with a low moaning swell,'
And two dear old ladies upon a divan
Were talking as elderly dowagers can. . '
Each over her knitting bowed down her white head
And it wasn't my fault that heard what they said
'As they knitted and nibbled at peppermint drops,
For the theme of discussion was syrup of hops. -Syrup
of hops was the whole of their talk,
So I rose from my rocker and went for a walk.1
ERSATZ
Two years aero the' youth who shouldered hi Tifla nromisad in hr'mtr
his sweetheart a German soldier.
Maine guide. ,! , - , ,
MERCIFUL
Before taking the teeth out of the leacrue 'of nations. th
thoughtful enough to give it gas.
JUST THE SAME AS EVER
EvAfV Wflliun Tina tVlO vnfo Kllf nrn'll Kantr fliA Tn1rA."
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the political influence. .
(Copyright, 1920. By
HOLDING A
Adele Garrison's
! Revelations
The Contingencies That Madge
Feared. '
My imagination was forced curi
ously and unwillingly to the picture
of a rat in a trap as I watched Rita
Brown's face change from exultant,
venomous triumph to despairing de
feat, absolute and bitter, while yet
distilling the venom of her hatred.
White-lipped, her face drained of
color, she met my eyes steadily, with
such smoldering fury as to make me
shudder involuntarily.
"You win," . she " gasped. "But,
mark me! If I go to Leila and make
her believe black is white it was
easy enough to make her believe the
opposite, the little fool! it will enly
be on the condition that she'tells no
one, else anything, and that yor. keep
your mouth shut to everybody else,
including that precious Dicky-bird of
yours. I wish you joy of your per
fect belief in him, it is so touching
and so amusing under the circum
stances." i
But a minute before I had boasted
to myself that I would never believe
anything Rita Brown might say
against my husband, and yet I would
have been something else than a
woman if for a moment a wave of
hot withering doubt had not swept
over me her tone was so confident,
so knowing. The next minute. I had
put it away from me as I would have
swept from my doorstep a collection
of unsightly rubbish. -
Rita Tries to Make Conditions.
"Leila is not likely to tell 4 Alfred
that she believed him guilty of un
speakable things upon your word," I
said, not trying to modify the con
temptuous inflection which my voice
had involuntarily taken. "Nor is she
likely to confide her folly or your
reparation to anyone else, unless It
be to Edith, and I doubt if she tells
the whole story even to her. As fpr
myself, my lips will be sealed con
cerning you- as long as you do not
make mischief for me or for people I
care for. You may "make what ex
cuse you please for going-to New
York."
"Aren't you the kind, sweet thing,
thought" she gibed. "But I want
your especial promise on one thing
you're just fool enough to keep a
promise and that is, that Hugh
Grantland gets no inkling of the rea
son L'm going back. I don't mind
telling you now that I intend to be
Mrs. Hugh some .day and I want to
be sure that you don't get jt into
your head that he needs warning
against me."
She was her old nocking self
Than. Poetry
MONTAGUE
.This year he Dromises to brine her a
.
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HUSBAND
New Phase of
of a Wife
again, once she had made up her
mind to defeat and had received my
assurance that I would not betray
her secret. But this latest assertion
was so absurd that I gave an invol
untary little contemptuous laugh
which L sorely regretted the next
second, it seemed so like rubbing in
my triumph.
: "I certainly shall, not say anything
to Major Grantland against you as
long as you behave yourseli," I said
hurriedly. -"And now, if you please,
we" will go to Leila." '
Over Rita's white cheeks a red
flush spread. Her eyes glittered an
grily. "Sort of jars you, doesn't it, old
dear," she mocked, "to hear pf
Hughie forsaking his old allegiance?
But men tire of saints after awhile,
my dear, and turn their fancies to
women -with a spice of the. devil in
'era. But, never mind, if you behave
youfself I'll let him ask yoU to the
wedding, dear heart." i "
I did not know my own voice, so
measured and stately itwas as I an
swered, her. '
'T'li you utter another syllable cou
pling my name and Major Grant
land's in any manner whatsoever our
agreement is off and I follow the
course I outlined to you."
She laughed again, but this 'time
uneasily. ' " ...
"Have it your own way, old dear,"
she said carelessly, but I knew that'
the victory was mine. - So with what
calmness I . could manage I forced
myself to go on in a matter-of-fact
way with my plan for bringing Rita
face to Jace with thessuffering girl
to whom she had told such base
falsehoods.. '
"I will telephone for a taxi, now,"
I. said casually, "and we will go di
rtctfy to Leila. But I must ask you
to remain in the taxi until I have
prepared her for your coming. And
I shall remain in the room while
you are talking to her."
"This is your party," she returned
flippantly, but sttllenly. "Fix it to
suit yourself."
I knew that I should have no fur
ther trouble with her, but a task of
far greater magnitude lay before rne
that of changing Leila's belief in
Rita's falsehoods to a realization of
the treachery of the girl she had
known so long.
had seen how stubborn my usu
ally yielding little friend could be.
Suppose as was wholly probable
she should refuse to believe Rita's
retraction, what should I do?
.(Contjnjifi4 Tomorrow.)
SLEEP Y-TIME TALES
CHAPTER IX.
:, Don't Eat the Spoons! )
Uncle Sammy Codn was terribly
upset because he thought that Pad
dy Muskrat and his wife had each
eaten six knives and six forks. , He
Suddenly1 Uncle SammaJSoDni
gave a cry of rage
he shook him hard, for he was an
didn't know that Paddy had hidden
them all in his pocket.
, "This is terrible!" LTncle Sammy
groaned. "Since I've been running
an eating house no one has done
such a thing. I haven t a knife nor
a lorl- lett in the house. And I
don't know" what to do."
'Well I'll tell you what to do,"
said Paddy Muskrat. "You can
bring us some more clams."
So Uncle Sammy bore their
plates away again. And pretty soon
he came back with them. This time
he had put 12 spoons on each plate,
so, of course, there was very little
room left for clams.
"There 1" he said. "Don't eat the
spoons, whatever you do!"
"Certainly not I" said Paddy Musk
rat. And as soon as Uncle Sam
my's back was turned he put' the
whole 24 spoons into his pocket.
The moment Uncle Sammy looked
around he saw that the spoons were
gone. He almost fainted, he was so
upset. And he sank into one of his
chairs and fanned himself with his
cap. ! '
"This 'is terrible!" he said. "Here
I've lost all my knives and forks
and spoons! I'm, afraid I'm ruined.
I shall have to stop running an eat
ing house." . .
' A little later he sprang up. . And,
seizing Paddy Muskrat's coat collar,
gry. As he shook Paddy, the
knives and forks and spoons made
a great rattling in Paddy's pocket.
But Uncle Sammy Coon thought the
rattling was in Paddy's stomach.
And he was so frightened by the
sound that he let go of Paddy's col
lar and sat right down on one of the
toadstool tables.
Now Uncle Sammy was quite fat.
And he sat doAn so heavily that the
toadstool table broke and sent him
sprawling upon the floor.
When he rose he was angrier .than
ever. v
"If I wasn't afraid of hurting my
knives and forks and spoons, I'd
shake you all to pieces!", he cried.
"Bring us two more platefuls of
clams 1" That was all Paddy Musk
rat said.
Uncle Sammy; Coon went away
muttering to himself. And that time
he came back with plates full of fine
fresh water clams.
"This is not my way of running
an , eating house," Uncle Sammy
grumbled. "But there's nothing else
I can do." !
At last Paddy Muskrat and his
wife had all they wanted to eat. And
when Uncle Sammy started to take
away the empty clam shells they
stood up and, made ready to. go
home. . - . '
"Wait a moment!" said Uncle
Sammy Coon. "You haven't paid
me yet. . You owe mc fr four dozen
clams, one dozen-knives, one dozen
forks and two dozen spoons. That
makes eight dozen in all."
"All" - right!" Paddy answered.
"Give me all my clam shells and I
will pay you."
"What clam shells?" asked Uncle
Sammy.;, -
"Why the clam shells I bought!"
Paddy Muskrat exclaimed. "Yotl
took them away. And I supposed,
of course, that you've been saving
them for inc." ,
"I threw them into the creek,"
Uncle Sammy explained, with a wor
ried look. , "The creek is right back
of my kitchen. And I make it a rule
to throw all my clam shells out of
the window into the Avater." I
Faddy Mujkrat pretended to be
very much surprised.
"I don't care' what you do with
your clam shells," he said. "But
you have no business to throw mine
away like that. I shall not pay a
penny unless you give them to me."
He edged toward the dofr, -pushing
his wife ahead of him.
Suddenly Uncle Sammy Coon
gave a cry of rage. He leaped at
fyddy. But he was too slow. Paddy
f. ' 1 ,-HEgaf
CTvtdtmarii Kf (!!
TA LE, OP
URTHURilSCOTT BAILEY
t., us.!
Muskrat and his wife ran toward the
creek and jumped in. N But just be
fore he jumped Paddy pulled the
knives and forks and spoons out of
his pocket and dropped them on the
bank. They were so heavy" that he
was afraid they would, drag him to
the bottom of the creek.
Uncle Sammy Coon stood on the
bank of the creek and roared as he
watched Paddy and his wife swim
ming away. , Then he happened to
look down. And there were his
knives and forks and spoons right
at his feet! He gathered them up
joyfully. j
"I shan't have to stop running an
eating house after all!" Uncle Sam
my exclaimed. "And the next time
Mr. and Mrs. Paddy Muskrat come
to my place for a meal I shall lock
the Moor after, they are in side 1 4
Tlrtn maybe, they won't be able to
run away like this."
But Paddy and his wife never vis
ited Uncle Sammy's eating house
again. Mrs. Paddy said she pc
ferred ti eat in her own home. And
Paddy said that he thought a good
home dinner was far, better than
anything they could get at Uncle
Sammy Coon's.
(Copyright, 1920, by Gossett & Dunlap.)
Attempt Made Against
Life of Serbian Prince
Brussels, Oct. 12. An attempt was
made to assassinate Prince Regent
Alexander of Serbia during the re
cent tour in Bosnia, according to the
Montenegrin press bureau. The bu
reau adds: '
"A bomb wa.-i thrown under the
train in which the prmce regent ot,
Serbia was returning from Sarajevo.
Two cbaches were wrecked, but thei
prince was unhurt.-' An inquiry into
the incident gave no results. The
mayor and municipal council of
Sarajevo have resigne ;
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Appear ia Person
I'M THE GUY
.' I'M THk GUY who brazenly
stares at every woman whether she
be escorted or not.
You'll find me in restaurants, hotel
lobbies and public conveyances. I
mention! these places, for in them I
make myself most conspicuous.
When a woman enters or leaves I'm
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I'm sort of a head waiter. I've
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though the others come in for, their'
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'em all over. , '
', Why shouldn't I? I love the la
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If my staring lannoys you, and
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If you don't like my innocent pas
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you, , don't look at, me,- or pretend
you .dph't see. That's how I, fe.el
about it. ' t
Copyright, 1920, Thompson Feature Service
Army Officer's Daughter
. . . Jviiis nersen in rnsco
San Francisco, Oct. 12. The body
of Miss Elizabeth Lewis, 21, daugh
ter of- Colonel and Mrs. E. " A.
Lewis, was found in her home Here
today with a gas jet nearby, turned
oh. She had . been prominent ., in
army social circles.. Colonel Lewis
is stationed at' Camp Funston, Kan.
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