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7' " f 14 THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1920. 1 Two Testify to Normal Mind of "Happy" Benner,, .- i Sou's Efforts lo Prove Mother I MentallyUnsouml at Timc; of "Will Receive Setback In Court. i lie i 'Ti ..' f f a . - van iyvck tenner s rnons u prove that his mother, Mrs. "Happy"! Theodora Van Wyck Benner, was ( not mentally , soud at the time she made her wiii, October 2,1W, -He- ! THE dUMPS -r feHOP TALK ', Drawn for The Bk by Sidney Smith. , llH n MTrnl L kJHIt, Si JSSS 7 ,fv4VVH oA Njo3---.VMtM V0 60 tH ) VR lH6 HOME YXATVJE 'l ttH VCfvRS AGO. AMO rS. J i 4t fl fi T I WAVE AC?OVNt TMe VlYCHpH A AToAV4 STORE XOM COME ' PtN'Y VSE" J NEVER BEEN OFF THE ' ' I llllll t V -1 ELECTRIC CWEt?W PVTrefel OirfvlXOKtNd liltCE A N, .Mt--- WAUU OrCE " i I llllll I V V . . . i . fit signed, and Victor Rosewater, wit-.i ness to the will, testified that Mrs. ' Benner appeared pf normal mind at the signing ot the will. ' ;- The will leaves :ill of. the estate to young Benner, but provides that he tihall not get tjie, principal until he is oO, which he pointy out, will ser iously handicap liim if ho "Jhotild marry before he reaches tat age. . Niter Mr.' Benner nor young Vaii Wyck are here. J3cy live in New York City, where the kktcr went fol lowing the deaih f.'liis mother in the spring ot J919, v Roth Mr. t-Larned ami Mr. Rose water testiliyd that they had taken particular lot'ice .of Mrs. Benner at ' the time sKe signetfjier will andthat, she appeared perfectly normal in hvr speech and manners. . llr. Frank Cfiulter testitTed that Mrs. Benner suffered from a disease "due to alcoholic poisoning," (or . which hp treatedvtcr at the timp she made her. will'., vT , Insistent "Gas Meter Readers" Routed When Woman Produces Guri Miss Mabel Bessler, housekeeper at the rectory of the Church of the Blessed Sacr,ament, v 6304 North thirtieth street,' revolver in hand, routed; four men who attempted to gain entrance to the rector-y yester day morning. , .J . Representing' himself to be a gas . meter reader, a man' knocked at the rectory door..: but was refused ad mittance by Miss Bessler When he was imable to produce a' badge or. credentials." He returned with an- ,other man.-vht) claimed to be "an official of the feas company," Both were refused admittance but- came i .back again a short time lr,!,:) with two additional men. . . Miss. BeSslcr . Opened the' door, . brandished a revolver in their faces, and tlie men fled, declaring they . 'Vere not through with her yet " -.Police say they believe the men were hijackers in search of liqutr.t;- Norfolk Man Dies Froiii ; .'' Ifljuries in Atxtp Crash T. J. Briggs of Norfolk, Neb.', died last night in the Jennie- Ed; muqdson' Memorial hospital at Coun cil Bluifs' fronv injuries sustained Tuesday night when the automobile which, .he vaslriving tuni(il turtle ;n a ditch on, the Lincoln Highway . between Lovcland jmd Honey Creek, several miles north ofiCouncil Bluffs. Henry Cutler, coroner, look charge of the body but probably will hold no inquest. The father of the accident victim is expected to- ar rive tin's morning from Sterling, TlU' his home.- Deputy Sheriff ViH Jones of f Honey Creek" disCdvejed, Briggs and; the wrecked machine Tuesday night, H. first was vtaken to Missouri Valley, but was removed to the Bluffs an hour later, when his injuries were .found to be serious. Mayor Takes Stijup. 1 Mayor Smith was in -Superior,' Neb., yesterday, speaking in tiafereist of the league of nations. , vis'. Cornmon Sense BE YOURSELF. . , By J. J. MOT. . -, Often fou. wonder why you do not! make a more favorable impression on 'those whom - you meet, perhaps lor the first time. -. Isn't it hecati"- v"" '"" - ivjch an obvious effort t win favor? If you would be yourself natural you would make more and strong er friendships and get more cnjoW ment out of the folk you meet. - ii is omicuit to De always piaying a, part. i t ' . - -. f' . Vhen !you ac sch'-convciods it robs you of what little individuality you have, and it is individuality which is sought, in, friendship". ' You cannot play a role . and be successful all the time, and? the im pression you m?ke upon. others es tablishes a Very uncertain foundation w hich will not -work out to your adJ vantage -in the lonsr run. . . You must possess the good quali-1 If you have the desirable qualities, why should1 yon turn and twist your self inside '. out; tryinj; to convince , others wlrentim- would prove it? ,' Get a"wa ji f rom' tlriV pretense arti '.udc and be a real somebody and you will find the ones who care for you as you are. ' None elscVounts. (i'op.vrifbt. I."n. ty fntpmutionyl Feature Service, Inc.) . . -, , I'M THE GUY (um upon n ih attainment or ine age of 30, were given a setback in ' the county, court yesterday when Myron Learned, in whose office the will was ' I'M THE GUY who prefers to work nights. .-'-" Why shouldn't I? I like it.V f don't have to get tup early iu; the , 4 morning I'm a wise ow and.I wrjrk ... best at night. But I'm different tW ' always '.want to be. I don't bclievt r in following the herd. "" - ' Yes, I know it upsets my wife and keeps her from her work. But a fellow can't sleep if a , woman.Js rattling dishes, and sweepmjr" . ind ' beating rugs and'moving thej.'rni ture. She's out of luck, thafs,a1l. , Besides I cau't see what she', got to holler about. I supoprt her, don't I? I give her a good home. . The least she can do is to look out for my comfort. Sure. I can. get a job w'orkinjr clays. But I don't wan't it. I like night work. If she doesn t like it, I slrould worry. Instead cf constantly crabbing, she ought 'to make up ,her mind To maki; the best of it. - . . . ; v . Whether, slie.Jikes itvpr uot, it si me for ihe r.irut work tor ihe r.ifrut'wor yrin!. 11 VTaoirso Feature Service. 4 i i j n'vrr f in w i v. rt i . nun i ii l rsw ' r i: i i ii ri i w r inn i m iri -n.iv,it m : i ; ; " ' ' . ' .'iL r- 1 r 1 "V.1 i .' 1 ' 1 : : S L r& P Y tt T I AV5 T AL CHAPTER V Brown'i Saves the Dam ' I Brownio Be-ver was always glad that; he hud taken Grandaddy's ad vice about the freshet. Arid Brownie's i neighbors ivere glad that he had, too. ror mat was reany me oniyitiunir that cdved tho village from being save the daml, Itfsv cried carried away by 'the flood of water that swept down upon the ond, afti it. had- rtunea for two days ,andi two nights. . , , y ." V- - . ; . Tho pond rose so quickly and the water rushed past so fast that peo tde had to scramble ''; out of . their housf and begirt working on them, to keep them from being washed away. - " ." -.That ruch of water meant only cine'th' -'- Ths - nd was' full and running over! A..d just aa likely as not t'-e'dam 'would h carried away the-d?m on jyhich Grandaddy Beaver had, Worked when he was a younp ster end on tvhich his own grandad dv had Worked before him. It would take years and years to build another such dam as that, No-, with almost everybod""work ing on his own house, there was ehnost no he left to work upojji the dam: 'But people never. stopped to think ,abaut that. -They never once remembered that out of the whole .village old Grandaddy and Brownie Beaver were th? l.ily persons whose houses had been made readv for the freshet' and th2t those two were the only people wrth nothing, to do at home.'.'i '('--' . 'TThere'lI be plenty to help save the dani', everybody said to hifnself, 'Til Just work on.my hobse." . ' ( Now, Brownie Beaver knew that there was- nothing niore' he cotild dp; to make. his house safe, so he svarq, over to the dam, expecting to fifld goodnany of his neighbors there.' But old Grandaddy-Beaver was the onJy other person he found. LAn.rho 66med worried. , , ' f. 'It'a'a! great pity!" vhe- said to Krowiue. .-.-vjHere's this fine dam, which ,lhas' taken, so' many years to - ;-"Ats Pebbles Rounded? 1 If we take1 'a piece of stone and break' it willv a hammer, we will produce a number of small stones of varying shapes, all of them with well-defined corners and .sharp edges, like the stones which are used for thp repair of roads spr -jthe'. builcjing of houses. By" t'akfngvtwo'of these stones .and 1 rubbing them Vogether for a con iide;able ipaoe of time, we -will weaFoff these edges 4nd corners and produce two flat, rounded .pebbles .bearing at least a faint resemblance to those which are, found iu brooks or' on the sea-' share. , , - The reason for the rounded and m6reor less symmetrical shape of pebbles is then at . once appar ent.? lit . the beginning, these stones were .jagged fragntnts, but, through years' or centuries of having been washed against each oilier by the action of. tho water, they have lost their edges and corners. Curves have re placed the angles 5 and the pro jecting, points v have been worn awayby the . .constant , friction, either; by. the "stones or by the water itself the pebble being re r duced , to a ghape- where fraction is Jat a minimum. 4The sane prin tipal js -apparent in the use of baH-bearitigs.- If trrge were square instead of .round, the fric tion of the edges would soon ren der' -therh useless, vbut,' being globe-shapfcd, they slip over each other freely and greatly facilitate 'the operation of the 'mechanism. Rounded pebbles are sometimes found iu sections of the country far removed from water,' but their very- presence proves that water was once present there, cither in the form c? a lake, which has since dried up, or a river which has altered its course. ' ; , (OpyTlgh!. is;n, by rhi Wheeler S)-n!iat, Inc.) mm. - ... k " OF buildand it's a-going to be waslled away-t-yoii mark my words!" ' . "What makes you think that?" asked Brownie.. . . There's .nobody ;here to do 'any- thing," said Grandaddy Btayfer. "The spillways "of this dam ought to be made as big as possiblet to let the freshet pass through; Biu) I -can't do it, for, I can't swim as well.asI emild once." . . A. .'. t Brownie Beaver looked at the rush In? water which noured over the too of the dam in. a hundred place and .was already'-carrying off mud, and sticks,, eating the dam away before his very eyes. ; , ' ; : " 'Til save the dam!" he cried.- "You 7" Grandaddy. Beaver ex claimed. "Why, what do you think you can '!do?" Being, so old, he couldn't help believing , that other people were too young to do difficult things.- v n. . ; "Watch me and IU show you!" Brownie Beaver told him. And with out sayinjj another word he swam to tho nearest spillway and began making it bigger. , , . Sometimes he had tor-fight the freshet madlyi to keep from being swept over the dam himself. Some times, too, as he stood on the dam it crumbled beneath him and, he found himself swimming again. 'How many narrow escapes he had that day Brownie Beaver could never remember. When thev happened, he didn't have time to count them, he was working is busily. And if old Grandaddy Blaver hadn't told every one afterward, how Brownie saved the great dam from being swept away, and how hard he had worked, nd how he had swum fearlessly into the " torrent, people wouldn t, nave known anything about It . , . j To be sure, they had noticed that the water went .down almost as sud denly as it rose. ' But they- hadn't stopped to think that ther must have been some reason for that.. And when they learned that Brownie Bea ver was the reason, the whold village gave him a vote of thanks. -x - They wanted to give him. a gold headed cane, too. - But they were un able to find one anywhere. When Brownie . Beaver heard of that he said it was just as well, be cause he seldom walked far on land and there wasn't much use in a per sem's carrying a cane when he swam anvhow.' Although it was some times done, he had always considered it asilly practice and one that he would not care to follow. :v (Copyright, Oroaet 4: Dunlap.y dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham CRICKET; HICKS strolled ,over last Wednesday afternoon' and . had a long, sociable talk with' the Rye Straw storekeeper on the financial condition of ' the nation', 11, . . I and after they had discussed the sit uation pro. and con- it-was found to be so bad that Cricket could not even borrow, the 50 .cents the was aiitiing to. ' V, -! i ...-.. 'iit''- '. Z',' Washington tiocks, ho has been living in one place"'nearly all of his life,'" ha"?rhoVed across the road, and he is now. seeing life front a, different angled . - ' At the school entertainment Fri day night a flea got qn Slim, Piclcens and he got up and moved two "times, but neverrfid get rid of itf'y mV , ''. Divorce Court. . -' ' ' Decree."' ............ : Etta MoHan from John Morlan, ehialty. . Otto F, Bartoa "from Reva Bartos," cru elty. : .. Ktta My Barrett from O'sorta Barrett, nonnuppert. i Willie May Botkln from Charles-Bot- kln, nonjupport . 1 ' PetltiaiM. . Charlei E. 'Slater ag-almt Lydla Slater, desertion. - Mlla Fearce alnt Carl D. Pearoe, nen aiuport. v . ' ' ' I Pearl Hcllldjt4agaliat Floyil C. HoUI day, noniupporu Ray Simpson aganst Vena Smpson, cra elty. - Hn-t K. v Stoopa aganaf Anna Stoopa, cruelty. .V Murgafet Brona(auat Ora Brown, cm- V .. jr. W :- '... " ' , . - ' Hoffiff a Husbeind, Adeie Garrison's 'New Phase, 61 Revelations of p fyife 'What Mother Graham Demanded of LV- : T; Madge.. ;.- ;,- T'M put down my sewing as Mother Oraliam left .the room, gazed down i at, my little son who had tired of his ji- . - -i i : rspoois, ana was looKing arouna, evi i dentlv. for something-else to do. j "Come .to mother, sweetheart, , I said.coaxing!y. .' , ; , . . - He scrambled ; to his feet with f alacrity, toddled - over toward me, and when I had 'drawn mm up into j my arms he "put his own tiny ones around my neck in the most wonder ful embrace a . woman ? can know. "Ma-ma-no ky P he said decided ly and disapprovingly. '5kt I surreptitiously wiped m eyes, tutned a smilirigj sunny face to his anxious , one. , . -, ' "Mother's not crvinsr, sweetheart." ' ."All wi,te.; Tell ba-beetory," he demanded, his Own face breaking out 1 into smiles, a'rioVhis tender little body wriggling expectantly into a com fortable position.-. ' , "Which story", sweetheart?" V : : "An-er-little-pig-puff-puff puff" ne pegan. : , . ; , ' Junior . Regulates Matters, v "All right, Junior," I hastily inter rupted. For experience has taught his family that delighted with the sound of the word "puff" he will keep saying it interminably when once he gets started upon the name of his favorite tale, which he has twisted in typical baby fashion until he insists that it was the pig who "puffed and puffed and blew hishouse in" nor will he listen to any other render ing of the famous nursery classic. f'As I cradled lrinvin my arms arid crQoncjl,; the old story into dm dej lighted cars I -wondered why I "had allowed tears' to; come to my eyes lor so foolish a thing as worry over t)icky's possible reason "for starting up a furious correspondence with real estate firms. True, I love the home in Marvin, and for a brief moment e)ad wondered I stopped short and clutched my-"Iitt!e son to me more tightly. . Tcarsl When' I had him safe and well, and clinging to me, 'as the one he loves best in alj the world! I ought to be hanged ar the yard arm or being so ungrateful. " Junior put his baby- hands against me and pushed, v. His; lip curled dolorously.,; '. " "Ma-ma hurt," he said decidedly. I ' relaxed my arms instantly, kissed him - tend y, and resumed the "tory," wohdenng as he relaJced again with a little sigh into my em brace if unconsciously my small son had given me the key for keeping I t. ; -1' a - ir t -, . i i r mm ciose io me. ii i ciuicnea mm too tightly in. the years to come would be push me away? Was there that, perversity in all masculinity even in its infant stage?. Mother Graham's 'entrance effec tually banished my , introspective mood. , ." ' That she was both 1 uneasy imd anry, I knew by her first words. No matter against whom her anger may be. directed she appears to find me the most' convenient scapegoat for her mood. "What are you spoiling that great baby for?" she demanded' crossly. "You'll g.t him' so he'll want to be rocked all ,the time. Put him down and listen, to me. I've something I want you to do." ' ' But I am so used to her little ways that I made no move to obey her, simply shifting Junior to my other arm so that I could look directly at her. ' -', -' "I fan listen better this way," I said serenely; "What is it you want done?",, . , : "Do you mean, to " she began stormily, but Junior lifted up his head: and delivered a baby ultima tum. ' ' v .. Mother Graham's Ultimatum. "Danma kyoss,"; he whimpered. "Esbee ky Dan-ma kyoss." She was on h(fr knees beside him in an "instant, glorying in her chains. " 'Grandma's precious baby," she crooned. - - ."Was she bad- to him? .Grandma; not be cross any more," A11 wite," Junior accorded her the accolade. "Big tiss." He hugged her rapturously, but then-r-,1 could not help a little unworthy- thrill jjf .triumph, he turned his;face to me and. cuddled closer into my arms. , "Ba-bee sro s'eeo now." he ' an- 'nounred. and bl o-ranrlmntliir anft i.smuea Mivoiuntaruy at eacn otner: across his .little huddjed figure. 1 "I know I rivan' old fool over that youngster, buf'I. can's help it," she said as a sort ' of half-apology for her hastiness, then she added earn estly: 5 . "Margaret, you'll simply 'have to take Richard in hand and demand what he means by all those letters to the real estate firms. When .H got back he had cleared away every thing, so there was nothing for me to see save a pile of sealed letters: And when I asked him what he meant. by -all that- nonsense. he laughed, and said he was qualifying for a course in stenography and typing, if the illustrating profession should fail you know how idiotic he can be and is!" t (Continued Tomorrow.) Its inventor has patented an arti ficial Christmas tree, made of wood, which can be taken apart and stored compactly from year to ycarj . . More Truth By JAMES J. THEY DON'T SAY WHAT THEY MEAN With shivers running up my spine ' And thrilling with delightful shocks, ( ,1 heard the hero speak this line: "You brute! I'll fell you like an ox." . ' , , It sounded brave and noble then; i ' - i- It filled my soul with shuddery T)liss; v ' . But when I thought of it again It quite defied analysis. . "" '- .: For every ox is kind and meek i , i v Of gentle . heart and placid feature, . , ). -"t-y And not a one would ever seek i "H'KT fell A fellow ' y : .. -. ". .v.-.: y ; With lowered brow and gleaming eye In accents clear and deep and firm I heard the dastard villain cry "You wretch: I'll crush you like a worm! ' It had a fine and moving sound, The sentiment was bold and strong, . "But on "repeating it I found , " "' The simile was put in wrong. I've looked on worlds of Worms between The Hudson and the Irrawaddy, .""But I am sure I've never seen t - V A worm crush anybody. . Last night I viewed another play I-: And how my blood was set astir That time I heard the lady say: "I'm going to shoot you like a cur !" , It seemed to me that this brief line' Expressed a fiery sentiment, And yet I simply can't divtne -- Exactly what the lady meant. ' Fpr though the average bow-wow Will bite if you his tail should step on, I've never seen one that knew how To use a lethal weapon ! , , FIREPROOF There was a bier fire in a suburban" mansion near New York last week and everything was burned up : BUT FOR A DIFFERENT REASON Formerly when a man went to Canada he was under susoicion. Now when he goes to Canada he is still ' "?y-; ON THE LEVEL, ANYWAY ' Some of the 'hew burlesque shows af e pretty bad, but their owners never set ujr the" claim, that they are 4 i 'St. (Copyright. 1920, By THAT CM Y OU'LL need to practice a little if you want to do this trick. The ". man. who suc ceeded in getting' only his hand in the picture, is lifting" a tea spoon by the pressure of his fore fingers, applied . just inside the, bowl and of hii -thumb, applied to the end of the handle. If you think it js easy, try it. After you have acquired the knack of doing it, you'll .find some amusement .in watching a whole . dinner party' abandon more seri ous subjects to try this trick, v. The. trick, is more a matter of knack, than anything else. ' The main thing to;,; be remembered is that the. pressure applied by the thumb must bo greater than that , applied by the forefinger. The grip the forefinger has on the spoon is very slight so little that it misht be called "a vacuum, grip." The 1 fingers must be perfectly dry. You .can also do the trick with a table, knife. ."' - . - That will be when you are very, 'very expert. ' . (Copyright, 1I1J, Thompson' Feature Service.) 1 Parents Problems How can children be' taught to write interesting letters? By writing about something that is interesting to thera and. will, they thinkbe iaterestiup; to the recipients of the letters.! This is the only re liable "recipe"' for, interesting letters, whether of children o'r grown-ups. Trim. Than Poetry MONTAGUE creature. except the coal in the cellar. under suspicion. elevating the stage. . The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Public Service Is Motive Of T. F. Stroud's Candidacy Desire to render a public service and not a desire to gratify political ambition, led T. F. Stroud, republic an candidate for county commission er in the Third district, to run for office, he said yesterday. The salary attached to the office is little in centive, according to the candidate. Mr. Stroud is an engineer, nd one of the best known road builders in the country. He has lived in Oma ha 30 years, and has done much for the development of Omaha. AMUSEMENTS. Matinee Dally, 2:15 Every Nighl, 8il5. LIGHTNER GIRLS NEWTON ALEXANDER; JACK THAI NOR; Charlea Kenna; John Orren and Lillian Drew; Teachow'a Cata: Mia loieen; Marcua' and Booth; Topica of the Day; Kinograma. ( Special TUE. NIGHT, NOV. 2 TWO SHOWS First Show at 7:45 Second Show at 10:05 ELECTION RETURNS Received Over Special Western Union wire to be read from stage Matinees: 18c, ZSc, 50c;.aome 7Se and $1.00 Sat. and Sun. Nightat 15c, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 end' $1.25. TONIGHT and Sat. Saturday Matinee iaeo. M. Cohan's Comedians in The Royal Vagabond A Cohanixed Opera Comique Company of 75 Augmented Orchestra TICKETS: 50c-$1.0O-$l J0-$2.00-$2JI0 SUNDAY: -Business Before Pleasure" EMPRESS Two Shows In One HOLL1NS SISTERS CLOUTIER: LOVE WILBUR; BIG JIM; FRANK GOULD; Photoplay attraction, "The Gamesters,' featuring Marguerite Fisher; Mack Sennott Comedy; Fox Newa. "OMAHA'S FUN CENTER" Daily Mat, lSc to 75c Nitea, 25c te $1.25 . . .it. m . v r , w . . w , j j GLORIOUS cni I V TAW II MUSICAL MAMMOTH rULU lUlin BURLESK Tomorrow (Sat.) Mat. and All Week bobbNT'b arrv a Maids of America LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS t 1st nurs inniv 9.1a i.ia . Engagement Extraordinary MIX' MAHIE CDNniiiGimt.i Appearing at 3 p. m.'and 9 p. m. today in connection with the showing of the great underworld drama nnnnn Willi ILL' i9 Special Matinee for Women Only Ilia. m. to 1 p. n. Saturday Mme. Cunningham haa a meiaage for women .only. No men ad mitted until after 1:20 p.' m. Mme. Cunningham will talk at 1 o'clock sharp! . TODAY TOMORROW The Cohan & Harris . Stage Success " THIEF! COMING SUNDAY The Star of a Thousand . Moods The Great Nazimova in Her Latest Success . "MADAME PEACOCK". EMPRESS RUSTIC GARDEN Dancing and Refreshments SPECIAL HALLOWE'EN EVE. ENTERTAINMENT Open From 11 A. M. To 12:30 A.M. Bee want getters. ads are best business "THE ITE STOP! TOMORROW We're Going to w ... i Children who join the- Boyt' and Girls' Muse Club. Ad mission is 10c to members. Membership is FREE.. A FREE Box of: Candy FOR EUERY 30V Glf.L REMEMBER THE PLACE IS THE Be at the Theater at 1 ;00 P. M.'Saturday. The Picture Is Rex Beach' Famous Comedy- V SptlE" First Showing in Omaha. Safe. TODAY AND SATURDAY BEBE DANIELS IN ' "You Never Can Tell" beatty;s Co-Operative 1 1 Cafeterias Pay Dividend to Those Wbo Do the Work Take moving Pictures ofall Omaha GOlMKTf 00 4 lltttil Uis mAF -a- -f J