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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1920)
,TIIE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1920. . ' ' - - I I HOLDING A HUSBAND Adele Garrison's New Phase of Revelations of a Wife ft What Made Dicky Lautfi tt Madge. MY hands trembled as I set down the bowl of flowers 1 was ar ranging. I am afraid if I had followed the first primitive impulse which aeized me, I should have thrown howl, flowers and water at my husband's head. I even had a second's malicious enjoyment of the picture Dicky would have presented with the water streaming down his collar, before I controlled my voice ind asked quietly: "Why don't you go for more in formation on the subject of Rita Browo to the person who gave you your first insight into the matter?" Dicky looked frankly astonished, then a bit uneasy. , "Meaning " he said. "Edith Fairfax," I returned square ly. I expected one of his rages, but for some reason r other, perhaps iccause of his sudden realization that I had observed his actions of the evening before more closely than he had thought, he contented himself with the question most familiar to me through his long usage of it: "What the devil do you mean by that?" ' Madge Astonishes Dicky. ' I can remember the time when Dicky's expletives shocked me into disgusted silence. But I think, like most wives whose husbands relieve their feelings with occasional abjur jrations, I have grown so used to them that I do not often resent them. ' "Exactly what I said," I returned. "By the merest tccident. I happened to overhear you and Alfred talking last night at the Paige dinner. From your conversation, I gleaned that 'ac cording to Edith, Madge was in it somewhere,' therefore I am not sur prised at your present quest for more information." Dicky's face as he listened to this .little speech was one to provoke Slaughter from a person vowed to ; mournful silence. - Amazement and chagrin were so personified :n his features that my ; tugging risiblei pleaded with me to -forgive him. I :"We!l. I'll be 1" was all he found breath to say at first. Then he grinned reluctantly and infec tiously. I struggled with my dignity for a second or two, then I, too, smiled, and the next minute we were laughinpr heartily together. "Get your hat and sweater " Dicky commanded, "and let's get out into the air. I've got a lot to say about Rita Brown that didn't come from Edith. You are awfully wise, old dearl but mighty careless about leav ing incriminating papers around. You'd be just the caper for the third act of a melodrama.' He was very much like the third act of a melodrama himself, with the mysterious air he assumed as we walked out 'nto the grove of long leaved pines behind the house. To a question of mine as to his meaning, fye retorted airly: "You'll know all in (rood time, 'dear heart! A dame with your gift .- ! i L ' U 1 ,J k nkla t - ftA,. lor sicuiiims auuuiu u iv v fB scss her soul in patience." The Tell-Tale Message. What had he discovered? I racked my brain with the question a. we walked through the pine woods to the bank of the little lake which I had first seen upon the day of Major Grantland's warning to me not to go outside the house unac companied by my husband, my father or some other man. Indeed, I had never seen it after that first time. I had felt a certain disinclination to visit it alone, for the memory of Hugh Grantland's warn ing lingered unpleasantly in my mind, even after all necessity for acting upon it had vanished. But now, with Dicky by my side, a smiling, good-natured companion, instead of a grouchy one, the pic turesque little sheet of water, its waves dancing in the sunshine, ap pealed to me strongly. I turned to Dicky impetuously. 'Ton't talk of anything unpleas ant for a few minutes," I pleaded. WHY? Do We Celebrate Hallowe'en? s The eve of vigil of All Saints' or All Hallows Day (November 1). is a curious mixture of classic mythology, Druidic beliefs and Christian traditions. On Novem ber ! the Romans celebrated a feast in honor of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, and i was inen inar. ine scores lata uy in the summer for use in the wii ter were opened which accounts for the use of apples and nuts at this time. . November 1 was also that date of the great autumn festival to the sun, which the Druids cele brated in thanksgiving for their harvest, lighting bonfires and cooking many delicacies out-of-doors in honor of Baal At the time of the advent of Christianity, these pagan prac tices were frowned upon by the 'church, and in order to supplant them, other customs were intro duced. October 31 was ma'de the feast of All Souls and the follow ing day was proclaimed as the feast of All Saints, from which we obtain the name "Hallowe'en." i The antiquity of the rites fol lowed on this night when witches were supposed to prowl abroad: is apparent from a quotation found in a book written by Val lancey in the fifteenth century: "The peasants go from house to house, collecting money, butter, eggs, and cake, etc., for the feast. The good women are employed it. making griddie-cakes. Apples and nuts are devoured in abundance. The nut shells are burnt, and from the ashes many strange things are foretold. Maidens be lieve that if they but glance over their shoulder they will see the apparition of the man intended for their future spouse. Thev dip for apples with their mouths in a tub of water, and they suspend an apple from a cord and en deavor to catch it, while it is in circular motion, in the mouth."' At the time when Vallancey wrote, these customs were al ready centuries old but thev have changed very little in the years that have intervened. (Copyright, iltt, by Th Wheeler Syndicate, Ino.) "It's too beautiful here to do any thing buf " " 'Loaf and invite one's soul,' " he quoted. "Sure thing, eld dear! I haven't the book of verses, and the jug of wine, alas! that never more may be! but the bough is certainly here, and Thou ! lint I warn you now if you begin to sing around this wilderness, I vamoose. I'm a faith ful disciple of old Omar, but he must have needed the jug of wine to put up with that part of the program." "I'll promise to be as still as a mouse," I said, laughing, as I seated myself on a rustic bench under a towering pine. D:cky stretched himself on the sand at my feet and rolled over contentedly. "This is the lite," he said, looking up at tne for agreement. But I was not looking at him. M' eyes were fixed upon a strip of paper which had dropped from his pocket and had fluttered to my feet. If I were not mistaken, it was the tele- Kfatn from Lillian concerning Rita nrown wmen i naa aecouea anu naa neglected to destroy. The servant problem has been solved by Mrs. John E. Hylan, wife of New York's mayor, by doing all the housework herself. DO ALL NY Before I took Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Com pound I could hardly stand, says Mrs. KwarcinskL Chicago, HI." I suffered ith dis placement and irregularities and I did not Know waai 10 do. My mother advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham s Vege table Compound and use the .Sana tive Wash so I took iier advice and used these re medies and cured myself. I feel fine and do all my housework which I could not do before, as I could hardly stand up and I have three healthy children. You can use this letter if you wish, for your remedyis certainly wonderful for sick, run down women. ' -Mrs. A. Kwarcinski, 3627 W. 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I PAXTON - MITCHELL COMPANY Manufacturers of Brass, Bronss and Aluminum Castings. A specialty made of soft Gray Iron Castings. Carpenter Paper Co. Wholesale Distributor PRINTING PAPER, WRAPPING PAPER, PAPER BAGS, BUILD ING PAPER, FANCY STATIONERY. TMHWHililHil 10 to 20 real discount on Diamonds, Watches and fin Jewelry. Save money. A City of Comfortable Homes By PAUL GREER Visitors to Omaha can hardly have .missed seeing c handsome little booklet that has been prepared for advertising the city. Designed to show that this is the logical distributing center for the middle west, it con tains a map showing its central position, together with pictures of several of its leading industrial and com mercial activities. Opposite a photograph of the trading floor of the grain exchange is the explanation that Omaha is the only real primary grain market with all receipts direct from the country and not from other markets. On the next page is a vista of the stock yards, show ing thousands of beef cattle awaiting sale in the pens. Omaha, we are informed, ranks after Chicago as a live stock market. ' A picture of the loading of a string of freight cars with thousands of tubs of butter bears the boast that we have first honors in butter production. "Omaha is first in lead ore reduction," is the state ment accompanying a picture of the American Smelt- ing and Refining company's immense plant on the river front. "Omaha is thirteenth in bank clearings, although thirty-fourth in population. Its clearings increased faster last year than those of any other leading financial center." The illustration accompanying this fact is the splendid marble interior of one of the banks. A view from the automobile show is given to im press the fact that "Nebraska owns more autos in pro I portion than any other state." What does this all signify? Is it not possible for a city, as well as a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Perhaps. But it is not so with Omaha. Toward the end of this little booklet is a photograph of a simple row of dwelling houses. "Omaha is a city )f comfort-, able homes," runs the legend. Here in a single glance, the visitor may take in the purpose of all the whirr and hum of industry. The race for power, wealth and position would be utterly barren of real accomplishment if it were an end instead of an accessory. " The success of any city is to be measured by the welfare of its people. Thi3 proposition is double barreled. When a city such as Omaha offers freedom from vast slum areas, and substitutes good homes at moderate rents, together with opportunity for inexpen sive and clean recreation, it prospers in many ways. The best news that could come is that money for home building is to be more plentiful, and this promises to keep Omaha still a city of comfortable homes and contented population. . It is thus Omaha in the past has secured a high lass of workmen. Greater stability in the supply of . abor and a reduction in the number of floaters are jther results of proper housing facilities. Did you enow that the average cost of replacing employes who iuit or who are discharged is estimated at $100? The problem of labor turnover is to eliminate the expense of hiring and teaching men who will not stay long enough to benefit their employers or themselves. Bet ter living conditions play a leading part in keeping down this itenr of expense. Life is "a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together." Contented people are more efficient worth more to themselves, to their employer, and to the community. That city and those employers who give working people a square deal will surely reap more than is sown. This spirit of friendly and intimate relations is probably more existent in the middle west than in the districts where industry has grown to more immense proportions. Omaha, pre-eminent in many lines of industry, can maintain its position, its self-respect, and the respect of its neighbors by continuing to be the city of comfortable homes. W. H. AHM W. l Wilcox, V. Pre. W. A. Smith, V. Pre. Nation JPfcoBlari Tyler 5188. 1-7 mum Omaha Council Bluffs Street Railway Company ANSON. Pre. James E. Foster. Sec.Treaa. Merrick E. Lease, Agcy. Supt Barker Block li!ltiiilliSilllllffl!!!i;il jfwV- mammm 6.000 ) MILES Guarantee Cornhusker Tires NEBRASKA TIRE & RUBBER CO. 3167 SPAULD1NG ' Eat runty Sausage Purity Provision Co. 2424 Q St. South 2404 GASOLINE SAVER AH kind of flavoring extracts i HOLCOMB FOOD CHEMICAl ! PRODUCTS CO. 918 No. 16th Tyler 49G4 PHONE TYLER 44 WALNUT J26 Geo. A. Roberts Grain Co. 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