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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1920:
Holding a Husband
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife
The Problem That Sorely Puizled
Madge.
It's umply unbelievable!" my
mother-in-law said, as the door
closed after Dicky. "I Itnew Richard
bad no business sense whatever, but
I didn't suppose he was ignorant of
so common a business rule as the
necessity of having a wife's signa
ture to a deed.
"But don't you give in, Margaret.
Of course, $20,000 is a big sum, but
it we buy another house, we'll very
likely find that it won't be as good
a one as we sold. Richard couldn't
help hut bite off the worst end of a
transaction. It's right in him."
I smiled an assent, but I was too
wise in my generation to make any
verbal comment upon my husband's
lack of financial acumen. His mother
would be most apt I knew from ex
perience to take umbrage at any
criticism of her beloved offspring if
T made it. The right of disparaging
him she strictly reserved to herself,
a trait which I fancy she shares with
many other mothers.
Mother Graham's Persistence.
There was a note of wavering in
her voire also, or so I fancied, as
she spoke of the sum Dicky had
named as the price he was to receive
for our home. I knew her restless
ness, her love of change traits
which Dicky inherits and I won
dered if perchance she would weaken
in the siand she had taken, and
swerve to Dicky's side and become
angry if I persisted in following the
advice she had just given me. It
was not inconsistent with her foibles
ns I knew them for her exactly to
follow the course my imagination
had pictured.
As for myself? I put aside all con
sideration of this, most unexpected
problem presented to me until I
could be i'loue. It was not a matter
ic he liglitly decided, this defiance
of Dicky's dictum. So I banished
nil thought of it frot.i my mind, and
tried to turn the conversation with
my mother-in-law i'lto other chan
nels. But he was fascinated by the sub
ject, even though her Disapproval of
Dicky's attitude was still strong
within her. She could talk of noth
ing else. She ran the gamut of con
jecture as to the persons who had
bought the house, where Dicky had
met them, and what had been the
arguments which had induced him
t sell.
"Richard had always seemed so
fond of the place," she repeated until
I thought the sound of the words
would drive me mad. "But one
never can tell. He always did tire
rasily of anything, even when a
child. You don't know how re
lieved I have been, Margaret, that
you have held him so well. I will
confess I have had many misgivings,
but I think he is genuinely fond of
you. I hope you keep him that
way." j
A Penttent Dicky. '
Her voice and manner all uncon
sciously I was forced to admit, yet
none the less pointedly held the
implication that if I did not hold
him it woultl be my own fault, and
that if I did it would be a surprising
thing because of my limitations.
Naturally I had no reply to make
to this patronizing speech.-but my
mother-in-law did' not notice my
silence, for a new idea' had seized
her, and she could rot rest until she
had given it utterance.
"I know what's the matter vvitl
Richard," she said. "It's that Al
lied Durkce. You mark my word,
Alfred's sold his place, and he per
suaded Richard to Co the same.
.Richard is like putty in the hands
)i any otic he likes. He'd swear
ihe moon was made of green cheese
if "some man he liked told him it
was."
sewed on in silence, knowing
that when my husband's irascible
mother w ished a comment from me
she would ask for it. and that in the
meantime 1 would better keep my
lips closed. Her next word con
firmed my judgment.
"What" da you think?" she de
manded. "Don't you agree with me
that it's Alfred Durkee who put him
up to this:"
"Possibly." I returned quietly.
"Rut I think we c.v.i't pass ' final
judgment until we know more about
it."
"Fiddlesticks!" she retorted. "I
know Richard."
With a sie-h, I wished that I might
truthfully echo her words. And when
at last I escaped to my own room,
and seated myself to go over the
problem Dicky had so abruptly pre
sented for my solving, I acknow
ledged that in this last selfish in
considerate performance I knew my
husband less than ever.
' And then the door opened, and a
smiling, but a distinctly penitent
Dicky, entered and bent above mc,
rubbing his cheek against mine.
"You're right, you darned little
law shark," he said. "But you're
not going to leave your boy up a
stump like this, are you now?"
(Continued Tomorrow.)
Are Most People Right-Handed?
(Copyright, 1320. by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
Babies, like all young animals,
are imitative in the extreme. They
look around them, see how their
parents do things and then seek
to follow their example. In ad
dition, they are usually trained
from infancy to perform actions
in certain ways, and as the cus
tom of centuries has decreed that
the right hand shall be used for
the performance of the majority
of one-handed tasks, each new
generation gets the "right-handed
habit" fostered by the placing of
railings on steps, the teaching of
penmanship in the schools, and
even the arrangement of buttons
on clothes.
The use of the right hand,
rather than the left, is however,
purely a matter of training. Most
people correct their children
when they show signs of being
left-handed, considering that this
is a species of abnormality which
should be curbed, while, as a mat
ter of .fact, everyone should be
able tc use both hands with equal
facility. Ambidextrous persons
are, therefore, in the minority,
custom having scored au almost
complete victory over the inten
tion of nature.
WHY
THE GUMPS
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DVtSG'S 60ING
POL-UMc A&AlN
3 FAIRS VEAfc
SLEEPY- T I
CHAPTER XIV.
A Lucky Accident.
It was really no wonder that
Johnnie Green's grandmother
screamed, when she and Johnnie
and Sandy Chipmunk were on their
So Sandy escaped
way to the miller's to get the wheat
ground into flour.
This was what made the good
old lady scream: The ancient
horse, Ebenezer, was picking his
way slowly down a steep hill, plac
ing one foot carefully in front of
another, and taking pains not to
step on the stones in the road, so
he wouldn't fall.
What happened was not Eben
ezer's fault at all. You see, he was
wearing au old harness. And just
as he was on the steepest part of
the hill a strap broke and the
wagon rolled right upon his heels.
Now, many horses would have
kicked and run, if such a thing had
happened to them. But even when
Johnnie's grandmother screamed,
old Ebenezer was not at all fright
ened. And even when Johnnie
cried "Whoa! whoa!" Ebenezer did
not stop. He thought he knew a
good deal more about what he
ought to do than Johnnie Green
did, for he had been pulling a
wagon for almost twenty years be
fore Johnnie Green was born.
Johnnie tugged hard upon the
reins. But still old Ebenezer went
on nickine his way even more
owly. And he never stopped until
ne reaenca tne Dottom ot ine nui.
Then he stood stock still: and he
looked around at Johnnie Green, as
if to say, "There, young man! I've
brought you and your grandma safe
down that hill. And now I'll let
you get out of the wagon, if you
want to."
Well. Johnnie Green jumped
down from his seat and looked at
the harness.
"Dear me!" his grandmother
said. "If we only had a piece of
string you could mend the harness
so we could get to the miller's at
least."
Johnnie felt in all his pockets.
And probably that was the first
time he had ever found hinv-elf
M-ithout plenty of string. Theri
were enough other things in his
pockets a jackknife and nails, an
apple and a lump of maple sugar,
an old broken watch and a willow
whistle. But not a single piece of
string could Johnnie Green find.
Then he happened to think of the
string his father had used to tie up
the sack of wheat. ' Johnnie stood
the. sack on end, tipped it against
the back of the seat, so the wheat
wouldn't fall out, and nn wound the
string from the mouth of the bag.
'He had hardly begun to tie the
harness together when Grandmother
Green screamed asrain.
The horse Ebenezer looked
around once more, as if to say, "I
wonder what's come over the old
ladv."
And Johnnie Green turned his
head. too.
"My Roodness!'' his grandmother
said. "Did you sec that? Some
thing ran right up my back, and
jumped off mv shoulder. There it
goes now!" She pointed at a small
object which was scurrying through
the roadside fence. "Why, it was
a chipmunk. I do believe!" she
cried. "ov, where do you sup
pose he came from?"
Johnnie Green didn't know. And
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to tell the truth, he didn't much
care. You see, he felt very proud,
mending the harness with nobody
to help him. And he was not in
terested in chipmunks just then.
So Sandy escaped. To be sure,
he was so far from home that he
didn't know where he was. But
he was so glad to get out of the
sack of wheat that he didn't worry
about being lost. He thought he
could find some one who would
know where "Fanner Green's pas
tire was.
(Capyriglit. Grosset & Dunlap.)
Parents Problems,
III. What course should be fol
lowed with a boy of 7 who still
"teases" for what he wants though
this never secures it?
Treat the teasing as you do other
disobedience. Explain to the boy
that teasing is forbidden. He will
gradually lose the habit for it is
merely a habit.
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You don't need to bother with a
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regulates the speed, and the knee
control is a permanent part of the ma
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A Free-Westinghouse Electric Sewing Machine
Placed in Your Home for $6.00
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Get the Truth and Give, the Truth.
You have a big proposition on and
you feel you arc bound to succeed,
but watch your step that you do
everything in all fairness.
It will do you no good if you win
a point by stealth or by double deal
ing. You are sure to be found out
sooner or later, and then, the tide of
opinion will not be the sort to. cover
you anft your cause with glory.
Even the money or prestige gained
by the tricky little management
which you employ cannot save you
from the sure results detrimental to
your proposition if you do a snide
act to win out.
Of course, you think you won't be
found out, or possibly you think you
can fix tilings up if anything ever
comes of it, so you trust your luck
and dig in, by fair means or foul.
, You are mighty folish, even from
a material standpoint.
No one gains enough by
methods, soft pedal intrigue
"pussy-footing" to gain in the
sly
or
big
result.
Get the truth and give the truth
and. you will get along better; in the
long run than you will by trying to
force a point.
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in oak or walnut, as you prefer a
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anywhere.
The Free-Westinghouse is an Elec
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is at the Electric Shop this week and
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Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George "Bingham
Yam Sims went hunting day be
fore yesterday and found a squirrel
up a tree, lie took a long steady
aim at the little animal and was just
about to pull the trigger when ' he
happened to think that the gun was
not loaded.
Jefferson Potlocks is advertising
for his stray pig, and has posted a
notice at the forks of the road. It is
a kind of a tall pig and is very fond
of corn.
Gricket Hicks says the only good
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way to scratch your throat when
you have a tickling in the throat is
to swallow about two cockle-burrs.
I'M THE GUY
I'M THE. GUY who is always
losing something.
You'd be worried, too, and get
everyone else excited if you thought
you had lost something important.
Suppose you couldn't find the front
door key and couldn't get in? Would
you keep cooll If you boarded a
train, or got to the ticket taker in a
theater and couldn't locate the tick
ets ? You would remain perfectly
calm I don't think.
I'm sure I put the things in a cer
tain pocket, and when I look there,
I can't find them. 1S0 I hunt fran
tically through my pockets. Some
times, of course. I find them with
out trouble, but at other times, it
takes ' me quite a while. In the
meantime those who are with me
almost have heart disease.
But that's their lookout. I can't
help getting excited when 1 can't
find what I'm looking for. I want
things in a hurry and it annoys me
to have to look for them. But it's
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MARY MILES M INTER
' Supported by Theodore Roberts, Milton Sill
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my business, and I don't care if
you don't like it.
Don't let it get on your nerves.
Don't pay any attention to me. I'll
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Alleged Robber Will Face
Statutory Offense Charge
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 30. (Spe
cial). "Erne" Darwin, who is in
jail here on the charge of robbing
George Hatesohl of $140, will face
a .second charge. County Attorney
Vasey yesterday filed a complaint
against, him, charging him with a
statutory offense against Cordia Car
penter, who was sent to the Girls'
Industrial school at Geneva last
summer.
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Not a picture fpr prudes
or the falsely. modest.
Can a man own a woman,
body and soul?
This age-old question
' answered.
MS
CHAS. RAY
IN
"An Old
Fashioned Boy"
The Race of the Ago between
Man O'War and Sir Barton
MUSICAL NUMBERS:
Julius K. Johnson at. the piano
offering; Grand Etude De Con
cert and Entertainer's Rag.
STARTING SUNDAY, "DINTY"
COMING TO THE
MOON
CHRISTMAS DAY
"HOLD
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TIGHT"
A Cyclone Comedy With
Storm of Pretty Bathing Girls
IRON
Get in the
"Movies"
Do you have ability to
register your emotions in
fianlomime? Do yon
know 'how you look to
others? Do -ou want to
know what your movie
acting abilities are?
Would you like to learn
to act in the movies?
Here's the Way
Arrangements have
been made with the
Chenoweth Film Com
pany of Omaha to make
motion pictures on Ore
Muse Theater stage. The
Muse Theater stage has
been selected because
that theater opens later
in the afternoon than
the other theaters and
affords more, time for re
hearsals. These pictures
will be made on Wednes
day and Thursday nights
(starting tonight) of each
week. A competent and
experienced director will
have charge, assisted by
the house management.
The object of this project
is to create additional in
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to give you an idea of
how pictures are made,
and to give talented ones
opportunity to learn
movie acting.
Learn to Act
If you wish to learn to act
in the movies, then do as fol
lows :
Go to the Muse Theater to
night between 7 and 9 p. m.
and fill out your application
blank. You thus become
a member of the "Omaha
Movie Actors' Club." A
secretary will be at the
Muse to help you fill out your
application. You will then be
piven an opportunity to show
in the weeks which follow
your ability to act Do not
apply if you are timid or
afraid to show your emotions
in public. Professional actors
are barred, as only amateurs
can become members of the
"Omaha Movie Actors' Club."
Apply at the Muse now.
There will be fun, frolic and
profit for all tonight at the
Muse. Get in the movies.
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Clara Kimball
YOUNG
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"Hearts m Exile"
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MILTON SILLS
MABEL JULIENNE SCOTT
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