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THiS BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1920. 1-IIOTOri.AYfl. Holding a Husband Adcle Gmiion'i New Phase o Revelations of a Wife What Dicky Explained to Midge Alone. Dicky has the faculty of "coaxing the birds off the bushes" developed to the ninth power. He is a most pecious and effective special plead er. I realized when he came to me acknowledging the mistake he had made in thinking he could give a deed to our home without my sig nature, that I would find it diffi cult to resist the plea for my con sent, which I knew he meant to make. I did not reply for a second or two to his question, and he took the sewing from my hands, tossed it on a table, and then, picking rne tin bodily, seating himself in a big armchair with me in his arms. "Now we can talk things over more comfortably," he said, "but first, I realize that I owe you an upology about not consulting you. They've been dangling the thing be fore me for a long time, and it was like a game seeing them come up on their price. And you were so awfully busy 1 didn't want to bother you. When they did offer me the i)ig sum. I closed with 'cm pronto. and then, of course, you made me mad, so 1 kicked up a bit. But I'm sorry awfully " r In Madge's Heart. ''Don't think of it again." I dis- missed his apology perfunctorily, for I could not rid myself of the suspicion that his apology and plead ing were only born of necessity. He could not sell the house without rtie. therefore he felt that he must get me into a good humor and beguile me into assenting to his plan. And yet I knew his rash heedlessness. "He might well have spoken only the irrccise truth. I resolved to pick my wav warily. "Tell me something about it," I said quietly. "You must realize, Dicky, that it is terribly upsetting to be told that your home is sold. I've been very very happy there." His arm tightened about me. "1 know. So have I," he said tenderly, but I clearly saw that though he spoke the truth, yet the statement was a perfunctory one. That the Marvin home had been the scene of many of our happiest hours did not mean to him what it did to me. After all. it is the women of the world who romantically cling to anniversaries and places and per sonal possessions. And it is a state of mind which I believe some hus bands humor or tolerate or abuse, according to their temperaments, but which verv few understand. The Unexpected. "But it's foolish to let romance stand in the way of a good bargain," Dicky went on, and his complacent air of being extremely practical made me smother a laugh, business sense of any kind being one ot Dicky's notable deficiencies. "I tell you that's a top-notcher price for the place. That in what I told Alf, but he's got, the rdmance bug strong 'won't grieve his bride,' and all that sort of rot, and it seems Leila doesn't want to lose the place where they pitgntca their troth. There was a mocking note in his voice which cut me to the quick. I had all I could do not to withdraw myself from his encircling arm. But 1 would not for the world have let him know that he had wounded me. Pride forbade it. But it galled me to know that Dicky was not consider ing my wishes a& Alfred was Leila's. "So Alfred isn going to sell," I commented, making my voice casual. "Do you realize that if we sell we will lose most delightful neighbors?" "Yes. that's the chief drawback to the plan," he admitted ruefully. "They're the bulliest neighbors in the wOrld. and it ought to be more pleasant than ever now with Leila ;ind Edith there. You know, of course, that Edith is going to make her home with them." "I think I heard them speaking of il," I returned pr.evaricatingly, but not willing to let Dickey see that I knew nothing of the plan with which sc seemed to be perfectly familiar. Edith Fairfax to be constantly next door I That arrangement de cidedly would not be "more pleas ant" for me! With a sudden revul sion of feeling I realized that the Marvin house would indeed be no longer home if dav after day I had to see in Edith Fairfax's eyes the look which Dicky's close proximity always calls there. Far, far better to do as Dicky had proposed and sell the house. From that second I knew that I would assent to Dicky's plan. But, above all things, I must not let him suspect that Edith Fairfax's pro posed proximity had anything to do with it. -1 must evolve some other reason for my change of front. (Continued Tomorrow.) Parents Problems IV. Should a child be allowed to call her father by his first name even if he has no objection? This is not a very important mat ter. The child will probably "get over" the fancy in a short time. Do not make an issue of it let it adjust itself. .,1. ADVERTISEMENT MOTHER! 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When the cook, in a rage, hunts in vain for the cake And vows it's the last that she ever will bake, With neighborhood kids swarming round in a drove And grabbing it when it comes out of the stove; When father's new necktie is nowhere in sight Until it appears as the tail of a kite, ' ' We take it quite calmly, for that's how we find That dear little Bobbie is forming his mind. When we suddenly make the discovery that We can't use the car, for. the tires are flat; When baby's new carriage is shy a front wheel Which Bobbie had nailed to his pushomobile; When the lady next door rings the bell to report, That three of her clothes posts are broken off short, We know that because of our lack of control Our bright little Bobbie's discovered his soul. THE LESSONS If we were Mr. Carpentier we country and get a few allies before we went into the big fight. GOOD PROSPECT FOR A TUG OF WAR ' Every time the Greek king goes THOROUGHLY They never have to put on electoral college boys are in town. (Copyright. 1920, By Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham Sim Flinders had a chill in the kitchen this morning. It was such a big one it jarred the dishpan off the wall. Sile Kildew, who has often been accused of not knowing anything about anything, when interviewed this morning confirmed the report. . Someone asked Salem Barlow, our inveterate banjo picker, why he did not get out and go to work, but they received no reply. Those who ask such questions ought to know that picking a banjo all day and all night is work just the same as anything else. Common Sense By J. J. MUNDY. You are noted for your zeal your fervency of endeavor in whatever you undertake a very good quality. But. is your, energy directed along lines which really amount to some thing or do you wear yourself out and find yourself worse off at the end of a year than you would have been if you had gone more carefully and thoughtfully about your busi ness? There is no undertaking which is not the better for careful thinking to direct the actual work. It takes a rare and experienced person to pick up the eiid of an other's problem, and on the spur of the moment help enough to put the faltering one over the top. But it is a wonderful help to the weary soul who has worked day and night to "carry on," till it seems so dark and so hard that the burden is well nigh dropped, to have fresh and enthusiastic spirits put a shoulder to the wheel. . Be that animated booster, if you will, but be sure that you under stand conditions enough to know where and how much to help before you knock things galley:west in your stampede to help. Copyright, 1110. by Intunatloaal Future Service loo. - ( OF COXiE V, f LOOK AT THC Z ,H VC "TO tit- NOW WWE UlErflH NWe- , KNOWUJTS V fOR T HVER HVC AMY oNF M.NC. OWP I J vt v vpy vi n l ; . - . . Than Poetry MONTAGUE their OF EXPERIENCE would follow the example of his out he meets himself coming back. SAFE AND SANE extra police in Washington when the The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) I'M THE GUY I'M THE GUY who insists on selecting his wife's clothing. Why shouldn't I? I've got a great deal more taste than she has. If I didn't go with her to help her buy her wearing apparel, she'd come home with some dowdy old things that would be a disgrace to me. She likes somber colors black broadcloth or blue serge; while I know she should wear some bright shade such as lavender or mustard color. t Besides, if she went shopping alone she'd mirchase the most ex pensive clothes she rculd find. So I see to it that she never goes alone. I always go along with her. She has no grounds for reason able complaint. I buy her clothes, and am not stingy. She should dress to please me, and should not pay attention to the opinions of others. And I like just what I choose, for her. If she does not like my selection or questions my taste, Copyright, 1920, Thompson Feature Service The shah of Persia placed an or der 20 years ago for a motor vehicle for his own use. WHY Does the Chameleon. Change Its Color? (Copyright, 1920. by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) The principle of "protective col oration" manifest in the mottled skins of snakes, the foliage-like feathers of birds and the colors of some varieties of eggs is pri marily responsible for the ability of the chameleon to alter its col or to that of its surroundings. Na ture protects many of its weaker animals by enabling . them to merge into the immediate scenery, camouflaging them so that the are practically invisible, and thi3 protection of color is seen at the best in the case of the chameleon, which can alter its appearance as k moves from place to place. This alteration in color is due to. the fact that this variety of lizard has within its skin a large number of small cells containing different colored liquids or pig ments some white, some yellow and some brown or reddish. The changes in color are affected by contractions of the different parts of the skin and the conseouent movement of the pigments. Thus, when all the color is forced to ward the surface, the chameleon looks quite dark a sort of red dish brown. When the pigment is not so near the surface, the color changes to green, and when the lizard is quite at rest, and un disturbed, its natural color is yellow. Study of the reptile shows that mechanism which causes these changes appears to be vol untaritv controlled by the chanje leon, which, aware of its almost constant dangtr from more pow erful enemies, seeks protection by merging into the background. maid WANTED AT SL&E.PY-TI The Rowdy of the Woods. One of the most quarrelsome of all Sandy Chipmunk's neighbors was Rowdy Red Squirrel. He was happiest when he was fighting. But Tlldpitr Rowdg cried. perhaps that was because he had lever lost a fight. If Rowdy had had a sound beating, maybe fight ing would not have seemed ' so pleasant to him. Ever since Rowdy whipped Frisky Squirrel, who (being a gray squirrcl) was bigger than he was. Rowdy bullied every squirrel in the neighborhood no matter what color he might be. As for chip munks. Rowdy Red-Squirrel boasted that he could whip six chip munks at a time. "That is, I could if they would stand still," he said. Of course, if thev ran ott in six different directions it might be a hard thing to do." . , Rowdy was talking .to Jasper Tav. who sat in a tree not far away, His boasting amused Jasper. First Jasper smiled. Then he laughed aloud. And after that he gave a hoarse shriek, which rang through the woods most unpleasantly. At least, that was what Rowdy Red Squirrel thought. "What's the joke?" he asked. "The joke?" Jasper answered. "Whyha! hal you are the joke! I don't believe you can whip one chipmunk. And, when you talk of whipping six, . I can't help laugh ing. "You wouldn't laugh it I could catch you," Rowdy Red-Squirrel growled. And if he hadn't known thatvJasper Jay would fly away, he"'wo'uld have jumped into Jas per's tree and chased him. "You mustn't expect me to be lieve ,you can whip six until I've seen you whip one," Jasper went on. "There's Sandy Chipmunk in that beech tree. Why don't you steal over there and show me whether you can whip him?" "I'll do it!" Rowdy cried. "Not that find much pleasure in fight ing a single chipmunk for I can whip one with my hands tied be hind me." "Can you?" Jasper Jay asked. "Then let me see you tie your hands." "I ican't!" Rowdy Red-Squirrel replied. "Who ever heard of any body who could tie ' his 'own hands behind him? . . . You will have to do that' for me," he said. 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A box of Pape's Diapepsin tablets costs so lit tle at drug stores, top. ! r WAR. ' CHAPTER XV. THE GUMPS AifE rtA 1 E S HE TALE OF SANBYJ DV A D.TWHtf CY.TT DA 1 1 CV Squirrel to tic his hands behind his back. "Well, I see I'll have to whip Sandy Chipmunk just as I am," Rowdy grumbled. "If won't . be much fun for me." "I don't believe it will," Jasper Jay agreed. "After I. whip him, you'll have to find six more chipmunks for me, if you want to see me fight them all at once," vRowdy Red-Squirrel told Jasper Jay. "I'll do it if you whip Sandy," Jasper promised. And he laughed so htrd that he almost tumbled off the limb. ' (Capyrlght, Grosset ft Dunlap.) Long Lease Taken on Site Of Farnam Street Hotel The Wellington fnn company, owned by Henry B. Payne and Ed ward M. Slater, has taken a new 23-year lease on the Wellington building at 1813 Farnam street at a total rental of $53S,490. The building is owned . by Martin Bros, and the George Barker com pany. Payne and Slater have operated the Wellington hotel for six and a'half years. ' , ADVERTISEMENT "DANDERINE" Girls! Save Your Hair! Make It Abundant!. Immediately after a "Danderinc" massage your hair takes on new life, luster and wondrous beauty; appear ing twice as heavy and plentiful, be cause each hair seems to fluff and thicken. Don't let your hair stay lifeless, colorless, plain or scraggly. You, too, want lots of long, strong, beautiful hair. A 3S-cent bottle of delightful "Danderine" freshens your scalp, checks dandruff and falling hair. This stimulating "beauty-tonic" gives to thin, dull, fading hair that youthful brightness and abundant thickness. All -druggists! Bowen's Ever the Lowest in Price Ever the Best in Values , And right now when so taiany things are de sired for the home, the H. R. Bowen Company offers one carload of Vernis Martin Beds and Slat Fabric Springs at prices much . under the cost of manufacture. This car of rnerchan dise was slightly . -damaged by water in transit, yet not enough to detract from the appearaface, nor to lessen the true val ue of either-the beds or springs, therefore; we shall offer the entire car load beginning tomorrow at prices you'll ; be pleased to pay. Making up your shop ping list, and buying at Bowen's will save you many dollars and give you dollars additional to spend for Yule-tide Gifts. Let this store be your Headquarters for values, and as usual you make your own terms when through selecting. Advertisement. Drawn for JHj. -st, (By the Traffic Surety Committee.) This is a slogan that was recently adopted by the Omaha traffic safety committee. The use of this slogan is a part of the campaign of the safety traf fic committee in its efforts to reduce reckless driving and to teach the public that reckless driving at any speed is against the law. Under the provisions of the Omaha? ordinances auto trucks of three or more tons carrying capac ity are limited to a speed of not to exceed eight miles an hour. Drivers of automobiles are law vi olators if they cross intersections or pass school houses at a speed of more than 12 miles an hour. fln the congested districts of the city driving at a speed greater than 15 miles an hour is a violation of law. . On boulevards, highways and out lying streets of the city a sceed of AMUSEMENTS. Tonight FSat Sat. Matinee A Wonderful Girl Mu.ical Show With a Peachy Chorus Direct From Broadway. j vmoen aa Specjal Matinee for Kids From 6 to 60. D:... Nighta SOc, 7Se. $1 ft $150 rriCeS . Matinee SOc, 75c ft $1 Entlr. Week Startin Next Sun., Dec. 5 ing Next sun., uec. QChauneey11 A. L. Erlanfer ? Preaent the v Dlatina-uiahed 4 American Actor ' Ml a Fascinating, Romantic Comedy MACUSHLA HeS'co,t' flights SOc to $2; Specially Priced Mat. Matinee Daily 2:18 Every Night 8:15 "BITS AND PIECES," with JACK PATTON and LORETTA MARKS; BELLE MONTROSE; EARL S. DEW EY and MABEL "BILLIE" ROGERS; Billy Shone; Four Harmony Kinga; Waatika and Underatudy Three Lor dona; Topica of the Day; Kinograma. Matineea 15c to SOc; aoma 75c and $1 Sat. and Sun, Nighte 15c to $1.25. EMPRESS NEW SHOW TODAY GLASGOW MAIDS; JOHN NEFF; BROWN ft SINGER; REXO; Photoplay Attraction, "Out of the Storm"; Sun ahine Comedy; Fox New. "OMAHAjS FUN CENTER" l0Jm m rF7 1 Daily Mat. 15c to 75c 5KfHC'3JNite.. 25c to 11.25 CHARLIE HOWARD Rgctntly Featured ta Raymond Hltchceck't Ce. la thd "CSjAppY CLNflPQ" Musical Brana Nw " 4The Runaway4. CliiracterUtlo Burleik Marlon Beauty cnorui. LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS Sat. Mat. and wk. "Powder Putt Rtvue" (New) waaaa " laUSJaiAM I ft iMlill ftiimiimi iimiiinr;, Special Floor. Beat Surroundings GOOD SERVICE Excellent Music beatty;s Co-Operative Cafeterias Pay Diridenda to Those Who Do the Work ADTF.RTISEMEST 666 is a prescription for Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy femedy we know. The Bee by Sidney Smith. 20 miles may be attained and main tained without a violation o law. It must not be forgotten, however, that reckless driving at any speed is against the law. Last Times Today CLARA KIMBALL YOU IMG in "Hearts in Exile" GET IN, THE MOVIES Actual movies taken on Mute itage tonight! Cast selected from the audience. Come and watch the fun! Just Three Days More of the Triple Birthweek Program DARLING SAXOPHONE FOUR "HOLD ME TIGHT" MARY MILES MINTER Supported by Theodore Roberts, Milton Stlls and Luna Anson in "Sweet Lavender" AfWTBliank) CHAS. RAY IN "An Old Fashioned Boy" The Race of the Age 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" 11, 12:45. 2:i0. 4:13, 6, 7:45, 9:30 Everything a motion pic ture should be. One of the most artistic and interesting pictures shown at any thea ter this year. V. Y. World. ELLIOTT DEXTER MILTON SILLS MABEL JULIENNE SCOTT "BEHOLD MY WIFE" riiOTri,AV. jn 'Fourth Successful' J can man own woman body and soul? This Age Old Question Fearlessly Answered in Is It the Greatest Story Ever Told on the Screen? LET THE PUBLIC DECIDE Today and maybe Tomorrow (and Saturday) This Startling: Picture Will Be Held at the Moon Despite Great Ef forts to Break the Lim ited Engagement. A Word to the Wise Is Sufficient Come Early! Attend Matinees If Possible! Remember, "The Brand ing Iron" answers the age-old question, "CAN A MAN O W N A WOMAN BODY AND SOUL! No picture for falsely modest people! NOW PLAYING J COMING TO THE MOON CHRISTMAS DAY "The Branding Iron"
