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1 '. Jl V 1" f r: 14 THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920. Ill Holding a Husband Adds Garrison's New Phase ot Revelations of a Wife i What Mother Graham Ordered . . Dicky to Do. "Wh'at'j the matter, mother?" Dicky inquired meekly, m he strolled into his mother's room with an air of carefree leisure that 1 suspected was assumed for the occasion. "Matter I" his mother ejaculated. "Matter! I should think there was enough the matter. Hasn't Marga ret told you about that grafter of ticket agent? I just know some of these old-timers down here paid him a good penny to scare you into giv ing up your reservations." ' "Who's given up any reserva tions?" Dicky nsked belligerently, looking at me. "Not I." I returned lightly., glad, indeed, that hi,truculence had taken this turn. If only he would share my determination to get as fai north S possible in spite of the railroad strike everything would be all right. "Fortunately Margaret got a little firmness in her backbone for a won der and told him she would hold on to her reservation and get as far as she could on it," his mother inter rupted. "And I want you to hurry down there and find out what really in the matter?" "May I inquire," Dicky asked mockingly, looking ai me, "what you and mother have decided about my reservation? You have evidently de cided for yourself. What did you plan for sonny to do?" "You'll Not Wait." I knew it! I told myself grimly. No matter what I had decided con cerning the reservations, Dicky would have found something to wound his vanity in the- arrange ment. There was a distinct weari ness in my tone as I replied. "I would not have presumed so far. Perhaps you remember that you ahsnlntelv refused to get uo and see tfie man, so there was buf one thinr. fbr me to do. I decided my own ourse, and I told him that ; m ould come down to see him as soon as yu dressed." Dicky stared frankly. Then, un expectedly, he laugher heartily, and patted my shoulder - "And a very proper proceeding, too, old top," he said. "Couldn't have done it better myself. "Now if omebody'll rustle trie some break last I'll go down, interview the laJ and find out what's the matter." ''You'll not wait for breakfast,' his mother declared grimly. "It's only t step down there and the walk will just give you an appetite. You hurry along now and your breakfast will be ready when you get back." "If you think I need anything to tive me an appetit? Dicky grum bled. '...' Ml "You may not need it. but you II get it," his mother retorted. 'And don't dawdle on your way. I just knov he's sold your reservations-to some one else." ' Madge's Decision. ! Dicky .threw his Tftothcr n ap pealing look, me a humorously re signed one, and went AUt of the room. I., another minute we heard the front dfjor close with something very ' nearly resembling a slam. "I'll go and stir that Mandy up a bit." Mother Graham said, rising. "He'll probably be in a tearing rage when he gets back, and there's noth ing like a good hot breakfast to calm a man down." With which bit ot,, philosophy, garnered by every woman of any ex perience with masculinity she hur ried out of the room, leaving me to speculate as to Dicky's probable at titude, toward the situation upon his return. Beneath the calm mask which I was exerting all my will power to wear. I was really wild with anxiety to get north to my home, and the arduous tasks which there awaited me. To di$mantle the house, find an other, and get the furniture moved all by the first of May these were the duties which loomed large before me. ' Two precious days" 'of the three weeks were already gone, surrepti tiously filched by Dicky in order to get in the trip to Blue s Bridge. In the face of this new turn of affairs I regretted for the first time that I had yielded to my own desire for the trip, and forebore to puncture the very palpable pretence of not be- inj able to get reservations which Dicky had made. I knew that he had no idea of the labor before me, and 1 would lend a willing ear to the ticket agent's account of the perils of the return journey. I rose and went back to my own room in search of something with which to busy myself. But every " thing of mine save the yery last things, requiring about five minutes' work, was already packed. With the sudden thought, - however, that it might be a long time before my trunk would reach New York, if the railroad strike continued, I wondered if I would not better repack, and v contrive to carry more things with' me. Then my common sense came to the rescue, telling me that in a . precarious railroad journey like the " j one before me I would better travel as light as possible, and I already had m suitcase and bag everything that I needed for two or three weeks, even if my trunk did not arrive. So I set to work to make our room tidy and pick up after Dicky, who never by any chance hangs up any clothing or puts anything in its proper place. I had only just finished when I heasd the hall door open, and I hurried into the living room to learn what he had decided. . . (Continued Tomorrow.) $3,403 Raised First Day , 1 Of Drive for Relief Fund There is $3,403.60 in an Omaha bank credited to the Douglas county European Relief council. That was the result of the first day of the $52,000 drive in the county for the relief of the starving children of Europe, exclusive of several thou sand which have been subscribed but has not been turned in. The drive opened officially Monday noon at a meeting of prominent business and professional men at the Omaha club at which G. W. Wattles, state . chairman, presided. Pontificial High Mass Christmas at St. Cecilias Pontifical high mass will be ccle- brated by Archbishop J. J. Harty at midnight Christmas eve in St. Cecilias cathedral, Fortieth and Burt streets. Preceding midnight mass the , choir will chant "Terce," the first of ' "Little Honrs," followed by the pro fession wijji carols by the boys' Uioir, " ' -i . THE GUMPS- ' ' j 1 I f tiOW QTTC-T. I COME HE Ht ITT ME f V ANt MYU- YUM A f' A LM10 p n.aji V. Nover- vov o v;r mother oust sot f middle- hamu bim i 5 CMiMG A BF A UTTLZ MN MP HIS PICTURE: OXTt fir I ttlM fiUMl ' J AhI I WANT OU TO Be N WAKE UR UNCLC ?OOD THE 5TOKE tfOOM At J , WMV-y y, V . LT e rrrMaVl BO- Otf RE "WE LOGICAL rr Up OH THE r -r r A LTTTLc GtHTLEIHACi A I p HlS G?EAT TOSTVHC -J V .WALL CPrMER. V " , Y . I ALL THE ME HE'S ERfc potfT AffOVE MA- - X . ( KEEP NOOfcSELF HWfJ V THINGS KEEP H)hmH& lWjf.v3 ' CTY " N O- ll 3 j fc f JS' MM !MSW More Truth By JAMES J. THE TREACHEROUS COW When ole Buck Blodgett's cow come home, " Her eyes with flame a-flicker, A Her jowls all white with drippih' foam An smellin of red liquor, The revenuers seen that she Was darned onusual frisky, An' so they knewed that Abner Gee Was makin' moonshine whisky. If they went climbing up the hill, N Therevs nothin' much theyid see there - For neither Abner nor his still, When they arrived, would be there ; He has a mighty crafty way - i ' Of duckin' his pursuers, The more especially when they i Is these here revenuers. Next day, when Bossie started slow To wander up the holler, The reyenuers seen her go And started out to f oiler. , An when the brute began to run, Like kids go after dinner, They 'lowed, as each one grabbed his gun : "We got the blamed old sinner!" An' then she hit a quicker gait,' j Let out a joyful beller, " An' with her head up ambled straight1 , Down old Judge Jones'es cellar. Art' that, is why the good ole judge, Who's down1 on pil doers, Has always had an' awful grudge Against them revenufirsT- 1 , , SUSPICIOUS , , Germany's plea for a loan would be a little more convincing. if she wasn't planning to pay annuities to the members of the 'Hohenzollern family. i HOUSEHOLD HINT If you can't get brandy, a little kerosene poured on the Christmas plum pudding will make just as bright a blaze. v . WHICH IS WHY Constantine didn't make a single speech, and got 98 per cent of the votes in.the recent election. ' (Copyright. 1920, By The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) ' Where It Started Porcelain. Porcelain "originated in China. Some Chinese writers give the date of its origin as far back as the Han dynasty (206 a C 220 A. D.), but this is not generally believed. The real beginning of the art is probably in the Ming dynasty in the 14th cen tury A. D. The manufacture of porcelain was introduced into Eu rope in 1709 by J. F. Bottger, at Meissen, near Dresden. (Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler fcyiidi cate, Inc.) Underwriters Discuss Insurance Conference Members of the Omaha Life Un derwriters' association discussed the recent conference of insurance men with Governor McKelvie and elected officers at a meeting and luncheon in the Chamber of Commerce. Officers elected are: President, Edward J. Phelps; vice president, Nathan Bernstein; secretary, George B. Brown, treasurer, Charles A. Eyre. A remarkable increase in the membership of the organization was announced. Reports on the year's work were heard from H. E. Sorensen, chair man entertainment committee; O. it. Menold, cnairman publicity commit tee; G. L. E. Klingbeil, chairman legislation committee; S. W. Town send, chairman educational commit tee; J. J. MeMahon, chairman mem bership committee; Hugh E. Wal lace, secretary; Chas. A. Eyre, treas urer; and H. O. Wilhelm, president. . N Heat Melts Extinguisher, Which Smothers Blaze Geddes, S. D., Dec. 21. (Special Telegram.) Careful placing of a small fire"" extinguisher by a stove is all that saved the large $20,000 J. A. Stork implement building from total destruction .by fire here when a blaze burned unnoticed for over one hour during the noon closing period. Just before 12 it is thought a cigaret was carelessly thrown into some waste, igniting the 'floor. As the walls burned below a pyrne fire extinguisher, heat melted the con tainer and caused' the contents to drop directly into th fire, automa tically smothering the blaze and sav ing the building. Parents Problems Should children be taken to visit the sick? Children should never be taken to visit sick children, or grown per sons, whose illnesses are infectious, otherwise, they might visit the sick preferably, accompanied by their mothers, i. Than Poetry MONTAGUE Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham The Tickville fire dcpartmenT has been made more efficient by the addi tion of two more tin buckets. The Horse Doctor, who has been very busy for the past month, will now be able to take a rtst, all of his patients except one mule having passed away. The "Ladies'1 Hearsay Club held a meeting at the home of Mrs. Poke Eazley Thursday, afternoon. Poke, being laid up with rheumatism, had to be present, so he stuffed his ears with cotton, but it turned out to be absorbent cotton, so he heard all the gossip. Dr. Fields Forced to Spend Christmas in County Jail Dr. L. S. Fields, found guilty a week ago ' of performing an . illegal operation on Ruth Aycrs, who died following the operation, probably will spend Christmas in the county jail since it will be impossible t6 get .a supersedeas bond until after argu ments on a motion for a new trial are heard by District Judge Troup. The introduction of an affidavit by Mrs. C. C. Bort, a former nurse, 4124 Lake street, in which she says a girl giving the name of "Miss Ayers" called at her. home August 2 and stated that she had tried to bring about an operation on herself, made ruling on the motion fqr a new trial impossible as the county attorney's office must send to Hayes Center to get affidavits to prove that "Miss Ayers" was not Ruth Ayers. Lighting Fixtures Qranden Elec tric Co, formerly BursxHGundcn Ccv-Adn . .r 1 3oF GROOMING THE' HEIR APPARENT SLEEPY-TIME TALIS BY ARTHUR, SC0TL CHAPTER XIII. Fatty Meets Jimmy Rabbit. For once Fatty Coon was not hungry. He had eaten so much of Farmer Green's corn that he felt as if he could not swallow another "Well, don't I $et anything for the -: use cf mti tail?" Fatty asked. mouthful. He was strolling home wards through the woods when someone called to him. It was, Jimmy Rabbit. "Where are you going, Fatty?" Jimmy Rabbit asked, i "Home I" said Fatty. "Are you hungry?" Jimmy Rab bit asked anxiously. "I should say not!" Fatty an swered. "I've just had the finest meal I ever ate in my life." Jimmy Rabbit seemed to be re lieved to hear that. "Come on over and play," he said. "My .brother and I are play ing barbershop over in the old Sycamore tree; and we need you." "All right!" said Fatty. It was tiot often that any of the smaller forest-people were willing to play with him, because generally Fatty couldn't help getting hungry and then he usually .tried to eat his playmates. "What do you need me for?" Fatty asked, as he trudged along beside Jimmy Rabbit. "We need you for the barber's pole," Jimmy explained. "You can come inside the hollow tree and stick your tail out through a hole. It will make a fine barber's pole though the stripes do run the wrong wav, to be sure.". Fatty Coon wa's greatly pleased. He looked nround at his tail and felt very proud. "I've got a beautiful, tail haven't I?" lie asked. "Urn yes 1" Jinnnv Rabbit re plied, "though I must say it isn't one that I would care for mysfclf. . . But come along 1 -.There may be people waiting to ret their hair cut." Sure enough 1 When they reached the make-believe barber-shoV there was a gray squirrel 'inside, and Jimmy Rabbit's brother was busily snipping the fur off Mr. Squirrel's head. "How much do you charge for a hair-cut?" Fatty asked. "Oh, that depends!" Jimmy Rab bit said. "Mr. Squirrel will pay us six cabbage leaves. But if we were to cut your hair we'd have to ask more. We'd want a dozen cabbage leaves, at least." "Well, don't I get anything for WHY Is Today' Known as Forefathers Day?" . ; (Copyright, 1920,. By The. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Celebrated by New England and by. New England societies all over' America as the anniver sary, of. the landing of the Pil grim Fathers at Plymouth, Mass., "Forjefathcrs' Day" takes on a new. significance this year for it is precisely 300 years ago that the expedition is reputed to have set foot upon what is now Massachusetts soil. The. .first celebration of the event was in Plymouth itself in 1709, when the Old Colony dub gave a dinner at Thomas South worth's Inn on North street. At every annual recurrence of the day -the descendants of the Pil grims have made this their chief rallying-place, and anniversary orations by Webster, Everett, Choate, Winthrop, and Sumner, and anniversary poems by Bry ant, Stoddard, John Boyle O'Reilly and others have added to the glory of the occasion. ' It is the Plymouth Old Colony club; therefore, which is respon sible for settling upon Decem ber 22 as the date ot the landing of the Mayflower and the ,bf gin ning of the settlement of Ply mouth. History, however, states that the final debarkation did not take place until January 4, 1621, and that, though a landing was effected on December 21, 1620, it was only for purposes of exploration. THE TALE OP FATTY G00N T the use of my tail?" Fatty asked. He had already stuck it out through the hole; and he had half a mind to pull it in again. Jimmy Rabbit and his brother whispered together jfor a few moments. "I'll" tell you what we'll do," Jimmy said. "If you'll letMis use your tail for he barber's pole, we'll cut your hair free. Isn't that fair enough?" Fatty Coon was satisfied. But he insisted that Jimmy begin to cut his hair at once. "I'm doing my part of the work now," he pointed out. ,"So there's no reason' why you shouldn't do yours." With that Jimmy Rabbit began. He clipped and snipped at Fatty's head, pausing now and then to see the effect. He smiled once in. a while, behind Fatty's back, because Fatty certainly did look funny with his fur all' ragged and uneven. "Moustache trimmed?" Jimmy Rabbit asked, when he had finished with Fatty's head. "Certainly of course 1" Fatty Coon answered. And pretty soon Fatty's long white moustache lay on the floor of the barber-shop. Fatty felt a bit uneasy as he looked down and saw his beautiful mous tache lying at his feet. "You haven't cut it too short, I hope," he said. "No, indeed!" Jimmy Rabbit as sured him. "It's the very latest style." "What on earth 'has happened tc you?" Mrs. Coon cried, when. Fatty reached home that night. "Have you been m a fire?" "It's the latest style, Mother, Fatty told her. "At least, that's what Jimmy Rabbit says." He felt the least bit uneasy again. "Did you let, that Jimmy Rabbit do that to you?" Mrs. Coon asked. Fatty hung his head. He said nothing at all. But his mother knew. '"Well! you are a sight!" she ex claimed. "It will be months before you look like my child again. I shall be ashamed to go anywhere with you." Fatty. Coon felt very foolish. And there was just one thing that kept him from crying. And that was this: he made up his mind that when he played harberrshop with Jimmy Rabbit again he would get even with him. But when the next day came. Fatty couldn't find Jimmy Rabbit andhij brother anywhere. They kept 'out of sisfl??. But . they had told all the other forest-people about the trick they had played on Fatty Coon. And everywhere ratty went .he heard nothing but hoots and jeers and laughs. He felt very silly. And' he wished that he might meet Jimmy Rabbit and his brother. (Copyright, Groeset & Dunlap.) A ton of wood pulp yields nine to 10 cubic meters of sulphite lye. AMUSEMENTS. "OMAHA'S FUN CENTER" Dally Mat. 15c to 75c. Nitet 25c to $1.25. Here'i Anothtr Brand New Show J,, JOLLITIES OF 1920 ffSSStf A shower of beauty, music and Joyful surprises. Filled with fun, melody, sons nnd dance, (tammy Howard, Cliff Brag don, Helen Turr. Norma Barry and A PARADISE GARDEN OF GIRLS TIRED SHOPPERS' MATINEE DAILY Sat. Mat A Wk. ; Barney Gerard'l "Folllea of tlx Day'!" Auditorium "d3yo.E.vte8:ni, The Tuesday Musical Club Presents PAVLOWA "THE INCOMPARABLE" With Her Ballet Russe and Symphony Orchestra Prices $1.00 to $3.50 Seat Now Seling No War Tax Heimslhaw Valley ot Sweets r 'Announce jl A full line of beautiful, " m decorated boxes, and 7. i P baskets of Christmas Ju j g Candy to choose from. AK I HEfiOTAW HOTEL Common Sense By J. J.- MUNDY. Friendship and Good Manners. On what does you love for your old friends depend ? ' ' Does the. fac.t that Soand-So puts his knife in his mouth bar him and put him beyond the pale of your terior? - x ' Do you drop your friends for bad manners or do you look farther and see the good heart and good ; will which lie beneath a rather rough ex taerior? . How big and broad can you be or how small and narrow are you any way? Take your own measure once in a while; it will do you good. A man or a woman should be mea sured by his or her opportunities and what use has been made of them. If eating with a knift indicates a stupid brain which is too lazy or too obtuse to learn or regard the nice ways to do things, then perhaps you are justified in giving such a person littlp rnnsirlpration. ' But if it be lack of opportunity to see how things are done by persons who know how, that is quite a dif ferent matter. ' But don't be one of those pests ivrin think it so i smart to make pointed remarks in the presence of those who do not ao .as you tninn they should do. Do not undertake instruction in AMUSEMENTS. J,u MAT. and ooay EVENING LAST' 2 TIMES No Seat Laid Away or Orders Taken Price 1.0O, $1.50, $2.00, $250, $3.00 RICHARD WALTON TULLY Present GUY BATES 3 OST IN "THE MASQUER ACER" The Century' Sensation. ( Double Revolving State. Thematic Music Tripl Electrical Equipment. Three car required, to transport. No one seated during prologue. CURTAIN 2:15, 8:15 SHARP EMPRESS LAST TIMES TODAY "AND SON," Comedy Playlet; JEAN BERZAC'S CIRCUS, a Carnival of Fun; ANGELO ARMENTO, Whirlwind Acro bat; CLAXTON 4 MAY, Monologue 4 Songs. Photoplay attraction. "The Land of Jazx," featuring Eileen Percy.-T Christie Comedy, fox Mew. Matinee Daily 2:15. Every Night, 8:15 ANATOL FRIEDLAND; WALLIS CLARK; JOHNNY BURKE; Emily Darrell; Frank and Milt Britton; James and Etta Mitchell; Osaki and Taki; Topics of the Day; Kinograra. Mati nees, 15c to $1.00. Nights 15c to $1.25. Christmas Matinee and Night Seats Now, Selling. beatty;s Co-Operative Cafeterias Pay Dividends to Those Who Do the Work ' COMING TO THE MOON CHRISTMAS DAY Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. Copyright, 1920. Chicago Tribune Company good manners unasked or you will find someone elst: has- put you in the class you are trying to show you are out of. (Copyright, 1020, by International Feature riiOTOriAYs, Now GREATEST VARIETY PROGRAM OF THE SEASON i THG In the midat of the blare of saxophone, the clatter of drum end shuffle of dancing feet, a love story sweet and clean as the country wind. You'll love this picture. AND THESE CORKING ADDED FEATURES:, CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "Easy Street" HENRYS SAXOPHONE QUARTET This act appears at 4:30, A Wonder PRIZMA Photoplay "Children of All Uriels" Today and Thursday in her big, new production, "The Vice off FooSs" 'Drive Carefully! ! What's Your Hurry ? ? Dead Men Tell NoTaIes Until Wednesday Night ethelaytgn IN 'The City Sparrow" "Going Thru the Rye" Christie Comedy ( NEW RIALTO ORCHESTRA Harry Brader, Director Offering "SICILIAN VESPERS" Julius K. Johnson at the Organ n A TTSIli-M Meals Served at All Hours I Music by Slater's Southern Jazz Band Noonday and Supper 1' Luncheonettes ( ADMISSION NIGHTS,' 55c jDAHCIHGj I'M THE GUY I'M THE GUY who laughs him self out of paying the check. Why shottld I settle when I can get out of it so easily? It doesn't set nie hack any coin to guffaw at your old chestnuts. Of course, it is some effort to ap pear interested in 'ancient jokes and near puns. But in the long run it's worth it. While I'm lost in convulsions of laughter, I never see the waiter with the check, and so you have to take it I don't see but it's right, at that. I deserve something for even list ening to your chatter. You can't be such a blockhead as to think that a man will stand for such stuff for nothing. Why should you get sore if you have to settU all the time. It's the hast you can do in return "for my permiting you to try your wit on me. If you don't like it, find someone who is willing to have hisi ear talked off with what you call humor. A comic like you ought to be on the stage they could throw things at you. . : 'hy don't you build a theater of your own, and hire an audience. If you don't want to settle for me, why don't you say so, instead of tell ing all the world except me. Speak out like a man or shut tip. (Copyright, 1920, Thompson Feature) Service.) l'HOTOri ASS. Now Assisted by ZU ELLA The Mad Jazz Dancer 9:05 and 10:30 Daily Your Old Friend HAPPY HOOLIGAN - In "A Doity Deed' Should a Woman Sell Her Soul? A delicate subject handled in a frank but delicate manner by TU1ABGE in the wonder-picture "Panthea" NOW PLAYING DRIVE CAREFULLY! WHAT'S YOUR HURRYT , .DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES . DAVID POWELL, MAE MURRAY In a Paramount Production "Idols of Clay" Silverman's, Orchestra n a ' specially presented overture, WILLIAM TELL Rossini A two-reel comedy scream i "Toonerville Trolley1 Buy a Book of Xmas Tickets n J -V v.fl 1