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THE BEE: 0IAHA, k TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1920.
THE GUMPS-
EPY -TIME TALES
AN ARRIVAL NEXT DOOR
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
THETALE OF
FATTY
COON
'BYAKTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
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CHA1TER XVIII.
;ti The Loggers Come.
Fatty Coon' wa,s frightened; lie
had just waked up and he heard a
sound that was exactly like the noise
Farmer Green and his hired man
had made when they cut down the
tall chestnut tree where he was
perched.
"Oh, Mother! What is it?" he
cried.
' "The loggers have come," Mrs.
Coon said. "They are cutting down
all the big" trees in the swainp.". '
"Then we'll have to move, won't
we?" Fattv asked.
. 5 "Jfq! They won't touch this tree,"
. , liis mother told .him. "It' an old
tree,, and hollow so they won't
chop -it down. It's only-the good
sound trees that they'll take."
' "But I thought this was a gooo
, tree.", Fatty was puzzled. -
' i"S "it is, niyXson! It's a good
' v tree for us. II u t not for the loggers.
vThey would have little Use for it."
. Fatty Coon felt better when he
t hard that. And he had a good deal
v of fun,' peeping, down at the loggers
- .ind watching them work. But he
took care that they should not see
him. He knew what their bright
axes could do.
. When nighr came Fatty had still
more fun. When the loggers were
sleep Fatty went to their ramp in
the. woods beside the brook and he
found mariy good things to cat. He
- .did. not know the names of all the
goodies; but he ate them just the
-same. He 'specially liked some po
tatoes which tl'ie careless cook had
The firs washout.
kft in a pafi near the tpen campr
fire. The lire was out. And the pan
rosted on' a stump close beside it.
Fatty Coon climbed up and crawled
right inside the pan.. And after he
: had had one taste of those potatoes
he grew so excited they were so
good that he tipped the pan off the
stump and the potatoes rolled right
into the ashes.
Fatty had jumped "to one side,
when, the tin pan fell. It made a
rreat clatter; and he kept very still
for a few moments, while he lis-
, teed. But no one stirred. And
, ' then Fatty jumped plump into the
atmes. r -:! .. ..'... i
. Whew I He jumped out again as
. fast as he could; for beneath the
ashes there were plenty Of hot coals.
Fatty stood in them for not more
than three . seconds, but that was
v quite long enough. The bottoms of
" his feet burned as if a', hundred hor
rets had stung them.'
He stood first on one foot and
then" on another. If you could have
seen him you would have thought
Fatty was dancing. And you might
liaVe laughed,; , because he looked
funny.? v ,
But Fatty Coon did not laugh.' In
fact, he came very near crying. And
lie did not wait to -.eat another
mouthful.' He limped along toward
home. And it was several days be
fore he stirred out of his mother's
house,again. He just lay In his. bed
and waited until his; burns were well
V again. -' ' ' .-' r '' '.
; . It Was very hard. ;For. Flatty did
not like .to? think of all those good
, things to eat that he was missing.
And he hoped the loggers would not
go away before his feet were well
agailt.'
(Copyright, GroMat & Dunlap.) '
Where It Started
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- " Fans -: .....
, Fans are mentioned in the' Bible
i-. as beiug ysed principally for. separat
i ing the chaff from tkc wheat after
v, the -grain had been groulid. . Egypt
" . oans, and later the Romans,;, used
' fans fQr decoration and cooling pur-
'poses. The oldesV fan known is in
the Boulak museum. v It is merely
j . the wooden handle with holes where
the leathers, were inserted. It dates
- from 1700 B. C
Copyright, 19I9, B The' Wheeler Syndi
. . cace. Inc. . .
. WHY
. . "... Does Hair Turn bray? . s
j; v, The" color of our hair, like that of
our eyes and skin, isdue to he se
"J. cretion.of a varying amount of pig
ment or coloring natter, which, in
turn, idepends largely upon the per--
-centage of various hemical constit
uents in our systems ( For example,
- a person with a large amount of ron
in their blood usually manifests this
by dark hair and eyes, while there
are other characteristics ol blondes,
V brunettes and red-headed persons
which have been woked out to a
varying degree of precision by-students
of human nature as a whole.
' r As . we grow , older this pigment
- loses! some of its intensity. The
; highly colored cheeks of childhood
- and youth are replaced bv the sal
''' low, ashen complexion, of advancing
age and the hair naturally, reflects
V "this decrease in pigmentation, finally
j.,turning a silvery white. Prolonged
;. worry, fright or the lack of suth
' dent light also appear to have a
' - marked effect upon th'e pigment cells
' v which supply the hair, for there are
, well authenticated cases of hair turn-
ing white within 1 very brief period
' ' of time. 'On account of the fact that
hair needs a large supply of pigment,
firuiiertes turn gray much sooner
than blondes, while persons with ex-
- tremely light hair that of the "com
silk" variety frequently go through
life without tiny alteration in color
whatevir, though : their hair usually
'. loses the major portion., of its life
and luster. .. '
' ICVpyrlght, ItSO. by the Wheeler Syodl-
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' ' " I . ' I " I ' AMUSEMENTS. , AMISEMKNTS. .
More Truth
By JAMES J.
TOUGH
: Some of the colleges refuse to permit
standings are acceptable.
,. Farewell to the lure of
ror many a toveiy
Farewell to the rhythmic
,4-
Now utterly faded and fled; ,
For the faculty holds that an undergrad's marks
Mean more than the light-tripping lasses, .
And he cannot go out upon any more larks
Unless he keeps up with his classes', ' 1 ' '
The .damsels are low in their minds,- ' , .
When they think of a prom ,or a. ball, . .f jl v, p
For' they've got to go out' with the grinds. . V
Or they-can't go to parties at all, A
And a grind, though, of course, he is likely to b .
- Of a praiseworthy studious habit, i !
Has a terrible draw-back, and that is that he
4 Can't danoe any more than a rabbit.;. .""".'
The youths who are graceful and slim, I . V
And dreams of delight on the floor, ' -
Are always remarkably dim V
In their grasp of collegiate lore. - , ,
, , And therefore the girls have computed the chance
As just about one in a million, ,
' That any young student who knows how to dance
Can ever attend a cotillion. ',
Alas, for the lovely co-ed, - T '
She wears a disconso.late frown.'
; And thinks she had better be dead,, " -
Or back in her little old town '
Where the boys kept the band up till long after two,
And nobody ever inquired .
How much mathematics or physics they knew
As long as thedr feet were unspired. ' ,
WHICH 7 '
Lord Bryce says the world is at the, brink of an abyss, and Mr.
Harding is advising it to step out. - I
ONE SAVING--'
Even in boqm times a president-elect never has to use the help
wanted columns in order to fill his cabinetv ;
THE DAYS OF DEMOCRACY v
Until the Constantine incident,
elected vto the purple. .
I M.. ' (Copyright, 1920, By the
I'M THE GUY
I'M THE GUY who always pulls
hte same old gags.
For everything that nia'V be
brought up in an ordinary 'conver-,
sation I have a bright remark all
thought out. I know it's clever,
too, because everyone tries to make j
me repeat it often. ' . ' - t: j
For instance, if some one asks me
to have some dish that disagrees
yith me, I always say "It's one of
the tribulations of my life, 1 can't
eat that.",., ,
Or when I disagree with you, I
tell you that "I can't subscribe to
those sentiments'." ;: It sounds much
better thari to ay. 'simply "Yes" or'
"NoJ -Thaff so common.-
Then again it relieves me of much
mental effort, because all"! have to'
do is to spring one of my gags. I
don't have to bother of thinking up
something new. , '.gj j
I pity people who" never know
what to say when( something is dis
cussed. They seem to , be lest for
words.' ' . . ;
' No' wonder they envy mc, and tiy
to .ridicule me.
Why they even bet they can make
me.say the same thing under given
circumstances, But that doesn't
worry me. If you don't Jike it. I
don't care. It won't do you any
good, either, to ask me to get sonic
new gag. The old gags are good
enough for me, whether they please
you or not.
Copyright, 1920, Thompson Feature Servlco.
Common Sense
CHARACTER AND FACES.
By J. J. MUNDY. J '
Some persons have a peculiarity
about face or feature, which is pro
vocative of laughter, and while tney
may profess to be'not sensitive about
it, detp down in their hearts it hurts.
Tha fact vthat your features are
nearly perfect makes joking remarks
from you the more cutting.
If you are good looking you are
fortunate, but you know you had
nothing whatever to do in making
your own good looks. - '
Often when you look in a mirror
you feel' thankful that your face is
not sos unattractive as some you sec.
These persons mav wish they were
as comely arid pleasing as you.
But regular outlines arc little else
we attractivenv.
H your pleasant features: show
nothing of grace of mine) eventually
your face will look shallow and'd'ult.
Homely faces which show intelli
gence, npnesty, knowledge - and
morality become better and better
looknig with the years, and it were
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE
LUCK
male students to attend dances unless their
c ' , i
the dance , . ' ,
co-ea; y
romance
we never knew that men
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Bel! Syndicate, Inc.) '
were
well for 3-ou to keep this in mind
when you are tempted to criticize any
one on account of physical defects
or plain homeliness.
(Coipyrtght, 1920, by International Featuro
Service, Inc.)
ADVERTISEMENT,
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And This Was in Co!d Winter Weather.
Plan Is Simple.
"I fed Don Sung to my 28 hens that
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now. I receive as high as 27 eggs a day
and never less than 22." Mrs. Jennie
Davidson, Yates Center, Kan.
Mi's. Davidson wrote this letter in Feb
ruary. Figure her profit on two doien
essrs a day from hens that "wouldn't lay."
We'll make you the same offer we made
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Give your hens Don Sung and watch re
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Dog Hill Paragrdts
1 By George Bingham
Everybody went to the door Sat
urday afternoon to view the parade,
which consisted of Yam Sims riding
along on his mule playing Sousa's
march on his French harp.
Raz Barlow will go to the Calf
Ribs neighborhood Wednesday even-
iner where he will stand uo with a
bridal couple if his- corns don't hurt
him too bad. " 1
Atlas Peck attempted what is be
lieved to be suicide Monday afternoon
by jumping out of a persimmon tree
following disappointment in "politics.
New Community Center to
Be Opened on January 7
A new community center will be
opened in the Franklin school Fri
day evening, January 7. Miss Edith
Isaacson will be supervisor. This'
will be the 12th center opened this
season unde the direction of the
Board ((f Public Recreation. . Com
munity centers will be opened at
other schools if residents of the vari
ous districts make requests in the
form of signed petitions. . '
FURS
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AT V) PRICE
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"DRESSES
That Omaha women well know the quality of the Burgess-Nash ready to wear
was demonstrated Monday when hundreds took advantage of the wonderful savings
in effect during this "clearance sale. ? j . y S
Tuesday the values are just as great and if you have not attended the sale you
must surely do so and select your, new apparel at exactly one-half the regular price.
iLIEIGES
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1 1 rarentsrroMems I fijAee3
What course should ' be followed
by a woman whose neighbor's little
girl of 5 is temporarily visiting
her, when the child wishes to do
things 'which her caretaker thinks
unwise or unsafe, and when this is
said to her, "pother always lets me
do that?" ' !'
The one who lias the child in
charge should explain thatr1 while
with her, she must follow her rtiles.
To make this perfectly rights and
clear the mother should, in the pres
ence of the caretaker before leaving
her with the child,' say to her little
girl "Do just what .'she ' tells you
while mother is away."' '
Paper a Weed Killer.
In Hawaii it has Teen found that
weeds can be kept down in sugar
plantations
by tovering the fields
with paper.
BLANKETS ACID
COMFORTS
V2 Off at Down's
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For This Week's Selling
, We are going to sell
every blanket and com
fort on our shelves.
The quality f every,
one is the xerf besWthe
guaranteecTkmd.
Our prices for this
week are going to move
them, and do it quick. '
The prices have' been"
so reduced that you will
at once recognize these
as a great big value in
Blankets and Comforts.
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Continuin
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This big semi-aq n ual sale is of tht greatest
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'Second Floor and
everybody store
M LATH t
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WEDNESDAY
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Four Days Starting Thursday, Dec. 30
"THE SMARTER SET"
With 'WHITNEY and TUTT
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NIGHTS 50c, $1.50. Sat. Mat. 25c, II1
WEEK COM. NEXT MONDAY
:y TICKETS NOW ON SALE
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NIGHT BOAT, Comedy Playlet;
STRAUS TWINS, Musical Offering;
Cy & Cy, Nut Comedians Retter
Bros., VThe Gym Kings." Photoplay
Attraction: "Number Seventeen," fea
turing George Walsh. Christie Comedy.
Fox News.
Alirlitnrilim Thursday Evening.
uaiiorium Dee, 30 ,t 8:I5
The Tuesday Musical Club Presents
PAVLOWA
"THE INCOMPARABLE" '
With Her Ballet Russo and Symphony
- Orchestra
Prices $1.00 to $3.80
Seats Now Seling No War Tax
for Tuesday
May Have
entire stock
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JUNIOR APPAREL
Downstairs Store
The Best in Vaudeville
Mat. Daily, 2:15. Every Night, 8:18.
Extra!
Friday Night, Dee.' 31
NEW YEAR'S EVE
TWO PERFORMANCES
First show at 7:50, second show at
10:15. ARM AN KALIZ A CO.) KEL
LAM O DAREi BOBE A NELSON;
Hyman A Mann; Leon Varvara; Tuck
Clare; Ed. Lord A Marie Fuller;
Topics of the Day; Kinograms. Mats.,
15c to $1.00; Nights, 15c to $1.25..
,; "OMAHA'S FUN CENTER"
iClrtt tTil Day Mat. 15c to 78c
J5rXy Nites 25c to $18
Barmy fisrtrd'l TMrtseath Assssl
FOLLIES of the DaY tt'
ylth HARRY UOOP) WELSH soC Johnny Weber.
.."" Mt "t lts the holiday week
Ilk s tins. Gorgeoui settlngi. Glorious Bsaure
Chorui. -
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iwo complete snows
Fri. Nite, Dec. 31
,SUrtln at :30 sad ,
Novel, timely tnrsrlm
es strolis of 12
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Omaha's Ons Live Spot
NEW YEAR'S EVE
All over at 1:45 A. M.
"OWL" CARS HOME
Sat. Mnt, Wk.: "FLASHLIGHTS OF 1930" (new)
KUlAUKAHi i
Best Meals in City Served
All Day and Night
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DANCING AND
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ADMISSION NIGHTS. 55
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HOME
Eetter Than
"THE OLD HOMESTEAD"
A Graat as - ' '
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"' ' Added Features
"FATTY"
mmwn
In "the Village Scandal"
And Have You Heard
About These Slickers?
"RUBETOWN
MINSTRELS"
Appearing Today
3:40, 7:45, 10 O'clock
SHOULD
v ', :. The Great
PHOTOPLAY
Be - Shown in
Omaha at
$1.00
' or
35c
PER SEAT
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Fatty Arbuckle
in
"THE i-LIFEt1
THE PARTY"
A Novel aad Beautiful Prologue,
'THE TOY SHOP"
Harry Silverman and Hi
Orchestra Play as an Overture,
"BABES IN TOYLAND"
By Victor Herbert-
Charles Ray
"NINETEEN
and PHYLLIS"
"Special Musical Program
by the ,,
New Rialto Orchestra ""
HARRY BRADER.
Director i
JULIUS K. JOHNSON,
. Organist . (
mmmm Last Times Today
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in "LOVE MADNESS"
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