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t'U: ' ' , ? y . THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12. 1921. ' 1:5 - ' . i TII&TAL5C7 PETER CHAPTER X. What Could Peter Do? Peter Mink was pulling Jimmy Rabbit tip the mountainside. You remember that Jimmy had a new sled, and that IVt-r had nailed Jimmy's trousers to the bled, so he wouldn't fall off when he slid down Blue mountain. But when Jimmy had coasted down into the meadow he found he could not get off the ,lcd. So l'tter Mink had offered to help him, if Jimmy would give him the sled in return for his kindness. "How do votl like mv new sled. Peter Mink asked Jimmy Rabbit, as Je stopped to rest, niter climbinu a bteep slope. . ; But before Jimmy Rabbit could answer, an alarmiiiK sound rang through the clear air and startled them both. It was old dog Spot, bavins as if he had found some very interesting tracki. "Hurry!" Jimmy Rabbit cried. "We don't want Spot to catch us!" ' "Get off my sled!" Peter Mink ordered. "How can I run fast, pull- . c .,u... inK ureal, iai itnuw mi ''How can I pet , off. answered, "when I'm nailed Jimmy fast to the sled?" "I'll Ret vou off," said I'eter. And he took hold of Jimmy. Rabbit's ears and began to pull as hard as lie could. But the sled only slipped along on the snow. "Grab this sapling!" Peter Mink cried, drawing J'mmy close to a nee theg struck sonusthingi small tree. "And I'll pull the sled from under you." But. all his pull ing did n6 more than to make Jimmy's arms ache. For Jimmy was nailed so fast to the sled that he stuck to it or it stuck to him as if they were just one. instead of two, things. "I wish my mother hadnt made .me wear such stout trousers," Jimmy Rabbit said. For once, he wished he wore old, ragged clothes, like Peter's. . If he had, he thought he might have torn himself away from the sied. But now there seemed no hope for liim, because old Spot's voice sound- 'ctf nearer every minute. At last Peter Mink became so angry because Jimmy didn'h get off the sled that he flew at him and began to pommel him. When Peter threw himself upon Jimmy the sled began to move. But 1 "Peter was so enraged he never noticed that, until they were coast ing down the mountain so fast that he didn't dare jump off. Once they struck something. They couldn't see what it was, because 1 ,1ia irarointy litr ln( wind. ' But Jimmy Rabbit thought he heard a frightened sort of yelp. Then they tore on again. Before they reached the foot of Blue mountain they struck some thing else. This time there was no yelp, for they ran right into a big maple tree. And Jimmy Rabbit felt himself sailing through the air, until atj last he landed on top of a big drift, broke through the crust, and sank into the soft snow beneath He crawled quickly out of the drift. And when he saw that he and the sled had parted company he was so . delighted that he never minded his torn trousers. He looked around. And there was the sled, as good as ever, except for the nails Peter Mink had driven into it. And there was Peter Mink, lying very still beneath the maple tree. Though Jimmy listened, he could jio longer hear old Spot baying. j That was because old Spot was running home as fast as his legs would carry him. He didn't know what it was that had struck him; and he was frightened. ; When Jimmy Rabbit saw Peter Mink slowly open one eye he knew that it wouldn't he long before Peter was himself again. So Jimmy hur ried back up the mountain, pulling the sled after him. The next day, vho should come to Jimmy's house but Peter Mink. "i've come for my sled," he said. "What sled?',' asked Jimmy Rab bit. "Why, the one you gave mc for getting: you off it." Peter answered. "But you didn't get me off the sled," Jimmy told him. "You don't . even know how I fjot off. So I cer tainlv am not going to give you my sled." And Peter Mink had to go away empty-handed. He didn't like it at all. But what could he do? Copyright, Grosset A Dunlap. Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. The pearl is today's talismanic gem. It is syrnbolic of youth and purity and guards its wearer from unhappine-.s and misfortune. It must be worn against the flesh, otherwise it loses its power and beauty. : The natal stone for today is the emerald, which brings good fortune to its wearers by bestowing on them the ability to read the future, accord ing to an ancient superstition. It also endows them with unusual in telligence. The fortunate hue for, today is white, according to an oriental le gend, which assures us that those who wear it will make friends easilv. j The flower for today is the white chrysanthemum, which brings good luck when bestowed as a gift on one from whom a,favor is sought. ftCewk-bt U Waetlw Syndlct. inc.) 6 THE GUMPS VOL MPY- YAU- VV.L A. Chill aovn IN LAW AU. or or TWE ATTWVUAN exzoo-weiBoo Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. Telling the Bees. Of late ' years the superstitious custom of "telling the bees" when there is a death in the family has nearly died out, but it still lingers in remote country districts and to within comparatively a few years ago was almost universal in rural communities. The mention of the custom will recall at once Whittier's beautiful poem on the subject. The belief was that if the bees were not told of the death they would either die or emigrate. Some communi ties believed the one and some the other. ' The superstition is supposed to have originated in the remote past when the farmer, less well informed with regard to bees than he is now, but observant of their industry, their skill in building their combs, their organized society of drones, workers and queens, regarded them with a sort of awe as possessing human in telligence. Moreover they worked for him day in and day out without pay. If they were lower in the scale than his hired man they were higher Uhan his cattle. It was due to them ! to inform them when a death took nlare in the familv: thev had intelli gence enough to comprehend and if not told might feel offended and fly away or turn sullen and die when they discovered that they had been neglected in so important a matter. Telling the bees was a pretty idea and it is almost a pity that it is dying out while so many repulsive super stitions show no signs of losing their vitality. (Copyright, 1921. by th JlcCluro News paper Syndicate.) Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham The Depity Constable left this morning in heavy disguises for parts unknown on a secret mission. It is believed he is preparing a raid on a moonshine still as he took an empty jug along with him. The financial strain of the com munity was somewhat relieved Sat urday night when Cricket Hicks got paid off, body. as he owed nearly evcry- Madam Rumor has it that Dock Hocks is engaged to one of the Henstep girls of the , Calf Kibs neighborhood. When seen at the blacksmith shop today on the sub ject he said he didn't know exactly yet. . . WHY Is a "Sirloin" Steak So-Called. There is a humorous tradition, current in many sections of England and part of the folk-lore of the butchers' guild, to the effect that James I, during one of his visits to Lancaster, was so pleased by a banquet tendered him in Houghton Tower, near Blackburn, that he wished to confer some special honor upon the viands themselves. Ac cordingly, the story goes, he drew his sword and knighted the loin of beef which remained on the table before him "and ever after this part of the meat has been called tb Sir Loin." The same legend, only with Charles II as its principal figure, is evident in the following verse, found in several of the older Eng lish books: t "Our second Charles of fame facete, On loin of beef did dine; He held his pleased sword o'er the meat, 'Rise up thou famed Sir Loin." " Unfortunately, however, the truth of these stories is disproven by the fact that the word "sirloin" is com pounded, ot the trench "stir, mean ing upon, and the English "loin" for a "sirloin" is nothing more than the piece of beef which grows upon the loin and behind the small ribs of the animal. Parents Problems How can a boy of eight who loses his possessions caps, neck' ties, etc.. be helped to be more care ful in this particular? The only effectual thing tp do in a case of this kind is to let the boy lack the things he has lost. This will, of course, be hafMer for the mother than the boy, 63k ? H&iA i IX mKxr l 'MAYmx m mix i.i in yaw n mw t,n.Tr....oitliuytX H I ' l'nu-Tr-'-g- "--a Will ,1 I 1 11 1 -J .tMg:-. r ' " - , . , ONE TOUCH OF TVOSt More Truth. Miirmfti , host A w -ra Mftss ta - A, - . . wirmw X -w-p -- I v i . n.r-,a i . x i i r . I ww (j i : : : : . I -.. 1 I . I aaaBaaai , 1 , r" ! -By JAMES J. MONTAGUff T SHIFT THE SCENE Pause a minute, M. Movie Director, In your rush to gain the eager public's dimes, Do not fancy you can thrill 'em every time you show a fulum That is filled with savage violence and crimes. They want crime, but they would like it more convincing, , And in violence they ask the very best. When your pictures you are staging, go where crime is really raging For the present you can give the west a rest. If you want to make your dramas realistic, Get the scenes where high class bad men meet and shoot, Where, though lights are shining brightly, the garroter labors nightly, And the burglar climbs the porch in search of loot, Where the footpad with an honest injun sand bag ' Walks his beat at fall of night about the Bronx, And is never quite contented till he's cracked or bumped or dented Half a hundred of the residential conks. You don't have to pay out money for scenarios, For the crooks will write a fresh one every day. All you need to do is take it just the way the rascals make it, And you've got a good rip roaring howling play. Follow any thug who starta out of an evening, Take a flashlight and a camera along, . And you'll get a line of action that will furnish satisfaction To the most exacting movie -goers throngs. Take Bill Hart and dress him up in a Tuxedo, Turn him loose on upper Broadway after dark, Bring Doug Fairbanks east and fix it so he'll have a chance to mix it With a gang of yeggmen west of Central Park. That's the way to make a movie folks will go to, Full of blows and groans and shrieks and flying lead, There, where tbugdom is in flower, shootings happen every hour, But the western cactus-cowboy stuff is dead. i NO TIME TO DALLY If Mr. Colby doesn't hurry home he'll find a strange pair of over shoes on the state department doormat. IT'S AN ILL WIND If the east didn't have rough winters, what would California have to brag about? THEY'RE ALL EXPERTS In the school that has been established for new congressmen no department of oratory will be necessary. (Copyright, 1921. By the Bell Syndicate, Ine.) - HOLDING A x Adele Garrison's Revelations The Praise Lillian Accorded Madge. Marion's squeal of delight greeted me as I- entered the rodfn tike the heart of a' rose, which Lillian had kept so long prepared for the idol ized child shut away from her - so many cruel years. She was "scram bling up in bed, an adorable picture, flushed with sleep, her curls rum bling over her forehead, her lissome, rounded figure attired in the-daintiest of pink pajamas. . "Your bathrobe and slippers, sweetheart, Lillian cautioned, and the child obediently slipped into the warm garments before throwing her self into riiy arms and giving me an ecstatic hug. "I couldn't let her sit up till you came, or have .dinner with us," Lil lian explained. "I've had to hold her to a rather rigid regime since the flu. But I didn't have the heart to keep her away from you till morn ing, so I promised I'd wake her when you came.'" 'Huh!" Marion eiaculated indig nantly. "A lot of waking up I'd need when my Auntie Madge has come home, after heing gone from me ages. And where's my Uncle Dicky?" "Just waiting to see'if you'd con descend to remember him," Dicky answered from the door of the room, and the next second he was ensconc ed in a big armchair with Marion on his knee, demanding to know "every single tweenty-weenty .thing Junior has been saying or doing?" "Gee, that's a contract!' ijickv joined. "Don't you think you d bet ter talk about what I've orougni yon ir mv snitrase?" . ' "Oh! Uncle Dicky!" she carolled. "Please let me have it right away!": "The daughter of the horse leech, Lillian quoted, laughing; then look ed at her wrist watch. . "I'll give you ten miiiutes with Uncle Dicky, Marion," she said in cisively. "Then Dicky-bird, if you'll go up to Harry's room you'll find your hot bath drawn, and everything ready tor you. tsetty teus me oinnci will be on the table In forty min ute." , "So you're determined to' make me take a tub before you let me come to the dinner table," Dicky re torted teasiqgly, but Lillian paid no attention to him. As we If ft the room, however, we heard Marion sav resignedly: . "It's no use trvmg to fight it, Uncle Dicky. 'You'll just have to get into the tub (when mother tells you to. She's the beaten-ist woman for having folks take baths you ever saw " Dicky's roar of laughter followed us nut into the hall and drowned our own giggles over the child's un conscious earnestness, nature makes the whole world 7s 1 " y v Than Poetry HUSBAND New Phase of of a Wife . "Probably you recognize Betty's characterization of me,',' Lillian smiled. "Marion is altogether too taithful a mimic of Betty." "Harry's Room." "I don't know any adjective that describes you better than does 'beatenist,' " I said slyly, but the raillery covered the little shock which had come to me at the phrast "Harry's room," which Lillian had uttered in the matter-of-fact man ner as if we were back in the old times ot our hrst acquaintance, when debonair, unprincipled but fascinating Harry Underwood been the master of this home. had Had Lillian spoken the phrase in the simple inadvertence of long usage, or was it possible that she still clung to the quixotic idea that she and the home were bound to that dangerous, unstable and almost heartless adventurer whose name she still bears? 1 It was nothing, however, which I could discuss with her, or to which I could point even the vaguest ref erence, so I put it out of my mind and gave myself up to Lillian's min istrationshow natural it seemed to have her fussing over mc and how delightful I With no mother or sister, no woman, indeed, of my own blood to love me. Lilljan has the place in my heart which would otherwise belong to my own kin. Coming to her, is to me like com ing home. J tried feebly to express this to her. as she moved swiftly around the guest chamber which she had assigned me, helping me lay out my things, and keeping ah eye upon the splashing hot (water in the bath adjoining. . , l Of course, ' she said, unemotion ally, "I'd like to see you coming home' to anybody1; else, except, of course, to the Dicky-bird. Now your bath is ready, hot enough to suit even you I remember what a salamander you are. I've got a new needle shower in there thats a per fect tangerine you'll feel as if 10,000,000,000 icy needles were striking you all at once. So you ought to be happy. Go to it, with my blessing here's my heavy bath robe never mind about getting yours out and then while you're dressing and the Dicky-bird's safe in his own tub, you'lt be able to tell me a bit about that real estate mixup of yours. "Incidentally, let me congratulate you upon that bee-yew-tiful little fib about your being a 'partner to the crime. I know you too well to think you've lost your head, but it was just the way to handle the I)icky-bird. You're getting to be a wonder, old dear." I y (Continued Tomorrow.) Common Sense By J. J. MUNDY. The Effort Is Not Wasted. Have you ever thought out what you would do in case you lost your present position? Could yon hold a job in any other profitable line of work? Are you prepared to fill a posi tion better than the one, you now have? Would it be necessary for you to step down the ladder in search of work and take something not nearly as good? You hope not, but the chances are that you could not find anything as good as What you have at the present time, certainly wages no better. It might be well for you to study the matter from every angle and then count yourself so lucky that you work a little harder to be worth to the firm what you are now getting. Retrenchment is the order of the day, and if you want. and need the same high wages you must produce more and more to make it up to the firm which has to. cut the corners carefully now in business readjust ment. Even if the present firm decides against your services if you have been trying to make yourself more expert in the hope of retraining, the extra practice you have put into im proving yourself and your work will make you more valuable to your next employers and to yourseli eventually. Copyright, 1921. International Feature Service. Inc. AMISEMT:NTS. TODAY All This Mat. A Eve. Week The Bohemians, Inc. Present Revusical Comedy of New York's Latin Quartier ORIGINAL GREENWICH VILLAGE THEATER CO. James Watts, Ted Lewis, "Jaia King;" Al Herman, Sylvia Jason. Verna Gor don, Hiekey Bros., and the 20 FAMOUS ARTISTS' MODELS Nights, $1.00 to $3.00; Wed. Mat., 50c . . . . . r. r n to $z.uv; sat. mat., i u Next Sunday and All Week SEATS TOMORROW 6EO.n.oiiflr?s COMEDIANS 79 Biggest Musical COMEDy Success On Earth ri LTD 1SNTIT A GRAND OLD NAME The Season's ' Sensational Hit. This Company Opens in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 30tn, lor a run. Prices: Eves., $3 to SI. Sat. Mat., $2.50 to $1. Wed. Mac, Best Seats, $2. Matinee Daily, 2:15t Every Night, 8:18 THE FORD DANCERS: RAE ELEA NOR BALL AND BROTHER i CLAUDE A MARION; Homer Miles it Co.: Dot son; Royal Gascoignes; Oscar Mirano Trio: Topics ot the Day; Kinograms. Matinee 15c to 50c; some at 75c; $1 Sat. and Sun. Nights 15c to 81.25. EMPRESS LAST TIMES TODAY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, Miniatur Musical Comedy; MARTHA HAMIL TON A CO., Comedy Skit; McKOWN A BRADY, "Words and Music;" SKIP PER. KENNEDY A REEVES, "Campua Capers;" VINCENT "SONG" MAR QUISE, Popular Songster. Photoplay Attraction "Partners of Fate," fea turing Louisa Lovely. Harold Lloyd Comedy. "Get Out and Get Under." 'OMAHA'S FUN CENTER" Mat., 15c to 75c 25c to 81.25 Jsek Slnaar Preisntt LEW KELLY ",, 0VN CO SSffi! (Mr. Kally Is the moit Imitated aisH Is Burlsik.) Eitrs Added Feature Th Mamlom 4 JAN8LEY6. direct Inm the Rlngllns Brot. Circus. Sussrb Cast and Hsssy-GO'Luoky Btsuty Chorus. LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS RsL Mat. A Week: Uvn liarclay; Slep Llrtlj Girls BEATTY'S Co-Operative Cafeterias Pay Dividend to Those Who i Do the Work kin I'M THE GUY I'M THE GUY who is always talking about his 'servants." Everybody s doing W"V not I? You see I'm so used to servants j ., ... -I .1 .!., ! they arc incidents of every day life with me that I have to talk about them all the time, just as I do about the weather. Their doings and sayings are interesting, you must admit, and I like to repeat them. Besides, when I talk about my servants, you imagine I'm of some account, an influential person of con siderable wealth. As a matter of fact I have no servant at all, except the wash woman who comes in once a week and the chores-man, who tends the furnace and shovels the snow in winter and tends to the lawn in summer. I don't tell all. I know when I'm hearing vou raviiig-about your Stut'z, when all you have is a 1912 flivver. So just keep out of my affairs and let me talk about my servants with out interruption or sneers. Copyright, 1921, Thompson Feature Service PHOTOPLAYS. TODAY and THURSDAY First Showing In Omaha c' WILL Honest Hutch Adapted from the torr. X)ld Hutch Lives Up To It: "Gosh-a-mighty 1 $50,000 !" Hutch, the town loafer, who had never owned $5P at one time, found it. What did he do with it? Positively one of the finest comedy drama ever produced. A laugh from start to finish. Special Musical Program by "THE BIG SISTERS" "Earthbound" Will Hold You SPELLBOUND at the mm DANCING J CAFE Dinner and Supper Luncheonettes Daily DANCE On the Biggest and Bast Spring Dance Floor In the City Addrd Attraction VINCENT MARQUISE POPULAR SONGSTER Western Union Dane Tonight Uaual Public Dancing Admission 65c Jack Connors, Mgr. R0GERS MMSI 3 mm a. Wf I i I Urawn tor ine oee oy omney omun, . " ' 1 I Where It Started ."Handkerchiefs. Iu mediaeval 1 ines women covered their heads with a square piece of cloth. .This was called a couvrechef .- i- -l.f .1.- 1 couvne, to cover; diet, the head. The' name was corrupted to ' ker chief." These cames into favor as gifts from ladies to their knights. Eventually a smaller piece of cloth, that could be carried in the hand, came into use, and was naturally called a handkerchief. (Copyright, 192(1, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) PHOTOPLAYS. Now Playing A Ralph Ince M of the A story of the north and of an Indian girl whose love was lavished on a man who could not return it of a flight and refuge with the smuggler a story that chill with its suspense and warms you with it heart interest. Sunshine Comedy "Her Doggone Wedding" kls-sS&ilalls Board Elects Unitt Chairman; Estimates : For Yearl ,620,000 County commissoners elected; Charles Unitt chairman, at the first? ineetiiiR this year, held yesterdajV By replacing A. D. Compton, demo c rat, T. V. Stroud, republican, gave; the board a republican majority of, tbrac against two. " rr., , . i ..: ...J 1 lie poam CMiinaieu r.iins iui l2l at ?l,W(i,U(K, 'livuted as toiiows: On.T.-il fund. 2750,00(1: poor fund," '$150,000; road fund, SI 00,000 bridge fund, $150,000; emergency, bridge fund, $50,000; bond sinking fund. $400,000; soldiers' relief fund,' $10,000; judgment fund, $10,000; The total estimate is slightly larger than that made for 120, principally, due to the number of county bond coining due this year. ; from the Omahi; ! Women's club made a plea for tlm retention ot Airs, jotm l.. aexion as superintendent of Rivcryiew Deten- tion home and Mrs. Cora Tatton a superintendent of the county poor farm. Frank O'Connor presented Ins resignation as assistant to the office.; ' of public defender. Eight Firemen Plunged 12 Feet Ilo Basement Eight firemen were plunged 12 feet into a basement under the alley south of the Hotel Vaxlon while investi gating a fire call, lire Captain Frank Borowiak of Company No. 1 sus- tained a sprained Icr, and George Kellv, of the same company an in jured back. The fire, a smouldering pile of rubbish, was quickly ex tinguished. mOTOVI.AYH. Attend Matinee J! mm Production Sturdy and fear less are those men of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, who unflinching ly face death on every mission that they under take. And this is the story of one who courted death, but later wished to live. Now Playing WALLACE REID in "THE CHARM SCHOOL" Wally's Be$t Picture SUNDAY, JANUARY lTHj I1 I II.
