s Senator Lodge Now Touted for Post in Cabinet Rumors Current in Spite of Understanding Hughes Was Slated by Harding for Seo, retary of State. By E. C. SNYDER. Washington Correspondent Omaha Bee. Washington', D, C, Jan. 23. (Spe cial TfleRranT.) Senator Lodge of Masaachusetts js being talked of as possible compromise- selection for secretary of state. This, too. in the '.frft-e of the generally accepted under standing that Charles E., Hughes is ;st present foremost in the mind of 'President-elect Harding. ' For the last week there has been mudt grumbling among republican t-cnators over the cocksure publica tions that Mr. Hughes has been' de cided upon for that oftice. The fact is the senatorial group are not sat isfied with any of the toplincrs men tioned in connuection with offices. First off the reel, one faction set out to kill off Elihu Root, whereupon Mr. Harding said: "Very well, how about Hughes?" Then the senatorial element started in to find fault with him among them selves. Thev said he is too "set in his ways," that he has the judicial nnud, and they expressed tear that they could not get along with him. Senator Knox was a 'prime favor ite with many of this element, but Senator Penrose is understood to want Mr. Knox to stay in the sen ate because when he goes out it is a certainty that Governor Sproul will insert himself and possibly challenge tlic leadership ot enator rcurusc in Peunsylvania. There seemed to be complications everywhere they looked. Meantime, the reports (Join ing out of Marion continued to agree in the assumption that Mr. Hughes is the man. " - All of this is undercurrent talk vout the capitol, no senator being willing to sponsor a downright drive against Mr. Hughes. How much knowledge Mr. Harding possesses of this situation is unknown, but it is thought he will be apprised of it tn detail before he announce? .his cab inet. "Hits and Bits" at i . Gayety Theater Is : Novel Production The twinkle of Billy Watson, with the fun.iy little slide, as the star in "Hits and Bits." is eclipsed by Charles Ahearu. who, when, given thp nnnnrtllll'tv ill the SCOOlld act. 1 resents a bicycle act that is one of the hisgest laugh producers seen in a burlesque ' nhow this season. Hia jaz hand act also was a riot. VYatscm is staging a comeback this jesou after a couple of 'yifjirs' lay off and show a slight unprovement over his last appearance. - The entertainment opens with a novel and beautiful stafe letting, "On the Dykes" in Hollar.d. The big' Dutch .windmill, wooden shoes etc., make it distinctive and enter laining. V Edna s Know les, Eleanor Harte rnd Margie. Coate are songbirds of more than average ability... Miss Coate. in a d'vertisement, was a dis tinct hit. Miss Harte in a, number v ith Walter Morrison presente l their songs in a novel manner. Jay C. Flippen, in blr.ckface role, i isnaged to get his j.hare of the lai"hs. . ' t '' ' The chorus is a livelv Agrega-i tion of goot! sinprer nnd clever (lancers g?rhed in costumes that are very pleasirrr tn tbr c,-e. Boston University r v ( Professor Defends Dancing as Necessary Boston. Jan. 23. Dancing is an in stinct which is very much oetief ex pressed than suppressed, saW Profes sor E. C. Wilm, head of the depart ment of psychology at Bostoti univer sity, in a defense of natural pleas ures: , - ... i ''Dancing serves a useful , society end." he added. "It gives 'married people the opportunity to associate with persons of the opposite sex under conventional circumstances and it helps uphold conventional so ciety. Dancing is an instinct like eat ing or' fighting. "Modern dancing is partly sensual, partly an expression of love for rhythm and partly much needed ex ercise. All of these functions are natural. Dancing has not been abol ished by the blue law reformers yet and it is one of the - few natural pleasures left." Rail Employes Vote to I ay Off 200 Fellow-Workers Bloomington, 111., Jan. 23. Two thousand employes of the Chicago &Alton railway shops here were giv en the option of working five days in the week or laying off 200 of their number. The matter was put to a vote'in the shops and the men ' decided against the five-day plan and notified the company they would prefer a reduction in the working forc.es. Under the terms of the vete, . the youngest men and men without , families are to be laid off. These will have no work whatever, but the force that remains will go ahead on thfc usual time. -, t Lincoln Thieves Steal Wrong Safe and Miss Money , Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 23. A safe weighing 1,000 pounds was stolen from the Ford automobile agency building last night, carried away, and has not been found. It contained records and books and it is believed a $300 diamond ring; Another safe . in the same room containing money was not disturbed. ' ( .-', Prominent Writer Dies Chicago, Jan. 23. Jasper Darling, 72. writer and lecturer on patriotic subjects, died today. Mr. Darling enlisted in the Union army in the civil war when 11 years old and took part in several engagements. Among his works was "Hearf ot Hope," written about the character of Abra ham Lincoln. ,r THE GUMPS fTlRS. ZAMptR IS aWlN0 LITTLE AT HOME FOR THE CV)H?S- o UNCCE BK CARLOS AF.r BASQUE: - THFV MIGHT OUST 'AS V4EUL HAVE BEEN CHECK EP vnH THE COATS More Truth By JAMES Why Put It In iiiioui.t at the ill fated balloon vovaire was Jftade to discover what were tne narasn ps ana ciangera oi DanooinnB. If ever I had r.ny doubt in my mind . . That a lion was likely to bite, -( ! I would casually pause within reach of one's jaws ,". , As he prowled throueh the jungle some night But this is a matter I firmly believe ,'' Is needless to put to the proof, ' ' ' - ' And from all of the veldt in the man-eater belt, , I mean to keep safely aloof. If I were incliied to dispute that a man Vhen lashed with a rope to the track, , ; Would be probably hit and unsettled a bit The next time the engine came back, 1 I might get myself fastened down on the rails . ' To have my contention made good, But I don't take the chance, for I know in advance That it's perfectly sure that he would. If I were not sure that a man in a boat , I . Set adrift in the rioting wave, Would eventually drown and go spiraling down To a star-dusty, watery grave, . I might launch a skiff on a mid-ocean voyage And jauntily cast myself loose, But I know I'd be lost on the first wave that tossed, And therefore I can't see the use. If I fancied that men in a drifting balloon Could bend all the winds to their wills, H I would steer where I chose as my pas bag arose, ' Over forests and meadows and hills. But I know that the winds will blow just where they list, No matter how cruises are planned, And therefore I guess I will have more success . ' , If I prudently stay on the land. THEN HE WENT AWAY UP Lieutenant Farrell never really got into the air. till he had been two weeks out of the balloon. BIG CHANCE : If this congress really wants to be popular, it will pass a bill authorizing the conscription of hired girls. A STERN NECESSITY Let's hope money won't be so tight next spring that the banks won't lend U3 the money to pay oar income taxes. (Copyright, 1921. By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) V, Romance in Origin Of Superstitions . The Wedding Cake. Originally the wedding cake was a wheaten loaf. White bread to our sav age ancestors' was luxury, represent ing the highest plane of living. Migra tions of peoples and wars between races have taken place with the ob ject of possessing wheat-growing regions. The planting and the har vesting of wheat was surrounded with many ceremonies. It was a gift from the gods over which the gods watched, and it symbolized the vital forces of nature, fructification, increase, abundance. A certain sanc tity attached, to the ears of wheat and among some peoples the 'brides wore them as adornments, even as brides nowadays wear orange blos soms. We appear to have inherited our customs of the wedding breakfast and the wedding carte from the ear ly Romans. In the earlier and pur er days of Rome at the celebration of a religious marriage an ox was slaughtered and the priest broke a wheaten loaf, giving one part. to the bridegroom to eat and. the other part to the bride in token of their union and as symbolizing by the properties of the wheat the" hope for their fruitfulness. -In some parts of England and Scotland today it is1 the custom to break a wheaten cake over the heads of the bride and groom as they enter their new heme. This is a survival of a mar riage custom still more ancient than the Roman one mentioned and of which the Roman custom was prob acy an outgrowth the custom of primitive races of sprinkling wheat upon the hads of a newly-married pair to bestow upon them prolific ness. That there still lingers with us something of the superstitious re.gard of our ancestors for the wed ding cake is shown by the fact that maidens still place slices of it tin der their pillows in hopes M dream ing of a lover. Copyrlsht, 19:1. By th McClure Xew paper Syndicate. WHY Do Dogs "Shake Hands" With the ' Left Paw? Almost everyone who has -shaken hands'' with a dog has noticed that the animal lifts its left paw instead of its right, and this has led many persons to the supposition that ani mals are "left-handed" by, nature. The real explanation of the matter, however, has nothing to do with the habitual use of the left or right paw, but hinges upon th fact that 98 per NC TMP SVC t0 X q?ACEFVUX- IDOK UKE A HEPCIME WOVJ Anr rvAce tArN at the -rA3JE- It.VtAS rECOUAR THAT ' H CARP S-tCm To VNCVE AHPV AMP CAfcVOS NWt kVLVi- Than Poetry J. MONTAGUE ; : to the Te.t? it is esplfe'lied in Washington that a test cent of human beings are right-handed; and that practically 100 per cent Of then would never dream of offer ing the left hand in a friendly greet ing. 1 As a result, when a oerson stands 1 in front of a dog and holds out his : .-i, . i i . v i. i i . i ! mjni uanu itiis eanu is uirecny op- pos.te the left paw of the dog and the animal, following the line of least resistance, offers his left "hand" in stead of the right- Moreover, in teaching a dog to "shake Innds" the master will almost invariably catch hold of the left paw. so the dog in addition to following his natural inclination is really doing some thing that he has been taught to do and is not giving any eviderice of the "left-handedness. of animals," as some investigators would have us believe. (Copyright, 1420. by the Wheeler Syndi , rate, Inc.) Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham The Blind Man of the Calf Ribs Neighborhood don't' believe every- 1 v lb kAA. ......... "'"4 thing he hears , since somebody dropped an overcoat button in his tin cup and took 15 cents change. ' Isaac Hollwangcr came '. near smothering the other night wheii;he went to sleep and left his whiskers under the cover. Poke ' F.aaley took his wife and went to Musket Kidgc lust .Sunday. He says every man ought to take his wife with him when he is not going anywhere and goes by him self. Copyright, mi, decree Matthew Adanm. A.detachablc wire handle prevents a new square paper drinking cup collapsing. ' t : ' , COME INTO MY PARLOR, MR. FLY VNCX 8)M- TO CAUU VOVi UNCLE B1N FROM NOW OH - I KU'SA FIX THA lit OF ?URS- OH So HEH- Vo) JUST Nt A WOMAN ALL HE TIME NoVKE LIKE A $16 Cwpnj, Oumm UX.) iSLE,)fcPY-TIME, TALES STHtTALEOf s-3 GRANDFATHER ARTHUrTSCeiyAII CHAPTER 1. ." ' A Queer Old Person. I here was a queer old person that lived in Farnjer Green's garden. Nobody knew exactly how long he had made his home there because his neighbors seldom saw him. He might have been in the garden a whole summer before anybody set eyes on him. ' . Those that were acquainted with liking to dig as he did.he certairtlyi bad nothnyj tn rurnlaiT vii him called him Grandfather Mole.J .iiu the reason why his lriends didn't meet him oftener was be cause he spent most of his time underground. Grandfather Mole's house was in a mound at one end of the- garden. He made the house him self, for he was a great digger. And Mr. Meadow Mouse often re marked that it had more halls than any other dwelling he had ever seen. He had visited it when Grandfather Mole was away from home, so he knew what it was like. Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the gar den. Grandfather Mole had dug them for a certain purpose. Through them he made his way in the dark ness, whenever he was hungry which was most of the time, for he had a huge appetite!). And when he took an underground stroll he was almost sure to find a few angle worms, which furnished most of his meals. ' To be sure, lie did not despise a grub if he happened to meet one -nor a cutworm nor. a wire worm. The wonder of it was tVt Grand- father Mole ever found anything to . J. i A . i .. 1 1 caL' wu .jscniicnidii ui eat hut blind. The only good Grand father Mole's eyes did him was to let him tell darkness from light. They were so small that his neighbors claimed he hadn't any at all. Another odd thing about this per son 'was his ears. The neighbors said they couldn't see them, either. But they were in his head, even if they didn't show. ,And Grandfather Mole himself sometimes remarked that he didn't know how he could have burrowed as he did, if he had been forever getting dirt in his eyes and ears. He seemed quite satisfied to be just as he was. And he used to say that he didn't know what good eyes were to any one whether he was under the ground or on top of it! Liking to dig as Ue did, he cer tainly had nothing to complain about. His long' nose was as good as a drill. And his front legs were just long enough so that he could reach his large, spade-like feet be yond his nose and throw the "dirt back. His fur lay in one direction as easily as in another, never trou bling him in the-least when lie was boring his wav through the dry, loose soil of farmer. Green's gar den.' . , ' Sq in ! spite of what , might seem great drawbacks to others. Grand his lot. The only thing lie was ever known to grumble about was the scarcity of angle-worms, father Mole was satisfied with Copyright . Grosset & Dunlap. Parents Problems 1. Is it right to let children write to Santa. Claus? Perfectly right. And Iio-.v they do enjoy it, and getting replies in the shape of the treasures asked for! It is good to do at 6, and to remember at 16, and 60. Beaver Crossing Legion , Starts Semi-Monthly Paper Beaver Crossing, Xcb Jan. 23. (Special) Holmes J'ost Ameri can Legion, of tins, city, this week published the, first edition of their senii-nionilily newspaper, the "Legion News." The committer in charge, Clarence Tyrrell, Verne Hansen and Homer Hoffman, an nounce that their aim will be to pub lish news oi interest to legion aires of the entire state. The first number consists of eight pages and is plentifully supplied with adver tising and local jiews. Noy VM C501NG NQUNC GKM VOUR LIKE ANO TO souve HANT JU"ST TOUTH Vct- V L'tM souE pone myo) still ; 7. i J miA K outh on y at. ' i l Hwerrw-. i d i - ' I HOLDING A HUSBAND Adele Garrison's New Phase of Revelations of a' Wife The Curious Freak of Vandalism Madge's Letters Mutely Disclosed. Oh, Lillian !"J sobbed, straining away from her encircling arms. "I cannot bear it. ' Look!" Her clasp upon me tightened. "I know, de.ar." Her voice was low and soothing. "But j-ou can do nothing to help matters now until the house has been warmed. Come on down and start the furnace, and then we will go over to Mrs. Durkee's." "I must put some of these things hack first, ' Lillian," I said obsti nately. "It seems to me exactly as if my little mother's grave had been despoiled by gliobls." She released me instantly. "But you will hurry, won't ou?" she coaxed. "I know I can start that fur nace," Edith Fairfax said, and de spite my dislike of the girl I couldn't help paying tribute to the delicacy of feeling which impelled her to take herself away from my grief over my wrecked keepsake trunk. "Of course you can." Lillian's re sponse was prompt and grateful. "I'll just run down with you to make sure no bogies are lurking in the cellar, and then I'll leave you at the furnace throttle and come back to Madge." Regarding the Wreckage. They went out of the room, and I surmised that Lillian's real reason for accompanying Edith was to as sure herself that the furnace pipes had not been tampered with. In matters of this sort she never trusts any eyes but her own. She probably also thought that, it would be better for me to ' be entirely alone for a minute or two, although she knows that in any sorrow or joy that comes to me her presence is no more an intrusion than that of my little mother would be if she were alive. Before they had fairly left the roohi I was down on my knees in the motley heap into which my most prized treasures had been flung. There was nothing of intrinsic, value in the trunk I had taken my mother's modest pieces of jewelry and her old thin silver to my safety deposit box in the bank before leav ingbut her letters, pictures, old documents, the few letters Dicky had written to me during his whirl wind courtship, little cherished sou venirs of my mother, my baby and my husband all' had been torn out of tchir careful wrappings and thrown on the floor. For a dazed minute or two I could do nothing but gaze dumbly at them, and let my eyes roam from heap to neap in a tutile effort to determine what was missing. I had not yet begun sorting them when Llillian came into the room, breathlessly, as if she had been running. , "I knew you couldn't have betun disturbing them yet," she said. "And 1 wanted to be here wnen you didv I don't mind telling you that this trunk is most significant to me. The contents of the others, while dumped out have not been treated in this way." Lillian Has a Clue. Slie picked up a crumpled and torn piece of heavy letter paper as she spoke, and held it out to me with her eyes carefully averted from the writing upon it. "Would you mind telling me from whom this letter is?" she said. "Also tc'l me just what has been done to it." I took it from her with a hand that trembled. "It is one of Dicky's letters to ine, torn in two," I said, then I held it toward her impulsively. . "There is nothing here which you cannot see. Lillian," I said earnestly. "Think of the profane eyes 'hat must have been reading them." "Don't think of it," she returned bluntly. "It will do you no good. Just look af this." S She had smoothed out the crum pled piece of paper a part of a letter from which the other part had been torn and as she held it up I saw that it had been slashed or punched as with a knife or stiletto. , "May I ask you a ' great favor, Madge?" Lillian asked graly. "You know that." I returned. "Then please do nothing with "Pape's Cold Compound" is Quickest Relief Known , i Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow ing and . isnuffliiifr! A dose of "Pape's Cold Compound" taken every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks any cold right tip. - , ' The very first dose opens clogged nostrils and the air passages of the head-; stops nose running; relieves the headache, dullness, feverishncss. "Pape's Cold Compound" costs only a few cents at drug stores. It acts without assistance, tastes nice, contains no quinine Insist upon Pape's) It MUST BE AWFl'LLV 0U HAVEN'T A HAR- honelh NErWEV LOOKS YOUR 01?PFATV- IMK, OF TYtE 9tu TVlNG pone m yo) vtvll HE BlOOrA OF A, these things until it is warm, and I have, time to help you. I want to go over them all, and I don't want any one of them straightened out until I can be with you to translate them. May I not lock the door and leave the room undisturbed? No one else can )see it.. If the house gets warm and is aired sufficiently by tonight we might sleep here Marion could stay over at Mrs. Dur kee's, and then you and 1 could sort these things at our leisure.'' I saw .that there was something vital behind tlje curious request that she had made, and my confidence in here as well asmy affection for her maae me respond neartny: "You know that 1 will do what ever you wish,, dear .girl." . "Thank -you." She put out her hand, rtv me up from thevlioar. and moved with me toward . tne door. I locked it with much the feeling of covering a grave. "Xow.' said Lillian briskly, and I knew that she meant to keep my mind away from that locked room, "let's see how Edith is getting along with , that furnace!" (Continued tomorrow.) Where It Started Stained Glass Windows. Colored glass was used by trie ancients for windows; but the art of staining glass, and making picture windows was not developed till the '0th century. ; The oldest stainfd f;!ass window with the name of the donor on it is in the church of the abbey of St. Denis, near Paris. Tlsc window was 'given and installed in 11'42, by Stiger, a noted scholar ot that period. ' . ; - . (Copyright. -.1920, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) kMLSKMENTS. Daily Matinee 2:15 Every Nifht 8:15 MISS KITTY j GORDON JACK ' WILSON Dale A Burch; Bigelow A Clinton Hu bert Dyer Murry Cirlt; Garcinetli Bros.; Topics of the Day; Kinograme. Matinee 15c ts 50c. Some at 75c; $1 Saturady and Sunday. Nights 15c to $1.25. . EMPRESS TWO SHOWS IN ONE JAMES GRADY CO., Comedy Dramatic Sketch; MELROY SISTERS, "Two Dainty Misses;" HEIM LOCK WOOD, "For You;" FOUR 1SH1KWA BROS., Equilibrists. Photoplay Attrac tion "TWO MOONS," featuring Buck Jones. Harold Lloyd Comedy "Num ber, Please." g.H.T.!M'IM.l!rcgireT Brilliant Musical Burlesk Twice Daily week Mat. Today Final Performance Friday Nit I. H. Herk and Arthur Pearson Present Sliding Billy Watson "HITS and. BITS" with CHARLIE AHEARN And a Star Cast of Comedians, in cluding MARGIE COATE. MOR RISON A HARTE, EDNA KNOWLES, J. C. FLIPPEN, TOM SPRAGUE nd the AHEARN TROUPE. LOTS OF PRETTY GIRLS 1 Evs. A Sun. Mat., Z5-50-75c-$l-$1.25 Sh Mats. 15c-25c-50c Ladies' Dime Mat. Every Week Day Baby Carriage Garage in the Lobby lEIPEE HIGH CLASS DANCING DANCING LESSONS BY APPOINTMENT ' 6 LESSONS FOR $5.00 DANCING TEACHERS DIRECT FROM NEW YORK .. JACK CONNERS, Mgr. UDEATTY'S ID Co-Operative Cafeterias Pay Dividends to Thoie Who Do the Work ! Rustic Card Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. Copyright, lt;-l, lrco . Tr.ibuiM (ni"Kiiy SEE WHAT Noy Tlt ?' FANNING "WE VMOMAM- SHE WAS A CUMBtSL ' SHE JUST HAWEP TOU . OHE BO AND S'OO WAHPEX HE3R A SCOOp ' SHOVEL. T EWOVuH To TAKE AWv ovz fo.tjhe: Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. The pearl, is today's talismanic gem; the ancients 'believed that on this day the pearl brought to its wearer, great charm of manner and beauty. Today' natal stone is the emerald, Lringing its wearer immunity from discouragement or defeat and assur ing li tin of' hope in even the darkest hours: White should be worn on this day, according to a Delict prevalent m the Orient; to wear it is to bring to oneself great happiness and an un expected change for the better. ' Smilax, significant of constancy, should be used as a decoration on this day. (Copyright, 1921, by the Wheeler Syndi cate, Inc.) . Of English invention is an electric forge which can be operated by one in.'tn. AMISK.MEXTS. a Tonight Tuw,d ZJ Matinee Wed. "The Girl in The Limousine" An Irresistible Fart Emma Bunting An trrM.mtihle Farce, with America Favorite C nmariinrl Nights 50c, $2.00; Mat. 50c. $1.50 Three Days, Starting Thurs.. Jan. 27 (HIMSELF) AND HIS SUPERIOR COMPANY IN A NEW 3 ACT COrtEDy DPAMA WD NOT A nOVIN PICTURE - v A ROAD SHOW ATTRACTION Nights SOc, $2; Mat. 50c, $1, $1.50 PHOTOPLAYS. LILA LEE 1.0 IS WILSON JACK HOLT CONRAD NAGEL in 'illdsysiiinsr If i. a ss USe1 Help Europe's Starving Children ( tkjrtXffi, tfnuJUv fiutOu; ASUL $U &cufitjuL v all lt. OV. $ SAjnthAJ WILLIAM S. Testing Block' I Common Sense By J. JMUNDV. 1 Money and Health.' Don't sicud so 'Which -money on winter amusements that you have not enough left for the wholesome outdoor line of sports wjiiclr come in summertime. Every one needs the fresdi air, and the more one can live in the open air the better. A vacation in the country, up h the mountains, by the lakeside, is needed by every worker, especially the business man or woman, or tlie ones whose occupation could be e'asscd as sedentary. If too much time and money, is spent breathing the close heated air which is bound to be where there is a crowd indoor?, the one who has indulged in these expense amusements finds after a time tbt expense must be curtailed. And about the first thing decided upon is that the summer vacation must be dispensed with. Now is the time to decide what you would like to do next' sum mer which will react to produce good health the follow ine winter. Figure out the fct. tlie material nerds, and prepare for them. You may find that already yon have overstepped your limit of in door amtisenicnts if you arc to enjoy the out-of-doors to the full next year. Health and happiness go hand in hand. Get something worth while out of your amusements. Copyright. 1!21, By the International Featuio Service, Inc. Norway is planning the establish ment of a museum of the whaling in dustry. - Today and Tuesday CLOTHES The terrific human story of a woman who tried to keep the pace and main tain her self-respect. i Help Europe's Starving Children Now The premier Omaha showing of Temptation A theme as big as humanity itself I Comedy "Pretty Lady" Special song duet by Frederick Roland and Adeline Kellstrom J IMIOT OH AYS. : U I Oil AiA: I