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THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1921.
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THE GUMPS
TO HER WHO HATH SHALL . BE GIVEN,
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
Copyright, 1921, Chicago Tribune Company
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GRANDFATHER MOLE'S ; VIS-
- -ITOR. ! ,
Whatecer Grandfather' Molt'
neighbors might say of him, they
never could claim that lie was hzy.
lit was always busy. . When he
wasn't eating or sleeping you corld
he quite sure that he was digging.
He never seemed to be satisfied with
his house, but was forever making
what he called "improvements." If
there was one thing he liked, it was
plenty of halls. . He had halls run
ning in every direction.. And since
a person could never tell in which
one Grandfather Mole might be, vs
itors might roam about his dark
jallerics a long time without find
ing hiin.
If anybody happened to point out
to Grandfather Mole' that his house
had such a drawback, Grandfather
Mole always answered that he, liked
fiis house just as it was and that he
wouldn't change it for anything ex
cept to add a few more halls.
He was very set in his ways. He
claimed that he wouldn't be com
fortable in a house that had maybe
only tut) halls a front and a back
one, as Billy Woodchuck's dwelling
was known to contain.
Maybe that was the reason why
Grandfather Mole never went visit
ing. , And as for anybody else visit
ing him well, what was .the use
'Oh, no!"h replied
yhen most likely you never could
find him?; " " r
Nevertheless there-Was one "of
Grandfather Mole's neighbors who
called t his house frequently, and
for the very reason that he knew he
could probably do exactly as he
pleased. - Far from trying to , find:
. Grandfather Mole, Mr. Jfeadow
Mouse always took pains to avoid
him. And if by chance he met Grand- j
father Mole in orfe of his galleries
Mr. -Meadow Mouse was always ex
treinely polire-and ready to run at
a moment'. notice.
Puring corn-planting ' time Mr.
Meadow Mouse went regularly down
into a gallery of Grandfather Mole's
that ran under a corner of the corn
field. And somehow he soon grew
quite plump.
' Now, Grandfather Mole had met
Mr. Meadow Mouse two or three
times in lhat particular gallery. And
he ..was hot, slow to notice that his
visitor looked fatter' each; time ho'
saw him. So one day .Grandfather
Mole .asked Mr. . Meadow Mouse
bluntly' .what he was doing, there.
"fkm taking a stroll 1". Mr. Mea
dow Mouse told him meekly.
"Be careful" Grandfather Mole
warned him "be , careful that, you
don't take anything else " ;
.Trembling slightly '(for Grand
father Mole could be terribly severe'
When he.i wanted-to) Mn Meadow
Mouse said that he hoped "Grande
father Mole didn't mind if a person
took a little exercise how ar(d then
'.in those underground halls. .v"0h a
warm" summer's tiayjt's delightfully
cool . -down here," M r: . ,At e'adowN
Mouse jnurmured. V
, - His. speech pleased" Grandfather
Mole. ; ' .-?...;..;-.;..
' 'I'm, glad there's some ' one that
, agues': with me 1" he exclaimed.
"Most -people-think I'mqueer be
cause I like! tp live underground.'', t
Mr. Meadow Mouse hastened to
assure him that he didn't think him
queer not in the leastl - '
"Thank you! Thank you!" Grand
father Mole said. "And since you're
a person of more sense than I had
supposed you're welcome to ramble
through '-my halls so , long as yo
don't take anything except exercise
and a stroll." , , ' . .
Then it was M ri Meadow Mouse's
turn to thank Grandfather Mole.
"I feel tetter," he said, "now that
you've given me permission to come
here. For to tell the truth, I've often
felt that I was taking a chance.".
So matters went on smoothly for
a time. - And . Mr. Meadow Mouse
spent hours in the gallery under the
, cornfield. And he- grew fatter every
day. Naturally he did not take
such pahis to. dodge Grandfather
Mole after the talk they had had.
And when the two met one evening
Grandfather Mole stopped Mr. Mea-
dow Mouse. ' :' v- .
"There's something I want to say
to' you," , "he -'remarked.'- "I notice
you're looking extremely well-fed.
And I hope you're not eating1 any
of my angleworms."
Mr. Meadow Mouse laughed right
inx Grandfather Mole's face, v '
"Oh, not" he replied. .
"Nor any of my grubs or bugs?"
Grandfather Mole persisted. "
"Certainly hotl" said Mr. Meadow
. . Mouse, making a wry faf e as he
' upoke for he was rather a dainty
person. . And - then he , whispered
i tomethiosr to Grandfather Mole.
"Ohl" said Grandfather Mole. "So
that's it, eh? Well, I don't mind. I
never eat anything of that sort Take
all you want of it!" . '-.
. i Where It Started '
The rutin of the came of chess is
- in dispute, but most authorities agtee
lhat the. earliest form of the game
" wa's played .in Hindustan under the
'.. Sanskrit name of Chaturanga. From
Hindustan the game spread-to Per
sia" and Arabia,, and was introduced
into Europe in the eighth1 century by
tne.Araos. -
tCepyrlibt, m. b? the Wketler Syndl
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' More Truth
-By JAMES J.
v The Bell
When I am sad, and cannot guess the reason; . y
When I am low in mind though fair the day; '
' Depressed and sad, though joyful be the season,
And all the folks about me glad and gay
When every light and cheerful fancy fails me,
- Upon iny ear there falls a rhythmic beat, ; '
And then I start and realize what ails me
vv It's" that confounded bell across the street . '
The while its clanging cadence throbs and lingers,
When down the wind the jangling notes flow free,
Again I feel the book-strap round my fingers,
- Again I feel that school is calling me.
For every dying note that sadly trembles,
Before another makes more deep my gloom,
In beat and pitch uncannily resembles
The bell that called me to my daily doom. '
Exact the rise and fall; exactj the measure; ,
t Exact the chill reaction on my mind . J
As when each morn I bade farewell to pleasure, ,
And left all,thought of happiness behind.
t know that I no longer need to fear it;
v It does not ring for me that dismafell;
. It has no fatal power yet when I hear it,
The savage clang affects me like a knell.
I've often thought how vastly I'd enjoy it,
If I had wealth, to buy the pesky thing,
And with a hammer utterly destroy it
So that 1 never more might hear it ring.
; But I have not, so every single morning
Upon the air will ring its vibrant hum, r
V To sound that old but unforgotteh warning, -
And spoil my days, through all the years to come.
: 'v BUT'IT.WONT ' :': ;
The gobs are wondering if that naval holiday will mean easinc tin'
on brass polishing; '
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From our reading of the works
the conclusion that as. soon as a battleship is built, -it slfould. be taken as
lar inland as possible and entirely surrounded by powerful" defensive
fortifications.- ,
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: The date that Shantung was to
siippea uie minus oi tne Japanese statesmen., - -
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, (Copyright. 1921, By th
Dog Hill Paragrafs
""By George Bingham :
' A large concourse of peonle gathi
ered in front of the Rye Straw store
Saturday afternoon to attend the
concert given by the stranger with
the monkey and hand organ. Cricket
Hicks encored the monkey once with
a penny and then with a button. -
Tntie '-Moselev. wlio :wnr ff
chewing tobacco the first of the year,
O-0.il OWUIVniK . IV 1L, 3 ilC Ildail t.
- w v. . . x. . ? u .vu. .111.1..
There , will be. a candy-pulling at
the residence of Miss FJutit Belcher
Saturday. night of this week. Sid
Hocks is going, but ir is feared he
won't get to eat any candy, as he
always wears .his kid gloves on big
occasions. ? -
(Copyright, 1K1,' Georf Matthew Adams)
WHY-
Do We, Say a Person is Not Worth
His Salt?
With salt now numbered among
the cheapest articles of food, this
sounds like a very radical expres
sion of worthlessness, but it should
be remembered that there was a time
when salt 'was a very valuable and
highly prized commodity, as it still
is in many eastern countries. In
fact, an examination of - the word
"salary" will prove in what esteem
salt was formerly held, for the Latin
salarium was the allowance made to
the Roman soldier in order that he
might provide himself with , salt
.", Moreover, the ceremonial im
portance of salt is. shown in the salt
Stand on the Saxon table, .where its
position marked the upper and lower
board separating the lord ' of the
house and those who shared his salt
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE"
Si
- .
FOR USE , ."
of naval exnerts we have conift to
be evacuated- seems to have entirely
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as honored guests,- from those who
earned their salt. The Normans,
too, had the same customs, but their
word f6r salt-stand was saliere, since
corrupted into "cellar," making the
expression "salt-cellar" nothing more
than a tautological phrase "salt-salt-stand."
AH of this, however,
tends to show the value formerly
placed upon 'what, o us, is a very
ordinary article of"diet, jmd proves
that, after all, it is not a deadly in
sult to declare that a person is "not
worth his salt," but merely that it is
another way of saying , that he is
not worthy of the money paid him.
(Copyright, 1120, by the Wheeler Syndl-
... . , , '-cate, Inc.)
Parents' Problems
' What is tire best recreation for
the whole family to take together?
Reading aloud from a book of in
terest to all; singing together; games
that all enjoy; on winter evenings,
any one of thescr-with apples, pop
corn, , or. ' nuts makes delightful
wholerfamily.fun. " ' ' ' .
APVKHT18EME.NT
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sist Your Stomach Whenever It.
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If- you really want your old-time boy
appetite to return to you once more, form
the practice of eating a Stuart's Dyepcpaia
Tablet after each meal. Beiults will as
tound you.
"Good OU Mine Pte Like Motkor Made."
The reason a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let is' so beneficial is because it is com
posed of things which a weakened "diges
tive system lacks.
' If all the stomach aufferers who have
beea relieved of their misery by Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets eould be gathered to
gether into one column, th-y would make
a tremendous and happy army. Join this
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Romance in Origui
Of Superstitions
- Theatrical Superstitions.
The theater is full of superstitions.
The curious fact about them is that
they are purely secular and modern,
not inherited from ancient religions
or survivals of ancient customs. The
average" actor or actress is. "temper-,
amenta!" and - his superstitions are
psychological rather than historical
emanations. They are, for the most
part, nothing more than an idea con
ceived bv some prominent theatrical
personage which, he fancies, is born
out by his experience and which the
lesser lights take up and fancy is
born. by theirs.
Nothing is. so easy, as to start a
superstition, especially among tem
peramental people dealing with,, the
intangible and the uncertain. Theat
rical superstitions are all founded in
a beliet 111. luck pure and simple.
Among them may be mentioned that
it is ill luck to whistle in a theater,
or to have a person look over one's
shoulder into a mirror. A yellow
clarionet in the orchestra brings bad
luck; it is bad luck to stumble over
anything or to have one's' clothes
catch on a piece of scenery in making-
an entrance, if the first purchaser
of a ticket for. a new performance is
an 'Old person the play will have a
long run; if a young person, a short
one, etc. . , .
(Copyright, 1921. by the McClure Kews-
paper oynaicaie.j
Y. M. a A.
. i Open Forum
TONIGHT
Paris Peace Treaty
J. J. Boucher, Leader:
Y. M. C. A.
Everybody Welcome
AMUSEMENTS.
COMING!
Sunday, Feb. 13th
The Sensation of Motion
Pictures
Something Entirely Different
City "Auditorium
NOW SHOWING
MATS. DAILY 2:30
Nights, 8:15
r.BIFFITH'S
Masterpiece
Mate. Ex. Sat. 25s
i Nlvht and
Sat. Mat. 50e to $2.
Three Days, Starting Moil, CCD 11
, Matinee Wednesday tB "
ROBERT D. MAHTELL
- . ' . and '
GENEVIEVE HAMPER
In Repertoire:
Monday . . , . "Richelieu'
Tuesday V "Macbeth"
Wed. Mat. "As You Like It"
Wed. Night.. "Julius Caesar"
. ' SEATS NOW ON SALE
Nights BOe, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00
Matinee SOc, $1.00 and $1.50
Matinee Daily 2:15 Every Night S:1S
HARRIET REMPEL A CO.; MME.
DOREE'S OPERALOCUE; TOM
SMITH t Pistol Johnson; Edith Claa
per and Boys. Prosper A Maret; Topics
of -the Day Klnograms.
Matinees 15c to 50c; few 75c and $1;
Sat. and Sua. Nights 15c to $1.25.
EMPIIESS
, NEW
SHOW,
TODAY
GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, Miniature
Musical Comedy; ROBINSON AND
PIERCE, "No More Saloona;" MIMI
CAL CHRISTIES, Novelty Musical Act;
JIM REYNOLDS, fThe Jovial Come,
dian;" Photoplay Attraction, "The
Truth," featuring - Madge Kennedy )
Century Comedy; Fos Nesrs.
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER"
Dally Mats, 15 to 7Sc
(Mites, 25c . to SI -23
The lnvinciBM Triuanphaat Colossus
l3Xn- "Hip! Hip! Hooray!" :S3!
; . THE SNOW BEAUTIFUL
Oes. f. Haysa. Bss Pleras. Helen McClils. Bn.
ful et Nmltlts aatf a Whals el a Beauty Cheryl.
LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS
Bat. UiL ai W. rrsnk runnj rinnor A Bottonlans
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I'M THE GUY
I'M.TJIE GUY who use? ypu tor
a lcaning-pbst in- the. 1 street car. .
It's .tod much bother reaching for
a strap.i And besides it tires 'my
arm. . i. .
It's ever so much easier ,to , stand
without holding on to a strap.
If the car suddenly stops or
lurches,- all, I have to , do is catch
hold of you. ' You "are clinging for
dear' life to a strap, so you will save
me from falling. "',
At .' that there aren't straps
FHOTOl'LAVS.
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Mi,. .
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CHARLES CHAPLINS
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SUP)
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enough to go around. You're lucky
to have grabbed one, and you
shouldn't glare and growl at a poor
guy like me, who hasn't one. Of
course I don't want one but then
what's the difference?
I can't help it, when I'm almost
thrown off my feet, if I land on your
pet corn. ' It's better, I figure, than
to sit down on the floor. Of. course,
I'm sorry I Inirt you, but you ought
to keep your feet to yourself in
stead of spreading them, all over the
floor.' ; ' . '. . -'
'.Now don't start to bawl me out,
or to make a speech about people
PMOTOPLAV8.
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EVERY THURSaFRIeS SAT.
or7ifeei'7feeks aithc
HATiriEEPERFOmunCES
froma.m.to5p.nLon(y
'Cfeowlds wonder,,
junilo serial frqia
the heai'L of dark
est AFrioa. Eveir
episode replete villi
thrills and -vlld
aiumalsaiidiit addi-
tfoathp most uraisual
SIM
ovostoprcva'tolct
LAST TIMES TODAY
"Love
Honor
and
Obey,,
f rid ay and Saturday,
"Someone in '
the House"
Sunday Only
WILLIAM
FAVERSHAM
EATTY'S
.. rt : . - . a
Co-Operative
Cafeterias
Key Dividends ts Those
Who Do the Work -
hi
who won't hold on ' to- a strap. I
don't like straps, and I won't hold on
to one. You use the trap, and I'll
take care of myself.
Copyright, , 1921. Thompson, Feature
SorVlce.)
Four Taken to Prison
"Rabbit" Green Davenport, John
B. Lewis, W. G. Henley and Gus
Walker were taken to the. federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan.", yester
day by Deputy United States Mar
shal Quinley and two deputies. The
fniir miiv arc nn r.er sentence of 15
months each for violation of the
w ' -
Harrison arug act. -
PHOTOPLAYS.
will Be shown.
V( KOW PUY1NG
qfaKENTUCliy
COLONEL
BY OPIB MAO
Joseph
dowling
?Kc Miracle Man
thB (creta.
ever
scrwnsd
Dixie Mooix
Prrilr(sfiit
HE cotton J
P1CKLR5 J VUlLfcL
Ml . ion.anc ana musio
n Uu ouniu souuinna.
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he took an entire yoar to make
"THE KID"
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Today at 1M -3-5-7-9
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