THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1921
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Romance in Origin
' Of Superstitions
By H. IRVING KING.
Parsley.
In sonic sections of the country
it is considered iriot unlucky to re
plant old parsley in the garden
that is to set out a parsley root
which you have had growing in a
hox in the house all winter as it
endangers the life of the head of
the family. Always sow fresh peed.
This superstition we inherit, along
with parsley itself, from the days
when Greece aTid the gods were
young together. I'arslcy was an
' indigenous plant in (ircecc, growfnji
wild and with special profusion in
Argolis where was the vile of
Xeniea in which stood the temple
of Xemean Zeus, and where Her
cules killed the Xenieau lion.
l'arlcy possibly from its avail
' ability in making wreath and gar
lands for his shrine appears to
have come to he regarded in the
valley as the specially favored plant
of Xemean Zeus and so when some
500 years before the Christian era.
the Xemean games were instituted
in memory of a local young hero,
Archemorus, who died from the bite
of serpent as the expedition of "The
Seven Against-Thebes" was passing
through the place a crown of wild
.parsley was the reward of the victor.
, Xow wild". parsley being dedicated
to such purposes was, naturally
protected?- probably the penalty
for the profanation of rooting if
up was death. And here we get the
modern superstition that the plant
ing "of an old parslev root in the
garden i'i likely to cause the death
of Jhe head of the family.- Only
three'; columns of, the temple of
Xemean Zeus reniain standing; yet
many a man today hesitates to plant
att'dldparsley root in. his garden
attd "you '.wiir find in many of the
modern ' books of "Dreams and
Omens" a" warning against 'doing so.
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paper' Syndicate.) . .
Do You Know the libit?
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
The Loving Are The Daring
Dancing la regular part of the training at W est Point.
V4icn a gallant cadet whizzes by with his girl,
To the jazz'es unrhythmical beat,
Or joins in the dizzy, bewildering whirl
With shimmying shoulder and feet,
And only at intervals pause to puff
In the course of a hard dancing night, 1
Don't think that he's pulling uhsoidierly stuff,
For that's how they teach 'cm to fight.
The lad who would stand undismayed in a trench
Or Calmly go over the too,
Has often been noticed to shudder and blench
While dragging a Jane through a hop. N
The mind that can master the intricate dope
That the writers on strategy plot,
Too often is sadly unable to cope
With the one-step, the glide cr the trot.
Wild war's worst alarums have never been known
A veteran dancer to stun;
Cadets who can skip to a braying trombone
Never flinch at the roar of a gun.
And leading a wall-flower out oil the floor,
Who is lacking in litheness and beauty.
Implants in the earnest young student of war
Unswerving davotiou to duty.
And so, though you fancy that dancing's a sport'
Unsuited to soldierly deeds
Like crushing a salient or storming a fort
It's quite what an officer needs.
Cadets who four years through the maze of the dance
Have side-stepped and eddied and whirled,
If ever a mix-up should give them a chance.
Will easily lick the whole world. ,
Holding a Husband
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife
(Cover up th answers, reail the ques
tions en.l sco If you can answer them.
Then look at the answers to see If sou
are rlKht.)
Arranged by J. Willson Roy.
(Cojivrfght, 1920, 'V heeler Syndicate, Inc.)
1. Who vas Laban? '
.'. Yhy.,,did Hagar .call her child
lshniacl?
3. Why was Rebekah .chosen as
the. ivffc of Isaac? ; ; - ;
4; 'Why was" Jacob's' namci after
the contest, with the angel, changed
to Israel?'
5.' Why was Esau so named?
1, The? brother -of Rebekah. .
2: Because she desired to commem
orate the answer to her prayer. The
word, . "Ishmael," signifies "God
hears."
3. Because of her kindred.
Abraham wished "to- avoid' a mar
riage with the Canaanitcs on the part
of his son. r. " ."
4. ' To mark his1 victorious cliarae-
No Qualifications Needed
The reason there are so many applicants for cabinet positions is that
no civil service examination is required.
Coming To Him
We are in favor of increasing Germany's army allow-ance by one, so
she -can put Bergdoll in it.
, . What's The Use?
"V"-VKy begin to save .daylight again. As soon as we get the habit the
prosperity league will come along with a warning that unless we spend
it business will be ruined.
(Copyright, 1921, By the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
ter, die word "Israel" being com
pounded of "Issoor-al," signifying "a
prince of God."
5. Because of the redness of 1 is
skin,! the word Esau being rendered
"red," or "covered with hair."
Where It Started
, 5 Forts.
Our modern military strongholds
are direct descendants of the days
when men had to protect themselves
at all times from the attacks of their
enemies. They constructed walled
encloures on hills, from which they
commanded the country round.
Athens, Jerusalem and Rome are
good examples of this, for they are
really forts, built with the main idea
of being at once a 'safe place and a
headquarters for forays on the part
of their inhabitants.
(Copyright, 1920. Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
Who Is the Person Lillian Suspects?
I pressed closer to the window,
strained my face, against the pane,
in the elTort to determine whether 1
had really seen some one beside old
Sammy lurking in the grounds be
low me, or whether my overstrained
nerves h.nl played me a trick.
For a liip; minute I watched and
then I knew beyond all doubt. There
! was a tigurc coming trom tnc tli-
rcetion of the little lake and stream
with the footbridge that lay at the
I foot of the garden. I could catch
j only the most elusive glimpses of it
I as it stole from tree to tree, tannily
I taking advantage of every shadow
j and infinitesimal gradation Hearing
i my home.
I Old Sammy had been patrolling
the front of the grounds, and a
moment after I had first seen the
figure of the intruder he had turn
ed the corner of the other side of
the house. That the intruder was
as ignorant of Sammy's presence as
Sammy was of his, I was sure, and
I wondered tensely what would hap
pen when the old watchman should
round the house again.
Then with a sudden flaming in
sight I knew that I could not wait
for the old man's appearance. He
had an ancient revolver more dan
gerous to himself than an enemy,
while no doubt, the other man was
armed in more deadly fashion. I
must not risk old Sammy's safety.
With a purposeful clatter I threw
up the window and spoke slowly
and distinctly: v
"An armed watchman is coming
round the other side of the house.
I should advise you to get out of
here at once."
The moving figure came to a stop,
and stood for an instant motion
less. Then the man, evidently pre
ferring a woman's voice from an
upper-story window to an armed
watchman on his own level, turned,
and ran lightly toward the Durkce
house, actually past my window, and
on down the driveway into the
street.
"What Has Happened?"
I had a fairlv good glimpse of
him as he was silhouetted for an in
stant against tli? light of the street
lamp, for be cleverly changed his
run to a walk just before he reached
the light, and went out of the gate
as if he were some member of the
household dispatched upon some
nocturnal errand.
1 caught my breath iii chagrin at
mv own alarm as the street light
fell upon his figure.' He was only
a boy, after all. a slight, agile figure,
with a cap pulled low upon his head,
and clothes which hung somewhat
baggily upon him. The theory of
young hoodlums being the disturb
ers of the night before was no doubt
the right one.
A rush of feet behind me. and Lil
lian said cryptically. "Get into bed.
my eyes away from the window to
her. As she bent toward me her face
was like a white cameo etched
against the duskiness of the room,
while her eyes made me think of
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the glow which is left lor a moment
when a powerful light is dimmed.
"What has happened?" Why arc
you here at this window?" she de
manded. "You called to someone,
didn't you?"
A Strong Warning.
I lowered the window before I
answered, and drew the curtain, see
ing as 1 did so -with an odd desire
to laugh the figure of old Sammy
coming around n:y house again, his
flashing light illuminating his own
figure, but little else.
"There was a hoy lurking in the
grounds." I said, when I had turned
on the switch of the light. Then I
gave her a little peremptory push.
"Not another word," I declared
emphatically, "until you have thrown
oil something over that thin night
dress. Mrs. Durkee left you a bath
robe. 1 know, just as she did me.
Get ft on!"
"Haven't time," she retorted mu
tinously, then she jumped into my
bed and pulled the covers up to her
chin.
. "There, grandma!" she mocked.
"Xow you may crawl in, too, if you
like. But don't waste any more time.
A boy, you say? How do you
know? Begin at the beginning, anrl
tell me what you've been doing, and
what you saw."
I obeyed her, and saw her face
grow sterner at each word ol the
narrative. When I told of having
thrown up the window and calling
to the boy, she turned on me sav
agely. "If you don't value your lite for
yourself, or for the rest of us," she
said, and her tone was almost a
snarl, "I should think you'd think of
your little son."
"Why I Why!" I stammered.
"How was my life in danger?"
"How does anybody know what
that dev one of those devils of
young hoodlums have in the back of
their coke-crazed heads? I They shoot
first and think afterward, especially
when they're in a panic, as this one
must have been at your unexpected
appearance."
"He wasn't very panic-stricken,"
I said. "He was evidently cool and
deliberate, as he ran this w'ay, thus
evading old Sammy, and changed
his run to a walk as he reached the
light above the gate."
"That makes it all the worse," Lil
lian said cryptically. "Get into bed.
I'm not going to leave you again to
night, and I warn you if you do any
window stunts again I'll tie you to
the mattress."
But long after she slept or feigned
slumber I lay awake turning some
thing she had said over in my miitd.
"How docs anybody know what
that dev " she had begun, then
changed it quickly to, "one of
those devils."
Was it possible that she had any
suspicion as to the identity of the
boy I had seen?
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Speed IV Yourself.
By J. J. MUNDY.
You must keep after yourself every
day in order to be up to the speed
and efficiency which are required at
the present time.
The contest for jobs the number
seeking the place you now hold
nukes it unwise for you to let down
for a single day.
If you were so foolish during the
shortage of labor oi all kinds to per
mit yourself to get ifito the easy
going class and you have not speeded
up, you may expect a little blue card
one of these days.
Employers no longer put up with
inefficiency, insolence and laiincss
because they have a large market of
workers from which to select.
Reduced production and earnings
arc going to first affect the slow
workx-rs because it ha become neccs
sary to get more output per em
ploye. Better service is demanded in all
lines.
Manufacturer must give more
value to wholesaler, wholesaler to
retailer and retailer to consumer.
Better service, from the men who
work for the manufacturer in any
and. all lines which has to do with the
production of merchandise or com
modities that is the watchword of
present-dav conditipns.
Fall in line.
North Dakota Bank Closed
Mandan, N. D., Feb. IS. The
Union Farmers' State bank of New
Salem was closed today. Officials
said reserves had fallen below the
legal limit, and that the bank would
reopen later.
Brief City News
Police iii Movie Members of thfi
Volunteer Traffic police squad will
be shown in a movie film to be taken
at the court house Wednesday noon.
Soup Dish Stolen A silver soup
dish belonging to George B. Thum
mel, attorney, was stolen from hid
home at 3560 Jackson street Monday
night.
Roblxl by Highwaymen O. C.
Allen, 1609 Burt street, was held up
Monday night by two" armed robbers
iu an alley between Burt and Cum
ing streets and robbed of $40.
Would Close Road House A suit
for an injunction to close the road
house of I3d Hart, two miles north of
Florence, was filed in district court
yesterday by County Attorney Shot
well. Cold Wave Coming The weather
man crabs the deal for Omaha by
announcing that colder weather may
be expected immediately. Kids who
have been wearing out the knees of
their pants playing marbles declare
they are now off the weather bureau
entirely.
Iiooh Case Set Hearing of the
federal liquor complaints against
Peter Loch, proprietor of the
Orpheum Gardens, arrested last
week chanted with violating the Vol
stead act, has been set for February
L'5.
Confeiwos Rubbery Jack Keed,
negro, who was sentenced to nix
months in Jail for breaking into th
V. It. cigar store last fall, confessed
to city detectives that he robbed tho
pliiee Inst week.
Open Nurvtlmr CIumsc-h Classes in
homo nursing under the auspices of
the Oinuha chapter of the Red
Cross were opened last night at tho
Y. W. C. A. The olast.es will also bo
conducted Thursday afternoons.
City to Rent Drill Hall At the re
quest of Col. Amos Thomas of the
Nebraska National guard, the city
council voted yesterday $1.50(1 to
pay the first year's rent of two floors
over the Central Market for drill
ing purposea for tho Omaha guard
companies.
Permit Denied Serjnm Annlholt
Serjam, 120 South Twentieth street,
.... i i ri1 ; I.,-- - t-
was dented iv permit to conduct a
soft drink parlor by city council yea
terd.ty. I'ollep Commissioner Ringer
told the council that Serjam had
lived in America Sfi years and had
not yet learned tho KntfUsh language.
Purse NablxHl Mrs. tl. Moore,
2626 Parker street, went into a gro
cery store Monday evening to buy
some chewing gum. She placed her
purse containing $19 on the counter
while watting for change from a $2
bill. When she turned to pick up her
purse, it was gone. (
Money Lost, in Cleaner's Mrs. I
1. Gain, (! South Twenty-third
street, put $11, t& In the pocket of
her husband's coat for safe keeping
and then friend husband tok tho
coat to a cleaner's. When Gain got
the coat from the tailor ho asked
"where Is the 111 I left in the coat?"
The taller banded out R5 cents.
"That's all I found," ho said. Police
are investigating.
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