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10 THE BEE:X OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MAKCH SU, VJZl. Minister Tells How Centenary m Fund is Spent Secretary Cisscll ' Illustrates . Address to Methodist Dis trict Conference With 65 Stereopticon Slides. ? : . Rev Clyde Clay Cissell, secretary of the Omaha area of the Methodist church, comprising the states of Ne braska and Iowa, addressed the dis trict conference in "Diets Memorial Methodist church last night on "The Centenary Today and Tomorrow." He illustrated his address with 65 stereopticon slides. He told what is being done with the $108,000,000 "centenary fund," raised by the Methodist denomina tion in the United States. " - "Of .this sum," he said. "$750,0$) has been spent to relieve the starv ing in countries recovering from v.nr. $150,000 , to . restore Protestant churches in France, $1,000,000 ' for missionary work in India, besides large sums in this country such as for the Wesley foundation at Ames, la., and the war scholarship at Cor nell college, Mt. Pleasant, la." Forty ministers and many laymen from the Omaha district are at the conference., This morning's ses sion will open at 9. and. reports will be received from, pastors. Rev, A. S. Buell will speak, on "The Meaning: and Method of Conservation," and Rev. J. If. Wilcox on "The How and Why of Advance." Sessions will continue throughout today with an address tonight on "l"he Minister and His' Job" by Rev. Frank E. Mossman, president of Morningside college. Woman Past 100 Entertains Hospital Patients With Jig Tast 100 years old,' Mrs. Bridget Mary Convey, patient at St. Joseph hospital, occasionally climbs from her bed and delights other patients with an Irish jig. - She does this little stunt though it is not extremely lively as a proud achievement, in her old age.' Mrs. Convey is recovering from an operation for a tumor on her back. , - When she, is we)l4 she lives with her son James Convey, in a little house atiFiftieth and S streets. Soutb Side " She will be 101 years old May 2. She came to America from Ire land ii 1867 and settled on a farm near Gretna. Several days ago when ordered to submit to a local operation, she walked the entire distance to the hos pital. She plans to go to her home again soon..',- Man Who Won Tax Test Case . Fined Under Volstead Act Chrjs Jensen, Fifty-fourth street --yitHJ wlmcKT''3 venue, who won the tirst tetfase in Nebraska on the validity of the internal revenue laws, was fined $2$ ihd costs in federal court yesterday for violation of the Volstead act. 'Jensen had been giv on a jail sentence for violation of the internal revenue, laws.; Following the ruling of the circuit court oi ap peals in, St. Louis that the Volstead act aunulled the internal revenue liquor act Jensen was released by habeas corpus proceedings. Charges against Jensen under the Volstead act were . immediately filed against Jensen.',; ':.-.:" Plan Return to Air , Mail Service Summer Schedule Carl F. Egge of Minneapolis, .su perintendent of the transcontinental air mail service, and A. R. Dunphy, superintendent of the air mail divis ion west of Cheyenne, were in Oma ha yesterday, conferring with Supt. William I. .Votaw, of the Omaha air -mail, field, regarding a reversion of the air mail service to the summer schedule." The service is now on winter schedule, Superintendent Votaw ex plained, and. the change,-to the sum mer schedule 'Will make the arrival and departure of. planes .in Omaha later, thaVf the hours now; scheduled. Buit for Damages Filed By Wife Against Husband Allister Watson was sued for $25. 000 in district court yesterday by his wife, Ruby, who wants a divorce from him, but has not lived in the state , the required 12 months, ar.d therefore sues .for crVtl. damages. : She says',, her husband has as saulted, her, has afflicted her with a disease, has threatened to kill her and has refused to support her. She asks for an order restraining him, front leaving the state. as, she saysj'lie has threatened to do. They were married in Columbia, S. C, in 1906- -. . Burglar Gets' Prison Term And Is Rebuked for Perjury Roy Slack, found guilty two weeks agcrof stealing 300,000, cigarets from the, Peregoy & Moore establishment, was sentenced yesterday by. District Judge Troup to the penitentiary for one. to seven'yearS.' The judge re buked Slack fof giving perjured tes timony in the trial for his partner, Fred Sledg. whom Slack had im plicated in the robbery in a signed confession.-.;; v Jury Finds Policy Void ; Domenico Marino failed to collect $770 insurance on the house which he occupied at '320 South Twentieth street which' was burned April 2?, 1918. A jury broughtin a verdict for the . defendant in Marino's suit, , the National 'Fire Insurance com pany, after a trial in District Judge Fiuegrald' court .yesterday. Ac cording to a report by Fire Warded .-Trouton, evidences vere found after the fire . that;; it .was. ot . incendiary aright. - ' . , ;' 16th Street ' Store Robbed. Burglars gaining entrance through a window at tkelrench Dry Clean- rs, 219 Northsixteenth street Men- a . . . s .1 .1 aay mgnt, stole tnree suns oi ciotnes and women's wearing apparel worth I , Sbout ?200. .k ' . THE GUMPS 1 3 WF1L MiM- t NAD -rt-.rx- t ftST VtNTeVT TOPV- I VJENT OVfc TO LCflW' AT. THAT A PAktMENT tmt a 1 V More Truth By JAMES J. HOPELESS Hearing Uncle Abner Proctor - , ..Give a hollow moan,' Hastily we called the doctor On the telephone. 7'Serious case," the doctor stated, ' "Bad rheumatic leg; , Pilsner beer is indicated, Give him half a keg." '..'.' .... ' ' ' f But our relative's condition , , Stayed about the same," So we sent for the physician And again he came. "He has been a bit too frisky;" Said the wise M. D., "Give him half a quart of whiskey Every day at three." Still the old man's ailment made him Rage and howl and roar, "And the doctor, called to aid him, Came around once more. "Give him any liquor handy," ' Said the medico, "Rutruor' sherry, gin or brandy, Every hour or so." . ,' ,. '':. . . Though the booze acts, as a tonic After every drink, S This especial case is chronic, " We've begun to think. ' , Hurriedly to get the doctor ' Every day we send, Yet our Uncle Abner Proctor Never seems to mend. . . BUT THAT'S The allies owe us a, debt of gratitude,' too. . Arid we'll probably collect that. . - .. . ABOUT THE SECOND TIME r The pitcher that goes once too often to the well isn't a tnarkcr to the shirt that goet Qnce too .often to the laundry. ' V FIGURE IT YOURSELF . . . This" is a year' when loafers have as much chance as Henry Ford would have to get a pass to one of Morris Gest's shows. v ' ' - (Cowright, 1851. b the Brtl ByndleM. Inc.) . Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. Owls. 1 ' . ' . 1 " '. . An owl's hooting at nkht is a very unlucky omen in some sections it is believed to portend death in the family. This superstition- is .so uul-. versat, existing not only among cjvil ized races, but among the aborigines of Australia and among the Ameri can Indnans, that .its origin, like jthat pertaining to the crow, must . be looked tor in the deprcssiHK eiect which the bird of night with its lugu brious voice produced upon primi tive man. The owl, it is true. , in the classic period, was assigned as the !bird of Minerva, the goddess oi wisdom, be cause the creature has a 'wise look," But it never lost its sinister signifi cance for the proletariat : which is not to be wondered at when' we con sider that, in addition to hi uncanny. appearance and doleful hoot he is a carmverous uira.oi prey..jianj..ro-i. small birds and squirrels' ihstmctive- dozing in the woods. . The American Indian stoos where he is and covers , his head in-fright when he hears an owl hoot; in: In dia a hut upon which an qwI alights is torn down; toe Australians ot na tive race say that he "smells death," visits the neighborhood of the dying and is an agent of the Spirit oft Evil. In Europe and America an o.wl hoot ing near a farm house casts ay pres age of death or disaster into the soul of'its inhabitants. And all this be cause of the impression the owl's ap pearance,' habits 'and.'., doleful "pry make. upon, the , primitive mind. He looks. acts andcries omenidusly, thereforehe presages disaster. ; (Copyright, 1921. by The McClure errs paper ; Srndlcat. ) Common-Sense , By J. J. MUNDY. Get-Over It. In choosing your associates, if you can be helpful to the younger men or women, give'them-1 certain amount of your time.: but let your closest friends be' . somewhere near your own age or hghtly older. Youdon't want to get -the reputa tion of having never grown no? It is fine to be youthful and jolly and happy, but you don't want to be considered abnormal in your choice of younger companions. To be sure Mr. So and' So and Mr This and TTiat your own age seem hke old fogies to you, but there i certain dignitv which goes with gathering age which commands more A. WOOW A.,OOt T0U M SWt't? -.T nt " HAUC VT FOR $IOfi USS , TNAVl ANYBODY ELE- SHE SAD A VUOS. 'SO NEAT Afat. -TO ". M YJEUU GpoO .TAitt: I CERTAlVltV yVOVlP TAKE 1 :rv Than Poetry MONTAGUE. . . ALL . respect than the "giddy young thing" idea among the very youthful crowd whom you seek to impress. Try to carry the dignity and the bearing and the inspiration when a man or a woman" of 3-aur age should bear to be consistently and suitably attractive, but don't overdo the mat ter by being too frivolous even if you seem to take well with the crowd. Remember that a laugh docs not always mean approval. And that applies to the' se-calleu funny ' but better nlamed smutty stones. The higher the man or woman rises in intelligence the less time and the less room he or she has for vul garity. Copyright, MM, International . Feature Smlce,- Inc.) Do Some Objects Bend and Others Break? In spite of the tremendous advance which has been made bv science, in suite of the many discoveries which tend'to'rhake life far rricife 'pleasant and agreeable than it wV' a century or even; a lew decades ago, there are still many, of the simples things for whteh science has yet to fitid'the true explanation. Among -these is the phenomenon known ai' fcohesion," or..the way m which partfcles.of mat ter stick together w ith 'var ing de grees of strength. ;: . l.f; 4 It is comparatively ..easy, jfor ex ample,, to pull apart the. material of which a": leaf Is , made,-while the shredding of the .wood Which makes up the trunk of the tree is an opera tion which demands a. iar-eat -exDen- diture of force, Inthis instance one- reason for the difference, m .'"cohe sion" lies in the comparative thick ness of -the two substances, but even a thin sheet of metal will 'resist an attempt..to t separatees', molecules,. wnne a mass ot a more pofOus.suD- stance, like a sponge rt "be, torn -pan wnn less exeriion. . V' It is this same principle. of. cohe sion, operating in a slightfy ; off ,er net manner, that leads Some, ohieets to bend easily while other-trcajcj though 4t isot possible to explain just why this occurs. . Wfr know irom jexperience that heat 'as,' in some cases, some influence upon this -property for sealing wax will break when .cold,, but bend , when, heated land, as a rule, metallic substances will bend far easier after they. have been subjected to heat or the process of "tempering." The explanation of this elasticity undoubtedly, lies. .in. the wy' in which' the molecules are held together, whether tightly o.r. Hi a. looser 'manner, but the reason for this difference has yet to be accur ately arid ' simply defined..! . (Copyr.tht,' 121. VTheeler.S; ndi- .' InO". WHY CUT YOURSELF A OWN,T - Nfc. HAt SUCH IN MX DRtS-S "TWAn 500E CASE OF IT- S L C CP Y-T THE TA L E OF TOMMY FOX lBY ARTHUR , CHAPTER IX. Tommy Fox in Trouble. A,-few days after Tommy Fox caught old Mr." Woodchuck, some thing, happened that set him think ing. Perhaps I should say "a ivn nights," instead of "days." For one night his,mot"her came home with a And.Tommy heard something runninjf around the chicken house fat hen slung across her shoulders. She had been down to Farmer Green's henhouse, right in the mid dle of the night,' when Farmer Green and his family were asle:p; and she had snatched one of the sleeping hens off the roost and stoli away with it without waking any body. Only a very wise olrTfox could do that. "You mustn't, go near Farmer Green's henhouse," Mrs. Fox said to Do You Know the Bible? (Cover up the answers, wad the ques ttona and set if sou can answer them. Then look at tha answers to see if you are right.) Follow these questions and answers ' as arranged by . By J. WILSON ROY. 1 What was the council of the Sanhedrin? 2 Why were the Sadducess gen erally . opposed to the preaching of the gospel? .5 Who were the Pharisees? 4-AVhat is the meaning of the word ."rabbi?" S Why were the Pharisees said to devour widows' houses? . i What is meant "by the "gates of hell," which should not prevail against the.'..church? . ,; ' Answers. I The highest -tribunals-held in Jerusalem at the, time of.' ourLord. 2 Because, as ' seim' -infidels, they had a-greater repugnance to its pre- cepts than - even the Pharisees and the rest -of -"the Jews, whostill re - tained the spirit of " the Mosaical laws. 3 A powerful sect among the Jews, whose prominent character istic was a strict literal, observance of the Mosaical law, to. which a vast number of additions had, been made. 4 It signifies "great", or "master and was used as a complimentary expression when addressing 'a su perior. - - ' 51 hey endeavored to- persuade the poor .widows to .inake vows of offerings to the ' temple, by which they themselves became rich. Gates are a common symbol in 'the Bible for power, government or security. To say, therctore. that the gates bf hell should not prevail against the church, was that it shall never die, it shall never be extinct. (Copyright!'-'MJiV'y. the Wheeler . V .'.w-Sjadlcata, Inc.) Parents' Problems Should -boys ajid girls of high school age form clubs among them selves, not supervised or directed by an older- person ? A, grown-up is always a very excel lent eltment in any of the activities of high school boys and girls. The best. . way .ia. which to -introduce a frown-up into the clubs they form anjpng themselves is by honorary membership.- The boys and girls Usually have'one teacher whom they will be glad to elect to such menf S.ership. , - Where It Started Th Megaphone. ' 'The megaphone i. a develop ment of the old speaking-trumpet, which was formerly used in the navy. Sir Samuel Morland, an Eng lish scientist, who labored in the 17th century, invented the speaking trumpet in 1670, as a result of his experiments . in the projection ol sound-waves. , (Copj-rlht, UIl. by tlia Wheler Syndi cate, Ind.) -No More Sunday Funeralc. '.'' Final passage of au ordinance which prohibits Sunday funerals was acc6mplished by the city council yesterday. The ordinance wiU bc- come effective May 1, , . V PIECE OF CAKE cf all Y.AS A 6S?.AT CHARACTER.- MM HATTS 1 r HIMSELF IM E TALES SCOTL BAILEY i Tommy,. as they picked the bones of the fat hen together. '. '.'You are not old enough to get one of Farmer Greek's hens." - V ' You notice that Mrs: Fox didiVti speak of "stealing" a hen. She called it "getting" one. For ..foxes believe that it is only fair to take a farmer's hen now and then, in re turn for killing field mice and wood chucks, which eat the farmer's gra l. But the farmer rtever stops to think of that. He only thinks of the bins that he loses. . :, Tonii.i- Fox never said a word while his mother was talking to him. He was very busy, eating. But that was not the only reason why he Kept still. He heard his mother's warn ing, but he thought sh was silly. He really believed that he was quite old enough and quite big enough aj' quite wise enough to go down to Farmer Green's and get a hen- hi n self. After catching old -Mr. Wood chuck Tommy felt that he was able to do about everything his mother could do. . And he made up his mind right then and there that he would show her. He would. pay a visit to the henhouse that very night. , Tommy Fox could not wait for night to come, in fact, Jie could wait only until the close of day he w:is in. such a hurry to. capture a hen. The sun had scarcely, sunk out of sight in the west and, the sky was still red, when he cre,pt slyly up to Farmer Green's henhouse. Tommy had. heard that Farm-r Green, went Jo hed very early, alttr working,. bard in the fields each day. And since, he .saw nobody stirr?iit about the place he thought . that everyone was asleep. . The hens were asleep. There was no doubt of that. Peeping inside their little house. Tommy could see them roosting in rows. And he lost no time, in squeezing through one of the small doors. He felt a bit 'timid, once he was inside. And for a mo ment he almost wished that he hadn't come. But he was , deter mi. d to take a hen hon.:, with hi.., so he reached up and grabbed the very first, hen he came to, . On . the lowest perch' of , all. . It was a big. old, white hen that Tommy Fox seized. She awoke the moment he touched her, and began to squall. And to Tommy's alarm, all '.ie rest of the hens heard her and began to cackle loudly. , The noise was deafening. And Tommy made, a dash for the little door (with - old Mrs. White Hen in his moyth. She was flapping her wings and kicking as hard as she could. And Tommy was dismayed to find that he could not get her through the narrow door. Every time he tried to push through, one of Mrs. White Hen's legs, or a wing, or her head, struck agai.nt the edge of the doorway. Then a dog barked. And Tommy heard something running around the chicken house. He just knew that it was a man. And he dropped the oM hen in a hurry and slipped through the door . . . He was just in time.- He heard a man shout, "After him, Spot I" And giving one frightened glance 'over his shoulder, -Tommy saw that Farmer Green's dog was-close, be hind him. ADVERTISEMENT. I Helps make rich, red blood and revitalize weak nerves OF WOMEN'S JUS WOMEN OFTEN THINK THEY HAVE HEART TROUBLE, INDIGESTION. NER VOUS PROSTRATION. ETC., WHEN ITS SIMPLY IRON STARVATION OF THE ' " t" " BLOOD. ; Marry - women believe- they we weak, and nervous as a result of age,", worry and oyerwork ; they think that their disturbed digestion, head aches, heart palpitation, shortness of breath, pains-across the back, etc., are due to some serious disease iiutead of the 1 cau iron starva tion of the blood. This ii .proven by the faet that whan many of these same women take organic iron for awhile all their alarm- in symptoms quickly disappear and they be come strong;, robust and healtny. Iron is absolutely necessary to enable your blood to change food Into living cells and tissue. Without it nothing you cat does you the proper amount of good you do not get the strength ont of it. ' -If .you are not strong and well do not wait until you go all to pieces and collapse in a state of nervous prostration, but take some organic iron Nuxated Iron at once. But be sure it's organic iron and not metallic iron which people usually take and which ia made merely by the action of strong acids on small pieces of iron. Or ganic NUXATED IRON is like the iron in your blood and like the Iron in spinach, lentils and apples and it pften Increases the bodily and mental vigor of weak, worn out women, in two weeks' time. ' Beware of substitutes. Look for the word "Nuxated" onVverj? package and the let ters N. . L on every tablet. Your , money will be refunded by the manufacturers il ro; do not obtain perfectly satisfactory jresultu. At all druggists. CAUSE re : r0U A LITTLE cf pats of Xcu ARE "SO im - ' J g n IT'S A WONytR. Ht-X PONT YOU FOR. Smt Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham Raz Barlow put the postoffice temporarily out of business this morning when he bought all six of the stamps and wrote two postal cards. , -.' . Sid Hocks says it looks- like where there is twins that each one of them ought to be able to get along with just half sense. ' ' Gab Hancock got mixed up on the day of the week and decided Tues day was Wednesday. Several tried to change his mind but after consid erable argument he remained stead fast and accordingly set his watch forward a day. (Copyright, 1921, George MattheA Adams) Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. ' Today is very lucky for the wear er of crystal since this translucent gem exercises great power for good for those who werr it, an old super stition claimed that its wearers would Uheres One Best Food Flavor Nourishment Convenience "Economy AT GROCERS EVERYWHERE The N 0 Grape-Nuts Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. (Copyright, 1921. by Chicago Tribune Co. ' CUPtP'S QCW AD ARROW Love avp apmiraxcn love: with Yccrself be gifted with great personal beauty and lasting charm. Today's natal stone is the sapphire, which is potent in bringing good luck to businrss men and women. It pro tects them from deceit and treachery, and endows them with 'good judg ment. Women v ho wear the sapphire at this time will be lucky in love. Today's color is yellow, which if lucky for lovers, and - symbolic of generosity. The magnolia is.; today's "lucky flower, and brings harmony wherever it is used as ' a decoration. ' (Copyright. MJt. Wheeler Syndlrale, In.-.) 921 Legion Men May Hear Mme. Sehumaun-Heinke at $1 Mux?. Schuniann-ileink, contral'.i-, will appear in concert at the Au ditorium tonight undc. tlie, auspices c the women of the First Central: Congregational church. Because of her endearment to tl". doughboys during the war through singing at cantonments for them, tickets io the conce t can be o-c c' at $1 each by members of the Am;r can Legion who present their' 19J1 membership cards at the box oftice Each Legionaire may cel. but '. such tickets under this arrangement which is mae with .an ' intent to. please both the service men and the celebrated artiste. THal Proceeds With 11 Jurors .' . When Oue Fails to Return The suit of John; T. . Baunwi) against the Omaha & :Council Bluffs .Streft Railway company went oft with "only 11 men in the jury bou after the recess yesterday morning. One of the jurors, C. A. Sandberg, jr., though the recess was taken un til afternoon, and did not return. Both sides agreed to proceed with 11 men. Bauman is suing for $50.00P, claiming to have been badly injured when a trolley pole fell on his head at Sixteenth street and Capitol ave nue last March. ' SILK Men's Pure Thread colors, including all Now AX t -fihWuftW- ---.-igj This lot includes every pair of LADIES' SILK HOSE in the house. bom's 2 STORE No. 1, 315 South 16th Street Opposite Conant Hotel Omaha Bee O'CLOCK EDITION Carries the World's Up-to-the-Minute Telegraph News as well as Late Day News of Doings in and about Omaha. Serve Yourself With the Very Latest News Every Night in the 5 o'Clock Omaha Bee Morning Blaze Damages . Salem Lutheran ChurcK terday morning. The blaze was discovered at 9:30 by a resident hi the neighborhood, lie summoned the fire department. The roof was burned and consid erable damage done to the pipe or gan by water before the flames were extinguished. Wants Girl to Return ' Ring Which He Gave Ilcr James L. .lluntef of Benson, re tired farmer, obtained a writ of re plevin, in muncipal court yesterday to recover a diamond ring from Alice Dahlberg Moriarty, Delmar hotel, a toll operator for the telephone com pany. Miss Moriarty said Hunter had given herjhe ring as a present, four years ago. She predicted he would drop the suit. Hearing has bceli set for April 5. Bowen V CARPEtS Stair and Room Car pets at y2 Former Price at Bowen's Springtime is here, and with . it comes the need for new stair and room carpets. This radieal price re duction on our entire line of Wilton, Axininster, Brussels and Velvet Car pets, gives' you a wonder iul opportunity for great savings. 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