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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.
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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
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TOPV- I VJENT OVfc TO LCflW'
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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
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GpoO .TAitt:
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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-
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WHY
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HAt SUCH
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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, , .
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cf all
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CHARACTER.-
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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.
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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
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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. '
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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.
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