THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. - APRIL 23. 1921
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THE GUMPS-
UNCLE EPHRAIM
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith.
(Copyright, 1921. by Chicago Tribune Co.) '
Barn Ne.ar Doshlcr Burned;
Loss Estimated at $2,500
Deshlcr, Neb., April' 22. (Spen
cial Tclegrant.)The barn and eon
tents orr ; the Bozarth . farm near
Deshlcr, .was burned ' together with
six horses, several calves, ISO bush
els of oats, corn, hay, two wagons
and harness. There is a total. loss
of $2,500 on stock and equipment,
owned by John' Werner: and ' Paul
i-..u.i Panco nf tlif fire i tin-
Holding a Husband
Adelo Camion's Ne Phtie of
Revelations of a Wife
PANNING ONCUe BlAA AtrAIN-
f rAUfNCy ABOUT HER. UN CUEPHRAJa'
VJHAvT A. MP ft WE. I
t STOPPED AT HIS HOUIV)nC
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OR VlRiYiNfcr THAT UETTEfc T&
WHO 0NN YWAT EVE-M ACRE-S
OP- WKED" ACOOpLEOF-SPRlNd"
HALT HORSE'S - S PIND AU.THE I R Tl WvE
NIOOW ZANDER- ArTERAtV.
N((aHT PUT ON rVW NiCjNY
fTiGHT- He'-i 5oTirHTH&.iAA
- TN5- MIC K, ON TOP ANO TflEN TURNS J
, ) ' YT OVER TO KINMT
i 1 f'ONs THE-80TTONN J "
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The Contest Lillian, Marion and
vMadge Staged Reside the
Wooded Road.
Lillian and I flashed an under
standing glance at each other j
Marion waited dutifully, b"ut eagerly,
for the permission to "yell just as
loud -as I can." . Then Lillian faced
hep small daughter with twinkling
"I'll give you permission on one
condition, Marion," she said soberly.
, Marion crossed the space between
them in a single bound and threw
her arms around her mother's waist
in an enthusiastic lnig.
Gown an& HEAKEO
HE" SPENT JN ONE: EVENING Or OUR; ,
WE- IP THEV V0
1ENTERTANME-NT-WOOl.f ASSAY
HOLES IN HAA N"TW AfAAUET
THOSE IN THE-
ARC WORTH
ens IH CASE
'iAYM t0X M 0JM COME OOT)
OP FIRE
known. The loss is partly covered
by insurance. . , .
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rlease tell me terrible fast what
the condition is," she coaxed.
Lillian spoke measuredly, as if an
? nouncing a momentous decision.
"If you promise solemnly to yell
louder than Auntie Madge or I can.'
For a second startled disbelief
. showed in Marion's expressive face.
Then as the full beauty of the
scheme dawned on her she began to
dance tip and down with joy. . -
"Oh, boy!, Are you and Auntie
Madge going to yell, too?" she de
manded. "Mother! I've just got to
turn a handspring."
She turned one as neatly as an
acrobat, while Lillian looked at me
doubtfully. -
"I suppose I. should repress her
slang and acrobatic tendencies a bit,"
she said, "but" ' -
Now every bit of my training and
of my mental makeup urged, me to
assent to my friend's tentative theory
of repression, but a look at Marion's
glowing face made me change my
speech even as it trembled upon my
ton cue.
' "Don't you think life will curb her
enouKhr I asked, turning abrupt!
to Marion, civinj Lillian no chance
to renlv.
v"Vho!s to' be the judge of this
. .,..lt,',. fAitUet f-irirm ' 1 smilftt
1 l. I 1 1 1 I g IU11HJ1 1"I" ....... .... .
!'if we all are to enter it?" x
The hild considered 'a minute, het-
chin cupped jn htr palms mad
licious and iniconsctous imitation 01
her mother's study posture.
"Match This, Marion."
: ''T know " she said at last, serious
ly. "First mother and I will yell.
and you'll judge, then you and I will
veil and mother will judge. And
wf'll all veil together, can t
we?" she inquired eagerly.
"That' n verv eood arrange
mint " Lillian, observed sagely. "It
ive -nii two veils to our one. All
right. Let's get ready for our con-
" test. Match thisj Marion.
She sent a ringing yo-ho down the
winding wooded road, ; waking the
echoes as the notes of a horn might
hv done, .while Marion's childish
face plainly showtd the adoring ad
miration she felt for any action of
her idol'ixed mother's. ;
"That's such a pretty call," the
child said a bit ruefully.' "I never
can call like that." .
"That wasn't the bargain," I said
reassuringly. "Don't try to give a
pretty call. Just see how loud you
, can snout." ' '
The child's face lighted, And wav
ing her arms, as if by that means
she could increase" the volume of
' sound, she gave a series of childish
.shrieks, shrill and, ear-splitting. ;
Her mother bowed low, spreading
her hands in affected humility. .
"You win that round. Marion,
she said. : "I hereby withdraw all
claim I have for the honor."
The little girl' giggled appreciative
ly at her mother's sally, then turned
to me eagerly.
"N6w. . Auntie . Madge, it s your
turn," she said.
' I had believed in all truth that I
was entering into the undignified
little scene simply to gratify Marion,
but as I opened my mouth to shout,
the abandon of the , springtime
seemed to rush over me, and my
call, while-not as musical as Lil
lian's rivalled hers in volume and
enthusiasm. She caught my eye
? vhen I had finished, and I saw by
the mirth in.it that she understood
my reversion to the primitive,., and
was gratified by it.' . , .
"Auntie Madge has given you
something to beat, Marion ", she
commented.
"But I can ' beat her," the child
said confidently, and proceeded to
demonstrate the fact. -
"Behold the champion," Lillian
' pronounced solemnly when she had
finished, breathless, and she crowned
Marion's - sunny head with- a few
Sprays of the glistening laurel grow
ing near by..
"And now you promised that we'd
all yell together," Marlon reminded
her.,' .. .
"So we did, my dear. Come on
now.""', -' ' " '- 7 ' - ;' v .,
"The volume of ." our combined
shouting startled me. It might
have been -heard, I thought uneasily,
at the east end of the island. j
That it had been audible at a point
much "nearer was demonstrated r a
second later, when a powerful motor
car with a load of excited people in
it came tearing into our winding
-road and stopped with a sudden
screaming of brakes when they saw
;- us -.
(Continued Monday.)
Jewel, Rower. Color
Symbols for Today
. By MILDRED MARSHALL. J
J. 'The amethyst, 1 today's talismanic
ftone, promises those who wear it,
a peaceful, untroubled day. Accord-
ing to the ancients, those who wore
this beautiful purple stone would be
v protected always from strife and
care. Relief from w'orry and use-
- less doubts, is also assured those who
t cherish the amethyst. -
,The natal -stone of those born on
'.'aft anniversary of tin date is ;the
"gate, which has somewhat similar
qualities. It is particularly potent in
'dispelling the . , fears and worries
.which drive awaysleep, and so has
? come to be regarded as a cure 'for
insomnia. It was believed in' olden
. times to -protect . its wearers from
evils resulting from associations with
evit companions. , -
... Today's color is coral pink..w"hich
- ts symbolic, of health of mind and
1 body. - Especially does it bring good
- lack when used m sporting contest
of any kind.- . ,- ,. y -.
The flower for today It thf red
' geranium; brilliant-hued and strong,
: it is potent in drfring away the de
s' pressioo which astrolegists prophesy
may be felt on this day.
.'i OeprrUrkt. r Th WkMlar
More Truth
By JAMES
TO A ROBIN.
Let other poets chant your praise
When yearly you come northward winging,
, And boost,in free and flowing lays.
Your habits, vestments, charm and singing.
Let them declare how sad and long
.The weary winter seemed without you,'
But I shall sing you no such song,
Because 1 know too much about you.
' I know, for Darwin I have read,
The earthworm, bright and early riser,
Eats all the leaves the trees have shed
And turns .them into fertilizer.
And you, while thus around my lot
At useful labor I employ him.
Eschewing other food have got
To fall upon him and destroy him.
Mosquitoes, which at every turn
Arouse my souto sore disquiet,
I notice that you always spurn -
As any portion of your diet. -
. The caterpillars gulp my seed
And spoil my vines ad infinitum, , "
But to these brutes you pay no beed,
You never will so much as bite 'em.
- V . -
Although it's well within your power .
The most efficient aid to lend me,
You hop around here and devour
The only creatures that befriend mc.
And then at dawn your voice you raise
To rouse me from my blissful slumber.
Let other poets chant your praise
Pot I will n6t. I've got your number!
TO PARAPHRASE A WORD ;
'The Mormons have at last stamped out polygamy. Their religion is
still singular, but their wives are no
- . f HARD' TO REALIZE
All pay and no work is, after all, the ideal state of existence.
A SOFT PEDALER .
Evidently Secretary Christian didn't ask Joe Tumulty how he got
his publicity.
(CODTTlglLT. IVmU D7 IDS
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingham
other day forgot and shook hands
right good with the pastor without
first washing them which made it
appear that the preacher had been
at work."';,'.- ... '
Slim Pickens, who started in to
farming week before last, has com
pleted the job, and can now rest the
remainder ot tne year, utner larm-
s-:-; A
AsnsavtB
I SYSTEtt tf
'm. 1 11 It 1
CtWrriita. Ml! Br Tt, T. Fmnw
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE.
VMM
longer plural. -
v - .
iU opiaicm Mim.t
ers won't get through until next fall,
but Slim he works fast. ,
Tobe Moseley says the old-fashioned
girl didn't have any face paint
and naturally had to blush often to
look- rosy. . - , -
Copyright, 12I, Georc Hatthrw Adams.
Do You Know the Bible?
4-
(Cover up th n.iwri, read th duea
tlong and ee if you can answer them.
Then look at the anawer to aea It you
are right.) i
Follow these 'Questions and An
swers as arranged by
J. WILLSON ROY
1 What. were known as the three
Eacred mountains? "
2 What was the name of King
Saul's father? '
3 What does the Bible tell us re
garding Saul's stature?- , '
4 How many days "were the
spies in searching the Promrsed
Land?
' How long did Paul live. in hi3
own hired house in Rome?
6 Upon whom was consumption
threatened as a punishment for sin?
, f ANSWERS. - -
1 Horeb,' Sinai and Tabor.
2 Kish. . V.
: 3 - From his' shoulders and up
ward he was, higher than any of the
people. 1 Samuel ix.: 2. - -
' 4 Forty days. Numbers xiii. 25.
5 Two years. Acts jexviii. 30.
f 6 . The - disobedient., among the
children of Isra'eL Leviticus xxvL 16.
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CHAPTER IX.
Saving Hia Feet, i
Old Mr. Crow and Jimmy Rabbit
had a good laugh over Grumpy
Weasel's plan for a race with Jim-
'I Advise OOU to M.va bmu birwl
Xeet," be whispered-"
my. They thought it a great joka
"He needn't give' me a start,"
Jimmy said. "I can beat Grumpy
easily."
"Never mind that I Mr. Crow ad
vised. "You might as well let him
have his way. He'll look all the
more foolish, trying to catch up
with you."
So Jimmy Rabbit agreed to rim
Romance m Origin
Of Superstitions
By H. t KING.
N -a
Twin Calves.
A rather common superstition in
this country that is among fann
ers is that twin calvc3 bring- bad
luck. "You will never be rich," "the
end of possession" are some 'of the
significations of the omen. This is
a survival from the cult of the Ko-
man goddess, Diana, who was the
Greek goddess, Artemis. Now Ar
temis or Dianat as we prefer to be
Greek or Roman was the protec
tress of domestic animals and one
of the identities of Artemis was IU
thyia.- As Ilithyia she presided over
birth. Diana was generally a benef
icent goddess; but she was not al
ways so.
The ancients endued their gods
and" goddesses with, very human
qualities and Diana, the virgin hun
tress, was represented as a rather
"touchy" spinster, very much of a
prude and taking vengeance upon
those who offended Her prudery., As
witness the matter in which she
treated that -unfortunate nymph Cal
listo, and that Peeping Tom of an
Actaeon. isow Diana was born
twin herself, " and, considering that
she presided- over domestic cattle
and over birth, regarded the birth of
twin calves as baring a personal
touch offensive - to her sense of de
corum. Jt vas thit same delicate
sensibility which caused the early
Victorian spinster to take offense
when, some crude person mentioned
the "legs" of the piano.: An offense
of that sort Diana always punishes.
Copyright, 1S21, bj The McCIure News-
- paper syndicate. ,
Deshler Woman's Club is
Entertained at Hebron
Deshler, Neb., April 22. (Spe
cial.) Forty members of the Desh
ler women's club attended a meeting
of the Hebron women's club Friday
to hear Mrs. John Slaker of Hast
ings, state president,, and Miss Effie
Detrick . of York, president of. the
Fourth district.
wm
M E T(A L
THE TA L EVOF
4
GRUMPY
WEASEL
gARTHUR SCOTJiBAILEY.
the race as Grumpy Weasel wished,
saying that he was ready to start at
once. . .
But Mr. Crow told him he had
better wait till the next day. "That
will give me time1 to tell every
body," , he explained, "and then
there'll be a big turnout to see you
win and to jeer at Grumpy Weasel
for losing." And' one could tell
from . Mr. Crow's remark that he
liked Jimmy Rabbit and that he de
spised Grumpy Weasel.'
,The next day' proved to be a fine
one for the race. It wasn't too hot
nor too cold; and early in the
morning the field and forest peo
ple began gathering at Grumpy;
Weasel's hunting ground, where.the
stone wall , touched the clearing.!
About the only persons that ob
jected to the time set for the race
were Benjamin ( Bat and Solomon;
Owl. Benjamin' said that he could
never keep awake to watch it; and
Solomon complained that he. couldn-'t
see well in the daytime. But all
the rest of the company were in
the best of spirits, giggling slyly
whenever they looked at Grumpy
Weasel, who seemed to pay scant
heed to his neighbors, though you
may be sure his roving black eyes
took in everything that was going
on. He seemed more restless than
ever as he waited for Jimmy Rabbit
to arrive, walking to and fro on" his
front legs in a most peculiar fash
ion, while he kept his hind . feet
firmly planted on the ground in one
soot. Of course he ; could never
have moved about in this manner
had his body not been so lohg'and
slender.
Noticing Grumpy's- strange ac
tions, old Mr. Crow looked wor
ried and asked him what was the
matter. 'Tl hope your hind feet
aren't troubling you, , just as the
race is about to begin," he said.
Grnmnv Weasel hissed at the old
gentleman before he replied: "Don't -
worrvl Voull soon see tnat my
Lhind feet can travel as fast as my
front ones when I Want to use
them.
"Ahl" Mr. Crow exclaimed know
ingly. "He's saving his hind feet
for the race."
When Jimmy Rabbit reached the
gathering place, coming up in. a
long lope, Mr. Cro-r hurried to meet
him. . , '
"1 advise you to save your hma
feet," he whispered. "Grumpy
Weasel is saving his." i
Jimmy Rabbit told Mr.1 Crow,
with a smile, that he had saved his
hind feet all his life and his front
ones, too.
"I've brought them along today,
, i i. i. ,t,j.. .... "
ne sain, to ncip mc wm "
Copyright, Groaset & Dunlap. .
AMUSEMENTS.
Last Two Times
. Matinee Today 2:15
EARLY CURTAIN
TONIGHT at 7:55
"A TRIP '' TO HITLANDt" ' "FOR
PITY'S SAKE;" HAMPTON A BLAKE
STUART BARNES; Moody A Duncan;
Rote Claire; Delator La;--Wilfrid
Du Bole; Klneframa; Toptee of the
Day. Matineea, Ifc to SOc; aarae Tie
and $1.00. Sat. and Sun. Nlhta, lSe
to $1 M. J - - - --
EMPRESS
LAST
TIMES
TODAY.
NOVELTY TRIO, Tarpeichoroaa Od
dity;" BECK STILWELL, "Songa
and Sail;" HAYATAKE BROS, Japa
nese Marvela; PITZER DAYE. "Th
Cop and the City Cirla." Phatoplay At
traction, "THEIR MUTUAL CHILD,"
featuring Marguerite Fleher. Century
Comedy. ' , ' ... -
"OMAHA'S FUN CENTER"
kntsCT? Dally Mate, IS to TSc
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THE SEASON'S FINAL WEEK
c?.?.nJ TOWN SCANDALS a
With Ethel (Snappy) Shutta, Buriaak'a
Wonder GirL A world of noveltioa. Outi-Peek-a-Boo
"Poek-a-Boo." Beauty Chorut
of Charming Scandal Monger.
LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS
Empress lustk
Under Partonal Direction of
, Wilfrid Ledoux
Dancing
. Matinee
TODAY
SlOO Mil 8:30
Parents' Problems .
How can a boisterous child of 5
be ta'ught to be gentle with his in
valid grandmother?
Plan the child's visits to his grand-
mother's room at an hour of the
day when he has already had an
opportunity to romp and be as noisy
as he likes. Explain to him that his
grandmother will like to hear about
what he has been doing outdoors,
but that she will get too tired if
he does it. in her room. Let his
visits be brief.
Where It Started
The Derby Hat;
This hat was first worn at the
Derby races, started in 1780 by Ed
ward Stanley; carl of Derby, a fa
mous sportsman of England. The
Derby stakes are usually run in
May on the second day of the Ep
som meeting the classic races of
England.
(Copyright, -1J21, by the Wheeler Syndl
. i '. . -. cate, Inc.)
1
LAST TIMES
Tomorrow
Some show for the ."kid
dies" nd the old folks, too.
' TOM MIX
back again with his lariat,
gun and wonder-horse, in
"HANDS OFF"
"Adventures of
BilLand Bob"
At ST. JOHN in
The Big Secret"
Com early' Sunday and avoid
, . late erowda. ...
. Last Times
"Deep Waters"
First Showing in Omaha
' ' Tomorrow Only
EUGENE O'BRIEN
in '
"The Wonderful Chance"
, First Showing in Omaha
Final Day
Kitherine McDonald
in -:-
"TRUST YOUR WIFE"
And a Comedy That i Funny .
"SNEAKERS"
.Last Times Today
Dorothy Gish
IN
"Flying Pat"
Starting Tomorrow, .
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
IN
"The Nut"
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Made Reserve Officer.
Dr. J. F. Edwards, health commis
sioner, has been designated lieuten
ant colonel in the reserve corps of
the United States army. He served
as lieutenant colonel in the medical
corps during the period of the war.
Dr. Titus Lowe
. Spaaka on
"The Soal of
The City"
Sunday Morning-, April 24
at the
First Methodist Church
20th and Dayenport
rHOTOPI-AYS,
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AT THE ..
HOW LONG
IT'S UP
Saturday-
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Men's $4.00
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Y eervn a six-course
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