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I MM: OMAHA. MONDAY, 1 1 1U A V 1 U I I vini i-i. . 11 flu : i i I 1 If 3 PY-TIME T A L CHATTER XVI. Guarding the Corncrib. Grumpy Weasel never seemed to have anything but bad luck when ever lie went near the farmyard. Per haps that vas the reason why he kept going back there, for he was noth- ing it not determined. Anyhow, he had found the hunting poor along his f tone, wall in the woods. And there was so much "game," as he called it, about the farm buildings that he thought it was silly to leave it for such scamps as Peter Mink and Tommy Fox and Fatty Coon. So he took to loitering near Farm- 'Don't gou suppose I lcnow.Jha.t??, Crumpg retorted! er Green's corncrib. And he was not at all pleased to find Fatty Coon there one evening. He wouldn't have spoken to -Fatty at all had not that plump young chap hurled a cutting remark directly at him:t "There arc no chickens in this building. This is a corncrib." "Don't you suppose I know that?" Grumpy retorted. "I've come here to guard the corn from mice and squirrels." . .. . . ."There's no need of your doing HOLDING A Adele Garrison's Revelations The Way Marion Surprised Her Mother and Madge. ? Lillian smiled maternally at the grateful young son of the purseproud man whom she had just "put in a corner with his face to the wall." "Don't waste any time cither be ing grateful or wondering how I was able to do it," she said whimsically. "I am assured of the first without any words from you, while the second is my own little secret. It isn't often that one can gratify one's own private resentment and do a service to another. I flatter myself that inadvertently I have been help ful to you,. Take an old woman's advice anfigrab the reins occasion , ally. It will do you no harm, and will be .-.' immense service to your father t .jugh he probably will not agree w..i me. Good-bye." She held out her hand in gracious though unmistakable dismissal, and the young man bowed above it deferentially. 'I shall never forget you-r-or the adivce," he said earnest ly. "Thank you again, and good bye." .. He lifted his hat, turned with a perfunctory salute to me, a merry one to Marion, and walked swiftly around the bend in the road. J iLillian spread her hands wide and bowed low in the direction the in truders upon our picnic had gone. f A Perfect Camp Fire. w'So endcth the first lesson," she said with a little intake of her breath which told me how distaste ful to her was the whole episode that had been lightened only by the wholesomeness of the boy, Ted. '"As I -was saying when I was interrupted-'" , - "When do we eat?" I finished her quotation laughingly. "Exactly. I am ravenous. Let's get busy with the fire." ' j ;"If you'll just help me with this ' stone, ; mother," an exultant little voice sounded behind her, "we can gart the fire this minute." r We turned to behold Marion tug ging at a stone- too big for . her slender arms. ... ? "Whatever in the world,"; Lilian began, hurrying to her aid, while I reached the child a second in ad vance, lifted the stone and looked at Marion for directions. ": ' "Just -put it here, Auntie Marge, nhe carolled, and Lillian and I gazed in amazement at a neatly construct ed little cairn of stones with a hot low inside where leaves, tiny sticks and small pieces of dead wood were piled in a most approved camp fire. IL ' ' I jusi necueu inu uig ! . i I back," Marion said with a relieved I sigh when 1 liaa put me stone aown. J f Now, mother, may I start it all my . I want to see if I can do it ) "4 Ah one match." i, Marion's Ambition. y "Why, my blessed baby 1" Lillian said, amazement and gratified pride ijf in her face and voice. "Of course you may start it. 'But I didn't know $ you could do anything like this. Who 8 taught you?" . i i "Uncle Robert, first up in the Cat- i skills," she ; responded, and I knew 3 that desoite her almost unshakable ft noise every" fibre of Lillian's being !' . . .... . . . . UTI n fs was thrilling to tnat name. 1 nen I've read how the Uiri scouts ana & the Girl Pioneers and the Camp Fire Girls start fires, and it's just the way Uncle Robert taught me. so 1 know it s right. Gee! I wish I were old enough to be a scout. Are the 4 matches handv. mother?" ' "What a diplomatic way of asking .me to hurrv. Marion." her mother H said hurriedly, and I guessed that .u- mictinff fir afritatlnn at i Robert Savarin's name with a light- ness she was lar irom leenng. . - The child's expressive face cloud ed ever so slightly, t "I didn't mean it that way, Mum t ai " she said contritely. Lillian fairly sprang toward her . small aaugnier anu uu&gcu "" s tiffhtlv to her, S "And I didn't 1 mean anything ithr. sweetheart."' she said with a loving kiss, "except that you're the Wit tod sweetest and wisest little . .:.. ,. .... : - ... ..;;.:. v. r- THETALEWF GRUMPY WEASEL rBABIHUR SCOTJiBAlLEY, that," Fatty Coon told him. "Have you never noticed those tin pans, upside down, on top of the posts on which the corncrip rests? How could a mouse or a squirrel ever' climb past one of those?" ' "There are ways," Grumpy Weasel said wisely. "I doubt it," Fatty replied. "I don't believe the trick can be done." Then, not to oblige Fatty, but to show him he was mistaken, Grumpy climbed a tree nearby, dropped from one of its branches to the roof of the corncrip, and quickly found a crack in the side of the building through which he slipped with no trouble at all. . Suddeniy iliere was a great scurry ing and scrambling inside. And soon Fatty Coon saw Frisky Squirrel and several of his friends not to men tion three frightened mice come tumbling out and tear off in every direction. Presently Grumpy Weasel stuck his head through a crack between two boards. "Did you catch the robbers?" he called to Fatty Coon. "They were too spry for me," Fatty told him. He wouldn't have stopped one anyhow, for Grumpy Weasel. "Which way did they 50, old Slow Poke?" Grumpy cried as he jumped down in jircat haste. "Everywhere I" Fatty told h!ni. "Can't you be a little more exact? You don't think do you? that I can run mere than one way at a time?" "Whv don't yen run round and round in a circle?" Fatty suggested. "In that way you might catch at least half "those youngsters and perhaps all of them." "That's the first real idea you ever had in your life!" Grumpy exclaimed which was as near to thanking a person as he was ever known to come. HUSBAND New Phase of of a Wife . daughter a mother ever had, and I'm so proud of your camp fire. It's a perfect one, and here are the matches. Auntie Madge and I won't even breathe while you light them." . Marion took the matchbox, looking tip roughishly at her mother. "Not 'them,' mother; I hope, but 'one,'" she said. "That is, if I don't get nervous." "What, my brave little daughter get nervous!" Lillian's voice was like a slogan, and the child rallied to it as I have seen her do before. Whatever else Marion -may be, if her mother's training has any effect she will never give "nerves" as an excuse for her shortcomings. "I'll do it, mother, I'm sure." she cried, and she cupped her fingers carefully, struck the match, nursed the flame and applied it gently to. the dry leaves. .And in another minute a cheerful crackling told us that our camp fire was a success. ' Parents' Problems . Should a boy of 7 receive a week ly allowance; and what should he be expected to do with it? Yes. With it, the child should be expected to buy the trifles for which children ask their parents for pen nies, marbles, a top, a balloon, etc. It is very good for a child to have an allowance. In no better way can he learn to spend and to save wisely and well. "SPRING FEVER" Is not a disease but simply a sign that many body cells have become tired or lazy after the stress of Win ter, conditions. Such cells need to.be nourished and fed, not whipped into temporary activity by so-called "tonics." Father John's. Medicine helps Naure repair and rebuild tissue. it contains no drugs nor aiconoi. Hence, it is a builder not a bracer. It is a food-medicine, not a mere tonic. In use for over sixty-five years. bod 'and Wholesome Nourishment Bt Bednbulldar for children. Monty back without euerrlen if HUNT'S GUARANTEED SKIN DISBA8B REMEDIES. (Hoof Salve ana Soecl.tall In I the treatment of Itch. Bcsoaia. Rjna orm.Tetterorottierith- I Ina lUs distaste. Tr this ' traatBe&tM our risk, Shtrman A MCoaatII S Drug Starts Cuticura Talcum is Fragrant and J Very Healthful Simple free of Cotitvrs tsssraterits, Dope. A. MiMM, Matt. Be. everywhere. mm VCHOCOLATE INNER-CIRCLE n& V RicKT kjrr ii rut 11 . , . , 1 ' I , ' ' "II jiii.-, 1, ir.i , , ssass 1. i,,1 . 1 1 , 1 " " H iaaaga;i 1 ' " aa3gl !j-'' 'f'PSJI Don't Be Without a Car Vhilt Yourt it Being Rtpairtd We make a special rate of 10c ptr milt, plus ( and oil, It you allow our experts to do your work. Your satisfaction is our guarantee. Drive It Yourseli Co. 1314 Howard St. Doug. 3622. Perfect Stitches to Save Your Tim. Pleating Hemstitching Our Specialty. Van Arnam Pleating & Button Co. 413-17 Paxton Blk. 16th and Farnam Phono Doug. 3109 Omaha, Neb. GRAIN MERCHANTS That firm whose business " grow consistently must have something real behind it. Geo. A. Roberts Grain Co. Omaha, Neb. Douglas 0394 11th and Davenport Sts. "They Are Like Old Friends They Wear Well." H. W. BALLINGER AUTO PAINTING Oouglaa 7596. 7415 Cuming St. TOM BRO WN Orchestral Service Appropriate Music Assures the Success of Your Party 1821 Farnam. , Douglas 6907 BEMIS BRO. BAG CO. of Omaha Phone Tyler 2558 ; Quick Service and Courteous Treatment. Ford Transfer & Storage Co. MOTOR TRPCKS THERE It not a drop of water in International Harvester common and preferred stock. Financial au thorities will tall you there it more than a dolar. of value in International Harvester properties for every dollar of 'capitalization. THAT metns that the products of International Harvester fantoriet do not have to provide a single dollar of excess revenue. It means that in the price of International Motor Trucks there is not one penny of inflated value. The International Harvester Company of America Omaha Branch: 714-718 So. 10th St. m. BB-a-eaaaa mm m Exclusive KELLASTONE STUCCO Distributors OAK-FLOORING B OYER WAN (URAH Lumber V & llCoal Co. Call Colfax 3400 for Prices CADILLAC "Always Onxoard" , A Permanent Value The Standard of the ' World J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. Omaha Lincoln JEWELRY Gold and Platinum work made to order. First class repairing. J. L. Jacobson Co. Factory, 636 World-Herald Bldg. Thirty Years in Omaha. Where You Get First Cost. 3ed a3 and Say it With OURS Hess & Swoboda FLORISTS 1415 Farnam St., Paxton Hotel, Omaha. Phone Douglas 1501. Members -Florists Telegraph Delivery Association. We deliver flowers on short notice any where in the U. S. or Canada. The Ideal Family Loaf Jay Burns Baking Co. Carbon Coal & Supply Co. WHOLESALE COAL 1905 HARNEY ST., N Grain Exchange Bldg. OMAHA, NEB. The Modern is aa ELECTRICAL HOME. Cook, clean, wash, iron selctricslly. saving time, steps and money. Select your electric household appliances at the Electric Shop. ; Nebraska Power Co. -' Farnam a! "Fifteenth. ' ' 2314 M St.,' So. Side. VJF.1. F. ROESSIG OMAHA'S RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE . PAINTER. CADILLAC BUILDING 2S70 Farnam St. ' Harney 1448. Service First! " at the UNION STOCK YARDS CO. OF OMAHA The Live Stock Market of Good Results The Way to By Thomas M. Kearney, How are we, as business folk, to free ourselves from the false notions we have encouraged since the war ended! Th reader will" answer that we are rapidly returning to wholesome ways and sound business conditions. We are making progress, no doubt, but few of us are traveling willingly. We are being thrust along by circumstances over which we seem to lack control. To say that we are not cutting wry faces oyer the experience would be to depart widely from the path of rectitude in. speech. Here and there agreements are being worked out between em ployers and the employed which tend in the right direction. In a general way very little is being done along the line indicated. Shops and factories are closing; employes are idle; consumers are waiting for lower prices before contracting for their needs. Business in many lines is at a standstill while each of the three great classes of business men employers, employed and consumers is heard to charge the other with fault because conditions do not mend. The trouble is not traqeable to basic conditions. There is an abundance of money in the country and countless demands for its e. Some unwise and excessive loans have been made and the ta.l volume of credits has been unwisely increased. Taxing laws hart penalized success and have encouraged municipal extrava gance at the expense of business generally. Nothing akin to panic prevails. We are all in fairly good shape to go ahead with our usual activities and to buy and pay for whatever we need. But we tye not getting on well in the readjustment of our affairs. The v Vducer is not quite willing to forego all of the . abnormal profits of war days. The employe insists upon shortened hours of labor and an excessive wage. The consumer; unable to tcomprehend the change brought about in costs of production by the accident of war, demands goods at 'pre-war prices. The diver gent demands of these great business agencies prevent trade from functioning in a normal way.' Each of these classes is contributing its full share to the losses all are sustaining. We are all interested in the speedy resumption of business activities and each is doing what he can do to delay the desired result. How are we going to get away from all of this and pros. ct'le our tasks as formerly? Is there anything insurmountable in the way? We can delay until insistent demand for goods sets' the wheels of production in motion. But vti will then have more of abnormal costs and of selling prices and the recurrence of con ditions which, in the end, will be devoid of benefit to anyone. The way out is through mutual effort, open and straightfor ward dealing and well-directed publicity. . Producers must forget the unusual rates of profit made as a result of war. They must get back to the notion of normal re turns on actual investments. The sooner they do this the better it will be. It will not do to agree with one's employes on an ex cessive wage scale and then pass the burden on to the consumer. The buying public believes that it was exploited by employers and their employes after the armistice was signed. It is in ugly mood over some of the disclosures made. In retaliation it withdrew from the market and refuses to buying excepting as to its "flbsotutV re quirements. It will delay re-entering the market Until it is assured of fair play, It feels like inflicting some sort of penalty uron those of whom it complains. This condition must be cured before we can go along again comfortably. The best way to do it is for employers and employes to meet the consumer at least Half way down the road. Any hesitancy in doing so will delay recovery. The employe must sense a few obvious truths if we are to get started within a reasonable time in the future. His wages' comprise the greater part of the cost of things sold in the open market. This is particularly true of the great staples of iron ore, grain and lumber. There can be no maintained lessening of the selling prices of these things while the costs of production remain at the present levels. Incidental drops in selling prices will occur, of course. These will be at the expense of the producers, as is the case now with farmers and lumber men. Such happenings are of little value to anyone. " . The employe must also practice the doing of a fair day's work for a fair wage. He has not been doing so in many cases. ' He is not as productive as he was before the war. He has lessened the quantity of his daily output and, in some, cases, its quality as well. He must know that his well-being and that of business oper ations generally will be promoted if he corrects these faults. Sell ing prices, when fairly fixed, are based upon costs. If the em ploye hopes for anything like continued employment he must assist in producing what is sold in the market so that the product can be offered to the consumer at prices which will encourage trade and not repel it. , The consumer must assist in bringing our business affairs back to a sound basis. In some places he is doing all that he. can do to prevent this result. He is asserting, here and there, that he will not buy until he can fill his needs at pre-war rates. If he persists in that course he will prevent all production. He may go even further and accomplish the financial ruin of all who attempt to continue producing things under the selling conditions he would, impose. Any attempt to control prices in an arbitrary way will add to the burden of the consumer finally. A buyers' strike, called for the purpose of depressing prices, is quite as reprehensible as is the act of the producer who, in concert with others, closes his factory for the purpose of lessening output and enhancing prices. The total normal demand for any necessity cannot be lessened by the occasional withdrawal of consumers from the market. Pur chases may be deferred by following that plan, but they -will be made later when the need becomes urgent The obstinate buyer who changes his mind under such circumstances is likely to find himself in a market penalized for their stubbornness in the rapidly advancing prices they are obliged to pay for what they seek. TEETH If Engdahl Does It It's Dona Right! Let us malia your neat aula top and inter curtains. Also tailored seat covers. Engdahl' Auto Top Co. Fermerly Aute Trlmmlnt and Equipment Co-puny ' Douglas 5677.- 1718 Cass St. Neio Pressed Hejr Trough Sanitar SolderlMS Seamless Mlf. by Nebraska A. Iowa Steel Tank Co. Omaha, Nth. 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