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14 THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MA.Y 11, 1921. ! : SLE.C PJC-TIME TA'LES THE, TALL OF GRUMPY WEASEIJ URSCOTT,BAILtl CHAPTER XXIV Fur and Feathers. To find Grumpy Weasel, Tommy i'ox went straight back to the place where he had left him. It was easy, then, to follow his queer tracks. 'Grumpy's legs were so short that they did not lift his lean body clear of the deep snow, except when he ininnd vrrv hidi! sn his trail looked somewhat like that of a snake with ! legs. As soon as Tommy overtook him he asked Grumpy if he had seen the stranger yet, who was dressed all in white and black, like him. v "No, I haven't. But I'm on the lookout for him. all the time," said Grumpy. "Where are you looking?" Tom my inquired. "Oh I Everywhere!" Grumpy re plied. "Behind the trees and in the bushes and back of the stone wall!" "Have you seen any new tracks?" Tommy persisted. "Not onel" Grumpy admitted. And then he thought he caught the flicker of a smile on Tommy Fox's narrow face. "If there is no such person if you've been deceiving me " he began angrily. "I promise you that there is such a stranger in the neighborhood!" Tommy cried. "And if you don't meet him today I'll be as disap pointed as you." It seems to me, Urumpy Weasel snapped, "you're altogether too anx ious over thjs business.' Everybody knows you're tricky. And I begin A moment mora- and it w all .oven. to think you're trying to get mc into trouble." It was wonderful the way Tommy Fox could keep his temper. No matter what people said to him he could still smile if it would help him to have his way. And now he kept up a never-ending chatter, with out saying anything in particular. The snow was deep enough to have covered such hiding places as , Grumpy Weasel liked. The stone wall, indeed, offered about the only crannies; and that was some distance away. Tommy Fox had noticed that. And that was why he was trying to v keep Grumpy Weasel where he was. For Tommy ex pected Mr. '.Snowy Owl at any mo ment. xou "are taiKing ioousnness, a vjrumpy . lulu j.umuiy rvx ai "I don't care to waste my time listen ing to you." And he turned away. "One moment, please!" Tommy begged, for the sly rascal had just caught a glimpse of Mr. Snowy Owl hovering above the trees. "What do you want now?" Grumpy Weasel scolded, as he paused close by the old hemlock where Solomon Owl sometimes sat and abused, him. "I want to see the ftfr fly," Tommy Fox anstWyed wickedly. For a foment . Grumpy Weasel couldn't think, what he meant. But suddenly "he saw a large whitish shape dropping upon him out of the " sky. He knew then, in a flash, that Tommy Fox had deceived him. A moment; more and it was all over. At least r it, seemed so to Tommy Fox. Whatever had hap pened had taken' place so quickly that he couldn't siee it clearly. But there was Mr. Snowy Owl, sitting on a limb of the hemlock, where he had perched after staying half a second's time on the ground. And Grumpy Weasel was no long er to be seen, anywhere. "Did did '" you swallow him?" Tommy Fox stammered. Mr. Snowy Owl looked puzzled. "I don't know." he replied. "Per haps I didl If I didn't I don't know where he is." Tommy Fox couldn't help looking disappointed. "I'm sorry about one thing," he said. "It was all done so quickly I didn't see the fur fly I Then there was a faint sound above them. And looking up, Tom my and Mr. Owl saw Grumpy Weasel's head sticking - out of a small hole high up in the tree-trunk. As they watched him Grumpy Weasel seemed to be saying some thing to them. They couldn't hear what it was. But no doubt it was nothing pleasant. (Copyright, Grosset A Dunlap.) Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. The talismanic gem for today is the emerald, which is also the natal stone of those whose birthday this is. Con sequently, it is sure to bring good fortune. There is a superstition which prevails in the Orient to the effect that the emerald loses its power unless it is worn in a ring on the index finger; however, it would seem that this arises from the Orin tals fondness for displaying the emerald. The emerald is said to bring many gifts to those born on an anniversary of this date. Among them are suc cess in love and marriage, lasting youthfulness, r and . the devotion of loved ones.-. The emerald is the stone that it -dedicated to those who write, since it is said to bring great wealth as the result of mental efforts. The fortunate color for today is hlack, which,-on this date, is sym bolic of good sense and perseverance. Todays significant flower is the red rose, which is said to endow its wearer? with, bravery and determi nation, v (Cowricfet, Wheeler SyaOfctte, lac) THE GUMPS ( r- .,rU- - Y BASEMEN Y- V4e HAWY ANDY ! ) (U fi V, CSL J I xrs fi" I VlttX- HE THINKS HPS Cr01Mr TO .1 AT? O f U f More Truth By JAMES J. AS GOOD AS THE SOIL. A Yale professor contends that Yale is falling of! in athletics because the impoverished soil of Connecticut raises inferior vegetables. Silas Jones of Middlebury Didn't fertilize his soil; , Silas wasn't ever very Keen for any form of toil. All the spuds he dug last autumn . Turned up kind o gaunt and pale But a wholesale grocer bought 'em For the football squad at Yale. Weren't like real potatoes should be, , Didn't look or taste the same; Weak and watery as could be; , That's why Princeton won the game! Henry Smith, just out of Groton, Thought old ways were good enough; Henry didn't seem to cotton To the scientific stuff. Sickly looking were his squashes, Like a child that's nourished wrong, But the young New Haven froshes Bought and ate '?m, right along. This mistake in dietetics They adhered to as a rule x Till their rank in frosh athletics Was a theme of ridiclue. , . Jasper Hoskins of East Haddam Wasn't smart by any means; Knew about as much as Adam Of the way to raise string beans. Crops were never alternated, Thin and droopy were the vines, , And the beans weren't saturated With the needful vitamines. Notwithstanding, Jasper sold 'em . In New Haven, for the crew; That's why Yale could never hold 'em When the rooters told 'em tol vaw bsk- A SUPERMAN Ring Lardner asserts that President Harding always counts his strokes on the golf course, which is a bigger boost than even his campaign mana gers ever gave him. . j PROFOUND MYSTERY We don't see many clothing manufacturers' ads in the Dearborn In dependent, jt THAT'LL DO IT FAST ENOUGH f Apparently the only way to reduce navies is to have another war. (Copyright. 1921, by Tht BeU Syndicate, Inc.) WHY Does a Doctor Feel One's Pulse. One of the very wise provisions of nature was that, in constructing the extremely delicate machine which we term the human body, she placed at an easily accessible spot a guage similar to that which may be found on boilers or furnaces or other man made mechanisms. This guage, which we call the "pulse", is the beat ing of an artery which lies just above a bit of bone at the wrist and is there fore very easily read, particularly by one whose fingers are well trained. By the simple action of placing his fingers on one's pulse, a physician can not only tell how often the heart is beating per minute, but whether is is working regularly or irregularly, whether it is over-estimulated and nervous, or weak and laboring. The pulse also indicates to the trained ob servance of the doctor the state of the arteries throughout the body, how forcibly the heart is beating and how much pressure there is inside the blood vessels of the body between the heart beats. The latter points of course, have to be brought out in greater detail by means of prolonged examination, but the pulse is indi cative of so many things, that it may be called the dial of the body as .a whole, showing whether the master mechanism the heart is functioning in the proper way, and suggesting immediate remedies for faults which may have become manitest in tne circulatory system. AMl'SEMEKTS. Elks Indoor CIRCUS Auditorium ' . Every Nifht Thu Week at 8 P. M. Admission 50 Cents EATTY'S Co-Operative Cafeteria W Appi-vciata Your Patronage. Than Poetry MONTAGUE-; ; ; AMCSEMEN'TS. VTONIGHT y last time Edgar J. MacGregor preaanta The Original Knickerbocker Theater Co. A IN , The Speed Limit Musical Comedy "The Sweetheart Shop" With Harry K. Morton and chorus of orchid beauties. "If you are interested in knowing who ia probably going to amuse tha multitude in days to, come, go ever to tha Brandela and watch Harry K. Morton." Col. McCullough in Omaha Bee. Tickets 50c, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.80. Three Days, Starting Tomorrow Charles Frohman presents RUTH CHATTERTON . IN The J. M. Barrie Play "MARY ROSE" Surrounded by positively tha aame superb cast seen during tha aeaaon'a run at the New York Empire Theater. - Nights 50c to $2.50. Mat. 50c to $2.00. OPENING SUN. EVE, MAY 15. Orsaalzea 12 Yeare Olrsot Fran 40 Weeks la On Mslaes - PRINCESS PLAYERS "Anerlea's Foremoit Stack Cemaaay" I "POLLY WITH A PAST." SEATS NOW ' Make Yoar Sous Mat. WeaV. Sat.. Mat. Reiervatlsas 2Jo. 50o. Em. SOc, SI. Matinee Daily,- 2:15) Every. Night, 8:15 VALESKA SURATT RALPH DUNBAR'S SALON SINGERS; BAILEY COWAN; CHARLES IR WIN; Grey and Old Rose; Keating a MeCIav ai Huckleberrv Finn and Tom Sawyer; The Nagyfya; York'a Educated Canine Pupils; Top op ice of the Day; The Pathe News Matinees, 15c to 50c; some 75c and JI DO sat. and sun. mgnta, ioc to UI. EMPRESS ,f LAST TIMES TODAY CAL DEAN a SORORITY GIRLS, Mln. iature Musical Comedy; WELLS A DEVERRA, Singing and Talking; FRANK a KITTY HACEN. "Smile and Whirls;" NAIO A RIZZO, Tha Violinists and the Accordionists. Photo- play Atl LEGE," lay Attraction "JUST OUT Or COl Featuring JACK P1CKFORD. SEEKING THE GREAT OUTDOORS Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. Turtles. There are several superstitions prevalent in the United States re garding turtles, the most common of which are that if a turtle bites you it will not let go until it thunders; and that if you cut off a turtle's head the body will live for nine days after wards. These superstitions are rem nants of the cult of Cybele or Rhea as she is sometimes known the PHOTOPLATS. Silverman's Strand Orchestra Playing at 2:50, 8:00, 9:45 "MLLE. MODISTE" NEWS - COMEDY Sunday'Deception" t THE BANKERS RESERVE LIFE COMPANY Home Office, Omaha, Nebraska Founded 1897 Assets, Nearly $11,000,000.00 Business in Force, About $80,000,000.00 Splendid Policies We Invite Your Business We Write Legal Reserve Policies Only Policies enabling the insured to protect mortgage obligations, estate and inheritance taxes, debts, corpor ation or partnership liabilities and all forms, of personal obligations.. . ' Every Man Needs Insurance Protection Ask us to send a man to you with full information THE BANKERS RESERVE LIFE COMPANY R. L.-Robison, President W. G. Preston, Vice Pres. R. C. Wagner, Sec.-Treas. Phone Douglas 0776 We Have a Few Excellent Openings for Good Men "Mother of the Gods," which, origin ating apparently in Phrygia, spread over Europe in the days when the gods and goddesses whiled away the hours on high Olympus. The turtle t or tortoise was sacred to Cybele; and Jupiter, the thunderer, was Cybele's son and chief of the immortals. So when Cybele's turtle bites you he will not voluntarily relinquish his hold un less he hears the thunders of Cybele's mighty son. The belief that the turtle's body lives just nine days after the head is cut off is another remnant of the cult of Cybele. "Lars Porsena of Clusium by the nine gods he swore" the same being the Nine Gods of PHOTOPLAT8. Feature at 11:30, 1:10, 3:15, 5, 6:35, 8:25, 10:10. Second Annual Shjle Show THE latest creations displayed by living models in conjunction with a beautiful musical and scenic attraction. Through the Courtesy of J. L. Brandeis & Sons In Connection With the Photoplay Clara Kimball Ijounq Straight From Paris Etruscane. All the evidence points to the Etruscans or Etrurians hav ing come into Italy from Lydia; aid the Lydians and the Phygians were originally one people, their country the place of origin of the cult of Cybele. When th:y came into I'aly the Etruscans brought their gods with them in number nine only. So for each if the gods by which Lars Porsena swore Cybele's turtle has a day of life extended to it after de capitation. (Copyright, 1921, bjThe McClura News paper Syndicate.) For automobile repair shops a machine has been invented which grips each side of a tire casing at equal distances and spreads it open. PHOTOPLAYS. Style Skow at 3:00, 8:10, 9:55 Moderate Rates Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. (Copyright. 1921. by Chicago Tribune Co.) Where It Started "XXX" Even in these dry times the origin of this cabalistic symbol is of interest. the strength of brews was indicated by the Latin words "Simplex." "Du plcx" and "Triplex," which arc liter ally single, double X, and triple X, or as we have it now, X, XX and AAA. (Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Tno.) FHOTOl'LAYH. NOW: 0, II A P. 0 f of placer: Special prologue with troupe of genuine Blackfeet Indians from Glacier National Park furnished by U. S. Government. HAMILTON Apartment Hotel Fireproof FARNAM AT 24th Newly Furnished and Equipped Per Day . . $ 1.50 Up Per Week - $10.50 Up A Satisfactory Place to Live TODAY AND Rich respectables called them only dregs this girl and boy whom hypocrites' pride had ruined. But there came a real man to the city's "most fashionable church." When he got through with the shams in the town's elite ?!! A romance that grip the whole of life and -turns it inside out. FAMOUS PLAYERS -LASKY CORPORATION prtstnt, of t he Cap from the Celebrated Novel Winston Churchill a n . I HENRI BERNSTEIN'S v it World-Wide Stage Success "The Thief With an All-Star Cast, Parents' Problems How can a bright, clever girl of 14 be taught not to monopolize tha attention if callers, but to give her sister of IS a shy, retiring . girl, ft chance? The luother should talk plainly with the 14-year-old girl. Tell hefl that it is both selfish and discouM teous to monopolize attention. Make. plain to her that the perfect hostesj is the one w ho brings out the charnj in others, keeping herself in the background. Tell her to play ho tess to her older sister. Road Engineers to Meet. McCook, Neb., May 10. (Special.)' A conference of highway engineeri and of county commissioners of tht l.l counties in the McCook highway! district of Nebraska, D. L. D., will be held in McCook, next Friday. rilOTOFLATS. A s Screen Presentation "of trie Brightest of Her David Belasco Stage Successes Alao AL. ST. JOHN in "The Simp" CHARLES WILEY Staring- "IRISH MOTHER OF MINE' "I FOUND A ROSE IN THE DEVIL'S GARDEN" TOMORROW by Including Pearl Whit i . NOW PLAYING ; ) Past V I .IP. 1 1 IMfl 1 99 7 II
