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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MA.Y 11, 1921.
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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
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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.
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y last time
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Musical Comedy
"The Sweetheart Shop"
With
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orchid beauties.
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Three Days, Starting Tomorrow
Charles Frohman presents
RUTH CHATTERTON
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The J. M. Barrie Play
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Surrounded by positively tha aame
superb cast seen during tha aeaaon'a
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FRANK a KITTY HACEN. "Smile
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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
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"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.)
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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
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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.
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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
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