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10 PY-TI ME TALES THE TALE OF BOBBYS BOBOLINK BY ARTHUR JnSlTT RA LEY CHAPTER VII. Passing the Test The time had come for Bobby Bobolink to sing before the Pleasant Valley binfrincr society. Mr. Meadow' lark brought Bobby to the meeting, alone the rail fence between the mea dow and the pasture. And he told everybody that there wasn't really any need of such a test. Hcs by far the finest singer in all these parts' Mr. Meadowlark de clared. There were a few who might have disputed his statement, had not Bob by Bobolink been present. They were too polite, however, to do anything like that. But Mr. Meadowlark him self had a voice of remarkable sweetness. And many thought that jt couldn t be equaled "Bobby Bobolink will have to sing for us, just, like anybody else, be fore we make him a member of this society," Buddy Brown Thrasher cried, after he had given a whistle. "Wheeu!" as if to say that he, for one doubted Mr. . Meadowlark's words. For Buddy Brown Thrasher liked his own singing about as well as any he had ever heard. In the morning, and again at .night, he w as fond of perching himself on the top most twig of a tree, where nobody could help seeing him, and singing a song over and over again. It was his favorite song and the only one he knew. And having practiced it all his life, how he could sing itl Well, after Buddy Brown Thrash er's remarks there was only one thing to be done. Bobby Bobolink must sing for the society. And Mr. Meadowlark turned to him and told him that he might begin at once. So Bobby alighted on the end of a tViuvnost and such a torrent of song Bobby Bobolink's singing was almost too fast for even their sharp ear' burst upon the ears of his listeners as they had never heard before. The notes came tumbling so quickly one upon another that most of the mem bers of the singing society began to look bewildered. Bobby Bobolink's singing was almost too fast for even their sharp ears. He hadn't sung long before some body interrupted him. ' Somebody called in a loud voice, "I object!"- It was Buddy' Brown Thrasher who spoke. Bobby Bobolink stopped short in the middle of his song. And at once 3 great clamor arose, when all the'other members asked Buddy what he meant. "I mean," said Buddy Brown Thrasher, as soon as he could make himself heard. "I mean that Bobby Bobolink is nlavine: a trick on us. He has about half a dozen of his friends hidden in the pasture. And they're helping him. They're sing ing with him." Everybody was astonished. And as for Bobby Bobolink, he couldn't seem to say a word for himself. Luckily he didn't need to. For just thsci his wife came bustling up and settled, herself .right jn the midst of the singing society. Proud as she was of her husband's voice, she hadn't been able to stay away from the meeting. So she had hovered nearby, where she could hear everything without being seen. "Sir," she said to Buddy Brown Thrasher. "Kindly point out these hidden friends of my husband!" Buddy Brown Thrasher looked somewhat uneasy. "I I haven't seen anybody in the bushes," he stammered. "Find them!" Mrs. Bobolink or dered. Her manner was so stern that Buddy Brown Thrasher did not dare disobey. He searched high and low. But he could not find a bird any where in the pasture. "You see you were mistaken," Mrs. Bobolink told him severely. Everybody agreed with her. And then and there they made Bobby a member of the Pleasant Valley Sing ing society. There was no doubt that he had sung his song without a bit of help. "It was wonderful!" everybody ex claimedeverybody but Buddy Brown Thrasher. He muttered that it was no wonder he made a mistake, for he didn't know the song him self. And he said it was much too fast for his taste. (Copyright. Grosset Dunlap.) Jewel, Flower. Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. The moonstone is the talismanic gem for today. The ancients be lieved that women who wore it at this time, could be sure of attract ing the opposite sex, although the love affairs which might follow were not at all certain to result in mar riage. They believed that this gem brought the powers of keen judgment and determination t men, especially if they received it as a gift from a woman. -Today's natal stone is the beryl. Marbodus, the bishop of Rennes, be lieved that one who could claim it as a birthstone, would be unconquerable in both physical and legal battles. It ' is said to bring success to its wear ers, because it endows them with sharpness of wit and control of temper. Today's lucky color is green. It is said to attract financial prosperity to its wearer,-and to bring good luck in love. The white daisy is today's flower. Symbolic of simplicity of tnought and . lack of gtiile, it is especially sig nificant when used as decorations tor social functions given by young people. 'O-nUit 1111, TVheeier Syndicate, Inc.) am.A MM ml THE GUMPS MATTER WYH VNCU. BlM- rWEH'T HSMtfr VttSt K LOU fir TIME- ZAHPEK. $AL PUT More Truth -By JAMES J. THE FICTIONIST You know the little fellow with the tangled tousled hair Whose feet just reach beyond the edge of yonder easy chair? He's been around and seen the world, and if you know him well, He'll make you gape in wonder at the tales he has to tell, And you will learn to your surprise that in the world today The fairy kings we thought were dead still hold their royal sway. A mouse, he says, once caught a prince of fairyland in bed And showed his sharp and shining teeth, and vowed he'd eat him dead Unless the prince would give him wings, so when the cat came by And tried to make a meal of him, he'd sass the brute and fly. The prince provided him with wings so he might sass the-cat, And then the mean thing made him blind so now he's just a bat. He says that once a fairy queen who lost her little son, Distressed and broken hearted with the careless thing she'd done,' Gave all the crickets candles, so that when the dusk grew dim, They still might search the forest and the countryside for him. And that explains the fireflies which hurry all around , . '., Still looking for the fairy's child, who never has been found. I wonder often how he learned the many .things he knows, Somehow I've never chanced upon such miracles as those, But, though it's rarely possible that some of them aren't true, I wish his fond belief in them might last his life time through Truth serves its turn for all of us, and yet when all is said What has the world to offer us when childhood's faith has fled? LONELY. It begins to look as if Utah was the only state in the union where the people are all monogamous. THE WAY TO FAME. We'd never heard about a lot of war heroes till their names appeared on the government's slacker list. DECIDED DIFFERENCE. The Germans came across at la,st, but not at all the way they expected to in 1918. , (Copyright, 1821. bf The Bell SyndicHe, Inc.) ' Romance in Origin Of -Superstitions By H. I. KING. Curing Sties. A favorite method of curing those annoying little swellings on the eye lid kaown as sties is to go out to a crossroads and repeat: "Sty, sty leave my eye,' Go to the first that passes by. Down south they vary this by .rub bing a small piece of paper on the sty as they repeat the magic formula and walking three times across the road. In all rural districts, from Maine to California, this cure for sties is popular. , It is a survival of the idea 01 primitive man that all diseases were caused by evil spirits; it following logically that the proper way to cure the diseases was to drive out, or coax out, the said malign spirit. The medicine man among the savages of today who seeks to cure his patient w hiM-rihle din and incantations is merely working on the same principle as did our primitive ancestorsand on which we work now in puiung uuo effect our "justly celebrated" sty cure. Now the evil spirit which caused the sty will not leave its victim readily unless it has some other refuge offered it. Hence, the doc trine of transference the transfer ing of the evil spirit from one man to some othr man or animal, a custom much practised by the ancients. Hence a crossroads where people are passing frequently, is a suitable place for the incantation. Accounts of the treatment of their patients by the medicine man of savage tribes today shows them strong in this magic of transference. The southern custom of rubbing a piece of paper on the sty and dropping it in the road introduces an element of "con tagious magic" which would seem calculated to help considerably. Our remote ancestor would probably have called in a skilled necromancer, to work this sty-cure, but we have so far progressed in civiliatiofr that now, in such cases, every man in his own magician. (Copyright, 1981, by The McCIure News paper Syndicate.) Where It Started ; Trumps. . The idea of -making one suit at cards "trumps," or able to take all other suits regardless of value, orig inated in France shortly after the in vention of placing cards. The French name for a trump card was "carte de-triomphe" (card of triumph, or triumph card), the word "triumph" being later corrupted to "trump." Copyright, 1SJ1. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. Lbdgepole Pupils Win ' County Spelling Contest Lodgepble, Neb., May 22. (Spe cial.) In the recent county spelling contest, VYillard Monroe, a seventh grade pupil of the Lodgcpole schools, won first place, in both oral and writ ten tests. Ruth Goettsche of the same grade won second in both tests. VJELL- ?IF TROM HIM NOTUtKer I'LL BET THAT SOME PoVT ANt FRO M THEVUE Than Poetry MONTAGUE Dog Hill Paragrah By George Bingham Sidney Hocks says thousands of ambitious young vocalists through out the land have given up the task of trying to learn to sing as good as a phonograph. Heavy firing was heard echoing through the Gander creek woods today. Upon investigation by a posse of determined citizens it de veloped to be Sim Flinders shoot ing at a squirrel, which made good its escape during the excitement. Our home team opened the sea son Saturday afternoon with the Bounding Billows nine. The game resulted in a victory for the visitors, the score being 28 to 46. During the game the umpire got hit three limes, once accidentally. Copyright. 1921. George- Matthew Adama, Do You Know the Bible? (Cover up the anewera, - read the quei tlona and aee if you can answer them. Then look at the answers to see If you are right.) Follow These Questions and Ans wers As Arranged by J. WILLSON ROY. 1. Where is it recorded that Je sus forbade his disciples to preach in Samaria? 2. What did John desire should befall the - Samaritaas who refused to receive. Jesus?- . . . . .. 3. On what occasion did Jesus de clare that the prophecy of Isaiah was fulfilled in Himself.' 4. Who -was it that -. said: "Can there be any good thino- come out of Nazareth? . " - - 5. What did Philip say when urg ing Nathanael to come and. see Je sus? - 6. Where were the disciples first called Christians? Answers. , 1. Matthew x.5. . 2. That thev be consumed by fire. See Luke ix. 54. ; 3. In the synagogue in Nazareth. See Luke iv:17-21. 4. Nathaniel. See John 'i:46. 5. See John i:45. 6. At Antioch. See Acts xL 26. (Copyright, 1931, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) "11: X 'HJ&- teJ 1 EsSS conraer. AFTER UNCLE HEVWOVKrH'l "HOPE ALL THERET Of .THE SEUOIVE.'S tO WITH WM- APTEfc. HIM WE SOT THM" MEAHS ANYT HM3r IN 'ff t wires -roues - THE PAV i I ?OT ' MAR 1E.C 8EEM, A BUMCVAtOF HOLDING A Adele Garrison's Revelations Why Mrs. Ticer Begged Madge Not to Worry. Alas! for both my boast and my toast. My next day's quest for a home was a fruitless affair, from which I returned fatigued and dis heartened. On account of Marion I had not fulfilled my threat to start at day break, but t was at an extremely early hour that the child and I, for tified by one of Mrs. Ticer's excel lent breakfasts, turned out of the farmhouse gate into the road. I had persuaded Lillian to let Marion sleep with me, so . that we got off without awakening her from the pro found restful slumber into which she had fallen soon after I had insisted upon her going to bed. "Oh, Auntie Madge!" the little girl exclaimed as the car sped down the road. "I think this is wonderful to go hunting houses for you. It will have to be a big one, won't it? For you have to have so many bed rooms.' And are you going to have a playroom for Junior? He's 'most big enough now for a playroom. He's just getting lots of toys. And if he had a playroom I could come over and take care of him when you were busy, and you wouldn't have to know he was in the house." "I hope we can promise the play room, Marion," I said smiling at her pretty enthusiasm, but before I had proceeded far upon my quest I be gan rapidly to revise downward mv rather exacting requirements for comfort in a home, and the playroom was one of the first things I men tally threw overboard. Without Luck. For I soon' found that the house conditions near New York were re produced in this east end of the isl and. During my quest I learned that many families, finding it impos sible to get decent living quarters within the commuting zone, had seize! the opportunity to give their children the many advantages of the wonderful section, and had rented or bought all the available houses in every village. True, the breadwinner of the family, with business or pro fession in the city, could only join his loved ones at week-ends, but most of the people left stranded by the sudden demand had no choice in the matter. They simply were driven like the dove forth from the ark of Does "O. K." Mean "All Right?" While this abbreviation, as a laconic method of writing "correct," is undoubtedly traceable to the In dian "ofteh," a number of extremely interesting legends have gathered around it, dating all the way from the early colonial times, to the days of Andrew Jackson. There are some who claim that it originated in the fact that the best rum and tobacco were former ly imported from Aux Gayes, in San Domingo, and that the casks contain ing these products were always mar ked with the name of the town which was later phonetically rendered by the letters "o" and "k." Others maintain that the abbrevation came into vogue during the presidential campaign of 1828, when Andrew Jackson was alleged to hav'e marked a number of letters "o. k.," under the impression that these were the' ini tials of "all correct" "oil korrect." While "Old Hickory" was far from being a learned man, it is doubtful if he would have been guilty of this error, particularly as there exist tofiay several legal papers on which the letters "O. R.," meaning "order recorded," may be seen in his hand writing. The hurried manner in which some of the letters were ap pended, makes some of the "r's" look like "k s," which probably gave rise to the tradition connecting him with "Oil Korrect."" The democratic, party, however, took up the letters as a slogan, us ing he letters "O.K." on its cam paign banners during the, election, and the abbreviation was brought into prominence again when, nearly a century later, President Wilson endorsed the majority of his corre spondence with the proper Indian term "okeh." (Copyright, 1921, by The Wheeler Syn dicate, Inc.) Wymore Alumni Banquet Wyrnore, Neb., May 22. (Spe cial.) The alumn! banquet of the" Wymore High school was held here with a large number of graduates present. Friday and Saturday ex hibits of school work were shown. WHY TPS xi (J J BE HOME of pJNjCSj J Coolest Spot in Omaha TUESDAY The Postal Telegraph Co. Girls' Picnic Why Not Book Your. NOW? DANCING AMUSEMENTS- FUN BIM CHAOS FtfEKTME I SEE . A 'FfcEH EGrfiV COUNTRY- t KKOW WE TRANlS-CT0lNy TO WHft.-6WE OP -HER 4 RELATIVES- I CfcH'SEE. - 0LtrTM TRUNK ,QMiUNEt3 VriTHWAt-VpAPER.-ANtT STAtfS UHt VHH Vou-UFT IT 0FFTVE CARPET -THE -'SPOT AQ0K UVtE THE i KEST- CARPET SCHlUT- HUSBAND New Phase of of a Wife their old-time security, and traveled until they found a resting place. My sympathy with that biblical dove approached the teary point as the day wore on, and I found no. trace of any place to rent either in Sag Harbor or any of the neighbor ing villages. Determined to leave no stone unturned, I conscientiously in vestigated the places for sale also, realizing that I might be compelled to purchase a place if I could not rent one, but 1 soon found that all the homes suitable for a family such as mine had been taken. The ones that were left were either country estates, prohibitive in size and cost, or tiny cottages, utterly impossible from my standpoint. "Don't You Fret." As I turned toward the Ticer farm at last, reluctant to give up the quest, but warned by the sun that it. was growing late, I felt utterly beaten, and more than a little frightened. What in the world was I to do? If I could find no place at all I would be compelled to auc tion all my cherished household be longings and face the prospect of boarding for an indefinite time. Marion nestled close to me and spoke softly, reassuringly. Don t you worry. Auntie Madge. Jerry Ticer will find you a place. He said it I didn t tind anything to come to him and he'd tell me where there was a house that would be just right for Mis' Graham, but it would need considerable fixing up.' " Her childish, unconscious imita-, tion of Jerry Ticer was inimitable. I paid no serious attention, how ever, to her words, for I knew Jer ry to be as his mother expressed it "chuck full" of the most ridicu lous and far-fetched schemes. If he had a building in his mind for me it was probably of the general di mension of an abandoned hen coop. But, of course, I did not wound Marion with any derogatory reflec tion as to Jerry's' ability to produce a home upon a minute's notice. In j Marion's childish eyes, Jerry Ticer is a hero, and tnere is notning im possible for him to perform. "All right, Marion," I said smil incr down at her eager, Upturned face. "We'll try once more tomorrow, and then we'll see what Jerry has." But I knew that there would be no shadow of use to try again on themorrow. I had exhausted every possibility, and I was so fatigued myself that even the terrifying prob lem before me was beginning to be dwarfed by need of rest and a warm supper. v As the car turned in at the gate, Lillian and Mrs. Ticer appeared upon the veranda. "Did you get anything?" Mrs. Ti cer called as they started to walk toward me. I shook my head dumbly, for I was feeling more strongly every second the reaction of my long and fatiguing day. Mrs. Ticer and Lillian looked at each other, then Mrs. Ticer spoke. "Now, don't you fret. I've been telling Mis' Underwood about a place you might get. But you shan't hear one word about it until you have had a chance to lie down a bit and eat your supper. Get right out and go in and lie down till supper. It's almost ready. Ticer will put the car in the barn." Continued Tomorrow. AM18EMENT9. Mat. Daily, 2:15; Every Night, 8:15 ALICE LLOYD; BOBBY O'NEILL; HOLMES LA VERE; CLARK VERDI; Thomas F. Jackson; Everest's Novelty Circus; Otto A Sheridan; Mar guerite A Alvarez; Topics of the Day; Paths News. Matinees, 15c to 50c; some 75c and $1.00. Sat. and Sun. Nights, 15c to $1.25. EMPRESS TWO SHOWS IN ONE THREE LEES, Watch the Pipe; MODRE V SHY, Presenting a Study in Contrast; WALCH A RAND, Singers de Luxe; SNELL VERNON, Present, ing "An Artistic Diversion." Photo play Attraction VIVIAN MARTIN in "The Song of the Soul." Now Playing JjMat. Wed. A Sat That Hilarious Comedy "PARLOR, BEDROOM and BATH" Presented by the PRINCESS PLAYERS Matinee 25c, 50c Eve. 60c, 7Sc, $1.00 J55TT -t,riii. im'."i, oa&tbctt' FfcflKl TMP NEXT (NCUE EPHRAtK CAME HE CAME 5TATEI ' Co rnmon oense By J. J. MUNDY. What Can You Sell? "How am I going to increase my income?" is the burning question with hundreds of men today. "How can I get to be my own boss?" has been your thought for a long time. Usually it occurs to you that you could ell something. Have you ever tried to sell any thing? If not, try it before you give up your steady job. It is not so easy to sell goods as you may think. You must create a desire to buy, and .you must inspire confidence in your" word for it, in your prospective customer. You must be able to read faces and attitudes and little unconscious ges tures on the part of the one you want to sell to, and you must be .able to think quickly just how to counteract the impulse against you. You are bound to have presented objections to your proposition, so be prepared. If you do not like argument, do not try to be a salesman. If you are the "take it or leave it" sort of person, better not stake your future on sajes you make. If you go into the selling game, PHOTOPLAyS. Now Playing ' The International Screen Star The World's Greatest Dancer nriRni riihiA ' WUIIIIklilflHIl And Her $100,000 Dancing Leg:, m PERSON Today 3:20, 7:40, 9:30 In conjunction with her sen sational photoplay "Passion Fruit TODAY AND MONTE AND AN ALL STAR CAST OPIE READ'S BELOVED "The kltfins" uTheQildeclLllJ,, Featuring MAE MURR1J Wv"J Coming Next Week r$LlJ THESUN S Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. (Copyright, 1921. by Chicago Tribune Co.) I'LL NEVERVfORGrET VMFVl IN-WITH A COUPLE cT ' TVJO'MOMTH- ENjEfcV study the successful salesmen and see if you would be able or willing to work as they do to be a success. (Copyright, 1931, International Feature ervlce. Inc.) Parents' Problems How can a cordial, friendly man ner best be developed in children? Children are very apt to imitate the manner of those about them. The cordial, friendly manner can best be developed in a child by the cultivation and exhibition of such a manner in the parents. Good feel ing is, of course, the basis of cor diality and friendliness. Heads Ornithologists Superior, Neb., May 22. (Special.) Mrs. H. C. Johnston of Superior was elected vice president of the Ne biaska Ornithologist union at its annual meeting last week in Omaha. The union is one of the leading Ne braska societies in nature study. Carnival at Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., May 22. (Spe cial.). A carnival company will stage a show here next week under the auspices of the American Legion. It is planned to have a detail from the guard company on the grounds each night. PHOTOPLAYS. TOMORROW BLUE STORY, All This WEEK Ji'.-.'.'-VA' a HI 4LSM mwmmmmm& Chinese Bazaar To Open Friday Display to Comprise Oriental Decorations Never Before Seen in Omaha. The Chinese Merchants associa tion is making rapid progress in collecting paraphernalia for the Chi-' nese bazaar and carnival to be held at the Auditorium Friday and Satur day, afternoons and nights, accord ing to I. W. Carpenter, vice chair man of the Chinese famine fund com mittee. Proceeds from the bazaar will go to the starving Chinese. Chief among the attractions, ac cording to Mr. Carpenter, will be the huge Chinese "lion," to be shipped all the way from San Fran cisco for the event.' Decorations will be unique, com prising a display of Chinese pagodas, dwellings and beautiful ancient dec orations, which, it is said, Omahan never have had an opportunity to see. Chinese refreshments will be served" by beautiful Omaha girls, dressed in oriental costumes. The relief compaign is progress ing satisfactorilv, according to Mr, Carpenter. Nearly $30,000 has been raised in Omaha and the state and $27,000 already has been forwarded to China. Owing to the drouth in one part of China, the drive probably will continue through June, Mr. Carpen ter said. Record Class Graduates From Scottshluff School Scottsbluff, Ncb May 22. (Spe cial Telegram.) Forty-one seniorj were graduated from the Scottsbluff High school. It is the largest clasj in the history of the school. Com mencement exercises were featured by an address by Dr. F. H. Essert of Canon City, Colo., who discussed the value of companions. A patent covers a combined pick and shovel, so mounted that the same handle serves for both. PHOTOPLAYS. in his latest Tcomedu zKaanied House CONSTANCE TALMADGE in MAMMA'S ti AFFAIR" Also A Lehman Comedy, HARET KESSELL Tenor. Symphony Orchestra. The American ( Legion Presents MARY JORDAN World Famous CONTRALTO Brandeis Theater May 24. Tickets at box office Prices 50c to $2.00 A "V Empress Rustic Garden Under the personal supervlsio ? W. LEDOUX. DANCING EVERY EVENING Admission 40c TDEATTYS' Co-Operative Cafeterias Wo Appreciate Your Patronage. liw it Tit Tt C7t. T V 1 ZB PMEMGF?!
