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12 , THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 'J4. PY-TI ME TALES THE TALE OF r BOBBY, BOBOLINK ( BY ARTHUO.fln BAILEY CHAPTER VIII. The House in the Meadow. Bobby Bobolink and his wife had talked a good deal about the home they were going to have. And unlike some people, who are forever planning things but never be gin the actual doing of them, they soon set to work to build their nest. First, of course, they had to find a pleasant place for it. So they , looked the ground over carefully. Bobby Bobolink favored the exact center of the big meadow as a build ing site, for he said that if Johnnie Green ever came into the meadow he was more likely to take a short cut across the corner than he was to walk straight through the middle. "You may not know," he said to his wife, "that Farmer Green doesn't care to have the grass on the farm trampled down." But Mrs. Bobolink replied that there were other things to think of. She said that she liked to live in a rather moist place that such a spot s So off tfcef flew: was comfortable in hot weather. And furthermore she wanted to be near water. "If you need a drink on a warm day it's not always conven ient to go far out of your aw for it." she pointed out. Well, Bobby Bobolink saw at once that Mrs. Bobolink had made up her mind, and there was no use trying to change it. Besides, he wanted to please her. VThen, my dear, where would you like to have our house built?" he asked. "I should prefer to settle in the lower end of the meadow, near Cedar Swamp," she replied. "The ground thereabouts is just damp enough to suit me. And there's plenty of wa ter to drink in the swamp. . . .Be sides," she added, "it's somewhat marshy in that part of the meadow. "And you won't find Johnny Green trespassing down there. He might get his feet wet!" Bobby Bobolink turned his head away so that his wife wouldn't no tice the smile that flitted across his face. He saw that Mrs. Bobolink didn't know Johnnie Green very well. In summer Johnnie almost always went barefooted. And he never minded gettig his feet wet any more than Paddy Muskrat did. But if his wife wanted their nest near the swamp. Bobby Bobolink was willing to oblige her. "Very well!" he. said. "Let's go dow n there now and look for the best place to build." So off they flew. And after a care ful search they discovered a snug little hollow in the ground that en tirely suited them both. Since the spot was somewhat moist, early in the season as it was the grass grew thick and high all around, making a fine screen to pre vent prying eyes from seeing what was to be hidden there. Having decided on their building site, Bobby Bobolink and his -wife began to gather weed stems, leaves and coarse grasses, all left over from the year before and dried out by the spring sunshine. Those served for the outside of the nest As for the inside, they lined that with soft, fine grasses, because they expected to keep something precious in that nest before a great while. Copyright. Cosset Dunlap. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions ' Itching Nose Means Visitors. 'The idea that an itching nose means that "company is coming" or "a stranger is coming" is now merely a common and widespread supersti tion. But it was not always thus. There was a time when the nose ac tually announced the coming of com pany or a stranger, not by itching, it is true, but by the exercise of those keen olfactory powers which it possessed in the days ' of " our primitive ancestors. Scientists tell us that primitive man's organs of smell were so well developed in acuteness and kept sharp by constant use, that his olfac tory powers were equal if not super ior to those possessed today by the lower animals remarkable for their gift of scent. Many tribes of savages retain to this day extraordinary powers in this respect. Mr. Cave man was, in all probability, a rather high-scented creature and when lie went with a party of friends to visit . the dwelling of Mr. Cliffdweller or if the wind was right that gentleman could smell htm coming a long way off, just as many of the lower ani mals can today "snuff the tainted gale" and become aware of the ap proach of their enemies before they can see them. Civilzation has caused the sense of smell to become atro phied in modern man, but though the nose has lost its power it has retained its reputation by means of a popular superstition. (Copyrlfht. ISil, by th McClura News paper syndicate.) Where It Started The Republican Party. The republican party was organ- ized in Franklin Pierce's adminis tration 1853-1857). Its original plat form rested on the abolition cjf slavery in the territories, the prohi bition of polygamy, and the admis sion of Kansas as a free state. It3 first candidate, nominated in 1856, was John C. Fremont; its first presi dent was Abraham Lincoln. CosyrlfBt. Wheeler Eyniiicljte. lac. tut try mi & THE GUMPS VS HAVE MOMEV- C CER.TAWIY WEASX ) Ji; rWONPERFAJL CLOTNE'S- ANP A i'(iioc op , jewels- lr!VJA (1 HE MUST 'BE?' A. f . 'Ilj'f More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE iL- SEA AND LAND When Molly's on the raging main Five hundred miles from shore , I do not need to pine in vain To hear her voice once more, I know that .swiftly through the air Across the stormiest sea The wireless telephone will bear That silvery voice to me. When Molly's just across the street. And I am all alone, My central vainly I entreat . To get her on the phone, I fuss and fret and stew and row, Well knowing all along, She'll answer, ''Line is busy now," Or else she'll get 'it wrong. Of course it's comforting to know When Molly's outward bound, No matter how the gales may blow, Or how the waves leap round, No matter if the skies are gray And turbulent the weather, That science has found out a way . To let us talk together. It's comforting, I say but yet When Molly's safe on land, In vain I fuss and fume and fret The 'phone book in my hand. With telephonic wonders more Astonished I should be, If I could talk to her on shore As well as on the seal MISTAKE SOMEWHERE. We begin to suspect that the War department mislaid the slacker list and printed the roll of honor as a substitute. NO WONDER. Once Mr. Beauvais was an Indian guide. Now he is a guyed Indian. SPOILED IT. Nobody was worried about Big Bill Haywood's departure till he sent word that he was coming back. (Copyriht, 1821, by the Bell Syndicate.) WHY Does a Crowded Room Induce Headaches Everyone who has sit for an hour or more in a room which is packed with people a small theater or a court room, for example knows by experience the throbbing congested feeling of the head which follows confinement of this kind, and is apt to blame it on the fact that a large number of other people are present, while the real reason lies in a total ly different direction. One can easily acquire a headache by remain ing in a small room, alone, provid ing the doors and windows are closed and there are no cracks large enough for the admission of a fair amount of fresh air. In other words, it is the lack of sufficient oxygen which causes the headache, in this case, rather than the presence "of a large number of people though the larger the assemblage, the quicker the available oxygen is consumed. In addition, the heat and moisture given off by the bodies of those present interfere with the proper function of the pores of the skin, and the body makes an effort to throw off its water by increasing the flow of blood. In a short time the brain begins to throb, and this sen sation soon changes to a steady prolonged headache, which may re sult in a faiting spell if fresh air is not supplied. Copyright, 1SI1, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. Marine Corps Recruiting Station Opened in Omaha A temporary recruiting station has been opened in the Arcade hotel, Thirteenth and Douglas streets, by the United States marine corps. This station will close Saturday, May 28. Sergeant James F. Take, who has served nearly 30 years in the corps, and is a veteran of the Spanish American and world wars, will be in charge. . - mil I jTHEHOME OF PICNjCSj J The Famous Dancer With the $100,000 Legs, Now Appearing at the Moon j ; SAYS: "Oh I, what bea-u-tiful .place ! Kruff Park and what a dream of a dance floor! There's nothing better in the entire country. Surely, the people must r-r-rapture over this lovely, lovely Fairyland Park of Fun r "YOU'RE. RIGHT, DORALDINA" Over 18,000 People 'Attended Saturday and Sunday! AW- kniiw UT OF J A qOlF. LIKE A I 1 Common Sense By J. J. MUNDY. Expressing Your Opinion. There are some persons so secret ive in nature that even when it would be to their advantage to speak the truth they cannot seem to com pel themselves -to be frank when asked questions which affect them selves vitally. These persons are not deceitful, but so reserved and afraid of assert ing themselves that they cannot speak their own minds till goaded to it by circumstances which have become unbearable. You may be one of those super sensitive individuals. If, so you have realized a great' many times how much better off you would be if you could get oth ers to understand your-attitude on certain subjects. - Perhaps others have tried in vain to get you to show by some sign just what you want and what you think. . ' - You long with all your heart to have some one understand you. ' But you fail to divulge anything which would indicate your prefer ence or your opinion. You ar mighty foolish. You have a good mind and logical thought, so use your mind to show you the folly of keeping everything to yourself when you might get what you want by a calm mention or explanation of your desires. Copyrlfht, 1021, FX F. Service, Inc. PEONY PARK Omaha's Newest and Best Dancing Pavilion and Play Ground Opens SATURDAY EVE., MAY 28TH Music by ROHAN'S ORCHESTRA. Located on West Dodge Road, Opposite Peony Farm ALL IS NOT GOLD YOU CANT TEU. ANYTHING- vuv hue m-f-.i. BIRD'S WMJKWfr ARCUNp COURSE VllTH'VNICKtR.POCKERsI AEU-'GrOLF EA(r vVtTH- A' LOT OF CIU8S'STICKMer OUT THAT Look BUNCH OF ASPARAGUS - THATCAHT. 'SHOOT THE course; h tio- HOLDING A HUSBAND Adele Garrison's. New Phase of Revelations of a Wife The Announcement Lillian Woke Madge to Make. My fatigue and disappointment were so, great that even Mrs. Ticer's announcement that she knew of a place 1 might get aroused no en thusiasm in me. All I wanted was rest and food, the first chiefly, and with a nod of grati tude to my hostess I climbed down stiffly and went into the old wing of the house which the Ticers had fixed up for our occupancy. Lillian kept pace with me as I climbed the steps, and I heard her whisper something to Marion as the child clung to her hand. The little girl danced away my tired brain registered a note of amazement at the endurance of child hood, for she had been as long in the car as I and then I had sunk into a comfortable rocker in thej-oom up stairs which was temporarily mine, and Lillian, looking bright and rested after her day in bed, sat down on a hassock at my feet and began to undo my shoes. "It is my turn now," she said firmly, as I protested and tried to draw away my foot. "I obeyed you this morning, and ieel like a goddess. Now I'm doctor, and you're to take my prescription without a Wry fac. its very simple, une quick, cool sponge, one nightgown, one glass of warm milk, one nap. Then you can wake up, put on your bathrobe and slippers, eat your supper Mrs. Tice will keep it hot for you if it's ready before you awaken and then we'll talk our heads off. I think she really has a good idea, so you can go to sleep without worrying." Utter Exhaustion. "I don't care if nobody ever has a home," I returned sleepily, and Lil lian laughed heartily, as having drawn off my shoes she swung me to my feet. I II bring the milk up when you re in bed," she said, and I heard her swift, sure footsteps descending the stairs, and wondered again at her resilience. I disrobed, every muscle protesting, bathed quickly and slipped between Mrs. Ticer's sheets, redolent of the lavender which is the pride of her herb garden. If Lillian had not appeared with the warm milk before I was faily in bed I should have been too sunken in slum ber to drink it. As it was I felt my eyelids closing over the glass, heard as if from another room Lillian's low laugh as she drew the coverlet over me. "If you have any difficulty getting to sleep," she said mockingly, "I'll come up and sing to you." 1 grinned sleepily in answer, and knew nothing more until the high, sweet notes of a lark outside my win dow woke me. I sat up in bed, won dering confusedly how it was that a bird was singing in the evening. It took me several bewildered seconds to realize that I had slept soundly and undisturbed all the night. i realized something else also, that I was ravenously hungry. I looked at my watch to see how long it would be beiore breakfast time. Dis mayed, I found that it was barely daylight, and began to reckon how long it would be before Mrs. Ticer lOO.O REWARD FOR ARREST AND CONVICTION of party or parties who early Sunday morning destroyed the pictures of DORALDINA which were nailed to the fence surrounding: the property owned by the World Realty Co. at the Northwest Corner of 15th and Douglas Streets. Reward Will Be Paid by. The Moofi Theater THAT GLITTERS ANO I'VE StEN A FEUOW IMtO A HOW BOAT MMTN " A OF FiHiNCr TACKLE j ANP THAT, WOULD MAKE A SMOKES wEU- ROt AO fcEELfc - AMC NHEH HE THROW'S 'THE 'HOOtC OUT. Vt GOES ABOUT o Vt A HITS THE Vi ATET5. Utc ANCHOR. T-NOVU sDETsF -FlH OUT would arise. I new that she would get me something as soon as she was awake. Something white fastened to one of the posts at the foot of the bed at tracted my attention. I sprang out of bed, seized it, and carried it to the window, smiling as I saw what it was a crudely painted sign. I guessed that Lillian had permitted Marion to indulge her melodramatic instincts in the fashioning of it. Two Surprises. ' "Look iN THE CoRnEr ON tHe TaBLe," the straggling scrawl ran. I slipped on my bathrobe and mules, followed the direction of the slip, and found on a covered tray in the corner of the room near an open window some delicious sand wiches wrapped in a dampened cloth to keep them fresh, a sliced and su gared orange, and a small thermos bottle, which, when I opened it, gave forth the aroma most appealing to my nostrils in the morning, that of hot coffee. Another note, in Lil lian's handwriting, was tucked be neath the sandwiches. "Don't be greedy and spoil your regular breakfast," it read. I smiled incredulously as I hast ened to discuss the appetizing lunch. With the hunger that was impelling me I felt equal to a dozen breakfasts. But I finally satisfied even my ravenous appetite, and, still drows; for there is no fatigue quite s 9 sleep-impelling as that follow ing the driving of a car all day, especially in bracing air like that of the east end of the island I tumbled into bed again, slept until Lillian came into the room and put her hand upon my shoulder. I opened my eyes, startled, and saw her smiling mirthfully at me. "The Seven Sleepers would crawl under the bed in shame if they could see you," she - decfared. "I would not disturb you only that I know " "I ought to be ashamed of myself," I said, springing out of bed. "And I have so much to do, too." "Yes, you have, I fancy, but in a different way than you "have imaar- ined," she replied enigmatically. "So hurry down ad eat your breakfast, and then Mrs. Ticer will tell you all about it. But I think I can safely aruiounce, that your troubles are over. You can have a house if you care to buy a run-down place cheaply and fix it up." (Continued Tomorrow.) Parents' Problems 'Will it be detrimental to a child who loves animals to grow up with out a pet? ' A child who loves animals'should certainly have a pet; the care of such a pet developes a sense of re sponsibility and the habit of regular ity in the performance of small du ties and is, perhaps, a child's great est pleasure. Not only a child who loves animals, but also one who ap pears not to like them, or is in different to them, should have a pet, for the sake of the training it pro vides and the pleasure it gives. THE 0(nttb. WS. - jrr0" . If 17.1 'CUM 6 IC Vftll VU4NT - SOX PAvT ( FELLOW HA5. -MONET "HAH k AROON.O ONE, OF THESE Bl BANKS"- StE A SY WAIX IK WHO LOOK'S LIKE WITH A NECKTIE u uiVM V4IM OFF THtlK. cAT TWV.NitUtNl,.rit;sr OuT oT-Htt?-?RWKtE OFFCe .?0lH ANP$ "STRAIGHT CUT. WITH AS MAHT WEVCOMt .'AN of' l SNAS ANtUKV CONVfcrMiois- A - 3TT YITH CO tN ? PflESVrr. HAVE" , Yd HAVE a QbtKi Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham While the entire neighborhood was at church last Sunday the Old Miser of Musket Ridge " decided it was a safe time to get? his money out and count it. .' Jefferson Potlocks went to the store Tuesday and asked how much he owed. He said he did not want to pay it right then, but that he just wanted something to bother about so that he could get his mind off of his other troubles. a Salem Barlow inquired, at the General Delivery window this morn ing if there was any mail for him. He knew there wasn't any, but thought maybe there might be. Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adams. AMUSEMENTS. Mat. Daily, 2:15; Every Night, 8:1S ALICE LLOYD; BOBBY O'NEILL; HOLMES LA VERE; CLARK & VERDI; Thomas F. Jackson; Everest's Novelty Circus; Otto & Sheridan; Mar guerite & Alvarez; Topics of the Day; Pathe aNews. Matinees, 15c to 50c; some 75c and $1.00. Sat. and Sun. Nights, 15c to $125. EMPRESS TWO SHOWS IN ONE THREE LEES, Watch the Pipe; MODRE & 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." 3 iflOT TODAY But Uthe Rest of the PARLOR .dMr REDROOM and BATH Mark Swan's Success, presented by the PRINCESS PLAYERS Mat. 25c, ' 50c Eve. 50c, 75c, $1.00 PHOTOPLAYS. El Now Playing The International Screen Star The World's Greatest Dancer DORALDINA And Her $100,000 Dancing Legs IN PERSON Today 3:20, 7:40, 9:30 In conjunction with her sen sational photoplay- "Passion Fruit" jU j Coming Next Week .' I Cl THE 1SUN 1 3 Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. (Cory right, 1921, by Chicago Tribune Co.) TA FlNt OUT UmETMEP A A FENClL. rcPvLtt- AMP A HAT t THAT QfcA WATCH PUERYBODV. JMP Do You Know the Bible? (Cover up the answers, read the ques tions and see If you can answer them. Then look at the answers to aee If you are right.) Follow These Questions and Ans wers As Arranged by J. WILLSON ROY. ; 1. At what place did Peier . raise Dorcas from the dead? 2. By what other name was Dor cas known? 3. What miracle did Teter perform at Lydda? 4. What was the name of the healed man? 5. What question did Philip ask the Ethopian on the way to Gaza? 6. What was the Ethopian's reply? Answers. 1. At Joppa. Sec Acts ix:40. 2. Tabitha. 3. Healed a man who had been bedridden .for eight years by palsy. 4. Aeneas. See Acts ix:33. 5. "Undcrstandest thou what thou rcadest?" Acts viii:30. 6. "How can I. except some man should guide me?" (Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syndicate.) Two Englishmen have invented an electro-magnetic clutch to automatic ally regulate the electrical output of a generator or the driving power cf a motor. PHOTOPLAYS. SQDO ,-. you? POMMARS My w tv, f "1 PHOTOPLAYS. TODAY ALL WEEK ' at 11, 1. 3, 5, 7 and 9 ABOLKM ZUKOH. X rauiNT A ROBERT Z.LEONARD ' . PRODUCTION .'THE GILDED V LILY' 7 WITH MAE WRRi On of the Year' Outstanding Photoplays She was New York's gayest, most daring dancer. And two men loved her. Rnf nno liwed trio T.inspl lind th glamour me oiner loveu me rem . .1 -.1 i J A I girl. Their conflict makes a drama ot unequalled power and beauty. Scen ically one of the most gorgeous pic tures ever made, and Miss Murray's biggest triumph. 1 L CONSTANCE TALMADGE In MAMMA'S AFFAIR" Also A Lehnnan Comedy, lilt L . It. . Twnlt HABRT KESSELL Tenor, Symphony Orchestra. SJI- American Legion Carnival Center ! J. Oorie Loose Show, under aus- j pices of American Legion, Douglas , County Post No. 1. Commencing Monday, May 33, 7:30 P. M., to June 4 ONE SOLID WEEK OF FUN 300 People 25 Cars MILITARY BRASS BAND Decency and Quality First Show Grounds, 16th and Jones Sts. The American Legion Presents MARY JORDAN World Famous . CONTRALTO Brandeis Theater May 24. Tickets at 'box office Prices 50c to $2.00 LAST TIMES "THE JUCKLIIIS" TOMORROW "Plying the Piper" EMPRESS RUSTIC GARDEN . Omaha's Finest Dancing Palace ' Cooled by Typhoon Fans Always Comfortable Under the Personal Supervision f W. Ledous Hamilton" FIREPROOF Famara at 24th (Business Center) Par Day, $1.50 Up Per Week, $10.50 Up Newly Furnished and Equipped A Satisfactory Place to Lire OEATTYS' Co-Operative Cafeterias We Appreciate Your Patronage. ' ft - v mm I 0 A Bee Want Ad Will Work - Woodera - M I 1