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10 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 31. 1921. 1 1 J JuM PY-T I ME TALES THE TALE OF B0BBYA1 BOBOLINK f BYARTHURStiMTI IT BAILEY xiv. , Frightening Mrs. Bobolink. Not knowing who Rave the strange cry near their home, Bobby Bobolink and hi wife held their breaths and waited. They never dreamed that it was their good friend, Mr. Catbird, hidden in a bush near by, who was trying to imitate one of Bobby's songs. Meanwhile that fun-loving fellow smiled broadly to himself.' And giv ing his tail an upward toss he opened his mouth once more, only to give voice to one of the oddest sounds lhat was ever heard in Pleasant Val ley. Mr. Catbird knew' right away that P -UT "H J J ' ' I thought I heard him choke & moment a$o,"Bahbg told her. he hadn't caught the trick of mock ing Bobby Bobolink. So he stopped short. "I wonder what's the matter with me," he murmured. ."Can it be that I've caught a cold and didn't know it?" He cleared his throat and made ready to attempt Bobby Bobolink's song once more. But he waited a moment, for he could hear Bobby talking to his wife. "Don't be alarmed 1" he was saying. "It sounded to- me as if somebody vhad a frog in his throat." "I hope you're not mistaken," was Mrs. Bobolink's somewhat doubting answer. , "I thought I heard him choke a moment ago," Bobby told her. "We'll keep still until we know where the noise comes from." Mr. Catbird winced. He was not used to hearing anybody speak of his singing as "noise." And he made up his mind that he would sing a song in Bobby Bobolink's best manner. So again he opened his mouth. He hhdn't sung half a doze notes before Bobby Bobolink's wife gave a shrill scream. "Oh, dearl",, she cried. "That's a terrible noice. It hurts my ears to hear it" , t Mr. Catbird had stopped when Mrs. Bobolink screamed. A puzzled look came over his face. "I don't see what's the matter with me today," he said under his breath. "This is the first time I ever tried to mock anybody and made such a bun gle of it. . . . Perhaps I'm try ing to sing too fast," he added. "So I'll sing slower next time." But his slow notes were queerer still. Though he tried to make them rollicking and merry, he succeded only in giving a number of doleful whines. "That won't do!" he exclaimed. "I declare, I haven't caught the trick -ret." And to his great distress he heard Mrs. Bobolink weeping. Now, Mr. Catbird had only wanted to have a jolly time with the Bobo link family. He had intended to sing W RUG PARK 11 li The Joy Acres Gate Open 2 P. M. Pool 8 A.M. r CsokYoir Picnics How Call Walnut 5580 PHOTOPIAVS. Last Time ENID BENNETT "Silk Hosiery" Tomorrow Thomas Meighan one of Bobby's son?s a few times, until they were puzzled; and then he had expected to dash out of the bush where he was hiding and have a good laugh with Mr. and Mrs. Bobolink. But somehow his plans were turning out all wrong. "What shall I do?" Mr. Catbird groaned. "Here I've ' gone and frightened Bobby Bobolink's wifel Something's the matter, with my voice. And I don't dare to try an other song for fear she'll fall into a faint." Then an idea flabhcd into his head. "If she knows who's hiding in this bush Mrs. Bobolink won't be fright ened 1" And thereupon he mewed al most exactly like Farmer Green's cat. But the sound was just different enough for Bobby Bobolink to know at once who made it. ."It's all right!" he told his wife merrily. "Don't worryl Mr. Cat bird is hiding somewhere. He has been teasing us." ' Then Mr. Catbird came out of the bush and apologized like the gentle man he was. "I didn't mean to frighten Mrs. Bobolink, he explained. 1 was only trying to mock youv But there's something wrong with my voice. I think I'll have to go and see Aunt Polly Woodchuck, the herb doctor." ; Bobby Bobolink only laughed harder than ever. "There's nothing the matter with youl" he cried. "There isn't any body that can imitate my songs un less it's one of the Bobolink family. I sing too fast for you that's the trouble." Well, Mr. Catbird looked vastly relieved. " "I'm glad to know that," he said. "And I'll never try to mock you again." "I should hope not!" Mrs. Bobo link told him. "For I never heard such a frightful noise in all my days." (Copyright Grosset & Dunlap.) WHY Can Fish Live in a Frozen Lake? When we speak of a pond or lake as being "frozen," we do not ap ply the term in the same manner as if we were referring to a cake of solid ice, for it is only the surface of $hc Water which is frozen and the water remains liquid, though the sheet of ice which covers it may be several feet thick. But fish, as we know, must have a supply of oxygen in order to keep alive as proven by the fact that gold fish will die if kept in a covered bowl. How, then, do they obtain this oxy gen when the - coating of ice ef fectually - prevents any air from reaching the water? The answer lies in the fact that even the most solid sheet of ice across a pond usually contains a number of airholes or gaps in the ice close to the surface. But, even if these are not present, the fish have another source of supply for their oxygen in the streams which bring fresh water into the lake. This water, coming from the open brooks and rivulets, carries with it a con tinuous supply of-- the oxygen and when a lake is fed with fresh wa ter only at one end, the fish will be found to congregate there in large numbers a fact well known to ice fishermen who always1 chop air holes only a short distance away from the. place where the fresh wa ter flows in. Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. THOTOPLAVS. Today and All Week at 11-1-3-5-7 and 9 Conway Tearle, Anna Q. Nilsson, Miriam Cooper SILVERMAN'S ORCHESTRA Paths New Christy Comedy 0 "incspcccaaiat sum AUo SmsWm CMriy -HIS FIERY BEAT Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham The depity constable, while fol lowing a clue Monday afternoon Romance in Origin Of Superstitions ' ' '. ! stepped into an old cistern. Hab eas corpus proceedings were at once instituted to get him out. , Site Kildew left his vest at the blacksmith shop one day not long ago when the report got out that spring had arrived, and was awful glad to see the cold snap return to day so that he could wear it home and leave it until next fall. The blind man has a new lantern and took it to church with him the other night. He can operate a lan tern below cost as he don't have to use any wicks or oil. Copyright, 1921, Gcorga Matthew Adams. Do You Know the Bible? (Cover up the answers, read the ques tions and see If you ca answer them. Then look at the answess to see it you are right.) Follow These Questions and Ans wers As Arranged by J. WILLSON ROY. 1. Who was Candace? v 2. From where did Paul write his first epistle to the Corinthians? 3. Who was Demetrius t 4. What was his principal work as a craftsman? 5. Who was Diana 6. Why did Demetrius and his fel low craftsmen pppose the work of rauir Answers. 1. One of the queens of Ehip pia. . . , 2. Philippi. 3. A silversmith in Ephesus. 4. Making silver shrines of Diana. 5. The goddess of the Ephesians. 6. Because Paul denounced the idolatry of the people. Copyright, 1921, "Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. THOTOFLAYS. NowPlayinl 1 what Famous boq actor 4 WESLEY (FRECKLES) BARRY .1 1 Ifil f FATTY 1 1 ISM. .. FATTY ARBUCKLE in "Brewster's Millions" Rialto Orchestra Julius K. Johnson at the Organ. Our Third Anuual, BABY CONTEST Thursday, Friday, Saturday "The House That Jazz Built" a Peony Park Open Today TONIGHT 1,500 people attended our opening Saturday Night. Bus lines from 14th and Farnam Your Future Husband. In New England they say that if a young woman looks into an un used well on the first of May she w ill see in the water below the face of her future husband. Down in Georgia any well will'do; but the girl must look into it at exactly high noon of May 1 through a piece of smoked glass. In other sections it is recommended to hold a looking glass over the mouth of the well and seek for the reflection of a face in the mirror. These are unimport ant variations of the same supersti tion, which superstition dates back to the worship of Tammuz on the Babylonian plain and to the rites of those who "Mourned Oiris dead" by the waters of the Nile; cults which, spreading over Europe, be came mingled with and modified by indigenous mythologies of kindred significance. It was the deification of the principles of nature a sym bolizing of the yearly death and resuscitation of vegitation as the death and resurrection of a god, na ture worship. ' In England, whence we inherit our May day observances, the festival of the revival of the god was fixed for May 1, the state of vegitation at that date making it an appropriate one. The resuscitation of the god in his fecundating power made his festival a fitting time for "projects" concerning marriage. And as Isis saw again his husband, Oiris, on the festival of his return to life, as Ashtoreth looked again upon Tam muz, her husband, at the festival of his resuscitation, so the marriageable woman of today sees her husband (that is to be) on May day in the waters of a well. In water because in the cults of Tammuz and Oiris water was the visible sign of the fecundating god, and in a well be cause in the Egypt of Oiris and in those parts of Asia Minor where the cult of Tammuz originated the vivi fying waters were seen scarcely or not at all, in the form of rain, but swelling streams and filling wells. Copyright, 121, by The MoClura News Service, Inc. I Parents' Problems Teasing is one of the things that should never be allowed; it not only makes little children unhappy it makes them fretful and peevish. And it develops in the teaser a bad habit of inconsideration, at the very agd when he should be forming the good habit of thought for others. The Royal Danish Automobile club in Copenhagen was founded in 1901. Prince Axel is president of the club, which has a membership of 1,000. AMUSEMENTS. '39 NOW PLAYING MATS. WED., SAT. F A T" "' Tlma ijrtJ 1 In rVm.k. A 'romance which pulls at your heart strings. Last season's Broadway success. PRINCESS PLAYERS Matinee 25c, SOc. Eve. SOt, 75c, $1.00 How should one deal with a boy who teases the younger children of the family? The boy should first be told that this is unkind. - If he persists he should be punished in some effectual manner suited to his disposition. NEW SHOW TODAY EMPRESS CHOY LING HEE TROUPE, China' Foremost Artists; PEGGY VINCENT V CO., "Words and Musics" OUVE MACK, "Oh, Clerky;" BOLGER BROS., Banjo Act. Photoplay Attraction "PAGAN LOVE." A Hugo Ballin production. Ak-Sar-Ben Running Races OMAHA June 2 to 10 Six Races Each Day Rain or Shin 300 HORSES HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE Auto Races June 11 General Admission, $1.65; Child ran (under 12) 75c; Automobiles (Parking) 50c, War Tax In. eluded; Grand Stand Free. General Admission, Children's and Au tomobile Tickets on Sale at Beaton Drug Co., Unitt-Docekal Drug Co., Paxton Hotel. Box Seat Tickets on Sale at Beaton Drue; Co. BASE BALL! TODAY! TUESDAY May 31 Game Called 3:30 p. m. Omaha vs. St. Joe Box Seats at Barkalow Bros. EEATTY'S Co-Operative Cafeterias Ws Appreciate Your Patronage. flooogogooogoDOooaoooBoaoaoooaoaoaoonoa HELP YOURSELF CLUB Only Four Days eft To Secure These Two Special Awards Your Work Will Count for More Votes Now Than at Any Other Time Now Is the Time You Must Work Hardest These Two Automobiles Will Be Awarded to the Members Sending in the Greatest Amount of Cash Subscriptions From Now to June 4, 1921. ( Overland 4 SediB $1,625.00 Overland 5-Passenger Sedan, purchased from Van Brunt Automobile Co. Five wire wheel. Body, Overland blue; fenders, wheels, hood and top, black. $1,350.00 5-Passenger Gardner purchased from the Western Motor Car Co. Special equipment of tide wings, extra tire and tire covers and motor-meter. You Can Secure One of These Cars and a Capital Award SUBSCRIPTIONS COUNT THREE WAYS UNTIL JUNE 4TH First Regular Votes as per Schedule of Vote Values of Subscriptions. Second Extra Votes, 75,000 for $25.00 and 3,000 for each dollar over $25.00. Third Cash amount of subscription towards Special A wards of Overland and Gardner. t Notes for Members and Non-Members We have told you right along it was not too late to enter. What others have) done you can do. Mr. J. F. Schwaiger, North Platte, Neb., noticed the weakness of members standings and nominated himself as a member a week ago. He now stands well up the list in today's published standings. Miss Hazel Donaldson, Avoca, Iowa, entered less than a week ago and jumped to tenth place in her district in the standings of members as published today. , . These are a few of the folks that realize that they will have to work hard to secure an award. Many of the older members should realize that they will have to hurry up if they want awards, Mrs. Archie Roberts, North Bend, Nib., started as a member less than two weeks ago. Her realization of the fact that hard work is essential to securing an award has put her in the sixth place in her district in the published list of standings. - The present Extra Vote Offer expires this coming Saturday. It is the best that will be made during the entire campaign. You must work now if you are to get an award. . E. E. Holmes of Inland, Neb., stands with a published vote of 35,000. It is an even bet that he will head the list the next time the standings are changed. Members will have to get real busy to hold a lead over him. S. D. Long of Cowles, Neb., with a population of 200 in his town, has in less than six days advanced to where he is second in the list of published "stand ings in his District. The smaller towns are excellent prospects for workers. The winning of one of the special additional awards is entirely dependent on the amount of work you do before June 4th. Miss Harriet Edwards, Scottsbluff, Neb., entered as a member May 20th. In the published standing of members in today's paper she holds ninth place in her District. - w . Andy Stone, Wood Eiver, Neb., has only been a member since May 21st, but he is an active one. He is now seventh on the list of published standings in District No. 8. Miss Melba Philbrick, Ord, Neb., a school teacher, was unable to enter actively into the campaign until her school was dismissed for the season, but realizing that it was not too late to enter, she has prepared a circular which she is sending to her friends to enable her to get in touch with more of them than would be possible with personal calls. This shows that Miss Philbrick realizes the value of the awards offered by the Help Yourself Club. Mr. M. A. Hostetter of Shelton, Neb., has been a reader of The Bee for the past forty years. One of our members who had entered from this city was forced through circumstances to leave the locality and Mr. Hostetter saw an opportunity for himself. He now has a published score of over 225,000 votes and is a member to be reckoned with the competition for the awards. That he is selling some thing he personally believes is good, is evidenced by the length of time he has been reading it. ' Mrs. T. W. Rodebaugh, 3180 Meredith Ave., has prepared a little folder which she is sending to her friends soliciting their co-operation in her endeavor to secure an award. This little booklet is not only a work of art typographically, but is excellent publicity, correctly designed to secure the object for which she is working. We are sure it will land a great many votes for Mrs. Rodebaugh. Miss Elizabeth E. Fairchild of Lemoynes, Neb., was at the bottom of the last list. She now holds the lead in the published standings of members in her District as published today; These are a few of the members who realize that they must work hard to ' pile up votes during the period when votes count most. What are you going to do about your standing? Are you content to see other members pass you or are you going to get after these awards? This is a Help Yourself proposition. It is up to you to help yourself by hard work. Standings of members and vote standings will be found on page 5, Big Extra Vote Offer Take advantage of this extra vote offer, which expires at 10:00 p. m., June 4th. For $25.00 in subscriptions you will receive 75,000 extra votes and for each dollar in excess of $25.00 you will receive 3,000 extra votes. These are in addition to the regular votes as given in the schedule. There' is no limit to the extra votes you may gain in this offer; $30.00 will give you 90,000 extra votes. r Membership Entry Blank The Omaha Bee Help Yourself Club 5,000 VOTES n Data .1921 The $29,430 List of Awards: 1 -$7,800.00 Home, First Capital Award l--$4,440.00 Cadillac, Automobile 1 $1,500.00 Conservative B. & L. Deposit 9--$l,115.00 Maxwell Automobiles 9 --$200.00 Building & Loan Deposits 9--$ 100.00 Building and Loan Deposits 1$ 1,625.00 Overland Sedan 1 --$1,350 Gardner 5-Passenger Automobile Total Number of Awards ------- 32 Ten per cent cash commission to all non-winners if they turn in $50.00 or more. I nominal. . Street No.. (Mr., Mrs. or Hits) .Stat. No. Cilf -Ai a member of The Help suu.. Yourself Club Sillied AddreM ' Thii nomination blank will count for 6,000 votes if lent to the manager of the H. Y. S. Club. Only one blank will count for a member. Fill out thi blank with your name or the name of your favorite and send it to The Bee. The nam. of the person making th. nomination will not b. divulged. r Campaign Close June 25th, 1921 The Omaha Bee Help Yourself Club Not good after June 9, 1921. before expiration date. Must be voted or mailed on or 10 FREE VOTES FOR Street No. Diet. No. ......... Citr State. I Good for 10 free votes when sent to th. H. Y. S. Club on- or before above date. No coupon will be transferred to another after being received at tha office of Th. Bee. I io D o a o a o a o D o 5 D o D o D o D o a o D o o o D o D o D o a o a o a o D o D o D o D o D o D o D o a o a o a o o D o a o a o a o a o D o D 8 D o a o n and 49th and Dodge ..... - ' . . . . -