14 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. JUNE 1G. 1921. THE GUMPS Y-TIME TALCS ANDREW, YOUR BATH IS READY Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. (Copyright, 1931. b Chicago Tribuot Co.) Says China Open Door .j Policy Jeopardized; 1 Asks Information THE TALE OF DICKI i .as iBTunoxffnrr tun rv CHAPTER IV. The Blackbird's Nest For a few days after his visit to Mr. Crow's elm, Dickie Deer Mouse kept watch carefully of Mr. Crow's comings and goings. And he decided at last that the old gentleman liked his home too well to leave it. But Dickie was not discouraged. He had no doubt that he could lind some other pleasant quarters in which to spend the summer quar ters that would prove almost as airy, and perhaps more convenient be cause they were not so high. For there was no denying that Mr. Crow's nest was a long, long way from the ground. So Dickie began to search for birds' nests. And for a time he had to suffer a great deal of scolding by his feathered neighbors. It must be confessed that they were none too fond of Dickie Deer Mouse. There was a story of something he was said to have done one time a tale about his having driven Robin family away from their nest, m order to live in, it himself. That seems a strange deed on the part of anyone so gentle as Dickie Deer Mouse. But old Mr. Crow al ways declared that it was true. And Solomon Owl often remarked that lie wished Dickie Deer Mouse would try to drive him away from his home in the hollow hemlock. But during his hunt for birds' .nests Dickie Deer Mouse was care ftil to keep away from Solomon Owl What do yo.uknow about building a ncstfAndthen he laughed harshly. and his cousin Simon Screecher, and all the rest of the Owl familv. H contented himself with hasty peeps into nests built by such smaller folk as Blackbirds and Robins. And if it happened that anybody was liv ing in one of those nests, Dickie soon found it out. For the angry own ers were sure to fly at him with screams of rags, and peck at his head as they darted past him. It was really not worth while get ting into a fight over a bird's nest, when there was plenty of old ones in which nobody dwelt. To be sure. many of them were almost ready to fall apart. But Dickie Deer Mouse finally found one to his liking a last years birds nest where two Black birds had reared a promising fam ily. They had not come back to Pleasant Valley. And there was their house, almost as good as new, just waiting for some one to move in and make himself at home. Nobody objected when Dickie took the old nest for his home.' though many a bird in the neighborhood re marked in his hearing that he would hate to be too lazy to build a house for himself. Dickie Deer Mouse was too mild and gentle-mannered to make any repiy to sucn ruae spcccncs. tie sides, he expected to make a good many, changes in the old nest before the place was exactly what he wanted. "I don't understand," he said aloud to nobody in particular, "why most birds 'don't know how a house should be built. Of all the birds in Pleas atit Valley the only good nest-build-cr I know is Long Bill Wren. He must be a very sensible fellow, be cause he puts a roof on his house." ' Now, Dickie Deer Mouse may or may not have known that some of his bird neighbors were near at hand, watching him. Certainly they must have heard what he said, for they began to scold at the top of their voices. And one rude listener named Jasper Jay screamed ' with line scorn: , "What do you know about, build ing a nest?" Anil then he laughed harshly. But '..Dickie Deer Mouse only looked very wise and said nothing. Copyright, Oro::ct tr Punlap. - . It June So Named? The popular impression of the derivation of the name of the pres ent month probably founded on Ovid's statement in the "Fasti" is that it comes from the name of the goddess Juno, but it is much more probable that it is taken from "Ju niores,' the lower branch of the orig inal Roman .legislature, just as May is derived from "Majores," the name of thc:uppcr branch. . : In the old; Latin calendar, June had only 26 days, but Romulus changed the number to 30, which was reduced to 29 by Numa and, when the calendar was revised by Julius Caesar, increased once more to 30 the number which it possesses to this day. The belief that June was an especially favorable month for marriages dates back to the time of the Romans who felt that- June was as lucky as May was unlucky and that marriages celebrated dur ing this month, but particularly at the season of the full moon and at the time when the sun and moon were in conjunction, were certain to be fortunate. " Copyright. 1S1. Wheeler Syndicate. Inc. Where It Started Chain Cables. Chains, instead of heavy ropes on shipboard, were first used in 1811. The Renelope, a West Indian ship, was the first to use them. The in vention and , patent of chain cables- is accorded to a navy surgeon name ' Slater,' who was awarded a patent on his idea in 1808. (CeprrUfht, Xfjl. by The Wheeler Sjndt- sate. Inc. i - WHY- I . . )LV wmn 6et t coMMEarE&y u. iM Wm business jpsr -CSl C mi kit rty' v; :-JLL , 7 More Truth By JAMES J. THE REFORMER I'm rather fond of cherry pie, I love, with all my heart, When days are warm, jn mid July To munch a cherry tart. But if this cheery, cherry song Some glum reformer sees, Tomorrow he will come along . . And kill my cherry trees. I like to paddle my canoe Beneath the summer moon, And whistle, as I often do, An ancient rag-time tune. ' But if the said reformer knows That of this sport I'm fond, He'll come around here, I suppose, And' drain my paddling pond. I like to hear a robin sing; It rests and comforts me, To watch the little fellow wing . His way from tree to tree. But if of this yclight of mine The man I've mentioned heard, T'would cheer his soul, like rare old wine, To shoot the helpless bird. The pleasures that my soul divert I have to take by stealth, Although I know they do not hurt My morals or my health. For my reforming friend declares They simply shan't be done, , And censors all of my affairs That bring me any fun. HOGS. It is unkind of the Stilhnans and space on the first page just when the THAT WOULD Why don't the allies 'give Silesia did to Colombia? - APT Apparently Uncle Sam taught railroads. (Coprri(ht,' 1931. by HOLDING A Adele Garrison's ' Revelations Dickey Makes a Swift Decision. I raised my head and stared at Dicky a bit wildly. That he should have fathomed my motive in asking him to come to the moonlit beach, when I had forgotten that I had one, seemed uncanny to me. He tightened his clasp of me, bent his head, to mine and in the moonlight I saw a Quizzical smile on his. face. But there was tenderness in his eyes which re assured me. "You may be able to flash a poker face on other people, dear heart, but you can't play the game with mt, any more than I can with you," he said. "Do you think I have studied every line of your face all these years for nothing? Nay, nay, my dcarl You're as transparent as a window pane to your beloved husband. I knew you wanted to get me into the appropriate mood for something or other when you proposed this trip. But flatter myself I made you forget 'about everything except just us, .with two capitals. 'Fess up, now." ; I hid my ashamed face against his shoulder, jarred out of my bliss not only by ,his discovery of my manoeuvering, but by the fact, that through the wonderful' moments he had given me, had run his conscious effort to make me forget my pur pose in coming to the beach. At least I had forgotten, out he naa tnere been no spontaneity, no reality after all? His voice broke across my musings. "Come on, tell your husband.. I don't want to think I'm the only gaby in the family, and I'll tell you that if anybody had asked me my own name part of the time 'this last hour I couldn't have answered cor rectly." How' Did, You Know?" "Oh, Dicky 1" I clung to hini con vulsively, the relief of his words bringing the quick tears to my eyes.. "There isn't anything in the world for me tonight but you, jUst you. Don't let's spoil the evening by talking about anything else." "Yes, we will." There was ob stinacy as well as tenderness in Dicky s tone. "I know your honest soul and that stiff necked pride of yours well enough to realize that nothing but a mighty big emergency would have set you off on this track tonight You'd rather win your point by the Queensberry rules. So tell me what's on your mind, sweet heart. I'll promise to let no little lamb have anything on me for meek ness." ' " "It's about the house," I said quavering. "Oh. Dicky, I've hunted all over this territory, and it's the same as it is everywhere else, Noth Than Poetry MONTAGUE 1 Peggy Hopkins to occupy so much prize fight agents need it so badly, STOP HER. twenty-five million dollars as we , PUPILS. private owners how not to run the The Bell Syndicate. Ino.) HUSBAND New Phase of of a Wife ing at all to rent, and only prohibi tive places to buy. But there's a small farm, with one of Uiose solidly built old houses which would lend itscli to anything we, wanted to do with it, and the most wonderful view of the ocean from the top of the hill, back of it. and lilacs and old apple trets you'd want to. paint all day long if you saw them but it's in a most awful state ", "Is it worth $4,000?" Dicky struck in. - "How how did you know?" I asked, banally enough. A Moonlight View. "It hardly requires a Sherlockian mind you know," Dicky laughed. "You ask that I bring you a certified check for $4,000, the full amount of your partimony, then tell me there's nothing to rent, and begin to de scribe this picturesque ruin. Wake up, old deaf. It's nearly train time." "I am stupid," I sighed. "But hon estly, Dicky, I've trailed houses until I'm only fit for an imbeciles' home." "I. know." His hand closed com fortingly over mine. "You've had the brunt of everything. "But I'm on the job now. Where is this place?'' "Next the. Ticer home." "Anybody in it?'.' "No, the people moved out yester day." . "Why can't we go over and look at it now.? Mq heart gave a little hopeful beat. I knew Dicky's .artist soul. If he ever saw that lovely though dilapi dated old place by moonlight, espe cially that view from the hill, he would not rest until he had posses sion of it. ' . "There is no reason in the world why! " "All right. Let's go." . He rose, swung me to my feet, held me close for a minute with a tender, lingering kiss, then fucked rriy hand under his arm, and struck off across the sandy beach at a pace that taxed . , i: me io Keep up wun mm. "The house hunters on the trail," he chanted gayly, and I saw that the idea of the old house had fired his imaginatino, and that he was all im patience to view it No lingering on the road back! I drove the car as fast as I dared, and it was but a few minutes until we had turned into the lilac-bordered driveway. The old place looked in describably lovely drowsing in the moonlight, but it was not until we had left the car, climbed the hill in the rear, and looked over the moonlit slope to the village and (Jcean far be low, that . Dicky spoke. "I don't care if every timber in the house is falling to pieces.", he de clared. "HereV inhere we live!" Contipuc4 Jptpprpw.) . Romance in Origin Of Superstitions Apples and Apple Seeds. Many are the methods practiced today by the superstition of divina tion by apples, apple seeds and ap ple parings. They are nearly all in the nature of "projects," or love charms. The most general of these in this country is perhaps, the throwing of a whole apple-paring on the floor after swinging it three tirries around the head in the belief that it will fall in the shape of the initial of one's future wife or hus band. Then there is the naming of apple seeds and divining with them in various ways; the eating of an apple at midnight before a glass while one holds a lamp and repeats an appropriate rhyme with the ex pectation of seeing ones true love peep over one's shoulder: and the bobbing for apples on All hallow e'en. Doubtless the reader can re call many more. The apple superstition in all its forms has its root so far back in mythology that its primal, origin is lost, but mystic qualities have always been attributed to this fruit since the days of Tammuz. Perhaps its origin was in the fact that the apple tree is the tree upon which the mis tletoe, is most often found and the mistletoe , was always regarded in antiquity as a direct emanation of the gods which is "another story." Our modern use of the apple in love divination comes directly from the myth of Hercules who recovered from the Hesperides the golden ap ple which had been given by the Earth-goddess to Juno, the patroness of marriage, at her nuptuals. Hence an apple instead of a ram was often sacrificed to Hercules and hence to day we seek to know . the name of face of our future wife or husband by means of apples, apple seeds and apple parings. (Copyright, 1(21, by The McCIure JTew paper ynaicaie.j Do You Know the Bible? (Cover no the answer, read the ques tions and see If you can answer them. Then look at the answers to see tf you are right.) Follow These Questions and Ans wers As Arranged by J. WILLSON ROY. 1. Whv was the king' powerless to act in saving Daniel from this punishment? 2. What stringency governed tne laws of the Medes and Persians? 3. On what occasion was an ex pression by Jesus used against htm? 4. What does John's gospel omit regarding Jesus that is found in the other gospels? 5. Who was lcodemusf 6." Where do we find John the Baptist's final testimony to Christ? ANSWERS. 1. Because the interdiet was under the laws of the Medes and Persians. 2. Under these laws no interdict was changeable, not even excluding the roval edict. 3. See Matthew xxvi. 61; Mark XIV. 58. ' 4. Christ's birth, infancy and boyhood. ' 5. A Pharisee and ruler of the Jews. - 6. See John in. (Copyright, 1JJ1, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Parents' Problems How can a girl of 14, inclined to be silent in company, be taught a sense of social responsibility? Explain to this girl that it is as wrong always to be silent in com pany as to be always talking. In her own home, encourage her to do her share, especially when visi tors are present. Remind her that the interesting book' she has read, the . visit to the museum that she has enioyed. or any similar expe rience, makes a good subject of con- ersation: suggest to. her. however, that she cannot possibly be too silent with regard to unpleasant, or mere ly silly gossip she may have chanced to hear. ASVERTI8KMKNT. "Dry Foot" Steps Throbbing, Burning Swollen Sore Feet A few SDDllcatlons snd no more snhine. Swollen. Under sweety feet. BeUerte soreness of corns ana canton l ny saturating a piece or geuse with solution and tie on affected spots at nigni; wa up in tne mominf. jo-more agony from corns end bunions. ' Cet a packase of Dry-Foot of your dniulst end nlz It up ss per direction no packet. Ap ply solution freely direct to the feet, allowing it to dry. Then, no more foot silsery, no more drown-up faces due to eore coma, bunions or callouses. Ufd. by Baker Chemical Hp.. Haie lock. Kcb. Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham , A cow was seen standing in front of "the Tickville millinery store Sat urday afternoon looking wishful at the new green straw hats in the window. Cricket ' Hicks is saving up his one-cent stamps and as soon as he gets one more he can send his let ter off. Miss Hostetter Hocks, who re cently sent off after a mail order catalog containing about twelve hundred pages, has finished the task of perusing it from cover to cover and wanting all the things that were priced higher than she could pay. Copyright, 1121, George Matthew Adami. Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. For today, the ruby is the talis manic stone. It protects its wearer from illness, especially from diseases which affect the eyes. It is also said to bring success to those who are beginning any undertaking. The natal stone for today :s the onyx which the ancients bc'ieved llaei- the power of bringing about a happy marriage for its wearer. It is said to protect those born on an anni versary of this day from financial reverses arid domestic unhappiness and will endow them with keenness of vision and good judgment. Those who wear red on this day will meet with unexpected success in their undertakings, according, to an ancient belief. The water lilly is today's lucky flower. Copyright, 1121. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. Sense ommon By J. J. MUNDY. When You Go Home. When you go back to your old home this summer do not complain ot the lack of conveniences and mqd ern comfort ideas, in the home. Your father, and especially your other, docs everything in reason to make your home as attractive to you as possible so that you may . not make odious comparisons. For all comparisons are odious and it is particularly detestable of a ADVERTISEMENT. NEW BIRCHMONT BEACH HOTEL In the Pinea and Birches on Beautiful Lake Bemidji, Heart of Ten Thoueand Lake Region. i Entirely rebuilt and refurnished. Ser vice and cuisine unexcelled. 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H2 8. 16th Haretsnsky Drug Co., ISth and Dorcas . Lathrep Pharmacy. M27 Farnam Leaiaraln e fireeehere Drue Ce., 2761 Marth, Ernest, 2001 Lake Mileher Dree Co.. 482o S. 24th Mtltln Dree Co., 2002 Farnam Park An. Pharmacy, 2920 Female Peso Drus Ce., 1302 Farsam Price 50c Out-of-town drug stores wishipg to handle ou salves and people who cannot secure same through their local dealer write: Kretschmer Salves Mfg. Co. ' Exclutive Manufacturers end Distributor. 1220 Atlas Street, Omaha, Neb. AT Untie 2679 child to come home with airs and manners foreign to home and brag of them. To laud Mrs. So-and-So's cook ink with chafing dish and electrical appliances and the den with its Ori ental and souvenir furnishings, and tell "Sis" how much shorter- and niftier the city girl's skirts and hats are. is mean. You think in your lofty, light headed way that it would belittle you, in the estimation ot those dear to' you, if you told , how really lonely you have been, and how you longed for moher's cakes, and pies, and luscious bread. And so, to cover up a real home sickness, you act in a heartless man ner. It is mighty unkind of you to make them at home unhappy. If you are of the right stuff you will be so glad that your parents are there and have a home that you can visit, where the welcome is so genuine that you would be glad to see them whether they have a roof over their heads or not, because they supply the uJderstanding love you need. . . ' Copyright, 1921, International Feature Servi!;e. Inc. Omaha Chauffeur Held for Thefts of Tires in Logan Less than 20 minutes after he had been released from custody by Coun cil Bluffs police who held him on a charge of passing a $50 check with out funds, D. S. Grimes, chauffeur, 1091 South Twenty-ninth street, was re-arrested in Omaha as a fugitive from justice. Grimes is wanted in Logan, la., for the theft of a number of automo bile tires, according to word received by Chief of Detectives Van Deusen from the Iowa town. The stolen tires were traced to Omaha where Grimes is alleged to have sold them, according to Chief Van Deusen. Grimes will be returned to Logan today to face preliminary hearing. A Worthwhile Special The Great Combination Vacuum and Brush Sweeper Durable Metal Construction in Mahogany and Oak Finish It is a brush and suction combined machine; .has good five-row brush. Dust bag is made of a specially adapted cloth, over a strong frame. Easy to op erate. These machines are regu larly selling from $12.50 to $18.50 each. We fiave 36 on which the finish is slightly damaged which Ave are offering for YourChoice $4.95 A Saving Worth Making Prlhbarnew. H. I., 3201 S. 24th Sherman k MeConnsll Drue Co., Ilth end Oodee Sherman A McCennell Drus Ce., 16th asd Heresy , Shermsn 4 MoConnell Drue Co., 24th asd Farsam , Sherman 4 MsCoaesll Druf Co., 4Mh tad Farnam Sherman 4 McCeaaall Drut Co., 19th end Farsaej Smrkoveky, Chas. J., 601 8. 13th Stark Pharmacy, 3423 N. 80th Stewart Drue Co., 3924 Leavenworth Tobls's Cet Price Drue Store, 2401 N Teehak. Jo,.. 2413 S. 13th Unltt-Doeekal Orel Ce.. 1(23 Fsraam Vandas Pharmacy, 2701 S. 10th Howard St. Bet. 15th and 16th. 7ejl Beatrice Police Find Part of Robbery Swag Beatrice, Neb., June IS. (Spe cial.) Police found $85.50 in a stone jar buried on the Newton farm east of town, which is thought to be part of the swag obtained by Paul Geisler, Robert Newton and Cliff Lockard, under arrest ere, when they held up Mr. and Mrs. George Monroe of the Gilbert theater and robbed them ol $303 as they were en route home on the night of June 4 in their touring car. According to Chief Dillow, New ton made a full confession, implicat ing Geisler and Lockard. Newton and Lockard have confessed to rob bing the Frank Stanton store a few weks ago. The boys live in Beatrice and all are under 21. i Porcelain was the accidental dis covery of an alchemist who was ex perimenting in earths for the mak ing of crucibles. AMUSEMENTS. Now MAT. SAT. THE BRAT Mate. D:.. Dl. Eve.. 50- 25-so rniivCvd ridjciA 75-si.oo EMPRESS NEW SHOW TODAY DENSMORE SISTERS LOU HOW LAND in "Harmony, Singing and Dancing." GEO. L. GRAVES St CO., "Woman of a Thoueand Secrete." BRADY A MAHONEY, "The Noneen aical Navigatore." ROSIE RIFLE CO., Australian De Luxe. Photoplay Attrac tion, "EXTRAVAGANCE," featuring MAY ALLISON. THE URGE TO EAT , Surroundings that be speak purity end freshness of food en able you to eat with pleasure in the Indian , Lunch Room at Hotel Fontenelle. ' VERY MODERATELY PRICED 11 AND COOL ftOJEL PONTNELLE Lakeview- Park TONIGHT The Fastest of All Dane Attraction. Atlantic City Nite with Leonard Jacob.' Orchestra and BOYD SENTER, Saxophone Kinf Lire Crab, Wheel Chair and See Shell Race. Souvenir and Favors for AU if Dance at PEONY PARK The best and most beautiful Dance Pavilion in the Country. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings G. Rohan's Orchestra Bus service from 49th and Dodge after 8 p. m. Take Dundee car to 49th and Dode. Call. Walnut 6102. Malec Bros., Props. Don't Miss The Great Event Leading speaker, and aina;.r. of Omaha, Lincoln and Chi cago at COLUMBIA HALL' 24th and Lake Thurs. Eve, June 16th Big dance contest after the play. Dancing until 1 a. m. ADMISSION 55c Public Invited. Base Ball Today Omaha vs. Tulsa JUNE 14, 15, 16 Gams. Called at 3:30 P. M. Bos Seat, at Barkalow Bros. asliington, June 15. Kepresenta tivc Britten of Illinois introduced a! resolution in the house today calling upon the secretary of state for all information and data available coiw ccrning the degree to which the open policy in China ia being directly or; indirectly jeopardized. It is said in the preamble that Dr.' Sun Yat-Scn, who proclaims himself the constitutional president of China, has charged that "by de vious and insidious methods, foreign machinations are tending to destroy the very existence of China as a na tion." .. The preamble also contains tin statement that "that the United States government during the war loaned large sums of money to Great Britain and Russia, a great portion of which found its way into Japan for the purchaseeof war supplies and of which amount some $300,000,000 subsequently was loaned by Japan tq the Chinese government at Ptkin. Lone Bandit Holds Up Bank At Bisbee, Ark.; Escapes Bisbee, Ariz., June IS. Riding into San Simon, a small town 80 miles northeast of here, on horse back, a lone bandit today held up A. E. Nelson, cashier of the San Simon Valley bank, swept all th money in sight into his pockets and then rode out of town. Several citizens pursued and en gaged the bandit about two miles' castt of the town. The bandi escaped into the brush. A posse ,is still in pursuit. It is estimated that New York City adds between 400 and 500 to its population every day. ' ruoiorLAva. mm ELSIE FERGUSON "Sacred and Profane Love" HAROLD LLOYD - ' "How or llever" RIALTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA- Harry Brader, Dlrecter JULIUS K. JOHNSON at the erf an EATTY'S , Co-Operative Cafeterias We Appreciate Your Patronise. i Now and All Week s Rnnrrrc h ,i hiiviiii ax ' SAXOPHONE V I six f. T Appear 1:30, 3:30, 7:30 II jj and 9:30 II I PHOTOPLAY f' 1 3 Cur wood's "KAZflrj' 1 q VIOLA f I DANA I 'Jt in one of her best I "THe' LITTLE jT PIIIATEJ .easfslB "J. 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