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10 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921. t.PY-TIME TA L L 3 THE GUMPS- ROUND 4 THE BELL SAVES ANDY Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. Sense Copyright, 1921, Chicago Tribune Company ,ommon THE TALE OF DICKI 1 Xf CHAPTER XIV. Making ready for Winter. After his escape from Solomon Owl and Simon Screecher, Dickie Deer Mouse never felt quite so care tree as he always had before, when wandering through the woods at night. And he never stayed inside his house after dark without won dering whether Solomon or Simon could by any chance discover his snug home in the last year's bird nest. It was not a pleasant thought. And the oftener it popped into Dickie's head the less he liked it. Sometimes, when summer had ended and fall brought a night that was rainy and cold, he liked to go home after he had finished his sup per, and burrow deep into his soft bed of cat-tail down. But even after he had dried his wet coat and warmed himself well, at V ! - X J V1HKTVS "WE MKTttR. WYH VoU? aai """ vXX CW VOO HCJVR.? AfcET Vou GOING 1 .Ts HUH" X Crr li AWhV EAF? VV BEEK CALLING Yotf Slfe BUtED IN "IWOUWT- , !7 A . A (W sx V FOR MiMfffe-.. A)AMT J I a SALLOW - H An - v v r g Jrs bv,E yiwx PifrtfT ' W- r ir y B V I a ' a V Vov) ANSWER- Js s. ) ?" 3 More Truth . Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE What he. was hunting for was holes. ' such times Dickie Deer Mouse started whenever he heard the slight est noise. Somehow, he couldn't get the Owl family out of his mind. As the days grew shorter and the nights longer he began to find that his summer home was not so cozy as it might have been. The cold wind searched him out, even under his soft covering; and the driving rains trickled annoyingly through his roof of moss. So at last Dicky Deer Mouse made up his mind that he would move once more. And since he was not the sort to put off the doing of anything that had to be-done, he set out at once to see what kind of a place he could find. Now, Dickie Deer Mouse liked the woods in which he had always lived. So one might think it strange that when he set forth on his search he headed straight for Farmer Green's pasture. But there is no doubt that - he knew what he was about. For some time he crept cautiously about the pasture, peeping under big rocks, and moving among the roots of the trees which dotted the hillside here and there. And since his eyes were of the sharpest, what he was looking for he found in sur prising numbers. Most people, strolling through the pasture, would have noticed little ex cept grass and bushes, trees and rocks and knolls. But those were not the things that Dickie Deer Mouse discovered, and sniffed at. What he was hunting for was holes. For Dickie had decided that when winter came, with its ice and snow, its cruel gales and its piercing cold, he would be far more comfortable underground than he could ever hope to be in a last year's bird's nest that was fastened to a tree. He had found it no easy matter to pick out a summer home. And now there were reasons why his search for a winter one was even harder. It is true that at the beginning of summer, when Dickie Deer Mouse climbed the tall elm where Mr. Crow lived, he found the old gentleman asleep in the nest that he had hoped to take for his own. But on the whole it was easy to discover whether a nest was deserted. One look into it usually told the rtnrv Honrs in a nirn s npsr meant w.w.j. " o o - that somebody must live there. And of course if Dickie saw a bird sitting oh a nest he knew right away that he couldn't live there without having a fight first. But a hole fs different. One can't see what's at the bottom of it with out going inside it. And that is not always a pleasant thing to do. (Copyright. Groaset Dunlap.) Do You Know the Bible? (Cover up the anawers, read tha ques tion and ae 1f yon can answer them. Than look at tha answeri to aea It you are right) Follow These Questions and :. . swers As Arranged by J. WILSON ROY. 1. Whom did Christ accuse of shutting tip the kingdom of Heaven against men? . . 2. What shepherd slew a lion and a bear to save one of his lambs? 3. Who was Sheshbazzar? 4. Who was Ishmael's mother? 5. Where is reference made to "silly women?" 6. To where did the Philistines take the ark of God from Ebenezer? Answers. 1. The Scribes and Pharisees. See Matthew xxiii. 13. - 2. David. See 1 Samuel xvii, 34-35. , 3. A prince of Judah, known also as ZerubbabeL See Ezra 1, 8; Ezra ii. 2. 4. Ha gar. See Genesis xvi. 15. 5. 2 Timothy iil 6. 6. Ashdod. See 1 Samuel "v, 1. Copyright, 1IS1, Wheeler Syndicate Inc. Parents' Problems A CHANGE OF HEART What's this that we hear From the Russian frontier? Has Lennin, Lenine, or whatever they call him, Permitted a strange change of heart to befall him, And actually said That a person of wealth, With no loss of his head And no risk to his health, Could place the said wealth on account in the banks And get nothing worse than the government's thanks? Why, Lennin, Lenine, or whate'er appellation He bears in the hearts of his curious nation, Once said if a man Should presumptuously plan To boost himself into the plutocrat clan If he saved up a cent For the baby's new shoes To pay the back rent Or to lay in his booze, They would take him at sunrise out in the back lot And there he would be rather painfully shot. And Lennin says now That he fain would allow A man with a little spare cash in his closet, The same in a bank of the realm to deposit, . For unless there is cash From the banks to be had The country will smash Which will look rather' bad, And therefore the wealth hating ruler importunes Industrious moujiks to save themselves fortunes! Still, if we were a moujik (We're glad we are not) We think we would hang to what cash we had got, For, though thrift is a useful and praiseworthy habit, If put in the banks, Mr. Lennin might grab it! THEIR OWN GAME. President Harding is only struggling for poetic justice when he at tempts to throw the halter over the harness trust. HARD TO CONVINCE. The European nations still seem to think that the best basis for peace negotiations are gun bases. NO PROGRESS. Every time the advocates of the abolition of the death penalty gain a little ground, along comes a black-hander and turns sentiment the other way. CoprriaHt. 1831. ny Tne Bell syndicate, inc. WHY- Is it Easier to Swim in Salt Water Than in Fresh? Everyone who has learned to swim in an inland lake or river 3nd has then plunged into the ocean realizes the great difference between the two kinds of water, the added buoyancy and feeling of freedom in the salt water as compared to fresh water. But it should be remembered that there are two functions inherent in swimming. The first is to remain afloat and the second is to move for ward. It is in the first of these that salt water has the great advantage over that of rivers, for the effort of moving is the same in either case. The marked bouyancy of the salt water is due to the fact that our bodies are really about three-quarters water, but the remaining one- quarter is composed of bone and other substances which are, heavier than water and therefore tend to make us sink. Owing to the salt in the ocean, fresh water is lighter and our bodies therefore sink more rapidly a condition which may be carried to such an extreme that in some localities, including the Dead sea and the Great Salt Lake of Utah, it is almost impossible to sink, for the greater the amount of salt the heavier the water and the greater re sistance to the force exerted "by any body pressing down upon it. Copyright, 1911, Wheeler Syndlcata Inc. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. I. KING. Ivy. In New England there is a popu lar superstition that it is unlucky to keep ivy in the house and that ivy is unlucky as a gift. At first it seems strange to see the idea of bad luck associated with ivy, which plant dec orated the thyrsus of Pacchus and the leaves of which the Romans min--gled with the laurel in their victors' crowns. All popular superstitions have an origin, which origin must be searched for in the remote past al most without exception. They are inheritances. Those which at first glance appear to be modern will, upon investigation, generally oe found to be most ancient in their roots. Thus the idea that the eating of tomatoes produces cancer, a few years ago a most common supersti tion and one which would appear to date only from the comparatively re cent date when tomatoes were first used as food, is, in reality, merely an application of one of man's earli est conceptions, that of the primitive magic which is known as homeo pathic like producing like. bo there is some ancient cause ior the ivy superstition. It would ap pear to be a lingering echo of an historical incident which rendered at the time the generally esteemed and venerated ivy a most unsafe and un lucky plant to have in one's posses sion. About 200 years before the Christian era the cult of Bacchus ob tained a great vogue in the Roman world and degenerated into orgiastic rites of a most depraved and degen erate nature, not infrequently ac companied with the murder of secret votaries whose fidelity was suspected. All Rome and Italy were honey combed with the debasing cult. An aroused government took action; many were put to death and many imprisoned until the scandal was stamped out. The ivy-wound rod, or thyrus, was carried by the votaries of Bacchus when celebrating the or gies. To have one of these found in your house at the time the govern ment was suppressing the Racchic scandal, or to receive one as a gift, was decidedly unlucky. It was prima facie evidence of guilt. Copyright, 1921, by The McClure News paper Syndicate. 4 Union Services Start Aurora, Neb., June 27. (Special.) Union services in the court house yard will start next Sunday evening, with L. C. Oberlies of Lincoln as the speaker. His subject will be "Seing Red." Dog Hill Paragrafs " By George Bingham Four of the children of Jefferson Potlocks got into a difficulty this 1 morning over a pup, which was bad ly used up in the trouble. Dock Hocks, our wide-awake blacksmith, who also runs a barber Where It Started Left and Right In medieval times, when manners were very strict, children are drilled in the use of the hands with great care. The right hand as used in eat ing, etc., and was naturally called the "right" or correct hand. The other hand which was "left" out of of the use when the "right hand was being employed, and these terms be came customary. History is silent as to the troubles of left-handed youngsters. in ' (PREMIUM c SODA CRACKERS How can a girl who is inclined to be envious of the good things of others best be helped? ' This girl can perhaps best be helped by being taught to value the good things that she herself has. Asother way to break her of her un fortunate inclination is to call to her attention those good things that be long to everyone, such as the sun shine, fresh air, the beauties of earth and sky, and also the fine things in art and literature. A girl of 12 is very susceptible to such rug cestions, f 1 A glass of milk and PREMIUM SODA CRACKERS make an appetizing, sus taining pick-me-up between meals on a hot summer day or any other day. These mildly-salt crackers have a goodness all their own. Sold from glass front from the large size QU by i in the new Family Qubox; . In-er-seal Trade Mark packages. Keep a sup ply in the pantry. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY cans and '(Kl mil if, sri. - the round: m,WrA I Lv Iff Coolest Theater in . Town THIS 1 am M J WEEK THE STORY OF A BOV WHO HAD TO FIGHT FOR ALL HE GOT-. First For his job. Then for his mother. Then Por his ggl, and then for himself.? mm in r. i r i i vnari&s c.van Loans rfreat boxing yarn fromthe Saturday E?eViin Post SDMAP Not as a rube, not as a dude, but Charles as a boy who settles trouble in the roped Not all drama, not all comedy, not all-fig: a stirring blend of all three with punch dramatic and fistic. EXTRA! The latest pictures of Carpentier and Dempsey training fox their big fight also CLYDE COOK "THE SHOWING In His Greatest Comedy GUIDE" I shop and dental office in respective corners of his establishment, be lieves that a man should look the part of his profession or trade, and so hereafter, while do'nfr blacksmith work he will roll up fits sleeves and wears his hands and face soiled, but when doing barber work he will wear his false mustache, waxed at each end, and his hair roached up; and while presiding in his dental de partment he will wear his small mustache and part his hair in the middle! and talk sweet to the ladies. Sim Flinders, who has not worked any for several years, still observes all of the regular holidays. Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adama. Sues Street Car Lines. . Margaret L. Smith sued the Om aha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company for $5,000 for injuries she says she received in a collision at Fortieth and Nicholas streets Oc tober 1, 1920. PHOTOPLAYS. By J. J. MUNDY, Cheer Up. Why are you such a grouch whiU riding to and from your home, in the trolley, the elevated, the subway or the bus? You snarl at every person who bumps against you or crowds you. Ycui snap at the newsooy wno makes the wrong change. You work vourself up into in un enviable state, disagreeable because you have had to stand in the car on the way home. If you should stop to think aoout it. vou would realize that you ire doing yourself more injury than the other fellow when you get all "het up." Suppose someone has aroused I your ire, do you suppose that person cares whether you are angry or not? He feels he is just as good as you are, and he is not going to take any- I . I e IJ f tlJ ining ironi you wnicn couiu dc caucu sassy, and he has a right to ex pect politeness from you even if he does bump you. iou would get much more out of life it you would take the disagree able experiences more as a matter of course and you should be glad things are no worse. (Copyright, 1921, International Feature service, inc.) PHOTOPLAYS. iTHEAl FIND THE MAN That Says: "Omaha girls are not as graceful and pretty as the girls in the Ziegfield Follies," and you HAVE FOUND THE MAN who has NOT SEEN the "So Long Letty" ran .1 now appearing on tne electric lighted runway at the Now and All Week Jrt "So Long i t Letty" h ' I A Tab of Swapped Tf y Huibanda and Wlvea W't Appearing 1:35, 3:38,7:38,9:35 If; S Big Girl Revue i ;t GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! I : On tha Electric , If' j , Lighted Runway - M 2 DAYS MORE . , 10 Mary Miles Mfnter r il in y m "Don't Call Me ; A Little Girl" fj If THURSDAY Jv Wanda Hawley rtaflftaB- A M aAW t n LAST TIMES TONIGHT V: BEBE I H DANIELS I TOMORROW I nomas Meignan w Now Showing. BEBE DANIELS m "Two Weeks With Pay" AMUSEMENTS. EMPRESS RATHBUIIN FOUR. The Only Big CIRCUS to visit Omaha this year. Monday, July 11th ,000.000.00 TTX, STREET PRD DAILY AT JO.SOA.li -A- l-TWL HI iHipaiin;H Reserve seat ticket en sale day of circus at Merritt's Drug Store, 16th and Farnara Sts., at same price a charged on show grounds. Positively the largest circus in the world giving a daily street parade. "Evarvthfm Grind Opera to Jau." WM. MORROW A, TWO SHOWS IN ONE Fro CO.. Prexetlaa a Mmlctl Playlet. GIBBS. MIMIC. VERA CLAYTON. Eeoillbrlit. Pheleelay Attrutlea. "THI PLAYTHING OF BROADWAY." Featarlaf juniaa joRatea. CHAS. Dilebr IE 1 DANCE AT PEONY PARK Moat Beautiful Dance Palace In tha Country G. Rohan I0-Piece Orchestra Dance every Tueaday, Thuraday and Saturday night. Private parties beak other vacant daya. Call Wal. 6102. mai rr BROS.. PROPS. BASE BALL TO BAY OMAHA vs. ST. JOE June 27, 28 Came Called at 3:30 P. M. Bos Seat at Barkalow Bros. EATTYS' Co-Operative Cafeterias W Appreciate Yeur Patronaf. .3