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CHAPTER XVII.
A Slight Mistake.
Scarcely had Dickie Deer Mouse
plunged into the woods when he met
Fatty Coon coming in the apposite
direction.
''Hullo!" Fatty said, looking up at
Dickie, who had scrambled into a
tree as soon as he caught sight of
Fatty s plump form. What have
you been doing in Farmer Green's
pasture? I thought you always
stayed in the woods unless you hap
Dened to ko to the cornfield."
"I've been looking for a winter
home, Dickie explained. And 1 ve
just found the finest one you ever
saw."
"Where is it?" Fatty asked him.
, I might want to pay you a call
some night when I had nothing else
to do.
Dickie Deer Mouse was in such a
cheerful mood that almost anything
Fatty Coon might have said would
have pleased him.
v."My new house is just behind the
fence," Dickie explained. "But I'm
afraid you can't very well visit me
there," he added with a smile.
"Why not?" Fatty Coon inquired.
I m as good a climber as anybody,
I can climb the tallest tree you ever
sa.v, without feeling dizzy. But of
course I'm a bit heavier than you
are. And if you've gone and picked
out. ft tiest that s a long way above
the- ground, .mong the smallest
"Where .is it?"Fattg asked him.
branches, it might not be safe for
jne to go all the way up to it."
Dickie Deer Mouse had to smile
once more.
" "My. new home isn't as high as I
am right now," he told Fatty Coon.
Fatty grunted. '
"'Their I'll certainly some to see
you,", he said, "when time hangs
heavily on my hands." - "
. "My hew house isn't as high- as
you are right now," Dickie remarked.
And , at that Fatty Coon looked
puzzled! His mouth fell open; and
for few moments he stared at his
small 4nend without saying a word.
kit '"You must be mistaken." he re
1 J-fffiTatiast. "I'm standing on the
ground. Ana 1 never saw a last
year's bird's nest that was lower
than ;that." '
"I shall have to explain,"- said
Dickie, "that my new home is much
finer, 'than my old one. Nov, you
may not believe it, but it has a front
hall thaVs a hundred times as long
as your tail."
Fatty. Coon looked around at his
ringed tail, with its black tip; and
then he looked up at Dickie Deer
Mouse again.
"You must be mistaken!" he cried.
"I'll have t take my tail to our
.$ house and measure your tront nan
li If u.f TMf K. tint"
I11V5C11 All mat.
"You can't measure my hall!"
Dickie Deer Mouse exclaimed.
"Who's going to stop mt?" Fatty
" Coon growled. He was used to hav
,.'ing his own way. -And it always
made him angry when anybody tried
' to upset, his plans. "I'm going to
your house in the pasture now; and
I'll soon show you that you're mis
taken about your f,ront hall. . '. .
You come with me and lead the way,
young fellow!"
But Dickie Deer Mouse said he
was' so," hungry that he couldn't go
back just then.
' "Tm UraAfA fnr the biff beech tree
I !ta seeif 1 can fin a few nuts" he
wgnnounceu.
i.".- v, mpntmn nf food FattV
Coon's face took on a different look.
J .Tni'hungry myself," hesaid, as if
he hd.just .' remembered something.
"I wasf-on my way to Farmer Green's
corn house when I met you. And I
really ought to get there before the
moon comes up. So if you'll tell me
where your house is I'll stop' there
when I come back." . '
., "My new home" Dickie ' Deer
Mouse informed him with an air" of
great pride "my new home is in
the burrow where Mr. and ' Mrs.
Woodchuck used to live. The front
door is under the tree that stands on
the knoll just beyond the fence. But
you can neve get inside it, because
you're altogether too fat."
' The stout person on the ground
lenew that he spoke the truth. And
without saying another word he
turned about and disappeared in the
direction of the farm buildings.
4 "Don't forget to take your' tail
with you!" Dickie Deer Mouse called
to? him, just before he was out of
sight. 1 ."You might want to measure
the corn house."
vBuf Fatty Coon did not trouble
"himself to answer.
: (Copyright, Grot & Bunlap.)
THE GUMPS
JUST ANDY'S LUCK
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith,
Copyright. 1921, Chicago Tribunt Company
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Ure Among Aspirants for
Job of Omaha Postmaster
Among candidates for the office of;
postmaster to succeed Herbert S.
Daniel, democrat, looming on the
political horizon with the announce
ment that July 12 is the day set for
civil service examinations for aspir.
nuts,' arc W. 0. Urc. Benjamin F,
Thomas, Charles Saunders, Charlei
E. Black and the present incumbent
rilOTOPLAVM.
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More Truth Than Poetry
-By JAMES J. MONTAGUE-
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Parents' Problems
:V Should parents read letters receiv
ed and written by their children?
-Children, if confidence in their par-
'ents is, unimpaired, are apt to wish
their parents to read the letters, they
; write. - jor receive. Some children,
however, are very reserved; should
they not . offer to show their cor-
" respondence to' their , parents, it
- would seem better not to ask to see
it letters, after nil, are personal and
private, matters, even tlje letters of
children! Of course, should the
parents have reason to think that the
letters either written or received are
in any way undesirable, they should
ask to See-them and if necessary stop
the correspondence, explaining, care
fully why. This naturally should be
done with great delicacy and "uiet
kindness.
NO USE
The worthy legislators
Who rule the sunny state
Of palms and alligators
Have, after much debate,
Where words in wild profusion,
Re-echoed to the sky
Arrived at the conclusion
. That lawyers come too high.
They do not mean to ban 'em,
, But they would fix, by law,
Three thousand every annum,
As all they ought to draw.
The lawyer who exceeds if
Although he would not fail
To set up that he needs it.
Will have to go to jail.
We hope the legislature
- Will take its action soon;
. A measure of this nature
Would prove a public boon.
Vast throngs would make the journey
From all the other states,
To pick up an attorney
At reasonable rates.
Yet any legislation
That hampers or restrains 1
Or sets a limitation
On any legal brains.
, Will not for long be needed
For every advocate
Whose income is impeded
Will shortly emigrate!
BETTER THAN CITATIONS.
Many a hero has a framed copy of the slacker list hung on his wall to
prove his war service. '
TOO BAD.
All these foreign, affairs must be cutting heavily into Mr. Harding's
golf. ' :
IT COULD DO KO HARM.
Mr. Daugherty says he is after only the big profiteers. But while he is
aiting to get them he might land a few little ones, just for practice.
Copyright, 1921. The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingham
Gab' Hancock don't believe -any
more that music is soothing to the
savage, as he sang to his baby the
other night for two "hours ahd it
got madder and madder,
Frisby Hancock is thinking about
installing a corn-sheller in his home
to furnish nsise while 'his children
go barefooted.
. . . .
Washington Hocks says he hopes
it will never be considered out of
date, when a friend is leaving the
earth, to accompany him as far as
the graveyard.
Copyright, George Matthew Adams.
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
By H. I. KING.
A Child Falling Out of Bed.
That if a child does not fall out
of bed before it is six months old
it will never be a bright and suc
cessful person for, as some but it
"will be a fool" is a common and
wide-spread superseition. Apparent
ly the superstition is a survival from
the curious custom of simulated
rebirth practiced by the ancients
and found today among some savage
tribes. Also it lingers today in some
remote parts of Europe. Among the
Greeks the ceremony was practiced
as a means of adoption and any
Greek who was supposed to be dead
and who turned up alive had to un
dergo it before he could again be
reckoned as among living men. As
a ceremony of adoption it prevailed
among the barbarians as well as
among the Greeks and such is the
use made of it today. In certain
European regions.
But there are indications that the
ceremony was also in the nature of
an initiatory rite and as such ie
survives today among certain Afri
can tribes where until a young
child has undergone this simulated
rebirth he or she is not consider
ed as being really capable of taking
part as a member of the tribe, or of
being initiated into certain tribal
mysteries. A study of the ritual of
these various ceremonies of simulat
or rebirth shows parts which may be
considered analogus to a child fall
ing out of bed. With regard to the
supposed dead Greek and with re
gard to adoption the reason for the
simulated rebirth is easy to see. But
just why the African child should be
incapable of full development a a
member of the tribe until he has un
dergone the rebirth ccremonT, or
the New England 'child should not
be expected to amount to much un
less he falls out of bed early in the
game assuming that we are right in
regarding the lactcr superstition as
a rebirth survival it is more difficult
to say. Possibly the rebirth cere
mony or accident is supposed
through sympathetic magic, to add
by a second birth to the physical and
mental powers given the child at its
first birth,
(Copyright, 1921. by the McClure N'ewg
paper Syndicate.)
Do You Know the Bible?
(Cover up the answer!, read the ques
tions and see if you can answer them.
Then look at the answers to see If you
are right.)
Follow These Questions and An
swers As Arranged by
J. WILSON ROY.
1. When did 42,000 men lose their
lives because they could not pro
nounce a word?
2. Give two instances when rain
was sent in answer to prayer.
3. Give two instances where rain
was prevented in answer to prayer.
4. Who was it that said, "Can
there any good thing come out of
Nazareth?"
5. Where is it recorded that
golden mice were used as an offer
ing to the Lord?
6. What three Marys were at the
cross?
Answers.
. 1. See Judges xii. 6.
2. .1 Samuel xii. 16: James v. 17.
3. ' 1 Kings xvii. 1; James v. 18.
4. Nathanael. See John 1. 48.
5. 1 Samuel vi. 4. 18.
6. Virgin Mary. Mary Magdalene
and Mary, the wife of Cleophas.
(Copyright. 1921. Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
Miss Marguerite Sherar of Tope-
college, 16 years in all, without
an absent or tardy mark in her
rccpra,
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
By MILDRER MARSHALL.
Today's talismanic gem is the ruby
which the ancients believed could
dispel sorrow and endowed the
wearer with mental and bodily
strength.
The diamond is today's natal
stone. An ancient legend credits it
with the power to litt its wearer
from poverty to wealth, and from
obscurity to fame. It is dedicated
to thijsc who have social ambitions.
Ligt blue, today's color, was dedi
cated by the ancient ' Greeks to
Venus; the goddess of love, and so
brings god fortune to . lovers.
The gardenia, . which is today's
flower, brings fortune to brunettes,
but should not be worn by blonds.
(Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
,ommon oense
By J. J. MUNDY.
Understand Your Partner.
Too many ironclad rules between
husband and wife are bound to cause
unhappiness and perhaps marital dis
aster. There should be elasticity between
them.
They are adults and cannot be
dictated to as if they were children.
Neither should expect his or her
way all the time.
Both have a right to their ideas
and should carry equal power with
the privilege.
Most husbands and wives grow to
be interested or school themselves
to be interested in the same things
to a great extent, but they cannot
be expected to agree in all things
nor to enjoy all things to the degree
of the other.
There are some couples who un
dergo great change in their principles
as they grow older; their ideas
change radically.
.This is unfortunate, and every ef
fort should be made to ' keep the
change of opinion from becoming
too apparent or so marked as to
cause unhappiness.
Some allowance must be made for
growth and development in later
life, but couples should try to keep
together in spirit of progress, men
tality and follow the same course
as far as possible.
Mental consideration and under
standing are necessary all the way
through life, but essentially so in
later life.
(Copyright, 1921, International Feature
Service, Inc.)
WHY
Do We Speak of "Tipping" a Waiter?
While words which have been
formed by the abbreviation of other
words are far from uncommon, those
which are nothing more than the in
itials of the words of a phrase are
unusual enough to place them in a
class by. themselves. Of these, "fad"
reputed to be nothing more than the
first letters of -"for a day" and
"tip" are excellent examples. To
trace the history of the latter we have
to, go back to the days when chop
houses flourished in England, the
days of Ben Jonson and his asso
ciates. The practise of tipping wait
ers, as we refer to today, was then
unknown, but boxes began to be
placed in the chop-houses and other
restaurants with signs on them which
read ''to insure promptness." The
guests were expected to drop some
donation into these boxes and the
proceeds were divided among the
waiters at the end of the week. In
time, the legened on the cards was
shortened to "T. I. P." and the word
"tip" thus found its way into the
language.
Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate Inc.
PHOTOPI.AY9.
NOW SHOWING
MAY McAVOY
"in
"A Private Scandal"
Where It Started
the conventional sign. The name of
the inventor of the symbol is lost
to history.
Copyright, 1921. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.
Styles iii American-made automo.
biles change as persistently as mi
lady's gown.
The Percent Mark ()
The figures "00" mean one hun
dred, or centum, in the Latin; when
the accountant wished to designate
the term "percent," or hundrcth, he
simply applied the meaning of "per"
in its literal sense, which is
"through" and drew a line through
the hundred, thus: ; establishing
PHOTOPLAYS.
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WHERE ICED BREEZES BLOW
AMUSEMENTS.
TWO
SHOWS
IN ONE
EMPRESS
80UTHERLAND SAXOPHONE 8EXTETTE,
Navtlty Muilcal Olferlni; KETCH a WILMA.
Pruantlna "Vocal Variety:" GOLD V
STEVENS, Harmony and Comoay; MACK 4
SALLE In "Tht Gown Moddl." Photoplay
Attraction "THE CHAMBER MYSTERY,"
leaturlng a all-itar ct.
The greateat ring-fight you've ever
aeen on the acreen. A comedy-drama
with a aplendid thrill.
COMEDY EXTRA!!
Clyde Cook . Carpentier-
in Dempsey Train-
"The Guide" ing Activities
The Only Big
CIRCUS
to visit Omaha this year.
Monday, July 11th
inv3n i vjfal I Vn TAI
TEKTED E-WTEJM7UKHNt
, DE. iXyjot
lOOO.OOO.OO rWDE. STREET
'XXADE. DAILY, AT IO.30A .ri
doorJs orwi-Tm
Reserve seat ticket on sale day
of circus at Merritt's Drug Store,
16th and Farnam Sti., at same
price a charged on show
ground. Positively the Iargett
circuc in the world giving a daily
street parade.
PJEOIIY PARK
Dancing Tuea., Thurs. Sat.
Special Dance July 4th.
Bus service from 49th and Dodge
after 8 p. m.
EATTYS'
Co-Operative
Cafeterias
We Appreciate Your
Patronage.
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i Letty" I Revue" K
1 SUNDAY I
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iZ DAYS MORE Jf
WANDA HAWLEY f
in "The Outside Woman" V
jU SUNDAY V
J "Boys Lyric
M Will Quartette i
Be . Kings of J
3 Boys" Harmony
. . yceea. as a cave" : '.
tj TODAY TOMORROW V;
id Douglas McLean p,
X In "CHICKENS" jf
! SATURDAY, 1 to 5 p. m. P:
vi Free to Girl Crying- K
ft Talking Dolls. . I
W Free to Boys Base Balls Mf ys
. el and Chicken Badges. 9j
The Sale of 1,200 Men's Suits Continues
Until Closing Time Saturday
HART SCHAFFKER & MARX SUITS C AA
Worth up to 75.00 PeWJlV
BASEMENT GROCERY SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY
Extra Quality Lemons
45c Dozen
Crate of 270 at $9.50
50c
Peaches
Extra QiSiity
Cass
Quart Jars Queen
Olives for
Corn Syrup
A carload shipment of extra
quality Corn Syrup.
H Gal.
29c
Gallon
45c
Pure Cane Sugar
16 lbs. for $1.00
100 lb. Bags, $6.43
23 c
Plum3
. Largs Size
Case
$2.50
No. 2 Canned Straw
berries, per can
a
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$7.50 to $10.00 Dresses
at $3.98
Bought at 50c on the Dollar
Sensational Sals of Fancy Voile
Dresses in the Annex Friday.
Over 500 new Summer Dresses In
15 different styles In light and dark
patterns, all the latest up-to-the-minute
styles and trimmings; or
. gandy trimmed in bands, pleatings,
round and square collars, sash and
belt models; all the dresses worth
-..;.$3.98!
Children's $1.98
Dresses at $1.39
Beautiful Amoskea Gineham
Dresses in new sash styles, pretty
colorings, large plaids; ages 6 to
14 years; regular $1.98 values.
Friday $1.39
$3.00 Plaid Gingham
Dresses $1.98
Pretty Plaid Gingham Dresses, suit
able for street and picnic wear;
uuaguo jl iciij 11 J lira, all UU1U1 S
and sizes; regular $3.00 values.
Friday $1.98
i
mm
D
$1.50 and $1.69 Bunga
low Aprons 89c
Fancy Tlaid Gingham and best
quality Tercales in sash styles,
square and V necks; side and front
openings; all sines and colors; reg
ular $1.50 to $1.69 values. Fri.
day 894
Beach Satin White
Petticoats $1.00
An elegant quality satin finished
cloth, sectional ruffles, elastic lop,
double panel fronts; regular $1.75
quality. Friday $1.00
$7.50 Fancy Georgette
Blouse $3.39
A wonderful purchase of fancy
Georgette . Blouses in all the latest
colors in tie back and overblouse
styles, all the newest trimmings In
fringe, braid and Venise laces;
values to $7.50. Friday $3.39
White Gaberdine
Wash Skirts $1.00 .
400 New Gaberdine Wash Skirts,
snowy white, heavy thread cloth
fancy pockets, button trimmed;
kl regular $1.69 values. Friday Sl.OO
dXo
ft Right in this city is a beautiful lake,
with a large, safe, sandy beach,
reached by a delightful ride in swift
launches. Hundreds of the finest
people in the world bathe here often.
Do you?
ft Bathing is not the only attraction.
. There is no better dance hall or
dance orchestra in the city. Free
movies every evening, giant roller
coaster, immense shady picnic
grounds.
ft You are cordially invited to come
at once tp
(ADMISSION FREE)
North Omaha Activities Association
STREET FAIR i! CARNIVAL
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24th and Ames All Next Week
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