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u THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1921. KM SLEEPY TIME TALES -THE TALE OF CHIRPY RICKET , BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY CHAPTER I. The Fiddler. If Chirpy Cricket had begun to make music earlier in the summer perhaps he wouldn't have given so much time to fiddling in Farmer Green's farmyard. Everybody ad mitted that Chirpy was the most mu lical insect in the wjole neighbor hood. And it seemed as if he tried his hardest to crowd as much mu jic as possible into a few weeks, T I I THE GUMPS- out OF THE DEEP Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith. Copyright. 1921, Chicago Trltmnt Company f aX i T sss- fvNE OOYSOtfS fTO?; H6PPN6 AROWtEfciV I- ANOTHER WEIlT But such speeches nig made him 4 fiddle th faster.t though he had been silent enough during all the spring. ; - He had dug himself a hole in the ground, under some straw that was scattered near the barn; and every night, irom midsummer on, he came out and made merry. But in the daytime he was usually quiet as a mouse, -sitting inside his ' hole and doing nothing at all except to wait patiently until it should be dark again, so that he might crawl forth from his hiding place and take up his music where he had left it unfinished the night before. Somehow he always knew exactly 1 where to begin. Although he carried no sheets of music with him. he never had to stop and wonder what note to begin on, for the reason that he always fiddled on the same one. ; When rude people asked Chirpy Cricket as they aid now and then -why he didn't change his tune, he . always replied that a person couldn't change anything without takine time. And since he expected to make only a short stay in Pleasant Valley he didn't want to fritter away any prec ious moments. Chirpy Cricket's neighbors soon noticed that he carried his fiddle with mm everywhere he went. And the. curious ones asked him a ques tion. "Why" they inquired "why are you forever taking your fiddle with vnti?" 5 And Chirpy Cricket , reminded them that the summer would be gone almost before anybody knew it. He said that when he wanted to play a tnne he didn't intend to waste 'vaBj valuable time hunting for his fiddle. Now, all that was true enough. But it was lust as true 'that he couldn't have left his fiddle at home anyhow. Chirpy made his music . with his two wings. He rubbed a file-like ridge of one on a rough part of the other. So. his fiddle if you could call it by that name just nat urally had to go wherever he did. Cr-r-r-il r-r-il cr-r-r-il When that shrill sound, all on one note, rang , out in the night everybody that heard it knew that Chirpy Cricket was sawing out his odd music. And the warmer the night the faster he played. He liked warm weather. Somehow it seemed to make him feel especially lively. People who wanted to be dis agreeable were always remarking in Chirpy Cricket's hearing that they hoped there would be an early frost. They, thought of course he would know they were tired of his music and wished he would keep still. - But such speeches only made him fiddle the faster. "An early frost 1" he -would exclaim. "I must hurry if I'm to finish my summer's fid- dling." 5. Now, Chirpy had dozens and doz ens of relations living in holes of their own, in the farmyard or the .fields. And the gentlemen were all musical. Like him, they were fid dlers. Somehow fiddling ran in their family. So on warm nights, during the last half of the summer, there was. sure to be a Crickets' concert. Sometimes it seemed to Johnnie Green, who lived in the farmhouse, as if Chirpy Cricket and his relations were trying to drown the songs of the' musical Frog family, over in the swamp. . Copyright, Qtoseet Dunlap. More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE SBM REAL TROUBLE THIS TIME In wanton Cleopatra's day, When wild Egyptian blades v Trod measures somewhat over gay With slim and sinuous maids, Reformers viewed with cold disdain The glides, and trots and clogs, And cried, "The world, it's very plain Is going to the dogs." But when the Romans came, they found The world was calmly going 'round. When Nero played a frantic jazz While Rome was burning down, Men cried, "This sinful city has Been one loose-moraled town. If people aren't more circumspect These dancing drinking folk Are going to the deuce direct And that's no funny joke!" But when the Goths and Vandals came The world was going round the same. Today we view with some alarm The morals of our time And fear they'll lead our youth to harm And turn their thoughts to crime. "Loose living has become a fad," We say, "and there's no doubt The world is going to the bad , If folks don't cut it out." And if you roam 'round much at night You'll likely think that we are right I Do You Know the Bible? '- (Cover up the answers, read the ques tions and eee It you can answer them. Then look at. the answers to aee If yon re right.) t ' Follow .These Questions and An swers As Arranged by ; J. WILSON ROY. " 1. What was Hezekiah's prayer on .receiving Sennacherib's letter? 2. Who slew Josiah, King of Judah? - . -V - 3. Who succeeded Josiah? - 4. What king kept a vow and thereby caused the death of an in nocent man? v 5. Name the ' high priest who found the book of the law in the House of the Lord. 6. Who prophesied the return irom captivity at Babylon? - Answers. ' . t Sre 2 Kings, xix. 14-19. 2. Pharoah-Nichoh, king of Egypt. . 3. His son, Jehoahac - 4. See Matthew xiv, 6-10. 5. Hilkiah. See 2 Kings xxii, 8. 6. See Jeremiah xxix. 10. Copyright, if 11. Whaoier Syndicate . lac Where It Started ' Printed Notes in Music - In early times the notes of music were always made by hand, a tedious process. The manner of printing the notes is ascribed to the printer Ger aon of Esslingen in Wirtemberg, whose book, "Collectorfum super Magnificat," printed in 1473, contains the first known printed notes. Copyright, 1111 Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) STILL DREAMING Philadelphia is talking about the days when drinks cost a penny, which goes to prove the usual charge that is brought against it. i . APPARENTLY IMPRACTICABLE There is plenty of room in the jails, yet no one seeks to solve the housing problem by filling them with profiteers. HUSTLING IT ALONG The system of collecting the income tax in installments is the best method we know of making time pass quickly. HOLDING A HUSBAND n AdeU Garrison's Now Phaso of U "Revelations of a Wife" Q The Demand Lillian Made of Dr. Pettit. Exhausted by the strain to which her whole nervous system had been subjected, Lillian slept most of the afternoon,, slept fitfully, it is true, rousing often to fix her eyes upon Marion's still unconscious face on the cot next.hers, but, I think, rest fully, for as the hours wore on her voice became stronger, and the ter rifying gray look left her face. That there was yet danger some where I knew from the attitude of Miss Jones, the tall, efficient nurse whom Dr. Pettit had left in charge. Not once during the entire afternoon did she leave the room. She sat with her eyes fixed upon Marion, although I saw her gaze straying to Lillian now and then, and I knew that nothing in either patient's condition would escape her. She evidently had me in charge, also, for she in sisted upon my eating a light- but nourishing luncheon and later in the afternoon ordered a pot of hot tea for me. My mind was freed from all anxi ety about Junior. s Dr. Pettit who had accompanied him home, and had returned to the hospital immediately in his own car, which he had left at the Ticer farm reported him in perfectly satisfactory condition. "He is leading his fond relatives a dance, but they all evidently enjoy waiting on him, so you need not worry in the least about him," he said to me in a low tone on his first visit to the room after his return. But I saw that even as he spoke he kept his eyes upon Marion, and ,1 feared that he was more uneasy about her than his assurance to Lil lian signified. And the fear grew upon me as he drew a chair to the side of the child's bed, and while pre tending to read, patently for Lillian's assurance when she awakened, kept a watchful vigil over the unconscious child. . . "What Is It You Fear?" The sun was low when Lillian, upon waking, failed to doze off again, and looked cheerfully, resolutely, at the physician. "Dr. Pettit." Her voice was low, scarcely a whisper, but it held the old dominant note, and I knew that her marvelous vitality and will-power were functioning again. "Yes, Mrs. Underwood." He rose and went around to the other side of her cot, so that her eyes would rest on him instead of Marion. As he moved. Miss Jones took his place at the child's side, and I realized that there was an unspoken agreement between them, that the little patient should not have a single second un watched. - i "l feel quits myself again, W31 it not be possible for me to get up? Marion will be sure to ask for me, and I want to be able to hold her." The physician studied her face for an instant without answeting, then put his finger upon her pulse. At the end of a seemingly interminable minute he spoke with a cheerfulness which I felt somehow was forced. "You are a marvel, Mrs. Undcr vood, enough to upset anv physi cians theories. Yes, you may get tp provided you will be very quiet and careful." "Thank you. I will be most do cile. May I ask one question?" Did I fancy that into his usually inscrutable eyes flashed a" troubled expression? "Yes. I do not promise to answer it" ' "I know it is an unreasonable ques tion, ' but I cannot help asking it. Have you any idea when when she will awaken?" "I wish I could tell you." His deep voice . was vibrant with sym pathy. "But that is something be yond any human power to ascer tain. It may be hours, or" he hesi tated perceptibly "she may recover consciousness at any minute.'' Was there something telepathic in the uneasiness I was sure he was concealing. At any rate, Lil lian looked at him quickly, spoke sharply. "Dr. Pettitt What is it you fear?" His professional mask was t per fectly adjusted in an instant. The Truth. "I have no reason to fear anything especial," he said formally. "But, of course, I cannot guarantee that there are no internal injuries until after she awakens." I knew that he would not have told many mothers this, but that he realized how keen are Lillian's per ceptions, and that the truth was the best thing in her case. ' She justi fied his judgment by making no out cry. I saw her under lip pulled cruelly between her teeth, but her head went up as bravely as that of any soldier . facing battle. ' . . "Such injuries, are probable or possible?" she asked. "Only possible," he hastened to assure her. "In fact" - "Dr. Pettit" The low-toned voice of Miss Jones brought us all to our feet. The physi cian was first at Marion's side. She was moving her head and hands slightly. Dr. Pettit took Lillian's arm and gently pushed her to a posi tion where Marion's eyes would rest upon her face first. And then the heavily fringed lashes lifted, and the child's eyes looked straight into the hungry ones so like them. ''Mother" she breathed satisfied!. Continued Tomorrow,) Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. I. KING. Winding. In some parts of the country an in quisitive girl, after getting ready for bed, throws a ball of string on the floor and, winding the loose end round and round her wrist, says, "I wind, I wind, my true love to find," asking the color of the unknown's hair and for other details concern ing him. In other sections the girl goes out at night and throws a ball of yarn into an empty house, or into a cellar and, repeating about the same incantation, winds the loose end into a ball. In the first instance the maid en dreams of her future husband; in the second she catches a glimpse of him in the dark house of cellar. Some say that for a surety of success this mode of divination should be prac ticed on Allhallowe'en and the ball of yarn thrown into a barn. In origin this superstition is akin to the magic doctrine of obstructive knots. We have already seen in this series how an obstructive knot can so tie up a man's physical and mental activities as to prevent their func tioning naturally. But it was also believed by those of olden times that knots, when constructed for that pur pose, could bind a man and 'his at fections to one desirous of possessing him and them. This is undoubtedly the origin of the common "love knot," found even on the collar of the "Most Noble Or der of the Garter." The obstruction of a knot of this kind is an obstruc tion to the wandering of the man's fancy Queen Dido and her sandal knots, for instance, as cited by Ser verus. The winding of a cord or a thread was supposed to have much the same effect as ticing it in a knot. Elworthy tells of a "charm" found in a house in Naples which consisted of a lemon stuck full of nails; around the nails a long string was wound many times. Many instances might be cited of the efficacy of winding among the ancients. The maiden of toc!; winding her ball of yarn, winds therein the heart of her des tined husband as did her ancestry of dim and distant eld. Copyright, 1M1, by The McClure News paper Syndicate. ,ommon Sense By J. J. MUNDY. How Dad Feels About It Dad likes to feel that he is more than the money-making machine member , of the family and no sort of reason given nor explanation of what it is wanted for. , Dad likes to have a chance to dis cuss the big expenditures in the fam ily with the one who contemplates making them. To feel that dad is merely a work er in the combination and not a partner to whom the others should wish to go for advice, hurts. Of course, some dads are stingy and tight-fisted they have worked hard for their money and intend to hang on to it. It is true that there are more close-fingered dads .than there are generous and free-handed heads of families. But perhaps they have been im posed upon in a money matters and so they have become hardened in order to orotect themselves. There should not be the spirit of working somebody for money. Co-operation should be the watch word in the Rome. Talk things over and co-operate. Copyright, 1921, International Service. Inc, of removing the wooden block which supported the front part of the foot and retaining the one under the heel. The shoes made in this manner were so erniently successful that the cus tom of Wearing the high heels quick ly spread through the court, being adopted by tall courtiers as well as those of lesser height and, upon be ing imported into England, were naturally known as "French heels" a- name which has now been ap plied to them for several centuries. Copyright, 1121, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. WHY- Do We Speak of "French Heels?" "French Heels," as we are accus tomed to refer to the thin and grace ful portion of the footwear worn by women, really came to us from France, for they were origially an effort on the part of an undersized king-of France to add to his appar ent height by untilizing a device which had been common in China for many centuries and which had been brought into Europe by travel lers from the Far East. This" con sisted in the raising of the sandals by means of wooden blocks so placed that -the foot ot the wearer was two or three inches above the ground, thus keeping it comparatively dry during the rainy season. The French ruler, however, saw in this an apportunity of increasing his stature by the simple expedient Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. According to the stars, this is a day when accidents will be many un less great precaution is taken to avoid them. : And an ancient super stition attributes to the tourmaline the power to divert such disasters. The tourmaline is the birthstone of those whose natal day this is, and if worn on the little finger is credited with power to Dnng its wearer riches and high position in the world. It is also believed to have the power of bringing the gift of social leader ship to women. Today's lucky color is dark blue, which brings its wearer self-cinfi- dence and perfect poise. Success' attained through concen tration and earnest effort is achieved by those who wear the- white rose today, if an ancient legend is to be believed. (Copyright, 1821, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) times seen in high-school girls the girls do not know better. Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham Sidney Hocks put over a right good one on the Horse Doctor day before yesterday. He placed his Big Tom alarm clock under his vest and then made out like he was sick, andhad the Horse Doctor examine Parents' Problems How can girls of high-school age best be taught the importance of re serve in their relationship with their boy schoolmates? The mother of girls of high-school age are the "best teachers of 'this important lesson. They should ex plain to their daughters carefully and clearly not only the importance of reserve in their relationships with their boy schoolmates, but the reason for such reserve. , It is the lack of such home teaching that is respon sible for the lack of modesty some- him. , The H. D. placed his ear against Sid's bosom and then wrote out a prescription for heart trouble, saying Sid's heart beat entirely too loud and too fast Clab Hancock's pond is so full of frogs some of them have to get out on the bank to holler. . . ., Frisby Hancock broke his long si lence at home this morning by clearing his theoat. Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adams. Recovers From Ptomaine. Miss Nora Moriarty, chief stenog rapher in the office of County Attor ney Shotwell, was back at work yes terday after ptomaine poisoning which she suffered while spending the Fourth with friends in Fremont. Fremont. Read What a Dollar Will Buy in the Basement Saturday 16 Bars Omaha Family Soap $1.00 8 7-oz. Glasses of Assorted Jellies $13.50 Leather Lined Traveling Bags, , $8.50 I 5 lbs. Santos I 8 cans Fancy I 24 cans Oil Coffee , Pink Salmon Sardines '. I $1.00 $1.00 I $1.00 I $1.00 I 10 lbs. Choice Idaho Prunes $1.00 $8.50 Leather Traveling Bags, Saturday, $4.65 JULY C LEA RAN C E SAL E Gaining Momentum in Volume as the Word of Such Unusual Price Sacrificing Is Heralded Along Values up to $25.00 at $9.75 300 garments, consisting of jer sey suits, cloth coats, capes and wraps; dresses in lawns, voiles, organdies, Georgettes; slightly mussed from handling, but val ues up to $25.00, Saturday 'for only . . $45.00 Dresses, $19.50 185 high class Georgette crepe, taffeta and summer dresses that were made to sell up to $45.00, July Clearing Sale Price is only : $19.50 Second Floor Picnic and Porch Dresses $4.75 Made up in gingham and tis sues, also a few white dimities; large variety of styles, all sizes; worth up to $8.95, Saturday for only $4.75 Second Floor Second Floor Police Stop Woman From Suicide When Threat Is Overheard "I'm going to drown myself." When C. J. Roberts, grocer. Fifty first and Center streets, heard a woman say this over his telephone yesterday afternoon he called the po lice. , The woman was Mrs. H. Lewis, 2125 South Fifty-second street, and, according to Roberts, she was talk ing to her husband over his tele phone. He told the police the womat threatened to drown herself. Despondency, police believe, led her to make the threat. The police made a hurried run to the creek in the vicinity of South Fifty-first street. They found Mrs. Lewis in the woods nearby. She said she had decided to starve herself to death and was waiting in the woods until death came, the offi cers reported. Police are holding her until her husband can be located. Miss Annie Horniman, manager of the Abbey theater, Dublin, has the distinction of being the only woman theatrical producer in Ireland. AMUSEMENTS. LAST TIMES TODAY EMPRESS FOUR MUSKETEERS. Bubbling With Sen and Humor; ALEVA DUO, Vocal Mmmsu; CHAPELLE 4 HENDRICKS, la Bite el M.lody;" KIPP a KIPPY, Comady JuggUn: Photoplay Attraction. "HEARTS ARC TRUMPS." Featuring as All-Star Cait. PHOTOPLAYS!. Lrtt Times Tonight BUCK JONES in "GET YOUR MAN Tomorrow "WET GOLD" Starting Tomorrow "BUND WIVES" A Drama for Men and Women ... Last Times Tonight Boys Will Be Boys" $4.50 Wash Skirts Reduced to $1.95 500 more white gaberdine wash" skirts, made up in 6 smart styles, all sizes up to 38 bands; worth $4.00 to $5.00; July Sale price $1.95 Second Floor LAST DAY . DOUGLAS MACLEAN --in : "ONE A MINUTE" Comedy "HERO PRO-TEM" Rtalto Symphony Players Overture, "Dolly Dollars" Victor Herbert -W5 Silverware Remember that we specialize on flat and hollow silverware la the well known brands of Oneida, Community, Rogers 1847, Internation al Silver Co. and Wm. Rogers. CLEARANCE SALE PRICES $2.00 Child's Set ...... Sl.UU $2.00 Jelly Server ...... $1.00 $15.00 Knife and Fork Sets $10 $20.00 26-Flece Set ..$12.50 $5.99 $2.00 Teaspoons, per set $1.00 $2.00 Salad Forks ....$1.00 $2.00 Cold Meat Forks . . $1.00 $2.00 Cream Ladle $1.00 $10.00 genuine Richelieu Pearl Necklaces (Z4-incn wiin soiia gom cmap.j . $17.50 Ladies' Small Wrist Watches $9.98 v Including War Tax Seven-Jewel, lever movement, ten-year hinge case, small she, flexi ble gold-filled bracelet. .We replace any watch found Imperfect. On sale Saturday jrreai nooaa. French Ivory Sale $1.00 . Ivory Dressing Combs, Clearance Sale Price ....... 59 12.00 Ivory Hair Brushes, Clear ance Bale Pric 1.2K $3.00 Ivory Hair Brushes, Clear ance Sale Price S1.75 $4.00 Ivory Hair Brushes, Clear ance Sale Price ..........58.25 $5.60 Ivory Hair Brushes, Clear ance Sale Price 3.0 BOo Ivory Combs, Clearance Sale Price Ribbons, Veilings and Gloves SSe French Vetllnva, Clearance Price. lc A big- line ot plain and fancy mesh French veilings. On sale Saturday at. per yard 19c Shopping Bags At Clearance Prices $3.00 size shopping bags at .....C1.98 $2.60 else shopping bags at S1.4S $2.00 aise shopping bags at ..1.2f 2Se Patent Leather Belts, lSe ILK GLOVE! At Clearance Prices Two-lajp heavy silk gloves, pair .fl.OO JS button long elllc gloves, pair .81.69 These gloves sre worth lip to 12-60 per pair. lSe Faahtonette Hair Jlete, e Front Reeaa 11.00 Fancy Rlbbena. ai ewe A clearance gale price of tie per yd., on SM-lnch extra heavy quality cam isole and sash rib bons. Regular price $1.00 to $1.25. 1B.00 French Beadeal Bun, r.50 Beautiful imported hand beaded bags. Regular 115 value. Clearance Price Sat urday ...... ST. 50 4 mmmm WALLACE .RE I-D Agnes Ayres Theodore Roberts 2 Much Speed First Time in Omaha F MUSE- Last Time NEW YORK IDEA" Tomorrow "BLIND WIVES" EATTY'S Co-Operattve Cafeterias We ' Appreciate Yen - Patronage,
