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THE BEE; OMAHA; MONDAY, JULY 18, 1921.
E T A
L E S
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. CHAPTER VIII,
Pleasing Johnnie Green.
Johnnie Green knew that he could
never find the Cricket in the dark.
So he crawled out of bed and lighted
a candle, blinking a few moments in
its flickering flame.
From his hiding place in the crack
of the baseboard, in a corner of
And h wondered whether it ml jht be
a relation of Ereddia firefly.
Johnnie Green's chamber, Chirpy
Cricket saw the gleam of the candle.
And he wondered whether) it might
be a relation of Freddie Firefly. It
seemed to have a trick of moving
about in a jerky fashion,' as if it
didn't know where it was going and
didn't greatly care, so long as it was
on the move."
Chirpy Cricket kept still as a
mouse then. He soon saw that the
bearer of the bright light was quite
nnlike Freddie Firefly, in one way.
- He made a tremor ous racket.
knocking over almost everything in .
the room.
In a few minutes a voice called up
the stairway again. "Is the Cricket
chasing you?" it asked. It was Farm
er Green, speaking to Johnnie.
"Don't tease me!" Johnnie Green
cried. "Come up and help me find
him!" '
So Farmer Green climbed the
stairs and looked into Johnnie's room
and laughed.
"Maybe I ought to have brought
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
f r
By H. I. KING.
A Visitor'! First Call.
In some parts of the country it is
a superstitiqn that if you do not of
fer a visitor when he first calls upon
you some refreshment, even if it is
only a drink of water, you will soon
be enemies; whereas, if you do you
. and your visitor will, thereafter, be
friends.
" T" an inheritance from our
ancestors of the long-vanished ages
with whom as with the nomadic
Arabs of today-it was the custom
. to give refreshment to the wander
ing stranger who carnc in peace to
the tent if the tent-dweller was. dis
posed to be friendly. And the
breaking of bread together was the
sign of a bond of friendship. ' But if
the refreshment was; ' refused, the
traveler naturally became the enemy
, of the churlish tent-dweller, and the
tent-dweller was his. And so, down
through the centuries there grew up
in different phases of civilization the
custom of eating bread and salt to
gether as a bond of amity. I have
eaten your bread and your salt:
have drunk of your water and
wine," sings Kipling. Afternoon
tea-tables are not, as a rule, haunted
' by this superstition but you will
find it in existence in many rural
districts.
Copyrle-ht, l2l.' by the McClure
. Newspaper Syndicate.
WHY-
Doesn't a Train Run Off the Track
at a Curve?
When we remember the first law
of motion which states that a mov
ing object tends to go on moving
in the same direction definitely and
when we remember the comparative
ease with which a bicycle or even an
automobile will, turn over while
rounding a corner under high speed,
. v it appears remarkable that trains can
take. sharp curves at 50 or 60 miles
an hour without leaving the rails. As
a matter of fact, the tendency is for
" them to jump the track and they
would do so if it were not for the
way in which the wheels are con
: structcd and, .even more important,
the manner in which the tracks .are
"banked" at the curves.
Railway engineers, in constructing
railroads, take into consideration the
i ate of speed at which trains will
travel in rounding a curve and lay
their rails accordingly, raising , the
outer rail a certain definite amount
for every 10 miles per hour of speed.
," The principle is the same as in the
construction of a speed-track for mo
torcycles or automobiles. Here the
track is "banked" sharply -at the
curves and the machines, rounding
these at a high rate of speed, are
prevented from turning over by rea
son of this difference in elevation.
A railroad curve, however; which is
designed to be taken at 40 miles an
hour, will not be safe at 60 miles
- and wrecks sometimes occur because
engineers fail to pay attention to
the rate of speed on certain sharp
turns, thus throwing the engine off
the raills or snapping off the last
v coach of the train.
'Copyrlfht, 11L. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Where It Started
"Abo and "Below.?
The expression "see above" or
"see below," which often occurs in
manuscripts and printed matter had
its origin in the days when writing
was done on long scrolls. A matter
previously referred to would thus
be "above," while something to be
referred to in the future would be
"below." ' As aow used it has no
reference, to actual position except
before and after.
(Copyright, nil. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
HE TALE OF
CHIRPY
RICKET
THUR SCOTT BAILEY
the old shotgun," he said. "I'd hate
to have a Cricket jump at me."
Johnnie managed to grin at that.
He was so wide awake that he no
longer felt like grumbling.
"The trouble with this Cricket is
that he won't jump," he told his
father. "I can't tell where he is,
because he keeps still whenever I
move. But when the light'a cut and
everything's quiet he makes a ter
rible noise."
I hats a trick Crickets nave,
Farmer Green observed. "And I
must say that if I -were a Cricket I'd
act the same way.
Of course Chirpy Cricket heard
everything that was said. And he
couldn't help thinking that Farmer
Green , was a very sensible person.
"I dare say he'd be a famous fiddler
: l k-t a . r:i.. ' u;-.
told himself. And for a moment or
two he was tempted to play a tune
for Farmer Green. But he thought
better of the notion at once. He
remembered that Farmer Green had
climbed the stairs to hunt for him.
And Chirpy squeezed himself further
into the crack where he was hiding
until he was so huddled up that he
couldn't have fiddled if he had
wanted o. '
Though they looked carefully,
neither Johnnie nor his father could
find him. And at last they had to
admit that it was useless to search
any longer.
What shall I do? Johnnie
wailed. "As soon as I put out the
light and get into bed he'll begin
chirping again." - ;
"In such cases, farmer Ureen an
swered wisely, "there's only one thing
to do."
"What's that?" Johnnie inquired
hopefully.-
"All you can do, saia farmer
Green, "is to come downstairs and
have something to eat."
Now, that may seem a strange
remedy. But somehow it just' suited
Johnnie Green. He pattered bare
footed down the stairs. And later,
when he went to bed ; again, and
Chirpy Cricket began to chirp once
more, all Johnnie Green t said was
this: -: '
"Sing away little Tommy Tucker!
You may not know it, but you sang
for my supper 1"
v And the next moment, Johnnie
Green was sound asleep. '
Do You Know the Bible?
(Cover up the anewere, read the que,
tlona and tea If you can anawer them.
Thn look at the anawer to eee If you
are right.)
Arranged by J. WILLSON ROY.
1. What was Joseph's wife's name?
2. What , was the birthplace of
Jeremiah?
3. What was the name of Aaron's
wife?
4. Who was Balak? '
5. What was the name of Jona
than's lame son?
6. What was the cause of his
lameness?
Answers.
1. Genesis xli. 45.
2. Anathoth. See Jeremiah 1. 1.
3. Elisheba. s , '
4. King of the Moabites. See
Numbers xxii. 2.
5. Pephibosheth.
6. 2 Samuel iv. 4.
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Omaha and Its
Conventions
By JACK LEE.
Just now a great deal of praise is being showered
upon Des Moines for the splendid way in which it put
over the national conclave of Shrinera. The whole
country is ringing with compliments to Des Moines and
there will always be a place in the heart of Shrinedom
for Des Moines because of the welcome and entertain
ment given its members during the big convention.
Omaha undoubtedly could have done as well. But
those who ask why we don't have more conventions and
why don't we go after the reputation Des Moines has
won as a convention city, forget that there is bitter with
the sweet of immense convention crowds. Omahans are
alive to the promotion of their city, and by staging well
planned conventions, has received much good publicity.
Des Moines, for years, has made a special effort,
to draw conventions there. Its' Convention bureau
would be difficult to surpass. The Chamber of
Commerce and all business organizations look upon the
convention as the real thing in the matter of bettering
business publicity. The financial system for bringing
about conventions id highly organized and financial sup
port for any big convention is usually forthcoming.
Right here it is well to instruct the Omahans who
sigh for more conventions. Conventions do not come of
their own accord and they can not be obtained for
nothing. Like anything else a city wants, they require
money. Ofttimes the price comes high.
Here's the real dope on the Shriners' convention
in Des Moines. The figures have been supplied by
Ralph Faxon, former secretary of the Des Moines Cham
ber of Commerce and now secretary of the Mississippi
Valley association.
It cost Des Moines "$160,000 to entertain 50,000
Shriners and their wrves four days. The money was
obtained from the nobility, the Des Moines Chamber of
Commerce, Za-Ga-Zig Temple, of Des Moines, business
organizations and by private donations. When the
smoke had cleared away, for anyone who was there Will
admit the sands were warm in Des Moines, the enter
tainers found themselves about $10,000 in the red.
Mr. Faxon declared that in spite of the 50,000 visi
tors in Des Moines, there was no perceptible increase
in bank clearings or street railway receipts for the week.
These usual barometers of prosperity may have been
off at that time, for thousands ' of automobiles were
placed at the disposal of the visitors and the bulk of
the money, spent at hotels and restaurants, was cash,
not entering the Des Moines clearing house. There is
no doubt that Des Moines received valuable publicity
through its Shriner convention. Whether the publicity
was worth $160,000 is a question.
Naturally there are two sides to the convention
question. If Omaha is to have larger conventions,
Omaha business men must make the demand and the
Chamber of Commerce will of necessity accede to the
demand. Des Moines and Kansas City raise large funds
for conventions. Omaha could do the same.
It is admitted that Des Moines gets more big con
ventions than Omaha, yet that does not signify that
Omaha has been asleep. While Des Moines has con
centrated its efforts on conventions and has been suc
cessful, Omaha has concentrated its powers on enlarging-1
its trade territory, being content with a steady stream
of small conventions throughout the year. Statistics
will show that Omaha has also been successful and is
not in debt.
Some years ago Omaha business men adopted the plan of
bringing: smaller conventions in. The plan is endorsed by Charles
F. Hatfield, president of the National Association of Convention
Bureaus and secretary of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce,
who has 15 years as a convention specialist to his credit. At the
recent national convention of the Associated Advertising clubs in
Atlanta, Mr. Hatfield was asked point blank what he thought of
big conventions. . -
He replied, "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that
the smaller type of convention js by far the best and I would add
that the city which undertakes these great conventions should be
condoled." .
The policy of bringing in a steady stream of small conven
tions is still being followed here. The bureau of publicity of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce spends $15,000 a year on conven
tions. This provides visitors with
tions and other services. Special funds of not more than $2,000
to $3,000 a year are raised by subscription to entertain such visi
tors as the University of Nebraska students, members of agricul
tural clubs, state editors and school teachers. Omaha has about
120 conventions annually, with a total attendance of 35,000. The
visitors are entertained conveniently, the city is not crowded and
everybody is comfortable. Not so bad after all. The visitors
go away with a warm feeling for Omaha. "
. Those attending big conventions are apt to think of the large
crowds and the publicity the city receives. They think less of the
expense until it is brought to their attention. When a city in
vests in conventions it must n3cessarily be sure of its investment.
If there is one thing business men and private citizens hate to do,
it is making up deficits. Big conventions often cause deficits.
The matter of conventions is not up to the Chamber of Com
merce. This body would not think of entertaining the National
Association of Rotary clubs unless the local club desired such a
convention. Names of every man belonging to an association are
on file in the Chamber of Commerce. Many times they are asked
by letter if they would consider a convention of that association
for Omaha. Many conventions are turned down because members
of the particular association do not want them.
There are other things entering in the protest against large
.conventions for Omaha. There is no large meeting place. The
auditorium is too small for a large gathering. There are only
3,277 available rooms in this city of 200,000. Eating houses
would be taxed far beyond their facilities.
If Omaha really wants big conventions, they ean be obtained.
Here's how it can be done.' Omaha business men must subscribe
more, far more money for this purpose than they have ever done
before. Private citizens must be ready to open their homes to
visitors. Automobile owners must be willing to donate the serv
ices of themselves and cars in helping ease transportation .facilities.
Men and women must abandon eating downtown and eat at home,
to give the visitors a chance in the eating houses. There are
other necessary privations too numerous to mention. '
But if conventions are wanted, there is that thing in the spirit
of "Onward Omaha" which will not stop at obstacles, and the
conventions can come.
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