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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY , JUL! 21,
p?-time Tales
I ttll W ARTHUR
-THE TALE OF
CHIRPY
CRICKET
SCOTT BAILEY
UIAITHR XI.
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
A Queer, New Cousin.
Chirpy Cricket was so fond ol
fiddling that sometimes he was the
last of all the big Cricket family to
stop making music and go home to
'
Chirpg Cricket was ftijhtened
bed. Now and then he lingered so
long ab?ve ground that the dawn
caught him before he crept into his
hole in the ground, beneath the
straw. And one morning it was
getting so light before he had played
enough to suit him that he crawled
into a crack in Farmer Green's gar
den. It looked like a comfortable
place to spend the day. And he
thought it would be foolish for him
to do much traveling at that hour,
because there was no telling when
an early bird might spy and pounce
upon him.
He found his retreat quite to his
liking. Nothing had happened to
disturb his rest. And if he had only
had time to carry a few blades of
grass into the crack, to eat between
naps, Chirpy would have had nothing
to wish for.
Late in the afternoon, however, a
most unusual thing took place.
Chirpy Cricket noticed a sound as of
some one digging. It 8rew louder
and louder as he listened. And it
was not in the least like the scratch
ing of a hen, looking for grubs and
worms. This noise was deep down in
the ground and like nothing Chirpy
had ever heard.
He wished that lie had not allowed
himself to become so fond of fiddling.
If he had cared less for it, he would
have gone home in good season. But
th.ere he was in a crack in the gar
den! And he didn't dare leavs it be
cause he had heard that the, garden
was a famous place for birds.
Chirpy Cricket was frightened.
And when at last the loose earth
near him began to quiver and even
to crumble he was so scared that he
didn't know which way to move. The
next instant a strange, looking pcrT
son stood before him, And for a
Jew moments neither one of them
saida word.
The new comer was a big fellow,
very long and with enormous legs.
His front legs especially were short
and powerful, with huge feet at the
end of them. And yet. odd as the
Stranger, was, Chirpy could not help
noticing that somehow he had a look
like the Cricket family.
."Well." said the stranger at last,
"you seem surprised. Perhaps you
weren't expecting callers."
"No. 1 wasn't," .Chirpy Cricket
answered in a voice that was faint
. from the fright he had had.
(,"But you're glad to see .nie. I
hope," the stranger went on. "You
know I'm related to you. You know
I'm a sort of cousin of yours."
"Js that so?" Chirpy Cricket cried.
''I did think for a moment that
there was a slight family resem
blance. But the longer I look at
you the queerer you seem. May
I ask youf name?'
"I'm Mr. Mole Cricket," said the
stranger. "And I don't need to in
quiie who you are. You're one of
the w ell-known Field Cricket family."
(Copyright, (Jroaset & D.unlap,) . ,
WHY-
Is a Coward Called a "Poltroon?"
At the tinie of the drafts during
the civil war ' and the world war
there were a few men who attempted
to avoid compulsory military service
by cutting off their trigger or first
finger, thinking that this would pre
vent their being mustered into the
army. On no less an authority than
that of Archbishop Trench, a deep
student of English, we find that a
similar practice was responsible for
the introduction into the language
of the word "poltroon" as a synonym
for arrant cowardice.
"In-Olden' times." states the arch
bishop, '.'a self-mutilation of this kind
was' not infrequent on the part of
some cowardly, shirking fellow who
wished' to e?cape his share in the de
fense of his country. He would cut
off his right thumb,- become incap
able of drawing a bow and thus use
less for ,tke wars. It was' not to be
wondered at that Englishmen should
have looked with extreme disdain
upon one who had so basely exempt
ed himself from sen-ice nor that the
Latin phrase "pollice truncus" ''one
deprived of his thumb" later short
ened to the twbrsylla&led "poltroon,"
should afterwards have- become a
name of scorn affixed to every base
and cowardly evader of the duties
and dangers of life."
(Copyright, l5t. Wheeler, Syndicate. Tnc.)
Parents' Problems
How can a tendency to excessive
boisterousness best be handled in a
girl of J2?
Excessive boisterousness is an in
dication of physical vitality with an
insufficient outlet. Membership in
.a-gymnastic class would be good for
the girl described in this question;
so wonld .an interest in basket ball,
tennis1 or .any other suitable athletic
' sport.vAVnat is needed is not sup
pression or curbing of the boister
ousness but a fuller opportunity to
express it satisfactorily.
With a view to reducing her
weight a young woman of Union-
town. . ra.. hiked up a tnree-mne
mountain road every morning a
THE OWL
The thrush and the robin say: "How-de-yuh-do?"
If they happen to meet on a limb;
The cat-bird gives voice to a sociable, "Mewl"
When the wren chirps, "Good morning!" to him.
But when all their chatter grows suddenly still
When the blue-birds don't. utter a sound,
And every one's dreadfully distant and chill
You- know that the owl is around.
For none of them ever would say a kind word
To a creature they know for a bad little bird!
He lives all -atone in a hole in an oak
And sits there the weary day through,
Looking out now and then from his window to croak
A low little, slow little, "Whoo." -
But when it is dark, and the birds are at rest,
He can see, just as if it was day, ... ,...,..
And flutters about till he finds a nice nest.
And he steals the small nestlings away.
He steals them and eats them, the bad little thing.
Then he hurries away, on a loud whirring wing.
But old Mr. Kingbird, he sits on a bough ,,...,
With a terrible frown on his face, .
And the owl finds himself in a pretty bad row 1
If he happens to go to his place; '
For the kingbird is swift, and the kingbird is .strong;
He is little, but brave is his heart,
And he watches and waits, till the owl comes along
Then he tweaks him and tears him apart,' ' .
While in from the darkness the other birds flit "
And none of them ever is sorry, one bit! . . ,j
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. ' , "HURRAH FOR THE BULL' -
A Spanish professor thanks heaven that they have ho prize fights in his
country. Which reminds us of what his compatriots shout in the bull ring.
TRES INTELLIGENT! .' . -
M. Carpentier has expressed a wish to meet Tom: Gibbons and Bill
Brennan, but as far as we can learn he doesn t care if he never sees Mr.
Dempsey again.
BUT DUTY IS DUTY.
It does seem hard for, Mr. Dawes to throw( out all those government
employes at a time when there is a shortage of rekl work.
Copyrlilit. 1921, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
By H. IRVING KING.
Sweeping.
That it is bad luck to sweep the
house after dark is a superstition
very common in the south and is not
unknown in the north. In some of
the New England seaports' sailors
ashore do not like their friends to
sweep after dark, saying that if
they do their wages will be swept
away by sickness or other misfor-aune.
This superstition is born of sug
gestion by association. In alt well
regulated households the sweeping is
not put off until the day has closed.
It is only the pressure of too many
urgent duties, or sheer laziness,
which causes the housewife to wield
her broom after sunset and either
reason has for its corollary an ' un
happy and unfortunate household.
Therefore sweeping after dark be
came associated in the mind with un
pleasantness, u n h a p p i n t s s, "bad
luck," and the association developed
into a superstition. And back of this
is the fact that the broom in all
ages has had a tinge of the occult
attaching to it, originating from sym
bolism as the broom sweeps away
all before it so do the unseen powers.
"The besom of destiny" is an ex
pression often met with. The Cum
eaean Sibly, who offered to Tarkui
nius Superbus the Sibylline Books in
which was the prophecy of a new era
and the "sweeping away" of the old,
is sometimes represented with a
broom; and the Salem witches, as all
know, used brooms for palfreys.
Therefore, lingering . in man's un
conscious ego, is' an inherited sus
picion of. brooms especially in the
dark.
Copyright, l2l,fby the MoClure
Newspaper Syndicate.
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingham
Sidney Hocks, who has been one
of the leading members of the Ex
celsior Fiddling Band for the past
several years, has retired from it and
is thinking about taking up the study
of music.
A large cow got after Raz Bar
low this morning and pursued him
for some distance. He is at a loss
to know what the cow has personal
against him, as he never harmed a
hair on her head in his life.
Poke Eazley's fpot, which the cow
steoDed on a few days aeo. is now
almost well, and today he caught
himself limping in the wrong foot.
Copyright, 1921, George XIatthew Adama.
Common Sense
By J. J. MUNDY.
Think of the Other Fellow.
Just because you have .set aside a
certain sum to be used for a rest
and vacation is no reason why you
should withhold that sum if the ones
involved are of proper age and
choose not to take the rest when you
expect it.
Possibly the money might look
better to them in the bank.
There is a chance that certain
things are coveted by one member of
your family which have never been
put into words and only the feeling
of perfect freedom and the power
to do it, would bring out the ex
pression of longing.
If you are afraid to put this power
into the hands of the one nearest
and dearest then you do not trust
and love them as you should.
Also one cannot find out the
heart's wishes of any member of a
family at arm's length.
It is the mutual expression, the
mingling and commingling of ideas
which puts a family on basis of
mutual enjoyment.
If 'your method of living is such
that you cannot really get one an
other's point of view from observa
tion, little famiry conferences at
convenient periods are desirable for
the perfect understanding and sym
pathy of the individuals.
Don't be so bent on a certain form
of pleasure that you cannot sec any
thing else till it hits you between
the eyes.
(Copyright, 1921. International Feature
Service, Inc.)
Oil Tank Fires at Casper
Are Finally Extinguished
Casper. Wyo., July 20. The sec
ond of two oil tanks fired by light
ning on the Midwest Oil company's
tank farm near here burned out last
night after 25,000 barrels of crude oil
in the tank had been pumped out
from under the flames.
ADVKKTINEMKNT
Do You Know the Bible?
Where It Started
"The Pale."
The expressions "within the pale"
and "without the pale" originated
after the invasion of Ireland by
Henry II of England, That part of
Ireland which was under control
was said to be "paled" or fenced off,
and persons coming "within the
pale" were under the dominion of
England,1 while those "without the
pale" were under Irish regulation,'
(Copyright, 1!I, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
(Cover up the anawera, read the Juee
tlona and ee If you can anawer them.
Then look at the answer to aee It you
ar right) . .
Follow These Questions and An
swers As Arranged by
J. WILSON ROY.
1. In what work was Saul en
gaged, when . he sought the help of
Samuel?
2. Who was Crispus?.
3. Who was Dinah?
4. How old was Methusaleh when
he died
S. Who acted as secretary to Jere
miah? i ,
6. Who was Barzillai? ,
ANSWERS. '
1. See 1 Samuel ix. 3-14.
2. An. officer in the synagogue at
Corinth; a convert under Paul's
preaching.
o. The only child of Jacob and
Leah. Genesis xxx. 21.
4. Nine hundred and sixty-nine
years. Oenesis xxv. a.
5. Baruch Jeremiah xxxvi. 4.
6. A true friend to David in his
exile on account of Absalom's revolt.
(Copyright. 121. Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
The first trip on the new Paris to
Warsaw air service took 10 hours,
as compared with 60 hours for the
journey by train.
TRAINED NURSE
RELATES FACTS
CONHERNING IT
Mrs. Jencks Declares Tanlac
Put Her in Fine Condition
and Ends Rheumatism.
A striking feature in connection
with Tanlac is the number of trained
nurses who, after personal test, have
felt it their duty to give unqualified
indorsement to the medicine whose
merits are so well known to them.
Among these is Mrs. L. Jencks,
Edge water, Colo., who said:
"I knew I needed a medicine to
build me up, put my stomach in first
class condition and to drive the
rheumatism .out of my system, and
this is exactly what Tanlac has done
for me. While I had been able to
keep on my feet, as a matter of fact
I had been sick for years, and it was
only by sheer will power that I
managed to keep from giving up and
taking to my bed. Recently I had
been going down hill at a rapid rate
and had lost about fifteen pounds m
weight in about two weeks time, and
really was very much alarmed.
"I expected a good deal from tak
ing tanlac, but just the same was
surprised at the rapid way in which
trtis medicine made me improve. My
appetite is fine all the time now, I
sleep well at night and I haven't an
ache or a pain. .It is simply remark
able that such a little medicine could
do so much good and I have become
enthusiastic about Tanlac. It cer
tainly deserves a place in every medicine-chest,
and my advice to people
who have stomach trouble and
rheumatism is to get a bottle at once
and get well."
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by the
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co.,
and by leading druggists everywhere.
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Professional Ethics
BOUT the only thing many people have against the great drugless
health science of Chiropractic is that Chiropractors advertise in
the public prints. The act of advertising is supposed to violate
the mandates of that vague "something" known as Professional
Ethics. The idea seems to be that, through advertising, the
science of Chiropractic is reduced to the level of patent medicine and quackery.
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It is true that medical doctors do not,, as
a rule, adrertite. But does that make
them any more desirable citizens than
professors who head educational institu
tions, for example? And educational in
stitutions advertise.
It is true that patent medicines are ad
rertised. It is true that quacks advertise.
But then, so do churches. And so doets
J. P. Morgan. And every day it is be
coming more difficult for an unworthy
person or firm or product or service to
secure advertising space in the public
prints. - The line is being drawn ever
more sharply. .
. It is the privilege of an honest man ren
dering an honest service of value to his
fellowmen to give notice to the public,
through advertising, of his ability and
readiness to render such service.
"Ethics" pertains to the conduct and in
volves the moral question the question
of right and wrong. Ethics are violated
when ' a ' ' man . advertises an unworthy
service or product. Ethics are just as
surely violated when a man conceals
from a sick world the fact that he is
prepared to render a health-building
The great drugless health science of Chiropractic is comparatively new. Many
people do not know it. Do not know that it has been demonstrated to be
the most wonderful method of physical rejuvenation in the world today.
It would be unethical to conceal from the public the facts concerning this life
giving, health-building science. That is why professionally ethical Chiro
practors give ethical notice in the public prints, of the ethical service they are
prepared to render the public of the community.
LEE
Prewar Prices on"X-Ray Plates.
W. EDWARDS
Chiropractor
306 So. 24th, Cor. Farnam. Jackson 3445.
(Copyright, 1829).
Jply Sales ..Continue
A Tremendous Purchase Involving Thousands of Solid Cases of Canned
Goods, Including "Del Monte" 'and Several Other Good Brands.
Market
Baskets
104
Each .
ill rte
Market
Baskets
Each
Hotels, Restaurants, Boarding Houses, Take Heed! Such Low Prices Have
Been Unheard of for Years.
SALE STARTS THURSDAY
AND CONTINUES FOR THREE DAYS
Read! Reflect! Act!
Buy Your Canned Goods by the Dozen or in Any Quantity
Realizing that for many years past the prohibitive prices have kept many housewives from canning
vegetables and fruits, and owing to the scarcity this season, wc offer this fortunate purchase to our
customers at savings impossible to duplicate.
EXTRA SALESPEOPLEPROMPT SERVICE
16-oz. Large Size Cans Pure Evaporated Milk, 3 Cans 25c
Picnic
Canned Goods
Sale price, per can,
20 c
Excellent preserves, 22-oz.
jars the famous White ,
Bear brand Apple Butter,
Raspberries, Peaches, Pine
apple, Cherries.
No. 3 cans of Peaches, Apri
cots, Pineapple, Plums, Egg
Plums and Pears, all packed
in heavy syrup all the Del
Monte brand OA
choice, can OUC
Booth's Sardines
Tomato Sauce and Spiced
varieties, per can,
20c
Houiwives, Note!
Why waste your ood time and energy
these hot days when you can buy such
canned goods as we are offering at such
low prices?
Jack Spratt
and 'Other
Canned Goods
At the Low Price, per can,
25c
Apricots, Peaches, Sliced
Peaches, Raspberries, Straw
berries all packed in heavy
syrup and ready to serve.
1 -gallon Cans
APPLE BUTTER
85c
No. 2 cans Loganberries in heavy syrup
No. 2 cans Blackberries, in heavy syrup
30c
Pure Tomato
Catsup
Three 8-oz. Bottles for
25c
Purchases Amounting to $5.00 and
Over Will Be DELIVERED FREE
No Matt Orders Filled
10,000 lbs. Pure
CANE SUGAR
16 lbs. for $1.00
Sugar ia advancing buy
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mm
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Which is a straight REDUCTION
of $255 under the old selling price
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