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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1921)
THE BEE: U1MAMA, fiAlUKDAY, AUUUST ' 13, 1921. 14 THE TACE of. GRUNTY 3 PIG JwlTHURSCOTTiBAIIirl CHAPTER VII. The Grumbler. All the farmyard folk agreed that Farmer Green took the best of care f everybody. Mrs. Pig often told ler children that they were lucky 7 Grunty wcs the first of all to try it. to have so Rood a home. And not having lived anywhere else, they never imagined that anything could be finer than their pen. After the day Wiien he escaped from the pen, however, Grunty Pig becan to complain, lie wasn t sat isfied with the feed that Farmer Green gave him, he grumbled be cause there, was no good place to wallow m mud, and especially dirt he object because there wasn t a tree to rub agatnst. "The orchard," he often said, "is a much pleasanter place than this pen is. there are trees enough in the orchard for every member of our family to rub afainst all at the same time." Somehow, when Grunty talked in that fashion every one of Mrs. Pig's children began to crowd against the sides of the pen. And even Mrs. Pig, herself, felt an annoying tick ling along her back. She did wish that Grunty wouldn't mention such matters. But nothing Mrs. Pig could say seemed to do any good. He vs always prattling, anyhow. She could no more stop his flow of grunts and squeals than she could have kept that water in the brook from bab bling down the mountainside' of Swift river. And even more annoying to Mrs. Pig was the way her son Grunty tried to rub his back against her. She said, "Don't 1" to him so often that she became heartily sick of the word. - i What bothered Mrs. Pig most of all was Gunty's behavior whenever Farmer Green came to the pen. It was mortifying to her to have her son actually try to scratch his. back against her in the presence of a vis itor. "I do hope," said Mrs. , Pig to - Farmer. Green, ' "J . do hope you don't think that"! haven't tried to teach this child better manners," and hen when all the rest of her family began tfli squirm and fidget against the side of the pen she add ed with a sigh, "Look at them! Any one would suppose they had had no bringing up at alll" Farmer Green smiled as he looked ever the pen and watched the antics of Grunty Pig and his brothers and sisters. "There's something that I can do for your family to make them hap pier he told Mrs. Pig. "Tomorrow if I can spare the time I'll make a change here. A lady who's raising such a fine family as yours deserves the best there is. She ought to have a home with every modern improve ment." "There!" Mrs. Pig exclaimed to her children as soon as Farmer Green left them. "Did you hear what he said? Farmer Green is :i kind man. I shouldn't have blamed him if he fiad put us into the poorest pen on the place after seeing your unmannerly actions. You'll have to behave better, . especially after we l.ave our new improvements." "Well, the next day Farmer Green brought a stout post and set it firmly in the center of Mrs. Pig's I c n. , "That's for you and your family to rub against," he informed Mrs. Pig. Really he needn't have explained what the improvement was for.. No sooner had he climbed out of the pen than Mrs. Pig and her children began to put the rubbing post to good use. Grunty was the first of all to try it. And to his mother's cielight, he stopped grumbling at once. Nor did he ever again dis grace her by scratching his back against her. Instead he always walked up to the rubbing post like a little gentleman. At least that was what Mrs. Pig said. (Copyright, 1921, by the Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) More Truth Than Poetry -By JAMES J. MONTAGUE- 4sT c IN MOVIE LAND They're primitive and passionate, the people of the screen, Their loves' are always violent, their hatreds cold and keen. The hero always gets the girl that he sets out to wed Although to do it he must kill her male relations dead. The girl who aims to make a man the partner of her life, Succeeds, regardless of the fact that he may have a wife. They do, as you are sure they will, exactly as they've planned. "Got to it," is the only law that's known in Movie Land. A burglar seeks to rob a flat; he's shot clear through the head, And you legitimately expect that ne is rattier aeaa. But nol They pick his body up and throw it through the door And he goes out and robs a flat upon another floor. One killing can't deter a man from perpetrating crimes; To kill a crook in movie land, you kill him seven times. And even then he may appear in jumper and blue jeans If so be that the drama ends in truly rural scenes. If you perhaps would like to see how kings of finance live, Or how a wronged deserted maid can suffer and forgive, If mighty passions thrill your soul or horror stirs your heart, Or how an earnest faced young man can perish for his art Forsake your world of sordid facts, and spend an hour or two Where action is not limited by what folks really do. Though actualities they shun, they certainly act grand! And things are done that can't be done, in dear old movie land. AFTER ANOTHER ATTRACTION. Much to the regret of the lawyers, the summer run of the Stillman divorce trial seems to be closed. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions - : "J VAV "L MOST OF 'EM ARE HERE. . Lloyd George is" coming to America where he will have an oppor tunity to meet the Irish leaders. A LOST OPPORTUNITY. , ; That moaning sound to the eastward is the lamentation of the Paris hotel keepers who have discovered that the disarmament conference is to be held in America. Copyright. 1921, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc. of nourishing food and out-of-doors play will overcome this unnatural craving. ,ommon Sense By J. J. MUNDY. Take the Wife Along. Wives need play spells as well as husbands. The golf fiend who spend so much time on the course out of business hours that he neglects his family excuses himself on the plea that he needs recreation, relaxation and fresh air. But what about the wife and the little children growing up? Don't they need fresh air? Would your wife be so nervous, so despondent, so restless as she is at times if you provided a way for her to get fresh, pure, out-of-door air, as you can get it? "All men are selfish," a married woman was heard to remark, "when it comes to their own personal en joyment." But you need not run to cover on this statement. "Of course, they may not intend to be selfish," she went on, "but they think that a woman can rest, sleep or get out afternoons if she wishes. "But this is not what we want; we want the companionship of our own husbands to take us about." To a great degree this , woman is right. The golf, tennis, rowing or hiking enthusiast is likely to be so car ried away with his sport that he forgets that his wife is entitled to a play spell, free from family cares. (Copyright, , 1921, International Feature Service, Inc.) By H. I. KING. Scraping Off the Disease. Miss Fanny Bergen in her collec tion of superstitious current in this country cites the case of a man in Vermont who cured himself of fever and ague by tying himself to an ash tree and then crawling out and leav ing the disease tied there. Kindred methods of cure are rather common in Europe especially it would appear in rural England and are not infre quently within this country. Crawl ing through a cleft tree, through the low arch of a bent twig stuck in the ground or upright posts set close to gether, are some of the methods of scraping off disease practiced in Europe; and in Britain there are ancient stones with a narrow opening between through which men crawl today in the hope of leaving their af flictions behind just as they crawled through those same stones for the same purpose in the days when the Druid priests cut the mistletoe with their golden sickles from the neigh boring oak. The superstition can be traced lar back and is a survival of primitive man s sympathetic magic of the con tagious variety. Mr. Caveman rea soned something like this: If he crawled through a narrow opening he would scrape his clothing off, if he had any on. If he did not he would scrape his skin off a part of it at least. His disease had become a part of him like his clothes or his skin, and a like process would scrape that off. Then disease was caused by evil spirits and from time immemorial an approved way of getting rid of evil spirits was to lure them into a tight place and leave them there. The Vermont man's cure was three ply. By crawling out of the rope he transferred to it the "substance of his disease." Then there was the magic of the "obstructive, knot" which kept the fever tied, and lastly he had ap pealed for relief , to the sacred ash, the tree god gdrasil. Any ordinary case of fever and ague ought to yield to so powerful a treatment. (Copyright, 1921, by the McClure New paper Syndicate.) places the jumping movement, as a reflex action. A good joke, the first time we hear it, is productive of hearty laughter. The second time, the element of surprise is lessened and the laugh is not so sustained, while, if the joke is repeated fre quently, it ceases to be even moder ately amusing, for we ".know the point of it" or, in' other words, we aren't surprised at what was former ly an unexpected conclusion. In the case of the slamming door, however, the noise makes a sudden impression upon the nerves which transmit sound to the brain and the muscles of the body respond in voluntarily with a quick, emphatic jerk. The more nervous or mghly strung the person is, the greater the reflex action, and there are cases on record where this involuntary movement of the muscles, due to .lothing more than a loud and unex pected noise, has been sufficient to cause the heart to stop beating and thereby bring an instant death. (Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) power to touch them, and though they come within the actual influ ence of danger, they will not meet with harm. The ancient promise ap plies only if the gem is worn on the left side. The cat's eye, which is the natal stone of those who were born on seme anniversary of this day, is like wise potent to keep away the influ ence which the ancients called the "evil eye." It is the jinx of misfor tune which is popularly supposed to flourish in its most malicious and powerful form under the combination of Friday and 1 3tli. On this date the cat's eye will guard them from loss of valuable friends. Lilac, or other shades of purple, will prove a fortunate choice of col ors on this date. It is a symbol of sober judgment and industry; wear ing it, one will acquire the confi dence of others. The tiger lily is today's significant flower. It is believed to protect the household where it is given prefer ence, from tempests and other dan gers. (Copyright, 1(21, Whoeler Syndicate, Inc.) Dog Hill Paragrafs By George Bingham There is talk of building a tem porary side porch to the postoffice, pg . I i m frill m WHY Do We Jump at Sudden Noises? The phrase "reflex action" which is generally used to explain the in voluntary jumping or starting at an unexpected sound sounds quite scientific and involved, but, in real ity, is nothing more than the ele ment of surprise, for any reflex ac tion is dependent upon this, as may be proved by a simple experiment. A person seated with their back to a door will almost certainly jump if the door is slammed suddenly, particularly if they had not been ex pecting the noise. But place them in front of the door, where they can watch it, and the involuntary start will not ensue, though the sound is the same In both . cases. The reaction is to be noted in the case of a joke, where laughter re- as a drove of wasps have built their nest on the front porch. Sidney Hocks was held up and robbed of $4 on Musket Ridge the other night. He is still ahead finan cially, as he owes a good many people. A mule belonging to Washington Hocks has returned from a pleasant stay of a few days at a haystack on Musket Ridge. Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adams. Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. Those who believe in the ill luck attendant upon the 13th can find comfort in the assurance that the tiny ruby, which is today's talis- j manic gem, will confer perfect safe ty upon them. While they wear this stone adverse fortune lacks the 1 H6K TrpipT AreEead5 1 . j New Fall Apparel jDirect From Eastern Style Centers Featured for Saturdaj Handsome Indeed Are the New Suits These suits are of a character in work manship and styling that is seldom seen at anything near the price. Handsome dressy models, and distinctive Tailleurs, in straight line and belted effects exact duplicates of some of the most costly pro-, ductions designed for the present season. Materials of Velours, Duvet de Laine, Goldtones and Tricotines, Malay, Brown, Deer, Sorrento, Blue, Navy and Black. Many fur trimmed. Sizes for misses and ladies. Extra Special1 29.75.. Smart Frocks for Fall and Winter Wear A charming collection of beautiful dresses suitable for afternoon or street wear are being featured now in our gar-. ment section. Developed in the season's favored fab ricsand showing all that's new in skill ful touches of fashion. See these new dresses and choose your favorite while the assortment is complete. Materials of Georgette, Satin Crepes and combinations. Made to sell up to $45.00. Extra Special $22.50 Do You Know the Bible? (Cover Dp the antwera, read the que, t tlona and tee if you can answer them. "Then look at the answer to iee It yon are right.) ' Follow these question and answers as arranged by . J. WILSON ROY. 1. Who succeeded to the throne on Rehoboam's death? 2. Who was Iddo? 3. Who was Shemaiah? 4. Who was Shiskah? 5. What king of Samaria became the servant of the king of Assyria. 6. What three men opposed Ne hemiah in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem? Answers. 1. Abijah. 2. See 2 Chronicles xii. 15. 3. See 2 Chronicles xii. 5. 4. See I Kings xiv. 25. 5. Hoshca. See 2 Kings xvii. 1-3. 6. Sanballat, Tobiah and Geshem. JCopyrisht, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Parents' Problems How can a craving for excitement in a girl of 12 be overcome? This girl is over-stimulated either by reason of too much school work, insufficient sleep or indulgence in ex citing amusements. Her nerves need juieting. An early bedtime, plenty. One rack of Dresses that sold up to $ 29.50. Your choice Saturday at $10.00 One rack of Coats that sold up to $29.50, tor quick sale Saturday... $10.00 Children's Dresses Values to $7.50. $1.95 and. $2.95 It will pay mothers to buy 3 or 4 of these dresses at the prices, offered Saturday. One table of Silk Sport Skirts that sold up to 15.00, for quick sale Saturday... $5.00 One table Silk Mignonette Blouse Sweaters, all sizes and good variety of shades. For Saturday $5.00 LEATHER GOODS SALE SATURDAY The Greatest Leather Goods Sale of the season. . The best assort ment arid the biggest values 1st Lot $2.25 Values, 98c Ladies' fancy Hand Bags with mirrors. In grey, black, brown and navy In a Lig variety of leathers. Sale price, Sat..9j 2nd Lot $3.00 Vanity Boxes, $1.29 Good, full sized, completely fitted, assorted colors. Sale price $1.29 3rd Lot $4.00 Hand Bap, $1.98 A splendid assortment, new styles; all colors; ail kinds of fine leather; a wonder ful bargain. Saturday sale price.. $1.98 4th Lot Ladies' Shopping Bags, $1.28 Extra large size; values $2.00 to $3.00. Sale price $1.28. $1.48 "d $1.98 45c Fancy Ribbons 29c Just received a big line of plain and fancy Hair Bow Ribbons. Wide widths; s&le price only 29c Men's $2.00 Caps Your choice of any man's silk cap in our C A entire stock, Sat. . . OU C Boys' Silk Caps Tour choice of all the boys' silk caps, values Ztf to $2.00, at ..OUC Your choice of any Man's Straw Hat Q q Saturday OOC Boys' Caps, Q H values to 75c, at..iuOC Boys' $1 Shirts at 69c High grade fabrics, fast color; cut full and roomy; collar attached and neck band styles; sizes 6 to 15. Suits for Men and Young Men in a Sale New Fall Styles Ilart Schaffner & Marx and other High Grade Makes Actual Values up to $50.00 Extra Special $28.50 Sale of Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases 25 Wardrobe Trunks, $45 values at $27.50 General Purpose, fiber covered and steel covered sizes 34, 36, 38 and 40 in.; special at $10.50, $11,50, $12.50and $13.50 75 genuine leather traveling bags, leather lined; special at $5.00 and $7.50 Boys' Pants at $1.00 200 pairs of boys Knickers, $2.00 values. Boys' Corduroy Pants at $1.50 and $2.00 500 pair boys Corduroy pants, well - made, double stitched scams, special at $1.50 and $2.00. fiilfiil (low InllyJiL ByyyiiiiuyMM! Administrator of J. H. Green Estate Demands Immediate Liquidation of Entire Stock OFM'S&fflOM'S WEARABLES AT LESS THAH HALF OF MANU FACTURER'S COST I This mountain of quality merchandise at virtually your own price. Never before and never again will the people of this vicinity be brought face to face with such phenomenal bargains. Thousands Upon Thousands of Dollars' Worth of New Fall and Winter Merchandise Thrown Into this Whirlpool of Price Shattering It is not from choice but from drastic necessity that we are forced to convert this stock into cash. The administra tor's orders are to sell in the face of the gigantic money loss we are forced to absorb. Come for iiles to Share in these Enormous Bargains Let nothing hinder you from taking the full est advantage of these sensational price t sacrifices. Your opportunity is here. Buy to the limit. Supply your present-day needs as well as your winter apparel needs. MEM'S- WOMEN'S- l lO) i OVERCOATS SUITS TROUSERS SHIRTS HATS CAPS HOSIERY UNDERWEAR SWEATERS NECKWEAR LUGGAGE TAILORED SUITS SPRING WRAPS WINTER COATS WOOL DRESSES SILK DRESSES COTTON DRESSES SKIRTS BLOUSES PETTICOATS SWEATERS Gaines, Zi'egler, Van Orsdel and Gaines Attorneys for Administrator J.H.Green Go. 16th & Howard
