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,a
s
Leaders Assured
Of Progress on
German Treaty
President Hopes to Conclude
Negotiations for Formal
Pact Before Conference
On Disarmament.
Chleaf Triboae-Omalia Je Iel Wire.
Washington, Aug. 14. rtesident
Harding hopes to have treaties of
peace negotiated with Germany and
Ihe other central powers before the
international conference on eastern
issues and reduction of armaments
j convents in Washington next No
x .1 vember.
V Although the administration is still
silent on the subject of negotiations
v with the central powers which have
followed the adoption of the peace
'resolution by congress, leaders in
congress, some of whom were grow
ing restless under the strain due to
lack of information as to develop
ments, have been given assurances
. .that progress toward a peace pro
gram is being made.
Following his talk with Senator
Borah a few days ago, in which the
president assured the senator that
there could be no cause for complaint
l; from any republican faction in the
senate when a treaty with Uermany
eventually is submitted 'or ratifica
tion, the tendency on capitol hill to
' get agitated over the lack of infor-
jnation on the subject has dis
'appeared.
" Senators Calm Down.
Senators who are inclined to be
fretful over the situation have calm
ed down and are willing to permit
the president and Secretary Hughes
V to carry their negotiations with the
V central powers to the point where
the senate will rightfully take part
in the proceedings. It is for the pres
ident to negotiate treates and the
senate to ratify them. Until there is
treaty the senate cannot be called
upon to act.
Cabled reports that a treaty with
Germany is ready to be signed could
get no verification here in official
quarters. Secretary Hughes main-'
. taincM his long silence on the sub
ject of these negotiations. The pres
ident had left the White House for
a week-end on the Potomac. Indi
cations in the official quarters were,
however, that the German negotia
tions had not reached a conclusion
.yet and that it would be several
weeks, at least, before there could
: be any announcement of their status.
No announcement is expected until
a treaty has , been actually negotiated
which will carry out the provisions
.of, the peace resolution requiring the
- protection o rights ceded to the
-United States in the rejected Ver
sailles treaty.
Harding Encouraged.
The president, it is said, has rea
son to be encouraged over the pros
pect for conclusion of these negotia?
tions before the armament confef
- ence begins. It is his. fervent desire
to have this important phase of in
ternational relations settled long be
fore the Washington conference, if
. YitoftSu8mtM-is possible. "
-t Officially,: there ' has never been
?ry admission in Washington- that a
treaty ,with Germany, Austria or
Hungary has been under negotia
! tion. Unofficially, it has been ad
i rriitted that this is a fact. Announce
. ment from Budapest today that the
Hungarian national , assembly had
. approved the peace resolution
' adopted by the United States and
' ; had authorized the Hungarian gov-
prnmrnt to negotiate a treaty of
peace, aroused no comment from o.
I ficial sources here. It is understood.
' however, that this government had
siihmitted to the Hungarian govern
ment immediately after its passage
; the peace resolution as a basis for
' neeotiations. The same course was
i taken with Germany and Austria.
. Passed on July 2.
'. Tt, resolution was passed by
i-rtnfrrcss and sisned by President
2. It declared the
' ttate of war between Germany and
the United tSates, Austra-Hungary
and the United Mates at an enu. ii
1-reserved to the United States and
its nationals all rights they might
'-fc mtitled to under the armistices
Swith Germany and Austria-Hungary
'-.- ,,nAfr the treaties of Versailles,
d Trianon, that
Wmffht neaee. respectively, be-
the allied nations and Ger-
..manv Austria and Hunjtary.
t- The treaty of Trianon, the Hun
n9ri treatv. became effec
tive July 25 by formal acceptance of
of ratifications . on the
"part of the allied powers and Hun
gary and was declared law :n Hun
gary on August 1.
Common Sense
. By J. J. MUNDY.
: Do Your Best.
If you are' doing your work well
it is not necessary for you to te.l
YoVmay think your efforts are
unnoticed and unappreciated but
there are some persons who will
know what you are doing.
There is afways a suspicion which
arises - in regard to the one who
always calling attention to some
.wonderful thing which that certain
person has done or accomplished.
: There is the feeling that it is out
of the ordinary for that one to do
big things and do them well, if the
.f-act must be mentioned
It is nothing to brag about if you
" do good work for your employer;
von are paid for just that.
.3 You could not hold your job for
if.o did not meet require-
mcnts.
You may teei mat u "
: ith you ar.oo.ng ,
ith you a
M-finnateU
- . . ....M vourse
vourself. but the
. toousn io J..t 9rf not
ores who are iax m - -
To weU fortified against a lay-off
as you are.
off." but you stana
VV. , -
oiiri
- ATT nil f UU dm. -
"' i :i-mnt if vou ao your
;.e.!r;-FV;cardless of what the
Hv molOVmeni
Mcvel best, regardless
others do.
Cspyrlght.
lflt. Intrntionl
Srlc. loc-
Feature
a . r,lnr automatically switches
h. rm.nt from an electric iron
t rrtnrrature IS
More Truth
By JAMES J.
THE PARASITE
He's just an idle, useless chap
Who loafs around all day;
He wouldn't do a single tap
For any wage we'd pay.
He pays for neither board nor room
Yet he is satisfied
To stay and shamelessly consume
What other folks provide.
He can't control his appetite,
He often eats until
He wakens in the dead of night
Quite dangerously ill.
And all the time more savage grows
His fierce and bitter mood,
But when he's cured, he never shows
A bit of gratitude.
When he's asleep we dare not speak
Or walk across the floor
Lest in a sudden fit of pique
He wake the folks next door.
But he'll not hesitate to fuss
And clamor, no indeed 1
When e'er he wants to waken us
To serve his slightest need.
And yet we like to have him round,
He really means no harm,
And since we've known him we have found
He has a certain charm.
His temper will improve, we trust,
His heart may prove pure gold, '
There still is time, because he's just
A year and two months old.
I II11" SW
FOREVER, FORTUNATELY
Caruso is dead, but thanks to Mr. Edison his voice goes marching on.
AWFUL THOUGHT
Can it be possible that Mr. Harding went to Maine because it has
been dry for so long it knows how to entertain a thirsty man?
THE WRONG KIND
A woman is suing for divorce because her husband play golf all the
time. Evidently souls are not bound together by golf links.
Ceprriiht, 1921, by The Bll Byndictte. Inc.
HOLDING A
AdeU Garrison's
0 -"Revelations
The Way Madge Couched Her Re
quest of Grace Draper.
My Dear Miss Draper:
Back in my room at Mrs. Ticer's,
with Dicky purposely oayinir such
asiduous attention to his mother and
Junior that I feared no interruption
from my doughty mother-in-law, I
sat before an improvised desk, cud
gelling my brain for fitting words
with which to clothe my request to
her that she pose again for Dicky's
illustrations.
I stared at the .formal salutation
with eyes that , iooKea nactcwaru
down a vista of trouble and tragedy,
of which Grace Draper had been the
storm center, and wondered to what
must look forward a little pre
monitory shiver swept me. Of my
i . -r . ;
Own volition, l was Dringing nci
into my life again, convinced that
by so doing I was saving Dicky
from threatened protessionai ruin,
but I could not escape the fear that
some way, somenow, sne wouia
bring truth to me and mine again.
But having once set my tect upon
this thorny path I could not go
back. So with a desperation born of
the impotence I felt, I dipped my
pen afresh in the ink and rapidly
wrote:
If you remember our conversa
tion at the house in Hempstead,
you will know that this letter is
written in all friendliness and sin
cerity. Mr. Graham has been in
ignorance of your whereabouts
and of our interview until this
morning, when I discovered that
he needs your particular type for
some illustrations he is to make
for a novel. He had no idea that
he could secure you, simply ex
pressing the wish that you were
available. I at ence informed' him
-of our interview, and expressed
the belief that you might be will
ing to work with him again. At
his request I am writing you to
ascertain whether or not you
would be willing to undertake the
work.
Of course your whereabouts
would have to be kept a secret
from the people of whom you
spoke in , our interview, and we
have evolved a plan which will
combine secrecy and safety with
convenience. If . you can manage
to get a train for Greenport unob
served, take the ferry at that point
for Shelter Island. Mr. Graham
and I will motor over from Sag
harbor, through North Haven,
and meet you on the Shelter Is
land dock, and motor you to a
quiet, comfortable little hotel in
the ieart of the island woods,
where we can make plans for the
posing. All the expenses of your
jcurney we will, of course, repay.
Cordially yours,
MARGARET GRAHAM.
I read this over several times
when I had finished, feelinp more
and more dissatisfied with it each
time. It sounded stiff, stilted, and 1
wondered if I had not obtruded my
self too much in writing of the ar
rangements. Yet Dicky had insisted
upon my writing the letter, and upon
my being present at all terv.ews
with her and I would have been
something more than human if I had
net yielded to the temptation
which the letter plainly b,etra'e?r"
to let her see how completely the
situation was in my hands.
Careful Plans.
I folded the letter and put it into
an envelope, addressed simply,
"Grace Draper." directed a larger
one to the cousin of Linda Shellford
who wa the first in the chain of
the girl's clever elusions of the es
pionage kept upon her and slipped
both into my bag, to wait for an op
portunity to. show them to Dicky.
Then I went down to the sitting
room where Dicky was entertain
ing his small son to the little lad's
delight, and Mother Graham's smil
ing approval. . " "
My mother-in-law s face changed
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE-
HUSBAND
New Phase of n
of a Wife" U
as she saw me, and I realized that
she had not yet forgiven me for
Dicky's slur of the morning upon
her weight. She has an annoying lit
tle habit of forgetting that her son
is at fault, and shifting her resent
ment for his errors upon my shoul
ders. "It seems to me, Margaret," she
said loftily, "that if I had a house
like this Dacey on, my hands I
would be over there seeing to it in
stead of resting comfortably in my
room. But, of course, times are dif
ferent." Madge's Ruse.
I seized the opportunity she gave
swiftlv.
"I was just going over there,
mother, dear." I said. "But there
M.-ri- some matters to attend to first.
Dicky, do you mind going with me?
The car is a trifle troublesome, and
I'm a hit afraid to sro alone..
Dicky grinned good-naturedly,
and I saw that he understood my
(net
"I'm the little first-aider to all
flivvers," he said, rising and stretch
intr Vinns-lf. "But I warn vou now
that we're going to have a real car
out here as soon as I can manage
it. I fancy Alt' wants to keep our
joint car now that he hasa ready
marie family on his hands. '
He walked with me to the door,
and when we were safely past Motn
rr Oaliam's observation in the door
vard of the Dacey farmhouse,
stretched out his hand for the let
ter. .
l.t'. see how the little petti-
coated Machiavelli has handled this
thing," he said, smiling.
Do Yu Know the Bible?
Cover up the answers, read -the ojies.
tlons anfl aee If you can answer them.
Then loolc at the answers to see If yon
are right.)
Follow these question and answers
as arranged by
J. WILSON ROY. .
1. To whom did Nehemiah com
mit the charge of Jerusalem?
2. Who cursed the day of Ins
birth?
3. What were the names of
Esau's wives?
4. Wnose sepulchre is known only
to the Lord?
5. At what place did Moses bring
forth water from the rock? -
6. What were the blessings of the
12 tribes of Israel?
Answers.
1. Hanani and Hananiah. See
Nehemiah vii. 2.
2. See job iii. 2.
3. See Genesis xxxvi. 2.
4. , Moses. See Deuteronomy
xxxiv. 5-6.
5. Meribah. See Numbers xx. 13.
6. See Deuteronomy xxxiii. 1-25.
(Copyright, 151, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Parents Problems
1. Should children be allowed to
have and to go to parties during the
school year?
On Friday nights or Saturday aft
ernoons children might be allowed
to have small parties during the
school year. There should not be
too many festivities of this kind;
they might fittingly mark birthdays
or special occasions.
Where It Started
The Fourth Estate.
This term, so long applied to the
press, originated with Carlyle. In
"Heroes and Hero-Worship," he
says: "Burke says that there were
three estates in parliament, but in
the reporters' gallery yonder there
sat a fourth estate, more important
by far than they all."
.(Copyright, Wheeler Syndicite, Inc.)
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1921.
SUEEPY-TIME TALES
THE
CHAPTER. VIII.
Fearful News.
There came a day at last when
Farmer Green gave Mrs. Pig and
her family a great treat. lie let them
out of their pen and turned them
loose in a little yard out of doors.
Such gruntings and squealing hadn't
been heard on. the farm for a long
"There are bears on Blue
M-ountain."
time. It was lust like a picnic. Ana
everybody had the finest of times, j
Still Grunty Pig wasn't content to
stay in the yard with the rest of the I
family. It wasn't long before he
found a hole in the fence big enough
to wiggle through. And off he went.
And he was actually triad, for once,
that he was the littlest of the family.
There wasn't another of Mrs. Figs
children that could squeeze through
the opening. -
Grunty rig trotted the wnoie
leneth of the lane. .When he reached
the pasture he found himself face to
face with the Mulcy cow, wno aciea
much surprised to see him there.
"Youd better go back home at
once," she advised him. "There are
bear on Blue Mountain, sometimes
they come down this way. Only
last week I had an adventure with
one in the back pasture." She did
not tell Grunty that she had run
away from Cuffy Bear down the
hillside. "A bear," said the Muley
Cow. "would be delighted to meet
a tender little pig like you."
Grunty Pie did not even tnanK tne
Muley Cow for warning him.
"I'd like to meet a bear," he de
clared stoutly. "I hope I'll meet one
today." , .
Leaving the Muley Cow, he zig
the hill through the pas
ture, stopping now and then to dig
up many a juicy root.
Although Mrs. Pig missed her run
away son after a time, she was not
greatly disturbed.
"He ran't he far off." she thought.
"He'll come back before dark." And
when Gruntv did at last come crawl
ing into the little yatd Mrs Pig was
merely vexed with him for raving
gone off without her consent. She
was just about to give him a well
deserved scolding, uut Dciore snc
could speak to him, Grunty greeted
her with a loud squeal.
"I saw a bear m the pasture, ne
cried.
Mrs. Pig promptly forgot her dis
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
By H. IRVING KING.
The Silver Cure.
An old-time superstition belonging
tc the folk-medicine class is that a
horse may be cured of any one of
several diseases by inserting a piece
cf silver in the affected part. Usually
a dime is employed and it is imper
ative that the cure should be admin
istered by the light of the moon.
This superstition is not so common
as it was a few years ago tut is
still met with in widely scattered lo
calities. It is of course, a survival
of moon-worship. The silver dime is
a minature "silver moon." Even
should another piece of silver than a
dime be -used still the relation is the
same between the lunay goddess and
the metal which represents her and
her light. The curative operation is
an appeal to the moon goddess, a
sacrifice to her of her favorite metal,
an offering to her. In this case it is
probably the moon goddess in the
form of the Great Artemis that is
appealed to, for Artemis protected
against disease and Alexander may
have cured Buchephalus of sweeny
with a drachma in the same man
ner as the Arkansas farmer now
cures Dobbin of the same disease
with a dime.
Copyright, 1821, hy The McClure News
paper Syndicate;
t
Lady Astor Finds Speaker
Of House Napping in Chair
London, Aug. 14. The Sussex
Daily News publishes a story of
how the new speaker was literally
caught napping in his chair.
It was during a particularly tc
dious part of a particularly tedious
debate, so runs the malicious tale,
that Lady Astor tripped up the steps
to the speaker's dais to have some
private words' with him; but on dis
covering at close range that Mr.
Whitley was peacefully sleeping she
w ithdrew on tiptoe with an air of
maternal solicitude.
This story, if true, destroys a fond
illusion. It has always been sup
posed that the one member of the
House of Commons that never skpi
was Mr. Speaker "among the faith
less, faithful only he" that, in fact,
he was paid $20,000 per year free of
income tax to keep awake.
On Poker Game in Cave
Calico, Ark., Aug. 14. Amos Wy
catt, local city marshal, combines the
agility of a steeplejack with his other
abilities for capturing elusive gam
blers. Recently he spied three young
men retreating to a cave on the
banks of White river. To approach
the mouth of the cave meant no ar
rests. He scaled the surrounding
cliffs and "dropped in on the poker
game," arrested the three'men. They
were fined followine conviction
TALE OF
.GRUNTY-PIG
BY ARTHURJ5C0TT BAILED
pleasure. Although her son was cer
tainly unharmed, she couldn't help
being startled.
It gave her what she called "a
turn" to learn that Grunty had met
a bear.
"A bear!" Mrs. Pig gasped. "A
bear is a terribly dangerous creature.
It's a wonder that you ever got
home What did you do when you
saw him?" Mrs. Tig demanded.
"I walked away, said Gruntj'.
"He couldn't have noticed you,"
Mrs. Pig declared. "If you had
squealed it would have been the end
cf you."
Grunty Pig felt that he was the
most important member of the fam
ily. Not one of his brothers or sis
ters had ever seen a bear. At least
they had never claimed to have en
joyed so fearsome a sight.
"It was nothine." he boasted. I'd
just as soon meet a bear as the Old
Muley Cow.
His mother, however, was of an
other mind. She kept looking about
in an uneasy fashioa.
"I wish Farmer Green would come
and put us into our pen," she mur
mured. "It will soon be dark. And
I shouldn't like to spend the night
out here not with a bear in the
neighborhood."
Copyright 1921 by the Metropolitan 'News
paper Service.
I Dog Hill Paragrafs
Tsaac Helwanarer had the conver
sation part of his whiskers cut off
while trying to Count the teeth in a
sawmill Thursday.
Sim Flinders had an awful big
crop of blackberries and mulberries
growing wild on his place this sum
mer, but as he didn't fech like pick
ing them on account of the rush of
the fishing season, he let the jay
birds do it on the shares.
A young couple in the Calf Ribs
neighborhood ran away in a horse
and buggy and go married. The
horse, however, kept his head.
Copyright, 121, George. Mattehw Adams.
'i'
;
BLEND , F ,
Veterans' Bureau
Will Cut Red Tape
Forbes Dcelares
Director Optimistic But Warns
People Not to Expect Too
Much at Present
Time.
rhlcagn Tribune-Omaha Ie I eol Wire.
Washington, Aug. 14. Chirles R.
Forbes, director of the veterans'
service bureau created under the
Sweet soldiers' relief act, is optimistic
over the outlook for improving re
lief conditions, but does not want the
country to expect too much at once.
"Created for ex-service men, the
veterans' bureau, authorized by the
act of congress of August 9, 1921,
will, in the course of time, remove
delays and red tape which have, in
the past, hindered the administration
of soldier and sailor relief by gov
ernment agencies," said Director
Yorbes today.
"While the creation of the vet
erans' bureau eliminates one of the
chief difficulties in the way of soldier
relief work, that of duplication of ef
fort, it must be remembered that the
creation of the bureau is not, in itself,
an immediate panacea for all of the
troubles of the ex-service person and
that too much must not be expected
in the very beginning. It has taken
several years to build up the reserve
government machinery and it can not
be made over in a night.
"The work of decentralization
which is provided for in the veter
ans' bureau, to be really successful,
must be gradual. To make any
hasty steps would be a calamity and
if the ex-service men are educated
to feel that in a couple of weeks
they will receive all they desire in
the way of compensation and medi
cal treatment nd that all cases will
be settled within 24 hours after re
ceipt, it will defeat the purpose of
the Sweet bill, creating the new
bureau. ' '
"The veterans' bureau was created
for . the veterans of the w orld war.
Its functions are many and various.
More than .1,000,000 claims are on
file in the Washington office and
nearly 30,000 ex-service, men are in
hospitals at the present time.
"The 14 regional offices of the
veterans' bureau will assist the
claimant in every possible manner.
Before the creation of the veterans'
bureau employes of the government
were not authorized to assist a
claimant in the preparation of his
claim." .: ' . "
"Here Lies a Taxpayer,"
Is Epitaph for Suicide
Paris, Aug. 14. Pierre Fontanges.
landed proprietor of No. 9 Rue Dam
pierre, Paris, . has blown out his
brains after writing a letter to the
French minister of finances in which
he says: "Your exigencies have made
my life insupportable. I prefer to
kill myself rather than' be slowly
strangled by you." .
, Friends have erected over his body
a tombstone bearing the inscription:
"Here lies a taxpayer, discouraged,
preferred to hand in his resignation."
Camels are made for Men who
Think for Themselves
.Such folks know real quality and DEMAND it.
They prefer Camels because Camels give them the smooth
est, mellowest smoke they can buy because they love the
mild, dch flavor of choicest tobaccos perfectly blended and
because Camels leave NO CIGARETTY AFTERTASTE.
Like every man who does his own thinking, you want fine
tobacco in your cigarettes. You'll find it in Camels.
And, mind you, no flashy package just for show. No extra
wrappers! No costly frills. These things don't improve the
smoke any more than premiums or coupons.
But QUALITY! Listen! That's CAMELS!
WHY-
Does Glass Cut Off the Heat of Fire
but Increase that of the Sun?
This question, while apparently
founded upon fact, is in reality
based cither upon misconception of
the true natural facts in the case or
upon the use of entirely different
substances, for the glass that in
creases the heat of the rays of the
sun a burning or magnifying glass
is quite different in its construction
from plate or sheet glass, in which
the sides are practically parallel. It
it were possible to keep a fire as
steady and as unwavering as the sun
a magnifying glass would increase
its heat precisely as it does that of
the sun itself, but the constant flick
er and movement alters the heat and
makes the increase in power barely
perceptible.
In the cae of a greenhouse, how
ever, the effect is due to an entirely
different cause. Here the glass sides
and roof allow all the heat of the sun
to enter but they also permit little
of the interior heat to escape and it
is because of this, rather tnan be
cause of any magnification of the
sun heat itself, that greenhouses have
high temperatures on sunny days
even when they are not ariifically
heated. In short, a conservatory is
a heat-trap, rather than a heat-producer.
For this reason, it cannot be
said to be true that glass cuts ott
the heat of fire as in the case of a
class fire screen, but increases that
of the sun. though superficial obser
vation might incline us to this beliet.'
lief.
(Copyright, 1(21, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
An American typesetting machine
has been adapted to the Chinese
alphabet as simplified to 35 charac
ters.
3
C13lmlies-
are ixnhopfpr
Look to their
food Make them
healthy and happy
wit
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Condensed Milk ,
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DRESHER BROS.
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Tailors and Rug Cleaners
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We Pay Return Charges
On Out-el-Tewn Ordera.
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
By MILDRED MARSHALL.
The moonstone , is today's talis-
manic gem. It is an exceptionally
lucky stone, and 5s regarded as
sacred in India. As an aid to love,
it is 'invaluable, since it is believed
to arouse the tender passion and to
give lovers the power to read the
future. , ' -. .. .
It is curious that the natal stone
of those who -were' born on some
anniversary of this day should, have
exactly the opposite effect oP the
moonstone. This is the onyx, which
if worn on the neck, is said to coo!
the ardors of love. .' . Moreover,' it
provokes discord and separates lov
ers, according to Indian belief.
Vellow is. a slgnjficaut color to
day'. It is the sacred. hue of India
and is always associated with the
moonstone, hence it is exceptionally
fortunate' on this day. -
The yellow nasturtium is today's
special flower.
(Copyright, 1(21, by, The Wheeler Era
. , dlcste. Inc.)
torei:3,i$xi:icld:is::e$
Use Black tnd White Beauty
. Bleach
Skin fetemtshc , sueh aa Un, Bus
and wind freckleslivsr, spot.
allow, motley blotches mar the com
plexion to the extent that e-ne Is apB
to try a way of removing them that
may result dlsaatrously. '
A eafe, sure way to remove your
Bkih blemishes Is by-the ' Blast
and White Beauty Bleach and Blafclc
and White Soap. , r . , .'.?.
Black and White Beauty Bleach sof
tens the skin makes it clear, whlt
and beautifal-tinted. and, removes anfc
embarrassing skin blemishes. t-
Black and White Beauty Bleach i
a celightMlly perfumed preparation
and when applied it. forms an inyis-
ible coating on the skin. .
dip and mall this to Black an
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