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THE BEE: OMAHA; MONDAY, AUGUST 2 192L, 5 Commissioner of Indians Asked to Ban Sioux Dances Question of Following "An cient Customs Big Question Before Convocation Committee to Investigate. Okreeki' S. D., Aug. 2!. Whether the Sioux Indians shall abandon the ancient dances of their tribe came actively before the convocation of Sioux here at today's session, in the shape of resolution requesting the commissioner of Indian affairs to forbid all such ances as the sun, the ghost, the , dance and other like dances. i i An old-time "powwow" followed the Introduction of the resolution. Spotted Eagle, the oldest brave in the convocation, a former medicine man and a convert to the Episcopal church, whose missionary centen nial is being observed here today, voiced the view of most of the braves when ho stated that the question is one for each Indian to settle with "his own conscience." At the sug gestion of Bishop Remington, the matter was referred to a commit tee of Indians to investigate and report Indian dances had almost com pletely died out until the beginning of the World war, when they were revived in the interest of war funds. Since the return of peace, the dance craze has spread in a mild way among the Sioux, who are indulging in the tribal dance. The Episcopal church, under whose auspices the convocation is being held and of which the 5,000 Indians gathered here are communicants, has taken no part in the discussion. Bishop Burleson, missionary bishop of the state, is having an investigation made, but in the meantime, most of the white people and a great ma jority of the Christianized Indians believe the revival of dancing will tend to have a demoralizing effect on the Indians. , ; Footprints Is Banker's Choice Poole Man Sarcastic Over Plan Urged to Curb Bankers Escaping. Lincoln, Aug. 21. (Special.) J. E. Hart, secretary of the state depart ment of trade and commerce, wants it understood that he has rot accepted the suggestion made early this week that Nebraska bankers record their finger prints and photographs in State Sheriff Hyers' rogues' gallery in or der to make their apprehension easier in case they ever become fugitives from justice. "''' Since the fact was published Mr. Hart has been deluged by protests. "I don't intend to follow the sug gestion," said Hart. C. E. Clark, a banker of Poole, Neb., wrote Hart, saying that he is willing to have his finger prints taken but "if the bird who wants to take finger prints will come out here I wilt give him my toe prints instead, right where he needs th:m." Former Chief Favors Miss Grace Abbott For Children's Bureau Appointment of Miss Grace Ab bott, formerly of Grand Island, Neb., as chief of the children's bureau of the United States Department of " Labor was strongly urged by Miss Julia Lathrop of Illinois, whose res ignation has been accepted from the post lor which Miss Abbott was nominated Friday. Of Miss Abbott Miss Lathrop said: "The appointment will be an in spiration to all who bclieve""in the merit system. The president and the secretary have given another proof of their fine attitude toward the scientific branches of. the gov ernment." Miss Abbott, who was in Washing ton during the early part of the week, left last evening for her home in Chicago. Congressman Andrews, speaking of the nomination of Miss Abbott, said he had joined with Senator Nor ris in recommending her very short ly after the first meeting of the Nebraska delegation to select can didates for federal offices. "Miss Abbott's nomination," An drews said, "was splendid and a tribute to a wonderfully efficient woman." Eight Couples Married Here by Rev. C. W. Savidge Eight marriages were pertarmed Wednesday, Thursday and Satur day by Rev. Charles W. Savidge. The couples were: Miss Eva G. Wells and Edward W. Hart; Flor ence Reed, Omaha, and Troy San ders, Alliance, Neb.; Helen McCue and Walter E. Wright; Harriett H. Frahm and Claude C. Burr; Char lotte Gardell and Benjamin Dulin; Gladys Mathews and Frank Colgan, both of Fort Calhoun; Helen O'Neill and Paul Folk; Ella Allison, Rosalie, Neb., and Harry Davis. Des Moines. Seven States Represented At Luther League Meeting Mason City, la., Aug. 21. Election of officers was on the program of the four-day joint convention of the Luther league and choral union be ing held in Mason City. Delegates from seven states Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma. Arkansas, Louis iana and Texas are present. Where It Started Carats. The carat, the unit of weight of jewellers and goldsmiths, was orig inally the weight of one of the seeds of the Abyssinian coral tree. These seeds, being very small and almost exactly equal in size, were used bjr ancient workers in precious stones as their units of weight When at last artificial weights were made the name was retained. (Copyright. 1121, WuseUr Syatlcatt, lac.) More Truth By JAMES J. CHEAP AT THE PRICE We were little surprised when an item appeared That tha archeological scholars Had learned that the palace that Solomon reared Cost more than a billion of dollars. Such a fortune blown in by a monarch today Would be, to be sure, past forgiving, But regally lavish was Solomon's sway And uncurbed by the high cost of living. The cost of the palace itself seems but small If one only reflects for a minute On the price of the food and the dry goods for all Of the three hundred wives that were in it. Lest they call him a tight-wad, an egg and a brute For not buying 'em separate houses, He had three hundred boudoirs to furnish to suit The taste of those three hundred spouses. Their bills for perfumery, powder and gum Must have cost the old emperor yearly (Providing he paid it) as tidy a sum As the price of the palace, or nearly. And as for their dresses fine linen and gold Silks, satins and ad infinitem, His treasurer would have been shocked to behold That mountainous annual item. Our archeological friends seem amazed That the masonry, woodwork and gilding, On this ancient stone palace that Solomon raised Cost more than the world's biggest building. But when one considers what Solomon spent, (And never, we're sure, did he grudge it,) The palace which saved him a huge Jot of rent Seems a very small part of his budget. AMAZING. Solomon's palace cost a billion dollars. And it wasn't put up by Tam many contractors, either. THE REASON. The profiteers Do'nt go to jail " Because they always Have the bail. Copyright. Hit by The Belt Syndicate, Inc. HOLDING A Adele Garrison's "Revelations Why Mother Graham Insisted That Junior "Is Psychic." Oh, Missis Graham 1 My Missis Graham! Oh! I so glad to see you!" Katie fairly tumbled from the high seat of the huge moving van before the slower Jim or the driver of the van could come to her assist ance, flew to me and hugged mo ecstatically. "I am just as glad to see you, Katie," I returned warmly. "But, child, you must have ridden on that load all night! Aren't you terribly tired?" , Katie laughed joyously. "Vot's dot vord tired?" she de manded with the unconscious impert inence that in another girl would be unbearable, but which Dicky and I have come to regard as rather a pic turesque accessory of our little maid's personality. "I no can spell dot," she went on. "I go to vork now, but I bet tonight come eight-nine o'clock, me and dot Jeem hit dot hay and sleep so fast." .She turned to Jim, who had de scended from the load in slower and more dignified fashion, to grin at him provocatively. His answering smile was full of the same good natured affectionate tolerance with which he has regarded his volatile, tempestuous little wife ever since their wedding day. "Good morning, Mrs. Graham," he said, taking my proffered hand with shy dignity. "Don't worry about Katie. We didn't start until after midnight, so we had a pretty good sleep before leaving, and she curled up on a matress on the load and slept most of the time out here." "Dot no such ting!" Katie de clared indignantly. "I go back on dot mattress because you and Tom say seat so crowded Tom can't drive so good, but I no sleep more dan two, three minutes all night. I hear everytings you say; you put dot in your pipe and smoke eet up." Across Katie's unconscious head I flashed a reassuring, comprehending smile to Jim, who was obviously em barrassed at ' Katie's unequivocal denial of his statement. I knew, of course, what had happened. Katie had determined to martyrize herself by sitting up all night. Jim and the driver, Tom, whom I repORnized as the husband of Jim's sister, had en tered into a kindly little conspiracy to induce her to lie down, and she had, indeed, slept through the jour ney. Her fresh, color and bright eyes belied her claim for a sleepless night. But wild horses would never have drawn the admission from Katie. What Junior Demanded. Well, if you're not sleepy, Katie, you must be hungry 1" I said pacific ally. "So come in and meet Mrs. Ticer. I know she will fix you up some breakfast. "She won't have to come inside to meet me," Mrs. Ticer's cordial voice replied. "I'm right here behind you, and I'll have some breakfast ready in a jiffy." She shook hands with the three strangers as I introduced them, mak ing them welcome in her genuine, wholesome fashion, and bore Katie off indoors that she might bathe her face and hands and freshen her cos tume, consigning the two men to her husband's mercies, all in a capable, unhurried minute. As I followed them indoors, heard Katie's excited chatter and Mrs. Ticer's more measured tones, I sur mised that the two women, of such widely different temperaments were forming one of the sudden friend ships which lonely women sometimes indulge in, and was glad for the sake of both. With a little apprehensive start I looked around for Mother Graham. I knew that she had followed me to the porch and had witnessed Katie's impulsive descent from the load. But Than Poetry MONTAGUE- HUSBAND New Phis of of a Wife" I had not seen her since. Had she been angered because of Katie's af fectionate greeting to me? I had witnessed similar exhibitions of temper on like occasions, recognizing that the basic reason for them is a subconscious jealousy that the girl should care much more for me than she does for her. I gave a weary little sigh. I felt in no mood to take up again the role of buffer between my mother-in-law's touchiness and my little maid's temper, which always has been mine. But even as I began to pity myself in genuine martyr fashion I heard my mother-in-law s voice, ' subdued a bit excited. "Margaret! Come up here!" I ascended the stairs rapidly to find Junior dancing up and down in his crib and demanding "Tatie. Dooner wants Tatie." "I tell you, Margaret, that child is psychic," she said excitedly. "Here he has no idea that Katie is any where in the neighborhood, and he wakens out of a sound sleep demand ing her." "Tatie! Tatie!" I prudently refrained from remind ing her that we all had talked before the child of Katie's coming, then I took advantage of her good nature any evidence of Junior's precocity puts her in the seventh heaven of amiability to dress the child and hurry him downstairs to see the girl who adores him. "Tatie! Tatie r he called as I placed him steathily behind her. She whirled, rushed toward him, clapped her hands to her head as she saw his bandaged arm and head, then knelt before him, encircling his little body tenderly and carefully. "Oh, my babee! Vot dey do to my babee while Katie gone? Never mind. Katie not go vay any more. You stay by Katie. Notings get you." And, mother-like, I revelled in the assurance. (Continued Tomorrow.) 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 it the ones involved are of proper age and choose not to take the rest when yon expect it. Possibly the money might look better to them in the hank. 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 expression 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 a 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 family conferences at con venient periods are desirable for the perfect understanding and sympathy of the individuals. Don't be so bent on a certain form of pleasure that you cannot see any thing else till it hits you between the eyes. Copyright, 1121. International Feature Service, Ino, For the fiscal year ending July 1, 192a $144,494,448.79 was collected as taxes from the sale of motor vehicles by the internal revenue bureau. . SLEEPY-TIME TALES THE CHAPTER XIV. An Odd Thought. "Umph! Umphl" Farmer Green had fenced off a piece of the old orchard, and into this new yard he turned Mrs. Pig's children. "Umph! Umphl" They had a fine time there, root- E P&rdon m!"h saii'I thought I heard you mention the name P19. insr down under the sod, rubbing their backs against the trunks of the old apple trees, and sprawling in the shade when they were sleepy. "Umphl Umphl Sometimes an apple dropped from a tree. And then there was a mad scramble. "Umph! Umphl" "Dear mel" said Jolly Robin's wife as she sat in the apple tree where she and her husband had a nest every summer. "Don't Mrs. Pig s children make , a dreadful noise?" Their grunts certainly are full sized 1" Jolly Robin, who had perched himself beside his wife, looked down at their new neighbors. They re having a good time, he observed cheerfully. "We ought not to complain. We may be thankful that that they dont climb trees and try to sing." Jolly Robin had a way of looking on the bright side of things. It was seldom that he couldn't act cheerful. Even when he felt quite downheart ed, inside, he managed usually to aooeat happy, outside. And now his remarks put his wife in a pleas- anter frame of mind. "Imagine a pig up a treel Mrs. Robin tittered. "Umph! Umphl" are you talking about me?" a voice inquired right beneath them. It gave Mrs. Robin such a start that she almost tumbled off the limb. "No! No! We're not talking about you not exactly," Jolly Robin answered. It was Grunty Pig that had spoken. "Fardon me he said, "l thought I heard you mention the name 'Pig.'" v ' br, Yes I We did speak ot your family, in a general way," John Robin admitted. Mh" said Grunty Pig. "And Hlfr.fr J4-. TALE OF GRUNTY PIG BY ARTHUR JCOTT BAILED ijrii area what was it you said about us? Weren't you and your wife laughing about our climbing trees?" Somehow Jolly Robin thought that Grunty's little eyes had a spite ful gleam as he looked upward into the tree top. And Mrs. Robin couldn't help moving to a higher limb. Grunty's glare sent a most uncomfortable shiver over her. Jolly Robin tried his best to act at 4iis ease. "It was just an odd thought that popped into my head," he assured Grunty Pig. - It made Mrs. Robin giggle when I mentioned it." He laughed merely enough. And his wife managed to smile faintly. But Grunty Pig frowned. "I thought sol" , he cried. "You Robins were poking fun at me and my brothers and sisters. Yes! And no doubt at my mother, too." "Oh, nol" Jolly Robin assured him. "We weren't thinking of any one in particular." "Aha!" Grunty snorted. "Yoti were laughing at all of us, then." And Jolly Robin could say nothing, to change his opinion. "You can't fool me," Grunty declared. "You have insulted my whole family. And it's time that you learned better manners. I see that I shall have to teach you a lessor." Well, when they heard that speech Tolly Robin and his wife had to laugh. The idea of a lesson in man ners from Grunty Pig was the fun niest thing on the farm. (Copyright, 1921. by' the Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) Do You Know the Bible? (Cover tip the answers, read the quea tlona and aee If yon can anawer them. Then look at the answers to aee if too are right.) Follow These Questions and Ans wers As Arranged by " J. WILSON ROY. 1. On what occasion were badg er's skins commanded as ?n offering? 2. Who was Rab-shakeh? 3. What was the name of the man who cursed and cast stones at David? 4. Where do we find these words, "where your treasure is, there will your heart be also?" 5. Where is it prophesied that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep? 6. What was the name of Joseph's first-born son? Answers. 1. The building of the tabernacle, Exodus xxv. 5. 2. Messenger sent by the king of Assyria to Hezekiali. 2 Kings xviii. 17. 3. Shimei. See 2 Samuel xvi. 5-6. 4. Matthew vi. 21. 5. ' Isaiah vii. 21. 6. Genesis xli. 51. (Copyright, 1S21, Wheeler Syndicate, Ino.) Killed by Lightning Sutton, Neb., Aug. 21. .(Special.) A Mr. Gillgard was killed by lightning here while loading hay on a farm near here. Camels are made for Men who Think or 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. Tien flflVnrft-f rfinirftef fAVo vi j ... vuw.wihvu,m) pci icuy utenaeu ana. because Camels leave NO CIGARETTY AFTERTASTE. Like every man who does his own thinking, you want line tobacco m your cigarettes. You'll find it in Camels. Aid, 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! Dog Hill Paragrafs uy ueorge jsingnam Dock Hocks says one reason the conversations and arguments at the postoifice don't amount to so much is that most of them take place un der the open flue, and are drawn up the chimney. . Jefferson Totlocks is building him self and family a storm cellar It was made large enough also far the family rackets. A ceiling fan has been installed in the barbershop at Tickville.- It runs so slow Sid Hocks is thinking about selling advertising space on the paddles. Copyright, 1121, George Matthew Adams. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions By H. IRVING KING. Swarming Bees. Many are the superstitions with regard to bees and probably the most common and wide-spread one is that when the bees swarm and leave the hive, it is necessary to go forth with pans, kettles, bells and other articles by which a noise may be produced and by creating a great din, induce the truant insects to alight. This is not a new custom by any means for Varre, the learned Roman, writing 2,000 years ago, re marked, "Who does not know that wandering and dispersed bees may be got to one place by -vmbals and rattles?" , ; ' The bee was especially sacred to Diana and Ceres. To the former it was assigned because it was a symbol of virginity, but to Ceres, the goddess of grain and harvest, the bee was naturally affiliated by the part it plays in the farm life. Ceres was the bees' especial god dess and over the fields of that god dess' care they flew in search of the material for their honey. So when they swarm and go in search of a new home they hear in the beating of the tin pans the clash of the cymbals around the altar of their goddess; in the bells and rattles the sound of sacred instruments celebrat ing her rites and knowing, there after, that her altar is nigh, they settle dowrt on some convenient limb as a suitable place to end their exodus. When you beat a tin pan At,. . " g " to stop the swarming hots vou arc merely trying to feed them by imi tating an ancient heathen rite. Copyright, 1921. by The McClure Newa paper Sydkate. Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. The crystal, today's talismanic gem, is symbolic of spiritual beau ty, and should bring good fortune to blondes, particularly to those who are religiously inclined. The sapphire, the natal stone for today, was believed by the ancients to make more beautiful any woman who wore it, and to endow her with a magnetic personality. To own a flawless sapphire means unfailing good luck for a woman. Yellow, India's sacred color, is to day's lucky color, and is believed to bring great happiness to its' wearer. Today's flower is the scarlet na sturtium, symbolic of gaiety and joyfulness. (Copyright, 1921. Wheeler Syndicate, Ino.) WHY- Are Marbles Placed Inside Boiling Kettles? In these days of gas stoves and rapid heating the old-fashioned ket tle of hot water has almost passed out of existence, though it still sur vives in many rural communities as well as in home9 which cling to the old way of doing things. Here it is that we will almost invariably find a marble at the bottom of each kettle, placed there by the careful housewife who knows that it will prove of material assistance in aid ing her to keep the inside of the utensil clean and spotless. While this might, at first glance, appear to savor of superstition, the practice is founded upon certain definite natural laws, the principal of which is that the boiling'of water releases some of the acids and min erals in the water and these would naturally have some effect upon the interior ot the kettle, eitner coating it was an encrustation of salts or eating away a part of the metal. The marble, however, serves to attract these foreign elements, the acids sinking into the porous substance and the salts Catherine easily upon its roughened surface, thus saving the kettle and prolonging its lite. (Copyright, 19S1, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Parents' Problems How can children be taught the right attitude, toward servants? Children can best be taught the right attitude toward servants by observing this attitude in their par ents, who should treat servants as courteously and as kindly as anv other persons. Also, children should rot be permitted to give orders to servants, this not being done in the case of other grown persons. In short, it should be made clear that the relation of the children with the servants should be the same as that they have with other grown-ups- friendly, but respectful. Crew Killed by Mine Christisiuia, Aug. 21. The entire crew of a fishing vessel was killed when the boat struck a mine north of Haugesund on the west coast of Norway. R. J. REYNOLDS Tobacco Co. Wltoo.Salem,N.C. rnoTornYH. 1 c?osl.c:o in, AS" REG Three Days Mora pL "COLD ) STEEL" U A atory af swift action and H , t fata moments in the southwest, ff where civilization ie eenquer- t Wf '.1 in; the desert and a man'a beet ' ; 2 asset it hla courage, II A picture lor huabanda and wives and all those who ex pect to be married. Uial NOW TILL WEDNESDAY ROSCOE "FATTY" ARBBCKLE "TheDoHar a Year Man " JOHNNY HINES "Torchy V Promotion" Rlalta Symphony Orchestra, Harry Brader, Director ' Julius K. 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