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TUB BICE: OMA:iA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1921.
ax iff, Traip
ry l: HENR I ETTA'
ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
THE GUMPS SUT.SS
OH, MIN!
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith
Caerrtgat, It! I, Chicago TrbuB Com
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Caught by Mr. Crow.
It was far to the edge of the corn
field, from the farmyard fenre. And
Henrietta Hen at quick to din-over
that the freshly ploughed and lur
rowed field offered a fine place to
M-ratch for all kind of worm and
t'iiff and emits.
Not beinu ht you might call a
wise bird like Old Mr. Crow Hen-
rielta didn t know that farmer Grten
had carefully planted corn in th.it
held, in long row, She did ex
claim, however, that she was in
Kreat lurk when now and then he
unearthed a few kerneli of corn. But
he wasn't looking for corn. She
merely ate it when ahe happened to
lind any.
It it no wonder, then, that she wai
amazed when a hoare voice tud-
clrnly cried riht in her ear, almost,
"You're a thief and can't deny itl"
She jumped. How could she have
hrlned it? And the voice exclaimed.
"There! You're guilty or you'd
never nave jumped like that.
Turning, Henrietta saw that a
Mack-eyed gentleman was (taring at
her aternlv.
"It take Mr. Crow to catch 'cm.
he croaked. "He can tell a corn
thief half a mile away."
All this time Henrietta Hen hadn't
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Jack and Jill
'Why don't you speak?" ha damar&l
said a word. At first she was too
surprised. And afterward she was
too angry.
"Why don't you speak?" he de
manded. . He dearly loved a quarrel.
And somehow it wasn't much fun
uuarreling with anybody when the
other party wouldn't say a word.
Still Henrietta Hen didn't open
her mouth. She puzzled Mr. Crow.
He even forgot his rage (for it al
ways made him angry if anybody
but himself scratched up any corn.)
"What's the matter wtih you?" he
asked. "What's the reason you don't
speak?" . : '
"I'm too proud to talk with yon,"
said Henrietta Hen. "I don't care
to be seen speaking to you, sir."
"Hal" Mr. Crow exploded. "Don't
you think I'm as good as you are?"
"Nol" said Henrietta Hen. "No,
I don't."
Mr. Crow was all for arguing with
Iter. He began1 to tell Henrietta
many things about himself, how he
had spent dozens of summers in
Pleasant .Valley, what a great travel
er he was, how far he. could fly in a
day. There was no end to his boast
ing. 1 -i '
Yet Henrietta Hen never looked
the least bit interested. Indeed, she
began scratching for worms while hi
was talking.. And that made the old
fellow angrier than ever. . ..
"Don't you dare eat another ker
nel of corn!" he thundered. 'If you
do, I'll have to tell Farmer Green."
"He feeds me corn every day
cracked corn!" said Henrietta.
"Well, 1 never!" cried Mr. Crow.
"What's he thinking oi, wasting good
corn like that?"
"Really, I mustn't be seen talking
with you," .Henrietta Hen toldf Mr.
jC'row. "If you : want- to know the
answer to; your question, come iOver
to the barnyard and. ask. the Rooster.
He'lt give you an - answer that' you
won't like." And then -she walked;
away with stately steps. . " ; I
Mr. Crow watched . her s with a
baleful gleam in his eyes. 'He. knew
well enough what Henrietta 'meant.
The Rooster would rather fight him
than not. And -though Mr. Crow
loved a quarrel, he never cared to
indulge in anything more dangerous
than harsh words. ,
"I don't know what the farm's
coming to," he croaked. ; ."Here's
! -former Green wasting corn on such
as her and cracking it for her,
tOOl" ;;.'
So saying, the old gentleman turned-
hjs back on Henrietta Hctt,
who was already fluttering through
the farmyard fence... And thereupon
he scratched up enough corn for a
hearty meal, grumbling meanwhile
because it wasn't cracked for him.
"Somehow," he muttered. "I caa't
help wishing I was a speckled hen."
(Copyright, 1981.. by Metropolitan News
paper Service.)
Common Sense
By J. J. MUNDY.
A Place for Everything.
"No matter how disordered it
makes a house look,' a man will lay
down anything anywhere about a
house, and expect to go back and
find the house in order and His things
iust where he left them."
: Complaining about the inconsist
;ncy of men as well as their dis
orderly tendencies, a, housewife, like
i.iany another, speaks thus.
Yet it is true.
Every woman wants her home to
took neat, and in order to accom
plish this effect must keep things
picked up as fast as they are put
down, out of place.
If she did not 13-p picking up the
husband would b.e no time in complaining-
about the disorder.
; And so littledifferences arise from
:he simple canse a wife, wanting to
be orderly, forgetting- what she has
done with friend husband's belong
ings and neither one having an idea
where to look. -
But yotr ay, "You think there
should be a definite, understood
place to pot everything in the house."
That would solve the problem if
both were equally as anxious to
keep order.
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Service, las. .
"I'm going out of town for two
days for the firm," announced Jack
when he came .home from the office.
'I'll get my little over-night bag
packed right away," said Jill happily.
"Why, honey, it's the first time I've
had a chance to use it. Where arc
we going?" .
Jack ktarted.
"Where are we going?" he re
peated. "Why Jill, it's a businejs
trip and I've got to go alone, of
course."
'Oh, Jack." Her voice just
dripped disappointment - - "Why
can t I go?
its a business trip, I said.- My
goodness, Jill, I can't take you on
trips when I go away tor the oflice.
"But. dearest, I won't be in the
way. I'll go to the movies and stay
in the hotel and see the shops and
I will be no trouble at all."
"Can't afford it," said Jack obdur
ately. "And I'll be awfully lonely."
But Jack attacked the Irish stew
and the mashed turnips and the hot
biscuit with a grim, unrelenting ex
pression. Jill pouted. ...
"You'll be lonesome," she
warned.
He shrugged.' . .
"Business is business," he said.
"And it's only SO miles," reminded
his Jill-girl.
"Can't Kelp it," said Jack stiffly.
"It would cost $10 extra to take you.
and that would have to come out of
our pocket. And besides I'll only be
gone pne night."
"And I'll be alone in the house,"
sh wailed. ,
.. "Nobody'll bite you," he said al
most . brutally, Jill thought. She
nibbled despondently at a biscuit.
Jack finished dinner and went up
stairs to pack.
"I'm leaving town on the 4:18 to
morrow afternoon, "he said.
And there was no more talk of the
trip. .
He seemed strangely pre-occupied
at breakfast the next morning, and
kissed her hurriedly as he lei, his
traveling bag in hand. .
Jill mooned through the house all
day, and wondered whether to go to'
one of her girl friends' houses for
the night, or to remain at home in
solitary misery. ' ; r, -r
It was just 21 minutes after three
that afternoon ,wherCthe telephone
bell trilled insistentljQt
"Hello," she answern in a quaver
ing, pathetic little voice.
"Hello, there, dearest," cried the
well-beloved voice from the other"
end. "Say, dear, get your funny little
overnight bag packed , right away
and hurry down to meet me.- We go
on the 4:18, you know, and we'll get'
there in time to see a show, and to
morrow while I'm looking after the.
business, you can o shopping in the
big stores."
He paused.
"Now hurry up and pack your
little bag, dear," he added with a
laugh.
For a moment she pondered.
Then she said finally with- a sly
little grin:
"All right, dear. I've got it all
packed and I'm all dressed. I'll meet
you at the station. , .
Jack hung up on the other end
with that strange puzzled expression,
that young husbands sometimes
wear.
(Copyright, 192t. Thompson Feature
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STARTS TODAY
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STARTING SUNDAY
TOM MIX
in a new type of
Mix picture.
'The Rough Diamond1
Romancejn Origin
Of Superstitions
By H.-1. KING.
Toads and Rain..-.
Kill i toad and it will rain tomor
row is a superstition which is gen
eral in the Unitedtatej and .Can
ada. In most sections the same' i
said withfregard to killing a-frog
by stepping upon it, and the cattle
herders of Texas' and the farmers of
,eastern Massachusetts also,, say that
if a toad digs a hole and crawls into
it there is sure to be rain ( the fol
lowing day. In this superstition, as
in various others, the- frog ' and . the
toad are regarded as practically-the
same creature in fact .the ancients,
like most city-dwellers of now(, ap
pear hardly to distinguish between,
them. ;
L. D. Burdick, the .author oi
"Magic and Husbandry," thinks that'
"the intimate association of frogs and-!
toads with springs .and wet. places
first led to the idea that they could
control the fall of rain.".;
In some savage tribes (when a
drouth is threatened a frog or a
toad is beaten until he brings on the
desired showers it was not unusual
for the ancients to try bulldozing
with their gods when sacrifices and.
prayers had failed to : move . them; -Probably
!the killing of thelfrog or
toad to-i'nlure rain is arelicrof this
idea. ''Survey mainkind. from China
to Peru" and we find this same be
lief in frogs and toads as rain-mak
ers. The Peruvian Indians set up
little images, of them on mountain
top to bring on rain and in India
they hang one on a tree for a few
days "in order" says Burdick, "that
the rain god may take city and send
a shower."' The Indians of British
Columbia kill one to bring on rain
and the natives of southeastern Aus
tralia ' fear to kill one lest it bring
on a flood. In short, this -primitive ,
superstition, existing from remotest
ages, prevails today all over.- the.
world, more lasting and mbre wide
ly believed 'in than all the systems
of philosophy devised by the great
est human intellects. r ,
(Copyrlsht, " ISSt, ' McClure Newspaper
. Syndicate.) ,
WHY-
Are' Radiator's 'Painted With Gilt
(,,' ;, - Paint?,
, At . first glance there would not
appear to he any connection between
the gilding of radiators and the wear
ing of'light-colorcd' clothing in sum
mer,' but,' in-reality the two are
founded upon the same princiolt
the -radiation or free distributiufi of
heat. Long before science worked
but the precise laws which, govern
the different colors with respect to
their ability to hold or diffuse heat,
the people of tropical countries had
found out for themselves that' white
clothing was much cooler than dark,
while the residents of the north
bundled themselves in black and
brown coats in order to keep warm.
The former permitted the heat of the
body to escape: the latter conserved
It, held it in.
i The same thing' applies.' to radia
tors. A coating of a dark-colored
paint would materially decrease the
radiation, or giving off of heat from
the pipes, and thus practically defeat
the very purpose for which the ra
diators are constructed, while a light
yellow paint permits this to go on
with a minimum of heat-loss. In
the case of metals, even a silver
paint "does not function as well as
gilt, while the. withholding of the
heat ; is increased in proportion to
darkness of the paint used, a black
coating making a difference of as
much as 10 degrees on radiators of
certain sizes.
(Copyright, 1S21, Vi'heder Syndicate, Inc.)
Where It Started
Alcoves."
Alcoves, which now contain any
thing from a clothes-press to a cozy
corner, were originally not depres
sions in the walls of rooms, but
railed-off places designed to held
beds of state. These spaces were
called, in Spanish, "Alcoba;" the "v"
sound of the Spanish "b" gave us the
word "alcove," which was applied to
recesses rather than to railed-off
spaces.
(Copyright, 1921, By The Wheeler Syn
dicate, Inc)
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
. By MILDRED MARSHALL.
An -unusually potent gem is the
sard, which is today's talismanic
stone. According to one. ancient
authority, "God granted these stones
their beauty and virtue for the health
and comfort 'of the human race."
Danugeron writes of the sard, that
if worn by a woman it is a good
and fortunate stone. To be very
lucky, it should be engraved with a
design showing a grape-vine and ivy
intertwined.
The opal, popularly supposed to
be unlucky, is. the natal stone for
those whose birth anniversary thi
is.. In this instance the gem is a
fortunate one,, particularly if the
wearer has artistic talents, for the
opal is believed to. bestow a chang
ing temperament and magnetic per
sonality necessary td the artist,
whether he be actor, writer or
singer. . ;
The violet is the color prescribed !
by the Orient for wear on this dav
It is particularly recommended bv
those who are high strung or emo
tional. The scarlet geranium is today's
special flower. Its cheerful influ
ence is believed lo dispel sorrow.
(Copyright, list. Wheeler Hyn.llrete. Inc.)
Ex-Head of Pioneer State
Defendant in $-'0,000 Suit
Suit for $20,000 against Willard V. j
Mathews, former president of the i
Pioneer State bank,' on a $-5,W0 i
promissory note, was filed yesterday I
in district court by the ' American
State bank of Oinaha. . j
The petition alleges that Mathews
has paid only $3,000 on the note,
which is dated April 10, 1920.
Mathews is under indictment on
charges of embezzlement and of
causing false entries to be made in
the books of a banking corporation.
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