Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-13
The Russian Bears We're
Fussing Because Mrs.
Bear Was Suffragist

! made for her husband with her little
eyes cleaning her with malice
Mr.. Bear backed away from her
toward the center of the cage.
You will, will YOU" gasped his
wife
She again rose on all fours, and
this time her random shot went
home.
Mr.. Bear dazedly paved the ar
at the impact of the blow, tottcred
for moment and then, having COM
backwards into the concrete bath
with splash that could be heard
up and down the long row of animal
! cages.
/ Goodness gracious" exclaimed
/ the raccoon across the way, those
Russian bears are fighting againl
Its getting positively annoying and
ought to be stopped"
"Nes, indeed" agreed the gay
wolf, rubbing his nose against the
| bars of his cage ITS a disgrace
TO our peaceful community, Those
! Russians haven't any manners, any
way. Anarchists and 'bolsheviki
never dot"
Look at them now" shifted the
raccoon. "Air. Bear hasn't nerve
enough to assert his rights even
after his wife knocks him over into
the bath tub. 1t certainly is the
limit. Now, if | were he"
You'd run like sixty. you'd be
so scared" rudely interrupted the
gray wolf contemptuously. The
gray wolf hasn't much use for the
ratcoon, because the latter had a
! handsomer tail than he had, and it
made him jealous.
Over in the Russian bear cage
things by this time had somewhat
Quoted down. Mr.. Bear wet and
bcdrageled, had pulled himself out
Of the bath tub and crawled glumy
into the little cave underneath the
rocks, where he lay. a sodden mass.
trying in vain to sleep under his
weight of soaked fur.
! His wife stalked up and down in
front of the cave opening. muttering
and growing, half to herself and
half at her husband. to the effect
that il h didn't look out, the
! same thing s,ould happen to him all
over again. and that very shortly,
too. and she didn't care who knew
it. My goodness, it took lot of
wind to say that but that is just
the way Mrs Bear said ii all in
one breath
All day long Mr.. Bear stayed IN
his cave. not even coming out to
eat at feeding time. When the nice.
juicy chunks of meat were thrown
into the outer inclosure Mrs. Bear
howled derisively. as if she just
dared Mr.. Bear TO try and come out
to get his dinner. 1t certainly was
dreadful state OF affairs.
Now, you children must know
that after dark. when nearly every
body but the young lovers have left
the park. the spell that keeps the
animals in their cages is broken, and
all the birds and beasts are free
until the break of dawn the next
day. They roam about and hobnoh
with each other and hold meetings
and give parties just like we NOR
tails do.
So. when night fell over the cage,
in the 200 and all the world was
asleep, the lions and tigers and
rabbits and raccoons aud monkeys
and llamas silently stalked out of
their places Of confinement and CON
gregated in the narrow cement
paved Enclosure in between the
cages Of the cinnamon bear and
Sarah Rernhardt. the taffy co1ored
liOness.
(To Be Concluded Next Sunday)
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Miss Lily Helen Harper native
of Canada. is the first yeowoman in
the United States navy to anplv for
naturalization papers at Washing
on.
Observations by medical scientists
show that women 60 to sleep less
quickly than men. but sleep more
soundly and longer, if in normal
health.