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Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22
Brief City NelUs

Wife Charges Neglcct-Mrs. Rhea
Roth, in a cross divorce petition
against Joseph Roth, charges him
with being neglectful.
To Consider Budgct-Budget
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce will meet tonight for a final
discussion of matters of appropria-
tons.
Finds Wife Dcad-David Gross.
1868 Poppleton avenue, stepped
from the train here to be in
formed his wife had died during
his trip abroad. r..
Quarters for Guards-Marine
guards. expected in Omaha this
week to protect the mails, probably
will be quartered at Fort Omaha,
according to Acting Postmaster
Daniel. !"
Auto Ovcrturned-Walte Bates
and his wife, 706 North Sixteenth
street, were seriously injured yester-
day morning when their automobile
turned turtle at Thirty and
Dodge streets.
Damage Suit On-Trial of Mrs
Emma Duncans suit for $4,000
against r. B. Howell. manager of
the Metropolitan Utilities district,
began in District Judge Redicks
court yesterday.
Dog Gives Fire Aiarm-The bark
ing of little black dog in the
Grand Electric shop, 291S Sherman
avenue, attracted the attention of
passersby. A fire was discovered in
the shop. 1t happened Sunday night.
In Need OF Home-A boy, 8, and
a girl, 10, brother and sister, their
parents dead, are in need of home.
Rev. r. B. Rails of the Nebraska
Children's Home society, 602 Me-
Cague building, is in charge Of the
children.
Wife Sues Husband-That Harry
Conrad, 1901 Boyd street. is 'un
mindful of his marital duties" and
guilty Of cruelty is charged by his']
wife. Linda, who brought suit for
separate maintenance in district
court yesterday.
Wants Money Back-Rudolph J.
Hansen filed suit in district court
yesterday against Peter Elvad and
Fred C. Haver, asking return of
$7,230 which he invested in stock
of the Bankers Realty company.
He alleges misre presentation.
Switch to Dials-Atlantic num-
ber telephones will be switched to
the automatic system December Is.
When Atlantic numbers are all
working on the automatic system
work will be started transferring
Jackson numbers to this system.
Wants to Change Name-Cecil |
Gamlen, stock and grain broker
employed by e. W. Wagner, has |
asked the district court to change |
his name to John, on the grounds |
that Cecil sis inconvenient and con-
trary to the best interests Of the |
petitioner"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22
Governor M'Kelvie
To Speak at Dinner
Chief Executive to Be Pre-.
sented Membership Card
BY Hi.Y Clubs.

Three hundred boys OF the Hi-Y
clubs OF Central, South and COM
merce High schools will be present
at the Hi-Y clubs dinner in the
Y. NJ. c. A. tonight. i.
At the speakers table with Cover
nor McKelvie will be seated II
Omaha high school seniors, the Off
GERS of the three Hi-Y clubs. They
are George j hnston, d. L. Dimond,
Clark Beymer. Orlando Smith, Con.
rad Holmberg, Charles Seymour,
Lawrence Duckworth, B o W nj n
Hutchinson. Glen Truax, Herbert
Olson and Charles Kuncl.
George Johnston, lieutenant COL
onel OF the Central cadet regiment.
and president of the Central Hi-Y
club, will preside. He will present
the governor with a membership card
in the clubs, which was voted him
at the regular meeting last Friday
night
The Y. NJ. c. A. quartet will sing
and the Pinkerton orchestra of Cen
tral High school will play during the
dinner. Younger high school boys
and older grade boys will serve the
dinner to their older boy banqueters.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22
Theaters to Give
Special Programs
For Music Week
Concert Thanksgiving Morn.
ing at Strand by Omaha
Musicians Orchestra
Il Feature.

Music week opened in Omaha yes
lefday with special musical pro.
grams in 'heaters and moving picture
houses and a musical public affairs
luncheon at the Chamber OF Com.
inercc.
The feature event of the week will
be concert Thanksgiving morning
at II, in the Strand theater by on
members OF the Omaha Musicians
union, directed by Ernest Nordjn,
under auspices OF the City Concert
club. This will be free. Il. b. How
ell win make short address: Myrtle
Frances Wyatt, soprano, will sing;
and little Rose Dubnoff, violrist, will
play.
The Concord club quartet, consist
ing OF Dean Smith, Hugh Wallace,
George Campbell and Ed Williams
will sing at various hospitals OF the
city during the week.
Musical events today include a
community sing at the grain ex-
change by the Girls Community
Service league and special programs
by various clubs.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22

II you are hollow-eheeked. sallow-
skinned, suuken -chested and gener-
ally weak or run down and want TO
round out your face and figure to
pleasing and normal proportions you
will ind this simple test well worth
trying: First weigh yourself and
measure yourself. Next take Mastins 8
vITAMON-two tablets with every
meal. Then weigh and measure your
self again each week and continue
taking VITAN0N regularly until you
are satisfied with your gain in weight
and energy. Mastin's vITAMoN
tablets contain highly concentrated
yeast-vitamines as well as the two
other still more important vitamines
Fat Soluble A and Water Soluble G.
and are now being used by thou
sands. They positively will not up
set the stomach or cause gas. but on
the contrary are a great aid TO d.
sestion. to overcome constipation
and as q general conditioner of the
whole system. Pimples, boils and
skin eruptions seem TO vanish lie
magic under its purifying influence.
the complexion becomes fresh and
beautiful, the cheeks rosy instead OF
pale, the lips red instead OF color
less, the eyes bright instead OF
dull. So rapid and amazing are the
results that success is absolutely
guaranteed or the trial costs you
nothing Be sure TO remember the
name Nastius vI-TA-NOS-the
original and genuine yeast-yita mine
tahlet-thers is nothing else like It |
so do not accept limitations or sub |
stitutes- You can get Mastins
NiiAaoN at sry druggist.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22
Bnctson TO Be Asked
To Account for $87,725

Federal Judge Woodrough granted
Ralph West. receiver for the Briet-
son Tire Manufacturing company,
permission yesterday to bring action
against o. a. Brieston, president,
forcing him to account for SS7,725.S4,
alleged 10 have been taken from the
company funds in the last four years.
The receiver will start action TO re-
cover s20770 in dividends paid Brict.
son; $500 in salary paid TO Mrs,
Brietson; TO have an accounting OF
S+,927 paid to Brietson for travelling
expenses. and S4,loS in rental for his
property at Brookings, 5. ID.
Music lessons. presumably for the
two Brietson daughters; grocery bills
and insurance iotaling Sl,005,l0 were
paid out OF the company funds, il is
alleged.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22
Father and Son Week to Be
Observed January 1929

The next father and son week IN
Omaha will be next January p to
%. under an agreement reached yes
.erday when ]. H. Beveridge obtained
endorsement Of the plan by the Min
isterial union.
At the last father and son week,
e,5ll fathers and sons took part in
banquets and special meetings in "a
churches. Twice that number will
participate in the next week, it is
.Spected.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-22
DIR. Schultz to Lecture
On Birds of Nebraska

DR.. Herman Won w. Schultz. dean
OF the Creighton Medical college. will
speak tonight in the Creighton adui-
torium, Twenty-hfth and California
streets. on Birds OF Nebraska" The
occasion j. the first assembly of the
seminary sponsored by Creighton
university.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16
First Floor Plan.

struction with artistic adornments In
the way of dormers, bays, etc. The
windows are well placed and numer-
Gus. insuring plenty of light to the
rooms. There II a small, inviting
front porch with artistically designed
Front door. The steps are concrete, as
Is the foundation. Moreover, there is
Q large sun parIor at the side. 8 feet
6 inches by IS feet Q inches adjoining
the living room.
The architect has designed an attrac-
tive home Of nine rooms, yet the
house only measures 30 by 40 feet.
The efficient arrangement Of the
rooms has permitted this conserva-
tion of space.
On the first floor are the living room.
dining room, kitchen and one bedroom.
not to mention the sun parior. which
h really an additional room. and Z
washroom Of the kitchen where the
help can wash up after coming
from the fields after the days work.
This room prsvents the tracking up u
~ titchss and ceussousntly SAVES
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16
MODERN TYPE OF
HOME FOR FARM
Nine-Room House Has Accom-
modations for Large Family.
IS CONVENIENT AND RooMY
Homes Like This Are Rapidly Making
the Farm Place of Comfort and
Pleasure-Are Equally Well
Adapted to the City.
BY WILLIAM A. RAoFoRo.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building. for the readers of this
paper On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufactures. he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to william A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. ILL.,. and only inclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
The day when the farmer will not
have to take his hat off to the city
dweller In the matter Of homes is here.
There was time, and not long ago,
when the farm home was nothing more
than shelter with four walls and a
roof, and little inside that would make
II comfortable. In fact, most of the
energies and profits of the farm were
put In the barn, which was considered
the most important part Of the farm.
But the tendency Of the Twentieth
century would not permit such a con-
ditiOn to remain. This last decade
has been notable for its part in the
emancipation of women. They have
gained the right to vote by constitu-
tional amendment. hold office, and are
now qualified to sit on juries.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

But more important than the gaining
of political franchises and liberties
has been the emancipation of the
woman In the home and especially so
In the farm home. We will not dwell
on the drudgeries Of the farm wife
of 20 or 30 years ago. They are too
fresh in the memory. The day Is
not far off when the last wash tub
will be a fit relic for the museum of
antiques and the kerosene lamp a
thing to be marveled at. And the old
farm pump, some people like TO en-
thuse about and grow real sentimental
and all that, but ask the farmers wife
or daughters who nearly broke their
backs over 1t many cold mornings. Now
that they have running water In their
new modern home they have little time
for sentiment about the good old
days"
The house shown here with floor
plans is the type of farm house that
is rapidly making the farm a place Of
comfort and pleasure. 1t is not farm
home because of certain deficiencies,
but can be built just as well on any
good city street. For II has all the
earmarks of real home.
Consider the exterior. A very at
fractive home from without, frame con-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

Then one night Just as the moon rises
above the roof of the jungle and casts
pale eerie light over the village
square, the trembling novices, denud-
ed Of all clothing, are conducted by
the elders to the edge of the square.
They see before them a long lane OF
crouching figures queerly garbed-the
devils which are TO test them. The
crouching figures spring into action;
blood-curiling yells fill the air. Small
groups of demons" clutch the shrink
inc lads and stamp up and down,
round and round the village, rubbing
their bodies and throwing them In the
air. The din Is internal. One can
scarcely credit that sounds such as
these could come from human threats.
Up on the scaffolding they cast their
human "hand-balls," but before the
terror-stricRen lads can climb out Of
reach they are pulled down again. The
mothers of the lads, weeping and
shrieking, rush into the groups to try
to rescue their boys. "Oh demons"
they cry, "do not harm my boy; he
Is worthy" "He Is not worthy" they
shrek in reply, "this is his death
dance" He sees others rushing at
him with clubs uplifted to strike, but
before they can fall rough hands
snatch him away and he is tossed and
whirled through the air over and over
again. Deadly tired and semi-dement-
ed. he Is placed on the scaffold for a
brief respite, but acrobatic demons"
spring to his side and perform strange
inhuman Catherine wheels" and other
movements, as they chuckle and jeer
at him and mutter horrible threats.
Demons" in the trees overhead upset
vessels Of icy cold water over him, and
again he Is dragged from his resting
place and almost torn asunder. But
nj last the demons" consent to let
him rest. Then he Is covered from
head to foot with large cloaks Of
bark cloth. With his back turned he
clings to the scaffoldlng In fear and
trembling while the bullroarers are
brought in.
For hours the novices stand on their
lofty perches with their heads hid
den from the devils voices" Then
they are proclaimed worthy and the
demons are explained to them. Food
is distributed to guests from other
tribes by the elders, who move quickly
from man to man with a queer trot-
ting gait.
These depart for their own villages
and the youths return to their houses
Of learning for instruction in the bull
roarer, the sacred flute. and other mu-
steal instruments Of the initiation.
Here they remain until the conditions
Of the ceremony are fulfilled, when
they become entitled to the fruits Of
their rse-manhood and marriage.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16
Most Composite Language.

1t is impossible to state the exact
percentage of any language entering
into the composition Of English, as
English has become the most composite
language spoken by man. The vocabu-
larry of common life Is still about
three-fourths of Anglo-Saxon origin,
but the vocabulary Of literature and
commerce contains majority Of
words Of foreign origin, chiefly Latin
or Greek, coming in great part through
the Romance tongues, and Of these
chiefly through French. The languages
from which the next greatest cOntribu-
ton has been received are the Scan.
dinavian Icelandic, Swedish, Danish.
Norwegian), the low German Dutch.
Flemish, etc.,; Celtic, Hebrew, Per
sian, Arabic, Hindustani, Turkish,
Malay, Chinese, American Indian. etc.
The words derived from the more
remote languages are however, in great
part names Of products or customs
peculiar to the countries concerned,
and few of them enter into actual
English use.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

"Would / be free to report all that
I SAW" / asked.
"Quite free, so far as your own peo-
pie are concerned, but death comes to
one of our own tribe should he be-
come acquainted with the mysteries
without first being prepared and in
itiated," they said.
When l returned to the station that
evening was member Of the Manua
tribe, having been formally initiated
into the most sacred institution of a
primitive people. What l learned was
this:
Preparing the Youths.
Before boys and girls are qualified
to take their places as adult members
Of the tribe they are required to pass
through certain grades. The priv
ileges of each grade are conferred dur
ing ceremonies which take place after
the candidate has undergone a course
OF preparation. The first distinction
is the right to wear the nose bone.
When the child is about six years Of
age a person appointed for the pur-
pose squeezes the septum of the can
dates nose with finger-nails which
have been heated over a fire, and then
pierces 1t with a bone. A piece Of
wood is placed In position to keep the
hole distended until the wound has
healed, and after the operation the
child, heavily decorated and ornament
ed, remains seated In the house Of
the operator until the gift of pig and
some food by the parents confirms the
right of the child to wear the nose
bone to distinguish 1t from children
of lower grade. In this state the
child advances to puberty, and then
the process Of serious training begins
the preparation for its life as an
adult.
Nothing much is known of the treat
ment Of the girls, but the boys are
placed In an Enclosure and for some
months are secluded from all except
ing the elders who train them. Every
possible method is devised to instruct
the youths in a mode of behavior cal
culated to promote the interests Of
the tribe.
Supreme Test Is Rough.
| At last the time comes for the SUI
preme test. All through this period
of seclusion the voices Of "devils"
(bullroarers) have been heard outside
the houses Of learning, and whenever
the "voice" has come to their ears the
candidates nave been forced to per-
form certain movements lest they
should be struck dead by unseen hands.
, Now they are required to enter the
very midst Of the devils"
A high scaffoldIng is erected In the
village and all the women and chill
dren other than the mothers Of can
didates are sent to some other locality.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16
Second Floor Plan.

plan. In case more room Is needed,
the attic can be mustered into nervice.
There is nothing about this home
to indicate that 1t is peculiar to the
farm. In fact. II is just $ modern
as any city home. Running water and
electric lights are no longer the ex-
ception to the rule on farms. In fact,
no good farmer Is without them. If he
cannot get his power from some high
power line near the house he installs
an electric lighting plant In his cellar.
Water supply systems are inexpensive
comforts.
One Of the best investments the
farmer can make Is a modern home.
He is preparing for the future by
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

because 1t is the accurate timepiece
Of Great Britain. It is also the larg-
est clock In the world. II Is wound
by machinery which looks powerful
enough to drive steamship. and It
takes two men several hours three
times week to wind It up and keep
It in order. The hour figures are
two feet long on the dial Of Big Ben.
Its hour hand IA made Of gun-metal
and its minute hand, which IL IL feet
long, II of copper. The pendulum Of
Big Ben weighs TOO pounds and y u
feet long.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16
Protective Measures.

Old 81 Hawklns--Kin get receipt
fer this here letter?
Clerk-You can get II registered for
10 cents and we'll give you receipt.
II 1t Is important we advise you to
register 1t.
Old Si-Oh, the letter amt Of no per.
ticker Importance. merely allowed
mebbe I could get some kind O. receipt
to show the old woman I'd mailed 1t.
/ guess I'll save the 10 cents an put
up with bein' called liar. a. usual
Boston Transcript.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16
One Point Ahead.

IN a local Office there IL a new
manager--a bachelor and much sought
after by all the girls who work there.
But one. has been more successful In
winning his attentions than the others
and naturally they are extremely
Jealous, one particularly who started to
hurt the popular one the other morn
Ine. She came In. her face wearing
IN enigmatic smile. II just bet Mr..
- Il going % get married." she BE-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

Fast and LOOSE Is the name of q
cheating game, also called "pricking
at the belt" which appears to have
been much practiced by the gypsies In
the time Of Shakespeare. The orig
inal name, In the phrase ito play fast
and loose" has gone into the language
to designate the conduct Of those
whose easy ethics do not forbid them
to say one thing and do another.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

gan. II had dream about him last
night which means marriage. He had
some flowers and"
why, he did have flowers last
night" interrupted the pretty one.
HE was taking them to me. They're
on my desk now and"
And there was absolute silence In
that office while the other girls new
to their WORK. Indianapolis News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

providing comforts for his children
that will keep them with him until
the time when he Is ready to turn
ever the work to them and their chill
dren. youth will not be denied"
and IL they find home life just as
pleasant, just as modern and just as
entreatlng on the farm as 1t is In the
cities. they certainly are not leaving
the farm and its substantial surety for
the city and Its uncertainties.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16


largest island on the globe, II Aus
tralia be considered continent, It's
Interior is still to a considerable ex-
tent region of mystery. Extreme
physical hardshps hamper the adven-
turous traveller there, and many of the
natives are still head-hunters and cam
nibals.
The British, who since the World
war possess the entire eastern half of
the island, have been the most per-
sistent explorers Of Papua and some
OF them have had remarkable and
thrilling experiences there. One of
those intrepid Englishmen, E. w. Pear
son Chimney, is the only white man
who ever witnessed the ceremony with
which the Manua tribesmen Initiate
their youths into manhood. And not
only that-he was himself initiated
into the tribe. Here Is the way he
tells 1t:
1t was at Kokoda, $500 feet above
sea level, on the slopes Of Mount Vic
toria, that / first heard the "bullroar-
err" called "the Voice of the Jungle
Spirit by natives Of Papua. / had
lust returned from long, arduous
expedition in the mountains. Tired
and wearied by the excessive strain, !
was resting on the veranda of the
home made bungalow which served as
the residency, when there came sud-
denly to my ears a succession of
CHASTITY shrieks followed by long
drawn sobs, strangely human yet OBJ
viously not human. Then came Sc
ries Of indescribable blood-curdling
sounds which eliminated in pitiful
moan. The sounds came from the d.
rection of the Manua villages to which
my small cook boy belonged. "Mam-
bia," I cried to him, whatever Is
that?" But he fled from me In terror
with his hands over his ears.
Nor could l obtain any information
from the other natives on the station.
It is the 'voice Of the demon which
dwells In the bush," they said, but
beyond that I could learn nothing.
Invited to the Ceremony.
The villages were only few mo-
ments' walk, so thither went for en-
iightenment, for II Is good that an
officer should know what is happen
Ing In bis district. l was met on the
track by three of the chiefs who,
strangely enough, were about to call
on me to discuss the very matter
bad come to investigate.
MASTER" the spokesman began,
smany years have passed since the
government came to our district, and
during all that time our tribe has not
been able to prepare its young men for
manhood, for the needs of the gov
eminent have required them to be ever
nj hand. Since you have been here
our people have served you loyalty and
with confidence. Now we come to
ask your permission to hold our sacred
ceremonies that our young men may
formally enter manhood. In three
moons they will be men, May they
be free from service for that period?'
"You have permission to do any.
thing that Is for the welfare of the
tribe so long as 1t does not conflict
with the laws of the government"
replied.
mo white man has ever witnessed
pur sacred ceremonies. but It would
please us to have our master one who
knows our customs. Would you be
inItiated7" they asked.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

the housewife considerable labor. The
living room Is large and bright and Is
II feet inches BY II feet 6 inches.
There Is an extra toilet on the first
floor next to the Mushroom.
Plenty Of bedrooms have been pro-
vided In this house. This is necessary
in the farm home to take care of the
help during the busy months. Up
stairs there are five in addition to the
one already mentioned on the lower
floor. They are all of good size, and have
splendid ventilation facilities afforded
by the many windows In this house.
A bathroom with modern fixtures has
been provided for In the second door
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

The variability Of public spinlsa
makes politics . diSncult game"
Yea replied Senator sorghum.
Tho human race y ~ q bard =
guoss q . horDAs
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-12-16

~How Il she at bridge. strongf'
II should say 20. Her bridge n
strong enough to support The whole
family"