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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1912)
D c tiii; omaha- srxDAV ni:i;: .lANtiAin mi: The Little Busy Bees ODAY e have a message from the new iieon of the Husy Ilees, Hazel Pinith. We have also an interesting letter from the retiring queen, Camilla Edholm, who is upending lier vacation In Teoumseh, Neb., and having a good time there. The flrnt prize goes this week to a new Hee, Katherlne llolberg; the second to Mildred Volgt. Their Own Page Vaaaaaaaaaaaa W There are a number of new Been Joining our hive today. They are: Kva Rush, who does not name which side she Ih on. lied Side Walter Averill. Omaha; Leon Kahn, Omaha. Hlue Side Katherine llolberg, South Omaha; Yette Levy, Hastings; Margaret Carpenter, Fairbury; Mary Morton, Henson; Norma Weeks, Omaha; Ruth Yard, Creston, la. The editor of the Children's page would like to explain why several letters which were written some weeks ago have not yet appeared. Some of them were so long that there has not been space to print them. Will the Bupy Hoes please reud the "Rules to Young Writers" on this page and notice especially the direction to use not more than 250 words In their letters. When you have finished your letters, go over them, crossing out unnecessary portions until you have cut down your stories to the proper number of words. The editor would also like to correct an error on the page last Sunday. It was Mated that the Reds won most prizes in the contest preceding the one Just finished. The two sides were equal, but the Ulues won eleven first and seven second prizes; the Reds, seven first and eleven second prizes. Little Stories by Little Folk 2ULES FOE YOUNG WB ITERS 1. Writ plainly 01 on aid of th pir oiuj and aombu ti ! 3. Us pan and ink, not Pen cil. 3. Short and potntad artlolai will b irln prtfaranc. Do not u OTr 850 word. 4. Original storlti or lttr only will b nd. 5. Writ your nam, ag and addraa ; Ui top of tha flral lfa. rirat find second prltaa or booka will ba rivan for tlia bat two con trlbutlona to tlila pag each wtak. Addraia all communications to CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT, Omalia I,, Omaha, JTt. goml, lint c diiln't tell hr ko; In fact, wn hod H koocI lnil of fun f axing her about it. While al t hi- tMhln we had a Jolly time, with much laughing on the part of mod of the Kill. Aftrr liinilipon we played tramr anrl many trh kn. !ut coon we wont outdoors hkhIii and Mfur plnylnu uwhllo went over to Turner pnrk neaihy. And on our re turn trip all agreed they had a moot enjoyable pli nh-. Our Picnic. By (First I'rlze.) Caw. Caw, Caw. Katharine llolbent. 219 U Street. South Omaha. (;:" raid a voleo close caw to me. I looked out of my window and saw n larue old tree full of nests, while great MnlH were flying aliout In the branches. ;inny black fellows they were; so I knew they must be rooks, though I bad never seen one before. I was staying at toy grandma's house In KiiBliind nnd my room was so hlh above the ground that 1 could see them plainly. Husy enough they were. It waa Just the time of the year when they build their tiesta and every one was bard at work. First one, then another, would come with a great twig In his beak, which he would work Into the fast growing liiwt. and then away he would go for a fresh supply. I used to watch them by the hour, nnd one day when 1 was III and rould not leave my room I saw something very strange, which I will tell you. An old pair of rooks bad built their nest and had, I suppose, gone off for a day's pleasure, before settling down to the work of raising a young brood. Now, on a tree close at hand were a couple of young birds who had Idled away their time, and had their home not more than half done. No sooner bad the old birds gone than this other pair cajuti.jjver to their nest and beican to steal twigs of which It waa built. Bo bard did thee work that by night their own was done, but they left the one from which they fcad stolen In a sorry plight. (Second Prlxe.) vV Tittle Vet. fly Mildred K. VolKt. Aged 11 Year. i Davenport, Neb. I have a little pug dog who Is s years Id. My uncle gave her to me when I waa 3 ycara old and aa we could not think of u name that suited us. it was quite a while before she had a name. Hut one day a neighbor lady waa here and she suggested naming her Funny. Then she waa the also of a small cat with little black nose and ears. Once when I was very little Funny waa behind the stove eating a bone and I began to bother her. h stood it a little while and then bit me on the nose, and I still bear those marks. Then once again when Funny was little, she waa sitting on the wagon seat be tween my brothers who had taken her with them hunting. She sa,w a rabbit and Jumping from the wagon waa thrown under th wheel. They carried ber home and ahe lay for many weeka almost dead, but after k while ah began to grow butter and soon was well again. A few years later my papa waa utow Ing grass by the road side and Funny was running along In front of the wheel when my papa said: "Well Funny are you hareT Funny turned around to look at my papa and th wheel ran over her, but aa it waa muddy ahe slid out from under the wheel. It It bad not been so Funny m'nuM hill', lAftt kllltwl Hut nevertheless Funny haa been a J, great playmate to me, following me J everywhere, running races and chasing my c ats, but she la very particular about ber eating, eating only the dutnty things such as candy, tth likes all the babies . always teasing to be with them when they come. Hut although I love my dolllea, - cats and our, other big black dug I love , Funny the beat. (Honorable Mention. ) The Eabbit Hunt. - Fly Leon Kahn. AKed It Years, U3 South 1 wenty-nlnUi Mreet, Omuha ' It was a cold lecember day and tho snow was about eighteen Inches deep, ' when six of us nova dectdtMl to so rabbit ' hunting. So we got ready and two of the larger boy took guns and the others ' took clubs. VV went In a large bobsled to a large wood. We then got out and walked until ! we saw some track and we followed them and finally we came upon two large rabblta. We went and got them. ' When we went home that night we bad eighteen rabbit. 'in next uay we went again, but we ,' only gut seven rabbits, but we had much fin. tho bed. Mary rsn through the flames upHtalr. KHzHbeth at almost smothered nnd was crying. .Mary threw a mattress out the window nnd dropped Kllxabeth on It, then fell back on the floor overefhne with smoke. The foresters smelled smoke and rushed from all directions. Her father got there soon and went upstairs to see If anything valuable was there. He opened the door and on the floor was Mary, lie grabbed lier and ran down stairs. That family was saved, but many others were not, for be whole forest burned Just becnuso someone was careless. The Cook's Dream. lly Madeline T. Colin, Aged 10 Years, l;(l l'ark Avenue. Keel Side. Jim llobly was a very superstltloua man In the first place. Hut he was a kind hearted man, also. Ho did not think It proper to kill birds, fowls or animals. Ho was an experienced cook, having worked several years as chef In a hotel. The first time he witnessed the slaugh ter of a chicken ho waa sure that he had been a wltneas to a terrible crime. He Immediately repented fasted by refrain ing from eating a chicken for three weeka. Actually three weeka! Hy that time he thoi.Kht he was fotglvcn. Aa I said, he was a cook, but ho worked In Individual homes In place of a hotel or cafe. It happened that he waa work ing on th day before Thankaglvlng at a large home. There waa a live turkey ther and he had to klil It. Th poor man was beside himself. He knew he would never, never, never be forgiven If he did. II thought h might strangle it, but he. had been ordered to take Its head off. and It would b Just as wrong to disobey. Bo, to make a long atory short, ha cut It head off. He need not cook It till the next day, so he went horn that night and. being mentally exhausted by his sin, as he expiesscd It, went directly to bed. And he bad a dreadful dream. He ex pected It and It came. This Is the way It seemed : Ho had the turkey by a string around Its neck and he was going to get the hatchet when tho turkey escaped and got there first. It took the hatchet In on hand and flourished It before him. He got on his knees and Implored mercy. The turkey went "gobble-gobble. gobble," and frowned a. well aa It could. A It was about to give th death stroke the man woke up. How could ha sleep when he knew that ill earn might com true. And What la mora he telephoned the mistress of the ouse, told her his dream, alao hi fenrs f going near that tin key again. It would be hard to get another male cook soon enough for dinner, so ahe must do other wise, eh knew. Hut nevertheless ahe laughed. And Jim could not understand why she aughed when he laughed when he might ave lost life. liy F.thel Kobinsnii. Atted 13 Ycarf, Lead, 8. I. lil Hlue. I and three other girl went out for a picnic. The twins, iiulny and Malay, took their horse, so they could let him graze. We went to a shady spot under some trees here we were close to a spring. We tied the horse to a tree, (hen played. We played hide and seek among the rocks. After a while we thouuht we would go wailing In the creek. When wo ere wartime Malay got Into a bole that cntne almost to her waixt, and 1 and iMUy bad to help lier out.' Then we got out and put on our shoes and HtocklngH. We heard the noon whistle blow, no v.e spread down our cloth anil had dinner. Wo bad ckk", pickles, bread and butter, candy, cookleH and cake. Wo threw cake and bread crumbs to the minnow fnh to watch them flglit over It. When we wero tlirouuli eating we played Indian. chased one another until we caught them. Then wo played we killed them. We played show on top of a big rock. Then we took turns in riding tho bor.ne. About 5 o'clock we went to the plunge bath. My father runs the plunge, so we went swimming. We had fun ducking each other. When we came out we went home. I think we had a good time that day. I am a new lire. Experience with a Rattlesnake. lty Violet Miller. Aged 14 Years, I o. lien. 1 !., Sioux FallM, S. L. Lucy and Klslo Randolph were both small girls. Lucy was 0 years of age and Klsl was . The two children hud been playing school and were using a mouth harp for a pitch pipe. At last they grew tired of playing school nd decided to take a walk. They had not gone far when they saw something black coming towards them and at once saw that It was a snake. They were very frightened and did not know what to do. At last Klsie remembered bearing bow a snake can be charmed by music. Hhe could not play but she blow very softly on th mouth harp. Tho snako came along more slowly and they ran us fast as possible towards home. They reac hed home in safety and their father later killed the snake. Lon't you think they were brave little girls? A Noble Girl. liy Kvelyn Althea Ityan, Aged 10 Years, tot feoutn lJueoln Avenue, Urund Island. Once in a forest lived a forester and bis wife and three children, a girl of years, a boy of 10 and a baby girl Of months. The summer had been very dry so th forester had beea out almost all th time. One day th children were playing In tne yard. Their mother waa getting water tbrea miles off. "I amait amok," saJJ Mary. "It'a oul the fir In tu slov that mauima left burning," said Usury. Not long after Mary aald. "I am goln to a, because I don't want It to ak baby." "Oh, don't; com on. It i nothing said Henry. Hut Mary went and found th wliol back of the house aaa on fir. Kllxa belli, the baby, bad beea left sleeping on Busy Bee Out for Fun A 17 : JV if A iv jV f. i.- -. 1 'f ' f ' a I , mm The Congress Hotel and Annex Formerly Known t Auditorium Annex Located on Michigan Boule vard - Chicago's most aris tocratic thoroughfare ....Two minutes from the city's ac tivities. ... Convenient to all theatres (EL railroad stations. ins. I IMM.KI nn, Ml HM4. t n l wllk kitk, St. n mmi mf UTU 1 1 HtMi, tw rmas kMt MkM, laakkik,i.UOuaB N. M. KirrsiN, rraua.sk SI m Max L.TsicriSt.O. tint'.T m.V7- . srj e-- rTNWrk IM ana r Tl lessly to a corner, and only escaped with his life through a small opening. Pes Adventures of Nig. ' I!y Morton lilum, Aged 9 Years Moines, la. When Nig was a dog about 3 years old he lived on -Twentieth street. My mother wanted to Hell this house on Twentieth street. A very kind woman lived in this bouse. Tho woman asked my mother if she wanted a dog. My mother said, "Ves."' When I came home that day I think I heard my mother say, "Doggie." "Morton, what do you think I have for a surprise?" "I do not know." "A g!" "A dog!" Message from New Queen. OMAHA, Neb. Dear Husy Bees: I thank you for making me your queen. Now that vacation la almost over the Busy Bees will have many Interesting subjects to write on. Thero wero many nice stories sent in by tho Bees last .Sun day and I was very glad to find that the best story wns written by a Busy Hoe of the Blue Hide. I am 12 years old and in the eighth grade ut Monmouth Park school, will send a story soon. Your con stunt reader, HAZBL SMITH. My Visit to the Ostrich Farm. By Lawrence Feaeock, Aged 13 Years. JS20 I Boutn '1 hlrly-secoud Avenue, Omaha. The next car that came along was marked t'awston Ostrich Farm, South asadena, so we got on and In about half an hour we arrived at the place where hero were fence all around and Inside there were big long-legged birds, which were ostriches. At the place where we bought our tickets were plume and curds and all kinds of souvenir for sale. I got some card and a watch fob. When we rot Inside we saw the oldest ostriches on the farm and we also saw some which were 3-tlaya, 2 weeka and on up to 25 years. Ihe ostriches are plucked twice a year. The females are a brownish color and the male black, being the prettiest. It Is not possible to tell the sex of an ostrich until It la H months old and then the color changes. Ostriches never have feathers on their necks or on their legs. Thev can run very fast and Jump very high. They have long necks and a little head and not much sense, because they do not know enough to Jump over a fence one foot high. Th Cawston Ostrich , Farm company has a house where th ostriches are plucked. They are blindfolded by Dlaelns- bag over their heads. When they are plucked the feathers are sorted and picked and then they are ready for market. My visit to the ostrich farm was Interesting as well aa Instructive. The Conceited Bantam Rooster. By Otokar Prlbyl. Aged 13 Yeare, H13 South Llevetith Street, Omaha. A little bantam rooster while strutting over a field found a magnifying mirror which, on being broken, was cast aside. He waa greatly rejoiced at the Idea of seeing bis image, and was very much surprised when he found bow large he waa. "How I have been deceived," he said Inwardly. "Hurely I am of a large slxe, and need have no fear of any rooster that walks the field." So with his enlarged view of himself he walked over to a neighboring pen and challenged the biggest rooster In the yard. The fight was short but decisive, and the poor bantam was flung mercl- Letters to the Editor. SIOi:X FALLS, S. D.. Dec. 19-Dear Editor: This Is my first story to Tho Busy Bees and t sincerely hopo It will be seen In print. I am 14 years old and In the Seventh grade at St. Michael's school. I would like to Join tho Busy Bees and wish to be on the Bluo side. I would like you to write a fetter to me and explain nil the rules and doings of tho Busy Bees. I will closo, hoping to receive a letter from you and see my story in print Remaining yours truly, Violet Miller. Dear Fdltor: This In the first time I have written to you I read the funny sheet every Sunday but I did not know there was a Busy Bees' page' till this Sunday. I read the stories and letters of the Bees and liked It very well. I would like to Join and be on the Blue wide In enclose u Christmas story .Ruth Cooper. - Dear Kdltor: I have been reading the Busy Bee's page every Sunday and like It very much. I would like to be a Busy Bee, too, and Join the Blue Sldo. I am 12 years old and will be 13 September 7. am in the .seventh grade at school. Your constant reader, RUTH YARD, 622 North Vine Street, Creston, la. Dear Editor: have been reading the children's page every Sunday and would like to be a Busy Bee. I am 13 years old. Your constant reader, KVA RUSK. Dear Editor: I would like to Join the Bluo Side. I go to Druid Hill school and am in the Fourth grade. I am 9 years old and my birthday Is January 18. NORMA WEEKS. Dear Editor: 1 have been reading the children's page every Sunday, and ( I thought I would llko to bo a Busy Bee, too. I would like to Join the Blue Side. I am 12 years of age. My birthday Is June 2. Your new Busy Bee. MARGARET CARPENTER. 910 O Street, Fairbury, Neb. Hotel Flanders 133-137 West 47th St. X. Y. CITY 2(H) Feet Kusfof ISioudway. A modern fireproof hotel in the heart of the theater, club and hotel district; convenient to all ear lines. An exceptional orchestra. Rooms with private bath $2.00 per day. 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