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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1915)
XI IK OMAHA SUNDAY J3EE; ATBIL 11, 1015. Their Own Page WELL, I suppose my little Busy Rees enjoyed their spring vacation and have entered eagerly onto the last lap of the school year. I was so glad that old Sol shone- nicely on your vacation pity this year. 1 . Did you enjoy every spring game on the calendar? I'd bet that the boys didn't have to look at the calendar to know It was time 0 haul out base balls, bats, gloves, marblestops and all the rest of the I paraphernalia which delights their hearts any more than the girls had to be ftold to bring out their jacks and rubber balls or had to be reminded that this was the time to beg mother for a piece of the family clothesline for a Jumping rope. Of course the girlie who was fortunate enough to possess a real honest-to-goodness skipping rope with wooden handles (puchased at the Ten-Cent store) was looked upon as the representative of Jhe moneyed class. Hop Scotch, run-chlef-run. tln-tln, come In, drop the handkerchief, farmer-ln-the-dell, rlng-around-a-rosle, pump-pump-pullaway and London bridge had their lnnlnga too. I This week, first prize was awarded to Pearl Green of the Blue Side; second prize to Worthlngton Williams of the Red Side; and honorable men tion to Ruth Wood of the Blue Side. Little Stories by Little Folk (First Prise) Eaiter Bunny Does Good By Pearl Green, Aired IS Years. 1603 Omaha, Blue Archer Avenue South Side. It was the first Sunday In April, and Eeatir, too.. Bunny waa very busy pack ing eggs in a basket to take to the gwod little glrla and boys. .Mamma Bunny waa busy, too. She was painting: the eggs. She colored them beautifully with stripes, dots and pictures. Soon she had them all colored- Bunny was ready to go on his errand. x . The first stop was made at John Jacob- ion's bouse. He was a kind and neat boy Who loved all dumb animals. -The Bunny left tlx eetrs here. John waa very thoughtful, so he left some grain for Bunny to eat. Bunny ato it eagerly. The next place he went was to a farmer boy's house. Jack was lazy and untidy. Here the rabbit left only one egg, which was col ored red. When Jack found this he was very angry. When his mother explained to him he said: '"I will be better from this time." That evening when he was playing he found a net of beautiful eggs. This taught him a good lesson. (Second Frlxe.) - Uses of Tobacco. By Worthlngton Williams. Aged 6 Years, 1119 North Twenty-first Street, Omaha. Red Bide. Tobacco Is used for two things for which it never should be used. These are smok ing and chewing. The leaves are used for making cigars, smoking tobaeeo and chewing tobacco. The stem is used for killing insects In hot house. This is the war they do It: The hot house keeper takes an armful and puts It at certain distance from each other along the straight aisles of the hot house. ' He then lights ' It. He cannot stay there long because the smoke would kill him.' He must get out as quickly as he can. If one day's smoke cannot kill them it must be done again, the next day. So mo Omaha schools. re organising Twenty-one clubs. To be members of . these clubs boys must pledge themselves that they will not tobacco In any form until their are twenty-one rears of aae. Their leave vou nn vour honor not to break l.our pledge. " - (Honorable Mention.) v A Doll House.-: Br Ruth Wood.' Aged t YeeVe. TIB Tllden ,. Street, Holdrege, Nb.' .Blue Bid - A little girl named Martha bad a big lex for a small dolt house. 'She had a bedroom and a dining room and kitchen, Jill of them, furnished in colors of wall W paper. Another little girl named EMr. tth had been a 'good girl. Her mother gave her brother a . small box to play with. It had a glass front window. That afternoon her mother said that Elizabeth could have it for a doll house. So Elisa beth found a pretty brown rug. ana- her mother helped paper it, and they bad iitu in, wua miu m i V..IH, hung a mirror above It. They had a cute little ceuch and table for the other room, She had two ' penny dolls .and a 10-cent doli for mother, and there waa a curtain IU BCUKI KM UHI IUUI1 L Vila UVHk W M dow she hung rose curtains, end they t.ung a picture on the wall. The little girl will Improve it all the time for her doll's home. ... . , v ... ' History of a Stamp. Susanna" Qulgtey, Aged 11 By Years, Couid. Neb. Blue bids. I am a postage stamp, I have George Washington's head on me. I was in a postofflce. One day a lady tame in and said she wanted a 2-cent (amp. The man gave me to her. She took me and put me on a letter and dropped me In a little box. Then the postmaster took the letter I was on and a great many others and put some black lines on the faces of all the stamps, so that we could not te used any more. We were then put In a sack and put on the train and Journeyed a long way. We went to Annapolis. Md. I waa taken off the train with the other letters and taken to the postofflce. There we were sorted and put In little boxes with numbers on them. That day a maa came and took hie mail out of the box I was In. Of course, be took the letter I was on. He said, "I suppose It Is from my sister, Mary T" i took ihe letter from the envelope and read it. Then he threw the letter and envelope Into the waste basket. I will be thrown into the fire and burned to ashes. ' My Spitr Dog-. By Hunter Bruce Crosby. Aged 10 Ytara. Sutherland. Nb. Blue Side. . We got here whenshe was Just a little J Puppy. We called her Snip, because she Raa such a snippy "e wing, we isugoi her to sit en a ehalr and beg for come- ........ i i thing to eat. She would play witn a itrlng. Bite would take great care oi tne tb. If anyone came near the baby she would growl at them. She would get the ball when I would threw it. When we were leaving California we lave her to one of our friends out there. Raises Chickens. y Marian Marsh. Aged t Years, Brown- Ttlie. Neb. Blue tide, - I live on the farm about two and one lalf miles frm town. I have a Jit tie rether about t years old. I like the .'arm very much. ' I read Tbe Busy Bee page evary Sunday and enjoy it very much. I have eight chlikena They are sll hens, sold all my roosters. I buy ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST OF THE BUSY BEES. I ' J i ) s:.s t 1 ; ' J 1 ' "'(f), -J my egga every year. Last year I tried with my own, but didn't have any luck, so will buy my eggs this year. I have a grandpa and two grandmas. 1 used to have a dog. He would elt by my little brother's cart and watch him till he woke up. We have four horses and three cows. My grandma has a cat, it Is not, very playful, it Is a black and white cat. Our Bunaway. By Anna M. ' Nelson. Aged 11 .Tears, Lrona. Neb. Red Hide. One day laal summer my alstar and I went to our neighbor's' party to spend the afternoon. We ; had . a very good time.. We made candy and popped corn. Then we played games, . and In the even ing, we. weal over to Larson's, who live eloae by and hung a maybasket. We had a big time getting caught. I, When we were ready to go home, our brothers were supposed to come and get us. On our way home we had a runaway. It waa so allupery down a big hill, the horse Just about fell down, grew fright ened, and ran away. He raa home and ran right into some sand barrels, we had standing by the buggy shed and there he stopped. We all escaped any injury. . . Overland Trails of Nebraska. By Elisabeth Simmons, Aged 13 Years, 908 Main Street. McCook. Neb. Red. tilde. There are three Important trails. The most Important trail was the "Oregon Trail." It starts at the mouth of tbe Platte river and follows its course up and Into Oregon, 1.000 miles long. The people would start from Omaha In the spring and get there In the fall. The Indiana called U the "Great Medi cine Road of the White Man." The second Important . trail waa the 'Mormon Trail." made by the Mormons going to Utah. This road was not as Important as "The Oregon Trail" be cause the road was deep with sand and It took long time to travel on this road. It followed tbe course of the South Platte river into Colorado, almost to Denver. The third trail waa "The California1 Trail.' This road was made by the "gold 'seekers" on their way to California to "get rich quick." It was kept in use almost constantly, and well trodden down. 'The trails were cut off by the coming of the Union Pacific railroad. I would' like te have come of tbe "Busy Bees" write to me any time. : Androclea. By Verna Smith, Agod 12 Years, Council Bluffs, la. Blue Bide. Androclea was a Roman slave. He was treated very brutally. One day he started to run away to escape his mas ter's blows. When he got away he found himself In a forest. He was awakened by a great noise. It ; was a lion. He waa very frightened. He thought he had just raa away from the blows of his master tobe eaten up by the lion. But the lion came te him and held his foot out. Androclea was greatly relieved when he saw that the Hon was not going to harm blra. The Hon waa also relieved when the thorn was pulled out. Not long after this Androclea was to be eaten by a lion In an arena. When the day came Androclea was standing waiting for the lion to come, and when It did come Instead of eating Androcle ,; . ....,, b- thl. WmI Androclea what it meant. Then he told the whole story. The people were so pleased they set , them both free and gave them both food. The Wren Wedlinff. By Mary B. Orevaon, Ased IS Years, West . Point. Neb. blue Hide. Mr. and -Mra. Wren were very busy making preparations for the wedding of their only child. Jennie Wren. Mrs. Wbea was making a gown for their daughter, Jennie, out of a large green leaf. Jennie Wrea was to be married at S o'clock by the preacher. Mr. Wise Owl, She was to roarry Mr. Bright Eye Wrn. Mr. Bright Eye W ren wes a very grace 1 F" jW Mjm J ': Jv. v-1- ih saellate 'lit 1 OETS have sung fof . ages the beauties of the womanly form and lovers for an equally long period have ' sighed and rhap sodised over the charms of the feminine figure. And doctors, reformers, and physical culturteta have preached for years against distorting the. , aforesaid fair forme by any of the artificialities of modern ap parel.. . vQne sympathises with the poets and lovers and agrees with the doetors, re formers and physical culturlsta while one looks with admiration at . the graceful drills and dance bf tbe Omaha " Bokol Glrla society. ' ' r . " Thia afternoon these athletic girls will hold their second annual tournament in Tel Jed Bokol hall. 2230 South Thirteenth street, and 111 go through some of the prettiest dances and drills ever seen here or elsewhere. This prediction Is made after viewing the rehearsals which have beefi going on for several week. Imagine, for Instance, thirty-six young women on. a "gym" floor, standing about six. feet, one from another. All wear blue bloomers, white middy blouses, black stocklnge and gymnasium shoes or slippers.' ' All face the leader and on the stage is an orchestra. The orchestra begins to play and those thirty-six lithe young bodies move In rhythm as one body. Arms are raised and lowered, bodies swung to the right or left, turns are made, little Joyoua leaps are taken Inte ful bird and had no bad habit He to wear a tall leaf upon bis head as a hat, a long coat which was made of red maple leaves. ( At S o'clock Bright Eye Wren came te get his bride in a coach drawn by three brown squirrels- Mr. Robin played some music en a "ul flute. The bridesmaid sang -the eong, "Here Comes the Bride." After the brief ceremony small flowers were strewn ail over the floor, so the bride would net soil her dainty shoes. , When the Wren family reached home a aupper was served of crumbs and bits of cake. Admiral Dewey a Hero. By Irene Wortman. Aged 7 Years, Elm . Creek. Neb Blue Side. Po you know what a hro laT Did you ever hear of George Dewey? George Dewey la a hero. He la often called Admiral Dewey. Every' true American loves Dewey. He had charge of several of our warships, called a squadron In the war between our country and Spain. Comes to Aid of Dog;. By Lave me E. Coleoa, Fremont. Neb. One night I was coming home from school with sotas girl friends. I heard a sound and sunn found out it was a little Collie dog with a can tied to Its tail. 'J sent a little boy home to get a knife and he came back right away.' I out the rope off of the dors Uil. The little' dumb creature llrked. my hand and looked Into my .face and walked away, . I save never seen bim since. Tel Jed Sokol Girls Who Are Real Athletes ' t the air, knees strike the floor in unison as they kneel for an Instant. It is a beautiful sight. Observance of those vigorous young womon reassures one aa t the stability and health of She raoe and convinces that underneath the artificialities of civilisation men and women are still the healthy, happy creaturea they were in the Utopian age. The drill la over, the vigorous applause has subsided and the young women are gathered In laughing groups about the room. Their anue are, perhaps, around each other's waists or necks. A slender nymph stands on one foot, daeping the orher In her hand. Mrs. Grundy wouldn't approve. Oh, my, how tbe dear old soul would scold. But who cares' for the old lady any way? When youthful, throbbing spirits well ud from fair femlnlna bodies and bubble over with sheeistlOO per cent health the world has a right to rejoice because it is growing better ani the future looks brighter. If Mra. Grundy doean't ap prove so much ths worse for her. Raa and Skip. Three are crossing the room- They run and aklp. Mrs. Grundy used to teach that young women should walk like slightly animated pokers, carrying their bodies forward by a series of Jerks. What a simpleton that old lady must have been) And these young women are net only athletic, but graceful, as a young bird is graceful or a young panther. They will never become "clinging vmes," those of them who shall enter the bonds ef matrimony. They'll be healthy helpmeets. . .... Many tournaments euoh as thia one have been held in Omaha, but the real impetus to meke tbe girls' meet er an nual affair was given last year whan the national quinituennial tournament of the A ..' r j-r i v TEL. JED. SOKOL JUNIORS. I, Ptj ' '', (!; j X)"' Sitting-, left to right: E. Roskat. M. v VI - ' I v J A . A, J i V..''J' Nepodai, A. Jellen, C. Plcha. M. Hraohen- I I 1 r if "V? , i fky V. Bartos, A. Panuska, H. Neleon. 1 . L 4 Ml ' 1 V Middle row. left to right: F. Jellen. B. V (V - V ' ' ii L ' ' Janak, K. Kosumbersky. V. Korff. L. -I f V t 1 r tt Janek. R. Plcha. B. Bartos, Agnes Flala; I l y ' I fT!?. BscVrow. left te right: 1.' Klepetko. l J wS il ,1' J i H. Nopodal. Kutak. R. Pltho. M. 1 I f o,v ' I t 'II H Masilko, A. TaucJien. M. Nalberg, M. I f I ' I I R Kelacny, O. Dvorak. I l f I J h H Tel Jed Sokol was hld here, the exhibi tions being given In Rourke park. The Omaha and South Omaha girls, and young men, too, took part In that. There are some champions In Omaha who won prises trwthe greet International meet In Prague, Bohemia, three years ago. Tel Jed Sokol is an abbreviation ef Teiocvtcna Jednota Sokol, which means ,a union of physical culturlsta. Tbe word "sokol" In Bohemian means a falcon, that la, bird in which swiftness, activ ity and freedom are marked. I aa prove the Llvee. The type ef physical culture taught by Mlroslav Tyre, and followed In all tbe Bohemian acheols, is all-around and gen eral in its phyaical effects, with the ultl. mate object of Improving the lives, both physical and mental, of those partici pating without era retraining any part ef the body. , One sees bere only the rhythmic beauty 1 ISM' H t I '. H V i i 4 . .. it J . Upper Panel The Girls. Lower Panel The (our Kment sisters, each ot whom holds a cham pionship. of perfect . bodies moving in unieon to the melody of music, for the Bohemian people ere characterised as much by love of music as by admiration for hystcal excellence. One ot the specialties of the exhibition this afternoon will be a fancy drill o the beautiful music of Dvorak's "llumoriske,:' adapted to the purpose by the drill In structor, B. W, Bartos. The advanced women's class will do a gymnastic dance to a schottlsche accompaniment. This same dance was done ly the Chicago glrla at the tournament Uat year. Besides the 'many numbers which will be put en by the young women there will be several by men's classes. 4aaier CUas ef Ctrla. The Junior class of girls from South Omaha wilt take part In a flag drill. The Junior class of Omaha Sokol girls will give a wand drill and a series of kinder garten daneea There will be drills, with singing and dancing by little girls rang ing from 6 to 10 years of age. InJ.n club and dumbbell drills will alxo be a fea ture. The advanced class of women of the Tel Jed 8-ikol will woar a distinctive uniform, all white from head to foot. The main class of young women will make an attractive picture lit blue bloom ers, white middles, red ties and a red let ter "O" for "Omaha" on their right sleeves. Besides the girls and men of the main organisation ef Omaha, the Tel Jed Sokol, there will be participants from the Sokol Tyre, another Omaha organisation, and from the South Qraaha organisation, known as Sokol Libuae. The committee of young women in charge of the meet consists of the Mlasee Mayme Kment, Helen Lastovice, MUHe Flala. Rose Hudecek, B. Mastlka and O. Krerelr . . I 1 , ? I I f JI 1 3 I ' i ii ft m - j j 1 ? . : ? ii i i senior Sokol in '. '. . 1 1 1 ." suj Stories of Nebraska Histoty 8T A. B. (By sna'inl permission of the euthor. The IVe will publish chanters from the History ot Nebraska, by A. IS. Sheldon, (torn week to week.) The Mallet Brothers It was almost 2u0 years after Coronado and bis thirty Spanish horsemen rode awtay from the valley of the Rio Grande te the kingdom of Qulvera, and then rode back again, before we have a aure record of any other white man In this region. .This time Frenchmen came. They crossed the entire state of Nebraska, from northeast to aouthweat. and wrote the story ot their travels in French. This story, which has only reoently been translated Into English, is the first cer tain account we have of the land that la now Nebraska. The men who made this Journey were Pierre Mallet and Paul Mallet, brothers, and with them were sis other French men. All of these except one were from Canada. They started from the French settlements tn Illinois, not far from where St. Louia now la- In their story they say that tney found it was 100 leagues up the Missouri river to the vil lages of tbe Missouri Indiana. From there It waa eighty leagues (T the Kansea In dians, who lived not far from where Kansas City now la. From the Kan tea Indians to the Octotatoes or Otoee. who lived a( the mouth of the Platte, was 100 leagues. From tbe Otoe village to the river of the Panlmabaa, where they found the Indian tribe of that name. It was sixty leagues further up the Mis souri. The earliest explorers called the Skldl Pawnees. Panlmahas. Thia fact, together with the distance given from the mouth of the Platte to the Pan! maha river, makes It probable that theae first explorers of Nebraska found the Panlmaha Indians In whst la now Da kota county. Front this place the Mallet brothers and their company set out on May at, 179, At the Theaters (Continued Horn Pat rive.) he hss taken from the Junglee and tamed until they have become as mild and play ful as kittens. Marie Flttglbben Is a monologlst whe has assembled a rich array of laughable stories, wholly new. The celebrated French pianist. Renee Florlgny. will make this her first appear ance In Omaha. Musical critics say of her that she la a virtuoso of -the highest rank. It was she who won the grand prise at the Paris Conservatory of Musla In 10. Agile and eccentric are the Kremka Brothers, who have an act designed chiefly for laughing purpooes. Newhouse. flnyder and company are blcycllots of a superior type. Their vari ous feats have been put together in a eomedy called "The Awakening of the PevHl." Interesting views of quaint and curlouely picturesque places the world ever are to be shown en the motion r'c ture screen by the pride of the Orpheum circuit, the Travel Weekly. By keispln the telegraph wires hot and Cncle Bem'a matlrarrtera working over time, the management of the Empress theater have at last secured again, for a full week, the greatest animal act In the world. Taylor's Hons. - This act wlll be remembered aa the most talked of' act that ever played In Omaha. Jack' and Forrle. two Jolly Frenchmen. offer a "sona-and-talkfest" Interspersad with clever bits of Juggling and hend-belan-, cing. Nick Hufford and the Lockhart sisters present their comedy singing sketch. "The Colored Tarson and the Punffy Belles." Jarvis and Hani eon, bet-i tee known aa the fellow, the girl, and the bench In "Ftlrttology," close the! Sunday vaudeville offering. The photo production for the first half of the' week Is . Thomas Nelson Page's success. "The ; Outcast." For the second half of the i week, with Taylor's lions, are offered Reynard and Resells, the dramatic bari tone and the Italian Harpist, tn a high class singing number. Nevlns and Er-' wood present their well known eomedy sketch, "The Coalman and the Girl.' Closing the Thursday change Is Blcknell,. a clay modeler of no mean ability. In, hla act enXltled, "Modeling Comedy." The photo production for Thursday and the last half of the week Is the Broadway success, "A Daughter of the People,", with Laura lawyer starred and supported i y - Rob Brodetlck and Frederick de Belleville. 4 "The Rising Son" la the title ef a new two-act comedy In several scenes whleh will be presented by Rose Sydell's "Lon don Belles." with Weber In the title role, at the popular Gayety theater thia week, commencing with a matinee today. Sup porting Weber in this standard attraction ef the musical burlesque circuit Is one of the most evenly balanced casts ever assembled for this form of . entertain-, mrnt and one that should bring out every particle of fun contained tn the really) amusing book provided for their use There should be mueh to delight In the work of Miss Will-Nell Lavender, whe la one of the tew prima donnas ef the' burlesque circuits who alee haa'dramatlo1 ability In a marked degree. Others are1 Louis Thiel, Tom Nolan.' George Clayton. Frye. Len Wills. Clara Stlason. Dolly ' Bothem, Pearl Turner and Eddie Clark. I The various principal scenes are laid In the interior ef a fashionable New Tork' residence, on board a ship, on a raft in mldocean and In Heidelberg. Germanr The latter setting la one of the most' attractive ever devised for this form of, popular priced entertainment. Starting: tomorrow there will be a ladles' matinee;1 dally, all week. , A series ef famoua stars tn notable! film features are booked for this weeki at the Hipp theater. William Paroumj appears aa the special attraction for to-, day only, in perfect pictures of the pow-i ertut Frohman production, "The Redemp- tlon of David Corson." ' A novelty Is of-l fered for Monday and Tuesday In "Tbe Chocolate Soldier." The cast Includes! Tom Richard, Alloa Yorke and ether stars. "When We Were Twenty One"' will be the attraction for Wednesday and i Thursday, with the. popular youthful' star, William Elliott, playing the lead-l Ing role. Pretty Betty Bellalrs will be seen Friday and Saturday In "The Span-j lsh Jade," a Spanish tale of love and tragedy, and the cast includes a former I favorite ef stock productions la Omaha, Lloyd Ingraham. HZX.BO for the city of Santa Fe. They had wlthj them a band of horses laden with goods, to trade with the Spaniards and Indians) of the Rio Grande region. In the 100 ' years alnoe Coronado had crossed the plains the Spanish had settled In Newi Mexico and built cities, chief among! them Santa Fe. So little was then known I about the great plains country that all' the othar Frenchmen who had tried to: reach Santa Fa had gone up the Mis-J sour! liver Into the Dekotaa. The Mallet! brothers, upon the advice of some In-' dians. took a different direction and st out southwest from the Panimaha Indian , vlllazes. June t they reached a river, which' they named the Hatte, end, seeing that I It took a direction not much different j from the one they had n mind, they fol-j lowed it, going up, Its left bank seventy: leagues. Here they found that tt made' a fork with the river of the Padouchas. , On June 13 they croaeed to the right! bank of the river they were following.: end, traveling ever a tongue of land, they camped on the 14th on the south bank of the river of the hills which here! falls Into the Platte. From this point' they' traveled south three daye across' high plains, during which time they found no wood, not even for fire. These1 high plains they said extended as far as the mountains near Sent Fe. After' croaclng several smaller streams they reached the Arkansas river en June pi' and lost seven horaea loaded with good In getting over the river. On July ii they arrived at Santa Fe, having traveled Wit leagues from the Panlmaha villages. We have only a very short story ef their travels, out It is full of first things. They named the Platte river. They erere no doubt the flrat white men to see the forks of the Platte. They were the first white men to travel over the entire length of Nebraska, and the first traders to bring the Missouri valley and the mountains together