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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1915)
HIE OMATIA SUNDAY BEF. : SEPTEMBER 12. 1915. The Busy Bees -:- Their Own Page AMI i:HKM. Pr-Ti 1 I il 1 i TUB school bell summoned all the Burt fires to books and lessons Tuesday. The first few dart were occupied In arranging clasa rooma and teachers, perhaps, so that tomorrow really begins the new school year. All the boys and girls are starting out together with a perfect record. Let's all resolve to keep the page clean and as elose to the 100 per cent mark as we can. Many of the Busy Bees have spent delightful vacations, I am sure. No doubt many were fortunate enongh to visit the California expositions with their fathers and mothers, and others spent the summer In the country or at the lakes. The stay-at-home Busy Bees will certainly enjoy reading all about your trip, so as Boon as you get settled at school you must write snd tell the Busy Bees all about your trip. Those who stayed at home must also have Interesting tales to tell of how they spent the summer. Helen Abraham of the Bine side won the prize book this week. Honor able mention was awarded to Ooldle Smith of the Red side and Leona Walter of the Blue side. Little Stories (Prlae Story.) Watches the Orioles. Ity Hslon Abraham. Aged 10 Tears. Route I. khuylrr. Neb. nine Bid. When spring came Mr. and Mrs. Oriole mere firing about In the trees and look in for a place where they onuld make a safe home. In a few days they started to make their neat on a branch about n ff-et from the ground. lrUy aoon the next was all done. Tho orioles were very happy. They were flying- about and clilit'ln merrily. Soon they had two lit tle rg-gs In their nest. Mrs. Oriole sat In the neat all day while Mr. Oriole waa firing' about and took care of the neet and hie wife. After loma day passed by I aaw the mother oriole looking for worms, whloh a he carried to her home. When ehe f away for aome more worms I ol Imbed the tree and looked Into the neet. To my sur prlae t aaw too little babiea In the nest. Every day I watched Mr. and Mrs Oriole feeding their baMes. Every day they grew a little bigger. After they were big enough to fly, the mother oriole waa busy teaching her babiea. When they were taught to fly they all let the neat. Komettnww I aaw the young orlolea visit their home with their mother and father. I did not aee the orioles for about two weeks so I think they flew away. 1 think thy will come to their old home again next anting. I will he glad If they eomn again. I would watch them every iiiy end wrlto a story about them. (Honorable Mention.) Up in the Mountain.!. t:v Ioldl" Hmllh Aged 11 Tears. Cedar I'luffa, Neb. Ked 8lrt. About two years ago we lived cloae to Orecley, Colo., and about fifty miles from l ho mountains. One of our neighbors and we decided to take a trip up In the mountains, so one Sunday morning we started on our trip about 4 o'clock In the morning. We arrived In the foothills about S o'clock, where we stopped for about half an hour, then we started out for the mountains and rode about ten miles, winding around through the mountains. On one side of the road, about fifteen or twenty feet deep, a atream was running, filled with rocks, and on the other were very high moun tains. We rode that way for about ten miles, or about I miles from Estes park. men we eiupiivu, inu m , prepared dinner, others rambled around and soms caught mountsln trout-that Is. wnen uiey woura " iwr. but not all at one time, for ws had a few showers, and ats between times. And how the thunder did crash and the lightning flash around the mountain tops! Wo wandered around awhile where little shacks had been bunt In ths mountains where people had spent the summer, for It wss fall when ws wsre there. About a o'clock ws started for home, and I can toll you ws went faster going horns, for going up our cars hsd to pull, and going home, they went most too fast. Ws got out of the mountalna about 4 o'clock. Then we stopped and ate supper. We ar rived home about o'clock, all very tired, I tit well pleased with our trip. .Honorable Mention.) At Wahoo Fair. liv I .eons Walter, Asrcd Years. Wahoo, Neb. Itlue Hide. I am going to tell you about ths fair thdt Is In Wahoo this week. I suppose all of you have been to a fair, but I will te'l you what I have seen down at this lair. There Is a stand where you get prii. randy, Ice cream, lemonade and all s,:ch sorts of things. My brother bought a whip and lots of other tilings, too, but I will not mention them. I suppose all you Busy IWi nro wanllnx school to start. An Auto Trip. Bv Vr'- te.s IVrnler. Aged II Years. i:iinwool. Neb. Blue Bide. I am going to tell you a true story of uur aul'j trip to another county. We started one Thursday morning about 10 o'clock. We ate dlnm r at Memphis and after ti nner we went on lo Fremont, I . . v iil'c 'rleml lete,-n Crcll j snd West 1'int we got stiM-k in the sand and Tiielms. mamma and I had to get ' out until papa got the ear out of th nd V -t to Te-rt'T at 10 o'clock ' that night. Ilaln detained ua until 11 o'clock the next day. We ate dinner at Wayne and at 4 o'clock that day we were at my aunt's. My father and uncle went to Minnesota and after a happy ten days' visit we. my aunt and two , couvlns started home. Ws went by a dif ferent road to we didn't get stuck In the ! rnnd. We stayed all night at Fremont I and arrived home at 11 o'clock next day. I Cheerful Poll. l: Gladys Mv Asert 14 vears II iWnton Kti.il. Cxiuncll lUuftH. la. lllue Hide. Little Mary came down the street look ing sad and downcast. , What's the matter. Mary?" railed' I-olly. cheerfully. I "I'm afraid no one loves me any more, caiwe I'm so naughty." "Tell me about It, dear," and bit by bit Tolly drew the story from her, bow sh had slapped brother and mother had, co'dd her. "Why. your mother only corrected your fault, dear. I'm sure that she still love I you. I'ray to God for forgiveness and tell mother that you are sorry." J Folly went on htr way, brightening the lives of others, and Mary went home to ek Ood ana mother to forj-tve her. School Eeopedi. By Uolorle Tetter. Aged 11 Years, Fuller ton. Neb. Blue Bide. Our school began Monday. It Is not a very Urge school. There are only twenty-six of us. Three small ones have started. Our teacher's name Is Gall Mc Afee. She Is very nloa. Every one, I gues, likes her. Sba has tauht for two years snd I wish she would teach an fctLer year, if she would, because I would by Little Folk Ill'LKS FOB VOL' NO Wit ITERS 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number tho page. 2. Use pen and Ink, not pen cil. 3. Short and pointed arti cles will be given preference. Do not use over 260 words. 4. Original stories or let ters only will be used. 6. Write your name, age and address at the top of the first page. A prize consisting of a book will be given to the writer of the best contribution printed each week. Address all communications to CHILDREN'S DEPART MENT, Omaha Dee, Omaha, Neb. ilka to paaa and then, next year, I would be In the KlKhth grade. Thle la the second time I have written. The first time I wrote my letter waa In the paper. I was glad to aee It there. I thought It Would be put In the waste-paper basket. I would like to aee this letter In the paper also, Retiring Qnecn Writes. Bv Alios Elvira Oandell. Ared 12 Years. Chapman, Neb. Blue Hide. I now realise that my place as queen has expired and a new queen la to be choaen in my stead. I gtve to our future queen my hearty congratulations and wish her a happy reign. Draws Maps for Pa?e., By Oeorge Plater, Bertrand, Neb. lied Side. I would like to Join the Busy Ilees. I have written a few atorles snd will send them In to he printed. am aluo s'mi'n-' a map of the United States that I drew. The state of Nebraska is also outlined. Rescues Dog. Bv Irene Irkosky, Aged 1J Years, Ilox 1711 Sargent. Nel,. lied Side. One day I waa walking along a quiet an ah.i v .tr t.n i ..... . i,.... a eog Vri to a rhB,n wna tnrowln(r monKU at th dog. , went up to ,he and said, "Tou are a cruel boy!" Then I took the dog home. Now the dog Is my pet. Iter name la Violet. New Busy Bee. By Isndore Stein. Aged 10 .Years, IMS North Twenty-fotirth Ftreet. Omaha, Neb. Red Side. I am a new Busy Bee and would, like to Join the Red Bide. I am In the Fifth A. My teacher's name Is Miss Kelly. Hat Two Feti. By Mildred Wilson, Aged 11 Years. 3015 Nortn rtneenth Ftreet, Houth Bide, Omaha. Blue Side. I have two pets, a dog and a cat. They are very pretty. My dog Is black and white; my kitten Is white and gray. My dog's name Is Rover, but my kitten has no name--we Just call It "kitty." I wish to see my letter In print. Will Write Story. By Kltuabeth Kinney, Aged 9 Yean, f, 2 North Fifty-eighth Btreet. Benson. Neb. Blue Bide. This Is ths first time I have written BABY'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM ARABia-Quartermaster Biddle of the Arabic holding little Neville Gillender in his arms. Mrs Oillender is standing by his side. Pic ture at the right shows a close-up view of little Neville Oillender. Mrs. Gillender, in her bewilderment, left her little baby on the ship. Quartermaster Biddle discovered the babe and passed it to its mother in the boat. r - , X v-rY "if I v i i-JiA II -1 1 K :&&x-n:c if ' wix V;- v-rur x I I Hi- , - I 4, J If vse,.4 VI L J I ;;-,vt.v;?, .1 i if Z' '' 1 I if A ) I K If A i -i M e LI Jg&M1 1 bSNI I . A I a i . t urA. .J i CJr OHB tin ssnessaaeaaai i mm a unit i mna hi i as i ss iisesassariiina)iiaalisji'l lS'lsr itriis aw'ssaasaaw-J BRIGHT LITTLE BUSY BEE FROM SARGENT. Irene LorJtosJsjr to The flUKy Hee page. I read It every Sunday and like It very much. I am ( years old and In the Fifth grade at school. I like to go to achool. Next time I write I will write a story. As blue Is my favorite color, I would like to Join the Blue Bide. What a Business Man Considers Before He Gives You a Position My T. O. WAflFIKLD. "Mr. Anderson, I came 'round to see you shout a position. I've decided to go Into buwlncse and I don't know of any firm I'd rather bn with than yours. What hsve you open at this time?" Having delivered himself of the fore going enthusiastic) remarks, young Jack Ruthorford crossed one leg over the other careful. y, so as not to mar the perfection of the crease In his trousers, blew a small cloud of smoko through his nostrils artis tically and, flcklni( the ashes from the end of hla cigarette, he settled himself back In the chair according to ths most approved pose of the Robert W. Cham bers type of young man. Jack was Just back from college. Bis mother had sacrificed many personal comforts to send him through school, and now that he had rucolved his degree In literature and arts, he had gons forth to seek his fortune In ths world ef busi ness. The business man looked at ths youth qulzxlcally, "1 see," he said, laconically. Hs studied the boyish face for a moment. "Bo yotre through college and ready for business, eh? What can you do?" "I was wondering whether I couldn't become your private secretary. I'd like that work, I think. It would help me to get next to the business faster than some of the other positions." Mr. Anderson actually permitted a semblance of a smile to flit across his grtxxled countenance. Although knowing he had the situation pretty well alaed up, he proceedsd to do a little experimenting. Without enlightening the lad as to the chance for suoh a position, he pulled out the fly leaf of his desk and said In an offhand wayi "Well, draw up your chair and take a few loiters. I want to get a line on what you can do." "W-what do you mean, Mr. Anderson?" "I am going to give you aome ordinary letters first snd reo how you get them out for me on the I y ei Iter. Then 1 went to turn over some rather simple matters to you with notations and see how you get along with them. After that" "But 1 cant take dictation. I don't know anything about stenography and typewriting. That's e. girl's work, any how." "Pon't know stenography? Then how In ham Hill do you think you could be my private secretary? Why, stenography Is the first thing you have to know In a poHltlon llko this. A girl's work, eh? Why, Mess your Ingenuous soul, the man your fattier and hundreds of other high- Stories of Nebraska History BY A. B. Tly siic' lnl t'crmlf slon of the author. The T(eo will I'n I IihIi i haplrm from ilm Hlstorv ef Nrl.ra-ka. by A E. 8he!lon. from week t" k ) The Surveyors The first sttlers of Nebraska found no cornera nor lines marking the limits of their land. The early Indian traders, like Manuel 1.1 w and Henry Kontenelle, built their cabina and put In their crops wherever It pleased them, fur all land lay open to their use. The early territor ial pioneer of lS.r4 and IttK staked out his own land, claiming what suited him best, and put up signs telling all who came that way what he claimed. The first Nebraska surveyor was Rev. Isaao McCoy, a Baptist missionary, who. In 1S37. surveyed a line across the south east corner of the Mate from the littls Nemaha river to the Great Nemaha river In what Is now Richardson county. The land between this line and the Missouri rlvor was called the Half Breed atrip. It was to be the home of those who were part white and part Indian. In later years there were many disputes over the location of this first Nebraska survey. Surveyors were needed as soon as Ne braska became a territory to divide the land Into blocks marked with lermnnent corners, so that each settler mlirht know Just where his land lay and the whole country mlajht be made easy to map and easy to describe. The regular permanent survey of Nebraska Into square blocks of land for people's homes began In No vember, 1&4. First a baae line was measured west from the Missouri river 101 miles, with comer posts marking eacTi mils. This line was ordered to be priced employes worked under In the Commonwcalth-EVIIson company Samuel Inaull was a stenographer once. Your father could have told you that Insult started as secretary to old Edison him self. Now he's head of all the big electrla light and power companies here In Chi cago. What salary do you suppose he draws? A tool $lo,o00 per year that's all. Insull's only one of many of the big guns today who started as stenographers. "What did you fltrura on doing as my secretary, anyhow?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I hadn't thought very much about what I was actually to do in such a position. Of eourse, I had a general Idea that I was expected to take a great many details off your shoulders, such as reading over your letters for you and all that. Then 1 expected to receive your callers and tell them whether you could see them at the time, and so on. I expected to go with you on all your trips and attend to little details for you and all that sort of thing, you know. "And, after all, Mr. Anderson, I don't see where I would have to know steno graphy and typewriting. 1 could dictate letters tor you to some of the steno graphers In the main office. Those let ters which are very personal and im portant to you would want to write out yourself on the typewriter, anyhow." "Very good." Mr. Anderson permitted a sl'ght tinge of sarcasm to creep Into his voice. "Supposing that were true, what do you know about filing?" "What do you mean filing?" "Well, of necessity, we have to keep trsck of our correspondence. However, we'll pass that for the time. Po you know anything about books?" "I ought to, Mr, Anderson. I took the classical course at high school arid then at college. We studied all kinds of books, and I suppose I've read about as much ss any fellow of my age." "I refer to books of accounts. Do you know bookkeeping well enough to keep a set of books tor a firm? Can you take off a trial balance or prepare a financial statement?" "Well, no. nsvsr studied bookkeeping. I never figured on being a bookkeeper because It always looked to me like a dog's life working on books all day, sdd Ing and substituting figures. And there Isn't the money In It that I want to make." "I see. By the way, the richest man in the world. John D. Rockefeller, started . . nUl o. course tnst s XZZ.DOIT : exactly on the 40th degree of latlture ' north from the equator, the dividing line between Nebraska ami Kansas, but the first surveyor did not kn'iw his business t and his line was crooked, sometimes on j one side of the 40th degree Snd some- t times on the other. So the next year the j hnse line had to be resurveyed, the first ' corners torn out and new ones put In. This new survey was made by Mr. Charles A. Manners. With the help of Captain Thomas J. Le of the United States army and ths best Instruments obtainable, very careful observations were made of the sun and the stars In order to find where the 40th degree ef latitude fell on the west bank of the Missouri river. On this spot, on May S, 1W, the surveyors put up a tall Iron monument with the word "Nebraska" on one side and "Kansas" on the opposite side. This monument stands today on a high bluff overlooking the' Missouri val ley and is the starting point of all ths Nebraska survey From this Iron monument the base line was surveyed due west 108 miles. At this point another monument was put up. The lln surveyed due north from here Is calleil the sixth principal meridian of the t'niied States surveys snd Is the "naming line" of all the land in Ne braska, for all deeds and patents to Ncoraska land mention It. This line formes the western boundary of Jeffer son, Saline, Seward, Butler, Oolfax. Stan ton snd Wayne counties and extends through Celar county to the northern boundary of the state. (This Chapter Conaluded Next Sunday.) neither here nor there." "No, sir. Teu see, I've been going te sohool all my Ufa so far, but I am anx ious to get Into some lucrative position where there are a lot of opportunities. "What do you figure on making of yourself eventually, young man?" "I want to get some place where I can work up to the presidency of a corpora tionthat's my ambition. Mr. Anderson. And I am willing to put in my best licks to gt-t there." "I don't doubt, young man, but in your present condition you would stand about as much chance as a snowball In Mexico. You are rushing Into this thlnaj with a big whoop, trusting to luck to bring you ; through. As a matter of fact, you are j not ready to take a business position of any consequence at present. We can't use you, that's sure." "Why not? I've been through college , and alL I ought to be able to make a success In- business after all the schooling I've had." "The trouble Is, your education, while : good and highly desirable In a way, has not been slong business lines. You have had no training especially tor business. Tilings move too fast these days for ths business man to spend his time breaking In raw material. Let me explain my self a little. "You aspire to hold a secretarial posi tion, yet by your own admission you are most woefully Ignorant of the duties and requirements of such a position. In the first place, you are not a steno grapher and can't use the typwriter. That eliminates you In the matter of technical : equipment. You haven't the baslo tools of ths profession at your command. "With stenography and typewriting you need such accessory knowledge as business English, spelling, punctuation, the general rules of grammar and corre spondence, I dare say you never dictated a business letter in your life or even wrote one yourself." "I never had occasion to do anything like that. Mr. Anderson." "How do you expect to do that for me, than? That's Just the, point. You must learn to do these things. Then you haven't ths remotest Idea of filing. You know absolutely nothing about the var ious systems and their adaptability to various lines ox business. There are a number of other things I might mention that you ought to know In connection j w ith stenography. "As private secretary, you would have to bavs this knowledge In addition to practical experience In minor positions first. My work here Is too Important to J trust to anybody but a young man of promise and ample qualifications ..Tn. complete business course, as Riven at any reputable school of busl- I ness, will take care of what you lack In your previous education. Your college training will help In Its special way, but what we require is a practical training ; in vuaiiiesa urei 01 an. in xaci, you can't do much of anything but clerical . work till you do get that training. It i will take you anywhere from tea months ' to a year, but It Is training for a lire's work and you certainly wouldn't be grudge it, seeing that you've already spent several at college. "Hut I'm getting oft on a tangent now. To come back to the main thing the matter of a position for you, I'm sofcy, but I can't offer you anything better than a clerical position at wages which you wouldn't consider, I know. And yet that would be all you are worth to us Just now. That's the cold, hard fact of the matter. "There are some things In your favor, young man. You've got health and strength, you come from a good sub stantial family, you've had a good edu cation as it is ordinarily considered, but It Isn't enough to make you succeaaful In hum ne. You absolutely must have the business training. "But. now that you see these things from the right angle, I know you'll come out all right. Ry ths time you get through this special training I may havs something here that will Interest you. I don't make any promises, but we are making changes every little while every business house does that In the process of fitting the men to the positions and I'll keep you In mind." "Well, perhaps you're right about this thing, Mr. Anderson. I only wish I had thought this matter over a little before I came asklrg for a position. But I want to thank you for what you've told me. And your time, too thank you for that." "Well, good day. You might come around again when you are really ready for a place." "Thank you, sir. I'll eertalnly do that Good day." As tho door closed on his caller, Mr. Anderson pressed the busser for his Stenographer and soliloquised: "That boy can make something of him self if he will only get down to business snd get that practical training. But will he? That's ths question. I've put him on the right track at leait So, here's hoplug!" i ill itlll.l ' """ ' i i ii.iiu.i.,1, il llliilSIIIlf SS" . l.illlllilllllllllllllllilll I! I Use .itIIiilli).llliIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIalilllllIliU. The Value of Knowing "How" When the STRAND opens its doors Tuesday evening, September 14th, it will be the most complete as well as the most up-to-date moving picture theater in Nebraska. This is not merely idle prattle on our part, but the result of the ex penditure of a good deal of money, backed by years of experience in the picture game. We don't claim to know it all, but we have profited by past experi ence, so when the STRAND opens we will have absolutely no apol ogies to make. The first attraction will be George Beban in "An Alien". Look up the Chicago papers and you will see where this picture is run ning at the Fine Arts Theater at a dollar admission price, while we will offer it to you at ten and twenty cents admission. Some ope asked us the other day what pro gram we were going to use and we replied "We are going to pick the best features from every program." "An Alien" comes from the Paramount exchange; our second feature "The Island of Regeneration" from the Big Four; then a feature from Fox; then Metro; coupled with weeklies and comedies from Pathe Freres, and so on. The thing we are going to give Omaha picture-goers will be pictures with "A Punch", and as to whether or not we make good, we will leave to your judgment. The musical portion of our program will be especially strong. Carl Lamp will have charge of the STRAND orphestra, while our pipe organ is the largest in this part of the country. We have redecorated and refitted the thea ter so that it will present an entirely new appearance, and we hope to have the pleas ure of seeing you next week, as we are sure you will be pleased. Program will be changed every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday, and we will be open from 1 to 11 P. M. continuously. Btamtpwa iji'ie syiuiii Have You a 7 Vacant Every vacant room increases your rent, and lessons your profits. Place a small "Fnrnifhed Room" for rent art in "Tho Omaha Bee" for one week. It "will cost you only a few eonts each day. You will rwoeive inquiries from a very desirable class of prospects, from whieh you can choose & good tenant We will gVaxlly bevlp you writ your ad, tekpkone us at once. THE OMAHA BEE CWtfled Department, 104 Be Bid. Tyler 1000. Room? A5CUP fiOCt fiKAt I