HIE OMAHA SUNDAY IW.K: OCTOBKK US. 1917. 11 A Special Page for The Omaha Bee's Busy Little Honey-Makers Beamy Bsaw Ha Tatem A Wife t Share NwMm How Do You Sell Liberty iLittle Bonds? Ask Rolland' itories By Little Folks M By FRANCES CONNOR. R. BEX XV BEAVER had just taken a wile. They were scouting around looking for a tineplace to build a new home. "Now, Benny." said Mrs. Beaver, " think this is about as nice a place as we could find for our new home. Richt over there ve have such tine willow trees and many other kinds that we need. We can build just a little way dow n and our 'work will be much easier. The trees will float down stream and it will save us much tugging and hauling." "Yes," said Benny Beaver, "It is a fine place, but thestream is rapid. I think it will be quite all right though, for we can build our dam across here with a slight bend in it. That will make It stronger and we will be re of plenty of water." ' ' v So Mr. and Mrs. Beaver started their building. Benny Beaver is a very gallant little fellow so he took the hardest work upon himself. "I will cut the trees." said he, ''and you can trim away the bark and leaves and twigs. The winter is going to be a hard one and we will need all the food we can store away. These willow trees have the very finest bark and the leaves will make such tine bedding." Then they sat down on their flat, thick, scaly tails; Mr. Benny put his two little forepaws on the tree in front of him and proceeded to cut, cut, cut, round and round and round the tree with his long sharp teeth until it began to look exactly like an hour glass and cut as smooth as if it had been rubbed and sand papered. Mrs. Benny kept stripping bark and leaves and piling them in a very neat pile all ready to take to the new home. 1 Look Out! Soon the tree on which Benny was working gave a Tew little groans, then a crack! "Look out," cried Benny, and away they scampered fast as their little legs could carry them to a place of safety. The danger over back they came ready for the next tree. "I will carry the tree home, Benny," said Mrs. Beaver, "The work is not hard and I am so anxious to get our new home ready." So she tugged and tugged this way and that, until she got it out of the brush and into the water, then she took the large end in her mouth, or as much of it as she could, and started down stream with it to the dam. The Beaver's dam is really not their home. Their little home is awav down inside the dam, on the ground, and is as clean, tidy and spacious as one! could imagine. They build the dam for their own protection so the water cannot flow away and leave the stream low when the dry weather tomes. They love the water and cannot live without it, so they prepare for emergencies. Of course Beavers must play and as they play mostly in the ater, they consider the water as well as food. When Mrs. Beaver got the tree home she said: "It will not be safe to leave these trees right here, something might happen to them, so I will weave them together -with pebbles and stones. I will go to the bottom of the stream and get mud and plaster them up." Then down she went and came up with her two little fists, carried close up under her chin, as full of mud as she could hold, and plastered her wall. Soon the dam was finished and there remained only to decorate their little hut. Their Beautiful Home. They had built close down to the bottom of the dam, a little room about eight feet square and fully three feet high, with walls very thick and heavy, for their home is a fort as well as a house. In another part of the dam there was a room for food and fresh bedding, while down under the ground they built two tunnels, both leading out into the water one coming out near the surface, the other farther down so that they could conic out into the water any time they chose to do so, whether the water was low or high. They forgot nothing. Inside the hut they covered the floor with dry grasses and moss and inade little beds of twigs and leaves Bnd they were as happy and clean 'us two hard working little Beavers were entitled to be. 'Now that the home was finished they could enjoy themselves. They ;''ayed along the bank of the stream and swam great distances every day ; ud made friends among the other beavers nearby. i Their Babies. One morning when Benny Beaver awoke, he found baby Beavers nd was as proud as could be. They were glad to have the babies, for they . ad plenty of food and a lovely place for them to play. So Mr. and Mrs. i'.eaver lived happily with their beautiful little children ever after. U isn't his persuasive argument, nor his knowledge of national, or in ternational allairs that has .sold JO Liberty bonds for Rolland Wellman, in six short das. It's his smile, his blushing complexion and the mem brown eyes. lie knows that he be longs to Troon . of the American Boy Scouts. V. 1.. Hackett. his scoutmaster and that he is supposed to sell Liberty bonds. Rolland doesn't need to know more. Nature has pro vided him with the other necessary weapons, including his irresistible smile. Windsor school, 8-A, claims Rol land as its very own, and so do his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Well man, 2302 South Thirty-third street. Boy Scout Wellman's relatives and friends are proud of the war medal he received from Washington Fri day afternoon and his four service bands given him, one for each five Liberty bonds disposed of. Rolland is still working and de clares he will do his most. ' Wonders of Hawaii Among the many unique wonders of the islands of Hawaii are, accord ing to a publication in that island, the following; The largest continuously active vol cano in the world. The largest island mountain mass in the w orld. Two snow-capped mountains rising nearly 14,000 feet from a tropical sca coast. Great banks of hot sulphur in process of formation. Hundreds of marvelous lava cav erns extending for unknown dis tances. Great forests of koa or native ma hogany trees. The largest forest of tree ferns in the universe. Tnirty-three heiaus or ancient temples of idol worship. Extraordinary series of waterfalls in basaltic lava terraces. Vast la. fields thickly studded with olinines. A chain of 14 great volcanic craters extending for 20 miles in a straight line. Many great cinder cones and weird lava formations. The famous Cave of Refuge at Kalapana in the heart of the noted Bird of 1'aradise country. Unique Japanese fishing sampan harbor in the mouth of a beautiful river. Docility of Chinese In Face of Calamity No other race is as docile as the Chinese in times of famine. Their resignation in the face of calamity is amazing. For instance, in the food shortage of 1900-1907 a starving army of 300,000 peasants camped beneath the walls of the city Tsinkiangpu. $A5 sVV 1 i)Trt .-h '$fit . t L riue Moiy. A Narrow Escape. Cnuleretta lluthniann. Age 12 Year l lamview, Neb. Blue Side. Robert and Futuu were brother ! and sister. i Due nice day in the spi mg (hey (both came running into the house and cried out, "Oh! mamma, may we go ' down to the railroad track and pick violets; they are so pretty?" "Yes, I but be careful and don't get on the ) track when the train comes," answ ered j their mamma, for she was busy, j They ran and got their flower bas i kets and were soon down to the I track. They had their baskets nearly full, when Emma happened to look back. "Oh I there conies the train," she cried out. They both started to run, but Rob ert fell. "My ankle is sprained!" he tried out in distress. "Emma, get off the track or the train will run over you," he said as she started to take otf his stocking. "Xo, I will slay here," said Emma, firmly. "Then wave something to draw their attention. Your sash" Robert began, but got no further, for Kmiua had her red sash ort already, waving it, for she was not strong enough to carry Robert. The train stopped and the 'con ductor came out and said, "What is the matter?" "Oh, Mister," said Emma, "my brother hurt his leg, and is there a doctor in the train who can bandage it up? "I will go and see," he said. Verv soon he appeared with a doc tor. After the doctor had examined it, he said, "It is a bad sprain, my little man." Then he took Robert and Emma home, for he was going to stay in the town on business. Rules for Young Writers 1. Write iliilnl mi line side of (lie t putter oiil mid number the pukc. I m' pen Htm Ink, ml ppm-ll. a. Short unit pointed nrllrlr will he given preference. l liot ue ovrr U."0 unriln. 4. OrlRlnnl Morion or letters only will III UK'll. 5. Write jotir nnme, age nml nddreas Hi lhi lop n( I ho rimt puge. A prise hook will he given each week fur the hot contribution. Address ull communication to Chil dren's llepnrtmrnt, Onmlm lire, OmntiH, Neb. The grain warehouses of the town, a place of 200,000 inhabitants, were overflowing with wheat, maize and rice, and these supplies were constant ly on display; yet (here were no riots. The thousands outside the walls sat themselves down to die, while those within continued to transact the or dinary affairs of everyday life. During this famine parents found it necessary to sell their (laughters to wealthy families in which they be came slave girls. Early in the period of distress girls of 10 to 15 years of age brought as much as $20 each; but when the suffering was most se vere the customary quotation in the Honorable Mention. Hallowe'en. Frances Bell, Box 276, Osceola, Neb. Blue Side. John and Mary did not know what to do. They had forgotten about Hallowe'en until Mary mentioned it. "Let's have a Hallowe'en party," said she. "All right," said John. So they went to work to make the things they needed. They asked their mother if they could have some sheets. She gave them eight sheets she did not want and they made ter rible ghost dresses. Then they de cided who they should have. They invited Alice and Harry Brown, John Mills, Dorothy Carter, Daisy McBeth and Robert Anderson. Then they got eight pumpkins out of the garden, some candles and the scissors. While they were getting ready their mother was making little cakes, the shapes of hats, cats, irtnpkms and slave market was 00 cents each, while wjtcics. Then she tolu them to send in one instance a lather is known to have accepted 14 cents and two bowls of rice in exchange for his child. .National Geographic Magazine. V ' :, I' I l':liinlii!.!ini i , I l I I I l I I I irinti..! ?liilrl!!nintul'!IHIiil,itn!!niii;ii!tti'i 'i ill FEATURING : PEARL WHITE - THE FATAL RING i i Written by George B. Seitz and Fred Jackson and Produced by Astra Film Corporation Under Direction of Mr. Seitz I .. ti ..:iir:lMMll(ll!BIl)a;;-:tl't:.ai:Mllfl,ai H' : llHllil:iliil, H: n, ;B;!Bil;itl(. mnni,,,,;;,, EPISODE NO. 17. r ort Standlsh ....Pearl White. Hih Priestess Ruby Hoffman '."Pi Carleton.. Henry Qaell HI' hard Carslake.., Warner Oland Just as the weight was about to descend on Pearl's head, she decided to look at the violet diamond to make sure that it was safe. As she drew it out, it rolled away, and in reaching for it, she became aware of her danger. She threw herself from the spile the fraction of a second before the hammer fell splintering it. Meanwhile, Tom had recovered and had pursued her. As Carslake stood by the engine, gloating over Pearl's imagined destruction, a hand on his .shoulder spun him around and he found himself facing Tom. They leaped at each other like wild men, and would have killed one an other had not Pearl intervened. She tore Carslake off Tom, and the famous crook taking advantage of her arrival dashed away to cover. Leaving the engineer to look alter Tom, who was not badly hurt, though he had been felled by Carslake s hardest punch, Pearl followed Carslake. He entered a nearby building that .stood next to one exactly like it, round the nearest corner. Up the stairway he sped, with Pearl after him, and when he reached the roof started down the fire-escape between the two buildings. Pearl was still on his track, however, so he swung from those fire-escapes to the fire-escapes of the adjoining buildings, thinking such a teat at the height of eight stories would surely daunt her; but she took the jump as bravely as he. Realizing now that she was an op ponent to deal with, he dodged into the building and there awaited her. Picking up an iron rod that she found nearby. Pearl followed him in but he sprang upon her, wrested her weapon from her hand and felled her with it, so that she lay motionless, with her head and shoulders extend ing out over the open elevator shaft near which they had fought. Carslake left her there and dashed up the stairs toward the roof, for he heard footscpts mounting from be low. But before he reached the . .. .'. he heard other footsteps decending Two policeire.. were climbii.g fr. ::i the fi.. floor while Tom ,as de cending from the roof. He was to be II I :.'r:l!il!ii:ilinr.li:li.lni!li:li'iniulilliiin lliiliiuiiiiiliil.li..'l.i.:l.:.il..i.l::'t.': I II :. L the invitations. 1 he parlor did not have anything in it except the pump kins that were all lit up. The witches, bats, cats and pumpkins that were made of cardboard were hanging up on the walls. When the children arrived that night they were led upstairs, then put on their ghost dresses and given a pumpkin. Then they went out scaring people. After this they went into the house and told what they did. The lights were put out and a big ghost came in and told the most terrible ghost story you ever heard Soon the lights were lit and they had lunch. After the children had gone their mother told a Hallowe'en story and then they went to bed. "1 think we have had a great Hallowe'en," said Mary. "So do I," said John. (Honorable Mention.) The Milkweed Babies. By Margaret Crosbv, Aged 15 Years, Sutherland, Neb. Blue Side. It was the beginning of fall and baby leaves were falling from their mother tree, and everything was get ting ready for the dark ami cold win ter to ciiinc. One bright, but very cold morning, mother milkweed called to her little ones and said, "Now, my fuzzy little pods, every one is getting ready for the winter when you and I must die, and grow in the early spring, but I never do, 1 die forever." So as the mother said to her milk weed babies, it was done. The babies began to pop themselves open, then when the time came the babies began to lly away. They kept on flying for many days until at last there was but one milkweed pod- left, and he cried and said, "O, please, dear Mr. North Wind, you have blown all my beauti ful brothers and sisters away and 1 now, as I am the only milkweed baby mother has left, please let me live with her. she will be linesome, don't you know she will?" The north wind only laughed and said, "Now you beg of me to let you live and you would not even lift your linger to help me out of trouble. You know the other day I asked you to help me to blow the hay on the other side of the fence and you only replied, 'Do it yourself,' and I did so. You go as well as the others." ' After this was said he blew with all his might and strength and awav went Mrs. Milkweed's last baby milk weed pod from his cozy little nest to soiiie other spot. The poor mother was so very sad and lonesome the rest of her time, and the north wind howled over and around her and covered her with snow. In the spring she is dead and the babies all make big milkweed mothers and then they grow baby pods, which are whiffed away the same as the others. (Honorable Mention.) The Magic Fairy. Marie Tlaase, Aged 10 yearn. 150(i 5th Avenue, Kearney, Neb. Blue Side. Once upon a timq ther was a very naughty little girl. Her name was Jane. One day she thought she would go on an exploring trip. She lived by the Rocky mountains. Early the next morning she start ed to climb the mountain path with permission from her mother. When she had gone a considerable Six Years Old Tomorrow (Oct. 29): Name. School. Etter. Lois Carrie. . .South Lincoln (iorman, Leroy J Druid Hill Hakenholz, Fred Daniel. . Highland Holcts,. Kristina Castelar Ratusi y, Mildred Webster Kusse., Margaret Lowell Theleen, Donald John Dundee Seven Years Old Tomorrow: Catania, Kosie Holy Family llaller, Tahan Wilhelm.St. Joseph's Kotera. Anna St. Wenceslaus Meiuies, Jennie Lake Miller, Lester. .Edward Rosewater Rosenblooin, Lena Kelloni Stanek, Kosie Brown Park Todd, Virginia M.. Monmouth Park Weldon, Oerald. .Howard Kennedy Wright, Ruth B South Lincoln Eight Years Old Tomorrow: l ejner, Martha Comenius Dalton. Oscar Miller Park Denny, Ruth Loiif? Hornor, Tom Morton Lothrop Korney, Leonard Central Krenek, Marta Castelar McGregor, Benella Lothro Nine Years Old Tomorrow: Forst, Elva Kellom Hansen, Edna Helen Central Mauley, Frances Louise. ...Dundee Mongerson, Helen Irene. .Highland Stcplten,Billy. . .Park distance she met a bear. He stood up and growled at her. She turned around and ran. The first tree she came to she stopped and climbed up it. When she found the bear was pur suing her, she climbed out on a limb that hung over a small stream. She lost her footing and fell in the stream. The magic fairy lived at the edge ot this stream in a little purple vio let. She saw Jane fall into the stream and rescued her and gave her dry clothes. Then she took her into her chariot drawn by six little brown warfs. And she reached home in safety. Jane never went exploring again unless her mother or some one older thau her self would go with her. A Letter. Stanley Schurc, Humphrey, Neb. Blue Side. Dear Editor: ( My first letter to you will not be a long one. 1 am 8 years old. I go to school and 1 am in the third grade. My Teacher's name is Miss Zimuiercr. I like to go to school. My papa lakes us in the morning. This noon 1 and my friend, Irvin, caught a pigeon. We put it in the cob shed. I am going to take it home tonight and feed it until it grows big, then I will leave it go. Now 1 am going to tell you about my pets. 1 have 15 pets: one dog, three puppies, eight pigs, two kittens, and one old cat. Two of the puppiei are black and white and the otltfr one is brown. The mother of the puppies is black and white. The pigs are spotted black and brown. The old cat and het kittens are gray. I had four rabbits and I sold them all. They were black and gray. I think 1 have said enough thij time so will close, Your Friend. Doctor Says Crying Need Of The Woman Of Today Is More Iron In Her Blood TO PUT STRENGTH IN HER NERVES AND COLOR IN HER CHEEKS Any Woman Who Tires Easily, Is Nervous or Irritable, or Looks Pale, Haggard and Worn Should Have Her Blood Examined for Iron Deficiency. Administration of Nuxatedlron in Clinical Tests Gives Most Aston ishing Youthful Strength and Makes Women Look Years Younger. caught in a trap But the freight elevator standing open caught his eye. He cnt. -ed, slammed the door, began to send it downward. Just as the car was abc t to st ike Pearl's bo '.y and crush hei to death, Tom reached her floor and dragged her out of harm's way. That night, as they were sitting to gether in Pear's living room, a letter arrived from a firm of lawyers in forming her that John Blake, once her father's partner and dearest friend, had died and that he had expressed a last wish that his daughter Bessie and Pearl renew their childhood's friendship. The letter stated that Bessie was even then on her way to "earl. Bessie arrived presently and was shown to her room. Peart upon re tiring, sprays herself as usual with perfume from the atomizer on her dressing-table, only to find the bottle filled with chloroform instead. She was drugged by the stuff and thrown into a deep sleep, but awakened near mid night to hear someone moving about dc.vnstairs. Investigating, she found that Carslake's people had evidently broken in to rifle the safeand Bessie, disturbed by them, was walking in her sleep. The girl was very much frightened when s':e was wakened and made to realize where she was and what had occured; but she had apparently for gotten her fright by morning. GRAPE PROFITS BIG HERE, SAYS NELSON Secretary of Fruit Growers' Association Urges Planting of Vineyards Before Real Estate Board. Grape cultu-e interested the meet ing of the Omaha Real Estate board Wednesday. H. M. Christie, who rep resents the board on the Commercial club committee on fruit indu.-tp'es. re ported that the Commercial club would furnish grape vines to take the place of the loss during last winter at cost, about 2 cents per vine. He urged that the real estate men encourage not only the replanting of the old vineyards, but putting additional land into grapes. During the discussion several of the members spoke of their own experience and that of their clients with grapes, showing a profit of $75 to $100 an acre where the work was largely hired or done on shares, while the profits where a man handled his own vineyard were at least .111 HPT crnt mnm I ,- n..:..:. it f. . " .V via imic raised as rom. a. n. kelson, sec- j hills of l"e rruu virowers associa tion, who made the same estimate of probts. Mr. clson also said; "Since p-ohibiti.in is Kettin4 so pop ular this has aibo created an unusual demand for grapes, both tty make grape juice and from individuals who make their own wine; have had more calls for these uses this season thau ever before. So it looks as though there is almost an unlimited demand for this particular fruit. We are also favorably located, as our grapes come into the market from two to three weeks before the Michigan and New York grapjs are ready. For this rea son we are always able to realize the highest market prices. kiiow ot no iruit tnat couin lie irobtablv in these rough lorn, wlio Mad been keeping 1 diamond overnight, was held up oil way to Pearls, but the crooks licit get the diamond, and all thl set out merrily to shop and dine see Chinatown. A As thev left the Chinrse thcatil late at night, the chauffeur discovered that the car had been tampered witll and the pas had been let out. As h' got flown to make sure, lie was at tacked by a crook with 4 black-jackj and knocked out. Four other crooks,! including Carslake, approached the! cartwo from each side. And at the same moment, Bessie casting aside all pretense of girlish swelness pro duced a gun and demanded the Violet1 Diamond. lease arant lots to parties willing to give some time to grape growing and that with the lots the realtors also furnish the vines. This met with favor and a number of realtors are ready to i negotiate with parties who under-j stand fhe cultivation of the vine and to furnish both the ground and thel vines on a slnire proposition. "There can be no hmlthy, beautiful, "Iron la alo absolutely neeery to rosy cheeked women without Iron," nayn enable your blood to change food Into Dr. Ferdinand Kin, a New York 1'hysi- living tissue. Without it, no matter emu and Medical Author. "In my recent how much or what you cat, your food talks to physicians on the urave and srri- merely pasaes through you without do- mis consequences of iron deficiency in the in yon any itood. You don't Bet the blood of American women, I have stronic strenifth out of it, and as a consequence ly emphasiied the fact that doctors should you become weak, pale and sickly look- preicribe more organic iron nuxated iron '"K. jt "k plant tryinu to grow In taMMaatMtsMKMlialawiu. weak. hK- "ol1 deficient in iron. If you are not Hjrrng or wen, you owe it to yourseir to 'ftwav. v. : ...-. 4- u 1 L 1 1 C lUIIUDIUI .CD. . UCV IIUW ,can work or how far ou can walk becoming tired. Next take two rain tablets of Nuxated Iron three .per day after meals for two weeks. st your strenRth again and see how ou hare gained. I have seen dot- irrvous, run-down people who were the while double their strength ranee and entirely rid themselves mptoms of dytpepsiB, liver and other trou bles in from ten to four teen days' time simply by taking "t cai London, Oct. Arthur J. J' Mobility Among British Woundec 27. Captain Hon. Howard. second ittrs as grapes. We very sel-l son of liaroness Strathcona. has been! dom have a tai.ure-this last winter ; wounded. Other Iiritisli officers! being tne first that I know of since w , unded include Major Hon Ed- tbe beginning of the industry here .10 I ward C. French, .son of Viscount I years ago. 1 bn-nrli, commaudi-r of the home i). C. I'atUi. n urged 'b-.! rcallvr:, .'rn-s, and tilt earl of Dun more. i0, AVw YorkPhys 'cian r, tells phys'ciam that lemore organic iron heir ppt mis Says nn- hey is t' e greatest curse 'h,rit;l:ljandbe utyof "in Woman Souns nstuseojmet- chmayinjure ode the stom- rmore harm tiises us: of iron. proper form. And this after they had in some eases been doctoring for months without obtaining any benefit. But don't take the old forms of reduced Iron, iron acetate, or tincture of Iron simply to save a few cents. The Iron demand ed by Mother Nature for the red coloring; matter in the blood of her children i. alast not that kind of iron. You must take iron in a form that can be easily ab sorbed and assimilated to do you any good, otherwise It may prove worse than useless. "I have ,used Nuxated Iron widely In my own practice in most severe, ag gravated conditions with unfailing results; I have induced many other physicians to give it trial, all of whom have given me most surprising reports in regard to He great power as a health and strength builder. "Many an athlete and prizefighter has won the day simply because he knew the secret ot great strength and endurance and filled his blood with iron before he went into the affray; while many another has gona down In inglorious defeat simply for the lack of iron." Dr. Schuyler C. Jaquea, Visiting Sur geon of St. Eliiaheth's Hospital, New York City, said: "I have never before Klven out any medical information or advice for publication, as I ordinarily do not believe in it. Dut so many' Amer ican women suffer from Iron deficiency with its attendant ills physical weak ness, nervous irritability, melancholy, indigestion, flabby, sagging muscles, etc., etc. and in consequence of their weakened, run-down condition they are so liable to contract aerious and even fatal diseases, that 1 deem 16 my duty to advise all such to take Nux ated Iron. I have taken it myself and given it to my patients with most sur prising and satisfactory results. An 4 those who wish quickly to increase their strength, power and endurance will find it a most remarkable and wonderfully effective remedy." . NOTE Nuxated Iron, which la pre scribed and recommended above by phy sicians in such a great variety of cases, is not a patent medicine nor secret rem edy, but one which is well known to drutreists and whose iron constituenta are widely prescribed by eminent physicians both in Europe and America. Unlike the older inorganic iron products it is easily assimilated, does not injure the teeth, make them black, nor upset the stomach; on the contrary, it is a most potent rem edy in nearly all forms of indigestion as well as for nervous, run-down conditions. The manufacturers have such great ' confidence in Nuxated Iron that they offer to forfeit $100.00 to any charitable institution if they nnnot take any man or woman under 60 who lacks iron and increase their strength 100 per cent or over in four weeks' time, provided they have no serious organic trouble. They also offer to refund your money if it does not at least double your strength and endurance in ten days' time It is dispensed in this city by Sherman-MeConneil Drug Stores and all good druggists. Advertisement