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THE' OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 16. 1917. Ipadal . Pag inraahi 12 B EmBj -Uttte -H flaltei Tip makes an experiment in magic J: ' The boy, small and rather delicate Tift appearance, seemed somewhat em barrassed at being called "father." by the tall, awkward, pumpkinheaded Sman; but to deny the relationship . 5rould involve mother long and tedi- ious explanation; so he changed the subject" by asking abruptly: "Are you tired?" i "Of course not I" replied the other "But," he continued, after a pause s. it is quite certain l snail wear our , my wooden joints if I keep on walk- ing." -? Tip reflected, as they journeyed on, rthat this was true. He began to re- Egret that he had not constructed the JSwooden limbs more carefully and sub stantially. ; Yet how could he ever Shave guessed that the man he had "made merely to scare old womDi Iwith would be brought to life by inieana of a magical powder contained ' in an old pepper box? So lie ceased to reproach himself, and began to think how he might yet ; remedy the deficiencies of Jack's waak joint h hile thus engaged they came to :the edare of a wood, and the boy sat down to rest iinon an old sawhorse jthat some woodcutter left there S "Why don't you sit down?" he ask- :,ca tne rumpKinneaa. null I 11 suatit in ;uutiai in- -quired the other. w "Of course not. It'll rest them' "declared the boy. x V So Jack tried to sit down; bit as, soon as he bent his joints farther than usual they gave way altogether, and ' he came clattering to the ground ( iwith such a crash "that Tip feared ' ; he was entirely ruined. , V He rushed to the man, lifted him no his feetstraightened his Arms and - legs, and felt of his head o see if by ' chance it had, become tracked. But Jack seemed to be in pretty good : shape, after al, and Tip said to him: fl guess you'd better remain stand ing, hereafter. It seems the safest ' -way." .- ',- . !' "Very veil, dear fathers just as you say," replied the smiling Jack, who had been in nr wise confused by his .tumble. V Tip sat down again. Presently the Pumpkinhead askeij: ' "What is that thing you are sitting 'onl" "Oh, this is a horse," replied the .'bof, carelessly. ." ' . .' 1 -, "What is a horse?" demanded Jack. "A horse? Why, there are two kinds ;;of horses," returned Tip, slightly nuz. ijzled how to explain. "One kind of horse is alive,' and has four legs and head and a Jail. And people ride upon its back. .,'.' i "I underhand," said Jack, eheer jtutly. 'That's the kind of horse 'you lure now sitting on." . N ; "No," it isn't," answered Tip 'promptly. . ' . 5 , "Why hot? That one has four Jegs, fand'a head, and a tail.'.' v' T'P looked at the sawhorse more carefully, and found that the Pump ".kinbead was right The body- had beeji formed from a tree trunk, and a branch had been left sticking up at ; one end that looked very much like a tail. In the other end wre two big knots . that reset bled, eyes, and a .'place had been chopped away that ' .might easily be -mistaken for the ."horse's moutli. As for the legs, they were four straight limbs cut from .trees and stuck fast into the body, 'being spread wide Apart so that the iLittle Ejton PATRIOTIC DREAM .1 (Pre) g Here's a" poem byy an 1 1-year-old " Omaha gifj who is a real patriot. She I ;is a pupil at Miller Park school and is gsaid to be one of the brightest in her -class. She lives at 3026 Redick ave nue. . By ENOLA ACKERMAN. i r hid a dream tha othsr night W hen .everything was still ' 1. dreamed I was fn Qermany, ; And aaw Old Kaiser Bill. nd, as I dreamed, old Germany ", Seemed to shrivel and to shrink: And then a great, black cloud arose, And then, T-bo do you think T t dreamed th cloud was Uncle Sam, 4 " With bis ten million men. ..The thunder rolled, the lightning (lashed-' 4. I held my breath, and then i Suddenly I was lifted up vilUp in th' ' .TVThera I could watch Old t'nols 8am ijWhen y lit on KaUer Bill. And then tha cloud it' seem to chsngs; - There waa, a roaring noise, And airoplanea bythoueandi cams, Killed with our Khaki boys. , j! , . ' They took on shot at Kaiser Bill '; One shot it was enough. , He said, "They, are In earnest) i - ; , I thought It waa a bluff!" ; And then the planes came down to eartb- , And got Old Kaiser Bill. . .."they tied a rope around his nark, ' And said, "Now, you keep sUll.'' . - , , ' We'll do Just what we Ilka with you. V men away again they sailed.- vt e rs going back one nwre I. . To tha land from whence w hailed. fhy dropped him In the ocean; The wavea closed o'er his head. i '.nd then I awoke with a terrible start A od found myself In bed. v- (Honorable Mention.) , ' Edith's Christmas Shopping. . :iiy Florence Seward, Aged 11 Years, ' - 1634 Victor Avenue; Omaha, Blue Side. Well, Busy Bees, here I am again. i l nave not been writing for a long time, as I have had my hands full do . .ng . Christmas shopping. Now I will egiu my story. ' It was near Christmas, and 10-year-. Id Edith Jiad not completed her Jhrfstmas " shopping. Mother bad bought V few things for her, but - Edith insisted cn going shopping i alone. "It makes me feel more grown urC she said. Mamma was a bit Q sawhotse would stated firmly when 192 was laid across it to.be sawed. . This thing resembles a real -horse more than I imagined," said Tip. try ing to explain. "But a re,al horse is alive, and troy and prances and cats oats, while this is nothing more than a, dead horse, -made of wood, and used to saw logs upon"." . "If it were alive, wouldn'f it trot, and prance, and eat oat's?" inquired the Pumpkinhead. t "It would trot and - prance, -perhaps;, but it wouldn't cat oats," re plied the boy, laughing at the idea. "And of course it can't ever be alive, because it is made of wood." " "So am I," answered tlje man. Tip looked at him. in surprise. , "Why. so you are!" he exclaimed. "And the magic powder that brought 1 ..... w M I THE WdCAL POWDER OF LIFE By Mttk Fdks doubtful, as the Christmas rush had already hjrgun. N But she consented, and Edith made out her list of names and pres ents she intended to purchase for each one and took two dollars from her bank for buying the articles. After i kissing her mamma good-by, she ran to the corner and boarded the street car. Now, as she was extremely large for her age, the conductor asked for, full fare. Accordingly Edith took a quarter from her purse and handetl it to the conductor, who handed her five nickels in change, and Edith en tered the car, thinking she had paid her fare, but noticed she had five nickels She-was puzzling herself T ' Bmall Boy's Pray)? Dear God,' I thought that 1 would pray About the things I never say v When father, nurse and mother dear ; All stand around so close to heaf. ; : - " ( I first would like to ask your care 1 Of woolly dog and Teddy-bear; They sleep with me 'most ev'ry night; i "They're very nice, they never fight. " ' And then my goat, he's so good ; , -He doesn't do the things he should, But still he loves' You in his way, Though I 'can't teach him how to pray. And, if You please, I would be glad ' . If mother did not look so sad l. When I climb trees and tear my clothes In places'where it mostly shows.' - -' . Some flowers, tooI meant to say, - s . I pulledlip by the roots today; ' ' - Perhaps if You would send somei rain It might help them to grow agaAi. v (The little bird? found today. x Please make it strong to fly away. But, most of all, I wish You would' , Help me to like to be real good. , , . v . Lucia 0. Bell in rfaper's Bazar. you to life is here in my pocket." He broughi out the pepper box, and eyed it curiously. 'T wonder," said he, 'musingly, 'If it would bring the sawhorse to life." "If it would," returned Jack, calmly for nothing seemed to surprise him "I could ride on its back, and that would save my joints from wearing out. - "I'll try it!" cried the boy, jujnping up. "But I wbnder if I can remem ber the words old Mombi said, and the way she held her hands up." He thought it over for a minute, and as he had watched carefully from fthe hedge every motion of the old witch, and -hatened to her words, Ije believed he' could repeat exactly what she had said and done, v So he began by sprinkling some of the magic Powder of Life from the pepper box upon the body of the saw horse. Then he liited his left hand, with the little finger pointing upward-, and said: "Weaugh!" "What does that mean, dear fa ther?" asked Jack, curiousjy. "I don't know," answered Tin. Then he lifted his right band, with the thumb pointing upward, and said: "Teaugh!" ' "What's that, dear father?" in quired Jack. ''It means you must keep quiet 1" replied the boy, provoked at being interrupted at so important a mo ment. "Hpw fast I am learning I" re marked the Pumpkinhead, with his eternal smile. f I Tip now 'lifted both hands above his head, with all the fingers and thumbs spread out, and cried in a loud voice: "Peaugh!" Immediately the saw-horse moyed, stretched its legs, yawned with its chopped-out mouth, and shook a few grains of the powder off its back. J I he rest of the powder seemed to have vanished into the body of the horse. " "Good!" called Jack, while the boy looked on in astonishment ".You are a very cltvcr sorcerer, dear fa ther I" -j(Contlnuds Nest Sunday.) with the thought- when some one tapped her gently on the shoulder. Looking up, who should it be but the conductor! He had a broad smile on his face. "See here, little one," he said, "you asked me for some chanW for . . . . , r . r . T I w a quarter ana i gave you nve nicKers, and you passed in vilhout paying your fare." , ' t , "I thought I had paid my fare. she said. I did not expect anq know until just now that I hod received full .change for the quarter. I thought you took one nickel.'' , The conductor smiled again, and said, "Well, honey. vill you pay it?" 'iWhy, certainly." And she brotight out a nickel and handed it to the con ductor. , ' s. I Tfcis little conversation had drawn the attention o every person in the car, and each-6ne wore an amused Rules far Young Writers 0 I. Mrite plainly on one side of the paper only and number tha paajts i. I'm pen and Ink. not -pencil. 3. Short and pointed articles will he iven preference. I)o not iim over 250 words. , 4. Original stories or letters only lll be nued. ' , 5. Write your name, aire and address at the top of the first pace. A prise book will be Riven each week for the best contribution. Address all communications to Chil dren's Department, Omaha 'Bee, Omaha, Veo. T" look. , Edith's checks burned, and she heartily ' wislrcd she could v sink through the floor. However, she reached her destination just then and was glad enough to alight from the, car and enter the store. 1 First, Edith went tth'e tie depart ment to clsoose a silk tie for her mother. As she knew nothing about shop ping, she chose a yc'.iow tie with red silk stitching around the edge, very flashy and loud. The clerk looked curiously at the young shop per. "How muchplease?" she asked. "Ninety-eight cents, ma'am," re plied the clerk. Edith thought a mo ment. "If I just paid six cents for papaI would have 9k cents left fdr thcest of my friends, and I could make it up for papa next Christmas." She handed the cle"rkone dollar, and received two cents back. As all cheap things could be purchased. jn the JO ccnt store, Edith went there. As she was looking over men's ties, cheap brushes, etc., sfie saw a sign, "Tooth brushes, six cents; real pftce, 10c." Edith selected an imitation ivory brush in a dainty satin box (Edith paid most on the box, hardly any for the brush). "My, I have made won derful bargains," shejsaid, as she got on the Car to go home, after purchas ing a vlO-cent back ccmb 'for -bet. big sister with a double row of imi tation ruMes (Edith must have been investing some stock in the 10-cent store). She did not knew 'that some people have big heads, and some have small heads, so took the first comb she saw, and the most fancy. When she arrived home she told her" mama and papa quietly what ilie had bought for sister. Mamma praised it, and papa saiu, Magnificent ! but could not hide the twinkle in Jrfs eye. "Oh, papa," what's the matter?" she said. Then papa explained to her how cheap the thing was, and it might not fit her, as mamma had brought out one of sister's caps; and it proved to them it was far too large. - When Edith saw her mistake, she-b-.trst into teas, blit her mamma comforted.her, saying, "Never mind, darling, mother will go down town with you tomorrow, and we will aet better things." "And I will never go down town shopping alon,e until I learn more about it," she said. Her mother's answering smile assured her she was right. Visiting a Lumber Camp., By Jeannette Oliphant, Age 11 Year, 402 South Garfield Avenue, ' Hastings, Neb. Blue Side. Some of our largest forests are near the gncat Jakes. .Motet all the land be tween the Atlantic ocean and the Mis sissippi river are' covered with pine, oak, beech, hemlock.Vmaple and spruce trees. There is a large forest of pine 1 trees in Maine. Very much hard wood covers a large region of our eastern and central states. There are other forests of importance growing in the valleys of other rivers. On the Rocky mountain pla,teau there are many pine trees', and west of it is the great Pa- I cine coast forest, which is said to be the most densely timbered region on cJrth. The men that work in the" forests build themselves log cabins, filling the cracks with sod and mud., About fifty men live inone large cabin. They sleep in bunks built along the walls. The men go to the forests in the fall and remain there all winter. There is one man who is called the under chopper. He goes through the woods and marks the Trees that will make a cut with their saws, on each tree, which is pulled' back and forth by twoat each of the ends. The choppers then fe)l the trees. The men chop above 'the saw cut until the giant of the forest falls with a crash to the ground. The limbs must now" be trimmed off and the trees sawed into timber. The next thing is to get the logs to the mill. This is done on sledges, pulled by two or more horses over a road of fce orsnow. The roads are slippery, so the horses can pull the sledges easily. ': I he first thing is making the roads. After the snow is well beaten down the sprinkling machine is used. After the water is fozen to ice, sledges are used. In the spring when the rivers thaw the logs are floated on the river to the mills. ' When the loas arc taken to-the mill they are sawed into lumber, -ready to be shipped down the lakes. Some of the mills have cane sav?s and also band saws. The 'band - saws move like a band of leatherf up on two great wheels, one above the other. As it goes it cuts the lumber with its teeth into boards faster than the gang-saws can. I hope to see mv letter irt print or winning the prize. Will write a story later. Being Thankful. By Irnla Nuquist, Aged 10 Years, Os eola, Aeb. Red bide. Annie was a poor little eirl. Her I. . i t I .v i , . . r iiiuincr nau 10 worK-nara io support them. She helped. h.er mother all she could. v Always she was kind and gentle. . , - , ' Frances1 was a rich girl. She had everything .she-wanted. "-Frances was not happy though. . On. Thanksgiving day Frances was out walking. "I don't see what Thanksgiving is for anyway. I "have nothing tobe, thankful for," she grumbled. Annie met Prances with her face in a pout. "Whj;, don,'t you know it is Thanksgiving day?" asked Annie in surprise. "You should be thankful, not pouting." '1 have nothing to be thankful for," said Frances. "You poor girl, I don't 4 Busy Little Homey Be.e Lqads a Very Bibsy Life i' '. . V- ' ' t fa;- . I LJ o Zi i o o ' ip t-'imSZ IFH- , - t r vBlni'hart-Steffens Photf . Little Miss Marjorie Morehouse speaks the French language as weir as she. does her JiatrVe tongue, for she has been studying since she was 4 years did.' Miss Marjorie's . father, who is Captain Rex Morehouse, ex pects to serve his country abroad one of these days and wherj he returns Qrst mark round o nice 1at "bift Ion. Thtn partly round a Hllle one. And so the kitty can hear, mark each little ear yon must never fail to make a quirky tail. NoW, let me in troduce you. M e w, m e w, i men Sir Pussy Pattikins! think -ou have anything to be thank ful for either." "Oh, yes, I have a great many things to be thankful for," Annie said. "I'm thankful I. am well, I'm thank ful I have a mother, I'm thankful I have clothes and enough food to eat. Oh, I'm thankful for so many things I can't say them all." " "Well, if I'd. stop and think I be lieve I could think of a good many things to be thankful for," Frances said, thoughtfully.. - - x "Of course you could, and so could everyone," Annie said. By Tansv B. Shirley, Maxwell, Neb., ox 103. Red SideV. There was once a little girlwho wasi very naughty. And her mother tried to break, her of it. , One day she was going tohave a surprise party for her. She made candy, cookies,' cake, and pies. She was baying oranges, bananas, apples and "many other things. . s ' " Bernice was a little girl who never liked to wait for anything.' While her mother was out Bcrnice came down stairs and saw all those good things. The tandy her mother made a mis take in making it. Bernice said: "I will eat'a lot of this and go back and work on my quilt.' Sha-ate a lot and when her mother called her and told her to get on a clean dress and come down stairs slie found all her playmates were there. , , . Her mother said to the children: "Go out vand play until I call you." They were out for a long time. At last she called, "Children, come in." They came in and ate and when Drawing Lessen WtittUity UkArtttl they will have great times conversing in French. Marjorie is 11 years old and attends the Columbian school. She is an Industrious knitter and has made her father a pair of warn! wrist lets. She is so interested in her knit ting 4hat she takes it to school witn hX and often knits on the way home. ' Six. Years-Old Tomorrow(Dec. 17): 'Name. School, I Taylor, Virginia Lothrop Seven Years Old Tornorrow: , Buftington.' James C Dundee PhfUricfc. R. W. : , Castejar Gilliam Hazel "Lothrop Fischer, Howard Clifton Hill Wenicll. R. W Train Weinstcin, Max Sherman Nepodal.-Grafe 'Bancroft Burks, Helena .Ruth . . . , . Saunders Shaw, Leona '. Bclvidcre Eight Years Old Tomorrow: Hansen, Marjorie : Saratoga Licht, Bessie '. ..... Long King, Mahlori ...'.-.T Mason Finch, Donald Hawthorne Sellner, Donald G Walnut Hill Nine Years Old Tomorrow: Phillips, Johnnie ' Saratoga Prai, ;Robect Vinton Grcepwood, Inez W Mason Witt, Bertha Madison Newstrom, Carl-L... . Walnut Hill night came she wejit lo bed and was vcry sick from eating She candy. We hae a new baby boy, born i Wednesday, November 21. We like. him very well. , Visitor Writes. By Beverly Means'. Age-9 Years. 4426 South Twenty-third Street, Omaha. Neb. I livethi North Yakima. Wash. I am here on a visit and like it very well, only I can hardly, get along with out lots of apples. . " . 1 have 16 rabbits; They are a mix ture of Golden 'Fawn and Belgian hares. I also have . a little dog. I call her Gypsy. She is a cocker spaniel and a trick dog. , A few weeks ago j received a53d letter from home. I heard my. Shet land pony "Was dead. She was "black and only .40 inches high. I broke her myself and she took three first prizes. She was very good tempered ' and every one loved her. I am sorry I live too far away to get The Bee, for I enjoy readiug-the children's page very much.' I hope I may see this letter irt print. 1 May's Lesson. . , By Marietta ' Fiemming, Aped 11 j. Years, Avoca, la. Blue, Side. .. Little May, was -a. very, sweet little girl. She. .had adear manmiazml papa and a dear little baby' brothecj who loved her very much. LUte May loved them,- too, but I am srry to say she loved herself 'bes0of all. She was" very naughty at times and would not mind.' One day while her mamma was very busy May asked 'if she . might fake her dolls out for a 'walk. .Her mamma told her she could go, only she msjst stay near howic. So little May left home ' hapy a nNinJr-She soon grew fired pulling Iter dolls 'and ran after a little bee she saw.. She could not catch it,i though, but foutrd the .very pool of water she heard thebiot and we went up-to the house and boys at school talk about. She was -s A Raid on Japan. j Last night when everything wa! very quiet in the room a fat - little mouse came sneaking along the floor, jumped up on a chair, then onto the ahlp Tn half a sernnd more he was n the midst of the little Japanese vil lage in the round crockery dish. Be fore ne could say "Ja'ck Robinson" ht had knocked oyer the little house, tumbled the tiny Japanese lady into the lake, stolen hr best parasol and turned the bridge upside down. Then he sat down and ate all the rice husk mountain and the beautiful lawn and pit pat patter he whisked off to hi9 hole in the wall. What slltcll be done to him? Policeman Jolly Dog says he shall be imprisoned, but Kitty Kat' says he shall die. The tiny Japanese lady says- she wouldn't so nrtkh mind if it hadn't been her only parasol, and "how can she stand on the lawn all day without it? I can't imagine, can you? , Labor Lost. ,AIr. Harrison had been invited out lor Christmas dinner, but he had been warned that he would have to do tin carving. He bought a cook book and a turkey and worked out a blueprint of the bird. He took a couple" of les sons from the server at his restau rant. Christmas day found him await- "A .'.v. mi ntj mill i)viiuuuuuii.v A . nn.VAA t A TU .. . seated' at table. The maid came in and bore upon Her tray a little roast pig- -j Recreation for"SmalI Dolls. v The little dollies can be amused hours at a time if you make them a slide out of a large box and let them slide down it. Don't make it too steep so that they fall on their heads, but just enough to slide gently downi I think it'i a good plan to have a cush ion to land on, then you are sure they won't be hurt. You can make them hammocks out of a large handker chief, too! A Fearful Accident. Betty rocked Lucy China Doll be fore the open fire the other night, but 1 she forgot to put her to bed after ward. She left-ier so close to the fire that her eye melted and ran back in her head, her wig came off and her. side was so badly scorched thapit is all blistered. She'll never be the same, although7 Dr. Dollby is doing every thing that he can tcHielp her. 'Earning Christmas Monev. Silk-Hatted Gentleman (suspi ciously) What are you planning to do with all those snowballs, my little man? Boy I'm- sellin' 'em three for a nickel. And them as don't buy gets 'em for nothin'. The, gentleman , in the silli hat bought the lo. Cause for Worry. "What are you crying about?" the kindly old gentleman asked the sob bing small boy. "'Cause my pa's a philanthropist." "Well, well, that's nothing to cry about, is it?" , "I guess you'd think it was. He he says he'll give me $5 for Christ mas providing I can raise an equal amount. Boo hool" . r i Christmas Morning. Nurse Johnnie, sec the lovely new brother that Santa justbrought you! Johnnie ( (doubtfully) Well, I s'post we'll have to keep him this year, but next year I'm going to give him away to Sammie Smith. A Doll's jChristmas Tree. You are going to have a tree for your dolls, of course 1 -You can" trim it with bits of cotton, red cranberries, small candiesand popcorn. ' sure she could wade in it, even if mahima had told her never, to go into water. So intothe water she stepped. Oh, how nice and cool after running so far after the naughty bee. Soon the water got deeoer and little Mav wished she had not gone so far in the water. She was sot far in now' she was afraid to turn around, so all she could do was tq 'call to the 4ear mamma, who was so far away "she could not hear her. Poor May! How she would love to be at home once more with mamma and the little baby. She tried to go on, but, Oh. dear! She hit her poor little foot against a stone and down she went.' "Mammal Mamma!" she cried. "Do come to your poor little May and she will never, never be naughty again." What would have become of May. I can not say, had not kind Farmer Jones, just now passing by, -helped May out. He took her as far as her own gate, where she stood, wet. and weak, until mamma found her. She was side many days after that but she never once after failed to do just as mamma said, for sh'e knew that mamma knew best of all. How Waterwings Saved Her Life. 7 By Hazel Karker, AgeQ 12 Years, Alexandria-. Neb.. Rprf W hen we Camnfire girls were camp ing at the park we went in swimming every afternoon. One afternoon just after the rain we went in swimming. The water was very high so we waded out and swam back to the shore, but fter a while we began to swim both ways. .When all at once wfe heard a cry for help we all looked to see who it was, but we didn't see anything more than usual. We started to swim again and we heard it -again only much fainsfr; we all looked and saw ' one of .the girls out in very deep water and the undercurrent was pull ing her down so she could not swim.-" I tried to go to herHwit I could not I swim very good and the water was f so deep I was afraid I might drown. Une ot the gtrls had waterwings and she said she would get her out of the deep water. She swam out with the waterwings and gave them to the " girt in deep water. She swam is&ck to us and then we all went up toTier to see if she was hurt and she was' put on fur dry clothes. i v