The Kiddies’ j
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!j! MADRE PENN •{•
S-h-h-h.
My maw—she’s upstairs in bed,
An’ It’s there wif her.
It’s all bundled up and red—
Can’t nobody stir;
Can’t nobody say a word
s Since it come to us.
Only thing ’at I have heard,
’Cepting all It’s fuss,
Is S-h-h-h.
That there nurse she shakes her head
When I come upstairs.
“S-h-h-h” she sez—’at’s all she’s said
To me, anywheres.
Doctor—he’s the man ’at brung
It to us to stay—
He makes me put out my tongue,
'Nen says “S-h-h-h”—’at way;
Jest “S-h-h-h.”
I goed to see my maw,
’Nen climb on th’ bed.
Was she glad to sec me? Pshaw!
“S-h-h-h”—’at’s what she said.
’Nen It blinked an’ tried to see—
’Nen I runned away
Out to m old apple tree,
Where no one could say
“S-h-h-h.”
’Nen I lay down on the ground
An’ say ’at I just wish
I was big. An’ there’s a sound—
'At old tree says, “S-h-h-h.”
’Non I cry and OY an’ cry
•Till my paw he hears,
An’ corned there an’ wiped my eye
An’ mop up th’ tears—
’Nen sez “S-h-h-h.”
I’m going to tell my maw ’at she
Don’t suit me one bit—
Why d’ all say “S-h-h-h" to me
An’ not say “S-h-h-h” to It?
—Chicago Tribune.
ST. VALENTINE
"^nce there was a man named Val
entine. He went to people’s houses
giving them gifts and clothing. One
day he became sick and could not
go to see them so thought of a plan.
He said, now I will send them greet
/ ings of love written down on paper.”
The people were very glad to get
them. When he died they honored
his birthday by sending tokens of
love and greetings every year on Feb
ruary 14. They made them in shapes
of hearts and other things and also
railed them Valentines.
SYBII MERRIFIELD.
AFRICAN WINS
> ALDERSHOT RACE
London, England.—(Special to The
Monitor.)—Private Stewart, an Afri
can soldier from Sierre Leone, won
the championship foot race held at
Aldershot recently. At this race the
King of England was the starter and
Her Majesty Queen Mary presented
the prize personally to the winner.
FRIENDS
Our Women
and, Children
Conducted by
Lucille Skaggs Edwards
STAY IN SCHOOL AND
TRAIN FOR THE FUTURE
Secretary of. Labor Says the Place of
(he Child Is in School.
“It is the children who are in school
today who w'ill see to it that their
fathers and brothers who have fought
and died in this war have not fought
and died in vain. We must keep them
in school and see that they get there
the equipment they need for the work
that is before them,” said Secretary
Wilson in a recent message, indorsing
the I!ack-to-School Drive which is be
ing conducted by the Children’s Bu
reau of the United States Department
of Labor and the Child Conservation
Section of the Council of National
Defense. “If we are not to go down
to defeat in the battles of peace, we
must have an army of reserves who
are strong in body, well trained in
hand ami mind.”
The administration at Washington
has repeatedly expressed the opinion
that ahy falling off in school attend
ance should be discouraged. The
president himself, as well as the sec
retaries of war, the navy, the interior
and labor, have publicly emphasized
the importance of keeping the school
going at full capacity.
If, in the next few years, the United
States is to have the help of intelli
gent men and women in meeting the
extrordinary obligations it is assum
ing, it will be necessary to check the
exodus of the boys and girls from the
high and elementary schools, state
ments issued in connection with the
Back-to-School Drive point out. The
reckless squandering of the child poxt -
er of the country, through premature
entrance into industry, is one of the
great evils now to be corrected.
A bulletin recently issued by the
children’s bureau states that the work
engaged in at this complete sacrifice
of educational opportunities usually j
offers the children no training and :
very slight prospects of future em- j
ployment. It adds further that 1,000,
000 children between 14 and 15 leave
school for work every year.
It is hoped that as a result of the
Back-to-School Drive stricter stand
ards for protecting the education of
the American child will be set up.
JAPAN DETERMINES TO
FORCE RACE ISSUE
Tokio, Japan, Fob. 26.—In the Jap
anese diet today Premier Hara as
sured the body that the race problem
would be forced up to the peace con
ference by the Japanese delegates and
that there is no danger of it escaping
the utmost attention of the Japanese
government.
RESOURCES OF BELGIAN CONGO
New York, Feb. 12.—A pamphlet :
on the Belgian Congo, containing j
much information of value to the ex- |
porter and importer and the student,
; soon will be issued by the foreign
trade department of the National As
sociation of Manuaftcurers. It has
j been prepared by Edwin N. Le Plae,
professor of general and tropical ag
iculture of the University of Louvain
nd director general of the depait
| ment of colonies of Belgium at Brus
| sols.
P ofessor Le Plae asserts that “no
i co ot/ in Africa has a greater eco
I nomic future,” because the Belgian
Congo “combines thousands of miles
of deep and easily navigable rivers,
:tl> an excellent climate, enormous
'■a dwood forests and a considerable
vcalth of valuable ores, metals and
; irecious stones.” He says that im
provement of the colony was contin
ued through the period of the war, and
that it now offers ideal opportunity j
| to the trader and investor because of ;
| the international agreement opening,
the Congo to traders and planters of
all nationalities.
The review issued with a working I
map of the district, trade methods,
weights, taxes and so forth, and tells ,
briefly the possibilities in exploitation
of coffee, rubber, coco oil, palm, lum
ber, tin, diamond and gold mines, coal,
oil and iron fields.
In a tab'e of imports for 1914 the
United States is fourth with $590,794
out of a total of $8,898,423.
Oh. so different will be that Fash
' ion Cafe, where everybody acts a 1
lady or a gentleman.—Adv. I
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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
f HOTEL
f Nicely Furnished Steam Heated
{ Rooms, With or Without Board.
7 523 North 15th St. Omaha, Neb.
{ Phone Tyler 897.
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Hardware Co.
GOOD HARDWARE
2408 N St. Tel. South 182
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We Deliver Anywhere.
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E. A. NIELSEN
UPHOLSTERING
Cabinet Making, Furniture Re
pairing, Mattress Renovating
Douglas 864. HI917 Cuming St.
[Established 1890 1
C. 1. CARLSON
Dealer in I
Shoes and Gents’ Furnishings t
1514 No. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. {
PATTON HOTEL AND CAFE
N. A. Patton, Proprietor
1014-1016-1018 South 11th St.
Telephone Douglas 4445
62 MODERN AND NEATLY
FURNISHED ROOMS
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(Modern Furnished Rooms
811 W. 14th Street
CENTER CAFE
Phone Red 1457
922 Center Street
Mrs. Louise Cooper, Prop.
Des Moines, Iowa
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SHOE REPAIRING *
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sonable Prices. a
Y All Work Guaranteed.
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IW. T. SHACKELFORD COAL
COMPANY
Our Motto: “Service First”
Webster 202 13th and Grace
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Start Saving Now
On# Dollar will open an account in tfc*
Savings Department
of the
United States hat’l Bank
16th and Farnant Streets
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We Have a Complete Line of
FLOWER, GRASS
AND GARDEN
Bulba, Hardy Perennials, Poultry
Supplies
Fresh cut flowers always on hand
Stewart’s Seed Store
119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Office
Phone Douglas 977
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t BAKERY
I Across from Alhambra Theatre
(The Best is None Too Good for
Our Customers.
Telephone Webster 673
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C. H. MARQIJARDT
CASH MARKET
Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt
Meats, Poultry, Oysters, etc.
2003 Cuming St. Doug. 3834
Home Rendered Lard. We Smoke
and Cure our own Hams and Baron.
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