SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY
NOW I am very sure tlio Busy fieoa really enjoy thoir de
j)artmont. The skating was fine last week and the coast
ing, too the best we liave had this winter hut the let
ters have come in just the name, and Rich good letters,
too. Hut several of the boys and girls have forgotten the rules
and that makes the editor a great deal of trouble. Some wroto
on both sides of the paper and some ukhI lead pencil instead of
pen and ink, and one little girl forgot to give her address. Per
haps if 1 tell you some of the reasons why we must insist upon
these rules they will be easier to remember. Have you noticed
how short your three or four pages of writing look in print t
"Well, everything that is used in the paper has to he written out
plainly so that the printers can read it and set the type from it.
Just think how many, many shoots of paper that makes and how
much time it must take to read them all over and correct them
and set the type. The busy men who do thif work have no time
to puzzle over poor-writing or writing that has become blurred
rubbing among all those sheets because it was written with lead
pencil, or that is hard to read because something has been writ
ten on the other side of the paper and shows through. And, too,
it takes more time and is confusing to turn all .these sheets. But
when a Busy Bee forgets to ndd his name or address he is the one
who suffers, for if his letter should happen to win a prize the
editor would not know where or to whom to sond it. So you see
there is a good reason for following even one of these rules.
Several original stories have been contributed and they are
all so good that the editor has decided to hold them a week, or
possibly two weeks, until more come in that. they may be judged
with others of the same class. This will be more fair to the con
testants and I hope all will understand the delay. Can . we not
have a great many original stories this week!
Some Busy Bop has contributed a skating party story, but
it is incomplete. As the page received has neither name nor ad
dress no credit can be given for the story. It was very good,
however, -what there was of it. "Won't the writer try again?
So many good letters were sent in last week about trips
that the boys and girls have taken that it was hard to decide
which deserved the prizes. But only two can win each week so do
not be discouraged and try again. Either write another story,
about another trip or better still, try an original story. These
will probably not be used until Ftbruary, but be thinking about
them and perhaps they will be more interesting than the "little
journey" stories have been. Several have asked if they may
contribute stories by chapters. Not just yet, so please do not
send any more that way. "A Visit to the Country," by Nellie
Wood, was awarded first prize this time and "A Trip to the
Canneries," by Sievers V. Susmanu, the second.
Little Flossie's
By Mud
T WA8Floule'a birthday and ahs
was full of excitement. Mamma
was preparing things for a great
party which would be given at
2 o'clock In the afternoon. About
twenty little guesta were Invited to at
tend, and all wuuld be sure to be them
00 time, fur FloHHle'H comrades knew that
a party at her house meant more than the
usual good cheer enjoy (d at the regular
birthday party.
While mamma was busy decorating the
parlors and dining room F'losnie decided
to -make her own little room more at
tractive by adding some odd bits of
furniture and bric-a-brac from the store
room In the attic. She did not ray a
word to her minima about 11, but de
cided to surprise her when the little guests
should be taken Into her room to lay off
thoir hats, hoods and wraps. The room
was already pretty enough to suit the tasl
Of any little miss, for it was all In blue,
white and gold, with the daintiest of cur
tains and the softest of rugs. But on a
special occasion like one's birthday Flossie
felt that some extra touches were needed
hers and there. She had seen In the store
room a great gray fur rug which, mamma
bad said was "shedding" and unfit to longer
hold Its place In front of tiie library grate.
It could not do any harm for on? after
noon lying on the Moor of her room, Just
In front of the little white Iron bed on
which her small guests would put their
wraps. Then there were a pair of huge
Old candlesticks which lier papa had picked
up at a curto shop, but which her mamma
always laughed at and had relegated to the
gttlo as unsightly things. But to Flossie
they were "perfectly elegant" with their
(lit bands and gay red flowers twining
up their narrow stems. On her white man
telpiece thiy would look most artistic, so
thought the little Flossie.
After running on some errands for her
mamma, Flossie slipped from the dining
room, where mamma was still busy with
the table, and went up to the attic store
room. It wss cold snd dusty and dark, for
seldom did anyone save the servants go
up there. Old carpets, broken pieces of
'-nJture, battered boxes and trunks and
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cast-off picture frames and bric-a-brac lit
tered the place.
Flossie began to search about for the
desired condlesticks which she remembered
having seen on top of a packing box, but
nowhere were they to be found now. The
fur rug was there, but more than anything
else Flossie wanted the candlesticks. After
searching in every box and trunk and tear
ing up things In general In her hunt for
them, Flossie remembered that there were
many things packed in a great closet which
was built in the dark end of the store
room. Thither went Flossie, climbing over
boxes and heaps of debris to the peril ot
her little neck, but reaching the closet In
safety. A heavy door shut the contents
ffom sight, but Flossie lifted the rusty
hook which secured It from the outside snd
pulled It open.
Ah! There on a high shelf stood the
longtd-for and much-admlrcd candlesticks,
a goodly covering of dust hiding their gilt
bands and red flowers. But some soap and
water would make them us beautiful as
new again. Flossie climbed on a box to
reach her prizes, when the heavy door
swung shut with a bang. Flossie was In
total darkness, and was obliged to get down
from the box carerully lest she step Into
a basket of old-time glassware. When she
reached the door she pushed against It In
vain. The rusty hook which she had lifted
and which she had left In a raised posi
tion. It being too stiff with rust to be
dropped backward had fallen Into the Iron
staple which had held It secure.
Flossie vainly threw the weight of her
little body against the door; It did not
shake It in the least. Then she began to
call out as loudly as she could, but her
weak and frightened voire died away
faintly Inside the great, thlck-wulled closet
that was most terrifying In Its darkness.
Oh, what should she do? Away up there
In that attic where no one would tyer
dream of her being, and locked In the
close, dark, cold closet whose thick doo.
and walls would not allow her feeble voice
to reach those on the first floor. Bhe knew
her mother would call her, and receiving
no response would go to her room to look
for her. Not finding her little daughter the
poor woman would become uneasy and
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RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS
1. Write plainly on one aide of too
paper only ar.d uonioer the pages.
3. Use pea and ink, sot pencil
3. Short and pointed articles will
be given preference. So not nso over
SCO weds.
4. Original stories or letters only
will be used.
8. Write your name, ageand ad
dress at the top of the firs page.
Tlist and second prises of hookc
will be given for the boat two con
tributlons to this page each wesi..
Address all ooxamnnloations to
OHILSalTCI'l DEPABTM2NT,
Omaha Bee.
(First Pri:;e.)
A Visit to the Country
By Nellie Wood, Ago 12 Years. 2611 South
Thirty-second Avenue, Omuha.
This summer the very day school
washout we started to a little town
tailed Saline near Detroit In Michigan.
Wo got there at 6 o'clock the next
night.
My little brother Raymond and I of
course were very excited looking every
thing over. Grandpa had a fine horse
tolled Old Rock. My brother and I
rod's him everywhere. Every evening
we went down in the woods after the
cows. Then we would gather black
search the other living rooms for the miss
ing Flossie. Then, In distress, her mamma
would telephone for her papa to come
home, telling him that their little girl was
mixslng from the Itouse.
Flossie sat on the box and wept, wept
from fear and anxiety over her terrible
Imprisonment. Would sha ever ever get
out? Would the Invited guests arrive for
the party and no Flossie to meet them?
Would her tenth birthday pass In this ter
rible dark place without food or water,
when downstairs were all sorts of goodies
awaiting the hour of th? banquet?
"Oh. oh!" walled the little one. ' "Oh,
oh!"
Then came an idea. She must make
some dreadful, ununual noise to attract
attention since her voice failed of Its pur
pose. She nould remove a shoe and with
the heel beat as hard as she could on the
door, crying out all the while, "Help, help,
help!"
Meanwhile In the dining room Flossie's
mamma wus so busy with the banquet
table that she did not miss the prsenre
of her little daughter in the living rooms.
After a whila, when all was in reidlneaj
for the spread, she went to the library to
call Flossie. She wanted her to see how
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Oh, he is very, very bold;
A soldier mobt brave to behold. '
He wears a sword sheathed at hi si . ;
But the blade of steel hath ne'er been tried.
Of the enemy lie feels no fear;
To him the battle's roar is dear.
He loves the din, the drum's beat, boat.
And tramp, tramp, tramp of eonrades' ftcl.
'Tis safe for us to think and say
Of him, our soldier brave and gay,
That he will yet a general be
And lead his men to victory. ANNIE JA2JES.
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THE TAP OF THE V.Y.XX. AT SCHOOT
berries nnl led raspberries. We had
fun gathering eggs, too, and jumping
off of the hay. The orchard was full
of lovely apples and one day 1 ate ten.
Dut the most fun was threshing.
My brother and I watthed them all tha
time they stayed at grandpa's. .
. Wc had two little kittens. Mine wai
black and white and 1 called him
beauty. My brother's was a Maltese
and he called her just Kitty. My
cousin Arthur, my brother and I got
sticks, tied a string on the end, put a
pin for a hook and went fishing. We
caUght three minnows, but we put
them back again. On rainy days we
weet out to the corn house and shelled
torn with the toi-Uiheller, then wc
would shell it with our hands. I got
a blister, but I didn't care. We spent
two months in the country and 1 never
had a better time in my life.
(Second Prize.)
Trip to the Canneries
By Pievers VV. Susmunn, As- I- Years. 138
North Thlrty-Flrst Avenue, Omaha.
Last summer 1 took a trip in iowa
and visited five canneries. Kour of
these were corn canneries and the llfth
one canned tomatoes.
The susar corn is brought in by
dainty the tuble looked. Not finding Flos
sie there she supposed she hud gone to her
own room to dress, for It wanted but half
an hour before the guests would begin tj
arrive. Knowing that she had not a min
ute to lose the good mother hastened to
her room to make her toilet, fe'-llng sure
that If Flossie wanted her assistance In
il: easing she would come to her.
She had Just bejun to comb her hair
when a queer noise fell upon her ears. It
was faint a human voice mingled with
strange pounding noise coming from some
remote, coiner o? the house. Flossie's
mamma put down her comb and brush and
went into the hall to llHten. The sounds
certainly Issued from the urper floor, pos
sibly from the attic. But what could it
mean? No one was there Bridget, the
cook, was in the kitchen and Flosslo In
her own room dressing. J And he was the
only other person In te house.'"'
While the good mother listened, trying
to loeato tho source of the noises, they bo
came more vociferous and distinct. The
cry "Help, help, help!" came plainly from
above. Wondering at so strange a hnppen
ins. F'.osHle's mumma hurried to the attic
store room. Once Inside she recognized
her own little girlie's pleading voice, which
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farmers In big wagons. The wagon
load with the driver is weighed and
then sent on to the shucking shed to be
emptied. The corn is shucked by
country boys and girls for 2 Vi cents
a bushel. The shucks are thrown on a
broad belt that carries them to a high
point on the building and from there
dropped Into farmers' wagons to be fed
to stock.
The corn after being shucked is
passed to women who cut out the bad
parts. Then the ears are thrown on a
belt that carries them to the second
story, where they are put through a
machine that cuts off the grains.
Next the corn la put in a wire ma
chine that moves around in such u way
as to take all the silk out and drops
the corn down a chute Into a room
where It Is mixed with hot syrup.
Then it is sent tnto the canning room,
where the corn is canned.
After the top is soldered on the cans
are put in open 'steel baskets and put
in the retort, where they a;e rtcame 1
for seventy minutes. Then the baskets
are plunged Into a tank of cold water
to cool and whiten the corn.
After the labelling the corn is ready
for shipping. All this 1b very interest
ing to see.
The Mask
Bv Alice Temple, Aid 8'Yrars. Lexington,
Neb.
The other day papa brought a very
ugly looking mask home. My sister
Mary and I were in bed and mamma
said Philip my little brother, could
get into our bed, too. Papa called me
to come out where he was. Philip got
out of bed before me and gut there
flrst and when I got there he was be
ginning to cry. And what do you
think! There was my big brother,
rose above the din of pounding on the
gieat door.
Over tho boxes, trunks and piles of
debris she huirled!y clambertl and reached
tho clot-et, which she opened. Tlicre. with
tenrs streaming down her face, a shoe In
one hund, stood little Flossie, a most piti
able looking object.
"Oh, mamma, mumm:i!" she cried, pprnj
Ing Into her mother's open arms, "I was
afraid I'd never make you h-e-a-r. And
I t-h-o-u-g-h-t may be I'd n-e-v-e-r get out
of h-e-r-e!"
"My sweet child." soothed mamma ten
derly. "How came you in there; locked up,
too?" she uked.
Then, with !:cr shoe unbuttoned on hr
foot. Flossie went down to her own room
to dress for the party, explaining to her
mamma as they descended the stairs how
she happened to ho locked In the closet of
Queens of England
Mirjuerlt of France, second queen
consort of KJw.irrt I, of F.nland, was
rnrly orpharrd by the drjth of her royal
father, Phillip le Hard!. K!nt of France.
Bhe was a sweet-iompTed, high-minded
damsel, and retained these fine traits of
character throughout her life, .-h-1 was a
tror.-ughly educated young prlncc-ns. be.
tug as vrrtuous as she was refined and
cultured.
WI He Marriieilte wsi still- very young
her elder lister, Prlnctas T'.'anclie. became
t "e rclirnlng beauty i r.d favorite of
Kurope. ' Edward I. of Fn.tlanrt. having
Ivard her praises sung from afar, sotiirht
her hand In marriage. At this time he
was a grlcf-otrlokcn widower, still mourn
ing the loss of l is beloved Queen Klra
nora. Put he hoped to banish h's heavy
eorrow In tho smiles of a second beauteous
queen.
Thus negotiation for ths hand of the
beautiful Blanche were begun by the
King of England, and the historians of
those times declare tlmt the Princess
Margueiite was substituted In the mar
riage' t.eaty in the place of her more fa
vor.'d sister Pianche "by a diplomatic ma
neuver unequaled for craft since the days
of l.ah and Karhcl."
However tr.ix msy be, th ranie of
Marguerite appears In the marriage
t rt.it v where that of t.a::che was ap
p Bed n be.
At the time of her bethroihal to Edward
the Prince Marguerite was Just enter
l':g her twelfth year, but the final ar
rangement b whi.'h she became Kd
vs"'l's consort was nat consummated till
many years Inter, as both F-dwurd and
Hi Imther. r-i'e of l.arict'.su-r. bit
terly rise:ite.l the iroslitutir of Ui.
p'ain ct.ild, Mi:ri':e.l'f. for hei jjloi lour
iy btautou tiittr, P'.anche, who wus in
the full bloom of her young womanhood.
T.iis pleie ot "diplomacy" was the work
of I hill.i le Bel. brothr to Marguerite
ejiii LLiuchs and KUi uL Fiance, who
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Harold, all fixed up with a fur lap
robe around him and that mask on
and a hat on, too. Philip was very
frightened and ever since he has been
afraid of the mask.
A Trip to Valparaiso, Neb.
By Jennie Hansen, Age 10 Years, 4304
Patrick Avenue, Omaha.
We left Omaha the 2d of August
and It was raining very hard. Every
thing went all right till we were just
one mile from Elkhorn, when the train
stopped. Then the brakeman passed
through the car and we asked him why
the train stopped, and he said the
tracks were washed away. There were
five other trains besides ours. After
we had waited for some hours the train
pulled out and we did not reach Val
paraiso until 12:30, and I was very
tired, but had had a nice time.
A Trip to Lake Francis
By Walter Johnson, Age 9 Yenrs. 716 South
Nineteenth Street, Omuha.
Two summers ago, when 1 was 7
years old, my two brothers and I and
a party of friends went for an outlug
to Elysian, Minn., on Lake Francis.
We left Omaha about 7 o'clock iu
the morning on the Great Western rail
way and arrived there at 9 o'clock in
the evening.
Mr. Wilcox, who owned the place,
met us at the depot. His little grand
son was there and we had a fine time
together.
I learned to row a boat. We went
boat riding. Ashing and bathing every
day. My two brothers and I slept in
a tent. .We all j had nick-names and I
was called the "Mascot."
One Saturday we hired u hayrack
and rode to a nearby town called
Waterville. Every evening we hud big
the stor? room. "But," she added, with
a happy Ikile la'.igh, "my room Is pietty
enough as it ir. and never do I want to
see thoso old candlesticks agnln. They got
me Into prison, so they did and on my
bl thday, too "
But half an hour later, when all the
happy little gu'sts were assembled Flos
sie took grost pleasure In telling of her
lato Imprisonment, even going Into de
tails about her weeping and walling and
pounding with her shoe on th door. "But
it's an experience I do not want to re
peat utiles I am quite sure mamma is
within sound of my voice," she addud,
Ir.urjhingly.
And all the little friends laughed also,
thinking, howevur. that Flossie had Buf
feted a terrible orded and on her b'rth
dsy. ton. which made It much worse, of
coutte.
hnd other and liiniier plans for the dis
pcsal of his sU t. r B ant he.
The misunderstanding bitw.n the two
klncs secn.s to have been righted, for on
MAUQl'ERITE OK rl'.Aia'E.
the 8th of September, 1290, Marguerite of
Fiance was married to Edward I. if
England.
To quote from a record of the' times:
On Tuesday, the djy of t nr . Iui.v'
nativity. In the twenty-set -n; :i year of
the hint,', arrived dtm" M-t 'i et t. the
diUKliter of K'l:,q Philip, ut Dover, and
proie Ud tl " follow in? il i v ti CiTi'.er.
lur ; and the ptearnt YlrjrK'iav aft r
ramo Kdward. Klg "t K.n-'larid !!! the
chu'ch of the Tiititly ;t I'anfi Irn v,
mil esprtiBert the ..fore.isld Mergen-tt,
Queen of England, of the age XX years.
It Is a fact worth im-nti'ru.iK that Mar
guerite ,f Frame Is the flritt q'uvn
si -i-q ll'' I onuufsi not to njnv the iion'ir
of a ci rnuut;on ; but the I'oywl ' xi hi-quer
wi' ' in Hui li distress from ( otitLvj i.is
varf' re tl.at the cor i f such a ' e
lnoiiy wss tint to hi iMlalii l l,i h '.vevi r
tnuih E-lwurd Inigri l.a.'e aished .:.
To quote:
Morsuerlte. queen-''nirl of Edw:.rd
I. of England, is Hie .'list uueii siive the
'oniju--t who wus cot solemnly crowned
and anoiuid.
for Lttle Ones
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cam)) fires, and ono evening another
party that was there brought over a
big watermelon and we had a goo4
time eating it.
A Trip to Cedar Rapids
By Bertha A. Thies. Age 11 Years,
Avoca, la.
Last Biimraer my mamma, Bister and
I were visiting an uncle near Lone
Tree, la.
While there we went up to Iowa
City, and after having dinner we took
the lnterurban to Cedur Rapids. We
went at a very swift rate. It did not
take us but about an hour to go, and
when we arrived there we went up
the street a short distance and had a
dish of ice cream.
As we were coming back our car
stopped and I looked out to see what
tho matter was, and there coming
down the hill were two women with
a tub between them and quite a few
following. Then the men threw out
some great pieces of ice and these
people came after them, for they were
out camping.
At another place we set off an ice
cream freezer. I do not know whether
thera was any ice cream in.lt or, not.
Then we went back to Iowa City
and had a nice cool ride going home.
It was getting rather late.
A Trip to Chicago
By Maurice Johnson, Age 1.1 Years, 1G2J
Locust Street. Omaha.
We 6taited about 7:30 in the morn
ing and rode all day, arriving in Chi
cago about 11 o'clock in the night.
We were met by our relations at the
depot and taken to cue of my aunt'a
home. The people do not ride around
tho city in street cars as much as in
Omaha. They generally take the (3
vated roud; it goes 'much faster than
the cars below, stopping only at sta
tions v.'here the people get off and
on. Tins goes nearly all' over the
principal part of the city. Our aunt
took us to Lincoln park, where we
Law many varieties of animals and
blrthi from all parts of the world.
We also went through a museum In
the park whiih had many stuffed ani
mals and birds ajid other rare speci
mens. We also went to the top of the Ma
sonic temple, one of the highest build
ings in the country, it being about
twenty-three stories high. From
theie we could see far out into the
harbor, which was dotted all over with
bhipa of all sizes. We could not see
iuuth of the city on account of bo
much s.uoke.
We were to have gone bathing la
Lake Michigan, but the water was not
warm enough. We had quite a pleas
ant visit and a nice return trip.
Wishing success to the "Busy Dee
Lcaguo" 1 will clone.
A Western Visit
By Mary Hslead. Aue 1.1 Yeai, Plillllpe,
Neb.
When I wus 1 1 years old my father,
mother, three brothers and myself
took a trip to the west. We went by
tho Durllr.zton route to Hillings,
Mont., ihfn on the Northern Taclflc to
Seattle, Wash. From Seattle we took
the steamboat State of Washington to
Bell'.ngham. Then from there on the
Rosa Lee to Dlaine. We visited my
grandpa and grandma for two weeks.
Wo came back by way of Seattle and
viiilted the battleship Nebraska. We
then went to Portland, then to San
Francfsto, where we visited the Cliff
House, (J.;ldtn Gate park and China
town. We stayed ohe day there and
drove out and aw the fruit ranches
In the !t.ij,!8 Santa Claiv valley. Our
next stop was Los Anr,el"s, from where
v.e vU.'trd Ixing Iicach and various
points of Interest. Ojr nex' stop ''as
Sacramento. We stayed one day there.
On our horicward tr'o r.-gs the forty
iriles of bridge ucrojs the Great Salt
lake. Crosding the Itocky mountains
over the Denver & Rio Grande we
went through the fatnoui Marshall
pass, mopping one d.ty at Colorado
Springs, visiting Manitou and the Gar
den of the Gods. We made a short
stop at Denver and then came borne.
