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THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: LA PI ML 17. 1910. T. i ii 1 1 M Ml II '' , .. i . ... , ' . . ' ! n- J t A r s ElVKRAL children have written to the editor of the Children's page, say- ; Jng they would llke to become one of the Busy Bees and write stories. I vj All th children have to do Is to spnd In their storic-s, addreseed "Chil- ; dren'a Page," Otnaha Bee. The little writer should also write name, age and address on the Btory. The boys and girli may Join either the Blue side or the Red side, whichever they prefer. Some of the Busy Bes have written and asked to have the pictures printed of the new king and queen of the Busy Bees. If any of the Busy Bees will send In their pictures they will be printed on the page and returned to the owners. Prizes were awarded this week, to Alberta June Outhouse of Loup City on the Bio side, and to Martha Morton of Nebraska City on the Blue side, onorable mention was given to Russell Myers of Omaha on the Red side. Any of the Busy Bees may send cards to anyone whose name is on ths Postcard Exchange, which now includes: Jen Da Long, Alnsworth, Neb. Irens Mrt.'oy. Batnston, Neb. Lillian Mervln. ttcsver City, Neb. Mabel Witt, Bennington. Neb. .Anna Gottsch, Bennington. Neb. Minnie Gottwh, Bennington, Neb. Agnes Dampke. Benson, Neb. Maria Gallagher. Benkelman, Neb. (Box 12). Ida May. Central City. Neb. Vera Cheney, Crelghton, Neb. IauIs HaJin, David City, Neb. ft he. Freldell, Dorchester, Neb. Aleda Bennett. Klgln. Keb. Eunice Bode. Falls City, Neb. Jvtliel Reed, Fremont, Neb. Mdlaa LundbU'g, Fremont. Neb. Klarloa Capes, clh-on, Neb. Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenburg, Neb. Anna Von. 4ff7 Went Charles street, Grand Ialand, Neb. Lydla Roth. 606 West Koenlg street, Ialand. Neb. Ella Voai, 407 West Charles street, Ialand, Neb. Irene Coatello. lit Wast Eighth Grand Ialand, Neb. Jessie Crawford, 40k West Charles Grand Ialand, Neb. Pauline Schulte, 4)J West Fourth Grand Inland, Neb. Martha Murphy, Vt& East Ninth Grand Ialand. Neb. Grand Grand street, street, street, street. Hugh Rutt, Lekhara. Neb. Heator K. Rutt, Leshara, Neb. Alice Temple, Islington, Neb. Kuth Temple, .Lexington, Neb. Anna Nellson, Lexington, Neb. Edythe Kreltx, Lexington, Neb. Marjoiie Temple, Lexington, Neb. Alice Qrasemeyer, 1M5 C PL, Lincoln, Neb. Marian Hamilton, m L Ht., Lincoln, Neb. Klsie Hamilton, ax U Ht., Lincoln, Irene Dlsher. WM L street. Lincoln Neb., Neb. Hiurble Dither, tm i atreet. Lincoln. Neb. Charlotte Boggs, 227 Buuth Fifteenth street, Lincoln, Neb. Mildred Jensen, 70S last Second street, Fremont. Neb. Helen Johnson, S34 South Seventeenth atreet, Lincoln. Neb. Althea Myers, 224 North Sixteenth street, Lincoln. Neb. Ixulae Utiles. Lyons, Neb. fcstelle McDonald, Lyona, Neb. Milton Selxer, Nebraska City, Neb. Harry Crawford. Nebraska City, Neh. Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb. Luclle Hasen, Norfolk, Neb. Helen Reynolds, Norfolk, Neb. Letha Larkla, So. Sixth fit.. Norfolk, Neb. Emma Marquardt. Fifth atreet and Madi son avenue, Norfolk. Neb. Genevieve M. Jones, North Loup, Neb. William Davis, ttX West Third street. North Platte, Neb. Louise Raabe. 24 North Nineteenth ave nue. Omaha. France johnaon, iti North Twenty-fifth avenue, Omaha. Marguerite Johnaon. 123 North Twenty fifth avenue, Omaha. Emlla Brown, 232 Boulevard, Omaha. Helen Goodrich. 4010 Nicholas Ht., Omaha. Mary Brown, 2.123 Boulevard, Omaha. Jtva Handee. 41 Dodge atreet, Omaha. Lillian Wirt, 4X51 Case street, Omaha. Lewis Poff, 31 L5 Franklin street, Otwha Juanlta Innes, 2769 Fort atreet, Omaha. Baaaett Ruf, 1814 Btnney street, Omaha. Nellie's Tea Party Mr Helena Darta. ABT, would you like to have a B lltle tea party this afternoon?" It was Nellie's mamma who asked the question,, and "Baby" was Nellie. You see,- Nellls was the only child in the house. ' hold to which she belonged, and her pap and mamma and grandpapa and grand ; mamma could not reallxe that Nellie was quite a big girl now, and no longer a baby. Why. she was 6 years old, and you know -' when a little girl Is that age she's not a ' baby by any means. (But Isn't It very, very hard to make the papas and mammas and grandpapas and grandmammas know when baby becomes big little girl?) "Nsllls looked up from her dolly when r 'her mamma asked her if shs would like ax tea party that afternoon, and said: "Oh, thank you, mamma. I should Just lovs to 'have one. May I Invite Cousin Billy and Freddie and my Utile chums, Katherine an4 Flora?" i "Yes, Bsby, you may Invite whoever you p w choose," consented Nellie's mamma. "But r perhaps you'd better limit the number to five or six, as me. time tor preparation is So short. Latsr on we'll give a nice big f party for you, on, your birthday, which j . comes en ths 11th of June, Then we'll have ' "a picnic In ths woods. ' Won't that be " lovely ?- m0i Nellie clapped her bends in glss. "A .-picnic, mamma! Oh, how I wish ths 15th of June would corns next Week or maybe this week." 7 Mamma laughed and kissed her "bsby." -' Than shs said: "While granny and I pre pare ths luncheon for the parly this stier jioon, you msy Invite your cousins, Billy and Freddie, and your chums, Katherine said Flora." All right, mamma," said Nellie, and slie ran Into the broad hall and jumped up n a stool under the telephone. "Give me one. three, nine, central," she celled to "central." Then in another half mlnuts she was saying: "Hello, is this Aunt Grace's? Well, I want to speak to Cousin JTreddle and Ceusin Billy, please." Of course, Aunt Grace had Billy answer the 'phone at once, and he cried out so loudly that even Nellie's mamma could hsar htm, and she wss In ths library. "Will Fred an' me come to a Ua party at your house at three? Well. I guess yes. We'll be there half an hour before three. Oh, won't we have fun? What are you going ts have to eat? I hope gramma bakes a cream cake. An', oh. Nellls, have some Hello, there, central, don't get on ths wire! Hello, is that you, Nellie?" Tes, Billy. It Is I on ths wire." came Kellle's reply. "Whst is It you wsnt?" "Pill pickles and chicken sanwiches." called out Billy. Then, having expressed Ills wants, Billy had nohtlng more to say except "good-bye," and rang off. Then Neille called- up Katherine and Dora and the latter answered the phone, after the housemaid told her It wss "Miss NSIlle" who wss wishing to sneak with ber. Yes. Flora would be awfully glad to attend ths tea party, but Katherine c.nild pot come, for She had been very naughty that morning anii mamma had forbidden bar to go eut fill afternoon. But maybe mamma wouldn't object to her Flora earning horns some goodies to Katherine. And, of course, Nellie mas very sorry that Ksthertne should have been so naughty n the very day of her tea party. But since she bad "gone and acted ugly," hy, Meyer Conn. Hi Georgia avenue. Omihv Ada Morris. U2i FranKlIn street. Umiln. Mvrtle Jensen, 2sw lsrd street, Omaha. oirtn Fisher, 1210 8. Eleventh St., Omaha. Mildred Ktickeon, :0 Howard St., (Irnihi, Oscar Krlckeon, I7US Howard St.. omana. Gall Howard. 47211 Capitol avenue, Omaha. Helen Horn-it. 1625 Lothrop atreet, Omaha. Kmeraon Goodrich, 4010 Nicholas, Omaha. Maurice Johnson, 1027 Locust Omaha. Leon Carson. 1124 North Fortieth, Omaha. Wilma Howard. 472J Cipltol avenue, Omaha, l'llah Fisher, 1210 South Kleventli. Omaha. Mlrared Jensen, 2707 Leavenworth, Omaha. Kdna Heden, 278 Chicago street. Omaha. Mabel lihelfelt, 4H14 North Twenty-fifth street, Omaha. Walter Johnson, 1406 North Twentieth street, Omaha. Emma Carruthere, 3211 North Twenty-fifth street, Omaha, Leonora Denlson, The Albion, Tenth and Pacific streets, Omaha. Mae Hammond, O'Neill, Neb. Madga L. Daniels, Ord. Neb. Zola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb. Agnea Richmond. Orleans. Neb. Mario Fleming, osceula. Neb. Lotta Woods, Fawnee City, Neb. Karl Perkins, Reddington, Neb. ' Kdna Enis. Htanton, Neb. Lena Peterson, 22U Locust St., E. Omaha. Ina Carney, Sutton, Clay county, Nebraska. Clara Millar. Utlca, Neb. Mildred F. Jones, North Loup, Neb. Alts Wllken. Waco, Neb. l.eo Beckord, Wsro, Neb. Mae Grunke, West Point. Neb. F.lsie Kuisny, Wllber. Neb. Frederick Ware. VVInstde. Neb. rauline Parks, York, Neb. Kdna Behling. York. Neb. Mary Frederick. Vork. Neb. t'urrle H. Bartleu, Fontanelle, la. Irene Reynolds, Little Bloux, la. Kthel Mulholland. Box 71, Malvern, Is. Klnanor Mellor, Malvern, la. Kalherlne Mellor, Malvern, la. Ruth Robertson. Manilla, la. Mildred Robertson. Manilla, la. Margaret B. Wltherow, Thurman. Ia, Bertha MoKvov. R. Y. D. 3, Box K, Mis souri Valley, Is. Henry L. Worklnger, care Sterling Remedy company. Attica, Ind. Adlena Sorry. Monarch, Wyo. Box 83. Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo. Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo, John Barron, Monarch, Wyo. Edith Amend. Sheridan. Wyo. Paulina Squire, Grand, Okl. Fred Shelley, 230 Troup street, Kansas City, Mo. Mary Mcintosh, Sidney, Neb. Nellie Dledrick, Sidney, Neb. Eunice Wright, 638 North Logan street. Fremont, Neb. Carol Simpson, Wllber, Neb. Phyllis Haag, titt West Seventeenth street, York, Neb. Maclls Moore, Silver City, la. Mabel Houston, 3018 Sherman avenue, Dorothy" Telleson, 4S4 North Thlrty-elgbth street, Omaha. Mabel Baker, Lender, Wyo. she'd have to be punished, of course, al though Nellie was certainly very sorry about It. So the party was sll arranged for Billy snd Freddy and Flora and Nellie. Four made a nice party, too, to sit round Nel lie's little tea table. Five made It, a bit crowded and six made It very much crowded, so much so that they stuck their elbows into each other's ribs. Grandmamma Went to the kitchen and manna went to ths kitchen. And Aunt Martha, ths cook, was already i.-. the kitchen. So you may believe there wei great preparations for Nellie's afternoon tea pany. Nellie wss allowsd to set the table and you cannot Imagine how daintily everything looked after shs was through. First, over the table went a snow-white cloth. (Mamma had made it from a piece of old tablecloth which could no longer be used on ths big dining table). Then, In the center of the table was placed a little vase of flowers. Mamma had given Nellls 25 cents to go to the florist's on ths corner, where she got a lovely bunch of lilacs that looked llks purple plumes. Then round the table were placed four blue china plates. Silver knives and frks snd spoons lsy beside the plates, and Inside the plates were folded paper napkins. In ths mid dle of the table close to the vsse of lilacs was placed the silver bost for ths thin sandwiches. Also, near it was a bafkst of dainty fruit. Precisely at half past two Neille was fl re fied for ths party, but her eyes were hesvy, for ehe hsd not had her afternoon nap. "Why not lie down on Granny's big bed snd havs forty winks?" asked grand- NELLIE LOOKER VP RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS 1. Wilts plainly oa one side of ths paper ealy aa number ths pages. I. Use pen aal Ink, sot penotl . abort sad polated articles wfil be given prefereaos. Do not se ever SSO words. 4. Original stories or letters only will be used. 6. Writs your name, age and, ad dress at ths top of the first page. rirst and second prises of books will be givea for ths beat twe oa txisnMoas to this page each week. Addxeas all cos imsmloations to OKIXPBXK'B SEPABTMZITT, Omaha Bee. (First Priie.) Spring's Return By Alberta June Outhouse. ARe 11 Years, Loup City, Neb. Blue aide. Spring had returned, and all ths birds bad come back. Even the flowers and ths trees had awakened from their long win ter's nap. The sun had been very good to Spring. It had put forth Its brightest rays. It was not long before the buds wers opened on the apple and plum trees and everything showed its beauty. The robin red breasts stood on the boughs of the trees and sang their merry notes to the passersby snd everything seemed In Its happiest array. But I don't think there was a happier home found any place In the world than one found In the top of an aiple tree where all the buds were out. Do you want to know whoee home this was. it was Mr. Robin ReadbreaM. He stood on a limb near by and sang and sang till you'd think something great had happened. Yes, some thing great had happened. Four tiny blue, speckled eggs had hatched and there were four tiny birds. How happy the pair wss. Mr. Robin wss sent for some worms for his hungry babies. He did not mind this and set to his work with a happy heart. This world would be a happy world If people were only like the birds. (Secdnd Prise.) Katrina's Flower Garden By Martha Morton." Aged 12 Years, Ne- braska City. Blus side. Long ago there lived a princess wnosa name was Katrtna. Her father, ths king, had made for her a greenhouse and a garden. In the garden was a pretty little fountsln and a nice shady arbor, where Katrine could sit snd read and watch her garden. All around the arbor and on it were pink and white rosea. All day long the bees would bum around the roses and Suck the yellow pollen out of them. One day the king asked Katrlna what flowers shs liked best In her garden and why. Katrlna aaid, "I like ths pink snd white roses that are on my arbor, because they are so prstty and the bees, whenever they are tired, always come and rest there on my roses. Bo In a few days Katrine, was surprised when she went Into the gar den and found six beehives. Then the king said, "Here Is a place where you can keep your "Busy Little Bees." mamma of Nellie, seeing that the little girl was "nappy." "I will, grandmamma," said Nellie. "And when my company comes you may wake me up." So she got onto Granny's big sort bed and was soon fast asleep, dreaming of mountains of chicken sand wiches and lakes of lea cream. A few minutes after Nellie went to th I .and of Nod, Billy and Freddie arrived; but Granly told them to amuse themselves on the back porch till time for the party. So they played with Rover, the old doggie, and Pearllne, the snow-white kitten. - And they did not mind If their hostess did not come to greet them on their arrival. At a quarter of 3 came Flora, carrying a tiny be-aket, which ehe was to fill with goodlee for her naughty sister, Katherine. (And how sorry Katherine was that she had been so naughity that shs was forbidden to attend little Nellie's party, and stu solemnly prowiiretf Wrif that never, never again would she beft.r. In an ugly mea ner. (And we hope s 'l!: keep her vow. too.) Flora joined Billy and Coddle on the porch and had a game of "vmp and run" TROM HER DO LI J E, ' ik n -3$ (Honorable Mention.) A Boy's Dream By Ruel Myers. Aged 11 Years. 219 South Thirty-second Street, Omaha. Red Side. Once a boy wss mit In a forest breaking up birds' and squirrels' nests. He was looking up in a tree and saw a squirrel sitting on a branch by her nest, bo he said to himself, "She must have some little squirrels." So he climbed the tree' and put his hand in the nest and pulled out a little squirrel. He took it home and locked It up in a! cage. That night ha dreamed that a big man came and took htm away from his mother and locked him up. In the morn ing when he got up he said that he would newer rob a bird's newt or squirrel's nest again. The Frog Party. Kloa McFailand, Aga 11 Years, 2'i01 " ar il a in Street, Omaha. Red Side One summer evening Mr. snd Mrs. Frog pond gave an entertainment in honor of Leopold Frogpond, their son. They sent invitations to all the frogs of Frogland, and It was held on the bank of a pool called Moss lake. All young frogs were In bed and fast asleep. Mrs. Frogpond was the hostess and wss beautifully dressed in green satin with brown and black spots, quite the style for old frogs. Papa Frongpond wore a whitish vest and green snd black wslstcoat. All froggies are dressed in style at an entertainment, especially when given by the "Frogpond family." They bad music and dancing and all wers happy when the sound of voices were heard and all frogs know about the boys and their frog traps, and away they scam pered to their homes in the rushes. This particular party Is hsld In the mem ory of Mr snd Mrs. 'and Leopold Frog pond. Even today the old frogs tell of ths party on the banks of Moss laks, Lilian's Baby Sister, Mae. By Marie Pendleton. Aged 11 Years, Lex ington, Neb. Blus Side. While Lillian was very young hsr dear mother died and three sad years passed by for the little girl. She would go and look at her mother's portrait and wonder If she could see Lillian,, though Lillian could not see her. But at the end of thre years her father gave ber a, mother who was so kind and good te her that Lillian loved her dearly, but shs never could for get her first dear mother. One happy day Lillian learned that a little sister Mae had been born. How glad she was, but soma time passed by before Ulllan was allowed to take little Mae in her arms. When she was permitted to do this it Seemed to ber that she had never felt so glad before, When little Mae would put out her tiny hands and feel her face she was ready to weep with Joy. But one night the nurse was ill and there was nobody to take cars of little Mae. . Lillian begged so hard to be allowed to take cars of her that at last she was permitted to do so. She pasgfcll three hours watching while Mae slept and thought of what nice times they would bave when Mae grew up. At laat she awoke and Lillian gave her some milk with Rover and Pearline, and, like the boys, shs did not mind Nellle a not wel coming her. At precisely t o'clock Nellie's mamma had everything on the table, and Went to the back porch to call the guests and hostess In. Not seeing- Nellie, she aflked: "Why, where Is B.by?" "We don't know," said Billy. "We haven't seen her since we cams." "And neither have I seen Nellie," aaid Flora. Mamma looked surprised and went into the hall and called out very loudly: "Bahy, where are you? Don't you know your company la here?" But, getting no reply to her call, the mamma became a bit uneasy. "Why, where can Baby ber she asked, with soma concern. June at that moment old Grand mamma came down the Btalre, rubbing sleep from her eyes. She, too, had been taking an afternoon nap, lying on a couch In the sitting room upstairs. When slve saw ner daughter waa looking for "Baby" t aha recollected having told the little one to lie on her bad and take forty winlis Ah and she had forgotten Nellie's request to be called when the guests arrived. And after telling the boys to go play on the porch, she had beta-en herself to the Grown-ups' Land of Snoose. But now aha remembered, and, laughing, said; "What a joke on Nellie! She's aaleep, and her party Is going on. Let the gueeu be seated at the table, and when she comes down shs will be surprised to see them there." So Mamma seated the four little guests at the table, and Grandmamma went up stairs and waked Nellie. "Oh, bave they come," asked Nellie, jumping off the bed. "Run down. Baby," said Grandmamma. "It's about time for the party." And when Nellie ran Into the dining room snd beheld her gueets chatting away at the table, she jumped up and down, clap ping her hands. "Why, you're all here. And I was fast aslenp." "Yee, we're having the psrty all to our selves," cried Billy. "And if you hadn't come Just now we mould have eaten up all the goodies! You are a great one giving a party and going fast asleep while the folka are coming!" And they air laughed heartily at Nellie's expense, and she laughed loudest of all. And after she was seated at the table she told her dream about the mountains of sandwiches and lakes of Ice cream. "Well. If that a the way you dream," said Freddie. "I don't blame ou for going to sleep while you hae a party. Invite us next time to jour Dream Land, will you?" And then the party began in earnest, and, oh, such fun they did have. And when It was over Nellie's papa came home, and Neille. sitting on his lap, told him sll about It even to her having been called from the Land of Nod to join her own party. Children ARTICLK V. Health of sv Tree. OOD Morning Clsss. In Photo No. 9. Pat, you see, is making a morning call on his Yankse friend. The Indians mads "wig wams" by sticking polee In the G ground and placing bark against them to keep out the wind and storms, snd a rugged, hardy rare they were, breathing the purs air that God had bestowed so abundantly. But to make a. wigwam of the bole, or trunk of a noble tree sug gests that there In something wrong. Every household should have a little microscope; plecfs of wood should he taken and examined. Children, save your pen nies and buy a microscope. Take a twig or larger branch; cut slantingly across It. You will bti surprised to see that 10 is a mass of llttls cells. As you grow older snd study this work of nature you will be astonished and delighted to see that it is much like a sponge. Away down below the surface of the soil are billions of little working roots. The first, active roots are called, "hair-roots;" they sre so smsll that it takes a mlcio acope to ses tUm, These faithful little er- ; J '.".fa- ; '! ': Si f i' '' TREE ftttCOVERINO from the , shelf and tried to rock her to sleep again, but little Mae wanted a frolic, so she hsd to take her In her arms and walk about the room with her. She walked and walked until It got to be 1 o'clock and then she stood in the lamplight before the portrait of her mother and It seemed to her' as If the kind face was trying to speak to her. But Lillian was so sleepy that she hardly knew what she was doing. She walked, like one in a dream, from bed te cradle and from cradle to bed, and at onoe Mae seemed quiet and she wss walk ing no longer. At last she started up and found she had been lying on the floor. The light of the early dawn was coming through the window. Where was Mae? Oh, whst had she dons with Mae? She Jumped ftom the floor, looked here snd there, but could not find her. At last she looked In the cradle and there she wa, ly ing asleep. Without knowing what ahe had done, she put her In the cradle and cov ered her up and then without undressing herself had gone to sleep on the floor. "Oh, you dear, yo,u dear!" cried Lillian, but the tears came to her eyes and she could say no more. Margaret's Disobediance By Milton Rogers, Aged 10 Years, J718 Dewey Avenue, Omaha. Red Side. "Come Margaret," aald Mrs. Brown, "I want you to take this washing over to the laundry." "Oh." walled Margaret sadly. "I want to read my new book papa gave me." . "Well, you, can read your book after while," said her mother. Margaret waa a very cross girl, but she had a very nice brother and sister who were not cross. The boy's nume was Mil lard and the girl's name Helen. "I will go." said Millard. So Millard took the washing over to the laundry snd cams back saying he could come or It on Wednesday. In the afternoon their uncle came and told them that the ones that were good and obeyed their mother could go to the matinee. Helen and Millard aald It would ba fine. Margaret said she hsd not been good. "So you were naughty, were you?" said thslr unale sadly. "I am sorry you cannot go, for It Is a girls' show," Then Margaret eat down and cried and cried, and then said, "I wish I could go, too." So Hslen and Millard wsnt with their uncle, whose name was Edward. Margaret dried her tears and sut down and read her book. She did not like her book sa well as ususl, but kept on reading. When Helen and Millard came home they said It was a fine show and the name of it was "Llttls Bo-Peep." They sad they had refreshments after the show, toe. Helen said thst she would always do what her mother said after that. Loyd's Lesson. By Emma Bressman. HSl Emmet Sr'eet, Omaha. Red Side. "Mother, I'm going skating, do you care?" said Loyd one day as shs rams running Into the house. "Ralph wants ins to go with him." "No," ssld Mrs. Grey, her mother, "if you will tske Msry with you; she wants to 'go skating, too." "Oh, shucks." tried Loyd; ''she la too much of s bother." 8o out the door she darted. Boon she met Ralph, and they started down to the lake. "I am going to go, too." said Mary after Loyd had gone. Mo she picked up lief skates snd put on her wraps snd started down the street after them. Ralph had ti.st alartnl when l.oyd looked around and ssw Msry coming. "1 will go up. ths pond and see If the ice is safe to skate upon," said Ralph. After he had started to skate up the side of ths pond he saw that only the edge waa safe for akatlng, because the middle was not solid. Then he yelled out, "Come on up, but etsy to the sdgs." Msry had reached there to Save the Forest Trees By John Saver, Seat, O. 1 ! . i P. 'I i t. . WIGWAM. :",V'.1 S Vr" -1 . 1 t'' 'rot . 1 "-..jaS FROM A WOUND. and had had ber skates on by this time. Mary did not bear the signal, but Loyd did, although she knew very well, that Mary did not hear It, she waa so pro voked at hsr shs did net care. Then Mary startad out for the middle of the pond, of course. She did not know thst It was very dangerous. When shs had reached the middle, all of a sudden, when shs waa looking at Loyd, who had been watching her all of ths tlms, shs fell Into a hole that a supposed fisherman had cut In the Ice and disappeared under the river's dsrk, rushing waters. Loyd screamed and attracted Ralph's attsn tion, who had been skating nearby. Soon they had brought a long pole and pulled her out, a wringing wet, sobbing child. They took her home and placed her In a warm bed. Although Mrs. Grey had ssld It wss thoughtful of them to bring her right home, It had taught Loyd a good, severe lesson. Myrl's Disappointment By Marlon Clapps, Aged 10 Years, Gibbon, Neb. Red Side. Myrl was a little girl of 12 years. She had one sister who wss 0 years old. Myrl did not plsy with her sister much because she wss not old enough. Myrl took muslo lessons and had some friends who did, too. There was a skating pond not far from Myrl's house and she and her friends went often to skate. One day her friends came and wanted her to come and skate. She said shs would ask her mother. She went Into the kitchen and asked her mother, but she said: "No, you cannot go, because you did not practice your munto lesson." Myrl went and told her frlcmds she could not go because her mother aald shs did not prsctlcs her music If-asioii and partly because of her hatefulness toward her sister. But Myrl said: "Girth, I shall go snywsy. I do not care what she says." Myrl started with them, but aa they got in a dlstanoe Myrl's mamma saw her and said: "Myrl, come hers to me! Why did you try to disobey me?" Myrl said: "Be cause I wanted to go, and 1 have lots of time after we come home." "But," ssld her mother, "that will not repay your naughtiness to your sister." Moral Always obey your moths r and father. Myrl always did after that. George Washington's Life. By Macile iloore, Ad 12 Years, Silvsr City, la. alius Side. George Washington was born February 22, 173i not far from ths Potomao river, at Westmoreland county. His father's name mas Augustine Washington and his mother's nama was Mary Ball. He waa the oldest child. His father died when Oeorge wss 11 years of age. When George a as a boy he could outdo anyone in leaping. Jumping, running and wrestling. When he ss IS years old he was engaged by Lord Fairfax to survey his lands. It wss a hard task tor a young man of his age to undertake. When he was 19 years old he wss ap 'pointed a general In the Virginia army. When he was Si years old he wss sent by ths governor to confer with the commander of the French forces on Lske Krle. When he returned he made his report to the gov ernor and his Journal waa published, and ths same year he was promoted to he a colonel snd waa made second In command of the Virginia army. When Washington was 23 years old he was made commander of the entire Vir ginia ermy. That wax twenty years before tho V.ittle of B inker 11.11. Wh.n the British army was driven out of IJoston they were going to take New York City and ths Hudson river. Washington only had a few men, numbering 6.000 or 8. 0X. but he would not let them carry out their plana The soldiers suffered very much. Clothing was of poor quality, provisions were scarce and some were out of shoes. -' i' t,'-;V , 1 '.,'', . v-'- I k.1 ''i "t ' i'f-V '-: , 'Mi . ' PC . -i , 4 'fV IN A TREK. gans (If hot dried up, drownedior smothered) work continuously, gathering up moisture. They send the water back Into the rootlets, and thence It pasck through the small roots into the main lateral roots and thvn Into the trunk of the tree, thru up, up und out clear to the tips of the twigs. The curious and beautiful arrangement Is, the little cells have small openlngn from one to the other. So, onward and upward the water passes, leaving particles of mineral substances, finally filling up the cells and making the "Heartvtood" of the center of the trunk and larger branches. Jt is on account of these open ceils that when trees are cut to pieces by a "treo butcher," or wounds are Inflicted by any other cause, that the fungus starts In those Injured spots, which, if not checked, will totally deMroy the branches or trunk of a tree, as you see here In photo 9. Some nine years ago I published a crude little book, calling it "The fce Doctor," giving to the world the principles of "Tree Surgery." Whut Is accomplished by recog nising tree life can be seen in photo 10. See how giandly nature is building anew. In a few years this huge wound will b healed. But what we want of you, chil dren, la not so much to make tree surgeons of you', but to teach you how to prevent the tree from becoming sick. Sometimes the soldiers could be tracked by the blood. Three thousand men were unable for duty, Washington said, "be cause they were barefooted and naked." One day, when one of the Quakers was In the woods he saw Washington playing. When he went home he said to his wife, "George Washington will succeed." Next was the battle of Monmouth. Washington won out. Washington was elected presi dent. He held office eight years, from 17K9 to 177, and refused the other elections. He died December 14, 171. His death caused universal mourning. The Fairies' Punishment. By Gertrude Telleser. Aged 10 Years, 4316 . Ngrth Thirty-eighth Street, Omaha. Blue Side. When Queen Rose was sitting on her throne one day the dreadful news came to her that her faithful servant, Lily, had done a dreadful thing. The crime was that she had Invited a hjjman child to come and visit fairyland. Omi of the rules of fairyland ia that no human can enter thers. Lily disobsyed ths rule and had gone down to the earth and brought the child to Fairyland. Her name is Beth. . The queen was angry, for she thought no one dare disobey ber. So she sent for Lily to come before her. Lily cams, tremb ling from head to foot. When she stood before the queen with her eyes downcast the queen asked, "Why did you break ths rules? I did not think this of you." "But sometimes the best turn out the worst. I intend to punish you. Why did you bring her here?" Lily did not answer until the queen asked her again, "Why did you bring her here?" Then Lily said, "Because fii. Is pretty and I like her golden curls." S nup queen had her sacked up until she thought It over. When she thought it over she sent for Lily, who came with a very sad heart When Lily came shs said she was going to make her be a human and live at Bath's house and Beth was going to bs a fairy. So with a wave of her wand Lily found herself in a cosy parlor by the flie plaoe. Beth was trying hard to please her queen and became queen in the end. The Cat. By Mabel Houston, Aged Years, li North Sixteenth Street, Omaha. Red Bide. Once upon a time I found a kitty about four weeks old. I took It home and gsve It some milk snd let my doR UMx play with It. But sll it would do v. at aerates) Bllx on the not. After anhlla I took it to a man who loves cats and gave ll to tUm. I asked him what he was going to name It and he said "Jack." When Jai-k got used to his name Mr. Jones, the man's name, would fight with Jack, and now every time you touch him h - will scratcli snd bite. Tom's Reward By Porter Dodson, Ascd U Years, Wllber, Neb. Blue Side. Tom was a poor bootblack who lived in New York. He slept In old wsgons and boxes or whatever lie could find. 11 hardly made enough to buy blacking and food. One day when he was through with a man's shoes he saw a llttlo girl run right In front of a carriage. JTom dropped his box snd rsn after her. Just as he ratight her the catrluge p tased and the driver slowed up ssxl stopped. Ths little gill begun to cry. Tom asked hor who she was. tiha told him hi-r nutne us Mury Aaliton. Ju.H then a man came up and said that lis knew the liiV father, Ronald Ashton. Tom asked where the lived, bhe told lilni and Tom took her home. They met Mr. Aahton Coming out of the house. Tom tol.l htm his story. Mr. Ashton gave hi in ll.omj reward and took hire in his office at the salary o(il week. ' ' -4.- tl rvl IWIV,W