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8-C THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1912. 1912 COME foQAK-SAR-BENfiCARNIYALi HAS' , AM , 4.l.TMT.-. .-r. 2 5 -tit", SEPTEMBER 25 OCT 5, TO OMAHA COME-Make arrangements to see one or more of these mag nificent attractions: '4Jv. 'tV l?Ryff K!t PARADES-BALL Automobile Floral Parade, Tues. afternoon, Oct. 1st Electrical Parade, Wednesday Niht, October 2d Dedication Parade, Thursday Afternoon, Oct. 3d Coronation Ball, Frida Night, October 4th. CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS will be brought here so everyone can see the greatest Wild West Show in the world. Bucking Bronchos, Rough Riders, Indians. Come See The REAL CHEYENNE SHOW every afternoon from SEPTEMBER 28 to OCTOBER 5, inclu sive. 'At Rourke's Ball Park, seating capacity 10,000. A STREET CARNIVAL FOR TEN DAYS A Big Time-For Everybody-A Good Time. Parades and Performances Daily. ' " t Don't Forget, Omaha, Come, Sept. 25 to Oct. 5, 1912 Sl - .. . , , . ' ' " ' ' '' ""' " " i i i r i i. i . The Busy Bees -:- -:- -:- Their Own Page .INCE nearly every one In Omaha is thinklnk and talking about Ak-Sar-Ben this week let ub have Borne of next Sunday's letters to the Ghlldren'B page on this subject. One of the two prizes for letters which come in this week will be awarded for the best letter on Ak-Sar-Ben. There are many phases !of. the subject about which you I can write. '. You can tell the origin of Ak-Sar-Ben how and why it was started; or you could tell Its history the history of its develop ment from the beginning. You might tell about the colors, what they stand ifor or about the meaning of the word Itself. You can describe the wild west show with Its Indians, cowboys and bronchos, which Is held In connection with the festivities tils week; or, you can write of the carnival which has an interesting and worth-while exhibit this year in the models of ships sent by the government a battle ship, scout cruiser, torpedo boat destroyer and submarine boat. The boys will be especially interested In these models.' ' ' , . Only one prize will be given for the Ak-Sar-Ben story because, the Busy Bees who live outside of Omaha may not know very much about this festivity, because -some Busy Bees may have their letters for this week written already and because others may prefer other subjects. But all who can, write about Ak-Sar-Ben. Let us see how much the Busy Bees know about this annual event. 11 We have two New Busy Bees today: Warren B. Anderbery of Minden, Neb., Blue side, and Elsie M.' McFarland of Casper, Wyo., Red side. Little Stories by Little Folk 1 : (First Prise.) , . - ' A Sewing Club. ', ;By Arlin Helm. Aged U Tears. 1811 Polk Street, South Omaha. Blue Side. t One day the girls' class at Sunday hool decided to organize a club. So we 'got together one day after school to have tor election of officers. I. wu elected secretary. We named our club The Will ; in. Workers. At first we Just had busi ness meetings. ,' But the members and the people who thought they could were going to try to praise the church debt So the girls' dub pledged HO. We decided to have an Ice ; cream social. We made over (11 and by ' the time we paid for the ice cream we had $5 clear. Then we bad a candy sate and with our Ice cream social money, our 'candy sale money and our dues money we had our $10 raised. We are making !a quilt There are twenty-nine girls in the club. The minister's wife, shows us things that we do not know how to do. . I am in the Sixth B in school- I go to the Madison school. My teacher's nam is Miss Kane. v (Second Prize.) : . . A Walk too Giesebler Spring. 2y Alfred Mayer. Aged 13 Tears. 60S Georgia Avenue. Red Side. : In my last story I said I would tell you bout my walk to Giesebler' Springs, -twelve miles from Carlsbad. We etarted at S o'clock; in the morning from our hstei and walked straight up 4o the end of the street When we were ;un the outskirts of the city we passed jnany small cottuges. Almost ail of these Cottages are tnhabittd by Russians. They , with their cooks and sometimes families, com to Carlsbad every year from Rus RULES FOR Y0UN0 WRITERS 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages, a. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 3. Short and pointed artioles will be given , preference. So not nee ever SSO words. 4. Original stories or letters only will be used. 8. Write your name, age and ad dress at the top of the first page. rirst and seoond prises of books will be given for the best two oon. tribntions to this pffe eaoh week. Address all communications to CKXXiSREBTS SEPA&TUEJTT, Omaha Bee, Omaha, Veh, sla. The reason they always bring their cooks is because they do not like any other kind of cooking but Russian. We turn to our right and, go on a dirt road through large fields till we come to about 150 wooden steps. We must go down, then we are in the woods. . We take a short cut through the woods so we are on the road with trees on every side of us. When we have gone about one-half a mile we pass a cart drawn by oxen with a little, old, gray-haired woman sitting on a ,box in tho middle of the cart Now jve; pass the six-mils sign. , There Is nothing to see till we get within a mile of Giesebler. The town has about 200 people in It and nearly every man or boar over 14 works in the springs. The town Is about owned by Mr. Giesebler, who owns the works. We pass over a bridge about JOO years old and looks as if It would fall down it is so old. We round a bend and come In sight of the town. Then we ask a boy which way to go to reach the springs. He said "go straight till you come to a chapel and then turn to your right, then walk up a hill." We did so and then came In sight of a beautiful building We walked in here and saw how the water gushed from the ground, how they bottled It and shipped It away. Then they gave us as much as we could drink. We went down to the restaurant and when w were through we took the train home. . (Honorable Mention.) A Fishing Party. By Mildred White, Aged 11 Tears, WM ' Chicago Street, Dundee, Neb. While we were spending two we&s at a lake In Iowa last summer we were in vited to Join a fishing party. ' - Father set the alarm olock at 4:30 in the morning. By the time we were dressed and ready to start it was 6. " I was very drowsy, but managed to dress and make necessary preparations. Before' I knew it we were rowing over the cool water. Distant laughter rang over the lake, as there were many boats besides our own and each boat an chored in different localities. It seemed to me that we rowed for quite a distance till we came to a stump of an old tree. This seemed a very de sirable spot to fish, and it oertalnly proved so for me. The tall trees threw shadow and their leaves rustled, while the moon beamed down upon us like a faithful old f.tardl&n, making it all very romantic While we were all sitting thus patiently waiting ' saw visions of myself carrying home a large string of fish. When suddenly I was awakened from my dream by a loud hurrah! We then knew somebody had been lucky enough to catch the first fish. My energy returned and I soon hauled in a good-sited bass and then many other smaller fish, such as bullheads and sun-fish. When we returned to the inn I was surprised to hear, and I am proud to state, that I had caught the most fish. I certainly ate a hearty breakfast that morning. Stubborn Jim. By Elsie M. McFarland, Aged IS Tears, Casper Wyo. Red Bide. Mrs. Jones had a small and very stub born donkey, which she called Jimmy. One day in September she - wanted to take to market -some chickens, geese and ducks, which she had raised the sum mer before. There was just one dosen of each. , She put them all in the same coop, then put them in her little oart and hitched up Jim and started on her Jour ney, which was two miles and a half long. There was one small river to cross. It was about three feet deep in the deepest place. But when Jimmy got half way across the river, he thought he would rather stand in the coot water than go to mar ket, so he stopped. Part of the ducks and geese got out and went to swim ming. After all of this she had left only the dozen chickens, three geese and one duck; and old Jim Just stood still Old Mrs. Jones went to whipping the BUSY BEE AND HIS FAITHFUL . PARTNER. (I i 1 I I f'' "' W 'SW Slni rut i t y ttfefrWtt-tfifflitofritofiiini-i yi ii hi hiii nimi MTRON TIBBITS . AND "SPOT." old donkey, but he would not move. They were there for an hour' and a half, then the poor old lady sat down and said, "There is no use, I'll not drive you any more Jim." Then Mrs. Jones got out of her cart and waded to the shore. After she got to the house, she sent John, her 12-year-old grandson, after Jimmy. He worked with him for a long time and at last got him home.. After that Mrs. Jones drove John's pet pony, Teddy, and never drove old Jim again. .. Drowned a Gopher. By Warren B Anderbery, Aged 7 Tears, Minaen, iseo. I have been spending two weeks of my summer vacation out "at my uncle's am now back In school, in the second grade. v ile In the country my brother and I drowned a gopher out of the ground and killed him. Gopher eat the newly-planted corn, and uncle gave me a penny for each gopher I killed. We would carry water to a hole and pour it in and all of a sudden the gopher would come, and then wo would have tun running after him and probably he would run down another hole, when we would have to get more water. I want to join the Blue Side. Joins the Red Side. By Elsie M. McFarland. Aged IS Tears, Casper. Wyo. Red Bide. .As I am very much interested tn-ths Busy Bees' letters, I will join the Red Side and be a Busy Bee also. -1 am also sending an original story. I hope it will be good enough to win a prize. Wants to See France. By . Ruth Smith, 3916 North Twenty- seventn street, vmana. I have never been out of Nebraska in my Whole eleven years, but I have often wanted to go to France. France is the leading republlo of the eastern hemisphere, lying in the south western part of Europe u la bounded by the North sea. Strait of Dover, English channel, Belgium, the Alps, the Med iterranean sea and the Atlantlo ocean, which washes its western shores. It has 204,092 square miles and its population Is about 40,000.000. ' Paris Is the most beautiful city in the world and Is the capital of France. Paris has a beautiful church called Notre Dame de Paris. I can write it, but cannot pronounce it It has also a large hotel, called, Hotel de Vllle Facade. The president of France is elected president for seven years. . Works in the Fields. By Carl Paul Anderbery, Aged 10 Tears, Minden, Neo. Red bide. After all. the wheat was harvested and the threshing machine came around, I helped them thrash. Sometimes I would scoop the wheat in the front of the wagon and sometimes I would go on top of tho separator and watch the sep arator man attend to the separator and at other times I would go and watch the man that attends to the engine. At nights I would be very tired and would go to bed early and be very stiff in the morning. But I like to go out in the field and work again. Wants to Enow Busy Bees. By Ethel Brinkman, Aged 10 Tears, 315 South Thirty-sixth Street, Omaha. Blue Side. Alter school I ana my mends have a very nice time roller skating. On Satur days we climb trees, sew, play with our dolls and other things. I would like to get acquainted with some of the Busy Bees, as I am only acquainted with two. I hope the Blue Side will get to work and win this time. t Police as Guardians. Little foreign children, who come to this country Ignorant of our language and of American ways, have been get ting into all sorts of difficulties lately, and the authorities have decided that something has to be done about It Just imagine how you would feel if you were set down la some great city and couldn't say a word to the people about you be cause they spoke a different tongue. And, of course, the little foreign "kid dies" who come here are much worse oft than that, as very often their par ents have to work so hard that the little people have 4to look out for themselves as best they can without a mother or a nurse to see that they don't get Into trouble. Up to date the officials in charge of immigration have been doing the best they can for the children, but lately they have decided that with the force at their command the Job of looking after so many healthy boys and girls Is too much for them. So the police have been called In, and now at each station house there is going to be a list of the foreign 'children in the. precinct In this way some sort of watch can be kept upon the little ones, and it is expected that with the big men in brass buttons to look out for them they will have an easier time of it Junior EagUo. Stool-Ball, English Game. Originally played with stools by the milkmaids of Merrle England, this idea can be adapted to modern usage. This version, however, is very different from the accepted game of stool-ball as played at the present day. A certain number of "stools" (flat stones in the open air and cushions In doors) are sot up in circular form, at a considerable distance from each other, and every one of them is occupied by a stngle player; when the ball is thrown with the, hand up in the air by "it," who stands in the center of the circle, every one of the players is obliged to alter his situation, running in succession from stool to stool, and if he who threw the ball can regain it in time to strike any one of the players before reaching the stool to which he is running, "It" takes his place, and the person touched must throw the ball until he can in like man ner return to the circle. - Rising quickly from the stone or cushion requires con siderable agility on the part of the play ers. Woman's Home Companion. "John Smith" in Other Tongues.. The good old name of John Smith does not suggest in English any degree of aristocracy, but transferred to other languages it seems to climb the ladder, so to speak. In "Latin it is Johannes Smithus, the Italian smoothes it oft into Giovanni Smith!, the Spaniards render it Juan Smithus, the Dutchman adopts it as Hans Schmidt, the French flatten, it out Into Jean Smeet, and the Russian says Jonloff SmlttowskL When John Smith gets into the tea trade In Canton he becomes Jovan Shtmmit; It he clambers Mount Hecla the Icelanders refer 'to him as Johne Smith son; if he trades among the TuBcaroras he becomes Ton Qa Smltta; in Poland he is known as Ivan Schmlttlweiki; should he wander among the Welsh mountains they talk of Jlhon Schmidd; when he goes to Mex ico he Is called Jontll F-Smlttl; if of classic turn he lingers among the Greek ruins he turns to Ion Smlkton, and in Turkey be is disguised as Toe Seef. Dead at His Post A farmer engaged Swedish youth new to the country and Informed him that he would be expected to be on the job each morning at 4 o'clock sharp. The "hand" failed to show up on time and the farmer threatened to. discharge him. Then the "hand" invested in an alarm clock, and for some time everythlnj, went along nicely. Then he got into the field fifteen minutes late one morning. The farmer Immediately discharged him. in spite of his protestations that it was his alarm clock that was to blame. Sadly returning to his room the dis charged employe determined to ascertain, the cause of his downfall. He had taken the alarm olock to pieces when he dis covered a dead cockroach in the working. "Well," he soliloquized, "Ay tank It bane no wonder the clock wouldn't run the engineer bane dald."-Mlnneapolla Journal. lady Birds. While the little beetle we call a lady bird is passing the winter in sleep, it la, gathered up by millions and shipped to., the fruit farmers who suffer from thej green ny. Every one knows this pretty Insect, which is. black or reddish, an4 spotted with yellow tor black or red. , Lady birds live upon the green fly, and by turning them loose upon the fruit farms and melon patches it Is found that when the lady birds wake up in the spring, they soon clear away the pest that ; does so muoh harm. Whole cargoes of lady birds have been shipped from America to England Just for this purpose. BABY IH GREAT MISERY WITH 111 On Face. Spread Until Nearly All ' Over Body. Crust on Head. Hair Fell Out. Itch Terrible. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Cured. Monroe, Wis. "When my baby was six weeks old there came a rash on his face which finally spread until it got nearly aU over his body. It formed a crust on his head, hair fell out and the itch was terrible. When he would scratch the crust the water would ooze out in big drops. On face and body It was in a dry form and would scale off. Ha was in great misery and at nights I would lay awake holding his hands so that he could not scratch and disfigure him self. I tried simple remedies at first, then got medicine, but It did no good. Finally friend suggested Cuticura Remedies, so I sent for a sample to see what they would do, when to my surprise after a few applica tions I could see an improvement, and he would rest better. I bought a bos of Cuti cura Ointment and a cake of Cuticura Soap and before I had them half used my baby was cured. His head is now covered with a luxuriant growth of hair and his complexion is admired by everybody and has no dis figurements. I hope other mothers will profit by my experience and not be worn . out with poor babies who are tortured with skin ami scalp affections." (Signed) Mrs, Annie Saunders, Sept. 39, 1911. Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so much for poor complexions, red, rough hands, and dry, thin and falling hair, and cost so little that it is almost criminal not to use them. Bold by dealers throughout the world. Lib eral sample of each mailed free, with 82-p. book on the skin and scalp. Address post card "Cuticura, Dept T. Boston." SVTender-faced man should use CutteUCS Soap Shaving Stick, 25c Sample tree. "if ! i r