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BUSY BEES.
0UR queen of the Busy Bees has written such a good account of ONE OF THE NEWEST OF THE
an-uoi-ucu tuoi it uiuiusi mttiea up lur iuo lacs ui tellers on
,this subject.
Now that the excitement of the Ak-Sar-Ben festival Is
over and all are settled down to work again, let us hare an
other contest on a special subject. This time it will be on
your favorite study in school. The boys and girls of the Chil
dren's department of the Brooklyn Eagle had a contest of this kind recently
and it was very interesting. Each one wrote about the study he liked most
and the best letters received prizes.
Which study does each Busy Bee like most? Is it history, which tells
the story of the events which have taken place since the beginning of na
tions and Btates; Is it geography, the description of the world itself, it
people and Its products; ia it nature study, about the creation, the flowers,
trees, birds, insects, soils, rocks and other things by which we are sur
rounded; Is it Arithmetic, grammar, reading, spelling, drawing, music?
Write about your favorite study, telling why you like it best. The
best letters wilt receive prizes. This is a subject about which everyone of
you can write, and so let us have many letters.
Little Stories by Little Folk
(First Prize).
Rainy Saturday Evenings.
By Nellie Snyder, Aged 14 Years, Provo,
Utah. Blue Side.
On rainy Saturday evenings or during
the winter, When it Is too cold to be
out doors, we have great times. Gath
ered about a bluing fire place, we fOttB
apples, pop corn, crack nuts and tell
stories and Jokes.
Sometimes we turn the lights off, sit
on the floor by the fire, and listen to
the rain pattering against the windows
or the wind howling through the trees.
When the smaller children are tired
of Jokes and apples, we go to the kitchen
and make candy and such dandy times
as we have stretching it.
The children are no longer sleepy, but
could pull candy for hours if It were
not bed time.
But this la not all; we have music
from the piano,' mandolin or phonograph
and also play games.
(Second Prize.)
Ak-Sar-Ben.
fcy Mildred White, Aged 11 Tears. 6004
Chicago Street. Blue Side.
Ak-Sar-Ben started in the year 1893,
when several energetlo . business men
thought up this plan to Create business
and bring visitors from the neighboring
states and all surrounding country to
our city.
One clever man thought of the name
Ak-Sar-Ben or Nebraska spelled back
Wards. To this day the festivities which
are now taking place bear this name.
People come miles to see the sights and
spend money.
The downtown district Is . beautifully
decorated with Ak-Sar-Ben colors, red,
yellow and green, and electric lights
illuminate the streets at night '
Crowds go in and out of the carnival,
which is also an amusement and a place
of merry-making, Where mostly young
people throw confetti and have a good
time in general. There Is a midway In
the grounds, where shows of all kinds are
, going on all the time. Some are Instruc
tive, some good and others not so good.
Lunch counters are on all sides, also
stands where one can buy peanuts, pop
corn and red lemonade or elder.
There also are all kinds of booths
where one can buy souvenirs and chances
n different articles.
I have visited the grounds when 1 could
scarcely push my way through the mass
of people. Young and old alike enjoy the
festivities.
The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, as they
call themselves, have also devised the plan
of street parades as a means of enter
taining visitors and our own citizens.
Each year seems more successful than
the year before and people come miles to
tee the now famous parades.
' Tuesday afternoon of this week was the
first daylight parade this year. It was
the floral parade. The schools closed at
noon to give the children an opportunity
to go. '
The day was an ideal one and before I
knew it I was amdist a thronging crowd
pushing my way from Sixteenth and Far
naw to Douglas.
I viewed the parade from Brandets sec
ond story window over the corner
entrance. :'
While I Was waiting I looked down upon
the hurrying, crowding throng of people.
, It seemed as if everybody was going in
': opposite directions.
Finally after a good deal of Impatience
we caught a glimpse of yellow. When in
full sight the spectacle whioh met our
eyes was beautiful. It proved to be a
large car all yellow flowers, another red
popples and still another green. In these
the board of governors rode. All the
cars were beautiful, some more original
than others. The women were gowned
to harmonize with the cars they drove.
One that appealed to me was decorated
with pond Mies and was driven by a frog.
Another original car was a basket of real
American Beauty roses. It would be
hard to Judge which was the most beauti
ful. (Honorable Mention.)
My Trip to Japan.
By Mary Hobaon, Aged 9 Tears. Alnsley,
Neb. . -
When I went to Japan I went with
- mamma, the Junior society and our Junior
superintendent. Marietta Carothers. We
went by the Pacific ocean and stopped at
. the Sandwich islands a few days, where
we picked many beautiful flowers and
saw the volcano, which is sometimes
called the Lake of Fire.
But we soon sailed on to Japan. We
' landed at Yokohama and took one of the
brown man ponies and the two-wheeled
cart or Jinricksha and went flying
through the streets.
; When we came to the place we wanted
to stop we did not have to say, "Whoa,
Billy, whoa!" We just said "Stop!" and
he did. We paid him then with money
. that had a hole in it.
" We knocked at the door of the house
and we took off our shoes and left on
our hats, and the door was opened by a
neat little brown woman, who bade us
come in. "
. We went in and looked around and saw
no chairs, so sat on the floor. Our hostess
served tea, cakes and beans to us, and
we had a look at the stove she cooked
them en. It looks like a bowl .with a
piece broken out of it They burn char
coal in it and it makes a smokeless fire,
fha tea was served in five cups with
one saucer with a hole In the bottom.
There was soft white matting on the
floor, beautiful vases with lovely flowers
in them. We chatted gajly with our
hostess and were sorry to go, but had to
as our ship was ready to sail.
I would like to see my story in print
My Pet Dog.
By Dorothy May, A(?ed i Years, 812
Eighth Street, Fairbury, Neb.
Once I had a pet dog and he liked to
bark, when I came home from school, he
would come running to the. gate to
meet me.
One day he followed me to school and
I told him to go home, but he wouldn't
do It. I asked the teacher if I could
take him home. She said I might if I
would hurry for It was almost time for
the last bell to ring.
So I took htm home for I only lived
a half block away. Just as I reached
the house the last bell began to ring.
Then I put him down and began to run
for the school house. I got there just
as the bell stopped. I looked back and
I Baw him coming. I did not say any
thing and the next day I did not find
him In his place and I did not see htm
any more.
Good Time at a Party.
By Marie Koelber, Aged 10 Years, Hill
rose, Colo. Blue Side.
A couple of weeks ago one of our
friends had a party. We all went and
hid a good time.
When we got there we went to the
swing and some boys took It away from
us. Then we played "pump-pump-pull-away."
When we got tired of playing it
we went In the house and listened to the
phonograph and then ate supper. After
supper we played "wolf-and-sheep."
After we got through playing it we took
our horse and buggy and we children
went riding. We came to a house where
some men were playing a harp. We
Nature's Alphabet
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BAY OLt NQ TKELE.
is for ant. on htm do not tram
ple For bis Industry sets you a shining
example.
Is tor ' Bee, who conceals a sharp
weapon. -And
barefooted boys better watch
where they're steppin'.
is for Caterpillar, Who weaves him
self in
So that people can't see when he
changes hlB skin.
is for Dragon-fly, handsome and
bold;
But he isn't as fierce as his name,
I am told.
is for Earthworm, most tempting
of dishes
When served on bent pins to poor
foolish fishes.
is for Firefly, who . waits within
call i
And lights pretty lady-bugs home
from tho ball.
is for Grasshopper who keeps on
a fplttln'
Spite of all that health experts
have spoken and written.
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Is for Housefly, pursued by the
swftttcr
We heard niore of htm when the
weather was hotter.
is for Insect, for which you buy
Dowder
But I'd rather not say his name any
, louder. .
Is for June Bug, an
know.
the 'hits that
, baldheaded
he makes
row.
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"bun-
is for Katydid in her green
nit." '
Whatever It was, Katy, sure, must
have done It. ;
is for Locust, not often he's
found,
Tho' . sometimes he leaves his old
duds on the ground.
ia for Mosquito, who works like a
hummer
And makes a good living off folks
In the summer.
for'Newt, a small water Us-
ard,
a duck swallowed him, ha'd
'have cramps in his gizzard.
with
for Owl
busttn'.
But hlB manners at
simply disgustin'.
wisdom
table
are
child' of the
grass
is' for Polly wog,
water.
Who on long, limber water
plays teeter-totter. (
is for Quail, a mighty fine
host.
At his banquets he serves dainty
cutworms on toast.
is for Robin, who swallows just
oodles
Of earthworms as easy as we
swallow noodles.
is for Spider; in skill who can
match 'im?
He enjoys a fat fly and knows just
how to catch 'lm. .
is for Tree Toad, when his songs
he is reeling
gives me a queer, onesome, late
summer feeling.
. quite useless in writing this
rhyme; fc
can'f find a -word, tho' I've
looked a long time.
is for Vulture, a great greedy
bird.
His manners are worse than the
owl's, I have heard.
for Wasp, a spiteful old
feller,
you monkey with htm he will
, sure make you bellar.
'tis as useless
is for nothing,
as V
In conducting this concrete alpha
betical zoo.
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is for Yellow Jacket you surely
have found 'm
In his gay yellow cult with dark
bands around 'im.
I hope It's not
for Zoology,;
libel
Xo call it Dame Nature's big family
tuuie.
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tract consists of about 20,000 miles, all ot
which Is within 200 miles of the sea.
Regions adjoining the Congo, the basin
of the Upper Nile, parts of Morocco
Abyssinia, Somaliland. have yet to be
surveyed, mapped out, and, if suitable,
commercially exploited..
CLARENCE M'AULIFFE.
The Birds, Our Protectors.
Mr. Tresdwell of the Boston Society of
Natural History, reports that h fed a
young robin slxty-lght angle or earth
worms In one day. A young crow wi:i
eat twice Its weight of out worms a day.
Think what this means to the gardncr,
young or old: '
In the crop of a nighthawk were found
SOS mosquitoes. That bird did the duty
of tenscore screens! Think of the dis
comfort, to say nothing of the disease,
be prevented!
In View Of theee facts, one is almost
willing to accept the statement of a
well-known French scientist, who has
asserted that without birds to check the
ravages of Insects, human life would
vanish from this planet In the space of
nine years. But . for the vegetation, the
Insects would perish; but for the Insects
the birds would perish; and but for tha
birds vegetation would be destroyed.
Nature has, therefore, formed . delicate
balance of power which cannot be dis
turbed without bringing great loss and
unhapplness to the world. Home Progress.
Uncle Sam's "Cold Storage" Cats.
Uncle Sam maintains In the Ph 111! pine
Islands a small army of "cold storago"
cats. Their upkeep costs the government
about SIS a year each. In an immense
cold storage depot at Manila quantities
of provisions are kept, and it is neces
sary to have cats to protect them from
an Invasion of vermin.
Felines raised in the tropics could not
endure the constant cold that they would
be subjected to In the depot, so It is neces
sary to Import a special breed of cold
storage cats that have been deleoped in
the warehouses of an American packing
Company. These cold storage cats are
short-tailed, chubby, with long and heavy
fur.
At last accounts they were making good
in the Philippine warehouses. But fancy
the feelings of one of these feline Eski
mos If she should happen to escape from
eold storage and get lost in the seething
streets of Manila! ,
stopped and listened a little while and
then went back. When we got back we
Were ready to go home. I hope the Busy
Bees will enjoy my story.
My Vacation.
By Grace Moore, Aged 10 Years, Silver
. Creek, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees; ' I am home now and
am going to school again.
I stayed seven weeks and at the last got
homesick. And when I got home there
were four kittens. One died and now we
have three.
This year I am in the fifth grade. I
tike my teacher very well. Her name is
Ethel Don. I went to the state fair two
days. We stayed one night for the show
and fireworks. It was very good. Ons
; man rode a ' buffalo and also rode
bronchos. I suppose some of you were
there.
When I was out In the country with
my grandma I went to Crete in an auto.
I think I will stop till the next time I
write. I hope my story will miss the
waste basket.
Mary's Doll.
By Gertrude Altmann, 1813 WHHs Avenue,
. Omaha. Aged 10 Years.
' Every day Mary and her father and
brother go to the sea coast for moss.
One day when Mary was on the coast
hunting for moss she saw something pink.
She picked it up, and it was a dolL Mary
ran to her father and showed him the
doll.
"We will stop at the hotel on our way
back." said. her. father. "Maybe a girt
from the hotel lost It here."
When they reached the hotel a little
girl was playing outdoors; They asked
her if It was hers.' The girl said. "Yss."
The little girl asked Mary if she had any
dolls. "Only one, and it is a corncob
dolly," said Mary. The girl told Mary
she could keep the' doll because she had
more.
A Few Busy Bee.
OMAHA, Sept M.-Thls is my first let
ter to the Busy Bees, and hope I win a
prize. I am 9 years old and in the fourth
grade. I am taking music lessons arid
like it real well. ..'..
I did not go to the carnival on chil
dren's day because it looked Hke rain. I
hope It will be nice this week so I can
go. I hope I can see all the parades.
Last year I did not go to the oamlval,
but I saw the parades.
I hope the waste basket isn't around.
CLARENCE M'AULIFFB,
U1S Seward Street.
Game of Proverbs.
One of the party leaves the room and
the remainder fcgree upon a proverb,' the
words of which are divided among them.
If there are more persons that words,
let the same words be taken by two or
three, but the words must not exceed the
number of players, as no one may say
two words at once.
The leader, standing near the door,
gives the word of command:
"When I drop my handkerchief each
one of you must shout his or her word,
and you (to the party entering the room)
must guess the preverb chosen from tho
din." ' -
This Is a very amusing game,) and prov
erbs should be chosen, if possible, that
are short, so that each Word may have a
good long chorus.
If the guesser can name the speaker
whose voice -or word gave him a clue to
the right guess, that one must leave the
room the next time; if he does not guess
correctly, he must go out again: If he
cannot name anyone in particular who
led to a correct guess, the next one going
out must depend upon the good nature
of the company. ' ; v t
Unexplored Country.
Despite the wonderful advance ef ex
ploration in various parts of the world,
the Royal Geographical society of Lon
don has recently declared that.no fewer
than 20,000,000 square miles of the earth
yet remain unexplored.
Africa has the largest unexplored area,
nearly , 500,000 square miles; while North
America contains no fewer than 1,600,000
square miles of virgin territory.
The largest continuous stretch of unex
plored country Is in Liberia, Africa. . The
Biff Bell in Moscow.
The largest bslt is the great bell at
Moscow, which la elghty-slx feet In cir
cumference at the bottom, over twenty
one feet high and twenty-three inches
thick at the top. Its weight has been
computed at SIT tons. It has never been
hung.
Largest Traei la World.
The largest trees in the world ere un
doubtedly the giant redwoods of Cali
fornia. " Ons ot these, In Tulare county,
has at the base a circumference of 108
feet, and at a point twelve feet from
the ground a circumference of seventy
six feet' , ...
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Fashion's Left Her
Fashion has swept through our Store as if she were a
living personality. She has come in like a breath of fresh
air from the woods, and has left all sweet and clean behind
her. Now tie doors are open wide for yoii to enter too.
What a Fashion left) Well in the firit place, some of the most
attractive, alluring, fetching designs of "Queen Quality shoes that she
has ever created. Words won't do them justice. Mere description
is inadequate. Suffice to say that you've never seen their like or
equal before.
Say, " Walking Shoes, please, to one of our clerks and he will
bring you a variety in all the popular leathers, or leather and fabric
combinations. ,
Say, "I haven't anything definite in mind, I just want to see some
of your latest, and you will have spread before you the most en
ticing, petite, and yet practical models that have been made this
season. Your fancy may roam, but it won't be long before it alighta
on its favorite.
We most cordially invite you' to visit us at an early date, and see
nrhat impress " Fashion has left We hope you'll come soon.
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