HIT; OMAHA SUNDAY mt: AtV,IST 1H14.
What
Women Are
Doing in the World
12
I lab Calendar.
Tl'KSPAY f. S. (Jrant Woman s Relief
i orps picnic Mt I lansc-mi park, Mr. Id
A .Miller, hostess "lunation Any." Old
People's Home. Benson Womnn's club
picnic
WKDNKSMAY-Omaha Suffrage assocla
tion rally, Mrs. (!. Begerow, hostess.
Mothers' Culture club picnic, Seymour
lkc Country club. Negro Women's
association suffrage meeting, Mm.
.'arum Jewell, hostess.
THCBSPAY K:ual Franchise society.
Mis. Henry Poorly, hostess. 4 p. m.
ieinian 'coffee." benefit relief fund,
Herman .Music Home. Kmma Iloagland
Flower mission.
FBI PAY Miller Tark Mothers' circle
picnic, .Miller Park.
ERMAN . women all over the
etafe. and espeoinlly in this
vicinity, are handing together
to raise money for the German
women and children sufferers
In the Fatherland. At the
C4
state convention of the Herman-American
alliance, which held Its meeting In Colum
bus Tuesday. women delegates will he
seated for the first time, having been
granted this privilege because of the work
they are doing. A mom; the Omaha
women who will go arc Mesdanies Adolph
Brandes, Bertha Uetichmann, Frederick
Xlenke, Z. Reeder. J. Reiter, Chart. -s
Schnauber, Pymer, Wolfe an Miss Anns
Frenrer.
Many plans for raisin? money were dis
cussed at a meeting held Thursday at the
homo of Mrs. Rcpina Flncke. It was de
rided to hold a bazaar In October and
weekly afternoon affairs, when refresh
ments will be served and an admission
charge of 10 cents made. At the home
of Mrs. Fincke $7.40 was added to the
fund, the refreshments having been
donated by the hostess. At the next
"coffee." which will be held at the Ger
man Music home, Mrs. Charles Schnauber
and Mrs. Bertha Getschmann will con
tribute the refreshments.
The German women have raised nearly
$2,000 for the relief fund, the latest con
tribution being $50 from the Music vereln.
Other societies which gave large sims
cf money are the Omaha Landwehr
verein. $1,300; Deutsche Damcn vereln,
$100; Mrs. Getschmann, $369, through sub
scriptions. Smaller amounts bring tho
sum to nearly $2,000.
Sixtv-two totters of appeal have been
sent to wealthy German women and a
penerous response is anticipated by the
women.
Mrs. Bertha Getschmann, president of
the woman's branch of the German
alliance, Is in possession of an iron ring
which was given her mother, the late
Mrs. Marie Nagl, many years ago, when
phe sacrificed a beautiful head of hair to
bring money for a patriotic cause. This
is in line with the practice of the church1
now in bestowing Iron rings to the
nobility as a mark of recognition of their
giving up their gold and silver to be
melted Into money to be used In the pres
ent war. The ring which Mrs. Getsch
mann has in her possession bears the em
blem of charity and was worn on a chain
by Mrs. Nagl. ,
Mrs. Percy B. Penny-backer, president of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, Is advocating a "tcacherage" for
the teachers of the rural schools. In a
signed article In the Ladies' Home Jour
nal for September Mrs. Pcnnytacker
points out the need for and benefita to
be derived from establishing these homes
for teachers and states that they are as
necessary as parsonages for ministers.
Miss Nora O'Connor, vice president of
the Chicago Teachers' Federation, will
he the speaker at a meeting of the Equal
Franchise Boclety at the home of Mrs.
Henry Doorly Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Miss O'Connor Is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. F. J. McShane.
Miss. O'Connor will speak at the home
f Mrs. Warren Rogers Monday after-
The Busy Bees
SOON tbe school bells will be ringing, announcing that vacation's end
is here and' calling Busy Bees back to books and lessons. Little
boys and girls are therefore enjoying to the fullest these last weeks
before school opens once more. Already many are returning from
lake, seashore, mountain and country, where their vacations were
most pleasantly spent, and are ready to take up their work with a vim,
being thoroughly refreshed.
Votes for the new King and Queen of the Busy Bees will be received
for a few more days, so send in your votes for the boy and girl whom you
think will best grace the office. The King is elected from the Red side and
the Queen from the Blue side, and announcement of the result of the elec
tion will be made next Sunday.
The editor would like to know where all our Busy Bee boys are. The
girls have been very faithful all through the warm summer months and
are to be especially commended, but the boys' letters and stories have been
conspicuous by their absence.
This week, first prize was awarded to Anna Barmish; second prize to
May Yates, and honorable mention to Roy Baker, all of the Red side.
Little Stories
(First Prlie.)
The Circus.
lie- Anna Barmish, Aged 9 Years. 11.23
North Twentieth, Omaha. Bed Side.
Karly one morning two little girls were
standing in the doorway of their home
all ready to make their first Journey to
the ciiy and see the circus. They had
iiter been in a city before nor had they
seen a circus, so they were very glad
to go.
. The Journey was a long one, but they
soon reached the city. The atreets were
c lowdcd with people waiting to see the
parade. After It was over they went to
the circus grounds. As it was too early
for the big show they wnt to a side
show. Here they saw many curious
things. They admired mostly a little lady
twenty-one inches In height. There were
many other things' such as a slim man.
a lady with pink eyes and a man that
ate and wrote with his feet. They were
soon out of the sideshows, and, getting
tftkets for the big show. As soon as they
were In their seats the show started.
Thera were elephants that stood on two
legs and horves that could dance. There
were men that fought with bears and
tigers and many other tricks. It all
seemed strange to them, for they had
never seen a wild animal in their lices
The day passed and they were on their
way home. It seemed to them that they
WORKING TO AID THE VICTIMS
OF THE WAR.
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At head of dcrmaii women working to
raPe funcs lor Gorman widows and
orphans.
noon to some of Mrs. Rogers' friends.
She also spoke Friday afternoon at tho
home of Mis. Y. C. Sunderland at a
meeting of city workers.
Mrs. Z. T. i.lndsey, county suffrage,
chairman, and Mrs. George Covell will
give suffrage talks, preparatory to organ
ising a suffrage society among the negro
women at a meeting of the Negro Wom
en's association, which will be held on
Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
James Jewell, U11 Ijcke street.
Tho Omaha Suffrage association will
hold a big rlly Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. G. Begerow, ,"i22j Flor
ence boulevard. Hev. J. It. Beard of the
Central Park oC'ngregational church will
be the speaker,' Miss Lillian Rabin will
sing. Miss Ruth Miller will give recita
tions and P. K. Gross will give violin
solos,
Mrs. Ida A. Miller will entertain the)
members of V. S. Grant Women's Relief
corps No. 104 at a picnic at Hanscom
park Tuesday afternoon. The women are
requested to bring their guests with them.
Picnics are being arranged by many of
the women's clubs. The Mothers' Culture
cli'b will picnic Wednesday at the Sey
mour Lake Country club, the committee
on arrangements Includes Mesdanies J.
C. Alarifh. .1. F. Beard and C. J. Chap
man. The Miller Park Mothers' circle
will hold their picnic at Miller park Fri
day and the Benson Woman's club, Tues
day. The Sermo club held their picnic at
Hanscom park last Tuesday.
"Donation day" will he observed Tues
day at the Old People's Home. Members
of the board of directors will be on hand
to receive donations of provisions or other
articles.
Among the noted speakers for suffrage
to be here next month will be Miss Ida
Craft, better known as "Colonel" Craft,
who marched under "General" Rosalie
Jones on the latter's famous hikes. Miss
Croft is considered a strong speaker.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago Is an
other well known suffragist who Is com
ing in September.
The first meeting of the Dundee
Woman's club will be a luncheon at th
home of Mrs. K. A. Benson, Friday, Sep
tember 25. The dub will take up the
study of modern authors and their
works, leglnntng with Churchill and his
"Inside of the Cup."
Mrs. Draper Pmlth, state suffrage pres
ident, is making a final appeal for dona
tions to the "suffrage ' melting pot,"
which will be sent to Mrs. Medlll Mc
Cormlck In Chicago Friday. Old trinkets
of gold and silver, as well as money, will
be accepted to bo turned Into the cam
paign fund.
by Little Folk
never had a better time In their lives than
they did that day.
The Chipping Sparrowi.
(Second Prize. )
By M.iv Yates, Aged 10 Years. ajO Main
street, Henson. Neb. Bed Hide.
I have never written to the Busy Bees
before, so I will write about my pets, the
chipping sparrows. '
One day two birds built their home In
our evergreen tree and shortly after we
Spied three little blue eggs. We Watched
them until they hatched and there were
three hungry, little chipping sparrows to
be fed. We handled them until they soon
became quite tame, but they soon tired
of staying at home, like many naughty
children, and flew away. After a season
of mourning the father and mother bird
decided to build a nest In our other
evergreen tree. This meant three more
eggs. My brother, throwing a stone up
ward, hit the nest and. unfortunate),
troke one egg, but the other two
hatched safely. It was not long until
these also flew away, leaving the mother
broken hearted.
I hope to eee my story In print. I will
write again.
(llol)orahle Mention.)
Lives in Oil Country.
B.' Roy Baker, Aged S Years, iSerian.
Kan. Bed Side.
I hate a IitUe biuthcr, years ild. H.s
MANY COME FROM TEKAMAH
Special Train to Bring Tekamah,
Herman and Blair Folks.
ALL WILL VISIT AK'S DEN
tinald Itlet anil llait Uhth Mall
These Town t Issae S-nme
Personal Invitations tn
the (Itlirim.
Gould Diets and "Pad ' Weaver spent
a day In Tekamah. Herman and Blair
last week, and there looked over the slt-
! nation with regard to tne crowds from
I those three places that are to come to
I Omaha Monday night to be entertained
j nt Ak-Sar-Ben. They found the fellows
enthusiastic for the coming eent. They
have been through the mill in other years,
anl they know the quality of entertain
ment and Initiation that is dished up to
them, even thouRh they are not certain
what new pranks the nrtlsan manu
factures fur them from year to year.
They obtained the promise In Tekamah
that son would come on the special train
from that pla'-e. They are to bring the
town band. One hundred promised to
come from Herman. Three hundred are
pr.imWd from Blair, also coming with
band.
The special train is to leave Tekamah
at ft tn the evenliiR. It is to arrive In
Omaha about 7. TO, after picking up Its
loads at Herman and Blair. Special cars
will be chartered to wait at the Webster
Street station for the train. The cars
will come up Sixteenth street to Harnev,
west on Harney to Twentieth street, and
thi'n north on Twentieth to the Den.
Many Floats Promised.
Between twenty and twenty-five floats)
are already .promised fur the big frater
nal parade that Is to be held during the
Ak-Sar-Ben festivities this fall. The Idea
of a fraternal parade Is taking well, and
lodges and fraternal societies are respond
ing readily with the promise of an
elaborate float for the occasion.
Secretary Weaver is receiving many
letters from former residents of Omaha,
who are promising to take advantage of
the home coming week during the Ak-Sar-Ben
festivities to come back to their
native city of Omaha for a visit.
Gould Diets Is letting contracts to
bands out In the state to furnish muslo
for the Ak-Sar-Ron festivities. It Is not
yet certain what bands will make up the
list that will he contracted for, but nego-
j nations Hre In progress for a number of
first-class bands from out In the state.
On August 2S the World at Home shows
will begin a performance In Pes Moines
at the state fair. These are the shows
that are to brighten the King's Highway
during the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities Sep
tember SO to October 10. Reports from
those who have seen these shows are that
they' are among the classiest attractions
of their kind 1n the land.
WOMAN SUES SAL00NMEN
FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
Mrs. Nellie Ryan, In the name of her
minor children, has sued seven saloon
keepers and their sureties for $30,000, dam
ages she alleges she sustained because
the defendant made an Inebriate of her
husband, causing him -to embesxle from
hie employer and weakening his mind.
The defendants are Ralph Pane, Sam
uel Pope, William McDonald, Frank Berk,
Chris Pedersen, Christ Nlelson, John D.
C. Bush, Rlter Moserey and a surety
company.
LAMBERT ENJOYS SOME
FINE GROUSE SHOOTING
Assistant City Attorney W. C. Lambert
reports that he shot mountain grouse at
a distance of ten feet In the Colorado
foothills, while on his vacation. The
grouse, hunted for only twenty-five days
In the year, were so tame, said Mr. Lam
bert, that the hunters had to poke their
gunbarrels In the little berry bushes
where the grouse fed and frighten them
out.
name is Rex. We have lots of fun play
lug. We have been living on an oil
lease. My papa pumps the oil wells, lie
helped us make a little drill. We played
we were drilling oil wells.' I was the
driller and Rex was the tool dresser.
We have a little book, so we will know
how much oil we have, just like papa
does. I hope you will print this, as I
want to surprise my papa and mamma.
. The Baby's Bath.
By Mary Goldensteln. Agd 9, Ulenvtlle,
Neb. Ited bide.
One day I went to see my( nephew get
his dally bath. When I came he had
just been put Into the tub. lie likes to
sit down and s'.ilash around with his
hands. Then he stands up, holding on to
the side of the tub and kicks his feet
around. When my sister washes him she
lets him play with a rag and some
clothes pins. Then she takes time out
and wipes and powders him. Then she
puts his clothes on and he is ready to
have his food.
Rose Makes Doll.
By Anna Stoldt. Aged 6 Years, It. F. D. 3,
Missouri Valley, la. Bed Side.
Bose was a poor little girl. No one
liked her because she did not have nice
clothes. One day Rose was playing out
In a meadow, when she found three red
rose seeds.
"Oh," she said, "I will make me a doll
of these."
She did not have any doll, for she was
too poor to buy one. Ho she took a stick
and stuck It through all three of these
seeds so they stayed together, and then
the top ball was the head and the one
in the middle was the body and the last
one was the legs.
One day the head came off and she
asked her mother If she could bury the
doll. Her mother said "Yes." and she
dug the rose seeds In the ground and
pretty soon they grew and had roses
on them.
Lost on the Prairie.
By Ethelyn Berger. Vh North Nineteenth
Htreet, South Omaha, Neb.
Blue lilile.
This Is a true story, as It really
happened on a ranch where I was stay
ing this summer.
. It was sbout S 30. when we left Irelands
for my aunts home. The night was
dark, so we borrowed a lantern. One
of the boys at come lionw'iack, but
now he drove, while my unci- iode the
horse. It was only about five miles
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CARDINAL GOTTI.
One of the principal candidates for tho
throne of St. Peter, left vacant by tho
death of Pope Tlus X, Is Cardinal (Sottl.
There is no more popular man In the
Catholic church today. While Cardinal
Ootti stands In high favor with tho
Vatican, he also maintains friendly re
Anna Z. Boss Party
of Tourists Heard
from at Amsterdam
After a -silence of over three weeks,
during which grave fears were enter
tained for, their safety In the war one,
I the Anna 7.. Ross party of Omaha and
Council Bluffs people has been heard
from by cable.
Members of the party are: F. B.
Hochstettler and daughter, Miss Fran
ces, Mrs. John N. Baldwin and Mrs.
Charles Shlverlck, all of Omaha; Miss
Ross, Mrs. W. A. Maurer, Mrs. August
Bereshelm and daughter, Miss Theda, all
of Council Bluffs. They are due at Bos
ton September 9. They were In Munich
when the war broke out and had diffi
culty In reaching the const.
'AH well, proceeding to Ixindon, sail
ONE OF THE PRETTIEST OF THE
BUSY BEES.
home, but it lay through pastuies anl
we had to open four gates.
. When we went through the first gate,
we took the wrong rcnul. After we had
gune about a half mile, my uncle rode
back a ways, then un each vi.lu of us
and In front of us. Finally he said:
"You stand still and wait till I come."
On account of the sandhills we could
not see any lights and we found we were
off the road entirely.
After about forty minutes my uncle
came back, lie said hs thought, he had
tbe road, so we went back. We )rovs
about fifty minutes, when we found ws
were on the wrong road again.
My uncle rode behind us and after a
wait of about a half hour wr heard him
shout, we hurried back to where he was
and saw to our ', the cross roads
My aunt named one of the rvads and
so we took it. We diote for guite a
the Pope's Successor
j9
; Kews service
lations with the reigning house of Italy,
a great point In his favor. Cardinal
(lottl is among the greatest diplomats
of the church and has handled the deli
cate Questions of the Vatican and the
governments with tact and unusual suc
cess. I-eeonla. September 1," was the message
which was sent from Amsterdam by
Mrs. Baldwin to her daughter, Mrs.
Arthur Gulou. Quite a remarkable co
incidence of their situation Is that l
thbught most of the Omaha tourists
abroad have been unable to make their
scheduled sailings, the Ross party hap
pens to have had original books on the
very Cunard steamship which they are
now able to take for home. W. K. Bock
of the Milwaukee ticket office here ar
ranged the return trip for them, and It
wilt be carried out exactly as planned.
In spite of the war.
nffs Meet at XprlnsfleM,
Governor Morehead, John I Kennedy
and Mrs. M. B. Munson were the speak
ers at a large suffrage meeting held In
the park at Springfield, Friday afternoon.
A crowd of 1.000 listened to the apeeches,
of whom Mrs. Munson reports "not a
man opposed lo suffrage." People from
Papilllon also attended the meeting.
while, but bumped Into a Jence, this
then was the wrong road.
My cousin next pointed out a road, so
we took that one. After riding for a
time, we found It was the wrong one
too. So back we went again to the cross
roads. This time my undo rode ahead on
one road and presently we heard him
shout, this we knew meant for ua to
come, because this was the right road.
In about a half hour we were home.
When we lit the lamp we found it was
nearly 12 o'clock, and we had been on
the prairies for a Ion time.
1 said I never wanted to he lost on
the prairie again In the middle of the
night, especially on a san j i rulile.
The Flood.
By Catherine Dauchcrty, Aged 13. 30 L"
Street. Lincoln, Neb. Blue Side.
A flood was the last thing the people
of Lincoln had expected that afternoon.
It was extremely hot during the day.
The Ice cream man was seen st Intervals
parading the streets. It began to ruin
about o'clock and did not stop until
12 o'clock. My brother, Jack, and I
raved the chickens. People on both sides
of the street were walking up and down
with lanterns.
It was the night of the high scho.il
graduation. The girls with white dresses,
dainty parasols and bows of colored rib
bons on their hair, the hoys In fine
suits and hats arrived at the Auditorium
before the rain. Crowds gathered to see
them. When the event was over they
walked to the door. But alas! what
made them throw up their hands In
despair? The streets were flooded and
they couldn't get to the car without
spoiling their slippers. Some klndhearted
gentlemen carried them to the car. When
they arrived home they were not such
a well dreaeed set of people ss were first
teen In the Auditorium.
Many basements of the large stores
were flooded and much goods were
damaged. We had a lot of fun floating
on an old crossing. Only two of my
sisters coul. 1 row and we took the rest
I as passengers. v e used brooms for
oars. It anyone wanted to go to New
Orleans from New York, it would mean a
trip across th yard and back again.
With the Gypsies.
By Ouv ShenU. Age 11 Years. Clarks.
Neb.. B. F. H. No. 3. Ited Side.
Once upon a time there was a girl
nsmed Buth. She r.sd a brother named!
Tom. One day she made up her mind t'J,
go Id tbe gypsy ramp. She went clown
the lane till she sw a little gypsy boy byj
NEWS FROMJHE MAROONED
Omaha Folks Caught in European
War Now Srtfc. j
FITZM0RRIS AND THE LEWS
I bait Letter Atinnt I nndltlont In
Osj Parte Ttltk the I. Id On
Tlahtrr Than It U In
Omaha.
After being lot t'l their friends for
thiee weeks. Mr. and Mrs. T. J, I'ltxmor
rts. who were touring F.nrope when the
war broke out n a party, which, among
otneis. included Mrs. Pari of Nebraska
City, formerly of this clt. hnxe finnlly
been heard frvm. The litter describing
their experiences was written by Mr.
I'itim.irrla to his associatea on The Bee,
while awaiting riepartme from Havre to
London, after fllnht from Paris, as
follow a:
"Like a hunch of ba;ea In the woods,
unconsi Ions of trouble, wo sped Into Paris
at a slxt-mlie gait from The H.igue Inst
Saturday. We are getting away from
trouble now at a snail pace. We left
Parla at ,1 .TO vesterdav and reached
Hrtxre at i o'clock thla morning. eleen
hours for a run that usually takes three
and a half hours. Droe to the dock ex
pecting to get a boat at a nr. but none
came, ao wn shivered In a dock shed until
7 a. m , when we went to a hotel through
a nice rold rain for breakfast and a
sleep. My trunk with all heaxy clothing
la tied up in a railway station In Paris
and will not get It until the war is over.
If then.
Parla Itrjtder Than fer a Here.
" 'Gay Pnree?' not for us. The French
capital Is as sober and solemn since Sat
urday last as any city on earth. I'niler
martial law. Bars close at ft o'rlock and
cafes at !! W p. in. Tuesday evening wo
walked on both aides of the Avenue d
l'Opera. from the Ixuivre to the opera
house and along the Rvie de Hlvoll, both
famed for nightly gayety the hour from
9 to 10. Both were deserted, the stores
and cafes dark, and their windows cov
ered wtlh shutters. Triple rows of aro
lights shed their glare on stretches of
streets as lifeless as Fnrnam street at 3
a. m. Fully one-third of the shops are
floaed. In most rases the owners having
gone to the front, and the rest are run
ning short-handed. But there Is little busi
ness tc do. Natives are husbanding re
sources to meet tho distress and loss of
war; foreigners are getting out as fast
as they can and have no money to spend.
The Morgan house In Paris Is cashing
American paper for limited amounts, af
fording timely relief. As far as I could
observe conditions the distress among
Americans, nbout which doubtless much
has been cabled home, is exaggerated,
caused by the shock of having their pleas
ure Jnunts rudely brought to a close.
Probably all will experience delay In get
ting home. Sailing schedules are upset.
For Instance, the French liner France,
advertised In Parla to leave this port last
Wednesday, Is still here with steam up.
Those most entitled lo sympathy and as
sistance are thoso who hooked return pas
sage on German boats.
"We are booked to cross the English
channel tonight, going to Southampton,
and from there to London. We are en
Joying ourselves as much aa possible,
growling occasionally at Inconveniences,
which serve to emphasize the pleasures
that follow. Kxpect to leave liOndon for
Dublin on August 1.1 and sail from
Queenstown August 2S."
I.err I'artr Also Heard Prom.
Another Omaha party whose where
abouts has been puzzling the home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris I-evy, has at last
been heard from by letter to their daugh
ter. Mrs. William L. Holzman. with In
formation that they were safe In Olas
gow. from where they expected to sail
August 15 last.
top That Coaah.
Dr. King's New Discovery will do It,
get a bottle today a quick cure, sure
rough and rold remedy. BOc snd $1.00.
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A caress all oommaaloattoas to
(jauoasn ssiabtkxit,
Omasa , Omaha, stab.
the side of the Isue. Then she saw a
young gypsy woman with a baby. She
said, "Where are you going, my little
lady?" "I have come to live with you,"
was the reply. The gypsy woman took
her to a little brown tent where blue
smoke was coming out of the top. Ruth
told the gypsy all about books. They
gave her some dry bread and bacon
After a while the gypsy men came home.
Ruth was frightened at them at first and
wanted to go home. They told her they
would take her home sfter super.
After supper one of the gypsy girls put
a bridle on the donkey and put two bags
over Its back. One of the men put Ruth
on the donkey's back and got on himself.
They rode down the lane till they saw a
man on a horse. Buth cried, "It's my
father; It's my lather!'' They rode home.
Ruth said she would not run away again.
Canary Birds.
By Bertha Stoldt. Aged 10 Years. R. F. D.
3, Missouri Valley, la. Blue Side.
In an old apple tree near our cave there
is a nest of young canary birds. 1 never
did look In It. for I think that the mother
and father birds will not like It.
They are yellow, with black wings and
tall. They are very pretty.
The cats did not find it out yet and I
hope they will never know.
I can see through the window that the
mother bird Is carrying something to
them.
I think I will climb the tree snd give
them some crun b. Msybe they will
Ilk it.
Helen's Birthday.
Bv Irene Sc hmidt. Aged 11 Year. Box ,
K. F. D. I. Florence, Neb. Blue Side.
Mamma!" next Tuesday is n.y birth
day. May I hae a party?" ssked Helen
Parker, aa she rushed Into the house one
morning, where her mother was sewing.
Rubber Prices to
Be Affected by the
Navigation Tieup
In an intrrxlew with 11. P. 1reston
president nf the Firestone Tir" and Rubber
to. Akron, 1., regarding the present
cr ule lubher situation, oulte a few In
teresting bits of Information was given
out
"A sharp turn of wnr rondltinna," Mr.
Firestone says, "may quickly relieve the
prsent tie-up of navigation and permit
crude rubber shipments to reach us. but
tight now the situation is serious. Just
to be an optimist. I might tell you that
the crisis Is pasi. but 1 can't do It with
out deceiving both you and myarr.
"It needs, no deep analysts or exhaus
tive Ituestlgstlon to sine up the crude
rubber situation. F.verything Is on the
surface and everybody who reads the war
news knows as much aa the rubber manu
facturers as to the date when regular
shipments will again start.
"Her s the (acts: Over fO pen cent of
the crude rubber used In the Fnlted
States conies from the far eaat, via the
Red sea and the Mediterranean. No
merchant ships are passing through these
sees now. and we don't know when they
will start, rurely not for a while. Ship
pers could divert the shipments Tla the
Pacific1 ocean to our western coast, hut.
this change would require time and we
have no word that such a course Is under
advlsem nt.
"Being shut off from the east we must
look to South America for our supply.
Just now that country Is flooded with tor
rentlal rains and the gathering of crude
rubber cannot start until October. So
we find but Utile Immediate relief there.
"When shipments start to come In from
I lie east crude rubber prices will probably
decline sharply, although It has been re
ported unofficially that when navigation
stopped the plantation owners laid off
their mn snd ceased tapping the trees.
This, of course, would mean a shortage
of rubber, but It Is my personal opinion
that transportation Is the main difficulty
and that aa soon as navigation opens we
will llnd plenty of rubber to supply thla
country."
Good of Paige People
in Omaha to Sign Up
New Representative
Fred 1 Oood. factory district manager
of the Paige Motor Car company Is In
Omaha for the purpose of signing up a
new representative of the concern, all old
contracts having been cancelled.
Mr. fjood states that the Paige com
pany has been doing a wonderful busi
ness since his arrival here and he has
had the pleasure of closing up numerous
contracts for Paige agencies throughout
the state.
Mr. (iood la In charge of factory sf
fairs and makes a specialty of, morklng
up new territory.
He states that H. M. Jewett, president
of thePalge-Detrlot Motor Car company,
expects to be In Omaha next week at
which time they will hold a meetlnr In
behalf of the Paige dealers for this sec
tion snd the northwest.
TWO DAYS IN JAIL FOR
VIOLATING TRAFFIC LAW
James O. L'ndsey, ri5 South Seven
teenth street, violated a traffic law when
he refused to halt his express wagon be
hind a standing street car at Sixteenth
and Howard streets. When the policeman
ordered him to do so he attempted to
horsewhip the officer, but had poor suc
cess. He wss sentenced to two days tn
the city Jail.
f. . Ship Strikes Rock.
PAGO PAOO. American Famoa. Aug
(Via San Francisco. Aug. 21.) The V 'h
0 Princeton Is lying on the beach hern
with a hole In Its bottom four feet somas
The Princeton struck sn unrhsrtered
rock on July 11. while on survey duty
"No. my dear, I am afraid not." said
Mrs. Parker, looking up from her work.
"Run out and play now and I'll see."
But Helen did not run out and play.
Instead, she cleaned the house for her
mother snd set the table for dinner.
That night when Helen had gone to
bed. Helen's father and mother decided
to have a surprise psrty for Helen. So
the next day Mrs. Parker sent out the
Invitations.
Sundsy afternoon Mr. Psrker told
Helen that she could put on her best
dress snd go uptown and get everything
thet she wsnted with the 5 her father
and mother gave her that morning, and
when she came back she could play with
her friend, Alice, who lived next door.
At 2 o'clock all her friends csme. Then
they played games and had Ice cream and
cake.
When the girls went home, they all said
they had a good t!me, and so did Helen.
Joyi of Farm Life.
By Ethel Myers, Aged 11 Years. R. F. D X.
Wesley, la. Blue Side. '
I am the only child. I have neither
brother nor sister.
My father and mother own 200 acres of
land one mile and a half from town.
We have fifty-seven head of cattle on
the farm.
We have seven horses and a llttla
colt.
I have a pony, whose name la Pat. I
guess he must hs an Irish peny.
W'e havs twenty-seven plgt. Our hogs
all died last year with the cholera.
I like to feed the horses and go to the
field with papa.
Mamma and I raised about 260 chickens
thla year.
W hav a good garden with lots of
good things In It to eat.
We havs a great many different kinds
of beautiful flowers this summer.
We lavs lota of strawberries this sum
mer and lots of apples now.
I will not make my first visit too long.
If this don't find its way Into th waste
basket. I will write again some time.
Bees Stin? Bad Boys.
By Haiel McLellan. Sutherland. Nb.
Red Side.
One there was a boy who wanted to
see how the bees mads honey. His mother
said: "If you don't let those bees alone
they will sting you." Ons day hs thought
he would do It anyway. He went up to
the bee hlv and lifted the lid and th
bee flew all over him and stung him so
hard that ha had to star in bed a Ions
time