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Alii-; u.w.ui.v .Luia i i.llti. .OYlv7, ., 1 I' J'-. ) A Busy Bees -:- Their Own Page THANKSGIVING day was celebrated all over this Klorlous nation tn Thursday. "The American Boy," In this month's issue, brings home to us how very, very thankful we should be this ypar. The editor write: "This Is a day which does not appear on the calendars of England or Russia, of Oermany or Austria, of Ilelglum. or Servla, of France or Japan. If these countries had a Thanks f ivlnn day it would be a mockery to celebrate it thla year. Carnage, cruelty, famine theee leave no room for thanksgiving in the aching hearts of K'trope. Ruin, devastation, the suffering of the innocent would change a prayer of thanksgiving Into a cry for mercy and relief. From these horrors the United States is distant; they touch us only remotely. Though our eyes ba wet with sympathetic tears, though our minds stand appalled at the monster horror which grips our fellow men, jet we feel rising superior. to every other emotion a spirit of thanksgiving to the God of Ail Nations that Ila has selected us to abide in peace. Not for fifty years, not since the last soldier of the last arsuy of our civil war laid down bis musket, has such an obligation of gratitude rested iipon'us.' This Thanksgiving day should for generations stand separated from its follows; it should be freighted with deeper meaning; we. should look back upon the day of 1914 not merely as a Thanksgiving day but a the day of the Great Thanksgiving." This week, first prize was awarded to Mary Wigdon of the Blue Hide; berc.nd. prize to Gladys Brown of the Red Side, and honorable mention to I.ydia Bender of the Blue Side. Vivian Ke&slex; . wM Virymia Winners in The Bee Doll Contest Little Stories by Little Folk . (First Prise.) ' - Harvest Time. ! Ry Mary' Wytnn, Aged jo years, Lyons, j ,'. . ",, Neb." Blue Side. Harvest, time la when the grain, nuts and apple art gathered In and the corn Is husked' anfl the pumpkins put in the cellar -or bam. Harvest time Is In No vember. Ws Jnrva" Thanksgiving day to thank. God 'foe the good harvest He has cnt ; u?. . We' always have church on Thanksgiving. We sing aongs of praise .u,1 tbe nilnlator talks of what We have to be, thankful for. The people uaed to have corn husking bees and invite their neighbors' 'In.- They would help the people-husk the corn and pick the apples and huts; Afterward they would have a party.. Some times H Is cold enough to aknte ort the ice, 'but sometimes is la very-. warm. !' like Thanksgiving better when It is Warm and the sun la shining, tt aeerus like you have more to bo thank ful for. v. Hera la a little. ThanksgvJIng poem; ..... y i. ' " ' ,. I give thanks for the summer and winter, rive thanks, for the aunahtne and rain. For the . Xlowors, the-, fruit and the grasaea, , And the., beautiful harvest 'of grain. ''I, ''."(Second Prlie.)- ' . A Walk to Dundee.; By Gladys Ttrown, ' A ged H'Teara 811 N. th St., Omaha. Red Side. On Supday .a slrl came over to spend the aternoon and have dinner With ua. We thought we would -take a walk to lundee..,Jt la three blocks west of us. Aa we ; ere'. walking .we would pick out the ' hoXiaos . we - liked best ; and pretend tliatfce owhed them, ' They have tha-moet beautiful park In the West end 4j the town. . After we bad walked around awhile we thought wa would come home. We were on Fifty third street. As we had not been to Dun dee atone . we did not know which way to go at first At last we thought wa would walk east Afterward we .found l hat we were very noar home; we were only a ' block from Forty-eighth street, which la three block a from our home. . When we came home mother had dinner on the table and we sat down to eat (Honorable Mention.) Origin of Thanksgiving. By Lydla Bender. Aged 13, Larnor, Nab. Blue bide. Nearly 800 years ago a little girl cama to thla country from the other side ,of tlie ocean. ' Her name was Mary Aller ton and her father was one of tha pil grims: The pilgrims were people who had' left their home In England to seek a place where they might worship Ood aa they pleased. Mary's father learned that In Holland, a country rot far away, he could wor ship as he pleased, so he left London with hia family and crossed In a ship to Holland. In Holland Mary saw many strange tilings. She aaw the canals and great walls called dykes. Mary often heard her father and his friends talk about Virginia, a land across toe sea. They said they could live there under the rule of the king of England ' and yet be free to worship God aa they pleased. At last they made up their mlnda to go to Virginia, so they bought a little ehlp called the Mayflower and . sailed away acroaa the ocean. . At first Mary and the other children liked to watch the waves and to see the fish playing about in the water, but as the days pasaed by they grew very tired of being shut up in , the ship. ' Then, too, they had several storms on the way, which frightened tho children very much. At last, after many weeka, Mary heard a sailor cry, "Land!"' There, Indeed, was land, but It was not Virginia. The ship had sailed too far north and had reached the coast of what we call New England. The shore looked cold and bleak, but the people had boen on the ae ss long that they were glad to leave the ship. How bare everything looked. There were no houses, no people; only great forests and the gray sky stretching far, far awsr. Tha pllgrlraa had to live in the ship until they could build houses. On Christ mas day the work began; there was no merry Christmas for them. Mary bad no gifts, for her father and mother did not believe in keeping Christmas. That was a long, sad winter for the pilgrims. They did not have enough to eat, and many of them were 111. Before the spring came half of the little band died of cold and hunger. In the spring ume friendly Indians helped them and showed thera how to plant corn. The next year the pilgrims had a great har vest. - They had given thanks at- every meal, but now they had a great Thanks giving feast and invited their Indian friends to share It. The pilgrim mothers made bread, cake and plea The pilgrim fathers went fish ing and hunting and brought bacV fish, turkeys and deer. Then the Indians came, dressed In their best beads and feathers. That was a strange sight for the children. They enjoyed It. although tbey war a little afraid of tho painted chiefs. Whan the feaat waa over Mary had to help her mother wash dishes. Thca she watched the shooting matches between the Indians, with their bows and arrows, and tha pilgrims with their guns. Tha pilgrims prayed and sang aa well This week s public school roll of honor, omitted today, will be in The Bee fomor row and there' after. giving.. Now every year. we keep Thanksgiving day :. Vft for It v- ) - X : 2 I f s , , n P -? V-w." u t 2 , pi .: s J 1 V Anderson . , The Earthquake. By Gertrude Nielsen, Aged If Tears, General Delivery, Fremont, Nt-b. Red Side. When I waa in San Francisoo, Cal., there waa an earthquake. It started very early, fifteen minutes to five, on April IS, 19W. We were living in a house with an other lady. She know what it was, but we did not That lady ran out In tha street In her night clothes. The bed shook so badly that we could not get out of bed for a while, but when It did not shake so much wa got out. We had breakfast Mamma put the bread !n tha oven and tha stovepipe fell down. We could get all tha food we wanted. It was terrible. At night wa could not have light In the house or fire In the atove, for fear that the earth would shake and Would make a fire. There was a man that had fire in his stove. 'this la the first time I have written. I hope my story gets In print. I wish to join tha Red Side. I will writs again about California. Bed Cross Work. By Ethel Brinkman. Aged 12 Tears. 218 South Thirty-fifth Avenue, Omaha. Red Side. The Red Cross workers are doing much to help In tha present European war. It waa founded In Geneva, Swltaerland. They train doga to help In the ambu lance work. The dogs hunt under debris ana m trenches. St Bernard and oollle doga are the best for this training. They nave straps across their backs, coming iu uio iurw pan, ana ai imeir docks is a flask holding a reviving drink for the wounded soldier. On thedr backs are bags holding antiseptic articles and bandages. It tha wounded soldier Is able to use his arms, he can take the neces sary articles from the bag and help him self as best ha can until the ambulance cornea. . The ambulance is sent for ' in thla way: The dog. If In hearing dis tance, will bark; if not he will take soma part of tha man's clothing and take It to tha nurse or ambulanoe man, who will get him. By these means tha dog is very useful. Many of tha noted women ' of Europe are helping in thla work. They nurse the wounded soldiers back to health. It their injuries are alight they are able to go back to tha front Busy Bee letter. By Howard F. Matters. 824 Bouth For tieth Street. South Omaha. Aged S Years. . Blue Klde. I am S years old and In tha third grade. I attend the Conigan sohool. My teach er's name Is Mlsa Fraw. I like animal tales very much. My playmate's name la Harry, and he plays marbles. Harry and I run races to keep warm. Wa run around tha school. The playgrounds are very , large, . Tho achool la very high. We have many games to play. I would Ilka to be on the Blue side. John's Eeward. By Lorna Hlcka, 1113 South Eleventh Street. Blue Side. John was a poor boy. His mother died when he waa a baby. Hia father, who waa shipwrecked, never returned, and ha, alept In boxes at night. He had only one' partner, and this waa his dog. One day when he waa selling' papers he sold one to a man and tha man told him to take a dollar and change It and bring the change in the morning to Mr. Brown, 723 St Mary's avenue. So In the morning John brought the change and tha man asked him his name. John said, "John Brown." He asked for his mother. John said, "She is dead." The man aaid that he was hia father. So that was John's reward. Alone on Dark Road. By Helen T. Burres. Aged Year. Glen wood, la.. Box t. Blue Bide. Mary was dels ye 1 on her way home i from school one night and it was dark before ahe reached home. She waa going up a very long, steep hill. There were brushes and much shrubbery along this 1 road on both sides. There waa a quick turn about half way up the hill and the 1 hill extended for about half a mile be yond. Mary waa easl'y frightened after dark and aha most dreaded thla long hill and I rustling in the bushes. ' She Jumped with fright, but it was only a rabbit that had darted across the roal In front of her. She quickened her walk Into a run and then she heard wheels coming and found that it was -her father, who had become worried and e'tarted out to meet her. I hope my letter escapes Mr. Waste Basket ' . The Good Little Sister. 1 By Kermlt Sonnnland, Aped 9 Tears, 1404 Fifth Avenue. Blue Side. Once there Was a poor family who lived on the farm. , The crops were a failure. The mother was ' sick and they had no money to byy-.the Christmas, gifts. ' IJUte .Jenny crept slyly and hung her stocking on' Christmas Eva. She had a sister whom she loved very much. When little- Jenny ' want to bed her good sister baked cakes and cookie soldiers and lots of nice things and put them In hfsr stockings.' The next morn ing she was' the happiest girl in tha world. , Attended Fair. By Cynthia Hendrlx, Aaed Tears. Kear ney, ..tD ued Side. I have written you once before and my letter was npt In print. I am 8 years old and In the fifth grade. I go to the Whlttler sohool. My- teacher Is Mlsa Helen Cotton. Are your schools named after poets? Our schools are: Emerson, Whlttler, Alcott, Kenwood, Hawthorne and Longfellow. I went to the fair last autumn and saw many pretty thlnga. I will tell you ahoi what tha Alcott school had at tho fair. They had 'beds, clocks, tables, chairs and many othvr pretty things the boys made at manual training. The girls made dreaaes, coats, jackets and dressed dolls; Must of thnm had blue tags so I know they got the prises. The, Stat. Club. By Edith Kenyan, 3229 Cuming St., Omaha. Blue Side. Madeline, my sister, has started a club. It Is called the Star club. I think It is quite different from any other club. , Wa paint and draw and tho one .who gets the beat paintings and is excellent in de portment gets a prlie. We have twelve members. Their names are: Mildred Rawaon, Irene Larson, Edna Anderson, Mildred Nlasen, Helen Bradford, I,or ralne Bancroft, Arleue Bancroft Merlam Weaner, Juliette Weaen . and . Josephine Drapler and I. With the money that wa get we are going to buy flowera and give them to some of the children that are In the hospital, and then we will give some to the poor. Wa arc going to have a Christmas play December 21. Story of Birds. By Marguerite Nelson, Age 10 Years. 1513 Spruce Street, Omaha. Blue Hide. Ono night mamma went upstairs for something and a little bird waa up them. It was sitting on a box very frightened. Tapa camo up and caught it and put It up on the eaves. , One other nlttht two of them got in and papa put them out also. the turn, but ahe started bra vol v i . ' aa feasted. Thus they kept the Thanks-Ut walk. When aba waa startled by aj . Lucilo was won by .Dorothy. Zust, 708 N.40th St., who .brought us 1400 pictures. Dorothy attends Saunders Sohool in 6th A grade. She collected her pictures from the offices down town. Now she is a very happy little girl. Bertha jBaer, 1320 Park Ave., was second with 528 pictures, and Helen Linali an, 614 S. 17th Ave., was third with 93 pictures. ' 3 Dolls for This Week We have decided to give two more dolls for second and third prizes, so that if you fail to get the first one, you still have a chance to get one of the smaller dolls. They are very sweet and pretty, too, and will please you. but, of course, you would not expect them to be as big and beautiful as Pricilla, who is for the little girl that brings in the most pictures. .- Pricilla is just top beautiful for words to describe. You must come and sec her. rrloUla will be given rree to tho little girl, under lfl years of are, that brings or analla as the larrest number of doll's pictures eat oat of tha Sally and Sunday Bee before p. m. Saturday, Seoemaer 0. Her picture will be in The Hee every day this wtH'k. Cut them all out and ask your friends to save the pictures in their paper for you, too. See how many pictures of Pri cilla you can get, and lie sure to tutu them in to The Pee office before 4 p. m., Saturday, December .". If you don't win thl Dollia, perhaps you can get on next week. Only one doll will ba Klvai to any one person. You can see PRICILLA at the Dee Office hi - t f ' , 1 I . - .1 Ml: , ! I--, ; f , it 'A-.' . . I . ' ' ' :i v.-". . - 'j :.' 1 04a" Sixth annual azaar B Ch ri&tmas aw OF THE CHURCHES December 7th to 19th npIIE handiwork of hundreds of Omaha s prominent church " workers will be displayed. These will be offered for salo over the counters, temporarily. constructed around the fountain und in the court of The Bee building, during the week days, from morning until night. Tho beautiful linen pieces, useful vjid ornamental embroidery work, serviceable wearing apparel, art goods and bric-a-brac, as well as delieioua pies, cakes, doughnuts, enndies and other eatables, have not oxiiy heen made by these faithful women but they will see that every stitch, and piece is sold by themselves. These church fairs are conducted solely for the purpose of raising money to defray the expenses Of the different churches; no one individual derives any recompense for their labor, except the satisfaction that what they d-y is freely given to further pro mote the glorious and noble work of the most Holy institution, , tho Church. The use of the building for the fairs is donated by the management of the The Pee and all publicity through tho the columns of this paper is given free. The churches arrange the decorations w as to make the bazaar as attractive and com fortable as possible for the public to lend their patronage. You are all invited to come. More beautiful and useful Christmas gifts cannot be bought elsewhere and the prices r.sked are most reasonable. Church. Oak Street M. K Church of the Covenant... Westminster Presbyterian. Pearl Memortul M. K Chairman and Ranldenre. Phone. Data. . Mrs. T. C. Wubster. 701 Georgia Ave... liar. ISO Deo. 7-4 . .Mrs. E. O. Carson. Z706 Pratt Web. 4M4 Dec, 7-1 ..Mrs. J. r. Stout, 117 8. th Har. 1067 Dec. 1-4 .Mrs. K. K. Wonder. HI FI. Blvd Dec. 7-1 United Brethren Lowe Ava. Presbyterian... St. Matthias Kplaeopal 6L Matthews Lutheran Mrs. If. W. Allwlne. MM N. 24th Web. 7031 Dee. a-ll . Mrs. W. W. Carmlchael, M Cal.. .liar. 1467 Deo. -19 ..Mra. K. P. Rogers. 130 B. th ZD. 48(3 Deo. K10 . Mrs. I B. Bnyder, 1706 Deer Pk. Blvd. T- J374-W Deo. HO North Presbyterian Airs. T. U Travis, IbWl Fowler Ave.. Web. 1719 Deo. 11-13 Parkvale Presbyterian Mrs. Oeo. Tlehnor, 1M Frederick.. Har. 18M Deo. 11-11 Good Hhapherd Episcopal Mra W. C. Ross, 1031 Lothrop Web. KM Dec 11-11 Grace Lutheran Mrs. J. F. Hmith, m H. th TyU ni Deo. 1143 (Open Date) Social Settlement Club Mlas Alice V. Buchanan, 13: H. MthHar. M0 Deo. 14-16 Plymouth Congregational Mrs. II. L. I'ndrrwood. Snag N. aothWeb. Deo. 14-16 Benson Presbyterian Mrs. E. A. Mason. HOT N. Wth Ben. 488 Dec. 14-16 Temple Israel Mra. M. N. Miller, 1328 H. Slat liar. Dec. 16-17 Ceutral Park Congregational. .Mra. Nellie Thompson, 3.111 Ames Ave. Web. 3131 Dec. 16-17 McCaba M. E Mra C. C. Shimer, 11 H. 42d Wal. 3t7 Dec. 14-17 Reorganised Ch. Jeaus Christ. Mra. Oer. Kllpatrlck, 2216 Burdette..Web. 1S84 Iec 16-17 Omaha Theosophlcal Society Mra. K. P. Eklund, 4:1! 9 Parker Web. 6771 Dee. 1 VIS Diets Memorial M. K Mrs. Jennie Dion, 177 8. KHh I). i4'l Dec. IK-IB (Open Date.) I lire t Memorial M. E KUIth M. Mikes, 04 Saltier Web. ttGI iKuU-U VARIETY OF ARTICLES FOR SALE Home Made Candy Mim e Meat Fruit take Jelly (stuffed Date fake DouKhnnts Plea Preserves llretthed Dolls l''mbroldered Towels Aprons, fancy and plain Corset Cover a Doll Clothes Ijeuther Goods l'aury I big a Handkerchief Children's Muff a Home Cooking, all kinds Comforts IMn Cushions rnderklrt Dust CM Stocking aTaga Washable Ituga Doily lt. lis Napkin Cases Table Mats Infants' Wear Hand Painted China IN THE COURT OF The Bee Building A ! 7e 1 J