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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1916)
4 O The Busy Bees Their Own Page in: rXr- HAT apring Is in the. air and the Hatty Reca feol It li quit evident upon glancing through the Busy Dee, letteri for the week. Signs of aprlng, the return of the hlrda and the first hint of gardening plana, all are sensed In the letteri of the youthful contrlbutora to thla page. The Busy Bee editor la highly gratified at tho Interest taken la the bird atorlee. The content for a special prle offered to the one who sent In the beat atory on "The Return of the Birds" brought a deluge of splendid atortea, ao that It waa moat difficult lo pick the winner. Many of the atorlei deemed a prize, buf Virginia Campbell of the Kod sldu la the fortunate girl. Virginia la a former Nebraska Kirl living In Helena, Mont. Soon we will have another special prize content, but In the meantime, Buay Beea, begin to think about a new king and queen, an a new reign beglna the first of May, Buay Beea are also reminded that letter written in pencil are not acceptable for publication on thla page. They muni be written in Ink and on one aide of the paper only. Nellie Harsh of the Blue side, who sent In one of tho natcst letter we have received In a long while, won first prize this week. Honorable mention waa awarded Luclle Griffin of the Blue side and (Jlen Thomas of the fled aide, Stories of Nebraska History 'll A, li BX.SOIT. Little Stories by Little Folk (I'rlit Htnry ) Trip to the Mountain.. 8y Nellie Harah, A.1 I) Yosts, twll, Nb. Klun Hide. Last mrnmer my grandma took in to Boulder with hnr, Moulder ts about thirty miles from Jieni'er, end there r mountains on th west sMe of It,. I m going to tell you of th tltn whn we wsnt up to Hoyal Arch, Grandma and I welted for my sunt, eousing and soma other airl on tho ehautauo.ua around. Wo start"! shout M o'cloofc. We hd a tile trip, and saw many pretty flowars end rocks on th way. Some of the ferns wr about two fet tall, and thera were two springs, from which w got nice coo! atr. We ata dinner Just a little way from th arch. Wa roasted wlnnle and had them with our lunch, W also boiled coffe. When we wre about half through, a storm esms up. W took our things and got lato a cava railed the Witches' cav. When w wers throuah eating dinner tt had cleared up. We then went to ftoyal Arh, which I two rocks bent over, touching mch other, forming a Isrre arch. We got on top of some large rocks Inside of th arch and looked down. I could see Hour dor, and off In the distance I could s Denver. It was a beautiful sight. My cousin took our pictures, and after a while we went horn. This was on of tli best time I aver had. I wlnh all of th Dusy IW could see th beautiful things I did Inst sum. mer. I saw some bird Inst summer called mountain bluebirds. I think they ware the prettiest birds I ever saw. I have seen robins, mcsdow larks and tur tle doves this spring. It seem good to have the birds back. I would like to have som of th Uusy Be gins writ to m. (Special Prtss Story. i The Beturn of the Birds. Dy Virginia Cemr,bll, m North Davis, Helena, Mint, Tied Hide In Montana, Ilka In most other states, the robin Is th first bird to return. When w the first robin we know spring ha com. The bluebirds come next, and such beautiful bluebird that w have In Montana. Thy are not ilk the Muejays I remember serin In Ne braska, but ar th most beautiful hlim blueblrd that you can Imaidnn. The little wren return early In the spring and begin looking around for good places to build their summer homes, as they know Montana Is a good place for sum mer homes. Th maadow lark return about th asm time a the robins and begin to give concerts right away. The large black and white magpies are her the year around. There lire flocks and flocka of them, and they are very noisy. When th weather gets real warm, tho wild canaries return. I ' know all the Busy Beea would like to watch them flit from tree to tree. The sparrows never leave, so w have them always. We have owls, crows, and sometimes w see an eagle when w are up In tho rrtoun talna. Lest summer I saw one. I tnunt rot forget to mention th sand cranes, pheasants and plover and woodperkers, I guess my story Is getting long. I do not want to tak all th room on the page. (Honorable Mention.) A Friend of Birds. By Glen Thomaa, Aaed t Yearn, clerks, Jel. Had tilde. There ar many signs of spring. Home of th things ar th tree and urana yet green, but best of all th birds mnw back. Bora of the birds that I have an are th meadow lark, hJaiK llnla, robins and turtle doves. We have a blrtl ihart at school on which we write th nam of th first birds we see. My fa vorite birds sr (he robins and black birds. There art ninny tla'k hlrda th.tt log In our grov. Thnre r only a few bird that slay her all winter, but 1 in glad that com of llirm stay with us at all I think the bird are very kind lo sing (or us, and t wish to rwrl them by (eodlng them and hop the othwr Hiy lim U do the a a ma. Horn of the bird have net rum back 1 from th suth, vli, will h to rina so that t can fwd our fnathert t fi i it t tltnrtbl M-nilun t Sign of Spring;. Dy Lu.'U Urlfftn, Aged i Yr, Rt t'atil, Neb SM. ,.iti. i w tiunnan j Had c f ttlrd thin riii. th In, It. j ww, track r, th lark Mi J, the nietiw ! lata n4 th aHk'ruw, T imoibiiis Ik- j ..f ! t- arh l I Ittnaitg li'l ! of th it.aw ai' l l al tin ImaM a salsa i4 I b'at l ft th win I.i M tbar ' t !, I lv at. t In (f-tt r ii..s him In th Uwa a', thai I t aa awiur ,.4 f ' r ih a I r . I' la it n.t lit I k i li kaa ait " t ia . ai Ik taa ! yi? I as! on . f .. it life la China. i a.. SiMii.i ..t, .! Aa! li lii t'-J K !. e l i. ff H .. It -ts ' I ..li".! ill (l.1H ll.l, (''t l t.a .n.H'i ( ,.'., a-i -. t.4i mut.t.i. at4 thaie aiai " I t 111 ! t t V I tay ka i .,t i i t ' TH '.! ta . a t'al eta Sa -h i r e' t l ". a,r !,. "'a itt ;.r ,i, tf fi,iifi! ''' a li i ( , , . n i " I a t .,!., a I . i In "' t l . .! I', . , t I tt"" I'm t; n.,-i!f u : tM k,. l lli,i OBE OF THE BRIGHT LITTLE BL-8Y BEES. Hy pe'lal rermlwlon "f the auther, i Th ie will puhliRh chtptar from thai Jll-tory of Nebrnska, by A, M HncI Ji n, from week to week.) Nebraska! Great Seal The greit al of a stat Is an Iron or steel Instrument which stamps an Imprint upon Important papers and docu ment. Th Imprint Is It.elf often called th great seal of ths stsle, for It, la the alien ef the stales power and au thority. The first great seal ef Nsbrasks was made whan Nebraska wa a territory, Us In irlril Is found only on th old documents. Whan Nshrsaka became e slate In Hf" the Ifaialalur (ael an set proU'llna f"r tl, msklng of a new great sesi. I The- ,( prescribed the eloign for Hie tie great seal ss follows: 'Th csstern part of the clrel to le taprsaanted by a steamboat ascand Ins th Missouri river; the mechsnlc uris to b representtid by a smith with i hummer vid anvil; In th foreground, ssrioultur to b reprraanted by a sei ner's cabin, sheaves of wheat, and sislka of growing com; In th background a tniln of car heading toward tre Kocky nio'iiiielis, and on ths etlrani wet'., 2 ef m" 2el2Vlw onr-sT fir i, or tiik htatk or M'.llftASKA the llocky mnuntslns to b plainly In view, s round the top of thjls circle, te ho In capital lalteis, th motlo, 'Konallty Kefor th 1m; slid ths clrel to tx surrounded with th words, (Ireal al of the gists of Nebrssbs, March I, ISC7.' " Th grsst eal was mad ordered snd Is new kept by the secretsry of ststs In th ispltol at Mneoln, f. J ..' i ' 1 . -... r . k ' ' 4 f A A ' V Hie Italiliooi a oriole, W si going ssaln time. I wo Id like t ha n of th eor n when Ihere sr more l.lrd I Hosv l r rli u letter to in This I I have written four or flv tlinsa, bull tui iory. hsva twen iinsucoaafiii Hot t will try 1 ii ml get a prtz" Ibis I line, 'Hosahe v Plainer IiIkH, After meal the tsbles ar re moved and the room is used us a silting room. They are very slow people, I have an aunt and uncle who ar mis sionaries, lie Is secretary and treiisurer of a !htne mission. They both talk the Chinese lanausae. They Ibe rlisht nest door to one of the city parka, They live In the International Concession, snd no Chinese are allowed in theae porks. They hav a boy who helps them, but these Chinese servnnts are so slow on dimply has to get used to It, ss It Is Impossible! to hurry them up. Hie hoiis that, they live In has Iron bars over th Windows. A Surprise Party. By Martha .lessen, Ageo! n Years, Cedar lUuffs, Neb. lilue Hide. Wednesday evening, February 23, the school children, with the aid of our teuoher, had a surprla party on two of our schoolmutea, who were going to move sway. Wo uil met on a bridge abodt a quarter of a mile from the house. We waited there till they were all there, and we walked up to iho house on the porch. Then th girl told her mother and aunt that there was somebody on the porch. They suld that "It wns only the dog or the pi t sheep," Then Mlas Torbert (our teacher) knocked nt tho door and thuy opened It and we nil walked In. .Mildred ana Melvln looked ut us In such a won der ss If we were fairies from fairyland. W played nwiny nice anmes. We all contributed Hoinethlng for our lunch, which whs a nice, dainty one, v all hud en enlo.Mil, I.- time and retired at 10 M. Now Mr. Wiicte liiiskf t, plenum aparc my letter, Looking for Birds. By l:ila Thode, .U'cl Y..(ir, '-i!i Ham. Iltuii Miwt, mnaha. Hed elle, I aupt'os s..in ef the Iluny Decs read of oui' bird espedltlon III the Omaha paptrx. It was st Hernia park. It was not much of an e iibtlnii breauae w Uid not ae many bird I K"ea we warn luo mily. J auppoMi moat of you hv aieo the robin, f.,r aa we twe going (wo robin were iiiiitre!ng orr a wurut, t saw oin i.i. t vftir'a reala, which Wa the oriole tiet snl another neat which it id not kn .w Aa we mn fuMhi-r In the park nw th iip-i.lu. d"n bint fniii." tf clilllmi The Coming' of the Birds, By Or' I. Moore. Aged II Yews, Kilter Creek, Neb. Blue Mile, H I sprlnsllm agsln snd mother esrih bss swskansd from bar long winters nap, ffh bear the genii patter of rain drops as they call the Hill violets from their nap, Mother esrtli Is happy once sgaln es she llatens to the ihlrp snd the merry songs of th llltla bird ss they welcome tha sprlnatlme, Ismg sgo she went lo take s nsp, snd then all the happy lift lam- A Disobedient Girl. By Vara KfS'uee hradlcy, Ag d U Yesra, I' h i.anli i tinal, O.i, ah, lis rlla. "I will. I ahull go ekallnf," wreetned Mabel l.atisdiiit, a vary lutb,irn and di obeilbiit child, piHlns Ml bar ovtloe In a great hurry, Ml Lsnsdon siood on the steps trying to persuad her S-year-old dsuahter not to go, ' Now, mini! ine, Mubal," ah aald wl'h a firm but gentle tone, "you will br. thioiish th Ice and get drowned," 'Well, Htusrt Is aolng, I don't see why 1 can't go," said Mahal, Htuail is older than yen are, and 1- bltds flaw wy to the lunny south. Th i tides, Ut hss ben there before," ssll south is not their rei home, and theyjMi, linsdon. are not a hsppy there ss they sr hers. Their horns Is In the north, where they live all the spring and summer, raising "Jiiet beisus fUtiart la older, be get to go ever where," retorted Mabel, At thl remark Mr. Lanrdon left tha tholr families. Nothing but food cr cold j room snd went Into another room to get count peraiisne lli birds to leave their something, Tsklng this as an oppof lioaiitlfijl home In tb north. They prov m, tv, jkiaiS.awI slipped out When !, r. thernaelve very faithful lltli nelshbors ! ,,h at ths lake si didn t know bow uy returning to tn same plac vty f t,t t K0 ih(l Wf.nt furthsr over and year, A few of the bird even return lo the en inn tree they built their nests ill the ttesson before. Hlnc they hsvs re turned w my wti'h them and study their ha Wis and sen how they get so much rnloyment out of life, I wonder how many of us Busy Bee know every speeles of bird by tho sight snd sound of them, Almost all bird lovers know them well by their songs, forms and their color. Every kind ef bird hss a different bin gusge and a different song, Th catbird and th mockingbird are the only bird that hsve sn esccllent musical edu-ailon, Bom of the birds learn lessons fiom others, They prsctlee their singing both early and late without having to be told to. and they enjoy their practicing. I-t's stl make friends lth th bird snd listen to their beautiful song. In the early morning when the first faint streaks of light are seen in the sky Is the best time to listen to them, for then there Is no labor to mar thalr sweet music, Thau out of the dlstsnce comes the mur mur and singing of a thousand little song sters; then we listen and know that they am singing songs of prale to Him above, who gave them Ufa and cares for them all. Snookums. By Caroline rodre, A sad a Years, Fre mont, Neb. Blue Kldo, I have a kitten named Rnookums. Ho Is a very funny kitten. I hsve some lit tle yellow cotton chlckene I got In my Kaster basket laat year. Kilty likes to play with them, lie takes one In his mouth, and when I try to take It away from him, ho growls end won't let me. and looks so funny and runs awav from me. 11 must think the cM kern are allva the way he play with them.' Me likes to sleep on top of the hot water plps In th basement. Ho likes to sliep in queer place. When th Ironing board Is down, he sleeps on It, and sometime) In th wsslilng machine, and ell kinds of places where a cat should not sleep, I have no small brother or sllm, end he make a nlc plsymste. Joined the bey V.'hvn ah bad watched the boy for a few minute, ah decided Sh would get on, Hii found It was fun, si she wnt far nut Into the middle, where the P wsm not so solid. Before anyone could nscli hur, li fell H. Stuart ssw her snd threw a strap to her, The other boys Joined, and thuy pulled her on dry land, Mabel was sick all that winter with pneumonia, and she waa very sony that she dlsoteyed her mother. Hhe wa lauabt a leeson, and haver after that did slni do a thing her mother told her not to. Robins Get Berries. By l.'raeley Orotebleachen, Aged 11 Year, fchiiyler, Nob. Kd Kid. I will atop to writ a story to the psg. I will writs about robins. One time laat waek I was silling at tha window. We have a heck berry tree south of our bona. I wns looking out of the window when I said, "flee there are a pair of robins," I'retly soon there csme anolhar and another and another. Hoon th whole tree wa full of them. They would com and get hackberrle from the tree. Home were smart. They would go on th ground and pick them up aa th other ones knocked them down. After a while they nil flew away. Then th snow started (o fun, it full faster and faster till II came down pretty thick. Thera the robins where all gons. The nest day wss Hunday. Wa went te our neighbor's. There they were flying around. Hoon after they came back again and sat In our orchard, singing merrily. They sr here yet. I hope all nu Junior Will Ilk and be kind to bird. Our Meadow Lark. By lure Nawhatl, Aged 11 Year, Una- dllla, Nel. I(j..i Kid. 1 thought I would writ and tell you of our meadow lark, (me winter day, when It was storming, my slaters and I did not get to go to school, snd s wo war doing up our morning's chorea my father aaw a meadow lark, and then my slater Isiula saw It around the cow banc It waa so cold thst it oould not fly, and our big dog wanted lo get It, but ah would not let l!y Kli Kolloway, Colon, Nh , Ag,) i him, Tlii Loulee look th bird to Ihe tf Yesrs. Mi hide. . j house. It flew about th houa. It waa I.shI winter on day It was awf ul cold i not afraid of u Whan tha bird w and we hsd lo lake rare o tho chicken warm we thought that we had belter t Loses Two Ducks. didn't frecie to death. S-i we kpt t'm el. I km and dink a In tl.a chicken houm all day. The weather wouldn't 1m up a.i on,- of i.ur dn.-ke a t ah k am) .Ik, I Tiie mm iliy another nlm got at k, b ll I aaw tt In tlm and thousht I wrm .,n It, ro tuik II In tlm b ill. an I lhnt,lt II "iilsht be eol.l, ton. I. 'it i l .d for I. , nt tn,. boor t,. itp.i f had b bun both of tha ft uka, I hoi 0;l w'll him out, snd now every morning tha meadow lrk cmnea lo our pio after It break faat ll I tery tame. V tinut all h kind to th bltd. Had the Meailri. By Miir. ells unsr. Aged 1 Year, i" ' biiiibu, Nub . in Kid : .Mr two atattra and 1 tad the maa!ea j I will t"ll ou about It, for two days I Ilk my h ttt.1-, I mil Hiim atw'imi' I iae m,i (,f achiHi) be u, I waa sb h Building Notes itj num.!. m; run r, nut icni.i. vic,ip,., krr W tiit t ha enough to in Wind tin arthi u tnnuha And f i int w hula bored thru' A bulb. Irillik nf tilth. iiwhinI W lib rn rMp Inalda -A hoi.ae i ep ttt d and (t.iilr Tli pi i i i'ii saa t. hide l m aftaid fee '11 tak t,i (ogfln . itial I ' iii' saii.al hi nils, Crrl , 1,0 lr I . g. ( j, , At wi-ll. say let. hut' ho..! h titik little Jnn u Aad bar fecbtird Sinmi Arilte nii Ai'lil tii"ti':Sg ai. I ttl tn h ut a boii-e, I van , mo. i btdti nt ti.iiif t I '. tiUl, Ihi il' V k a;,i apiai. S4 a 1 f uns It, 1ht t,.iia tif a . a .!! Ant i. t ht il .iiu mil kr Tak iiit!tw thaa as I tkera U, ''.' !)., i aa ai i hu.i tie lb t i b t t ib air " Mt V ill in Mat' n tt ii aba ii,-imi' . alt d'u S'l I.i a a . ui i i-r m f.'Sj. lii mir m l weitem toaa, I tin pi'l ml. fm tl, iuHic )pn Of ap.itlli't III liuuati ilaar, tin' I'hO h.Mt aittl tiu Hub, I'm Itlilebird And W t.n lpei ker. ery well though, Hut a far aa the NUrtin am mm-ernei). Their tna ik In i!,lr signs; tr lti.u t i suit ur rulturad lti Mital I (. ml cn tu(, iuv Mr a ad Mr H'mblrd I la ell I'lMl i f guild sees Had rum in th loan nf Omaha, t a. I., i tih, lbir r.oi Mimn hot )t r Ma )t lit it laat juaitr,--fu t t r )ii.aiaj u th garil To alrat.h ll mt null, 'gorier: ' Ant When ti .e .,, biiiinr Ibey a.,t,J AI'Ut tbm, li-tat an itim, 111 Here riiiiiplalaly tiyaifld V l --I (I i it. I I tt it nl fd pl bn i I l UK Mr, :ULi. KlrlalH.ad. "Wit M, r W I'litt i )ni iiitn,hir m tea a ro Use day, an Omaha bjf.- til lhl i t Ifwly lufithi it b't Hi. b.iit iii, di'. mi, mi 1bl n ca' a .4 1.. t...i 'I'Ullllillt toll) Kg I. ,11. in ' Than I wsnt (gam on KYlilsv. Thst nlghl 1 did not feel very well. TMe neat ilny my bigger aUler and f aeul to bed That night my slater I yaars old cania to bed, The nasi morning we all had rd pimples, We hsd lo slay In bed all week, W went to school lodsy. di not want them sgaln. Grandma's Old Dreu. H v Margaret Ilrnwn. Aged U Years, 2S14 tlisrlea Htreet, Omaha, N. b. Illue Hid. It waa a iilslure of qucern, beauty snd last ef color. Th skirt was of many thousand lurks laid In by band, At the bottom of Ihe skirt there were delnty rufflua of pink silk, the dreas Itself being pink, Ths walat was pleated, tucked and draped carefully, Around the waist was a great while chiffon girdle with pink meehuda her snd there fustsned on It Hi sleeve wer puffed snd tucked, too, All wss of pink snd whit satin, but over the aklrt, waist and slesve was a beau tiful fatry whit chiffon. Tbt md grandma appear Ilk a beautiful fatry flitting about th room, Around br sil very hair wsa a wreath of whit and pin sal In roses. Signs of Spring. Dy f,ue (liirka, Aed II Yenrs, Knrwell, Neb. lib i Hld. TI. aluna of siting aco wind. ,vp .1 shower bring May ftowera. In the morn ing the air Is frerh and tha grass la coin ing up, Tli birds ar coming back. 1 aaw a madnw lark and robin rilbr'in.H Now w will hear them alng. Wouldn't It be beautiful? I think I will close, M. 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