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fHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 9, 1916.
The Busy Bees
Their Own Page
ITS PRETTY warm these days and Busy Bees don't leel like exerting
themselves very much, do they? Some of them sit on the front porch,
I am told, and swap riddles and puzzles.
Wouldn't it be lots of fun it we could all play that we are sitting
on one large porch and asking riddles? I can almost hear someone
exclaim, "Do you give up? Do you give up?" .
Let' play the game I The Busy Bee page shall be our gathering place
and we will swap riddles and puzzles by means of letters to this page.
To lend additional interest in this puzzle match, the children's page editor
is contemplating offering a special prize either to the boy or girl who sends
in themost original puzzles or the one who guesses the most answers.
On with the riddles I
Glee Gardner of the Blue side won the prize book this week. Maxine
I filter and Evelyn Houghton, also of the Blue side, won honorable mention.
Little Stories by Little Folk
(Prize Story.)
True to Her Name.
By Glee Gardner, Aged 12 Years, 2605
North Sixty-second Street, Ben
son, Neb. Blue Side.
"Oh dear, what shall I do all these
long summer days?" I said and I
sighed again and again. "What, noth
ing to do?" said my grandfather,
coming around the corner. "Why
don't yon make a garden." "A gar
den," I echoed in wonderment. "Yes,
I will dig the ground up and you can
ret some seeds and plant them," That
s why I made a garden. Grandfather
dug up t space thirteen by twenty
one feet : I divided this intd two
equal parts and put a fence around
. each part In one part I planted
vegetables a bed of radishes, onions,
a row of parsley, carrots, beets and
four rows of sweet corn. Many a
time has our dinner table and some
poor folks been furnished with fresh
vegetables. - Vining up the fen were
lit. ymm, n uiwi, fvi t vi Willi nuitii
while. But now comes the best part
of my story, for on the other side of
my vegetable patch was my flower
garden. On the fence climbed sweet
Seas, columbine and cypress vine. I
ad a row of dahlias, asters, bachelor
buttons and marigolds, and a-bed of
petunias, pinks and daisies. In the
very heart of summer when the flow
ers were gaily blooming, so was my
heart I took bouquets of beautiful
flowers to the sick people in hospitals,
some of whom I had never seen. Also
some traveled to the homes of the
shut-ins. I even sold sorr)e to get
money with which to pay my church
dues. After all my garden afforded
the greatest pleasure of my life. I
hope to have one next year; Doa't
you wish you could too?
(Honorable Mention.)
The Fourth of July.
By . Maxine Ieuter, Streator, III.
Blue Side.
School is out about a month be
fore the Fourth of July. One day
about June 25, 1915, the children of
Omaha, Neb., got together in one of
the churches with one of the teach
ers as their leader. They planned
to have a parade on the Fourth of
July. The boys would dress up as
American soldiers and the girls .as
Red Cross nurses. When the Fourth
of July came the same children met
at the church, and when the teacher
came they were ready to start. The
teacher led, marching with one of the
larger boys about her size. Each one
tf tha rhilHren tarried an American
flag. , Some of the boys played drums,
some bass horns, some flutes, some
cornets, etc. As all the people sat
on their porches fanning themselves,
as it was tuch a hot day, the children
marched by. The grandmothers heard
them coming and said: "My, what a
rackctl I wonder what Is going on?"
The children had soon marched
through all the main streets of
Omaha, such as Karnam, ' Harney,
Sixteenth and others. In the Omaha
Bee there were two columns about
the children's parade. The children
felt quite proud of this because they
knew that The Omaha Bee is one of
the most widely known papers in the
United States.
' (Honorable Mention.) '
' A Fishing Trip.
By Evelyn Houghton, Aged 14 Years,
3212 Cuming Street, Omaha. .
, Blue Side. .
One day some friends and I went
on a fishing trip to a place named
Fort Rosencrans, in California, a dis
tance of ten milts. We also took a
large basket of lunch with us,. We
sailed on a boat called "Virginia." It
took us one hour to get mere, we
landed at 10 o'clock and began to fish.
Pretty soon we caught a skelpion and
some other fish. Su.ne other people
caught a devill fish, a terrible looking
creature with twelve legs and two
feelers. It was all red. After awhile
we ate our lunch. After lunch we
took some pictures. While my brother
was fishing he threw his line and the
hook caught on his watch chain and
he said, "Oh, there goes my watch."
it. 1 1 j : l: . I. u,atih
ne. puncu in ma wis ...
was still on, but it would never run
again. The steamer came and took us
for a ride to the last bell buoy in the
ocean, a distance of ten mites. I ask-
mA thm ntrtnin.r why thev called
them bell buoys and he said if they
were bell gills they would be carried
off. At 5 o'clock we landed home
after a very enjoyable day. . .
, Our School Picnic. ' J' , '
By Tena Bloom. Aged 12 Years,
, Ashland. Neb. . Blue Side. ;
. Our school let out May 19, but
we had our picnic May 18.
We went to the fisheries that day
and had our picnic, we had lots of
fun. . . . ' .
, - W atartori . ahnuf- R o clock and
got there about 11. We rode in a
wagon, there were about twenty-two
altogether. When we got there we
fixed, dinner. We had sandwjehes,
I -I.:.. I. - muMm BMlf
Sawn, yn..itia, ii
ice cream. After dinner we went and
looked at the ponds. In one pond
there were swans, ducks and geese,
and in another was goldfish, and I
can't remember what was in the other.
-When we were ready to go home
we were all very sorry,' but' when
v nmi to our teacher's home we
had lunch of what we had left from
oar dinner. ' We got home about
8 o'clock in the evening. ; "
Sees tha Birds. :
Vr Florence Seward, Aged 10 years,
lyuel thorny street, uuuiii, ncu.
Blue Side.
T n t-ll .Kmi all tli
birds I have seen. Right in back of
our house is a cherry orchard. There
are raspberry, blackberry, and straw
berry bustles, so oi course mere arc
Ms of birds. I have seen the cat
i rd, wren, robin, woodpecker, black
I rd. sparrow, Baltimore oriole, wood
rush and a bluejay, a red winged
blackbird. Every day I keep a watch
to see now many oirrercni niras mere
are.- Well, goodbye Busy Bees.
Helen Disobeys Mother.
By Louise Cushing. Age 11, Gordon,
Neb. Blue Side. '
One day Helen was playing with
her doll. She soon got tired and
laid the doll down, then she went to
her mother and said:
"Mother, may I play with your new
glasses?"
. "I'm afraid not, dear; you might
break them,"
Helen ran off and soon her mother
called her and said:
"Helen, will you stay here until I
come back from down town? I have
some shopping to do."
"All right, mother, -I will stay.
Helen was thinking that if she was
left alone she could dress up and put
on her mother's glasses.
Helen knew it was wrong to do
this without asking her mother first,
but she felt cross all day, and wanted
to do something naughty.
So when her mother went away she
put on her mother's good dress,
gloves, hat and glasses and went out
in the yard, where she saw the neigh
bor children, three boys and a girl,
whose name was Sally. ,
The boys' names were Frank, James
and Harold. , :..' 1
Harold and Frank were naughty
boys, but Sally and James were good.
As soon as Harold and Frank saw
Helen they began to chase her and
Helen began to run. She let her moth
er's hat fall into a mud puddle, and
as she stumbled over a rock and fell
her mother's glasses fell off and
broke.
Helen was so frightened she did
not know what to do, so she went
back home Very tired.
Her mother was looking for her
when she saw he daughter coming
up the walk all mud -he didn't know
what to do.
She took Helen into the house,
changed her clothes and asked her
what was the matter. Helen told
what happened, and her mother said:
"Why, Helen, didn't I tell you you
could not play with my glasses?
( "Ye-e-es, and I'm sorry"
"You must bo ud to vour bedroom
and stay until the supper bell rings."
Helen ran upstairs sobbing and
crying, and she never did anything
that her mother torn ne: not to ao
again.-' ; ,
' Indian Cave Spring.
By Elsie Tews, Aged 13 Years, Pine
bluffs, Wyo. Blue Side.
' The Indian cave soring is ill sec
tion 33, township 12, range 56, in the
northeastern part of Colorado! The
cave is formed by a big rock which is
about eight feet wide now, but at one
time must have been at least as wide
again, sixteen feet long, and about six
feet high on the average. It is lo
cated in a narrow draw which begins
at the cave. In one corner of the
cave is a spring of pure cold water
which .runs fifty yards and is then ab
sorbed in the ground. The celling'
rock of the cave has been decorated
by Indians in times gone by with ani
mals and birds and hunting scenes.
The spring is quite a picnic and outing
place and in the rock the initials and
names of hundreds of campers and
pleasure seekers bear -everlasting tes
timony of their visit. , . ,
Sparrows Build Nest
By Marie Cooper, Wallace, . Neb.'
, ' Blue Side.
I was pleased to see my letter in
print and so will write again.
One day as Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow
were flying around looking for a
place to build a home Mr. Sparrow
spied a place in a barn that would
make a nice home. He told Mrs.
Sparrow about it and she thought it
would make a nice nest, too. - ,
' So they began at once to build
their home.
Mr. Sparrow helped Mrs. Sparrow
make a nest, v They gathered up
straws and feathers and soon they had
a nice nest In a few days there were
four little speckled eggs in it. One
time as Mr. Sparrow came home with
some bugs and worms for Mrs. Spar
row he found four little open mouths
awaiting his arrival.
Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow kept bring
ing their children worfns to eat until
finally Mr. Sparrow asked Mrs.
Sparrow if they had not better teach
their children to fly. She thought so,
too.
The children learned fast and soon
they grew up and flew away.
And the next year the children
built their nests in the same barn.
Prize Book Interesting.
By Luelia Gibson, Aged 12 Years,
Dodge, Neb. Blue Side.
I thank you very much for the prize
book that I received not long ago.
It is very interesting. The name of it
is "Legends of Old Honolulu."
I will now tell you about my gar
den. One evening papa plowed and har
rowed the garden spot, and as
mamma's health is poor, he said my
sister and 1 would have to plant the
garden and also take care of it.
One afternoon when we came home
from school, mamma had gone for a
car ride. So we girls started planting
our gardens.
I have my garden and my sister has
hers.
: In about a week my garden came
up. I keep it very clean and I water
it every evening.
My lettuce leaves are now twelve
inches long and nine inches wide
sfter it has been cut twice. I am
using my fourth planting of radishes.
I also have lots of the little "English
breakfast radishes."
My onions are three inches sround.
The beans have little beans set on
them. My peas are large enough to
use. My cabbages have little heads
started. The tomatoes are one foot
tall. Some of them are in bloom, and
my sweet corn is thirteen inches high.
My sister has a nice garden, but
she is much older thsn I am.
Different Kinds of Nests. '
By Agnes Nielson, Aged 12 Years, R.
F. 6. No. 3, Box 14, Fremont, Neb.
Red Side.
I am going to write and tell you
about the different kinds of birds'
nests. I have four doves, two barn
swallows and two wrens. The doves
made their nest in a tree down by the
creek. They made their nest of
straw and dry weeds. They have
?oung ones. Two of them can soon
ly. The barn swallows made their,
nest in our barn, of mud and sticks.
They have no young ones yet.
The wren made their nest of sticks
and feathers in our mail box. They
sing very sweetly. If you get to talk
with them I am sure they would tell
you of the mail carrier. Sometimes
when I go to get the mail he has put
the paper over their nest nLney
can't get in. They laid six eggs, but
they have y6ung ones now. One of
the eggs looks like a sparrow's egg,
but has not hatched yet. This is all.
Good-bye. i
My Experiences in Gardening.
By Helen Ballou, Aged 11 Years,
1421 K Street, Columbus, Neb.
. Blue Side.
I am in the school gardening con
test. My garden is eight feet bv
fourteen. In the spring I planted rad
ishes, onions, beets, beans and let
tuce. Later I planted tomatoes. All
those who were in the contest plant
er them.
I have sold radishes, onions, lettuce
and beets from my garden. We make
an account of all we sell, all the work
we do and all we buy for the garden.
In the spring my brother spaded
it and I raked it and planted the seed.
The supervisor comes around and
sees how the gardens are. Next fall
prizes will be given for the best gar
dens. I will be in the Seventh grade next
year.
""'' Boy Volunteer.
By Kenneth Ayers, Aged 8 years,
Hebron, Neb. Red Side.
I see in the Busy Bee page that
you need a few boys in your ranks.
I am a boy 8 years old. I want to
Join the Red Side. This is my first
letter. I am going to try to win a
prize. I. don't care what it is.
, Enjoys Automobile.
. By Elsie Strodtman, Aged 10 Years,
Bclvidere, Neb. clue Side.
. One day . papa and mamma went
to Hebron, bought a car and did not
tellus. We knew that papa said one
day he was going to get one. We
asked papa if he got one, and he said,
"No", and we all felt yery sorry. Ona
Kaiser's Grandson Officer in German Navy
las
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Hai 'tit I
WliLlAM OF PRUSSIA
According to. a traditional custom
of the Hohenzollern house, . Prince
William, eldest son of Crown Prince
Frederick William and heir presump
tive, was enrolled in the army on July
4, his tenth birthday. He was ap
pointed a lieuteant of the First Guard
infantry. The prince, like his great-
day he brought it out and we all
were very. glad. I like it fine, and the
rest do too. but I was very glad it
is a Maxwell. Papa has eleven good
work horses, but the Maxwell beats
them all. I did not like to live on a
farm before we had a car, now I en
joy it. I hope to see my letter, in
print. My smallest brother can
walk.
My Experience in Gardening.
By Belle Robinson, Aged 11 Years,
Box 294, Tekamah, Neb. Blue Side.
I planted a sarden this year. The
garden was of two kinds a flower
and a vegetable arden. . In the flower
garden I planted asters, verbenas,
sweet peas, fever few and touch-me-nots.
Papa fixed a fence around some
ground for me and I planted my
seeds, which all grew fine. I hoed
and watered them whenever they
needed it.
In my vegetable garden I planted
radishes, lettuce, turnips, peas, beans,
corn, potatoes and onions.
I dug little ditches with my hoe and
planted my seeds.
They all grew fine. The radishes
were very good and the lettuce very
tender.
I watered and hoed my garden.
which is very good.
1 wish some of the Busy Bees could
see it
Stop Thief.
By Bertha Siegel, Aged 13 Years, 1930
South ZUth. Omaha, Neb.
Red Side.
Mrs. ' Monet had been , baking
apple pies. It was a tiresome task,
but the children liked them. Finally
she was done and setting them on
the pantry window, went in to clear
away the dishes. Then she remem
bered something and went into the
fiantry again. She had some dough
eft over from which she intended
to make a. pie later on. She put it
in one pie pan and covered it up
with another one and put it on the
shelf with the pies.
Along came Mr. Hungry Tramp.
He saw the pies and went into the
yard. He was just about to take
the biggest one, when he heard a
footstep, -and taking the one that was
nearest to him he ran. But Mrs.
Mowner had seen him and taking
a yardstick, she ran out yelling,
"stop thief I' 'stop theifl' 'police I"
But, the thief or tramp ran on and
so did she.
For manv blocks she chaaed him.
and finally the tramp got so tired he
Stories of Nebraska History : : By A-E-sheldon
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. NEBRASKA AS A STATE
(Continued from Last Sunday)
Governor Robert W. Furnas In
1872 Robert W. Furnas, republican, of
Brownville was elected governor. He
served two years, years of hard times
and distress, and then returned to
his farm and orchard at Brownville,
there to become a leader in Nebraska
agriculture during the forty years of
his life which followed.
The Hard Times of 1873 Many
lardships and discouragements were
met by the newcomers. There were
prairie fires, grasshoppers, drouths
and Indian raids. Then hard times,
called the panic of 1873, came to the
wnole country., nearly an tne ne
braskana were afrmers. The prices
of everything the farmer had to sell
went down very low, so low that It
would hardly pay to haul to market.
As railroads were very few and far
between most of the Nebraska farm
ers had to haul their produce a long
distance, some of them fifty to 100
miles, to reach a market at a railroad
town. Wheat sold as low as 4U cents
a bushel, corn as low as 8 cents, eggs
5 cents a dozen, butter 8 cents a
pound, cattle and hogs 2 cents a
pound. For several years the set
tlers burned twisted hay and corn for
fuel Some grew discouraged and
moved back east, but others stayed,
worked harder, saved, and kept their
homes. -
Governor Silas Garber In the four
or five years following 1870. pioneers
pushed out and settled the Repub
lican valley region in the southwest
ern part of the state. Prominent
among these pioneers was Silaa Gar
ber, republican, of Red Cloud, who
was elected governor in 1874 and re
elected in 186. During his term the
present state constitution was adopted
and the larger part of the Indians re
moved from the state.
The Removal of Sioux, Pawnee and
Ponca Indians In 1876 war with the
Sioux Indians broke out on the Ne
braska border. The chief cause of
this war was the rush of white men
into the Black Hills, the Indian coun
try, for gold. The roads most traveled
to the Black Hills led from the Union
Pacific railroad across northwestern
Nebraska, crossing the North. Platte
at Camp Clark bridge. Thousands of
people traveled these roads and had
frequent fights with the Sioux In
dians, who claimed all the country
north of the Platte. When peace was
made, the Sioux ceded all their land
in western Nebraska and removed to
South Dakota. The Pawnee and Pon
ca tribes were removed to Oklahoma
in 1875 and 1877, and thus nearly all
of northern Nebraska was opened for
settlers.
. The Grange in Nebraska During
these hard times the farmers' move
ment took form in Nebraska, Too
many middlemen, too little money, too
high railroad rates and unfair taxes
were among the complaints 4 the
hrmers. In the granges, which were
secret societies meeting in the coun
try school houses, they discussed the
evils of the times and p'.ans to re
move them. Open meetings to which
all were invited were held. There was
deep and earnest debate on hard prob
lems. ' Women also took part in there
meetings and in them the foundation!;
of future farmers' movements were
laid,
The Good Templars, Red Plbbon
Clubs and Crusaders The temper
ance movement also became active ot
this time and spread through a se
cret society, the Good Templars. It
grew rapidly for a number of years
and was aided by Red Ribbon clubs
and . by the Crusaders, bands of
women who prayed and sang in sa
loons and on the sidewalks in order
to induce people to stop drinking.
There was intense feeling for tnd
against both the grangers and the
temperance agitators. Tne eifect of
the debates held by them during the
hard times was apparent through
alter years.
Irish, German, Swede, Bohemian,
Russian, Danish, Polish and French
Colonies In this period from 1870 to
1880 many colonics of settlers came
to the state. Irish colonies settled in
Holt county in 1874 and Greeley
county in 1877. Germans settled in
Madison, Stanton and Thayer coun
ties in 1867-1870. The Swedes set
tled in Polk and Saunders counties
abont 1870 and in Phelps and Burt
counties about 1880. Bohemians
founded colonies in Knox, Colfax.
Saunders and Saline counties about
1870. Russian Germans began to set
tle Jefferson county about 1874 and
extended their settlements into Clay
and Hamilton counties. Danish, Swed
ish, Bohemian and Polish colonies
found homes in Howard and Valley
counties. French settlements were
snade in Richardson, Nemaha, .Ante
lope and other counties, - Each
these nationalities added a new ele
ment to Nebraska life, making our
population more varied and interest
ing. Each has done well its part in
building up a great state.
: (Continued Next Sunday.) :,
grandfather. Emperor William I, who
became a lieutenant in 1807, begins
his military career in the midst of a
great war. Prince William also was
given an honorary command with the
Second Guard. Landwehr regiment.
His mother was the Grand Duchess
Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. .,.
thought he'd rest So he turned the
corner and sat down. But, Mrs.
Mowner was upon him, she grabbed
the pan, but saw it was not the pie
but the flour 1 She started to laugh
and told the 'tramp to come home
with her and she'd give him some
lunch.' Mr, Hungry Tramp - went
with her and got the best dinner
he'd had for months and some pie
too. . ' . V '
So Mr. Hungry Tramp won, but he
wasn't hungry any more that day for
he'd had a big dinner.
Tommy's Escape.
By Earl Miller, Aged 12 Years, Bruns
wick, Neb. Blue Side.
One day Tommy ran away with his
gun and thought he'd hunt a bear in
the forest, so he loaded his gun and
walked half a mile till he came to the
forest He walked up to a bear's den
and waited till a bear came out and
he got tired waiting, so he got some
sticks and leaves, set them afire and
the smoke went itno the bear's hole.
Soon he heard a low growl and saw
a bear's head appear. He did not
have his gun loaded, so he walked up
to the bear and shouted, "Come on if
you want to fight," and he hit the
bear on the nose and the bear rushed
at the boy, and Tommy ran to a tree,
but could not climb : it . Just as
Tommy .got ready to run the bear
was close to him. The next instant
and the bear had .Tommy around the
waist to squeeze the life out of him,
when, "bang," a gun reported and the
bear loosened his hold on Tommy and
fell to the ground. Then two hunters
appeared and took Tommy home and
tommy got a whipping trom his
father and promised never to run
away again.
Pony Eats Sugar.
By Agnes Hoschav, Aged 10 Years,
La Platte, Neb. Red Side.
I have three ponies, but only two of
them are mine. The one that doesn't
belong to me will get up on a chair
and eat sugar out of your hand. Do
you give buttons out? The other big
one will not eat sugar, but she will
eat dry bread and apples. She is
blind and has a little colt.
Can I write a little about the birds?
I put a bird house up and some birds
have built a nest in it. Once papa was
over in the lot. . He saw some little
birds in a nest had fallen down. .This
will be all for this time.
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' Likes Prize Book.
By Noreen McCoy, Aged 10 Years,
Papillion, Neb. Blue Side.
I received my book with great joy.
It certain'v was a fine book. I am
reading it now, but I haven't read
very much in it yet. I am a very
great person, after books. I like to
read very much, and I had just about
finished my other book.
Raises Ducks.
By Ernestein Henry, Aged 10 Years,
Tekamah, Neb. Red Side.
My sister lives seven miles out in
the country and one day when papa
went out there she gave him nine
duck eggs. He went Monday, May 1,
and I st the eggs Wednesday, May 3.
On Tuesday, four weeks later I
was surprised to find live ducks out I
ran to the house to tell mamma about
them. That night .there were eight
ducks. I told mamma and she brought
them in the house, hen and all. The
next day one of them got wound up
in the hen's feathers and before we
could get it loose it died.
I have seven now; they will be -a
month old Tuesday, June 27.- Five
are black and two are yellow. They
are awfully cute.
I am raising chickens too.
I helped mamma to plant the garden
and take care of it, so she gave me
a part of it. 4
1 hope to win a prize some day. .
Tig Climbs Roof.'
By Verda Siekkotter, Aged 10 Years,
Gretna, Neb.. Blue Side.
We have a little black dog and
his name is Tige. This spring my
two brothers ' and my father were
building a hay shed and they were
shingling. (One of my brothers
helped Tige lip. The nextday they
were all up on the shed, Tige got lone
some and climbed up all by himself
and got on top. Ever since ,that he
climbs up a ladder. i
What
Women Are
Doing in the World
George A. Custer Woman's Relief
corps will hold its regular meeting
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
Memorial hall, in the court house.
On Monday Mrs. Blanche Young en
tertains the Custer Trio club at her
home, 723 North Twenty-second
street.
The Scottish Rite Women's club
will hold a family picnic at Elmwood
park Thursday, with a picnic supper
at 6:30 o'clock. '
The Sermo club will give a picnic
Tuesday at the cottage of Mrs. G. T.
Lindlay, at Carter lake.
Vesta Chapter Kensington,. Ordnr
Eastern Star, meets Thursday at the
home of Mrs. .. L. Dodder, 2218
Burt street.
T. C. Webster will lead the prayer
meeting of the Business Women's
council Tuesday at the court house.
Luncheon will be served by the
King's Daughters of the First United
Presbyterian church between the
hours of 11 and 2.
General Lawton auxiliary to Camp
Lee Forby, United States War Vet
erans, will hold an ice cream social
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Fero, 2753 Burt street, Wednesday
evening. Spanish and civil war veter
ans and the relief corps have been in
vited to attend.
The Society of American Widows
will hold its weekly meetings at 206
Crounse block, opposite the postof
fice, Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock,
and Thursday evening at 7:30.
The B. L. S. club of Benson gave
a card party and social at St. Ber
nard hall Thursday afternoon. Prizes
were won by Mrs. J. J. Anderson,
Mrs. Harry Knudsen and Mrs. A.
Frost of Omaha. ,
The "Beautifying Benson" contest
inaugurated by the Benson Woman's
club some time in April closes this
week. Planting gardens, improving
back yards or vacant lots has been the
principal work and the club members
feel that a great deal of good has
been done. The second lot of pic
tures will be taken this week and
submitted to judges for decision.
West Ambler
Social Activities
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith left
Monday for Bertrand, Neb., on a visit
to Mrs. Furman, the aged mother of
Mrs. Smith. ...
David Johnson leaves Sunday for a
trip to Chevenne.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Webber had
as their dinner guests Tuesday Mrs.
Webber's brother), George Stanley,
and family; Mrs. I. A. Miller and
Messrs. L. Johnson of South Da
kota and George Johnson of Lincoln.
Mr. Edward Dawson and wife of
Grand Island have been the guests
of Miss Marie Carlsen and mother
the last week. ,
Miss Mary Anderson of West Side
left Monday to spend the. summer
with her aunt in Minnesota.
Rev. O. Myers and wife went to
Murray, la., Monday to spend the
Fourth with Mr. Myers' parents.
The homes of Louis Krummerer on
South Fifty-fourth street and D. V.
Renner, South Forty-sixth street,
were both brightened Wednesday by
the advent of little daughters.
F. A. Iolbrook has been spending
the week with his family here. He
will return to Colorado Monday.
John Anda of Twenty-ninth and
Castelar street was married Wednes
day to Miss Anna Bernhardt, young
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Bernhardt, Fortieth and Francis. Af
ter a wedding trip to Denver they
will be at home at the above address,
where a new home has been built by
the bride's father.
Mrs. Oscar Morresson of western
Nebraska has been the guest of form
er West Side neighbors this week.
Mrs. Carl Neilsen entertained the
all-day meeting of the Ladies' Aid
society at her .home Thursday.
Mrs. Martin Johnson gave a dinner
Wednesday for Mr. and Mrs. Will
Johnson and Misses Ilene McCleary
and Madeline Dorsey of Des Moines.
Mrs. R. L. Gustorfsen arrived this
week from Holdrege, Neb., to spend
the summer with Mrs. Carl Neilson.
Miss Gurtha Long came home Sun
day evening from a week's visit at
Cedar Creek.
Mrs. R. G. Sutton gave a kensing
ton Friday afternoon to the new of
ficers of the Royal Neighbors. The
guests were: Mesdames E. Groman,
J. Wisler, Will Johnson, E. A. Winn,
F. Dunn, George Cole, A. Gretchel,
F. Cockayne, T. E. Kern, W. L. Gil
more, J. Cole and Miss Lydia Wisler.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jensen enter
tained at their new home 'in Ecker
man for Mrs. Jensen's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mertin Johnsen, Mrs. E.
Boyer and family and Mra. and Mrs.
Will Johnsen of West Side.
Miss Marguerite Thompson came
home from the Fremont Normal to
spend the Fourth with her parents.
Mrs. S. E. Weston was surprised by
her neighbors Wednesday. They
escorted her to Miller park for a
picnic.
- The West Side Women's Christian
Temperance union will hold their an
nual picnic at Elmwood park next
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Grover enter
tained at dinner Tuesday at their
home in Eckerman for Mr. and Mrs.
J. Fulmer, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Clag
get and Mrs. Earl Stevens.
Mrs. Frank Cockayne and daughter
Bertha went to Glenwood, la., Tues
day on a visit to her niece, Mrs. J.
Bostoclc Mrs. Cockayne returned
Thursday. Miss Bertha will spend
the summer there.
W. R. Abrahanssen and wife ate
spending the week-end with her
brother, David Johnson, and wife in
West End.
Miss Martha Garman entertained
the following young women at a
birthday party at her home on Forty
eighth and Pierce streets Thursday.
Misses Martha Smith, Hallie Zorn.
Violet King, Rose McDermott, Mariai
Tullts, Alice Hawkinson, Mildred and
Helen Anderson, Madaline Young,
Tillie and Elizabeth Hodobler anc
Edith and Guida Jepson.
Florence
Social Items
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas and
family left Friday for Canada, where
i hey will visit relatives artii friends'
or a few weeks. I
Born to Mr. and -Mr. JlJiViJUa
one, July 4, twin bovs
Mrs. Arthur Lewis of Omaha was
rlie guest of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Ren
inger at a luncheon given Thursday
vening.
Miss Babe Miniun left Sunday for
remont to visit with friends until
..fter the Fourth.
P. J. Thies of Ogallala spent the
fourth in Florence visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reninger and
family were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William Kindred at a dinner
party Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H, Olmsted enter
ained a party of sixteen at a picnic
ilinner on the Fourth.
Mrs. Harry Brown of St. loseph,
Mo., arrived Sunday tu spend sev
eral days as the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Miniun.
Mrs. Siestra of St. Joeph, Mo.,
is the guest of her daughter', Mrs.
Willis Avery.
O. L. Blackmond left Wednesday
fur Kansas City to spend several
weeks on business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jacobberger
were the guests at luncheon of Mr.
tnd Mrs. O. L. Blackmond Sunday.
Russel Routt and Joseph Shellbcrg
i f Fremont spent Sunday in Florence
usiting old friends. ';
Mrs. W. H. Thotnas , anrl family
spent the Fourth at Lyons, Neb., with
relatives. . '
Mr. and Mrs. J. If. Price enter
t lined at a picnic party on the
Fourth when their guests ere Mr.
tni. Mrs. R. H. Golding and family.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Johnson, who(
noved to a farm in Colorado about
wo years ago, have said out and will
eturn to Florence t make their
aome. ' '
Mr anH Un S Pi Wallace, and
umily of Freeport, Ill.i are the guests
nf Mrs. Wallace's mother, Mrs. J. F.
Tracy, for a few days, i
Miss Pearl Gamble Of Omaha has
jeen spending the week as the guest
,f Miss Bernice Parks.
Miss Lura Holzman left Saturday
,iight for Kansas City to vwit witu ,
her mother for a few days.
French Musicals ,
To Take Place of .
(iennan m Italy
(Correspondence of Toe Aor.latd Firoa.)
Paris, June 1. An arrangement has
iust been concluded between- M.
Gheusi, director of the Opera fiorniqus
and one of the leading Italian pub
lishers, and the directors of the Scala
theater in Milan, the Cosianzi theater
n Rome and the Colon of Buenos
Aires, whereby French rausicai pro
ductions are to take the place hitherto
allotted to German and Austrian pro
ductions. This will apply to the
French operette and also. to French
librettists, who will be c'mimissioneil
to write the texts for various Italian
works. In this way it is hoped thai
the neglected French operette
come into its own again and oust the
Viennese productions, which have,
practically held supreme coutral for
several years.
By a reciprocal arrangement, the
Opera Comique will produce Italian
works even more profusely than here
tofore, and it is expected that many
Italian composers, wno so tar nave
ben little heard of outside of their
jwn country, will be revealed to the
Parisian public. From a 'financial
whit of view, the fact that South
America has adhered to the arrangc
nent, bodes well for French compos
:rs and librettists.
Wanted Some Want Ads in ex
change for lots of answers.. Phon
The Bee,
Bicycles Now the
Fad in London
(Correapondtrco of The Auodatad Pren.)
London, June 25. The war has
aused a distinct revival of cycling in
England. More bicycles are to be
ieen than at any time in the past .
twenty years. Thrs cheapest of all
sports is to a large extent taking
Che place of motor cats which are
gradually being pven tip for reasons
jf economy. VVomen find that the
ashion of short, wide skirts and high
oots is ideal for cycling.
No sooner did the government's
ampaign against the use of motor
cars for pleasure begin to bear fruit
han all the veteran cyclists arranged
i merry rally on a road leading out
-f London that was popular with
hem in years gone by. For one day
:he historic road w..s almost like it
was in the golden days. Wheel be
lind wheel, the machines came pur
ring down the last hill, and the vil
lagers stood by th-ir gates, as they
stood every fine Sunday afternoon
twenty years ago, to watch and iden
tify by familiar names the men who
once were kings of the road.
Machine to Enable
The Blind to Read
(Correspondence of Tne Associated Press.)
Vienna, June 25.--Dr. Max Herz, a
Vienna scientist, has invented a sort
of combination of talking machine
and telegraph which will enable the
blind to read with far greater ease
than the present cumbersome Brailie
books.
The principle of the new "device lies
in the conveying of Morse or other
telegraphic signs to the blind through
tlie sense oi, hearing. On the ma
cjiine are placed small records, each
oi which may cjntain a wnole story, a
written out in code. To produce
these records a further instrument
composed of two' Morse keys and
electric sounders is required, the soun
ders being connected with a needle
which cuts into the prepared wax
record. The records consist only of
long and short sounds and they can
be sold at extraordinarily low prices.
It is proposed through this medium
to issue a daily ' newspaper fpr the
blind. .
Out (Joes the Pet Menkay.
Battery Cs fueet of honof 1a' billed for
ejection In the Interest ot beslth. Lorenzo,
a weasened Utile monkey, aci'nted to know
he wi g-olng awav. He came out pf hla
case and went over to Anion. ne or tne
polo ponies now haullnv artillery.
"Come on here and set e:ir srna," laid
'John Mate. "We're e-'itna: to eun rsa out
of camp tomorrow becauaa Uui 3t. D. aaya
you're unsanitary." .
And when Lorenso toes tilt icoat mascot
of the First cavalry and cat that adoptad.
Battery B move out alao by rllrectloa af la