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4 C THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE! SEPTEMBER 3, 1916. LAY KEEL FOR NEW D. S. BATTLESHIP Keel of Super-Warship Call fornl Will Be Laid at Mar Ii'and This Month. TO BZ 1LECTEIOAL MAEVBL 3 s ! r s - t f ' A Sao Frani ;iaco, Sept. 2. Besides be ing an elect-fell marvel, the new su per-dreadnaught California, which ii to have iti keel laid probably tome lime thii month at Mare island navy yard, will be as near impregnable to mine and torpedo attackt as it is poi sible to make a modern warship. The r armor and other protection against - these weapons have been worked out ' in the greatest detail and embody many novel features that are the re sult -of careful study of naval engage ments in the present European war. When 'the contract for battleship Ao, 44 was awarded to the Mare isl and navy yard the name "California" already hid been given to battleship Xo. 40, under construction at the New York navy yard. Inasmuch as No. 44 was to be the largest warship to be built on the Pacific coast, the Navy department directed that the name of the one to be built at Mare island should be changed to California and Lhe one building in New York should be named the ew Mexico. For some time before the plans for the California were made the Navy department experts satisfied them selves by exhaustive tests that ves sets of the proposed construction could not be sunk either by striking a mine or torpedo attack, it is un derstood that the construction of the bulkheads by an improved method is mainly relied unon , to make the vessel impervious to torpedo and mine destruction. They are to be steel, but will not be rigid, at is the case in other ships. Also resistance has been increased 25 to 30 per cent. - . Main Engines Electric. The main engines will be electric, the electric generators Being anven by steam turbines of 28,000 horsepqw- er, tne sieam supplies nr oil Burning water tube boilers. Not only the type of machinery installation, but its arrangement is said to be entirely different from any ever adopted for any previous warship. It will be-fitted with two cage mast' bearing fire control platforms for controlling the tire at tne guns, similar to the familiar type designed by American constructors and now fitted on all battleships ot tne united States navy. Another feature of its appearance that immediately attracts attention is the clipper type of bow, instead of the conventional ram. The use of electricity throughout the vessel will be most extended. In addition to the main propelling en gines of the ship, the handling of the ammunition and firing of the guns will be done by electricity, boats will be hoisted in and out, anchors raised, the vessel steered and ventilating blowers operated by electricity. Other minor machines driven by electricity will be potato, peeling, which is performed in a separate com partment, the machine having ca pacity of 1,000 pounds per hour; ice cream freezing, complete laundry in stallation, printing machinery, food and meat grinder, kitchen and cake machine' of sixty-quart capacity, dough mixer of two barrels per hour and a dish-washing machine that will handle 1,000 dishes per hour. , Characteristics of Ship. ; ; P' The principal characteristics of the California are as follows: Length, over all, S24 feet. Breadth, ninety-eta feet. Depth, forty-seven feet, two Inches. . i Mean draft, thirty feet, three Inchee,1- Dlaplacemant let thii draft), I!, 300 torn. Hpaeai twenty-one knots ttwelve flours). . Fuel oil capacity (normal. 1,100 tone. ' Armament: Twelve fourteen-lnea Bfty-eallber, breech-' loading rlflee. i Poor eubmerved torpado tubes. 1 Twenty-two rive-Inch rapid flra tuna, Pour slit-pounder anna tor saluting, Two one-pounder gone for boats. Pour three-inch anti-aircraft guns, v One three-inch landing gun. Two thirty-caliber machine gun. ' I The fourteen-inch main battery guns are of an exceptionally powerful type, and will be mounted in threes, in four center-line, heavily armored turrets. ' The complement of the vessel is fifty-eight officers and 1,022 men. Every convenience, necessary for the health and comfont of officers and crew has been carefully thought out in this ship. . r - The name California previously was borne by an armed cruiser of the Pa cific fleet, rechrtstened the San Diego when her former name was assigned to the new battleship. The San Diego now is the flagship of the Pacific fleet It is probable the California, when placed in commission, will take her place, . Church Peace Union Makes, Progress with New Movement t orrtspondance OE The Aaaoeiated frees.) London, Aug. 15. The alliance for promoting international friendships through the churches, whiclr had its conception in the minds of some of the members of the Church Peace union, is making slow but steady pro gress in the work of setting up its machinery. The countries thus far included in its membership now num ber nine; viz.. Great Britain, Italy, France. Switzerland, Holland, Jor Miy, Sweden, Denmark and the United Slates. Owing to the extremely delicate na ture of the work of organization tmid the jealousies and hatreds en gendered between some of the Con i mental nations by the war, none of the officials in the work can be quoted for fear of discounting his effective ness in passing from one belligerent country to another. It may be stated authoritatively, however, that the pro gram of the alliance as indicated in the resolutions carried unanimously by the delegates at Constance, Ger many, meeting August 1 and 2, 1914, on the eve of the war, is being closely adhered to, despite the many obsta cles encountered. These resolutions affirmed that "in asmuch as the work of conciliation and promotion of amity is essentially a Christian task, it is expedient that the churches in all lands should use their influence with the peoples, par liaments and governments of the world to bring about good and friend ly relations between the nations, so that, along the path of peaceful civil ization, they may reach that goodwill which Christianity has taught man kind to aspire after." t Samuel Gompers Reviews Progress Made by Labor Daring the Year Greater Progresi Made in the . Securing Shorter Work Say Than Zver Made Before. GREAT BOOH TO WORKERS Washington, Sept. 2. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, made Dublic tonight a statement on "Labor's Achievements and Issues" for 1916, in which he characterized the past year as a remarkable one in the progress w m- labor movement, eS' pecially- b fhe shortening of the working day and in general labor legislation, l he statement, in full. is as follows: Labor day, 1916. brims to the workers of America the right to cheer and confidence in the trade union movement. There have been tests and crises that have Droved its fundamental principles; there have been opportunities that have tested its practical efficiency. Through them all the trade union movement has made sure progress and sained in confident vision for the future. Every national and international, every local union affiliated to the American Federation of Labor has made definite progress in securing for its members greater advantages in those things which are fundamen tal of betterment in all relations of life. In some organizations the suc cess has been phenomenal. "Taking the labor movement as a whole, there .has been greater prog ress in securing the eight-hour day or the shorter work day than in any other similar period of time. The meaning of these victories can be in terpreted only In the light of full un derstanding of the meaning of the eight-hour day. The shorter work day - is something more than an economic demand. It Is demand for opportunity, for rest, recuper ation, and development; things which make lite more than mechanical drudgery. ' Short Hour Workers Best Paid. "The workers whose whole periods are short are essentially different from those who are so worn by toil that they have neither energy nor mind for .other things in lifei They become more energetic, more re sourceful workers, with keener men tality and greater producing! oower. It inevitably follows that the short- hour workers are the best oaid workers. With every reduction in hours there is always a correspond' ina increase in wages. Wherever demands for the shorter workday and higher wages have been presented and urged by organized workers dur ing the past year, they have met with success. These economic gains have a potent relation, to the social side of life. ' :. "Shortening the period of work lengthens the period of development and for all of the other activities that belong to the normal individual. In creases in wages give the workers the means for taking advantage of the increased opportunities of the shorter workday. The workers of short hours and better wages become very different citizens from those who are so exhausted by the daily grind that they have neither the time nor the energy for thought nor aspiration. These gains mean better homes, bet ter . food, better clothing, time and opportunity for the cultivation of the best and the highest that is possible in the life of man. , ."Economic achievements are the basis upon which the workers can secure social and political progress. The power which secures these achievements is the power that will secure justice for them in every other relation. Shorter hours and higher wages give the opportunity and the means to live better and more pur poseful lives. Power through economic organi zation means political power. There must be an economic basis in order to give political activity reasons for existence and a program.1 By organ izing its economic power to .secure political protection and by adnering strictly to a non-partisan political program, the American Federation of Labor has yon glorious legislative victories. ''.-. ,v Organization Meant Opportunity. "The object of legislation which or ganized labor has sought to obtain is .always to establish larger and bet ter opportunities for life and freedom. Organized labor : does not seek through legislation to do things for the workers that they can do for themselves. It only seeks to estab lish for (them opportunities. This principle applis to workers in pri vate industry. In the case of workers in governmental employment, where the government is the employer and conditions of employment can be fixed only by legislation, then the or ganized labor movement seeks to, do something more than merely estab lish opportunity. It must secure legislation regulating conditions of employment. , . ., 1 : . lhe record of the legislative achievements of, the labor movement since 1W6, when the non-partisan po litical party was inaugurated, ia one of splendid victories. .The two most important are the seamen's act and the labor sections of the Clayton anti-trust law. The greatest thing in both of these acts is the advance ment of human freedom. The problem of human freedom was not ended by the work of Lin coln. There still remained a class bound to involuntary servitude, the seamen. The ' seamen's act brings freedom to these workers. It makes American soil sacred to freedom, a country upon which a bondman may not step without losing his legal fetters.- treed and give-man opportunity to protect themselves, the seamen are pressing their demands for higher wages and better conditions.. Section (r of the Clayton anti-trust act con tains the most advanced concept of freedom:' 'The' labor of a human be ing is not a commodity or article of commerce.' j Labor Power hot Commodity. "According to the. old-time ohilos- ophy, political economy, and legal thought, labor nor was a com. modity and an article of commerce in no way different from coal, potatoes and iron. Under this concept the most recent attempts have been made to hold workers in oppression and un der the domination of employers, but tne power to produce commodities is something different from the com modities themselves. It is personal, human, a part of life itself. Under WM(M- W- :si -"Vic V" 9 SAMUEL GOMPERS the concept that labor was a commod itv. and therefore orooertv. employ ers have tried to repress efforts of workers for progress and for larger liberty by punishing these efforts un der anti-trust legislation and by at tempting to restrain them through the injunctive process. It was to pro tect the workers against these abuses and to establish recognition of the concept that the workers and all of their attributes were human, that the labor sections of the Clayton act were enacted. In addition to these big achievements . many other important humanitarian laws have been enacted by congress, increasing in number with every session of congress since the. titty-ninth session. What , " Women Are Doing in the World (Prize Story.) Goes on Farm. By Leona Walters, Aged 11 Years. ' Albion, Neb, Blue Side, i I hive not written for a long time. lo I thought I would write and tell you where I am. I am at Albion, weo.1, visiting my aunt. They live on a farm. When I came I was sick for three days. I had eaten too much candy. I am having a very nice time and the air is much fresher than in town, the grass much greener. I get the cows every night, feed the hogs, horses and chickens and ducks; four little ducks died; one died day before yesterday, and three died yes terday. . I think the pigs killed them. It ia threshing time out here. I just got through cutting out a whole lot of paper dolls. They are all busy cooking out in the kitchen, so I came in here, sat down and began writing to the Busy Bee page. ' My uncle just came in with a load of wheat The three days I was sick 1 made my doll a lot of clothes and today I washed them all. I am hav ing a very nice time out here. Well, must close with "love to all the Busy Bees. llits is a true story. The West Side Woman'a Christian Temoerance union will hold its regu lar meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank Cockayne, 470J Mason street. The regular luncheon and meeting of the Business Women s council will he beld Tuesday from 11. to 2 o clock in the court house.- ine women of the Hirst Memorial church will serve luncheon. U. S. Grant Woman's Relief Corps will hold its regular meeting Tues day at 2:30 o clock in Memorial hall at the court house. ,' A regular meeting of General H. W. Lawton auxiliary to Camp . Lee Forby, Unite Spanish War Veterans, will be held at Memorial hall Wednes day afternoon. " ' Annointments of superintendents for the Omaha Women's Christian Temoerance union are announced as follows: . Evangelistic work. Mrs. F. A. High; temperance and missions, Mrs. 1, r. ieavili; parliamentary snu leg islation, Mrs. Alice Minick; 1 Loyal Temoerance legion. Mrs. J. Lane; mothers' meetings, Mrs. F. Hartnett; mercy and relief, Mesdames Sarah Powell, MrsL. Prather, F. Gallup, I. Stegner, t. tdling; medal con tests, Mesdames Edith bhinrock, U Lane, Belle Wilcox and Miss Blanche Young; jail and prisons, Mrs. U. H. Ahlquist; medical temperance. Dr. Jennie Laird:, scientific' instructions, Mrs. W. T. Graham; purity and art, Mrs. E. R. Hume; press, Dr. Jennie Callfas; domestic science, Mrs. J. J. McClair; Christian citizenship, Mrs. C. Nite; Bible in public schools, Mrs. Edward Johnson; Young People' branch, Mrs. C. L. Smith; social meetings and red letter days. Mrs. David Linn; Union Signal collector, Miss Grace Failing: foreign people, Miss Nellie Magee' soldiers and sail ors. Mrs. Cora Hoffman: franchise, Mrs. Paul Brady; Sabbath observ ance. Mrs.. J. A. Bryans; Sabbath school work, Mrs. Belle Seymour; flower mission, Mrs. H. Tunnison; juvenile court, Mrs. W. H. Mick; peace and arbitration, Mrs. H. C Sumnev, and literature, Mrs. G. W. Buck. West'Ambler ; Social Activities "V. Mrs. Arthur King and daughter, Violet, went to Manley, Neb., Tues day on a visit of a week'with rela tives. i ; . John Kenney of Galesburg, III., has been the guest the last week of his cousin, J. E. Garman." , Miss Marguerite Rodgers and brothers, Willard and Clement, re turned from Brush, Colo., Thursday. Mrs. Frank Cockayne wUJ entertain the West Side Women's Christian Temperance union Thursday after noon, September 7. Mrs. L. Anderson of Holdrege, Neb., has been the guest the last week of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baarman. Mrs. Frank Dunn and sons, Ken neth and Clifford, returned Wednes day evening from St. Joseph, Mo. - Mrs. George Nouns and daughter, Ruth, returned Saturday from a visit with relatives in Idaho.' Mrs. O. F. Myers left Monday for Collins, Ia., to spend a week with her mother, who will then accompany her to her new home at Delaware, O. Mr. and Mrs. John Wisler returned Wednesday from their auto trip to Sioux City, la., and Stanton, Neb. : Miss Ada Ganlz left Thursday for Hemmingford, Neb., to spend a month with her twin sister, Mrs. W. K. Ryder. .;. i . , Mrs, Clyde Stultt went to Council Bluffs Tuesday to accompany her step-mother, Mrs. Mary Cook of Portland, Ore., home for a visit, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steiner are en tertaining his brother. Earl Steiner, and bride, of Hastings, Neb. They will reside in West Side. Mrs. Frank Wellman and sons, Ralph and Roland, have returned The Busy Bees - Their Own Page, A! NEW BUSY BEE REIGN begins this Sunday. King Elvyn Hovell and Uueen Kutn Kibbel have retired and a new King and Queen have come to rule in their stead. Walter Wiese of Bennington, Neb., is the new King. Walter s stories are extremely popular with the Busy Bees for they are zxiccuuigiy wcu written inu niuai interesting, wiriam Aiosncr, in the Seventh grade at Farnam school, is the new Busy Bee Queen. Miriam's stories, too, are of the sort that make us eagtr to read the next on a Under two such excellent rulers, the Busy Bee page should prove most enjoyable during their reign, which will extend to the first of the year. Scattered votes for other candidates were received also. Simultaneously with thejiew term of office, school opens and the Busy Bee editor wishes success to all the little readers of this page. You have a fresh start to make, all of you with the same opportunities. Now it is up to you alone to do the rest. From Palmer, Neb., has come an interesting letter entitled "A Wild Ride," but the name of the writer was omitted. If the person who wrote it will send his or her name the story will be printed. Leona Walter of the Blue side wins the prize book this week. . Honorable mention is awarded Jeannette Marie Oliphant and Jeannetta Sloan, both of the Blue side also. A particularly neat letter was that of Edythe O'sen of the Red side. ... . ' Little Stories by Little Folk (Honorable Mention.) -! Works to Earn Kodak. By Jeannette Marie Oliphant, 402 south Garfield Avenue. Blue Side. Have any of you Busy Bees ever earned money to buy a kodak? I am working for one by helping do dishes and sweep and dust. Mamma pays me every week. I like to do house Work ' and ' cook and sew. I like to knead bread, but mamma won't let me. She said when I am older she will teach me how. I crochet and tat when I am through with my work I am crocheting a pair of pillow cases now. t-an any ot your Busy Bees crochet or tat? I suppose most of them do. - I think I will now tell you a little about my pet dog. His name is King. tie likes to get tne Dan tor papa wnen he plays ball When you tell King to shake hands, he will put his paw in your hand., We used to have another dog named Queen. She would roll over if you would tell her to. When ever mamma tells her to go and lay back of the stove, she would mind her like a child. We haven't Queen any more. We sent her to an opera tor at Fremont. I am going to write atorv ' everv Sunday if I can. I hope, Mr. Waste Paper Basket is vis iting his Pest tnend wnen my siory arrives. . 1 : , (Honorable Mention.) Prom Hilly Country. By Jeannetta Sloan, Aged 12 Years. rise duns, vvyu. oiuc smt. .. This is the first time I have written. I read the Busy Bees' page every week and eniov it very much. I live on a farm sixteen miles north of Pine Bluffs and like it very much. We get our mail every day and have a tele- from a two months' visit in Cali fornia. ' Mrs. I. E. Garman gave a dinner Tuesday evening for Mrs. J. Freeder of Florence and mother, Mrs. J. Fitz gerald of Chicago. The otticers ot west sum Koyai Neighbors gave a luncheon to the fol lowing members friday afternoon: Mesdames Frank Cockayne, William Vickers, C. Black, William Van Du-sen,- Will Span, Will Johnson, J. Boyer, S. Faulkner, J. Cole, E. Gro man and E. A. Winn. Mrs. Henry Baldwin left this week for a months visit with her daugh ter, Mrs. W. Baker, in Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. 1. Brewster returned Wednesday from a month's visit with relatives in California. Mrs. George Sutton left Wednes day for a week's visit to Plattsmouth, Neb., and will then loin a ttsning party to Rock Bluff. ': Mrs. Oscar Pickard left Tuesday to visit a sister at Schuyler, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Blackett have had as their house guests this week, is father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blackett, and brother, WaU ter Blackett, and wife, of Irymgton, neb., ana her sister, Mrs. i.naries Burritt. husband, and daughter, Mil dred, of Manderson, Wyo. - . Mrs. Frank Lockayne gave a party for her two daughters, Misses Bertha and Beatrice, on Wednesday evening. She was assisted by her niece, Mrs. 1. Wisler, and auat, Mrs. William Vickers. The guests were Misses El- data Gantz, ElTa Getcher, Hallie Zorn, Esther lohnson. bdith and 1 hn jepsen, Florence Wright, Ruth Lar ches!, Messrs. frank and jonn Getcher, Cecil Simmons, Ben Elliott, Harry Garman, Herbert Van Dusen, Carl Mitchell and Glen Wisler,:. - v . China Shows Interest , in . Naval Program, of U. S. Shanghai, Aug. 15. English news papers in Chinese treaty ports devote mucn space to discussion oi me American naval building program. Practically all the English papers have printed editorials on the sub ject in which they speculate as to what use the United States will make of a great fleet after it acquires it. The following comment trom the North China Daily Newa of Shanghai is typical of the English expressions: America obviously intends to nave big fleet. What, when it is ready. does she- intend to do with it? Pre sumably we shall get an answer when we know what 'undiluted American ism' means." phone, also a church, store" and school house near our home. There is some very pretty scenery here. One Sunday five auto loads from Pine Bluffs went to Pawnee Buttes in Colorado for the day. After .din ner most every one climbed one xf the Buttes. They stand several nun dred feet high. It is said a band ot Indians was driven by another band upon these buttes one time and held them prisoners until they starved to oeatn. i hope to see my letter in print. I wish to join the Blue Side. King and Queen of the Busy Bees Johnny's School Days. By Lucile Sonneland, 2805 North Sixty-first Avenue, Benson, Neb. Blue Side, t It was Monday morning. Johnny woke up bearing his mother calling him. : He wondered what she was calling him for, so he got up and went downstairs, where a terrible sight met his eyes. There on the table lay a pile of books, some paper and' pencils and a nice pair of shoes and a new waist He put the shoes on, then the new waist and wondered what the books were for. ' His mother told him . he was to start to school. Johnny began to cry.; "I don't want to go to anv old school." Nevertheless his mother took him. . He met his teacher and olavmat.es and decided it wasn't so bad after all. He passed every year and each year liked school life better, until he graduated. Then he went to col lege, where after a few years he graduated. Now he is working in the bank as bookkeeper. Now, Busy Bees, don't be cross be cause you have to go to school, but get ready and go. with a smile on your, face so you can work in the bank some day. it Jtsh JLSK A r Ik y.. - . y !- vs 4 i ' By Has Cat and Kittens. Therese Peterson, Marquette, eb. Blue Side. I am a new Busy Bee. I have never written to the page before. am 9 years old and will be in the Fourth grade at school this year. I will tell you about my cats and kit tens. I have three cats and seven kittens. Six of the kittens are very playful. They play almost all the time. . The othervone is small and he can hardly walk because he is so fat. I have also a dog and his name is Sport. Then I have two gold fish. Their names are Oscar and Adolph. I will close for this time, hoping Mr. Wastebasket is at a birthday party when my letter comeS in. Pet Dog Fido. By Edythe Olsen, Aged 10 Years, Weeping Water, Neb. Red Side. My dog's name is Fido. . He was only about two weeks old when we got him. He is black and white. My brother brought him home to me one night. He called me, so I went to see what, he wanted. When I came out he gave me this little dog. I took him to the house, and gave him all Many Changes in the Russian Council of Ministers Since War (Corresondenoe of Tha Aaaoeiated Press.) ' Petrograd, Aug. IS. -The recent resignation of S. D. Sazpnoff, for six year minister of foreign affairs in Russia, and the resignation of A. N. Naumoff as mjnisterof agriculture, to be succeeded by Count Bobrinsky, makes the nineteenth change in the council of ministers since the begin ning of the war, and leaves P. L. Bark, minister of finance, and L. K. Gregor ovitch, minister of marine, the sole survivors of the original thirteen members of the cabinet who held of fice in August, 1914. This record is remarkable in a coun try., where constitutional government has never developed beyond the em bryo, where ministerial responsibility, general elections, xotcs of confidence and other parliamenary procedures, which lead to the overthrow of entire ministries, are unknown. Before the war the average tenure of office was long, but during the last two years it has been measured by months and. sometimes by weeks. It is also in teresting that the frequent .resigna tions and dismissals have in the main borne no relation to party politics and that men have been replaced by others of the same party affiliations and without any conspicuous difference in political views, ? . In the case of each dismissal there has been a complete change in the personnel of the department and the ministry of finance -is the only one which has not been upset by an almost continuous series of appointments, dismissals and reappointments. - During the period of the war there have been two prime ministers, two foreign ministers, three war ministers and five ministers of the interior, i The ephemeral character of a min isterial post in Russia has provoked considerable comment, for the most part facetious or satarical, in the Rus sian press. "In the morning, vhen they wake up," says a writer in the Russky Slova, "all our minister do the same thing. Each one exclaims 'Thank God! I am still a minister t" For Ckildren'a Cent h. You cannot use anything better for your ehlM'a cough and cold than Dr. King's New Discovery. Contains nothing harmful. Guaranteed. At druggist. 6c Adr. : f he wanted to eat. I then nut him in the washhouse and he fell asleep. The first three nights he barked all night long, so the next night we let him stay out ot doors. He will- shake hands with us. We tell him to shake hands and he holds out his right paw. We give him a bath everv Monday. when we get through washing When we had him about two weeks he got sick and wouldn't eat for three days. The next morning my sister told me to feed him with a spoon. I did that tor two days. Then he was alright nis is a true story. The Sunflower. By Phyllis Covalt, Aged 13 Years, crescent, ia. Blue side. I am just the color of the sun with one big brown eve. I am tall and graceful, but nobody likes me except grandmothers who have gardens. I am very faithful and honest. Nobody takes time to listen and look into my way of living. The children say, "Why Ai A Ii J . . - jvu tut it aownr Dur one grandmother said, "If you children would just stop and study the sturdy flower and be more like it this world would be far better. It is always faithful to its god, the sun. The sun flower, no matter how small or how large, its bright face is always turned to the light of the sun, the way you should turn to the light of your God, and not be downhearted and gloomy, just look at the Sunflower and have a bright, happy face like it and you will always be liked by your little friends and be remembered alway for it." I appreciate your thinking my last story good and printing it. See Remains of Engine. By Albie Hajek, Aged 12, Clarkson, S Neb. Blue Side. ' One Sunday afternoon we went to look at an engine that fell Into a river a week before The man (hat was driving got killed. It happened at 6 o clock in the morning. When "we came there the engine was in the very same way as when it happened, only, that the man was not there. . After we saw the engine we went to my aunt-and uncle. We stayed there the rest of the dav. There wri other people beside us. We had a Dig supper and then went home. We are olannine to go out wear some time, and so I will write and tell you about .our trip later. About Hen and Chicks. By Marie Cooper, Aged 10, Wallace, - - Neb. Blue Side. I was pleased to see that I won "honorable mention.'! This spring we set a hen and she hatched six chickens. " After a few weeks she began lay ing. 1 She would go around singing tn her chickens like a laying hen. Her chickens would sit on the nest with her and wait for her to lay. They did that for quite a while and then the hen left them. The chickens still roost in their own home. . . This is a true story. blue and white, and the other two were all black. I cannot remember all their names, but the old cat's name was Buster. She was black and white. Then we moved to another place, and we moved her, too. Then in two or three months she had four more little kittens. But before they grew up we moved and took her and her kittens with us. But she did- not stay there very long. Just after sha ran away two of the kittens died and " an old torn cat killed the other two. This is a true story. , My Flower Gardens. By Ethel Schuman, Aged 14 Years, St. Mary, Neb. Blue Side. I have two flower gardens: but no vegetable garden. In one I have sweet peas and nasturtiums and in the other one I have phlox, carnations, pinks, kochia, balsam and verbenas. This is the first timeil have written to the Busy Bees cage. I would like to join the Blue-side and I also vote for Mildred Byrne for queen. I would like to correspond with the one I have chosen for queen, also Ethel De vinney of Blair and Margaret L. Crosby of Sutherland, Neb. Many Pet Kittens. By' Kofi Kerns, Aged 11 Years, Phil- I: VT-i. n , fi .nps, nco. diuc siae. . Once we got an old cat from our neighbor's. She was just a little kit ten. I caught her and took her home and put her in the barn and shut up the doors, so I thought she could not get out, but she did. Then I told papa to catch her. We put her back in the barn and in a coude of rlavs turned her out. A few months afterward she had seven little kittens. Two of them were black and white and three were A Question. . By Margaret Crosby, Aged 14 Years, Sutherland, Neb. Blue Side. ; We were spending the day with, grandmother on the Glenburine fruit farm. The house is surrounded by great, high trees, which makes it shady to play outside. Little sister and I were playing be hing the bunk house and were greatly surprised to see a white hen with nine little chickens and wondered whera she could have found them, as grand mother had not set any hens sine spring. i We looked about us and finally heard a little weak voice yeaping un der the bunk house. We looked and saw six white eggs that had not hatched, and among them was a ptiini. t ,i i . ., win., vijuig an ne was worm. The little soul, he was so cold and lonesome, and was trying to get warm among his brother eggs. I took a stick and gently rolled him towards me until he was in reach of my hand.. He was so glad to find one that took pity on him, and I ran with him into the house to grand mother and told the good news of my discovery. She took the fuzzy little fellow and gently laid him in a window in the warm sunshine. He began to get stronger until at last he would not stay in the window at all he was get ting too frisky for anything. When grandmother found that ha would absolutely not stay in the win- dow any longer, she made a nice, cozy nest in her deep work basket At first this was just all right, but every few minutes she would have to talk to him as if he could understand her, to keep him from yeaping, and at times she would pick him up and pet him in her warm hands. He milrl whe, whe, and be perfectly contented, but as soon as she put him in the bas ket he would begin yeaping again. Now, how did this little white chick en. With eves like two little hlarlr beads and only a few hours old, know grandmother from a basket? It finally got too friskv to in the basket. Grandmother had fin ished her sewing and had something else to do than to be a foster mother to a little chicken. So she took it out and put it with its mother. As soon as it heard its mother clucking it ran up to her in great glee and for- a,v. ib syci iitfu a Ktnurnor.ner. Now, Busy Bees, tell me how this chicken knew grandmother from a basket, or its mother from grand mother? Do you suppose it heard its mother's voice before it hatched out of the egg? - 's This story is a true one, and if you don't believe it: vou can come to th iarm and see the hen and her chicks. Thanks for Priae. By Edna Green, St. Edward, Net)., R. R. No. 1. Red Side. I am going to write you a letter and thank you for my prize book, which I received several weeks ago. The name of my book is "The Fall of a Nation," and it is a dandy book. Well, I will closei as my letter ia getting long. I thank you very much for my book. Wants to Be a War Nurse. By Ruth Tuttle, Aged 11 Years, Flor. - ence, Neb. Blue Side. This fs the first time I have written. Hope to see my story in print. Well, I will tell you why I should like to be a war nurse. I think I could be help ing some poor sufferer and be serving my country. I should like to be on the Blue- Sidei A Child's Prayer. Hazel McLellan, Sutherland, Nek . Red Side. A little child knelt by her bed And lifted her hands above her head. Said. "Lord, rorglve mr sins. forgive them. Lord, until I win. 'tBer " he little ona stead "And have htm ecatter treeloua seed! rather, show htm all the way That ha may follow day by day. V Toritre my prectoua darllnf mother IT I"" com. rather, keep her pure within rree from very ataln of etn. t "And there Is baby brolh-r Tet to be kept pure. And as he srowe Into manbood ' ' Keep his aim all sate and sure." t af k