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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 2. 191Y.
LL HAIL the new Busy Bee
Anderson of the Red side and
Ua!e and Rosalie Hertz are the
"toward is 10 years old and is
He is a "regular boy," fond of all sports, especially fishing. He loves to go
ishing with his daddy and older brother. He is very much interested in the
lioy Scout movement and reads all the book-lore of -the boy movement.
Howard is very bright in school, too. He has already skipped one whole
grade. t
Our Queen May is one of the most recent contributors to tlie Busy Bee
page. One of her first stories won firt prize recently. May's small brother
Frank, only 8 years old, also writes to the page and has won a prize, too.
May is 13 years old and was graduated from the public schools this June.
She will enter South Side High school this next semester. After that, May
expects to take a normal course to prepare herself for teaching.
With two such splendid leaders, the rkxt four months of their reign
should be very interesting and enjoyable.
Ted Colborn of Lakeview, Mich., an honorable mention contributor,
also received votes for the office of king.
The Busy Bee editor calls the attention of the Busy Bees to the excellent
letter on Red Cross work, written by Edith Weir. Edith's letters are al
ways in the prize-winning class, both for neatness of appearance and pen
manship, as well as the choice of subject and context. You will find her
letters praticularly interesting now that we are immersed in war. Because
iidith has won prizes in the past, the editor awarded this week's prize book
to Mary Lucy Dawson of the Blue side, whose letter is also a timely one.
Margaret Graham and John Hayduchek, both of the Red side, won honorable
mention. ' a mm
Little Stories By Little Folks
(Prize Story.)
Food Conservation Important.
By Mary Lucy Dawson, Age II
Years, 1011 C Street, Fairbury,
Neb., Blue Side.
I would like to know how many
of you can and like to cook? I think
it is about the grandest thing that
any girl or boy can learn, for your
L.iowledge in cooking is sure to come
in handy some time.
But,jf you wish to be an economi
cal cook you must use the recipes
that do not have so many of the high
priced food materials in them. Of
course, nothing is very cheap now-a-days,
but some materials are not so
high as others.
My mother is giving me lessons in
cooking and I tell you, Busy Bees,
she is some cook.
Here is something that ought to
make you not want to use such high
priced food materials, for remember
there are our soldier boys in France
and thousands of homeless and starv
ing people that need to be fed.
It doesn't matter eo much if we
do not have quite enough to eat just
o our soldiers 'have plenty to eat
so that they can win this war that is
causing the whole world to suffer,
and save our country.
(Honorable Mention.)
Trip to Colorado.
Margaret Graham, Age 11 Years,
Richfield, Neb., Red Side.
Just after school was out on the
21st of May, I started to Denver to
visit my aunt, and I found her at the
depot to meet me. Denver is a large
and beautiful city. I went to the
museum at the city park, which I
thought was wonderful One day we
went to a small place named Golden,
which is noted tot scenery. I saw
Mount Lookout, where Cody was
buried, and other interesting things.
When my visit was ended here I
went to Hugo to visit another aunt
They had a new car and we rode in
it most every day. I got word from
papa one day saying he was coming,
when he came my brother was with
him. They were trying to surprise
me, but I had already found out that
he was coming. After staying a
while we went to Colorado Springs in
the car. I saw the Garden of the
Gods and Cheyenne mountains, where
Helen Hunt Jackson was buried.
Then we went to the Cave of the
Winds. On the inside it was all
amethyst Then we walked part way
up Pike's Peak. The next morning
we went to Denver and that night
started home.
(Honorable Mention.)
' Learns to Swim.
Br John Haydricheck, Age 11 Years,
2638 Y St., South Side, Omaha,
Red Side
When I was learning to swim I
was afraid to. go far from the bank,
but I finally got used to the water.
Now I splash the water and duck my
head in. Afterward I went in up to
my neck. TmU was the deepest part
I soon learned to swim, but splashed
water in my face. Now I do not I
can float, swim Indian fashion, but
not overhand. I learned to swim
in Jetter pond. They do not allow
you to swim there now.
Red Crcm Work.
By Edith Weir, Age 13 Years, 3412
Dodge Street, Omaha, Blue Side.
In this morning's paper you asked
what we girls were doing for the
Red Cross.
One class of girls makes scrap
books for the soldiers. As some sol
diers are not able to read they enjoy
scrap books containing bright colored
pictures.
Some girls are also asking their
friends and neighbors for the small
scraps or balls of yam they do not
care for.
We are taking these and knitting
them into pieces fifty stitches one
ay and eleven or twelve inches the
other way.
They are going to sew these to
gether and make comforts for the
soldiers' beds.
Later on we are going to knit such
things as wristlets, helmets, sweat
ers and more complicated things.
I belong to both these classes and
find great pleasure in helping.
Grandmother's Fright.
By Florence Seward, Aged 11 Years,
1634 Victor Avenue, Omaha.
Blue Side.
A few weeks ago you asked us
to write stories about our grand
mothers, when they were small, so I
am going to tell you about my grand
mother. i&iny years ago, when my grand
mother was a young girl, she lived
at fort with many soldiers and
young girls. They had horses to ride
and many other pleasures.
. , The soldiers had warned them not
to go far from the fort, as the In
uians and soldiers were not on very
affectionate terms.
But, as the Indians had never really
fought a battle with the soldiers, my
grandmother and several other girls
thought they would go sec for them
selves. So hey ordered their ponies,
saying. ?We're not going very far."
So the guard opened the gates, and
Kintr and Queen. They are Howard
May Mansell of the Blue side. Frank
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away they went. Soon tVie fort was
just a tiny speck in the distance.
When they had gone this far, . they
stopped to rest a bit. All of a sudden
ray grandmother gave a half-smoth-tred
shriek. "What's the matter?"
asked several voices. "Indians 1" cried
she, "Look I" and sure enough', far
over theplain a band of Indians camel
The terror-stricken girls gave one
look, and in another second where fly
ing over the ground toward home.
They reached the fort out of breath.
"The Indians are coming I" they
cried.
Soon a shrill bell rung and soldiers
came running from all the houses,
with their muskets. "Get ready for
the Indians!" cried the captain. Every
man ran to a part of the fort, and
crouched down by a loophole.
Soon the great flock came in sight
They .seemed like a shadow moving
over the plain. Soon they came to the
gate. Instead of creeping up to shoot
their arrow, the chief knocked at the
gate.
("Heap big Injun, friendly with white
man!" he said.
Then the soldiers knew they were
friendly Indians. They opened the
gates and let them in. Then they held
out their hands, and said, "Heap big
grub I" This meant they wanted sup
plies. It happened that the soldiers
were nearly out of supplies, but they
gladly gave them all they bad to keep
Eeace. After the "Injuns had gone,
ow they laughed. The, girls never
ventured far from the fort after that
This is a true story.
Eats Too Many Cookies.
By Mary French, Aged 10 Years,
Honey Creek, la.
Alice was a very naughty little girl.
She never did anything her mother
wanted her to. One day her mother
made some cookies. She set them
in on the pantry shelf. Pretty soon
Alice came in from her play and saw
the cookies. She said,. "Mamma, may
I have some of the cookies?" Her
mother said, "Yes, you may have
just two because the rest are for
supper." Alice went in the pantry
and took five cookies, then went out
to her playhouse. She thought they
were very good. So she went into
the house and asked her mother if
she could have some more cookies.
Her mother said "No: they will make
you sick and besides I want them for
supper."
Alice began to cry and went in her
bedroom. Pretty soon her mother
came to the door and said, "Alice,
you stay here and Watch the house. 1
am going downtown for a few min
utes." After her mother was out ol
sight Alice went out in the pantry
and ate all of the cookies. Pretty
soon she heard her mother coming.
She ran out on the porch and got
their little dog and put it in the
pantry and shut the door so her
mother would think the dog ate the
cookies. When supper was ready
the mother went in to the pantry to
get the cookies. As soon as she
opened the door the little dog ran
out, but she did not see it. When
she saw all the cookies gone she call
ed "Alice, did you eat all those cook
ies?" Alice began to cry, but said
"Yes." Her mother punished Alice
so she never repeated such action.
. The Vacant Chair.
By Dorothy Rose. Elmwood, Kent.
Red Side.
In an old armchair familiar to me,
Sits my gray-headed mother;
She is thinking of me when I sat on
her knee. ' (
But now I am on her knee no
longer.
Though now her knee is vacant,
And she is still thinking of me,
What a noble lad I must be
When I left her knee with a kiss
from m
To serve my country.
Spoiled Peaches.
By Marie' K. Poulsen, Aged 13 Years,
Route 4, Box 80, Blair Neb.
. Red Side.
On afternoon Harry's father saw
him playing with some bd boys. Now
he lnew the cause of his boy learning
bad habits. He thought it best not
o punish him at the time.
I he next day Harrys father
brought in four nice peaches. He told
Harry to lay them away for a few
days until they became still more ripe.
Harry did as he was told.
Just as he was putting them away
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his father laid a rotten peach beside
the good ones.
"Father," said Harry, "the rotten
peach will spoil the good ones."
"Will it? Why don't the sound
peaches make the spoiled one good?"
And he shut the door and walked
away.
A week later he told his son that he
could have the peaches. - What do you
think Harry found? The four peaches
which had been so sound and good
were all rotten.
"This is just what I expected," said
Harry.
"My boy, I have often told you not
to play with bad boys, for, just as the
rotten peach spoiled the good ones,
so such boys will make you bad."
Harry never forgot what his father
had told hitn. He never played with
bad boys again. :
Changes Babe Into Fairy.
By Frances Bell, Aged 10 Years,
Osceola, Neb. Blue Side.
Redcap was a little fairy. She lived
under a rock. Site came out from
the rock every year. Redcap was very
lonely for there were no other fairies
that lived near her.
One year she went out in search
of adventure. As she flew along she
saw a baby lying on the ground. She
flew down to where the babv was.
There was blood lying all around on
the ground. A wild 'animal had kill
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EPISODE IX.
Prt StandUh Petri Whll
Hlih PriMttM .....Ruby Hoffman
Richard Canltk ..Warner OlaniT
Tom Carleton Henry Oeell
Carslake and Dopey had hardly got
tlear of the house before Dopey Ed
began to question the wisdom of their
course. He suddenly pointed out to
Carslake that dead, Pearl would bring
no ransom. Carslake saw the point
and they hurried back to prevent the
catastrophe, but as they reached the
ante room, Pearl had the safe door
open and the bomb exploded.
Both Carslake and Dopey Ed were
knocked out. Pearl, somewhat shield
ed by the safe door, was knocked un
conscious, but not seriously injured.
However, Dopey Ed was the first to
recover and as he rose and found
Carslake helpless, he got the idea of
making off with the diamond himself.
He took both stone and setting from
Carslakc's pocket and was rising from
his knees when Pearl descended upon
ed the baby's mother. Redcap took
the baby to hftr home. There she
turned her into a fairy. She did not
know what to call her. The fairy
had golden curls and a silver tap on
her head. So Redcap called he,r Sil
vcrcap. They lived together for ever so
many years. Then Redcap thought,
"I will soon have to go to the stars
and live, for it is the law of fairy
land that if you ever change a mortal
into a fairy you must change it back
into a mortal when you go to the
stars to live." For fairies never die,
but live on some stars when they are
tired of living on earth.
When t.ie time came for Redcap
to go to the stars she changed Sil
vercap back into a rhortal. Now Sil
vercap was an old lady. She had
lived with Redcap ninety-two years.
As soon as she reached earth she
died, for she was very old. Her soul
flew up to the stars. There it saw
a little fairy sitting on the stats. It
knew the fairy was Redcap. So it
lived on the star with Redcap forever.
Lose Propeller of Boat.
Mildred Bussell, Aged 12 Years, Heb
ron, Neb. Blue Side.
Early one morning we started out
for a picnic. We went in a boat. There
were twelve of us. We each took
something to eat.
We were on the water from 7
by George B. Seitz and Fred Jackson and Produced I
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him from the rear. The diamond
rolled from Dopey Ed's fingers, and
Pearl obtained possession of the set
ting, but he gave battle and had just
knocked Pearl out again when Tom
and the "Spider" arrived.
They had bribed the chauffeur to
show them the house to which Cars
lake had taken Pearl.
Dopey Ed leaped from the window
to escape the "Spider's" men. Out
side he met Carslake, who had recov
ered consciousness to find the dia
mond lying on the floor before his
The next afternoon Tom tried to
persuade Pearl to give up the whole
thing and sail for Spain. She refused
to consider such a plan, feeling that
it was her duty to find the formula
for the powder-death and destroy it.
Tom left her then, but presently re
turned to urge Aunt Mattie to talk to
Pearl.
In the interval Pearl had gone out
again, in response to a telephone call
o'clock till about nobn. They had a
little pavilion on the shore and we
i ate our lunch there.
After dinner we girls went out for
l a walk. We saw some very pretty
scenery. v
I About 5 o'clock we got ready to go
j home, but when we were about a rod
from the wharf we lost the propeller
to the boat. I he man that owned the
boat took a little row boat and rowed
back to the wharf, but he couldn't
hBd it.
So he came back and took us up to
the shore. We walked about two miles
in a thorn path. We girls had on
jocks so we got scratched.
We finally got to a house and the
man said he would take us to town.
We all got in a lumber wagon. It
was about 11 o'clock when we got
home. One of the men got a boat
and was out looking for us. This hap
pened when I lived in Texas. I was
then 7 years old.
How John Gave Himself.
By Rosaiia Hertz, Agei 13 Years,
2536 South Seventh Street,
, Omaha. Blue Side.
Coming home from school, John
rushed into the house.
"Mamma, Ned Carltort is going to
coast down University hill. May I
go with him? You know I havc'nt
tried my new coaster yet"
"Oh, mamma," said little Tilly,
John's 5-year-old sister, "you said
John would take me out when he
came home, from school."
"So I did, dear, but couldn't you
wait? It's too bad for brother to
lose that ride after his hard work at
school."
"Haven't I been at work, too? I
fixed up the room and put away my
dolls on purpose to go out. Please,
mamma please, John, take me."
"We will leave it to John to decide
which to do."
"Well, if I decide I can dp it in
quick order," said John. "I am off to
the hill. Pity if a fellow can't have
some time to play."
His mother said nothing, but tried
to hush the loud crying of Tilly. As
John swung the front door with a
loud bang he could hear his sister
crying and seemed to see his moth
er's sorrowful face. But he was in
a hurry and 'was on his way to the
hill. With one knee in the wagon
and pushing with the other foot, he
rode smoothly over the sidewalk.
"What fun I shall have at the hill,"
thought John. But somehow the fun
did not seem quite as nice, as it had
when he started home from school.
"Mamma had no business promis
ing Tilly I'd take her out." Then he
thought ot his patient mother, who
took care of both Tilly and Baby
Grace, and whom he knew had been
sewing all the time she could get on
his new suit of clothes. And again
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Under Direction ot Mr.
from Dopey Ed. Dopey Ed informed
her that he had broken with Carslake
and had the diamond, which he would
sell her for $1,000.
She drove at once to the address
he gave her, only to find herself in
Carslake's power again. He forced
her to betray the whereabouts of the
Setting, then telephoned to her house
to tell Tom that unless he brought it
to the Grand Central station before 3
o'clock Pearl would be killed.
One of the Arabs overheard this
telephone conversation.
Tom delivered the setting as Cars
lake directed, but an instant later it
was taken from Carslake's pocket by
Wiggsey Benson, a pickpocket. Cars
lake pursued Benson to an uptown
apartment, where he found himself
trapped by the High Priestess, whose
tool Benson was Threatened with
having his eyes burned out, Carslake
agreed to lead the High Priestess and
her Arabs to the hiding place of the
diamond. -
J3ut meanwhile, unknown to him,
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Six Years Old Tomorrow (Sept. 3):
Name. School.
Bomar, Mildred Farnam
Markwad, Verlynne H.... Lincoln
Nordquest, William N..Central Pk.
Xyc, Harriet.. Druid Hill
Pecha, Joseph Dupont
Seven Years Old Tomorrowr
Devany, John B So. Franklin
Gibson, Walter Cass
Goldstein, Leonard Cass
Grisnik, John ..West Side
Kruntorod, Joe West Side
Kyle, Robert Monmouth Park
Marr, Elbert Austin Central
Svoboda, Anton Train
West, Ruth Josephine Train
Eignt Years Old Tomorrow:
Allen, Lottie Cass
Asljng, Edwin G. H Castelar
Clarke, Marion Frances. .. Dundee
Hall, Mary Martha St. Cecelia
Henson, Felite B Saunders
Holzman, Harry Kellom
Kriz, Joe Dupont
Sorensen, Harold Walnut Hill
Swanson, Mildred Druid Hill
Trowbridge, Vila Saratoga
Nine Years Old Tomorrow:
Domonkos, George... H. Kennedy
Moorhead, Harley G. . .Columbian
Pierce, Edytha H. Kennedy
Salyards, Bertha Belvylere
Sana, Sam Picific
he saw that look on her face as he
came away.
"Bother it all," he muttered again.
"If I can't have a good time without
such a fuss, what's the use of Having
a new wagon?"
. "To take little sister to ride." John
turned. Who could it be talking to
him. No one was in sight, so he con
tinued talking to himself.
"It isn't as if I used rriy wagon be
fore. But to give up my ride this
first afternoon! I couldn't go Satur
day because we went to the park."
"Yes," said the same voice, "and
who stayed at homcwhen yu went
with Uncle Fred and had a good
time?"
"Of course women and babies must
stay at home more than men and
boys."
Yes, but little girls, and even ba
bies, can take rides on their brothers'
coaster wagons, and mothers like a
little time to read and rest," said the
same voice.
"That's so," said John, speaking
aloud for the first time; "and Tilly,
yes; and Baby Grace, if mamma will
trust her to me, shall have a ride and
mother have an hour with the birth
day book father gave her."
A few minutes later a happy-faced
FEATURING
PEARL WHITE
Deitz
Pearl had found it hidden in the room
in Carslake s hovse where she was
confined. She attempted to escape,
only to fall headlong down the stairs.
Her guards picked up her unconscious
body and carried it back to the inner
room, where the placed it on a couch
and covered it with a blanket.
As 3 o'clock struck they threw dice
to determine which of them should
carry out Carslake's emphatic com
mands and kill her Bill Rack threw
the winning number.
Meanwhile Carslake and the Arabs
had discovered Tom on their trail and
had interfered with his pursuits by
throwing knives and exploding the
rear tires of his taxi. , x .
As Carslake and the Arabs arrived
at the Forty-fifth street house and
climbed the stairs Bill Rack had just
raised his arm to stab Tearl's uncon
scious form.
They shouted, but not in time. Bill
Rack's arm fell and the knife plunged
into the girl's body (to the hilt I
boy was carrying Grace down tli
steps to the coaster wagon, with Tiliy
at his side. Carefully he pulled them
up and down the sidewalk, while their
mother could watch them as she sat
reading- her new birthday book.
Happy Mrs. Wilson, happy Tilly
and Baby Grace! But happier than
all was the boy John.
Why?
For no other reasoi) than becaus
it is more blessed to give than to re
ceive, and most blessed of all to givit'
as John did himself.
First Day of School.
By Laura Richardson, Age 10 Years,
521S Webster Street, Omaha.
BlUe Side.
Edward and Josephine Latimer
were discussing the teacher they were
going to have, while they were walk
ing to school.
Really," said Josephine, "I don't
think it's fair to give us Miss Pierce
again this, year, when we thought we
were going to have Miss Gibson."
"Of course, Miss Pierce was very
nice," said Edward, "but we wanted
Miss Gibson so much."
Hut at' that minute the bell rang,
and Edward and Josephine had to run
to get there in time.
When they got in the room, every
thing was dark, and Miss Pierce,
dressed in a sheet and pillow case cos
tume said, "all take seats, and then
Clara may pass a bag of popcorn to
everybody, Josephine may pass candy
and Paul may pass these. And she
handed Paul thirty-five little pack
ages. They all ate the candy and popcorn
and told ghost , stories. Then they
opened the packages, which contained
little gold pins in the shape of hearts
for the girls and stickpins for the
boys. Then they started the regular
school work.
When Edward and Josephine were
going home they said," We are cer
tainly sorry we ever said anything
against Miss Pierce."
Wants to Join.
I By Evelyn Chambers, Aged 10 Years,
1'owcll, Wyo.. clue bide.
I am a reader of this page and have
been for quite a while. I am 10 years
old and am in the-seventh grade at
school.
I have two Jittle kittens named
Bunty and Fluff. One Saturday aft
ernoon ftapa went to Cody and was
not expected back until Sunday after
noon. We had some neighbor girls
come to stay all night with us. That
night Carrie and my sister, Hazel,
were going to milk the cow, but she
chased them out of the pen. They
could not milk her so they just had to
leave her alone. About midnight papa
got home unexpected.
The next morning papa scolded
Hazel because she had not milked the
cow. The next night Hazel had per
mission to milk the cow, but she
chased her again, so papa did not
blame her.
I wrote a letter last week, but it
was not in print so will try again. I
would like to be a member of this
page and would like to join the Blue
side. Write to me Busy Bees and I
promise to answer every letter.
Has Auto Ride.
By Helen Blair, Aged 12 Years, 3713
North Twenty-second Street,
Omaha, Neb. Blue Side.
I am in the seventh B and would
like to join this page. I read the
Bus- Bee page every Sunday and like
it fine... I am going to tell you about
my aunt's visit. They only have a
two-passenger Ford, and they drove
to Omaha from Independence, la., in
it. The next afteroon they took us
out for a ride; first my two brothers;
then they took my mother and I
out to Florence and we rode all over
the suburb.
When we came back my uncle,
papa, my brother and I went uptown.
The next day they went home.
Has Shetland Pony.
By Blanche Stootsberry, Aed 11
Years, Route 2, Ashland, Neb.
Blue Side.
I like to read the Busy Bee page.
It is so full of interesting stories. J.
have one brother; his name is Ray
mond, ami ! e if 7 years old. I have
a little She. i pony; his name is
King. King ' . ; black as coal, not
a white spot o.i him. We drive him
to school. This is my first story.
A New Member.
Marietta Fleming, Aged 10 Years,
Avoca la., Blue .Side.
This is my first letter to this happy
page. I read the children's page
every Sunday. I am 10 years old.
I have two sisters, the second to the
youngest is 2 years and the baby is 4
weeks old. I would like to join the
Blue side.
Receives Prize Book.
By Frank MansehV Aged 8 Years,
2928 Vinton Street, Omaha,
Blue Side.
I received the prize book last Sat
urday for my first story to the Busy
Bees. I was much surprised and
think the story is fine. The name is
"The Boy With the U. S. Mail." 1
am going to write again in a short
time.
Fly Inspired Overture
By Famous Composer
It appears thdt no source is so
humble that the true-r-and trained
musician cannot gather inspiration
from it. It is told of Mendelssohn
that his beautiful "Midsummer Night's
Dream" music is indebted for at least
one of its effect to the buzzing of a
fly.
One summer day in the year 1826
Mendelssohn lay on the grass in the
Schonhauser gardens in Berlin, pjan
ning the overture. A friend was with
him, and as they lay there a fly
buzzed busily about their heads.
Mendelssohn said, "Hush! and
listened intently for a time. After
ward, when the overture was finished,
the cdmposer pointed to the modula
tion of the cellos from B minor to
F sharp minor in the middle sec
tion and said, "There, that's the
Schonhauser fly."
That overture has become one of
the world's musical classics and
Mendelssohn was a boy of 17 years
when he wrote it. -Los Angeles
Times