Special Page for The Omaha Bee's Busy Little Honey -Makers - t , KJi ,,j AH tin Leaws CI t th to (!D)riiiis towns ..... (By France Connor.) . 7 OLD north wind blew gale, j The leaves shivered and were cold. Said a little leaf of a great oak tree to a dainty maple leaf, "We are soon to wither and die. The north wind whispered it to me in passing through." ' ,'. ' "Oh, OhP sighed the maple Jeaf, "it is a shame that we must die; we have done our duty all summer, keeping the hot sun from ' little boys and girls and tired wayfarers; we have fanned away the hot south wind and made the trees beautiful and now it is soon to be over, how1 ter rible," and thcpoorjnaple leaf moaned in it grief, But that same night Jackie Frost came and whispered to each and every leaf: "Don't cry and sigh, for the best fun is soon to come. I talked to the west wind and he said he would give a ball for all the leaves and mother earth, said you might have her todancc upon." Then away he skipped from leaf to leaf, telljng each one the same story and the leaves all laughed and sang and talked of the balj.;- ; , U A , ,"' ." - "But how"? said they, "can we dance on mother earth, we are as fast to our trees as can be and cannot get away? Jiave we not tried wriggling and twisting this way, and that all summer? and are we not as tight as ever? Besides,; w cannot go to a ball fci our faded clothes. In the spring our gown were green, soft and beautiful, but now they re old and worn and the color is gone, oh, what shall we do,?" k , V ,,- Brand New Gown. Again came Jackie Frost and whispered to each leaf, "do not worry about your gowns, T pray, for you shall all have most beautiful ones, I shall see to it myself. I am an artist of great fame. I do the most won derful things. They believed him and were happy once more. ; That night Jhe painted alt the leaves and the next day when the sun shone they noticed their dresses were turning into the most beautiful coir orsj so they were quiet and happy as could be, for they wid not want to :spoil them.' , ; V..'- Presently the west wind came and said, "Tomorrow we shall have the ball, Jack Frost is to loosen you from your branches tonight; tomorrow when I whistle through the trees you are all to follow me." Then the, maple leaves looked around to see how atl the other leaves were dressed and admired them. - , "Oh, just see the oak leaves, aren't they beautiful? Did you ever see such gorgeous red or such rich deep brown. And see the maple leaves, just as yellow as canary birds." : V Other leaves were yellow and brown, some red and yellow and some yellow and green, but one was not more beautiful than the other, and no leaf thought there was one prettier than itself. v' '..V: , Jackl Frost's Return. Early the, next morning the west wind came as he had promised. He whistled through the trees and every little leaf shook itself to see if it was really loose. Some of them came hurrying down in a mad rush and tum ble, and flew away to the fields for their ball. A few of them could not get loose. They pulled and pulled and shook themselves, but they were still fast Jack Frost in his rush had not 'loosened every one, so he came back the next day to finish Then awayjhey all went, hundreds and thou sand of leave gathered In great crowds and danced for days and' day and traveled for miles. They seemed never to tire of dancing. ' After they had danced themselves into rags and tatters and were still a lively a ever, the south wind brought rain, saying; , "Something will have to dampen their spirits or there will be nothing left of them." . . So it rained and rained and the leaves piled themselves up fn the corners along the fences. Soon they became drowsy and went to sleep for their long winter sleep. , . After they had all found plaess and were fast asleep the east wind brought mow and covered them all carefully, thus they slept during the .winter,--.' .'.''. .-"t .-"'- ''-.''- - - '. " Little Stories -B; little Folks . (Prize Story.) . A Patriotic Poem. - By Edward Rath, St Francis, Kan., Route 3, Box 11, Age 10 Years. Let' talk it over, you and I, . Is there not something we can do , To keep the old rag waving high? Can we not serve tne country toor Can we not also do our share, Who are too young to bear a gunf hat little woman over there Has eriven to thcJlan a son. Can we not make some sacrifice? Must woman only bear the smart And pay our country's bitter price? fcnall Doys not also ao tneir parir There must be burdens we can bear To help the cause that's now begun. That little womanuover there Has given to the flag a son. Can we retain our self-respect, That bears no portion of the strife. Or walk about with heads erect And merely live the -easy lifer; Could we, that avoided care, Stand unashamed, when war is done Before that little woman there ' Who gave untohe flag a son? ; This is the first time I have written to this happy page v I wish to join the Red side. Now good-bye, Busy Bees. f Honorable Mention. V By Annie M. Rath, St. Francis, Kan., Route 3, Box 11, Age U. : It has been quite a while since I have written to you, so I thought I would"1 write today. . God bless our country's emblem That Floats o'er land and sea; God bless each waving star and stripe, And the men who kept it free Men who, 'mid smoke of battle; And murderous shot and shell, Held high the gleaming colors Of the dag they, loved so well. :" U '' ' v ' :. ' 1 -God bless it and preserve it, Our country' boast and pride, For love of which a noble host i Have bravely fought and died. No other flag that fans the air ( ? Shows, colors quite so true To us as, our own StarBand Stripes The dear Red, White and Blue. - I will close with love to all. the Busy Bees.- y : (Honorable Mention.) ',, A Good Girl V',': . By teona Anna Fahrenhoz, Aged 8 Years, Talmage, Neb.; I thought I would write to the Busy Bee page again. This is the second time I ever wrote' to the Busy Bee page. ' , J There was once a little girl named Rosa. One dav Rosa went out in the field to pick some goldenrod for her teacher. While she was picking flowers, where she found a thrush, its wing had been shot by some cruel boys. She took the bird home and bouqd up its wing. Her father bought her cage, and every day she took it out to let it fly, but every night it cams uacic, I belon club. To CK. , :i :. , n to the liberty1, Bell Bird Doay I joined and became a A BUSY LITTLE MAKER HONEY " J ' : J.J'aPpii'avi...i , ..-y : - ' u , &r . - -. ... - i, ' i 'S t", .. . I . , I , .- . . y A , ' . ' - ' ! t ,', , , ss Rules for Young . Writers v 1. Writ pUlnly es eoe (Ida of tb paper Dnljr and number the pafea. t. Cm pea aad Ink, not pencil. S. . Short aad pointed article will be g-Wea preference. la not ne over 250 word. ' 4. Original atoriea or letter only will be need. t. Write yoor name, ace and' addreu at the top of the first pace.' A prize book will be fives each week for the best contribution. - Address all communications to Chil dren's Department, Omaha Bee, Omaha, JhA. . 1 Lucille, doHtu Lucille John is one of the busy lit tle honeymakers and takes great in terest in 'the letters written by Busy Bee friends and published each Sun day. Lucille has a letter ' on - this page. member of the administration United States food I think if every boy and girl would like to help Uncle Sammy, join the United States food administration. Will some please write to me? A Trick. By iVma Nuquist, Aged 10 Years, . Osceola, Neb. Red Side. Tommy ywas a very mischievous boy One Hallowe'en he decided to scare some little children living next door. He wrote them a note telling them to be at the big stump in Green's pasture at 7 o'clock Hallowe'en night. " Tommy was going to dress up in a sheet and put a jack-o' lantern on his head. Hhad planned to walk quietly to the stump and then jump up nd scare the children. N The children's father read the note and thought Tommy was up to some mischief. " . That night the father followed the children to the pasture, Tommy was just ready to jump from behind the stump and scare the children when a hatiH reached around and jerked him rouszhly. Uif went the pumpkin and the sheet and there stood Tommy looking very much surpised. v 'Hj! Hal" lautrhed the father, "You thought you would surprise my chit- uren. out you were surprised yourself. of mischief, and did not try to play so many prank. His First Story. By Irvin Shimmenlfenning, Aged 10 Years, Humpnrey xeo.,, , Blue Side. , Dear Editor: This is my first let ter to the Busy Bee. I am 9 yeai;s old and I go to the public school in Tamos, Neb. ' I have two miles to wilk to school and I am in the fifth grade. "HVe only have five pupils in school. -1 like to go to school very much. ' Mv mother, sister and I. are going to Missouri next' Monday and I will be very glad, but I don t like to miss school. Now, I 'am staying at my grandma's house on a farm We were going ; to have a Hal lowe'en party at school but since I am going to Missouri there' are not' enough Jhere, so we will ' have a Thanksgiving party. . I have 20 pets, 19 rabbits and one cat. I have six black ones, one, white one with pink eyes and the rest" are gray and white. The cat is a Maltese. ... I-will close this letter, but I will write some other time. A FRIEND OF THE BUSY BEE. i , Two Little Rabbits. By Mildred, Henriksen Glen Lawn Farm, Thurman, la. Blue Side. I thought I would write again and tell you of a little rabbit we had last summer. We got two from my cousin who was then living at-Benson, Neb. I ' brought them " home for my little brother. He made a pen for them out of some boards and wire and turned them loose in there. But they got to disrKinsr out pretty bad. so he put a Jjoard floor in the pen. He fed and watered tnem every morning ana eve ning. Finally one died. So papa sug- Six Years Old Tomorrow (Nov. 5): Name. , School. Delaney, Lloyd . .. Pacific Gray, Hazel Matilda ...Hawthorne Hinzie; Charles Robert ..Saunders Kempf, Ed. Dolan. .Monmouth Pk. Manes, Sam ........... .Long Seven Year's Old Tomorrow; Enewold, Francis ....Sacred Heart Keller, Aloysius ... . ;.St Joseph's McAvoy, Ruth .St. Mary's Eight Years Old Tomorrow: Brick, Morns ......Lake Hoff, Evelyn .....Saratoga Kloch, Mary .........So. Franklin Rydberg. Nels Gosta ....Saunders Smith, Georgiana ....Train Valker, Elsa ............... . .Lake Nine Years Old Tomorrow: .Bercu, Bennic . . . . 'v . ... . . .Central Case, Nola .Garfield Doyle, Joseph ...7?..... St. Mary's Fisher, Anna ....... ...... .Kellom Green, Simon .Kellom Hawkinson. Howard...... Franklin v Hummel, Frank B. , .V. ..... . . Cass Leon, Herminia .... . i .. . . Ca'stelar Tady, Lillian ...... w .. . Comenius gested to turn' the other one loose, which we did. He was very tame, so he stayed around the house -where his pen was. One day we missed him, for he never came for water. We finally found him About a mile from our house. We knew it was him for he would come right up to us and get food. Well, we brought him home again. We, thought 'probably some dogs had chased hint away. ' , Fall in Nebraska. y ; .-, ' By Lucille John, Aged 11 (Years, Elm wbod, Neb., R. F. D. 1, ' Blue SidcN - , Fall is the most beautiful season of the year. It 'starts-in September and ends in December. 1 In early fall it is time to start to school. . J like fall better than the other sea sons. The sunrises and sunsets are more beautiful. Jfl fall than any other time of the year. The days grow shorter and they are pleasant in early fall, but they are cooler in late fall. The fields. of wheat ar.e green and the corn is ripening. Later in the fall the corn is husked and put in a corncrib. The leaves turn red and yellow and Lity r hysic lans Expl am they fall from the trees. The sumack leaves turn red, ana tney arc vciy beautiful. The pastures dry up and all the flowers and plants die. The golden pumpkins are ripe. The po tatoes are dug and put in the cellar for use. ' The apples ripen, and they are picked - and put away ready for winter's use. After Jack Frost come we go out and gather a big supply of nuts. The birds fly south' for theif winter homes. Hallowe'en comes iu October and we have fine times. After Jack Frost comes and the food is all stored away, we celebrate the great feast of the fall, Thanksgiv ing day. i ..- j Sometimes fall seems ad and mournful because the leaves fall and all the plants die and we are reminded of the time when we, tqo, will pass away . j ; , . Must Do "Our Bit." K By Helen Crabb, Aged 10 Years, 4016 North Thirty-fourth Avenue,. Omaha, Neb. Red Side. Well,' Busy Bees the cays are get ting short and cold. 7 We all are glad that we have warm houses and good clothing. ' ' -j ' I feel sorry for, the poor children who have no warm clothing, and live in cold uncomfortable houses. ' v.. Wiope all the Busy Bees will help the poor as much as they can. ". I , will sure be glad when spring gets here with the warm rain and sun. - 1 Of course, when winter is here we have lots of sport coasting and skat ing, and I'm afraid while we are hav ing so much sport that we somtimes j forget less fortunate and.needy chil-i drew..- '. ;" .. .. - . We must all do our bit, we aretb ing ourS as best we may for papa is taking a bundle of warm hoods and caps, and others clothing w a; poor family tomorrow morning; I wish. we could do more. - ---- , ' Busy Bees write to mev V ; Liberty Call. . -JtS.J By Ethel Kudra, Bee Neb. Blue Side?. My country, .'tis of thee, -,.i v Ye dear old land of liberty t We'll always be true' ;- ;r' To the Red, White and Blue, v " In the harbor. of New York, Stands Liberty with her torch, Beckoning to all to answer ;. t ... Freedom's call, , ; May the Red, White and Blue ,! ;' c Wave o'er all who are true - -In this wonderful land Of the free. . v . f f 1 Why After that .Tommv was not so full .miwntttiw THE FATAL RING V liitnti FEATURING PEARL WHITE l!lli(Iiliit"HHittiili;liH.,liit'" Written by George BVS'eitz and Fred Jackson and Produced by Astra Film Corporation, Under Direction of Mr. Seitz i f iiiuiiiliiliiiil;;i!iiii!iii.ti,ti!ii:iiiiiiiiinr 1 ; Si i, - "The Fatal Ring." . - ; l, Pearl Stand lh ....Pssrt White Hick Priestess ..,Kub Hoffraap ft Klchard Carslaka ............Warosr Oland -Ton Carlotoa ................ Hear? Qsell j Pearl and Bessie begaa to struggle , for the gun, which Pearl succeeded in :! grasping -under, pretense of handing i over the diamond. The gun went off, I killing the man behind Carslake and i almost killing him. However, he ducked just. in time. . ' i Getting free of the car, Pearl dis ' : posed of one assailant by knocking ; .flim on the head with the but end ! ' of her gun and pursued the other nt and Carslake fSed,t Taking refuge in a Chinese curio shop, she hid the diamond in an open bottle o- San Yan perfume, but being seen by Carslake, she: mixed the bottle np with three other exactly like it r " r Carslake attacked her. Iri repuls ing him, she caused a table full of curio to be upset The police and Chinese came m and Pearl was ar restee, while Carslake made a sensa tional escape by leaping from the window, right through the glass. j Pearl spent the night in a cell. So did Tom, who was for lighting with Carslake' adherents. v , The next day, upon their release, they got In touch wtih thespider, who found out for them that the four bottle of the San Yen perfume had been ordered by Van Rosen' depart ment store to fill mail orders. ' Disguised as a shop girl, Pearl ob tained the addresses of all four cus tomers, ; Carslake likewise obtained them. ' '.-'';. -- ; Pearl. Tom and the Spidef utarted a search for the bottle that contained the diamond, and Carslake and his gang started an independetn search. At the third house, the two, search parties met and 'Carslake' left his henchman. Halcott to guard the three prisoners (Tom, the Spider and Pearl), while he went to the fourth and last house. " t ' But Pealrl threw the contents of her smelling salts bottle into Hal cott's face, blinding him, and they made their escape. Carslake had left a guard before the,dbor of the fourth house, but Pearl gained entrance through the roof. Arriving just as' Carslake had lo cated the diamond, Pearl covered him with her- gun ajtd ordered him to throw up his hands, only to be given a like command herself by some one behind the portierrs, while a hand and arm came out to menace her. In the hand, was a revolver. They Prescribe Nuxated Iron To Make Beautiful, HealtIiytWomeh.andi Strong, Vigorous' Men NOW BEING USED BY OVEft THREE MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY Quickly transform th flabby flesh, toneless tissues and pallid cheek ot weak, anaemic men and women into a ;, perfect glow of health and beauty-Ofttn increases the strength delicate, nervous, 1 run-down folks 100' per cent in Iwm week' time. 'New Tork, K. T. It U conservatively estimated that ever three minion people annually in this country alone are taking Nuxated Iron. Such aatonlsblnc results bat been reported from Its use both by doctor and laymen, that a number ot physicians In various part ot the country have been - asked to explain why they prescribe It ao extensively, and why it apparently produces so much better re sults than were obtained from th old forms ot inortanto iron, ' ,: Extract from some of tb . letter re ceived are ' riven below i Dr. Ferdinand Kins', New York Physician and medical a thor, ay "There can be no vigorous iron men without iron. "Pallor mean anaemia. -- i -."Anaemia mean iron de ficiency. T h skin ot anaemia m en and wo. men is Dalei th Ylesh flabby. Th muscles lack tone, the brain fag- and the memory foils and they become weak, nervous, irrit able,') despondent and melancholy. When the iron goes from the blood ot women, the roes 6q from their cheeks. 1 "In the most common foods ot America, th starches, sugars, table syrups, 'can dies, po'ished rlee, white bread, soda crackers, - biscuits, macaroni, spaghetti, tapleca, sago, farina, degermlnated corn meat, no longer is iron to be found. Rs fining processea ha v removed the Iron it Mother Karth from these Impoverished foqds, and (Illy methods of borne cookery, by throwing down the waste-pipe . the water m which our vegetables are cooked. Is responsible for another grave Iron lose ""Therefore.' If you wish, to preserve your youthful, vim and vleor tn ripe old age. von must sun- V L'J. V'i.'WJ.'AiV JCa ply the iron 4rWvm-s,r-3 ficieney in yeurr some form, o: organic iron just at you would. us salt when your food his not enough sslt." ' ' Dr. A. J. New matt, late Police Surgeon ot the i Cltv of Chieaeo Hons Surgeon, iS ' Dr. Ferd.nand ' King, New York Physician . and Medical Author. now oonteon, '5.-iv ' J i,, i. Jefferson Park A eago, in com- P1"- J- Nawman. meating oat 1ft"-.roUc "'"m ! Kuxated Iron., he City of Chicago aad ay : "It : ha former House Surgeon, been my partie- WNtsn i Park Hospital, ular du- dur- " Chicago, ing th past six year to assist in keeping Chicago's fir thousand bluecoata in good health and perfect fighting trim so that they would be physically equipped to withstand all manner of storms and th ravages of nature' element., , . i. , . ' "Recently I was prompted through an en dorsement ot Kuxated Iron by Dr. Schuyler C Jaqoes, Voting Surgeon of St Elizabeth' Hospital, New York, to giv it a triaUThi remedy ha proven through my owft testa of it to axcel any preparation I have" ever uied 'or creating , red blood, bunding- np the nerve, (trengthentna th muscle and cor recting digestiv disorder. Dr. B. Sauer, a Boston physician who baa studied both in this coifctry and In great European medical institution, says : "As I hav ald a hundred, time -over organlo Iron 1 th greatest of all Strength build er, t If, people "would only take Nuxated Iron whtt they feel weak or rundown. Instead of dosing, themeelve with bablt forming drugs, stimulants and alcoholio beverage, I - am convinced . that in thi way they eonld ward .off disease, prevent ing it becoming organlo in thousand ' of ease, and thereby th lives of thousand might be laved who now die every year from pneUmonla,gf Ippe, . kidney, liver, heart trouble and ether dangerous mal adies. Th ' real " and' true cause which started their disease- wa nothing more nor less than a weakened condition brought on by -lack of iron- in the blood. . t .,,.' "Not long ago a man cam to m who was nearly half a century old nd asked me to give him' a preliminary" examina tion for life insurance, t .wa astonished toN(lnd him with the blood pressure of a boyjof 20 and-s full of vigor,' vimnd vitality as a young man; in tact a young man he really was, notwithstanding his age. The ; secret, . b said, wa taking iron Nuxated Iron had -filled him -with renewed life. At Sv he . was In bad health; at it he., was careworn and nearly alt In now at SO after taking .Nuxated Iron a miracle of vitality and his face beaming with the buoyancy of youth. . "Iron Is absolutely necessary to-enable your blood to change - food 'into' living tissue. Without, it, no matter how much or wha- you eat, your food merely passes through you without doing you any good. You - don't . get the strength out ' of it, and as a consequence you .become weak, pale and stckly-kwklng. Just .like a plant trying to grow In a sol) deficient In Iron. "If you are not strong . or well you owe it to yourself to make the fol lowing test: See how long you can work or how far you can walk without becoming tired. Next take two five-grain tab let of ordinary Nuxated Iron three time per day after meals for two weeks. Then test your strength again and see how much you have gained. . 1 hate seen dozens of nervous, run-down- people who were ailing all the While - double their strength and en durance and entirely rid - themselvee . of all symptom of dyspepsia, liver and other troubles) In from ten to - fourteen days time, simper by taking Iron In the proper form. And this, after they had in some oasea been doctoring for month without Obtaining any benefit But don't take the Id forma of reduced Iron, iron acetate, or ttneturo of iron simply to save a , few cents. The' Iron demanded by Mother Nature for the red coloring matter In the blood of her -children is, alas not that kind of Iron. Tou must take .Iron In a form that can be easily absorbed and as similated to do yea any good, otherwise it may prove worse than useless.- Many an athlete and prise fighter has won the day simply because ho knew tb secret of great strength and endurance and fill ed Is blond with iron before ho went into th affray, while s many another- baa gone down in inalorioas defeat simply (or Jack of jroa.1 --vtak- Dr. E. Saner, a Bol ton Physician who has 1 studied in great Eu ropean Medical . In IB trcx fj Si l y. I f mmmssmmmrnrnteiml Elizabeth' Hospital, , new Torn. - Dr.' Schuyler C Jaques, Vis iting Surgeon of St Eli a-, beth'i Hospital, New York City, said: "I have nfver before given out any medical infor mation or ad vice for publi cation, as I or dinarily do not believe in it But inthe ease ot Nuxated Iron I feel I would be remiss in my ZZZ&.'K 1i . Dr. .Schuyler CJauuee. myself and given it to mv patients with most surprising and satisfac tory results. And those who wish quickly to increase Aeir strength, power and endurance will find it a most remarkable and wonder fully effectiveremedy." . ' Dr. N. H. HornsHne. for ten year In th Department of Public Health and Charities of Philadelphia, said: "During my connection with the Department of Public Health, and Charities as District Physician and with th Pun lift Kaftv t -- - as Police Sur geon, also as a member of im portant hospital staff, I was often asked by both physicians p and laymen: 'Doctor, what do you recom mend to renew the supply of, iron in the blood of people hi a I weak, nervous, run-Hewn state r While I . l - . ?""l, "m. 1 Dr- N. H. Hornstine. for wis the causa " ear . ?.-' 1 T ' wni iii fa causa - . tf n ... u of this debUi- parftnent of Public Health tated condition; nihJr,,tlaf ' ' and that iron Philadelphia. - must be supplied before renewed strength could be obtained, I nevertheless always hesi tated before giving an opinion. .This wa simply because of my lack of confidence in the ordinary forms of metallic , iron salt, with which there has been so much dissatis faction. After carefully examining the form ula of Nuxated Iron I realised that her at last was organic iron the only kind I could conscientiously recommend, prepared in such a way with other ingredients as to be easily assimilated and calculated to act as a quick revitaliier of the blood and a true strength builder. Its administration in a number of stubborn cases where other tonics pad utterly failed on.y served to convince m absolutely of the remarkable and unusual power of Nuxated Iron. When I personally took it I found the rapidity with which my energy and endurance increased most surprising. In my opinion the widespread use of Nuxated Iron is bound to make a nation of stronger men, lovelier women and healthier children.' MsttJ Nuxated Iron, which Is preacrllMd snd ree ORuaended abort by phnicUni In uco a (rest varirly of cam, ! not a patent median nor art-rat remedv, but one whirl) is well knoivn to. riruihtlMs tad whnae Iron eonotituents are wideiy greacrltwd b eminent phj-slciM, both in Enroiw and America. Unllkj the oldfv Inorssnie l"" nrMuctv It i eHj awiaiillL Joes not injure "the tiwth. ik them bin, nor un let the stomach; oti tl omtrarv. It la a most potent renrfdy In nearly all (rwi of hiJicertiun at ell a for Btrnau. run-down coiiititinnn. Tle auawftcturert hT such treat eanfldnice tu Kuxated Inm. that they nffer to forfeit I1W.IM1 to any charitabls tnstltstloa if they cannot take any man or woman andtr 00 whs lacks Iron, and lucre, e their strength 100 per esnt ot ant to four weeks time, provided they baie as serious omnia trouble. Tar else ortert safnaS trantOi and rdnmv to tan day-. Oa iTtt Drug em and ail goo 'Tna-UiUsBM4