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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 28, 1918.
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Four Winners Chosen In .
' School Children's Essay
Contest' on War Savings
Prize Articles On How Ptipilt Earned Money to Buy
Thrift Stamps Will Be Sent to Division of
Education at Washington. '
but grapes nd apples we could get
for nothing. Some of the girls took
a little suar and boiled it down
enough to harden when it cooled.
They washed and-stemmed California
grapes and inserted a toothpick in
each one. The grapes were dipped in
the hot syrup and placed on oiled
paper to harden. The toothpicks
were to prcent our fingers from be
ing burned.
If you dor.'t think these grapes are
good, try some. The apples we
treated in the same way, but we used
meat skeweis instead of toothpicks.
The childiei ate them as they would
eat all-day suckers.
Some of the class went to the out
skirts of the tity and got horse-radish
from gardeners, lhey brought it
home, grated it and put it in bottles.
article, were reviewed by a committee and four, have been f LTl C
Cmaha school children were asked to write, articles on how
aey earned money with which to buy war savings stamps. These
selected to be sent to Dr. George D. Strayer, head of the division
of education, national war savings committee of the Treasury
department, Washington.
The four prize articles follow:
"MY THRIFT STAMPS." 0
(By John Welpton, Windsor School.)
When I first started to save money
I had no idea it was destined to help
"swat the Hun." The first quarter
I received (I did not exactly earn it)
was for letting father cut my hair. It
was worth it to me, for I wriggled
; and the scissors nipped my ear. I
think I was about 5 years old. As
time went ' on father thought that
method of cutting my hair expensive,
and I received no more quarters that
way.
About five summers ago mother
promised me a penny for 'every 25
Hies I killed. I found a piece of
old screen, some tacks and with a'
piece of a broken wagon I made a
fly swatter and did to the flies what
I would like to do to "Fritz." But
after I earned about 25 cents the flies
began to be scarce and I extended
my fly-swatting territory to the
neighbor's porches. As that didn't
hurt the few flies on our Porch or keep
Athem away, that source of revenue
ceased.
Then the dandelions did me a good
turn Ly choosing our yar,d to grow
in. So I got an old knife and earned
a nicke! per 300 by digging them.
i.I tried to earn some more money
by hauling , dirt, for the neighbor's
gardens, but as the wheelbarrow I
used was borrowed, of course it
broke down. If I had owned it I
couldn't vhave hurt it with a load of
bricks or pig iron, let alone soft dirt.
And, furthermore, I don't think it
cost $1.70 to have it repaired, as the
owner was a carpenter.
"A boy friend and I used his lawn
mower and my rake to go into bus
iness as grasscntters. That was real
wprk, but we earned $2 apiece, so the
work didn't matter.
.Out at Little Pappio garter snakes
are numerous, so I caught one for a
pet. On the way home I got a
"hookey" and sold it to the truck
driver for 50 cens.
-All this and more money had been
accumulating in the bank for about
10 years and when Bill said that "He
and kultun" ruled the world and were
going to prove it, Uncle Sam thought
differently. After the war savings
stamps were issued I wajted until
April 1, when the interest on the
money in the bank was paid and then
withdrew it and bought 11 war sav
ings stamps. Since then I have earned
another 25-cent stamp and am on the
road to another $4.1 stamp.
"How I Earned My Thrift Stamps."
By LOUIS TELLMAN.
At. Uncle Sam's call for thrift, I re
sponded by saving. Although I do
save and do help, others don t see
how I help. I do help the govern
ment of. the United States by saving
and lending. It is against the opinion
of my father for a child to go off and
save by himself. The reason is, it
disunites the family savings and
"without union there is no strength."
I help my parents buy War Saving
stamns bv not- takinz money to
spend from them. I also give them
support in buying a Liberty bond
by saving, "I can do without a new
hat, without a new tie, without a new
waist." I am a newsboy, and most
of the time I have 2 or 3 cents extra,
as 53 cents, I save the 3 cents. I
gave tfie 25 I earned by passing out
cards calling the people to vote for a
certain man as a candidate for being
a city commissioner. I take out the
rubbish and manure so my father can
have time to work.
I with the other members of the
family save by unity. Since I am
a newsboy I have two or three papers
left over each night which, when
saved up, bring money for thrift
stamps. My father would like to buy
a "Liberty bond of each loan, but no
person can buy a bond without
money. Still my family would like
to be patriotic. So we saved hard
and bought one bond of the third
Liberty loan. We also bought thrift
stamps." I, in order to get many
stamps, greatly reduced my candy
eating and gum chewing. By eating
less candy I find my teeth bother .me
less. This proves that thrift stamps
and saving not only help the govern
ment but the saver, also.
I -find how bad Uncle Sam needs
the money when I think of the
soldiers it has to guard, feed, pay
and equip. I am conserving for
Uncle Sam by writing on both sides
of a sheet of paper. I am doing and
will do my. best with War Saving
stamps in my family and try to have
the government have a good sale at
my home.
"How Ws Saved $50."
By Dorothy Littell, Monmouth Park
School.
Our class of 15 boys and girls de
termined to earn $50 for the war sav
ing fund. Three and one-third dollars
apiece. Ho could we do it? We
got our head together and discussed
all the ways we could for earning
money.
I earned part of my money by
taking care of a lady's baby on Satur
day afternoons and Sunday nights,
when she was out, and by helping my
aunt clean house.
Much of the money was earned by
selling popcorn. We prepared it. at
home, brought it to school in baskets
and sold it on the, school grounds
Sometimes we were sold out before
we got to school. People often let
us keep the change when they did
not have the even nickel. Some of
the children stood oft the stteet ear
ners near our school and sold it. One
enterprising girl made $1 for her sales
at a nearby street car barn on payday
We did not sell much candv be
cause we did not want to use sugar,
disposed of nil of it
The boys collected tinfoil and sold
it. This br slight quite a sum. Many
of us saved on candy, gum and car
fare until finally we went over the
top with our $50. "
"Thrift Stamps."
By Charles Martis, Seventh A, ho
il.rop School.
"Think twice before spending your
money, is a good slogan in these
days when America is fighting to keep
for us all that v.;e hold most dearly.
Many times when I go past a store
window and see the good things, I
think again that "Uncle Sam", needs
our money more than we do.
My grandfather, who was having
his house torn down, said he needed
some 'help so-T volunteered. Every
morning of vacation days I was up
bright and rarly and out there at 8
o'clock working until 5 o'clock in the
night.
I never was so Elad to see snow as
I was this winter. Always before
snow meant only extra good times for
me. But now every time "Old
Mother Goose" picks her ducks and
chickens up in the sky and shakes
down their feathers I say to myself,
"Aha! another Thrift tamj) for Uncle
Sam," grab my shovel and start out
to the neighbors to shovel snow off
their walks and nickels into my pock
ets, to be afterwards turned into am
munition against the kaiser, and
handed to him with my compliments,
for I sure don't like that boyi
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
One Good Term
Deserves
Another
WALTERS. JARDINE
Candidate for a
SECOND TERM
as a City Commissioner
Walter S. Jardine never
, sought Public Office until
three years ago when he
was elected ,a City Commissioner.
' Jardine has MADE GOOD as a member of the
commission and as Superintendent of the Depart
ment of Public Improvements. He deserves the
'SECOND TERM customarily accorded a Public Of
ficial who has done his duty.
The Public Improvement department, under Jar
; dine's supervision, has done 50 per cent more work
than ever before and without proportional increased
appropriation, while wages of employes have been
substantially increased, '
Jardine' IS an EFFICIENT department.
As a commissioner, Jardine supported the crea
. tion of the Free Legal Aid Bureau, the Public Wel
fare Board, the Recreation activities and the City
Planning Board. " ' ,
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,7 Valter S. Jardine is an independent candidate
5 not on either slate.
Vote May 7th for
WALTER S. JARDINE
LEW H. KELLY SAYS
HUNS' AIR RAIDS
MERELY MURDER
Women and Children Victims
of Attacks on London, Says
Actor Who Witnessed
Many.
Lew Kelly stepped out of the bur
lesque character of "Frof. Dope" at
the Gayety last night long enough to
talk seriously about war conditons as
he found them in London and else
where in England. Mr. Kelly spent
several months in London, appearing
at the Empire theater, and while there
underwent the experience borne by
all of air raids by the Hun. These
raids he characterized as useless mur
der.
, War on Women and Children.
He told his hearers of the raids and
th,eir effect, commenting lightly on his
own adventures, but, leaving no mis
understanding as to the terrible im
port of the affairs. Speaking of a day
lieht raid, when a bomb was dropped
on a school house and 27 little chil
dren killed, he said such an awful
attack could originate only in the
mind or a man whose brain was as
withered as his left arm. This was
greeted with applause that shook the
theater. The chief effect of the raids
on the metropolis, he said, has been
to kill women and children and to
make men more determined to fight.
He said the bombing of the Charing
Cross hospital was deliberately done,
as a number of bombs were dropped
in that vicinity, where no other ob
jective existed, and the attack was
kept up until a hit was registered.
Hardships of London Life.
Food conditions were explained and
some reference made to hardships and
privations that are being supported
by the people, who have put their all
into the war. And this is to warn
Americans, says Mr. Kelly, of what
thev must expect to do. The war is
not going to end soon, for a "ma
chine which it took 40 years to set in
motion is not going to be broken up
in a day.
"Americans must wake up,' he says.
"Our boys are going over there to
make the last possible sacrifice, and
those of us who stay at home must
stick by them to the' end. We ought
to buy Liberty bonds so fast, that ice
water will be needed to cool the bear
ings of the machines that print them.
We must sacrifice, not alone our
pleasures, but some of the things we
look upon as necessities. It is not
England's war or France's war we are
fighting, but our own, and unless we
conquer the Hun over there, we will
have to do it over here. But, with
God's help, the American soldiers will
win this war for humanity, and make '
the world safe and decent to live in.'
PERSON ALJVI E NTI ON. ,
Horty Shields of tba Wabash Iim returns ' -from
a visit to the general office of tha
company in St. Ioui.
George w. Loomlg of tha Burlington anS
Mr. Loomla nave gone to Dea Motnea ta
spend Sunday with their sons, Walter, Oil.
bart and Maurice, who are In tha army
service at Camp Dodge with the baa boa.
pltal corps.
mSL 1 MrSkirt
"The Best of Friends"
GOES often to the laundry if it bears the
Racine label mi is most welcome home again.
It'swearablenessisprovedbylongest laundering.
In all good grades and all good shades.
There is a Racine tor all soft shirt needs
whether it be a work, flannel or, neck band dress
shirt.
Ko Chas:41sMQr Mill .G.
"Soft Shirt Speciat!tt$ for 34 Ym"
U you do not find the Racine Shirt promptly, write and tell ui the name of
your favorite dealer, and we will see that you are supplied.
Insist on the Racine."
Soft
Shirts
Union Made
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Library
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Living
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Library Case, in brown mahopany, very similar to illus- ! 75
tration; width 54 inches, height 63 inches .
The "Wing Chair, done in splendid tapestry .. .$81.50
Overstuffed Chairs, in wing and plain backs, in the new tapestries and
velours, from .....$16.50 to $65.00
Rocker Values--'
Wing Rocker, mahogany arras
and posts, swing seat, over
covered wlta blue vclour,
for $22.50
A Genuine Mahogany Rocker,
overcovered Beat end back,
deep red and black valour,
for $15.75
A Mahogany Wing Rocker,
"Queen Anne" style, overcov
ered back and Beat, large and
roomy, with high back, $16.50
Golden Oak Rocker, bent
arms, high back ......$3.50
Library and Sofa Tables, in oak, fumed oak, walnut and mahogany. More
than 100 styles: many unusual values among them, ranging
from $12.75 to $37.50
The Table illustrated is a rare piece in select brown' mahogany. It is v.
5 feet in length and 34 inches wide, reproduced from an early William .
and Mary design.. ..............r.$39.50
The Evolution inferST
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just recently is
strikingly' appar
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we show in this
department. The
chiffonette, the
deep mirrored
dressing case, for
example, are
popular now, and
justly so, for their
usefulness and
beauty.
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The Chiffonette, like and similar to the above illus- JO 7 50 tV$45
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The Dresser (not shown) to match, this 6uite, 45-inch
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The Beds, either twin or full size 7. .'..$59.00
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Bedroom sizes, 6-9x9 and 6x9 iii
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8-6x11 size in small figured Brus-
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Chintz, band bordered and fringed
Kag Itugs, assort
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Good Axminster rug,
36-in. wide and 5-ft.
lone $3.75
, One lot of
8-3 x 10-6
Royal
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$55.00.
Values in ,
Home
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Matting Covered
Chests ......$3.00
Round Clothes
Hamper .....$1.25
Fumed Upholstered
Foot Rest ,'65o
Woven Wire Door
Mat, 16x26 80c
Fumed and Golden
Tabourette ...,35c
Rag Rug, for bath or
bedroom 27x54,
at $1.50
A 16-inch Lawn
Mower $3.95
A good Broom, bright
straw , 65c
Croquet Set.... $1.25
Metal Plant Box, 29
inches long.,.. 95c
Curtain Stretcher.75e
Garden Weeder..39c
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