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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: ' DECEMBER 28, 1919.
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Women Force Reduction!.
' The former machinery of the
women's committee of the state
council of national defense has been
set m motion to lower the cost of
living in Illinois. As the result ot
campaign of one week, the price
of eggs has been cut from 77 to 65
cents, declared Mrs. Maude R. Tur
lay. state organizer. "
The campaign against high pnees
in the state was started by direction
of A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney gen
eral of the United States, about a
week ago. livery county, scnooi
district, town and city in the state
has been organized to carry on the
vork, Mrs. Turley said, and 7,700
officers who were engaged in council
of defense work on the women's
committee are now enlisted in the
effort to lower prices.
The women started to work Im
mediately after the attorney general
was here, and in order to have an
efficient organization that could at
once get to work, Mrs. Turlay ex
plained, they reorganized the ma
chinery of the council of defense.
Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, former chair
man of the women's committee of
the council, was made chairman of
the new organization.
i Humane Association.
A picture of Lillian Richards,
"daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. De
Forest Richards of Omaha, adorns
a leaflet "Humanity Pays," published
' by the American Humane associa
i' tion, whose national headquarters
i are at Albany, N. Y. The next an
i nual meeting of this organization
will be held in Omaha from October
25-28, 1920. ( .
C Federated Club World.,
; January 5 has a distinct meaning
; in the federated club world. At 10
!a. m. on that date, the general fed
eration board will convene in
Omaha. Women are expected from
every state in the union for the ses
sions. In the atternoon ot tnat oay
the board meeting will be suspended
in favnr nf tli Omaha Woman's
club. At the Woman's club will ap
pear Mr$. josian cvans lowies
president of the general federation;
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter of Minne
sota, chairman of Americanization
snH fis flnrci Rarnn of Massa
chusetts, chairman of thrift in the
general federation. It will be uen
rat FpUratinn rlav" at the Woman':
rlnK and interest is already keen
'fnr''wfi9t nrntniefta trt h a mem-
' orable occasion. January 7 has been
; set tor tne date ot tne intormai am
,ner. when the Nebraska state
hoard will inert the ceneral federa
;tion board. Past presidents in the
state and chairmerj of departments
nave also Deen mvttea to auena.
noon at 2:30 it the home of Mrs. O.
A. Scott, 1922 Binney street The
will ha Mesdames O. A.
Scott, Edwin Brailey and S. A. Col
lins.
Cutter Relief Corps.
Tae George A. Custer Relief
Corps, No. 82, will be entertained at
the home of Mrs. Stephen Bowes,
903 South Thirty-first street, Tues
day afternoon, December 30, in hon
or of Mrs. Olive Yarton of Grand
Island. v
Public Speaking.
The public speaking department
Omaha Woman's club, will meet
Tuesday, December 30, at 10 a. m.
at the Y. W. C A. This meeting is
a week earlier than originally sched
uled. The department is endeavor
ing to make up some of the lost les
sons. Oscar Wilder Craik, director
of the Folk theater, will tell the de
partment at their next meeting of
the plans for his work here. The
class under Professsor Puis will
study Browning's 'Last Duchess,"
and also the value of a pause in pub
lic speakin'g. Any member of the
club is eligible and cordially invited
into the department
WEDNESDAY. '
H. E. L. P. Club.
H. E. L, P. club-- will meet
Wednesday at the Social Settlement
house for supper and dramatic art
Spanish Club. '
The regular meeting of the Span
ish club will resolve itself into a
watch party on New Year's eve at
room 302 Patterson block.
Music Department
The music department of the
Omaha Woman's club will begin re
hearsals December 31 for the spring
concert Business meeting will fol
low rehearsal The program and
tea, in charge of Mrs. B. M. Ander
son, will be given January 7, follow
ing the regular rehearsal.
Calendar
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SUNDAY.
Theosophical Society.
' , "Initiation, the Perfecting Man,"
'" is the subject of a lecture to be de-y-.
livered by John T. Eklund, Sunday
"I" at 8; 15 p. m, in the Omaha Theoso
;.:'ph!cal rooms, 201-202 Kennedy build
ining, Nineteenth and Douglas streets.
,:i Library ' open Wednesday, and Sat
is ;urday afternoons. .
Kj " . , MONDAY.
Li . W. O.R.T. H. Club.
14 The W. O. R. T. H. club will meet
ftsifor supper at the Social Settlement
jf'house Monday evening.
I TUESDAY.
I? j - Omekro-E-Xima.
J'j Omekro-E-Xima club will meet
.ijTue$day evening at the Social Set
JT jtlement house for supper.
' '5 ' Daughters of 1812.
inc posipuncu annual mccung ana
..election of officers of the Daughters
vf 1812, will be held Tuesday after-
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I matter which poisoned stomach for
: months. Often CURES constipation.
'Prevents appendicitis. Adler-i-ka is
ia mixture of buckthorn, cascara,
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gredients. Sherman & McConnell
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The only non-poisonous
" Rat and Mouse exterminator
in the world ' v
Mllllona are Brinr H in ail etrQ
txwl ooantrlcs. FuUy arnanuitaed.
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On January 1st there will be
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Catalog will be sent on request
Mothers' Club.
The Mothers' club will meet
Wednesday with "Mesdatnes J. O.
Detweiler and J. E. Carnal host
esses. "Religions" is the subject for
the meeting. Roll call on "Current
religious topics" will be conducted
by Mrs. Titus Lowe. Mrs. R. W.
Koch will read a paper on "The Re
ligion of the Returning Soldier," and
Mrs. A. G. Pinkerton on "Christian
Unity."
Campfire Girls
The Christmas carols which the
girls rendered Tuesday evening at
the various hospitals in the city were
a great success. Everywhere they
were welcomed most cordially
Trucks were donated by three large
business firms of the city. The 150
girls were thereby conveyed from
one hospital to another.
The Canwaste group (road of the
loving heart) had a Christmas party
Monday at the home of their guar
dian, Mrs. C. K. Hamilton.
The Abanakee group, Miss Mar-
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Carry-Cudahy.
The wedding of Miss Margaret
Carry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward F. Carry, of Chicago, and Mr.
Edward .A. Cudahy, jr., took place
Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
at the Holy Name cathedral ia OU-
cago, Archbishop Mundelin perform
ing the ceremony.
Mrs. Alice Cudahy McCormick at
tended the bride as her matron of
honor and the bridesmaids were
Mrs. William Mitchell, Miss Court
ney Letts, Miss Edith Cummings,
Miss Katherine Ingalls and Miss
Lolita Armour.
Mr. W. Scott Linn acted as best
man and the ushers were Mr. Frank
Wilhelm, Mr. Vaughn Spaulding,
Mr. Austin Niblack, all brothers-in-law
of the groom, and Mr. Columbus
Healey, Mr. Vincent Healev, Mr.
John A. King, Mr. Ferron McMa
hon, Mr. Stuyvesant Peabody, Mr.
D. R. Forgan, jr., Mr. Henry Hoop
er, Mr. Michael Cudahy and Mr.
Prescott Dudley.
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For Bride-Elect
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stein enter
tained at dinner at their home Sat
urday evening, in honor of Miss
Mollie Singer and her fiance, A. G.
Goudchaux of Big Cane, La., whose
marriage takes place , December 31.
Covers were also placed for Messrs.
and Mesdames Gene Melady, Henry
Marx and Nate Cortj Misses
Dorothy Singer and Elsie Goud
chaux of Alexandria, La., and Mr.
T. Wender.
Jones-Lawrenceson.
The marriage of Miss Vera Jones
and Richard Elford Lawrenceson
took place Saturday afternoon at
the Trinity cathedral. Dean Tan
cock officiated. There were no at
tendants and only immediate rel
atives were present. Following a
short wedding trip they will be at
home at 610 North Thirty-third.
Tunison-Shepherd.
The marriage of Miss Agnes Tuni
son and Guy C. Shepherd of Mal
vern, la., took place Monday eve
ning at Glcnwood, Ia. The bride
formerly resided in Omaha. They
will be at home 'after February 1 in
Colorado.
caret Woodward, guardian, had a
three-course dinner which the girls
themselves prepared Friday at the
guardian's home. They decided to
give the dolls to the poor for Christ
mas instead of having them tor
sale. Fourteen d611s were given
which the girls made from old stock-
the Ayuzunta group,' Mrs. t-iste
Partsch, guardian, held a bazar Fri
day, when $10 were realized from
little fancy articles the, girls made.
' Ihe loheha group. Miss Bertha
Vaughan, guardian, met Friday at
the home of Virginia Frantz.
The Kaosu group, Miss , Kuth
Peterson, guardian, met at the home
of Thelma Marks and finished their
yarn balls. Tuesday the girls visited
a needy family and supplied them
with a fine Christmas dinner.
Miss Mabel Rasmussen's group
distributed toys to the children at
the orphanage. Fifteen of the girls
took the gifts.
When the Author
Touches the
v Heart
Juliet Wilber Tompkins, author of
"A Girl Named Mary," "The Star
ling" and ether popular books of cur
rent fiction, in a recent interview
had some interesting things to say
regarding the questions that were
asked her about herself and her
books. .
"If I were 'interviewing writers I
should not ask them to say some
thing to the public' but instead I
should ask what the pubiic is saying
to them. Nothing I could sav about
'The Sterling would be halt so in
teresting as the hnman documents it
has brought me. It has rediscover
ed for me one of the eternal minor
tragedies of the world the loneli
ness of youth, the starlings cry,
'I can't get out,' has echoed through
impetuous young letters. 'My life
has a hedge around it, too,' they
write 'oh. how can I get out into
life?' How can they? My starling
iouna tne way, dui nai is oniy a
story. I can give them a New Year's
slogan. 'If you want it enough, you
will do it.' But if they seize on the
promise with excited hope it only
means that they have not taken the
measure of that tremendous
'enough.' When they cry out for a
shining uvntt called life, it is an un
gracious return to give them a sen
tence to hard labor. :
"There are several questions that
I. Should like to see eliminated from
the interviewer's list," the writer
said, smiling. "The first of these is,
'What are you doing now?' So of
ten one is covering sofa cushions
Tjr inventing saiaua ur uiuciwisc
off the key expected of the woman
writer. ' Recently I evaded the ques
tion from a gracious and lovely vis
itor with, 'Well, I published a book
last week.' The kindest of hands
touched my knee. 'My dear, you
must be so tired 1' the implication
was that she could scarcely have
expected to find me sitting .up yet
I did, not explain how many months
had passed since 'The Starling had
left my hands. It was simpler to
look languid.
"Another objectionable question
is, Do you get your characters from
life?' The only truthful answer to
that is 'yes and no.' ' One borrows
a trait from a liying model and fash
ions a whole being of it as Adam's
rib was fashioned into Eve; but in
the interest of making Eve live and
move, the creator forgets Adam's
contribution, and it Is a stupid busi
ness to find, others tracing back the
rib. Thrice stupid when they rec
ognize its oriein in thtir own sides
and grow indignant about it. Sup
pose one did catch up one's grand
mother s penuriousness, or , one s
child's temper to feed the vital
sparkl One has already made re
lentless public use of every mean
rib in one's own anatomy, if they
only had the wit to see it."
Something Useful.
She Oh, I say, George, don't
send any of that silver-plated trash.
Send something useful.
George Oh, I suppose you'd like
me to send a gas stove or coal scut
tle or something. They'd look nice
on the piano, with cards attached,
wouldn't., they? Edinburgh Scotsman.
Would You Like to Be a Nurse?
Profession of Toil With
Chance for Service.
! She Sees Life "at
Its Barest. ) '
Service the word is on the lips
of every one of us, high school and
college graduates are impressed with
their obligations to serve the world
trey are going out into, and congre
gations in churches of every creed
and denomination listen to the call
from the pulpit to serve"; even poli
ticians swear oaths to serve their
party and the people supporting
tnem, am how many ot us do
something for somebody else, 22
hcurs out of every 24? That is what
the graduate nurse on a private case
is doing. '
She has trained herself to give all
of her time to her work, and she
does, living into the life of the per
son she is caring for, going a little
closer to the bottom of the person's
nature than any other man or woman
is permited to do. Probably this is
why so much . romance has been
v oven about he profession since
the days when it was one of the few
grid-lettered careers open to jvomen.
And yet the trained nurse is the
most practical woman in the world;
if she is inclined to be sentimental,
she has it knocked out of her before
her training is ended.
The nursing profession has of
course received an immense impetus
in tne last tour years, ana at tne
present is appealing to many more
girls through the opportunities for
-1 a . li:. t n t .u
social reconstruction in puuuv ucanu
work, but the private .nurse who
nurses a single individual through a
sickness at one time and receives all
the . resoonsibilitv and praise or
blame for so doing, still stands as
the figurehead of the profession.
Her training is long and hard, and
when it is over and she goes but into
the world of aches and pains where
she hopes to ease many of them,
she is beset bv all the temptations
which human nature meets with any
where. She comes into the closest
intimacy with minds and bodies of
good or bad, and there are times
when she holds a man's soul in the
hollow of her hand. She walks in
and out of every family comedy and
tragedy in the households she serves
and is familiar .with every twist in
the undercurrent of the social life ' f
the town where she is working.
She Must Guard Secrets.
Because of her peculiar relation to
suffering humanity, from the day she
dons her probationer's uniform; to
the hour that she graduates with a
stripe on her cap, the nurse i3 taught
the sacredness of family affairs and
that she must regard them as the
priest does the words he hears in the
confessional. There are also many
other phases or her experience of
which she must not talk. To illus
trate the dire results which may fol
low from heedless chatter, a super
visor in a Rhode Island hospital had
one story which she always told her
pupil nurses during the course of
their training. .
It vAs this: A woman was taken
to the hospital suffering from cancer.
She was very much afraid of a can
cer, so afraid that the shock to her
nervous system would be too great
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if she were told the truth. So the
doctor told her that she had a harm
less tumor and operated on her. The
operation was successful and she re
covered and returned to her home
blissfully ignorant of the danger
through which she had passed.
Months afterward, riding on a trot
ley car, she sat behind two gradu
ate nurses who were swapping expe
riences. One of them mentioned her
name and discussed her case at great
length, giving all the details; the
woman went home and went to bed
and within a few months she died,
whereas she had believed herself
cured and might have lived for many
years except for the carelessness of
a nurse.
On "Catching a Doctor."
There is a' great deal of talk about
nurses going into the work to "catch
a doctor" and undoubtedly numberi
of girls have done so. A nurse who
has served as supervisor of several
hospitals said the other day that she
saw a few years ago a newspaper
advertisement of a Boston, hospital
for pupil nurses in which the hos
pital assured the public that good
matches were easily made with doc
tors or with rich patients. And such
results do occur. A nurse in train
ing told the story of one of her classmates.
"She v was a homely, rather awk
ward, quiet little girl who came from
a small Vermont town to train with
us. Her class had graduated from
high school in '17, but she had failed
to receive- her diploma sheer stu
pidity, her mother said so she de
cided to be a nurse. , She came to us
in July and when she was sent home
on account of illness, eight months
later, she was engaged to one of the
richest men in town, whom she had
nursed through the influenza in the
fall. And now she is going to be
married in August and is perfectly
happy, very much envied by her
three beautiful and brilliant sisters."
In the "D T" Ward.
Many things weird and tinged
with the supernatural and impossi
ble are bound to happen in a hospi
tal where so many people arc hover
ing between life and death. But -in
the routine of hospital life few
nurses know, the whole of any one,
story; it is only the supervisor who
knows exactly what happened and
who was to blame.
The ward where one expects to
find queer things happening in a hos
pital is the D 1 ward, where there
are mattresses on the floors and bars
at the windows and things do hap
pen there. "I remember a man,"
said one nurse who has had many
years' experience as a supervisor,
"who did not anoear verv violent.
although he had just had an attack
of delirium tremens. To be perfect
ly sate, we put him in a padded
room and left him lying quietly in
bed with his eyes closed. ' I was sit
ting at lunch when I got a call from
that ward, and I simply tore, because
a call from there is always an emer
gency. I rushed into that man's
room and found him gasping his last
breath, hanging by a strip of one of
the sheets frpm the bars at the win
dow. He had not been alone 10
minutes, and how he had managed
to string himself up in so short a
time was unimaginable." '
ihe toid of another case in which
a nurse's' disobedience almost re
sulted in a fatality. A man suffer
ing from double pneumonia had been
violently delirious; but had appar
ently dropped off to slexp. riis
nurse, who had been instructed not
to leave his side, stepped out into the
hall for a moment. When she came
back the window was opened and the
man was gone, clad only in hospital
pajamas. Out across the yard and
the street two orderlies followed his
bsre footprints in the snow, and
after 20 minutes found him hiding
in a coal bin on the back piazza of
a tenement house. They brought
him back and put him to bed, and
he lived through it "That nurse
was an outside graduate nurse,
so she got off with only a short
reprimand," said the speaker, "but if
she had been one of our own girls it
would have gone hard with her."
To the nurses in a hospital every
patient is not a man or a woman,
rut a "case;" and they will discuss
an unusual one with all the scientific
cold-bloodedness of the doctors in
consultation. "I remember while I
was in training." said a nurse, "there
came into the hospital a most in
usual case of meningitis. He was a
foreigner who had evidently con
tracted the disease on the other side
of the water, and he was in terrible
agony, nt graauaiiy Decame Dent
so that when he died his head and
feet were like the two ends of a
horseshoe. All the nurses in the
hospital were called and allowed to
see him from the doorway the dis
ease is very contagious aid the
doctors explained it to us. He was.
so bent that we had to work fast to
get him straightened out before
rigidity set in."
Never Get Hardened to Death.
Death, the nurses sav. is the one
thing in their experience to which
they never become hardened. It al
ways gives them a queer, unpleasant
feeling to have a patient die, and if
it is a private case they leave the
bouse as soon as possible.
' In a hospital one of a nurse's
strong temptations is her access to
all sorts of drugs and medicine. It
i, the easiest. thing in the world for
her, if she has a headache or that
"tired feeling," to take the same
drug which she has been ordered to
administer to some patient for the
same reason, and soon form a habit
which she cannot break.
She takes what comes to her
through the registry or whatever
seurce she is depending on for work.
without complaining whether it be a
short case or a long case, easy or
difficult, for it is one of the highest
ethical principles of the profession
to do this.
Most nurses prefer a long-time
case to one where they stay only a
few days, after which the family of
the patient essays to do the nursing
at the end of the illness, because of
tne satistaction wnicn comes from
seeing a thing through. "I much
prefer a seriously ill patient to a
light illness to care for," said one
young nurse, "and how I do love to
get at a real sick person and clean
him up, make him as comfortable as
possible." r
In her words lie the keynote to
the charm and the beauty of the pro
fession for all high-minded girls
who choose 'nursing for their life
work. Their service is the most per
fect giving of self to the service of.
ethers service which, rightly per
formed, takes every ounce of the
nurse's personality, and her physical
and mental strength. And as a local
minister said the other day. "The
nurse who wants to give strength
and hope and a new courage to live,
to the patients she is caring gor,
must first get these things for her
self, that she may give them to
others." . i
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Stories by Our Little Folks
(Prize.)
The Runaway.
By Catherine Close Mitchell, Afed II, 302
aouta iiignteentn, otraei, council
Bluffs, Ia.
Frank's mother had sent him
down to the cellar to chop wood,
but instead he was on his way to
meet his chum, Charlie Jones, and
go swimming with him. He crawled
out of the cellar window and staff
ed to run away. He had to go by
the back door and who should he
see but his mother, with a big
hickory stick behind her. She said
to him. "You get back to your work.
this minute, you young rascall" He
went back, but he didn t stay there
very long, for his mother went back
in the house, and Frank skipped out
He met his chum at the swim
ming pool, and they jumped in.
Jfretty soon Charlie saw franks
mother coming. He said: "Duck
down, quick I It's your mother!"
Frank's mother came up to Charlie
and asked him if he had seen Frank.,
1 (Honorable Mention)
A Shepherd Dog.
By Frances Bennett, Asa 12, South Side.
Dear busy Bees: Bruno was a
large shepherd dog. A man gave
him to his tiny little daughter. Bru
no was proud of his mistress. His
mistress was 4 years old and he was
8. One day Bruno was walking by
the creek, that ran through the
shady orchard. Soon he heard a
familiar sound. He put up on ear
and then the other ear. Was that
litle Mary's voice?" Yes, it surely
was, and Bruno, ran with all his
might toward the sound. There
was little Mary's curly head above
tne water, without stopping to
think, he dived in and carried her
to the bank. All along the green
ath he bore his limp little burden,
oon he came to the house and her
mother took her child in her arms
once more, which she could not
have done save for dear old Bruno.
There is no need to tell what faith
ful Bruno got to the end of his
brave life.
The Death of Robert
Br Msry Johnson. Aged 11, Fordyee. Neb.
une mgnt on November 8. 1919.
the sun had sunk beneath the bills.
There was a soft breeze stealing
across the earth. The cries of happy
children could be heard in the dis
tance. But poor little Robert was
lying oh his death bed. Around
him stood his father and mother and
brothers and sisters. He could hear
the night wind blowing softly and
the" happy cries of the children in
the distance. Tears rolled from the
eyes of his father, mother and broth
ers and sisters. He was the oldest
son in the family. One day as he
was helping his father work he said,
"Oh father take me home." His
father took him home and rushed
to town for the doctor. The doctor
came and said that a large blood
vessel had burst in his head and
that there was no hope of him ever
recovering. Poor little Robert re
mained in this state for three days.
When all were standing by his bed
side he said: "I shall always re
member you dear mama and papa."
He then closed his eyes and breathed
the last breath and the shades of
death surrounded him and he never
saw the daylight again. Poor little
Robert's parting words will be re
membered by all.
Virginia'a Collie.
By Vlrrlnla Warlum, Aed I. Kearney,
Neb. ,
Dear Busy Bee: I am going to
'.ell you about my dog, Trixie. She
is a Collie. She is 6 months old.
She is full of fun. When the whistle
blows at noon or night, and if
mother mentions my name or
daddy's name she wants to go out
Then she looks both ways to see if
we are coming. Well, I must close.
My letter is getting long. I will
write again soon. Goodby, Busy
Bees.
The Kind GirL
By Gertrude Brewer, Age 11, Butheralnd,
Neb. .
Once there was a girl walking
through the field when she found a
lamb. The girl's name was Mary
Elisabeth Morris. She picked up
mother's baby and carried it home.
Mary cared for the lamb till it
was large. She fed it milk. The
mother sheep laid by the lamb night
David City Busy Bees
(fitten
and
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Schwisev,
n;iVr anil T.nnne ar rvo fiannv little Rurv Reel, children of Mr.
and Mrs. George Schweser, jr., of David City, Neb.
and day watching it The lamb
grew to be a sheep and was strong
and healthy. The lamb became
fond of the girl. The girl came out
where the la,mb was every night and
morning to see if it was all right
Mary's father gave her the lamb
for a Christmas present.
My birthday was November 9.
A Splash.
By Ellen Bey, Afed S, Syracuse, Neb.
. Dear Busy Bees: This is the first
iime I have written to you. 1 am
9 years old and I am in the fourth
grade. My teachers name is miss
Sacklev. I am going to tell you
about a picnic. Once upon a time
this summer bur neighbor's birth
day was and they had some other
people than us there. Tiiey were
from Lincoln and they had a weiner
roast and the men went fishing and
our neighbor and an other lady were
crossing the log which our neigh
bor threw across the creek so they
could cross, it and get to the other
side and when they were about
across it the log turned over and
they fell, but caught ho'd of some
roots of trees. They got out all right
then. The water went up nearly to
.heir necks, but they had not
touched the bottom of the feek yet
In the afternoon we went fishing
and got clam shells out of the creek.
We certainly had a fine time. As
my letter is getting long I will close.
This is a true story. I wish some
of you Busy Bees would write to
me. ' Hope to see my letter in print.
Red Cross.
By Thelma Laclna, Aged 14, Columbus,
Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: As I did not see
my letter in print, I will write an
other one. I made it up in school dur.
ing the
start it.
ing the art period
it up in
. VVell,
I will now
Oh, you Red Cross drivel
You're very spry
You send a thought
Through each patriot
Your cross so red,
Is just like honey on bread,
It seems to bring life to each living
thing,
And it makes each heart sing!
Save your pennies and dimes,
And don't be inclined to hang behind-Awaiting
for some one to call for
your help,
Be independent and nothing elsel
i
Think of the boys in brown and blue
How they tried to be truel
Risking their lives which many have
lost crossing No Man's Land,
But still they were a merry band.
All the Red Cross asks is service,
Service and nothing more,
So let us all be true to it
And give them a dollar or morel
A Thrifty Bee.
By Ruby Oraca Nelson, Age If, Orertoa,
Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: 1 read your
page every Monday and like it very
much. I am in the eighth grade at
school. I have $50 in Liberty
bonds and $5 in war savings stamps
and also have 25 white chickens. I
wish some of the Busy Bees would
write to me.
My Pet Kittens.
By Rickey Kermec, aged 10, Tutan, Neb.
I have three pet kittens, there
names are Bluebell, Spottie and
Tootie. They are always around
by the house. They are getting big
now. They play all day long, and
their mother died last week, Mon
day morning. My little sister is
also writing a letter, her name is
Caroline and she is 7 years old.
I have three sisters and three
brothers. My sisters' names are
Caroline, Bertha and Rosie. and my
brothers' names are John, Dave and
Otto. I am in the fifth and sixth
grades at school. We ran out of
coal last week, Thursday. My
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teacher's name is Miss Zena Har
mon, and she lives in Ashland, Neb.
She goes home every night . Well,
goodby, Busy Bees. If I see my
letter in print I will write again.
Rabbit Hunting.
By Mary Blckprt. Exeter, Neb.
My father and I went hunting last
winter. He got a lot of rabbits.
Their color was white.- It was very
cold. When we started we saw
some ice on the way hunting, so I
skated until papa got some rabbits.
We get the Nebraska Farmer every
week and I like to read the stories
in it My letter is getting long. I
will close for this time. Goodby.
Her First Letter.
By Helen Adams, Aged . Omaha. Neb.
This is my first letter to you.
I enjoy reading thi Busy Be page
How William's Pig
Made $17.50 and
Won a Prize
Does junior club work pay? Four
or five years ago it was not looked
upon seriously, but, now the whole
agricultural extension system as
carried on by the federal govern
ment through the colleges and
county agents, etc., are enthusiastic
about this work, and the breeders
themselves are beginning to believe
that there is something in it There
is a reason for. this, and that is that
some of the boys are showing their
fathers that careful selection and '
feeding will win out over slipshod
or poorly planned methods.
A notable example of this is the
case of William Stuart, the 14-year-old
son of Dan H. Stuart of Weiser,
Idaho. This boy has been in pig
club work for two years. He se
lected for himself early this last
season a Poland-China pig, for which
he paid $17.50. This pig was fed
and shown at the Idaho state fair at
Boise this year. There it won first
prize for the champion pig over all
club contestants in the state, which
entitled him to the $175 free trip to
the International Live Stock show
offered by Armour's farm bureau. It
next won the award of first place in
the open class for Poland-China
sows under 6 months of age, in
which competition he defeated the
swine breeders of the whole state
of Idaho. The same pig was also
judged junior champion sow and
won first place in the Poland-China
sowclass. ,
William Stuart's father is not a
breeder of pure-bred hogs, but sim
ply raises a good grade of Poland
China pigs for the market. There
fore this accomplishment by Wil
liam in the feeding and developing
of this prize pig represents what
club work is doing all over the
country. x
The fact that Armour and other
companies, and banks throughout
the country are taking an interest in
this work speaks well for the good
which it is sccomplishing.
William is one of 30 boys from all
sections of the country who will vis
it the International this year at the
expense of Armour's farm bureau.
every Sunday and think it fine.
I have a brother and sister. My
sister's name is Frances, she is 5.
My brother's name is Harry, he is 6.
I will be in 4 B next year in school.
My teacher's name is MissDonovon.
As my letter is getting long I will
doit for the first time-