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Old Glory
''ar Rti-y Bee: 1 sin writing
again to try my luck. -So I am writ
ing a poem .
Flag of our country, far afloat
Over tin? land and the sea!
The steadfast light on Glory's height,
The banner of the free!
Purity speaks from your folds of
whit i,
Truth Imm your sky of blue,
Courage hines forth in the crimson
stripes
And leads to victories new.
Fadeless like stars in the arching
sky.
In glory your stars shine on,
nd promise the peace that ne'er
shall cease
In the land by the valor won.
('Honorable Mentttni.)
Thanksgiving.
By Wrlnn S. Chaee. Ared 10, Pliger. Neb.
In England, at Yorkshire, a little
colony of people, later called "Pil
grim; or Puritans," lived. They
were compelled to go to the king's
church, They didn't like tins kind
of worship, so they met in a chinch
of their own. The king had put sol
diers on guard. If they were found
trie families were often separated and
put in prison.
When it was no longer safe to
meet in a church they met in the ;
people's homes. Still they were j
often caught and imprisoned. After ;
a time they became a little wiser ;
;'nd didn't keep a light. They also j
didn't sing or offer services, laugh I
or chat together about the king and !
his men, as they would be apt to !
he caught and taken away and pun- I
:shed. ,
At last they held a meeting and i
decided to leave England and go to ,
Holland. They had a hard time to
t away, but at last succeeded, i
fter being in Holland a time they
vere surprised xo see how their ohil- j
dren took up the Dutch ways in
both dress and manners. Their par- i
'jtits '' ere at-aid that they would for
get their F.rtcHsb customs. They
oon began planning, and on Sep-
ember o. !62U. set sail for America
fhev t:u'ted in two ships, the
-oeedw-ell and the Mayflower. In
the two ships tht-y carried 120 men,
.omen and children. At sea the
.'peedweil sprung a leak and - was
iorced to return. The company
numbered 100 after leaving 20 on
ihore. At last they landed at Plym
outh Rock. December 21, 1620.
They "'VO'ked very hard, at iast
succeeding m building a house laree
-nough for all. By spring 5 1 of the
Pilgrims had died .At ore time the
living were hardly able to burj the
dead. '
In the spring they had built seven
more houses, a fortress on top of a
hill and had cleared 26 acres of land.
Mtict- some of the Indians were
kind, the kind ones showed the Pil-
grims how to plant corn and other,
mngf, as wen as snowing tnem now
to mak-? other things such as canoes,
;tone stores and to weave mats.
That tall the harvest w-as plentiful
and they thought they would set a
day of thanksgiving and have a least.
The Indians were invited, too. They
brought turkeys, ,vi!l; game and pop
corn The feast lasted three days.
Ftorn that day to this we have
set aside the last Ihursday of N'o
itm'ier as Thanksgiving ir memory
ot t1 e PiliTiims and to remind us to"
thanktu! for all we have and
nvt. vl'ifh is a great deal more to
It t'i;-i ikf-.il for
Our Plav House
Kmc I .s-her M-fis, Ami 1". Feru. Neb.
One sunny bright afternoon m
May I heard a rap at the door. I
i.n to -e- what 't and found
my 111111'', I'na Fishct The o-t
thing Una said was. "Ruth, can. you
go down '-.a the -tore and v. ..ill
wake a play hati-f in the bi.-ement
a an empty room. Papa said we
could have some boxes ttiat are
theie and 1 hate some tilings down
thete that papa gae me that we
soiled, hi.o we can iix them up ami
thev wili be dandy. Ask 1 our
mother if 0'i can come." said I'na
without stopping.
I ran quicklv into the bedroom
w tit :
"Oh.
I found
ma Mima
t siing.
d,-
I -aid, nieainii
g to
w in-In. r. !.ut
to vake her
istcad 1 said it s
But 1 asked her
nnd
she .-aid 1 could go I'na am! 1
had lots of tun and played in the
play houoC until supper time.
A Parisian Bee
By Jean:-? Alue Farrand Aed
Central City. N'db.
Dear Busy Bees': This is my first
'tier. 1 am 8 years . -Id and in the
third t'ade. My daddy was in the
V. M. C. A. and he is b-ck. But
vrieu tie -.eas ::i Paris lie sent ;ny
,-istcr and 1 a French dress and it
was ierscv c'oth and it is wirm md
v.hen he came home he lire
i.-tcr .-.ml I a h rer.ch d:.'
s-ht my
and he
! look
n eerv
rci.ht many other Miings
:t the letter of ot!
'cr c
hi!dr
Sunday. Well
'otig. so I Vi ill
my letter
lo-e.
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1 The Golden West.
; Ksdttxm KrueKcr. Agfd 18. Blu Hlli
Neb.
Dear busy Bees:
1 will send you a poem, which I
vvrote in school. Our teacher told
us to write a poem. The following
is the poem which I wrote:
The golden west
j Is where I love it best,
j It is a land of golden grain
I It also as plenteous rain.
The golden west
H'.'.u v :. . i
ilu us urauuiui mountain crests i
And on the wonderful pra-ries
is where I love to tarry.
The golden west
With its great green vest,
With crimson cactus flowers
numbers
I where I long for in
slumbers.
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Lost in a Forest.
Arlliie Pteper. Aued tl, Pender,
Dear Busy Bees:
This is the first time I nave
Vr-it-
ten to you.
Once upon a time there a as a
little girl named June. She lived
in a deep forest with her mother,
father and. baby brother. June's
father had to work hard every day
chopping down large trees. One
morning before he left he told Juno
to bring his lunch in the middle of
the afternoon and not to stop ou
her way for she may lose the path
and get lost. He had promised to
scatter grain on the way and June
was to follow this,
Late fn the afternoon June
started out with her basket. She
followed the grain for a little ways,
but later it was not to be seen, for
the birds and wood pigeons had
long picked it up. June did not stop
for thn. She thought she could
easily find her way.
She stopped to pick pretty bright
colored flowers and the more she
picked the further into the woods
she wandered until the sun went
down and the stars came out one by
one, but it was so dark in the forest
she could not see. She sat down hv
a l;rge tree and began lo
crv.
ie
was nlso growing hungry. She
took out a sandwich and ate it. Bye
;md bye June began to grow sleepy.
She laid her head upon her arm and
w?s soon fast asleert. She
awakened sudder !y
sounded very fam
was her mother am
rn voilcs ui;ri
li;ir to her. It
: father and baby
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
CHAPTER V.
Balky Sam in the Way.
Hal and Peggy, fleeing down the
driveway through the tangled wood
with Penelope, the runaway bride.
gamed a good start when Billy sent
Aunt Piue. Jonathan Cash a'i the
guards tumbling lato the dirt. Billy
didn't wait to get back the lasso
with which he had trip-asd the pur
suers, hut darted quickly alter the
others.
Lo ahead the r naways
could see that the guards were still
snoozing beside the gale. Hal had
put them sound to sleep
with his iullabv. Atid nearbv were
balky Sam, Lone-ome Bear, Johnny
Pull. Billy Goat. Rollo. -bt monkey
and th birds also deep in slumber.
P-won.d the gate rf, auto
waiting to aid in the escape.
Ru: v. .nie the castle gua'dssueu
1 . ' i - l: ti! enr ' ' I i ' I p , 1 1:
a)n't
Lonesome Beit grabbed one of the
guards.
have any idea if giving up the chase.
They couldn't catch Penelope be
fore they got to the gate, .t they
had a way of speeding word ahead.
A shiill blast from a watchman's
whistle sent a warning down the
dnvew a v
Then
anotner
ihistle
and another and ano.hct each
guardsman Mew with all his might.
The guard- at the gate woke with
a jump. "I hey were amazed to find
the gate ope.,. Aral they were as
tonished when they looked up the
driveway and .-aw Penelope, the
lovtly bride, in all her wrdoing
finery, being dragged alonsr bv Hal
gettmg laud Peggy. Hut amazed and a.-ton-I
i.-iiet as they w-.re, they knew what
Chimnev Swifts Tell How
They Build and Hide
Their Little Nests
Mitcwath &r of the NiM.
By MARGARET M'SHANE.
W hip-pooi -w ill ceased speaking
and flopped oh" the branch.
He spread his wings and took
Might in a way, Moonbeam though;,
was the funniest she had ewr seen.
He 7i'g z.iggi'd in and out of the
low, thick shrubbery. One minute
he was lost to sight. Another min
ute lie was directly in front of her.
a short distance ahead. Sometime
lie would rly near the ground and
then spring suddenly in the air
Each time he changed his direction
entirely.
"Well, this performance mea.i?
something very important," Moon-
e - j . . -,.. iv
(I'm m ' i i o 1 1 i 1 1
"Tilings on wings always hav
good reasons for their actions. May-
brother. She jumped up very quick
ly and shouted out joyfully, "Here
I am mamma! Here I am papa!"
Her father jjra'oed her in his arms
and kissed her over and over.
The next day June brought his
lunch again, but this time she did not
spend her time in picking flowers
andalso her father scattered pebble j
on tiip way so the b'rds could not
eat their..
A Naughty Boy.
By K'rl-.-aril JTufimslo, Aged 11. I ties. tiu.
Dear Busy Bees: How are you? If
you write to nie 1 will answer you.
1 guess I had better begin my
story. Once there was a naughty boy
and his playmates called h!m
"Roiiyii.'' He always kicked dogs and
teased little children and swore. His
parents did not know about it. One
day Ins playmate -was over to pla.
and he called the naughty bo
"Rou;jh." His parents heard him and
called "Rough" in.
When he went in he lied to his
parents and told them the boy was a
bully. When the boy outside heard
him he decided to lick him good and
proper.
The next day. going to school.
"Kough" ms overtaken and beat up.
That taught him a lesson, but not
only one.
One day he was up a tree and vvai
join? to drop o" a cn t. He got too
far up snd rmsc.-d the cat and he
hrokc his arm. Wh;r. lie went home
he had to tell 'hein, what he did and
some, other people had complained
about h'm so he eot a good licking
ther and mother.
. U lien lie go
! stiff and he cB
I little boys new
well his anr ; -not
dare pick oi. a -iv-
they should ,i
ne-3 to stop t
reached for
di opped v hen
der the spell
!t was their busi
c '"un'away. and thev
he guns tbev
j
thev fell asleep un
f Hal's lullaby.
1 h
ever.
Blasts ot tne whistles, iiow
ha' awakened others beside
the two guards. At the first sound
Balkv 5am, Lonesome Bear. Billy
Goat. Johnir- Paid and Rollo. the
monkej, were on their feet nd
readv for action. They saw the
fjiiards reach for the guns.
Instantly Lonesome Bear grabbed
one of the guards in a mighty hug,
vrhil the monkey snatched twtv his
gun.. The other guard stooped to
pick uu his weapon, and just then
Hilly oat landed on him behind.
Wham! the guard was sent flying
into the tangled wood, and he went
in farther when Tohnnv Bull snatch-
i cd at ht coat ta'H. In pm a sec-
: ond both the guards were put out
I of business. JIal and Penelope and
j Peggv and Billy rushed through the
' eat and tumped into the auto The
driver already had his engine start
ed, and sway thev went.
"Drlvi as fast a lightning." cried
Penelope, "Jonathan Cash's motor
is is swif; as the wind."
Now he castle guards came run-
I n:ng up, and behind them were Ann
Prtie and Jonathan Lash. I hey saw
Hal'?, autc speeo away, and at once
lonathan called loud'y for his own
swift motor. In an instant it came
rushing down the driveway, stop
ping at the gate- to pick un Jona
than, Aunt True and sevetal of the
guards. Another moment it would
have Se;;n speeding after the run
aways if Balkv Sam hadn't done a
funny thing. He pretended to be
lizrv and staggered out in front of
i he motorcar. There after whirling
around several times he dropped as
f dead right h- the gateway. The
csr couldn't get bv him, and Ba'ky
S.rii up against the wheels so
that it couldn't very well tfo over
him. '
lonathan Cash and his driver fret
ted and fumed, and the guards pull-
ed and fugged at Balky ?am. but
there he lay. while Hal's auto bore
the runaways farther and farther
away.
Balkv Sam was tickled by tne wiy
hi- trick wa working, and he open
ed one eye to wink at Tohnnv Bull.
One of the guards saw that wink
and he knew that Balky ?am wasn't
dead. The ?uard had his pike
and he gave Balki Sau, a smarting
iib with it. That brought Balky Sam
.eek to life in a hurry, and likewise
it made him mad all over. A
mighty 'cap and a kick, and he sent
tin guau: riwug up among the trees.
Put a-- Ball. Sam kicked, the big
motorcar roared out of the gateway
md aft-'- the fleeing 'overs.
W Sun
be this portends trouble. I will ju.-,t
follow him and see for myself."
Calling to Whip-poor-will to wa;t
for her, she flashed Inr silver v gleam
far aheau of her, glided -oitly into
it and sailed through the l.n k vo.n!
Soon she wa-: at Tin- side of hci
waitine friend.
"Weil, Whip-poor-will." .-he ex
claimed, "what a Minpv wav yon
have of traveling
My word! 1
would have roach
ages ago. Why do ton n. fly
straight Don't you know t u mak"
your journey twice a- lot g going
in that way."
"Who ever !ii-u.ivi a bird lading
II.
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Labels and Xiademarks.
Fei; people have any idea of ne
amount ot brain eneigy devoted to
the production or selection or names
or trademarks. It is common occur
rence to see offers oi from $100 to
$1,000 for an attract!' e name
cue proprii ta; y article which
manafacture
r proposes to put on t'.v
liiirket. hakesfi-are did not real
i:e that a "taking' name is more
' than half the battle when he wrote:
"u aat's in a name?"
Mere are some suggestive tips to 1
ucii manufacturers as desire to 1
, work the gorcery trade. Who can
j answer the greatest number of the
accompanying 27 labels gathered ;
from the comer grocery and all sug- i
Ke3inig i;wu i'.M r-uic 111 U1C Mlup
A Rebus.
My first's a precious trnstening I
thing,
That looks quite showing in a rh:g. ,
Man asks my second loads to i
carry, I
But oft inclined it is to tarry. '
My whole appears with springtime
dews,
Then grows, and blooms in brilliant
hues.
Can you guess the word'
How Old is Johnny.
When Johnny Jones, the brother
of the famous Ann, was- required to
tell his age he realized thai the repu
tation of the family for propound
ing knotty problems was at stake
So he smoothed down his hair to
gain time, gazed quizzically into
space for 30 seconds and finally
spoke as follows: "When I was
born my sister was oue-quarter the
age of mother. Sister is now one
third as old as father and I am one
quarter of mother's age. In four
years I shall be one-quarter as old
as father." How old is lohnnv
Jones?
A Necktie Puzzle.
Lan you hnd a word, which, when
placed in the blank spae of the;
necktie and ,read t wice in going j
around from "The" to "Escaped," I
a straight course ar.y place. You
must be thinking of Bees. Moon
beam. They are the only people on
wings that I know of who follow a
direct path while traveling. Thev
take 4 bee-line every place they go.
because they could not go any othe'
way."
"A bee line. W hat in the world
is that?" Moonbeam interrupted.
"Why it is the shortest distance
between two points. The bees can
go that wa because '.hey have no
nests to hide, and the location of a
bird's iK-st is the greatest secret of
I birdland. If we traveled like the
j ' ee. ami like j oil would have us do.
nn.iintf our nests would be the i a
iest thin;.' in tin world. We could
not possibly hide them. Then all of
the mean people oi earth, who like
to shoot us or steal our eggs, would
' have no trouble locating our homes
.rid ehildn-r . T ht- v w ou'd just has e
to toiiow our straight course.
Mrs. W hip-poor-will and I have a
most puzzling wav of traveling. This
is because our nests are located in
low places, eaiv found. But we
rijUag in and out among bushes and
trees, high and low, and it is im
possible for any person or any four
fi nte l animal to folio a- us.
"You. Moonbeam, are the only one
we could ;iot fool. But we do not
mind you , n-caue you will alva be
ur fri. mi.
"I ,-i!'"'-e i.ow. Miss Curlovt ,
..n would like to kmuv wher? 1 ant
gc.-'ng?
"Wcll, as I wa.s speakiuu with yo.i
in tiie branches 1 saw the top of tre
he;,d of one of tn cousin-, a chint-
uey Switt. extendei out ot that big
Chimney Suddenh decided to go
ove- ami :i'vestigate."
Leiokihic ahead of her Moonbeam
saw ; large, tall, pile of rough
stourv It was a very old chimnev
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OUR PUZZLE GYM
A TRAINING FOR NIMBLE
Director SAM LOVD
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will complete the sentence and de
scribe the picture?
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S
PUZZLES.
"The Lone Star Puzzle."
The diagram shows how the map
of Texas is produced by a grouping
of ten pieces cut out from the "Lone
Star."
"Concealed Stt
1. Utah. 2. Maine. 3. New
Hampshire. 4 Connecticut. 5.
Maryland. 6. Illinois. 7. Oregon.
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KEEP YOUR ANSWERS TO COMPARE WITH
she was sut, for the -tours were
weather beaten and some .m them '
had dropped out.
She tollowe. quickh alter Whip
poor-will. Reaching tV c-hiivn
they sat on its top and Moonb' am
peered curiously ir.to the dark
ahvss.
There she saw -evrral small black
ish birds. One was clinging to the
inside of the chimney wall. lie
.va propped against its sides with
his tail, and he n sted in an upright
position. Ar.otbc- wis sleeping in a
bracket, which .-.ut.g against the op
posite side of the chimnev. he
vionde'ed how 'I o i j 1 i hang on ihst
wall so securely.
Her f'ittinu gieaii.s awakened sev
eral pairs of eyts. j
Heads darted guiekiy ui' from un- i
derneatii froteeting win-, and .11
j stared tix.-dly at Moonbe;,iv
, app.i '
, I 1 1 !
Jeutly making up their minds
! she was tnem; or
ciienu .
Match
Whip-poor-will,
v.i -i .1
the rim of the chimney, swooped
down and joined the circle.
The biros vee only half awaUc.
so they did not feci much like tali,
ing.
They, told Moonbeam, however,
that their tails were the in .ist won
derful props. "Th.'ir tips are icy
-harp." :h-' said. "f,!.' ve can -tic
them into any tree or wall c
;vt cot'U'ovtably liiis n,'V '"or Meal' s
at a tii . and ail the r.ib- we a a
building oio nests."
"Your m-sts ?re .'.'oiidenui. t i.iia
I ney Sifl.
bang then
How do you in. ii w ;
o secureiv ii: '.in - a11'
Nfother Naturr iia ola. -,' a
strong glue- in our mom .mil i i
tiii-. iiliie we car 'as -i- ..:n
vn -e.cyrely to in: thi"K
them of twigs. 'lic:i w . vl:i. t-.
geliier in . little open w k ;.a-l.. t.
8. Indiana
mont
"Cat and Dog Race."
It would be a tie if it were a
straight-away race, but in running to
! the ttake and nack (75 yards) each
half of the race would be 112 feet,
and the dog would be compelled to
make 23 leaps to the stake and tne
same timber in returning, which
would be 46 leaps of five feet each,
so the dog goes 230 feet in all. a
waste or nve teet. ine cat would
go over nd back in 76 leaps, which
would call for 228 feet, so Tabby
wins me iace oy two teet.
SOLUTIONS ONE WEEK FROM
. 9. Florida. 10. Ver-I
and then we i-nir,
of the chimin .
to th.
Most all b ' i ils uoae "ten --?
w ith han .-'.tiii'.. ,nd i.'-;- 1 h"
U.ii lo do 1'"-. to mak,- then V'h1
togi'thc: I'M' with tl- v, c Ms' ,lui
tl-eni M-;. 1 hr -tick torev rr c . -I
cf'er wt h.ir abandoned i uri toi
"c '.I s.
Wi'h tin- woiidci iu! Jc n i o
Mot'i-r .,tiiu' v arc able to . id
home- - w.itl'. , so 11 j I'll look at 'I' id
van will si'- irjin in tics om- tun
Ml .
Oil ii. -1 - ale n. '' a- Lieil at on' t
M-eile If: I in-red il'-.l'lli'l -. e;i ; ,-1
c. ie uiv- '.a mi a; aid ,. nit:-. i ::.!.. .
A erst the ,ji t lioha a ,.. i! ha,
yon know, rind -atcti- and eoiaoirt
are tire two ,inw t tlnnc- a the
l..'C itiof of its -it. 1 hat 's w ii -von
iuiO M';"eci'c. la tins i -1 il c'Mil
i ,.'. ivt. jri i i,i , ir e. 1' ; . no
CI.e 'V Oil I J el i'l e II ijl . 'i 111"
in here, i.uhl 1 1 1 ' .'-;r,,i yer-Hird-
inherit b;.lil '
n.akiu l-'vel i b'.',! ,u:: inr Ii! a
"est ' a Ht" ! -!- the
, ; ! ::, in - ia . ei! mot I, r dinl.
I '.lis !i.i. a'.wav- ' aiifi c.ei
tl'ou;; ii he It v i'S ui.-j'.-' i ft'iriy i -rent
eou-h t'on this inln i' anre,
-U'i ved. w hen ihc .. eitv ' r :
, I,;;-. .' '.',.! 'In- ale, ,I.d
' ; . ' iia c"c . ' a -1 1 ' . " a I u1 j
""l'o:. ' a. ... me .. . -e;'! ...W.a-.v
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ii. .,. .'i-.i ' ! build - '- : m i .jo . ir o-
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d. i -.'1 a ,'ll- ii " . I-' - ' ' .-
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"A Puzzling Mixture.
1 His mixture consisted of !0
i pounds of the 15c tea and 30 pounds
j of the 25c tea.
I "Naming tb Day."
' On Sunday, the first da erf tfe
v eek, Kata promised to ma. ry
Ianny "when the week after eet ia
the week before last" Therefore,
she will marry Danny ia 28 daye
a:ter ner promise, rtaa she orom-
j ised a day earlier, than on Sunday
! 22 days later, her proniiM weald!
have tallen due.
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"Recast Repart,
1 Mine peara are worth 4
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