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3 n Page for The Bee's Busy Little Honey Makers THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 24, 1920. Afte Bee Stories by Our Little Folks (Prize.) The Newsboy. I. "Will you come and buy a paper?" Said a weakly boy one day. "You can get onf for a penny, And that isn't much to pay." II. "Come now. don't be angry, For yo uknow I'm very poor," And he stepped behind the stranger ,- And stood against the door. III. His clothes were torn and ragged, His face was sad and pale, He was not as strong and sturdy As the other boys with mail. ' IV. "I can't refuse to take one," Said the stranger,, with a. smile, "Bui that wpn't be much to help you, For you've such a great big pile." ' V. Down the street skipped the happy little boy, Laughing, dancing and singing for joy; For whatever little kindness - That you may do or say May make someone happy And gain for you the day. y " Glen R. Gallup, Age 13, Lyons, Neb. - . (Honorable Mention.) ; Kate's Dog. '-. ""v-j Kate was the daughter of the widow Talor whose,, husband was killed in the war. Kate's mother had got along pretty nicely on their $15 a week until Jimmy got sick, and then they didn't any one to support them, so Kate had to part with her dear little dog she sold him to an officer, to get medicine for poor little Jimmy. It was a hard job to part with the little dog she had become so attached to but it had to be done. One day long after when Kate was sitting by the window thinking of little Trixie (for that was its name) she felt quite funny for her to be thinking of Trixie whom she had al most forgot and never thought of any more, so she wondered what was going to happen but just then she heard the joyful bark of a dog and, running to the door, she saw the dog and the officer who had bought him from her and the man came up to her and said, as he handed her a check, "Your in luck, getting your dog back and getting over l0.000. besides." "But," stam mered Kate, "how is this mine? looking at the check. "Then I'll ex plain," said the officer. "When I went to war I took Trixie with me as a mascot and ascompany as I was lonesome, and when. I was tak ing very important papers to the 'general I was wounded severely and could not walk and the faithful dog ran and barked until I saw some of the enemys solders coming then he came to me and whined and I tied the papers around his neck and k- (..iinrf.il nff tn the creneral's tent hen the Germans came up ana searched me, but not finding any thing important they passed on. But Trixie did not forget me for he came back with some men who took me to the hospital and when I got well I saw Trixie receive the big gold medal then I was sent back here and got a $20,000 check and here I am, half of it is yours." Then the man left and said, "Good bye to Trixie. And as every story ends, Gladys Ryan, 11 years, O'Neill, Neb. A New Bee. -Dear Busy Bee: This is the fkst time I have written. I go to school and am in the fourth grade My cachet's name is Reba Yeakle. We ..are two aogs, their names are Rover and Casay. Evelyn Sellwick, age 9, Jansen, Neb. . A Hunting Trip. Dear Busy Bees: How are all of The Dog and Hit Image. Once a little dog had some meat A big dog came to him and said, "You are not going to have that meat, for I am going to take it away from you." And he took it away from the little dog. Then the big dog went home, and he had to cros a brook on his way home. There was a .plank across the brook and when he crossed the bridge he saw his shadow and thought he saw a dog in tme water that had a bigger piece of meat: So he dropped his piece of meat and he did not get the othef piece of meat So he did not get any meat after all. Eldon Eng lishi Aged 10, Ovirton. Neb. . . i - Bee and Catbird And the Memory-Man said: A bee, who was busily engaged in gathering honey for the hive, and who was getting very weary, for Jthe j (lav was nearly over, was an no vert by the persistent hoarse screaminR you mw? I am in the fourth grade and am 9 vears old. The story I am going to tell you is about mine and some other boys' own lives. One day in November when we were ' tupping we trapped along the river bank of the Missouri We were after our traps, but when we got there we had a big skunk It ws about o get away all the time beca'fse he was caught ir a No. 1 trap and a No. 0 trap, so another boy and I went over to our other hole where there were some other traps and we got them. When we got back the skunk o r i t awav. Dili i r i uiuiuu i autfLvi . ... t . f . ; A a Dig SUCK ana goi 11 unaer nun ana I got a trap on his foot, pulled him out and killed Mm. Well, I will close. My letter is getting long. Goodby, dear Busy Bees. Lawrence Nye, Age 9, Niobrara. Neb.. Box 54. Teacher, explaining an example to her class r- "Now class, look at the board while I go through it the heavy honeysuckle vine whence the Dee was procuring the nectar. atop tnat ugly note, dor ex claimed the bee petulantly. "If vou must sing, vary the note a little. That monotonous cry gets on one s nerves." "Why should you talk of mono tony!" retorted the catbird. "Every nest I build is a little different, but every cell you build is a monotonous repetition of the last. "Your song is monotonous because you can sing nothing else," replied the bee, "my. cell repeats itself be cause ot its prelection. To vary from what is good is as loolish as to repeat a fault. . R-W. Twelve-Syllable Rhyme. If you work ' As though bored, - You won't win A reward. Our Garden. We have great big garden, Where pretty roses grow, ). . And when it's green in springtime in juvciy piacc 10 go. So our garden's nice All the year round: It's even pretty - - .' When the snow is on the ground. And when the catkins from The poplar trees fall down, And the tulips putting, on Her gayest new red gown. Then the yellow-roses, They certainly do stun All the people passing by For they're golden as the sun. Then roses and gladiolas, y They quickly come; Then some popcorn In the autumn sun. Betty May Aldivich, Aged 8, Ne braska City, Neb. i ' , Likes School. Dear Busy Bees: This is my first letter to the Bees. I have four sis ters and three brothers. I am 13 years old and I live two, miles from school, but we drive. Our teacher's name is Rebecka Jensen. I like school. I am in the seventh grade. We live four 'and a half miles from Minden. For pets I have a pony and two pet pigs. They are red. Inez Ream, Aged 13, Minden, Neb. An Eighth-Grader. Dear Busy Bees: This is my first letter to your page. I amJ2 years old and am in the Eighth grade at school. My teacher's name is Miss Rebecca Jensen. There are 20 pu pils' in our school and four pupils in my grade. We go to a Country school. , I have two sisters; their names are Gtienn Alta, aged 9 years, and Gladys Irene, aged 2 years. My birthday is July 24. My baby sis- i ter s is July 24, also. Well, I guess I will close. I wish, some of the Busy Bees would write to me. I will gladly answer gill letters I re ceive. Grace Adams, Aged 12, Min den, Neb. R. R. No. 3. Box 54. A Happy Little "Mother Is She , i if 1 1 ?v7 VrLtt.li ' 1 1 jr 'J ' . Via it I i 1 1 ... , i m I K ii.ii i.m aeaiasasHssBiasssasmwwwM i . . j, , a farmer's daughter of Sidley, I The Teenie Veenies This charming little foster mother. KShTV;;;; England, looks after a litter of 10 little pigs which were forsaken . ... . . -. . .. . . .... of a cat-bird perched. on a limb near I by their mother. The "little mother" feeds the pigs from the bottie every two hours, who seem to delight in her unusual torm ot kindness. e amp Gftire Gdvl Our Last Council Fire. By Wichaka Group. About 6 o'clock on a cool, yes, a very cool, September morning, sev eral groups of girls were to be seen on a grassy plot near the river, Some were sitting Indian-fashion on the ground, others walked about talking together and still others were busily arranging three tepees in a circle. The attitudes ' of all, however; suggested an impatient waiting. -Those talking were often seen to stop and gaze down the trail at the least suspicious sound. Time passed, minutes were as hours to them. What could they be waiting for? Any one Of them might tell you. Hadn't they set the alarm last night for a quarter of 5 and awak ene4 innumerable times-'during the night, to think with a start that it must be very late, only to find that it was still dark? And hadn't they rushed about when they found that there .was a flush of color in the east. You know the sun sometimes rises very suddenly when you want to see it. Oh, yes, and the rapid hike to the woods, then the wait for the late ones. Surely, they had hoteht. thev would miss it. Then the sunrise across the water 1 Could there ever again be such clouds, col- ori and sunf Why, it is like a Dan of beaten gold, they exclaim. Then for a moment they, were silent tnink ing. Suddenly they resume their talking. What a hurry, after the sunrise, they were in, for the crown ing glory of the morning the coun cil hre. How she. pointing to one of the girls, had spilled half a skillet of potatoes in her lap. They had had only two small skilletsful, and it was the largest skillet Indeed, when 'they thought of it she must have spilled at least two-thirds of them. Then the hike after break- last to this spot. Several, however, had stayed behind to attend to the food, and they were such a very long time in coming. Surely they had vaited for hours. Then a few scraps of laughter and song were carried up to them. The rest were coming! Once more all was hurry and bustle, Head bands were crabbed, mocca sins put on and numerous details at tended to, while, above all, tne nap py laughter and voices were heard. The council fire would soon begin. ' Little Barefoot. I think a pair of russet shoea Is very nice for fiunday, But sometimes I should like to, lose My shoestrings then. If I could choose What I would do on Monday, I'd run upon the soft green grass A little barefoot country lass. Dot Puzzle tg. ;o .21 kx , Trace around to eighty-eight, See what's playing 'round with Kate. Complete th-e picture by drawing a Una through the dots, beginning at Fil ar 1 and taking them (numerically. Hold Ceremonial Meeting Ahneah Camp Fire girls held ceremonial meeting Wednesday eve nine at the -home of their guardian Miss lone Himingway. Mabel Stoney and Irene Mancuso took the rank of wood.gatherer and Jean Hite, Dorothy Pugsley and Lyle Robin son took their desire to become members of Camp Fire. Honors were awarded and a short business meeting concluded the "ft-vening. ; 4 Sunday Hike On a bright and sunny Sunday, When the world was all at rest: Thru the merry Camp Fire maidens, Maidens of Ahneah camp,' Took their packs and went so quickly, . , Quickly to the 'lake called Carter. In their bloomer suits so clever, All the girls prepared for fun; Rowed their boats upon the water, Water where they tried to fish. Went in widing; looked for flowers, Flowers-which beautify the earth, Built a big fire on the lakeside. Ate their lunch with perfect vim. Rested, then they started homeward Homeward to the ones they loved All with praises and much wishing, Wishing for a repetition. New Group Formed The Misses Ruth Mick, Eleanor Lowman, Eugenia Lewis, Charlotte Loomis, Leola Jensen and Marjorie Adair met at the Y. W. C. A. and formed a new group. They chose Dakonawa for their name. Mrs. Earl K. Lewis will be guardian. Ansankude Group 'The Ansankudi group held a meet ir.e at the home of Helen Rapo Mon day. The girls practiced songs and ilanned their honors for the outdoor ceremonial Saturday. Do the Ends of the Rain- bow Rest on Land? The ends of the rainbow do not rest on anything. You see, the rainbow is only the reflection of the sun s rays thrown back to us bv the inside of the back of, the raindrops, which are still in the sky after the rain, Of course, if any of the drops of water touched the ground they would cease to be raindrops and, therefore could not reflect the rays of the sun light. So, what we think of as the ends of the rainbow do not really exist at all. The rainbow is only & reflection of the rays of sunlight from countless drops of water m the air, which the sun's rays must strike at a certain angle in order to reflect back the light so we can see it. Where the sun's rays do not strike the drops of water at the right angle no light is reflected, and there is the end of the rainbow. Book of Wonders. First Letter. Dear Busy Bees: This is my first letter. I like to read the little folks' stories, so I thought I would write few lines. I wish to join your club. I am 7 years old and in the second grade. I have a little niece named Avona. She is 14 months old, and I like to play with her. I have six brothers and two sisters. I like to play with my little niece better than I do .with my doll. I live in town. My teacher's name is Miss Brow. There are 16 children in my room. I hope to Win a prize. I will close for now. Cornelia Gemar, 7 Years, Sutton, Neb. Explained at Last. Doubtless the old woman in this story from the v London Post will now be able to enlighten her. hus band on a troublesome subject. "Doctcr," she inquired of a coun try physician, "can yoo tell me how it is that some folks be born dumb?" Why hem I jvhy, . certainly, ma am, replied the doctor. ,;it ts because they come into the world without the power of speech." " Dear me. remarked the woman. just see what it is to have a phys ical - edication 1 I'm right glad I axed you. I've axed my old man hundred times that there same question, and all Tie would ever say was, Csuise they be ' . ; Conundrums. Whr It a whisper fllecal It aicua (auoweat. What silk la most suitable for a in necktie uroigrtln, of course. Why are debtors like waves? Because they are billowing (bill owing). . What Is the difference between an as tonished brutal man and an Engllsl: bti-akfsat takeT One Is a mased ruffian and the ether la a raised muffin The Clown Wiggles Out of a Tight Hole. By WILLIAM DONAHEY. "Jimmne, I wish the whole day could be mornings," said the Dunce one afternoon, "ylt's always so quiet in the afternoon, and I like to have somethin doin, "Well, let's do somethin'," suggest ed the Clown, who liked to be mov ing almost as much as the Dunce. "What'll we do?" growled the Dunce. "Everybody's tired or they're asleep or they're doin' this or that and haven't time to have any fun." "Let's go see Rhyming Rabbit," suggested Zip. "Him funny fellow, and we have much fun." This suggestion, seemed to pleaese the other two Teenic Weenies, and thev set off down the garden to wards Rhyming Rabbit's home. The Rhyming habbit lived in the big woods some distance from the shoe house, and when 4hc little fel lows came td his hole, which was under the Toots of a large oak tree they found the old fellow was not at home. - "I'll tell you what we can do, said the Clown after the little chaps had waited for some time. "Let's go into that big house over there and look around. Maybe we can find somethin' to eat." The house the Clown referred to was only a short distance from where the Teeirfe Weenies sat, so the three little fellows soon made their way to the door. -, "General, him don't like to have us go prowling into houses," said Zip, who was usually a very good boy. "Ah, he don't care if we are care- for some time, but growing tired of itthey soon made their way to , bedroom. "I wonder what's on ton- of that,' said the Clown as he leaned against a chair leg and pointed to a dresser that stood in the room. "There's only one way to find out," , answered the Dunce. "And that's to climb up and have a look." The dresser was almost as tall to the little fellows as an office build ing, would be to grown folks, but the Teenie Weenies are mighty good climbers, and in a few minutes they stood on-the tcp of the dresser. There were many "interesting things on the top of the dresser, but tne tning wmcn interested ine ciown most was a bottle of toilet water. The little chap loved the smell of perfumery, and he soon crawled to the top'fo the bottle in order to get a smell. "You'd better be careful or that bottle will fall over with you." sug gested the Dunce as ho watched the Clown tug at the stopper. The Clown pulled with all his might at the stopper, and just as he was about to lift it out of the hole the bottle suddenly tipped. Before the Dunce and Zip could catch it it toppled over, and the Clown dis appeared off the edge of the dresser. Zip and tffS Dunce ran to the edge of the dresser and looked over, ex pecting to see the poor Clown lying crushed on the floor below. Fortunately one of the dresser drawers was open, and the little chao had' fallen on to a soft Turkish towel. He sat looking tip in a sort of far away andi the water's fresh, and it's a lot warmer than the creek." The three Teenie Weeiiies hurried to the chicken yard, where the Clown took off his clothes and be gan washing, while the Dunce and By the time the clothes were 1 niing," answered the Clown, was w-washing my clothes." "Washing your clothes!" exclaim ed the General, suspiciously, "why were you washing your clothes?" ip looked on wTth many grins- ( They smelled, sir," answered the drjMCl lown, "and I was trying to wash it Lws.,,.., ':'Vi: !!.r: ' "... ' 1 , i' '.. " "UHu"ta ra , I I i nil UlUU J J it was nearly supper time, and the three little fellows arrived at the shoe house just as supper ' was served. - "Didn't I see you fellows swim ming in that big -pan over in the chicken yard?" asked the" Policeman as the little folks sat down to the table. , N-n-n-n-no, l-I-I wasn't swim- out. I don't like smelly clothes- always like to have them clean." "That's right," said the General, "always keep your cjothes clean." The Dunce and the . Clown ex changed knowing looks,' and two Teenie Ween'e i hearts thumped mighty hard, for, as the Clown after ward said, "that was the tightest hole I was ever n."' wiliuijiiiiuiil ful not to disturb things," cried the Clown.' "That's right," argued the Dunce. "He told the that the time I fell into the dish of pudding. He said that he -didn't care if we went into houses, but we must not medle with things." . Having convinced Zip that there was nothing wrong in going into the house, the three little chaps crawled thrdugh the crack under the door and began exploring the place. In one room they found a toy automobile, which they played with dazed way, while the toilet water dripped on to him from the bottle which had fallen o.n top of the dresser. . The Dunce and Zip soon set the bottle up; and joined the Clown, who had climbed out, on the floor below. "Say, I've got to get this smell of toilet water off my clothes," said the dripping Clown, "or the General will give us a scolding. for doin' this." t . "I'm goin' to the chicken yard, where that pan of water is. It's riot Why Do Our Hearts Beat Faster wnen we Are Kunning. A x When you start running, the brain knows at once that your legs and other parts of the body will need more blood to keep them going and so - the brain sends down orders through his special nerves which make the heart beat faster to get busy, and they do. Then when you stop .running, your heart is beating faster than necessary there is really an oversupply of blood being pumped through your system for. the time being, and that makes you uncora-' fortable, until the brain sends word through the other set of nerves to the heart to slow down the heart beat. f It is better to stop running gradually, to give the heart a chance to get back to its normal beat gradu ally, also. From the Book of Won Miss Ada Neild of the University of England has the distinction of be ing the first woman ever registered as a student at Harvard university. For the Live Boys of Omaha Bible Clubs Hold , Formal Openings is not farm- Between 800 and 1,000 Omaha lads attended the opening dinners of the Bible Study clubs conducted under the direction of E. E. Micklewright, boys' work secretary,' at the "Y" last week. Each of these boys has enrolled in one of the various clubs and will attend each week from this time until the end of next April. This is the largest Bible study opening the boys' division has ever had and the men in .charge are more than pleased with the turnout. Last year the local association had 850 different boys enrolled and at tending the club meetings each week and took second place in the United states for Bible study work, losing first place by only 28 points. This year with well over 1,000 different boys in the clubs, the local boys' division is after first place in the country. Any boy m the city over 12 years of age may enroll in one of the clubs, which are taught by the most experienced and efficient men that can be found in the city. There are classes for all ages of boys from 12 to 20. A great majority of the club members are older high school boys from 16 to 20 years of age. No boy under 12 may enroll this year in the Bible study work. Boys' Worker at the 1 YFred KirkUmd Fred Kirkland, who is in business in Omaha as a member of the firm of the. King Hardware Co., 2109 Cuming street, is also a member of the staif of secretaries of the boys' work division of the Omaha "Y." Fred has been at the boys' division for the last three years and is in charge on the evenings when the junior employed boys attend. While Fred is not so well known among the boys who come in the day classes," he has ahost of friends among the lads who carry and sell papers in the afternoons and who come to the, big boys' club in the evenings for their gym and swim ming work and their fun and rec reation. ' He is always planning some kind of a party for these lads to get them more interested in their work at the "Y" and the boys trust Fred al ways. Many of the "Y" lads think that Fred's main job is at the Y. M. C. A. and that he is merely in the hardware business to pay his ex penses, i Basket Ball; League To Be Conducted for Local Y.M. C. A. Boys , i ' A basket ball league for boys will be opened this week at the "Y." Games will be played on Thursday evening for younger high school boys and on Saturday afternoons for grade school lads. I he only re quirement necessary to play in the leagues is that a boy must be over 12 years of age. a reeular member of a Bible Study club, and attend three-fourths of the meetings. This will admit many boys who are members of Bible study clubs at the "Y," but who are not mem bers of the boys' division. Regular teams will be formed with a captain in charge of each team and the Junior Hi-Y league will play its games after the Bible club meetings on lhursday evenings starting at 7:30. The Grade clubs will nlav after their club meetings Saturday noon, starting at 1:30. These leagues will last for the next few months and are in direct charge of C. Carl Weigel. assistant physical director at the "Y." Boys who do not attend three- fourths of the' sessions of their .Bible study club each month will be dis qualified and suspended until they have attended meetings aeain in suc cession in the same month ' Two Scout Deaths Reported Last Week and will be assisted by a large corps of volunteer leaders and by the as sistant boys' work secretaries and physical directors. , It is with the greatest regret that Boy Scout headquarters announces the death ot two of the moot faith ful members of th"e scout organiza tion. Eldro M. Nelson, 2533 Cali fornia street, and W. Franklin Wor rell, 3411 Hawthorne avenue, . both answered the last call in the past week. Eldro Nelson, 14, was well ad vanced in the scout work. He was a member of Troop 18, and was a first-class scout. He joined the scouts in Fehrnarv; 1010 ann lia j gradually worked his way to the tront. He was well likf.d by his fellow scouts, and always had a helping harid for everyone. He will be greatly -missed in the work of Troop 18. ' W. Franklin Worrell, while a new member of the scouts, wa a prom inent member pf Troop 65. He was J2 years of age, and. had been & scout since'June 1, Chief Executive Hoyt and other officials attended the funerals of these lads. Hallowe'en Party Coming. 1 Friday night, October 29, will be celebrated by the "Y" boys as Hal lowe'en with a big party arranged by the boys' division and physical department for every boy member of the association.- It is expected that over 400 boys will attend this party, which will be free to every lad. Special Hallowe'en stunts will be arranged, both in the boys' division and in the gymnasium and swim ming pool. Ghosts will be every where and the boys who attended the party last year will remember the great sport which was enjoyed by every one. Ihe fun will start at 7:30 and will last until 9 p. nt. Every member of the bovs division is asked to re serve Friday night this , weeek for the "Y" annual Hallowe'en frolic. Norman J. Weston and E. E. Mick lewright are in charge of the affair Attendance Record Madwf'Y" Saturday Last Saturday was a record day for the boys' division of the "Y" and more boys used the various privi leges than on any day for a Ions f- By actual count, 628 different Y boys used the gym, swimming pool, boys game rooms, reading room. This sets a record which will be hard to beat. The bovs' division. fiarhinr H.500 Omaha boys at present with its rrogram ot development for spirit, mind, and body, is a veritable bee hive these days Gym classes are going m full swing, over 75 differ ent boys are learning to swim with special lessons each week, over 800 different boys have started into the Bible study clubs, and any after roon one may see dozens of bovs uned up in the boys'game room waiting to play on the ping pong, cue roque. and checker tables or Flay the victrola. Duty Unit for Scout Services Is Formed Scout headquarters has an nounced a new method of recording the services rendered by the Boy Scouts of this city. . i- Any scout doinga service such as police duty or passine out . an nouncements will be recorded with one duty unit. This is in the form pf a card which will be filled out immediately. Five of thp rfntv units may be exchanged for one gilt service star. This star is to be worn on the right sleeve of the scout uni form. When a scout has received five gut stars, he may exchange them for one silver star. Great interest is being shown in this new scoring system .and many scouts are al ready competiug for first hcyoi If 5