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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 31, 1920.
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Stories by Our Little Folks
Prize.
A Longing Boy.
Oh, how I long,
. A girl to be,
But then of course .
It wouldn't be. me.
But if a girl
I might be. v
I'd be a Rood one
You'd just seel
I'd have lots of dolls
And for them I'd make , 1
Pretty little dresses,
Then you'd see I'm no fake.
: And oh, I'd have,
' Such lovely curls
And I'd fix them like mother's,
In twists and twirls.
Long trailing skirts
e'd sometimes wear;
i iiq i raigni tan
When I climbed the stair.
I'd go to girls' parties,
And have.Tellows, too
That would soend their monev .
On candies not a few.
But if I were .rgirl
My hands I'd have clean .V.
, And 'very quiet keep; ,
i And not be heard but just be seen.
But I'm only a boy, i
Apd a boy must stay
And let the world wag on
In the same old way.
Maurine Stone. 12, Millard, Neb.
Honorable Mention.
A Plucky Lad.
Dear Busy Bees. This is the first
letter I have written to you. I am
9 years old. My birthday is the
twenty-second of September. I am
in the fourth grade, and go to the
East school. I have a bicycle and'
can ride it very , well. Once when I
v was riding it I bumped into a car.
I fell over and got a bloody nose
,My fingers were cut, and my head
was hurtbut I was otft playing that
night. :,Car! Holmes. 9, 420 North
Bell street, Fremont, Neb." '
, , varcus Monsey.
The circus had at last arrived. We
kids had looked forward to the great
event and had stood looking at the
huge posters with many pictures on
them in gay . colors. One thing
that had attracted our attention was
a picture of a monkey which ad
vertised "Roily, the talking monkey."
While the tents were being pitched
on the circus ground we kids went to
view the sights. The gang, Slim,
Freckles. Four-Eyes,, Fat and my
self, or Shorty, went up in the morn
ing. "Let's look around he place and
see if we can't find that monkey,"
said Fat.( "I don't believe a monkey
can talk, anyway,, do you?" "Show
bills are the, biggest, fattest, grand
est liars, Besides newspapers." "Not
counting yourself," grinned Freck
les. We had not long to search
lor the monkey, for we saw it in a
cage. "I'll bet that is him," shouted
Four-Eyes. "Found you asleep
didn't we . Mr. Roily?" asked Slim,
but the monkey, only opened his
eyes and looked at him. "If Roily
goes to sleep we camt find out if
he can talk or not," said Fat. "Let's
get him awake." Fat grabbed his
head and struck it against the bars.
The monkey seemed not to mind it.
Suddenly Mr. Roily jumped up and
before Fat could grab it the monkey
had his cap. "Hey, Shorty, Slim,
what am I going to do, that mon
key has my cap that I just bought
yesterday, don't you remember I
iost my old one down at the creek
and if I lose this one Ma will give
me 'Hail Columbia.'. We can't get it
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'Vs-cut.with that stick and that s the
1 ' -nnlw uiiv I know of." "I gueSS
I 1 1. you'll have to get in that cage and
t ' get it," suggested Four-Eyes, or
get "Hail Columbia, sorry land.
,i The door of the cage we found
to be locked firmly with a padlock.
"Maybe if we coax him he will
'come," said Fat. "Nice Mr. Roily,
pretty little monkey1 darlin,' angel
child come here we have something
nice for you. Do monkeys like
candy?" he asked us. "Don't know,
ask the monkey and find out," Fat
went on with "his pleading but the
monkey only looked quite wisely at
Fat. "If that moukey can talk he
is mighty bashful," said Fat, finally,
disgusted. "Who says the monkey
can't talk," said a loud voice behind
us and we expected to see a big man
who would nearly kill us, but when
we turned around we saw a little
man that we at once concluded was
the monkey's master. "Roily doesn't
like to talk before strangers when
I am not around," he, said. "Roily,
give the boy his cap." Roily walked
up to the bars and said to Fat, "Next
time keep your cap on your head."
Fat looked and stared. The monkey
could really talk even if we didut
see him move his lips, but then.
maybe monkeys talk in their throat.
"How old are you Roily," asked
Slim and Fat. "Old s enough to.
know nr cap belongs on my head
and not shaking: it at monkeys,
"Roily has to have something to
A aw n ti in, th tnan 'anr1 h
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) doesn't like to be bothered." "Yes,
.'go away now, boys and come to see
me when I am not so busy, uood
by" said Roily. "Didn't we say
that monkey could talk, Fat said,
"Mavbe it's so and maybe it isn'i,"
said Fat. That night we found the
monkey couldn't really talk and the
man was a ventriloquist. Cinderet
u Guthman, 14 years, Plainvicw,
The Bell.
Ring, ring little belli
Your silvery chimes echo o'er the
' dell,
'Tis midnight on the hill;
Ring oh bell again i
Echo o'er the land so stir!!
Then a ray of light
Makes the forest bright,
Not a sound is heard,
Another ray of light;
And the twitter of a ird. ;
Then the patering little feet,
Of something fast and fleet, ,
Dance upon the woody glen
In the darknes of the night;
Little dancing feet that come V
To make the forest bright!
France Johnson, 11, Geneva, Neb.
My Dog Bob.
Dear Bufy Bees: I have a dog andj
i can mm Bob. tit s a good dog
and he will do anything for sme. He;
and I go swimming together. He is
getting go he can jump very high.
When he is "it" for "Run a Mile"
he can find me every time, Theodore
Lincoln, 12. ;
, Amity. '
Dear Busy Bees: May I join
your merry hive? This is my first
letter to you. Once upon a 'time
there was an old, old lady. She
was called -Aunty. She wore a
checkered dress nd a brown coat.
Aunty had a candy stand in the
Emerson park. She lived in an old
house. When she would walk on
the floor it would squeak. Aunty
was a kind old lady. All the chil
dren loved her and she loved the
children. One day Aunty had to
leave Emerson park. The children
were vervsad. They all said good
bye to Aunty. Jeannette Miller, 9,
Kearney, Neb.
"Who'i dat peekln' In de do?
Set mah heart a. beatln';
Thought I see a spook for sho.
On mah way to meetln'
Heard a j-ustltn" all aroun
Treea all sort o' jiggled ; .
An' along d frosty groun'
Funny shaddera wriggled."
The Brook.
Laughing little brooklet, . - '
Sparkling in the sun,
Where are you going, ,
Where have you run?
.Daisies white on every side.
Boats upon you often ride,
Clover near your 'waters hide;
Until you reach the ocean tide.
Dorothy Davis, 11, Gibbon, Neb.
Independence Day. '
It' was the year 1900 and July 2.
I was' sitting in a chair helping:
grandma finish the lovely white
aress i was 10 wear on tne fourtn.
"Oh, grandma," I said, "mama won't
tell me where we are going day after
tomorrow. Please tell me. I just
can't wait." "Grandma looked at me
over her glasses and smiled. "Have
patience, dear," she said, "and just
work on your dress and get it done.
I'd tell youI'm dying to but I
promised, your mother I would nof."
Well, of' course, there was no help
for it, so I sewed on my dress an
hour longer and ran down to the
kitchen. Ella, our "darky" cook,
was giving my cat some milk, The
cat, which, by the way, was black as
rtight, was also named Ella. I won
der why Uncle Robert, who gave her
to me, named her that bull the two
"Ellas" are very great friends. "Dor
othy," cook said, "Do you like nice
ginger cookies with raisins in em?
"Oh! do I!" and soon I was munch-
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ni a Dig tuuiue. jjciwccu una, i
said, "Has mama given you any or
ders to make lunches or anything for
the Fourth, Ella?" "Laws now,'
child," she answered, "gwan on your
way. Youh all cain't git nothing
out er me by asking queshuns!" So
1 was still in the dark as much as
ever as to where we were going On
the Fourth. But with sewing and a
tea party Mary Ellen, my chum,
gave, the third of July passed quick
ly. On the Fourth mother woke me
bright and early. I dressed myself
in my beautiful white dress and
white shoes and 'stockings. My
hair was all in curls. "Oh! Dody,"
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Council Fire
Following the old Indian legend of
Seven Directions', the Camp Fire
girls formed in seven groups for
their council fire Saturday, October
the 23rd in Hanscom park.
The center group was composed
of guardians who welcomed the
girls into the circle, The group
from the east, west, north, south,
below and above, were led by the
Misses Seva Swanson, Rosalie Flat
ner, Grace Gallagher, Mildred Ham
ilton and Ruth Armstrong. After the
circls were formed Miss Belle Ryan
of the school board gave a talk on
"The Job of Being the Right Sort
of Girl." v
Honor beads were awarded and
ranks given, after which camp and
clan honors and special honors for
work on the camp newspaper, were
awarded,
' Groups Tie Tags
Camp Fire group ,of Dundee
chool were entertained Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Miss
Esther Cunningham. The afternoon
was spent in tieing tags for the Sal
vation Army drive of Saturday, Oc
tober the 30th.
Mrs. J. B. Miller and Miss Kath
erine Douglas entertained their
groups Thursday afternoon at their
homes. The members worked on the
tags for the Salvation Army.
Gives Halloween Party
Miss Ruth Bracken entertained the
members of her Camp Fire group at
a Hallowe'en party Friday evening
at her home. The evening v?as spent
in games and dancing and the rooms
were beautifully decorated in yellow
and black and Hallowe'en favors.
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,A wireless class for first class Boy
Scouts was opened last night.
mother said, "you look" so pretty!"
As I looked in the mirror,. I thought
so, too. Ben had the buggy all
ready and after breakfast which I
could hardly eat for excitement I
got in with the rest of , the family.
Jbhn and Harold, who are twins, sajt
on the side of me. They were 5
years old and dressed in white from
top to . bottom. I wondered how
long they would stay that way. As
for me,; I was 10 years jod and of
course old, enough to take care of
my clothesi We drove on the main
road, meeting other people in bug
gies, whom we knew. Soon- we
reached abig field where many peo
ple were assembled. There was a
big platform on which' the- village
band wa$ playing joyful music. The
American flag was' everywhere, in
the trees. ' the children's hands and
draping the platforms. All the girls
and women were in white and
looked like so many butterflies flut
tering here and there. I don't want
to be vain, but I did have more ruf
fles on my dress than Mary Ellen.
About an hour, later cook came
down with six market baskets of
good things to eat. We children
played for a hile. Then we went
hunting wild flowers. We found
pretty red and white ones and blue
ones, which seemed to blossom at
the right titne. After dinner f we
cleared off trie big tables we' had
eaten tin and an old man a veteran
of the Civil war got up on the ta
bles and played the fife for us. He
got so excited he actually started to
dance a jig and did. After that
the .band played some music and a
girl dressed as "Columbia" danced
for-u. Then there was a play
about Betsy Ross and the American
flag given by school children. Some
old soldiers marched and we chil
dren showered them with posies.
Soon it got dark and we ate'our
supper. Then came the fireworks.
Somehwere up on a, hill a cannon
was shot off. Mary Ellen and I
were frightened. We liked the pa
per balloons we sent up with candles
inside best. About 8 o'clock , we
gathered up our things and went
home. I must admit that if I live
to be 100 years old I'll never hope
td have a better Independence day
celebration than the one I had that
year. Annette Lieb, 14 Years, 1924
Sahler-Street, Omaha.
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A Ceremonial Meeting
The afternoon sun stole in softly
through the windows of the room
in which a.group of girls were gath
ered. All were dressed in their cere
monial costumes of buff, trimmed
with soft suede leather and many
bright colors.
Suddenly a voice broke through,
whispering, "Wohelo."
. "Wohelo" went the . answering
cry. ' -
Three times this was repeated and
then all formed a line. Very sober
ly the first girl marched up to her
guardian and giving her the Camp
Fire sign, "Sega Cola," stepped to
her right. The next repeated this,
only stepped to the left, the third
to the right and the rest followed
.suit. As the guardian called; the
roll each one sat in rjer place until
finally there was a circle of girls
surrounding the three candles repre
senting work,' health and love, the
smybols of the Camp Fire.iv The
guardian called the three who were
to light- the candles and each one
as she lit her candle repeated a verse.
The guardian then distributed the
honor, beads to those who had
earned them. After that the loyal
Camp Fire girls sang several songs
and marched out to the sweet tune
of "The Sun is Sinking in the West"
Form New Group
' A new group was started Monday
afternoon at Hawthorne school. Miss
Stella Holmes was in charge and
applications for memberships were
received. Eighteen girls were-pres-ent.
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Hold Regular Meeting
The regular meeting of Mason
school group was held Tuesday
afternoon. The Misses Hatteroth
and Henrietta Medlar addressed the
members. -
Why Are Most People
' Right-Handed? ' s
Most people are right-handed be
cause they are trained that way. Be
ing right-handed or left-handed de
pends largely on how we get start
ed in that connection. When we are
young we form the habit generally
of being eithr right-handed or left
handed, as the case may be. Most
pe6ple correct their children when
it appears they are likely to become
leftj-handed, as we have come to
think tl(V it is better to be right
handed tnan left, and that is the rea
son why most people are right
handed. As a matter of fact, if we
were trained perfectly we should all
be both right-handed and left-handed
also. Some people are so trained
and, when we refer to' their ability
to do things equally wefl with both
hands and wish to bring out this fact
we say they are ambidextrous. It is
not natural that one hand should be
trained to do things while the other
is not.-Book of Wonders. j
, Hallowe'en'
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"The ' air resounds with tuneful
notes V
From myriads of straining throats,'
All hailing Folly Queen;
So join the swelling choral throng,
Forget your sorrow and your
wrong-,-' ! - '
In. one glad' hour of joyous song
To honor Hallowe'en."
: v. v' Experience,
i Dear Busy Bees': This is the first
time I have written for this page. I
will tell you about an 'experience I
had, as I was coming home from
town. One day I forgot that I had
,notlpaid the grocer for a bottle of
milk. I gave him a bottle but not
the money. I hurried back to the
store and told him what , I did. I
paid him the money and then went
home. That is my story. I live at
251 North Platte avenue. Wayne
Gardner, 9, Fremont, Neb.
Have Pet Kittne.
Dear Busy Bees. This is the first
time I have written a, story to you.
We had a little kitten. It was gray
and white. We girls would take our
dolls' dresses and dress it up. Its
name was Tommy. One morning
after my mother got up she let the
cat in. It jumped up on the bed
and came over to me and purred
in my ear. I was afraid and jumped
over the head of the bed. It scared
me, and when I saw what it was I
was surprised. Rufiy Woods, 10,
140 North Maple, Fremont, Neb.
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The Little Folks Almost Hear a 1 . J .' ' " '
Halloween Story. 1 " ?7r"r":rT;r-r-Tf ""pn;B!!!iif ;fiS!jf El
The Teenie Weenies had decided '''IllW vt-Ptllpillli!!
to celebrate Halloween by having a A JWmF fMtW '
picnic supper in the woods around a ; tfjjA ljk Cjj jf f'M0Mm:ZT
big campfire; , . A sjf $MW Mlpiifetr
It was almost night before the. lit- '''fM IL j$By iiiigp
tie folks set out for the big woods, 5 WM MM mmnWP
and it was quite dark before they ,1. I P JlStf
the fire while the Lady- of Fashion " : - I ffl ji S I l! Ilk
and the General told storie. , J I S MM 1 ,1 1.
The Lady of Fashion had just fin- LJf J 111 Mf 1 111 I 1
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crawled under the bushes .and sat
down Hjuite near the campfire. -
The Teenie Weenies knew the cat,
for he lived in a big house quite near
their village and he had a reputa
tion for having a nasty temper and
a sharp pair of claws. .
"Good evening, sir," said the Gen
eral, rising from the stone on which
he sat. "Welcome to our little cir
cle." v, , . 7
"Good evening, everybody," said
the cat pleasantly. "Having a Hal
loween party?"
"Yes, sir," answered the Cook.
"We were just telling stories. Maybe
you would like to tell us a story?"
"Why, yes," answered the cat,
Camp Sheldon Film
Of Local "Y" Period
Shown Boys Parents
' Last Saturday evening the two
reel Camp Sheldon film which was
taken during the Omaha boys' camp
periods at the state "Y" camp at
Columbus, Neb., were shown to a
large crowd of parents and boys
who attended the camp.
The films are very fine, indeed, and
show in excellent detail the wonder
ful equipment of the camp, as well
as the perfectly organized program
of activities, which were in charge
of E. E. Micklewright, boys' work
kecretary at the "Y."
The showing of the film was pref
aced by a talk by R. S. Flower, gen
eral secretary of the 'Y M. C. A.,
who told ol the ideal equipment and
program of the camp. E. M. Baber,
associate state secretary of the "Y,"
spoke between the reels, telling the
parents of the boys of the program
of character - development at the
camp. The program was closed by
a short talk by J. Dean Ringer,
whose son spent three weeks at the
camp this summer. Mr, Ringer told
of the camp from aparent's view
point. ' '
Many were the fine comments
from th parents of the lads at the
first showing of the film and all are
enthusiastic about their son going
back to "Nebraska's finest boys',
camp" next summer. A special pe
riod has been reserved for Omaha
lads under the direction of Mr.
Micklewright and ISO boys will be
taken to the camp with the finest
leadership in the city iri charge of
the various activities.
Opening Bible Study
Clubs Well Attended
Six hundred and thirty Omaha
lads from 12 to 20, years of
age attended the , opening meet
ings of the Bible Study clubs at the
boys' division of the Y. M. C. A.
last week. Every one of these boys
was fed with a fine hot dinner at a
cost varying from IS cents for the
grade school lads to' 25 cents for the
older high school boys. Meals con
sisted of pot roast, scalloped pota
toes, bread and butter, cocoa, and
ice cream.
Special speakers during the week
were J. H. Beveridge and D wight
N. Lewis of Des Moines, Mr. Bev
eridge speaking on Tuesday night
and Mr. Lewis on Friday evening.
Four Hi-Y clubs and one Grade
School club constitute the Bible
blinking his big yellow eyes at the
fire "I can tell a story."
"Oh, do, do," (-cried the' Teenie
Weenies. ' ,
,"Well," began the cat. "You all
know that a black cat sits on the
broom with the witch when she flies
about on Halloween so I'm going
to tell you just how that cat hap-J
pened to be along.
"Once there was an old witch, who
lived alone in a hut at the edge, of a
great forest. The witch was lone
some, and she took a great fancy to
a black cat which sometimes visited
the forest. -
" 'If I could just get that cat to
ride with me on ry broom when I
study work of the boys' division for
the year. The largest club is the
Central Hi-Y club made up for high
school- boys all above 16 years of
age. There were 190, of these lads
at the meeting last Friday night.
E. E. Micklewright, boys' work
secretary at the "Y " stated at the
close of the week's work that there
will be over 1,000 Omaha boys in
Bible clubs-this year as compared
with 850. ast year. The basket ball
leagues for Bible students will open
this week at the "Y" on Thursday
andt Saturday in charge of C C.
Weigel. Thts are expected to stim
ulate the Bible study work.
Several Hikes Arranged.
;On Friday this week an all-day
hike "will be conducted by the boys'
division of the "Y" for all boys who
attended ,Canip Sheldon this sum
mer. Almost 100 of the ISO boys
vho attended the camp are expected
to go on the hike when a permanent
Camp Sheldon club will be organ
ized. ' ! '
The boys will leave the "Y" at 9
a. m. in charge of E. E. Mickle
wright, boys' work secretary, and
will return at 5 p. m. that evening.
Special stunts are being arranged for
the trip and leaders at the camp this
summer will act as I leaders on the
hike. ,
On Thursday an all-day hike will
be conducted for all boy members
of the "Y( by the physical and boys'
departments under the direction of
N. J. Weston, physical director, and
J. S. Arnold, assistant ' boys' work
secretary. The boys for this i hike
will leave the ,"Y" at 9 a. m. on
Thursday and will be gone all day.
Boys going on both, Hikes will
bring their own lunches and a tin
cup each. The "Y" will furnish hot
coffee for the boys on the hike.
Animals have feelings just as much
as human being. If I cannot
speak when folks are cruel to me,
I can feeL '
For the Live Boys of Omaha .
fly afcJiieht I wouldn't be a bit lone-
some,' she said to herself, and she
set to work to try and trap the cat.
"There was" jus-t one way the old
witch could get the cat in her power.
"The broom she rode was magical,
and if the witch could once get the
cat to stand on the handle of that
broom, or to climb it, she would
have him m her power.
"Now, the cat was a wise fellow,
and he carefully kept away from the
broom, for he knew it was magical.
"The witch tried many schemes
to trap, the cat.but every one failed
and she nearly gave up trying, but
:,t last she had a clever idea: ' v
"just about the time she expected
headers at Central
Hi George Benolken
One of the leading men at Central
High school is . George Penolken.
He is a student of unusual ability,
and enters into all the activities of
the school.
Benolken is a captain in the cadet
regiment, and has proved himself
to be av capable leader among men
He is well liked by his officers and
men. He is also treasurer of the
Cadet Officers( club. i-
"Beno" is an athlete of no small
ability. He plays end on the school
foot ball team, and shows a strong
fighting spirit at all times. He also
hat quite a rep'utation as a basket
ball player,' He made a letter several
years ago, and is expected to play
a great game tfr.is year.
George is president of the Student
association, and has proven him
self to be- a good jman for'the job.
He has had charge of several mass
meetings this year that were the best
seen at Central High for many years.
He is also sergeant at arms of the
senior class. -;"' v -
Untiring and ceaseless energy
coupled' wiyi- considerable ability
has made it possible for George to
get ahead in school life. He is an
active worker in the Hi-Y club of the
jchool. . ,
Scout Masters to
Finish Course Soon
The men enrolled for the Scout
masters' training course ' are pro
gressing rapidly in their instructions
and will finish their course Novem
ber 9.
The men in charge of this train
ing . give out the information that
the class is the best ever enrolled
They are picking the work up very
rapidly. This course is being' given
under the auspices of Creighton uni
versity. Several of the trodps who are in
urgent need of fcaders fill be very
well fixed when this class is ended
The troops will be given, over to
very competent men who will give
the boys the best of training. Scout
headquarters feels proud in being
able to obtain such competent men
as leaders.
7. Franklin Worrell
Great Friend of "Y"
In the death of W. Franklin Wor
rell last week, the boys' division of
the "Y" losone of its very best
the cat to call one day she set the
magical broom up in the corner and
when she heard the cat step onto the
door sill she suddenly changed her
self Into fat mouse. . ! -
"Now the black cat was a great
mouser, and when he spied the
mouse he made a jump at' it.
"The mouse dodged him and scur
ried up the broom handle and before
the cat thought of his danger he ran
right up the broom after the mouse.
Suddenly the broom started to
move out through the doorway, and
to the cat's horror he saw the mouse
change back into the witch.
'Ha, ha,' chortled the witch. 'I've
got youj-' y
"Well, uponroy word," gasped the
eat. starinar at the-Dunce. who had
fallen asleep and tumbled ' off the
stick on wnicn ne nao neen siumg.
"If 'my stories are so dull that.it
puts folks to sleep I think I'd better .
be leaving," and he turned around
and disappeared into the night
"Don't go, Mr. Cat," cried the
Clown. "Come bac and finish the
story and I'll tell ymi where you
can find a fresh sa)mon can." But
the cat never answered,. and the
Teenie Weenies never heard tlie end
of the story. f ' '
The Dunce was soundly scolded
for going to sleep, tumbling off the
log and spoiling a good story, but
the little folks soon forgot the cat
and his story, for the Cook made a
big pot of cocoa. ; , ,
Sandwiches antf cae were passcu
around and it was almost midnight
before the little folks trooped into
their tiny homes .beneath the rose y
bush: , , , -.v
Collie Buries Playmate
Much can be saicf 'on both . sides
regarding the question, "Do dogs ;
leason?" and Miss Violet Burrows
of Fresno, Cal., has recently written
of an incident which she regards as
proof that they do. One of two dogs
that had been playmates was killed
by an automobile. "The survivor."
writes Miss Burrows, "realizing
that this was the end of it all, took
the dead dog by 'the scruff of, his
neck and dragged him towards the
hole that he had dug. It was fully
10 minutes before he accomplished
his task; but at last after much
panting and resting he managed to
get his burden into tne snanow
crave. Lvine for some brief time.
above the terrier's resting place, he
looked with sad eyes at the people
who had gathered to watch this un
usual, interesting scene.
"Rising -t last, -he reversed his
position to the opposite side, so that
he could scratch the earth back. He
started his labor of , love, hardly .
resting until hi; utask ' of covering
the remains was comptete. When
the last earth had been replaced,
he stood over the grave and gave
forth one long' drawn-out cry, as if
offering up a prayer to the, 'god of
dogs,' then composed himself quiet
ly upon the grave. Here he kept a
silent all-night vigil. ' For many
days after that collie might be seen
lying with his long-pointed nose be
tween his whit; paws, under the
shade of that fig' tree, and neither
rabbits, butterflies tior food could
tempt him away. ,; '
"There are many people tnat may
doubt that a dog would be capable
of such an action, nevertheless, it is
true, so it goes to prove that ani
mals do reason." The National HU
mane "Review. ' ' : .
Conundrums.
What'a the difference between a
plaeterex and a fisherman? One carrlsa
a hoi the other carriea a cod.
When your friend In being fieaten In a
beat race the name of which nation lo
you call? Roman (row man).-"-
In what way Is a miner like a 'thief?
The more pockets ha finda" to pick the
happier he is. f
younger members. .Franklin had
been a member since early last sum
mer when he became 12 years old
and rarely missed a session of his
gymnasium or swimming class. He
was greatly respected and loved not
only by the boys' work secretaries
at the ;'Y" but by the boys in his
class with whom he associated.
He spent a( period at Camp Shel
don with the Omaha "Y" lads last
summer and made a host of friends
there with both leaders and boys
He will be missed a great deal at the
boys' division this year as he was
a real boy in every way.
' Several Y. M. C. A. secretaries
attended the funeral.
Special Duty far
Scouts This Week
The Boy Scouts of Omaha wil!
have a chance to "do a good turn
daily", this week when they will.be
asked to volunteer for special duty '
at the Teachers convention, Novem-
ber 3-5. r
The scouts! are to act as orderlies, '
messengers, and guides.' Different
troops will be called ujjon to furnish
men on different days. All of this
service will count as duty units for
which the scouts are so diligently
working." Scouts are asked to volun
teer at once for this luty. y
, Last Tuesday night the scouts
were asked to usher at the Audit
orium and did thjir duty in a faith
ful, serviceable way. Troops 32,
40 and 60 furnished the contingents
for this work. " , ; ,
Halloween Party,
For Boys a Success
The "Halloween party conducted
last night at the boys' division of the
"Y" tyr the physical and . boys' de
partment staftVwas a great success,
not only in numbers, but also in in
terest shown and the good time
every lad had. Several hundred
boys filled the building tefore the
hour of starting the party arrived,
all anxious to take part in the stunts
arranged for them. ,
Down secret passages and winding
stairway, with bhosts guarding
them, and through mysterious places 1
of air sorts the boys' were led and a
typical Halloween frolic was en
joyed by everyone.
This is one of the annual parlies
put on for all boys of the member
ship. Another one will come during
the Christmas holidays and the third
one will be on St. Patricks day in
the spring, which wis. such a hxia
success last year, , K ..
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