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THE HKE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, JANUARY .10, 1921.
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Stones by Our. Little Folks
(l'ric.)
Mane's Christmas.
Maric was a poor little girl who
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muau no roomer or lamer. Mic. lived
with an old woman who had prom
ised to take care of her. She was
not a had woman at heart, but she
didn't seem to know little Marie's
troubles and was Jiarsh with her,
and often after Marie had gone to
bed in the little attic, she wished
that he, too, might go to heaven
with her mother and father. Christ
mas was drawing near and Marie
knew that she should have none and
her little heart was very sad. She
lay a long time in her rough little
bed in the slurry little attic and cried
softly to herself. One night, about
three evenings before Christmas,
after she had gone to bed she heard
"Ma" (as she called her guardian)
and old Doctor Jones talking in
low tones about something. Now,
like all children, Marie was inquisi
tive, so she got up and almost nois-
lessly walked to the door of the at
tic. She heard "Ma" say: "Now,
Doc, youcan take that old cat ami
drown him in the creek if yc wanla."
That ,was all she heard for she fled
crying to her bed. The cat was her
best and only friend. She must save
him. She simply must. She lay
there until all talking ceased and
she could hear "Ma" snorifigin her
comfortable bedroom dowii stairs.
She got up, put on her clothes, took
her old winter coat down from the
rail behind the door and walked
down the old stairs to the stove,
where-the cat -lay sleeping. She
picked him upnd left the house to
make her way through 1 1 r blinking
-snow to an old house which had been
vacant for many years. As she
walked along she got so cold and
tired that she stumbled many times
.lurtiirr lnvr lrttia- wa1L- Snnn HOt
even 100 yards from the old
house, she fell and was so sleepy
she fell fast asleep. Dr. Warring
ton happened to be going to a pa
lieut on "that road, and as he rode
along he whistled 'a merry tune. All
of a sudden he saw a small figure in
the snow. He stopped his horse, got
out and soon realized that the child
was Marie, for he had known her
Tor a long time. He picked her up
and" took a blanket from under his
f-eat and put.it around her, then he
picked up the cat and put it in the
sleigh beside him. Soon be heard
the small figure say: "I don't care
if I don't have anyChristmas tree.
Tommv. I'll save you and old
'Doc' shan't have you." Three days
later-Marie lay in a smalT snowy bed
in the home of a rjch broker who
had died and left his wife a widow.
It was Christmas and Marie had the
most wonderful Christmas -she had
ever had ,and what was more, she
wa to have a permanent home with
Dr. Warrington's pat'?t. who was
the rich broker's wife. Kathryn
Smith, Age 13, Schuylofr Neb.
(Honorable Mention.)
"The Lot Ring."
"Once upon a time there was a poor
lady with her only' child Frances.
She worked every day but could
hardly earn bread to eat. One day
when" 1-ranees was coming home
from school a beautiful lady rode by
in a carriage. She said: "Come with
inc." So she took Frances with her
to a very beautiful house, and said:
"This is Yours if you will find the
lost ring." So saying she went
away. Frances went into the next
room. There was a ring and by it
the wVds were written: "Whoso
ever finds the mate to this ring shall
have anything they wish. So Fran
ces went home and tdld her mother
all. So the same night she had a
dream. A man appeared and said:
"Lot under the old apple tree and
there is the ring in an old glass bot
tle." So the next day Frances
looked under the old apple tree and
there was the ring in tfre bottle, just
as the man had said. The next thing
Frances did wa to take the ring to
the lady. The lady took the ring
and said: "This is yours," and went
away. Frances looked through the
house. The rooms were beautifully
furnMicd Frances and her mother
were very happy. Irene Jordan,
Aged 10. 2411 Michigan avenue,
Omaha, Neb.
The Boy and the Apples.
An ohU.inan who owned a fine
orchard, found a rude boy upon a
uictiiiti ui uni; ji ma una ctiuii;
sonic of the choicest fruit. When
the man ordered the boy to come
down the youngster told fu'm plainly
that he would not. "Won't you,"
said the old man, "then I will fetch
you down." -So he pulled up some
tufts and began to throw then at
him. But it only made .the sucy
youngster laugh to think that the
old man should pretend to beat him
clown from the tree with light
weapons. .."Well, well," saidthe old
man, "if neither words nor grass
will do, I must try what virtue there
, is in stones." Then he pelted him
vigorously with stones, which soon
made the young chap hasten down
froni the tree and . beg the man's
pardon. Edna Lchr, aged 13, Mead,
Neb. i
What I Read.
When I am tired of play,
Which is most every day,
I go and get a stry book
And at the pictures look.
I read about Beauty and Beast,
How they have a wonderful
feast,
How the fox is so sly,
How he always does get by.
And about so much gold,
'Course that's only told,
And ahout the king aiurjueen,
About Jack Sprat, who could
eat no lean.
Fading away is the light,
Coming on us the night,
Now 1 must go to bed.
For a long time I haye read.
Lavone Grecnway, 10, 1826 Third
avenue, Council Bluffs, la.
First Letter.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter to your page. It is just a little
poem.
Onery, oncry, ickcry Ann,
I'm pounding on the dishpan.
Mamma says, "Cut it out."
Then I begin to cry and pout.
Then she says she'll get a switch.
Then I tell her I'm a witch.
She doesn't believe my fairy tales,
So I pound on the scrub pail.
Then she goes and gets the shingle,
Then my pants go dingle, dingle.
Lena Mary Stcuie, 8, North Platte,
Neb.
Four Little Sisters.
Four little sisters grew beside a
country road one day. A little sis
ter said, "Big sister w hy do wc have
to grow here?" Big ' sister said,
"Where God puts us there we have
to grow." But little sister said why
do those pretty white flowers over
there grow in the shade and we
grow in the sun and wrinkfle and die?
I wish some of the Busy Bees would
write to me. Emily Mestanck, So.
Omaha, Neb.
A New See.
Dear Busy Bees: This is my first
letter. I wish to join your Bee Hive.
I go to sclyol every day I am in
the Third grade. My teacher's name
is Miss Wallice. I am 9 years old.
Well, will close for my letter is get
ting long. Aletha Combs, aged 9,
West Point, Neb.
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Four of . the Little People Climb
Into a Focketbook ancf an Adventure
During the "winter the vTecnie
Weenies had much work to do and
a great deat of fun.
Wood had. to be cut occasionally
for the fire, and it took a lot of time
to keep the tiny stoves and fire
places going.
There were two fireplace; in the
Lovers' bungalow a large one Ah
the sitting room arid a took itovc in
the kitchen.
There were two stoves in the
school house and one large stove
in the laundry.
Two fires had to be kcp'. up in
the hospital and one stcvein the old
tin can, which the little folks used
s a workshop and tooJliouse.
The Teenie Weenies always kept
a large supply of wood on hand and
never toucher it unless the weather
vas too bad to be outdoors.
Every morning when the' v, either
permitted, the little men would go
out under the big tree and gather
the twigs which had fallen to the
ground. Carrying them up to th;
Bad Falrlea.
Of ll the had fairies who meddle
wfTh, Ufa
Tha worst am a mischievous elf and
hi wife.
8o whatever you're "doing, beware of
t hese t wo :
They are "Haven't Much time," and
"I Cuets Jt Will lo."
St. Nicholas,
The Lazy Spinner.
Dear Busy Bee: This is the first
time I have written to you. I am
sending you a story about a little
girl that was called the "Lazy Spin
ner." ( Once there was a girl who was
a spinner. A prince was passing
by and when he saw her working
he wanted to marry her. She was
a lazy girl, because whenever she
found a knot in the thread she would
cut off a long piece of thread and
throw it away, but the princei did
not know this. Then the little girl
would call her maid and have her
sweep the house. As the maid
swept the house she would gather
all the threads the little girl ,-had
thrown away and make a dress for i
herself. 'I he prince came again
and asked the g4rl where her maid
had gotten such a pretty dress. The
girl told the prince how. -she had
wasted the thread and her maid in
sweeping had picked up the thread
and made herself this pretty dress.
Then the prince sat and thought
awhile then said, "I will not marry
vou because I am afraid you will
waste half of the kingdom. I have
decided to marry your" roaid.'t Ever
after the girl had to make ner liv
ing by spinning. Your little friend,
Maurine Davidson, agefl 9, Hastings,
Neb.
"The Flag of Liberty."
"The flag of Liberty,
The flag that set our country free.
Flagof the noble and the brave,
Let that flag forever wave."
"Oh ! flag of Liberty
Will you forever wave?
O'er our land -and sea?
Oh! let that flag again our country
save."
By Margaret Ahrendson, aged M,
.Millard, Neb.
Four Scamps.
Dear Busy Bees: I would like to
"ioin the hive. This is my first letter
Uf the Busy Bees. I will now write
the story of the four scamps.
A black-nosed kitten will slumber
all the tray-
A white-nosed kitten is e?er glad
to play.
A yellow-nosed kitten will answer
to your call.
And a gray nosed kitten I wouldn't
have , at all. Mary Antoinette
Martin, 816 West Fourth St., Has -
tings, Neb.
shoe house they would saw and split
them into, fire wood. -
Sometimes an old pencil could.be
found, and when it was cut into the
proper lengths it made wonderful
wood for the fireplaces.
A pencil three or four inches long
would keep the fireplace going for
almost half a day, and a clothespin,
when it was cut up, would last a full
winter's day.
Burnt matches were picked up by
the Teenie Weenies, old rulers,
bucket handles, and in fact any
small wooden -object which could
be handled by the little folks was
cut up to keep them warm.
While it took a lot of work to
keep the fireplaces supplied with
wood, there were many men to do
the, work, so, after all, the Teenie
Weenies had a lot of spare time on
their hands. ,
One afternoon when the wood had
been split for the next day and after
a lunch of delicious "rice cakes and
rlover sugar four of the Teenie
eenies set out for a walk.
Gogo, the Sailor, Dunce, and tin-:
Clown made up the party, and they
6 amp (jRre CUrls
Work for Fire-Makers'
Rank
The Skcnsawane group entertained
at dinner Thursday night at the
home of Miss-Edith Allen. Thet
dinner was prepared and served by
two members of the groilp, the
Misses Edith'Allen and Jennie Gait,
as a requirement for their tiremakcrs'
rank.
Group Holds Candy Sale
The Witonohi group held a candy
sale Saturday at the Port Street gro
icry at Twenty-eighth and Fort
streets. The proceeds went to the
group treasury.
Ceremonial Meeting
Held
A ceremonial meeting of the Na
wakwa group was held at the home
of Miss Ruth Pilling. Five girls
took the Wood Gatherers' rank.
Putting Bull
Miss Ida McAfee, a girl from the
KJn Chicago, paints one of the blooded bovincs at the Chicago Live Stock
i show, moving her studio temporarily to the stock yards.
sang Tcciiic Weenie songs as they
trudged along over -the white snow.
"Say, J-jjj-jimminie f-f-fishhooks!
Jiinminie C-C-Christmas!" cried the
Dunce after the little fellows had
walked for some time. "My feet arc
cold and I'm goiu' into that house
over there to vct warm."
"Same here," said Gogo, glancing
at the house nearby at which the
Dunce wasfc pointing. "I'm almost
froze."
"Oh, my dear!" exclaimed "the
Clown, imitating the .Lady of
Fashion. "Not froze but frozen.
Such language I've never heard."
The Teenie Weenies laughed
loudly at the Clown's imitation as
they hurried to the house, which
they soon entered by rolling through
the crack under the dcor. ,
The little chaps found the house
well heated, and they soon warmed
themselves under a steam radiator.
The Dunce spied a box of candy,
which stood on 'a -table in the room,
and hoping to get a bite of the
swerts the four little fellows soon
climbed tip the table leg and pulled
ihcmsch cs te the top.
Group Meetings
The Hisi Idaqua group met at the
home ot their guardian, Mis l'.rn
estine Wtinrath, Saturday evening.
Plans were made for the ceremonial
meeting to be held February 5.
The Tomoljf group held a meet
ing Thursday afternoon at the Y. W.
C. A. After the meeting an election
of officers was held with the follow
ing result: President, Miss Frances
MeChesney; secretary, Miss Arliue
Roseuberry; treasurer, Miss Alice
Ffeiffer; reporters, the Misses Violet
Sonncland and Morence Kich.
Maker of Rlist.
It has been discovered that the
hard crusts of rust which form in
the pipes of city water supplies,
causing trouble to the engineers, are
formed by microbes, and several
types of "iron hacterii" have been
isolated and cultivated in the lab
oratory.
Bacteria appear also to have
helped in the formation of limestone
and chalk, and in many ways in the
rock formation of the..earth's crust.
The Children's Newspaper.
on Canvas
cattle country, who is sfudviner art
The Teenie Weenies tried to lift
flic cover fr.-m the candy box,-but
it was too hard a task and they
were forced to give rf'up.
"I'm going to se what's 'in that
pocketbook," said the Sailor, point
ing to a woman's large iag, which
stood open cu the table. "There's
always something interesting in n
womait's pocketbook." And, jumping
off tfie books to the top of the table
the Sailor soon climbed up and dis
appeared into the bag.
"Say," shouted the Sailor, "there's
chcwig gum and everything in
here. Come on in!"
The Dunce and the Clown si
followed, but Gogo refused to climb
in. "You all will get into trouble fo'
clinibin' in dat pocketbook," he said.
"It certainly is bad luck to go prow
lin' 'round pocketbooks."
Gogo sat down on the table with
his tiny back against a book to wait
for his friends, but hearing the ex
cited cries of the three Teenie
Weenies inside the bag he decided to
look in.
Climbing on to the bag he sat on
the edge of the opening and watched
his friends below.
"Come on in," shouted the Clown.
"Xo, sah!''. cried the Clown, and
catching the little colored fellow's
foot he gave a mighty pull.
Gogo grabbed for the side of the
pocketbook, and just as he caught it
he saw the opening of the bag start
to close.
"Look out," he shouted, and
jumped into the bag right on top of
the Clown, sending that little fellow
tumbling over n hairpin into a box
of face powder.
The opening W the pocketbook,
snapped suddenly shut, and the four
Teenie Weenies -found themselves
prisoners.
(To be continued.)
1
Giant Redwood
Why Do We Call a Cab
; a Hansom?
The term is applied usually to a
public vehicle, known in England as
a "two-wheeler," or "Hansom" (from
the nameof the inventor), and drawn
by one horse. In a hansom cab the
passenger or hirer of the vehicle sits
immeditcly in rear of the dashboard,
For the Live Boys
UY" Boys You Should
Know Morgan Myers
One of the fine-looking, clean,
clear-eved lads that may be found at
the boys' division of the "Y" most
;:ny day is Morgan Myers, a 15-year-old
sophomore in ' Central High
school. Morgan spends most of his
spare time at the "Y," where he'cx
cclls in the games, enjoys a good
book or magazine and, best of all, is
a leader in the Bible study work of
the Junior Hi-r cluh. He has becti
a gym leader for several years.
Last summer Morgan spent 10
days at the "Y"-camp at Columbus,
wliich did a great deal for him. in
developing his leadership. In the
boys' treasure hunt last spring he
was the first boy to find one of the
treasures and so secure,d for himself
an additional year on his "Y" mem
bership. He is a real boy and has a brother,
Howard, 2, who has just become
old enough to join the Y. M. C. A.,
who is a coming leader. The boys,
with whom Morgan associates re
spect him very much and h stands
among the younger high school boys
for clean, square things in every line
of work. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Myers ot 4746 Aortii
Fortieth avenue.
41 New Members at
"Y" Boys' Division
The bovs' division of the "Y" in
Omaha now has 900 boy members.si
These boys represent the association
in every school in the city and in
a great many of the offices and
shops where they work. New mem
bers find their way in to join every
day in the week and it is a dull day
when several boys do not come in
and jom the big club which is for
boys only, Seventeenth and Harney
streets.
During the last two weeks 41 boys
ioiiTed the boys' division. They are:
Samuel Beach, Fred Castle, Glenn
Cackley, Marvin Cropper, . Russell
Clampitt, Sylvan Erman, Wilbur
Erickson,' Fred Ebner, Howard
Hawkinson, Allen Holmes. Jack
Holmes, Robert Heffelin, Richard
Igel, Edward Jones, Harry Jones,
jr., Walter Johnson, Dell Litz,
George Lowdcn. Paul Lcussler,
Mvron Luslia Richard Laycock,
Harold Marsh. Faul Mitchell, Stan-1
ley Miller. James McDonald. Cres
ton Mullins, Edwin Millberg,
Herbert Manugh. Fred Nase, Clif
ford "Norene, Edwin North. Earl
North, John Patullo, George Towell,
Hiram Prucky, Carl Peterson, Henry
Rupe, Aaron . Richard. Elmer
Thomas, jr., Howard Townscnd,
Wendell Waldron.
Knights of Square
Table to Banquet
The hoys o'" the Junior Employed
Hoys' club, -which is known as the
Knights of the Square Table, arc to
have a big banquet on Wednesday
night this week, February 2. One
of the knights who works in a print
ing ottice printed the tickets, which i
arc on sale in the boys' division now. j
Each knight is entitled to bring a
friend to the hanquet and over 100 :
of them arc expected to attend. j
Fred Kirkland of the King Hard-j
ware company is the sponsor of this
club, which he organised for the cm-i
ployed bu. s in the "Y" membership.'
lie is in chargeof the arrangements I
tor the hammer, which will be a red !
-Kiter event for the-:c employed boys. ;
1 he laus in t he club are paper boys, 1
drricrs and sellers, and others who I
work after school and on Saturdays.
1 hey arc a most interesting group
of boys and the club has done a j
great deal to devlop them in an all-!
round wav. i
They enjoy two nights a week at
the "Y" with gym and swimming.
On one of their nights they have
their weekly club meeting, which
lasts an hour and is in charge of Mr.
Firkland. On the other of their
nights they have a Bible Study club,
where they are studying Old Testa
ment heroes. This Bible study club
work is in charge of J. Shailer Ar
nold, assistant boys' work secretary
frf the "jr."
Decorates Park
A section of a
big tree brought
from California
stands on the
ground of the De
partment of Agri
culture in Wash
ington. It is 30
feet in diameter
and is topped off
with a miniature
house.
the driver sitting on an elevated
perch behind, the reins being passed
over the top.' The term cab is some
times also applied to a four-seated,
closed or open carriage, drawn by
one or two horses, the driver sitting
in front. The term is also applied
to the covered part of a locomotive,
in which the engineer and firemen
have their stations. Book of Won
ders; To
Dad
By MAC OHMAX.
Junior in Central High School.
"You ask me, lo I have a aon?
Yoa, my dear air, I have one
With whom I very seldom meet;
Whose sole ambition is to eat."
This is what a certain father
Who thougTit hla son was Just a bother,
Tolit a man who stroked his cheek,
And spoka of "Father and Son Week."
Tho speaker finally gained permission,
Sot out upon another misaion:
Met the son so like the father
Who thought his sona Just a bother.
Who said, "My dad is not her often,"
And hia eyes besan to soften
'But I sure would like to learn
More of the man whose coal we burn."
And tn the son went with the father
Who thought his son was, just a bother,
To a hall that rung with laughter,
Enjoyed some food and speeches after.
Heard how father and how son
Hardly knew the other one;
How these two might como together
With huppiucsa that blooms like heather.
That night there was a certain father
Who found his son was not a bother
But a rare diamond In the rough
For him to shape to fajer stuff.
And a lonely, clear-eyed son
Found the man the only one.
To fill the ga"p his young heart had
The one that none can fill but Cad.
Helper Hurt in
Coasting Accident
Vard Lindley, first sergeant in
the Central High cadet rcgimeht and
junior in-high school, who works in
the boys' division three nights each
week has been in the hospital for
the past week. He was injured two
weeks Jgo in a coasting accident on
WestJDodgc street and the hair on
the back of his head was torn off.
He is getting along better ixw and
his many friends at the boys divi
sion will be glao" to hear of his re
covery. Ward is a fine boy and has many
friends wdiom he has made during
the few months in which he has been
working with the night boys at the
"YT" He works with the cniDloyed
boys on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday nights. i
Mother Now, Bobby, was it you
that picked all the meat off of this
chicken?
Bobby Well, mother, to make a
clean breast of it, I did. Lone
Scout.
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Bad Candy
"What are you eating there,
Clara?" v
"Just a piece of ciiuly I bought at
the corner stand, Auntie. Will you
have a piece, too?"
"Oh, no, thank you, Child. I pre
fer this peach from our garden. You
know those cheap r mi dies are not
made with good sugar, but of adul
terated substances, most of which are
very bad for the stomach, and cer
tainly spoil the best of appetites, If
you really find a need for candy,
hakc ii yuursru, wuu mousses ua
butter and vinegar, or with c(tr
starsh and confectioners' ' sugar, or
any other of the well known recipes
for simple home made candy. You
will find it just as pleasant to eat
and much more wholesome."
GEORGETTE BEL'RET.
Who Was He?
A boy was explaining to his uncle
all about the steam engine, and how
the principle was evolved from the
lifting of a kettle lid. when the water
was boiling on the fire.
"For all of, which," said his uncle,
"we have chiefly to thank what was
his name?"
"Watt was his name, uncle," re
plied the boy. The Children's
Newspaper.
Sheets of Glue in a Glue
Book
Glue has always come in tubes or
bottles, but now it comes in books
that are very much like stamp books,
with which you are familiar. The
glue is smeared on thin she sts of pa
pcr'that can be torn out of the book
when they are needed. Both sides
of each sheet are smeared.
After all a stamp book is half glue
book, and, since it is a great suc
cess, the glue book should be one,
too. A strip, when moistened on
both sides, will fasten two sheets ot
paper together or may be used for
mending clothes. The busy housewife
can do emergency mending quickly
if she has a glue book. Popular
Science Monthly.
of Omaha
Changes to Be Made
In "Y" Boys Division
To Give More Room
On account of the continual and
steady growth of the membership of
the boys' division, more changes are
being made to accommodate the large
number of boys who use the
privileges. Last Saturday alone,
523 boy.s made use of the boys' di
vision games, '.library, gym and pooln
Bible study classes and movie enters
tainments. . f
So the office which lias been large
and spacious is being made just hatf
as large so that the boys may fiave
the additional space ' for reading
room and library. Two new checker
tables have been added to the equip
ment as well ' as a new sectional
bookcase which doubles the size of
the library. Boys are furnishing the
library with the best boys' books
from their own book shelves at
home.
During the past few weeks, the
boys' rooms have been so crowded
that at times the secretaries have
counted 20 boys sitting on the floor
reading and playing checkers and
chess. It is to relieve this crowded
condition that the clianges are being
made.
Any Omaha business man who
cares to see how the boys of Omaha
are being taken care of by the boys'
division should come up to the Boys'
rooms some Saturday morning be
tween 9 and 12, and see the hundreds
of boys all busy, all occupied, and all
interested in games, magazines, the
rictrola, etc. It would be a revela
tion to many men and all are invited
to visit the boys' division at any
time.
The End ot the Season.
"Maple Tree put on her party gowa
Of red and yellow.
But Oh! when the wind came waltz
ing; down
The saucy fellow
Whirled her so tnather dress was
torn,
And left her standing; all forlorn;
Shivering too.
Because she knew
She'd have to wait till a fresh one
grew."
than sity two
will come to you.
1 and taking theni nmueitiallv.