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1 I THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1921 50 v. V u :A . , 3 ; ' 1 1 i i Tit mm The Lost Teenie Weenies Make a Couple of New Friends. synopsis ot last week's story; Qiogo, the Sailor, Dunce and the .Clown crawl into a woman's pocket- book, which suddenly snaps and makes tlicm prisoners. - They are carried downtown, where they make uieir escape in a big department store. They hide until night, when vall is quiet, and set out in search of food. Finally a gruff voice speaks to them from a dark shadow and when theyv say that they are look ing tor iooa the voice breaks out into a loud laugh.) "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed the voice. Why, bless me eye, you re seven floors above food, and it's a long ways clown. s "W-W-What do you mean?" asked 'tlie frightened Dunce. "I mean the restaurant is on the second floor, and you are now in the, ninth floor.- Seven floors and 'two floors make nine floors," said -ie voice. , , . t'T' 1 I I . ' f 1 - f IWU 1IUU13 UUlll I11UC uuurs 'aud you have seven floors left; that's just how far you vc got to go to get food. " "We can get down all right," said the Clown, glancing at the stairs, which were quite near the Teenie Weenies. "Well, I'll say you can get down four floors all right, but if you get , by the third floor safely ' you're lucky. That's all I've got to say." And the voice moved towards the ' Teenie Weenies until they could see that the voice belonged to a big gray mouse. , "What's the matter with the third floor?" asked the Sailor. "Sh!" said the mouse, looking sus piciously about, "there' a big mouse eating cat on the third floor. Bless me eye, he's a bruiser." "That don't worry us any," laughed the' Clown. "We eat cats tip." ' The mouse gave the four Teenie Weenies a look of admiration, for he was much impressed with their brav ery. .. j "Bless me eye!" he exclaimed. "But you little tikes are brave for 1 uch tiny folks." V "Kinduess docs if?' said the Clown. "Always treat animals kindly, and they won't hurt you. Kindness is cur motto." "Speed is my motto," cried the mouse. "Get out of their way, that's the safe thing." . , After some talk the mouse agreed to go as far as the' fourth floor with the Teenie Weenies, and he was most helpful in showing them the way. .. ' lr was a hard climb, for the Teenie Weenies had to go down each step Ly hanging by their hands from one step and dropping to the next. Once the Dunce lost his balance and tum bled off two steps before he was able to stop. . Finally the mouse and the four lit tle men reached the fourth floor, and when the Teenie Weenies thanked the mouse for his kindness he boldly said he would go the rest of the way. bless me ever he exclaimed. It . -you fellows ain't afraid, I'm not" na ne scurried across the floor to ie stairs with remarkable soeed. In a short time the mouse and the four Teenie Weenies reached the restaurant, but although they hunted through every spot of the big place they could only find a few crumbs. "Bless me eye!" cried the mouse after they had hunted the place over. "This is tough. I'm terribly sorry yott can't find anything to eat. They re gcttin awfully stingy down here, shuttiu' everything up so." "I'll tell you "what you can do," Suggested the mouse after he had puckered up his eyebrows for some time in thought. "There's a pigeon that conies around here every once in a while, and he used to bring salted peanuts to me. lie's a great friend of mine, and if you w nil fol- low tnc I'll show you where you will be able to find him.' The mouse led the Teenie W tes to a hole"under one of the win dows, and presently they found themselves outdoors on the roof of a small building back of the store. It was now Betting daylight, ana after the mouse had said good by he sneaked through the hole and disappeared into the -store. After a lone wait the 1 eeme Weenies heard the flap of wings, and presently a big pigeon settled1 on the roof not far from the littne men, who promptly walked up to the bird. "Oh, yes!" exclaimed the bird after the Teenie Weenies had ex plained that the mouse had cnt them. "I know that mouse. Nice 'fellow. A bit scary about cats, though." When the'Duucc told the bird that they had eaten only a few crumbs since the day before, the pigeon was all sympathy and told the little men to wait-while he found something for them to cat "There's a man over in that office building over there," said the bird, nodding towards a huge building nearby, "that puts out salted pea nuts for me every morning, and if you'll wait a bit I'll go over and see if there are any on hand." The bird flew off, and in a few minutes he returned with a peanut in his biJL He made two trips, and each time he brought a fat peanut which he laid at the feet of the four. Teenie Weenies. The little men soon whittled off enough for a good meal and when they had eaten all they could hold they filled their tiny handkerchiefs with the rest "Don't know when we might be hungry again," said the Dunce. "So we'll just take a little along, for we've got a loiiij ways to travel bt fore wc reach home." "How far do you live from here?" asked the pigeon. know," answered the Clown. "We came in a woman's pocketbook, and we haven't the least idea where our house; is from here." "I've heard about you Teenie Weenies," said the pigeon. "But scratch mv beak if I know where you live. You wait here a bit, and I'll go and ask a carrier pigeon friend of mine. He's a great traveler and he knows the country for miles around." The Teenie Weenies promised to wait, and the pigeon flew off while the little fellows sat down and listened to the roar which came up from the street below, for it was now bright .daylight and the streets were crowded with big people going to work. . When the Ancients Dined ' The ancient Greeks and Romans did not sit up at the table as we do, but reclined round it on couch es, three and sometimes even four occupying one couch; at least this latter was the custom among the Romans. Each guest lay flat upon his chest while eating, reaching out his hand from time to time to -the table for what he might require. As soon as he had made a sufficient meal he turned over upon his left side, leaning upon the elbow. From the Harvard Classics. A Thought. ' Apart from all questions of policy and interest, the observance of mercy and kindness toward dumb animals is rich' in pure, indefinable satisfaction. -It blesses not only the lower being which is the recipient of it, but doubly him ho practices it Henry Bergh. . A Flag of Five Stripes. The new Chinese flag consists of five stripes crimson, yellow, white, blue and black to denote the five races comprised in the Chinese peo ple Mongol, Chinese, Manchu, Mo hammedan and Tibetan. From the Indianlpolis News. "Don't 6 amp cfiivo, Gdvls Ceremonial Entertainments Hisi Idaka held their ceremonial meeting Saturday evening. The Misses Dorothy Carr, Fern Corey and Vivian Kelson were admitted to the group. The Misses Vera Cas sell,' Margaret W'cymuller and Elsie Fustcnbtirg took their Wood gathers rank and Miss Gail Wagner became a Firemakcr. A candy sale will be held next Saturday at the Y. W. C A. to raise the money for the dues of the group. The ceremonial meeting of the Raosu group was held Saturday at the home of their guardian, Miss Ruth Peterson. Two new members were admitted into the group, Misses Margaret and Mildred Zibler. Miss Margaret Thompson, the new assist ant guardian, took her Desire. The Candles of Work were lit by Miss Thelma Marks, the Candle of Health by Miss Elizabeth Combs and the Candle of Love by Miss Minnitj Goodrich. Camp Fire Girls "Good Cooks' Thursday of last week a Camp Fire group called Lewa cooked their supper at their guardian's house. At 4 o'clock the members began to arrive. Each brought different things to cook for supper, which was served at 6:30. The menu, cooked by the members, consisted of scalloped potatoes, scalloped corn, veal birds, salad, rolls, pickles, cake and" date pudding. Games followed the supper after which the members trailed home in real Indian fashion. Wishing. I'm wishing for the robins For they mean spring is near, I'm tired of old winter It has so little cheer. I'm longing to pick violets And pretty May flowers too, And carry them in baskets To Mae and Beth and Sue. I'll slip upon their porches At 8 o'clock May night, And leave each one a basket Then run for all. my might Oh May day is the best of all, I think you'll all agree In wishing with me for it And hope no rain we'll see. Then hurry away old winter And let us have balmy spring. With ttr pretty birds and flowers I io we may be nappy ana sing. Harriet Daily, Aged 9, 2625 Orch- j ard street, Lincoln, Neb. i For the Live Boys Movie Shytos Given in TwoSchools4y"Y" Following the " promise made to the boys during the ticket selling campaign for the show given to pur- J chase a motion picture machine for the bovs' division, movie shows have been given to two of the schools in Omaha where the boys sold the most tickets for the enter tainment Five schools were eligi ble for the movies and the two who have asked for them thus far have been the . South Lincoln and Windsor. . Two weeks .-.go an entertainment was put on at the South Lincoln school showing in several reels ot fine pictures the manufacture of watches, a scenic showing the Hawaiian Islands, and a beautiful picture showing the life at present of the Seminole Indians in the Florida everglades. At Windsor school on Friday aft ernoon, an entertainment was given the children of the upper grades which was most interesting and in structive. The film, "The Land of Opportunity," was shown, which is a story of the life of Abraham Lin coln, showing one episode in his life. An educational film was shown with the feature picture and the whole made a very in I cresting as well as educational program. Three other schools are in line for movies if they can arrange for them in the near future and still other schools may be put on the list for entertainments after these "five are taken care of. The boys' division uses their ma chine almost every day in the week, showing pictures of every kind to various groups of boys in the mem bership and Bible Study club work. Knights of Square Table Hold Banquet ,Some 80 members of the Knights of the Square Table; a Y. M. C. A. boys' club composed of junior em ployed boys, street paper sellers, car riers and boys who work after school, enjoyed a great banquet at the Y. M. C. A. last Wednesday night. Fred Kirkland, member of the firm of the King Hardware com pany, is the sponsor of this club of boys, whose membership is almost to the 100 mark. They hold weekly meetings after their gyin class and swim is over, and also hold weekly Bible 6tudy meetings on their other night at the boys' division. A special dinner was prepared for the boys by Mrs. W. G. Baker, who serves all the boys' meals at the "Y." The boys had all they could eat, and that is saying somcthiug for these lads have good appetites. George Campbell had the Y. M. C. A. quartet there and they sang to the boys, aud then the boys sang Group Meetings The Minnehaha group met on Friday at Miss Helen Knapp's home for council fire. The two new mem bers, the Misses Grctchen Stand even and Ruth Manning, took their Desire. The group was delighted to enlarge its circle to admit these new members and plans to have a mem bership of 12 soon. The Misses Con stance Page and Katherine Crcig, two visitors, were interested specta tors of this council fire. The Count prepared by the Misses Louise Rosenthal and Dorothy Lite was an interesting event of the meeting and received applause in true In dian manner. The Alahi group is very fortunate in having secured Miss Olga Jorgen sen for their guardian. At an elec tion of officers Friday Miss Ruth Carlberg was chosen president; Miss Edith Elliot, secretary; Miss Flor ence Stevenson, treasurer, and Miss Frances Delaware reporter. After the election plans were made for a mothers' meeting, the date to be an nounced later. The meeting of the Nawakana group was held at the home of Miss Lewellyn Enall's Wednesday after noon. The regular practice for the campfire play to be given for the mass meeting at the Central High school was held. The Ban-uta group held a meeting Wedensday to practice for their ceremonial. Miss Grace Gallagher helped the girls with their campfire songs. The Ed-Ro-Eluta group held a meeting with Miss May Dawson Tuesday, a member of the Wicaka group, acting as assistant guardian. May is working for herTorchbearer's rank and the group is busy with their head bands. The three new groups that are organizing at Park school held a mass meeting Thursday and prac ticed songs. The group that is being organized at Hawthorne school, with Miss Holmes as guardian, held a meeting and started head bands Thursday. An Odd Kind of Pet. In Nicaragua they keep the arma dillo as a pet, for the practical use of ridding their houses of ants; not in frequently, they have been bred in captivity, "producing three or four very cute little young ones to the lit ter. In color, our armadillo is ot a pale gray, the hair grayish buff, sometimes tipped with blackish. When captured, it is often caked with hardened mud, which evidently stuck to its bony buckler while bur rowing where the - soil was wet. American Forestry Magazine. themselves. Short talks by the men present were a feature of the pro gram. R. S. Flower, general secretary; N. J. Weston, physical director; E. E. Micklewright, boys' work secre tary; J. S. Arnold, assistant boys' work secretary, and C. Carl Weigel were guests of the club at the ban quet, and several of these men made short talks to the boys. . A big swim after the banquet made the evening an epoch marker in the lives of these lads. They will not soon forget the "Knights of the Square -Table Banquet." T Lads You Should Know-Morris Vest Morris Vest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Vest of j3810 Seward street, is an all-round leader among the Y. MVC. A. beys and is one of the most popular boys among the 900 members of the boys' division. Mor ris is 14, and a freshman in Central High school. He graduated last June from Franklin school, where he led in all the class activities. His sunny personality and his willingness to be of service wherever possible make him an outstanding boy. He is a real student and last se mester at high school he received a grade of "A" in all of his subjects. He likes to find his" way back to the boys' division library and bury himself in a book for several hours when he feels just in the mood to read. At other times he may be found on the ping pong tables, where he excells. He is also a cue roque expert and in the game tournaments, held during Christmas vacation, he carried away first hon ors in both ping pong and cue rogue against 150 other boys, thus winning the "V" championship. Morris is a leader in the gymna sium and docs fine work there in helping handle the boys in his claES. He attended Cnmp Sheldon last summer, and, like the 75 other Oma ha boys who attended, came back a stronger leader on account' of the character building program of the camp. What Makes a Hot Box? When you r"1 oil on the axle the oil fills up the hollows between tlie little irregular bumps on both the axle and the hub and makes them both smooth almost perfectly so. This reduces the friction and keeps the axle and hub from becoming hot and expanding. The less friction that is developed, the more easily the wheel w ill turn. From the Book of Wonders. Undecided. Visitor Why does your servant go about the house with her hat on? Mistress Oh, she's a new girl. She only' came this morning and hasn't yut made up her mind whether she'll st-p. ruiich. SjaMH tsfcfi 1 M. - -,.1.. f -. . - X. - Scandal in Bow-Wow Land "My daughter's She's not! for The next time that you come around, I think you'd best look out" All is not well in dogtown. Fido, Beau Brummel of the village, called on sweetheart Nellie and was met with strong resistance. After spending several bones and a few plates of milk for a handsome bouquet for his beloved one, he was greeted with a swift boot from Nellie's pa, who is against the match. And now all dogland is talking about poor Fido. Will Arijne Johnson, who won prize a few weeks .ago kindly sent her correct address to the Busy Bee Edi tor. Safety First. A school teacher said to her boys: "Now, I am going to give each of you three buttons. You must think of the first as representing Jife, the second "liberty and the third happi ness. In three days I want you to produce these buttons and tell me what they stand tor. On the appointed day the teacher asked one of the pupils for the but tons. "I ain't got 'cm all," he sobbed. Here's life and here's liberty, but me mother went and sewed happi ness on me trousers Los Angeles Times. v Reasonable Request Boy Scout (on night guard) : "Haiti Who comes here?" ; "Officer of the Day." - "Advance, Officer of the Day, and explain what you are doing out at night." American Boy. of Omaha Y" Lads Strive for Good Table Manners Among the 160 boys in the Grade School Bible Study club which meets every Saturday noon at the boys' division of the "Y" for dinner and Bible study, a lively competi tion has been going on for several months. Table manners has been the subject of the competition and the different tables compete against each other for honors in manners. It has been wonderful to see the change in the boys' table manners since the contest went into effect with a prize of ice cream for every table when it gets 3 points in man ners. Tables receive 1 point for first place each week, and point for second or third. Thus far, three tables have re ceived 3 points and have had ice cream as a special treat. They are the tables commanded by C. J. Shaw, Daniel Jensen and Stuart Edgerly. Dot Puzzle (5 i4 Ife. is 17. ' .5. 9 ' -So r 23 X7 r V . .25 6o 24 .57 5b 52 e I rot '5S Trace all the lines, find Farmer Tack, Upon us all he turned his . Complete tire picture bi drawing ure 1 and taking them numerically. ur t aud taklnj thorn niuufcaUy. . v hand you cannot have, you you lout. Why Will Water Run Off a Duck's Back? The reason that water runs off a duck's back is that the feathers of ducks are oily, and as water and oil will not mix, the water runs off in stead of soaking in. The feathers on a duck are so thick on the body of the duck, top and bottom, that even if it were not for the oil which is on the feathers the water would have some difficulty in soaking through the feathers. But the main reason why the feathers on the duck's back cause water striking them to run off is that the duck has an oil gland which is constantly pro ducing grease or oil and whicfi the duck uses in giving his feathers a thin coating of cil to make them slick with oil and when any water strikes the duck it runs off. Other birds which live in the water a great deal have this oil gland for the same reason lhe Bock or Wonders. First Letter. Dear Busy Bees: This is my first letter to you and it is to say that I Would like to join the Hive. We get the Bee every day and on Sunday. The page I like most is the Busy Bee. I walk to school five blocks every day. I am in the Fifth grade and go to Jackson school. I have three birds. Their names are Polly, Billy and Dick. I have a lit tle dog and his name is Teddy. My letter is getting long so I will close for this time. Pearl Parmley, 403 Birch street, Atlantis, la. The Message ef the Bird. Whst floes the little songbird ssy When he awakes to greet the day? Does he complain or mope or cry Because the storm tore nest awry j Not so! With will and courage true Ie starts to wears the nest anew. And breathes this song upon the air: "We build again! Birds ne'er despair!" Bast seen thy fond hopes dashed away. The storm blow down thy yesterday? Then sing a song and build anew. And gladsome dnys will come to you! In Our Dumb Animals. Give Till It Hurts, Grownups may learn something from little Johnny. On the morn ing of his birthday this notice was found pasted on the door of his room: "Remember my birthday; give till t hurts." TJie American Boy. 35 . r 37 5 P e 2 39 41 42 ) 43 J S. So -V Storiesby Little Folks (Prize.) A Home in the Hills. My name is David Hunter. I live with my father, my .sister Nellie and our housekeeper Daisy. Our little farm is nearly at the top of a steep hill. Every Monday morning my father goes away to a logging camp several miles away and stays thera the rest of the week. There are mountains west of our farm. They are very pretty when the sup sets. Every summer Daisy, Nellie and I take a Juke to the firs on the moun tainside. It is very cool there. Then we spread our lunch nearby a spring which flows into a lake by our home. The spring makes a musical sound as it jumps andxsplashes the rocks. Then there i? a fall about 15 feet and soon it joins the waters of oup lake as I call it. The waters of the lake are very blue. It affords us much pleasure. In summer we fish for mountain trout and also row in a little canoe. It is a present to us by a Navajo Indian. There are pretty Indian designs worked on it. Then we have a boat. Whenever wo take it out, we row to a small island which we call "Our Palace." There is a large weeping elm under which we sit and fish for the trout like to be in its shade. In winter we skate on the ice. We also coast down the hillside. We make a snowman and try to knock it down with our sled. We have to take care cf the sheep. Sometimes it is quite hard .to keep them from running away. My sister and I each have a pony of our own, Nellie calls her's Brownie, and mine Prince. We usually ride thcui to the nearest town which is 16 milei away, to get mail. We do not go to school. Daisy teaches for she is very educated. She is like a mother to us because she is so very kind hearted. We only read books se lected by her. I do not have a corre spondent from the outside world. I hope I may hear from some one soon and learn what city lift is like; but I always prefer my home to any othef place. Your truly, David Hunter, bv Lewis Abraham, aged 13, Route 3, Box 62, Schuyler, Neb. (Honorable Mention.) How Betty Found a Play House Once upon a time there was little girl named Betty. She wanted a play house. One day Betty wan4 dered into the forest which was bw hind her home. She walked and walked until she came in sight of a little gateway. It was no larger than her thumb 'nail. She walked up to it and knocked with her little finger. Immediately the little gate swung open and Betty found her self little enough to go inside. As she passed in she saw hundreds and hundreds of fairies. Thev came nnm and all to her saying, "So you wank a play house, do you?" "Yes," an swerea Betty. "How did you know? I suppose because you are fairies.'' Just then one of the fairies said. Come with me." and Betty fok lowed. They walked a mile. Then the fairies opened a tiny spot in the ground and said to Betty. "Here is your play house." Betty thanked the fairies over and over again4 while she was looking at the play house. Sc now you know how Bet4 ty found a play house. Laur Louise Kick. Aced 8. 2411 Km, Avenue, Omaha, Neb. Likes The Bee Hive. Dear Busy Bee Editor: I loolf forward to The Sunday Bee chil dren's page as though it meant fortune. The teenie weenies are un usually interesting and, as I am going to be a Camp Fire girl. I am interested in tfieir column. I have learned lots and discovered many new ideas from the other articles on that page each week. Your truly, Dorothy Crawford, 617 South Thire ty-first Street, City. First Letter. ' Dear Busy Bees: This is my first letter to you. I would like to join your bee hive. I have a baby broth- cr; he is 1 year old January 17. I am in the Third grade at school. My teacher's name is Harriette Person, I have three brothers and one siste -As my letter is getting long, I wr close. Harriet Nelson, Aged 8, Oak land, Neb. Gloomy. Sunday has come once more. Though it is gloomy out of doors, I'm full of joy and glee for I have the Sunday Bee. All the stories, large and small. I shall read them, one and all. They drive away the gloom aud pour sunshine in the room. Marguerite Carrington aged 9, 4317 Dodge street. A New Bee. Dear Busy Bees: This is r.iy first letter to your page. I wislj to join the Busy Bees' page. I go to school every day. I am in the Sec ond grade. My teacher's name is Miss Geots. I would like to have some of the Busy Bees write to me, I will close for this time. Louise Bake, Aged 9, West Point, Neb,